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Show H THE LTfl B i rubll.b.il .r.ty-lj J (J -'-irOlDJETREAT H BANDIT CHIEF REPORTED TO BE BB SURROUNDED BY AMERICAN B AND MEXICAN TROOPS. BBLB ' H (If Bandit Makes a Stand It Is Believed B j Campaign Will Soon Be Over, But ASK 4 It Is Possible He May Hide Vff In Mountains. Si El Paso, Texas. Aftor marching VJ more than 110 miles Into Mexico In record marching tlmo of forty-two JpH- hours, or at a speed of about thirty- J thrco miles a day, tho American pu- f i nltlvo expedition has rccolvcd infor- .J matlon apparently locating Francisco J Villa, tho object of tho chase. RBMIjK Pancho Villa has been driven into VJA (a trap by tho rapid advanco of tho BVnj American troops, according to tho In- Am i'ormution received hero in wireless 92 llspatchcs from tho front and In tolo- VAg graphic messages to Ucnural Gabrlol VAfl Javlra, the Carranza commander at Bfi Juarez, SJE Everything seems now to dopend on HI ho ability of tho Carranza garrisons HSj to hold tliolr end of tho not. On tliroo BMJ pldcs tho bandit is hemmed In by Hwg ptrong Carranza columna, whllo on tho HWS fourth tho American soldiers aro drlv- BVe 'I ing forward with amazing speed. HHfi A dispatch from Washington, Buys Hh llla, flcolng with his outlaw follow- ftVJp prs tho advanco of tho United Statas HVk expeditionary forces In Mexico, lias AHg reached his own country In tho Gucr- Harj Foro district, whero high otflcers of HHTt'i pio army safd ho may utmost lndofl- HHi jiitoly ovado capture If Uio bandit fhlcftaln makoa a stand, Washington s BatlBflod Uio campaign will quickly HWJr pnd; but If ho leaves his followers ho HVt can, military authorities agroo, roach HVJ i k haven of safety in tho nearby moun- HVI'f pins In loss than a day's riding. HH In Uio Guerrero district and In tho HfH country adjacent to Dabrlcora, Villa Is HVJ at home. For years ho operated thoro HVf ' i jn doflanco of tho laws of Mexico and HVL . , ts constituted authorities. Tho moun H&Hj tains to tho west offer countless hid- HVflj Jnjr places and routes of escape If HV )iard prossod, Villa might, officials bo- HHj llo'vo, abandon his men, don tho garb HHj bt a peon and flco bo far Into tho south HHF (hat It -would bo exceedingly difficult HH ) It not Impouslblo to apprehend him. |