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ITALY SEEKS PRETEXT
TO WAR ON GERMANY
Rome Believes Sinking Of L
Boats Will Force Action
by TeutOns.
Special Cable Despatch N Tnr sr~

- , b.. ,a.u.., ,.u, ,a,
here on June 2s. when the new premier
will explain the policy of the new Cabi-
nc, ava dcr,rd n yo,. or
-. 49,,
'he estimates 'o' "'s se"'
will be approved by Parliament, which
will then be adjourned for the summer
,o,i,.,s ,,., On. oh,.., ., ayo,dirr q,
-"
long oepate' Inns "ou' 10 iHoPPor-
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WAR TAX SPLITS PRUssIANs.
Socialist In LandtaR DenOunces
..Nurder Of Nations"

LONDON. June ga Berlin despatch
VIA The Hague saws the Socialists in the
prussian Landtag (Diet) In the session
two days ago entered vigorous protest
against the bill for increased taxation
while the war lasts in opposition to the
non-Socialist Deputies. who are willing
10 accept the measure provided IL terni-
mates at the end OF the fiscal year OF
1917.
Socialist Deputy Strobel INDUCED in a
hitter TRADE against the Government.
charging that the taxation draft was a
plan 10 shoulder the burden of the war
on the poor and relieve the better
classes" The present prices. he said.
were ruInous enough and were sappinG
the health and vitality Of the masses.
He asked what sane person believed the
war would last a year.
Herr Strobel predicted the doom and
destruction" Of the Prussian House and
Prussian "Junkerdom' unless "A sensible
arrangement were found to end the
'senseless murder OF nation"
Socialist Deputy Hormann's demand
for the immediate seizure OF all food
stuffs was rejected. Both speakers were
frequently interrupted.
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o or THE DRIVE.
Austrinns Employ Ell 100000 Nen
In Operations.
Sp>cioi correspondence 10 Tar sr~

