The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-07-12
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Fl Paso. Tex. July 11-"Pancho"
Villa has established headquarters
thirty-fve miles north OF Parrai,
where he Is accommodating supplies and
equipment for an extensive campaign
against the Carranzista forces, This
report was RECEIVED in Ell Paso today
from villa agents who openly boast
of their leaders plans, These men
are known to be we'll supplied with
money and are in daily communica-
ton with individuals who have arms
and ammunition TO sell 10 any who
will buy An offical order was re-
ceived from the Urea spry Department
in Washington today lifting the en-
hargo or all classes of exports, ex-
cept war munitions. AS long as the
blockade r. not com aleta the agents-
of both Carranza and villa say they
anticipate no trouble in getting gums
and ammunition across the border.
Embargo Lifted
The official order from Washington
reads rs follows:
"tn food-stufTs and clothing In
tended for Mexico may pass.
Shipments in railroad car lote
may pass upon the reciprocal
basis of ono car returned for each
car entered"
The reciprocal car stipulation VIII
not limit the shipment TO Mexico. Ac-
cording 70 the railroad authorities
there are thousands Of ears now south
of the border which Carranza cannot
realize on. 1t is expected that thess
will be released in order to facilitate
shipments from this side
The denial from Washington thai
any OF General Trevino's forces havd
renowned Carranza and Joined Villa
is not confirmed here. The informa-
ton obtained by military and state
Department officials is that the Car
rama forces are flockinE TO the Villa
standard faster than the bandit leader
can reorganize them. These reports
indicate rs wholly false Trevino's as
sertion that he has sent an army 70
attack Villa.
Bandits Roam At VIII.
Bandits are roaming the country
at will in southern Chihuahua On
Sunday night MARITIME Lopez attacked
the suburbs OF Chihuahua City, looted
a number of stores and reiterated only
a short distance. 1t has been defnite-
ly established by American army Off,
GERS that General Trevino made no
effort 20 capture Lopez. This bandit
leader Is a brother OF Pablo Lopez.
the villa colonel recently executed IN
chihuahua city for having directed
the Santa Ysabel massacre.
Similar conditions of outlawry pre-
vail. II is said, throughout the coun-
try traversed by the Mexico North-
Western Railroad from ChihuahuA
City to MADEIRA and thence northward
to the positions recently vacated by
General Pershing. Carranza garrt--
sons have been sent into this country.
but the bandits are not being dis
turbed.
Much of this information has been
transmitted by General Pershing from
Colonia Dublan to General Funston
at San Antonio.
Wants to Renew Chase.
1t Is understood the commander OF
the punitive expedition urged that he
be given permission to renew the ban
dit chase and was told that any such
orders must come from Washington.
An accurate statement has been OBJ
tanned. showing the present disposl-
ton OF General Pershing's forces
The extreme southern base II at n s
Vale, where General Dodd commands
brigade consisting of the Fifth Cav.
airy, Sixth Infantry and two batteries
north at Angostura near GaleanA,
Colonel Slocum 10 stationed with tho
Thirteenth Cavalry. General Per.
shing's main headquarters u 1t Co.
lonia Dublan. The troops IT tha<
point are the Seventh. Tenth and tho
Eleventh Cavalry. the Sixteenth and
Twenty-fourth Regiments OF infantry
and one battery OF tho Fourth Arftl
lery.
At San Joaquin. thirty miies uorfll
of Dublan. carbon has beeM -
tabiished OF the Seventeenth MnG11
Of Infantry ana oeuD4Ay ~