Putnam patriot., 1915-09-10
BORDER RAIDS SERIOUS.
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Washington Hears earranzista soL
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 Washington.-The Mexican border raids assumed a more serious aspect, when Major General Frederick Funs- ton, in series of reports Go the War Department dealing with the crisis in the Brownsville district, indicated that some of tae participants in the raids were Carre.asa soldiers. One of the reports forwarded by General Funston asserted that Carranzista forces and United States Army soldiers were fac ing each other across the boruer and were in danger of conflict. Another report was that shots fired at American Army aeroplanes flying along the American side of the border had come from Carranzista outpOsts. Capt Frank R. Mccoy, in a report trans mitted to Secretary Garrison by Gen eral Funston, giving details of the bor- der battle. said he had been informed that the raiding band was composed of smugglers and horse thieves with lAtttAAN sA-A NtA4 tltAaad o0AkAAEAC NAtEtL FAfA- leys" were fired from Mauser carbines at American troops. and that. from the fact that Mausers and Ninehes- ters were used. he surmised that Car ranzista soldiers were engaged.
 It is asserted that the attacks upon Americans resulted from the bitter feeling engeHdered by the circulation in Northeastern Mexico of picture postcards representing Texas Rangers on horseback with rope about the bodies of Mexicans killed recently at Norias. The Rangers. it is said, did not drag the bodies but posed for the pictures at the request of a photo grapher.
 From Carranzista sources came de- nials that Carranzista soldiers had been engaged in or assisting the raid CTS. General Nafarrete, who com mands the Carranzista forces in the Matamoros district, when informed of the attack on the American aero planes. asserted that he could not be- lieve shots were fired by bis soldiers. To Aid conviets After Release.
 artford.-GIarence M. Thompson of this city, secretary of the Connec. ticut Prison association, has begun q system by which he will be able to keep in closer touch with the eonviets released from the state prison and in whose welfare the association takes an interest. The system has never heen treid in this CT any other state. and in a measure will be in the nature of an experiment. It will include the card plan. He will keep a record of the names of the released convicts and their places of residence It is his intention to be in constant touch with them so that he may at all times know how they are getting on; if they are employed, and if they are in need of assistance
 MT Thompson said that the oper- ation of this system would enable the state to determine the actual result of it's penal system. He said he did not expect the system to be complete success at first, but even if it woul1 enable him to keep informed of the conditions of 50 per cent of the dis charged convicts somthing would have been gained At present there was no way of finding out how the con victs had turned out after they had left the state prison. MT. Thompson said Connecticut was away ahead of any other state in the manner in which discharged prisoners were look ed after.
 Annual Meeting Soon.
 The annual meeting of the asso- citation will be held next month. Secretary Thompson is preparing his report to be submitted to the meet ing It will contain reference to the number of prisoners discharged dur ing the year-Nbout 27-and to those who were paroled. He will inform the board of what was done to help the men to get on their feet. The association was able to carry on it's humanitarian work at an ex- pense of about 5000 The expenses were met from the small appropriation of the state and tn evoluntary contri- buttons of private citizens.
 Including the help to men who are out on parole, the association has as- sisted in the neighborhood of 150 convicts during the year. Some have been helped with gifts of money, others by putting them in way of obtaining employment and a few by encouraging advice.
 MT. Thompson said he was always oa rafyiI a ahout the Diacinp of man in positions.