Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-21
MEXICAN PROTEST
!. ORDERED AGAINST
BORDER CROSSING
Ambassador Here Receives
Instructions From His
Government.
WILL ASK WITHDRAWAL
OF BANDIT PURSUERS
Capt. Matlack, Cavalry Officer, Is
Credited With Capture of
Two of Fugitives.

Two of Fugitives.
The Mexican ambassador here has
been instructed by his government to
protest to the State DepaI Sment
against the dispatch of American
quest their withdrawal, according to
a statement issued at Mexico City
yesterday.
The statement received here today
said:
Two aviators of the Army of the
United States. through error, SO they
state. flew over our territory, landing
approximately 112 kilometers to the
south of the frontier, where they were
captured by a band of twenty bandits.
They have now been liberated.
Instructions Given.
Some troops of the Sth Cavalry Of
the United States crossed the frontier
in pursuit of the outlaws. The depart
ment of foreign relations gave instruc-
tons at once to our embassy in WASH
ington to make appropriate representa-
tons. protesting and requesting the i'm
mediate withdrawal of the invading
troops
1t was said at the State Department
today that no protest had been made
by Ambassador Bonillas.
One Bandit Killed; Two Held.
MARIA. Tex. August q (by the AS
ISOLATED Press).-One bandit was be-
lieved to have been killed and two
ofh 40 m r. N
troops crossed the Rio Grande into
Mexico Tuesday morning.
/ A report received here told OF an
American cavalry sergeant who rode
to the border after dark and reported
that Capt. Leonard Matlack Of the Sth
Cavalry had captured two bandits. be-
lieved to have been implicated in the
capture of the aviators Peterson and
Davis.
Neither man was Renteria, the ban
| dit>leader. he said. one Mexican was
killed Tuesday when American avn
atofs returned their hre az they saw
| three bandits near the border, one OF
whom was seen to fan with his horse
The American -trooD2 slept last nigh,
on the trails of the bandits after los
ing them Tuesday in torrential rains.
picking up the trails again yesterday.
Gen. Pruneda, with approximately
$50 Carranza cavalry troops. camped
for the night near Cuchillo Parade.
forty miles up the ConchoS river from
the base at Ojinaga. They left DINA
ga last night to take the field in pur-
suit of the bandits.
American pack trains and other
units crossed and recrossed the path
of the Carranza troops without fric-
ton, according to reports from the
field. ~
Attempting Same Object.
Mexican Consul Cosme Bengocha, at
Preside, Tex. announced that the Pru-
media troops were attempting the same
object as the American troops-to run
down and capture the bandits. He said
he anticipated no trouble between the
two bodies of troops in the field. He
also denied Chico Cano. the bandit
leader in Ojinaga district, was made
captain of the Carranza column sta
toned at San Jose. opposite Indio,
Tex, on the Rio Grande.
Maj. Gen. Joseph r. Dickman. COM
mander of the Southern Department.
was expected here today to inspect
the troops in the Big Bend district
1t is not known whether Gen. Dick
man will go to the Rio Grande while
he is here.
q. S. Aviators Assist Mexicans.
American aviators are assisting
Carranza officials in keeping in touch
with the forces of Gen. Pruneda. which
are engaged in the pursuit of ban
dts along the Conchos river. Ameri-
can aviators carried messages from
Mexican Consul Cosme Bengochie, at
Presidio, Tex, to Gen. Pruneda.
Two American aviators, Lieut.. T.
w. Hastey and Lieut.. H. A. johnson,
had a narrow escape from death while
on scout duty in Mexico yesterday.
The turtleback of the fuselage on
child almost went into tail spin
before they could right it $50 feet
above the mountains.
Rebels Gain Power
Ell PASO. Tex. August 21-Rebels
under Cordiano Guzman are masters
of life and property in parts of the
state of Michoacan, according to Ex-
celsior. Mexico City newspaper,
dated August 10.
Federal forces, it is said. have made
no effort to pursue the rebel chieftan,
who is reported particularly strong in.
the extensive district of Arteaga.
Commerce and agriculture are demor-
allied as result of Guzman's depre-
dations, the article says.
Guzman is q native of the Arteaga
district and on the few occasions"
when pursuit has been attempted he
has been able to escape, it is reported
Tanks and Rifles Shipped.
COLUMBUS, August 2E-Sixty-two
more tanks recently were shipped
from the Army reserve depot here to
forts on or near the Mexican border,
1t has been learned. During the last
week 100 of the one-man whippet-
type fighting machines were shipped
to the border. Three thousand rifles
also have been shipped to border
points within the last few days. Army
officers at the depot refuse to COM
ment on the Significance of the ship
ments.
IS REPORTED