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VILLA'SDFATH GERMANSREPEL F
PFPHRTFR AT - BRITISH AnACK 5
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Mexican War Department Announces
It Has Rmmii to Believe Ban it it
Stain in. Action Ssarchino Parties
Sert to Find Dotty Persistint Ru
niors of Death Reported From
Many Sections One Report Says
He Died From Wounds Carranza's
Troops Co-opcratinii in Pursuit.
Ql'ttmSTAItO. Mexico, April 11.
The war department announced to
day It haa reason to believe Francisco
IUh hud liwn killed In anion, and
Hint neat-riling parties had been sent
out to rind Mia body.
WASHINGTON. April 11. UnoM-
i lul and unconfirmed reports that
Villa la dead reaehed the Carranaa
r embassy today and were given soma
r degree of credence by officials hers.
The reports were represented as
having come from Queretaro. General
C'arransa'a provisional capital.
IH,.itr Tumps tin Itonler
Offlrlal estimates of the number
of troops In Mexico and on the bor
lr available for ail emergency were
glvon at the war department today.
! neral Scott, chief of staff, an
nounced that IX.r.fiG troopa now con
stitute the border patrol.
"The department la In receipt of
(rlegrnphle advleea dnted. the 10th
from Chihuahua atntlng that there la
i'Q ovldcnce of any troop movements
toward the border. It Is stated that
every available man la operating In
the locality of the etteeoted where
ntiotitM of Villa and that General
(lulterres la giving every proof of
tducerc co-operation."
Villa Dead mid llmlcd
OFABKAL PICKSIIINOS HKAIJ
QI'AltTKUS AT FKONT. April 10,
la Mexican telegraph to Juarei,
April II. --Renewed reports have
been received here by General Per-
Mlng that Francisco Villa la dead
and burled. These reports are un
der investigation. Meanwhile the
hunt for Vllllstas Is proceeding with
i mo writ vigor with the arrival at the
front of General Pershing.
Mexican who had aeen Villa on
bla flight south said that the bandit
looked tli In und emaciated a week
bro. Reports, however are conflict
ing. One fairly good authorlt Mat
I'd that Villa was able to walk the
first day after he received his wound
which Indicated that no bone were
broken.
Aeroplanes today covered fevcr.il
hundred suuure wiles of- territory
M-outlng over a country heretofun
hi explored by planes.
.MmleHiis Aiding
The Mexicans In thia section
ol diaposed toward the A merit an
and many of them are bitter against
Villa.
The American line of eommunl-
at Ion ia now about 100 miles long.
It In again reported that Pablo
Lopez, who murdered seventeen Am
crlcan luxt January at Santa Yaabel,
I not d ad, but wounded and that
tile Villa lieutenant is trying to es
iipc the Americans.
Ueport of friendly co-operation
of the t'mrania troopa continue
SAX ANTONIO. Tegas, April 11
General Pershing la expected to reach
Sateto. forty miles south of C'hlhua-
Iiiui tonight, according to a reiort
biuiiKht to General Funston today by
Lieutenant llarguo and Gorrell, who
airhtd li aeroplane at Columbus to-
o
la.
I CONSPIRAT
hXECUTED.AT SUNRISE
KL PASO. Texas. Vprll 11 The
three leaders of the I Haitian plot to
m nr Juarei and oeithio the Osr
ianatst garrison tin re lu-t Bun
dav were executed b) the tiring squad
in luareg early toda The were
uliolas Ohairr1a, Joe In.z Hor
net and FiorenMo Hrani!e The
mn.1 u i n Anf(EKt tup f'4'
. i. i'.. .-. eiwcitpiT, tlllooJ
Berlin SatisfH With Progress of
Battle mi Verdun Front Total of
38,000 Prisoners Taken In Fifty
Days of Bottle Claim Bcthincoiirt
Not Evacuated.
