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Show MEXICAN BANDITS KIDNAP AMERICAN John Lowenbruck Taken Across Border and Held for $2000 Ransom. WASHINGTON, Spt. 10. State and war department officials were aroused today over the kidnaping of an Ameri can citiun br Mexican bandit at i'o him bus, V. M . .Ion n I iowen brock, a ranchman, was seized bv a band of Mexicans. sii to be soldier, carried across the borde- from I'olumbus arH word sent b W that he wa- being held for a tMQO ransom. Information of the incident was first communicated to the war depa rtment. It was at once taken up with Secre tarv Lansing, who sent representations to General Villa through ontulir Agent I arothers. demanding that th ranchman be returned. olumbus it about a hundred miles wet of El Paso, Tex., bordering on the state of 1iihuav hua, which in under Villa, control. The administration has reports indi eating that tieneral Villa is losing control con-trol of some of his force in northern Mexico, and that many of the soldieri have broken awav from their commands and organized into belligerent bands, adding to menacing conditions along the border. A Unlit in I -Sec re tarv of War Breck n ridge conferred with Secretary Lansing about the situation. Ft was stated that no orders had been sent to American commanders on the border. There was, however. nnv intimation that 1'nited States forces would not hesitate to cross the border to rescue the kidnaped American if his whereabouts could be ascertained. EL PASO, Tex., Sept. 10. Priends of John Lowenbnick. an American cattle buver, reported kidnaped bv "L'olo-rados. "L'olo-rados. ' ' followers of tho late General Pascual Orozco, below Palomas, opposite oppo-site Columbus, N. M., are reported to be searching for the kidnapers below Hachita, N. M. They have with them $2000, the ransom demanded. |