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HOME EDITION TODAY'S PRICES vi ii l.nnk not" (Mate W1H 8tH -V.xi n ."t8 4-.1 National s W ii rn k Harmon quotation) 61 !ir I2R 00f JS.dO Oralm lower WEVrnKn rour.rvsT Kl Paso and went Texas, unsettled, cooler, friwt: ewr Mexico, snow, freez ing; Artion. elearhir. froM. SIXTEEN PAGES" TODAY. "eLPASOTEXAS. FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 24, 1916. DELIVERED ANTWHEM CO CENTS A MONTIL LATEST NEWS BY ASSOCIATED PRESS. SINGLE COPT FIVE CENTS. S. WANTS E PASO WIRELESS PLANT J 5 A Br7s,i iVatfaZ 0cer, Jio fjas To Carry Flag From Sea To Sea, Returns. SYDNEY REPORTS SAFE ARRIVAL Return Marfe Probable End Of $300,000 Exploration Of The Antarctic. SYDXKY Sir Kr turned ,YDXi:Y. X. 8. - . March it: Lieut. Ernest H. Sba kelton lias re- urned from his Antartic explora tion oage. News of the achievements I Ins expedition is withheld at present. 1 lit adventure of Sir Krnest ShackeU I- n heading tne British trans-Antartic m ' dition, had a thrceofld purpose, to i t igati the Antarctic ocean on a mc iid'tn to secure ftr the Biitlsh flag tl e honor of being the first naal em ir ti to be takn from sea to Bea across tins south polar realm, and to conduct - i ntifio work relating, anion-; oth-r t iHMti, ot mHteoroIotv , geography and -lit.e surve Tin expedition was 1 1 lanced, for the past part, by large fts from persons interested in polar t plot at lull. Funds amounting t more lian $300,000 were raised, including "." oou from the British government. Mnrt South In 111 IT,. Tin expedition left, KnfclajuUtn two nunc about six weeks after the Ku- mpean war began, but it was not until irh fit laniiitr. 1s1K after delay Itua " unfavorable Ice conditions, that the i-hi' headed by Sir brnest set oil on i Koo mile voyage from South Georgia, uninhabited Island in the south At tiiii ocean, about 800 miles due east i.f "ap- Horn, for Boss Sea, on the oth ei side of the south pole. Second lixpedltlon Sails. From Tasmania the second section tr .an while sailed, also for the Boss - a. tin re to meet Sir Ernest's expedl t u.n with supplies necessary for both p. rtions to r"turn to New Zealand. Sir I tnent hoped originally to come out of i he Antaictlc by April. ISIS, but condl t 'ins far from propitious made ueces ,mh a change of plant Th. section whnh started from Tas mania was obliged to spend the winter ,f I11S-1C at the Ross sea to await Sir i meat's arrival, which had been ex isted some time this month. 'Wooden 'Walled llont. Sir Frmst sailed in the Endurance, a hi i master, with auxlliarv engines w huh pace her a ten knot epeed. This sm 1. of 360 tons , was built with n ooden walls" two feet thick of al m ost solid oak. Oak and pliant pitch . , ,.e were the nnlv woods emDloved. I.lst of Officer. J Her accommodation were for 32 per sons and the party which sailed Includ . .i 15 officers and Sir Ernest. Among tl em wire Frank Wild, second in . . nminnd. In charge of provisions; Geo. Miiston. In -charge of general stores, itist J Wordle, geologist: R W. im.B. physicist and mapnetician: Leonard H Hussev, metorologlst and ssistant magnetlclan. F Hurley, pho togiapher and kinematographer; L -uidd Cambridge university and Cam I orm Sihool of Mines, and Lieut. Frank Woilsev. R. N R. of New Zealand i.tuit Worlsey In navigating com- nind during part of the voyage and 1 iter was to take part in surveying and . v plot ing the Antarctic coasts The Eu-lur-it'i-i carried 70 dogs and a number r motor sledges. Th.. Ross sea nnrtv sailed on the Au la. In charge of Lieut. Aeneas Mack-j tosh. IS. K. K . wno was in marge i, so f the chronometers and meteor- irieii Instruments. i nil partv included A. H. Ninnis, in tee of motors, a cousin of Lieut. miiii.' who lost his life during the t,in xploratlons; A. Stevens, as- -1'i.uit 1 turer of geography at Glas- ,.. uiiiversitir. Spencer Smith in I rrc of the photographic department .1 1 1.. 