HKHUN, April 11. llrltlsh troops
made a strong hand grenade attntk
last night after Intensified artillery
preparation agalnat the German ponl
tlons south of St. ltlot, near Ypres,
but the attack waa repulsed and the
position Is firmly held by the Ger
man, according to the official state
ment Issued at army headquarters to
day.
Fighting on both atdea of tho river
Meuae (Verdun) waa In progress
with great vigor throughout the
whole of yesterday, the statement
says. The number of tinwounded
prisoners taken In this sector was in
creased from 22 officers and 5 IB men
to 36 officers and 12.11 men.
:i(l,(MM) 1'ilsonors Taken
Since February 21 the Germane
have captured more than 36,000
French in the fighting about Ver
dun, the Overseas News agency an
nounces today.
"ISast of the Meuae about 2R
square kilometer of ground has been
occupied," the announcement says.
"German newspapers point out
that the French now any Ilethlucotirt
waa evacuated In accordance with
plana previously made. Nevertheless
It haa been ascertained that an order
had been Issued stating: 'This Impor
tant place must liv held In all cir
cumstances.' The fact that more
than 700 tinwounded French pris
oners were taken and that tlie French
losses. In killed nr wounded Were far
greater Is proof that the French plan
of evacuation could not be carried
out as Intended.
Atocourt Di) iii) imI
"According to tho French reports
the new line runa from the southern
corner of Avocourt wood alone; the
first slopes of the Hill No. 30 1, thence
along the southern bank of Forges
brook, passing to the northeast of
Haucourt; turning eaatward, crosses
the llethlncourt-Hsnes road at a point
south of the junction of that road
with the highway to Chattancourt
and reaches the Meuse just north of
Cumlcres. The fortifications of the
village of Avixoiirt, which la south
of Avocourt wood, were destroyed by
the Herman ad,inc of April !, a
reported. '
AMERICAN TROOPS
KL 1'AMi. Tex.i-, April 11. -Willi
nil official uduccs lor days ot the
whereabout oi the udvnnee guard of
the Ameiieiiii cawilrv pursuing Fruu
cikco Villa, officials of the 'nrrunxu
government in Juureg sought ioduv to
obtain lntuniintH'ii of the Americun
troops.
Apparentlv tho ruh of the Ameri
can eavulrv southward Una been o
nipid that it hu- earned Colonel IMd
and Colonel Hruwn with their trooper
far beyond all linen of communica
tion. Anuv officer at Port Hlit lie
liee that when the expeditionary
comiuunier get in loueji with Uin
ernl Kuuton they will report that the
American troopg have engaged the
VillUtna in buttle. Keiwrtw thut u
battle ha been fought with Villa
band south of Sntevo were current
curly today, but there wa nothing to
contirra thec report.
While the Americun cuvalrv ur
combing the country ut the tar end of
the attenuated line of communica
tion there was little appreheumon
here oxer their position for it wax
eon t idem I v felt at Port Hii thut
DoddV men could fight themele
out ot any uucura fort able position.
Scout-, and refugee with knowledge
of the country south of 1'urral ay
that the American troop will find it
KM-ulmrlv difiieult to oiierate in any
uuuiberH agiuut Villa iu the ditrij
Oliere he tleeiui;. The Arrieta
CARRANZISTS S
m
N I
ABOUT
INCH RESIST CR0WNIIPR1NCE ND 1 ONLY DAUGHTER1VILLAISTAS KILL
SUPREMEEFFORT JOURNALIST IN
AMSIVEK Im vA- MINACA Hi
Dcatlman's Hill Bts the Way to Fur
ther Advance Alternative Ad
vances and Recoils Paris Figures
Present Great Atlnr-k Concluding
Phase of Batt'c Ncarinrj an End.
PAIUS. April 11. On the west
bank of tho Monte the Gorman ihnde
an attack laat .night On Dead Man's
hill with liquid fire, advnnelng from
Cordeaux wood. They obtained a
footing In a few small elements of
tronohos, the war office announced
this afternoon, but otherwise- weru
repulsed.
