New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-12
Once Noted Resort Raideo
Two Days Ago, Army
Aviators Report.
SWIFT FLIGHT MADE
FROM CHIHUAHUA
Mexicans Believe Report of Viii
las Death-Bandit May
Be Surrounded.

Columbus. Y. NJ. April 11.-News OF
Inc ,scking OF Santa Rosalis by bahd
i,,. Of the reported death OF Francisco
villa and Of another defeat OF Niiiista.
hv Carrsnzistas fifty miles north OF
psrral was brought 10 the border 10,
dsv bv Lieutenants II. Al Dargue aho
y s. Gorrell, Of the aero corps ! nc
r,,o,,. in one machine, made the hlgh'
from chihuahua City TO Columbus
distance of $50 miles, in four hours
and ten minutes.
Santa Rosal;a, which once was no'eu
"a an American resort and when Is
situated about sixty miles northeast
~ psrral. was attacked two days ago.
according to reports made to General
Pershing. Details Of the raid were not
known when the aviators lett Oh'-
hushus.
Reports made to the aviators OF the
death of Villa by Mexicans were tha'
N. bandit leader had succumbed TO
pangrene and had been buried IN the
vicinity OF Santa Ana. seventy-fve miles
southwest Of Chihuahua City. Other
,enorts indicated that Villa. conveyed
: ON a litter and with bodyguard OF
100 men, was enveloped on all sldes by
the American advanced cavalry de-
,achments about 400 miles south OF the
international boundary. below Parral
and near the Durango border several
American columns are reported by the
aviators as operating In the vicinity OF
Satevo. where General Pershing was
expected TO establish his new mead
quarters to-day.
Pilot TO Seek Grave.
There seems no doubt that VIVA
was wounded" said Lieutenant Dargue'
Conversations with natives and Win
physicians convinced me that nc was
shot through both legs. one of them
being broken by a bullet. while an
other shot lodged in his stomach. a
man in that cond ton. without medical
attention. could scarcely live long,
The aero corps planned TO send an
other aviator to-day TO scout over the
region in which the natives have re-
ported Villa was buried in an attempt
TO find the grave.
Natives in Cusihuiriachic, who are
strong Carranza partisans and friendly
20 the Americans, are firmly convinced
the report of Villas death is true.
They said Villa was suffering from
blood poisoning several days ago ana
refused medical attention. One native
told Lieutenant Dargue the bandit
leader had sent for bandages, which
ne himself bound to his body. 100
ave are right on the heels OF VIVA s
rear guard, and reports OF a CLASH were
expected momentarily at headquarters
one Of the avatOrs said. This rear
Guard. consisting Of about 400 men. is
about one days march behind the van
guard. consisting of 100 of the golden
ones Villas picked bodyguard.
Expects Fight at Guerrero.
"The Mayor of Guerrero, who is very
friendly TO the American troops, tod
me Yesterday that a small band, num-
bcring about 100 men, was still TURK
ing in the vicinity OF the town. ana
since we have troops operating IN tnat
neighborhood I anticipate also that
those two forces will clash either to-
day or tomorrow.
Reports in San Antonio when we
left indicated also that Americans eN-
DeCIcu SOOH W tlANVN4ANN- ~ =
Of Pablo Lopez, one Of Villas chief
lieutenants.
Arrival of the fiers marked the re-
sumption of the army aero dispatch
line, which had been interrupted for
about ten days by the demand for the
air scouts at the front.
Lieutenant Dargue, who, with Cap
tain Foulois, of the aero corps, made a
flight to Chihuahua City several days
ago, carrying dispatches, said that IN
making the landing in the town his
plane was struck when fred upon by
the Carranza garrison. The shooting
was done, he said. before the soldiers
realized his identity, and as soon as
the military authorities learned of the
arrival of the American sviatofs they
sent a special guard TO watch their
machines Before the arrival Of the
guards, he said, both he and Captain
Foulois were annoyed by crowds Of
small boys, who threw rocks at the
machines and called them "Gringoes."
The aviator explained that this spirit
was not manifest by any but the low
est classes, and that afterward they
were shown every courtesy.
Word was received at military head
quarters here to-day that Lieutenant
Colonel Rivers, who had been danger
ously i'll at Casas Grandes with pneu-
monia, is on the road TO recovery.