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The Omaha Daily Bee, Hr AWAY FROM HOMI-. The Dee Is the Paper rem Ht fori if Ton plea to absent mort than a f w days, Bays Tha Bee welled to yon. THE WEATHER. Cloudy ! VOL. XLV NO. OMAHA. MONDAY MOHNINO. MAKCII 1!H T'KN IWUKN. Oa Train. at Motel Kewe Stands, ate, Se S1N0I.K (WY TWO CENTS. ATTACKERS MARK TIME IN FRONT OF VERDUN'S WALLS j VILLA ABANDONS i HIS WOUNDED AND I FLEES LAS CRUCES BANDIT WREAKS VENGEANCE AS TURNS IN FLIGHT ON THEIR WAY TO MEXICO WITH SUPPLIES FOR PERSHING'S ARMY Scene "Somewhere in New Mexico," where the army wagons were all loaded on flatcar id ready to move in pursuit of Villa, The soldiers here do not seem to be greatly worried over the immediate fi vv Bandit Reaches Babi Cora and Hurries on to Avoid Battle with the Troops of Carranza. LOPEZ AMONG MEN DESERTED Villista Leader Whose Death Was Reported, Among Wounded at El Valle. German Offensive. Now Nearing End of Its Fourth Week. Once More Has Slackened Perceptibly. Meican Outlaw Commits Further Raids on American Colonists as He Withdraws Before Troops. f INFANTRYMEN ARE RESTING Chief Activity on Western Front Now is that of the Air Fighters. FRENCH PLANES SHELL DEPOTS BI LI.ISTI. BERLIN". March 19. A successful attack apalnst the British lines northeast of Vermelles, In which the Germans regained ground they had lost In mine fighting of March 2, wan announced today by the war office. In the Verdun region French at tempts against Le Morthomme and east thereof were stopped at the out set. PARIS. March 19. The bombard ment in the region to the north of Verdun very materially slackened during the course of the day, accord ing to the official statement issued by the French war office tonight. No attempt to attack was made by the Germans. The German offensive, in the Ver dun region, now nearing the end of its fourth week, has again slack ened decidedly, both Paris and Ber- 7 1 in VAnrtrllno- iViA nnntlnllpH flhflPnCA ... .Vf.v-.-Q ' or inrantry operations by euner siae. The big guns here and there along the front In the vicinity of the fort ress rrtt intermittently pounding op position positions, but the chief ac tivity JUSl at JJItSPUl sjreuie iu wo j the airmen. Numerous raids by French avia tors are reported by the Paris war orfice, the points bombarded Includ ing the railway stations of conflans and Metz. The showers of heavy shellB dropped are declared to have been effective in causing numerous explosions and fires. Little Activity la Hassle. Elsewhera on the western front artil lry 1s the only military arm that has been busily occupied and even, this haa not displayed more than ordinary actlv- lip. In Ruaxia, there has teen only spo radic fljhtlng, although there are signs of preparation for movement of prob able importance, particularly along the northern end of the line. The Austrlana have turned on the Ital ians along the laonso, where the Initia tive has recently been for the moat part with General Cadorna'a force. Vienna announces a successful attack north of the Tolmlno bridgehead, in which Italian positions were captured together with nearly five hundred prisoners and three machine guna. - In Arabia, the British report a defeat for a Turkish force which attacked an outpost near Oden. t Hutch Ship Torpedoed. London announces the torpedoing of the Hutch steamer Palrmbang, bound from Rotterdam to Java. The vessel met Its fate off the Galloper light In the Thames rutuury Saturday morning. All the mem bers of the crew are reported saved. Apparently the lost vessel was the Rot terdam-owned steamer Talembang of ."74 tons, engaged In the Holland-Java trade, for although there are two steam em of that name the smaller Is an oil farrier which was last reported at Kirk wall on a voyage from Philadelphia to Norway. More Ammunition in Mexico Than There Has Been in Years WAN ANTO.VIO. Tex., March 13-Un-unual activity ill.ipi.ived by the de facto government of Mexico regarding its ilores of ammunition is shown in reports from customs officers at different border ports of entry. According to these re porta and to Information secured by army officers, xliipments of rifle ammunition In carload lots by express have become i omnmn in the last three weeks. This apparent haste was being shown before Villa raided Colnmbu.i . Far from being a shortage of ammuni tion In Mexico, army mj say there la more small arms material there now thun there has been for mny years. The Weather For Nebraska and Iowa Increasing -loiidinHs. Tempera tares at Omaha Yesterday. Hours. le a. m a. in 31 T a. in 3" s S a. m V Vfc!. Nam l"s. m 3 p. ni A I i p. in frrts&sZ ? S:::::::::: Comparative kocal HeoorS 191 11 191 Highest yesterday 49 M St 64 Ixweat yesterday : a) 19 ik