The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-03-26
Grave Suspicion That Failure
Of Enveloping Movement
Due to Traitors
NOW RETREATING In
SANTA CLARA CANYON
No Battles Yet In Which the
American Troops Have
Been Engaged 10 Report
From Front


hxis1 0avfra. % Juarsm. tonight
oAvs eat tArsugh A1A~sAw Garcia.
CaxRansa consul here 10 follow
tmg msasaDo rssslvsA by 0avtra
1fon Osner1l nsr1anf ~ lHnAeras
ssvtlia and fereee fstreating to-
wards San Geronfme Ranch, eeutA
% N 0ss. nsar wAsss Anssssan
soldiers are cooperating Win Ae-
ta@hmsnts Of Carrsnsa seaaiers."
NJ N. n. sTANsnuRY.
nj rsso, March 25.--pAncho Wills.
|the elusive bandit chieftatn. for
whom 10000 American soldiers and
|haif as many more Carranxistas are
hunting, has again demonstrated that
he is great Htrstsgfst
! The Americans and the Mexfcans
f2shc are cooperating. came together
|from the four points of the compass
|Af Ell 0sc. Ave miles east Of Namiqaipa
|this morning. The trap was empty.
The reports received ~ Juarez say
|thare was not even = viiiista In
|siKht, The enveIoping movernant had
Hailed OF its object.
Villa himself ts- placed by General
|Gsahriei tsAsirA- the Carranxa command
III 5uarea, ~ being short distance
|frou Bahiccra The forces from HIS
|eaYnmafd located at hi osc. forty
|A4eht hours ago. are said to be passing
Through the Santa Clara canyon In
|kn Sastxrfy direction.
This force 10 comm anded BY Colonel
and II Ia believed he 10
making for La Guna station On the
|Nextcan Central Railroad. There Ia
|nnsh specuiaxion as to how the escaps
|Wns made. In certain official circles
|tAers IL 1 strong suspicion that frisnd- :,
IN Carransistas aided.
Says Have neen We Fights
The wireless reports TO General
|Funafon Indicate that the advance
|nrnrds Of the expedition have temper
ar41y oeased activities. Instead OF the
(axnas4AA xaport Of eattle.1 the lnIeE:
|wesspn has been recefved that GenerA
|NAs#A4nx hAa -afnrted on fwo-days
|tnHrAcfton trip Of all tho troops In
|1AA 0eid. Ths report ends by saying
|there have been no clashes involving
American troops-
There 10 strong ground hers for the
|heifef that All activities OF United
|etetes troops In the held must b hais-
ri until the question Of supplies can
~ ssetIed. tssRs
Troops on Half Rat1ons.
WIN Crosby. the American scout
|wno led the way for the Pefshins
|1olusnn across the resort. reached 81
1870 from Casas Grandss today He
|nnfd he troops at that point are now
|on half raticns OF hard tack ana
|Aecon, This makes II certain that tbs
|cavalry column operating more than
las miles stiil further south are IN
Inc batter plight.
a carload Of gasoline was shipped
aver the Mexican Northwestern from
|Juares this morning. II was eonsisned
|f0 4 Mormon merchant At Colina
|fpaNIan. but IL known TO he for the use
|ef the motor trucks stranded sncsh OF
|thn border for the lack OF fuel.
The MexicAn authorities did not
|lu1oW n the shipment II Is said until
|fhS train had left They Investigated
|and found the gasoline had been for
|wArded ON regular bill Of iadtng, ana
|Were helpless to do more than COM
|plaln that they had been tfcked.
The imperative need of making use
[cf 4 railway ines running into Mexico
IRON Juarex 10 admitted by al cffciais
Familiar with the plight Of the troops.
III Ii thought here villa has become
|nonvinced that Carranxa will consent
lander the protocol. to the use of the
Northwestern. aud has decided to
transfer his flcld of operations TO the
district through which tho Mexican
Central travels.
I&lS WDutu. VI sSQuISt. DFtuE An0ut
la demand for the use OF the second
|Ilne. and the embarrassing delays
which would necessarily ensue.
Mexicans here believe Cervantes
will work south from IAguna- This
would make IL possible for Wills to
|work across In southcasterIy direc-
|tion from Babicora and reassemfsie his
forces a short distance north Of Chi
|SHa31ua City.
Ferrera stint Denies.
The influence OF Luis Herrera'a
|s,sovena<fts on the future OF the sttua-
aton III still In doubt. Herrera In new
VII Parrai. He still denies that he II
x03nE 40 Join Villa. hut has announced
Natfy that he will not co-operate with
I'M 4sArranxa officials a. long N they
1onfcne the presence OF an American
army in Mexico.
"a strong movement OF villistas ~~,,th
MI rhihuahua Is reported These
frp0rs are working northward, and Il
III believed they will Join their lead
|ex before the middle Of next week.
Is The reports Of .friendliness of the
Mexican population In the district
|Nherf American troops are' are not
fSfeutenant Thomas II Brwsa cf
k3e avlakion SQUAD. Who stcppeN heFa
& & &s kcon ffnuoa a. Ninth x1Go3