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It , WATCH UZZL. rV S W. '.v, tmesl I Sr ksfsrw Itta sas ereis tilMlaf sir. sser. : .. ma erver YOL CX. NO. 55. lJK VORTY-FOUR PACES TODAYS , . , RALEIGH, N, C, SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 24, 1919. : FORTY-FOUR .PAGES TODAY. PRICE: FIVE CHITS , WEATrlERi " t- Local shows tad thsnsr. . .stoma probably Saaday gad Ueaday. ' ,, -' 1 tie News lbs C01IM1ES SHANTUNG RIGHTS Senate Foreign Relations Com mitter Proposes To Amend The Peace Treaty ASK PRESIdInTFOR FURTHER INFORMATION Action on Shantung Provision Wu Taken In Short Order; . Senator McCumber, Kepub- lican, Voted With Democrats In Negative; Tight Now Transferred to Senate Washington, Aug. 3. After voting - i 41. - . i i : 1 out Japan's title to the German right in Shantung, the Senate Foreign Bela - tiona committee notified President Wil ton today that it could not Intelligently until he f urniahed additional informs tion. The action on the Shantung provis ion was take in ihort order, Chairman . Lodge proposing the amendment and the committee adopting it virtually with out debate. The vote waa bine to eight, with all the Democratic members and Senator McCumber, Republican, North Dakota, voting in the negative. . RepabUcaaa Rata Point. Then the point of inadequate infor mation waa raited by Republican mem ber, Chairman Lodge declaring there were in the Presidents hands important locumcnts which wereaVdSly-r'Os-watial to the dcterminatiim tS e,aetioni .nvolved in the committee's work. Dar ing its entire consideration of the treaty, the chairman said, the com mittee had been hampered by laek of information that should have been given it weeks ago. Democrats members are understood to have expressed general opposition to any interruption of -the committee's ptnn for prompt eetion, but finally on motion of Senator Williams, Democrat, Mississippi, and without a record Vote, tht chairman was instructed to ask the j-rcmitent for the treaty wttk roiann signed m June J8, two agreements re United Btntefirts a party, ant) such information as may b available about the trtatie now under negotiation with Austria, Hungary, Bulgaria and Tur , key. , . y-'-' --. ' - ' la amending the Bhaatang provision the committee took the most direct method. Chairman Lodge simply snoved to strike out the word 'Japan wherever it occurred in the section, relating to the German Shantuna ria-htt and to insert Instead the word "China." The' effnst Would be to restore to China all 'he German holdings la Itiao-Chow and vielnlfv. New Goes) To Beast. With the committee's actios the fight over the Shaatnng settlement is trans- fetred to the Senate floor. Republican leaders say they have the votes to an- . hold the committee amendment," but administration Beaators' appear equally certain that it will be beaten. Members said there virtually was no discussion of the proposal when It came k. -4 tk. ......I-. UUku. .... both sides having made up their minds and the subject having beea debated at length in the Sennte. " Senator Brandrgcc, Republican, of - Connecticut, asserted all of the Amen- - caa peace delegates had gene en record as believing the award of the Shan- ' tnng rights to Japan was wrong, .ind 1 asked that the committee vote for what it believed wss right.' Senators Hitch- , cock, of Nebraska r Pittmaa, of Nevada, and Shields, of Tennessee, Democrats, ; were absent but their votes were re , corded in the negative. , All of the documents asked of the ' President, Republican .members 3t ... elared, had a direct bearing on the '.treaty aow under consideration and should be befors the committee officially when it acted. The Polish treaty and the Rhine agreements bad beea euV ftltted to the British House of Com mons some time ago, It waa. .asserted, and British prist had been received unofficially by committee members and ,', put into the Senate record. . tautaar Na Otaar AaMadaMSlL. ' What effect the request for infqjsna- ... tlaa mttfKk hia aa tha annea at anina '., members for a eommittce report nest week was a matter of wide speculation. v Chairman Lodge declared consideration ' of the treaty was progressing as rapidly as possible, and thnt ant delay had beea due to aa inability to get infor- ..