Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-20
NEW AMBASSADOR is PRESENTED
Declaration of Friendship Between
Nations Are Exchanged.
REBELS BURN FREIGHT DEPOT
Small Party Makes Daring Dash Into
Aqua Prieta.
STATION AND CARS DESTROYED
FcderaIs Fire Upon Invaders and
Two or Three Are KtIIed-RaI-
road IL Accused OF Aiding
Government,

WASHINGTON, Apru iaA- DEVELOPMENTS
today indicated to President Taft that
peace i'm Mexico may not he a dream and
there is reason TO believe the Mexican au-
thorities will adopt a definite. restrictive
policy along the border" TO prevent con
flicts
Senior Manuel de Hamscona. the now
Mexican ambassador. was presented 10 the
president and declarations Of friendship
were exchanged today. Information was
given out at the White House that the
rough draft Of MoNico's formal note I'm re-
play to the State departments demand that
American border towns be not ENDANGERED
by Mexican battles has been placed in the
hands Of Ambassador Wilson at Mexico
City. Mr. Wilson reported that tho note
ms drafted was satisfactory and It is ex-
pected to reach the State department IN
final form soon
subcommittee Of the house committee
on foreign affairs will meet the president
and Secretary Knox at the White House
tomorrow to confer on the Mexican sit
uatlon.
Delegate Ralph Cameron Of Arizona said
he had received letter from business
man at Douglas saying Mexican, both fed
eral and insurrectos who were wounded
by the victors. The Red Cross had no CON
flrmation OF this report
In a speech to the president Senior Zama-
coma said peace would be declared I'm Mex
leo soon. The president in few sentences.
not included in his formal address, assured
the new ambassador that this government
was not crouching on the border readylto
spring on Mexico. His telegram to Gov
ernor Sloan of Arizona, the president said,
explained his attitude.
Rebels Burn Depot.
Aqua PRIETA, Mexico, April "a
Shortly after daylight today a daring band
of insurrectos numbering only a half
dozen or so, stole into Aqua Prieta and
set fire to the Nacozari railroad station,
which was destroyed with its valuable
contents. The federsls fired upon the in
vAders and two or three of them we're
killed
Five loaded freight cars also were burned.
The freight depot was filled with goods
of every description. including costly uiu-
ing machinery supplies and provisions
which had not been moved over the Naco-
zari railroad because of the burning Of
the bridges south of Aqua Prieta
When II was discovered on the American
side of the line that the depot was on fire.
the officials of the road rushed switch
engine to the American side in an effort
to save some cars standing on the siding
and as many as possible were shifted out
of danger There was no water for fire
fighting in Aqua Prleta.
Whether the men vino fired the depot
had been hiding under It since the evacua-
tion OF yesterday, or had dashed across the
line from the American side is not known.
There has been talk on this side of re-
prisals of this nature because the railroad
is blamed for assisting the federal cause.
Several Die In Depot.
Mexican federal soldiers carried several
dead on blankets from the ruins of the
depot to the bull ring. These are believed
to have ben the bodies OF rebels who APP
piled the torch or of refugees who had
been hiding in the building and were en-
trapped by soldiers who rushed to the
scene.
The column Of insurrectos which was
swinging around into the Nocozari valley
when darkness fell last night could not be-
seen today. Neither had the column which
was observed at the south of the noun
tain pass leading toward Cananea ad-
vanced into the sulphur Springs valley
along the American line.
At Cienzas Springs, twelve miles east Of
Aqua Prieta, band OF rebels was re-
ported