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As a result of the assistance ren
dered by the Zeppelins, a general de
mand is being voiced today that the
British navy be equipped with scout
ing air forces.
In some quarters the suggestion is
made that Sir John Fisher be re
turned to active control of the navy.
f|.
Editorial Comment.
LONDON, June 3—Editorials in the
leading English papers agree that
Great Britain has suffered her heavi
est sea blow of the war. They are
practically unanimous in the opinion,
however, that the destruction of the
ships will not lessen the effectiveness
of the British blockade. Some of the
editorials in part are:
The Times: It is clear that we have
suffered the heaviest blow at sea we
have met with during the war. We
engaged, perhaps with over confi
dence, in a long running fight with
ships which were more numerous,
stronger, more heavily armed than
our cruiser fleet and we suffered heav
ily. But the event will not impair
the effectiveness of our blockade or
our ability to uphold the freedom of
the sea.
The Morning Post: German heavy
metal got British lighter metal at
close range and gave it severe pun-
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As Many More May be in Ooach
Which Iaes in Flood
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Greek Bed.
PACKARD, Iowa, June 3.—With
Flood creek still out of its banks to
day It was still impossible to deter
mine how many people lost their lives
wfcen Rock Island passenger train No.
10 crashed through a bridge near here
«arly yesterday morning.
Still Claims Mastery of the Seas Although De
feated by Germans in North Sea
Battle.
ZEPPELINS GREATLY AIDED THE ENEMY
While Germany Rejoices Over die Victory,
Great Britain ^Claims She Was Out
numbered at the Start.
:a'"'
[By fM. L.. Keen, United Press Staff
Correspondent.
LONDON, June 3.—British spirit is
undaunted and despite the loss of
such ships aa the Queen Mary and
Invincible, of which all England was
proud, together with a dozen other
war craft, the disaster of the North
sea battle is viewed philosophically
today.
Chief regret centers in the loss of
officers and men. The lost ships can
be replaced and at all events Briton's
sea superiority is still two to one
over Germany, Englishmen grimly dfr
clftl*6(it
One of the chief reasons for the
heavy British losses iB found in the
fact pointed out by experts here that
German dreadnoughts—first line ves
sels of the kaiser's navy—were op-
cruisers until the English dread
noughts appeared.
In response to wireless calls and
hurried signals from torpedo boats
sent back to bring up aid to the as
sailed cruiser squadron, the great
first line ships of Britain swung for
ward to the scene of battle. When
they appeared, however, the Germans
fled and the British still maintain to
day that Germany ha® yet to feel the
full force of English sea power.
(Efficient Zeppelin scouting enabled
the Germans at all times to locate
approaching warships. Hovering
above the German high sea fleet as it
pounded the British cruisers and de
stroyers to plecee, the Zeppelins
•were able to give warning of the ap
proach of the dreadnoughts hastening
to the aid of the outnumbered squad
ron. Then came withdrawal, euccess
ful retreat to the German naval base,
and the super-lighting machines of
Great Britain could only return to
their home waters.
Six bodies have been recovered and
there may be as many more deed 1 known. ».
the day coach, still submerged la the ALT1N THONHt Emattis-
ft)
ishment. But when our main forces
came into action, the position was
reversed and the German main fleet
was driven into port. There is one
thing, however, we have the right to
demand in the face of our losses.
There must be no more trifling with
the-powers of the fleet.
The Daily Graphic: The statement
published by the admiralty is per
haps the worst piece of news that
the government has yet had to com
municate to the country.
All we can note on the other Bide of
the account is the recognition by the
Germans of the superiority of our
main fleet. As soon as our main
battle fleet appeared, the Cermans
withdrew to the shelter of te Kiel
canal.
Six ZeppeNfta.
AiMSTEJHiDAJM, June Several
Zeppelins participated in the Jutland
sea battle and at least one is believ
ed to have boon hit, according to re
ports here today. Reports from
various sources declare as many as
six Zeppelins were sighted enxoute
or returning from the scene of the
engagement One te said to have
been sighted flying tow and obvious
ly badly crippled.-
Beatty In Command.
