The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-04-18
Nearest Approach To Corfobora-
ton of Story That Body Of
Bandit Has Been Exhumed
Comes, From Major Howse
OUTLAW HAD BEEN SEEN -
IN VICINITY OF GRAVE
Official Announcement BY Gener-
al Carranza That Desperate
Is No More viii Be Accepted
and U. S. Troops Withdrawn
CAsaociatod Press by Federal wireIess.)

ASSOCIATED Press by Federal WireIess.)
wv SGIINGTON, April lS.-oHi-
w ciul aud unofficial effort to prove
w ,the death of Francisco Villa
have been unavniling 80 far. Consul
Leteher, TO whom The Associated Press
telcgraphed yesterday for cOnfrmatory
details of the cXhuming Of Villas
bOly, or Of the death Of the bandit
chief, has replied from his Office in Chi
huahua that he has heard nothing
Of it," ....
The nearest approach TO c0rrobora.
tion of the story sent cut broadcast by
McxiraR authorities on Sunday, is tho
report from Mai. .R. l.. II0wse, com
manding a squadron Of the Eleventh
Cavalry near Parral, to General PeIsh-
ing. This report says TINT Major
lIowps has learned that villa was seen
about two weeks ago, near the little
pueblo of. SanhOrja, near where his
body is reported to have been disin-
TERED by CaTanza band under the
command Of. Col. Carlos Carranza, neph,
ew of the First Chief. fgENJ. ~ K
Report Seems confrmatory
Eor Hess eonffmat ofVI Euf fic stary Of
| villa : death. A detail in,the ninjsr's
despatch which Is thought TO add 10 the
probability of the Mexican report, says
that the spot where the body Of Villa
is said to have been found, Is about
! two davs' wagon ride from the near
cl out in official circles, may have
been the reason for the delay In the
formal announcement of the discovery
Of the body. .'.rs tE
In Washington and in San Antonio
End along the border the feeling Of
doubt with which the story Of the
CarrauZstas was received at first
grows more acute as the time passes
without confirmation. II was admit
ted. however, that the administration
might consider formal official state.
mrnt from the Carranza do faeto gov
crnment that Villa is dead nnd out OF
the way for good, as sufficient reason
for withdrawing General Pershing's
columns from Mexico.
No Offcial Announcement
Nothing official has been issued con,
rcrning this, however, and so far il IL
merely one of the many reports that
, are sweeping official Washington re-
gnrdng the situation in Mexico, aud
the resultant situation in this city.
In the meantime the problems grow
ing out of the clash between American
troops aud the Mexican soldiers at
Pnrrnl are becOmlQg more difficult The
last report concerning that skirmish
asserts that the Americans were de-
rUlrd into Parral and then assaulted
hv the Carranza troops under the
orders of their commander, General LO.
znnos. In report to General Funston
General Pershing says that II was only
after repeated invitations from an
aide -de.camp of LozanOs, that Major
rnmpkins consented to enter the town.
The report also confirms the first des-
patches which reported that two pri.
Yates were killed in the fight and thai
Major Tompkius and Lieut.. James Ord
and four others were wounded.
Pershing Expedition Halted
Dispatches from Mexico declare that
General Perching and his men have
been halted south of Parral, awaiting
the ending of the negotiations between
the two governments over the clash al
l'arral. These dispatches also claim
that General OhrrgOn, a Caranza com
mandrr, has announced publicly that
an American officer has admitted his
ruIpahiIity in entering the town. Moth
. ing Oihriul from American sources hai
: lrrn given out regarding this state
. m"ut and the last official dispatches
frcm General Pershing merely ask fol
MOI" civilian scouts.
| Tn" war department last night is
sued rccupitulatiOn of the result oil
r tajnrI hv the punitive expedition afteD
NIllH
Seventy Bandits Are Killed
+ It shows that seventy bandits have
hr"u killed hy American troops aud si'
PRISONERS taken. There Is no means o
arcrrtninlng the number of Mexican,
wouuIrd. Three American soldier
.haN" herm killed. and thr,teen wounded
While one is missing. Beside the Mex
" can bandits slain before reaching Par
t rat f1rtv Mexicans were killed IN IN,
g hitting there, and many others wound
el.