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4 .iujiiii m im mil i' ' .I. i 4 if i?Hki?Ai n VI ATT mMT WEATHER iiMtr miokt frnrrmrr 1fe. (M. MlH. lift. fWf. fr l ( o SECOND EDITION i , 'i . h ir i i i.i. i '. Ytar, AMERICANS FAR BE CHASING VILLA Temporary Date Near Parral Estab lished Last Week Villa, if He still Lives, h Hidinn In Mountain Fast nesses of Durnnyo Dandlt Defeat ed in Battle by Carranzlsts. . WASHINGTON', April P2. General Obtegtin, Carrniisn' niiiiiMler of waj, notified the cinliufoiy here today that advices limn Gcnotnl Luis Guticrres in Chihuahua say thai Villa has f ost most of hi follower, wns oiiiiiUmI in (lie battle of Ciene- .miiIIm. and bus gone into the tltllHlltlllllM. -- F.I. PASO, Tc.u. April 12. Thnt tjic American expeditionary force hnm IH'iii'tnitcil fur beyond Piirml and in near if not actually at the Chihuahua Dui'iingo border lino is indieuled in code dispatches received here thi afternoon by private concerns with jnt ti'-Im in the PuitrI district. The-c diMtche said thnt the Aiiifi'ii-iin ndvonccd column now had a t iiiHirnry hiise tienr I'nrrul and tlml toward tho end of Inst week two i oiiipnnicK of the motor truck M'n i ii Iiml deli vet ed supplies nt this base. This ix the first authentic in tonnniion thut hu come from the I liir.' column of Colonels Dodd nnd Ilrowu for several Any. VIIIh In IMtrniigo It seem certain how thut Villa, if ho still liven, ha passed into the iiiitiiin fatnees of Durango and that lit in in n position (o get in touch with the scattered bandit forces of that district. There are twenty-seven truck In i-nrh motor company. The delivery of l ill lour truck indicate that the .'duni-i'd cavalry has sufficient sup pile to enable it to make long forays -OUlll. It i- not believed hen. however, thai tin- force of Colonel Dodd or Colonel Brown have (tansed the Du wingo line. To do mo would length en the line of communication too tnnuermisly. It ix mow than likely the have remained in touch with their supplies at Parral. Thin would account lor the luck of information from the front the post week. ItMllllltk Dt'fCHllHl TitUKKON. Mexico, April 12. De tittil of u live-hour buttle between the CurrunzUtu garrison at Paxaje, lMitaimo, and nu nllackiiiu force com lotcd of Contreriiri and Ccniccroa bandit- were brotiffht here today. The oulluwo fled in dutordor into the hill of the Niiziik dixtriet after loinu -e-ii t v killed, it ih retorted. The de lui'lii troops had four detid. The battle I oolulaee Sunday. KirM rKirtH were that the attaekintr force wa commanded by General Cunuto l(ee. At negotiation have been under w.iv for the burreuder of Lleiicral Ktsca uuder an amneRtv Brunt, bit t( r iliHuppoiutoient wax expreMed by C.irriuixM offtciaU. The surrender of hci- wim eteeted seriously to tri'lc the Vilhitttt cause in the nci-rhborhood of Torreon and Uu r.uiu". E ItKKI.IN'. Apnl 12. -A Hnti-h Mu-oNituinian force, oompoxed ul tn.opx trunxterred from tho Darda nelles, were repulxed by Turkixh troop iu a sanguinary battle lasting u hour near Lelahie on April 9, uccordwtf to a Turkish baa40rten' reiiort dated AdHI 11. Th state ment add that more than 3000 de4 liritixh rtere counted after the bat tle. The text of the Tmkih official statement follow1": "Irak front : The Itrmh atfiuu were Moodily tb3featld ue,r hVlulue. On Apnl ii tttier cme itntir m U a Imlf ul lu-uyi .irtillr$ iieijtl n Vf Pft- . ii v .in .. U .1 'fa ju n tli forfts VOND i I REPULS BRITISH ATTACKS ilw'ww ES TUBANTIA Dutch Shiipiiiq Council Invcstinat lii Destrurtimi "f Vessels Official ly Declares Both Vessels Sunk hy Suhmarlnes Fraptntnts of Tor pedoes Show German Manufacture. AM8TKIMMM. April 12 - The