The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-04-19
His Hands Forced By Both
Army and Civilians. VIII
III Urge American Withdrawal
FUNSTON READY FOR
ALL EVENTUALlTIES
Mexicans Boast of Victory
Over Americans at I'arral--
Demonstrations Continue
Nothing in Villa i>umor
by III. III. STANsBURN.


FL Paso. Tex. April ls.--F'irst Chief
Carranza will demand this withdrawal
of the United States troops from
Mexico within the next few days,
whether or not the corpse found near
cushuiriachic is that or Francisco
Villa
Mexican officials a. Juarez say Gen
erai Carranaa sa. been forced 20 take
this position beeausc he can no longer
control either his troops or the civilian
element
The extreme advance guard Of een-
cesi rorshirg's force has been with
drawn from ,bc Parral district 10
SaEevo Tta a.'rred forces operating
from i3ases al san Antonio. san Ger
onime RANCH aud Nauiiqutpa have also
been eonccntratedr~ut these several
Ilaces
Onleie reports from the front TO
General Fsnston Indicate that there
/ viii be uo further military activities
in Mexico until the line IF communl "a
| tiVn has been strengthened
Map out New Plan.
General Pershtng's request made
| Yesterday foF reiniorCeMents was met
hy General Funston with All order
lSEl8443se has aslysat5S aaSrtaa mere slsaR
'ssssf ;sso, s9 xa9-a s>ease7 NJ ii. -; "a; " ~ t
T. said on reliable authority thar an
I entirely new plan Of campaign s hein-
/ mapped out hich involves the use uf
/ the railroad and line Of coInmuuics-
/ ton which may enter via the Gulf at
Mexico
/ The only mystifyinR development Pf
the day was the cancellation uf
STANDING order placed week ago with
| the pierce-FordyCe oil Company for
the delivery Of tw" carloads Of gaso-
I line a d. SsS' Cultlm bus. Tie eNpitna~
ton offered by Major Elliott depot
/ quart.rm tater here. is that aD ample
| reserve supply Of the fuei has been
accumulated al Casas Grandes
/ C'redenCe IL no longer placed In Ia p
1 report OF Villas death in any quarters
,,eneral He'll telearaphed General Fun
s.on today that h" had mad" a thorough
Investigation and was satisfied the Fu-
I NOR originated IN Juarez-
The representatives Of the Cusi Min
I mig Company were in communicate
I with their u1enagcr at the point whore
( the body s said to he en- route tn"
messages Saia the body had not arrived
AT Cusihuiriachic and they had no
/ information other than the rumor pre-
/ yaient on the border
Consul }etchcr again teiegraphed
I chat neither he nor the Mexican Off
ciais at chihuahua had been able to
/ confirm the report Of villa death.
psrrnJ District sim In Foment
The Parral district is stiN disturbed
by anti American demonstrations. The
I nlsnt of the American smelling and
4 ReAuing Company, at Tecolotes. ten
1 miles south Of Parral was attacked and
partiy destroyed last night The rep
lreEentatiVes Of the company have NOT
II Vet learned tho extent of the damage
n Reports received by the An arado Min
l ing and Milling Company indicaI" mat
1.-The casualties among the MeNicsns IN
II The parrai fight, were even less than
II we're sustained by the Americans This
|lis attributed to the fact that Major
lTompl1ins and his detachment of troop
,rs actually withheld their fire uh'ii
Il they had cleared the LOWE to keen
Il from a violating the War Department
order,
lie was in the railroad office in Par
lrai wren IL was looted and also wilt
messed the fighting between the Next
leans and Americans. Mr.. Smith es-
leaned the fury OF the mob as he Is a
british subject.
General Bell held a conference TO-DAY
,yith Porter II. Adams. OF BOSTON, mil
ltonaire aviator. regarding aviation
methods in use by the belligereEt ma
|jtlons Of Europe. Adams returned o
ithls country recently from the tsu-
Iropean war front,
II According 10 General Bell OF tho
sight aeroplanes which entered Mexico
with the punitive expedition, bat three
|lara now In commission
The same information has been Sc
lceived and published broadcast amone
In. Mexicans. II has had the effect
lof making the natives much more arro-
Liant as well as increasing the menace
Ito the few American civilians left in
Isouthern Mexico,
Il ANY Mexican one meets on the
tstreets of Ell Paso tonight will inform
lvou that the Americans were whipped
lar Parral and do not dare proceed with
1.-THE campaign.
Eye Witness Coming.
81 d. q. smith. cashier Of the Iarral-
81 Durango Railroad is on his way TO 81
\ paso with an eyewitness story Of
what took place.