Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1911-04-08

here continued preparations today to
make an automobile dash into Chihua.
hua to discuss with the insurgent COM
mander-in-chief the possibility of
peace. kilograms were exchanged be-
tween this city and Chihuahua and
Washington, but the contents were
not diyulged. Some hitch may delay
the Maderos departure but it is stat.
ed that government intervention alone
will prevent an interview between
Francisco l. Madero, Jr., and his
father
Fighting at Velardino.
Ell Paso, April 8.-The severest bat
tie yet fought in the state of Duran
go was in progress at Valardino on
! Tuesday when mail advices were sent
from Torreon. The battle has been in
progress two days, three hundred
federals occupying the town. and sev.
en- hundred insurrectos surrounding
! the place. Fifteen to sixteen rebels
have been killed and one federal was
killed in the town. Six non-combatants
were wounded. The fighting contin-
ued outside OF Cuilacan, the capital of
Sinaloa, and the federals are reported
trapped by a band of rebels at one
| place.
Williams to Relief of MexicaIi.
MeXlcali, Mex, April S.-With mules
stolen yesterday from American
ranches in Lower California, laden
with extra rifles and ammunition SUP.
plies, Stanley Williams. the American
insurgent leader, left Mexicali today
headed straight for the federal forces
under Colonel Mayot which are be-
Sieging the city. 1t is apparently the
intention of Williams to hurl his lit
tie force of So men, all Americans
against an entire battalion of federals
The latter with characteristic delib.
Grafton is near Packard station five
miles southeast. waiting until ma
mana before assaulting Mexicali.
Peace Talk.
Chihuahua, Via Laredo, Texas Sat.
urday, April S.-A report which lacks
official confirmation is in persistent
circulation, that in the event of Presi.
dent Diaz putting into effect the re.
forms suggested in his recent mes
sage to congress, with peace as the
result, DR.. Vasquez Gomez, the insur
recto confidential agent at Washing
ton, will be called to Mexico CITY TO
assume high office. With the outpos.s
OF the insuurectos and federals sep
arated only by a few miles, Chihua. !
hua today continued in a state of ex. |
pectancy. A message has been sent
Madero urging him not to permit the
destruction of the Mexican National
railroad south, which now is the only |!
means to bring supplies here. The |
suspension of trains would place Chi !,
huahua under siege, and wo;k hard
ships on non-combatants. Madero
has permitted provision trains 10 Dass
through insurrecto territory to The
mines of the north where many Amer
leans are employed. A shipmen. of
dynamite to the mines also has been
allowed, sometimes on condition that
portion of the dynamite he surrend.
cred.
Use for Pontoon BRIDGE.
San Antonio, Texas, April ST
Know now,' said an army officer last
night why the government brought
the pontoon bridges to the mobiliza.
ton camp at Fort Houston. They
are needed to navigate the camp.
mad always heard that Texas was drv
alarmingly dry, and when I studied
geography as boy, this part of Texas
was known as the Great American
DESERT where rain was as rare as
tne man who likes to pay his taxes
But l am convinced now that some
OF the geography l studied when lad
was misleading, and that Uncle Sam
really knows what is needed in a mo.
bllization camp. There is Just such
a thing as rain in Texas, and like the
lflshman who let go to spit on his
hands, it comes down at an awful
rate. The streets in the camp have
been bog the greater part of the
time we have been there, and under.
stand That the man who controls the
cork on the weather situation is pre.
dlctlng more rain. He may have II
IN Tor the army, and again he NAV he
trying to get on real easy terms with
Texas farmers who appear to be de- |
lighted with the wet weather condi.
t1ons. Be that as it may, just why. the
pontoon bridges We're brought to
Texas is no longer secret"
Santa Fe Should Have the Post.
San Antonio, Texas, April st is
rumored in inner circles at the army /
post that Fort Sam Houston will prob
ably be made permanent division
post. 1t is known that negotiations I
are now on to acquire some 1000
acres of land for the government ad-
Joining the Post. During his visit !
here some months ago, President Taft |
was much pleased with the location G
and has been interested since in s
the maintenance and improvements.
The weather here offers opportunity d
for drills and maneuvers the entire a
year around, and the fact that soldiers t