Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-09-03

war department Tor the recall from
Mexico of American troops pursuing
| the bandits who held for ransom two
| American ayiatOrs. was announced by
Ambassador BOnillas of Mexico. Gen
eral Pruneda, commander of the Ojin-
| iga Mexican forces, is making the pur-
suit. it was announced, and the request
for the recall of the Americans is made
to avoid difficulties"
Columbus O., Aug. 21--One hundred
tanks of the one-man type and 5000
rifles have been shipped from the army
reserve depot here to forts on or near
the Mexican border within the last
week, It was learned here. The CON
| signment was divided between San An
tonic and Fort Bliss,
U. S. Troops Still Hunt Bandits.
Maria. Tex. Aug. 2l.-Somewhere
in Mexico. opposite Candelaria, Tex.
American soldiers continue to pursue
the bandits who kidnapped and held for
ransom Lieutenants Peterson and Da-
Wis, American ayiators, rescued after
payment of ransom to the bandit
| leader.
Military headquarters here was with
out information from the punitive ex-
petition, heavy storms In the noun
tains of Chihuahua lnterrupting COM
munication via the field telephones of
| the army.
Possibility that the American sol
diers already have had their first skir-
mish with the bandits was indicated
when two aviators returned to the
American side with bullet holes in the
plane Of their machine and report
! that they had been attacked by a
bandit gang of three Mexlcans. one of
whom they believed they killed with
machine gun bullets. Another was be-
Ileved to have been wounded and the
third put to flight
Planes Go to Aid.
First reports said the cavalry was
In pursuit of the remaining bandit, but
communication was interrupted, and
no further word came from the ex.
peditionary forces.
-Four airplanes, which arrived at
night from Fort Bliss, near III Paso,
were to augment the air protection Of
the Eighth cavalry In Mexico today,
sci mp liaison with the troopers and
ala In securing the hills, arroyos and
canyons in pursuit of the bandits.
The rains at night are believed to
have wiped out the trails of the ban
dts, but II was not without It's advan-
tages. however for the softened con-
dltlon OF the earth would make fresh
trails more easily discernible than the
trails previous 10 the rains.
Swift Punishment Planned.
Washington, Aug. 21.-Mexican bor-
der raids and depredations by ban
dts directly across the border, evil
dCnce from official sources showed, will
in the future bring upon the maraud
err the armed forces of the United
States. The present punitive expedi-
ton. led by Mai. Gen. Joseph T. Dick
man. commander of the southern de-
partment, It was learned, constituted
the first working out Of the new pol
Icy which one official characterized as
Handling the border nuisance with
ou' gloves"
! The border guard. II was said, was
equipped admirably for such work with
swift moving cavalry, machine-gun sec
| tons and airplanes stationed Mt de-
teched points along the Rio Grande.
! Interest In the search of the Eighth
cavalry. which crossed the border for
/ iht bandits who held Lieutenants II. G.
i Peterson and Paul ~ Davis for ran
/ SOM continued intense today at the
war department. Dispatches were re-
ceived from General Dickman, but
/ were not made public.
| Carranza Told OF United States Act.
! Mexico City, Aug. 2l.-American
nyators were given permission to cross
/ The international frontier by the Mex
! lcut. government to search for Lieuten-
/ ants Harold f. Peterson aud Paul II.
Davis, who were captured by bandits.
according 10 a bulletin made public
/ here by Gen. Juan Barragan. chief Of
| the presidential staff.
| The bulletin made no mention Of
any permission being given the United
States TO send troops across me from
tier It also does not mention the ex-
act place where the two American avla-
tors were supposed to have land
eG and gives no Information as TO what
band of outlaws is believed to be in
In that region.
II is stated the government has
been unotiicially Informed that the avn
ators have been ransOmed and that the
Eighth American cavalry has sent
troops In pursuit Of the bandits, but
that no official report has been re-
celved from General Diegues.