The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-23
COL. CANO JOINS VILLA
IN WAR ON AMERICANS
Mexican Leader, Supposed to Have Defeated Bandits
Joins Them Instead With Force of
About One Thousand Men.

ence to-nicht wit. M.S.,su Ionsul
Garcia, but neither would make - state
ment However. IL S believed that they
discussed the shipping of supplies by the
Mexican Northwestern to the PershinG
column. After tho conference Con.sil
Garcia declared:
81 know OF no arrangement BY which
supple., are to b" shipped TO the Ame!i-
can troops out OF Julrez"
II il said that tn. Department at
Washington has put the matter up TO
carranza at Queretaro and that GEN
BELL conferred with the Consul with a
View OF getting hurried action. Tn"
Consul went to Juarez after the con-
ference and was Al the telegraph off ce
for some time.
II was said by railroad officials that
while III. railroad j. common carrier
II could ho, accept freight FOR the
American army If officials Of Juarez
should object ds II - am"nahlc - the
avs Of the ruling authorize in Mexico.
The hope that villa may Il" defeated
ana captured or killed, which arose out
90 IN" reported battle "a \tmuuulpi oA
Monday. was discounted to-day when
wir" communication was restored south
of Juar"z and ~ did no, hiring an, news
Of !mportaIc" To- tirranzi officials r,lt-
tive TO the battle.
Tn" wire had not been clt. a. sup
posed. The Mexican operator for the
Mexican Northwestern Railway had
merely l.f, his key open and gone on
som" place, according 80 the railroad
Officials The 'arrulza officials got all
their information from Cdsas Grandrs
over N" wire
VI fas", since. the announcement Of
IN" htttl" AZ Namdl'pa. has been uu
Ia" alert to earn whether or not the
American troops forming IN" column.
under col bodd were anywhere u,..
Nun.uuipd when H." enlargement i~ sup
posed 10 htv" occurred and II he wa
near WhI, iirt IA" colonel and hI.
command may hdN" had !h the combat
II there haN- been any d,y.lnpments
"f an adverse character a-ainst til.
'hIrauZiStIs, that fac' has nor been
permitted to reach the American side
II ih"r" had been a battle. % i~ argued
H. would hay" been h"raldrd 10y tn.
Consul .ud il would hiy" solved a r.li.
Gus problem, l. is known that by now
IA" American troops ,uc Som"w her. near
ia" scene II th" reported battle, Tor il
has n",n som" days since tn. column
Of col bndd l"ft 'aSas 'irai.d"s for
the GaIcaun Valley
That i-m. i'ri-hius and some II ms
forces ar" "lo~" upon Villa j. considered
certain. The hurried departure Of fho
i"rorIan"F clearly Indicates that the
tim" has com" when the airships Will
play an important part
Army officers agrrc that villa viii gut
lcaN" IA" country whc'" he y nov
lie never carries Nith him 80 much
as = day supply of food, aud d"pruu-
entirely upon fordNs' said nn army oiii-
c"l ITO 90 M into In" mountains for
amy time would mean starvation. So
am confident that h" vii operate along
the fertile valleys around Nawtuu.u,.
IachuNl and as far west ~ Bth,pra
- Nhv" never Spcculitrd upon wnti
compile Nlon the aeroplau"s would give so
III" pursuit II any'hiug, It would ',ul
{" break the N,ll'-tl- ur INTO -Utll
groups to avoid dotrrtiou can COM
c"iNe that the hight Of the tIIsh'. would
hay" = greater moral c,lrr upon th"
\!ll!StiS than that they could m theu-
selves imp"s" any ph'> steal suffering
Tine" McNicans with Ma\m ~ii.u,ora
on their rifles tired -ry,rdl shut- this
morning AZ lien Howell. . ur,Sat. Ndt,h-
man stationed at one Of IN" principal
Nduarr>, he reported "a the police. How
ell said hc heard the WIN "f tho bullets
a. they trur> u"tr h0. hur heard uo
discharges from the rirC-