New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-06
By ROBERT DUNN.


human faces. farm implements Of these
cold uplands where the trees are no'
vet in leaf, suggest most strongly those
Of land like Tibet
And then, in the manner that the
Oriental hordcs Of the dark ages mus
have swept primitive Europe. our arm!
is flung into this fastness. Aeroplanes'
motor trucks. automobiles come devsS-
,a.inr the primeval 40, since the
carly DAYS in Alaska have | seen such
a spirit prevailing against much INC
same odds. All the problems OF
pioneering have risen IN equality 70
the military ones. Into camp comes
lieutenant who for days with re-"
mules and a handful Of men has been
seeking some cavalry detachment to
give them seventy pounds OF MeNloai =
silver. The cavalry has been without
rations for week; the money is 10
helm them live of q country "nere
even coffee is unknown. and the ON
GERS mules have played out.
All Maps Incorrect.
All the maps are wrong. An aYia-
tor forced 10 land Somewhere IN the
darkness. faces invisible things, NUT
tcring. circling about him all night
| have been IN this camp for three
Jeys. while not an ounce OF food mas
arrived Here are based some POO men
twice that number OF animals. How
We are fed is a miracle; but the same
shirt Of cheer and confidence prevails
as did upon the northern trans o.
1898. 81.
the shirt Of new" lands Ike TINS per
vades US. And that same spirit, olhd'-
inc its original children 20 their SOL
ord Mountains. explains much Of that
fierce. iufexible opposition 20 Us as
invaders Nowhere IN the Philippines,
agree officers who have campo gned
there. has the army been Up against
such odds. There il was recognized I'D
tho bottom Of the rebels hearts that
We were the inevitable masters; infor-
nation could be secured. men might DC
bribed. But here all Of this g. impos-
sible. Clews fail. informers VANISH
lust as their double dealing IS brought
home TO us.
No capc. and wait, and are silent,
nov, tina, the coyote chase ts on once
more after the brilliant but lndecislNe
encounter at Guerrero; and the ban Of
censorship has closed down again. An
officer. returned from the search tnht
has begun. tells you that he thought
he had Villa in a certain dooe mouse
last night. the people so hedged ana
threatened him from entering Il. IN
side. he found an old man IN the oes-
stage Of smallpox scuri ny
ing abou. the room like mosquitoes.
HE RIGHT knee shattered. Ne beheNe
Via cannot be far away. but we 90
not fool ourselves INTO imagining ina,
he bas made a bee line for medicai
Though the job IS now As
much one for a Hawkshaw As a general
i cannot be followed along the pro
fessional lines Of civilization.
MAY Be in Eye Shot.
"All the time. he may DC riCnt up
there. looking down and laughing 81
us " eaid General pershing. pointing
toward the pale rock Businesses OF ID
Oso. across the valley. A blizzard
was sweeping camp; horses ana inuI.s
were tailed into II. as nave seen 'ne"'
on the glaciers Of Alaska.
You ask me If think he has gone
south" said the general. wen; any
guess vou make would be exactly a
good as mine, and we huuu'eu N'V
about the camp ire. all
Primeval lands surrender their spel'
slowly /. has welded here no whit ~
Tho gasolcnc. rifles. eager, dust stained
mon invading this pale yellow NaHe!'
There still broods over u that MAYOR
Of Tho miraculous and visionary when
Won got say. from Rip Van " nhie'
Straight from this camp. ROAD leaus
nm among the peaks. which, ] Wage!'
1one Of our scouts. whose Garb I'M
tates 50 cleverly the pictures OF rem
i,c,on. has followed or knows wheIe
il loads. And the one material proc
v.e have that Villa ever was hereaoou's
is that last reported sight OF him. zen
dsys AGO ~ Namiauips' when ne rode
among the black pigs and ADOBE there
astrdc a pinto mule.
You 20 70 his old headquarters III
tho core Of his domain, the san "eroh-
mo ranch itself. half mile from our
tcntless camping grounds. -Four Sdooe
h,,;id;rcs there hold some three nun
drcd souls: and one j. the huge gran
arv with the squared pillars. anotner
80 souat. deserted church. with us
colo,nade % naked and twisted pine
,,ii.re all the hue Of the surrounding
ia dust Neither IS lived m. nc
sbird i building. white piastered'
With corrugated iron roof and n smslI
..s,er tank. an behind a barbed WIRE
,o,cc This IS owned by a Japanese
10 Tho three Indian girls living
,bcre when we tried 20 buy tobacco
a,d coffee. told Us had fed m Tear 10
chihuahua City: and the press bureau
man along had visions Of international
intrigue traced 20 It's remotest lar'
The fourth structure would cover
ubolc civ block. yet T. boasts not on,
r.i,dov Architec,urally. II IS planned
"t,or tho old cribs" Of Pacific Coas,
Ssmc Ye, Us wall acres OF brown mud
,cmind YOU more Of the human warrens
one sees pictured from Lhasss. lam
;i,. livcs behind each high doorway IN
,,,er barrenncss when the door Is
elosed. except for the roof hole over
,hc frc AZ one end OF the cell. Hens
ciuck 90 their chicks on the Dirt moor;
dr,nping pig meat or tsllow-like fht
hangs from ths smoky rafters. and al
49, there ia bin Of unshJcked maize,
,aked children munching tortillas. DARK
h.hi,. a, their mothers breasts. \
young girl. beautiful IN the miraculous
"a ,ender manner Of this race from
vbon we tried to buy eggs, wore a but
Ton with Villas photograph pinned 10
her black shawl.
"ysu are Niliista :" VIC asked