Mean temperature 4 2a E 3 J'reclpltation uu. . .01 . .07 .03 Temperature and precipitation drur. urea from the normal: Normal temperature & Kxress for the day 2 Total excess alnc March 1 47 Normal precipitation (4 inch Iieftcienry for the day (4 Inch Total rainfall slne March 1 ox Inch I wflrlent y since March 1 return 1 ef p'tency for i or. period lfl. fa n h lefl lem for cor lierlod, 1 f 1 4 . .."H inch t A. WELSH, Uoral Korectater. NINE KILLED BY GERMANAIR RAID Thirty-One Injured Also by Bombs Dropped Over East Coast of England. TEUTON OBSERVER IS KILLED LONDON, March 19. Nine per-j sons were killed and thirty-one in jured in a raid of four Oerman aero planes over the east coast of Kent today, it was announced officially to night. A British airman brought down one raider over the sea, the German observer being killed. The official statement on the raid reads: "Four German aeroplanes flew over East Kent today. The first pair appeared over Dover at a height of 5,000 to 6.0U0 feet, one at 1:57 p. m., the second at 3:03 p. m. v "Tha first .dropped. Mx, bomb lu.th.e-l harbor; then went (orthwest. dropping bombs on the town. The other raider, after passing over Dover, appeared over (Deal. "The second pair appeared over Rams-gate- at 2:10 p. m. They dropped bombs on the town. One of this pair went west, the other north, pursued by a Brit ish aeroplane. One bemb Is reported to have been dropped on Margate. . "The second machine appeared over Westgate at 2:30 p. m. Here several of our aeroplanes went up in pursuit. No bombs were dropped on WesTgate. "The total casualties so far reported are killed, three men, one woman and five children; injured, seventeen men, five women, eight children. "As far as asserted forty-eight bombs were dropped altogether. One bomb fell on the Canadian hospital at Ramsgate, causing damage, but no casualties. Ma terial damage done, several houses, the homes of artisans and cottages were wrecked. "Flight Commander Bone, royal naval air service. In a single-seater aeroplane, pursued one German aeroplane thirty miles out to sea, where, after an action lasting a quarter of an hour, he forced It to descend. The German machine was hit many times and the observer was killed." French Torpedo Destroyer Sunk By a Submarine PARIS. March 19. The French torpedo boat destroyer Renaudln i)as been sunk In tlio Adriatic by a aubmarlne. Three officer and forty-four of the crew were lost. Two officers and thirty-four of the crew were saved. The ministry of marine made the fol lowing official announcement tonight re garding tho loss of the destroyer: "Tlio siiundron torpedo boat Renaudln was sunk In the Adriatic by an enemy submarine on the morning of March 18. Thre officers, among whom were the commandant and second officer end forty seamen were lost. "Two officers and thirty-four seamen were r"cued by a French torpedo boat which accompanied the Renaudln." Burke H. Sinclair Appointed Major fHHYKXXE. Wyo., March 1! (Special.) Hurko H. Bindalr. private eecretary to (lovernor John B. Kendrlck, today was appointed a major of the quartermaster's dtpartment of the Wyoming National tJuard. succeeding Captain Graham Fletcher, resigned. This position wid en title him to wear a showy uniform, whereas lnhis position aa secretary to tho governor conventionality limited him to citizen' apparel. Major HnrlaJr, who unquestionably la the handsomest officer of the state militia, by virtue of his new position becomes assistant adjutant gen eral. Think Intervention Coming, So They Flee VA. PASO. Tex.. March 18 Americans arriving today from Torreon and other farts of Mexico all gave aa their reason for leaving that they thought Intervention was coming and that they had natter le out of the country. Head of Family Burned in Home SHHTX CITY, la., March . After res cuing his wife and baby from his burning home early today, Mike Cocaclth, 20U Rast First etreet, re-entered the house to get some valuables and was burned to death. Ills body, burned to a crisp, was found by firemen after the fire had been extinguished. CLOSE UP ENTRIES FOR J0BSEEKERS Two Hundred and Two Candidates File for Publio Office Sub ject to Primary. SATURDAY LAST DAY TO FILE Two hundred and two patriots, all or them ready and most of thera eaarer -to serve- their cHrrtryr-tate and community, have paid In the nec essary fees to the election commis sioner In order to be registered aa candidates for the various offices to be voted on at the primary election April 18. Saturday waa the last day for filing, and the afternoon saw a heavy rush of office-seekers, each one armed with funds to cover the filing fee and proper credentials required of applicants. There will be no scarcity of state repre sentatives on the primary