Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-01

the report, which added that after this
Information had been obtained com.
munication was again cut. 5
The report OF the Chihuahua corn
mander was apparently received be.
Tore the engagement Of the American
troops with Villas band.
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DoDD's REMARKABLE FEAT.
Colonel With 400 Picked Men Swoor
Down ON Villa Band.
El Paso, April 1.--Late Wednesday
afternoon 400 American cavalrymen
under command sof Col. George A
Dodd, whirling down from the granite
slopes Of the great continental divide
fell like q thunderbon on the main
body Of Villas bandits at the San
Geronimo ranch, scattering them like
chaff in the wind and driving the ban
dit chief, wounded and crippled, to seek
hiding place In the mountains over
which he has ruled for so many years.
villa was hurried from dsDlger in =
carriage. s5 y. - I'M s
The battle opened at 6 o'clock on the
morning of March 20.
viIlistas Surprised.
= AS AS"S VI IIC DlllIlauL chplOlI VI
the American troopers was flashed over
the Mexican wires into Juarez yester-
day and sent a thrill along the bor-
der. y
For seventeen hours the veteran
Colonel Dodd and his picked riders OF
the Seventh and Tenth cavalry drove
down the valley Of the Santa Marie
river. Fs>sE .
At the end Of fifty-t1ve mile ride
they burst upon the ansuspecting
Villista camp where 500 bandits were
celebrating the massacre Of 172 Car
Ianzistas. two days previously, at
Guerrero. 3ss e f a 55ls
Villa, shot thru the leg and with one
hip shattered. was hurried from the
scene barely in time to escape the
onslaught OF the American soldiers.
Rebels Make Brief Stand.
The bandits made brief but hope
less stand before the fierce charge of
Colonel Dodd and his troopers. Then
they broke and fed, leaving thirty -one
dead on the, field, including their COM
mander, Gen. Elizeo Hernandez. Two
machine guns. a .pumber of horses,
rifles. ammunition and equipment fell
into the hands of the victors.
Among the known wounded is Pablo
Lopez, Villas lieutenant in the Colum :
bus raid. The American casualties
We're four enlisted men wounded. 8,
The American soldiers did not lin
ger on the field Of victory. For FIVE
hours they drove bhe enemy before
them into the wilderness Of mountain
peak. desert and canyon, where roads
or even trails are unknown and where
a misstep means death to horse and
rider. a :, ~, 8
Scatter In smsil Banda.
y They hated only after the chase
had led fhem ten miles from the
battlefield, and fheafugitiyssey ey were
scattefed fartan wide ii little bands
-os- halt. aOsen nnsu each.
vnla's career has ended, his, power
has been broken. His death or capture
is only question OF days. perhaps
only hours. Such is the inevitable
conclusion reached hero as little by
little the details OF "Dodds ride" seep
across the border. NJ
It seems impossible that the crippled,
defeated bandit can long remain hid
den even in the mountainous wastes
in which he has sought refuge. -
The scene OF Colonel Dodds vic
tory is a broad valley lying at the
head Of the Rio Santa Maria. On the
west rise the barren foothills OF the
continental divide and to the east is
a trail, made famous by Villa, which
leads thru the Laguna de Castillo dis-
trict to the i'll famed Santa Ysabel.
Near Scene Of Massacre. !
It was at the latter place that Villa
killed eighteen American mining men,
a crime which sent thrill Of horror
fhruout the United States and marked
the beginning Of what many believe to
be the end of his bloodstained career.
1t was toward Santa Ysabel that
he was believed TO be heading when
the troopers Of the United States
swept down from the north upon his
camp. 80. . <s:zz55s sz5 s.. \. IN
From the meager details which
have reached here from Mexican and
American \ military sources Colonel
Dodd's men made their way un-
noticed thru the arroyos, or deep
gulches. which split the foothills in
all objections, and were almost in the
camp before the alarm was given.
Villa is reported to have been In a
small tent nursing HIS injuries when
the crash of the American volleys
awoke the bandits 70 panic stricken
action .ss 5.5l i,5
First Thought For Chief.
The extraordinary hold the bandit
chief has over his followers is shown
by the fact that their first thought was
to save him. Unable to walk or ride
he was hurriedly placed in a light
wagon and driven over the rough
mountain trails to some secret lair.
While thirty-one q Of the bandits
are known to have been killed it is
said that the number may have been
considerably larger Nothing Is yet
known as to the number Of wounded
altho It Is presumably In proportion 70
the dead. 81 "
LITTLE NEWS IN vsAstsiNoToN.
Border Runners Il ound 70 % lnoorrsot
--Quist in Mexican Cities. !:
Washington. April /. The war des
parimenr nad no furtirr aliv ives toaaJ
on Colonel Dodd's dash at Guerrero.
Border rumors that Carranza troops
were massing opposite Douglas, Ari1,
were without conarmati tion.
IL The offer OF the Aero Club of Amer
lea to sell two aerOplanes to the gov.
ernment for 81 each has been dis.
HI. !.