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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-12
Given General Credence Among Natives - Quere- tarO Says Parties Are Out Searching for His Body
INTERESTING, DATA BROUGHT TOsBORDER
 BY ARMY AVIATORS
Detachment Reported to Have Been Carrying Villa Surrounded, They Say. To Annihilate Bands

General Pershing's Headquarters at Front April 10.--(Via Mexican Tele- graph to Juarez, Mex. April 11,)-Re- newed reports have been received here by General Pershing that Francisco Villa is dead and buried. These re- ports are under Investigation. Mean while the hunt for the Villa bandits in proceeding with renewed vigor, with the arrival at the front of Gen eral Pershing.
 Mexicans who had seen Villa on his flight south said that the bandit looked thin and emaciated week ago. Re ports, however. are perplexing.
 One fairly good authority stated that Villa was able to walk the first day after he received his wound. which sig nified that no bones were broken.
 Aeroplanes today covered several hundred square miles of territory scouting over country heretofore un- explored by planes.
 The Mexicans in this section are well disposed toward the Americans, and many of them are bitter against Villa.
 It is again reported that Pablo Lo- peg, the Villa lieutenant who murdered IT Americans last January at Santa Ysabel, is not dead. but is seriously wounded.
 Reports of friendly cooperation Of the Carranza troops continue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-12
Summary oI the News

GENERAL NEWS 1-Viila reported dea6 and buried. Wilson would not imply with de- mand to withdray troops from Mexico. Two major leagues Q open season today. Infantry aasaalts hs }ted on west bank Of Meuss-. 1etertTsjpe e.ssns ge ssastf4& in sstss s.SarSne cosatls,yees. Definite news ns to death of Villa expected shortly. American tells narrowing story Oi escape from bandits.
 STATE NEWS 3--Items from all over the state. 9-GOvernOr reInits Guthrie's fine. 12-Start work today on Bessemer main.
 LOCAL NEWS 5-Captain White says another should abandon the race. Pipe plants are running and doing fine business. ID. R. Lindsay new secretary of Newspaper club.
 Veterans prefer to walk in parade. Local club women to aid campaign against illiteracy. Barber's plan to close pool rooms a closed incident. 3-No decision on traffic bureau. Warrior of vital importance in coal trade. Shingles blamed for big Texas fire. 12-Ad club picture at Alcazar today. First shipment on Warrior without transfer. Shoe merchants are we'll supplied. 9-TwO bond issues to be submitted to city electorate. 7-Many candidates receive degree at Masonic reunion.
 FEATURES 3-HOlIand's letter. 4-EditOriaI comment. 6-DOIly Dalrymple and society. FoOtlights and Screen. 
 SPORTING NEWS S-Finishing touches being applied by MOIey to BarOns. Major and minor leagues begin schedules this week.
 LOOkOuts' roster completed by El- berfeId. Nashville busy preparing for sea- sOn's opening. Heinemann plans to see crowd at Rickwood April 10.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-12
AyIATORs' REPORT

Columbus, N. M, April 11.-Lieuten- ants H. A. Dargue and E. E. Gorrell of the aero corps, returning here today from a flight to San Antonio, Chihua- hua, 3a0 miles south of the border, said that reports were current among the natives in the vicinity of Santa Ana that Villa was dead of blood poisoning, caused by his wounds.
 Santa Ana is 70 miles southwest ot Chihuahua City Other reports indi- cated that Villa was in flight. closely followed by American troops off the south of Parral and near the Durango border.
 Military authorities recognize that reports of the bandit chieftains death may be another ruse to throw the Americans off what has been termed "a hot trail" but no tendency is mani tested to belittle the report. the aviators said
 There seems no doubt that Villa was wounded.'' said Lieutenant Dargue, conversations with natives and phy sicians having convinced me that he was shot through both legs, one ot them being broken by a bullet while another shot lodged in his stomach. A man In that condition, without medical attention could scarcely live long"
 The aero corps planned to send an other aviator today to scout over the region in which the natives have re- ported Villa was buried in an attempt to find the grave
 Information brought by Dargue and Gorrell indicate that American cavalry have entirely surrounded the detach- ment which is reported to have been carrying Villa on a litter. The ad- vanced cavalry attachments. they said,
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-12
AMERICAN TELLS NARROWING STORY
 OF HIS ESCAPE FROM VILLA BANDITS

