Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-04-02

Major General Frederick Funston. Major
M. III Hay. hi~ rhict w ,IIff. and Collector
M tu-t"m- Frank Rabbi late Yesterday
AFTERNOON visited ihc point omu-itc La
Ru~cia-. where General Funston after
looking over ihr situation issued order
ihat Ny" \liiu -rldrr- Iu uniform hr luH-cr
permitted tn eros tu ilir American -idr ut
ihc Rio Grandc u WAS found bv General
Funston that thc NIla soldier were W.T.
thc American bank iur thr purpu-r WI
loading and transporting urru-- thc river
~urplic- ter thr Villa army
u i~ understood that. ~ hong a~ tire Gus
tom~ autuoriiic- permit thr passage, NV and
tru wv daylight huur~ w small huat- there
wil hc nu objection tp ritilcn- ma plain
rufhc- travelling between thc. American
and MrNicau sides. hut ihe order stopped
forthwith thr tree pa--agc pi uniformed
-uidicr- General Funston after issuing
ihc order found several Villa -uldirr- un
thr American bank. and they were iu-
~trucicd ~ return II Ncxico. Later when
There wu- wv boat WV thr American side
-ti another was discovered. and VI seemed
ton a time that hr would hc forced d" make
The crossing by swimming Tbs river. bui la-
TER Y boat appeared and wv Was taken
srru-- "A Villa officer W. ritilian'- cloth
my asked permission B" remain and guard
thc Villa supplies held up "n the Amcri-
cam bank WHEN thc customs auihurIiic- i~-
sued wv order prohibiting thr expectation
WI -upphc- ai that point while awaiting au
Interpretation ul ihr regulations un the
pur-ti"n trnn thc treasury department III
Washington.
Last NIGHT Emilio Cara. thc villa CON
-u wv Brownsville applied tu Major G.u-
c-l Funston iur permission n" rrp-- thr
supple on the American hank ai l.a-
Bu~ca- - the Mrrrau side. General fuu--
iuu informed him that thr matter Wa- w
thp hands ut lhr customs uuihnritit- und
Mr. Cara later took IA ur with Collector
of Customs Frank Rabbi. hv whom IT, wa~
informed that instructions concerning the
permit were being awaited from Washing
ton The supplr- include corn. hay ard
other feed, and food supplies lur the col
dicr~
~ me coldc-t April weather wv several
wears ono long. lunk McNirnn SWAIN the
n Rio Gr,indr at l.a- Ru-ria- late Yesterday
Iaftcrnoon The Mcxiran first asked Uni
Y ted ~tatc~ Customs Guard Marcus lime
whether W. would w permitted wv make
ithc trip. ~inrc there wa nu huai at hand.
The guard said that h. could net u-r A hnat
hui that jherc were no objections a. man
taking Y swim WI the river VI hr desired WV
WV -o The Mexican Wa- then referred tu
l.iruftnHni trlllrnhcr-rr. IN rnar-o nf thr
niird States army guard ai ihr point.
and ihc lieutenant ~sid also that hc ~aw
nothing ~ prevent au evening" exercise
VT thr muscles III the yellow waicr~ ui thr
-ilv.Iv Rio Grundr The Mrxiran prompt
In dl~rohed and plunged IN. llc cro~~co
tor the purpo~e ~ obtaining mc~-ag,
from General Rodriguez. ID W. delivered
on thr American side.
Major General Funston and hi- party
+ spent three quarter ~ au hour w th,
,irinity IN thc crossing. md NV and Muin
IIav made some nh-rr,uti,i- VA The Mex
-.ican side with the md ~ field -lu-~r-
The Nilli-ta~ were preparing % trans
port their ~upplic- acro~- the Rio Grand
NV large scale when the order stopping
the ne of the crossing Was ISSUED.
barge about sixteen feet lore. with rail
ing-. had been constructed and delivcrc
= ~ the American side VI the river uu
I wagon. and was about ~ bc lHunrhr
= when the order came. The barge in ~ti
mounted on the wagon