Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-24
new CARRANzA NoFE
En- , ROUTE, MAY DRMANR
ARMY RETURN AToNIp NJ
Message to wasbino,.. !.
ever, Regarded as for orr M How.
consumption--Menacee'tt,p n e't,ps s
Border Denied :
PRAISE FOR COL. SIR, !,


WASHINGTON, NAV .,
Agent Rodgers notified tha S.7spe'lsl
partment today that he had 1.'s k.' ..
vised that Carranza had disns .s'a s.'a q
note to the United States hsd a'snsd
MESSENGER Rodgers dispatch ..p' .p''''l
,ntlmation ,, of what the note eos,''. ss's 2
1t will arrive early next week Es'''''sl
WASHINGTON, May 2l-o.
Funston today reported ~ l'enQ'l
Department that rumor had ~ Ms
MN that the native pOpuIa.ios s'a
MADEIRA, Mexico, SIS heinz 49,. .,ya
rise against the Americans ' psS =
General Pershing's force l. s
near MADEIRA. General Funston .aapa s,s
state the source of the rumor u~
any intimation of the persons ;n.,.' sN
the civilians. '"Sl'ns
ELL PAso' Tex, May 24.--Flru, ~.
Carranza's demand for the imnsa,... sa''' 'A
drawal OF American troops IN ~ we
received with equanimity on the ho.s..'''.'s :
day The latest note dispatched i tr.
ington by special messenger ,s
here as document written for ,qa... ''a ' \
sumption" "e eOh
Mexican officers in Juarez adnIt,sa i.
sne reopenlng or diplomatic neeotist,os.
were unlikely to make anv cbass. souatona alna
military situation in the near fntass ~ us
expressed at Washington that the ...ss = We
OF $4,000 Carranza troops toward H. s'i,.'y 1suny
ican border was a Threatening rnovs,"aa'
were decried by General Gaylra m,,,s~..
commander at Juarez, who said "''''ny
"Fhe concentration of Mexican tyoo,.. i
Chihuahua and Sonora was ordered ~,
tney. might replace the American poIds,s
going BACK to their own country. n..
Government Is resolved to stamn ~, Nv Wy
ditry in the sections where lawlsssrss. Oaa. ~.
been prevalent" 'sS = ~ -,
Lieutenant Colonel Alvarez and sro,...
Mexican named Torres, prisoners s',.s n "a.
Slbley-Langhorne punitive expedition ~,
arrive in Marathon this afterno6n r,,a,saa
by a detachment of the SIN Co..
Alvarez. the chief prisoner, is one N ~,
three Mexicans left by the Glen snrins.
raiders to guard employees Of she Booulis,
mine and who was in turn captursd e
thS hiSii iiC iidu DeeH leIt 10 guard. Tnrrar
the second prisoner, was Captured ~ =
appeared with his tongue swollen And me-
at a water hole guarded by Anercsn
troops
"The bandits are scattered until no,,
do not believe there is more than n..
together" said Colonel SibIey just beso,.
leaving Maria, where he will arrange trans
portation for his regiment back 10 ts rSttol
posts at Laredo, Del Rio and Earle Pas
We learned the bandits intended to hor.
back to FL Pine, Mexico but for sOn,.
reason they did not. They have 60 arotssd
the country against them by their outrss,s
against, Mexican girls and by theIn lootnr
that the bandits will get short sympathy
even from their own country"'a st.s
Colonel Sibley received warm telegram
of congratulation from Major General
Funston, in which the feat Of trayelInk SO1
miles in IL days and bringing bach Ms
command without injury and on thsafguaI I.
mounts is given due recognition.
The possibility of Colonel SibIeya getting
brigadier general stars out Of the *.
pedition is considered among army oaicefs
here He is the Oldest colonel In point ot IS
actual service in the army and Is the senior
of all cavalry colonies now on active service
Sibley will be 81 years old next November
and at that time is subject to retirement