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Show REFUGEE SEIZED in mm Mexican Rancher, Catuycd in . ArisoKa, Pwl to Death hy Federals at San Luis. Carranza's Reply to Amerr-j can Note Received Smug-j glera Busy:at the Border: !' I.S ANOF.r.KP, Oal.. Dr r. Ttep")rta j have lern r.-cdved li- re hy John It. HI- j Holt, collector of customs, liiat r.odo.fo ) Vnara. a M-ic'in, was kidnaped from a) ranch nnr Sonierton, Aril., on the niv;hl j of November l" and was su!sciuntly shot at .an Luis. Smora, where there is a f-d j cral Mcxh-art army jn:s;. AceordiiiK to the reiorls rcreived hy Mr. iilioit, an affidavit has t-''u ma'c hy ; Y.iara's wwiow th:it a K'oup of ni'ii cariiC to tne .Monro ranch, ntar Corner ton,. wIitc (hey were living, told Ybara that they vvf-re officers Lorn Yuma. Ariz., and rctpjir ed hirn to act ornpasiy tl.cm. ae-said ae-said :ie recou-idztd the olc., of one of the -,-roup as that of a chauffeur ..mployed' by a ca plain of the Me t lean forces, and I that site went Immediately to liio Amerl-! Amerl-! tan authorities, thus barnin tho cap-j cap-j t--rs A in-r iiushand were not offices. The widow said friends of hers living ; j :o ar .an LuitJ )' ai d a voil y 0- shoia !at J o'lo.k Sunday mornij! u.'ter the knduapii a:wl their in estivation showed tiiat Ybitra v.'.-ls thu vistim. Y hara came into lite United Stat- s In ' 't"-i .u,r:t4' P' rso'is at Suiikv toa t.'iat lie did hecauao tils lif was un safe in M. xico. Ieic;in Reply Is Received. j WAsflllNdTuN. Due. 1. Mexico's re- ply to iho Uist American note on the c:;s-j of American Consular Acnt Jenkins as 1 r.C' iv,d tod ty at the s;ate department. Tne offii'ial ttvt as s;ild to differ only j sli'-'htly irom that contained In Associated i I'ress : is;.'atcla s Tuesday nl'at from j Mexico City. YVhll officials said they would have no j comment to make until they had hal time to thoroughly h'tudy tiie note, it was In- j dlcatu-i that at first rea l iny the com- I murde.ttjon had nut mado a favoratde' impression. Japan has en'cr--d into no nrjjotat Ions ' with M-xico lookiiiK to tne acquisition, of speei.d prlviie-i.-s or erritory in trua f-uniry, the. slati: depariin'jnt was in- i lormcd toJay iy Mr. .Snidehara, the Japl- iiey.j ainbi.-ador. lb- said th;u fn.'imatlnns to the ef'";ct convey t.d ia a r.cent .-aaleno-:.t by Chair- ' lean 1'".l11 of tne s--nau- commit t'-e inves-" I i a t i : i s' M e x i c.a n affairs w : i s b i (. t v ed to) have brer, na.-ed ui""'n ndsinformation '. lii'cral'dy spread abroa.1 hy cieriTian iLXa- j Cies which er; i iierwe; ically sLrivirig to j present the dlsphoi ne-nt of .b-rman trade' will b 'e. hy A in. rican firm.--. j The Japanese ambassador was said to i have f-'it. it nee,-ssa:y lo place on re or 1 I a denir:l of the aecunu-y of tiie r-prts ' thiit sun. ne'oilMiioiis had M-eUr''eii. H- I v i.y uii'h-rsei r.-iary of lori-iLrn affairs at j Tokio wif-n it was alieKd the noita- j tiotis took place, K was said t hat th-rc was no dispo- sltion to 'njestion the statement in trie ; I"aJl r-pTt that rumors o.' ?ucJi necotia- tions had le-. circulated, hut it was bt-- : (Continued on Pago IA, Column X) I fiiSE SEIZED 10 m in sow Gojituiued From Page One.) I,t?VQ,d.; tht-t the sole foundation of these runi&rs Asi the publication of the Zim-mei7nan:-vnofce in 1917, which had been skillj;iiiiy;.:psed by propagandists to make it appe,ar"'tJhat negotiations of a nature to excite; suspicion in America actually had taken -place. Two Mexicans Killed. EL.;.' PASO; Texas, Dec. IS. Two Mexicans Mexi-cans ;'werejiiiled during a pistol and rifle fight-'' between deputy sheriffs and four menv suspected of being liquor smugglers hereearly today. Smuggling liquor from Mexico into the United States here has been Increasing rapidly of ,late and authorities said organized or-ganized bands of -armed smugglers are uumerons.' Recently there have been several sev-eral 'baifiles between American officers andsmugglers. Taken. Irito Custody. SAfN.-D.iEGO, Cal., Dec. 18. Prank Par-dillo, Par-dillo, -a, Mexican, who is said to have induced' in-duced' Theodore H. Hindin, a Los An-geies An-geies .Vdiamond buyer, to visit Tiajuana last -week: far the purpose of buying some diamoijyi,'! was taken Into custody by agenjs'; of-the United States department of jUstice'.r-rbday. Captain' -Matlack Exonerated. EL 'P'A'Sb, ' Texas, Dec. 18. Captain Leonard i., , Matlack, Eighth cavalry, stationed at Fort Bliss, who took a con-splcUftusi' con-splcUftusi' prfi-t in the punitive expedition into', Mexico last August, following the capture? by bandits of Lieutentnts Paul H. vDavis .and Harold G. Peterson, has beenVexVriie'rated of every charge pre-ferred pre-ferred .'gaiiiBt him at Washington by J. J. J-CJipatrjcK' of Marfa, Texas, it became known:', here - today. One of the charges was -teto.vile'dge of an attempt on the life of'Kilpatrick and his wife. Plot &; Steal Airplanes. SAN "tkTOXio. Texas, Dec. 18. An alleged -p,-st-..to steal American army airplanes1 air-planes1 .lti(l. -sell them to the Mexican gav'ef onpft::is believed to have been uncovered un-covered -,.tjhnjugh the arrest of a lieuten-ant lieuten-ant f.al)d';a former lieutenant in the air sei;vicfej?Vlt'.Vwas stated at headquarters ofthe'Vsou.yvern department of the army he're- 'jtoy. .' , - Acpcipjjjtgrto officials, the lieutenant is .ei'ro3.ihle;ld at Kelly field here, while theitf?rrriii".!il.eutenant is under aixest at HqU5to$i)VI.teNas. Technically the men are boa rjfe dl.jp nly with stealing a motor and '..otfi'eT'iraiits of an airplane at Elling-toiv-.ldd,1 jii?Uston, where the lieutenant v. afpition.efl. p.cfHWs' i t department headquarters sawtatJVp-'ie.enant has admitted )5artici-paU-l'lt alleged plot and expressed wlin'Vito. testify against the former yd that the plot involved tf 1-ale to the Mexican gov- -I I teen airplanes for $130,000. |