JXXNDON, June 3.—Adapted Beatty
was in command of the first British,
squadron to clash with the Germans
in Wednesday's great battle.
It was learned at the admiralty
this afternoon that it was Beatty
who cut off the German battle cruis
ers from their ibase. According to
admiralty accounts, the battl^ had
four distinct phases. Tne first phase
was at 3:15 o'clock Wednesday aft
ernoon, when the German and Brit
ish battle cruisers first met. Admiral
Beatty was in command and immed
iately started his maneuver to cut
off the German fleet's line of retreat.
"Thus the four phases were com
prised of Admiral Safety's attempt to
cut off the Germans: second, his
forced retirement to the open sea by
the appearance of the German bat
tleships when the British were out
numbered for a time third, the ar
rival of the main British fleet under
Admiral Jelllcoe, when it became a
dreadnought against dreadnought,
and fourth, a retirement of the Gor
man forces in the face of the Brit
ish attack."
Vice Admiral Reports.
BBRiUN, June 3. (Via Sayville
wireless.)—At least thirty-four great
British battleships were engaged in
the figjit with the German squadron
off Skageraclc.
This was announced today in a
communication from Vice Admiral
Hefobinghaus.
The report of Admiral Hebbing
haus, read in the reichstag declared:
"On the afternoon of May 31, part
of our fleet engaged }n combat with
a very superior British fleet of at
least thirty-four modern great bat
tleships.
"The battle went on until 9 p. m.
(Continued on page 2.)
SIX BODIES RECOVERED
FROM WRECK AT BRIDGE
stream. There were sixty passenger 3
BERLIN, June 3.—England's olalm
to the mastery of the sea Is broken.
Thia la the German view resulting
from the victory of the fleet of Vice
Admiral Seheer, which' has given the
kaiser's name as brilliant a tradition
as It written on the pages of any
naval power.
Flags were displayed everywhere
today In celebration of the long ex
pected clash with the British high
seas fleet and the German success.
Schools were dismissed, special serv
ices of celebration and thanksgiving
were called and German enthusiaism
was aroused as at no time since the
kaiser's army was drawing near
Paris early In the war.
Although no official expres»iyi is
obtainable, it is evident the sea vic
tory Is regarded here as another step
towards possible early peace. Defeat
of the British fleet the first time lt~
felt Germany's naval power the fact
that German territory Is clear of the
enemy that Belgium and northern
France are successfully held, while
the French and British lines have re
mained stationary for the paat year,
and the crown prince Is hammering at
the gates of Verdun—these points
were regarded as answers to the allies
declarations that Germany must be
crushed. The kaiser Is expected to
hurry direct to Wilmshaven where he
will inspect the victorious fleet, per
sonally congratulate, and decorate Ad
miral Seheer and his men.
Wild scenes of exultation marked
the session of the reichstag in which
the German victory was announced.
Immediately the news became gener
ally known, flags appeared from every
window. Reports of the successful
engagement were flashed to the front
over the military lines to the men in
the trenches. Today messages of
congratulations to the navy from com
mands of the kaiser'» land forces
Vii? (Continued on page 2.) •.
PAffl'8, June 3.—The Germans
made several of the most violent at
tacks of the entire battle of Verdun
,on Fort Vaux duriuj last night and
early today, but each time were driv
en back with heavy losses, the
French communique stated today. The
action ia continuing with the greatest
fury all along the line from Fort Dou
aumont to a point south of Vaux.
"The Germans bombarded Hill 304
and penetrated a large trench north
of the main position of the French,
said the statement. French batteries
eleven times replied vigorously to the
German bombardment. Two violent
German attacks west of Fllle Morte,
failed."
In the coach when it went down and of Zeppelins—'Will be added by the
many of these are unaccounted for. senate to the naval program endors
Many pasengcrs left the scene of the 1 ed by the house as the result of les
wreck without giving their names and isons from the Skagerack navai bat-
the total list of dead can only be de
termined when the waters recede and
the divers now at work complete their
work. The known dead are:
MRS. MARY GRUWEIX, Iowa City,
Iowa.
RUTH KOBER, Waterloo. Iowa.
DORIS KOBER, Waterloo, Iowa.
