South Bend News-Times, Volume 33, Number 91, South Bend, St. Joseph County, 31 March 1916 — Page 1

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Absence of Official Report From Ambassador Gerard Delays Definite Action in Latest Cases. GERMAN SOURCES ARE TROUBLED BY OUTLOOK Say Their Nation is Too Big; To Violate Pledges Without Consent and Look For Satisfactory Settlement. Intf rmtli.nal N s S-rvi : VASHIN(;T0N. Marrh :: 1. iTi-s't AVil.-on uinl his a I i n t .it.':in tmlay iliscu."( (I the i :; 1 1 . jm stinn at l iiKt!i. In the al'srnce uf an of!u ial lejMirt friTm Ainhaatl':r (If raid. n) le ii' action was ajre il oti. It is m imUtsI oo that w r I has rcachfil AVashinlnn that Uen.iany h.is furnihel cert.sin inforinaCion to the ain-hajis.-.dor leaün with tlie reports that her mi : ojia ri ns 'a.erain are runins aniiK k" aira'nst merchant s-j-ely. a)th arnuii and unarmrd. This information now on the way ! y cal'le, is understood to defend the sirsKin? of icri.iin f the vcssfls ata ked as l.;nini,' heen warranted ,y t h'-ir refusal to stoj on signal. Tlii.-i i-- :aid to l-e especially th- c.i; o lar i'- the Manchester Kn4ineer and IIn'lishnian are coneernd. In the case of ttie Su-ex it is iiiuior.ood that (lermany admits 1 1i.it the sanation seems serious if it : hall I.e shown the chaiiel liner nc. mail;, was torpedoed, hut that so far the admiralty has t.o information that this was so. However, if it was. ;.nd is so de-jMuivtrated. (lennany will t a k e s t e ps t h i s ill sa t is f v the I : nit ed :-'tat, even thouph t!ie suhiTiarine tiVa i re .-pons! Me may claim that he i.ii'-'onk tlie f -d for a transport. No Action Yet. T ''.' i.V'iiM'! ai;ree(j H h the pre?idjnt. it i ; u i ! ! r- IniiJ, that until ej po-:. de hit of evidence is at h ind no action can he taken. Am'i'ador I'.ii: now is nc paling t'orv.ard add t'. 'ii. 1 e oience hearing "n 1h s'Msse. Kfi-lihnian ami Manherter KiifjiiKtr, .Minister "an 1 Ue has heen promised hy the I'uali aiitfiorities complete information reuardin the status of the Tulantia as s.oM a; it is compiled. It ;nso agreed that the oti; e o.laill I.ntlsll i ."iid I-rench repotts ought to he re- ; eied and considered as circuai.tanlitl evidence in each individual case, although this government '.ill In-t of necevitx .o hound hy the conclusions arrived at 1 those governments. The ot:'i ial rejMi ts of tlie t'niied states militaiy and naval attaches' who examined the damaged iussc, also are ti he made a part of the record. Austrian and dermaii sources w n e 1'lainly troiildr-d today owr the immediate outlook. However, theie was a ferlin in evidence there that this government can evpret Hermanv to me't is ilics if its marine otli ccis shall he shown in fault. As a hih orfuial p it it. "Hermany is too tig a nation to violate solemn pledges with consent. "m And Herman r.aval discipline is such, it was pointed out, that if a Herman officer fli"'ii at fault he will he punished no matter what his rank v connc-. tions. Mtualion IMthoiilt. The pres-ent situation is made more dif!i'-ult of handling, Teutonic sourtcs painted out. ,y the fact that the original premises and assurances of the Herman government to the I nited States in the Hisitania and Arahic cases, never weit officially opted hy the Knitcd States. If they had I -e ri instead of the sa-;-gest ion, hein- tnade that they Would "he considered in th.- l.ght of fulire developments." it would he easier to hrimr the present developments to a head. 'tficials seemed to think that if the Fnite.j States V,all address another demand to Fiermany ami Austria - even though thH Jemand he coijclieil in sharp '.uiai.uo it will have a patient consideration and prompt answer. Regarding yesterdaCs actio;) ,y th.e Herman reiehstag eiuiorsip.g ,uhniarine campaigns, an ottuaal fa miliar with the situation, said that it ! did not mean that anv policy f indiscriiiiinafe usin of sa l-marin s w.is api'roved. Ft was simph an express'oil of confidence that .of the gov eminent will the interests be p rot ec ted at all times"It g'ves the government a fre Land irrespective of the opinions of Individual members." tins theial said. om: kh i i d. two in hi IV I ,. te r o i T i- ti 1 1 New St-rv' e N'JIW Y'11K. March : 1 . A boy was killed and two men seriously injured in a fire w hn h today tle:trved a three-str hou-e jn 1'th st. Two poiicenuu formed "human chain" and saved a woman i

