Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-08-20
AMERICAN FLYERS
RETURN TO TEXAS
War Department Sends Order to
Follow Hot Trail Across
Border.
HOUR OF EXECUTION FIXED
However, Price De m d e d
Reached Mexicans in Time
to Save Lives.
HOUR OF EXECUTION FIXED
fRv univcrsal Scrvicc


WASHINGTON August lo-Arneri-
can troops tonight are in Mexico in
pursuit OF tho bandits who captured
and released, on payment of $500
ransom. Lieutenan,s Davis and Peter
son. Of the United States Army air
service.
ohcial announcement that units OF
the Eighth Cavalry had crossed the
Rio Grande. near Candelara. under
orders from tn" War Department was
made this afternoon. The bandits
rendezvous. where they held the
American army officers. is near Can
de!aria.
The War Department, also officially
ANNOUNCED the release OF the two
!ieuteaants
The pursuit., of the outlaws into
MeN.co was justified at the War and
t!!Eht OF one country 70 enter another
when following criminals on not
trali The fact that the bandits were
shrewdly brought back 20 the border
tniS morning with the prisoners makes
AN OLD trail a very hot one. and il now
.einains 10 6e seen whether the en-
forces was comrnunicated in any oiicia!
"aX TO the Mexican government
wbai lhers ,,;,,a lS no information here as to
When ne Learns that the cavalry troops
nave crossed the border The 1ues;jnn
Of ,,rodi me ,o no, ,ral" was discussed at
raid ny Mr.. Arr.dondo. Carranza's
an ,pa, pnan"ssador here, and Frank l.. Polk
men, mem e@unse!or Guns =! OF the State De part
american peace delegation in Paris
Need More Aircraft
inc present situation should de-
in,cLya, iveiop 10 The poin; Of forcing military
invading forces would ba ssrior.i,.
/ handicapped by "A lack Of adeouate
HI,I-r,G1iT,a,t' I,-,1i,t' according TO Brigadier- General
~, .',.a-m M'tcheI!. head OF the army
p p,,ie! Genera! Mitchell told the House
ar r'SS ION TGmmit,ee n today That the army
'"i'I an expedition into Mexico"
n announcing that troops had been
FdSrsd EsKJr ma 10 o.. cross the border Secretary
When the report came Of the can
tuTe OF these two officers and ;bai-
nSahg .SaIL ned for ransom. the hour Of
G.hy In default of ransom being naj,
mere was ot course no oprort,initv
! 70 nahs ,ha military rescue in that tirnc.
ransom be paid. and that force he
arranged to take up tho hot TRAN or
me bandits and pursue them win ~
nope "i being able 10 capture as many
wrong OF TINS
understand from the newsnan.-s
,hft ne captured officers have been re-
leased and returned 10 ,his ,.oun,r,
and no doubt the attcmpt 70 foilou. -; -
not tran has been arranged in accord
ance with the directions given by me-"
Hear Story of Adventure.
Inc story OF the adventures OF Lieu
IfG tenants Davis and Peterson is told in a
ment from Major-Gcncral Dickman
cpIntnanaer OF the Southern Depart
nn,t,;,. fn"ni: According 70 this dispatch. the
Grande by bandits and dcIiverad -
Captain Matlack" who was in com'
l;ano "t the units of the Eighth cav
airy arr, a. a. Sandeiaria The text OF Gen
eral Dickmans report follows:
II seems that the aviators went mn
ne p; Conchos. thinking that il was the
no rranue. ihc.r machine crashed in
MrNico some where near Falmir. on the
Conchos River. as Lieutenant Davis
mentioned seeing a railroad bridge over
the river. -
river and were captured on We,lnes
day near the ConchoS near Iacuru. ~
Churchillo lIarado They report seeinr
about about iwenty mounted men six Of
whom they thought were bandits
The loader of the bandits who
speaks English. says that he was edu
Gated in the United States and rail
roaaed IN Kansas, where he left an
ai,. a. ~ an" reg lie claims TO have
Sixty men under him.
Thought They Were in Tcxos.
THE lieutenants were then taken
toward the north and northeast until
they were about opposite Candelaria.
az! the while apparently believing that
thcy were in Texas. When their ma
chine crashed. i, was badly broken up.
They disabled the machine gun by
removing certain parts
ihey were we'll treated and had
enough TO eat. They were accornpanicd
ny three or four bandits to near Can
deiaria. Their parents have been noti-
he'd. Fuller details later"
Fuil information on the policy pur-
sued by the administration in cases
of Americans being kidnapped and held
Tor ransom by MeXicans is asked Of
the ate Department in resolution
intro uced in the House today by Rem
resentative La Guardia. Republican, of
New York.
The resolution also inquiries If anv
action has been taken to bring the
Kidnapping cases to the attention of the
Mexican government and whether ANY
form OF retaliatory measures have been
suggested TO Carranza.
In telegram tonight the War De-
partment was advised that a heavy
storm is raging in the Mexican coun-
try. and low visibility prevented the
a!rplanes from performing efficient
scout duty. However. the members Of
the Eighth Cavalry were pressing for
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