recognition. A Mexican who knew Blankenburg had his little boy sit on the door step in front of the body with a pile of rocks handy to keep the pigs away.
 LEFT IN FORENOON
 'The Villa bandits left early in the forenoon. Then the Mexicans buried the two hurriedly, but they did not dare have any ceremony. They just tumbled both bodies into a trench along with some dead Mexicans do not know how many Mexican dead were there.
 Before I left the hotel in Minaca knew the Villa forces had won the fight because we heard drum beat said the Carranza forces at Minaca had no drum to beat and that the noise was in celebration of Villa vistory''
 The McGregor referred to in the let ters found on Bruce is believed to be one of the men who served with the federal industrial relations commission under Frank Walsh of Kansas iCty. He was also said to have been formerly city editor of. the Minneapolis News. Some of Bruces letters were from J. R. Walker of Denver. Another was from w. M. Leisessor of Chicago. Some of the letters referred to Walsh and the commission"
 They did not disclose why Bruce was in Mexico. They made reference to magazine stories which had been re- fused
 J. H. Locke, a graduate of the Uni versity of Minnesota, said he came to Mexico in 1891 with New York ex- petition on natural history After ward he remained in Mexico where he keeps a hotel Locke was once Min neapolis reporter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-12
FOrty-First Season of Ma tional and Seventeenth of American-All Indications Are for Close Races
FAMOUS STARS IN STRANGE UNIFORMS
 A COMMON SIGHT
Two Boston Clubs Have
 Greatest Number of Back ers-Phillies, With Same Line-Up, Expect to Cop

New York, April 1.-The major league baseball season of 1916 will be inaugurated in eight of the leading cities of the east and middle west tomorrow afternoon, pro viding the favor of the weather man for the momentous event has been won by the magnates. Eight umpires, in as many parks, will give the home plate it's first official dusting. send forth once more the old familiar battle cry ,"Play Ball"' and Is clubs will begin the year s two great pennant struggles which will not terminate until the first week in October.
 In the National league, which begins it's forty-first season, the initial contests will bring together Boston at Brooklyn, New York at Philadelphia, Chicago at Cincinnati and Pittsburg at St. Louis
 The opening games in the American Washington playing at New York, Phila- delphia at Boston, St. Louis at Cleve- land and Detroit at Chicago.
 CLOSE RACES INDICATED
 Many of these clubs have been strength cred during the past winter and every indication points to close races for the pennants.
 The defunct Federal league and the minor circuits have been fine-combed for diamond talent In some cases fa- nous stars will be seen in strange uni- forms, but once the players and fans have accustomed themselves to the new (. c.Illiina@s ars. thc general prediction Of a 1 banner year in basebal1' seems likely to be realized
 While there is a vast difference of opinion regarding the order in which the teams will finish the season, the two Boston clubs appear to have the greatest number of packers, although the eleventh hour hale of Iris Speaker has ton Americans. In the National league, Boston. Philadelphia, Brooklyn and New York are generally picked to finish in the first division. while in the American league Boston, Chicago, Detroit and New York are favored to fill first division posi- tions.
 In the senior league the Philadelphia club, which won last seasons pennant, starts the 1916 campaign with almost the same lineup as a year ago. Manager Moran believes that the Phillies will re- peat their winning performance, but many critics disagree with him. The Phiadel- phia clan is fully as strong as last sea- son. but the other clubs are stronger, and will make the going harder for the Quakers.
 BRAVES LEAD NATIONAL
 The Boston Braves, runners-up to the Phillies last season, are considered by many to be the class of the National league this year. The team has been strengthened by the addition of several former Federal League players, including Ed Konetchy, Frank Allen and Elmer Knetzer. George Stallings again will ap- pear in the managerial role, while Percy Houghton, the famous Harvard football coach, now is president of the club. The infield and pitching departments are un-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-12
IS SUPREME EFFORT

Paris. April II-The Crown prince's supreme effort for the capture of Ver- dun, as the military observers charac- terize the operations which began on Sunday to the west of the Mouse, is spending itself against the stout and intelligent defense of the French
 The observers point out that when the assailant realizes that he has failed to attain his objective, he invariably delivers an extended assault with great
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-12
TO SEND ANNOUNCEMENTS

