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Show SUMMARY CODE FOR OUTLAWS Mexicans Promptly Shot, Unless Un-less Proper Identification Is Made All Closely Close-ly Watched. NO FOOD SHORTAGE Soldiers and Rangers Pitch Tents at Border Train Crews Ordered to Aid Officers. Brownsville, Tex, Aug. 14. Car-ranza Car-ranza soldiers, it was learned today, temporarily took possession of Island No. 10 In the Rio Grande for a short time while the Mexican raiding was at Its height a few days ago. This island is large, containing pasturage for considerable stock. American residents of the vicinity, which is near Rio Grande City, one hundred miles above here, wore mystified mys-tified by the actions of the Mexican soldiers. The latter finally withdrew from tho island. Summary Code Adopted. Peaco officers and rangers have adopted a summary code of handling suspected Mexicans. At Fort Brown here, the following report was turned In, made by peace officers to an army patrol officer on duty at a small station sta-tion north of Brownsville: "We met two Mexicans. They tried to escape. We could not identify them, so we left them there." These Mexicans were killed. Soldiers and Rangers on Duty. Owing to tho slowness of means of travel and great distances the full force of soldiers and rangers ordered out to quell raids did not reach their assigned places until late yesterday or early today. As now disposed they make a striking strik-ing showing at railroad stations. At Ilarlingen, a big cotton platform is covered with brown army tents. Mexicans everywhere are visible, working In the fields or mixing with tho soldiers and rangers at the stations. sta-tions. Mexicans on trains, or those who seem' to be going any distance by other means of travel, are closely watched. Train crew are ready to uncouplo their engines at any time and turn them over to the use or soldiers or peace officers for runs to alarms, or appeals for aid. The entire lower Rio Grande valley section has tho nppearance of martial law, but It Is a silent law. Tho population pop-ulation Is so comparatively sparse that strangers aro recognized and checked up Immediately usually without with-out being asked any questions. No Food Shortage. Mnlamoros, opposite Brownsville, doce not appear to be suffering from food shortage or exorbitant prices. For sixteen cents, American monoy, tho following dinner was served In a cafe there last night: Small porterhouse steak, one pork chop, beans, coffee, bread, cako and one-half quail. x Asks Burial Permit. A permit, obtained from the Brownsville authorities for the burial i of a child's leg, revealed one small ; tragedy. The permit was obtained by a Mexican named Pasano. He resides about twenty miles above BrownBvlllo near where Private H. R, McGulre of tho Twelfth cavalry was i killed a few days ago. McGulre was i the first soldier to lose his life during tho raids. Pasano said ho had been arrested, that his captors offered to - let him go, hut that he refused believing be-lieving they intended to shoot him and say he had tried to escapo. He was taken to jail and later was released. After Pasano had returned to his home, he said he Baw a posse coming com-ing through his lands and called some of his friends to help film re-ssit re-ssit what he expected to be his arrest. ar-rest. He said this posse was not looking for him. Tho latter's friends, however, opened fire. McGulre was killed in this fight and the Mexicans took to the brush. Pasano assorted that the only person per-son Injured, besides McGulre, was a small Mexican boy who was shot in the leg so badly that the limb had to be amputated. Pasano then brought the leg here for burial in accordance -with his own ideas of piety. fin |