The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-05-12
lhSURRECTOS
GAMING GROUND
IN CHIHUAHUA
Are Marching Unopposed Ta,,
ward the City Of ohihuahaG,
and Gaining Recruits
many OF THE SMALLER
TOWNS ARE CAPTURED

IUMM1 hkE GAr lUktu
Federal Troops Make Little Resistance
and In Some Instances Looting Is
Carried on Under Their Very Noses
--One American Assaulted.
Chihuahua. Mex, via Ell Paso. May
1.-Two thousand insurrectos, q
part Of band operating in the dis
tricts south of here, are reported to
be marching on Chihuahua. Already
the advance guards are camped
around the city. An armed mob, just
before daylight, entered Nombre de
Dios, suburb. looted all the stores
and took all the horses, despite the
presence Of 1900 troops in the near
by barracks and escaped.
Santa Eulelfa, an important min
ing camp twelve miles east Of the
city. has been abandoned by all the
municipal officers because Of the ap-
prosch OF theinsurrectos. This dis
patch is sent 225 miles overland by
automobile to Ell Paso, Texas.
Situation in the south is reported
as follows:
Torreon-Co Communication in all di-
rections is cut of and the inhabitants
are In constant fear Of attack.
Lerdo-In the hands Of insurrectos
under Pablo LAWN; condition chaos
tic; looting and acts Of violence.
Palaci0 G0mez-Invaded by the In.
aVIrrocfoc yi%ho,,$
Durango-Surrounded~b by the insur-
rectos and In fear Of attack.
Zacatecas-Surrounded by insur-
rectos; possesses cnly small federal
garrison. aa:
Aguas Calientes-Described as the
hot bed Of the revolutionists who fire.
quently make excursions into the
town and receive encouragement
from the inhabitants, ss..a!ys.s f..,
Fifteen hundred insurrectos have
surrounded Parrsl and already have
captured Minas Luevas, suburb.
Guadalupey Cairo was entered BY
700 men who shot and killed JEFF
Politic, a lieutenant and several fed
eral employees. All the stores were
looted and the municipal records
we"e burned. 5rl
August Beckman. an American Of
Luckennack, Gillespie county, Texas,
was pulled of his horse while trying
to escape. Several shots were fred
but he escaped after suffering q
wound In the scalp and the hand. He
with other Americans appealed to the
United States counsel for protection.
Waving Olive Branch.
Juarez, May 12.-Senors Obregon
and Braniff, who have endeavored in
an unofficial capacity for weeks to
bring about peace in Mexico, will
meet Francisco l. Madero, Jr, pro-
visfonal president, at his headquar-
ters In Juarez today. Whether or not
their efforts will result in q PROPOSE
tion either from Madero or Judge
Cabajal, the federal peace envoy, for
renewal Of the peace negotiations
will probably depend upon the meet
Ing Of the provisional presidents
cabinet which Is scheduled to follow
the first holding forth Of the olive
branch. 1r7
In the meantime the victorious
rebel leaders are taking measures to
guard against the possible loss Of the
advantage they have gained in the
capture or JuareZ.
Mexiee.s provisional government
became an established fact today with
the naming Of a cabinet by Francisco
!. Madero, Jr., provisional president,
and with the establishment Of capt.
tai at the captured city Of Juarez.
The cabinet follows:
DR.. VasQuaz Gomez, minister Of
foreign relations.
Gustavo Madero, minister Of finance.
venustiano Carranza, minister of
war.
Frederico Gonzales Cara, minister
Of the interior. ss..t /
Pine Suarez, minister Of justice.
Juan sanhcez Azcona, secretary to
the president. ,gl
Secretary Of War Carranga will
have charge Of the railways and
telegraphs and his first act was to
grant permission for the repair Of
tho Mexico Northwestern railroad. A
gang Of men Immediately set to work
repairing the torn up roadbed south
Of Juarez. 81 .sSt .s..s' 5.24,
Gonzales Cara will have charge Of
tho mail service and Secretary Of the
Treasury Gustavo Madero will direct
the affairs Of the custom house.
That the insurrecto army IL more
than an armed mob was shown today
In the complete absence OF looting
and Of intoxictaion and the quickness
with which the shattered city was
cleared Of its dead and wounded. The
embargo against visitors was removed
during the morning and curious sight
seers In Thousands poured across the
bridges leading from 81 Paso.