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LOOK 1' OR I Hfj I A A y I A . 4* % A / A>Af Partly cloudy today, probably ch?w*r?
M H afternoon or Tomorrow*
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\.7^7 N~:0.-'6!?, WASHINGTON, D. 0., SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 26, 1?)16* * FIVE CENTS.
SUSSEX TOF
DOUBT AS
OF MISS
? ?... ... ^?,,iA
50 UtAU IN PANIC, j
SAYS PARIS REPORT
I
French Ministry of Marine, in
Official Statement. Declares
Torpedo Hit Vessel.
WIRELESS MAN'S ERROR
RETARDS RESCUE SHIPS
Majority of Passengers Taken to j
Boulogne: Others Landed in
England by Destroyers.
I'AKIS. March 25. 10:03 p.m.?
The mini-try of marine, in an official
statement issued tonight,
declares that the Sussex was torpedoed
and estimates the number
of victims at about fifty. The
text of the communication reads:
"The British steamer Sussex.
' * ? i JOO
m men carncu auuui [moovutiers.
was torpedoed in the channel
on the 24th by an enemy sub- i
marine.
"The captain observed a torpedo
about 1U0 meters from the 1
side and immediately maneuvered
to avoid it, but the vessel was
struck in the forward part, which
was destroyed. The vessel, however.
remained afloat.
i
> Wireless Is Damaged.
"The fall of the mast destroyed part
'?f the antennae of the wireless; more- j
over, when an aerial wire was improtif
operator, by an error, reported
art incorrect position, which |
misled the torpedoboats and patrol- ^
boats, and as a result retarded the arrival
of help.
The patrol boat Marie Therese, nevertheless.
managed to find the distressed
vessel and brought back to f
Boulogne q majority of the passengers. 1
1 ?thers were taken to England by British
torpedo boat destroyers, which had
a-lived at the scent of the disaster at 1
about the same time as the Marie
Therese.
Th*- Sussex was towed to Boulogne
.> a steamer from that port, and now ^
s there in security.
I nhappily. the explosion and the beginning
of a panic among the passengers
resulted in some victims. The exact
number at this hour is not known,
- -? ? l-~ ?f?v
I?u? II '? esl?"I?*?.C<* IV ..*1,. .
Column of Water Crashes Down..
AT. t'hatroux. inspector of the Orleans
i ail way. who was on the Sussex, save
today the following: account of his experiences
:
"We left Folks tone at 1 p.m. The
weather was fine ami the sea cairn.
Almost all the pasasengers were
\ilians There were many women
a: 1 children on board and a number
..f Belgians.
I was lying on a lounge in the dining
saloon wh?.n, about ? o'clock, we
were shaken by a violent explosion
forward. I had the sensation of being
plunged suddenly into the water, and
o 1 had no feeling of going down,
i. !? rather of struggling imwarri [
! i rough waves. What had happened;
was that an enormous column <-f :
water. raised by the explosion, fel) back
upon the boat atid entered a saloon. 1 .
our ?1 myself lying among all sorts of'
debris. safe. except for a few
.*<*' atches."
Picked Up After Four Hours.
Another of the survivors was Alexander
Clavel of Basel, Switzerland,
who waa reluming from London on a
ouainees trip. He was picked up after
using four hours in the water, and
rher. seen at a hcte! in Paris was re
overing from nervous shock.
"We had no warning of what was I
awaiting us.' said Mi. t'laveh 'The
eport of a torpedo crashing Into the j
forward work*, where it landed, told 1
:g however, that we had been submarined.
' Kfforte were Immediately made to'
send out a wire rail f<?r help, |>ur j
his was impossible, as the apparatus!
d been destroyed, and siren < alls'
v ere sent out instead. Meantime ni: j
thus#* aboard the vessel made prepara- '
tiers o save themselves. Life b# hs
hastiiv strapped on by the pas-I
y igerp wh.'e the crew wei - busy low
up ' he lifeboats. The number of
r 1 V,;iS 1 J! ? 1' f
*. v. hen t h e y hfc^ rr. < fill*"!
ii wan nothing eis?- to do r> jt stav
< Sussex The dea J? : i.ir . o':<e of
: ? . v ?-.-# :? and > Tea; n
and pa?h*: ; s a<id"d
1 . <; :t:i .." ?- *
Wii stle Brings Aid.