Uust of the Meuse the Germans
attacked trenches south of Dountnont
village, but were beaten back with
considerable losses. There waa vio
lent bombardment of Oouamout and
Vaux.
The German general offensive
against the French fortress of Ver
dun began Sunday over a 13-mll
front Is being restricted In the latest
fighting to a two mile front on tho
west side of the river Meuse. Along
these 3G00 yards of trenches tlui
French thus far not only have suc
ceeded In barring a further advaucb
of the Teutons on the west bank ot
the river but also In screening theit
artillery, which Is raking every Gor
man advance on the oast of the river.
Hood Man's Hill
Tho object of the present opera
tions Is the now historical Mort Hom
me or Dead Mau'a hill, which bnrMbo
way of the Germane to a further ad
vance west of the river. The oier-
atlons began yesterday when two Ger
man divisions were launched from
Itethlncourt and Haucourt against
Hill No. 304 on the left or Dead Mau'a
hill, while two division attacked at
the same time In the direction of Hill
No. 295, between Dead Man's hill and
Cumleres.
The Germans advanced in serrlod
ranks as on Sunday and their propor
tionate losses are reported to havo
been quite as great. The fighting
lasted all afternoon, with alternative
advances and recoil, the Utile gains
of both sides being offset by equiv
alent losses and at the end of the day
the positions were on the whole tho
same as before the attack.
The Germans are at the foot ol
Hill No. 29R while the French hold
the slope and the summit, which are
solidly fortified. From these posi
tions the French poured a stinging
fire Into tbe dense ranks of the Ger
mans advancing over ground where
lu simta they were fully exposed to
both machine gun fire and the fire ol
three-Inch guns.
Altar. Ilepulseil
The repeated attacka were thrown
back before they succeeded In reach
ing the barbed wire defenses and the
attack against Hill No. 301 were
subject to the same conditions.
No sooner would a company of men
leap from their trench than tbe 3
luch plecea and the machine guns be
gan to bring down the attackers.
They never got more than 100 yard
from their trench and they lost heav
ily during the day.
The erewn prince's supreme effort
for tbe capture of Verdun, as the
military observers rharaeterlse the
operations which began on Sunday
to the west of the Meuse, ia spend
ing Itself against the stout and intel
ligent defense of the French. The
observers point out that when the as
sailant realties that he has failed to
attain his objective, he Invariably de
livers an extended assault with great
violence before laplng into normal
trench warfare 8m h was the great
German attack during the battle ot
(Continued ou page six)
li to land"'
MPM
LONDON. April 1 1 A Keuter dis
patch from Athens a the British
and French minister informed Pre
mier Skouloudla of the intention of
their governments to land forces
(ropi the harbor of Argostoll and
elsewhere on Cephalonla, one of the
I often Islands a few miles west of
the in linlulld Xmii.i.iIIi e? Wele KM
.nihil' -nwri il n . hi - u 1 .1 v
! nNNsssnvvw
tin- is tln latent incline of tho
only itotinliter, Alexandria Irene, v
ciimii prime is now with the troop
OF
SANT OMDERHO
MADItlD. April 11 The owners
of the SHiitamlerluo bae lieon not
ified that the vessel was sunk by
a submarine and that the passen
gers and crew were given fifteen min
utes to leave the ship. Four were
drowned. Tho torpedoing of the
Santandeiino has peeduced a italn
ful Impression on the Spanish press
and public.
LONDON, April 11. A Heuter
dispatch from Madrid says that four
of the erew of the Spanish steamer
Santnnderino, which is reported to
have been sunk by a torpedo, were
drowned and that the remainder have
been landed at Halut Jean de Lu.