ballot. Thirty democrats and thirty-five republicans have filed. The next most-sought-for Job Is that of road overseer. Twenty men have filed for this place. On the primary ballot are names fa miliar by long public presentation. Sev eral who have never held publio office. but who have long sought the honor. again came forward with their fees and petition. "Judge" Julius Conley, who aska for the Job of police magistrate, la one of those who have been most often disappointed, but still remains undaunted. Whether It Is the advertising of the various county Jobs where fee-grabbing has been the rule, that brings large num ber of candidates, or whether it Is the desire to see a good Job honestly adminis tered, is a dobatable question. At any (Continued on Page Two, Column Four.) Woman Exonerated By . Jury for Killing Her Brutal Husband KHEPKRH'lv. Md., March !. Mrs. Kloise Young Knglish shot and killed her husband, Arthur K. Knglish, a lawyer of New York, at their home near here today. The shooting was done in the presence of their 6-year-old daughter and la said to have occurred during a iuarrel Knglish was the son of Thomas JHinn Knglish, a former congressman from New Jersey and the author of the song, "Hen Bolt " . Mrs. Knglish was exonerated from blame for the killing of her husband by a coroner's Jury heie tonight after she end turee of her children had lexttficd as to English's alleged brutality and frequent threats to kill his wife. The yung woman teatifled that while their two sons were cutting wood this morning she requested her husband to permit the elder boy to quit on account of illness. Rhe said this angered her h mi bund who began to smash dishes and furniture In his rage. Mra. Knglish se cured a revolver, hid it In her dress, and later when her husltand took his revolver and threatened to kill her, she testified, she emptied the five chsmbers of her re volver Into his tiody. SKELETON KEYS AND REVOLVER ARE FOUND CMKSTKR. 8. D., March It - Special r Excitement waa created here when two boys found In a corncrlb near the stock yards a bunch of akeleton keys, a .36 callbcr revolver and a number of cart ridges to fit the gun. A couple of aia plcloiia characters wire camping at the stock yarilM at the time and the authori tlca now believe they iiitudt-d raiding Die town. A guard waa stationed all niKht and the lnti'iided raid frustrated. 1Im-o ei in l: that the cliiens were armed ami 011 watch tin' two ii il bandit Jdipait'd 111 the direction ol W'.iitwirih TV i . . CHURCH COLLEGES FOR BEST RESULTS President of Grand Island College Says Biggest Men Come from Smaller Schools. FEATURE CHARACTER BUILDING "Sixty-five per cent of the chan cellors and presidents of great insti tutions of learning are products of the smaller denominational colleges. "All the presidents of the United States from Hayes to Wilson hove received their educations in church colleges or colleges founded by churches, such Yale, Harvard and Princeton. "A. few years ago seven of the nine United States supreme court Justices .were graduates of small denominational colleges." " These" statements 'were "made "by Rer. George W. Taft, president of Grand Island college, In his sermon yesterday morning at Immanuel Bap tist church. He waa answering the question: "Vhy should we support a small denominational college, when our children can go' to the great state university or to any of a num ber of other well-established col- "The non-church colleges and univer sities give just - aa rood instruction as the church colleges," he said, "but the church colleges lay stress on another factor, namely, Christian character-building. Mere learning wtlhout character Is a poor thing. And this Is why tho graduates of the smaller denominational schools loom so large on the horlxon of learning and accomplishment. Leaders from Small Colleges. "The remarkable showing- of small col leges holds even In the field of politics and statesmanship. Take the leading figures In the two great political parties. "Charles Kvans Hughes is, without doubt, the biggest figures in the republi can party today, the man whom more republican want to see president than any other man. I knew his father. Dr. Hughes, for years. He waa one of the foremost Baptists and Charles Evans Hughes got his education In Colgate and Brown universities. He waa the best governor we ever had back in New Tork. And today in the south there are thousands of democrats who would vote for him Just because they would like to see a Baptist In the White House. "Wilson and Bryan are the command ing figures In the democratic party. Wil son was a Presbyterian preacher's son, studied In a Preebyterlan college, was a professor and later the president of a Presbyterian college. Hrran