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These loff shelters, hcdiind the first lino at Verdun, protected the French soldiers from flying hits of bursting shells during the heavy homhardnient hy the (Jrrmanf. The .shelters have a .tahle look and are quite solidly constructed.

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Kaiser Employs 28 Divisions in Terrific Assault on French Positions. I titernnti'Uial News Servire: PA HIS. March 1 . ft is now definitely known that the kaiser is employing at least divisions (560,000 no hi on the Verdun front. Thirty thousand Teutons took part in the niyht assaults- airainst Avoc i.rt hloc khoase, rolling forward 'n vvav- after wave heneath the ghostly ilare of the star homl.s vvhicli the Hermans hurled against th skv hy the thousands. 'ontinuint; their poPcv of shifting their attacks the Hermans are now pounding the Kreuch positions east of the Mease in the region of Dotiauinont. loit they have heen no more successful there than they were on the left hank of the river. Hhiuhl lire in great quantities was used hy the Teutons. The following description of the ldooilv U .hlin . inomd Awwouvt fin v d neda v ni'-ht when thn (rnmns tried to recapture lost positions around Avocotirt hlockhouse. is contained in ;i dispatch from the front: "The counter attacks of the Hermans proved as costly and as futil as thost on the opposite side of the Mcu-e around Yaux. Ten thou.sa.nd men ware sent against the hlockhouse first. This force was rolled hack ly the torritic artillery fire, machine ;nn and ritle lire of the French. Twenty thousand were then hurled into the fray. Itlmkliotisc Hocxl l idler. "'Avocourt hlockhouse was hurticdly huilt hy pioneers and company guards 10 days after the Herman's had captured the position. n Wednesday it was retaken hy Hen. I'etain's men. "The hlockhouse commands Avocourt wood and is a strong defense for th, French salient on the Hethin-ourt-Malaneourt line. It rests on a cement foundation with homhproof shelters I- feet thick. It Is armed with revolving machine guns. "The carnage was frightful as the -''-' (o rmaf.s rushed forward in a hopeless effort to carry the place 'y storm. In the tinkering hlue hu'ht of the star shells the Teutons battled desperately to t:et close nonh to fire through the looplodes, hut as they did so the French machine uns piled up heaps of corpses. TerriMed and discouraged, the Hermans finally fled hack to the shelter of the shell-drenched forest of Malancourt. SEND TUG FOR AURORA New .calami Premier Arranges to Meet shackelton's Part v. Inttrtittijii.il Nt vs Servt.e: Wi:i,Ll.;Tt N. X. Z.. Marc h r.l. i . .M'.itniii;' uii; was sent out toti.iv by Premier Massey of New Zealand, to meet the exploration ship Aulora, upon which some of the membe rs of the Lieut. Sir Krnest Shackleton's rxpe.lition are re turning. Capt. Stenhouse reporteil by wireless that Aurora was L'50 miles southwestward of Port 'haltners, proceeding toward Snares islands. T!o Aurora is unabie to make any speed owin- to her damaged condition and the hU'h wind. It is. expected that the tug wjll pick uj the Aurora tomorrow and will tow her to Port 'haltners. now this mu vi:atih:r. Intorr.atl 'nil Nws Ser i. e : MIH1LKT( tWX. X. Y.. March .H. Thu:gh tlie mercury has reached

