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of O-w 1 1 x y 0 W9P1MMIMM4NI rffHtHlKIMMlRMHWMMMInlf 4 VTi?nwYPr. H SECOND EDITION WEATHER PmlMlip fml tonight t nfr nml mMffi mnt 7l, itilit. HM i f i,i ''t 1 Ik DODD RESUMES IN MOUNTAINS Report of Capture of Bnntllt Mot Credited, But Believed to Be Only Matter of Few Days Troops Lose No Time hi Following Up Pursuit Wound Story Bolleved a Fake. Kl. PASO, Tex.. April l.-A Chi lniiiluin di-pnlch received br a Mexi- mii official in Jiwres thin afternoon state therein a report in Chihuahua tlmt Villa hiM been raptured in Miu ii in. Kf forts to confirm the report here were without result. Kl. I'ASO, Tex.. Aril 1. The cap lure of Francisco Villa br the fly iiiir squadrons of American cavalry --an-hing the Sierra Mad re today is believed Iiv arniv officer at Fort ItliK-. l be only a matter of day. II ix lorve scattered into small bands after their smashing defeat by Cul !! I I(m1 and his ravulrvmen on March 'JW. Villa in rrfiwrted to have -ouirht safety in hifliiiir in some re-ri't-i". of the continental divide. The h.indit' injured lee. mhI to hare been In oV. in b a gunshot wound or a fall lrittn u horse, will doubtless prevent linn from making' nnr long flight over the rugged mountains. Tlmt illn wa .already enlured nml )-in!; brought hack lo the army hose .il f'nn Grande was a reHrt i 'im lung here today, but it waa not i-miIiIiiI in uftieiiil iptarter. Iltxlll I'.tMIIIW. llHM' SAN' ANTONIO, Tex.. April I. With onlv a brief rent. Colon id D.hhI's iiviilr, to whom fell the honor on Wednesday of dispersing "dM) of Villa ' men at Guerrero, attain resnnt ei' th" chase of tlie scattered baud", while supporting forces that had ar med emered the railroad toward Chihuahua and smaller detachments nl Ameriean troops began beating the count rv adjacent for sign of Villa. Overnight dismtchcs to General Fusion tnn Mexico told the manner in which General IVrhinnfaminitive lore. hud de-do ved, hut none lin.n-lit ndditional detail of the lighting !it and about Guerrero. All bore tiling date of Thursdar or early Kudu v. iiermitting officers here to retain the hope that -tei-hap another uccc-.iiil encounter had been regis tered, or Mrhapa even the papture of illa IniiLcIf has been effected. 111m 1'iiHoMiiilmlv .lu-t win re Villa went alien the Ann iirini- barged In force nl Guer rero is unknown hire. Keport that he wa earned away on a litter; that be rode oft in a carriage, or that he u hiding in a cave of a mountain overlooking the battle between bin men and thoe or Colonel ltald. were characterized at headquarter a piese. I'notticial re-sir! eariv todnv indi cahd the possibility of an error as to hut wounded c mditioti. One of these reports, -huh was from n Mex ican source, was that he was ouite -'mid in wind and limb and tlmt hi wn men had spread the report of hi- broken leg in order to di tract the ntliiiti.-n of the American. Iiiorticiully. it waa rewrted that the Imlht that disabled Villa naaaed Ibroujh the Hone of bin hip. It waa -mil nl hc,idiuartera that jut before i oh.iicl i.Hld began hJa fifty-five-null- dui-h to (Jucirero, he waj at H.i. IniKvii, not more than iweaty-five mil.