Dutch uhlpplnR council which whh entniateil by the Rovernment vsltli the official Investigation In the Mfik ItiK of the Dutch team!it Palem Imiin and Tubantln, has tinned the report of Its ftntllnn. With regard to the PalembanR the reimrt saya: "Three explosions took place. The firm was caused Uy the explonlon t Rome dlxtaiice of a drifting mine, which was fired upon ly a HrltlKh torpedo boat ilestroyer. After the explosion the I'alemliaug remHlncd undamaged. The seeoiul explosion was caiiseil hy a torpedo, fired at short range, which lilt the l'nlem bangl This Is aslahllhel beyond doubt by the unanimous statements of the witnesses who saw the track of the torpedo. It could not have liecn fired by the British torpeda boat de stroyer, because the torepdo passed some meters In front of the latter vessel. It Is possible that the tor wedo was meant for the destroyor, but, missing It. hit tho Palemlmug. .Third AImi ii Torpedo "The third explosion was also a torpedo. The first mate of tho steam ship clearly saw Its track about six lengths away on the starboard. This torpedo was aimed at the I'alembang because the Hritlsh torpedo boat de stroyer whs then a great dlstanoo away. "The definite statements of the crew are confirmed by the fact that no other drifting mines were ob served and the I'alembang, at the time of the second and third explos ions, was mot Ion lens and there was thereor no possibility of a collis ion with an anchored mine. ISven supposing that the Palambang was carried along by the current. It must be observed that the current was nearly due south, so that the mine would have hit the ship on the port side, whereas the explosion took place on the starboard." Till wilt In Toi NHloeil With regard to the Tubanlla the report says: "The ship was preparing to cast anchor at 2: 20 a. in., when sue was hit and a severe explosiou took place in the coal bunkers on the starboard aide. The explosion caused a hole extending from the bottom to the heller deck. Witnesses observed a treak nu the water approaching the Tubantla at reat speed, directed at the point where the explosion oc curred. "From Investigations made by ex perts It Is clearly shown that the pieces or metal In the Tubanlla's bows came from a Bchwurtskopf tor pedo. Statements of witnesses and of experts prove that the explosion was caused by a torpedo fired from seme distance by a submarine or a torpedo boat without warning. In view of the fact that no veasel was In the vicinity. It Is evident that the torpedo was meant for the Tubantla. "That no lives were lost was due merely to the fact that no passengers hsd raliliix mar the spot where tho chip a 111' I m I PALEMBANG USE RAILROAD OR PERSIC'S SUPPLIES SAX ANTONIO, 'IVxii-, April 'i. -Supplier are beint: .hipped to t'aiMW Urundi'h over the Mexu-o Xorthwet ern ruilroud for ditribution to the expeditionary Sorvv a rapidly a the limited um of the line will permit. It wa announced at amiv headquar terTtodav that additional store will go fi.riyurd under tbe exi-ting -hipping arranfements. This, coupled rth Oeuerul 'l'erhing'i. action ui moving lu headipiarterK to Kateo, Sort mil- houth ot t'hiliuahiiu, n the ame 1a Uit 11m ii(Mt l illu' j'emU 411 Witl rt -i'ti. " liken us ah ihilirntxiit thai rti f f aV lh iM'f iTiii' I reili nee 111 tin MKHKORD LAND QUEEN, TRAINED TO COMMAND, iHBfcfj4 I Wllliilnitm C M.illainl, tl o ' -oldkr q't" n I oiiiinandc r In-i hlef of aSSfr'1 'J&fflEi Ur.ii'in i i f.ut .. mlianimv Tl f u i n i ih tun d here Inspecting JHSSfSn $Hb9& " frwitb r K'uml "' lonith w itct tin DiiiU Mtrri-on on the Belgian PsarrilHnl. .