ND<'i1f DfIfsDDHnfN fF 10 Iht 7
ROME. May 3l,-It is now possible to
give n more o. less detailed account OF
the first or initial phase of the Austrian
offensive on the Trcntino front based
on information from official sources.
THIS phase OF the operations covers the
period from STAY -, when the Aug:r!ans
attacked the Italian positions hetWeon
the Adige an dthe Brenta. to May ~.
when the balance Was roestahlished 10y
the Italians, who checked the Austrian
advance and resisted the enemy's re-
peated attempts to break through their
lines.
About May IL the Italians were at the
, gates OF Rovereto. East OF RNvcroto the
Italian lines ran along the crest ~ boss
d Sommo to the Monte Maggie beyond
Val Terragnolo and then n~orthward to
Snglio d'Aspio. The Austrian forts OF
| algaria and I.avarOnc compelled the
Italians to follow the frontier as far ~
Val SuSana. where they occupied good
strategical positions on Austrian terri
, tory and held Ronsegno, on the railroad
between Borgo and Trent. Further north
the Italians held dominating positions in
front of the Austrian forts AT Fabonti
! and Monte Cola.
The Italians have rctreated south
ward from Rovorcto as far AZ conf
Xugna, abandoning the villages ~ Nor.
and Marco. To the east of conf Xugna
their line run to Monte rasuhio and
below the Val I'osina TO Arsicro. thor
east along the Val d'Assa to Val Sngann
on the north and east OF the Maso tor
rent. The A~ustrians have rcgained pos.
session OF all the territory south Of Va
Terragnolo occupied by the Italians anG
they have occupied a fairly large area
OF Italian territory. including the Upper
| Astico, the highlands Of the Settle co
! NUM-. with a portion of the city Of Arsicro
and strategic positions along the eastern
| portion Of Val Sugana. Roncegno and
Rorgo have been abandoned by the
Italians.
The fact that the Italians were driver
back in the first rush of the Austrian
advance and we're unable to resist for
long even when they retired on what
we're considered their lines OF resistance
has been attributed officially To the
strong Austrian pressure. consisting In
ARTILLERY preparation with numerous ani
powerful guns and repeated attacks. II
iH openly admitted now, however, tina,
the Italians we're swept away simply be-
cause they had not dug themselves In,
ON May ,hcrG the Italian censor
has detected several hundred wordsD
ON the whole. however. the losses in
nictcd by the Italians on the Austrians
were enormous. and Austrian officers
taken prisoners admitted that some rcgi-
ments were literally cut 10 pieces. II IL
approximately estimated TINT during the
trst few days Of the offensive the Aus.
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The Russian Wal Office repor, fol-
There has been intense artillery fire
I'm many sectors in the regions OF
~jdcobstadt and pwiusk
In the region east of HorodNshChy.
north of BarauoNich!. after a violent
bombarlmcnt ~ u trenches q tn"
S'rphoT farm on sunday night. tn"
enemy took the offensive. but was re.
pulsed. At the Sam" time. on the road
To- Slutsk. the enemy attempted 10 APP
proach our trenches on ~" Shard
River. but was r"pulssd by our fire.
In the region northwest OF Lake
W gonovskoyc Yesterday ~ noon tn"
Germans attacked TIA" farm situated
i've Versts southwest OF LipSk. They
were repulscd The enony renewed
his attack AZ noon on a greatly ex-
tended front under cover Of heavy and
light artillery. Yesterday morning
our aviators Snh-Idcuts Kvdsskof and
Nladimirof porishcd. meeting "A heroic
death. ON the Styr. from Nniki To-
Sukul. the Germans are humhardinG
our trenches with heavy artillery and
nave attacked locally. nut everywhere
were successfully %repulsed,
Repeated attacks In mass forma-
tion IN the region OF lduewhi on the
Stokhod were repulsed by our fire
n, his ac,,ou ON, Of nur r~nnnanies
,ursuad The anemv "A distanr. % half
q vsrst and TOOK fifteen German
.rison.rs
In the direction of I.u'zk and further
south the situation j. unchanged W."
repulscd an attack on ~Seatour;zk.
on the reaches Of the pntcs'er
south of Ruczacz our Don Cossacks
having crossed the river fghting and
ovcr,hrowing clements Of the eremy'S
advance guards, occupied III" villages
ot SIekerIhlne ana lctruNe' ,dptur'hS
Wv '" ,,,.
n,,,
~ 80 -
,
NJ,''"u'- .. -
- ~ ~.
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was repulsod by the Italians. who hc.
sl'"S infiicting heavy losses on tho
eh'ihN counter attacked with great dash
ana r"occupicd the height Of parmesau
S"'!th'aSt of tn. pass The Austrian
h"nhardmont OF Monte Pasubio was
Kept ny until the night ~ Nay %. when
repeated attacks delivered nv m,ssod
infantry were blocked and the enemy
retired in disorder.
Au%strinns' Iuns Open Fire.
On May - tho italians located the
AUSTRIAN guns between Nont. Maggie
"Nu '"rar'. The guns opened fire for
IN" first time and kept IL up uutil IN,
Following dav. compelling tho Italians
I" "Nacuatr an advanced portion Of their
!'hcS' ~ tho same time Austrian at
'"' rs against Cont IuGna. Buole Pass
ana Monte ttvaron in Val Sugar, wer.
r"rulsed with heavy losses. Tn. nex,
day was comparatively calm with the
exception of an Austrian attack aC,irs,
th' Italian lines In Val C~altnen,o. which
was rcpulsed hv the Italian A,piue
''""rs. who counter Lttack,d N. enemy
AVID captured 100 prisoners and ;w, ma
chine guns
During tho following Ave DAYS tho
AuStrians continued to attack withou,
success III" Italian positions on the
southwest and on the northeast. forming
The two wings Of the line. special eff ,rts
hiIE directed against Cont Iugn, and
Bd"l" Pass. On the left. and Conca a.!
SirlEn" and other POSITIONS in Val
Surana. IN the right. owing To tn.
ft,' that the cncmy's advance was
'h"'N'd on both wings the pressure
against the centre diminished and was
limited to artillery actions followed by
intermittent attacks, ON May Is the
italians recovered two batteries OF ar
ti.iery abandoned on Monte Mosciagh,
which the Austrians had surrounded.
Tn" Italians solidly held their posi-
'ions along the entire front until May 81,
when. as a result of an intense con-
ccutrated fire against their lines be-
tween fos.na and the Upper Ast'co and
especially against Socll di Campiglia
and Monte iria Fora, they were CON-
PEELED to rect.fy their lines.
Up 20 the middle OF November. 1915.
the Austrian troops on the entire Italian
front consisted 81 twenty divisions. ~
wEich only three divisions were massod
in the Tr"r'iuo, whore the barrier for's
were considered sufficient 20 check an
Italian INVASION The Austrian armies
on the Italian from, began to be re-
enforced toward the end 81 the year. and
by May Is. 1916. had increased to thir-
ty-eight divisions. The eighteen rev d.
visions were formed from troops with
drawn from the Russian from. a. we'll
as from new formations. Some divisions
were brought from Serbia, Montenegro
and Albania.
II T. estimated hat sixteen d visions.
over 100000 men, are maSsed bet ween
the Adige and the Rreuta. They are
mostly Alpine troopers, kaiscrjacger and
"andeSchurtzcn. besides picked men
equipred for mountain warfare.
l. Is difficult to estimate the number
% guns transported TO tho Tren'ino for
IN" Austrian offensive. hut an idea ~
the Formidable artillery employed by the
Aus'rians ran he formed hy the fact
that on tho plateau of Lavarone and
Folsarta alone thirty ~ inch guns are
in position against tho Italian lines.
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FRENCH HALT
th'"k Advance Near ThiaumOut-
Take Part Of Trench.
'p'r,ol 'abie Despatch to TIL. sus

