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Show HEARST RANCH IS RAIDED AND TWO HANDS ARE KILLED EL PASO, Feb. 15. Jose Tnez Sala-zar's Sala-zar's real motive in appearing near the American border in t lie Ojitos district now Is believed to be for the purpose of smuggling ammunition, shells and rifles for the Villa force which he commands, before the expected attack on Juarez is started. Government, agents her have been watching the movements of a number of alleged ammunition smugglers who are said to have been unusually busy recently in the vicinity of Hachita, Columbus and other border points. These agents said today they had positive information that quantities .qf ammunition had been smuggled smug-gled across the border to Salazar both east and west of Columbus and that this ammunition was being cached south of the line for transportation on mules to the Villa base in the vicinity of Vado Fusiles. American officials here also assert that wholesale ammunition smuggling operations opera-tions have been in progress along the New Mexico-Chihuahua border. The raids across the border, they say, were for the purpose of drawing the United States army patrols to the "jog" district in order or-der that ammunition might be rushed across the line elsewhere. |