Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-06-30
TROOPS OFF FOR
MEXICAN BORDER
Sent by Secy. Taft at Mexico's
Request to Prevent Any Viola
ton of Neutrality Laws.
ALL QUIET AT PRESENT TIME
No Repetition OF Disorders Of Few
Days ASo--Mcxican soldiers in
large Numbers Take Field.

Washington, June 29.-By direction OF
President Roosevelt. secy. of War Taft
| has issued orders to the commanding
general of the department of Texas, at
san Antonio, to send a sufficient num-
| Der OF troops TO Del Rio. FL Paso and
other points in Texas to aid the civil
authorities in preserving order.
/ This action was decided upon as a
! result OF the request from the Mexican
| government that the United States do
| its utmost to prevent any violation or
| the neutrality laws.
The request of the Mexican govern
ment was referred TO the attorney gen.
eral by the state department. and the
| governor of Texas in the meantime was
asked to aid in compelling obedience to
| the law. The order of the president
sending troops to the border Is UNDER
| stood to have been made upon the rec
| ommendat ton of the attorney general.
Brig. Gen. Meyer. in command OF the
department of Texas, Is authorized to
ascertain the number of troops neces-
sary at Del Rio and FL Paso, and also
| to send troops to any other points along
the Mexico Texas border If found adj
Visable The federal troops VIII act
| under the direction of the United States
marshal and the United states district
attorney.
The troops' presence viii also do
much to prevent any outbreaks within
United States territory and will be of
material assistance in the event that
revolutionists should cross the border.
Del Rio is directly opposite Las Vacas.
Mexico, where the principal disturb
ances have occurred.
QUIET NOW RE1GNs.
city of Mexico, June 20,--Up TO this
evening no news of any sort had been
received at the catital that would
indicate that there had been repetition
of the disorders similar to those which
occurred at the towns of Viesca and
Las vacas on the contrary. at the de-
partments of the Interior, war and
state the statement was made that
absolute QUIET reigns in the regions
where the two small bands had been OPP
Grating.
Through private kilograms of inquiry
received here this evening it was made
evident that untruthful and sensational
reports relating to captures and as
saults were in circulation in the United
states one story was to the effect
that the town of Jiminez, place or
about II 900 inhabitants, had been as
saulted and captured by revolutionists
At the interior department and at the
office of the president of the Mexican
Central railway the correspondent of
the Associated Press was assured thar
the report was absolutely untrue. A
telegram sent to Jiminez was answered
by one of the officers at that place in
the following laconic language:
Have not seen any reVolutionists
around i'm the last few days. If they
captured the town they overlooked the
telegraph office"
AFTER INSURRECTIONlST
HI Paso. Tex. June 2s-According to
information from reliable source Of
fetal adVices have been received In
Juarez, across the river from this city,
TO the effect that the $500 federal
troops sent to Torreon. Coahuila, have
taken the field in an effort to surround
the parties believed to be responsible
for the attacks on Viesca and Hacienda
Matamuros.
Gen. Villar, of the third military
zone, Is i'm command of the troops in
the field, and according TO the Mexico
civ Record arriving here tonight, the
war department has left II entirely TO
his discretion to conduct the campaign
and 70 distribute the various forces
over the field"
Gen Villar's plan of campaign, II
Is reported viii be to hem in, II pos
sible the members Of the bands which
attacked Vesca and Matamoros ana
to close in his forces until they have
surrounded the entire party. With this
end In view, II Is reported that he
has sent out from Torreon the major
part Of his cavalry and detachment
of infantry.
Juarez officials are positive In their
expressions that the Instructions have
been squelched by the prompt dispatch
OF troops from Mexico City to coahuila
and chihuahua points They declare
that the last Of the revolutionists win
be overtaken in a week or 10 days.
and that the forces of the federal gov
eminent will be able TO keep the situa
ton well In hand,
Passengers arriving on the Mexican
Central tonight from Torreon say that
the situation there is greatly improved
since the arrival and distribution Of
troops. Guards that had been estab-
lished ut business houses and homes
have been removed and general tone
of confidence In the militia is shown
in the city,
The toWnspeople generally are quiet
er than they have been since the re-
port reached them OF the army OF in
vaslon headed their way.
Troops under Col. Ballesteros which
arrived Sunday In Juarez, have been
distributed about the city and a de-
tachment of fifty troopers WAS sent out
today TO Casa Grande.
The hearing OF the six alleged reV0-
lutionsts arrested here last Thurs
day, set for today before United States
Commissioner George y. oliver has
been continued. pending the arrival of
Asst. Dist Atty Gen. EnglelSing from
san Francisco.
WHAT COL GREENE SAYS.
san Francisco. June 30.-Co VIII
liam c. Greene, the copper king of
| cananea, Mexico, accompanied by his
| daughter and party OF friends. sailed
| for the orient on The Mongolia today
! The party Is making tour of the
| world.
'"rho recent bandit outbreak on the
| Mexican border" said Col. Greene
was at Bizca, u little town Of about
! 800 people In the Chaparral brush
crush country, isolated and six miles
| down the river from Del Rio on the
! American side OF the Rio Grande. The
| place has been for years a rendezvous
| for smugglers, bandits, thieves and
! outlaws, But most Of the trouble has
been started from the American side,
! from the headquarters OF the junta nj
! san Antonio and Los Angeles. This
| junta issues n small paper and appeals
| 20 the indictments I'm Mexico who are
| opposed TO the Dlaz rule. Flores
! Moran IL one of the leaders now ia jalI
IA Los Angeles, resisting extradition
l had him Indicted at 81 Louis two
} years ago for criminal libel at the time
or the Cananea riots
BIG PLANT susPENDs.