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GENERAL NEWS NOTES OF THE DAY. From Columbus, New Mexico, yesterday a startling dispatch says: "Five bundled Mexican bandits bdieved to have been led by Francisco Villa ; crossed the international border under cover of darkness early today :md attacked this town, killing a dozen or more .uiiericun men ami women, including at least six United States soldiers. When 1 the bandits tied toward Mexico some hours later they were pursued by three troops of the Thirteenth United States cavalry, who are said to have crossed the border. A large number of Mexican 1 dead were left lying in the streets of Columbus, and 1 at the border the Mexicans were subjected to a tank attack by American troops and eighteen more of their number killed. Several American citizens in 1 Columbus declared they personally saw Villa directing • his men. A portmanteau discovered by a 1 trooper contained Villas personal papers. The a! tack was a surprise. Villa was supposed to have been forty miles away, having last night caused a , telegram to be sent indicating his presence at a L Nogales ranch. Nine civilians and seven United I Slate, troopers were the known dead early in the . day. The dead are: A. I.. Ritchie, hotel proprietor: Walton Walker, United States customs rider: Milton James; Mrs. Milton James: J. S. Dean: • J. J. Mix. re. merchant; C. C. Miller, druggist: • iiniilent ilied chauffeur aud unidentified woman. American soldiers killed: Thomas Butler, troop F; Frank Kendvill. borseshoer, troop K ; SergL Marg A. Ilobbs. machine gun troop: Corp. Paul Simon: Sergl. John Nievergelt. band, and Cup. Harry Wiswall. troop G. The French official statement issued yesterday says: In the Argonne our artillery has continued its ; Umibardmeiit of the enemys routes of communication, n.-tably in the eastern Argonne and in the legion of Monttaueon and Nantillois. To the west t of the Meuse the enemy attempted several counter r attacks during the night to regain ground lost by him yesterday. Two alioritive attacks were preceded by an intense artillery preparation directed ; 1 1 1 1 • 1 , L I . • • ; t r .iniisi the village of Bethtacoart. The attacks were stopped bj our batteries, whhh prevented the enemy from debouching fr in the Corbeam wood. The renewed efforts of the enemy bare i et been able to dislodge us from the large stretch of territory which we bare reconquered ami c asoUdated. Baal of the Mease the straggle is being carried on with meat bitterness since yesterday. At the end of the evening anil during the night, between Douanmount and the village of Vanx, the Germaaa directed several powerful attacks. In spite of the intensity of the artillery tiro and tie I i h m e of the infantry BSaaultS, ihe enemy was unable to make any impression on our line, and has been coni-pletely repulsed. Some detachment! of German infantry whhh had penetrated the riitago of Vaux were driven out immediately at the point ol the bayonet by a counter attack." in the Woo n there la- been an intermittent bombardment on both sides Without snj infantry action. In l.orraiie a Burpriae attack to the west of the Le Petri- forest n suited in the capture by us of twenty prisoners. Ir m Amsteidam a dispatch says; A German cruiser squadron, accompanied by sereral speedy destroy era, condacted a successful reconnaissance in the North Sea and retained to its base without encountering any enemy ship*, according te Berlin dispatcbea recelTed here. The seaward daslg of the cruiser squadron, it is now believed, explains . recent reports From Batch skippers that the German battle licet had left Kiel Canal and was cruising the North Sea in search of Ihe British lleet. The reconnaissance expedition, according to well informed persons here, probably was inspired by news of the return of the commerce raider Moewe to a Gorman port. Several last si out cruisers, accompanied by speedy auxilary craft dis-g Bleed by false funnels, and a flotilla ! destroyers embarked on the enterprise, knowing they could take to cover if the British tleet came out and counting upon no ditli Celtics should British patrol boats engage them. Ihe Dutch trawler captain who brought the report of having sighted many dreadnangbta to Y maiden i; believed to have mistaken Ihe raise funneled auxiliaries at a great di-tain-e lor dreadnaughts. tine Hutch skipper reported the German squadron accompanied by Zeppelins and submarines. The four Washington Park bank bamiils. handcuffed together and chained to guards, were taken to Ihe state penitentiary in .loliet yesterday to begin serving their sentences of from one year to life. Jailer William T. Davies was in charge of the sqaad of prisoners, which Included eight others besides the bandits. They left Chicago on a Chicago ft Alton train at .I oclock, and by special arrangements with Hie railroad the train was stopped at the penitentiary. They reached the penitentiary about in oclock and were taken before Warden Zimiuer to be assigned to cells ami to the work they will do during their imprisonment. The bandits — Harry and Charles Kramer. Benjamin Fein ami Alex Brodie — were handcuffed together in one squad and placed in charge of Jailer Havies. The others wer detailed in scpi.uls of four each and placed in the custody of armed guar.K From Rome a dispatch c f yesterday says: Two of the most powerful of Austrias dreadnaughts are being prepared in Dalmathm ports, the Trlbuna says, with the intention of repeating the exploit o the firmer German vessels Coobcn and Bresiau and forcing the- allies blockade of the Adriatic in order lo reach the Daidanelbs aid bring assistance to Turkey in the Clack sea as the situation of the latter is growing desperate owing to Basalaa naval ■ uproniac.v in those waters. For this reason, the newspaper adds, the Boating mines which obstructed the Dardanelles have been swept up by the lurks and the Germans in order to clear a way fir the Austrian battleships which are expected. At Washington Senator Fall of New Mexico re- ceived a telegram from Kl Paso which sad that Colonel Slocnm, commanding the Thirteenth Cavalry, had followed the bandits into Mexico and had wired that "lie was going to slay with the pursuit until lie captured the whole bunch. The Mexican coin-,- mender at Juarez, the dispatch said, bad Indorsed the action of American trops in crossing the inter-1 national line.