Snitched. "Bryan wss the son of Judge Silas Bryan, a deacon In the Baptist church. He had his trunk packed to go to a Baptist college, when the agent for a Presbyterian college came along and persuaded him to go there. Ho liecame a Presbyterian and married a Presby terian. "K.lihu Boot was the son of a Preu- byterian professor and received bis edu cation In a Preahyterlan college " The speaker declared It wn.ild have been well to have located the Baptist college In Omaha, because "Crelghtou is Catholic and the t'nlverslty of Omaha dominated by Presbyterian and Congre gational Influences." ilc waa formerly a missionary in Ja nan. "Toklo," he suid, "Is the greatest stu dent center in the world. There -are as many students In Toklo as there are people in omalia. Before the war started, pftrograd, BushIh. had the dis tinction of being Die World's grculest student center." BOWIE COUNTY. TEXAS. . WILL CONTINUE "DRY" TEX A ItKANA, Ten. March 18 Bowie rounty, Texas, remains di y as a result of today's election, In which prohibition won by a majority of 1.13k. The rounty bus been dry for the last four years. To. day's election was the result of antl prohibition axltatlon. The complete vote was: Hnr prohibition, '.'.r'l. against. l.l'.J. 'JVx irkhiix, tin- latgest city, rettiined a uajoiil of six for prol ihilion. Austrian Hospital Ship Torpedo Victim HKRI.1N. March lit (Via Wireless to Hayvlllo.) The Austrn-llunanrian hospital ship Klcktra was torpedoed Saturday In the Adriatic Pen by an entente allle1 e.ib mnrlne, according to the Overaeaa Newa agency, f pallor was drowned and two Red Crone nuraea were serloualy wounded. STAGE FIST FIGHT IN G. 0. P. CONVENTION One of Rival Chairmen at Oklahoma Republican Meet Arrested for Carrying; Gun. DELEGATES CLAW AND SCRATCH MUSKOGEE, Okl., March IS. Factional rivalries made the Musko gee county republican convention today.- aco of riotous -tumult, which wag not ended until J. C. Denton, one of the rival chairmen, waa pulled from the desk upon which be stood and arrested, charged with carrying concealed weapons. With his arrest the supporters of J. J. McGraw of ronca City, candidate for national committeeman, withdrew from the hall, and the adherents of James Harris of Wagoner, rival candidate for the same position, continued their deliberations. Trouble began In the convention aa soon as It became apparent that the Harris and McOraw factions would try to hold conventions In the same hail. Attempts by either' aide to transact business pre- clpltated disorder, until the delegates came to personal encounters and fought. clawed and scratched, while delegates on the outskirts of the tumult and the apec tatore In the hall hooted and Jeered. When MIcflraw'a friends abandoned the convention hall the remaining delegates named a delegation to the state conven tion net week. In Oklahoma City, which Is expected to support James Harris for national committeeman Sees Tirpitz' Fall Sign Germany Gives Up Policy of Force BERLIN fvla Ixmdon), March 1! The Cologne Oasette says that the resigna tion of Admiral von Tlrplts. signalises tho first serious crisis In Germany since tho beginning of the war, whereas In hostile countries there have been several reorganizations of ministries. The Oazette sas the admiral's retire ment does not signify abandonment of the submarine campaign, which, aa shown by news dispatches of the last few weeks. In regard to the submarine ac tivity, la In full swing. It is not yet known publicly, the Oasette continues, to what extent, the admiral's resignation was connected with the submarine question, but there ap pears Incipient signs in the press, the Itelclmtag and the Prussian chamber, that an effort Is being made to bring public oplnli 11 to the view that aubmu. rlnea should not be used to such an extent and in auch a manner aa Is neces sltated by wur, which la only another name for a mean of subduing the ene tides of the nation by force. The newspaper urguea that such an at tempt to bring the messjre of public opinion to hear on tlermany'a methods of conducting the war doea not har monize with ierman military traditions. This argument is supported by a long diversion to the recent history of Fiance, Italy and U'i-xiii to prove that public opinion drives the military authori ties Into il'saslious strutcg). SCHILLING ON TUBANTIA CONSUL FOR GUATEMALA A M ST KB I 'A M 1VI11 l.ndon.)-Mulch . Kichard Hchllllng, who with his wife and daughter, was on board the ateam ehlp Tuliaiitla when she was sunk. Is the consul for Guatemala at tstuttgart, where he has renlded for thirteen years. He was patiiruilzed in the t'nlted States thirty ycaia ago. I lie w ife in a German. The Aliiiuiinch d Gothagl gives It S - I . t ! 