A dispatch from lllarrels yesterday
aald that a Danlh steamship bad
landed thirty-six survivors from the
SHHtanderino, several of them wom
en, at the small French promontory
of Socoa, near Btalnt Jean ile Lux,
and added that four of the passen
gers, all Spaniards, had bseti drown
ed. Tho Santanderlno waa a vessel
of 20 IB Ions Bronx aftd had been
trading between Llwrpool and I'nlt
ed State port
mm sell-
HKIILIX. April il The flrsl In
stallment of fifteen centimeter how
Itsers. with ammunition which were
ordered In Germany, will arrive lu
Switzerland during the nest few days,
according to the Zu richer Post, aaya
the Overseas New agency. "The
newspaper points out thgt this la the
beat answer to report that Germany
tntenda to iuvil Hwltserland and
com men la on the fact that German
InduHtry not onl l able to meet the
enormous want of tho German urm,
hut also to Mupph miitral countries
The CreiiHol iKn-mli) work wei.
unable to supi'h 'in' Kimx."
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uu:
LONDON, A). nl II. I.IiimU ie
pnrts the llrili-h -iciiuinhii KMa-ton
i- inKnini.' and pri-Mimably liu been
-link. AU hand huve been picked up.
The KllasUm was unarmed. I
The Dutch leumhii Hi.jndijk. j
winch struck a mine rf tbe hi-illv i
land lafct week, has been iRU'hed.
Her cargo is damaged by water.
The Kllaton of I7)D Uhm gro and
.'MM foot limit wu. I.uilt in 'HMIIi ml
SAIN
ANGERED
BY TORPEDOING
owned iii fila-trou The ls-4 VeiH'H' i
.I In i uintvv "' '" r ?t i ettt
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inmn prime of (ciinaii) and Ills
ti was liorn April 7, 11)1.1. Tho
In the fierce fighting around VchIiiu.
HI GILL DEMANDS
CHIEF OF POLICE
SKATTI.i:, WuhIi.. Aiu-il 11.- May
or liill thin iil'teiuooii npKillted
Chnrle Iteekinghain, former county
commiNxioner, iih ehivf of iHilice, to
HiiecetHl Loui M. Uing, temovetl. The
mayor uiil lkckinghnm was thor
oughly familiar with the liiiuor eilua
tion and eonld help hhn clear up (lint
problem. After hi appointment
Heekinghnm miiiiI:
"One thing I think the police de
purtmeftt ougbt l do i to top boot
lKKig ' Seattle. Kvcrv man, wom
an 'and child in the city know that
it i a ximple mutter to get liquor.
I think MomethiiiK can hiiicIv be done
by the Hliee deHirliiieut lo top the
illtgul trade."
HKATTLK, Wash.. April 11. May
or dill tmlay ent n hort letter to
Chief of Police Umi M. Iatg, ask
ing him to reaign immediately. The
letter lo laiig uid:
"Without going into delaila as to
reiiHotiM, Inflioe the bel intetuwU
of the city would be served by your
rcxigiiution."
The letter riMpie!. Lung to turn
over to Police uieeor Michael T.
Power Much city fond n- were in liis
liundk. It i believed that Iang'a ue
.eskur will Iw choMcn from iMilile the
police tleMirtment, lnteetor Powore
serving n ehief until the place la per
manently filled. Mayor dill repri
manded Lung IhmI week for making
arrest'. Iiit week without proper war
rant, in violation, according to the
maor, ubhia rejieutcd orders to the
chief.
Iung was formerly a captain In the
armyn the Philippine, later a eon
tractor there and on hi return lo Se
attle continued in the conducting bu
inea. Me ha been chief of police
nearly two year. Former President
Tall, in m public iuldre here hunt
year, eongratulated Seattle on having
-n eaiuble a chiel of lice as hi old
ii--.oi'iiiie in the Phili.iiin', Captain
l.anir.
MAY BE ILLEGAL
RESIGNATION FROM
DUAL EN MEN
WASIIINHTON, April II In a
special report lo emigre- the indc
udMieuto general i the anuv iii,i
expressed "grine doubt" lu the
validity of the dual enlistment sys
tem propoced in the enute army bill.
