Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-03-22

store. wire communication with Casas
| GrandeS ana 1t was practically con-
coded by the Mexican officials that
The damage to the wires was the re-
| suit of a raid on the railroad by Villa
! bandits.
The extent Of The raid and the dam
age done was either unknown or sup
pressed.
Situation Serious
If the break in the wireless is not
repaired shortly, it was said, it would
be necessary TO depend on mountain
forces to carry out dispatches.
Major w. r. Sample, COmmandant
here, announced tina. it was discover
ed today that the field telegraph lines
had been cut in % places, eight miles
of wire being carried away in one
place. He pointed out, however, that
it was possible, since large part Of
the wire was strung along the ground
at the side of the roadway, that some
of the breaks had been caused by the
passing of trucks over them. He as
serted also that previously the wire
less station here had experienced
some difficulty in operating at night,
because it uses the same length as
The large stations at Arlington, Va,
San Francisco and Panama.
TWO Planes Missing.
Radio advices to Major w. r. Sam
pie, commandant here, received today
from Capt. d. d. Fioulois, at Casa:
Grandes, commanding the aero corps,
reported that Robert II. Willis and
Lieutenant Edgar S. Gorrell, who left
here last Sunday afternoon, each on
army aero-planes, had failed to arrive
at the advance base, and that no re-
ports of the missing men or their BIZ
planes had been received.
Searching For Lost Airmen.
Immediately instructions were IS
sued to drivers of every motor truck
leavink here to watch for traces of
the missing men, and their planes. 1t
is believed also that some of the six
aero planes, which arrived safely at
Casas Grandes, are being employed in
| the search.
The eight planes started from here
late Sunday for the flights over 40
miles of desert and mountains
through the Casas Grandes valley &c
join the eXpeditionary force. Neither
of the men were accompanied by a
mechanician or an observer, and
shortly after the fight began the two
planes were detached from the others
Nothing has been heard from them
since.
Require All United States Troops.
The chase for Villa has assumed
! the proportions of a campaign, and it
was pointed on. that, il it became ne
cessary to extend the operation much
more, it might be necessary to move
into the field almost all the remaining
available forces Of the regular army.
That statement eliminates some TO-,
900 men now in the southern depart
ment, the greater part on duty in
Texas, New Mexico and Arizona,
along the Mexican border. General
Funston explained today that he could
not we'll spare any Of those for the
operations in Mexico because it was
equally necessary to guard the from
tier
Is Close to Villa.
General Pershing, leading the
American expeditionary forces in
Mexico, reported to the war depart
ment today that he had reached a
point near Villa and his outlaws. 1t
was made clear in the dispatch that
General Pershing believed the troops
of the de facto government were CO.
operating in the bandit hunt, and that
it was quite possible that Villa may be
trapped
Ordered More Troops. 49,.
While Acting Secretary Polk of the
state department and Eliaso lArredon-
do, Observation-Disclosures, were con-
ferring during the day over the proto-
col proposed by Carranza to govern
the joint action in Villas hunt, Secre-
tary Baker was ordering troops to
the border in response to request
from General Funston. The points to
which the troops will move was not
disclosed. A squadron of the Second
cavalry at F't. Eaton, Allen VI, will |
be sent to Fl Myer to supplement the |
garrison there.