San Antonio. Tex, April 11.--Staff officers at Fort Sam Houston were Of the opinion tonight that by the end of this week additional troops will have to be sent into Mexico to reinforce the punitive expedition or a new base and line of communication, much shorter than now maintained between Columbus, N. M., and the front, must be established.
 General Funston said tonight that so far General Pershing has not asked fer achievements. However addi- tional troops may be sent to him with- out his asking for them. but if not General Funston will make representa- tiors to the war department explaining the necessity for strengthening the pu- nitive expedition at the first call from General I'ershing.
 in the event troops now stationed along the boundary are sent into Mex ico 1t is believed probable that General Funston will ask for militia organiza- tions to maintain the border patrol
 General Pershing has about 12.O0u men and something more than 1S.ooU are Stationed along the International
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-12
SEARCHING FOR BODY

Quertaro, Mex, April 11,-Tiie war department announced today it had reason to believe Francisco gilsa had been killed in action, and that search ing parties had been sent out to find his body.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-12
CARRANZA NO MOR5o, <, ABLE TO COPE Xo 2
 VILLA THAN i V IRE
Something Going on Be- tween State Department and Carranza That Is Not Apparent on Surface
By HUGH ". ROBERTS

Washington, April 11.-(Special ) Carranza. de facto President of the Mexican republic, will demand of Pres ident Wilson that American troops be ordered back from across the border. Despite the recent and startling
 revelation that the official order to General Funston contained nothing to
 taken or killed. there is doubt ex- pressed in Washington that President Wilson would comply with the de- mands of President Carranza. For, in the first place, the Villa bands have only been driven--not scat tered-and the Carranza forces are now no more able to cope with the ban dits than they were prior to the sack ing of Columbus, and in the second
 place, withdrawal, after great ex- penditure of money and no appreciable success, would, in general opinion, be humiliating, and in political sense, suicidal.
 SITUATION. IS TENSE Between the department of state and the Mexican government obviously something is transpiring. the particu- lars of which are withheld from the public.
 The rumor was first heard last Sat urday-the rumor to the effect that Carranza would insist on the with drawal from Mexico of American troops, The President, who had ieis Washington on the Mayflowef, re- turned in the afternoon. And the war department, in manner and at time judged significant, made public the official order to General Funston. That order, as is now generally known, instructed the general to pro- ceed into Mexico and either scatter the Villistas or render them so impotent that the Carranzistas could complete the task Such instructions could not have dove tailed with the White House statement given to the public following the attack on Columbus. That state
 ment coming, of course. from the Pres ident, contained the clause, Villa, dead or alive"
 DANGER OF WAR If Carranza, through diplomatic par ley, cannot be persuaded to permit the
 use of his railroad, or dissuaded from
 his alleged intention of insisting on
 the withdrawal of American troops,
 the United States will be confronted
 with the most serious situation.
 Although the original order to Funs-
 ton did not make essential to success
 the capture of Villa, it is regarded as certain that the government could not swallow the demand of Carranza with out loss of American honor and pres tige And. on the other hand, if Car ranza makes demand that the troops be withdrawn, and the demand is ig- nored, the result would be, it is ob- vious. war to the hilt between the United States and the reunited and temporarily reconciled factionalists Of Mexico.
 No one in Washington--or the east (Continued on Page Two)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-12
EVIDENCE TO GATHER


 has much evidence to gather before a decisive step is taken. While the gen. eral tenor of the German note has been anticipated by advices from Ambassador Gerard. officials realize that it's text may have an important bearing on the Amer ican policy.
 The note is understood to refer not only to the Sussex the most important of recent cases, but to the Englishman, Manchester Engineer, Eage Point and Berwindvale
 The cabinet remained in session more than two hours today and pra ally the entire time was devoted to discussion of thes ubmarine issue Later it was said that the members stood as unit in believing that the. recent accumula- ton of attacks on vessels without warn ing, coming after period of compara- tive Hull in submarine activity, could not be overlooked.
 It was appreciated that much of the evidence under consideration had come not from American sources but from statements of citizens of nations at war with Germany. For that reason the evi- dence is being very carefully examined. SOME STRUCK MINES It is realized, too. that at least some of the vessels said in dispatches to have been torpedoed without warning probably struck mines.
 The possibility of break in diplomatic relations with Germany Is still in the background. It Is understood such a step lis not imminent. unless the position taken
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-12
DEFINITE NEVIS AS
 ID DEATH OF VILLA
 EXPECTED SHORTLY
Achievements to Be Sent to Gen. Pershing Rapidly Solving Problem of
 Moving Supplies

