The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1911-03-13
MANDATE OF piAZ. REGARDING
ABRoGATloN OF PERSONAL
GUARANTEES, rs CAUSE.
CHIHUAHUA SURROUNDED
Upon Hearing Of Pronunciamento by
Administrations lnsurrectos State
They Will Retaliate by Giving No
Quartcr-Battlc Occurs at Aqua
Prieta, and Rebels Are Rcpulsed.

III Paso, March i2.--Conditions bor-
dcring on panic reign almost through
out northern Mexico tonight. stirred
by the belief tlIot the revolutionary
movement has reached Il critical stage.
the hsurrectos In the states of Chi
huahua and Sonora are reported to
have renewed activities In tearing up
railroads and telegraph wires. Numer-
ous towns, according to reports, are
under siege by the insurrectos and
thousands of women and children. cut
off from food supplies are rendered
helpless.
Following the receipt of corrected de-
tails concerning the battle at Casas
Grandes, a town of about 500 people,
about $50 miles southN est of El Paso,
where so men were killed last Mon
day news reached here of fight at
noon today at Aqua Prieta, on the bor-
der across the river from Douglas.
Ariz. Five hundred insurrectos at
tackled 800 federal troops but were re-
pulsed. with total of 80 dead and
wounded on both sides. The fighting
was short and the insurrectos, armed
only with rifles, soon scattered under
fire of a machine gun.
Americans Killed.
What is believed to be a reliable re-
port of the casualties at Casas Grandes
says that Is Americans were killed and
II Americans were taken prisoners.
The following. at first reported To have
been killed. are known 10 have es-
capped:
rnIan.I a 1.
hadi, Raoul Madero. brother of Fran
cisco l. Madero. o-callea provisional
president of the insurrectos: Captain
Gutierrez de Lara, and Lieutenant Va
iencla of I'll Paso. Captain Edwardo
May. a Mexican Of Madero's personal
STAFF. was not killed. but was taken
prisoner. Rauol Madero was wounded
II. Il. Harrington. IA former sergeant
in the United States army. who lived
at FL Paso Robert T.. Lee and Robert
Evans of san Francisco and Roy Glenn
"a boy of Mineral Springs. Texas. wer,
killed. The names of other Americans
killed or taken prisoners are not
known.
A letter written by Madero was re.
ceiyed here today in which he denies
he made another attack on the town
however. he has gathered force OF
1000 men and Is now within n few
miles Of the town. His explanation o
the defeat Is that several scouts, sen
out to reconnoiter tefore the attack
failed to report the coming of Colone
Cuellar with n federal force. The un
expected arrival of the federals result
ed In panic among the insurrcctos
The IA caiI al hnni Ghnf
No Quarter.
The news from Mexico City tina
President Diaz has decided to take ad
vantage of provisions of the constitu
tion so that summary death may b
imposed by the military authorities 70
any acts of violence and that the Mex
lean government has decided to wag
sharp and decisive war of eXtermi
nation speedily to end hostillties, ha
spread throughout the insurgent ranks
The reply through insurrccto sympa
thizers here Is that in retaliation th
revolutionary forces hereafter will ex
pect and give mo quarter"
Information from insurrccto source
Is that the attitude of the Mexican gov
ernment will intensity a situation al
ready tense and II will necessarily i'm
pose further hardships on non -comba I
ants, including women and chidre
living in the small towns scattere
throughout the war zone"
Chihuahua Surrounded.
No word has come from the city G
Chihuahua for seven days. 1t is re
ported the insurrectos are campe
around the city, IL miles distant, !
each direction and are successful !
maintaining stoppage of train an
telegraph communication, both mort
and south When the last word wa
received, seven days ago, 1t was sal
tile food question already had becon
critical meat and breadstuffs hayin
been exhausted. The continued isola
tion of the place has given rise
grave fears as to the fate of the 25,0f
inhabitants. The presence in the Gil
of 1000 federal troops. under Gener
Juan Hernandez, While being locke
upon as sufficient protection asaln
an attack. Is thought to have moi
than ordinarily depleted the ration
Like conditions prevail in many sma
towns
The Mexican federal troops ha,
been provided with military trail
by which they hope to be able to carr
supplies to the isolated districts. II
the burning of the bridges and II
blowing up of the TRACKS for miles HI
made the plan impossible The trail
are steel covered and provided wi
loopholes for the action of maehi
guns,
The best information obtainable he
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