- jfJBB3xk I "l"1'1'1' sl" li- ' n i lions stu ! i,t uf Mihtn IkIIm ntul lias the flssssamewrgg? yPSWaR4 I pr.utic.tl knowliil.r in-eilcd to iniiiu,iii an no TH BRITISH NOTE GERMANS AUlT R HARDING DAvls ; UPON SEIZURES TORPEDOING OF POPULAR AUTHOR ; UNSATISFACTORY FOURSTEAIVIERS ur.HU hi ritrnuiiL M t KISt'O. N. Y.. April TJ.. llieliiuil liindiiiK Diimn niithor ami wnr correMMndent, died nt Iiih Iioiiic heiv luMt night from heart tnnililc. IliV body was found earlv this morn ing. He hnd nppurently leu at tick et! while ut his telephone. lie hnd gone into his library to dictute a telegram io friend in New Yotk City. Ilia wife iiMtumed, when he did not return, Unit he had seated himxelf to read nnd did not visit the library until after midnight. Mr. Daviit hud hecu in failing health for some time and had nought quiet at his country place, Cross Honda Kniin, under the euro uf his wife, who wuh Ui McCoy, the actress. I'oiwlai'as AhiIhii- Kielturd lliirdiuir Davis, one of the most )topulur of American writers, a playwright also and a veteran cor respondent of five wars, including the present, waa born in Philadelphia in 1SM. the Min of U Clarke Davis and Itebcccu Harding Davis, ulso a writer. After being educated at Lehigh and John Hopkins mm entities Mr. Davis entered joumuliMii, blurting with (he 1'hiludelphin Pre and Inter ser iug on the New York Kveuing Hun. He mux correMMiudcnt during the Tutvo Greek, HMinih-Americun, South Af rican and Hu o-JManes wars for the loudon Times and the New Vink Herald, and during the present war wrote dinteli-i for a Hvndiuute. W'Mite 'I'lility VilMiiMts One of hi eurhet and mt wide ly reud bookx, "Soldiers of Fortune," was publikhed iu 11I, and in suc ceeding year be wrote more than thirty volume of fiction and warjx licrieHee, together with several plays und numerotiM short tones. In 1800 Mr. Davis married Cecil (lark, daughter of J. M. Clark of Chi cago and was divorced bv her in 11)12. A few dnvs luter Mr. I)aU married Mm McCoy, who wa- the In mous Yuma Yauiu girl in n pupulnr uiunical coineily. A ilunlilrr, I lope l)nii, Sit- horn. BY NAVY LEAGUE WASHING rox. April l-'.-Becre-tsr Daniels' refusal to permit Rear Admiral Flake to resd a paper before the Navy league convention here to day stirred up a wave of denuncia tion of tho secretary In the Meeting and draw hisses from one part of the hall. The admiral's paper, previous ly published In Naval Institute, an official publication of the navy war collage, was read by William Mat bar Lewis of Lake Forest. 111., while the meeting cheered. Heeretar) Itanlxl's letter gav$ as a reason for hU attitude that he tlintisht it lixtter for civilians to lead HUffiislit foi tiulctren4)nl of the navy jirj't fat ltcat ?! ' tojmtlnue ()i lihlifokctt j-ol ot n) m n i . in OltT.OON. WMNIMiV ftonioval o( Teutons From Amerlcnn Steamer China Aliened Due to Fact That Prisoners Had Enunacd In Plots Ajpilnst Britain In Far East Reply Docs Not Close Case. WASHINGTON, April 12. -Secretary laiiitiir announced lute today that (ircut ItrituinV note on the seix are of thirty-eigty Austrians. Oer mauH und Turks frmn the American steamer China near Shanghai doea not close the ease to the satisfac tion of the I 'mled Slates. WASHINGTON, April 12. flreol Britain's note replying to the Ameri can proleMt against the Keixura of thirty-eight Autrinnt Hermans und Turks from the American steamer China near Shiiiiuhni was made pub lic lodav by the Mute deimrtinent. It contends that the seisttre is justilied on the ground that the pri .toners had engaged in plots against Great Brit ain iu the Knr Kut and were attempt ing to return home to lake up arms. Great Itritniu alleges that the pris oners were "engaged, for some time iu collection and lrunntii"ti f anus