El PaSo, April 1.-The pursuit of Fran CISCO Villa probably will be brought to a conclusion within 48 hours, according to information received here today by an American concern with large interests at Parral and rorreon. The message stated that the report that Villa was dead was current throughout southern Chihuahua and northern Durango, and while it was far from confirmed, it was expected that definite news would be re- ceived in very short time.
 There are oaIy two possibilities which are acerteo heEe as tue in the present situation. Either Villa is dead and his pursuit is automatically ended, or he is far to the south in central Durango, if the latter is true, army officers say that the entire plan of campaign of General Pershing must be reorganized or aban- doned altogether. One officer, who has had an active part in directing the plans of the expeditionary force, summed up the situation in this way:
 ''If Villa is dead there is no more to be said except to issue an order for our soldiers to come back to the United States as speedily as possible. If he is not dead there is very little reason to doubt that he is by this time well into the state of Durango. It is ridiculous to suppose that our troops can keep on go- ing south indefinitely with no railroads hack of them. They will either have to halt or arrange for the dispatch of another expedition from some point on the border, which will enable them to cut in behind Villa. I am not a prophet, but the most casual observer should see tkat the existing conditions are impossi- ble of continuance
 THINK TT PROBABLE
 The report of Villas death was accept ed as highly probable by General Ser tinni, the Carranza commander at Casas Grandes, who is now in Juarez. There is now only one doctor in the section wfere Villa is now" said General Ser tinni land if poisoning has set in in Villas wound, as I am informed, the doc tor can do nothing even if he has a chance Witnesses who had seen him told me that Villas left leg had been shat tered by his horse falling on it. being wounded by a bullet. It was reported in bad shape and swollen and gan grenuous.''
 He said that Villa had no more than 50 men with him. The Villa band which troops encountered in Madeira section yesterday consisted of 33 men, of whom IA were taken prisoners. The survivors, carrying their wounded, es- capped into the hills.
 Villas forces consist now of only few handfuls," commented Bertani. ''They will have to be hunted down like ordinary escaped criminals"
 The Apache scouts have gone into Mexico from Columbus, it was learned here tonight. Led by Peaches" the captor of Geronimo, they started south an motor trucks. Each Apache wore sun goggles and wrist watch.
 TO SEND REINFORCEMEN
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-12
SUBMARINE ISSUE IS DISCUSSED AT
 CABINET MEETING
General Outline of Future Course Is Agreed Upon. Diplomatic Negotiations
 to Be Curtailed

Washington, April 1.-The submarine issue between Germany and the United States was discussed in all it's phases today at a meeting of President Wilson and his cabinet
 A general outline of the future course of the American government is under stood to have been agreed upon, al- though a final decision was postponed pending receipt of the German note, now lon it's way, regarding the Sussex and other merchant ships which recently have met disaster, and additional evidence in the same cases collected by American diplomats and due here lursday.
 It Is known through confidential advices from Ambassador Gerard that the note from Berlin will deny that any German submarine to;spedoed tne ausseA aid dis claim blame in connection with other at taclSs about which the ambassador has inquired Consequently, in spite of the convincing evidence in the hands of the state department, any reply that may be sent probably will not deal exclusively with any one case or grOuD of cases
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-12
PROMISES NO GOOD

If such a communication as now is contemplated is sent to Germany, it will be designed to preclude the possibility of further drawn-out diplomatic ex- changes, and to make it plain that re- iterated assurances and promises that in- terna tional law will be respected cannot protect the friendly relations between the two countries if illegal attacks upon peaceful merchantmen carrying Ameri- cans are continued. It will probably in- clude resume of all the many vessels attacked from the time of the Lustania down to the present
 The state department already has begun the collection of evidence covering the whole history of Germany's submarine operations. One of the questions dis cussed at length by cabinet members to- day was whether the United States should include in it's list of vessels attacked neutral ships carrying no -..-nericans. An argument against doing this was that such vessels carry the flags of sovereign nations able to speak for themselves, but the preponderating view was that they should be included both on the ground that many were going to or coming from American ports and on the broad ground Of humanity.
 Col E. M House. the Presidents close adviser. came to the White House today y for the fourth time since he returned from Europe as the emissary of the President to investigate the submarine and other foreign questions. He was in conference during the day with the Pres ident and other officials His return at the time when it was admitted the pol icy of the American government was about to be determined was considered
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-01-06
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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-01-06
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