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FRESH KID" DIES AT 99 rnique Character at CI 1 im so Homo I'or Ajrecl Siicciitiihs. iDtern.itional News Service: OHKWHO. March 31. Marquis de Iafayette Williams, known to the patriachs of the James CT. Kins: Home for Aged Men. its "Fresh Kid" Williams, is dead. He would have heen Hut years old four months from today. Until a few days ago "Fresh Kid" Williams was in excellent health, hut old age. at which he laughed as a youth of 91, caused his death. "The -hoys" at the Home for Aged Men found no ruhher in their tobacco and no water in their shoes today. These were the favorite pranks of the "Fresh Kid." "Kid" Williams was horn in Saratoga, N. Y.. and throughout his life he was associated with railroads, chiefly the Xew York Central. It was his hoast that he smoked and drank since he was 14 years old.. REASSURES MEXICANS Carmn.a Ministe r of l-'orcimi Affair. Issues Proclamation. Interiiatiuiinl News Service: gCFKKTAKo. Mexko. March 31. To reassure the Mexican nuhlic rendered uneasy by false Informa tion puhlished hy the newspapers with reference to the attack on Columhus and the subsequent hunt for Francisco Villa, Hen. Candido Aguilar, minister of foreign affairs, has issued the following pi oclamation: "The Mexican people may rely upon the fact that the patriotism of Chief Executive Carranza and the government will endeavor to obtain a satisfactory solution of the international matter which is being conducted with honesty of purpose and dignity befitting the sovereignity of Mexico." RECORDS SEVERE SHOCKS Sdsniograph at Heorgetovt n Indicates (Quakes. International News Service: WASHINGTON. March .'II. The seismograph at Heorgetown university recorded ' severe earthquake shocks today lasting almost an hour. It was estimated that the quake took place some S.fH'n miles from Washington. The shocks commenced at C:1M and lasted until 7:-.". many of them being very severe. The most severe was recorded at 6 :..". JAPANESE STEAMER Wireless Brings Aid to Vessel With 299 Passengers and Crew of 230. International News Service: HONS KONkI, March 31. The Japanes1 steamer Chio Marti, carrying 290 passengers and a crew of -30. ran ashore today in a fog off the Leina islands. "S. o. S." calls sent out by the wireless operator summoned a dozen tugboats and a British destroyer to the ship's assistance. The steamer lay in a dangerous position and the removal f the passengers began as soon as the first tugboats arrived. The Chiyo Maru. a vessel of 13. CI tons, sailed from San Francisco on March 2 and had on board many passengers from that e ity. Others were taken aboard at Yokohama and Manila. It is feared that the ship will be a total loss. It has been engaged in the Pacific passenger service since

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ITTICK FREED Judge Warner Rules Evidence of State Authorities is Insufficient. Pert W. Cohen, inspector for the state pure food and drug department was literally charged with being a party to a plot to injure certain druggists in South Hend by Atty. Dan Pyle in his closing argument Fridu morning in city court in the case of the state against Martin K. Wettick. owner of the Cut Kate drim store on V.. Jefferson blvd., recused of misbranding drugs. Judge Warner found Wettick not guilty and ordered him dismissed. In handing down his decision he stated that insufficient evidence had been introduced to show that there was any criminal intent or knowledge. He pointed out that evidence was hrought forth hy the defense showing that Wettick had bought his goods from reputable wholesale houses and had paid a reasonable price for the same. No evidence was introduced hy the state to show that Wettick purchased asperin from other than reputable sources. "I don't think this charge was hrought in good ftith." aisertec: Atty. Pyle, pointing out that such prosecution would not tend to help the public and that, it appeared to hav been instigated either for personal or for other reasons. Wettick was charged with selling spurious asperin tablets. After heating the testimony of Inspector Cohen, whose lax memory got him into several tanulcs while on the stand. William I. McAhee. chemist for the state drug department, 1. C. Handon. charged with the same offense, and that of the defendant. Judge Warner took the case under advisement until 2 o'clock when he announced his decision. Cohen Hots Mixed up. Cohen was the first witness called hy the state. He testified that mi Ic. :'. he entere! the Wettick ntore and called for 1 2 asperin tablets. He said a youny lady waited on him and he produced the box which she said contained the tablets. In his direct testimony he stated that the box bore the name, of the Wettick store and also serial numbers which he placed upon it for the accommodation of the drug department. That he was mistaken about this was revealed in cross- examination when it was hovn that the box contained no label whatsoever. Cohen stated that he bought asperin tablets at the foonley, Apple-ate. banditti. Bastian and American drug stores on Dec. He admitted he lid not state coxtinci:i ox pahi: roup..) SAY BANDIT IS WOUNDED. Intern itb mm! News Service: JUAREZ. Mexico. March SI. ( By c u tier to F! Paso.) The mayor of Temosachic reported officially to Commander Gaviera's headquarters today that he had se-en Villa in Temosachic and that the bandit was wounded. CAITUIti: I "BENCH IOsITIOV. BERLIN. March r.l. Herman troops captured Malancourt by storm last niiiht. it was announced today by the war office. French positions on both side of the village were carried Ly me ucrm.