- aav in a direet liae. Vnm iUu himva a truil extendi in aonth . rl .iirectton to Maliwoo. from where .mother trail extend to Guerrero, iiort!ic.t of Malpuo. It wa over tin- rixm.luboiit route that he led hi u.ili. m the opinion of aftnv of tm i- In r. . in order to attack Guer T r In ii ' rear. FOR PACIFIC COAST rf ..iinmiiim CHASE OF VILLA W SH I N'IjTON. ril t An amendment to fie -nate army bill to create on the Fadfir coast a body of ;''. i-oo men to be known as the mot-ile land tone and military re serve for national owfease to serve alternately in military tt-rvlee aad 1 1. U'.o n in the roretr nd refla- a'.'li -. r Olftf ! lo.lrtV ' ' r - oi- OTELIN LOST RUNG EAST BRITISH COAST One of Five Airships Winged by Brit ish Drops in Thames Crew Is Cap tured Twcnty-eiajit Killed, Forty-four Wounded Ijy Bombs Raid Most Extensive Yet. LONDON'. April I. Twenty-eight nenHiHa were kilted and forty-four Injured In mat nlghfa nlr raid In eaitern eonntlea, according to official figures gtren oat today One of the five Zeppellna, the I.-l'. wbleh vlaltotl the eaatern countlen tt tfnvtBkkJ tlMrlur Ilia tllttM llrnlk- ping ome ninety bomb, waa dam- j aged, presumably by Itrttlsh antl-alr-craft gnns, and rame down off the it surrendered to Thamea eatuarv. Hrltlsh patrol boats. The crew was i taved, but the airship brake np and sank while being tewed in. The raid of last night vtas the twenty-second of the war. The loot Zeppelin was the third of her class to come to grief in these raids. Dispatches received from points on the southeast, eaut and the north east coasts and In the eastern coun ties Indicate that last night's Xeppe lln raid or raids for there were apparent!)- separate ventures north and south were the most extensive yet , undertaken. i At Omit Height. The Zeppelin remained at mnrh greater heights than during prorlou visits and consequently very few per sons saw them except when they were picked out by the Hrltlsh search lights. Their great height also had the effect of preventing the accurate selection of their targets and their ootnbs dropped Indiscriminately Home places were passed orer with-! oat being attarkeil, while In other Instances several bomhe fell within a radius of a couple of hundred yards. Information at present at hand Indi cates that the damage done waa chiefly in the smaller towns. The Zeppelins first made their presence known by dropping mombe shortly after 9 o'clock and at seme points the aerial bombardment waa still proceeding at 1.30 o'clock this morning. The identity of the wrecked Zeppelin was disclosed la the fol lowing statement: "fifty-four explosive and incen diary bombs were dropped over the eastern counties and twenty-two over the northeast roast. The I.-1.1 was hit near the tall by gunfire over the eastern counties. 8be dropped orf Kent. "A machine gun, some ammunition aad a petrol tank were dropped b this or another airship." JiIhhI Xlglit for Itnlil. It waa aa Ideal night tor the raid Everything was In favor of the Zep-1 pellns. including the atmospheric pressure and the lightness of the wind The dirigibles came In over the coast early la the evening and. sailing high, divided their forces. Those who saw them say they were larger than the dirigible used on prevleos visits. They kept at such a height that they were out of range UNCLE SAM'S CAVALRYMEN PLOUGHING THROUGH THE ALKALI DEIMT IM IEAH0H OF rA0H0 VILLA ACROSS THE MEXICAN B ORDER yM531 r t . MKDFORD j28 KILLED, 44 WOUNDED IN RAID ON ENGLAND BY ZEPPELINS GERMANS i .. German Claims Tremendous Expcwll- Eastcrn complisli Results Mi:itI.IN', April 1 - Kuo-mn raKti allies in the recent offen-ie on the northern jmrt of the line were not leM than 1 10,0011, the German war office estimated today. The state ment read: "Katdern Frent: There were no .levelojunent of imH.rtanee. The Kwouan offensive aitparetitly i i'.