ami uuiinuuitioH for clandes tine tranmiion to. India, und if pos sible for arininir a ship to play the jairt of a Far Kutrn Mfwe," and were boiind for Manila lo continue their work, having been exposed lo the Hritish authorities at Shanghai. I The neutrality "I' the I'nited States would have been coinproiniel, tho note contends, hml the prisoners ier formed I he ael they contemplated. Their acts, it i eouttnded, deprived them of protection front t' Ameri can flag under which, they were sail ing. The liritixh y" eminent argues that the removal ui ie justificil und trusts that the I mieil states will not feel further di-po-nl to cintei.t the ac tion. E ' UA.slllM.liiN. Ai.in I J IIh I i-iiiil lover- v lc i i en Seeri'i.iiv Dun I leN und He. ii Admiral Jtiiidle A. Fl-ke, lmiiier .tide tor oiM-rutiou-., j I took ii new t ti i it today when the m'h-i ute adopted without discussion u re--1 olution by Senulor Lodge culluig tor! correspondence which Ifr. DnnieU de clined to produec before the hou-c committee during the heariug on Hmi naval apfiropriutton bill. The no olution desoribes the let ters as written to the secretary iu November, 1014, one by the general board and one bv Admiral Kike. They are declared to contaio-waruinits of DAN ELS-FISK CONTROVERSY AIRED the unreadiness of the navy for war.o the Hay of Biscay, a a consequence In his teslimonv KecretarvoDaniels ;of which four lives were lost, said the disagreement began with his "I am waiting for full informa fniliiPi, l uikiumii iTIi.Lu .,,i.niii...l..r ..r lion lu'l'tirn luUnii uclioii." the ore- the Atlantic fleet, although iufce hiOhi .ii-.. lii-niipinSiT1 tljAi 1'n9 ?t ' 1 lyDrifPWWdv IKJLo W'WII. 1 IHIii. INSPECTING TR00PS1VERDUN BATTLE Steamer Ejiulishman, Eanlcpolnt, Manchester Ennjnecr and Berwind valc Sunk hy German Sulimarincs Claim Act Lonal Admit Torpedo inn Vessel Where Sussex Was Sunk hut Deny It Was Sussex. HlCltUN, April 12. (My wireless to thw Associated Press from Staff Correspondent.) Ttie German reply to the American not concerning the damaging or sinking of five steam ships contains the statement that the steamers ISugllshman. lOagle Point, .Manchester Ifiugtneer sml llerwlnd vaki were destroyed by German sub marines. Evidence Is produced to show that these vessels were lorpeifoed legally In accordance with the rules of war. The note states that a German submarine torpedoed a steamship Iu the vicinity of the place at which the cross-channel steamship Sussex was damaged by sn explosion, but that evidence at hand Indicated that the vessel torpodoed by the submarine was not the Sussex. In regard to the flussex the note states thst only one German aiibina rlne was In the vicinity and (hat It torpedoed one steamship. The coin mander of the submarine mail a sketch at the time. This ketch bos been compared with a photograph of the Sussex and had bneu found to be quit dissimilar In build, arrange ment of stacks, etc. Therefore It Is presumed a mine was responsible for the damaging of the Sussex. In the way of corroboration It la slated that German naval forees destroyed twenty-six floating mines on that day. Itegarding the cases of the tfiag- llsbman. Manchester Knglmfer, ICsgle Point and llferwlndvale, It la stated they were signalled to hall but dis regarded the signals. Tnersupoa warning shots were fired. The statement Is made that tho sutimarlne loiumauders assured Ibemselvs before HlnMllK the ships that their desii n Hon whs Justified iiiiil thut tlie iMvt vnie siafel) In lio.it i s BY MAIUHH. A i i I J "Wi me con fronted with -hi Ii an ilieiiuinchens ibly uburduit Hint I am louth to believe it until a thorough inquiry bus been made.'' .nd Count Koman