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OF SLAIN RANCHMEN Military Authorities Ddusctl With Inquiries About DisKvition of lVOJXTtj-. International New Serrbe: CoLL'MliCS. X. M.. March 3 1. The military authorities here are receiving letters from persons in all parts of the country claiming relationship to Arthur W. McKinney, William Corbett and Cook O'Neal, the three ranchers who were killed by Francisco Villa's bandit band just before they swooped down on this town on March 9. Most of the letters Inquire for information as to the manner in which the estates of the three men are to be distributed. Lieut. Allen W. Gullion, to whom the letters have been referred, stated that all of the writers seemed to be under the impression that the Villa victims were wealthy land owners when the fact was they were propertyless ranch hands. A telegram was received here from Harry McHill, who signed himself as head of the bureau of translation of Baltimore. Md., Ftatintf that the sender wants the $5S')00 reward offered for the capture of Francisco Villa. His message said that he has no family to mourn for him in case he fails in his mission and that he desires the government to furnish him a high-powered aeroplane so that he can go after the Mexican bandit leader. Iiis telegTam was "placed on file.'' Troopers returning as truck train guards from the Mormon colony at Dublan, Mexico, report that the Mormons are only mildly enthusiastic in their reception of the United States soldiers. All of them, the troopers say, have shown a willingness to sell foodstuffs to the soldiers, but the prices they ask are hih. NEW HIGH RECORD FOR SILVER IN WALL STREET International News Service: NEW YORK, March 31. The newhigh record reached by bar silver 60?ic an ounce it was said in Wall st. today, was due to the heavy buying of silver by England and France. The two governments plan the redemjtion of paper currency issued In small denominations toon after the war began. England also is buying silver for shipment to India to increase the reserves in India banks which are lower than they have 'been for several years. Another influence that contributed to the rise was the troubles in Mexico that have decreased the supply from that country. SCHOOL GIRL MISSING Ilelievi She Wont to Chioaco to Become Movie Actiess. INDIANAPOLIS. Ind., March 31. Parents of Miss Geneva Hector. 16 years old. an exceedingly pretty high school girl, reported today she was missing and they feared she had gone to Chicago to become a movie actress. She is rive feet, five inches tall, weighs 125 pounds and has brown hair and eyes. II Squads of Deputy Sheriffs and Both Night and Day Police Forces on Duty. International News ScTvloe: MUNCIE. Ind., March Muncie today resembled an armed camp far more than a civilized community, with its 100 deputy sheriffs and both night and day police forces patrolling business houses to prevent assaults upon "dry" workers circulating remonstrances against the return of saloons to the' city.. This action was taken at the suggestion of Gov. Ralston after Frank Whitney, a prominent "dry" was murderously assaulted last nieht as he was leaving the police station, and the home of Wilburn Ryman, a dry' attorney, had been dynamited Tuesday night. Many minor assaults were also committed. The wet organizations are cooperating in an effort to suppress lawlessness. Muncie recently voted for the return of saloons by a narrow margin of 7?. Whitney may not recover. 15 SAIIvOKS DKOWXED. International News Service. LONDON, March 'Jl. Fortyfive sailors of the Br.tish cruiser Conquest were drowned through the capsizing of a cutter during a gale, is was officially announced todav. DENIES PEACE TALK. International News Service: BERLIN. March 31. United States Ambassador Gerrard today denied that peace prospects were discussed at his recent conference with Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg. The chancellor called it "an indefinite conversation about noUilo in i-articuUr."