1 1 1 ms Hie consul for GunUniuli at 1 SliittiJit MAKES ESCAPE TO MOUNTAINS Kl. PASO. Tex . March 19 Villa Iihh roach rsl Habl Cora, near the lake of that name In the Oucrrern region, after having abandoned thirty of his wounded nt Kl Valle, according to a telegram received today by General (lavlra at Jusreis from Colonel Is'leto Marias, the commander at Pearson. This places Villa a little beyond Las Cruees, where the t'nrrnnta of ficials reported him yesterday. Villu fled . to avoid conflict with the Carrnnxlatn troops under Colonel Ceno. Among the thirty wounded, who had been shot In the Columbus raid and car ried along In wagons only to be aban doned at 1'.' Valle. was said to be the Vllllsta lender, Pablo lopcs. Icnh llefore Iteportetl. tropes Is the lender whose death was le ported aa a positive fact nt the Columbus raid. Later reports rest some doubt upon his d"ath and Indicated that another chief carrying his papers might have been the rrnl victim, tropes. In these later re ports, was said to tie badly wounded. Tho telegrams said that I.opei la in a bad way. having been shot through the abdomen and both legs, which were broken. The Vllllsta chlei. Cervantes', Is reported with a number of bnndits In l.as Cruees. General Bertanl, commanding the Car ransa forces at Caaas tlrandoe. came to Juarea today to talk over the military situation with his superior. General tls vlrn. He said that General Pershing's force Is divided, with part near Casna Grandes and a part near tlnlennea. some distance southwest of Cases Grandes. The Americana encamp in the country, but have permission to go to the towns to buy food, fodder and other obtainable gooda. An order to thla effect came from War Minister Obregon. ?l Word About It 11 war. No word has yet neen received by Ga vlra regarding the use of the National Railways for the transport of Tershlng's supplies, and, Gavlra added, no shipments of this kind have yet been made on the trains out of Juares. This la a matter to be settled between Washington and the carrania government. Villa spent last Wednesday and Thurs day In Kl. Yallc. according. to reports at the Juarea headquarters, but fled with out giving battle when he saw the troops of Colonel Canp from Panta Ana, escap ing up a steep canyon from Ixis Crueea. ' "Villa Is now In a very dlffloult emo tion for us," ssld General Gavlra, "and very favorable for his puriwises. He' Is now In brokon, rocky, pine-clad, moun tainotia country, full of places of conceal ment. Only cavalry can operate In It to advantage. roaatrr for Cavalry. "Prom the boundary down as far as Pearson, the country la flat and sandy, with roads. But south of there, horses must be used aa transports Instead of wagons, and motor rare. There are high ridges and many obstacles. While I have never campaigned In that sect'on, I understand good water la obtstnable from springs and also the pasture Is fair, which Is to Villa's advantage. Rut the people In that part have almost given up the cultlatlon of the soil because the country has beep so long ' oerrun by bandits, who took everything they wanted. Villa wont find food there. "I can say I have every confidence In the situation, for the net drawn by the Americana and Msslcan forces Is clos Ing up." SarprU e Gavlra. Villa's turn to the west wss rather a surprise to Oarlra, who said that General Gutlerres thought he would try to escape eastward an event Gutlerres was pre pared for. Today Gavlra received by wire a Copy of the agreement by which the Carranxa government permitted the entry of the American force at Columbus. The town of Juaren spent Sunday In the usual alexlcau fashion, with a line of rcfreala )ept stands along Its main street and nchestras playing In the amusement resorts. In the evening, a military band gave a concert In the plaza. Gavira Says Carranza Shows His Power by Keeping People Quiet Kl. PASO, Tex., March ! -General Gavlra Issued g formal statement to the Associated Press st his headquarters at Juarez In which he Interpreted the fact that no resistance had been offered to the American forces crossing the border as proof of the faith of the Mexican people In Carrania. The statement concludes aa follows: "We have passed he crisis and I feel much relieved. There Is no question that the situation waa very delicate and even serious for awhile, but that Is all over now. There Is no further need to fear trouble. "I do not wish to he understood as In any way approving the entry of Amer ican troops on Mexican soil." ATHENS CUT OFF FROM CENTRAL ALLIED CITIES ATM UN."1. March l.