ones, the Hmiiii-Ii premier, last night with regard to the torpedoing of the i Huanih steamship Suntsudenoo in mier added. "1 may Wiy, howeverf PI AROUSED TORPEDOING OF SHIP tlmt iirelimiiiiuv iii-lriiitioti alreadv ' . i i ti i i. -i IW'"n .inh.i- I in UNE GOES ON WITH GREAT CARNAGE Gsrman Assault Renewed With Finnic Projectors ami Poisonous Gas Frcncli Lines Hold Finn Entire Front Ovcrliunu hy Yellow Clouds or Chlorine Vapor. PAIUS, April 12. The Gentian as omit on the Verdun front wost of the Mettse was renewed this morning. TronHt advanced on Camettes wood, south of CumieiHs, the war office an nounced, using flamo projectors, hut werti repulsed. Hast of the Mettse in tlio Dotiatt-inotit-Vnti.v sector there was only ar tillery fighting. The war officii saya it has been confirmed that the German losses veMcrduv were very heavy. Seek lleml .Man's 11111 While bringing up reinforcements to resume their attack on Lo Mort I Limine, the hill of (he dead man, the (lermitii are trying to recover the ground regained bv lite French in Cailletle wood n tul to the north be tween Donamotit mid Vaux. The French positions there, do se rilied an are from a jHiiitt south of the foil of Dmiaiitnoiit lo the mut ter of the village of Vaux ntul tlio front is a little less than two miles in length. For three days the only actions on the east hank of lite Mettse hnve cen tered there with the habitual prep ii ration in heavily concentrated ar tillery fiin, with a finishing touch in the form of it couple of hours of heavy shelling with suffocating aitil tear-provoking gas projectiles. Uuprcclmitcil (.'uriuign After n lioiahttrdinenl with high ex plosives lasting eight hours and the use of gas for another hour or two the Gentians would attack simultan eously on two flanks. There was no visible diminution in their courage und ardor; neither did the Fivnuh show the slightest fatigue and the consequence i that the unprece dented carnage of the buttle of Ver dun goes on. Yesterday the whole front, beaten by gas projectiles, was overhung by u vellowish cloud of chlorine vapor which seemed to lie susMnded from the sky. When these clouds lifted the Germans bounded forward, seem ingly indifferent to the thick death dealing curtain of fire from the French artillery. Some of them got through it but only to find that the French hud nbundoned Hie first line trenches to allow Hie gas cloud to dissipiite. Ocrmuii reinforcements were sent up to fortify the trenches, but before they reached the line the PreHoh came back with an irresistible counter- at tack and in a few minutes drove out the Gciinuna from the few points where they hud Mtuetrated the trenches. (lI'IIIIHII StMtHIIIIIIll MKULLV, April 12. German trooM iu the operations agaiust Ver dun yesterday gained some grouud in Cuillette woods, southwest of Fort Duuamont, according lo the official statement issued today hy the Ger inun army headquarters. PA Hie!, April PJ. ItcMtmption of violent cuniioimdiug nlong the Greek I'lniilier neiir Gievueli mid Dioruii is li ported iii a ili-inti-i I nun Siiluiiiki to tin .loiirmil. It i- -.iiid that the I'limh ml ill. I ll.nl the lldwillllle, M-.W YolfK, Apnl I-' Wairunt-. tor the urrcl of -ix o the ncveu men ullcged to have purtieiputeU in a recent effort to bring pictures of the Willurd-Johnson prize tight into this country by re -photogruphiug moving picture films nojos the Csuadiaa border are in the possession of the I'nited Ktute district a.'loruey here today. Of those accused of un attempt to violate the customs law by a new method, six are New York wen and one a Canadian. The indictuieiit-i were Illumed li tin- 1,-di-nil ;lnin Jll i , , . w Mh imi mm NO. 