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TUDANTIA LIKELY
SHIP! (IS ATTACK
AMERICAN AMY
IMVADiNG MEXICO
OBJECT OF AMSRICAU PURSUIT IN MEXICO-Francisco Villa and his staff, resting afetr a hard, long dash over tho
plains of itfexicoon one of his recent raids. Arrow points to Villa. Hi3 horse is the one on the right.
STRUCK MINE, IT
IS SAID IN BERLIN
AMERICAN CAMP
BELOW BORDER
All Branches of Service Repre
sented in Main Force Which
Marched from Columbus.
PERSHING HEADS SMALLER BODY
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Semi-Officially Stated that Dutch
Ship Probably .Hit Explosive
and Renter's Heart No
Americana On.
ALL PERSONS ON BOARD SAVED
Earlier Reports Indicated 17. S. Citi
zens Among Passengers and
that Boat Torpedoed.
REPORTS ARE CONFLICTING
BERLIN. March 16. (By Wire
less to Say vllle.) It Is eeral-orfl-clally
stated here, says the Overseas
News agency, that the Dutch steam
ship Tuhantla, which is reported to
have sunk near the Noordhtnder
lightship, most probably struck a
mine.
LONDON. March 16. A later dis
patch from neuter's correspondent at
Ymulden says It now is stated that
there were no American citizens
on board the Tubantta. There were
four Brazilians, two Chileans, one
Russian and one native of Swltser
)and on board, he says.
IONDON, March 16. "It is now
certain the Tubantia was torpedoed
without warning,"' telegraphs the
Amsterdam correspondent of ie
Central News. "There were three
Americans on board. They were
Richard Schilling, an American con
sul; Emma Schilling ana Carmen
Schilling."
A wireless dispatch sent from the
Tubantia last night was given out by
Renter's correspondent at YmHlden,
Holland, that the steamship was tor
pedoed. The correspondent asserts
there were Americans on board.
' Text of Wireless Mresasre.
The wireleaa message, wtIch was
Signed "First wireless operator." was
received fcst night at Ymulden by way
of Bchevcnlngen, Holland, and is quoted
as follows:
"Tubantia torpedoed and lost. Am now
leaving; ship with captain. Don't worry."
A-mong the passengers Reuter's corre
spondent says were "Some Americans
and German women."
'The I-ondott agents of the Tubantia
state that Its crew numbered about 300.
They have no information as to the num
ber of passengers who embarked at Am
sterdam." ' '
Reuter dispatch from Tmulden, bow
ever. Says that the ' Tubantia . carried
forty-wo first class, thirty-three second
class, and eight third class passengers,
and a general cargo and mails.
A Reuter dispatch from . the Hook of
Holland says that a wireless message has
been received there stating that the large
Dutch, passenger steamship Tubantia,
outward bound from Amsterdam to the
River Tlata. has been torpedoed and Is
in a sinking condition near the Noord
hiner lightship. All the passengers have
been taken off In boats.
The London agents of '.the steamship
Tubantia, which Is owned by the Holland-
Lloyd of AWterdam, have received a
meisage saying the vessel struck a mine
d Is sinking. Another dispatch says
the Tubantia was torpedoed. .
The steamship, which Is of 15.000 tons
gross, left Amsterdam yesterday for
Buenos Ayres. It svas to have stopped
at Falmouth and peninsular ports, where
the majority of the passengers were to
have been taken aboard.
A life saving boat has left the Hook of
Holland to search for the sinking vessel
nd Dutch torpedo vessels are leaving
flushing to hurry to the rescue of the
ship's passengers In the lifeboats.
The Tubantia was built In Glasgow In
1913 and Is 640 feet long and S5 feet
beam. It left Buenos Ayres on February
4 for Amsterdam and was reported a
having passed Fernando Noronha on Feb.
ruary 14. '
KrhllllBa; la Xot C'eaaal. '
WASHINGTON. March 16. State de
partment officials say there is no Richard
Schilling In the consular service. The
recrds fall to show r.ny -man of. similar
name In any other capacity.
The Weather
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COLUMBUS. N. M.. March 16.
(Via Mall to El Paso, Tex.) The
American expedition which entered
Mexico yesterday spent an uneventful
right, encamped but a short distance
arroRR the American line.
Some of Villa's men, according to
a report here, are down in Ascension.
But Columbus slept more soundly at
night than at any time since the hor
rors of exactly one week ago.
Methodical aa Practice March.