'p'"ni 'abir Despdfch 10 THg suS.
fAF'S, June 26.-The Verdun battle
entered upon its eighteenth week to-day.
Ihtre WIS no infantry attack by either
zoe, but throughout the day the big
guns Numbered on the west bank Of the
Melse, particularly around lie Morte
omn and lin 3O4.
me French launched an attack last
usht against the Germans on the
eastern bank Of the river, and succeeded
~ capturing part OF "A German trench
o"'"'tn III" iiois du Fumin and lie
-u'NnIs Al the same time, they re-
pt,''' a new German onslaught west Of
~.h'Nluont, whore the Crown Prince is
'!,'I +" consolidate his new front.
HhI!'aIons point to "A new German
nHS'4'i on the lcft bank OF the Meuse.
~ accordance with the tactics pur-
su'f throughout the Vcrdun campaign,
,u' '''fmauS are expected to make a de-
.'H,h'a attempt to swing their positions
W 'hat bank in line with the new front
", 'p4l'hed by the recent capture Of
"Hihont fort and part OF the village Of
'"4ry, The A~vocourt-E snes-chattan-
,,"t me an important strat.gical high
N"dE' mas been under the fire Of TeutOn
,'''! guns for weeks and the Crown
,r''" IS expected now to Try to debouCh
"' III" I'M JOf-I.e Mort HOmme pO-
.u''Us win a view to wrest this line
,'u'i VI" French, thus to drive them into
',,'Hi,S nurih western interior dcf-nces.
'' afternoon c~ommunique follows
IN IN" Argonue an enemy attack
S''h ON" Of our small posts AT La
~" Morte was repulsed with hand
Fr'ntdrg.
IN the left bank OF the Mcuse the
'H"rH duel Was particularly lively In
" region Of lie Mort Homnc.
N IN" right bank a German attack
w,''f'a last night upon our positions
"f' o! tine Thiauinont works WAS
...r''''lN checked by our infantry
"nd artillery lire, During \ local OPP
,.','!n between the Bots du Fumin
sA4 lie Chenois we seized some ele.
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ments OF the German trenches. In
other sectors there were artillery
actions.
On the rest Of the front the night
was calm.
The French official communicate issue,
this evening follows
In Champagne our artillery de-
stroyed enemy works north Of Villc-
sur-Tourbe.
On the front north Of Ncrdun there
was ne infantry action. During the
day the bombardment decreased in in
tensity on both banks Of the Meuse.
Nevertheless. In the region of Hill 30i
Il very lively artillery battle continues.
In the Nosges the fire from our bat
tcries against the German positions
east III thapelotte caused the explosion
-: two munitions depots.
There is nothing to report from the
rest " the front.
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GERMAN RADICALS WIN.
Seeding Socialists Victorious Over
Parent body.

