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Show Twenty - three Negro Troopers of Tenth Cavalry and Lem H. Spillsbury, Mormon Scout, Placed on Mexican Mex-ican Central Train Bound for Juarez. TREVINO SENDS NEWS TO BORDER Mexican Officials Happy Hap-py Over Turn in Events and Declare the Tension Is Greatly Lessened; Les-sened; Returning Cavalrymen Cav-alrymen Expected to Form Happy Family. By International News Service. EL PASO, Tox., June 28. General Gen-eral Francisco Gonzales, the Carranza Car-ranza commander in Juarez, notified Goneral George Bell, Jr., tonight the twenty-three Carrizal prisoners would reach the border at 5:30 a. m. They will be delivered to the American authorities at the international interna-tional bridge without formalities. BROWNSVILLE, Texas, June 28. A military outpost stationed at an irrigation plant two miles west of Brownsville was firod on by two Mexicans at midnight. The Americans Ameri-cans returned the fire, fifteen or twenty shots being exchanged. The two Mexicans, who fled, were not followed, the outpost expecting a heavier attack and awaiting assistance. assist-ance. It is not known if the attackers attack-ers wore wounded. None of the Americans was hit. EL PASO, Tex., June 28. President Wilson 's peremptory demand on General Gen-eral Carranza for tho release of the American prisoners held in Chihuahua penitentiary today met with compli-anee. compli-anee. Late thin afternoon it was announced from the eonimandanein in Juarez that a message, had been transmitted over the Mexican telegraph which stated that j the twenty-three negroes of the Tenth j cavalry captured at Carri.nl, with Lem 11. Ppillpbury, Mormon ficout, had been removed from prison. The message odder! that the men, with their arms and accoutrements, under un-der heavy guard, hail been placod on a Mexican Central train, bound for Juarez, where they are expected to arrive tomorrow to-morrow morning. Signed by Trevino. The telegram conveying this news was addressed to General George P.ell, Jr., commander of the El J'aso base. It was signed by General Trevino, commander com-mander of the Mexican military district dis-trict of the northeast, whoso headquarters headquar-ters are at Chihuahua City. General Bell, in keeping with his custom cus-tom of maintaining close HCt-Tcy regarding re-garding all military developments, refused re-fused to say whether or not he had received re-ceived the message. He said fhnt all announcements must come from General Eunston at San Antonio. On receipt of word that General Funston had given out the contents of (Continued on Pace Sovei) CARRANZA COMPLIES WITH PI DEMO (Continued from Page One.) the message, he said that no escort would be sent to meet the prisoners in the morning, but that an officer would be delegated to take command of them and lead them to Fort Bliss. Mexicans Optimistic. Mexican officials tonight were happy over the turn in events. They declared that this would mean a lessening of the tension of the last few days. General Francisco Gonzales, Juarez commander, and Andres Garcia, Mexican consul at El Paso, both declared themselves optimistic op-timistic of the future. "This shows that we don't want war unless it is forced upon us," said Mr. Garcia. It is expected that the arriving prisoners pris-oners will form a happy party. Accounts Ac-counts received at the border have been to the effect that the dusky troopers were a gloomy lot on their way to Chihuahua Chi-huahua City. Only today a dispatch from that city quoted one of the prisoners pris-oners as saying: "If we ever get .back to God's country coun-try we don't want to leave there no more." Consul Garcia was trying tonight to get fuller details of the release and the exact hour tho troopers will, arrive here. |