" "'""WHJJrtUWlltgllWIW! JML Ua U HWM'y, J nigu' pWUMWUfrWUM1-1 WBfip)M!?j,'g-HAjy- -r yuM- rr'- "wwi jpnwfeWf 'ijMilniHiWJlMpm 'IWj 'MM'IWH .i J H , iA ESGAPES TO THE SOUTH AS U. S. TROOPS SEARCH HILLS Contlrintil frnm Pure On from capturo when his forces were hontcn In the flRhtlnjr at San Oeronimo ranch. In the Guerrero district, last Wednesday. The Americans were close on "Pancho's" trail, but were deceived by their Mexican ruI1o3 nmt were led along a rouRh and nlmost Impassable trail. In the meantime Villa. ffnlflnf? A shorter and much easier pain. grot several mile beyond the point whfire to,Sm ?;a riXl AmiVteaiM i ... i. -ii vim. !,.,. i,i nit nicriii nnd hir away from Ouerrero, wounded, were en 1 ilTil1 Z J?tuw itn. le ,1 id Tmir. ' "rely without foundation. These stories siers BT10 Mexican Rdes whose n e circulated to decehe the Americans JeadlPR In SrmaUo had ermlUed Ids es- numulmt the outlaw, It Is said. cape, wero sent to the rear of the Ameri can column nnd are reported to be still under arrest. Though, the safety of Chihuahua City was assured by the rapid pace of the Americans when they" nfialn picked tip Villa's trail, army officers In K Prtso shook their heads In doubt when they learned that the fURltlve had reached the neighborhood of Satevo. About this adobe vlllaRe on the Itlo San Pedro cluster mountains, formliiR as ruRRcd and trench" erous a bit of country as ever sheltered a band of cutthroats. In the hills nlonR the San Pedro nnd Its confluents a reRl ment mlRht be securely hidden away, nnd frontiersmen declare that Villa and his followers may lest there In security In definitely. In prcsslnR rorwurd In pursuit of Villa the American tioops arc exposed ti Hank attacks from tbo arloiis bands Into which tho bandit's forco was dUtdcd fol lowing tho defeat nt San Ocroninio. Tho t... .- ...i.i. rl.,rl P.lilns , nmuiimuu wu ..., ""'""i.. expedition may bo nblo to present any surprise, but In the thick woods the ban dits mlRht crcape the cjes of the military observers '',, TO ERCAPK. Villa tricked his American pursuerH nnd left them far behind. It Is believed that tho statement of his wound wns care fully planned to' cause the dispersal of tho troops Into tho hills while ho made his wny farther south to join Ills allies. It Is said ho has with him only elpht men as a peisohal guard, and that he Is unwounded. If this Information is cor rect, It bears out previous repot ts that the bandit chief is headed toward i-ur ral, nnd. Is leading his American pursuers by at least GO miles, for San Antonio is ' that dlstanco to the northwest. Tho man who brought tho story of Villa's arrlval'nt Satevo hero gave it cir cumstantial account of tho bandit's ma neuvers and plan of campaign This mans' credibility Is vouched for by reputa ble American business mcti hero who have employed him for several years. THICKBD HIS PUP.SUKIIS. "Villa," ho said, "has never taken part In anv flghtlng with either American or Cnrrnnzn. troons. Ho left tho main body of his troops In tho Guerrero district with orders to oppose as far ns they could the American advance. At the same time the j)eons wero Instructed to give Information freely to American ofllcers. nlw-ays pro- , Viued that tno miormaiion was luise. "Tho story of Villa being wounded was carefully concocted for tho express pur poso of misleading General Pershing nnd Colonel Dodd Into tho belief that tho ban dit wns In hiding iu tho mountains nnd thereby Inducing them to split their forces Into small searching parties who would waste their time In the wild Sler I ras, whllo Villa was making his way safely southward. "Tho American ofllcers were fooled nt first, but. they have a fair knowledgo of tho real situation now and tho advance column is driving southeast with all the speed they can command. Their only chance of catching up with Villa Is thut they