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Towerman Eliminated Fromi Responsibility For Wreck of Three Lake Shore Trains at Amherst. ACCUSED MAN CLAIMS APPARATUS AT FAULT Signal Engineer, However, Asserts System Worked PerfectlyGhouls Operated Among the Victims. Internatlon? 1 News Service: CLEVKIjAND. (.. March 31. At the joint federal-state probe into the cause of Wednesday's New York Central wreck at Amherst, which started here today and was presided over by Chief H. W. Pelnap of the Interstate commerce commission's division of safety, testimony of witnesses brought the fact that both sections of train No. S6, eastbound, were exceeding' their regular running time although fox conditions made this proceeding hazardous. F. C. Hausch, train dispatcher, who was on duty at the time of the disaster, was the first witness. He testified that, although a hulletin had heen posted stating that first 8 6 would run 15 minutes late, this train left Toledo eight minutes late and made up seven minutes between Toledo and Vermilion, a distance of 72 miles. The second section of train S6 left Toledo at 1:56 a. m., 21 minutes late, and made up 14 minutes during the run to Vermilion. Asked if he had ever known auto matic signals to fail, Bausch testi- j fied that he had. Usually this hap- : pens in extremely cold weather, he j said. Pau:h also testified that there: had been signal trouble at Amherst j four weekn a?o. The operator there had been ordered to hold westbound ttain No. 25, hut his signal instead of showing red, showed "clear." Iteixirts Wrec k. Bausch said that Operator Ernst at Amherst had reported the passing of trains promptly on the night of the wreck, and that he had called Ernst at 3:15 a. m.. and Ernst had told him that first S t was stopping, hut gave no reason. Bausch said Ernst reported the wreck to him four minutes after it occurred. Operator Ernst took the stand next. He stated that he had worked at Amherst tower five night.s previous to the accident. He had worked as an operator since July 20, 1901. He said he had worked for the Denver and liio Grande and the Union Pacific. Ernst argues that if the tower or "home" signal showed red at the approach of first SG the system was out of order. Engineer Eeonard of the first flection claims to have stopped v.hen the home signal showed reel. If the automatic signals were working properly the block signal should have shown red and stopped the second section. Engineer Hess declares that all signals showed, clear to him. hut after the collision he went back and found the block red, therefore he blame. defective apparatus. Blames Engineer lies. W. H. Elliott, signal engineer of the New York Central lines east of Buffalo, who came to Cleveland to assist in the investigation, was pos itive loaay mat engineer Hess wa: ' Hie one man on whom the blame of the disaster must rest. His explanation follow?: "By Hess' own statement he went hack immediately following th- accident to see if the block signal was showing against him. It was. he says. If that is tru if the light was showirg against Hesw just after the aeciier.t we know that it was showing against him just before. "If Hess says he failed to see the lights, that is no excuse, our ruls are clear on that point. When an engineer loses himpelf he must stop and get his bearings. Careful enginemen have been known to stoo in foirr; anrl jr-nl tlir.lt- V. -.: L- ,. . . i. I ' " - - - ' v i i'i unr iiirii ill W" Mock slgnrl. Some times it would even be necessary to climb up the post and p.?er at the light. "The towerman Ls supreme over his -clear signals. He can slop a train when he thinks it necessary. Even if In this case it was not necessary to stop the first section. Ernst cannot be blamed for the wreck, because those two block signals in the rear were against second 6." Hallway men were prepared to swear the automatic pvsfnm was tested immediately after the wreck! and found to be working PTfectl Thinks ;liouIs OiMmtoel. Coroner Garver of Iirain. believes that ghouls operated at the tl"i wnue me work or rescue was being carried on. And it is believed the"operated on a large scale. Garver point." out that there was scarcely any money found in the wreck and this would app-.-ar strange when the fact is taken into consideration that there were many talesmen on the trains involved and these men would t CONTI NOTED OXPAGK U )

U. S. Troopers Engage Villa, Says Funston Iyternitlon.il New Servi.e; EE PASO, Texas, March 21. Thirty Yillista-s were killed, among them one o their leaders, Fernandez, in a fght with a detachment of the 7th United States cavalry regiment at Sin Herinomo. according to information given to Carranzista Consul Garcia by Gen. Gaviera. commander of the .luare. garnm today. Several Americans were wounded.