-(Vla Paris. March 19 All direct telegraphic communica tion lietween Greece and Germany, Aus- tro-llungary. Bulgaria, and Turkey has been cut. The financial kituation in Greece ap pears to be of tho gravest nature. The families of mobilized soldiers In many t'HHca are in dire want and the men themselves will I e shortly required in the fields If the crops are not to lc ncg-h- ted. WIRELESS DISPATCH FROM MEN Troops Have Penetrated Over Hun dred Miles Into Desert Country. DOUBT AS TO EXACT LOCATION WITH THK AMERICAN AVMY. March IS. (Vis Wirelesg to Colum bus, N. M.) After marching more than 110 miles. Into Mexico In record marching time of forty-two hours, which would Indicate a speed of thirty-throe miles a day, the Ameri can punitive expedition today re selved information apparently locat ing Francisco Villa, the obiect of the chase. Imposition of the troops began tonight for the task of hunting hint down. Meanwhile, Villa was reported to be continuing his out rages upon Americans. The expedition reached (name de lected by censor). They were Informed that the Mexican leader passed through this place only a few days ago. This latest Information of Villa's where abouts placed him on the ranch of Candelario Hernandei, one of the sub-chiefs with him on the raid ngalnst Columbus. Perahlnst a Iks Head. General John J. Pershing person ally led th e flying cavalry column In the 110-mile dash. Every man In his command wag mounted. They pressed through a section of Mexico where water was scarce. For such a large body of men the speed main tained was remarkable and the good condition In which they camo through was inspiring. Only a few cavalry horses and pack mules were lost, the victims of a hard riding, trail. The men reached camp thirsty and hungry, but otherwise in good condition, fit for action and eager for the pursuit of Villa to begin in earnest. Here they were met with reports that Villa had raided the American colonies in the vicinity ot his mountain retreats and that he had killed residents of these colonies. ! . MOVB IS MOOVI.IGHT General Pereklagr Tarns Ilia Men for March to MoHlilm, EL PA8O. Tex., March 1. The first phase of the American expedi tion into Mexico, the rush ' along Villa's dim trail to the endangered Mormon colonies, was an accom plished fact last night completed, according to reports reaching the Co lumbus base, without the firing of a hostile shot by the Americana. The second phaae already waa be ginning, It waa indicated here, as the Americans turned somewhere from Casas Grandes to resume their night marches under - the brilliant Mexican moonlight toward thorough mountain slopes where it is known Pancho Villa already has preceded them with more than 100 miles start. Warning that thla second act in the chase might not pass without fighting against bandlta waa Implied in a new and more stringent censorship Imposed at Columbus. Farther leakage of news of military movements, the censor said frankly to the American press, would be likely to cost aoldlerV lives. Rroaahf In on Stretchers. There was brief excitement Saturday at Columbus from acroes the hot, dusty Mexican border, two soldiers on stretch ers being brought Into camp. Both were cavalrymen. The excitement passed when It was learned that one had been thrown from his horse, injuring his leg. while the other, who at first waa said to have, been shot in the abdomen, was found to be suffering from a well-known form of stomachache. When Washington announced that the American columns did not Intend to oc cupy any towns In Mexico, a menace to Mexican national pride waa removed. ThA Carranza garrisons, which have been paaaed by the marching Americana and which, therefore, are now in the Ameri cans' rear on their flanks, continue tran quil., so far as reports to Et Paso Indi cated. General Gabriel Gavlra, at Juares, com manding the territory through whTm for three days the Americana have been pen etrating, himself announced that for & time the situation an reported to him had been "very delicate and even eerl oua." With evident relief he said the crisis had paaaed. II rig. at ef Trials. This crisis. It is belUjved. reached Us height last night, when couriers dashing; Into Casas Grandes announced with care less enthuaiaain that the American troops would enter that city by midnight. Gen eral Gavlra wired Immediate orders to. his troops not to permit this. I 'awn ahowed the lour lines of cavalry horsea just outside Colonla Dublan, their troopers dismounted and in camp at rest. Villa was located today with some de gree of definlteiieas, if weight of evi dence counts In pinning down his rapid aiilfts. From several sources constitu tionalists received messages, all of which placed him In approximately tha same portion of western Chihuahua. These dis patches had him pearly due south of the American columns' present known posi tions and close to tha Sierra Tarahu- i Continued oa Page Two, Column Three.