- mation. Some Democratic mem hers, oa the other hand openly charged that committee action was being an , necessarily delayed by the treaty dp- ' ponents. , - No other amendments were taken op at today's meeting tat tbs committee oted to hear a delegatioa ef Hangar- .saa-Amerieans, sad to receive also a petitioa from a negro organisation re garding tbs disposition of Germany's . Afrk-sn colonies. No dates wero set for the bearings. Action wss deferred oa a request that a Scotch delegatioa be permitted te present Scotland's claim to self-determination, members sug gesting that it might be Improper to , hear ihe claims of foreigners without sa arrangement through the State De partment. -- . , Joseph W, Polk, will present a brief for the Egyptian people Monday, bul it is the general expectstioa that tor several days thereafter the committee will work oa amendments, e ' Explaining the committee's request foi-informstlon. Chairman Lodge sa 1 the treaty with Polaud waa directly ln terwovea with the German treaty and that haeould: aot .understand' why (Contused a ja,Twe.l U. S. CAVALRY SENT TO CAPTURE MEXICAN BANDITS. i ,i in. I iiiii , 1 1 , n "i v I---','" .!':'.-' u ii ii.ni mn"i)we'W 1 ' "i nj n wn ii'ni-a.fi . I - - t ) . , s x - ; i - 11' et" ':&m mwf Wft This photograph of the Eighth Cavalry was taken recently and shows them on the banks of the Rio Grande. The scene shows the territory through which they are now chasing ban dits. Above is Brigadier General Erwin, in command of the El Paso district. E Witnesses See Nothing Wrong In Refrigerator Car Ope ration By Them NO DISCRIMINATION IN FREIGHT CHARGES - v.-:'- Private Business I Enterprises Could Get Same Class of Ser vice from Railroads, If Same , I Attention Was Given To freight, C. B. Eeineman Says In Testimony Washington, Aug. 23. Refrigerator ear operations ef the five big packers were defended today before the Senate Agriculture committee, which is con sidering ths Kenyom and Kendrich bills for regulating the packing industry and the separation from it of the operation of such cars. C. B. Ueinemnn, ' representing the National Live-tHoek Exchange, who said he had been connected with packer traffic departments for 12 years, said that they were not the source of dis crimination against wholesale grocers and other packer competitors. He char acterised the denunciation by 4he Fed eral Trade Commission snd others of the effects of packer ownership of the cars as "wilful misrepresentation or demonstration of blissful ignorance." ' No Freight Discrimination. Mr. Eeineman waa preceded oa the stand by a series of retailers, producers, snd others who all had objections to make to the regulating bills. "Packers woald just as soon have the railroads own these ears," hs said, "if It were possible for them to get cars when they were . needed. Jt is abso lutely false to say thst they secure freight rste discrimination la favor of the packers. The Interstste Commerce Commission hai. passed' upon alt phases of their operation. It is rcsdy today to act oa any complaint Goods shipped in tbo cars take fxactly the same rate classification a.i tbose snipped in any' thing else." Tho witness Went into the details of methods of organising "peddlei car routes, by which small lots of packer products are distributed to smaller points throughout the United States. "The only .thing thst could be complished by abolishing those would be shortening the supply of anmborless plsces," he said. vt. u, virtue, examiner tor in xca era! Trade Commission, secured permis sion to question, the witness further, "It is true that at certain points is the southwest the peddler cars work out better freight rates for their owners than da ordinary freight ears, isn't it! Virtue asked. - Do Get Batter Sen Ice. "Tea, but that's the fault of the job- bers who doa t know their business. Heiaemaa responded. "There are no privileges the other wholesalers cant obtain by working out the same system, The Commerce Commission see to that. The only ressoa tho packers Bet better service is Waose they watch their ears, follow them up and keep at it. If I owned a wholesale grocery, house down there I would throw ont the manage ment aad get ia a live bunch. , James A. Henderson, a Morgan, Utah, canner, bad J. M. Baker, a Tampa, Fla, retailer, both objected to the reguhv tioa, and , incidentally referred to amendments to the bills offered by 8en stor Moses, Bepubllcaa, ef New Hamp shire, which would require all business