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Show POSSE OF TEXANS PURSUE BAND El Paso, Toxas, May 7. Three American soldiers and a ten year old boy have lost their lives and two American citizens have been kidnapped kid-napped and carried south of tho International In-ternational bqundary to almost certain cer-tain death In another raid of Moxl-can Moxl-can bandits that takes rank with Francisco Villa's famous attack on Columbus, N. M. Whether tho marauders ma-rauders wero Vllllstas or Carranzls-las Carranzls-las Is not known. Tho bandits foray, carrying them through the southern limits of Drew-ster Drew-ster county, In tho Dig Hend district dis-trict of Texas and taking In three llttlo settlements near tho bordeir Glenn Springs, Hoqulllas and Deem-ers Deem-ers took place on Friday night and Saturday morning, but nows of It did not reach hero until today. Hurried Order Given Within nn hour preparations bad boon made for adequate action. "Major "Ma-jor General Frederick Funston ordered or-dered that in all four troops of cavalry cav-alry should proceed to tho raided section to relnforco small detachments detach-ments on the scene from Presidio, Alpine and other points. Theso troops got under wny tonight. to-night. It is said hero that If tho exigencies ex-igencies of tho ense demand such action they will cross tho border l order to run down and disperse tho bandits. They consist of two troops of tho Eighth cavalry from Fort HIIss, El Paso, under Mnjor George T, Langhorne, and two troopa of tho Fourteenth cnvalry from Fort Clark, under Colonel Frederick W. Sibley, 'commander of the Fourteenth. |