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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
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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'
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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
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