Show ILA ILLA CHASE WILL T TAKE MONTHS SAYS PERSHING CAVALRY SEEKING TO ENTRAP OUTLAWS Band Is Moving Rapidly Among Foothills of Sierra Hotly Pursued by Americans EL PASO Texas March 27 Flying Flying columns of American cavalry ar are seeking to entrap Villa and his' his band by sealing up all the trails and passes in the mountain district south of Pt El Valle Valls Once the outlets are b barred squadrons squadrons squad squad- rons of cavalry cavalry- and detachments of at infantry operating from fron the base near Casas Grandes will comb the country country country coun coun- try and endeavor to flush their quarry into the open This Is the plan theY the military men are following to effect the capture of at the peon brigand Villa and his band are moving rapIdly rap rap- Idly among the foothills of Sierra Tarahumares hotly pursued by three columns of American cavalry Col Cot George A. A Dodd is directing the cavalry cavalry cay alry airy movement This information coming from army officials at the front confirms reports brought here by American travelers from the Casas Grandes district last Saturday that Villa had had- escaped I through tho tho lines ut of the Mexican Consul Garcia does not credit the reports that th the Carranza arauza forces furnished no real opposition to toVilla toVilla Villa and permitted the bandit to escape Villa Increases Command Villa scattered his command in his flight southward and at one time it was learned today led only a small force of fifteen or twenty men The army censor at Columbus has peri permitted permitted per per- i the Information to pass that Villa increased his command at El i iValle Valle by forcing five thirty five young men and boys to accompany him Military men here say this Indicates that Villa Villanow Villanow Villanow now believes he lie has successfully eluded his p pursuers and is in position to move a larger body body- of men without with out fear of capture Brigadier General Pershing has let it become known that he expects It will take months to capture cap capS ture Villa Returning American refugees and andI cattlemen who know the country are unanimous in their expression that I Villa will wUI never be taken The nature nature na nn- ture of the country and the fact that is among his own people who idolize him make the bandits bandit's capture capture cap cap- ture unlikely they declare The MexIcan Mexican Mex Mex- ican country where Villa is now fleeing is a land peculiar to itself Bandit Is Destitute The one hope of a speedy terrains terrains- tion to the chase is that the of the bandits will be checked by tion and the exhaustion of their ponies It is known that Villa is almost destitute destitute destitute desti desti- tute of both supplies and ammunition and the dead and dying horses found along his trail trait give mute but eloquent testimony to his desperate haste and need Once safely in the midst of ot the Sierra Tarahumares the task of run running run rup ning the bandit to his lair lair- will have become one of tremendous difficulty This country Is Inhabited by the Tarahumares Tarahumares Ta Indians one of the dis tribes of Mexico One American American Amer Amer- ican who owns a ranch at Ocampo In the heart of the district and who has lived there for forty years gave this description of at Tarahumares today Indians Are Loyal These Indians he said havo havn some of the finest and some of the worst qualities of any of the Mexican aborigines If you treat them fairly they will wUI stand by you to the last gas gasp Their loyalty to their friends is almost equal to that of a dog They I are punctiliously honest and very in The country in which they ther live is one of the wildest on earth The peaks of the Sierras rise In a confused confused confused con con- fused Jumble with no roads and only the vaguest of trails trans Well as I knew that country I never ventured far from the trail from my ranch to the railroad without an Indian guide Th The mountains are all aU of volcanic origin and devoid of any vegetation Here and there are little valleys in which the Tarahumares farm but they are I hidden away at the entrance to mighty canyons and a man might wander Inthe in inthe inthe the wastes waste until he died of exhaustion So tion and thirst before he lie found one Trust Tarahumares As an Indication of the honesty of the Tarahumares I 1 might mention that no bullion train ever leaves tho the Guerrero region without a Tarahumares mares guard The mining men will trust no others They rely on the honor of the Tarahumares and their faith has never been betrayed But there Is another side to the these Indians To the man who injures or betrays R them they are the most sav- sav Continued on page 6 G. f I 1 I j I I VILLA CHASE wi Continued from page pageS IT I age age ageana agean ana relentless of f foes They will fight like fiends have the most extraordinary ex ex- S inary powers of endurance and when their passions are are- aroused ared are ar d in their cruelty I Se Seeks ks Out His Frien Friends ls It uIt Is among these these- people r among mong whom his early days day as a a. ban bandit were S passed that Villa hopes to tak He is said to have many friends among them because at the ther outset outset- outset of of hi his 1 career he enacted a Robin Hood role only robbing