- haimled for the moment "From IMinwrv 28 to March 2K the ItuMMiaiiH attacked In rue M-clorH of Field Mambnl Von llindcnburu'i front with thirty divi-iuim, or mote than fiOO.dOO men. and with such nn exMnditare of munition as until now had been unheard of on the eastern front. Thank to the limvery and tenueraua Sttdhrance wf the Gentian troopu, the naMStaiiM hao hud no tmc- re at all. 'VTbe ItitSHiait enauHlticH, acronling to eaiilioua ealciilutioiiM, were uol fewer than 1 1fl.OfHI men." "U'eMlern front : Xeur St. Kloi an attack with hand grenades by the liritiah was rcpuUed. There waa fighting with minex iM'twecn Im lias wee eanal and Xeuville. Xorthcnt of Itove the fire of the I'rtneh artillery was terv xpirited. German artillery effectively Hhelled (Mmitions of the enemy on the Amne front. "There were intent aitillcr imels in the Anri'inii- .iml m the sector of the Men-.." E WASHINGTON'. A,.nl 1 H a vole ot .'I to 1 tin i n.ilf imliriarv auh-i'oajimiilcc i Mii-nlirint.' the ihin inution of I .oiii-. II. Hrundciii lor the kiipreme court, todu otcd to recom mend confirmation to the entire com mittee. Those wiling for confirma tion were Senator Chilton, Walah and Fletcher, democrat, again -t Sen ators Cummin and Works, re'Nibli cans. The full eonimittee i- under ntood to stand practically een. i smt fv grsiT. j si .rviniu aaeamacxeai iiMiAnu il I f r r tJT Fit. r'. j n(nv -IH i -mm uiss mmu-rw'M ! put An in nnni m Wmt. . .-j&m ture of Men and Munitions on the, JwRflJ X jAi i&l 'il Front Has Failed to Ac-t wSmJNm- .i iJ?' BatlwcMrlKfc. sjj i I ii$ .JUtL 1!B,CJJ!?5r"5ii wLiSn ) wwamsmmak "4 0M1TTE FAVORS BRANDOS V JHL.rffcw 3Bu.l ffllfcrM OHM ION. HATI'IIIMY. WASHINGTON. April 1. Anilma sador Gerard eabltii the state depart ment today that he had been inform ed by the German government thai uothing wait known officially there of the attack on the steamer Huwaex and lingliaiunan, but Hint an investi gation waa being made, lie said the German goernniiut informed him they had only ncwsmifier report on the two ciimch up to the present. The uontent ot Ambasaador Ger ard's dispatch, the first received from him since inipurics- about Iho two iUiiih were forwarded to iU'rlin sev- rrul days ugo. wcic immediately sent by wireless to I'ri-nlent Wilson, who j is taking u week cna. trip uown tne l'oloinue river on the nuvay yacht Mayflower. The investigation promised may take a week ur more. Hubmarinc i nl mmunders at scu will huve to re- port iieiore me uerman government., will lc in a position to say definitely whether or not one of its submarine attacked the Kuejc or Englishman. Olfu-ials take tor granted thnt the Knglisbman was ui lacked by u Ger man submarine hci-uuee of rejsirts thnt warning shot- were fired at her before she was torpedoed. Ji"' 'elT-T - --a i-- eaprtsrvasi - "M "kTT - SWtemaS "fe!l : v&-.i.V JHH ' IIshi'iMIi Ji'M. .- '' -0titr .