Show CA V ALRY ARRIVES AT COLONIA DUBLAN ON Obi TRAIL TRAUL OF RENEGADE OUTLAWS IN FLIGHT i TO MOUNTAIN i F FASTNESS ESS i WASHINGTON W WA M Nadi rt 18 l 1 Villa Villa- and his bandits were fleeing fleeing- before the American meriC n expeditionary expedition expedition- exp n- n ary forces in northern Mexico today in the opinion of army officers b here ere This belief was based upon dispatches from the Amerl American an columns reporting I that none of the outlaws shad had been seen up to late yesterday and strengthened the opinion that the Villa the Villa forces would not attempt to make a a stand Army men declared that the campaign would quickly develop into guerrilla warfare if there was any opposition Late patches dispatches dl to the war department department department depart depart- ment made no mention of disorders disorders on tho the border boder according to Secretary Ba Ba- ker Reports from American c consular representatives telling of ot generally quiet conditions in the the interior interior of Mexico Mexico Mexico Mex Mex- ico continue to arrive Unsettled conditions conditions conditions con con- in the Tampico and Torreon districts districts districts dis dis- however give government officials officials officials some concern Secretary Baker early today Issued the following statement Q Quiet on Border The reports received directly through military channels and those I sent to this department from other de departments departments departments de- de of the government Indicate i quiet along the entire border except some excitement at Tampico which is I apparently temporary and without cause i Where There here are re no Ito reports of the operations operations operations opera opera- of t the available for publication i iThe The secretary said he would leave Washington this afternoon for fop his home in in Cleveland Ohio and would not re return return return re- re turn here until Tuesday morning In his absence Maj Gen Hugh L. L Scott chief of staff will be acting secretary I of war I Navy department reports today from Vera Cruz say about Americans from Mexico City and other interior points have arrived there most of them acting upon advices from friends and relatives in the United States urging I them to leave Mexico Conditions at Vera Cruz the message said are arc quiet and many of the Americans after Investigation in investigation investigation In- In of reports as to the situation situa situa- I lion tion a. a are e returning to the interior |