the rich and posing a as the friend of the poor peon with whom L he divided his spoils Yr The most ominous us news that th-at has ha ha reach reached d the border since purs pursuit of th the bandits began was that contained in s a dispatch from the front which stated half of ot the Carranza gar garrison gar rison at Namiquipa had disappeared And nd that it was suspected that that- some of th them m. m at least also have joined Villa The fact that this news was passed by the censors censors was regarded as highly significant here where every report from the Int interior of ot Mexico h has s agreed that there was grave grave disaffection tion among the Carranza troops It is pointed out here t that a there are very very good reasons why the man in the i ranks at least should desert the stan dard of General Carranza They re receive receive re re- only about 10 cents a day lay and are reported to be in sore peed need of food and equipment r r Looting Prohibited The first chief has given strict orders or or- 01 ders deIs against looting which are aie said to be generally observed Against this Vila not only 1 e but encourages his 1118 followers s t to- to loot and his customary customary customary custom custom- ary pay is a bullet Apart from the immediate te pursuit o or oi Villa Interest again centered today in the situation in Durango and Coahuila There seems little doubt that the tho VII VII- listas have made made made- headway In both of these states The flight of vi American women and children from the cities of Durango and Torreon has given fresh tresh emphasis to stories reaching reach reach- reaching ing here that Canuto Reyes Villas Villa's chief in Coahuila is seriously menacing Torreon and that he has as had large accessions ac ac- ac cessions recently to his forc forces s from t the Ue ranks of the at El ElPaso Paso As far as El Paso is Is' concerned there is not the slightest sign of f trouble either here or ii h in Juarez at least as aa far as surface indications go The elaborate elaborate rate precautions taken by the military and civil authorities to guard the town and the frequent arrest of ot Mexicans on the now familiar charge of suspicious persons supply however plenty of food for the gossip of the who insist that the tho authorities have information of of dangerous underlying conditions which are unknown to the general public fl v S SSAN SAN ANTON ANTONIO O T Te Tei March 27 With Villa known to be fleeing to toward toward to- to toward ward his his' in the Guerrero district closely followed by troops of ot General Pershing's command the problem problem lem of supplying field forces without the use of ot a railroad s south uth of the border border border bor bor- der is becoming increasingly difficult I This q question is causing General Funston Funston Funston Funs- Funs ton more anxiety than any feature of the expedition The advanced force 1 has penetrated more than miles into the Interior of Chihuahua General l Funston desires use of the Mexican Central line from El Paso to Chihuahua but he has delayed delaye asking for it pending Carranza's answer to Washington Washington's request for permission to transport supplies over the Mexican Northwestern No r intimation of any change in the railroad situation was given at department headquarters early toda today Many officers are convinced that the success df of operations depends on the use of ot railroads in the territory They declare the matter is one of imperative imperative Imperative impera impera- tive military ne necessity The long dispatch from G General Pershing telling of operations in the vicinity of ol gives Ives basis forI for I belief that In the future he lie will keep headquarters headquarters- more closely closely- advised of developments I 1 j V WASHINGTON ASHIr l March larch arch 27 The Tue The gunboat Marietta has been ordered from Vera Cruz to Tampico to aid In protecting American Interests Toda Today's s 's report from Tampico said conditions were unchanged with quiet pr prevailing ailing but that it it- was desired to have light draft navy vessels vessels' at that point which can sro tro no flu the river to the town Th The battleship Kentucky now off oit Ta Tampico will proceed to Vera Cruz Americans Americans Ameri Amen cans in the Tampico region are still apprehensive and the Marietta and arid Machias l will remain at U that at p port rt as long as there is any al alarm rm There ar are some 2000 Americans AmerIcan's In In the vicinity Navy advices from other othen points on I both Mexican coasts reported quiet At the war department the only announcement announcement an an- today was that four fifty r additional motor trucks asked for tor by General Funston had been ordered last night as t the e factory which received the order was able to ship immediately immedi immedi- tely The proposal to purchase eight aeroplanes for tor use in Mexico o an and on in the border still is under ad ad- General Funston's me message sage reporting American troops were pressing farther to the south in pursuit of Villa reached the department today but no summary of its its its' contents was given out The message gives the exact location of the the troops now in Mexico which the government government government gov gov- I does not no wish to disclose |