Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-08-23
REPORT BANDITS
LAIR LOCATED AND
BATTLE IMMINENT
One Thousand Airplane
Bombs Are Shipped to
Border Town.
NO ANSWER TO PROTEST
BY STATE DEPARTMENT
Indicated That Statement Will
Be Forthcoming Some Time
Today.
RETAIN TROOPS IN SOUTH
Machine Guns to Play Big Part in
Running Down Men Who Dc
mandcd Ransom.
RETAIN TROOPS IN SOUTH
Machine Guns to Play Big Part in
Running Down Men Who De-
mandcd Ransom.

WASHINGTON August 22.-So reply
Ssson Of MesicaRP P'osss Gye BY 'ns Amen
can forces had been completed by
the State department tonight.
tina, the bandit jesus ns G Renteria' ia''Ss wtii
be surrounded within the next TWEEN
ty-four hours and that clash OF arms
Is certain TO follow"
that even though the Mexican ban
dts are run down, troops viii be
siderable time.
Army officers announced tonight the
.Npetdition would be continued until
the bandits arc caught.
This practically sums up the s!tua-
,ion on the Rio Grande border to-
nsh,. Secretary Of Wa. Baker an
dts Is continuing, but he refused to
discuss either the possible time TO be
spen, in searching for them or tho
prospects OF Withdrawing the Amcri-
can forces. The State Depa has
had he Official note from Mexico since
Yesterday. and the hellef exists here
Renterin Known ..The Fiend."
Word from Marta. Tex, tonight said
American, troops to apprehend Jesus
Rentcrta.v who is known along the bor-
de- as "The Fiend Reports re-
ce!ved in Marta tonight We're thar thC
rendezvous Of the outlaw gang, and
that II Is being surrounded In event
Inc DaNdllS ere a nome ~ lfH iiic
troopers arrive there is every indica-
,ion pitched battle VIII follow: This.
it is said may be expected within the
next twcnty-four hours
That the war Department intends 20
drive out the outlaws is indicated in
the announcement made tonight that
1000 a!rpiane bombs. which were or
dered 10 Maria from The IL 'aso avia-
;ion field They arrived today. Avia-
tors spent the day in testing out the
bombs in some Of the open country
along the border. Excellent results
were recorded.
Bombing Plane. Ready.
Two planes have already been
equipped for bombing and former
overseas man took UP one OF me SHIPS
thunderbolt from heigh, OF 1000
feet. Describing an arc !; fell within
zen sTfs 9 inc arnE w.TG 9ense cHater ns ve
feet deep and twice as wide.
The aviator stated that on the hard
Renter!a is crouchins the bombs would
do frightful execution. converting each
rock into a piece Of auxiliary shrapnel
According to a telegram from san
Antonio, headquarters OF the Southern
Military Department. American troops
will be maintatned along the border
Five Bandits SInin.
II was pointed out by the Southern
Department headquarters that five OF
the bandits have been slain and eight
suspects held. The army reports say
cavalry stormed the adobe hut last
night and Killed four men. This would
make the total number OF bandits ac-
counted for close 10 twenty. the num-
ber which Lieutenants Peterson and
Davis. the ransomed aviators, said they
believed were in the gang. Chief Rem
terra, however, claimed TO have Il fol-
lowing Of sixty.
Four more airplanes. are being fitted
out at Kelly Field. with strong radio
Drnnar1tiOn for call
10 the border tomorrow. There
an order given yesterday for more
send the machines with the strongest
radio systems.
The apparatus used on the fourteen
machines SO far sent TO the border will
carry 125 miles The ones being pre-
pared to leave will transmit ii message
900 miles.
wireless equipment for the planes
also has arrived and with the add:-
tional ships which came yesterday the
aviation is "all set" for any eventual
ity The bombs and machine guns Of
the aviators will play a very essential
part in the final cleanup If the bandits
fortress in the mountains and refuse
10 come out into the open where the
cavalrymen's rifles can get into action.
DEVELOPMENTS are expected almost
hourly here and the desire for quick
action permcates the members of
Colonel I.anEhorne's command here at
Maria almost as intensely as it does
the members Of the punitive column.
General Dickman set at rest reports
that the troops would soon he with
drawn by stating that the search would
continue as long as it is possible to
follow the trails
Scene OF VILLA. Operations.
The scene of operations at present
and for the immediate future is the
country over which villa operated in
November. 1917. when he attacked and
captured Ojinaga and threatened Pre-
sidio. Texas. Villa moved down the
Conchos River toward Ojinaga, de-
ployed his forces on tho plain before
that town and attacked from three
sides. Re-enforcements for the Federal
garrison at Ojinaga arrived along the
same trail that the aviators followed
in their attempt to find their way out
1t was believed today that at least
one of the bandits was in the vicinity
OF tho place where the Villa rebels
In the Ojinaga district made their
headquarters in the mountains.
Ildefonso Sanchez, another Villa
leader. was seen In the same district
in which the Americans are operating,
several months ago. He has small