Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-01
PREDICTED UPRISING
FAILS TO COME OFF
Juaez Mayor Takes Refuge in
Ell Paso, Tex.
NO ATTACK MADE ON TOWN
United States Administration .Ex-
poets Speedy End of Revolt.
PALOMAS RAIDED YESTERDAY
Insurgents Repulsed With Loss of
One Dead and One Captured.
Bombs Fail to Explode.
NO ATTACK MADE ON TOWN
pALoMAs RAIDED YESTERDAY

There was nothing in dispatches re-
ceived at the executive departments of the
government this morning-at least so far
as the officials could disclose their con-
tents-to substantiate predictions made by
the Mexican junta in the United States
that today would witness a general upris-
ing in northern Mexico.
So we'll organized is the Mexican army
and so complete the facilities for
transporting troops that the officials here
declare there is no danger of any hostile
movement against the government that
could not he put down in short order.
Cen Myer. commanding the Department
of Texas, telegraphed to the War De-
partment today that he had sent four
troops OF cavalry to Del Rio. near the
scene of operations of the inSurrecttOnlStS
in Mexico.
Consul Ellsworth to Investigate.
American Consul Luther T Ellsworth
At Porfirio Diaz. i'm the state of Coahuila
has Informed the State Department he Is
going to make trip to the Las Vacas
country, the scene of recent disturbances.
To investigate the conditions there While
he will report his findings to the State
Department he is making the investiga
tion entirely on his own responsibility.
Several dispatches received through
official sources and apparently corrobarat-
ing press kilograms regarding the trouble
at Las Nacas were made public today.
They indicate that at the Las Vacas fight
several days ago nine Mexican soldiers
and twelve bandits were killed. Capt
PeraZ presumably a Mexican officer was
wounded three times
After their repulses the bandits took ref
Uee in the mountains and the prediction
was made that they would be driven north
to Texas.
Prompt Suppression Expected.
Officials of the administration familiar
with conditions in Mexico. both from
hearsay and experience. and also the
members Of the Mexican embassy predict
early subsistence Of TIE nres4;. In
s,.-ret tIonary increment.
They base this belief mainly on the ex-
frdordinary steps taken by the govern
ment OF Mexico to stamp out the insur-
recffon and the activities exerted by the
nited States i'll enforcing neutrality
along the border thus depriving the mall
contents from any material assistance
from this side of the boundary line.
Consistent with its determination to pre-
vent the fomenting of any revolutionary
movements within its borders, the Ameri
can government has kept close watch
over the movements of those who its
officers have reason to believe were en-
gagged in insurrectionary acts with Mexico
as their objective point The result of the
present situation will be increased vigil
lance along that line.
1t is rare that the military has been
called into service for the work the forces
are now engaged in. The President be-
1ieved it is act which a friendly gov
ernment like Mexico will appreciate.
Presidents Authority Ample.
Ample authority is given the President
-,
the military to enforce the neutrality
laws. Recourse is had only to such meas
ures in exceptional cases.
Mexican officials highly appreciate the
sentiments which move the American gov
ernment to use the troops in patrolling the
border. 1t is done without special re-
quest therefore on the part of Mexico.
The provision of the neutrality laws
authorizing punishment of PERSONS who
take part in military expedition against
q friendly state is embodied in section
.'2>ti. Revised Statutes, providing that
every person within the territory juris-
diction of the United States who takes
part in a military expedition going into
o. the territory of another state with which
the United States is at peace shall be
deemed guilty of high misdemeanor and
shall he fined not exceeding $1,000 or i'm
prisoned not more than three years
II 1t should happen that the insurrec-
tlon In Mexico should assume the proper
IONS o! "a feDeiIlOn. IL would then become
the duty OF the President to issue pro-
Clamat1on of neutrality, which would
recognize the insurgents as bellgerents
That, however. would only be done in the
vent of the insurgents securing control
of portion of Mexico and setting I'D
regular government
Predicted Attack Not Made.
FL PASO. Tex. July 1.-Quiet prevailed
last night at Juarez. Mex, opposite FL
y Il
would be attacked last night by revolu
tnnists.
Dynamite was discovered under the
residence of the Mayor of Juarez yester-
day The mayor and his family have re.
moved to FL Paso temporarily.
Troops from Fort Bliss. now at maneu-
vcrs at Leon Springs, Tex. are being hur-
ried back to this city. The first revolu-
tonary outbreak in the Republic of Mex
L." beyond the borders of COahuila
Cured yesterday morning at o'clock.
when the garrison at Palomas. Chihuahua.
seventy miles west of this city, at
tackled by band of fifty men. who were
repulsed with loss of killed and
one captured.
There were fourteen guards stationed
at the Mexican post when the attacking
party surprised tie town. The most of
the fhsurrectionists were armed with rude
weapons and homemade implements of
according 10 dispatch received here
from Columbus. N NJ. across the river
from falomas. Juan CorreOn. the Mexi-
tau general. arrived there from Palomas
tca"'Hg dispatches to his government
concerning the attack. 1t began when a
bomb was thrown into the telegraph Of
Ice. thus shutting off communication with
outside points.
Bombs Thrown Aside.
In the fight which followed several hun
ored shots were fred. and many bombs
thrown at the headquarters of the
officers. Owing TO the fact that the bombs
were i'll timed the officers were able to
throw them away before they exploded.
thus saving the building and their own
lives.
The fight lasted one hour. The attack
ing party then fled to the mountains west
of PalomaS.
One man was killed. 1t seems that he
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