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Bisbee daily review., 1916-03-31
DARING GERMAN HOLDS UPSH|P 0N ATLANTIC
 COAST
British Steamer, Matoppo, is Object of One Lone Teuton Officers and Crew Stuck Up." Man is Arrested.
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LEWIS, Deleware, March 30.-How one German stowaway held up the cap tain and 5S members of the crew of the British steamer Matoppo, compell- ing them at the point of a pistol to change the course of the vessel and land him at the Deleware Breakwater. after he had rifled the ships safes and taken their valuables. was told here tonight by Captain Bergner, master of the Matoppo.
 The stowaway. who said his name is Ernest Schiller, and that he had lived in Hoboken, N. J.. for the last eight months, is now locked up in the jail here awaiting the arrival of the U. s. District Attorney from Whining ton. Del. The hold-up took place out side the three mile limit and it is prob able this government will have noth- ing to do with the matter. Schiller, they say will be returned to the Mat oDro and turned ever 10 British off cials at St. Lucia, where the vessel will stop for coal.
 The Matoppo sailed from New York yesterday for Vladivostok with a car f-O NOhSioaihF Niiitiis Oi bdlDCu Nlt and farm implements. She passed out Sandy Hook at six o'clock in the even- ing and two hours later. upon entering his cabin. Captain Bergner says he was confronted by young man with a revolver in each hand. Hands up. and not sound if you value your life" was the command that greeted him. The captain was then bound hand and foot and locked in his cabin. promis- ing under penalty of death not to raise an alarm. Then. cautiously making has way to the mates cabin. the stow away, who is about 26 years old, put the instruments out of commission and threw the ships guns. consisting of six rifles. overheard. He then re- turned to the captains cabin. rifled the safe and destroyed many import. ant papers. He had expected. he told Captain Bergner. to find at least s20o0 in English money aboard the Matoppo, but in this case his hopes were shat tered. Later. however, Schiller con- DelIed the captain and the first officer to hand over their pocket books con
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Gouernor Hunt T4,rows His Hat Into the
 Arena. Will Contest for Nomination

Throwing the political sunbonnet into the ring. or gently picking it out of its many fellows. appears to be the principal indoor sport this spring The latest entry into the qualifying round is George w. P. Hunt, governor of Ar. iZona since the admission of the com monwealth as a state.
 Governor Hunts announcement. re- ceived yesterday from the executive |office. appears herewith in full:
 TO THE PEOPLE OF ARIZONA:-
 On nurerous occasions during the past several months have been inter. rngated 3s to my intentions relative to the next carnnaign. To all such inquir- ies il was difficult. until recently, for me tc give direct and decisive an swar for the reason that I had not ful. lv determined in my own mind whetb er public exigencies would render il necessary or even advisable for me to aeain submit my candidacy to the will of the electorate. Frankly. and in all sincerity l did not court arother gub. ernatorial contest at the polls. nor did !. either hv word or deed. invite sit nation which leaves me scant choice |" shaning nv future course of action. But even while I still remained unde "ided. hoDing. in fact. that no impera. tive crisis would place mo under ohli cations to becore a candidate for the governorship in the 1916 primaries. that certain element of Arizona's body noli'ic which is nlainlv retrospective. which is the antithe.is of progress and which has sought with the utmost resorrcefrlross since the veriest in- ceniion of Statehood. to pervert the fnnctio7s ef aovernrnsr' to personal a"orandizerent. has left eron 10 me only a single course which I can con-
Bisbee daily review., 1916-03-31
TRANSPORTATION PROBLEM PERS|sT|NG
Wild Tale ExciteS Colummbus People
 In Fear of Bandit
That Villa Was But a Few Miles South of Border and Contemplated Another Raid is Cist of Rumor.
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COLUMBUS. N. M.. March 30 Mayor Hoover announced tonight that Ia Mexican named Juan Fayela had in. for r ed him that he believed Eiliathad doubled on his tracks and was now
 in the vicinity of Santa Maria, sixty five miles south of the border The mayor said that Fayela had refused 10 exnlain the source of his belief. v.
 COLUMBUS. March 30.-Two stor- ies spread broadcast through Colum- hus tonight caused the credulous to fear that Villa is about to make sec ord raid on the community.
 One story. which grew as it passed from mouth to mouth. was based on suggestion made by Juan Fayela, a Mexican ranch hand employed by May or H. C. Hoover. Fayela. who is said to have predicted the raid upon this town March g, Tn which seven United States soldiers and eight civilians were killed, asserted that he believed that the bandit chieftain. with a small part of his band had doubled on his trail and was now in the vicinity of Santa Maria in the Guzman district,
 