' .* sea ber?.1: e 'oujfh?r and rn ichi
iie/o'** 1 or.;c thf ?, ."TiinK sound
: * 1 '* ship's whtet;* brought aid.
. *;.d Th' -f -A H e tM't *ei? rraf t
II Ift'Ja fttrrounding ua. picking;]
- I im'I'S ;.;.d i '-i vieri rg id
i, . i. ; r..- j,. .? ' ' [. c" wa y an
/ . . . *:: H !?o?-k i proh
a . wiiow "at appears '
! '! 'i l?" ?. ! >. a.- w n ft lift
>. i aii'- suffered n f r ;1 i u r?*rl
. . . p.^ ft est . ?| l r*-a * - ;
. ; ! Ho ifo-.-P ?he iv- put on a
r 'aris." /
H i drr-d m nd fort : -?bree sur- i
?>: ' ?if Su.-sex nave arrived jn j
I" d more are expecen.
American Saw Torpedo's Wake.
c*ir P.'" i:" of Mtdford, . a
m*.t * n the Su;-s?:.. said today tha: !
hi saw, plainly and unmistakably, tha i
;t*e r.f a tori>edo that v.a.*- coming to- !
* ward the >1 earner. Mr Bern's. who is a
Ha , ;d r< > ar?"h rr?r.
"I wa> ?'n deck at the time. l'ho weath-r j
'.CwatJdUcd on thirteenth Page.;
?
'PEDOED; li
HO FATE
J BALDWIN
FRIENDS WAIT WORD"
OF BALTIMORE GIRL,
Private Message to Sister's
Home Here Declares She o
Has Been Saved.
ONE REPORT TELLS OF
MIRACULOUS ESCAPE
c
Another States That She Was In- j
J
stantly Killed by Explosion
on Steamer.
Washington friends <>f Miss
Elizabeth Baldwin and her par-1 \
cuts. Prof, and Mrs. J. Mark|p
Baldwin, all of whom have fre- ''
quently been in this city, were f'
deeply concerned last night as to
tlieir fate when the Sussex was
sunk in the English channel. s(
Conflicting cable reports could
not be reconciled, and still left in >'<
doubt whether Miss Baldwin si
l 1 V. 1_:i1 J ? . T r
i ict w (jccu ktiuju <>r nor. ricr 11
parents, cable dispatches indi- ''
cate. are safe. One report stated
that Mi ss Baldwin miraculouslv!
escaped, and another stated that ;11
site was instantly killed. |h
The last word received at the'*11
home of Miss Baldwin's sister'1"1
here last night was that Miss |1V
Baldwin and her parents had all j H
been rescued and landed safety ri
in Boulogne. Newspaper dis-jtf
matches failed to confirm this I
message.
Spent Winter in Washington. ^
Mis3 Baldwin and her mother had 01
?pent the winter in Washington, and ir
ivere just returning to their home in
Paris. Miss Baldwin's sister is Mrs. tt
John A. Pterrett, living at 2*12 Con- fj,
neeticut avenue northwest. f(
Prof. Baldwin was for ten years at tc
Princeton I'niversity, and was closelv associated
while there with President Wilson.
The fact that a personal friend fc
of ihe President was aboard the Pussex.
it is believed by friends of the la
Baldwin family in Washington, will ai
have weight with the President in t he j a)
final adjustment of responsibility for g,
the loss of American lives. a
While it" Washington. Mrs. and Miss b:
Baldwin lived at the Grafton Hotel, on
Connecticut avenue. They left Wash- ti
ington February 27. and sailed on the w
return voyage March 11. They were
met in England by Prof. Baldwin, wiio V>
has been lecturing at Oxford T'niversi- T
ty. They intended to sail March 4, but n;
there was a delay. Mr. and Mrs. Wil- q>
Ham H. Baldwin of Washington said!
