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Show YANKEE TROOPS jKILL TI IRE ; BORDER RAIDERS Second Way's Battle With Mexicans Across River Results in Additional Casualties. 4000 REGULARS ARE EN ROUTE TO SCENE Gravity of Situation Is Relieved Re-lieved by Withdrawal of Carranza Soldiers From Conflict. BROWNSV1LLK, Tex., Sept. 5. Two Mexican bandits were shot today ' by American soldiers returning the bandits' ban-dits' fire across the Rio Grande at Cavazos Crossing. At the same time the gravity of the situation was relieved re-lieved somewhat by the cooperation of Carranza military authorities, who removed Larranra troops from tho river bank at Cavar.os Crossing. Major William Hay, chief of staff for Major General Frederick FuDston, arrived today from San Antonio, and was followed by several troop trains, the beginning of a troop movement which will put the weight of 4000 regulars regu-lars in the lower Rio Grande valley to help maintain peace. Officer Is Killed. One Carranza officer and one civilian, known in Matamoras, Mexico, as a Carranza Car-ranza supporter, were killed in yesterday yester-day s lighting at Cavazos Crossing, about fifty otiiei weat of her a, between Mexicans aud American soldiers and Texas rangers. Proof of the deaths of these two men was brought here today from Matamora. Captain Frank R. SffcCay, Third V. S. cavalry, in command of the troops at the crossing fight, reported also that there probabl y were other casual t ios among the Mexicans yesterday. These casualties were at least n dozen Mexicans, Mexi-cans, seen to fall during thf fighting. The total American casualties yesterday yes-terday and today were one man slightlv wounded and one horse injured. To Rescue Body. American Consul Jesse II. Johnson at Matamoras, came here todav on bo-half bo-half of General E. P. Nafarrete, commanding com-manding 'arranza Troops there, to secure se-cure permission for his men to recover the body of a Carranza soldier lying on the river bank near Reynosa, which is almost opposite Hidalgo, the nearest town to the fighting yesterday. This soldier, a Carranza cavalryman, Nafarrete Nafar-rete told .Tohmon. went to the river with his horse, whereupon persons on the American Bide shot him. Colonel Robert L. Bullard, commanding command-ing United States troops here, sent instructions in-structions to the troops at Hidalgo to see that Mexicans were not hnrmed when they went after the bod. One of the United States army aeroplanes aero-planes here fell about fifty feet just before sunset tonight at the aviatiou field here. Flight Lieutenant Joseph C. Morrow of Pittsburg was stunned and badly bruised. Private Adam Khuenkryky who was making a flight with him, was' badly bruised. Both were' expected to recover. The machine ma-chine was completely wrecked. Soldiers Ordered Ready. WASHINGTON, Sept. 5. All United States troops on the Mexican border were under orders tonight to bo In readiness to meet any emergency. War department officials said extraordinary vigilance had been ordered as a result of repeated raids In American territory by Mexican brigands and roldlera and renewed reports of preparation prep-aration for an organized Im a&ion '"rom across the Rio Grande in the statos of Coahuilla and Nuevo Leon. |