1aplte the rigorous censorship, which
rlosd all wires, telegraph and telephone,
to military news, the story of the cross
ing gt out In one form or another by
devious ways. The facts were as fol
lows: About 10 o'clock yesterday morning the
troops fell In at their camp In full march
ing order. The order to move came about
11 and was answered by a shout from
tho men. Then the column started out
Cowboys off the ranges, enrolled as
scouts, and cavalry led the way. Two In
fantry regiments, some field artillery
and a waaon train came after, "'he de
parture of the force was unmarked by
a slnglo dramatic detail. It waa as bus
iness like as a practice march. A long
nasy lino of alkali dust, standing out
against the dull white of the plains and
the biasing light of the sun marked their
progress toward the border, as viewed
from a hill above the village.
Perahlnar does In Other Direction.
General Pershing accompanied the foroe
as far at the border, but he came back
later In the afternoon and took another
direction, to the flank with a pait of
the troops. ,
The troops taking part In the movement
numbered about 6,000 and were composed
of the Thirteenth cavalry, the Blxth and
Sixteenth Infantry and other details that
bad been encamped here.
During the preceding night it is said
that Colonel Slocum met Colonel Davit i
of the Mexicans, ,who promised that no
resistance would us made to croialng the
border. At any rate, there was no re
sistance made, but the entire Uevcii
population In Palomas, soldiers and civil
ians, with one exception, cleared away.
Americana passed through this town on
crossing the border, they saw the one fx
eeptlon an aged and crippled man. per
haps a beggar without a family. ,
Flytasr f oadltloaa Ideal.
. Some aeroplanes are believed to have
passed in with tha expedition In motor
trucks, but only one was een flying
about here and that last evenl'it,-. Fry
ing conditions, owing to the clc;irne of
the atmosphere, are ideal, but for local
topography.. IhiT ai tn.vjwur ref'.3v.Ua
cowboy scouts,;, - ',-.(''
Toward sundown, while the first, aero
plane ever seen in Columbus, was skim
ming the sky to the south, m-4 came
back. with. the report that the expedition
had encamped for the' night without any
inoldent to report. - It Is said In Columbus
(Continued on Page Two, Column Three.)
American Cavalry
Lieutenant'Kills
Self at. Columbus
BAN ANTONIO, Tex., March U-Wr-rd
waa received at southern department
headquarters from Houston of the sui
cide of First lieutenant Kdward M.Zell,
Eleventh cavalry, at Columbus. N. M..
early Thursday. Lieutenant Zell'a regi
ment was a member of General Persh
ing's command. Melancholia Is given as
the cause.
Lieutenant Zell was famous at West
Point as a star member of the base ball
and foot ball teams, having returned to
the school several times to coach. He
is survived by his' widow and two chil
dren at Fort Oglethorpe.
It waa suggested at Fort Sam Houston
today that the machines of the first aero
squadron be vsed to enable General
Pershing to make swift tripe back and
forth. '
Major Malvern Hill Barnum, chlef-of-staff
to General Funston, today an
nounced that the scattered patrol forces
along tho border had been Instructed to
report all disturbances direct to heel
quarters here. Hitherto these details
have been ratwrted direct to the nearest
commanding officer.
Strict guard is being kept over the gov
ernment arsenal here. Troops surround
It night and oay and searchlights play
upon the Immediate vicinity. It was
feared some Villa sympathiser- might at
tempt to blow up the arsenal.
General Funston and his staff are de
voting their attention to perfecting the
border patrol and to placing In the most
strategic position the reserves sent to
the border to relieve the troops released
for duty on the search of Villa.
Former Head of.
Villa's Air Corps .
1 Offers Services
CHICAGO. March 1.-J. 8. Berger of
Chicago, who recently returned from
Mexico, where ha had for two years
tried as confidential agent and head of
v'llla's aeroplane corps, has offered tha
!o eminent at Washington his eight
veroplanes and as many aviatora for use
n Mexico, it wss learned today. ,
Four Carransa aviators are also lo Chl
aso, awaiting orders from the da facto
Sovernment to come to Mexico te asaist
n the capture of Villa.
House Passes Bill
To Keep Sugar Duty
WASHINGTON, March l.Th house
'.te today passed the administration b, I
retain the present tariff of 1 cent V t
und on sugsr. 1'nder t lie sugar clause
"i lie I'nderwuod tariff act sugar would
on the fre lUt aftir May I nrxt.
The vote was Sfi to II. '
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FrUM SBERCLIFFE
IS GIYEN A PARDON
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Granted Unconditional Release by
Colorado Governor on Recom
mendation of Pardon Board.
