Norwich bulletin., 1911-04-18


 1 lowing message today to President l ssix persons shot in DoueIss today l durinr battle between Mexican feaer- I als and tnsurrecto forces. Battle stiI] I ra6ing and worse yet to come Bul- lets faIItng all over city. Cannot somethzng be done for our protcction T As exuniug gapproached, bullets con tin4ed fo fall into DouglnS f yliIjkSng Wound May o6 Fafal.s Ihs<eur9eons in the Red Cross hos ltp&af extracted the M6uDer bullet iron, fhSs braast of Williams. The bullet ,struck him in the back. paseed around hls~r1bn and lodged under his breaat bone. The wound Is serious and pes-
 An AsRSrican in Asua PriekA tele. phonsd &l3at the rebels had carried about tR&nty dead into the bull pen. The reh}l1 estimated the federal dead at not len than 7S.
 cavalrynsu Sought Petition ,et Amer
 jean Lins.
 It was ak th1s hour noen-tl,4t eix mounted ofl1csrs led an advance oa fifty cavalrymen and about three hum of Aeua Rrieta, in an .Qblique line to the American boundary. striving again to secure z position on the Arner3can llne. Th46o advancing forces f1ercely enea&ed t4e men in the 1ihe of rebel slkirts of XGua Priefa to the American line, uort11east 10 southweet. The ad- vRnc1nG fedora1s fired only Occasion- ally but .tfe rattle of rife shots from the rebel trenches was almost con- nsbsls Talss Fsdsravs Machine Gun.
 The fedefals ahAxdoned a crippled mechine euH en the open field east of 1s tss eass is sne of th.S wss Lonsa tassn .g g brouGAt into Agua P1feta-
 < peu0lae sohsels closed.
 The sc1ao0l trusteos of Douglas clos a tIle 991lnth street and Second st$e6t Dd4}6qJb today. and 0ent the cllil- 0rgn hCEl14 because tho hfldldings were in tnl Hnoso& flrql About, one half of DouU51E 814 the1 ipclp64d in the dam c4e 6gn which tle residents are e1eDefo efsth4 Alpsrtc{n tro6ps.
 =5;. ;;3sd abet i N asss s'sssA n6 Ak5k 45d soldier from the IF @ s< dss Z ESss1isi Esent tnss ss ss Dss K VII l11nled iron Agua Prfeta to the Ax1er1cGn line, where he was picked, 44 and Was tm143n to the hospital. He Wl6s shot tfroUth the face. He was tpem8er so& Baiasaria Garcia's force soniRi Es1' eat Sf Asua Prieta. 's'-A
 Shortly aboef noon the rebel com ; nnand4rs peixed all liquor in the stores Tn Ag1a FrietA and emptfed 1t ipto the AnnssisSn Insurrscto WiII Die. TO tlle hcspttals were brought four wounded 1n6uffoc<oA Two -aree Amer jeans. Ono is George Priclxett of Glea- son. Ariz. He wes shot twice through the body and cannot live. Prickett is q member of tho International Maci1in- fet8 union of Douglas, Ariz.. His mother is Mrs. Martha Prickett of Cincinnat, Q.
 Omaha Manss Arm shattsrsd.
 The other is Laster E. Green of Omaha, who jo&nAd El1e rebels after the capture of tho town Thursday He was standing in the sAUua Prieta bull ring, cans, when hi6 arm was shattered. Amsrieans Man Machine ouns.
 At Mexican heAdouarters couriers announced the rel1els have captured both machine gunD from tue federa1s, with four nu1o packs of cartridges. The guns have been removed to tfie knoll immediately south of the bull pen, and arc new manned by Ameri- cans. A ...e
 placs Fsdssar Less at 200.
 This afternoon the rebels placed the federal loss at two hundred. They said their aown loa9e8 were insigdcant.
 At]e o'clock the rebels appeared to have hrepu1sed tho federal forces at everyEpoint About this time three rebel scouts mounted and carrying the Hcarlet sas11es on both arms which designate them on the field of battle, dashed from the south extremity Of Agua Prieta and made q wide. detollr toward the east and north. They thus completed their sarea of observation at the United States line without draw ing the fire of the government troops.
 lnsurrsetes Digging Trsnches.
 This indicated that the rebels had been succesSfuf in keeping the fed erals from gaining access to that To- ca1ity Immediately south of the inter- national line. which would have made possih1e . flank movement against Agtla Prtefa-
 With every msesnt of respite from the fighting the ihgurfectcs dlng tn their trenches.
 ettastIsrs Taksh .in by U. g. Guards.
 The United stAtsp guard at the line ceptured late today three stragglers from the rebel 6Arrieon who had cross Sd into the Uh1ted States.
 coluuei shunk received a telegram E isy sd SSisf ef HE aSa NicHois o9is had sas 1efs Ei Paso And wotdd reach Douglas in the u3orning.
 Douglas People Acted spisndidIy.
 .HoE have the American people in Douglas acted under the situation q WAS asked of colonel Shunk
 $plendidly, anYwefed the colonel They are giving eur patrols no trol1- Die whatever and are 0beying all regulations to the letter"