MRS. EMMA VAN VLIET, Traer.
Iowa.
MISS CHRISTIANSON, address un-
Inferno of 'Fire.
PARIS, June 3.—Fort Vaux and the
line on the east side to Fort Douau
mont west and Damloup, east, is now
an Inferno of artllntry fire, with al
ternating Infantry attacks. The Ger
mans in the main are the aggressors
In one of their greatest efforts to take
Fort Vaux, the "key to Verdun," ac
cording to the French official state
ment The 103 days of the fighting in
the world's greatest battle peached
Its climax of violence in the in
fantry attacks on the north slopes
of the
stands.
man troops npiled up the- hillside,
only to melt away In the hot fire of
the French machine guns, The at
tacking Germans, according to the
statement, were constantly reinforced
by fresh soldiers from the rear.
On the west bank of the Meuse,
along Dead Man's nill to Cumieres,
heavy artillery actions were reported
with but few infantry attacks and
practically no change In position.
tie. Chairman Tillman, of the senate
naval committee, said today.
Tillman spent all the forenoon at
the navy department discussing the
battle with navy experts.
When he returned to the capitol
he gave the United Press an outline
of the changes he plans in the ad
ministration bill.
"The first lesson." he said, "is that
battle cruisers can't fight dread
noughts. They aren't intended to.
At Ion* range on the open
4silk\ -"wife.
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anb Congtitatfam-Bemoerat.
KEOKUK, IOWA, SATURDAY, JUNE 3, 1916
GREATEST NAVAL
FIGHT IK HISTDRV
[•By EL L. Keen, United Press Staff
Correspondent.]
LONDON, June 8.—Developments
today clearly showed that the entire
British and German high seas fleets
were engaged on Wedneslay' in the
greatest naval battle In the hlBtory of
the world.
Sir John Jellicoe, in supreme com
mand of the British naval forces, di
rected the English fight with Vice Ad
miral Seheer, Germany's supreme
power on the seas, heading the kaia.
er's armada.
Against more than fifteen Srlttsh
ships which were sent to the bottom,
German losses were hardly half as
large, but Britons found satisfaction
today when it was learned that after
Jellicoe. and his dreadnoughts had
Then came the battle of the ages.
With dreadnought against dread
nought, battleship against battleship
and cruiser against cruiser, the gun3
of tlie mighty sea forces helched forth
their fire. Not a British dreadnought
Lfke infantrymen to land fighting,
these small' boats made desperate
hill on which Fort Vaux charges against the lines of their en
Column after column of Ger- *emy. Eight British destroyers were
lost. The Germans lost six.
It was declared at the admiralty
tqday that in the German torpedo
boat charges, not one torpedo scored
a hit. After Jellicoe arrived and
the torjjedo attacks were completed,
the Germans withdrew.
Jelliooe remained on the scene of
battle during the remainder of the
(Continued on page Z.)
American Navy to be Enlarged
As Result of Skagerack Battle
WASHINGTON, June 3.—Two where their speed would make them
dreadnoughts, one battle cruiser and hard to hit and where they could
a flotilla of dirigibles—the equivalent
maneuver as they pleased, they might
be successful.
"The second lesson Is that tha
fleet which attacks with powerful
ships on the ocean, submarines un
der the ocean and Zeppelins, or some
powerful, speedy dirigible balloon,
can beat the fleet which consists
mostly of surface boats.
"So I shall recommend to my com
mittee two dreadnoughts to be built
at once where the house provides
none. I believe we should add an
other battle cruiser and even then wn
won't have as Many as. other first
naval powers. We must have dirigl
oceanlbles as good aa the qerman Zeppelins
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BRITISH L0ST 5,000 MEN
Great Britain Is Cheered in Defeat by
the Thought That the Enemy
Waa Finally
Routed.
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Clash of German and Eu
Ships in. .tlhe North
Sea on Wed
nesday.
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LOST 5000 SAILORS
LONDON, June 3.—The British de
stroyer Shark has been sunk and a
number of her anew lost in a big bat
tle In the North sea. Survivors land
ed at Hull by a Djrtch ship deohared
forty warshipe were engaged In the
fight and that the Shark waa used as
a decoy for the ^British fleet.
