| Show I Tight Cordon Drawn About Aboul Villa Bandits Outlaw Thought to Be in III PoI Po- Po Siti ll From Which Escape Es Es- Escape Escape I cape Is Difficult fl C CITY Chihuahua Sept W 13 Constitutional forces under Colonel Chapa encountered and routed route in the Laguna district a band which left lert behind In its flight seven dead according to reports received hero here today from Gen Jose Santos The bandits headed b by ElIglo Re Reyes es were attacked near San Pedro de dc Las s Colonias and the report says the they held their ground for nearly four hours Among the dead was a major Villa is still gUll In the thc Santa Santo Clara district district dis this but hut is carefully avoiding a a fight according to the tho latest information re rc received re- re here I by General Trevino Peons In that section who say sa they thoy have o seen Villa claim laim that the bandit leaders leader's con condition has been made worse by cv- cv to wet wel weather and constant t travel ravel With the troops of ot Gen Huerta Vargas Vargas Var Yar- gas g-as posted along tho the line lInc of or the Mexican can Central aLlway ready to head off orf any attempt of or the Villa troops to es escape escape es- es i cape capo in that direction General Cavazos I pushing northeast with his command from Namiquipa and the American expeditionary ex ex- force orce forming the third section of the tho circle General Trevino states here that Villa is now in a position position position tion from which it will be ho extremely difficult to escape The Tho American expedition has forces at San n Buena Duena and Carmen on the lookout out for the bandits San Buena Duena Is on the main wagon road to the Central railway and gives the Americans the control of or the tho only cas easy exit for tor Villa from his present position into northwestern Chihuahua Xo No New Trace Found San Antonio Tex Sept 13 General General Pershing Pershing- today sent a message to General General Gen Gen- eral cral Funston here in which he said that no new traces of or Francisco Villa had been discovered either by his patrols patrols patrols pa pa- or tho the No 10 mention was made of ot the stationIng stationing stationing station station- ing of or American patrols at San Buenaventura BuenaVentura Buena Buena- ventura and Carmen but the fact tact that the American commander and the tho Car Car- had exchanged ed information was tale taken en here hore to hat they thoy were Vere working tog together X l hin n i the Ole bandit bandl l General Funston said last week General General Gen clan eral Pershing might opo co-opo co operate ato with the do de facto government troops a against the Threatened nan Laredo Tex Sept 13 A 13 A letter re received received re- re b by an army patrol at San Ignado Igna- Igna clo do threatening an attack on American Ameri Amen can troops to avenge engo the bandits who recently received death sentences here for an attack on an American cavalry troop last June has ca caused army authorities authorities au flu- to Issue precautionary orders Villa Reported nt at Guerrero FI Field Headquarters Punitive Expedition Expedition Expedition in Mexico Sept 13 Seizures Seizures of horses and supplies from the Mexican people by the constitutionalist garrison garri son in the re region lon which tho the punitive expedition cleared of bandits have been reported to tho the American headquarters head head- quarters These high handed methods according to th the reports have o seriously serious serious- ly h with tho restoration of ProsPerity and order In these dl districts The Thc rumor has also come to headquarters headquarters head head- quarters that General Trevino and Minister of ot otVar War Var ar Obregon have reached an understanding with sith tho the so-called so le part party A A. captain In the Carranza garrison and one citizen at El EI Valle were executed executed exe exe- yesterday esterday because of or revolutionary activities The best Information at hand at the American headquarters places Villa at Gu Guerrero Gurrero some forty miles below Nam i n c U I pa U S J |
