Show If MORROW CAU HJ BETWEEN LINES IN N MEXICO FIGHT Envoy Arrives in Town After Troops Beat Beat Off Bandits OUTLAWS DISGUISED I Pitched Battle Rages for Half Hour MEXICO CITY Sept 24 APEl AP- AP El EI Universal today expressed the belief that an attack staged by twenty five bandits on the village of midway between Mex- Mex ito ice City and was directed di di- against again Dwight M. M Morrow American ambassador Mr Morrow who was as spending the w week k at his new residence In Cuernavaca arrived In Huitzilac after the bandits had been driven off and proceeded to Mexico City arriving there sarel safely The newspaper newspaper asserted that someone In Cuernavaca Cuerna had warned the brigAnds by by- telephone of Mr Morrows Morrow's depArture by automobile and the coup se the outlaws outlaws out out- laws failed to take Huitzilac before he arrIved BANDITS DISGUISED The bandits In marching toward did not attempt to hol hold holdup 1 up any passing automobiles apparently being bent on seIzing the town The men ien were disguised in the uniform or of federal soldiers and were thought to have intended to take the village garrison by sur suri prise The soldiers however opened fire upon the when th r. r Continued on page ii aj MORROW 1 BETWEEN LINES IN MEXICO Continued pa e 1 the outlaws fled to the mountains after a brisk encounter I MEXICO C CITY t. t 24 t United Press Ambassador Dwight ht Morrow Mor- Mor orrow or- or row and ad Mrs Irs Morrow escaped POSsible POS POS- sible Injury after being caught between between be- be tween the battle lines lints of federal federal- troops and bandits on the na aca road An eyewItness gave ga the account ot of the Incident to theU the U Press The ambassadors ambassador's automobile was S stalled on the hl highway hw after leavIng lear leav- lag Ing Cuernavaca When It was as met b by Elmer Jones and E. E r r. ells Express Co The Morrows got Into Jones Jones' car left their own machine behind and started up the mountainous roadway J In the gathering darkness Six miles mile from they the met a truckload of persons who warned them not to proceed as there was wasa battle goIng on Morrow Mor- Mor orro or- or ro row however 1 decIded to go on and the automobile moved torn forward slowly At As the automobile advanced the put party nut fIrst heard firing and then the patter palter of bullets striking Morrow forrow took hIs hili medicine fine fIno said the eyewitness The ambassador red ordered the car stopped and lac he Mrs Irs Morrow and Darnielle retired to the roadside Jones walked ahead d and saw fedral fed fed- ral troops on a. a roadway roadway road road- way several hundred yards a away The bandits were on the The battle position was such that the actually had been betten between be- be tween the tiring firing lint lines Jones saw four or five fhe wounded men carried off during the fighting which lasted la half an hour Al After r an Inspection b by Jones others tr Mr and Mrs Morrow Morro lOot got Into the car and the party proceeded proceeded pro pro- toward detained the tho party In until untila a scouting party l cane back and reported re- re ported that the tho highway to Mexico It WI |