have n good road and should not bo handicapped by tho big problem of forage nnd water. "Tho trail from San Antonio to Satevo leads through a broad valley where there Is generally plenty of water at this time of the year, and which is fairly fertllo and well cultivated. "Hotkey can cacli up with Villa before ho gets into tho Torreon district, they ought to bo able to kill or capture hlni, but If ho is nblo to Join forces with Oanuto Ilcycs, they will have a difficult task ahead of them." CONSTANT SKinMISHKS. Small clashes between fleeing Vllllstas and American or Carranza detacliincuti nro of nlmost continuous occurrence. It is stnted In official reports received by t lie de facto Government's agencies bore. The pursuers nre In almost hourly con tact with some membcia of the brigands, have already taken many prisoners, and are running the remainder to earth as fast ns their horses give out. JI0RE U. S. TROOPS SENT TO GUARD PERSUING LINE WASHINGTON. April I Major Gen eral Scott, chief of staff of tho army, to day announced that additional I'nlted States troops had been sent Into Mexico to reinforce General Pershing's expedition ; In pursuit of Villa. i It was officially admitted that tho addi tional troops crossed tho holder at Co lumbus, N. .M. The forces recently nt Co lumbus were the 0th Cavalry and the I'Oth and -4tli Infantry. It Is believed hers ! that all of the cavalry and part of the Infantry forces wero sent to Join Persh- Ing's expedition, the others to strengthen the lines of communication. General Scott also announced today that 19 Apache Indian scouts, under command ' of Captain Hazard, of the 10th Cavalry. left Fort Apache, ArU., today to guide the Pershing and Dodd forces through the LUD rii& I WJ1IW W1? I It furnishes the adcomnaniment for sinKinc in any key sireri. nrnvides music fir tlancincr of the day or the mostlintricate classes and all with the mar velous touch and acculicy of a mas flu. bo simple in operataiivtiiat a slightest moduli nons oi source of delicti d the Player-Jt'l M udee etitife it. Our Make $450 to $850 . Other Makes $350 to $400 Sold on terms to suit your convenience. Write for catalog. LUDWIG PIANO CO. S2S E mountainous ssetlons of Mexico, In which Villa n now hiding. All of the Indians iro thorouRhly ncqunlntcd with that sec '.Ion of Me::ico. Imvlnp spent years there Keports that Oencrnt Villa had escaped theitiet which Ocneial Pcrahlntt noURht to throw around him In the mountains if rhlhuahua arc accepted as true by nrmv ameers here They are of the belief that t the chnaa for the outlaw would be n lonir and arduous one. It now seems assured Uit the reports that Villa m parried 20(1 YIIjMSTAH CAVTUIIEI): TOTAL CASUALTIES NOW UUO SAN" A.VTOJ.IO. Texas. April 4. Moic than 200 VHIIMas aro reported In advices received nt I-'oit Sam Houston to have been captmrd by the expeditionary foice of General Pershing In Mexico. Tho total losses aluotiR Villa's followers were un officially f stlmatcd today at .100. At lc.iFt GO were killed In the San Oeronlmo bat tle and more were phot down In the run ning flRht that followed. It was definitely established today by dispatches from field headquarters In Mo-clco that the 7th Cavalry, commanded by Colonel Krwln, had the. honor of In flirting the first defeat upon Villa. rho (th. forming one of tho ndvatict pursuing columns under Colonel Tiodd, learned at Mntachlo that Villa was headed for Guer rero. Colonel Krwln attempted by a. iiiRht milici lllinuBii Hiinj luuisi... ,,. iu i..i off Villa, but the latter succeeded In reach . . ,,, , ,,.. tlfl,r- .i,. Ing and nttncklng tho town before the American troops arrived. VfUA AI)IjV WOUNDED. t CAHHANZA CHIHF INSISTS QUKHKTAItO, Mexico, April 3. via Gal veston, Tet., April I General hula Gutierrez, who has ben appointed mili tary commander of the northern Cnrranza foices In Chihuahua, superseding General Gavha, notified Minister of War Obrcgon In an olllcial tcport today that ho had ie celved positive Information that Krnnrlsco villa had been wounded nnd tin forces ills- organized. 