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Show I GREAT BRITAIN LANDS IVIARINES I AT A CRUZ Purpose Is Said to Be the Protection of the British Legation Headquar- VERA CRUZ, Feb. 13. Acting H on orders received from the Brit- ish foreign office, British; marines were landed here today with two machine guns and ammunition. The purpose of the landing is said to be for the protection of the British legation headquarters. VBBA CRUZ, Feb. 13. Rear Ad-miral Ad-miral Fletcher, commander of the American naval forces in Mexican wa-tors, wa-tors, today forwarded to General Maas, the federal military commandant here, a note calling attention to the at-tempted at-tempted assassination of Lieutenant Arthur B. Cook, flag lieutenant to Rear Admiral Mayo of tlic United "tates battleship Connecticut. Wodncs-night. Wodncs-night. Koar Admiral Fletcher inclosed with his note Lieutenant Cook's report fo Admiral Mayo made after the shoot-ing. shoot-ing. Tn his report Lieutenant Cook do-larrd do-larrd ihat thero was no doubt that he shot, which loro its way through tho sido of the carriage- in which he ,vas riding with his wife and Miss Kthel McKenzie of Philadelphia, and B' bruised his hip, was aimed at him. Further action will be dependent up-on up-on the character of the reply of Gen-"rai Gen-"rai Maas. The police are investigat-iug investigat-iug the shooting. General Villa Wary. JUAREZ, Mexico, Feb. 1. Fear that a federal force recruited on the mcrican side by Huerta agents may be turned loose on his rear aft or he loaves Juarez was expressed by Gen-fl Gen-fl iT.nl Villa this afternoon. The men who engineered the upria-ing upria-ing last Wednesday uight arc cicnti-fifos cicnti-fifos and I know their names' dc-dared dc-dared Villa. 11 That incident indicates B to me that I must strengthen the garri- B son ,iero beforo leaving for Torreon to B direr-t the big battle winch must be dc- B filled there. I have every confidence in the American authorities, and Gen-B Gen-B cra Scott's huccoss in preventing any considerable number of federals from B crossing tho river Wednesday, and in saving tho horses, shows how fast ho can work. Howover. tho border is lone and the cientificos are desperate?" desper-ate?" Ammunition Shipped- LAREDO, Tex., Feb. 33. Shipments through tho Laredo customs house today to-day of 10,000 rounds of ammunition to the rebel forces at San Ignncio, Mexico, Mexi-co, was followed by reports that another an-other constitutionalist attack is to bo mndo February 22 on Nuovo Laredo, opposite tliis place. Castillo Still Alive. DOUGLAS, Ariz., Fob. 13. Maximo Castillo, tho bandit leader, who is held responsible for tho Cumbro tunnel disaster, dis-aster, is not dead, but. instead ia encamped en-camped with somo of his followers near Kl Paso, Sonora, about fifteen miles cast of C'olonia Oaxaca, Sonora, according to j oflicial dispatches received today from Colouia Oaxaca by constitutionaiiat of- ficials at Agua Prieta. It was understood under-stood that a forco of men would be dispatched dis-patched from Agua Prieta to attack Castillo as soon as the dispatches as to his whereabouts could be confirmed. Horses Are Poisoned. EL PASO, Tex., Feb. 13. Tho presence pres-ence of strychniuo in the water given some of the horses of the American troopers on guard at Ysleta was discovered dis-covered today. Three horses died Wednesday nighr. when the Americans under Captain A. II. Davidson of tho Thirteenth cavalry were rushod to Ysleta in pursuit of the Mexican federal recruitB who escaped across the river. Since then seven more have died and a post-mortem examination examina-tion todav disclosed the cause. One of the animals was Captain Davidson 's personal "mount, for which he paid a high price. General Scott will investigate to ascertain, as-certain, if possible, just what, water supplv or supplies were poisoned and whot.fier this might havo happened accidentally acci-dentally through the dumping of refuse. To Attack the Rebels. LAREDO, Tex., Feb. 13. The first move in the aggressive campaign ordered or-dered by Prcidont Huerta in northeastern northeast-ern Mexico was made tonight when 1000 federals under General Guardiola left. 3s"nevo Laredo to attack the constitutionalists con-stitutionalists 's garrison at San Tgna-cio, Tgna-cio, twenty-five miles down tho river, can Tgna'cio is the port of entry through which rebels havo exported cattle cat-tle to the United States and received ammunition supplies since the embargo was raised. Tho strength of tho rebel garrison i not known. |