Ogden Daily Standard | 1916-05-15 | Page 5 | Daring Dash in to Old Mexico

TO OLD MEXICO Columbus, N H. May 14. Numer ous rumors were current here tonight that the American border patrol had been fired on by Mexicans somewhero in the vicinity of Hachita, N. M . 45 miles west of Columbus. Reports to Colonel H. G. Sickle, regarding tho happening, however. Authorities here do not place any credence in the story. Two stories were circulated most widely that there had been trouble at Culbertson's ranch, near tho Arizona-Now Arizona-Now Mexico frontier, and another that a patrol had been engaged at A ill i1rMrk "Wnlli? i.MitU rC Urirtlifo News reached here today of the ar-rial ar-rial at expeditionaary headquarters of more truck trains carrying $102,-000 $102,-000 in gold to pay troops. The news of Major George T. Lnng- home's daring dash into Mexico from , San Vicente Wednesday morning, was iocelved tonight. It was officially reported re-ported here, however, that Colonel Sibley has caught up with Major Langhorne and that the march has been resumed at double-quick time. In the event this is true, the second punitive expedltiou is over eighty miles into the interior of Moxico after the raiders of Glenn Springs and Boquillas. Wire communication with Boqulllas is scheduled to be in operation opera-tion tonight when Captain Herbert L. lSvans, chief of the signal corps for this expedition, is expected to communicate com-municate with Captqin Weicezork in command of the coast artillery company com-pany at Marathon