Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-07
Charge Made Against Mexican
Troops in Juarez Fight.
AN INQUIRY is ORDERED
Ambassador Wilson Instructed to
Make Investigation.
REBEL COMMANDER LOCATED
Gen. Orozco Said to Be Fifteen Miles
Southeast of Juarez. Awaiting
Reinforcements.

The report that the federal troops ot
Nexfco fired uron an American under
the Red Cross Aae during the engage
mcnt near Juarez Sunday will be m
vestigated by Henry Dane Wilson, Amer
lean ambassador al Mexico City, upon
instructions from the State Department
The State Department took cognzance
Of the matter in response 10 protest
fled by Representative Smith Of the FL
l'aso district of Texas. whose attention
rad been called 10 the matter by one
~ his constituents
II is declared that DR.. Bush Of FL Paso.
while attending the rebel wounded under
Tho flag or the Red Cross. was fired upon
four times by the federal forces. not
Withstandiu- the fact that hc had the
emission Of the federal commander at
.'narez IL operate cn the battlefield.
Railway traffic north Of Chihuahua
Is still interrupted and it Will require
week to repair the road. according
to telegram received by The state
department today from American Con-
NJ Leonard at chihuahua. Mr.. Leon
ard reports that there has been no in
chihuahua. about 1000 government
troops left Chihuahua on Saturday. the
.onSul adds. This was presumably the
force of Gen. Navarro. which is on it's
"ay to relieve .Iuarez
Reinforcements for Orozco.
II. PASO. Ten. February Tile rev.
olutionary forces under Pascual Orozco
IRE ut the Flores ranch. about fifteen
,4silo of J;In hi
,.waiting reinforcements under Blanco,
coming UP from Casas Grandes.
Americans arriving overland from that
place last night state that the reason
Elancn has not already joined orozco
in front of Juarez was that he has been
lighting the 18th Federal Infantry, which
was marching from Galagos on the
Mexican national road TO Casas Grandes.
These Americans say II is currently
reported in Casas Grandes that the 18th
infantry was practically annihllated and
that Blanco would at once advance
north.
Iuarez today has resumed its normal
business aspect. but troops are Stlll on
guard at all buildings.
ses~r Claim Defeat of Rebels.
Regardless of the fact that twenty sol
diers and six women are now lying wound
ed in the Juarez Hospital. victims of the
lighting near JuareZ Sunday. circulars we're
distributed in the streets of Juarez this
morning declaring that Robago, Sunday,
defeated the rebels with heavy loss, and
himself sustained only one killed and four
wounded.
The .Juarez circular is headed:
Viva Diaz, Death to rebels!
The circular says OroZco was surely
killed in Sundays fighting. and adds that
Madero is now waiting in FL Paso. for
a chance that Will never come. TO enter
Juarez and set UP rebel capital
Crossing Boundary Line.
The authorities of Juarez early this
morning telephoned the RI Paso police
that body of armed men We're crossing
The international boundary line into
Mexico at Peles. seven miles west OF this
,ity. in New Mexico.
Everything was quiet in JuareZ through
out the night. The federal soldiers kept
a sharp lookout. ssntries being posted
all sides Of tho city. Rumors of attempts
10 pass machine guns and ammunition
across the border to the insu.rectos were
current. but could not ie confirmed
LAREDO. Tex. February I.-PaSSen-
gers reaching here this morning on the
through Mexican National railroad train
report quiet at all points along the line.
The train left Saltillo Al u o'clock last
light 1t Is believed the government com
niandacred the wires last night as a
SUlt of the crush Of business due to the
recent activity in the vicinity of .JuareZ