to bo licensed. Ths committee members wero draws Into a disagreement iwme diately. t , 1 "I'm in favor of passing upon the Moses amendments right away," said Senator McNsry, "and throwing them out bodily if necessary. A lot of people Continued on Pegs Tw.lJ PACK RS DEFENDED AT SENATE HEARING MEXICAN PAPERS ON INTERVENTION Seven Methods by Which United . States Might Intervene : Are Discussed - Washington, Aug. , 2X Possibility .of American intervention in Mexico i freely discussed by. the Meilco City newspapers, according te : information reaching, official! of the State Deport- meat. Particular: Interest Was manifest her today ia one article appearing' w the "A. B. C. which is said to have created something of a sensation ia the Southern republic , This article points out in detail seven ways in which the United States might intervene, and discusses each at length. The seven methods enumerated are: Complete Invasion, which the paper admits would result in victory for the United States. , Partial invasioa by seizure of front ier posts sad customs houses, which it said would weaken the Carrahta gov ernment, eausf a,; apreadiag of the re bellion, dishearten the constitutionalists and enuse ''Csrransa and his system to toppio like a psck of cards. Aiding or recognising some rebel group. . Naming of a group of Mexicans snd assisting them in ths formation of.S government. Withdrawal of recognition from the present government, which, the paper said, would be tantamount to reeognl- tion of the rebels. Presenting an ultimatum, to the gov eminent requiring assurances that the rebellion would be ended in a ucnuite period; payments of foreign claims within a prescribed tunei resumption of foreign debt service and nnaJ Uisposi tion of the petroleum question. The paper said the present government could not give these guarantees. Arting ss arbitrator between the con tending . Mexican faetioas.. Nothing could corns of arbitration, the paper said, addiag that the present govern ment would "doom it beneath its cit. nity to snter into any negotiations with its enemy. "W do not share the viewa of eerr tain akepties that intervention is in' vitable," ssid tho paper. "The state' tnent of Ambassador Fletcher, favor' able to the Mexican government, may perhaps force the Lmtcd (states to ex, tend for a while the policy of 'watch ful waiting,' or possibly stimulate our government, realising that it is r mot ter of life sad death for it and, whst is more Important, for the nation, to change, 4ts policy. However, thia may be vthe threat of intervention is at our doors. ''How then can we save ourselves I By sacrificing ourselves on behalf of the country: by sacrificing power, nm bitions, amour propre) by respecting the laws; by handling publie moneys with unquestionable integrity; by sink ing all partisan passion j and lastly, by making sn appeal to the whole sntion to rally around' the same flag, free from bitterness as to the past and from fears ss to the future. ABANDON ROPE OF FINDING MISSING ABUT AVIATOES. "flan Diego, CaL, Aug, 23.-4lbpe of finding Lieutenants Frederick Water hoase and C, H. Connelly, aviators be lieved lost in Mexico, has beea aban doncd, according to statements by offi cers at Rockwell Field tonight. Col. Arthur J. Hsnlon, commsading, said that so far ss irplsns search ia con eerned the army has done all it can. ' Mskte New Vaulting teeord.1' ; Chicago, Aug. C A new world's rec ord in the polo, vault was established her today by Frank Foss, Chicago Ath letic Association, when he topped the bar at IS feet. S f-16 inches In the1u vitation event ef Sears, Roebuck Co.'s tenth annual field meet. V Tho former vaulting record wss held by M. 9, Wright, who jumped 13 feet, S 1-4 inches for Dartmouth at Cambridge. Mass- in E POLITICS, HE SAYS Democratic National Commit tee Plans To Raise Five Million Dollars AN INTENSIVE CAMPAIGN F0i FUND$ 5TARTS;S00N Representative Jamieson, Di- rector of , Kaawe, Bays ' . Large fart of Money Win Be f lfeeded for Work Among the Millions of Women Who Will Vote Kext Time . v New Vorr, Aug. 23.