"good-by" to them in New York the j
day before they sailed on the steamer1
New York. While in Washington they 1
were extensively entertained by prom - j H
inent society people. j < )
\
Makes Use of Wireless. I p
I ai
As soon as word of the dis*.r ! w
reached relatives here efforts were
made through the Arlington radio : t tion
to get some direct word of the fate ; r*
of the Baldwin parly by wireless via
the Sable Islands ami Berlin.
w
I'rof Baldwin is well known in e<ju- <5
cational circles ?>n both continents. He P
was fo 1 a long time connected withj^
Princeton University and .Johns Hoje j
kins in Baltimore. The family lived j a;
for many years in Baltimore. w
MIsb Baldwin is a graduate of Bryn ! n
Maw r last year and has been working i tl
In the Paris hospitals preparing serum.
The family has made its residence in |
Paris for about four years. Prof. Baldwin
went over about five years ago to j
lecture at Sorbonrie and has since I a
been lecturing at Oxford. I v
Prof Baldwin Is fifty-five years old.
He was born at Columbia, 8. C He !
was graduated from Princeton Urii- f*.
verslty In ISM, took an A. M. degree in
1*X7. Ph. If in 18X9, got an honorary
l> 8c. from Oxford in 1900, the first 0
honorary degree in science ever- given h
by Oxford; and from the I niversity of #1
'brn-va in l.l.l), from Hlasgow *
University in 190], 1Je studied at H?ip- "
zg, Berlin and Tiibingen. f'
ti
At Various Universities.
Fie was an Instructor in French and d
Herman a' Pr .nr. ton in IXXrt, and sub- ,
s-- juerit is taught at Hake Forest fill.) !
University and I niversity of Toronto..),
!j. return*d to Princeton as professor j b
of psvrhology from 1X93 to 19"3. Then |
v. as professor of psychology at
Johns Hopkins for six years. In 1909!
c. c w < 1.1 t > University of .Mexico He |
was honorary president of the Inter- le
oational Uougtess of Criminal An- j V\
t iiropolog> in ' va in 1X9K. He was ^
president of the International Congress1
..f Psychology from J909 to 1913 He
was awarded the gold medal of the ' 'I
If oval Acad' in of (tenmark in 1X97. J
He lias held high offices in psycholog- ; r
<a. societies throughout the United h
States. '11 Japan. Kngland. France and "
'.' .it:- ' i i mp a u t n or <?; more '
than fifty i'Ssh\ and text-books on
! >> '-ludoi; > v. i nil ha v been trans- h
into Kre:i- h. Herman. Italian ;Tn?J
nish. :
Mr- Baldwin u .? Miss Helen Hayes, i"
a native of I'riiif-eion, N. daughter 1
of Principal \\ till;, in Heiir.s ?J i *- -1 >.
They were n,ai! .? l November 22, 1*88. Jf
a
Aided Relief Work. Jj
Mrs J. Mark Baldwin and Miss Kliza-lsl
beth Baldwin name to Washington last j 11
summer to visit Mrs. Sterrett. They re- j 0
mained here until the first week in!
Mar eh While here about a year ago J
Mrs B?:''1 win a ranged a tea-dansant i
for th" beneA? ? f the relief work done
by the British - \ rti * ? i'-? n V. W. <A n
with wbieh organisation Ms
(Continued on Thirteenth Page.)
VILLARD EASILY
DEFEATS IRAN,
THOUGH INJURED
leavyweight Pugilistic Champion
of World Decisively
Outpoints Challenger.
RACTURES HIS RIGHT
HAND IN THIRD ROUND
utboxes Challenger in Every Other !
Session of the Ten Except
Two. Which Are Even.
XFERTS VERDICT UNANIMOUS
lowd of 13.000 at Madison Square
Garden Pays $150,000 to See
Fight?Many Women
in Audience.
Xi:\V YORK. March 25.?Jess
i illard still is the heavyweight
ugilistic champion of the world. I
i ten rounds of fast fighting he
efeated Frank Moran of Pittsurgh
here tonight on points.
A crowd of about 15,OfXI per-,
ins paid approximately S150.CXX)
i see the tight, and went away
pparentlv satisfied with the relit.
It was the greatest gatherig
Madison Square < larden ever
ad seen. Many women were in
le throng.