&r. 1 1. out uni.i i nvv r rniT i nmrT-i rrrTr ! mw if1 un dm. UU.U. fla4P ,LX&,rtAttt&4&MWKZWlmWiR Jxlmwiskt ' -St SW fMmsmmW BERLIN AWAITING WAITE COLLECTED UNDER SEA REPORT iVIANY VARIETIES OF SWX ATTACK DIME GERMS W'UII, I, IfMfi NKW YOKK, April 1. Dr. Arthur Warren Wuite will be plueed oh trial fur the murder of his wealthy father-in-law, John li. Peek, the district at torney eiMMdM, within a month. If hia condition permits, Wait will lie airaigneil next Monda on the two indictments found Hgnimd. him yes terday. i A private detective employed by tKe I'cck family delivered to the dis trict attorney today 1H0 slidus and IUII lest tubes which arc believed to contain disease germs, , The.v hid labelled tetanus, Asiatic cholera, pneumonia, tuberculosis, typhoid, ty- phus, nnthrux and inllucnieu. The de tective found them in Wattes aMit inent. The discrepunrv between the $0000 which Dr. Arthur Wurren Waite de- dares he gave Kane, and the $7H00 which Kane dug up from its hiding isncc wa- matic tue suiip-ei ot uu in- ventilation by DiMrict Attorney 111- wurd Kwann Ma v. According to Kune, the largw roll of lulls was lorced into his hands by Waite and he never counted the money while it was in his possession. Then-fore, Im aid, he did not know its value when be buried it. a IBUNE 1 ON VAX m VERDUN Two Hcovy Attacks East of Metisc Result in Sllnjit Advance Other Attacks Repulsed Violent Bom bardment at Mnlancourt Repuls ed at Dead Man's Hill. 1'AItlS, April 1. -German fotevs luliverud two litmvy nttauks last nigiit in tlio Vurduu nigiou oast o tlio Moiim. Tlio wnr office iuiuoiiiiochI Gits nftoruoon thnt otto attack guirnnl the GuruiHtia a footing in tlio vitiligo of Vhiix. Tlio other attack was ro liulsml. Woet of tlia rivor tliore w n vio lent lumilmrtlinoiit in tlio rugion of Malnneourt. The Gtunmn lnigndes ntlaaktMl just aftur dKik. Tlio uoliiinu attaoking in front mot with such Miistninud firo tlmt it whb lliniwn linck boforo rcnoh ing h honso of tlio village. Tlio us MHiilts worn renewed rrpeetedlv at in tervals oT a few minutes, the Gorman ranks growing thinner uith onoli rush. IIi.muIi Is Miute. At about 11 o'oloek the Germans brought up a fresh lirigado nml lit- tHokud furiiiusly on nil sides, hut wuro iigHin tlirowii Imuk by tiflo i'ito nml hayouuta. At J o'olni'k another ehargo wiin iiimlo. II was dirocted prinoiimlly agHlnsl tin flaiiks and the column op era I ing on Hut loft alter being topiils cil sevoral limes, succcc.lcil in making a IiiohcIi in Iho (loTcusivc lino of thu Kreiicli. lining reinforced with miiro fresh troops, tlio Gonunns woro ulilo to hold (ho ground. The French battalion still hold nut and fought ftom house to Iioiipo until i iaw n. j nun mo oror-uicnm(in iter- .... .. . j man reintorcementa ovorwliolinod what icmaiueil of tlio ilofendiug force. Ity that limo uolhing was loft of the village hut a pile of smoking ruins. i Aio Kill on Iturh, The Germuiis remained ipi'icl along tlmt silt of tho lino during the day, hut made heavy attacks against the advanced French )Hsitions in the re gimi of Grail Man's hill. After pi on s rat ion with a veritable storm of shells, German infantry attacked in massed formation and lionet rated the first line of the French trenches at some iMiintM. French infantry eoun Icratliickcd with the bayonet and drove Inn k tin German'- in disoiilor. 155 PROTEST 5 GKNKVA, Apnl 1 Tin Nwi-, government mi-,- m a piihlie -tatcment that it scciiin proved that the luo av iators who dropped five lurge bombs last Friday oil the Kwiss town of I'orentruy, near the Freuch frontier, were Germans, for attached to thu bomb which faded to explode were instructions for their use printed in German. GERMAN BID wpm. l.lL---J M-. mu NO. 0 PIRATE TELL: AGAINST SHIPS Schiller, Confessed German Spy, En joys Notoriety Gained by Capture of Matoppo Says He Planned De struction of City of Sparta and Cunard Liner Believed Faklnn. -NKW