-Tbe high cost of everything else has hit politics, too, according to a statement issued here tonight by former Bepresentatve Wil liam D. Jamieson, ef Iowa,' director of finance of the Democrr.tie National com mittee, ia announ ng plans to raise a 5,000,000 war, chest for the coming presidential election. The greatest Democratic campaign fund raised to dute, autd Mr. Jamieson, was C',300,000, contributed by 300,000 Mnembors of the party to re-elect Presi dent Wilson rn 11. This year he said, an intensive campaign wih be pushed to obtain subscriptions averaging $3 from at least 1,000,000 person . Mr. Jamieson added, however, that no sharper limit would hi put on the size of contributions "than Will Hays will place on the sizlVof Republican donations," which he understood to be 1,000. Explulning .the sire of' the, fund sougnt, Mr. Jauiiesos said the coming sampoiga was expected -to be "the la. tonsfst ever seen," though be declined to discuss the probable issues, in any urtuil. A large part of the $5,000,000 fund, Mr. Jamieson said, would be needed for work among the 11,000,000 to l;t,0U0,- 000 women who will cast a presidential ballot for the first time. Incidentally, OS suaea, tho cost of everything that entors into a campaign," has great Iv increased since the lant presidential election. Touching on' the question of candi dates, Mr. Jamieson mentioned Presi dent Wilson (In ease the League of Nations is defeated) William U. Me Adoo, Attorney-General Palmer, Uor ernor Cox, of Ohio, and John W. Davis, ambassador to Great Britain, Senator Hitchcock, of Nebraska, and Vice-President Marshall. CHARLOTTE STRIKE NOT ' ENDED; LITTLE PROGRESS Charlotte, Aug. 23. With the South. ra Public Utilities Compaay and its striking street railwsy employes appar ently aa far from agreement ns any time since the strike occurred two weeks sg, President Z. V. Tsylor, of the Utilities Company, aanouneed to night that operation ef the afreet ears would bo resumed Monday morning. Ia 4ho meantime, conferences between the city officials and th officers ef the cimpany were followed tonight by a conference between the city governing body and representatives of the strikers ia efforts at conciliation. President Tay lor today addressed a letter to the chair, maa of the local carmen's, anion, giving aotlje that the eompany's offer to treat with the union, made at the beginning of the strike, had beea withdrawa, and that ia the future it 'would deal with strikers only as individuals. Two. Cotton Mills Bought.' Charlotte, i Aug. 23. Purchase of the Clinch field Manufacturing Company's two cotton mills at Marion, N. C, by D. D. Little, of 8partaaburf, jB, C, and Leslie Evans and Company " New York, and associates, . was announced hee today. The mills contain about 70,000 spindles and 1,600 looms. The jnirchflM price was not announce HIGHC0STSSIR1K GER NS PLOTTED Mil DURING E Former Agent of Military Intel ligence Tells of Hun Activi ties In Mexico DR. ALTENDoSfWAS EMPLOYED BY TEUTONS Predict! That Germany Will Have Complete Economic Control of Mexico Within Six .Months After Ratification of Treaty; Says Carranza Co operated With Germans Xew York, Aug. 23. Bevelation oJ extensive German plots in Mexico dur ing the war, which included a proposjd invasion of the United States by s German-Mexican nrmy of 43,000 men, at the same time that the Germans launched their last drive on the west ern" fro at in July, 4918, was msde here tonight by the National Association for the Protection of Americsn Rights In Mexico, which gave out a statement Hv Dr. P. B. Alteadorff, formerly of the United States Military Intelligence De partment, reciting his experiences ss an American secret service agent in that country. Dr. Altesdorff, the son of a PoIh'u banker in Cracow, Austrian Polsnd, abandoned a medical course in the Uni versity of Vienna at the outbreak of tho war and) fled to Mexico where he waa offered a position as a German spy to operate against the United States by Kurt Jahnke, head of the. German secret service ia Mexico. Eaters Germany's Employ. "With prtended reluctance, bnt with secret joy, I secepted," hs said, "and at once found myself in I position lo render valuable service to the Allies in general sad to the United States in particular." Ho opened communication with the border he a volunteer worker to the Military Intelligence Departramr, he claims, snd wns later sworn in as a special sgent of the Military Intelll. genes) Department. "v. Tho association states that it his ia. vestigstcd his elalms and that Brigadier General Marlborough -Churchill, , the head of tho military intelligence de partment, "spoke i terms of the high