Willard broke his right hand i
i the third round, but blows
oni his fighting left kept Moran
t a distance. Moran's best
">und was the third, and his
orst probably was the seventh,
c was bleeding after the fifth
>und. and his left eye was allost
closed at the end.
Willard Bushed to Hopes.
Willard was rushed to the ropes in
le third and received blow after blow i
1 his face. The crowd sensed a*nockit,
but the finishing punch was lacksr.
Moran put up a j<ame flsrht. Most of
le time he crouched and forced the j
ghting. Willard seemed slower oil his
et than the challenger, and appeared;
? have an unlimited capacity to take
unishrrient. Moran scowled as he
night. hut Willard smiled.
The awarding' of the bout to Wilrd
on points was virtually unanimous,'
mong the experts about the ringside, j
though all gave Moran credit for his j
ameness and continual efforts to land j
punch on the champion that would j
ring down his gigantic opponent.
Among the papers w hose representa- j
ves gave Willard the bout ori points
ere the following:
New York Herald. Times, Tribune,
"orld, Sun. American, Press, Evening
elegram. Evening Mail. Evening Joural.
Telcgra.ph and Philadelphia In.- j
uirer.
Receipts Total 8151.254
Promoter Tex Rickard announced that
te gate receipts amounted to $151,254.
f this amount, the state received 71^
er cent of the gross receipts, which
mounted to $1 1,344.05. Willard's share
as $ 17,500 and Alopan's $23,750.
Combined with the percentage taken 1
y the state and the $7,500 paid for the
-ntal of the Harden, the expenses toil
?-d $!*0,094.05.
To this must be added other expenses.
hich will bring the total up to about |
100.000, so that Tex Rickard and his L
artner in the enterprise, Sam Me- '
racken, will clear close to $50,000'
rofit on the bout.
Moran r? fused to make any statement i
fter the bout other than to say there ;!
ould have been no fighting if he had i
ot taken the aggressive throughout i
le ten rounds.
Willard Makes No Statement.
Willard left the Harden immediately
r ~ ?Vw. Kr.nt rcfiiuino' In r, c* inlar.
Jewed by newt-paper men.
I?r. Lewis Morris, who later attend1
the champion at his hotel, said that
,'iHard had suffered a slight fracture ,
f the joint of the first index finger of
is right hand early in the fight, He
dded, however, that the big fellow
therwise was in good condition, and
iat the Injury to the finger would not
otible him more than a day or two.
fiickard said after tlie fight:
"Moran put up a good fight. He's a
am good boy. Willard was much
lower than I thought he'd he. If lie
roke his right hand, as it is said he
laimcd he did, it didn't seem to make
: i? 11 difference. He didn't seem to need
is right a good part of the time."
Moran Wins One Round.
Willard had the better on points in
very round except the third, which
ent to Moran by a narrow margin, ami
lie eighth ami ninth, which were even
It was during a slashing rally in the
hud round that the conqueror of Jack
ohnson ? -tainted to have broken his
ight hand, and !t was noticeable that
? did-not use his right to any extent
i the? later rounds. Occasionally he
ppereiit t?? Moran's tiocy or jaw with
hat band, hut it lacked the punishing
i.wer show n in his training work.
The chief feature of Moran's battle
as his gameness. Although he could
lake no impression on Willard with
is hardest swings, he fought steadily
rid courageously under a hail of left
tbs and hooks which battered his face
ml almost closed bis left eye toward
ic end of the bout. Several times
lotan was daze d bv the champion's
mashes, but Willard. fighting with his
sua! 1;m k of aKSrexai veness. flu! not
ppear to try particularly for a knockut.
Champion Never in Danger.
Th? ''humpinn never was In danger
rorri Moian'-s Mows, allh'nigh ? num
r ia.itleii with ?ra?hiny: forre on hia
(Continued ou Sixteenth Pftgei)
t
s?
I psmaw' /
SQUASH CENTER DISCUSSES TH1
TREMENDOUSLOSSE
SUFFERED BY GERM\
AND RUSSIANS Al
Great Battles Along Northern Sec
Eastern Front A re Continuing 1
Undiminished Fury.