'ope, biologist. The Aurora n! 26 do? Long (lut of C'nmmniilrntlon. ftlr leaving south i leoigia. Sir Krn . ami his paitv, although equipped h a limited wireless apparatus, had i omniunication with the civilised u..ild Friends of the explorer, how vet, did not c-.prsi- anxiety, believing iiiiprohftble that ho would be heard 01 1 until the homeward voyage from I o-. sea was well under way. T llrtermlnr rllmntle Conditions. s. ' no ft hi h,i. his ueparture out- 1 , ,1 lhe purposes of his explorations I e , n,l if the f i. i icrs and stock breed- s i I'hile and rgentlna could obtain thiiitu information regarding the ef-I of dense polar ice iieias on c-n-,tl . ondltioiis in those countriis, re r i. Id be more or less able to n g i ' ite their water supply Investigate Tool SMPPly. vno'lier object of the expedition was to i tit mini If 'possible, whether the iiii. iii.im of mountains linked up th urah.im's land and other moun- nini' nrritory on the opposite side of i , outh pole The partv hoped to tn- t .zatt loo. i seit-i of coal, wnicn. n within ini of the pole. Is - ft to indicat' ttoiio.il or semi-iropi-il .llniate thtte in tie past wir.itu s.iiMvri:ii ii niSTi iim: i hoi.i. m -1 he 11 igne. liollaml Mjt.li 21 Dr. I , iirv an Dke. merican minister i , The Xetherl mils, irnved hero last , i mm. after spending a brief vacation I nited States. such Utter RUSS RAIN 50,000 SH IS IT PDISONIHGPEGKOMBflTTLEFRONTI Admits Administering Med icine in Millionaire's Soup; Orders, He Says. New York. Ttarch si. Dr ArtUur Warren Waite, dentist and champion tennis player, accused of poisoning his fotherinlaw. John F. Peck, wealthy ding j manufacturer of Grand Rapids, Mich , today made his first statement since the order issued bj the district attor ney for his arrest. He denied the churtre. He made the denial to assist ant district attorney George F. .Broth era, who examined him at his apartment ! on Riverside Drive, where he lay in bed I reeoverng from toe effect of strong rimc-n which he took yesterday. Dr. Waits admitted, according to Air. Brothers, that he had put something iuto Feck's soup some time prior to his death, but declared that it was medi cine and that Dr. A. A. Moore, the phy sician who attended Peek during his illness, had instructed him to employ I ihi method of giving the patient med icine because l'eck had complained that it was bitter and had refused to take it. Mr Brotherh announced that tV.iite would be removed to B-llevue hospital, a prisoner, later in the da. His con dition was not vet such as to permit his icnioval to the Tombs prison The grand Jurv investigation of the deaths of Mr Peck and his wife, in Dr. Waite's Riverside Drive home, under cin umstances which led the authorities 10 believe thev were wctims of poison, continued todav Took IJrug to Mrep." Since Wednesday Dr. Waite had been under the influence of drugs taken, he said, to induce sleep Meanwhile the discovery of arsenic in the body of Mr. l'eck led to the order for ,the dentist s arrest- Among the exhibits upon which the authorities are working are medical nooks taken from Dr. Waite's library containing marked passages describing the effect of poison such as that llleged to have eaosed th death of Mr. Peck. tVomna'x Body Sent in Ilote. Undertakers who prepared Mrs. Pecks body for shipment for Detroit recalled todav that thev were compelled to make great haste to place the bodv on board the train leaving here on the dav of her death Dr. Waite's prominence as a sport man and tennis plaver has increased the interest in the case, here. He won the Metropolitan indoor championship here earl in the season and figured in the national indoor championship when he was defeated !v R. Llndloy Murray, who won the title Kind Where rsenlc t n Bought. Definite information has been ob tained bv the district attornev. it was announced at his office today, as to where the arsenic was procured with which Peck Is alleged to have been poisoned. This information was the fruit of a canvass made by detectives of drug stores in the vicinity of Waite s home, it was said Dr Waite told his guards according to reports thev made to the district at tornev, that he would keep his Hpa sealed as to the identity of the woman with whom he lived at a hotel as Dr. and Mrs A W. Walters "And I will stick to her. he was oted as salng Seattle. Wash , March 24 Junior Lieut Ormand C Pailthorp, V. S X., was found today bv officers of his ship, shot to death in his room on board the cruiser Saratoga Lieut. Pailthorp was 29 years old :nd was appointed to the naval aca demy from Michigan, his native state, in 106 TEXAN IS DETAILED TO TAKE COURSE IN AVIATION SCHOOL Austin, Texas. March II. Bryan Mc Mullen, of Greenville, first lieutenant of company K, Fourth Texas infantry, was today detailed by the adjutant general's department to take a course in aviation at the Curtlss flying school at Newport News, Va. This course Is free and is given to arm) officers in the guard of the various states. The Aero club of America has donated $200 toward pay ing the expenses of Lieut. McMullen while taking this course no changFin condition of gen. otis; gravely ill , , Angeles, Cal . Maich 21 Utend- jll(f physicians said today that Gen. ji,,,ri80n Gray Otis, editor of the Los Angeles Times, ill with pneumonia, was ..aDout the name." He passed a fair night but it was thought advisable to give him a mild stimulant. Tin: hay ix co.