Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-09-07
 FlRGEI OF MEN | CARRANlA ARMY
LLs.ral Funston Reports |'at bat Troops and Airmen Fired Upon.

4s
 ..nington. sept. 6.-Major 7 Gen
 s T,n ston reported today that
 .ralnNafarette,. the Carranza, com
 tIa. aar af Matamoros, again had de-
 ata tht caranza troopers were raid
 .sa n' Mexican border, and 9purpos-
 .ao uinging more Carra nza, troops to
 ,.avican side to suppress disord-+
 M1H Ths rarranza authorities have
 ,ested ed a conft ftrence to arrange
 @ 'aotion General Funston's mes
 .;ncluded the following report
 rolonel ,BullarI at brownsville:
 rsrranza consul states to me. Chat
 Is. sa. I today in person informed Ma
 .ss .ts at Matamoros of the fact that
 ,y, sr;cans and Carranza troops are
 'morning facing each other near
 sion. and in danger of conflict;
 M MNafarette replied he would order
 ,roops to move back from banks
 AK river, and that any shooting
 Mexican side, would be by men
 ar nhan his; that yesterday one 'stitutionalist officer was killed
 ane civilian wounded in fight
 mes river at Cayayos. already re- Fted by Captain. Mccoy. .s,3
 Wants Conference. ss9ms consul sugge sted conference American military authorities with, yican constitu ionalist. military au- Dritisg to try to avoid difficulties, l baed That I would inform m. | depart lep T, |.Grtonstitutionalist consul visited me Iturday gnd said that Friday after on. while an American laeroplane in flight here, his vice consul gard shots froms:. MeS tcan..., side ot Eef sp1 1afentl directed sat. the acre ] e bne SHsssreperted.to General Nata- Et, who said SHe helftdN nos believe |e, shots .yera fir aad lux Ms soldiers 'e inc at that very hour had them m 1 kfasgembled fof sreaw at Mafa5z: |5jos, Nafarette Ma eafer or sug- Elions that. sJaores tIonstitutionalist bSpssbe ofdened < t., aatamor osi for (e!!9afEb0s fEb0s of f Cd q5 eratsngs from the |eiican ideStn, gnping. baM1it cds- |alrs along thasriver fa tpst thg |mfrican, siaas ssss 2, 1ss;Si, yss
 |eEonsul added for ih fiis be- Hl lthat recent firing from the Mexl- ||f side silaa been by mem M'ho orns un-- ftlsd conditions in Mexico for some sass shave turned from honest men ito outlaws, and that he will by wire nd letter at once report, explaining xfitons to Issneral Carranza and to ie eConstitutionalist, representatives Washington. #, vg A rsp .s z9 sgs.,s a.cbnsui emphasized repeatedly aierette,s .fs,lggesion of ordering 6f sSa stifufiona1ist trdons to atamoros' district for the purpose ,AAcQgogsrstion <,wisl Amsrican au- orities to stop passage of the river 7 bandits"
 Another Message hy Rul'ard.
 Another message from Colonel Rul- I'd to General Funston, sent Sunday ght from Brownsville, said:2 q. "Aeroplane in vicinisy of Browns He has been fired on three separate nes. Some 100 shots were count !. It has been over United States rritory all the time. Our ou;posts International bridge and one at ownsville pumping plant locate fir gas coming from big bend in river st west of Brownsville,a probably om Mexican outpogss, as the firing September \ wss from sane To-, lity. The men firing from the south pk of the river are Carranzistas. At same time that firing on aero anes was going on our outpoSts at evansville pumping plant were cd on. This fire wras returned. No Sualties on our side"