The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-04-11

! soldier of the TWenty-fourth infantry
! by a member of the Texas rangers
! 1t adds that large number of negro
soldiers of the Twenty-fourth infantry
| surrounded the rangers house, firing
volleys of shots, but without casual
| ties The telegram urged that steps
be taken at once to prevent blood
! shed. Immediately upon receipt of the
i telegram the secretary of war tele.
graphed General Funston to make an
| investigation and to take precautions
! to obviate the possibility Of further
/ trouble Secretary Baker also directed
! that full report of the incident be
| sent to him without delay.
FL PasO, April 10.-Reiteration of
| the report that Francisco Villa is
wounded was received in a report
from Bigadier General Pershing, com
manding the punitive expedition seek
ing the bnadit who a month ago
made raid across the international
boundary into Columbus N. NJ, where
j he commanded at massacre of sol
/ diers and civilians General Per,
shing's report to Major General Fun.
ston again asserting Villa is wounded
does not reveal the bandits location.
People Refuse Villa Help.
Colonel George A. Dodd's cavalry
has reached Parral, the general under
standing is. Villa has been reported
as having arrived on the outskirts of
| Parral and sent in emissaries to OBJ
tain supplies and to sound sentiment to
determine if he could rally the armed
! forces af that place to his standard.
Apparently he failed In this and may
! have fastened away
While Colonel w. G. Brown and the
Tenth cavalry was believed to be
leading in the race to Parral, army
headquarters officers have informa-
tion inclining them to believe that
Colonel Dodd, with his picked detach-
ment Of troopers was the American
column to reach that point, which is
not far from the border between the
states Of Chihuahua and Durango.
Arousing Anti-American Sentiment.
AntlAmerican sentiment is spread
ing in the section Villa is entering, it
was shown by the confirmation Of the
news that the Arietta brothers, for
merly identified with the bandit gen
eral, have inflicted a million dollar
loss on an American concern by burn
ing the big lumber plant Of the Com
pania MADEIRA, in the state of Duran
go.
Shouting, Down with the grin
goes the Arietta bandits made raid
upon the plant and deliberately ap-
piled the torch. Hiram Smith, presi-
dent Of the company, owning the
plant, received advices telling of the
raid
Villa Orders Americans Killed.
Villa has been trying to reach this
section of Durango, where bands of
outlaws, formerly of his command.
have been terrorizing the residents.
He has sent ahead word to kill all
Americans and destroy all American
property.
News has just reached here of the
raid on small garrison in a town
near Ji1ninez. The Villistas, retreat
ing south before the driving Ameri-
can advance, entered the town, at
tackled the garrison, killed Colonel
Flores, commander of the Carranza
troops, and looted the place. They ap-
pealed to the Carranza soldiers to
join them in opposing the Americans.
Viiistas Discuss Peace Terms.
that a peace commission is meeting
near there with General Jose Bander-
as and his band of Villistas to discuss
terms by which the Villa adherents
can surrender. Banderas offers to sur
render within a week if allowed six
weeks in which to bring in all mis-
men, but the Carranzistas insisted on
shorter time, fearing Banderas was
playing for time in which to permit
Villa to reach that section and take
command.
Lieut.-Col. Rivers Near Death.
The telegrams from the field hospi.
tai at Colonia Dublen, Mexico, said
that Lieutenant Colonel Rivers, thir
teenth cavalry, is i'll with pneumonia
and that his recovery is doubtful
He is too i'll to be brought to the Dor
der Of the entire force now in Mex
ico estimated here at 12,0G0 men. orr
a little more than 200 have been
brought back to the border i'll since
the expedition entered Mexico. This
is considered by army medical men as
a small percentage, considering the
hardships undergone by the men and
the cold weather they have encoun-
tered.
Prisoners Help Americans
Columbus, April 10.-Fifteen pris-
oners taken by the advance column
as suspected Villistas are doing much
to turn the sentiment of the natives
in favor of the Americans on account
of the treatment received by the pris-
oners. The American dollar is bring
ing many Mexican merchants with
their goods into the U. S. camps as
the column penetrates the territory
reached by the southern railroads.
General Pershing is in receipt Of in
formation from his advance columns
which declares the pursuit of Villa
Is now to the south of here and re-
ports all men and horses we'll accii-
mated by this time and in excellent
condition