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SECOND
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MEDFOUD OKKdON. MONDAY. MAWD 27, lfilii
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SEAL-UP TRAILS
N MO N IS
TO TRAP VILLA
Columns of American Cavalry Bar
rliifi Outlets Into Mountains and
Will Scour Country With Cavalry
to Flush Quarry Villa Moves to
South, Rapidly Pursued by Cavalry
KL PASO, Tux., Mnrcli 27. Col
umns f American cavalry nrc seok
iim' today to entrap Pnncho Villa hiul
lits liuiul by scaling tip nil the trails
and jinssw in the mountainous tlia
trict south of KI Vullo. Onco tho outlet-
ii re barred, squadrons of cavalry
dtul detachments of infantry, opor
ntmc from tlio bmo near Cumih
Givndes, ill ('(mil) the country and
endeavor to f IiihH tlitrir quarry into
the upon.
This in (Ik! plHii (ho military men
nro following to effect tho cnpluro
of the peon brigand.
illu mid liio liniul uro moving rap
idly toward the foothills of tho Sierra
Turnhunuiros, hotly pursued by throo
columns of American cavalry. Colo
nel Oeoige A. Ootid in diiceting tlio
cavalry movement.
Vllln '!4t'M)s Coiilon
This information coining from army
officers at tho front, confirms 10
porls brought hero liv American trav
elers from tho Casus Ommlra dis
trict Inst Saturduy, Hint Villu had es
caped thronith the lines of the Cur
miiristn troops.
Villa scattered hi" command in IiU
flight southwurd nnd at one it mo, it
was learned today, led only a small
1'otco of fifteen or twenty moil. The
nnn censor nt Coluuilm ha pennil
tfil the information to mis that Villu
increased h'" enmmaml at HI Valle by
forcing thirty-five yeung: ' '"!
boys to accompany him. Military
men here say this indicates that Villa,
now believes that be ban successfully
chidi-d bis pursuers and is in poiition
to inoe n larger body of men with
out IVar of enpturt).
Brigadier General Pershing has let
it become known that he e.Kets that
it will lake month to onpturu Villu.
Predict llanilll's Km-iim
rMuming American refugees and
cattlemen, who know tho country, aro
unanimous in their expression that
Villa wilt never he taken. Tho nature
of the country and the fact that
Villa is among bin own iieoplo, who
idobc him, umku the bandit's cap
ture unlikely, they declare. The Mex
ican country, where Villa now is fleo
ui).' is a land peculiar to itself. A ue
jro sergeant, uu old -uiumiguor in
the Twenty-fourth infantry, now in
Hi.it region, peukiug to a Casns
Grande rancher, puts it thin.: "1
hac lici'it in nearly every land. Hut
in tin- pail of Mexico there me wore
1 iv 1 1- and h'in water; mote eow and
1 -- milk, and further to look and less
to -.re than un.v coiintr 1 liuve ever
kiiunu.''
ENTENTEfALLIES
AT
I
PAIMS, Murch 27. Tho eoufer-eiu-e
f the entente allies the most
imiKirtaut since the outbreak of the
war begun thi looming in the great
sulon ot the ministry of foreign af
fairs, where many other hietono
meetings of dipluMitwt have tkeu
jiluce. No previous meeting there,
howeer, has been of inch grave im
port or has been ntteuded by such a
representation of world figures in
war and diplomacy.
The subject of the first aittlng
the military situation. That is all
which may be said definitely, but it
piolmble that General Joftre, Earl
Kitchener, General Sir lkmglns Haig,
Lieutenant General Count Cadorna,
General Castelnnu and General
Koieucs, the new French war minister,
addressed the conference.
The entire eompany took lunch at
the mini-tiv ut noun. The uftetWon
-t in will br ,.-..til to coii-oLr-
CONFER
PS
ON IRS
CONDUC
VILLA FAILS TO
RALLY NATIVES
TO HIS CAUSE
Bandit Miscalculates Public Senti
ment and Mexicans Refuse to Be
Brawn Into General Uprising
Arjnlnst Americans Carranza Co
operatingVilla Closely Pressed.
1'IKIiI) 1 1 KAT9QLTAlITKIISf Amer
ican Kxpeditionnry l'oreo, C'olonia
Dulihiu, March 2(1 (by aeroplane to
Columbia, N. M., M"arob 27. Qeneral
J. J. Pershing announced last night
the establishment of a new base in
the pursuit of Villa, Tho hccoiuI
hac is mticb nearer tho location
where the bniulil is repotted in prc
oipitate retront than the old base at
field headqiiartum. Kviduuec that
Pancho Villn is preparing to reMo
the Anieriean pureiiiiur columns mid
that tho Mexican puoplo are not ns
yet rnllyiitg to him hn heort collected
by the offiuors nnd tho scouts of the
American lroo.
