The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-03-23
WHERE IS VILLA?
HAS He ESCAPED?
MAY HAVE SLIPPED THROUGH
AND WON GOAL IN GUERRo.
CALL FOR TIFF FIFTH CAVALRY
Villa May Have Left Bands of Ban
dts Behind Him Who viii Start
Other Raids--censorship May
Be Extended to FL Paso.

San Antonio, March 22.-With Gen
.eral Pershing reported at Lake Babri-
cora, Col. Dodd in the district be-
tween FL Vale and Namiquipa and a
third American column near Carmen,
contact with forcer of Villa is regard.
ed inevitable today If he is still
hemmed in by the first moving Amer
lean troops and Carranza soldiers TO
the south.
If Villa has slipped through the
Carran2a soldiers and won his goal
in the Guerro region, the chase will
be weeks and perhaps months longer.
The censorship has noticeably tight.
'ened
The significance of the call for the
5th cavalry reinforcements was free
~ admitted. II was admitted a ne
Cessity of strengthened line of the
column for fear Villa bandits behind
them, left by the chief, may start 9TH
er raids in the regions Pershing has
left behind where Americans are iso-
lated and where pro-Villa feeling ex-
lists.
Extension of the censorship to Ell
Paso is intimated that If permission
to use the Mexican Northwestern
railroad as a supply system is OBJ
tanned from Carranza, the border base
will be moved from Columbus to El
Paso and the censorship now existing
at Clumbus will go into effect at the
Texas border city. .
Foreigners to the Border.
El Paso, March 22.-The British
vice consul Torrens arranged for a
special train of box cars to carry 45
foreign women and children to the
border. The train is expected to
leave late today under Carranza
guards.
Instant Response Given.
Washington, March 90. General
Funston's call for border reinforce
i.IaentS met Instant resbon Sc today.
From all sections of the country,
troops are speeding toward the Mex.
lean border. At four o'clock this
morning, four troops of the 5th cav
airy of ort Myer were crossing the
Potomac for Washington and left on
u special train with right of way or
ders to Columbus, New Mexico. 9th
er squadrons were to be on their
way this afternoon. The request
from Funston for reinforcements
reached here last night. In pouring
rain, cavalry boarded the special train
of four sections. Funston's dis.
I patches indicate that Pershing is
nearing Villas fighting line While
{ CarranZa troops are reported to be
fighting Villa men in a running fight,
the American forces are closing in.
Call For Volunteers.
Washington, March pa resolu.
! ton authorizing the president TO is
sue a call tor $4,000 volunteers for
Mexican service was introduced in
the senate today by Senator Sherman
of Illinois. lie did not ask for i'm.
mediate passage and it went over
under the rules.
Communication Cut OFF.
Eel PasO, March 22.-Cut off from
the border when the field wireless,
failed and Villa Bandits cut telegraph
lines, nothing had been heard from
Pershings expedition since the repor
that the van guards were near VIII
who had sought the Sante Clare re
gion following a severe defeat by Can
ranZa's men. Terrors of the Villa hun
were emphasized just before commun
cations were cut off of men blinde
by the glare of the desert sands unde
the sun AMI the horses dying on tn
way from exhaustion. Two aeroplane
and men were lost.