BERLIN. via London, June es-The
radical Socialists. who seeded from the
Socialist party. have gained a victory
over the parent organization In the re-
organization Of the local executive com
mittce,
Among the members ~ the new COM
mittee is Rosa Luxembourg, one ~ the
most active OF the radical Socialists.
She served several months In Jail soon
after the outbreak OF the war BECAUSE she
accused German officers and non-com-
missioned officers Of abusing soldiers.
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BRITISH PIERCE
GER MAN LINES
At TEN POINTS
New offensive Believed to
Have Been Launched
on West Front.
HEAVY ARTILLERY
ATTACKS UNDER WAY
Sr.,,ff tltl> Despatch 10 Tp. Su>.


L"NtoN, June inu''''''nS '" u
.fong offensive by the British forces on
III. western front are seen IN heavy
me ,.r,a..l l., &c.,.
t"n'd''''"'H ""'" ~ ''"
artillery on widely separated points yes
to-day ami to-day. The infantry pcnc-
'''''
~ .,,stlor,h,, TINA tho daily
fV ~
British S'"''in'h' mas ''"'"'"'u no re-
mort. ot anything save uuimportant
,..u.,v .krmishcs. dc.ul,ory under
$1,000. -
t''"' ,.,. .,. xoro,,,,. s.,,...~,
.he M '''''N W." '''"'' "''e'e"
BY the taradlan forces near fpres. but
tn WAS TO recovcr "A large front taken
h, ,he Germans.
I. j. considered significant that the
e,.1ar, actions were accompanied by
.u,,l, on fifteen enemy observation
g.uoons. SIX Of these eyes" Of the
.r.,,y were brought down.
ur. " the places where the artillery
torhardment was the ~fierccst is opposite
., ,,'y vi Rapaume, held by the Ter
MAN. Unusual activity on both sides
~, ,h. rr,nclpal road into the city is
,,..l N Tn. British statement. This
f,et,U leads from Am;ens chlnd the
a., sh lines IN a northeasterlv direction
+, R,n,umc.
rb. second Mace OF 8 artillery
a.,y,y in the Loos sector. about
.n,,v mics further north. and tho third
.rlinj W,tschae,e lust south OF Ypres.
C.r,,,.. Cou,uc.., ~, NcsO~Vtv.
TIE ofhclal German statement whicn
has neglected the British front as In
't," OF late, important
fgh'n x activity on the British and north
Fr,Hrl 'front.' during the last TWO days,
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GERMANY ASKS SPANS
MEDIATION, IS REPORT
L Boat Brought Request for
Alfonso to Seek Peace,
Madrid Hears.
Special Cdbie Despatch 70 Tpu Srv.

LONDON, June 26.-The Madrid cor.
respondent OF tho Dniiy Telegraph says:
Germany has protested TO Spain for
supplying tho Allies with arms and am
munition. metals and other materials
which Germany regards as ~contraband.
According to the newspaper FL
Nundo the German submarine which
recently arrived IN the port Of Carta-
gena, besides carrying a message from
the Kaiser expressing tho Kaiser's
hanks for Spain's treatment OF the Ger
man prisoners from the Kamerun.
brought two other letters. the delivery
OF which was the real purpose of the
yisr.
These letters. the rllier Tvs g with
prospective peace aud accept King AL
fcnso as mediator upon tho condition
that overtures originate In the Entente
countries and that the Allies accept such
terms as tho Central Empires consider
Indispensable to the suspension of hostil-
tiles.
"These terms. the paper SAYS. are set
forth IN the two letters. They insist
partly upon the restore tion Of the Ger
man colonies and the sanction Of the
liberation Of belgium upon certain con-
ditionS."
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RUSSIANS AT GATES
OF TRANSATLANTIC
Approaching Passes Where
Austrians Are Expected
to Make Stand.
STOPPED THERE IN 1914
Special rdb's D>sporch TO Tuv srv.