00OK OFFERS TO POISON A XCHO VILLA FOR $25,000 MIj PAHl). Tc., April 1. Two men as sociated with Villa have made pioposals to Mexican olllclals to kill the bandit lender for money In the Inst six weeks. This Information was given out today by Andres C. Garcia. Carranza'tf Consul General at CI Paso. Ono of tho men was Villa's cook; the other was an officer who was a member of tho bandit's personal es cort. Mr. Garcia put the proposition up to the high oMIdals of the Cnrranza Gov ernment. They turned it down "villa: cook," said Mr. Garcia, "ea to ,,,, j,nao fol. ha vMcC Ho came to camo seo mo and said that by poisoning tho food he served to Villa he could not only kill Villa but his entire staff. "I asked the cook why ho washed to kill Villa, and he replied: 'I have no special desire to kill him. I would kill him If I could got my price. My price Is $25,000. If I cannot get money for kill ing him Villa may live forever us fai as I am concerned." "An officer of Villa's stuff camo to see me In HI Paso. Ho was on u secret mis sion for Villa to New Votk. Ho offered to kill Villa for $250,000. I- asked him how ho would be able to do it and escape with his life. He said ho frequently rode behind the column on the march and could shoot Villa after the column had rounded a shoulder In a mountain trail, then he would run for It." VILLA ALREADY TO SOUTH OF PARRAL, SAYS LETCHER SAN ANTONIO, Tex., April I. Consu lar reports to General Funston today Indi cated that Pancho Villa nnd the remain ing members of his band nro Hearing the Durango State line, but iu tho absence of word from army field headquarters Fun ston accepted the reports with reservation. A message from American Consul Letcher, at Chihuahua City, btatcd that Villa, was south of Parral. No reports of further fighting between American troops and Vllllstas havo been received here. "WE Aim 'rnr: ici'iuir.i: noons i-eoi-i.e IN OUK TOWN" Ve self rubber cooda courteously and effi ciently. .... Wo mai;e lUQir purcunso a jjiuuaure u aim I uhony In Imylnic as it wire. , we smnu lor service piub. Mr. 'nr Owner, when jou need tiles or tubes tall, phono or wrlto ua. Mr. Home Qwnr,vhen ym need sarrfen hose, mats, rubber bonis. cnIL jinono or wrlto us. Mr. Kartory Ownerwhen ou need beltlu?, parkins, tublnsr. cull, choao or write us. 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OSWALD I30EEKE Latcat Gcrmnn avlator-horo, who is credited with hnvinK brought down 13 hostile machines. For recent exploits around Verdun ho received a decoration from the Kaiser. GARBER ORDERS SCHOOL TEACHERS TO WARN Continued from I'rtKP ()n thno ho una associated with the magazine in on editorial capacity. Mrs I'dell, o .1215 llerkM street, Ruh Bcrlhcd for the maiMzlne Jlarcli 27 last. Iter son, Irwin Udell. 10 yenrs old, attends tho Ktohley rubllc School. According to Mrs fdell she wns visited by rt woman canvasser who alleged that she came from the TJiianl nf Education. "The lady told ine that froinlme to lime a monthly report would he published In n magazine relating to the progress of my child at school," said Mrs. Udell. "I was told that the yearly subscription would ho J1.K0. I didn't subscribe for tho entire year, t gave tho ivnmnii $1. Tho lady told ine that teachers were going to fcend tho tcport about my child's conduct and education progress to tho olllces of the School l'rogtess League. t never would have given n dollar If t had known that It was niniply a mngazlno proposition, t would like to have my money bncl. I understand Kngllsh, and 1 ntn certain that tin lady canvasser snld she was from the Board of Kducntlon." Another woman who paid $1 was Mrs. II. Fox, of .1215 Berks street. Her chil dren, Ijtlicl, 12 cars old; Molllo, 9 years old. and Anna, V years old, attend tho Stokloy rubllc School. She gave the money to the woman canvasser nftcr being urged to do so by one of her children. Mrs. Fox wasn't certain today whether tho woman canvasser had said that she came from tho Hoard of Kducatlon. She added that the canvasser gave her the Impres sion that the municipality was Interested In tho proposition. " would like to havo my money back," said Mrs. b'o.v. Tho woman canvasser also told sub scrlbcts that from time to time prizes would be a wanted to children of whom favorable reports were received. Anna, the youngest daughter of Mrs. Fox, asked her teacher. Miss Martha Smith, today ivliother her report concerning her work at school would be n good one. Miss Smith Informed Anna that sho know noth ing nbout tho proposftlon. COMPANY DIINIKS CHARGE. Charles R. Collins Is president of the School Progress magas.ino and tho School Progress League, which Is Incorporated under the laws of New Jersey. Ho said today that tho homo olllces -.vero In Tren ton, X. J., In the law olllces of Fred V.. riWtmimmB& s : 4x3K3iit-is?S nmMmMmmMi , . . y,x yTEUL S M w If Qgl If 9 IK1 jj While rubber has been bouncing up in price, Empire fReds have been boosting up mileage records. And they cost about the same as last year. Empire Red Tires don't wear out prematurely, or give out or blow out easily. Empire Red Rubber is the toughest kind made and stays cool under terrific friction tests. FmB $m t fli ' TiV''YrflT,"'?irifiiiVit in T vf'' ''"Viiim iT", iv&W?sSy4SjLiJj &tt&ym Draco. The other ortlcers of tha corpora tion nro fl. W. Snodgrnss, secretary Frank It Rush, vice president I Maxwell Sugcrman, treasurer, and Thomas B, Nay lor, general manager. "Wo have never claimed throURh any of our canvassers that we represented the Board of Education," said Mr, Collins, "and I defy nny person to prove that we did. Just now we have inly ono woman In Iho field In Philadelphia ns a canvasser, and sho has been In our employ for sev eral years. The canvnssor Is lint Charles noblllard, and 1 will gladlj, accompany any perron to the home of a subscriber who Insists that Mrs: Ilohlllard repre sented herself as coming from the Boaid of fMiicntlon have been In business for years We have never h.id nny trou ble with our members or subscribers. Oc casionally, as In all big companies, thero will be some misunderstanding." Mr Collins explained that many of tho stories In the current number wero pre pared by teachers and others Interested In educational work. Ho also said that Governor Brumbaugh, when he was superintendent of schools, had prepared an article for tho School Progress Mr. Collins denied that any canvasser In the employ of the league had any authoriza tion to tell the public that teachers had united In a plan to send In monthly re ports about children. "Wo nro publMiIng n magazine to in terest tho school children," said Mr. Col lins, "nnd children can send in drawings, clever compositions, cte., which wo shall gladly publish. Jf the contributions are good prizes will be awarded. Wo hno on lllo names of children who won prizes." "What do you mean by tho Homo and School 1 tcport ?" "Tho Homo and School Report Is tho magazine published monthly. A copy of this magazine Is left nt the home of each subscriber before the canvasser leaves tho house " Mrs, Ilohlllard and Mr, Collins called on Mrs I'dell today. She Insisted that Mrs. Hoblllard had said th.it sho came from the Board of Kducatlon. Mis. Rob lllnrd denied Mrs. t'doll'8 statement. Con siderable cross-exanilnntlou by Mr. Col lins followed. She stuck to her original story. Then Mrs. Vdcll made a demand for her money that she had paid to Mrs. Roblllard. Mr. Colllna said that the mat ter would be taken up with tho treasurer. Somo years ago shares wero Bold tit $1 a share In the School Progress League, according to Mr. Collins No dividends wero paid at tho last annual meeting, January 1, 1010. "Operation expenses were too high," was the reason given by Mr. Colllna for failure to pay dividends. Wildwood Merchant Dies Suddenly WtLDWOOO. N. J., April 4. William A. 