-vf.nitsiN. J. Svcnnle, Senator Lewis introduced a resolution declaring any person giving aid to Villa guilty of ;. tieason. House. ; Immigration bill was bi ought 5 up for general debate ;. Judii iary committee continued ; healings on impeachment .. . haues against United States ;. .!tio oey Marshall, of New York. ; Va- il committee continued ; n.itioi il ilrtc in luarlng. J iu : .,.i7 ?Trrmrn MR umbtti IS SIT, KILLED Self Sacrifice As Dr. !GFnJSDR!NG MAIL English Chaplain Gets Some Interesting Human Side lights on Soldiers. London. Eng., March St A British regimental chaplAin In the field writes the following description of the cen- soring of the soldiers" letters: Pltv the nadre in the leaky postal wagon knee deep in picture postcards, love letters, brief acknowledgments of parcels, and stolid accounts of doings too epic for the written worn .s pob tal censor we parsons often relieve keen, combatant subalterns who would otherwise he fretting and poring over the nencil scrawls which Tommy pro duces by the hundred thousand. Eoh letter is carefully read for in cautious revelations and matter "calcu lated to alarm or depress" folks at home If published Our soldiers know what not to sav. What Is more, they know thev are better looked after than soldiers ever were before. The man to be checked Is the "lonelv soldier" who Is after creature comforts and such is public kindness succeeds In coaxing a perfectly monstrous mail fro.n home to the fury and disgust of the postal se-tion of our rojal en gineers So we clip the lonelv solilio- He may be a good sorL and share the booty, but anv extra stress thrown on our field postoffice is verv- properlv resented at headquarters. Then there is the too fluent amorist a real nuisance to the censor, landed land bewildered:) with five "darlings" and "ducks" to get safe Iv back Into the right envelopes, to gethei with aces of heroics, screaming shells and V. C deeds (entirely unre warded), which I know took place miles from the firing line! I nflnlshcd Letter of Head. Very ad are unfinished letters o. the dead. "Well. Sis. we are parading in minute Good-bye. Vnd the dearest kiss To lie continued tomorrow!" Alas, there was no tomorrow! "The padre tome if I. will censor this I read again- "'UMfc, a-swwJvesjewo tan. Bjr,45iiifir----- up to heaven." says he last Sundsy.-4- "At night the 'ltusslauji attacked In I said no such things. "We Old and thick waves The first two waves bang' came bombs from an Avlatlx! were mown down before they reached 'Consider the fields,' says he and up the entanglements. The third attack went a mine under our feet' There la plereed the German positions on a victor In the air,' aavs he but all we front of less than 100 yards and the could see of it was poison gas from a assailants were ejected by a counter new shelL'" attack led in person by a regimental In the main Tommy's letter Is stolid commander At dawn the Russians enough, of gay. Hal and Jim have made a fourth attack, but it was little gift for self-expression, whereas smothered In the initial stages by Ger French soldiers translate their deep nan fire . i,Mi, Into real nrose I've read Fonr Ititm Divisions Attack. H1?"SSI J.".-.' rSSJT Yet our mens" Four Russian .divisions are said to ,.r.vi.riv in this wav .reveals their real "'" ,..- ", " - . ... , , strength. You can't Impress or depress a lad who tells his mother. "We need more ground to bury these tin-hats Soldiers Are Jolly. Last winter fo leave a trench was called "soing ashore": and the waddle of frost-bite drew "Quack-quack from the victim himself "Dear Mother, wrote the rustic private, "Yesterday a shel burst and tor my trousers. I shal dror compsashun." I knew that "shel You could hide a bus In the crater of It' One man was never seen again, even in bits He whose trousers wen "tor" was blown tip a tree, where he hang dazed and mute, while his rifle swaying on a still higher branch. For two days the lad could neither hear nor speak. , ...... i These men write gaily of their hair breadth escapes. They