Slavs Press on Lepsuyn in Jacobstadi
Germans Are Returning Fierc
Attacks on the Enemy.
LONDON. March 25.?On the Russian front the < ie
have been subjected to further heavy attacks, both to tli
and to the south of Dvinsk. The lighting' is probably tl
ritic since the earliest battles on the eastern front. Tl
are counter attacking with vim. and the hisses have been
in the past week.
Statement of the Fighting. Break Through Oh
The Russian official statement, is- ' "In the region of Widt
sued bv the war office, today is as j at tacked an enemy posith
follows: !f?t* northwest of Lake Se
"On the |{igft front there have been standing; a heavy fire frc
exchanges of artillery and rifle fire, our troops successfully b
In the Jacobstadt sector our troops j several obstacles placed
,.<wi in follow no then- successes 1 bv the (lermans The i
southeast of Augustinhof, and after a ployed explosive bullets
fierce conflict reached the fortified of the position we sto|
ground around ilie village of I.epuyn. well-timed fire of our hat
They were subjected to furious Oer- attempts to repair, unne
man counter attacks. , snowstorm, damage done
"On the left wing in the Jacobstadt by our bombardments,
region south of I.ivenhof there also "Further to the south.
<1 a. ?.r tm the front of the Rokitno marshes ami t
was fighting. On the Iront ox tn^ RokUno jtse)f the,.e was
Dvinsk region our forces at some jn certajn scct(
points consolidated the ground won ]erv duel was very lieav:
and are continuing to advance. the situation is unchang
LULL IN VERDUN INFANTRY FIGh
BIG GUNS ARE KEPT IN /
l.oNlnt.V March Infantry fight- i menaces the French sali
ing has practically come to a halt on the | running along the soutl
western front, particularly in the Ver- [ Dead man's Hill northwa
dun section, where the greatest battle j court and thence southwe
Of I he war has been raging for w eeks ; new German position In
Artillery actions, however, continue in ! est not only enables the
o,an> sections | "1"" effective flanking H
I French to the east, but
French Statemen . j more ciifflcu11 for the F
The French official coinmunication is- 1 j,0se the German advance
sued by the war offiee tonight reads as of Deadman's Hill,
follows: '^',e strongest French
in Belgium we bombarded the enemy mands Hill No. 304, but
trenches to the east of Boesinghe and lies under flanking arti
In the neighborhood of Het Shp three sides, as does the
"In the Argonne the artillery actions their rear communicalio
ha\e been quite violent iri the sectors Esnes.
of Four dc faris. Cour.es i'haiisses and Difficult to Tf
Haute Chevauchee.
"Quite intense artillery activity has Hill No. 304, however,
been displayed to the west of the ing its exposure to flanki
Aleuse against our second lilies, to the flcult to take. Its slopes
east, ill the region of Cote riu 1'oivre wooded, more or less hea
and Douaumont. and in the Woevre iri exception of a few hunc
the sectors of the Meuse hills. There Hie northwest Its car
was no infantry artion during the Germans. Judging by a i
course of the day. military maps, would ins
"The day was calm on the rest of the the whole French positix
front. lino drawn rrom ueadm
The BelBian official communication passjn(, sout)l of H1I, 304
reads The summit of Hill N<
Ordinary artillery actions have oc- mj|eH f|om Kort Bourus ,
curred alonK the whole of the Beleian mj|(>s from For, Mitri.
front." ]y inn meters In altitud
Menaces French Salient. d'j" is reported that the
BERI.IK, March 25 (delayed).?The aMM-Hcd from three pes
, 4 , , Alalancourt and Avooourt
raptuio of Avorour! forest and Htl! hours' fiiihtinjf. The ?i
No. 2S7, northeast thereof, still further are declared not to have I
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I MEXICAN* SITUATION.
s | INDORSE MEASURE i
uke FOR (ML SERVICE:;
i Tinkliam Bill Applying System I
tion of\ to District Recommended
With by Commissioners.
ALSO HAS THE APPROVAL '
OF THE FEDERAL BOARD t
f Sector.
r
Author of the Proposed Legislation
Confident of Its Enactment. J
Text of the Bill.
