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Show MORE DIFFICULTIES FACE AMERICANS; I SUPPLY PROBLEM GROWS SERIOUS I Carranza Asked to Immediately Fulfill Promise and Permit M Shipments of U. S. Supplies by Railroad Government M Buys 108 More Motor Trucks and Two Gasoline M Tanks Area 6f 1600 Square Miles Confronts M Gen. Pershing's Forces in Chase for Villa M I Felix Diaz Is Located in Mexico Jt Forming New Revolution- H Washington, April 5. Reports to the department of jus- M tice indicate that there now is no longer any doubt that Felix Diaz has landed in Mexico. Officials have been informed that he is at the head of a considerable force in the south of Mexico and has received material aid through Guatemala. It is the H first official information of the revolutionary leader's where- M abouts. H "Washington, April 5. Latest developments devel-opments In the Mexican situation convinced con-vinced administration officials that the success of the American expedition expedi-tion now largely depends upon the immediate im-mediate completion of arrangements for the use of Mexican railways. Officials anxiously awaited a reply to renewed representations sent to General Carranza through Special Agent Rodgers at Queretaro that the do facto government immediately fulfill ful-fill its promise to permit the commercial com-mercial shipment of supplies to General Gen-eral Pershing's force by giving specific speci-fic orders to General Gavlra at Juarez and other Mexican commanders in Chihuahua. More Motors Purchased. The war department today authorized author-ized purchase of 108 more motor trucks and two gasoline tanks for tho expedition. These will be formed into companies of 27 cars each to maintain main-tain the greatly lengthened lines of communication with General Pershing. A dispatch today to the war department depart-ment from General Funston definitely located Colonel Dodd and presumably the Seventh cavalry on Monday at Provldencla. The dispatch also Indicated In-dicated that General Pershing has gone far south toward the fighting front nearGuerrero. Pershing Praises Dodd. A message from General Pershing to General Funston dated April 4 was as follows: "Met Colonel Dodd yesterday at Provldencla and got details of fight with Villa bandits on March 29. His exceptional march with the Seventh cavalry to reach Villa's camp and work done by that command deserves high praise." The order for more motor trucks is duo to a growing conviction that the Mexican railways may be of only supplementary sup-plementary service 'for the present at least and that the army will have to rely upon the overland motor line from Columbus. The offer of the Aero Club of America Amer-ica to sell two aeroplanes to the government gov-ernment for one dollar each has been declined. The new appropriation of $500,000 for more aeroplanes made Its acceptance unnecessary. Funston Urges Prompt Action. San Antonio, Texas, April 5. General Gen-eral Funston has suggested to the war department prompt compliance with his request made a few days ago for four more motor truck companies. Six companies now are In service along the 300 miles line of communications. If four more are furnished, the quartermaster's quar-termaster's department will have 270 trucks for moving supplies,' but even with that number the task of feeding the army In Mexico will remain dun-cult, dun-cult, according to staff officers here. It was said at headquarters today that there aro In General Pershing's force approximately 6,000 .horses and mules. The average dally ration of grain for each animal is ton pounds, while 84,-000 84,-000 pounds of hay is supposed to bo provided. Villa Pursuit Grows Difficult. El Paso, Texas, April 5. The problem prob-lem of locating and capturing Francisco Fran-cisco Villa somewhere within an area of 1C00 square miles confronts Brigadier-General John J. Pershing today. Information from tho front states that the American troops have been disposed to the best possible advantage advan-tage but the task of running down the Mexican bandit in an apparently widening territory as tho brigand moves southward Into tho Mexican Interior becomes increasingly difficult. diffi-cult. More troops are necessary is tho word that comes back from the men leading the flying columns scouring the Benito Juarez and Guerrero regions re-gions for the elusive brigand. General Gen-eral Pershing has ordered that detachments de-tachments of Infantry be trained for mountain climbing and the establishment establish-ment of a sort of American chasseur corps will likely bo Immediately undertaken. un-dertaken. The American commander anticipates a long hunt and Is preparing prepar-ing for It. QUIIUIl ill l!Ulkd A Torreon dispatch places Villa at Mlaca, 90 miles southwest of Guerrero. Guer-rero. If this Is so, the bandit is probably proceeding along tho old coach road that leads Into Santa Posalla which ho could move on to Parrel, his reported objective. Through the intercession of Mexican Mexi-can Consul Garcia, the executions of three ring leaders of the conspiracy conspir-acy of a band of Mexicans to seize Juarez last Sunday night and declare for Villa have been stayed. The conspirators con-spirators were to have faced a firing squad In Juarez at sunrise today. The Bl Paso police are searching for a score of Mexican conspirators who iro said to be hiding in this city. |