give brief ac counts of daily life In the "dog-kennel, with its door from a ruined cottage. and "Hotel Cecil across It in sprawling chalk. "Have read of my death, but am well." is a startling postcard. I pity the adjutant general's department, charged with these endless casualtv llsts' I know a family who'd been In black six weeks for a son when he wrote them a "chirpy" letter from the prisoners' camp at Torgau' Letter from the dead are astonishingly friv olous I saw an anxious note at the end of one: "Do we have to give back the inruranoe?" Innocent Letter Make Trouble. I have censored 1800 letters in a day. It is tedious work and anxious I once passed a seemingly trivial local allusion to a church service, regurlarly held in a certain spot. A few days later the congregation were plastered with shells from German batteries two miles away! The average subaltern dislikes the role of ceasor, though It gives him new Insight into the character of his men. I found that one officer whom I relieved at short notice had slipped a 10-shflllng note into a wistful note, hinting at mouth-organ and blank "Broke-ness" In the matter of funds. And that sub. was none too flush himself. Tommys news seems trivial enough to the outsider. "Will close now Whis tle blowing us to business. What shall I bring you from Berlin?" How he'd got hung" up on the "mug-rack" (barbed wire) In a night attack. The finding of a stray pig In a ruined farm with "chops for lunch that morning'" nd here's a letter, months old. but with today's postcript, thanking kind women for cigarettes, and saving the writer had meanwhile "stopped a lump of iron with his head." and so had been laid aside. NO CHANGE ABOUT VERDUN. SAYS FRENCH STATEMENT I Paris. France. March 21 There has been no ihange In the situation around Veidun since yesterday, accord 7. i th war office announcement !? afternoon. West of the Meuse the S till , ,. - ,1.,. ...... kA.A night was calm. Kast oi tne river men , were intermittent bombardments D'ANNUNZIO IsTdECORATED FOR AIR SCOUTING SERVICES Rome. Itaiv, aiarcn -' ;i?r,e" .nAtiniinzlo. the li ,,. naAnl., t .. n .IrnlflH. I uei. iiue muin;. u.aa mjUrt-ll ICVruuj ,, nii , K.a,l' . accident, was decoiated with a silver (Continued on pule IS, Col. 7.) IFQUR IIS1S CHARGE; ARE Hindcnburg Holds Dvinsk Line; German Losses Less Than the Enemy's. RUSSIANDRUM . FIRE IS VIOLENT Germans Take 2 Trenches Near Haucourt In Verdun Sector, West Front. B" ERL1N. Germany., March 21. Fur ther successes have been won by the Germans in the vicinity of Haucourt, northwest of Verdun, army h adquarters announced today. Two additional trenches have been occupied. On the Russian front, vicious attacks on the German lines in the northern sector have been delivered both north west and south of Dvinak. All the as saults broke down, the statement de clares. The Importance of the struggle around Verdun naturally overshadows interest in the contest on the eastern front, but the latest dispatches show that hard fighting is in progress in the northern sector of the Russian line. Shells Italn Thickly, i The Russian drum fire became in tense on the evening of March IS More than 50.000 shells, chiefly of heavy .caliber, fell over a small section off the front near Postavy. German wtA antanrl.timnt and thA front line ho va nailolnafMl 1 fl Ihl,R ITHIVPniMITR. The Germans were compelled to sum mon a few reserves. Their losses were heavier than on the two preceding days of the fighting on account of the Russian drum fire, but it Is asserted that nevertheless they were surpris ingly small. Activity of the Russians at other points of field marshal von Hlnden burg"s front is less marked. Compara tive quiet prevailed on March 19 alone; the sector between Wlsxniew and Nar ocz lakes, except for a strong night attack of .the Russians which was re pulsed People Hely on Illndenhnrg. The losses sustained by the Russians in these encounters are said to have been very heavy. Notwithstanding the severity of the actions, no concern is evident nere The state of public feel ing was expressed by a correspondent, who said' "The people have no anxiety because they know Hlndenburg is there " Mi SHIPS Washington D C. March 21 The entente allies, replying indivlduallv to secretary of state Lansing's suggestion for the disarmament of all mercantile ships, have in effect declined the pro posal S1.YS IlthSIAX YVAK I-OSMIS iv ykaii, s.r.r-vi.'iB MEN New York, March 31. Boris Schu