The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1916-06-29
Alarm Is Caused By Action of
Government In Receiving
Outlaws.
FOOD EMBARGO is LIFTED
Mexicans Are Permitted to Get
Necessities But No Arms Or
Ammunition - Bread Lines
Formed at Interior Points,
According to Refugees.

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for apprehension was found along the
border today in news of the gather
ing of strong forces of former Villa
sympathiZers under notorious chief
tains in the vicinity of Juarez, and the
close surveillance by the civil and
military authorities on former adher-
ents, who are now refugees in FL
Paso.
Gen. Jose Flores, commanding 800
infantrymen, is reported in Juarez
after making peace with the de facto
government. Gen. Manuel Banda,
once a Villa subordinate known to
be across the Rio Grande, and Man
uel Medinavietia and Jose Ysabel Ro-
| bells also have taken advantage of the
amnesty granted by Carranza. Still
| another former Villa leader, Col.
Maxine Castillo, has joined General
| Gonzales garrison in Juarez Cas-
tillo, who has been blamed for the
dynamiting of the Cumbre Tunnel in
| February, 1914, in which twenty-five
| Americans and fifty Mexicans lost
| their lives, recently returned to Mex
| ico via Vera Cruz from Cuba. where
he went after being released from
custody after the Cumbre crime.
The bandit raid near Hachita
| which resulted in the murder of Will
liam Parker and his bride. still was
| subject of speculation today in CON
nectiOn with the presence of the
ea11 T,,n III
| the apparent lack of protection af-
| forded the border from bandit raids.
| Their probable activities in the event
of hostilities gave rise to numerous
alarmist theories
Although the embargo on muni-
tions still is enforced rigidly at points
of entry, that regarding food is not.
Several wagon loads of foodstuffs
held up at the international bridges
! were released today after the consign-
ors received permission from Wash
| ington to send them across, in re-
sponse to protests against detention
of goods. That the food shortage is
| becoming more acute in the interior
of Mexico was declared by arrivals
| from the south, who told of bread lines
in Chihuahua City, Durango and Tor
| reon and brought photographs to sub
stantiate their statements.
Mexican refugees who reached the
| border today from the mining dis
| trict of Southern Chihuahua brought
stories of the organizatin of dynamite
squads" in Gen. Trevino's army. They
| said it is planned that should it be-
come apparent in the event Of war
| that the de facto troops could not
| hold the railroads, to destroy them
and the detachments now stationed
| along the Mexican Central and the
| Mexican Northwestern will be con
| centrated at Chihuahua City. Bombs
and hand grenades, it was said, were
being made by plugging the ends OF
small pipes after filing them with
powder, nails and scrap iron,
| The arrival of tho rirst national
guardsmen is being awaited with in
terest. Arrangements have been com
pleted for their camp sites, pro
visioning and drilling by regular
| army officers.
The largest guard since the present
| crisis developed was stationed last
night at the international bridges, al
| though no fear was expressed that
| should an outbreak occur, an at
| tempt would be made to rush the
| structure 1t was believed that should
foray occur, the attempt would be
made at some other points along the
river.