Show I Border W War ar Bulletins I WASHINGTON March 23 Secretary Secretary Lansing today took personal charge of the Mexican situation so far as it concerns the tha state department He conferred with Eliseo Arredondo General I Carranza's ambassador who presented a dispatch from Consul Garcia at El Paso denying entirely that General Herrera had revolted with the Chihuahua garrison and joined Villa Counselor Polk and Arredondo discussed with Secret Secretary Lansing the proposed protocol for joint action in the pursuit of Villa COLUMBUS N N. N M. M March 23 No No word of Edgard 5 S. Gorrell the missing aviator of the American aero aeto corps was waa contained in today's dispatches received at the military base here With the lieutenant four eighty-four hours overdue at Casas Grandes hopes that he may have been delayed in some isolated district are waning The three days' days rations and the small canteen of water which he carried must be exhausted even if they were not lost or destroyed in a possible wreck of the plane Consequently army men here realize that Lieutenant Gorrell may now be face to face faco with death from hom thirst or starvation TORREON Mexico March 23 Captured Captured report that two gangs of bandits are e operating in the district south of Laguna one under Lozano who killed his partner Perez near Matamoros s last Friday and the other under Canuto Reyes Lazona's Lazona band poorly y armed and short of ammunition is said to be operating inthe in inthe inthe the the Puerto de de- Los Los' s' s Pencos foothills south of Mafa Matamoros Reyes r retreated treated to Sierra Prieta almost due south of Torreon after his last fight COLUMBUS N. N M. M March 23 Wireless Wireless communication with the expeditionary base at Casas Grandes was resumed today when it was learned by Major Semple commanding the army sta sta- station station tion here that all the transport trucks and wagons with their drivers driven and guards were safe at the t temporary base Two drivers and four guards who left Ascension for Casas Grandes last Monday who had been missing reported today The trucks were delayed by the heavy sand trail EL PASO Texas Tetas March 23 General General Gavira at Juarez today confirmed the report that the bandit leader Canuto Reyes was parleying parleying parleying par par- with General Robles in regard to a surrender General Robles was among the Mexicans Mexican rounded rounded up and put in jail as s Villa suspects susI sus sus- suspects I peets by the El Paso police following the Columbus raid He was I I released on evidence that he was a i I WASHINGTON March 23 General General Funston today asked for eight more aeroplanes He wants four to go to Columbus to fly with Brigadier General Pershing's column and four others to be besent beI I sent to his headquarters at Fort Sam Houston to be held for emergency emergency emer emer- l gency work f WASHINGTON March 23 A A rush appropriation of 8 8 i to cover the extraordinary expenditures of the expedition into into Mexico in including luding the increase of the army to its full strength was asked of congress today by the war depar department ent LAREDO Texas March 23 Officials Officials of the Carranza Carranza government government government gov- gov at Nuevo Laredo today reiterated their statement denying the defection tion of the T Torreon orreon garrison to Villa EL PASO Mar March h 23 Dispatches Dispatches from Torreon today make no w mention of the widespread report that the Carranza garrison had bad revolted |