Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-27
500 Executed by PuebIa Gov.
eminent, Is Report.
Half-Starved Men Loot Provisions
on Retonia Ranch.
MADER0 COVERS HIS TRAIL
Mormons Prepared to Fight 1nsur-
gents in Northern chihuahua.
Little Trouble Elsewhere.

Little Trouble Elsewhere.
SAN ANGELO, Tex, November %
That 500 insurgents were ordered shot by
the government at Puebla, Mexico, in
stead Of only forty having been killed
there, as told in press dispatches, is the
assertion made in letters received today
from Americans living near Puebla.
Raid by Hungry Men.
MEXICO CITY, November 26.-The only
news to reach this city today indicating
activity on the part of the revolutionists
was That of a raid by band Of twenty
five to thirty half-starved men early to-
day at Retonia ranch near Sacramento,
thirty miles north of Torreon.s
The ranch store is said to have been
stripped of provisions, these apparently
beng the sole quest of the marauders.
Nothing else was molested.
News of the raid reached Torreon by
telephone. a call for rurales was sent
to Lerdo They at once went in pursuit.
Trouble Near Parral.
aldo says that everything is quiet in
that city. A rumor, which it was i'm
possible to confirm. related that the
small town Of Cuevas, near Parral,
had fallen into the hands Of the rebels
The dispatch says that yesterday
workmen were sent to repair portion
of a railroad near Santa Barbara, a
few miles to the southwest. 1t had
been torn up, but trains were running
as usual and passengers were not mo-
Tested.
Gen. Navarro with 600 troops was said
to have left today, presumably for the
north. A force of 100 men was left in
Parral
Belated reports of the fighting which
occurred in Parral several days ago con-
tained news of the killing, by a stray
bullet of Mr.. Storey. an American min
ing operator. formerly resident of
Hartford, Conn. Storey was shot through
the neck as he walked in the street on
the day of the assault.
Madero's Whereabouts Unknown.
Nothing obtainable in Mexico City
gives an indication of the whereabouts
Of Francisco I. Madero.
All towns where assaults have been
made appear now to be we'll guarded
by federal troops and rurales. The
only apprehension felt by the author
tiles is over raids by small companies
Of bandits on isolated haciendas.
An Associated Press correspondent
wired from Torreon tonight that he was
unable to learn of serious trouble any
where in that region.
Ismael Zuniga, jefe politico Of the Lerdo
district. was quoted as saying that Ma
dero was the only man connected with the
revolt who was at all widely known, and
that the movement throughout had lacked
organization. The disturbers for the
most part were workers on haciendas
and members generally of the. lower
classes of society.
Telegraph facilities from the zone of
trouble are SO far improved that press
kilograms are row being transmitted
with comparatively little delay.
Telegraph Service Resumed.
LAREDO, Texas, November 26.-The
Mexican government tonight lifted the
embargo on the use Of all telegraph wires
and furnished the Associated Press with
it's direct leased wire to Mexico City.
For the first time in five days a regular
press service went into the republic to-
night. The fact that the government
finds 1t convenient to do away with one
of its few direct circuits is taken as an
indication that the situation Is now we'll
in hand, and that there Is no further
fear of an outbreak, especially in the in
terror.
Barring the many rumors, which almost
hourly seem to gain currency, there has
been no development In tOday's news re-
garding the revolution in Mexico.
Quiet Is Reported.
Gen. Villar has received advices cover
ing his entire district and that of Col.
Pana, from Colombia to Ciudad Porfirio
Diaz The reports show general quiet at
all points along the border and in the Inn
mediate interior.
same quiet conditions exist at all places
along the American side of the river.
The American troops are still encamped
at Minera, thirty miles above Laredo on
the line of the Rio Grande and Eag.e
Pass railway, to maintain observance Of
the neutrality laws.
Incoming passengers on tonights local
train from Saltillo, Mexico, report every
thing quiet along the lines of the Ma
tional Railways of Mexico.
Mormons Ready to Fight.
Ell PASO. Tex. November 26-The Ell
Paso Herald today received from its
staff correspondent, who left Juarez Fri
day morning for the Mormon colonies in
northern Chihuahua, a telegram saying
that a battle had been fought between in
SurrectiontStS ana ponce wednesday III
that region, and that the Mormons were
now arming themselves in preparation
to repulse an attack If any were made.
The telegram says:
'.Neuva Casas, Grandes, Mexico: At
Mansquipa, 125 miles south from here,
two insurrectionistS were killed and q
number of police and insurrectionists
were wounded. This fight took place
Wednesday.
IAN is quiet at Manaquipa. Two hun
dred insurrectos who started to clean
up Manaquipa Wednesday, are now re-
portea to be within fifty miles Of here
and headed for Colonia Juarez.
"a telephone message from Colonia
Juarez this morning said that every
one was heavily armed and that the
Mormons were prepared to protect their
town.