macher. Jewish newspaper correspon dent who has arrived here from I'etro grad, says Russian war losses from January 1 to December 31, 1315, were 2,512,639 men. Mr. Schumacher exhibited printed lists of names which lie claimed were t official Russian reports of casualties anu wnicn ne said ne secretly outaineu while in Petrograd. The War At a Glance THE lull In the infantry fight ing In the Verdun region of lamna njintlm,.. ft,n otll I lery. however, keeping up ita active work. The French guns have been energeticallv cannonading the Ger man positions in the Malanoourt wood, on the edge of the Argonne, northeast of Verdun. Kast of the Meuse. the German bombardment appears to have di minished in intensity. IhiHsinns Fiercely Attack. n.l.rmlnihl .flaftf. Determined attacks bv the Rus sians on the German northern front in the east continue. Berlin ad mits tio peimanent successes for the Kus.sians, hut the Petrograd state tiients claim advantages at larlons points. Tiro Milps Sunt Sinking of two addition,! I ni u- tral es8ilH hv suhiiiai mi s m re ported, the lost ! raft being a Noi weginn steamer and a Danish bark. 11 I m miorr Husk's Gives New Hope To a Cynical World ELLS II ITS HIT DEFERS ITS DECII Senator Lewis Introduces Resolution Charging With Actual Treason Persons in "United States Furnishing Cash and Supplies to Villa; Consul Letcher at Chi huahua Denies Reported Defection of Herrera. w: SHINGTOX, D C, March 21. The question of calling the Itlonal guard for border duty to release regulars for service In Mexico was discussed at today's cabi net meeting, but it was decided there was no prospect of such action at this time. Senator Lewis, Democrat, declared In a resolution introduced today in the senate that American authorUies had knowledge of supplies and money be ing furnished to VHJa from foreign countries and from the United States. His resolution proposed to ' brand Americans who give such aid as "guilty of actual treason." At the request of senator Borah. Republican, the resolution was read twice, and then senator Lewis asked that it Me over and gave notice that he would soon speak upon it. Some of the border senators read telegrams from cltixens expressing apprehension for the safety of Ameri can Interests along the Mexican line and senator Stone renewed his appeal to senators not to agitate the situation. The discussion died without action. Vo Truth In Revolt Letcher. American consul Letcher at Chihua hua today reported there was no truth in the report of Gen. Herrera and the Carranza garrison at Chihuahua, hav ing revolted Consul Letcher's dispatch reported that Gen. Herrera was in command of the de facto troops there and was loyal to Gen. Carranza His report Is regarded a removing J one of the most menacing features of the Mexican -ituntion Although Gen Funston and Brig Gen. ReU on tbe border received reports con firming the story of the revolt, the dis patch from consul Letcher, who Is on the ground and had headquarters at the place where the revolt was said to have occurred, is taken by officials here a? confirming the statement of Car ranza officials that no such revolt has occurred. American Returning From Front Says Americans Bar Villa's Retreat. American troops are in Madera, ac cording to news brought to the border Friday, by an American who was In the Casas Grandes country after that dis trict was entered by the troops under Gen. Pershing. The movement of the troops south into the territory where the Pearson interests are established upon so large a scale, and whose prop erties were threatened by Villa, was effected by us use of the railroad track of the North Western, south of Casas Grandes, this American says, liar Villa's Retreat. The inference is that additional troops of tho American expedition have pene trated further into the district of Guer rero and that a strategic cordon has been drawn by the use of the railway, com pletely shutting off anv passage of the Villlstas down Into Rayon and Arteaga. The bridges between Guerrero and Ma dera are said to have been destroyed by Villa on his last march north, out these, with the service of the engineer- i ing corps could be quickly restored and railway connections be established be tween Madera and. Santa Ysabel. Dodd Near Nnmlqulpn. Another strategic movement ot American troops was the passage of CoL Dodd and his column of cavalry down from Casas Grandes to El Valle and later Into the Namlquipa district, where the