The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1911-04-15
BIG BATTLE is EXPECTED ON
BORDER AT ANY TIME
FEDERALS ARRIVE.
|NSURRECT0S ORDERLY
Commonly Believed That Force Of
Rebel Troops Marching on the Cap.
tursd Town Is in Command Of Wild
ow OF Mexican Officer. Who, With
His Sons, Was Executed.

Aqua Prieta, Mexico. April 1i.-One
thousand rebels under Bnasnria Gar
cia. commander in chief Of all the in
surr, cto forces in Sonora. by virtue Of
cisco !. Madcro, are sleeping on their
arms in Aqua Pricta tonight. II was
q day of alarms. Twice during the
afternoon they were ordered Ia
trenches and preparations made 10
rcpel AN attack when clouds of dust
% the sonthward marked the ap-
proaeh Of what was supposed to be
federal fore < intent upon recaptur-
Ing Aqua Prieta. But the approach
ing columns turned out TO be rebel
rcinforccments To the number Of 400
men under Balasaria and Antonio
Garcia
Hardly had the excitement Gained
down when scouts reported another
long cloud Of dust, indicating the ap-
proach of n large force coming on the
road from Naco. The Sc, II Is believed.
are almost certain to be fedefals, but
mp To n late hour tonight scouts had
not yet come I'm with information as
10 whether 1t Is II rebel or federal
column. with further and severe
fighting in and around Aqua Prieta
almost II certainty within the next
day or two. captain Gaujot of the
First United States cavalry at Doug
las. accompanied by Mayor Mcguire
OF Douglas. held n long conference
with the rebel chiefs in Asua Prieta
tonight. Captain Gaujot very en-
phatically impressed upon the rebel
commands that American lives on
American territory must not again be
imperiied by fighting in Aqua Prieta
lie declared that should any further
shots whether from rebel or federal
rifles enter Douglas, United States
troops would take active steps to
stop the fighting for the protection of
those on the American side of the line
lie asked the rebels to move out far
enough 10 make such step unneces-
sary.
The rebel commanders explained
that they were willing to obey this in
junction. but that If the federals at
tackled from the south. shots which
they could not control would certainly
enter Douglas
"lf the federals use machine guns. .
explained the rebels, we may be
driven back into the shelter, of Aqua
prieta."
Woman in Command.
The army advancing from the west.
declared some Of the insurrectos. may
be force under Madame Talamantes.
the widow of the colonel who was shot
by Chiapa at Sahuaripa with his two
sons. Colonel Ojeda did not wish to
execute Talamantes when the federals
took the town. but Chiapa, II Is de-
clared, was not averse and after taxi
ing out Talamantes' two sons, whom
he IL reported to have killed, he came
to get Talamantes mt night. Talaman-
tcs it Is claimed. offered to pay $50. 900
II his sons were spared but all three
We're shot Madame Talamantes Of
fered the $4,000 to equip command
to avenge the death of her husband
and two sons. Hfr two daughters
Joined In the recruiting and 1t Is
claimed that they have "A force of reb-
els i'm the Ojo mountains. The rebe
chief permitted the Nacozari railroad
to run an automobile ear over the
road this afternoon to repair the tele-
graph lines. This was done and mes
sages transmitted to NacoZarl thii
evening.
Rebels Orderly.
Aside from the evidence of anxiet,
and expectancy, the rebels are con
Quoting themselves quietly in Agu'
Prieta. and up to tonight none o
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