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U. S. CAVALRY ORDERED OVER RIO GRANDE ON EXPEDITION TO HUNT MEXICAN BANDITS
L'ARRIVO IN ROM
DEL GEN. PERSHING
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II Generate Apparve Entusia-
smato Quando Sfilarono i
Prodi Bersaglierl d'ltalia
In Piazza dclt'Indlprnza, ove ottendeva
He Vlttorlo Emnnuele.
In presenza dl circa died mlla uomiui
della guarnlglnne, 11 Re d'ltalia con
ferl' la Grande Crocc dell'Ordlne Mill
tare ill Savola ol Genernlo Pershing o
questi, dnl canto suo consegno 1c meda
glie amerienne conferite ol General AN
brlccl, Mlnistro della Ouerra, nl Co mm.
Alfonso Apolhini, sindaco dl Itoma cd a
inoltl altrl ufliclall general! dcll'Eser
cltn itallano.
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"Punitive ExDcdltion" First of
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, Three Crossings of Border I
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CARRANZA OPENLY HOSTILE
History repents itself for the second
tlmo within a period of a little more
than three years with the .lippatih of
tynlted States troops across the border
In pursuit of the bandits who raptured
and held for ranom two American
aviators, Peterson and Davis
At the time of the recent lijfhtinK nt
Juarez, a force entered the turbulent
republic for correctional purpoc fol
lowing outrages on our citizens living
close to the international line; but the
event that created a tension thnt threat
ened a rupture with the Mexican Oov -ernment
took place in Mnrih, 101(1.
when the famous Pershins "punitive
expedition" was sent across the Kin
Grande with the stern instruction to
capture or kill Pancho Villa and exter
minate his niiirdrrntm hand ot outlaws
This drastic order was the fruit of n
series of border outrages -ulmiiiiitinR in (
an attack b Villa and a band of innn
BOO on the town of Columbus. N M .
and the camp of the Thirteenth Tinted
States Cavalry nearly a score of Ameri
cans being killed in the sanguinan light
ing and many buildings et on tire be
fore the bandit chief and hi" followers
were driven back across the internation j
al border The were followed bj 2."0 j
troopers of the 'thirteenth Cavalr.v and
In the fighting that ensued on Mexican i
territory at least sevrnt -five of the
bandits were killed, the miss to the,
American cavalr being iecn killed
and bis wounded.
Tershlng Sent to "(iet Villa"
President Wilson ntul his cabinet
acted promptlj, and u punitive cxpeili- '
tionwas at once organised, placed under
the immediate command of Iliigadierl
General John J. Pershing, who lurelj
more, than a jcar later was to gain
world celebritj us commander-ln-ihief
of the American Arm in Krance, and
who was ordered to "get Villa," dead i
or alive.
Caro was taken to impress the Car-
ranza government with the fact that the
Pershing expedition was purely puui- i
tive and was in no waj designed to 10111
promlse or Infringe upon Mexican,
sovereignty. j
About 10.000 men comprised the
Tershing force, made up principal! of
Infantry, with perhaps 2000 ranlrj.j
Many of these soldiers gained experiem e i
in what proved a futile seanh for the,
elusive Villa that stood them in good i
stead when, in April of the following
year, they answered the trump that en- ,
rolled them into the victorious Ameri- .
can army that dealt the decisive blows
ending the titanic conflict that (on-
vulsed Europe. I
While the Carranza Government made
pretense of approving the action of the
Washington administration to rid Me- ,
Ico nnd the border of the constant men- '
ace of Villa and his outlaws, the mask,
'was speedily cast aside.
jVs Pershing and his gallant troops
advanced farther into the tcrritor over
wfilcn tne .Mexican president neiu im
potent sway, and during the entire
period of the hunt for the bandit diicf,
in the numerous engagements that
' marked the arduous if unavailing pur
suit, hostility, at first oocrt't, later
truculent, ws displayed by the Mexican
authorities. j
On Juno 17, General Jacinto Trevino,
commanding the Carranzu nrm of the
north, advised General Pershing thnt
ny movement of the American troops
east, or west from the lines the occu
pied at the time would be considered "a
hostile act" and a signal to begin war
fare. Despite this threat Pershing main
tained his search for the fugitive out
law, and on June IS, 1010. the very dnj
following this insolent ultimatum fiom
Chihuahua, President Wilson ordered
the National Guard to the bolder. On
June 21, in a fierce battle at Ciuriznl.
