Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-19
BEST HOPE
FOR ENDING his CAREER

real battle"
y EDWARDS BEST HOPE
FOR ENDING MS CAREER
The rewards offered for Villa, in
Gnrcia's opinion, are the best hope OF
ending the bandits career
Tho news of these rewards Will
Cash through the region" he said. and
L should be very lLuch surprised If
they do not bring some result.
General Gutierrez told me he ex-
oectcd 10 have $4,000 men on Villas
trail within a week Then there arc
1000 to 5000 American troops. do
not believe that all these men are
needed. What is needed is about five
columns OF SOC picked men apiece, In
sufficiently close touch TO render as
sistance 10 any one OF them that Villa
attacked. II they moved fast. they
would have IL good chance 10 lay villa
by the heels"
Garcia denied emphattcally that the
people of Guerrero and Galeana are in
sympathy with the fugitive
MANY OF them arc afraid oF him, of
course" he said, because of the reign
OF terror he inauEurated there. But
The Villa of to-day is not the Villa OF
rire years ago In the early part of
the people about him, hat when he be-
gan to gather power. he seized every
thing for himself. Those people have
Il long history of murders and attacks
on their women to avengc"
North Central Mexico. near Torrcon
ana about Durango. furnished reports
Of "a battle between small bands OF
outlaws and Constitutionalist troops.
One OF these hands was credited with
being n Villa organization. Nothing
was available tonight upon the out
como OF this fight.
TELL OF HARDsHIrs
OF THEIR EXODUS
Americans. who dared not permit
the use OF their names. arrived here
to-day with details OF the hardships
of their exodus.
I'VE met last Sunday" said one OF
them, an n hotel in Torreon. Twenty
Americans decided to stay behind and
take their chances.
ION Monday there was no tain. The
officers OF the garrison were not dis
courteous. but there was feeling of
resentment among the soldiers. on
Tuesday morning we made NJ n train
OF box cars
I'VE left Torreon because II looked
rs though intervention had come We
felt that If the Constituencies re-
taliated, we would be made prisoners.
and we knew that If Villa were to take
the city he would be lnassacrcd
Tho food supply In Torreon IL sclnt.
and tho lower classes have little. If
anything, though the reoplc with
money can buy pretty much what they
wish There are 10000 unemployed
men IN Torreon.
1T Is the lack OF work that makes
the Mcxicnns of the lower class fol-
low soldering ut all
"In the party that came up from
rorrcon we had some forty-two men.
women ana children. OF this number.
twenty-five We're Americans, the re-
maindcr being Germans. French ana
English. At the junction point, where
one train went to Eagle Pass and the
other to Laredo, we met coaches full OF
Americans and foreigners coming out
Of Mexico City and san Luis Potosi.
All told the same story---that they
thought intervention had come. and
that II was better to TIC out of the
country
''Torreon has only small garrison.
and it is difficult to say how many of
the men arc Villa sympathizcrs villa
Is said 10 have told persons coming
into Tcrrcon that he would take the
city by March ~. and il he wanted to.
il would hc Very simple proposition. -
MRS. DAVIS SEEKS AID
or HRIIISH CONSUL.
Mrs. Leroy s. Davis. wife OF AN
American cattleman, who has been
missing since last October, TO-DAY.
sought aid OF the British consu! at
Topic Mex, TO search for her husband.
Her letters 10 him have come back
with the words ac+iois tlI@ face can.
not DO found" - ;"
The Columbus camp was eniovjrr /,
lull to-day. Certain troops have been
dispatched Somewhere" and Certain
others" have arrived" and taken the
places OF those who have gone into
The sand waste living south OF tho
railway track The a"roplancs have
been tested out, ana sccm TO be await .
ing transport, The big special motor
trucks used with the aeroplancs TO
follow the fights are just now husv
carrying fodder. provisions and other
supplies Tn" number OF motor truck
will be materially Increased soon. ac-
cordng to reports around the camp.
This morning reveilic was blown at
O'Clock liz the cavalry camp. bit
when the people OF Columbus turned
out OF bed, they found nothing hu,
foot and hoof prints IN what had been
a popu'ous corner "f the camp There
were still plenty Of soldiers on hand.
and Columbus billiard rooms ana soft
drink placcs-the town j. drv-duily
take In enough 10 pay the city d.hf
49, An automobile record between Den
YER and FL Paso, a run Of 500 miles.
vas made by Lieutenant a " era
nam, OF the Eleventh Cavalry. in an
swerng the cali 10 be with hi, r.ri-
nent in Columbus by Thursday lie
was on the ROAD Afly-Nye hours, win
seven hours sleep lie made tn, run
alone.
CORRESPONDENTS SILENT
BECAUSE OF CENSORSHIP
The correspondents who have zone
into Mexico with the expedition re