InN,nN t,no oc 'ICo ro ornrnnrh
I'M, no rran,v,v,ni, rassos"
,r,t. .,aas..,. ,,.h.,h ,o,o,,a.. On.
,,nh", n"s.aa. w". o,eo. ronor, Il.
800 49,, .,. NJ ,ho
az r,Iias oa,,h.
o... ,ha .a,,,ar,-
wv. '. N."''vnue' h.,..,
wv" .an""s "'" o..
~" ,"Ne" '.sle,u"s ~" -
:" sm'eP '"o"e" '"' ""'' " WV
..,u
'ne sou'ner" wins w Hu
nu"s"',n" aI"". eNp..t.u
s'anu IN 'ne ,Mo p,Inc'pa' ,'an.a
N'n'.n rasseS' nolso 'se'. y. ..
"''' N'''"p" "'r' Nv ~ y"
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ON the accompanying map arc shown CD the Austro-1talan front
on May II. when the Trentino drive was begun; (2) the limit of
the advance made by the Austrians, and CD the points where the
Italian counter offensive has gained ground. These points are indicated
by arrows.
The counter offensive has been undertaken Of the whole front
from the Adige oval lagarina) to the Brenta wal Sugana). Just
east of Monte Pasubio. the mountain position which efectua1ly barred
Austrian progress. down to the ranhead at Schio, the Italians have
moved northward in the Monte Furche ravine. Monte Pra Fora has
been reoccuped and the Italians entered the outskirts of the town of
Arslero. To the northeast of Arsieio. on the Asiago plateau. the adj.
vance is pronounced. In this region the towns of Asiago and Cesuna
have been retaken. Other places. not shown on the man. includi,v
Mandriene, Meletta, Monte Longara. Gallo and Monte Cengio. are
again in the hands of the Italians. The small circles ind.a,e forts "e
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SAYS IS On.
Paris PAPER Declares Great AUied
Attack HAS urvuu,

PARIS. June 26.-Premicr BRAND has
returned from the British front after in
speeding the lines and comforting with
Sir Douglas Haig. the British COM
mander. on Saturday and Sunday.
The Mdtin expresses the opinion that
the great general offensive of the Allies
has begun.
THE hour'of action for the Allies is
here the new spaper says. Attack
succeeds defence on many fronts"
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GEN. Won BUELOW RETIRED.
~ Health Given a. Cause-6ern,nn
Conn mn ndrr Il 20.

BERLiS, VIA London. June 2s.-Gen.
won Buelow. commander Of tho second
German army OF tn" advance toward
Paris. has been retired.
For more than "A year he has been
unable TO take active part In the war
ON account NJ poor health. He will N"
II on his next birthday.
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several of Crew Drowned.

LoNpoS. June 2f-Several men OF
the crew OF he steamship A~strologer Of
I.eith. which wds sum yesterday, are
believed TO have boon drowned. accord
ing 10 a despatch from Lowestof'.
Eight ~ tho crew were landed AZ Love-
stott today.
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RUMANIA
Army DemobiIising and 0eservists
sent TO Gather Harvest.
Special cabt. DesposcA TO Tug sus.