WAS SERVING 25-YEAE TERM
DENVER, March 16. Frank Sher
cliffe, alias Sherman W. Morris,
serving a twenty-five-year sentence
for murder In the Colorado peni
tentiary, was granted . an' uncondi
tional pardon late today by Governor
Carlson on the recommendation of
the State Board of Pardons.
finer-cliff l serving; a twenty-flve-yesr
term for the murder In 19ns of John W.
Walsh, a miner of Leadvllle.
Three times in six years the pardon
board has passed upon Shercliffe's appli
cation for freedom, but in each, Instance,
It la said, his release was opposed by the
governor. - -
Counsel ' for . Shercllf fft has . contended
that -the trial and conviction, ,waatbe re1,
cult xC a ' "frameup" and actuated . by
motives of revenge.
' Board'a Statenaeat.
After reviewing; the case,' the board in
a formal statement, said: :
"It Is1 the unanimous opinion " of the
board that Shercllffo Is not guilty of the
offense for which he was incarcerated In
the Colorado prison ; that he waa riot sent
to the penitentiary to vindicate any wronr
he bad done,' but because he had turned
from hts past crimes and against crimi
nal associates and gave aid to the stato
to punish wrongdoers. We feel that it is
the duty of the state to sustain a man in
his effort to aid the state by providing
evidence rather than to permit him to be
punished for It."
The borad declared that the principal
evidence against Fhercliffe waa a letter
purporting, to have be-n written' by hihi
to Tom Dennlaon of Omaha while Ihi
former was serving a prison sentence at
Fort Msdison, la.. In which he wa re
ported as having referred to murdering
Walsh. This, the board says, hand writ
ing experts pronounced a forgery. v
Shercllffe served eight . years of hia
sentence. . ,
Strikers at Cudahy
Plant at Sioux City
Return to Work
BIOl'X CITT, la.. March H.-Neafly all
Of the 1.000 strikers of the Cudahy plant
returned to work this morning, after be
ing on a strike since Monday. Several
hours after the men returned about a
score of butchers rn'lt work. It Is not
believed tha other workers will Join tho
butchers.
Check for. Forty- ,
Three Millions
NEW YORK. Mar-;h 16.-A check for
$. 538.1 31, one of the largest ever paid in
the United States, passed through the
New ' York clearing house today. The
check was drawn on the Mechanics and
Metals National bank to the order of the
Guaranty Trust company In payment for
Midvale Steel and 'Ordnance company
bonds recently sold by a banking ayndl
cats.
Wabash Cashier
Confesses Shortage
BT. U3CI8. Msrch IS,-Robert E. Rigby,
assistant cashier of the Wabash railroad
today confessed to a shortage of 118,000
He has been arrested.
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DEMOCRACY 0F' :
BUYAN TO THE TEST
Secretary Pool to Decide it on Com-
plaint d? . W. Whited of . (
Omaha. '
WOULD KEEP NAME OFF BALLOT
(From a Staff Correspondent.)'
LINCOLN, March 16. (Special.)
Nebraskana and . people of the
whole United States are now going
to have an opportunity to discover
whether William Jennings Bryan is
a wolf in sheep's clothing. A pro
test was filed with the secretary of
state today.by R. W. Whited of 2715
North Twenty-sixth street, Omaha,
against the name of Mr. Bryan ap
pearing upon tha primary ballot as
a candidate for delegate-at-larga to
the national democratic convention.
Secretary of. State Fool is to -slit in the
game and decide the huerlta and domerlta
.of the haaeTatT o'clock Saturday,' March
18. That he will need the .wisdom. 'of a
Solomon and the nerve of a hero to de
cide the matter Is generally admitted.
Mr. Whited says:
: In my letter of March 4 1 stated that 1
Wished to file objections to W. J. Bryan,
also C W. Hryan, filing under the peti
tion aa a democrat or using tha word
democrat In connection With their filing
for delegate-at-large or for governor. You
state that under section 24 that objection
L..II I. n .1 . ,lthlR .1 u n . f 1 A.
the filing has been mado. I am Informed !
mat one v. j. nryan nas iiiea nis name
as a democrat to be delegnte-at-large to
the democratic national convention to be
held at lit. Louis. I do now hereby file a
protest against W. J. Uryan ualng the
name democrat in any connection with
his filing. I therefore . petition you aa
secretary of stata to set a day and place
where such objections as I shall present
shall be heard. I wish to ho heard by
attorney and In pernon and shall present
ruc-h evidence as will convince you that
W. J. Bryan la not entitled to use the
word democrat In connection , with his
filing for such office.