IntTnntional News Servt.-e; ' An engagement, the first since I I United States troops entered Mexico.) I his been fiinrhf bv AoieHrnna ntid " I Mexicans south of the border, ac - v iu Uiii I'' Known uiiut iutiir'ii ti reached Maj. Gen. Frederick Funston ioua. Gen. Funston himself helieves! that Brig. Gen. John J. Tershing'sj forces have been in contact with the! followers of Francisco Villa, but lias received no news as to the outcome of the battle, nor Its extent. In a statement given out today Maj. Gen. Funston warned the puhlic not to get excited should news of a Mexican victory emanate from sources friendly to Yilla. hut to wait calmly until the United States military authorities issue a report upon the fiirht if a fleht has taken place. Army officers at Fort Sam Houston said that if a battle had heen fought it probably took place near the lines of the Mexioo-Xorthwestf rn railroad in the vicinity of Guerrero, state of Chihuahua. "It is true there may have been an engagement." said Gen. Funston. "If so. it is likely that the first news of it may come through Mexican sources. These reports are liable to be wild and it Is more than likely to give the niipression that we have met with disaster. The Americm public will do well not to get excited until the official reports of the military authorities are made public." ffi'BiliS'DF Authorities Declare Arrest of Mysterious Accomplice Will Bring Sensation. Internet bunt News Service: NEW YOKE, March Arthur Warren Waite dieted this afternoon 31. Dr. w;us infor the murder of his father-in-law. John millionaire E. Peck, of Hrand IJapids. Although Waite admitted that he had also killed his mother-in-law, Mrs. Beck, he was not accused of that crime in the indictment. The indictment charges murder in the first degree, stating that Waite administered arsenic to Feck on March 11 and that Beck died the following day as a result. NEW YOKE. March 31. Dist. Atty. Swann hopes to secure from Eugene Oliver Kan1 the r.fime of a man who took a leading part in the j conspiracy leading to the murder of j John E. Beck of Hrand Bapids. for which Br. Arthur Warren Waite is now held. This was corrohorate! today by Asst. Dist. Atty. Mancuso, who has ! had charge of tho active investiga tion of the Beck case. Mr. Mancuso said : "The man we ar" afier ha-s a malodorous record. He has been an accomplice in recent years of many murderers and lesser criminals, we believe. His were the brains that conceived several intricate and scientific murder blots, we are informed. His arrest will tie followe d by the most made sensational in this case. revelations yet I Mr. Maneuso pictured the wanted man as the "Brof. Moriarty" of the

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! directed the energies e)f the less bnlliailt law breakers. Eane. the embalmer who prepared Beck's body for burial, and who gave himself up to the district at- ' torney's office yesterday. wai anln questioned today. ! While Eane -;is being grillM a j squad of detectives set forth for Long Island to search for the J?,non. which the embalmer said he had buried there. This was the money Kane received from Dr. Waite for fixing up a bottle of embalming fluid with arsenic in it to cover up the frirno anl ri1"0 for keeping silent- i I According to Kane the treasure jvvas buried in the sand near Orient po,nt ü-ht house. This is within sight ! of the district v; here Capt. Eidd . i buried his pirates gold.

n t;:e T,me tne cetectiv cs arriv e.i ;liHrs of thA Mrx;r,t , ,,r(1 lsj , , upon t. K-oriA many fortune hunt- i president's armv have t.eej, ird-i-rs were already burrowing fni.n-ürir the moun'ain rcw- letd:ng tically into the sand at Orient Point. frorn nuh'iahua stat- jr.to Sonor.. Kane had refuse to give the exact I to prevent Fran. iv. o ViHa's vntran. 1 .cation of the money, hut the fart! into that state. Aiaer.r.tn s-ddier he said it was at rient Point was i stationed near Douglas. An.r . c-o.-nt-r.r.AMI.1. f . . t 1 I 1 1