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NEAR IJUBLAN, Mexico, April 1 (via motor train to Colum bus. N. M., April 4). A mad five hours' scramble oier the mountain passes south west of the village of San Oeronlmo with a squndron of American cavnlry urging their Jaded mounts In hot pursuit of n terror-stricken force of bandits; now close on their heels, now falling far behind, la the story of the defent of Pancho Villa's outlaws. ,, The bandits, breaking Into small groups and dropping oft Into narrow deities nnd pockets, finally evaded their pursuers Villa, himself wounded In an engagement. with Cnrranzlstas throo ?jm earlier, waB not with this force. But 60 Mexicans were killed during tho running fight nnd their forces so scattered that a stand-up fight ts now out of the question for them. Only four Americans wero Bllghtly wounded. Colonel Dodd has been given credit for this victory, but It was actually Colonel Krwln who led a detachment .of 400 of Dodd's men on the heart-breaking 17-hour ride throughout the night tlntlt ho came upon Lieutenant Hernandez and his BOO Vllllstas on the Sim Geronimo ranch. Vllllsta scouts, or nntivc sympathizers, who saw the Americans enter Guerrero before the trap wns sprung on Villa's force, prevented Colonel Erwln's move being n complete surprise. The Vllllstas were saddled and all ready to mount nB Erwin, forcing his jaded Hoopers Into a gallop, dashed toward them from the west. The bandits, wnlting only to fire a hur ried and scattered volley, leaped on to their ponies and raced out toward the moun tains to tho enst. Clinging lu their saddles with their legs, their reins hang ing free, tho American cavalrymen raced madly In pursuit, emptying tholr rlllcs at the retiring bandits, reloading, firing ind yelling wildly as Mexican after Mexi can toppled from his saddle nnd went down in the scurry of hoofs Snddlc-worn, hungry ami thirsty though they were, tho Americans stuck doggedly to this tnsk for five hours. Up thoy wont along tho strange and Beat It n sir? 1 res Wear Longest "If ifa Red; it's an Empire" 1916. 1 .jmiimj. Four U S. Soldiers Dead in Campaign in Mexico EL PASO, Tex., April 4. Pour American soldiers have died of ill ness or necidental injuries suffered in Mexico pursuing Villa. More than 300 hnve been returned from Mexico and are being treated in the Fort Bliss Hospital here. No American soldier has yet been killed in battle with the Viilistas. narrow trails on which each American risked his life repeatedly. Sure-footedness of the Mexican ponies, together with their riders' Intimate knowledge of the ground, finally told. Hit by bit tho bandits drew abend, a few of them dropping back nt Intervals to flro a volley Into tho faces of the Amerlcahs At each turn In tho maze of narrow defiles a group of Mexicans would detach Itself and dash off into some hidden pocket. The force grew smaller and shortly before noon the last of them had distanced Krwln nnd his men. It was a crushing defeat for Villa. His last remaining "army" had been shat tered. Sixty of hh men had been killed. Ho abandoned a number of Carrnnzlsta prisoners nt San Geronimo. Krwln nnd his troops wero In the saddle 22 hours straight, the last five being in this running light. His column was tho cetitro of a strategical em eloping move ment Dodd laid out when ho started on forced marches after Villa. The trap was to have been sprung nt Guerrero At Namlnulpa, Erwin followed touch with the railroad. 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