The houe bill proiioni however,
for drafting National Guardsmen into
the tegular army in war time, the
judge advocate general held would
obwHte some of the legal difficul
ties which would cini I rout eulixtiuent
to the state mid federul government
at the same time.
Secretary linker transmitted the
lodge iiihoeuteV iew adding that he
Ii.hI hi, i hud iiiiurtuiiit v I" kiddy the
ilvJCC i ! ' I In I'luiil i- a 'ml
v tt,fti h i i M i n .1 . im
Dnvld Drucc, American Newspaiicr
Man and Hcrninn Dlankenhurrj, a
German, Ruthlessly Slniu hy Bnu
dlts One's Head Split Open by
Sword and Other Shot in His Room.
I'KlMSIIIXCrg CAMP AT PKON'T,
April 10, by aerojdene lo CnltiHibiis,
N. M., April 1 1. The rkeaptteea in
whlcli the VilliNtna held human life
was brought pnt pointedly here to
day liy ,1. II. Licke, an American or
Minaea, who ecard from that city
the night of .March 'i$, when Herman
Mlankenliniy. a Oermau and David
Itruce, nn Amcricnu, were.killeil hy
the ImiulilM. Locke deMcrilieil to Gen
eral Pernhing the utter rt'cklKiioH
with which these two men were elain.
Letter found ou Ilntce indicated
that he had adopted a ieii name iu
Mexico while trying to sell magiaine
stone, and that hi friend expected
him to write something about Villa.
The letter gave hi right name hm
Don McGregor. He wa from Mitt
nciiHili, Denver and Chicago.
Story of Tragedy
"The night or March 28," said
Locke, in telling hi story, "we three
were in my hotel. Kaily- in the morn
ing, before ilaybght, we hennl lioot
nig, ami hoou Carranxa soldier said
Villisln were iitlackiug tho town.
This was the Mome night tlml Villa
uttaeki'd (liiurmro ami Shu lidni.
Two eoldivr remained licliind gtiHtd
ng tho room where the Carmiiau uoin
innuiler resided in our hotel and
which he left at the liooting lo tako
command of Ida Ironim. I told the
other two, who eaniu to my room, that
we must gel out imtneiMntoly befmo
daylight. Blankeuliuiv eaid he
would not leave, I Iih I he wa a Ger
man with nothing to fear. 1 1 nice
seemed to he iu fear, hut decided not
to risk going out. Ho I etarled alone.
"The VillitttK were riding through
the streets fighting Currnnan trnoM
when they encountered them and
shooting wildly the rest of the time.
The moon wit iu it last iiunrler so
'thut there wu considerable light to
see hy. I earned my pistol ready, hut
never had to ue it. My u freak of
good fortune 1 waned through the
entire band of Villiata without one of
Ilium catching sight of me.
Hilled by VIIIKtas
"The next day I hid out and two
day later a Mexican friend brought
mc new of (he ilea I lis of Itliiukcu
burg and liruec.
"They hud stayed together iu my
office, which faced the street, until
alHiui 8 in the morning. Tbe thick
adola wall protected them. Then
Mlankeuhiirg decided he would go to
Uie hotel kept by Richard lleimple,
another German. Taking his vajise,
Mlankeiibiirg stepjM'd into the street.
Just ut that moment u Villiln rode
pat. Without warning this Vnllistu
at ruck ltlunketiburir over the head
with hi sword, aplittiug it halfway
to the neck. A liluitkeiiburg fell the
VitliHta shot him in the face.
"AU Ihi o4eurred before the door
of my room hud been closed ho that
the N'illisttt after striking Mluukeu
burg, looked up and aw Uruec itting
iu my room. The soldiei ruised hi
rifle mid fired, killing Itruce with two
shot-, lb rough' the breast,
"The Mexican were ufiiud lo bury
either of the foreigners while Villa's
men leinained m town. Meanwhile
the pigs in the street were Uneaten
Ult lo mutilate IMuiikcuhiirg's body
beyond recognition. A Mexican who
klieu liluilkcublirif loul hi- little bu
(Contluued on last page)
LONDON, April ll. The Italian
steamship L'nioue i reiMtrted by
Uoyd to have been torpedoed,
The crew of the Hntih steamship
Eautern City, the sinking of which
was announced yesterday, ha been
landed. The Knstern Cite was sunk
fby a submarine.
