The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1916-03-25
]. S. TROOPS CLOSE
IN ON BANDIT VILLA
EXPEDITION LOCATES QUARRY
ON RANCH ACCORDING TO
WIRELESS DISPATCH.
ARMY MAKING GOOD SPEED
American Troops Under Gen. Perish
ing Penetrate ITO Miles Into Mex
leo in ~ Hours-Men Report
ed in Good Condition.

Ell Paso, Texas, March 20.-A wire
less dispatch from the American army
headquarters in Mexico says: After
marching more than ITO miles into
Mexico in forty-two hours-a speed of
thirty-three miles a day-the Ameri-
can punitive expedition has received
information apparently locating Fran
cisco Villa, the object of the chase.
disposition of the troops for the
task of hunting him down has begun.
Meanwhile Villa was reported to be
continuing his outrages upon Ameri-
cans. He is said to have raided Amer
icon colonies in the vicinity of his
mountain retreats and killed residents
of these colonies.
Two Days Behind Villa.
''The expeditions reached (name de-
leted by censor). They were informed
that the Mexican leader passed
through this place only few days
ago. The latest information of Villas
present whereabouts placed him on
the range of Candelari fernando, one
of the sub-chiefs with him on the raid
against Columbus. Gen. John J.
Pershing personally led the flying
cavalry column in the 110-1nile dash.
Every man in his command was
mounted.
Army in Good Shape.
"For such a large body of men the
fri n o1.l<e n
the good condition in which they came
through was inspiring. Only a few
cavalry horses and pack mules were
lost, the victims of a hard rading trail.
The men reached the camp thirsty
and hungry, but otherwise in good
condition, fit for action and eager for
the pursuit of Villa to begin in earn
est
Hiding Place Not Clear.
The location, in the foregoing dis
patch, of Villas hiding place, Candle
lario Hernandez ranch, is not clear,
nor does the dispatch passed by the
military censor reveal the places
where the American colonies, which
Villa was reported raiding, are situ-
ated.
The ranch was understood to be
on the properties of Luis TerraZas,
the multi-millionaire land owner,
whose properties Villa has been con-
1scating and distributing, while he
held Luis Terrazas, Jr., for more than
year, squeezing millions in valuable
property from the Terrazas family by
threats to killing the son.
The seized Terrazas properties are
scattered over more than half of the
state of Chihuahua, so that the Her
nandez ranch might be 100 miles or
more from Gen. Pershing's outposts.
Many American Colonies.
From thirty-five to forty miles south
and also southwest of the Casas
Grandes region, where the report
placed the American troops, there
are numerous American Norman set
Elements, but it had been believed that
the Americans all had left these
towns.
Reported at Hearst Ranch.
Villa was reported in the Babricora
lake region Sunday night on the ranch
of Mrs. Phoebe Hearst, which he has
ravaged several times in the past.
Babricora is about fifty-five miles
south of Galeana, where one section
of the American eXpeditiOnary force
has arrived and is pushing forward at
the rate of thirty-three miles a day.
A few miles to the east Of the ban
dts position in Namiquipa, which is
held by a powerful Carranza garrison,
On the west are the frowning barriers
of the Sierra Madras mountains bar
ring the door to Sonora.
Gen. Gutierrez, Carranza's field
chief, declares that he holds all the
passes to Sonora. In any event, it is
unlikely that Villa would make
break for Sonora for the people there
are said to be stanchly loyal to Car
rama.
$4,000 Reward for Villa.
Arrivals from Columbus reported in
tense activity at the American mill
tary base. They said fresh troops
were being sent forward across the
border, both night and day, and that
one aeroplane had already joined the
forces in Mexico. Seven other air.
craft are circling over the border con-
stantly on scouting expeditions.
Reliable reports here indicate that
some of the large ranching and cattle
interests on the Mexican side of the
border here have offered a reward of
$4,000 for Villa, dead or alive. Off
Convention Defined