Villa .Miscalculated
The officers who have ridden over
tho various fronts now maintained in
the state of (lucrroro, where Villa
fled when the United State expedi
tion crowed the border, have discov
ered nunimoua sbtuificaut indications
that Villa miscalculated completely
when he forecast that his Columbus
raid, b.y drawing nn army into Mex
ico, would ontiso n general uprising
against Americans, and especially ouu
in his favor.
The stntus of tho case todav i
Hint Villa is retiring continually
southward trying hard to force re
cruits into bis ranks, his men feeling
the pinch of hunger occasionally and
hoping for an carlv nriival of Bum
mer to aliiohl Ham agaiiiNt the cold
of the mountains, where they liavo re
treated Komewhcre south of Xaii'ii
fpiipa. in central western Chihuahua,
probably in the Guerrero district.
Ilopo Villa l'iglits
The one queatiou of overshadow
ing inihirtnuce now being asked by
the officers in the field i: "Will Villa
continue to prejiaie for roitutioe?"
It is frankly hoped that ho will, for
that is considered the best chance,
hurling a lucky capture through tho
treachery of Villa's own men, of
bringing the American oxpoditiou to
mi on liv tuccciful conclusion. If
Villu refuse to make any tusistaueu
at all the men who have been over
the ground bore believe it may re
quire month at the leant to crush
him.
Au officer who has been through
many villages where Villa had mus
ed within a week, found that to nil
npponriiticos the bandit bud failed to
inflame sentiment against the Ameri
cans. Personal nhsenution in tho field
indicated to the American troops, it
is sajd, that the Carraiua troops
were co-0wrating with good will. De
fections of Mexican trooiiers occas
ionally, owy'ity to the unsettled adit
ieal conditions in this oouutry, wore
cK-ctcd. Thero havo been uo signs
of a break reported here on the part
of any of the constitutionalist annv
officers with whom tho American
forces have been in actual eo-ojeta-ti
in.
S
OREGON COASI
II Y CITY", Ore., March 27
IIchw rains today put Tillamook
county rivers over their banks and
extensive damage to (srmliiK lands
has resulted. Slides on the Southern
I'sciflc railroad between here and
Portland have blocked traffic and
there Is no prospect of a resumption
of service for several days. A wind
reaching .a velocity of 70 miles tier
hour has demoralised telegraph and
telephone service. Although there
Is a heavy sea, the schooner Oakland,
which went shore near here last
w eek, lies so high on the beach that
she Is not suffering further damage.
Barviev, Beach is being washed away
by -the seas, and the Southern Pa
cific tracks are endangered.
In six months and two das of the
present year precipitation here has
amounted to 1"1.7' Inches. It Is he
lloed there aifc,fet oti..T iioint in
N
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equalled.
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FIRSI ACTUAL PICTURES OF THE AMERICAN FORCES IN MEXICO
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Tills picture was taken liy rntnern reporter who accompanied cn. IViMiIuk' expedition Into Melcn, when the tniopci-s iiiimIc camp
iicur Sun Miguel on their record Inrnklug Iiini of 11(1 miles In 12 lioms. In the foivgiiiuml two (roocrs aro sIiomii on the ground in what the
iiriiiy men call "lunik fatigue" Miatiiilin; u little sleep. Others arc shown carrying hlg water cauK, filling canteens anil wilting letters "linck
home." The tents shown pitched In long roWN in the haekgixiuml arc the tents regular aliiiy men now can) iiilleil up and stiappcil to their hacks
or saddles while on toe march.
NFAN1RY
QUIET
ARTILLERY ACTIVE
IIKKMN, March 2T. Moro than
1UU0 feet of (lernuin trenches near
St lilol. havo linon blown up by tho
Jlritlih, Oermnn army hoadUHrtors
annoiinceil tcnlay.
West Prussian regiments were suc
cessful dn recapturing the artlllory
observation positions lost by the dor
mans on March 20 near Mokneyce,
near N'riock lake, on tho ltusslnn
front, today's announcement also
states.