est praise of tho teal and trustworthi ness of Dr. Altendorff and the great value of the services rendered. " Ia add.tioa to explaining his activi ties in Mexico, Dr. Altendorff wsrns ths people of the United States sgaiast a proposed German commercial conquest in Mexico. "Within six months sfter the United 8 tat r a ratifies the treaty of peace," he soys, "Germsny will - have complete eecnomle control of Mexico. Within a very few years, if they are permitted to carry out the plaas they hsvs for mulated snd sre now executing is rap idly ns thcV csn, the Germans will have absolute economic, political and military control of Utin-Amerjea, with head quarters in Mexico." The P imposts' Invasion. Beferrlng to the proposed invss'.on of tho Imted Htates,. Dr. Altendorff sets forth thst in his dual capacity as a captain in tho formaa army and a colonel In the Mexican army he helped traia 900 German reservists in Snnorn, who were to form the nucleus of the proposed German-Mexican army, and that ia his true character as sn Ameri can secret service agent he prevented the raid from being carried out. Tbia ambitious scheme," he says, "wns finsaerd by Von Eckhardt (Ger man ambassador to Mexico), and was undertaken with the eo-operatioa of Carranss. Dr. Altendorff, eaumerating his ser vices is Mexico, says in part: Captnren German Agent. 'I delivered into the haada of the ited States military authorities the U German agent Lnthar Witeke, alias Pablc Wahirski, the most important In dividual rapture of the war so far as America waa concerned. Wahirski boosted to me that he had blown up several munitions plants snd stores of rxplnsins including the Black Tom explosion in New York; blew np some ships aad caused disastrous forest tires of the Pseifie Northwest "Wabirski waa oa his way to the United States by way of Nogales, Aria.; oa another mianiou of murder and rie- . structioa when captured with me. On mmw his person wns found a copy of the German imperial code, and this is un derstood to be the first time that rode came into the possession of the Amer ican government. Wabirski waa court martialed and from the fact thqt his ease ia before the President for review is believed to have been sentenced to death, the only Germany spy to receive such a sentence in the United Htates. "I also betrayed 5 other Germna ageata aad thua ens bled the military Intelligence department to keep effec tive watch on them, not to mention some renegade Americana who were giving sid snd comfort to the enemy." Tells of Other Activities. Other acts for which Dr. Altendorff claims credit include: Discovery of - two Germsn wireless stations in Mexiro, capable of receiving messages from that country; reporting the plan for the Germnn submarine raid along the Amrricaa coast ia April 1918. one month before it actually took pure; reporting agenta seat by Oer maas is Mexico to polsoa cattle ia the United Ststes, aad the revelation of a plot by four Germans to blow tin the hydro-electric plant at Niagara Fills, Calling atteatioa to German commer cial plans ia Mexico, Dr. Altendorff reports thst tho first attempt to carry out aa ambitious Germaa scheme for the reason Is cosqscst aadj altimate ' . (Csatlaoed oa Psgo Two.) ; ' EIGHT MEXICAN BANDITS REPORTED CAPTURED BY SOLDIERS OF MEXICO. , ; , ' ,; Marfa, Texas, Asg. ML Eight ban- J Its, believed to be pert of the Jesus aateria gang, which ; kidnapped Aviators Peterson snd Dsvls, hare beea captured by Mexican Federal troops at Coyame, Chihuahua, ac cording to a report to Col. George T. Lang home from Mexican . Consul Cosmo Beagoechea at Prcsidii V alghU E ENDORSES LEAGUE Cotton Brokers Praise Wilson As Leader of Vision And Great Courage DENOUNCE SENATORS WHO , ARE BLOCKING TREATY 1 " For Third Time In History of America, This Country Faces Crisii, Letter States, and Fortunately Each Time a Leader Has Been Provided To Lead Country Safely The News snd Observer Bureau, 003 District National Bank Bldg. By 8. K. WINTER9 (By Hpecial Leased Wire) Washington, D. C, Aug. 23.r Members of Congress from North Carolina are considerably elated over a letter given widespread circulation by Thompson A Mullen, cotton brokers of Greensboro. N. C, in which President Wilson is praised for his sanity and vision and Senators Cabot Lodge, William Borah James Reed and Thomas Gore are de nounced with incisive words for their