in which Carranza troops confronted
Pershing's forces, Captain Adair and
Lieutenant Iiovd, of the American army,
were, among the slain
Withdraw Without "Getting Villa"
A month later, during whnh tune
several battles and skirmishes were
fought nnd brilliant deeds of heroism
performed b Pershing's men. the bnn
dit Villa meanwhile safeh hiddin from
his grim pursuers, but his outlaw arm
thoroughly beaten and sratteml. the
Washington government , after mm h tie
gotiatlon, agreed to a Joint Minimis
aion for the settlement of the disunities
with Mexico.
To be sure the avowed object ot
the "punitive" expedition to "gel
Villa" had not been achieved, but tor
the time at least lie was regarded as in
nocuous nnd there were persistent ie
ports of his death
The first fruits of the conferences of
the joint commission were seen m the
ordering of fourteen National (iuanl
regiments home. That was n August
80 On November 111 a border proto.nl
was signed by the joint commission and
in Jonuarj. 1017. Washington oider.-d
the withdrawal of Pershing and his li.-
pedltion.
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Contlnnrd From I'obc One
for the border and made it. Thci
called for us to halt, but I said 'Go to
11 -' and crossed."
Lieutenant Peterson crossed the bor
der to the American ide at 1 :1" a. m .
nnd Captain Matlaik brought back
Lieutenant Daws forty-fhc minutes
later
Completel confused in their direc
tions, Lieutenants Peteron and Pa is
belieed the were on the American side
of the border the entire time from the I
fall of their plane until their release. '
Lieutenant Peterson, first to cross
the border todax . made the following
statement '
"We fell about noon Sundn . Wei
thought we were about two miles from
Cnndelaria. We walked all Sunday
afternoon and Sunday night until about
'J :"() Monday morning, when we came
to a ranch where we found a Mexican
who talked Lnglish. lie told us Pilares
was three miles south. We asked him1
to take us there, but he told us the
Mexicans would kill us if we went there.
Sn we got him to take us to a road,
down which we walked about an hour.
"Six o'clock Monday morning we
headed down what we thought was Mie
Rio Grande. We stalled climbing over
the hills, following the course of the
river Then we walked all day Mon
ila . walking an hour and resting half
nn hour. Mond.i night we walked b
moonlight until 10:3(1 p. m., when xe
went to sleep and slept until (1 a. in.
Tues.la.
"Tuesday we walked util 0 :H0 a. m.,
when we took to the river and swam
for five hours downstream, taking eu
minutes rest four diffeient tunes. When
we came to the rapids we decided we
must land nnd walk.
"We landed, diie.l our clothes nnd
started over the mountains.
Wandered for Tluee Il,ijs
"I had a little foxer. We la down
on a miintain path and slept until fil
n. m. We.lnes.la. Wo saw smoke fiom'
a illage and headed in that dire. Hon i
We thought the village was just around
the corner from Can.lelanu. We
leached the illage and got lots of fimil
"Then we lined a Mexu an with thiee!
burros to take us to Candidal in. We
xere rea.h to start when an armed
Mexican came up nnd addressed the1
Mexican we had employed The armed
man spoke in Spanish. Then he left j
hurriedly. I
"We began our journej on burros
with our Mexican guide We soon were
overtaken b six aimed bandits and'
ninny townspeople All but two of the
bandits left us but thee two inntinued
following us After going about foit- '
At the (op is a tioop of iuciirau iaalr stationed on tile Mexiian holder. Itelow aie I nitcd States troopers
in a feat of horsemanship necessai in the laii.wn Miunti-.x of the Ilio Grande. The map shows the Itig Ilencl
section of southern Texas and (he Ojlnaga distiict of Mexico opposite, where the aviators were held captive
No News Has Been Received From
Missing French Flers
Casablanca, Mororro, Aug. 10. (By
A. P.) No news of the great French
airplane Goliath, which left Mogador
for Dakar on Saturday morning, has
been received here, and theie is much
anxiety over the possible fate of the
machine. In view of the solitude of the
regions oxer which the airplane flew,
however, it is premature to conclude
that the machine has been w recked.
