The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1916-04-07
OUTLAW BAND IS
ROUTED IN RAID
Thirty to Forty ViIIistds Killed
In Surprise Attack.
U. S. CAVALRY IN PURSUIT

Colonel Brown With Squadron OF
10th Regiment Comes Upon Bard
Near Aqua Calientes-Border knowa
Nothing of Bandits Whereabouts--
General Reyes Would Surrender.
San Antonio, Tex, April 5.-A de-
tachment of the Tenth cavalry under
Colonel Brown surprised a band OF
Villistas Sunday at Aqua Calientes
and killed between thirty and forty
bandits. The cavalry dashed upon the
bandits while its members were pre-
pairing dinner and their mounts were
turned loose to Craze. 1t is declared
thirty or more horses were captured
by the American troops.
Such is the report which reached
General Funston from General Per-
shing. The American troops encoun-
tered the band Saturday and had
trailed it for nearly twenty-four hours
through a rough country and severe
storms. No casualties in the Ameri.
can ranks are mentioned in the re-
port. The scene of the battle was
twenty miles southeast Of Bachinava
The routed band, or rather those
who escaped American bullets, start
ed in the direction Of San Antonio
and were being pursued at last &C
counts by Brown and his men.
Nobody Knows Where Villa Is.
Ell Paso, April 5.-Nobody knows,
SO far as the American border can
learn, where Villa is. The American
forces admit that they have lost him
and the Carranza officials reluctantly
make the same admission. All claim
that Villa is in this region. George
Carothers, state department agent
here, and z. L. Cobb, customs collec-
tor, who file all reports to Washington
admit that they do not know where
Villa is, and neither of these men has
any sources of information not avail
able to the newspaper correspondents.
The fact Villas forces have inten-
tionally or otherwise been split into
so many bands makes it impossible
for the American or Carranzistas to
say what band he is accompanying. Re-
ports are going the rounds that he has
grown a long beard and that he has
shaved his mustache. These reports
of temporary DISCUSSES are as often
circulated as the reports Of his where
abouts and his intentions.
Villa General Asks Amnesty.
Authenticated reports have come
from Torreon stating that General
Canuta Reyes is negotiating with the
Carranzistas for the surrender Of his
command. Amnesty has been prom
ised If surrender is made in ten days.
Reyes has asked six weeks on the
ground that he cannot summon In all
his men from the surrounding country
in ten days.
CarranZistas fear to grant more
time, lest Reyes is merely playing a
game to receive protection until Villa
can reach him.
Working for Harmony.
Governor Enriquez and American
Consul Marion Letcher are working
hand in hand to preserve a state of
peace between the two republics and
are allaying troublesome rumors as
they arise among the people.
General Enriquez has had circulars
issued stating the nature of the pres
ence Of American troops in Mexico
and their purpose of exterminating
the Villistas. In these circulars,
which are posted about the city, he
has stated the conditions under which
the expedition is operating and calls
upon the people to respect the wish Of
President Wilson and lend themselves
to the principles of peace.
Herrera 10 Loyal.
AS for the report that General
Herrera has broken with the Con-
stitutionalists few believe it, and Her.
rera has denounced it. 1t was not Gen.
eral Herrera nor Colonel Cano who
caused apprehension at Chihuahua
following the American expedition in.
to Mexico, out a general on the stat
at Jacinto B. Trevino, commander OF
the Constitutionalist army of the
northeast. The name of this ofIlcia;
Y
sources 1t is said this general had a
command of $500 men and had been
ordered to Chihuahua from Torreon.
Upon reaching Chihuahua he express-
ed himself as hostile to the idea Of
American troops on Mexican soil and
is said to have misunderstood coli-
pletely the purpose of the expedition.
Before he had time to cause any
large detection of the troops under
General Gutierrez, he was recalled to
Torreon by the First Chief. where he
is now in command of one of three
sectors under the leadership Of Gen.
eral Trevino.
The threatened trouble was sup
pressed and the blame fell upon the
shoulders of General Herrera and his
chief of staff Colonel Cano.