 Close questioning by the military and civil authorities. however. elicited the fact that his belief was based on newspaper story that Villa had turned to the north. Military authorities stamped the story as wild hallucina- tion.
 On the heels of this suggestion. ranchman. whose name was not made public. reported 10 Major w. k. Sam pie, commandant. that he believed that the actions of Mexican families living about two miles west of the town were suspicious.
 He said that the lights in windows in the house blaZed in a way that might indicate they were signals.
 However, despite repeated assur- ances from military authorities that last reports indicated that Villa was flying before American cavalrymen in to the heart of the Guerrero district. knots of armed men gathered in the streets here tonight and speculated as to the possibility of second raid on the town.
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FL PASO, March 30.-The problem
 of forwarding supplies to the Ameri- can base at Conolina Dublan by way of the Mexico Northwestern Railroad has changed from the perpleXing to the mysterious tonight. General Bell, apparently on receipt of instructions { from Washington similar to those sent
 to General Funston, announced that
 he could give no information to the
 press regarding the situation and o,h-
 CT officers and officials were equally
 uncommunicative.
 The one definite fact is that no sup plies have been sent as no trains
 have left JuareZ in the last two days. J. O. Crockett, vice president of the Northwestern railroad. said tonight that he knew of no arrangements for sending out a train load of supplies but had a train ready any time it , was needed.
 From the little that could be learn ed here it appears that the question of gasoline supplies is the one that is causing the military authorities the greatest anxiety. The motor truck trains are taxed to their capacity to keep an adequate quantity of food and forage moving forward. The amount of gasoline required by the trucks themselves, and or the aeroplanes Is very large and is constantly growing in volume. The fluid is. of course, the key to the whole supply situation. As far as the actual pursuit of Villa is concerned. the absence for several days Of any definite news has given a new birth to the wild rumors and fantastic stories which flooded Fl Paso up to a week ago. The bandit chief has been reported in every con ceivable place on the map and in number that are utterly inconceivable. If all the stories that are current on the border are to be believed he has fought in the last few days more bal ties than Alexander the Great and has had more hairbreadth escapes than Jesse James.
 One of the weirdest tales peddled among the newspaper men here was promptly nailed by the police today when they arrested Eduardo Perez, the father of the yarn. as a vagrant- Perez had a marvellous story of his adventures which included an account of how Villa himself was desperately wounded in the raid on Columbus and was in hiding on ranch three miles from the border He confessed the fabrication when confronted with let
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FIELD HEADQUARTERS, Ameri can ENpeditionary Forces. Colonia Dublin, Chi. March 26.-(By motor truck to Columbus. March 30)-it has been learned here that Francisco Villa nearly lost his life few days ago on the Corrslitos Ranch. short distance from this place, where he tortured and put to death five Ncvi- cans. One of the victims leaped upon him and was strangling him when the Nillista officers beat him senseless with the butts of their guns.
