The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-14
BANDITS ROUTED BY|
 AMERICAN SOLD|ERS|
Last Band of Cervantes' Fol
 lowers Dispersed
SITUATION IS GRAVER
Newspapers of Interior Show Increas- ing Bitterness Against the United States-Pl0t of Carranza Troops
 to Loot PresidiO Frustrated

l Field Headquarters, General Per- bus, N. M. June 13.)-The finishing blow was given the largest surviving band of Villa followers in Chin uahua at daylight. June g. by 20 men of the Thirteenth cavalry under Capt. Otto l W. Rethrst in a flashing canyon fight 1 20 miles north of Santa Clara, near here. The Americans were unhurt. l The Americans routed 25 bandits, killing three, wounding several and ieapturiRs all stlieis horses and. sad dd les, some rifles and several thousand rounds of ammunition. The band was completely crippled.
 1 A night ride brought the Americans i they followed fresh horse tracks. Rid ing at a gallop they rounded a can yon turn within 200 yards of the ban dits. who were encamped in grove of pines, It was complete surprise. There was a headlong rush among the Villa followers who. half clad, grasped rifles and fought from behind trees. l The Americans dismounted and with 1 in three minutes had routed the ban dits, who abandoned everything and sought refuge in the rugged noun tains. For four hours the Americans continued the pursuit. climbing over the mountains afoot and fighting from the shelter of rocks. Several Mexicans were shot, but neither their bodies nor the wounded were recovered.
 l This band is said to have been the largest surviving remnant of the force of Candelaria Cervantes, who was killed three weeks ago in a brush with Americans
 NEWSPAPER MORE BITTER
 Fl Paso, Tex, June 13.-Newspapers brought to Fl Paso today from several cities in the interior of Mexico showed an increasing animosity for Americans 1 Editorials in most of them referred tc Carranza recent note as a slap in the l face for Uncle Sam,' while stories o1 volunteer corps organizing for duty fr case of international trouble were ire quent.
 | The principal article in a leading news i paper of Saltillo, a semi-official organ pointed out tndt While the cOloSSuS oi the north has an advantage in numbers and supplies, the history of the Spanish peninsular campaign shows that poorly equipped troops were able to break dowr the great army of Napoleon, and guer-
 rilla tactics now should be able, in the event of intervention, to wear out the forces of the United States.
 Today's reports to local mining com. panies from their representatives in Chi
 huahua City and Parral indicated thai 1 the anta gonism against the United States continues and minor disturbances ar. 1 frequent. but that the military had the people sufficiently under control to pre- vent violence. Apprehension here for the safety of Americans in those cities abatet on receipt of these dispatches, although a number of rumors, all apparently with
 out foundation. that several American. had been killed in Chihuahua City. were current here during the day.
 BLAMES CARRANZISTAS That some Carranza officials are be. bind the sudden outbreak of anti-Ameri can feeling in the republic was the as l sertion today of a well informed Mexi l ! can upon his arrival from the interior He said that they are supporting agita
 tors for the double purpose of creating support and sympathy for the Carranzs {; government in it's financial and industra 1 troubles and embarrassing the American administration. In this way, he ex I plained, these officials hope to force th, ] withdrawal of the American troops which would be diplomatic victory fol the de facto government. But. he added while these officials have paid the agi tators, they have kept the mobs we'll il
 hand to disprove any possible charges O. anarchy in the republic.
 Reports to the Mexican consulate her.
 today told of the capture at Temosa !: chic, Chihuahua. of Col valentin Vas
 ques and Lieut.. Alejandro Arranda. yilis
 sCsntiased sp p.xe rwelves