PA It 18, M'aroh 27. There wero no
infantry nations In the Vorduii re
gion last night, this afternoon's of
ficial stntomout says. ICast of the
Meuse tho artlllory action was vio
lent along the I)ouamoiit-Vaiic line.
To the' west of the river the night
was relatively calm. t
The tout of the statement follews:
"In the Aifonne there has been
fighting with mines which resulted
to our advantage at I .a 1'llle Morte.
Thoro nlH) have been engagements
with bombs In the sector ot Court
Chausseos.
'Woat of the Mouse tho night was
relatively euliu. ISast of the river
there Una been interrupted artillery
firing along the Douaiuout-Vaux
front.
"In tho Woovre there .has been a
fairly spirited bombardment partic
ularly In the region of Mnulaliiville
and ('natulan but no Infantry ac
tions. "On the remainder of the front
the night was quiet."
L
I
ATIIKN8. a Paris. Munh 2".
I)UliUlien fiom Sulonlki, bay that
the frontier ut-tiuns whlih bad hith
erto been considered merely as try
ing out operations on the part ot Hul
garlans and Oermanj, are now assum
ing the character of a general attack
against the advanced lines of the al
lies. ,
Considerable vigor Is being dis
played and heavy artillery is belug
employed on both sides. It Is said
In both military and diplomatic cir
cles of the Teutonic alios there Is a
belief that the long prophesied effort
to drive the allies Into the sea has
begun, but It Is pointed out that these
circles, In Athens at least, are not
in a position to be aicurately In
farmed In entente circles here,
while t lie ImporUHte of t,.- incas
ed activity of the Bnlgarlsne and Uir
mens is not minimised, there U a gen
crul lonWctlon that ihf do not e
riul lii'mdjo M,ini!i in n ii'irf
VERDUN
FRONT
BLR
BEN
GENERA
ATTACK
AGANS
SALONKI
aslOUUl,
IB P I
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VON
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RESPONSIBLE FOR
TIRPITZ FALL
WASHINGTON', March tj".- H
was stated ntitlioritntitely hero today
that should It he shown that Gor
man suliinniino uttueked the hsiisso.v,
Gormnny would disavow tho not, of
fer reparation, punish the submarine
coinmniidor nnd satisfy the Uniteil
States that the net was in violation
of instructions.
It waa also stated authoritatively
that the German amhiiMndor, Count
Von Hemstorff, was mainly reninm
sihlu for tho recent retirement of
Grand Admiral Von Tirpitg, who is
wiid to havo been eliminated because
of bis views on subuwrino warfare,
after Count Vou Itenistorff bad made
certain reconuuendntiona to the im
)Mrial ehiineellor, Von liotlimaun
lloliweg. According to information here, the
nmbahMudor was ndvisl that Ad
miral Von Tirpitz pmpuswl to eon
duet a relentless submarine enmpnign
against all abipping to llritisli porta
and whs asked what, in his opinion,
would ho the effect of suoh a cam
paign upon neutral nations, iHtrlioti
luiiy the United Stnten.
The UHilmssatlor's reply la said U
have been nn iinHitant factor in the
ictircmcnt of the admiral.
T
SINKING OF PERSIA
WASHINGTON, March 27. Tur
key todav informed the Uniteil Stale
it was not u submarine of the Otto
man goernment which sunk the liner
Persia in the Mediterranean last "win
ter with loss of AmcriOAii life.
The Turkish note, in reply to re
peated iuipilries from the United
Stale, declare that all Oltomnu sub
marines ure under instructions to fly
their natiouul tlug uud that none wus
in the vicinity when the Persia was
suuk.
Itoth Genua n v and Austria have
denied that their ubuiariues destroy
ed the ship.
LITERARY IESI KEPI
IN IMMIGRATION BILL
WASHINGTON', March 27. -Tbe
literacy test was kept In the Immi
gration bill by the house working In
committee of tbe whole today by a
vote of ::". to t, Klltfh d.fa'tnl C
inotio by Hepresentntlve Hsbath of
Illinois to strike it out. Tint much
tin, i i,tiu'- ii Ks'a lifii ili" tio'i,'
uta UU tltf frfll ac u IlOle,
VDN
URKEY
DSAV1S
AMERICAN LOST
ENGLISHMAN
E
WASHINGTON. March "7. -Advices
to the statu ilcmrUnupt today
from llristnl, Knglaud, snld ono
American, 'I'. II. Moikley, a linrwnmii,
npimrenlly was lost in the sinking of
the lliitish steamer Mnglishmau, and
that the total loss of life waa seven
horsemen and three members of the
crew.
