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Show CARRANZA WARNS I UNITED STATES I State Department Advised of H Further Villa Outlawry and H Suggests All Possible H Vigilance Be Used. H BANDITS HEADED NORTH H 1 De Facto' President Suggests H Careful Patrol of Border and jH Promises Every Possible H Co-operation. H Washington, July 7. On Instruc- H tions from General Carranza the Mexi- 'H can embassy today advised the state il department of tho virtual destruction IH of a de facto force Wednesday by a Hf large Villa band at Corral. Chihuahua, H and suggested that the American bor- jH dor patrol exercise all possible vigl- H lance to prevent the outlaws from raid jH ing into the United Slates jH In his dispatch to the embassy Gen- IH era! Carranza said he feared the ban- iH dits had crossed the desert in an at- H tempt to reach the border and cause H further difficulties. He suggested that H the American troops patrol carefully H between Boqulllas and Ojinaga aud JH promised that every possible effort iH would be made by his forces to ap- ul prehend and disperse the bandits. fH Funston Reports Villa Activity. H San Antonio, Texas, July 7 General H Funston's advices from the border to- H day indicated no change In the mill- j tary situation. General Pershing's re- H port that a rumor had reached him of H Villa's men at from S00 to 2000. jM Trains bearing guardsmen to border H stations were moving In fewer num- hers today. The greater part of the H national guard that was prepared to H respond to the call for service already H lias reached the border. H |