Whited Kays Brya la Demaaogae.
R. W. Whited. 27J5 North Twenty-sixth
street the Omaha man who filed a pro
test with Secretary of Btate pool against
the appearance of the name of William
J. Bryan on the democratic primary bal
lot as a candidate for delegpte-at-lerge
from Nebraska to the democratic national
convention to be held - In Bt. Liouls In
June, declared that he represented a
"faction" of Nebraska Wilson demo
crats. "There are several Omaha and Lincoln
men behind me In this and their names
will come out at 'the hearing," ' Mr.
Whited said.
In the , protest filed at Lincoln Mr. .
Whited charges the Bryan is hot a dem
ocrat. No action has been taken by the
secretary ef state. '
"I, and the' men I represent, contend
that Bryan's high-handed and dictating
policies In attempting to run the party,
places him outside tha pale of democracy,
Sir. Whited declared.
; "Bryan la more of a demagogue then
he Is a democrat. Ilia actlona and methods
ahould forever bar him from representing
the democrtlc party In any .way.
"Ills name can appear as a prohibition
ist, an Independent, or whatnot, tut
we're going to do all In our power to see
that It does not appear as-a democrat.
We have engaged an attorney to repre
sent us at the hearing at Uncoln.
XI r. Whited said that he was a resident
of Uncoln fur thirty-six years' and a
personal friend of "Bill" Bryan In years
past. While a resident of Lincoln he ssys
he served st different times as secretary
of the democratic committee of Lancaster
county, as a member of' the city central
committee and as csptaln of the Bryan
home guards, a seml-mllltary organlza'
tlon.
He has lived, in Omaha eleven years.
He Is .given In the city directory aa
painter.
Interurban Line Wins
Famous Damage Case
WATERLOO. la.. March 14 P.ieclal
Telegram.) Tha Jury in the peraonal In
jury action for damages In the famous
Charles fcrlbner case returned a verdict
for the defendant. This ends the long
litigation with many sensational develop
ment In which the child once waa
awarded tft.uoo for injury, but will now
receive nothing from the Waterloo, Oedar
Falls and Northern Hallway company.
The first trial was in 114 and is the
reault of sensational perjjry develop
ments. The trial this week changed the
veidii-t and the crippled child and chief
a Itm as in the trial reitilve nothing.
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BERNSTORFF SAYS
; NO U-BOAT DID IT
German Ambassador Asserts No Ger
man Submarine Sank Nor
wegian Bark Silius.
NOTIFIES STATE DEPARTMENT
WASHINGTON, March 16. Count
von Bernatorff, the German ambassa
dor, under Instruction from his gov
ernment, formally notified the State
department today that no German
submarine waa concerned in the sink
ing of the Norwegian bark Slltus,
from which seven American members
of the crew were rescued.
. The ambassador's memorandum
also said , the German government
had not believed from the first that
a German submarine torpedoed tha
Slllus. because such an attack upon a
neutral Ship Vas directly, contrary to
Instructions updei submarine
commanders are operating. i
f Announcement that tha Berlin
government had found after Investi
gation that, none of Its submarines
had made the attack was contained
In last night's news dispatches from
abroad.
French Minister of
War Gallieni Resigns;
Roque Succeeds Him
PARIS, March ,16. General Jo
seph Simeon Gallieni,, minister of
war, has resigned because of ill
health and General Charles Roque
has been appointed to succeed him.
Desperate Attacks by
Italians on Austrian
Line at Isonzo Fail
BERLIN, March IS. (Wireless to fsyt
vllle.) Desperate attacks on the Austrian
lines along the Isonso are being continual
by the Italians in their determined offen
sive in that region, according to the Aus
trian ' headquarters rtalement ot March
15. rectlved. hare today from Vienna,, On
the Iod6ra heights the Italians wire
only driven bnck from the Austrlsn posi
tions by bitter hand-to-hand fighting.
Mrs. '.Wright's Baby
; - Brought to El Paso
' EL PAHO, Tex., March IS. The babe
of Mrs. Maude Hawk' Wright arrived
aafely In Jusres today, an interesting ex
ample of the respect tor childhood,' which
even the Villa bandits showed when they
captured Mrs. wrlgnt. . Arier ner nus
band had been slain at 'Pachuca. Mex.,
before the Columbus raid. Mrs. Wright's
bsby waa literally forced from Tier arms
But the bandits treated It tenderly and
gave It to a Mexican family, which In
turn delivered the child into the keeping
of . soma of the. Mormon, colonials about
Caaaa Qrandea. Mrs., Wright, escaping
from the bandits after tha .Columbus
raid, has been here for a week awaiting
tha baby.