 Mucio POlanco was the name of the Mexican who almost succeeded in end ing Villas career. The Polancos were slain as a warning 10 other Mexicans against having dealings with Ameri cans. Investigation showed that the Polanco family was involved with no political faction in Mexico. but that they had record of uniform honesty and reliability in dealing with Ameri- can managers of the Corralitos Ranch. They had been born and raised on the ranch. They were known throughout that section for their integrity.
 When Villa. retreating from Colun- bus, arrived at Corralitos Ranch. he had list of all the Polancos. six men. the mother and two daughters. He seized the man and hunted for the daughters. but the young women had been hidden so we'll that he never found them.
 To five of the men. Gregorio and his two sons. and Mucio and his one son. Villa said:
 T am going to kill you because you are too AmericaniEed. You are grin SO lovers" but instead of sillins them outright, Villa bad them partly stripped and then beat with the dsts of heavy swords. Mucio Poianco, des-
Bisbee daily review., 1916-03-31
INVESTIGATION INTO WRECK IN CENTRAL
 STARTS
Members of the Ohio Utilities Commission and Interstate Commerce Commission on Ground to Start Probe.
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CLEVELAND, March 3e--Ilyestiga- tion into the wreck Of the New York Central trains at Amherst, Ohio. which took toll of at least 2S lives the exact number may never be known-and brought injury to more than forty others. several of whom probably will not recover, got under way today.
 With a fierce controversy among railroad employees as to who was re- sponsible. representative of the state f of Ohio and of the, federal govern, men, were told by officials of the New York Central lines that the rail- road officials would not conduct q separate formal inquiry on their own part.
 They gave assurance that the best interest of all concerned would be best served by one Investigation on the part of the representatives of the Ohio Utilities Commission and the Interstate Commerce Commission. The officials would give every help to make the investigation complete and the railroad would aoide by the find ings of those bodies, whatever they are. Testing of the signal block apparatus at Amherst was the main work of the government experts to- day. Taking a special train the in vestigators went to the scene of the wreck and inspected it thoroughly.
 NJ. J. Heffern. chief inspector for the state utilities commission. late today said. "man-failure" not ma chine failure" caused the wreck
 Heffern's statement was made on the scene of the wreck. one mile west of Amherst. where he went with other state. federal and railroad investigat- ors today.
 Engineer Herman Hess of the sec ond section of flyer number S6 will have to show why he ran past danger signals and crashed into the rear end of Engineer Leonard's first section. Heffern announced. Towerman Albert Ernst will have to explain why he stopped Leonards section, thus per hitting Hess to run into il.
 Both Ernst and Hess will be among a large number of witnesses who will be called to testify tomorrow morning when the representatives of the Inter- state Commerce Commission and the State Utilities Commission open their investigation.
 The investigators returned to Cleve- land from Amherst tonight and it was said a report fixing the blame for the Amherst disaster will probably be ar rived at Monday.
 Meantime Coroner Carvin. of LOT ain County. has deferred his inquest upon the bodies of the wreck victims and that proceeding will probably start next Tuesday.
Bisbee daily review., 1916-03-31
TROOPS FROM INNOVATIONS SURROUND
 bAND|!
Pancho Villa Wheels North After Murdering One Hun- dred and Seventy-two of the Garrison at Station.
U. s. AND CARRANZA
 SOLDIERS IN CIRCLE
Elusive "Fox" May be Forced to a Showdown, According to Information Reaching Funston.