Naxnl divisions here and nt Dakar
have been sent out with well manned
ships, to scout the coast; but it will
take several da.vs to complete the
fconroh. Until then, hope will not be
abandoned. The crew of the Goliath
wns provided with food nnd water suffi
cient for severnl da.vs, nnd while here,
took on board arms nnd ammunition.
Published nnd Distributed Under
PBRMIT NO 341
Authorized bv the set of October B.
ItM7 nn file at (he PontoftUe ot rhlla
delphli Pa.
My order of the Prenldent
a a nimi.r.soN.
Pojlmaiitef Oeneral
Harrisburg Sells Army Beef
Hanisbiirg, Aug. 10. The city of
ltnerkhnri wold several carloads nf
nrmy roast beef, bacon ami corned beef
in the firehouse tndnj. Hie goodsvvcrc
snapped up in a few hours.
both nun
but were threatene.r, with death and
did not renew their attempt
Vurious plans for obtaining the ran
som mono were discussed bv life filtu
dits. One was for the1 deliverv of tlin
. . . . . . .
mon
at - o'clock this morning
li.ling the captain's linisc.
Arrangement For Delivery
According to the ngi cement. Captain
Matlaik made the journey into the Me
lcan rendezvous una. ciiinpiinied. lie
was to pav over Si.iOO for tne 1 .'lease i and the moue taken an eipial
of one -uiator and then the lemaind. r I tance down river and both left
when the second aviator was iclenscd
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I nuei nie uri.io.'in'io .i.hm.w. ,
nev bv Aiiierlcuus iiitli middlcJiPj party. Matlaik, unaccompanied, mad
I the Ilio Grande. Another xvas for the
I aviators to be taken 100 Urds up river
and the moue taken an eiiual (Us
ui til
anie time.
the nvini.iis thought
in tlie Ciiited States, and this impres
sion on tin ir iiait was not correct
until after thev li'id lenclic.l the bolder
o.i r 'v vesterda.v morning. ""
Tin nviatois the captain said, had
rive minutes the bandits stopped us and become . onfused while in the air and
told the Mexican owner of the buiio-'hid mistaken tin ( onchos river for th
etiirn with the nvhtois bv foot to theUJIul'liiilsoiiJlinil.. Aug. 10.-(I!y
v ...,...:.. .. ti.ln nml then tome on tar A sI'.Tl Samuel G.. Petei son fiitlw., nf
.,,.,...... j -j .
M.iifa bv nn plane. Lieutt&int H. G. Peterson, was uver-
I'lii'cs from tin' niouiitainside weifr I . , . . N,
, li, .the Mgnni f.,r Matlack to beglt, Wpnn .uformrS oa this morn
his peiibuis jouiiuv into the bandit "'B n th safe returh of lux son arioss
roimtrr I i the liqhderAo the Amniiriiu sfde.
Cnii'iiin Mutl irk s'lid the two am- i "I j, i ousfder that he nnViy acted
tois lauded in Mexirn. iiuitradlcting tlje pinmjitlv nitd did evivtliini in their
stoiv of Lieutenant Peterson. He said power to hclrRlis Mv jf. 7nd myself'
thev nail inudeH and two daiiirhfhs w ill cermir first lesf
""lin forty hours iVv." l.c s'ml
e.l ''Secretar.v of War linker anil Sefl-
of cattle stolen from the American side
of the bolder.
J. V. Tigner. owner of the herd, ac
companied the command, but in the
pursuit became sepiuatcd from the
Hid (ill) 1
Ie fit
, I v, a re- 'Vf
tfir owii w
Los.i kn JL
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three trips into bandit -infested area and
after forty -eight hours lescued Tigner,
vho was hiding ill the brush.