Vigorous Capipaign Against
Recruiting Carried On in Ireland
LONDON, March l.TThe Post pub
lishes a long article in regard to what
it characterises ss the serious situation
in Ireland on account of activity on the
part of tha Bin" Fein six-let y. It says:
"From motives of patriotism English
newspapers hlthereto have refrained
from commenting on the situation in
Ireland, but it is developing with such
rapidity and gravity that silence Is no
longer poaalble.
Through the south and weat a vigorous
organised campaign against 1 recruiting
Is bring carried out without serious
hindrance. Within a few weeks several
person have been Indicted and tried, In
Dublin, but in every case acquitted by
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DEFENSE BILLS HAYE
THE RIGHT-OF-WAY
Both Houses of Congress Get Down
to Business in Dealing with
Preparedness Plans.
OTHER
THINGS
SWEPT ASIDE
WASHINGTON. March 16.
Sweeping aside Intervening Issues,
congress set the stage today for
prompt action on the national de
fense measures, urgently pressed by
President Wilson since the session
began. "
; The houso voted unanimously for
a special rule under which the army
Increase bill will be taken up at 11
o'clock tomorrow morning, with
passage by Saturday night in pros
pect. . A ten-hour limit for general
debate wart fixed despite the fact that
the bill is the most jar-reaching nilll-
arj-mensuf favorably reported
to tho obdy. . .
la Hate's ef Prlater.
The senste military . committee com
pleted its final review of tha senate army
Increaaa bill and It was In the hands of
tha printer tonight Senator Chamber
lain, with the administration's Influence
behind him, . will lnalst that It be taken
up promptly, displacing the water power
bill now under consideration, unlesa the
latter reaches a vote In a few days. The
senate measure In some respects proposes
an even more drastic change In military
policy than la provided for in. tha house
bill.
Indications are that the joint conference
committee, which will adjust the two bills
and frame the final measure, will be
at work wltbln three weeka. The legis
lative framework of tha army Increase
project may be an accomplished fact
within another month.
To Be Completed Sooner.
. While the naval program has appeared
to progress mora slowly, possibly It will
be completed sooner than the army pro
jects. Tha Increase bills for the army,'
known as the organisation bills, are dls-
(Contlnued on Page Two, Column KoW)
Canada Will Place
Seventy Million
Loan in New York
NEW TOriK. March ll'A. group of
American hankers, headrd by J. P.
Morgan Co.,t are negotiating with tho
Canadian government for the flotation
of a new Canadian loan, according to a
statement Issued by the Morgan firm to
lay. The amount, has not been finally
determined, but it was Intimated that It
would le In the relghbnrhicd of 173,000,0 0.
Price of Raw Sugar
" Continues to Climb
I NI5W YORK. March 16 -Th'e continued
strong tone of the rsw sugsr market to
day sent the price of granulated sugar to
the highest level recorded since the out
break of tha Kuropean war. One of tha
largest American refiners quoted the
granulated product at 7 cents while others
advanced the price lo SO cents. The high
price was attributed to the recent active
demand for. sugsr froia abroad, owing to
the small Kuropean acreage of beet sugar
afttl large domestlo buying. ',
the jury amid tumultuous applause from
those In the court room. All these trials
took place before ordinary Juries and
we await with Impatience tha time when
the authorities will utilise their powers
to have auch cases tried before special
juries or military tribunals.
"In Cork a committee recently ap
pointed to organise the St. Patrick's
day celebratlona was offered the use of
J several companies of Irish soldiers, but
the committee refused to allow them to
participate, stating In reply: 'The Brit
ish army Is In hostile occupation of Ira
land and It would b as absurd for Bel
gian to invite a contingent from the
tierman. army to purtlclpata In a Bel
gian national celebration..' "
Unofficial Reports Reachin?; Colum
bus and Relayed to 1 Faso Tell
of Guerilla Activity in
the Desert.
BIX OR SEVEN SOLDIERS HIT
Nothing to Show Which Column
Encounters These Bands of
Franctireurs.
AEROPLANES ARE TRIED OUT
roM'MlU'S. N. M., March 16.
(Via Mall to Kl Taso.) While most
of the reports reaching here unoffi
cially today from the Mexican border
tndlcntrd that the American troops
In Mexico v;ere unmolested In their
advance there were also reports that
a few snipers had been encountered.