PA It IK, Ma roh 147. Detailed infor
motion guthercd by the American em
hussy here indicates I hut no Ameri
can lives were lost on the Sussex.
LONDON, March 27.-Of (ha three
American survivors of the Sussex
who nrc in a hospital ut Dover, only
one, George Crookur, of ntchburg,
Mass., i hi it serious condition. Ills
skull was fractured hv a falling must.
He regained cotisciousnesM this morn
ing uud bis phvsicinns believe he will
recover, Joshua 1). Arniituge of Xew
York and Wilder Peufiehl of Hudson,
Wis., are suffering from shock nnd
bruises, but ore not seriously injured.
The American emlmv wus advised
this afternoon that Culiiope Auns
Utsia Kennell had arrived in Paris, nil
Americans on hoaid the Sussex thus
being arconntt ,1 I'nr.
S.W.KM, Or., March 27. - Associate
Justice Charles K. Hughes today no
tified Secretary of Stale Uen AY. Ol
cott that he was opposed to his-name
being placed ou tho republican ballot
as candidate for presidential nomiu
ution. Admirers of Justice Hughes
at Itoscburg had signified their inten
tion of placing his name on the ballot
through petition, nnd it was this that
caused him to notif Senrtai' Olcott.
I.UNIiON Msnli i 7. The French
steamship Hebe, 1717 tons, the llrit
isli steamship Cerne aud the Urlllah
ttsb carrier Khartoum of Hull, have
been sunk. The trews of the Hebe
and Cerne b.vc beeu landed. Two
members of the crew of tbe Khar
toum have Ik'Cii stnetl lint It Is fear
ed the i niuliiiiix nine mm vslic
drunin-il
l.ltiMls rfciinri ihl tbe liilthli
stesmr Hi Cecilia, tbe sinking ot
which si unnouiwed estrrds, was
Mown up In h mlii.- siIP ,H A k'U-
tial (.ut" irom 1'uitlitud, Maine,
NN
SUSSEX
HUGHESWITHDRAWS
REG PRMARES
SUBMARINES
ON VILLA CHASE!
ifm ."
EXILE FOR Y
TRIAL OF ADVISERS
BAN WANCIKCO, Murch ST. An
liltiirmtupi demanding the resignation
rtlul exile of Yuan Shi Kai and tho
trial and execution of two of his nil
risers has been bunded to the Yuan
Shi I'm government by tho military
governors of six revolting provinces,
according to cable advices today from
revolutionary leaders iu Chins, to thu
Chinese Itepiiblicun association hero.
The ultimatum was telegraphed to
Peking by Tang Chi-Yao, military
governor of the province of Yunnan,
nnd bead of the army of tho revolu
tionists, it wna said.
Failure to comply would mean tlio
alternative of prosecution of Uie rev
olution. The names of the tnlliturv govern
ors of the other five seceding prov
inces iu the southeastern imrt of
China were signed to the ultimatum.
Ai lisle 2 of the demands, urging
the trial of the twelve advisors of
Yuan Shi Kai, commissioned, it was
said, to iwrfect the monarchy recent
ly aliaudoned by Yuan Shi Kai, enu
merates tbe uaidW of tbe advi-crs,
who are referred to as trail ox. They
arc;
Yang Tii. Tuan Chi Kwci, ftfaiuj
Yuk Wan. Yin Puk, Uu She Toy, I
I Sik Wo, VYu Ying, Gee Ki Kim, On Go
('hi, liang, She Yu, Cluing Jung
I r'oug, Yuan Ki Fung.
I The fifth article of tbe ultimatum
! demanding the prov iucial eoutrol of
tlir annv concede the nteutioii of all
li'iihiuct minister- ot the n public in
i til lite.
I.oNlioN, M'ari-h 27. A Gcnnaii
torpedo bout in mis-iiiir inee the sea
fighting which followed tbe ltritish
nil nnd ou Katurduv moiiiing uu Ger
man uviation sheds iu northern
tfchI.swiii-lloMi'iu, amording to an
official German stnlenicnt received
here by wireless.