MntlaVk. a veteran of the Spanisli-
'Amerin'nn war, enlisted in the regular
arin.v 'in 1!M1H nnd saw service in the
Philippines. lie has been mentioned
tine times in otli. inl dispatches for ex
triUjidinaiy servif". During the woil.l
war he was given a temporary com
mission as captain.
Every Jim
a Treasft
Every factor
be pqulpper Alth
tire depart! vent
fire would ' (hen
div Indie to 'llnVitngr
Tire Ex fiiBtirthers.
IterliarRi fi uiuIVlefltl
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Pend us your jVlreos
for a fiye copy at Vug
gesllons for rare u're
venllon" tsiuflli bv the
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I'nderwrlters toffee in
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experts
IAXIF.S VI. CASTI.K, Inc.
Lincoln IllilK.. I'llltu.
rilbcrt 1512 Itace 33517
Itoma, 10 agosto. 11 Oenernle John
.T. Pershing, supremo romnndnnte delle
nrmnte nmerlcnne In Francla, c' glunto
In Itoma ieri mattina alle ore 0, rice
vuto dal Mlnistro della Guerrn. Gpn
erale Albricci, dal Generalissimo Diaz,
dn ufficinli dello Stato Magglor Generalc,
da Mr. Peter Augustus Joy, incarlcato
di ntTori all'Amhnsriata Americana in
lioma, c dal corpo diplomatic).
Dopo le presentazlonl, II Generalc
Pershing passo' in rivlsta la compiigula
di fnnteria, gunrdia d'onorc nell'interno
delln stnzione, e si eongrntulo' ool com
andnnte dl essa per la splendldn np
parenzn dei suci uomiui. Qiiindi II
Genernlc prese posto in un automobile,
seguito da ultri uei tpiali presero posto
le personalitn' del seguito, e fu condotto
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It sells or leases as directed, collects rents,
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to return to his home The Mexican
objected, as we were riding his buirn.
The bandits then headed us up the nl
le to a illage where thej made the
Mexican drink.
"I gac the one-prmed bandit leader
S'J and he arranged for food for us and
lnpior for himself. The bandit took
us nn to n ranch where they got a
horse anil a mule for us to nile. This
was about 7 p. m. Wedncdaj. We
rode until midnight. Then we slept un
til 7 lit) o'i lock Thursilaj urnming lle
suming our journey, we continued in the
Ilio Grande ln-tea.l of lauding near
Candidal in. u thin thought, thev hail
landed at a point near Palomir. Chi
hiialiuii. mine than foitj miles up the
ntor NoNon piomprfa iinsweied mv re
(iiievt for action in (the matter 'jfhe
laisinc of the Sn.OfaV rnu-om liv 'the
(owhovs in Texas wasnn eample ot
due Americanism of whieli I am proud
It was almost impossible to tintinut
tint sum of monev In wire for dfliery
in gold on such short notice. Their
when thev abaudoniil '" t1011 "v have javed the life of mj
Hov anil Ins comrade.
'Ceitainly now that the Mcxk.in
libels have cnptuicd and hold f.u lan-
snm ofliceis of the I'nited States nrnn .
the government cannot let bandits'
I arts pass unnoticed.
"The captuie of I'nited States aimj
ntlieeix bj bandits surely stiikes at the
heait of the govei ninenf'.
( 'onchos
theii wr. iked an plane, after stripping
it of iii.ii liiuo guns and vital pints,
win. 1 i might make it of use to the Mex
icans. Thinking thev were on the Uio
Giunde, thev started .low n stream in
an effort to locate Candelnrin aud re
port their niudent to uiilitarv head
quart. rs. Thej landed at ':.ill hnn
dnv afternoon, nnd were picked up
mountains all day Thursday and slept Wednesday morning by .lesus Ileiitina
in the mountains at night. , ami a hand of five other M'euaiis
I Thev were taken into the mountains.
I luit llioiidit tlio were jliinriuu In in.