Carrancistas are reported to have engaged Villa's forces. The movement of the American troops from Casas Grandes has been guarded with the greatest secrecy, and save that the railroad transferred troops from Casas Grandes to Madera and south, little additional can be learned. Madera is directly opposite Xarai qutpa and upon the west side of the Sierra Madres Babicora and tho Lacuna Baicoro, to wMch it was thought Villa would hasten his men. Is half way be tween the two villages of Madera and Namlquipa SPANISH WAR VETERANS IN PHOENIX OFFER FOR HOME DUTY Phoenix. Arix., March 21. Investiga tion today by Spanish war veterans confirmed the report that all arras and ammunition in local stores have been purchased by Mexicans since the o lumbus attack. Officers of the veter ans' camp say they are all too old for field service, but are armed and ready lot home duty The organization of a home guard or no is proceeding under direction of ulv officials Available arms In hands of citizens are being listen ine- nu lutint general says recruiting of the ipilttia to war strength is proceeding satisf.iutorilv. but not rapidlv No ie pl to the governors leqnest to the v,n departmint for a supplv of IfloO l.i-igs and 2ii nnn rounds of athniunltlon i.n tin home gti irds has vet been le i elied. U. S. TBODPS 1PEHSHII.GGALLS ARE II. MnDERAl ELHKUE1 ON FOE DISCUSSED: The problem of meeting any request Gen. Funston might make for rein forcements In event of a rebellion of 'arranza's army wa under considera tion today If the American forces were attacked it was regarded as likely that all available troop from the border would bo rushed to the sup port of the advancing columns and that these troops would be replaced imme diately in order not to leave hte border towns unguarded The national guard, it is said, could be relied on to do the work. Itxpect Ileply Regarding Railways. Reply from Gen. Carranza to the re quest that American troops be per mitted to use the Mexico North Western railway was expected momentarily to-i day. Border reports said Gen. Per shing already was using a portion of the line and department officials point ed out that it was possible he had reached a limited agreement with local Mexican railway officials. Interior Mexico Still Uulrt. State department dispatches from Du rango, San Luis PotosL, Xogales and other points today reported conditions quiet. Americans were leaving the Du rango region but no anti-American out breaks were reported. American consular agent Williams, at Torreon, who left his post, was ordered out by the American Rubber company, which employed him. He is not in the regular consular service. W--4..1. Immiintllnll Shlninentfl. Border agents have been Instructed to w.u, u ammunition shipments Into Mexi- o with care. At the state department ., ic ama the orders nienat no ammu nition would be permitted to reach Car- Sotgf .whose JoyaHr to the 4 facto xwvSnijient was In doubt. ran. Jnrantry to til cfnini. One battalion of the 21st infantry was .odav ordered from the Vancouver bar racks to El Centre Calif, to reinforce the border patrol The order was issued at the re.iuest of Maj Gen Bell, com manding the western depirtment Company I Is Sent From El Paso to Guard the Line of Communication. San Antonio,' Tex., arch 21. A re quest from Gen. Pershing for addi tional signal corps men for service along his main line of communication was received today at Gen. Funston s headquarters, but no direct report came of Gen. Pershing's operations south of Casas Grandes. Company I. of the sig nal corps, left El Paso last night for service south of Columbus. Expect More Xevvn From Pershing. Reports rrom Mexican sources that Villa had been defeated by American and Mexican troops at El Oso. near Namlquipa, were accepted today by Gen. Funston as probably true, al though no confirmation by Gen. Per shing had Men received. Improvement In the working of the wireless make It appear likely that Pershing would break his fifth day of silence regarding operations south of Casas Grandes by rendering an account ui ni ii raent at El Oso. ' Keen Interest was displayed at Fort Sam Houston in tho report Gen. Gavira announced that he had received from Casas Grandes, since, if true, it in creases many times, in the opinion of officers there, the chances for captur ing Villa or running him to a point where he must make hi last stand. Nothing But Location Up To Xovv. Until now the operations against Villa have been nothing more than a campaign of location. Three cavalry detachments have been working south ward along widely separated trails, but the opportunity for direct chase now is offered. It was indicated by staff officers who have followed the details of the pursuit It was not believed the Americans would allow Villa to get out of their sight again and his capture or death (Continued on race 2. Col. 3) Willard-Moran Fight Will Be Bulletined By Rounds CO.UE to Pioneer pia on SitHrJay evening ami li-ten o the bulletin-. of the Wilhvd-Momn fight in Xew brk. The HcraW has a special leased wire from the riiiRHiile in Madison .