ROME, June 26.-Rumania is demobil-
izlng her army and her rcservists have
been discharged for three months. The
explanation Is that the harvest must be
gathered. on ms account Austrian
troops W. been withdrawn from Tran
svlvania.
Rumania IL exporting wheat. live stock
and oil to Hungary to such An extent
that she IL threatened with a food
shortage.
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FOUR REFUSES FOR TURKS.
Russian ms Report Failure Of Attacks
In Caucasus Region.
Special cable Drspaich TO THx sus

r~ETRoGRAD. via London. June "a, The
Russian War office tonight issued the
following statement regarding the opera
iions In the Caucasus:
The Turks were repulscd near Trebl.
zond, at Nurik. on the right bank 81
the Euphrates. At Rowanhua ana N
the direction OF Bagdad.
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restricted mostly to artillery combats.
West Of Sokul German troops stormed
enemy positions over a length Of some
5000 meters and repulsed all counter
attacks. Further north the situation
IL unchanged.
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Sre't1i 'ubfS D'spDfTh 10 INV SIN.
PARIS. June 2G.-The Government has
ahroeated the prohibition Of the iinporta-
ton Of alcohols and automobiles. which
was decreed on May ~. The duty on
automobiles has been fixed at 20 per
cent. ad valorcr.
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1000 Russians KILLED, Turks Say.
Sp,cfaf C,bb D,soo,rb IN 1-uv srS

LONDON. June 26-A Turkish official
statement received here claims that 652
Russians were taken prisoners and 1000
killed near Trebizond The Turkish LOSSES
were Hight. II is asserted.
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GERMAN PRINCE HURT.
Christiau Of StOlberg = RossiR
Wounded In Rusaia.

AMSTERDAM, via London, June ga
I'rince Christian of Stolbcrg-Rossla II
reported to have been dangerously
wounded IN the fighting on the Styr.
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Prince Joseph Christian of Stolhcrg-
Rossia. whose estates are In the I'rus-
sian province of SaNony, IL n captain In
old.
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SEVEN SHIPS %TORPEDOED.
One British and SIX Italian sunk
IN Nrdite mean o.

IoSpoS, June 2G-Thc following yes-
soils hav" been sunk hv submarines IN
the Mediterranean Tho British steam
ship Canford Chir" and the Italian
steamships san Francisco, Giuseppe.
Famiglia and Nitsa. and the Italian sail
Ing vessels Sagrada and Santissima.
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The steamship Nitsa. which accord
ing to shipping records is n Greek steam
ship, is the largest o' ~" vessels mem
toned. being Of 2.lH2 TONS net. She left
Norfolk on June . for SaNoua.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-03-20
TROUBLE LOOMS FOR
PUGET SOUND YARD

Washington. Mar. 2O,-Senator
Poindexter is today completing be-
fore the house naval committee his
appeal In favor OF senate appropria-
tion Of $2.Oe5.O00 for the Puget
sound navy yard. Congressman
Butler interposed the remark that
he could not understand why Secre-
tary Daniels approves the expendi-
ture when Admiral Benson, the secre-
tary's right hand man, opposes It."
A spirit OF opposition to the Puget
sound project developed In the CON-
mittee. Congressman Humphrey
favored It, exhibiting kilograms from
public officials In the state OF Wash
ington, asking for Immediate action,
There was a sharp debate when
CongressmaHsBritten charged that
Chairman Padsett7 at Secretary
Daniels' dictation, refused to call Ad-
mlral rlslse TO testffy, supposedly be-
cause he had & criticized the small
navy policy
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-03-20
AIR SCOUTS AHEAD
or u S, TROOPS

San Antonio. Mar. 20.-Dispatches
from General Pershing today showed
he had left the main American expe-
|dition and gone west to assume COM
mand OF Colonel Dodd's column.
Seven army aeroplanes are again
scouting in the foothills south OF
Casas Grandes, Automobile trucks
carrying supplies and spare equip
ment follow the advancing soldiers,
Portions Of the 18th cavalry and
the Fourth field artillery are at Casas
Grandes. to support Pershing's troops
attempting to encircle the district
which supposedly affords conceal
ment to villa,
General Funston said automobiles
could not chase villa on the Casas
Grandes roads. They would be prac-
Itically worthless there. he declared
II the Americans are permitted tc
use Mexican railways, Funston stated
that Casas Grandes would be the
American advance supply base, The
base at Columbus may be moved to
Casas Grandes.
Pershing reported that 200 VII.
listas we're killed in the raid of Cor.
lumbus. American Mormon settlers
are supplying the expedition with
beef and forage. h