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VILLA HIMSELF 1 LEADS KILLING OF GARRISON

Angered by Slowness of Execution Squad Bandit Chief Takes Personal Hand in Slaying 172 Men. FLYING SQUADRON HAS TURNED QUARRY NORTH ; pn nnrfH Mpn RpllAVpH tft HaVC Cut Off HS Flight 3nd , ... POrCCU Him 10 haCC Piircninn Trinnc IUI öUlliy I I UUjJo. Internat ionn I New Servb-e: EE BASO, Texas. March 31. -Francisco Villa, in person, led thn Kind of troops that massacred the 172 Carranzista soldiers forming the garrison at Guerrero and with his own hands killed morv than a dozen, of the victims, according to reports reaching the border today. Theso advices asserted that VI 11 1st a- wer overrunning the entire Guerrero district, robbing, burning and killing. They reiterated rumors that Herman BlankerWrg. a German, and two other foreicne-rs had been assassinated at Minaca. The advices failed to identify the other victim at Minaca, hut three Americans, A. J. Ixcke. B. Heimple and Benjamin Snell, were In or near that town last. Monday, according to friends In El Paso. From Guerrero Villa is said to have marched northward and th latest information received at Carranza headquarters in Juatez located hini at Geronimo ranch. American officers at Fort Blis- hope that this information is correct, declaring that if so Villa woulc! he surrounded by the Mexican and United State j forces cooperating in the hunt for the bandit. Massacre Not PlaniUNl. ! A el snatch received bv Gen. Gai viera. the 'arranza c uumamler at Juarez, indicated that Villa had not planned to massacre all the government soldiers at Guerrero, hut found himself hard presse-d by the pursuing columns and ordered the death of 60 men whom he was taking away as prisoners. Theft men, it is said, wete hrutally tortured befote they were shot down. Villa, angered by what ho believed inexcusable slowness on the part of the execution F'juad is rejHjrted to have himself shot all the men in one batch. The rumor that Villa was wounded in the attack on Guerrero is not credited by Gen. Gaviera owing to the reports that the bandit leader took a prominent part in the massacre that followed. Gen. Gaviera was still awaiting today an order from the Garrnnza government to permit the passage of supplies for American troops ovr the Mexico-Northwestern railway. The only recent information h h.w received on this subject is the si report of the Washington announcement that Gen. Garranza had granteel the request, of the American government. His firs' order not to permit the ns of Mexican railways has not yet Ier-n rescinded. Many car's of supplies are awaiting on the American s!de of th" international railwav bridge. Investii nation at Juarez shows that th bjomotives necessary for taking .nil t ; the cars into M-ico are no vc i avai la ble. TUHNED ItWDIT NOKTII WAIII. I nternati-'ii.T 1 News Serv !'': SAN ANTM, Texas. Mir !, ."!. A "f!ying squadron" of d Do.bl's cavalry has gotten to the- soith of the Francisco Villa's harriM f'.n and is pressing the- bandit leader and bis m n -northward to thf- other American ol imn This was th. j belief expressed at Fort Sam Hn ;sj ton today follow n;j the receipt of information that Villa had been cite i Jn tlie district ".'" miles e ; Chihuahua, ' Gen. Funston w . s more hopef :1 ;s time that Villi trapped ;,nd t h . i ,i f 'A' '. a s w h a .i onal information i nst on i . n .ir.-r.ed ft s of the r: had actually 1 c en his capture within probability. Addit received by G n. i his belief that re p' ere of the Guerro gcrr; " VilI5sas were correct. This deed indicate i to Fort Sam Hou'ori tha.' garded himself trapp' t r... In .i t mnr ca"' r ase lie prob i b! have committed an sure t t :rn ;:g ur ,-t rnnzistas who n:!l. finally joined his ea: i rl.a .o rw " -'in. "" ' j " j-j js" Te,- ' Mirch i iAi CoV J. M Ac ::rre com-' . i u ' ; .. . , : a nm in'- ni i .u;.. . i i e 1:1 Sot j,, wth M0 . Th .1the 'ar.an7wt.is as r'.o n.r,e ma rcj ;.- I .into Agua Prieta. which J the Lor der. 1 Ja-t a'.rcij