The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1916-07-13
PERSHING'S MEN
NEARER BORDER
Reports from FL Paso Say
the American Force Has
Changed Headquarters.
MINING MEN ASKED TO RETURN
Gen. Gales Guarantees Safety to
Property and Person II Operations
are Resumed.


Ell Paso, Tex, July 11.-Censore,
dispatches reaching here from thu
field headquarters Of the American
expedition in Mexico said General Per
shing's headquarters are nearly Ion
miles north, Of the Hearst ranch Al
Babicora, reported as taken over BY
the Carranzista government.
In military circles this was taken al
an intimation that the first of the ex
peditionary troops will recross the
border within the next few days. Il
was pointed out that a point 100 miles
north of Babicora ranch would lie
about sixty. miles south Of the Ameri
can frontier.
Invited to Return.
Douglas, Ariz., July 1.-THE man.
ayers Of several of the large mining
properties in Sonora held conferences
with General P. Elias Gales, military
commander of Sonora today, by his
request and personally received the
invitation of the Mexican government
to return to work with their foreign
employees.
General Gales guaranteed them
safety Of person and property. ]. s.
Williams, jr, general manager of the
Montezuma Copper Company at Naco-
zari; George Kingdom, jr., superinten.
dent of the Cananea Consolidated Cop
per Company at Cananea, and T. r.
Budro, general manager of Ell Tigre
mine at Ell Tigre. indicated that they
were ready to return to work as soon
as the United States embargo against
explosives had been raised. Until this
has been done none of the large COM
panies can operate, the managers
agreed.
Peace Farley is Delayed.
Washington, July 11.--Acting Sec.
rotary Polk Of the state department
and Eliseo Arredondo, Mexican am
bassador designate, conferred briefly
today, but in the absence of formal
instructions to the ambassador from
General Carranza no definite steps
were taken toward negotiations for
the settlement of differences between
the two governments.
The de facto authorities, Mr.. Are
dondO said, had secured more definite
information to the effect that bandits
were headed toward Boquillas or some
point near there on the Texas border |
The ambassador renewed the warning |
previously given American military |
authorities and gave assurances that
Carranza troops would make every ef-
fort to check the attempted raid.
The substance of the message was
forwarded to General Funston. 1t con-
tanned no estimate of the bandit
forces and made no mention of Villa
himself
May Guard Border Jointly.
San Antonio, Tex, July 11.-With-
out formal agreement it appeared
probable today that the plan of joint
guarding of the border country, pro-
posed by General Funston and Gen
eral Scott during their conference at
Ell Paso, might be worked out by off,
GERS commanding troops on opposite
sides of the international line. Cen
eral Bell at Ell Paso already has dis
cussed with General Gonzales plan
Of cooperative work, and Capt. A. v.
Anderson, commanding the American
troops at Preside. talked with Colo
mel Rojas, commandant of the Mexi.
can garrison at Ojinaga. on the oppo-
site side Of the river, of the best
means of preventing raids.
No instructions from departmental
headquarters have been sent to border
to enter into negotiations
with the Mexican officers, but it was
indicated at General Funston's head.
quarters that similar efforts would be
made by all American officers whose
face Mexican troops.
Seize Hearst Ranch In Mexico.
American Field Headquarters, in
Mexico, July 1.-THE great Hearst
.anch at Babicora has been taken
,ver by the Carranza government and
8 now operated by a manager in
stalled by the Carranza military au-
horities, according to statement by
John C. Hayes, manager Of the ranch, I
Who passed through here today on his
way to Ell Paso. /,
No War Now, obreson Says.
Douglas, Ariz.. July 11.-Gen. P.
ELIAS Gales today addressed heads Of i
american mining companies operat-
Nc in Sonora that he had received .
elegram from Gen. Aware Obregon. {
>arranxa's minister Of war, saying al Z
LANCER Of war with the United States
nd passed.
MANSFIELD Now In Iowa.
Des Hoines. Ia. July 10.-Accord-