18 IBRANDBSNEEDS iEUT! T Executive's Influence Will Have to Be Exortcd to Overcome tlcactlonary Element Committee Likely to Re port Nomination Unfavorably as Dominated hy Stand-patters. HY nit80N GAUDNUm WASHINGTON. Attfll 11. Prosl- dent Wilson has not yet put forth tho Infltionoe of hli office to socttra tho confirmation of Louis 1). Hrandtca as a justice of tho U. S. Biiprcmu court. Tho matter has boett portult tail to take Its course tu tho sonatc, but It Is presuniod that rnthor than seo tho noinlnatlon fall tho prosldont will do what he can to bring dutuo cratlc imimhers Into lino. As a party matter It would not look well Just liefnre election for a senate with a strong democratic ma jority to be on record as refusing tho confirmation of a Jew. 'When tho Jew Is also a brlllant radical, It would tend In Addition to stump tho party as llourbou and reactionary. The sonnte will divide tint on party Hues entirely, hut on Unas ot pro gresalvlsm nnd the contrary. The speelal prlvllego itieiuhors and those who by long years of habit think only In torma ot benefit to big busi ness, sua In the llrandloa nomination a menace to the Integrity of tho su preme court, vvhorons mouthers In both parties who think of economic problems In contemporaneous tortus anil believe In bringing laws tip to date and nilmlnlsterlng thorn In tho Intorot of the people nro authuslaa tlonly In favor of putting nton Ilka Urandles on the supreme court. When the suli-commltteu ot- tho Judiciary committee mada Its report the majority favorable opinion vvns voiced by Thomas .1. Walsh of Mon lsnsv and concurred In by Chilton and Fletcher, democrats. Minority opinions against llraudlea were filed by Cummins and Works. .liidlcliiiy Oniiinllleo The other Democratle members of the Judiciary committee who are now considering the evidence and report of the subcommittee are Charles A. Culberson of Texas, who la not In good health and not acting: Lee 8. Overman of North Carolina, who In opposed to llraudlea. James A. O'Gor man of New York. James A. Used of Missouri, Henry V. Aehnrst of Arl- lomt, John K. Shields of Tennesson and Hoke Smith of Georgia. Smith and Shields have declined to say thut they woufd support the president In his nomination and Smith's reaction ary course In other matters would In dicate that he would lie opposed to Urandles. Shields Is also oa the uu eertaln list: the others are expected to vote In Urandles' favor. As to the republicans on the com mittee, Clarence D. Clark ot Wyom ing. Is a reactionary of long und well-known record and Inevitably is found opposed to men like Urandles; Knute Nelson would be against Uran dles because he was chairman of tho llalllnger Investigating committee where he did all he could to help llalllnger and oppose the work of Urandles In exposing the efforts to loot the public demain: Dillingham of Vermont has a well known reac tionary record and there is a little hope that he will vote right on this appointment; George Sutherland ot Ptah also was on the Balllnger com mittee and might be expected to go wroiiit too; Frank B. Urandegeo ot Connecticut Is one of tho aanate'a hopeless lories and could net possibly he for anything so enlightened as the president's candidate. ('uitiiiiluk' IJvKlleucy (Mi in iiiIiih hits bowad to political (Contlnofld en page two.) REV0LTSSFROW1 YUAN KAN FUASbUSCO, April li. -Wa Tmk Kwong, military governor of. the t'hiuese province of Che Kaing has been imprisoned bv revolutionists and Chu ('hang Chun, civil governor, has fled, Bhangbni sdvioaa to Uts Chi nese republio asi i.ttiou In i. stated today. l&Jii.uinoe ot the Chu Ktniii: uiiiiiee was declared yetvt D AD II i . ' I (A T (A (II I