Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1911-03-13
Rebels Stirred to Activity By
Announcement of War of Ex-
termination, Tear Up Rail
and Telegraph Lines,
WILL ASK AND GIVE NO
QUARTER IN BATTLE
lnsurreCtoS RepuISed in En-
gagement Near Aqua Prietai
Their Rifles No Match for
Federal Machine Guns,

Federal Machine Guns,
my Morning journal Special Lsased wirsi
El Paso. Tex, March i2. Condi-
tions bordering on panic reign
throughout northern Mexico tonight.
stirred by the belief that the revo-
lutionary movement has reached a
critical stage. the insurrectos In the
States of Chihuahua and Sonora are
reported 20 have renewed activity IA
tearing up railroads and telegraph
wires, Numerous towns, according to
reports, are under siege by the lnsur-
rectos and thousands of women and
children, cut Off from food supplies,
are rendered helpless. Following the
receipts OF corrected details concern
ing the battle at Casns Grandes, Il
town of about 5000 people about $50
miles southwest of Icl Paso, where so
men were killed last Monday, news
reached here Of fight at noon today
Mt Aqua Prieta, on the border across
the river from Douglas, Ariz. Five
hundred lnsurreotos attacked. 500
Federal troops, but were repulsed
with a total of 35 dead and wounded
of both sides. The fight was short
and the insurrectos armed only with
rifles, soon scattered under fire Of q
machine gun.
What Is believed TO be D reliable re-
port OF the casualties at casas Grandes
says that Is Americans were killed
land II Americans We're taken pris-
oners. The following, III first repor
ed TO have beef killed, are knows W :
have escaped; Lieutenant Colonel
Giuseppe Gnribaldi, Raoui MADEIRA.
brother of Francisco l.. Madcro So
called provisional president OF the In
surrectos; Captain Gutierrez DE Lara
and Lieutenant l. Valencia of I'll Paso.
Captain Eduardo May. Il Mexican of
Madero's personal staff, was not killed
but was taken prisoner. Raoul Ma
dero was wounded
r. +. Harrington. former SER
gennt In the United States army who
lived at El Paso, Robert Lee and Rob-
ert Evans OF San Francisco and Roy
Glenn, boy, OF Mineral Springs, Tex
were killed. The names of other
Americans killed or taken prisoners
are not known.
A letter written by Madero was re-
celved here today IN which he denies
he made another attack on the town
after he was driven away He asserts
however. he has gathered a force of
a thousand men and Is now within Il
few miles of the town. His oxplann-
tlon OF the defeat rs that several
scouts who were sent out to rocen-
hotter before the attack waited To re-
port the on-coming OF Colonel Cuel-
lar with a Federal force.
The unexpected arrival OF the Fed
erals resulted In "a panic among the
insurreoios. The scouts, he said, had
been shot. The news from Mexico
city that President Diaz has decided
10 take advantage OF provisions OF
the constitution so that summary
death may he imposed hy the military
authorities for any acts OF violence
and that the Mexico government has
decided TO wage sharp and decisive
war of determination speedily 10 end
hostilties, has spread throughout the
insurgent ranks.
The reply through the insurreotos
camp here Is that IN retaliation the
lrevolutionary forces hereafter Will
expect and give mo quarter" lnfor-
nation from insurrecto sources Is that
the attitude OF the Mexican govern
ment win intensity "A situation already
tense and II necessarily Will impose
further nardships upon non-comhat-
ents including women ana children,
living I'm the small towns scattered
about the war scene No word hns
come from the city Of chihuahua for
seven DAYS. II Is reported the lnsur-
rectos are oamped around the city,
twelve miles distant In each direction,
and are successful in maintaining =
stoppago OF traffic and telegraph COM
municatiOn both north and south.
When the last word was received.
scVen days ago II was said the food
question already had become critical.
meat and breadstuffs having been eN-
hausted. The continued isolation Of
the place has given rise to grave fears
MS 10 the fate of the 5000 inhabitants.
The presence insthc city OF 5000 Fed
eral troops, under General Juan Her
nandez. while being looked upon as
sufficient protection against an at
tack, ls thought 10 have more than
ordinarily depleted the rations. Lika
conditions prevail in many small
towns. The Mexican Federal troops
have been provided with military
trains" by which they hoped TO be
able to carry supplies to the isolated
districts hnt the burning of the
bridges and blowing up OF the major
ity OF the yiaducts for miles has made
the plan lnnossIble. The trains are
steel covered and provided With loop
holes for the action OF machine guns,
The best Information obtainable
here as to the strength Of the op-
posing sides In sonora and chihuahua
States Is that the rcderals under Gem
eral Navarro have total of b,oen
men. of whom 1000 are in Chihua-
hua city. ibO In Juarcz and the rest
scattered, while the insnrrectos under
Madero and General Pascual orosico
have about an equal number. but with
no one force larger than 1000. In
his letter Madero announced he had
taken prisoner and would hold Tor
trial Colonel lose soto. member OF
his own staff Soto, says Maderos
was taken prisoner soon after the re-