Arizona republican., 1906-09-13
DOUGLAS MEETING
 DENIES STATEMENTS
Prepares Communication for Hearst Papers Signed by Mayor.

The true situation regarding the conditions at Douglas and other points on the Mexican border are set forth in the following communication to the Los Angeles Examiner which was signed by Mayor w. Fl. Adamson of Douglas and Geo. H. Kelly and F. B. Door. publishers of the leading Doug las newspapers. The communication was sent the Examiner for the purpose of refuting statements previously pub Iished by that paper regarding the revolutionary proceedings.
 Douglas, Ariz., Sept. g. Examiner,
 Los Angeles. Cal.
 At a mass meeting held by the cit izens of Douglas last night the un dersigned were appointed to send q statement to your paper contradicting many of the exaggerated and un- truthful statements sent by your cor respondent here concerning what has occurred in this city in connection with an organization of Mexicans here having for it's purpose the aid ing of a proposed revolution against Mexico.
 The people of Douglas feel that the publication of such stories as appeared in the Examiner on September ,, will hurt our city by unnecessarily alarm ing people who are interested in min eraI development in the country trib- utary to it and preventing people from becoming interested in this section of the country.
 What occurred in Douglas on the evening of September 4th, was caused by a report which came from Agua Prieta. the border town across the I; f n fc O ican woman entered a store of a Mrs. Shepperd, who runs a curio store and begged of her to move her stock across the line as the revOlutiOnists were going to make a raid on the IOwH and would levy on her stock. This information was sent to the American customs office on this side of the line. and from there a messenger was sent to the city hall and informed the city council that the revOlutionists were on their way to loot the Copper Queen store here. The council left the chamber in haste and two men were sent for to Investigate the ru- nor. On their return they reported that there was absolutely no truth in the report whateN ar. Your cores pondent claims there were one hun - dred shots fired. when as a matter of fact there were no shots fired on the border and only three or four shots fired during the evening by drunken men in the tenderloin district. It was further stated that there were about 2O00 revolutioists in the halfway house on the border armed with rifles, when the truth is there were eight Mexican officials on guard at th1 Mexican customs house, headed by Collector of Customs Garcia. The Cop per Queen store was reported to have sold 10000 rifles recently, according to the report sent out but the mana ger states that they have not sold anything like half that many during the five years they have been in busi- ness in Douglas and their sales this year have not been above the average
 There was an organization or com pany of Mexicans in this city, said to contain sixty members. Sixteen of tht leaders were arrested and are now held by the United States authorities The arrest of these men, it is believed has ended the attempt of local Mex jeans to make trouble for the govern ment of their native country.
 There is some revolutionary feel