Unofficial despatches report the
loss of the German cruiser Etblng.
Forty warships took part In the en
gagement.
With reports of these additional
losses, also came dispatches telling
how bodies of hundrede of British
and German sailors wore seen float
ing In the water near the- scene of the
engagement by neutral shipe which
arrived during Wednesday and Thurs
day.
All England waa today anxiously
awaiting further- detalla from the ad
miralty, but aside from a late state
ment admitting the loss of six destroy
ers, first reported as missing, no later
statement had been Issued early to
day than the Initial announcement of
losses made yesterday.
Unofficial details of the fight drift
ing In from various points thrilled all
England. One Holland dispatch In
dicated that the German fleet swoop
ed down. on the smaller vessels of
the British fleet a$ the opening of the
engagement. The British were hope
lessly outnumbered until the Grand
Fleet appeared and with thousands of
guns roaring and hurling tons of
6hel1a against the German armada,
the kaiser's vessels were forced to
retreat.
The steamer Themss, srrlvlng at
the Hook of Holland, reported picking
up eleven eirrvlvore of the crew of
the German cruiser Frauenlob. They
were floating on rafts. The Frauen-
faced the enemy, that not a ship of
the first powerful line was lost and b) the survivors said, was sunk^by
a British torpedo at one a.
were
that the German dreadnoughts
forced to return to thejr base.
It is now estimated that more than
5,000 British officers and men went
down with tljeir ships. Rear Admirals
Hood and Arbuthnot were lost.
But lurking behind the cruisers and
low hanging mists was the German
battle fleet of dreadnoughts and su
per-dreadnoughts.
Beatty could only retreat, but not
before the heavy German guns were
able to do deadly execution. His
cruisers and destroyers were shat
tered by the heavy fire and with Beat
ty signalling for help, Sir John Jelli
coe, England's guardian of the sea,
headed his fleet of super-dreadnoughts
to the rescue.
m. The
torpedo struck squarely In the engine
room and the crew Immediately
jumped overboard.
Stories of the Frauenlob's-survivors
Indicate that 344 of her crew pertshed.
Of the 365 men who leaped Into the
Rear Admiral Beatty, liaro of the of the 365 men who leaped Into
flght which.-resulted. to_the~.Blfffc1ng water,.when ttfcft vessel sank* .only
nineteen were air!© to get aboard rafts
the Bltzecher, was the first British
commander in action and was all but
trapped by the Germans. His cruis
er squadron endeavored to cut off
what appeared to be only a German
cruiser fleet, from its base.
which were cut adrift. The remain
der eank from exhaustion anel were
drowned. Many were badly wounded
before being forced to leap from the
ship's deck. Of the nineteen reported
to have reached rafts, e*flht are up
accounted for.
From Copenhagen and Dutch ports
came dispatches today bringing frag
mentary details of the terrific fight.
Fishermen arriving off 0*Jeng re
port passlng through fields of bodies of
both British and German Bailors.
With fifteen British shipe now report
ed destroyed, the total losses are ex
pected to mount Into the thousands.
No estimates of casualties has yet
been made by the admiralty, however,
and it probably will be days before
any definitely accurate estimate can
be made.
From early reports, it Is-obvlous that
survivors have been landed at a dozen
different
PUA AWWI AM A? tlia r* At.
was lost. The German claim of the
sinking of the Warspite is officially
denied. But two German dread
noughts succumbed to the British fire
and the retreat was ordered.
From mVi. afternoon* until darknest*
began to fall, the main battle raged.
At 9:20 In the evening the finish o£
the encounter of the big ships came.!
All during the fight, torpedo boats
and submarines had been used for
small sallies, but with the fall of
darkness came the real struggle for
the Emalleir craft.
ports. Dutch dispatches re-
rted th
|amiing at Ymiden of six
officers and twetve members of the
crow of the German cruiser Elbing.
This ship was not reported destroy
ed in either the German or British
admiralty statements. The survivors
declared, however,' that th® Elbing
was rammed by another German ship
which rescued the remainder of her
icrew. British survivors are also said
to be en route hero aboard a trawler.