There was nothing to show which of
the American columns might have
encountered snipers.
According to these reports six or
KIT or Keren Hit.
seven soldiers of the American expe
dition had been hit by snipers.
Troop trains came In here during
the night and Columbus awoke today
to find the camp had grown consid
erably in population since last eve
ning. A new lot of cavalry horses
was noticed. Great piles of supplies
In boxes and stacks of bsled hay had
sprung up near the railway station.
Quartermaster wagons left constantly
over the road to the south during
the day.
riaaes Tried Oat.
In ' a sagebrush plain off to the aide
of the camp a number of aeroplanes were
tried out. They had been set up since
their arrival yesterday and were tested
thoroughly today. One or two at s time
were In the air moat of the day. Curi
ously, although a Hying machine had
never been seen here before yesterday
evening, today the residents of Columbus
scarcely took the trouble to look at them.
None of the aviators has yet Joined tha
advance column, so far aa could be ascer
tained here.
The strlot military censorship' ef all
news on troop movement out of aClumbus
has not yet been relaxed.
In Villa Territory.
. EL PASO. Tex., March IS. The Seventh
and Tenth cavalry, aald to be advancing
Into Mexico by forced marchee . from
Culberson's ranch near tfsflilts,, NT M.v
were' bearing the Villa" territory in the
Casts Grandee region tonight, according
te the most reliable Information which
could be obtained here.
These treope are reported te be march
ing with the minimum ef equipment and
to be lad by Mormon scouts from tha
Mormon colony at Colonla Dublan and
Oolonla Morales. From, their point of
departure the distance Is eighty-five miles
to Casae Orandes and the start waa made
early yesterday morning. If Villa, in
tends to offer any organised resistance to
his pursuers It might be possible for
United (States soldiers to coma In contact
with his outlying post very soon,
Weather ta Floe.
Tha American expedition is penetrating
Mexico under ideal weather conditions.
The hot season will not be reaehed for
a month or six weeks and It the windmill
wella which dot part of the country
which the expedition la passing are not
dried up the water supply situation ahould
be relieved. Clear moonlight night make
it possible to see after dark for come dis
tance. Definite Information that the Mor
mon settlements with their frO American
men, women and children were eafa and
unmolested was brought hope today by
tanlel Hurat. son of P, II. Hurst, the
Mormon bishop resident here: - Mr. Hunst
brought news understood t be of much
military Importance which was forwarded
to Oeneral Pershing.
Mr. Hurst refused to make publlo its
nature o details.
According te Mr. Hurst Villa has at
most 409 men. some of whom are
wounded. He aald also that, it was not
believed In the Mormon colonies that the
bandit chief had more than 600 men with
him when he raided Columbus.
Heaaala M rater y.
What the Intentions of Villa are
mins a profound mystery today. Andre
I '
uarcia, tne carranta consul here, as-
I serted today that from information In
hla poaseaalon he was satisfied that Villa
had dlsbsnded most of his men and in-
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The Day's War Nets
DIPATt IfKS FROM LOXDOW re
port the Datrh steamer TaWatla,
of IS.OOO li, from Amsterdam
for Sooth America, to alaklosT
alltloa off tho 'etherlaaida eoavat.
Whether It atrork mlaa or waa
torpedoed haa - sot hoea slater.
nlaed. Tho paaaeoarers ! crow
ova pool ta boat a.
OMR OP THE KREQt KNT pavaeoa
which have vhararterlaed tho
Uormaa rampalara for Verdoa la
aarala la ovldvarr. After havlogr
made thrlr aaloe of Taeeday west
of the Meoae, la tho allroetloa of
Dead Maa'a Hill, tho crowa
prlnea'a torero have aet agala ata.
vaaeed to tho attack.
IT IS OKFK'IALLY declared la Ber
lla that tho rbaaae la tho heod
or toe snioiairy or mariae, lavolr.
las tho retlremcat of Admiral
Voa Tlrplta, who Is aaeccrdcal by
Admiral Voa C'apelle, elgratfUa bo
ehaage la tha lortraatat'i aab
..aiarlno policy,
TODAY'S (iKHMtN offlelaj etata
ment eeaforaio with that rvn
Porta aa to tho aackaacea' oltaa
tioa aortk of Vrrdaa. Its test,
however, appareatly ladlcoto
that poMcsaloa of Drat Maa'a Mill,
oa which tho Uermaaa yesterday
reported aa advaace, la claimed
by tho tiermaa war office.