SAN ANTONIO, March 3o.-Af- ter killing everyone of the one hun drcd and seventy-two men in the garrison at Guerrero, Francisco Villa moved northward yesterday and now is somewhere near the headwaters of the Santa Maria riv- CT, according to unofficial informa- ton secured by General Funston tonight. At the head of consid- erabIe force Villa was reported to be on the San Geronimo ranch and troops of both the United States and carranza were believed to be closing in on him.
 This information is regarded by General Funston and his staff as probably correct. If correct, it ap pears probable that very soon Will la either will have to face his pur- suers in fight or make another break through the tightening line of troops.
 Whether his assault on the gar rison at Guerrero was the same engagement reported by General Pershing, was not known, but it was considered likely since the action reported by General Pcrsh- ing occurred March 27, somewhere in that regicn. General Pershing has been advised of the report as to Villas location and it is known that the disposition of his troops and those of the Mexican govern ment, is such that Villa cannot easily escape without fight, Am erican troops are convereing in columns from the north and it was stated that part of them had gone so far south that they would be able to join with the Carranza forces in preventing his escape in that direction.
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oENToN,s coTHss FOUND.

PUEBLO. Colo. March 30.-The coat, vest. hose, shoes and cap. de clared to have been worn by William B. Denton, missing from Pueblo since March 19. when he left presumably for walk in the country. were found l5 miles east of Pueblo. on the bank of the Arkansas River this morning. The articles of appared, were identi- fled by friends of Denton later. At the point where the clothing was found. the water in the river is deep. The police and detectives will drag the river at the point where the cloth ing was found tomorrow.
Bisbee daily review., 1916-03-31
Villa Kills, Practically, An Entire
 Family, for Non-P Political Actiuity

perate at the sight of his sons torture. broke away from his captors and go; one hand locked about Villas throat before he was beaten off.
 Villa then ordered the five stood up beneath s high archway where he told them he would hang them. Ropes were placed about their necks and they were jerkcd into the air. but were not permitted to die. Just when loss of consciousness approached they were lowered to earth with de mands that they reveal the hiding places of the horses said to be hid den about the ranch. There were no horses so far as investigation dis closed. The prisoners also were of fered their lives if they would tell where money was hidden or point valuable documents. The offers were made merely 10 torture them as it was known the well footed ranch had no more money. After several mock hangings. Villa ordered the five men taken into the garden. wrere each one was shot five times.
 They were all buried in one grave after Villa left. Before going Villa led one male member of the family Gregorio. Jr. aged 21. whose life had been spared. back to the young mans mother. and to her he said Here. am going 10 leave you this one son to support you. You ought to thank me for leaving him to you" Next the bandit impressed each of the work men on the ranch. placing them in separate rooms. When hc had them locked up and all tcrroriZed. he went to each ono in turn, warning bim iu these words: T sm coming back and if 1 don't return, some one else will come in my place. Whoever ccues will kill any one bere whom he finds working for Americans
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ters received by him at San Antonio during the very period he claimed to have been throwing dice with death in Mexico.
 The most reliable information about Villa places him somewhere in the fastenesses of the great continental divide many miles south of Namiqui- pa. and fleeing in a westerly d;rec- tion with Parral as his objective.
 Lieut.. Joseph w. Allison. Jr.. who died here yesterday from pneumonia contracted at the front, was given military funeral preparatory to ship ping his body to West Point where il will be buried. The hearse. surrounded by cavalry with drawn sabres and preceded by the Eighth Cavalry band. wound slowly through the streets which were lined by great crowd or spectators. Joseph W. Allison. of Dallas. Texas. the father of the off cer, followed the cortege in an auto mobile It was the second funeral of son he has attended in the last six months.
Bisbee daily review., 1916-03-31
FROM THE FRONT