YOUIC. April 1. Accom imnleil by a dotootlvo, Kruost Schll-l lor, tho Gorman stowaway, .who, un aided, took possoselon of tho British Htowmor Matoppo at soa last Wondos dny, nrrlvud at pollco hoadqunrtcrs horo today from I.owos. Dol. Bchlllor wns qiiostlonod by pollen official roRardlng tho Idontlty of tho four men who ho said woro to havo nsslstod hint In an allogod plan to oapturo tho freight stoatm-hlp City of Sparta, schodulod to mill Into to day for Vladivostok. Stntoinonta by Hohlllor that tho City ot Sparta was to carry a largo amount of ninnoy was donlod by tho captain, J. Mc- Kollnr, who sold ho nevor hoard of Kohlllor. "As for thoso four Gorman frlondu of his," nddod tho captain, "thoy must ho uinscpinrndlng as Chinamen, as I havo nobody but colllos In my orow." Plot Apilnst Ciiuatiler. Tho pollco stated thoy doidrod to (liiostlon Bchlllor uIho ropnrdlnK an allogod plot to blow tip a Ciitmrd stoamshlp In Now York. This plot, thoy bollovo, was formulated' In a Hohokon, N. J., ronort, which thoy said had boon visited by Schiller. tfchlllor was In a ohcorfttl mood vvhoii ho arrived at hnatqunrtors. "Why, tho cnptnln seomod to havo tho liloa that I was a ferocious Riant," ho oxplalnod, laiiRhlng. "When I mot tho cnptnln I simply pointed my liorofliiKor at hi in and said 'sit down.' Ho sat down very suddenly. I did not show my plfitol to htm or to tho iniito, who enmo In soon aftorward." Hohlllor turnml ovor to tho pollco tho Matoppo's impors and $00 In Hug llsh monoy vvhloh ho said ho had taken from the captain. No frankly admitted, according to tho imllre, that ho was loader of a plot to blow up a Cunard liner. Ho asserted that ha had persuaded four men to Join the atilp and that they ptannod to board tho ship, takn poesoaslou of hor at sea and doe troy lior. i i Is WivivIiik Tales, The police ware Incllnod to bo Have, howevor, that onjoylng his no toriety, their plrato prisoner wan weaving tales The Cunard plot wan not carried nut, ftchlller said, ho- causa his oonfederuta got "cold foot." Sohlller said his real namo -waa Clarence Hudson, that his father waa an ISngllshman and bad nmrrlod a German woman and that ha was horn in I'fltrngrad. There his pnronta sepurated, said he, and he went to Germany to live with his mother. At Uie outbreak of the war, ho said, he went to Kngland and obtalnod a position at a submarine plant at Cumberland. He stole so mo sub marine pis as, ha deeMired, and turned them over to the German gov ernor. He was arrested and escaped conviction aud then oame to Amor Ico. t f-'eileral Assistant District Attor ney Knox heard Schiller's statement. JtOMK. March .it via I'arH, April 1 Premier AhuuuIi appeared on tho liulioii) of the HritUh embassy tn nlKht to salute a great conoourso of the Hoie of Home who had gath ered to cheer him, "We are hero," ho said, "to further the victory of right and Justice." It Is said that Premier A-uIta, after conferring with the Italluu min isters, will pay a visit tomorrow to Pope Uenedtct at the vatlean. The Tribune ventures the opinion that the British statesumu's Inter view with the pope will deal chiefly with Irish affairs, that the question of the Irian In Awarlea will be dls cussed as a "portion at them are con ducting a moat audacious campaign in favor of the central powers," Other newspapers believe tho papa will take sdvautage of the premlor'n preseuie to make another overturt) OF MANY PLOTS ASQUITH CHEERED BY ROMAN CROWDS ,. n, t! JM a