partisan activities in opposing the League of Nations. The letter bears the formal title "God s Country'1 snd in seven brief psrograplis the qualities of terseness, force snd lsnguage are mixea in even proportions and with un failing effect. . . Senator Borah Is characterized as one who is controlled by his over-weening ambition, 8enater Reed, as one who is naming a personal 1 grudge ; Benator Lodge s one who is prostituting , a learned mind to petty partisaa ends and Senator Uore as one whoso erring ways have blurred his put statesmanship. Ths Greensboro merchants 'visualised thia period ae the third time that Amer ica has come to a fork in the rogd Washington, Lincoln and Wilson as the triumvirate of Moses to lead tho people out of the wilderness. The letter of the eottos brokers of the Gate City follows: Third Crisis of Country. Twice already have we Americans come to a parting of the wsys snd in each ease we were led aright chiefly by the strength and sanity of a single man. -Without Washington , the United Btntes of America could hardly have been born, and without Lincoln our nn- : tion's health, if not indeed its very life, could hardly havo been saved. "And now for the third time we have come to a fork ia the road. Whom now should we follow f What wan among us have shown the greatest range of vision! What man ia these recent wretched years has given moat strength and com fort to human . bunds snd hearts throughout sll the earth I "Confidently we believe t jut a world wide plebiscite would give t tlies sim ple, searching questions an answer practically unanimously. "Cannot we who are familiar with the intimate story of our country recall Itow Washington was blackguarded and maligned by those about him of stag nant minds and hollow hearts! Can we not recall the vicious criticism and contumely from which Lincoln suffered and how purbling snakes, rosing aa statesmen, drove their fangs through to the heart of that splendid struggling, upright ninnf Ths Blind lesdlag the Blind. "And recalling these things, can we not accurately analyze the present ae tivitiea of Lodge playing the tawdry academician and prostituting a learned mind to petty partisan ends, of Borah the advocate rather of bis own ambition than hie country's all,' of Reed shaken j by the wind of personal pique, and of Gore whoso blindness seems at last to have touched his soul. Can we not i sound the shallows of these self-centered I spirits and turning from them to a just and calm contemplation of Wood I row Wilson, ean we not grasp his purity tof purpowef Csn we not aee tho man I shaking off the shackles of selfishness, I filling his lungs with the fresh sir of , altruism and standing up to fight in ' God's behalf snd man's for the prise of ' his high railing for that most precious praise which posterity alone ran justly give! -If we, the people, can but see these things, America for the third time will take the path which leada in the way of God'' patient plan and this time there surely is some reason for the hope thst a worn snd weary world will follow her to peace snd r'vil righteous ness Snd rest so trulv snd so oalv. shall w show uorselves the sovereign citizens I of 'God's country.'" j Commission Visits Belgium. j Preparatory to beginning extensive i work in Belgium a commission of the j V. rVrhnrcr.. Houth, is to soil from New York next Friday to make a survey of j the field snd to report on the feasibility tr the progrsm of work already mapped Out , .. I -j. '.. The commission is composed of Bishop Jnmes Atkins, df AshevllU, N. C.t John R. Pepper, of Tennessee! Dr.,Belle H, Bennett, of Kentucky, and Mrs. Luke G. Johnson, of Georgia. They will arrange for the opening of extensive religious snd philanthropic work Is Belgium, France and other war-torn countries. Carolinians la Waahlaiten. - Orin C. Lloyd, of Durham, N. C., a son Nan i CAVALRYMEH WAIT BEFORE GOING Oil United States Troops Plan Tc Capture Jesus Renteria't Gang of Bandits SEVENTH CAVALRY GO " TO ASSIST SOLDIERS" On California-Mexican Border . American and Mexican Troops Are Making Discour. aging Search For Two Other Aviators Who Recently DU ' appeared; Villa's Gang Skips Marfa, Tex Aug. 23. United States ' army cavalrymen tonight wen - en camped oa Mexican coil far southwest ' of here, awaiting daylight to make the final dnsh to the hiding place of the remaining bandits