In the face of the heavy losses ad
mittedly suffered by the British, Eng
land etands grimly determined, and
confidence In
shaken.
In clubf, government offices and
from men In every, walk of'flfe, comes
the expression that while the British
suffered the greater losses, the en
counter need not be regarded as a
(Continued on page 2.)
—a flotilla of them and we must have
more air craft of all kinds.
"Another lesson—unless a ship is
as good as the best, It isn't any good
at all. It's bound to be sunk with
all its brave men, its valuable ma
chinery and its fine guns."
Tillman's committee will study over
the battle with navy department offi
cials Informally until June 19. At
that time, definite work on the pro
gram, in view of all that has been
learned and deduced, will begin.
Secretary Daniels Indicated today
it may be necessary for the United
States to go into government manu
facture of airships in as much as
American manufacturers practically
refuse navy orders in the view of big
profits obtained Cram the aUSs*.
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I AIM BDLLAH
Meanwhile a -small wedge of dis
sent!
an showed today in the-. progres
sive ranks. The radical progres
sives of the type of Governor Hiram
Johnson of California, want the pro
gressives to.meet on Wednesday ana
name their candidate—which of
course would be T. R.—within $n
.hour or so. Then tfcey would sit back
and watt. The conciliatory gToup of
conservatives on the other band are
willing to wait until the reptrolicans
nominate: oven if this takes until«FrS
day or Saturday before having the
the fleet remains un-- cenclave in'the Auditorium choose a
standard bearer. They hold the third
ticket »bogey would be most effectual
ly held' before the republicans usless
the conservatives sat tight.
defeat as the Germans were forced the one plan evolved, so far ey
to flee so soon as the full force of I guar.d, as last line defense against
England's grand fleet could be brought stampede for Roosevelt, is a .sudden
1
into action.
Facing a superior force, the light
cruisers, battle cruisers and destroy
ers fought gallantly, disposing of ships
All the pre-conventlon pussyfooting
-th0
adjournment after one or two ballotsr
It looks now as though the nominating
oratory will be spilled on Friday. The
first roll call on a presidential noml
neo will come immediately afterward.
If T. R. and Hughes show big at first
and if either grows perceptibly in two
or three ballots, Murray Crane is ex
pected to suggest «n adjournment.
Then in the watches of the night the
I final effort will be made to agree on
the vote the next day.
Knowledge today that the progres-
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THE WEATHER
Partly cloudy. Cooler Sunday.
Local temp—7 p. m. 69 7 a. m.
sa
Roosevelt Has Support of Portion of Big Busi
ness, Which Gives Old Guard the
Creeps.
IfByiPerry Arnold, United Press Staff sfves^adr-jjerved a vlrtoxaXtfifltSHmttm*
Correspondent.]
OHIOAJGO, June 3/—Sudden realiza
tion of the fact today that Theodore
Roosevelt has now garnered the sup
port or a goodly portion of Big Busi
ness—that portion from which a size
able share of the sinews of war are
usually collected—Injected a new
problem In the pre-convention log
rolling along candidates row today.
The old guard contingent has here
tofore felt secure In Its stand that the
candidate they proffered would be
able to command a goodly bank roll.
But. the appearance in the open of
Herbert L. Satterlee, brother-in-law
of J. p. Morgan, as an active Roose
velt worker word from New York
that Frank A. Vanderlip, credited
with considerable Influence in the oil
group'of'"Wall street had announced
for1 T. KT and knowsedge that' .Og*
den Armor of packing house fame, was
a Roosevelt adherent, had the effect
of weakening the most potent argu
ment of the standpatters—their ability
to back 'a candidate with money. If
the gossip along the row is an Index,
big business is dead set against
(Hughes. Before the old guard came
to a full realization that Roosevelt
was gradually accumulating business
support, Its leaders started a back
fire movement against the justice,
holding that entire lack of knowledge
as to his position on the tariff, pre
paredness and other big problems of
the day, made it problematical wheth
er he could command big busipess
support. The plan to kill off Hughes
with Roosevelt and then to kill off
Roosevelt with a combination of al
lies—the favorite sons—was in then
making last night. Today, however,
the pussyfooters weren't so sure the
program would hold water.
