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Show GENERAL M Tracks of Carriage Said to Have Been Discovered by ; American Cavalry. ColumbuB, N. M., April 2. North from the town of Guerrero and east of . tlie line of the Mexico Northwestern railroad, through arroyos and over trails lhat lead through the buttes and canyons of the Sierra Tarahumare, American cavalrymen of the Seventh regiment are riding night and day seeking Francisco Villa, according to later reports from flold headquarters at Colonia Dublan. Little Information concerning tho pursuit filtered over the border today and nothing definite was received from official sources. There were persistent reports, however, that the forces of Colonel Dodd has captured tho man who was once the J,'Robin Hood" of Mexico, but because f the difficulty in communication havS been unable to make a report. Late advices ad-vices from the camp of General J J. Pershing at the front stated that the track of a vehicle believed to be the carriage carrying Villa In his flight had been discovered. Riding In Storm. Other advices said that the American Ameri-can cavalrymen were riding through the mountains In the teeth of a heavy gale, which, now mingled with snow and now with drizzling rain, out through tho army blouse and sweater luto tho very vitals of the men, but that not a single man Indicated a desire de-sire to give up the search. Army men here wore considerably disturbed today by numerous warnings from confidential sources that Vllllsta adherents are gathering in the Chihuahua Chi-huahua desert, both north and south of Ascension, and near the motor trail leading from Columbus to CaBas Grandes, for the purpose of attempting to cut the American line of communication. communi-cation. Extra Guards Sent. An extra heavy guard of infantry- event of an attack, wore placed on a truck train which left here for the front today. Isolated camps of soldiers sol-diers guarding the lino were reached by the field telegraph and ordered to watch closelly for signs of hostile forces. Lieutenant A. W. Gullier, Twentieth infantry, of Lexington, Ky., adjutant of tho base, left on the train for Colonia Dublan, where he will attempt at-tempt to co-ordinato more closely the work of ih& expeditionary force. and that of tho base camp. Unofficial information also had it that several score of Villa's adherents who wore captured or wounded in the engagement at San Geronlmo ranch last Wednesday, are expected to arrive ar-rive hero during the night The four American troopers wounded in the Bame battle, it was said, suffered, wounds which are not serious enough to necessitate their being brought here, and probably will bo taken to the field hospital at Casas Grandes for treatment Pay Day In Camp. Approximately $30,000 was distributed distri-buted to tho soldiers on station here at tho regular monthly pay day today. to-day. While tho usual precautions were taken to prevent troublo among tho men, the usual pay day excitement excite-ment in a military camp was completely com-pletely absent, the men apparently realizing the seriousness of the task before the troops. When Jesus Sanca and his daughter crossed tho American line today at Palomas, the firBt Mexican town through whioh. tho American troops passed on tho way to tho front was left without human inhabitants. A low lonoly dogs were howling at the doors of the huddled little dirty group of Mexican huts which made up the town. Sanca, 82- years of ago, crossed Into the United States in a prairie schooner schoon-er such as was used by tho "Forty-niners." "Forty-niners." Loaded in it were .his house-hoidndsood. |