Evening star., 1916-06-12
MORE j. s. TROOPS
ARE LIKELY TO CO
TO MEXICAN BORDER
Calling Out of Additional State
Militia Regarded as Among
Probabilities.
RAID ON COLEMAN RANCH
MEETS QUICK VENGEANCE
Three Of Bandits Killed and Three
More Captured, According to
Today's Reports.
CURT MESSAGE TO FUNSTON
Regarded as Repudiation by Trevino
Agreement Entered Into by
Gems. Pershing and
Gavira.
RAID ON COLEMAN RANCH
MEETS QUICK VENGEANCE
CURT MESSAGE TO FUNSTON

Reinforcements are to be sent
to the Mexican border to enforce
a more vigorous policy for the
suppression of banditry and law
lessness, according to rumors
current in official quarters this
afternoon Among the regular
troops likely to be utilized is the
Ist Battalion of Engineers at the
y ashington Barracks, command
ed by Maj. w. P. Wooten, Corps
Of Engineers, and numbering
about GOO men.
One of the companies of that
battalion is at the training camp
at Plattsburg, N: Y, another is
at the training camp near Chat
tanooga, Tenn, and two other
companies are engaged in field
exercises at Belvoir, near Deco
guam, Va. Owing to the lack of
other available regulars, it is said
to be probable that call will is
sue fog mare militiamen to assist
those from Texas, Arizona and
New Mexieo, previously called
!. out for patrol duty along the
boundary.
Admits Conditions Worse.
Dehnite information on the subject Is
withheld for the present. but Secretary
Lansing makes no secret of the fact
that conditions in Mexico are getting
worse and that the outlook is serious.
There are strong indications that some
important step is in immediate contem.
tlation and the impression prevails.
that instead Of withdrawing the troops
now on Mexican territory, more are to
be sent into that country.
Increasing excitement and anti
American feeling throughout northern
Mexico Is described in today's dis
patches to the State Department. In
many cases. IT was said at the depart
naent. the Carranza authorities appear
TO be Indifferent to what is going on
Neither details of the reports nor in
formation as to the points heard from
were made public, on the ground that
-n.flh l,o
Handicapped
eoiiioials made no attempt to conceal
S"ir anxiety over the situation which
arently is crystallizing in the north
Mexican states, Many dispatches
Tearing on the subject have been re-
ceiyed during the last forty-eight hours
All were read Immediately upon re-
N,ipt by Secretary Lansing. and the
)re important were sent TO the White
House.
eEaually disquieting reports are reach
AZ the Department of Justice from its
: cents along the border and in the in
= ;rior Of Mexico. They were turned
-er to the State Department.
I Three of Bandits Killed.
LAREDO. Tex. June l2-Three Of
The band of Mexicans who participated
~ tie raid on the Coleman ranch were
Hell and three more captured today,
s~-@~ioiHS " d TcpOrt received mere.
The report did not make il clear
whether the pursuers were Texas
rangers or American troops in COM
mand Of Capt. Welborn. Since three of
the bandits were reported captured.
this accounts for nine Of the band.
Two saddles said to have been stolen
from an American ranch last week were
said to be in possession of the bandits
captured today
japanese Were Vindictive.
George Conover, an American cowboy.
who. with Arthur Meyers, was captured
by tire Mexican bandits that raided the T.
A Coleman ranch at San Samuel yester-
day. arrived in Laredo today after
thirty-miie trip on foot
Conover said the band which sought
10 driYe eighty head of horses across
the horder was composed OF I'VE Mexi-
cans and two Japanese. The Japanese.
be said. were later captured by de
fsfto sovernment troops. Conover
said he was treated well by the Mexi-
csns, but the two Japanese wanted to
The bandits left conover and Meyers
tcans to await their return. The Amer
tcans He'd. hiding in the brush when
tire Mexicans came back to look for
them.
A number of armed citizens and state
rangers were dispatched TO Webb, Tex,
north of here. today when IL was re-
ported that railroad bridges were
being burned. The report was found
GrQundiess, but the rangers took in
custody two Mexicans supposed to have
been connected with the band partici-
pafins in the Coleman ranch raid
Antt-American Meetings Held.
CHIHUAHUA CITY. Mexico. June IL.
~ 3aar6a. yure 11.-Mextcsns thronged
fcontinusd . t,1slfth paeey