-Mmare garden, :New York, and a detailed story of the fijrht by rounds !! he bulleiiDed from the balcony of The Herald building. The preliminaries have not vet been annoum-ed but thin will probably lie two ten-round bouts. The main bout contestants should enter the run? about 10 oclmk. Xcw York time, which m 8 oclock. El Paso tiuie. A fast as the luilli tins are received, they will be annopnceil from The Herald balcony. Come to The Herald for vour f iKlit m-w s I nli -s t In i is a knockout, the tinal result will not lie "known in II Paso Ik ton- f ixloek. Persons iMiii- the teleiilioiie to make iiioiiirns itnimnes that tune Storms Hamper Pershing's Communications and Delay Troops Chasing Villa. REPORT 1BANDITS ARE SURROUNDED Two Fights Waged Between Villa and Carrancislas Near Santa Clara. SAN FnNC!S!Cu. Calif. March :t -. The tnlted States government to day asked upon what terms tho Federal Telegraph company would lease Its high power Poulsen ir,ri-l-station at in Paso, it w is 1. .irnc.l h- -e today. Officials of the Fedet-a, t 1, lp' company admitted that miituix h d heen made by would not sa- wheth. i the suggestion had come from the w i or navy departments. It was said tl i the latest offer is a renewal of foimi-r negotiations'. Acquiring this wireless would, it is 1 aj oeiiBveo. improve army jeummn- long the borvflei mid wi'h Pershing s Loiumn in M vo.. c DLI'MBrS. V "U. Mai - word was received at the militu hase here todav- from Gen. J I Pershing's expeditionary command, eith er by wireless or bv courier A motor truck train which was expected to ar rive early in the day, failed to arrive but it was believed it may have been delayed by the dust of a norther. With the interruption which. It was asserted, was not duo to a defection in the wireless, numbers of rumors be came current here. One had It that American troops were engaged In a bat tle with ilia In the vicinity south of Casas Grandes. Another had It that the bandit and a small bind were sur rounded in the same vicinity by Ameri can cavalrymen, who rapidly were clos ing in on him. The rumors could be neither con firmed or denied by military authori ties here. Belief was expressed, how ever, that all was well with the Ameri can forces below Casas Grandes. Dust Storms llaclng. A dispatch received from Gen. Persh ing later asserted that dust storms which have been raging have made it impossible for the aviation corps to do scouting dutv. It is known also that the storms have Interfered with the movement of troops. No mention was made of a battle in Gen. Pershing's re port. VILL, at" ILLA Is reported surrounded bv Carrancista and American troops EI Osos and the last dispatch received by Gen. Gavira of the Juarez garrison after midnight on Thursdav was that Gen. Pershing had received word from one of his commanders tpre sumablv Col Dodd) In which he said that Villa would be attacked by the American troops early Friday morn ing The dispatch which Gen. Gavira re ceived from the base of constitutional operations near the Santa Clara canvon states that "the constitutionalist forces engaged and defeated Villa at Santa Gertrudis this afternoon (Thursdav 1. Villa left several dead and wounded in the field and 100 horses were taken away from him. Villa and Cervantes with remnant of their men fled toward El Oso. where he Is now." Villa Reported Snrroanded. In a confirmation message of the e gagement sent bv consul Garcia to the Mexican ambassador at Washington and the state officials at New York and San Antonio on Thursday night, he added to the Gavira dispatch- "Villa i reported surrounded by Mexican an,! American forces at El Oso and the chances are that he will be killed or captured. In a message sent to Gen Pershing by one of his commanders, he (Continued on page 2 Col. D .ire renin sfi .1 not ti i all until alter .ire reiiin