I
rmans'lincs In- ||m i fl ;
e northwest || ~ ~ [
)C most tcr- ::| ^ Py
lie (iermans I j >
tremendous |fj "
r . o | f 1 I
r>n in the sec- "
kly. Notwith- | 1
irn the enemy
roke through '1 "^^PffSSlg^^
in their way ^^2^% ? *
Hermans em- '
Northwest ;.:i h
. < ?a8w^ g;
l?l?ed. by the
teries. enemy $;. jjil 15
r cover of a f - ' ' i|* ' m
to'his works Jjjm. Jmkf ;V 1 j
as far as the fe 'tm'iEg,. J7'- , :/ . Pi 1
lie region of gi Wwp\JJ , b
an exchange i*6'-1' , 11 i r i inn 1111 i i?J|fj .?
JT S the arttl- f -8 t'.- -S^ - J -k ' *^^3
v. In (ialicia ' """ "*
ed."* ri
KEPRESKSTAT1VK G. H. TIXKHAM. a
1TING: At a conference yesterday between i '1
the civil service commissioners and the
iCTION Commissioners of the District of Co- ti
lunibia both groups of officials gave u
their indorsement l<> the Dill of Reninent
on a line . 1
? sentative Tinkham of Massachusetts to it
lern slope of ... . i
, . ? ... apply civil service to the municipal '
rd of Bet hi ri - _ . t,
.. government of the District. .
stwardly. The _ t<
. . The District Commissioners will make i
Avocourt for- , ,
a favorable report to the House D1sm
to direct a ....
trict committee oil the hill and a hear- '
re against the .... , I
. . Ing will be held by that committee .
also makes it . . , i 11
.March 31. upon which occasion ihe Xa - >,.
rench to op- ...... .. I1'
.. , tional < iv11 Service League will appear! ,
' to the south , ,, . .. ; ?
in behalf of the measure. 4
Mr. Tinkham confidently expects the J
position com- ^jj to reported by the committee!
this already and pass to enactment, inasmuch as the > l'
illery fire on principle involved has the approval of jc<
, President Wilson, rhe civil service j
hole line of ,.omn,jssj0n. the District Commission- s
ns as far as prg and, as he believes, Hie best
thought Congress. Within fortv- a
eight hours after the i n i rod net ion of
tke. 'he bill b\ Mr. Tinkham the President S
gave utterance to approval of the ptinnotwithstand
ciple of civil service for the District ''
ne flie, is .iir- employes. Ii
It is Mr. I inkham s understanding s
are steep and t|ial t,u. pj| 1 will be construed to give *
vily. with the i he residents of the District right to e'
Ired vards on apply for einplojment and that the!'*
k.. .,w places will not be restricted to appor- !*s
> e tionment among the states.
lose study of u
ike untenable Mr. Tinkham Gives Views. n
>n "?rth of a -My attention was attracted to the r<
ana Hill and situation in the District," said Mr. a
>?304??s"four Tlnkham to a Star r*P?rter yesterday, *
orest and five "during: the recent hearings on the
e. |jt is near- school board question. I found, much j
e above Ver- to ,ny surprise, I will admit, that here,)
French m ere in exclusively federal territory, civil t;
itinns in the service principles in the municipal c?>\forests
In six rnnient do not exist. Ji seems almost 1
erman losses Incredibly anomalous that such a state ''
jeen heavy. (Continued on Tenth Page.)
PRESIDENT
INTERNATI
Attn fCQITl
nni/ 1 uuui
5ays Unscrupulous
lating False Re
and the Ui
/ILLA'S PURSUERS I
WHEN BANDI'
Reports to the War Depar
Border Indicate Can
They Can to He
HK\l>qi \ RTKRS
xia wirrleNN to < olumhus. March I
ran/a and \ ilia troops at >ai?iiqi
south of here. Here received today
took place yesterday, hut there w?
engaged nor of the result. \ ilia
with liini. sonic reports indieatinc
about ."too men. \rmy men hate ex
ner in which troop* under the di
with the \meriean columns.
President Wilson issued a w
he border are actively engaged
nost sensational kind wholly un
I le said also that sinister and
ng alarming stories throughout
he object of forcing intcrvcntio
The purpose of the expeditii
:vcry possible way" with < ?en.
roni Mexican territory as sooi
s accomplished.
