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Show GENERAL OZUMA BATTLING WITH VILLA BANDITS EL PASO. Texas, Oct. 20. Unofficial ' reports received here from Mexico say that General Ozuma, with a force of 2000 cavarly, twelve machine guns and five pieces of artillery, is engaging Villa today in a battle at a point between Santa Ysabel and San Andres. Nothing is know of the result. Bo far from being friendly towards Americans, declared a Mexican who had been Villa's prisoner at Cusihuiriachic and who reached here today. Villa has proclaimed his intention of killing anyone any-one working for or aiding any American. Ameri-can. He described Villa as lining up some of his soldiers, who wore American shoes, and telling them they had better go shod with cowhide sandals than to make this concession to American superiority. su-periority. Passengers from Mexico City, arriving at Juarez late last night, said their train was held up by bandits below Jimenez, the train guard disarmed and the passengers robbed, but otherwise unharmed. |