of Jesus Renteria't gang, charged with the capture and holding for ransom of aviation Ueuten ants Davie and Petersoa. '. ., Two troops of the seventh cavalry or crossed the border during vi day, bul soon returned, according to official as nounccment of military commanders. ' Two tropos of the seventh cavalry or dored across ths border opposite Fatrtns . Texas, this morning in pursuit of Mexi csn cattle thieves, were ordered to re. ' turn late in the afternoon by Brigadiet ueneral James is. fcrgln, commander Oi the El Paso District. aFilure to loeati the trail of the bandits wss gives al tho reason for the withdrawal. Scad Another Detachment. Another detachment crossed the' Rie' Grande during the day in the Big Bend country ia search of lost army mules. U... . -1 - 4. - j .. . . . uui rt-imuru biici icw nours will i as missing animals. On the California-Mexican border Americana and Mexican troops are main, talnlng a discouraging search for Lieu tenants Frederick B. Waterbouae and Cecil II. Connelly, of the ninth sort sqnsdron, who disappeared' last' Wed nesday after they left Yuma, Arizona, on a return nigm.xo aocxwen , JTlsld, San Diego, Calif. , f v (lMt t AhIah'a tnntJ - 4m W ' .MM.UOT, . ,11131 commander of the C'srrauza Jorees ia the Ojinaga district, Is moving from CuehJllo Parado to Coyame oa the road to Chihufchaa City according to Mexi-. can Coraui Cosmo Bengoeehea at Presidio, Texss. Coyame is near where the American aviators fell last Sunday. Ths consul said Pruncda had 00 troops in his command. Ho left the Ojinsga garrison with a cavalry column soon after the Americsn troops cross id, Dsnger of a clash with Villa follow erj under Hlpolito Villa, brother of Francisco Villa, is regarded hero as Improbable now ss Hlpolito Villa and his band are now believed to bo in the southeastern part of the Ojinaga dis trict, fsr distant irora tlie one ef operations of the American expedition. Panning Other Bandits. Tho Mexican consul's telegram said the information esnre from Gen. An tonio Pruneda in the field near CoyameV The general also said he was- retura ing to Cuehillo Ptrsdo la pursuit of other bandits. , , Pruncda also asked that Americas aviators reconnolter the country neiir Las Pnlomas, Chihuahua, where Villa bandits had beea reportetl. ., The reported eapture of the bandits Is taken to confirm earlier reports thnt Hie Mexican Federals were co-operating with tho American expeditionary forsM, It was believed here that the bandit 'would be executed at Chihuahua City after courtmartlal, as General Dieguei has been conducting a vigorous esm paign against banditry in Chihuahua. March la Single Colaaasu The American punitive expedition to day continued its march towards III objective, which was a new field base that is being established. It was tho first time the entire expedition has marched ia one column, ss the troops have been operating in separata eoU umns to run down reports of bandit locations. Scouts are searching in the mous tain canyona as they march, but it wsl admitted here that the belief Is that ths bandits are further south. The troops will spend their first Sunday in Mexico in the saddle, ss it is planned to make a forced march to reach the Andreas G. Garcia, Mexican consul genenil at El Paso, announced tonight' that a regiment of Mexican Federal troops would arrive at Juares tomorrow morning on a special train from CltU huuhua City to help rid the border dla trirt of Mexican bandits. . The Mexican country south of Fort Hancock is under the jurisdiction ef Gen. Francisco Gonsales, . commander . , i. . . . .i. , --"-- ..... , ... , troops in Jusrez, , .r HEiiiAns Haas saiu vn BORDER NEAR FORT HANCOCK. El Paso,' Tex, Aug. S3. Troop G. Seventh Cavalry, U. 8. A., stationed at Fabens, Texas, crossed the Rio Grande into Mexico Saturday morning at A o'clock. Lieutenant Robert Gay com mands the troops. The crossing followed a raid by Mex icans at Fort Hancock Friday night and the -theft of twelve horses oa this side of the river. Ths troops followed the trail of the thieves. f , Three Texas Rangers from Captain Stevens' command went with tho troops. Reports ia EI Paso that the America a force had overtakes the Mexicans and that fighting was La progress could not be confirmed. . . - - . Nothing waa given out at military iConti"iJ f Jwo.) .
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