Rprwirtc t<i !lip War Ocnar
arran/.istas art' doing all in tlx
roops capture Villa.
\ ilia has outw itted hi-* purit
1.1 Paso, by splitting liis fort
)t N'amiquipa while he tries wi
incs gradually closing in on hill
/ilia Is Trying to Get Away
From Enemies by Splitting
His Forces to Pierce Line
KIj PASO. Texas, March 25.? Prai
isco Villa has outwitted his pursuel
ty splitting his forces, leaving on
>ody to hold in check the Carranz
orces in the neighborhood of Xami
luipa. while he hint self, ai the iiea
>f a picked force, is trying to brea
hrough the lines of his enemies sout
T Madera, according to informatio
?rought here today by Americans ar
iving from Pearson and < 'asas <Jrande:
This information doubled tiie intere>
cith which word is awaited from flei
'ershing that the American troojj
lave clashed with the \"illa bandit
According to reports from usually re
iable sources, coupled with what i
tfficially known as to tiie progress <
he punitive columns. American cavalr
eached Madera yesterday and shoul
>e close on the heels of the fugitive
odav.
Making for "Pancho's Road."
Front Madera south as far as Tutuac;
distance of about thirty 'miles,
nountaiti trail winds through th
sierra Madres. At Tutuaca it bend
harply to the southeast until it is los
n the wild and barren country soi l
f Minaca. This trail was known fo
eats as "Panoho's road." It was pojj
ilarly believed t?? have been broken b
he bandit and its intricacies ar
mown to but few but him. No wagon
an possibly pierce the desolate mono
a in region through which the roa
tins. Few Atnerh'ans are known t
ave penetrated the district. Ben Hat
is, a veteran scout who is now livin
ere. declared today that if \"iila sut
eeded in reaching Tutuaca the task c
nding him would he a hopeless one.
"Only Mexican ponies can take tha
oad. ne saiu, aim r?m
e very lightly loaded. The tra
kirts the edges or' canyons .',000 t
,000 feet deep and winds over blea
tountain tops, where the cold and rar
ir makes living almost unbearable,
ould defy 1,000 soldiers to catch ni
i that country and Villa knows ever
,ook and cranny of it.''
Apart from the keen anticipation ci
ews that the American soldiers w~r
it hin reacli <?f their prey, the horde
, as mostIn interested today in t h
pport from Washington that an agre.
lent had been reached in substanc
etween the first chief and Washing
in which would permit <ien. Funslo
> use the Mexican railroads.
Activity Doubled at Fort Bliss.
At Fort Hliss activity was redouble
0 perfect arrangements for- the rnov
ig "f supplies and equipment t
uarez. where they will he sent sout)
n the Mexico Northwestern railroad.
< i Ulcers in the quartermaster's de
aliment declared toda\ that the:
ould start a tide of supplies of al
oris to lien Pershing's base at <"asa
1 amies within twenty-four hour
fter word was received that perniis
ion to use the lailroad had heei
rant ed.
The using' of the Mexican lines hi
lie Aemricans is expected l>\ person;
ere familial- with the border tc? he th<
up re me test as to whether frictioi
ith the Mexican peojde is to he avert
d. and real co-operation between th<
arranza authorities and the I'nite*
expedition established.
The alarmists on the border were un
suall.v quiet today. Threats made hv
ie local authorities that person*}
aught spreading false ami alarming
fports would be summarily dealt witlppeared
to have its effect and ther?
re less wild stories than usual being
irculated.
Supply Train Well Guarded.
fUTJ'MBL'S. N. M., March 25.?Addional
precautions were taken by
nited States army authorities today
? protect the motor truck train whicfc
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EXPOSES
ONAL PLOT
S WARNING
>Persons Are Circuiports
in Mexico
nited States.
ME OUTWITTED
r DIVIDES HIS FORCES
tment From Points Along the
anzistas Are Doing AH
Ip Capture Outlaw.
t R\pi:niTio\. <oi.o\n im ni,\x.
