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Show MEXICAnl CAVALRY ME1CE8VALVEHDE General Bell Sends Out Motorcycle Squadron to Head Off Enemy. By International News Service. EL, PASO, Texas, June 22. A large force of Mexican cavalry was ohserved by scouts approaching the Rio Grande at Valverde, seven miles below here, just before midnight. General Bell, Jr., immediately im-mediately ordered out his armed motorcycle motor-cycle squadron to prevent the Mexicans from crossing. The trains which pulled out of Juarez t'hls morning have pulled back to within eight miles of the Mexican border town. General Bell admits that lie is perplexed by this move, but is ready for any emergency. emer-gency. All communication by telegraph between be-tween Juarez and points south stopped shortly after 0 p. m. Mexican , Consul Andreas Garcia said the wires had been cut about twenty miles below here. The Mexican official insinuated that scouts from the United .States army are responsible re-sponsible for the severing of communication. communi-cation. Both the slate department and military officials deny that there is any truth in t'he report that General Trevino is sending send-ing the American prisoners taken at Carrizai back to American territory via Kl Paso. |