Show c.- c. r KI HA HAVE V UNION NI N NIN IN Cooperative Body Is Formed to Seize and Ho Hold ld Foreigners for Ransom Officials Say I I V Y ASnI ASHINGTON March 8 8 tive W Discovery ery of a cooperative tive association having laving for its purpose the and holding for ransom rans ransom ran ran- Americans Americans Ameri- Ameri s som m of foreigners preferably cans ns Is announced by the Mexican foreign rn office a according to advices to today today today to- to day from Mexico City The announcement says say this unique company Is s made up of Mexicans an and t Americans on on- the border this statement statement state state- m ment nt being based on reports from various ya- ya va various rious consular officers The foreIgn office says the association also Is is' is engaged in the ignoble task of oC creatIng creating creating creat creat- ing trouble between the two coun coun- tries FEDERALS FIGHT IT Acting on tHe Information presented by tho the for foreign office the war department department department depart depart- ment according to these advices has Issued Instructions to the the- military com com- commanders manders In the states of Durango Coahuila Coahulla Nuevo Leon a aid ad d Tamaulipas to tOl break up the organization The government says Itis it js is believed the promoters of ot the kid kid- I i naping organization are rebel agents Who recently handbills adire ad- ad the reorganized reorganize government of or free Mexicans and announcing a n coup for May 5 6 PROTECT RAILROADS Because of ot the frequency of attacks on railroad trains the Mexican govera- govera anent plans to erect blockhouses alon the railroad lines except where they already exist other reports from Mexico Mex- Mex Mex Mexico ico City say ay The experience on the theVera theVera theVera Vera Cruz line where railroad holdups were greatly decreased by the blockhouse blockhouse blockhouse block block- house system has led Director General of ot the railroad system to advocate adVocate advocate ad ad- this plan The blockhouses would be of reinforced concrete with witha R a guard of fifty soldiers in each |