The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-03-15

- k1rasr has shown again Ia : nnm-
u place. Al EAbsnA thirty
- east 81 81 paso. two company
&obofted attempts OF small groups OF
eox5cans 10 loot stores and get sup
3~11eR m one running battle with q
xknma o. tweuty bAndits y squad OF
x1xoopera captured eight Mexicans who
oftempted to make a stand on an Ia
n 1nnd. The Mexicans put up q night
unftf their ammunition ran out and
then surrendered with plea for their
lives.
Railroad Detective Charles Bulger
4 eikhted fourteen Mexicans armed with
$3.50 rifles and carrying cartridge
heks bristling with shells, in an adobe
nut on the Santa Fe tracks. two miles
from FL Paso, He notified Lieutenant
Eheiienbarger at Fort Bliss and two
the hut They surprised the Mexicans
and captured them without shot
Each prisoner had 90 pounds of am
xnunition in addition to his rife, and
majority OF them carried one or more
pistols. All were lodged IN the Ell
Paso jail.
yfiiistas In Jail
They are in company with num-
her of we'll known Villista sympath-
szers who have held commissions tir-
der villa in former campaigns. Among
thexe are Generals Jose Ysabel
Hobies. Carlos Jaureoui, Carlos
Amueilos Santiago de Ia Venga,
pascual Tostado. ex-chfef OF police or
chihuahua and Antonio Medinavieta.
Gather of General Medinavieta. joss
-oronscc, cousin of the general OF
shat name killed some months ago by
sAmertcan ranchers. II another of the
ersr4 seupf-a In the city tall
Naco, Ariz., according TO dispatches
here, spent sleepless night with
women and children sleeping in the
school houses under guard and armed
scstizens and Texas Rangers patroling
the town.
FL paso is practically under martial
law Members Of the Provost Guard
walk the streets with rifles over their
shoulders instead OF the ''slumber
sticks" they have carried heretofore.
in the Mexican quarter, every Next
gan house is searched every day for
arms and ammunition. In one house
In South FL Paso Street two dozen
Mauser rifles and 100 rounds OF am" !
munition for each gun were found, 7
THE guns were confiscated and the
3housa-ow-ner, Pablo Orto, put in jail. /
Il Clerks in every store in the city
nave been armed by their employers
Against possible raids and, though no /
trouhle has yet occurred beyond
Jew scattered fights between civilians
and Mextcans, a majority Of the men
of the city are carrying pistols under
siseir coats.
III Censorship Established.
u A strict censorship oil all news has
been established at Columbus. where
General Pershing and the troops now
are, and II Is reported that the CEN 1
ss.rship will be extended 10 Ell Paso
ed other border towns with the ar
rival OF Rrigadier-General George
BELL. Ir. who will assume charge OF
she soldiers at Fort Bliss and other
points in the Fort Bliss district some
A4fffe Wednesday. Photographers and
showing picture camera men have been
barred from the lines at Columbus.
md General Persning has established
n rule TO talk only 10 the accredited
war correspondents whose credentials
from the War Department entitle
them TO accompany his column when
Mhes troops meve across the border.
Dispatches late this afternoon from
Nsaiveston tell of the eutrainment OF
Ihe Twenty-tlird Infantry there this
9afternoon. making them due in Ell
~paso tomorrow. They will go into
Ramp at Fort Bliss on the ground for
r1nerly held by the sixteenth Infantry
5RuM Wlhil tlAG +EQAuu1A at
The Eleventh Cavalry, from Fort
1gelihorpe. Ca iK NJ Little Rock.
Ark. temporarily d4Hkyed by a burn
cd bridge. and will net arrive until
tomorrow night. The Twelfth Cav
airy. from North Dakota posts, will
arrive Wednesday night No reports
have been received at Fort Bliss as
10 the arrival OF the Fifth Cavalry
from posts at Fort Myer. Va. and
Fort Sheridan, I'll.
General Cecil Lyons, OF the Texas
National Guard, has issued an order
to his colonies to recruit their COM
panies TO full war strength OF $50
men and to enlist only such men as
will sign an agreement TO accept for
etgn service In a crisis" This order.
IL fulfilled, will bring the strength OF
the Texas guard to 2.5o0.