Villa Reports Unfounded

1916

El Paso, Tex., Sept. 8. — Villa, on his northward march, told the natives that he would take part in the celebration at Chihuahua city on the evening of Sept. 15, which is carnival night in Mexico. Such at least is the story brought here today out of Mexico by a man well acquainted with the people. He also said he talked to a Mexican who recently had a conference with Villa and the Mexican said the bandit chief looked very thin and still used crutches when walking, although he was able to ride a horse.

Washington, Sept. 11.—All efforts of General Pershing to confirm persistent rumors that Villa is moving toward the border in northern Mexico so far have been fruitless. The general so reported today to the War Department.

—The Fryeburg Post, Fryeburg, Maine, Sept. 12, 1916, p. 7.