IT?.?Report* of n Unfile hftweee C'?rlipn.
npproaininlely urgenty-fl%e mile*
The reportn nuierted fhnt the battle
in no inriieiitlnti of the numbrr of men
In believed to hnve only a few men
Ihnt hi* fofnl force appro*Ininten onl*
preNNed t!ieir c rntiflent ion at the manIreetion
of ( nrranrn are <*o-operatinK
anting la-t night that persons along
in circulating widely rumors of the
justified by last--.
unscrupulous influences are sprcadtlic
I "nited States and Mexico with
n.
in. lie added, was to co-operate "in
Carranza's forces and to withdraw
t as the purpose of the expedition
tment from the border stated the
ir power to help the I nited States
tiers, according to advices received
vs. leaving one part in the vicinity
ith the other t<> break through the
n.
'American People Are Told '
That They Must Be on Guard
s Against Malicious Reports
} President Wilson last night issued
J warning that "sinister and unscrupue
j lous influences" are spreading alarmist
;a '
j reports about the Mexican situation
,1 j w ith ?h*v object of foil ing' intervention
k ; hy the I'nitod States "in the interest of
certain American owners of Mexican
11
- j properties."
^ In a formal statement the President
, lold the people of the United States to
is j iie on tlieir guard and not to credit
such stories. He urged those who diss
j scminate news to test the source and
,f I auihenticity of every report from the
>' i border, and called attention again to
the government's announcement that
the sole object of the punitive expedition
now in Mexico was to punish Villa
and his followers.
, The news serviees supplying newspapers
had been asked, the President
a i said, to assist in keeping this view cou.
ejstantly before the Mexican and Ameris
j?-an people, to the end that the expedii
lion shouui not he given the color of
j war. The purpose of the American
h ; oninianders was described as embrac(|.
ing co-operation "in every possible
way" witp tin forces ot Hen. 4'arranza
{ami withdrawal from Mexican territory
v las soon as 111 object of tip- expedition
e ! is accomplished.
K Reports Wholly Unjustified.
ji The President solemnly warned the
| people "that there are persons all
I along the border w ho are actively ertj
gaged in orginating and giving as wide
j currency as they can to rumors of the
* j most sensational and disturbing soft.
' j w hich are wholly unjustified by the
I facts."
1 The warning was issued after careful
jj consideration by the President and his
! advisers of many official reports from
j throughout the I'nited States and Alexico,
including consular dispatches say tag
* that alarmist stories of the intentions
? of the Washington government wera
y having an undesirable effect upon the
.Mexican people and Americans resident
in the southern republic.
'I The possibility that Hen. t'arransas
f j Jtaiid nuglit he w eakened to a perilous
e j extent should t lie Mexican public mla-|
understand the American expedition
e j has hen a prevailing factor in the eu
t ire operations against Villa. The qussnjtion
of alarmist reports was considered
h> tlie cabinet Friday and the PresiI
dent conferred at length w ith SecreI
iar> Lansing before he issued bis
; w arning last night
? Drastic steps tnay be taken if the
-I warning is not heeded. Various sugit
j gest ions have been advanced for legal
procedure to remedy the situation, one
^ I measure suggested being invocation of
j the law against circulation of reports
. j calculated to incite to arson and riot.
1 I The President's Statement.
1
The President's statement follow*
"An has alreadv been announced, the
s
- expedition into .Mexico v\as oruered
i under an agreement with the de facto
government of Mexico for the sinrle
purpose of taking the bandit Villa,
> whose forces had actuatlv invaded tn?
' territory of the I'nited States, and is
' in no sense intended as an invasion of
that republic or as a.n infringement of
I iis sovereignty. J have t herefore" ael^'ed.the
several news services ro he good
enough to assist the administration in
keeping this view of the expedition
, constantly be/or? both the people of thin
. country and the distressed /and senmJ
tive people of Mexico, who are very
? susceptible indeed to impressions rer
ceived from the American press not
only, but also very ready to believo
i hat those impressions proceed front
the views and objects of our government
itself. Such conclusions, it rnuit
be said, are not unnatural, because the
main. If not the only, source, of Information
for the people on both eidon
of the border is the public prcBS of
1 the I'nited States.
"In order to avoid the croatlon of or-/