"rri.hn afternoon about C-'M thel Valentine Tex. Thev were tl,l i,,,t,
bandits stoppid the hmses and said Mx mp1 ,Pir1(!(,,i to the band, w hile in l-oiiisville, li.v., Aug I!) ( Ry A.
(h,c.v wanted to have a little chat w itli ,rnIitv the aviators -nvv onlv twenH '' ' -Captain I.fonaid V. Matla.k s,,
us The bandits (..Id us to vuito the ,, ,, ,,. .......u ,. hpr ,,,. ,.. nl Mr. and Mi s. W. 1 1. Mutla, k. l.mns
liandits Denund Hansom
MATLACK FAMOUS
IS BAXMT FIGHTER
General Pershing
rode out of Mexico at the head ot
10,000 soldiers of his "punitive expedi
tlon " The bands were plu.ving ben
Johnny Comes Marching Home" as the
men marched pust their ...nunaiider.
mounted upon u bandstaml at lie
border line near Columbus. N. M tin
scene of the bandit ntta.k of luarl.v a
... onrller. They looked hard as nails
I and fully fit for the arduous and heroic
iduty they were called upon to perform
when their country ctneu upon mm. ...
co to Europe and help to "make the
J, world afe for democrat .
STERLING AT NEW LOW
I ;, Demand Bills on London Fall to
$4,19 Market Demoralized
New YorU. Aug. 10. Sterling ex-
If change broke to a new low record to-
iy J Wnmnnrt hill nn I .nnrli, f.llinn
S'ta $1.10 "O"1 demoralizing the general
ISVWliange market.
1 Iij banking circles predictions have
been current that unless remedial nienn-
v)r are soon qpplicd the British pound
Will jau 10 .
.Deters In foreign earchange attribute
1; break to the announcement by Pre
arjJ.loyd Oeorge yesterday of the
i.njMJiitpnm'"t by the Itritlsh government
jmrar yPTuu,':l ul siBij4u jmjri
mhikuouo,
messages sa.v mg ruiisnin must be paid
tor our leleasi. The bandit leader
spoke I'nglisb verv well He had
worked nn the railroads in Kansas and
had losi an arm and a leg in an acci
dent, he s.lill
"Wi staved overnight in the moun
tains S.itinilav night, when the leader
leturii.d from sending the nii-ssages
The bandits foraged for food, and m
had plentj to eat We camped all .lav
Sunday The leader left Sunday night
nnd letiirned Monday morning. lie
said the monev for our release would
I be paid.
I "We left there nt noon Monday and
then camped until f o'clock- Mondav
night, when we stinted to meet Captain
Matlack We met him at approximated
1.1." a m. toda.v . After bunging me
over the border, he teturucd for Lieu
tenant Davis.
"We were well trerterl V'e bad
' plenty of food. There ere three bandits
j with us most nf the tune We did not
i learn the name f the bandits, but
I believe vp coul'' rl""' tlieni
I "We thought all the time we were
near Valentine.
"We met Captain M. thr'f nt a
rnncli. which Is aboiK tvvei tv -five inin.
utes' walk from Cande'.arin upstream.
We were never blindfolded nor mis
' treated in mil way, except once when
, we tried to escape. The bandits said
I they would kill us if we tried again.
I "They uIko threatened to kill us if
the ransom was unpaid."
I Lieutenant Davis's, story differed
from that of Lieutenant Peterson only
in a few minor details. Lieuteuart
Davis added the fact that the plane
fell near a bridge over the rher. The
place nfterward was located near Fal
omlr, Chihuahua.
Peterson immediately sent a message
to his father at Hutchinson, Minn.,
saying, "Feeling fine. Had wonderful
experience."
Davis also sent n similar message to
Ills parent at Htrnthmorc. Calif.
Captain Matlack returned with Davis
Hile. gained fame in Dei ember, l!H."i.
i held
j Captain Matlack said the bandits wl"' ""' twentv men he followed n;
wen well mounted. 'hand ol lid!) bandits into Mexi. u and!
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bandits weie killed, rccoviuil a hi id
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