| HEADQUARTERS IN FIELD. tBy Wireless to Columbus) March 30 1 In few campaigns has the American army been called upon for successive tests of endurance. pluck and ability of it's men to think quick in emereen- cies than in the present chase of Villa From the day when the troops went ! over the border of New Mexico and the officers. in the hard march across the desert. began calculating how much water out of their canteens 10 pour down the back of half fainting man and how much to save fo- the thirst of the final hours of the march. every minute has occupied the inven- tiveness of the men who are project ing this expedition more than 900 miles into Mexico.
 The larger problems. such as The chase cf Villa and the supply of means ot existence to fast moving columns. are among the military secrets covered hy the censorship.
 But the hundreds of new problems rostly individual. which have been solved on sight by the American fight ing men and which are not forbidden publication. are to some extent an illustration of the spirit in which the larged military questions have been met.
 Today. for eNamnle. a snowstorm swent over field headquarters. The driving snow particles seemed all the more uncomfortable because they struck faces which during the previ- nus days had raised Scorchips sun burns. One cavalry man in disgust. exclaimed:
 "The farther south we go the colder it gets"
 But meanwhile. an infantryman found an emnty nil tin. rectangular in shape. in which he cut some slits near the bottom for ventilation. Hc piled in some wood. started a fire in the tin. set it outside of a ten until the first smudge was over and the sticks were blazing. then brousht it inside the tent where it furnished warmth equal to s-'sll stove. and 2 pleasant aroma IL worked SO we'll that the camp was searched for oil tins.
 Al another camp the men had gone in with baggage SO lisht that no one had anything larger than shelter tent. just large enough for two men to lie under. Probably none except practiced military eve would have not iced that the commanding officers tent, but mskeshift pieced together oUe of some discarded tarpsulins and part of smaller tent This officer had what he asserted was his Morris Chair. the sides some very comforts ble barrels The Morris Chair was mainly box. but it had back and roomv side arn's made of boards. re- irforced by strips of galvanized iron. The arms and hack were beveled for further strength The officer said ke had found the board.
 But who brought nails on the hikeg he was asked. Nobody We took the nails from some boxes of supplies which were used up here"
 Who carried a saw?'' ''\abedy with our eutnt We borreNed one saw while it's outrt was halted in front of our camp"
 What did the woed csryins- The cooks hstehet"
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scientiously pursue
 To the sovereign people of Arizona in whose service, I, as Governor, have exercised such loyalty. ability and in- dustry as I possess. l now announce that l will offer myself for renomina- tion as Democracy's candidate for the governorship, subject to the primaries of the coming fall.
 In making this decision. hardly need disavow any merely personal de sire 10 be retained in public office. However profound my appreciation of the honors and responsibilities already conferred upon me by the people of Arizona. and notwithstanding any hon est pride that I may have taken in striving to fulfill my official obligations both faithfully and well. discern no appreciable personal element in the approaching campaign. On the cen trary. l conceive the coming contest for all State offices to be one in which issues rather than personages will fig ure. Condensed to a sentence or two. the real predominant issue consists of human rights, disposition 10 progress. and majority rule. on the one side. and reactionaryism. predatory purpose and minority rule upon the other. Not that l would needlessly array against one another any of the so-called social classes which are component parts of the body polite. Such an alignment. even though reality. must always be regarded with deprecation and regret by thoughtful citizens. but the issue. in this instance was neither shaped nor determined by the pc )ple of AIiz- na as whole. Rather has it acquired its present formidable proportions through ill-advised and oft-repeated at
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FUNSTON IS CAUTIOUS

SAN ANTONIO. March S0.-General Funston delayed the using of the Northwestern railroad today for send ing supplies to troops in Mexican ex- petition pending a conference between
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FIND SUBMARINE BASES.

LONDON. March 30.-The discov- cry by Entente Allied patrol ships of four hostile submarine bases along the Greek islands is announced in wire less dispatch from Rome.
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NoMouement of Supplies Has
 YetBeenMade Through Juarez
 Into American Troops Camps
Report from Two Sources Appears Confirm Suppostion that Bandit Was Wounded. Officers at Fl Pa.o Refuse Discuss the Situation. Northwestern R. R. Official De- clares He Has Train Ready for Instant Use
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March 30-Genera Gabriel said tonight that which that Villa had Gavra said the reliable that be General Berani at Madero
Bisbee daily review., 1916-03-31
VILLA MOVES NTNARD FRO GUERRERO AFTER KILLING R MEN IN GARS0
TO INVESTIGATE PROFITS

OTTAWA. Ont, March 30.- Announcement was made in the House of Commons by the Prime Minister that the govern ment will create q commission to investigate the charges made by c. w. kyte, a member of Parliament, that middlemen's profits amounting to S1O0,O0O were gained through award ing of contracts by the Cana dian Shell Company.
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NEW YORK CITY Average price of cop per for week ending March 2e, 26.50.