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Show BRIGANDAGE IS ' BY HUERTA MEN ' 1 1 Brownsville, Tex., Aug. 12. After I J passing a quiet night the lower Rio 'iisH Grande valley today watched for re- ; fj suits of the sending of more troops . H Into this section. n'i General E P. Nafarette, Carranza M commander at Matamoros today de- I H nied that a thousand of his men could M enter Texas to participate in the up- M risings against Americans and gave JA as his reason that he has had only M 500 men at Matamoros and at the H mouth of Rio Grande. ' jH He charges that the brigandage in ' l Texas is caused by Huerta followers ftlBH in anticipation of Carranza'3 recogni- ILLV tion by the United States and expres- I KH ses his willingness to co-operate with JliiBH American authorities in capturing jind ILLa returning to the United States 'any H bandits who may cross into Mexico j M Three companies of United States j l troops reached Laredo from Browns- I H vllle this morning, the fourth com- ffH pany of the battalion having been de- M terred at Kingsville. M Laredo, Tex., Aug. 12. According t j IH to rumor.s In this city today. 1000 H soldiers have arrived to reinforce the 1 garrison on the American side of ingH the river. A local Carranza paper ' liH calls upon its readers to make ready H "to defend the national honor." M One hundred and thirty rifles and lH two hundred and sixty-four thousand JH rounds of ammunition are being held H up by the local customs' officials. i fH This was material was purchased last ( "H April by the Carranza faction, H SBBj More Outlaws Killed. fc H Brownsville, Tex.. Aug. 12. Three i S jH more Mexican outlaws were today JH added to the list of killed in battle ) near Mercedes, Hidalgo county. It iiH was not reported whether soldiers, ( H county officers or rangers were in yH the fight. Officers have adopted i JH policy of refusing to give details of jjl fights in which they were concerned H This is said to account for the lack H of confirmation of a report that eight M other Mexican bandits were killed in 'LL1 Hidalgo county since Friday. )H oo IbH |