TWELVE PAGES
EXCEPT
Republicans and Progressives Actually Smile
at Each Other Before Convex*- ,,
tions Open.
that they would not accept fliaghaa.)
since Roosevelt had made the Issue*
and set the pace, served to!acceler
ate perceptibly the Weeks boom. Jits'
supporters who originally
An old guard lieutenant, close to
the font of information, was author
ity today for the dope thatothe big
ones in the convention probably1
wouldn't get? to aay sort bt even a
tentatlve agreement before 'Tuesday.,
The optimism of a month, ago—thati
anybody the republicans nominated
could win in November—hals bean al
tered- oonstderjtbiy hr tJtre*Wng oat
opinions by men all over the country*
now assembling here. The old ggaxd!
has been three years on sfdo lines
now—sometime within the next, four
years the European war will ceasa
and there will come America's biggest
business opportunity—therefore the
old guard wants to win. It frankly
hates Roosevelt, mistrusts Hughes,,
likes Root, .but isnt sure twcould wttu
in the west and with more or less fa
vor regards Fairbanks, Weeks, Bur
ton and other favorite sons. The
adage about politics and strange*.bed*
fellowa-was never more strikinglyH1
us
trated than in the super peacefulness
of the greeting, the Ohestec&elctian-cox<'
rectness of manners In statements!
and the entire good fellowship no arc
Imbuing Buch individuals as four
years ago, at his time, ero growling
with fury at each other's-throats. yell
ing thief, robber and other epithets.
Penrose, of Pennsylvania, whom
Roosevelt threatened with some mys
terious Abysslan treatment £urin3
the campaign of 1912 is as -nearly
smilingly ingratiating asrh® can be
nobody has yet hjeard a -harsh word:
from George W. Perkins 'even Jim
Watson, sub-flreman «m the.'lML2*mod
el steam roller," isn't using the line of
invective that made him famous as a
whip. William Barnes of New York:
is the exception. It isn't safie to
mention the' name of T. R. in th«
presence of the Ne^ York leader. Be
sides he is ill with indigestion.
Hughes Has Nothing Jo-Say.
WASHINGTON. June 3.-*Aithough
disawwing Frank*. Hitchcock .or -any
one else «s his representative la th®
pre-convention activities-'at Chicago,
Justice Cha.^ E. Hughes kas "nothing
to say'.' on the point 9f whether he
-ffill- accopt ftie republican nomination
if it ^hould l»e offered to him.
"Will Justice Hughes accept the
nomination if It is oftesred Mm?"
Lawrence H. Green, his secretary, was
asked today.
"H© has nothing to say on that
point," was the reply.
Green did. however, amplify to
some extent th» justice's disavowal
through the United Press esterday of
Hitchcock's activities in his behalf at
Chicago and elsewhere. Questions
(Continued on page 3.)
AMERICAN INDIAN BAND
ROUTED VILLISTA GANG
__ Indians, commanded
Apache Scouts «vt Work With, jamee shannon, of
[Expedition in Mexico, Had
1
First Battle.
T'aIted
AMERICAN FIELD H5SADQUAH.
TERS, NEAR NAMIQUiPA. Mexico, I
June 2. (Via wireless to Columbus.
N. M., June 3.)—The twenty Apache
Indian scouts from 'Arizona, routed a! ment has
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votes on the first ballot, wece assert-'
ing 175 today—and nrore^-on the war.:
Boomers for the other -favorite -eons
wore struck with tha sane opiturtsm.!
Five professional glad handers on'
duty at the Root headquarters posi
tively radiated enthusiasm today.
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by lileutenant
the Eleventh
States
Villista band near Lets Varas pass 100 rifles in a mountain cave fourteen
yesterday, killing the bandits' leader miles south of headquarters here. A
aad TiirwUng another Villista. That former bandit revealed tb® location
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cavalry, suffered no
casualties.
The Apache scouts, led by Chief
Jesus Velasquez, were on the trail of
the bandits for a week, according to
Shannon's report, received at. field
Headquarters today. The scene of
the flght is forty miles* south of Nam
iquipa.
Another American cavalry detach
found a Villista cache of