The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-05-11
ARDMORE. OKLAHOMA THURSDAY EVENING MAY II 1911

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recto army for their countrymen who
have been defeated, but everywhere
are heard words of approbium for
President Diaz, whom they hold re-
sponsible for the loss of life and the
suffering of the wounded.
General Madero himself, when he
arrived this afternoon at the corral
where the federal prisoners are quar-
tered, made an address full of sym
pathy and encouragement, lauding
them for their bravery and assuring
/ them that in his heart as well as in
those of his men, there was no feel
Of enmity, but of uniform friendliness.
You fought for General Daz,' he
declared at the conclusion of his
| speech, because you had to; because
you were a part of that system which
We are trying to dissolve. IN few
days perhaps peace will be restored.
You soon will be free. If the war is to
be continued, you can have your
choice of being paroled or joining the
army of liberation. In the meantime,
We shall treat you as brothers, not as
foes"
With shouts of viva Madero" the
vast throng of prisoners and insurrec-
tos who gathered to hear him threw
their hats skyward and shouted in ap-
plause.
A few moments later down the
main thoroughfare was heard the gal
Looping of horses and soon the insur-
recto standard flashed into view. Be
hind it rode Mrs. Francisco |. Madero,
Jr., and an escort of cavalry. Her face
was beaming with joy her black dress
covered with dust. she spurred her
horse to the scene of her husbands
triumph The shouting increased as
the two embraced and entered the mu-
nicipal building, now the Madero head
quarters.
looters to Be Shot
Orders were being issued by Gen
eral Pascual Orozco all afternoon to
his men to guard stores and houses to
prevent looting. General Orozco him
self shot at two of his men whom he
caught trying to make away with some
booty.
The town the federals thought i'm
pregnable to attack fell after COM
paratively easy effort. The house to
house advance, the same deadly fire
which had driven the federals from
their trenches and outposts early Mon
day when the skirmishing began. gave
the rebels an entrance to the town
hardly molested by the artillery of
the federals.
At the close of Yesterdays fighting
the rebels had control of most of the
place. During the night they discov-
cred the federal strongholds and by
the aid of dynamite bombs and shells,
a raging conflagaration and fierce
musketry fire, fought their way to the
famous old Spanish church, a build
ing whose high brick fence formed a
barricade for the federals. The insur-
rectoS took the church at midnight.
The federals retired further into the
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ing, the edges of which We're piled
with sandbags for barricade.
After the attack was renewed early
today and the rebels had brought
their machine guns within deadly
range, the federals retired to the bar
racks and insurrectos by the hundreds
occupied the houses within 100 yards
on every side. Their fire was rapidly
demolishing the building. There was
no other alternative for General Ma
yarro but to yield.
Shrapnel was being poured into the
hollow square of the barracks. Many
federal cavalry horses We're killed.
The soldiers crowded the place to its
capacity. Only a few loopholes from
which to shoot at the insurrectos
pierced its sides.
Finally at noon General Navarro
raised a white flag. He first sought
to send a messenger to SenOr OBJ
regon, one of the go-between in the
recent peace negotiations, asking him
to arrange for a cessation of hostili-
ties or for an armistice, but the rebels
would accept nothing except immedi-
ate surrender go =
The gray-haired general stood In
the doorway of the barracks and re
ceived Colonel Gariba'di. Raoul Ma
dero, a brother of the rebel leader,
dashed forward with his gun pointed
a. Navarro. ready to shoot if Garibaldi