The statement follews:
"The English naval aeroplane at
tack on the north Frisian eoast failed
completely. Two anm-d fishing
steamers on ouipoht m-iwce fell n
Ums to klugiish vessel. Our uaval
acropluncs attacked the English ua-
al fighting forec and -meeeeded in
ULTMATUM
A
IAN
ADIT
TORPEDO BOAT LOST
scuinig n number of hits nnd iu -cri-1
nn-K dniiinv!iiiv a torpi'do-limit de-
l-lill. HI ill) IMWll llxllllll'.' I'oH'C
ulinli -I ut IIUIIIIMll.ltcK Olll II tl W
torM'do boat- came in touch with the
nliciiliiiL' cnciu during thu uight ot
M.h.Ii .'' -'u ' th-c loipedj
lio.ii . Iijj ul 'ft illumed "
Hi PORTION
OF TORPEDO IN
LINER SUSSEX
Submarine Situation Taking on As
pects of Much Gravity Possibility
of Orcnkinn Off Diplomatic Rela
tions With Germany Analn Dis
cussAgents to Gather Evidence.
Y SHI'(IT0X, Jrnrch 27. Tho
I niicd Slales probably will mhko
Koine impiiry of the Gorman govern
ment on tho sinking of the Sussex. In
the inns- of evidence transmitted to
Hccretarv Lansing by tho American
cmhns-v at Paris nro statements oC
Samuel ltcmis, ono of the American
Miniver-, and others (lint tho rnk6
of a torpedo wns seen.
VSIIIaTO.S March J7. Amer
ican offlrlals view tho mibnuirlno slt
natlon as tnklng on Aspects of mtioli
gravity. Tho ponslhlllty of breaking
oft diplomatic relations with (tor
many is again lining dlictiMcd lis ono
of tho ovcntunlltlMttwlitoli Is oxpect
od to follow If It Ik kfiown Hint the
Htonmors Humpv nnd KugliMlininii wore
victims of submarine!.
Consulnr Agont Whitman at lion
logue ruported todny that ho wan In
formed by 1'ronch offlclnln Hint n
plcro of bronzo, rononibllng n part ot
a torpedo had been found on tho
channel liner Summox.
i:ldenco (,allieiMl
Htnto dotiortmont ofttulala said to
day they had no Information Unit any
other than (lorninn HiibmnrlneH worn
(iimrntlng In tho vicinity In which tho
Siihsox was ntlacliod. All ngents in
tho vicinity wero liolnff urfied to gnth
er conclusive ovldonco from ull poti
slblo ngenolos.
Officials say thoy nut come to no
conclusion before thoy havo addition
al Information, but thero Is an un
dercurrent of uneasliiMfl over tho pos
sibility Hist Herman suhniarlnos'havo
renewed their activities agnlmit pas-sengor-eurrylng
ships Iu violation ot
the asstirnuoos given to tin) United
lt. The ImproMiloii wns gonernl
that It It should be ostiibllahed Hint
tho ships wore victim of submarinon
and l'roshlont Wilson decided to tnko
aetloM he first would consult con
gross. Situation Serious
Amor lean consulnr ofleorg nnd tho
ombasslss In l'rnnco nnd JSnnjIiuid aro
being urged to gathor evldonto ot a
definite uud logl sort ami when this
Is at hand President Wilson nnd
Secretary Lansing will deturiiilno
wliat the next step will bo.
'Chairman Stone of the forolgn ro
lallons eommltteo aonlorred ilurliii?
the dsy with 1'restdont "Wllion nnd
the president was also In rlinmiiutca
lion with Mecretary Lansing and urg
ed siieedy gathering of net regard
ing the Kussex suit BngllskMan.
genstors and representatives wlio
called at the white houto refleotoil
the Ww that the situation wus se
rious. STATES PRESIDENT
WASHINGTON, March 27. Ad
miuiilrntlou assurances that a suf
licieut uiiliUrv force now is pruteut
iug American inloresls ou the Afri
can border luflusuoed republloan Sen
ators in a conference called to uon
sitler the border hititatuui today, tu
take no action. Tbe eoiiforonuu in
structed Senator Gallinger, tho eJiuir
man, to Issue a statement suttiini
forth its views.
Senator lloruh of Idaho, bufoio en
tering the reimblicsn eonferejiec. ro
plud to a telegram from Mayor Lea
of KI Paso, asking fur uioru trooW
by stug he would do all he could tu
haw urotictioii afforded, but did not
! know what could be done.
I "A- a matter of fact, I do not know
il-t what We OUU do," SUld SeiKltflC
ltoi.il "The administration ayo
it h.. nil the troopa unit nro
ueeded. It that is n fact, I do not'
see Tth.it thT 1-4 to he done, except to,
rUnd by the udmimtration,', .-
SUFFICIENT
FORCE
PATROLLING BORDER
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