There are three Italian steamship
I liiolie. jlie l.iige-l. ut '-' '17 tmi-..
CABINET MILS
GERMAN NOTE
UNDERSEACRISIS
Germany's Position Understood to Bo
That No German Submarines At
tacked Sussex and That She is
Blameless In Attacks on English
man, Manchester Engineer, Eagle
Point and Bernard.
i
HIBItLI.V, April II. Tho Gorman
government's reply to tho Amorioan
Inquiries regardliiK tho stonmshlp
Sussex and four other vessels which
have been sunk or damaged, wai) do
llvored totlay to the Amorlcnn onibaa
sy. WASIIIN'nTON'. April It. I'roal
dent Wilson and the cablnot mot to
day without any new Informntlon on
which to net In the submarine. Ismio.
Secretary Lansing reported that ho
expected to receive soon n dispatch
from Ambassador Gerard giving tho
results of Oarinany's luvoetlgntlon In
to the destruction of I ho Siimox ntid
other cases.
Whon the cabinet meeting broke
up It was ludlented that, tho provi
dent and the nahlnal wero still think
ing about the destruction of
ships since Derninny gave hor last
assurance and It Mtlll appeared that
whatever the United States might do
would be hnsotl largoly upon that
font tiro.
Secretary Lansing said nn decision
hnd boon ronohed on which nn nn
nouncemonl could bo liuioit.
Sucratary Lansing was nhlo to In
form tho proeldeut nnd tho cabinet
ot the essential points ot Qormnny'H
contention us n result of aovornl con
fldentlnl messages received from Mr.
Gerard.
German's ttoeltlnn Is undorntood to
he that untie of her aitbmarlnoa at
tacked the Sussex and. that she la
blameless of tho attaoka on tho I4ng
HshniHii, Manchester llnglneer, Ifuglo
Point and llerwlndrale.
It Is unknown whether or not Ger
many admit firing a torpedo at tho
I'atria.
L
WALLA WALLA, Wash.. April It.
Verdicts of suicide were today re
turned by the coroner lu the ease ot
Mary Tawn. eighteen, and her atop
grandfather, C. 2d. Frailer, both of
Topitenlsh, Wash., whose bodies were
found yesterday lu a local hotel.
The girl, It was discovered, died
from poison. Tbe man had shot
himself, muffling tbe report or tho
weapon with a blanket. Tbe girl,
medical men testified, had been crim
inally assaulted.
Miss Hawu had been attending
school here. Her father, living In
Ulleusburg, Wash , had strongly ob
jected to Fraster's attentions to her,
and In a letter found among her ef
fects be wrote of a dream lu which
he saw his daughter assaulted and
killed by Frailer.
No Inquest was held lu the ease of
Mary Welle, the young woman who
commuted Miileide Sunday by taking
polon.
ORDER DISSOLVING
NED
AND HIMSELF
NKWAHK. N. J., April U.-As or-1
der dissolving the Uoeg Island hold
ing com puny of the Uock Ulaud mil
road system, and in receiver's hands,
wu grunted here today by Vice Chan
cellor Howell. The viae chancellor
alo signed an order whereby the re
ceiver, Chauiicev (J. Parker, will turn
over to Jm ob M. Dickinson, receiver
for the Chicago, Rock Ishvol ami Pa
cific ruilway company, certain noseta
of the Hock Island eompam and re
ceive iu return 20,000 m i. Ax and
415.U0U m demand niie.
Hecciver Dickion ." t with
diaw hv direction of the court a
Linn i.n t l.ooo.noo on the Hock Is-
IiiihI ' "i in "huh wai di-.tllowed
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