Omaha daily bee., 1911-05-13
ARMY OF CURIOUS IN JUAREZ
Horde of Souvenir Hunters Tries to
Garry Off Town.
AMERICAN FIGHTERS OUT OF 1T
No Pay for Services and the Entire
Company DisbRnds-An Mill
tRry Opera tiOns Continue
vigorously.
From a staff Correspondent.)
BY GuY,C. CORE.

BY GUYtC. CORE.
CIUDAD JUAREZ. Mexico May IL
Especial Telegram peace negotiations
are thing OF the past so FAR as the in
surrectos are concerned, according to Dr.
Vasquez Gomez the newly appointed min
lister OF foreign relations OF the provisional
government. OF course. he said, If Diaz
would step down and out peace could be
brought about but in no other way. He
declared ne had already taken steps 10
have the new government recognized by
foreign powers.
Traffic 70 this city was opened at 12.ss
O'Clock today BY O'Clock vast horde
Of American souvenir hunters had invaded
the city Some Mexicans prefer to call
them vsndals-
The army OF curious was made up mostly
OF women, with baby carriages and
small children. There were hundreds OF
men and boys. They considered nothing
sacred and tried to carry Off every thing
not nailed down shortly after General
Orozco had ordered any one caught loot
ing shot young American was caught
trying TO carry off some of the silver plate
from the mission OF Guadalupe Because
Of the stars and stripes tlutterinE An the
breeze Just across the river. after consid-
erable pleading by friends, he was allowed
to return.
little after O'Clock a Mexican band
from III Paso came over here. Their quick
martial airs filled several insurrectos
u
to fire their guns in the air Others Joined
and dozens of shots were fired in quick
succession.
Fear of Attack.
''habaSo has eome!" was the cry every
where. Rebels grabbed up their guns in
every part OF town and ran toward the
cuartel. Women tainted. while Others ran
with their children toward the American
side. some trusted simply to their legs
and ran until exhausted toward the foot
hills outside of town. In. the jeretura,
where General Navarro is kept a polite
prisoner in Maderos headquarters, an. in
surrecto grabbed the old general by the
throat and shouted, Command Rabago TO
withdraw. or 1 will shoot you!"
Navarro was calm, and said h. had M
power TO order Snytnins. In an hour
things quieted down and the souvenir
hunters returned In larger forces TO their
work.
1t has been given out officially that the
entire command under Madero SUNDAY
night at 8 o'clock numbered lIS2 men. All
OF this number was in the attacking party
TO which General Navarro capltulated.
since the victory there has been consider
able friction among the various leaders
No insuoordination has been reported. bur
the men are simply Jealous Of one another
Many are particularly envious Of Colonel
Garioaidl because while Nsvarro's sword
was not handed to him, the surrender was
practically made to him. and he is given
the credit by the correspondents. He was
discouraged at the state Of affairs ana ds-
clared he believed he would quit the revo-
lution before long.
The American insurrectos are all In E
Paso tonight. eating and dining TO make
up for lost time. All have secured new
clothes and are recounung the various steps
Of the fight. Unable to get anything for
their services, after practically winning the
battle Of Juares. the entire American COM
pany under Captain Linderfelt. quit the
revolution tonight There were thirty three
In the. command.
The first military funeral in this city
since its surrender was held today Il was
that Of Colonel Manuel Tamborel. the brave
old federal. whom the rebels credit with
starting the fight Both federals and rebels
participated in the ceremony, although no
federal officers were allowed to attend. The
short procession lined up in front OF the
jefetura, First was a mounted insurrecto
(contiuusd on PaFs to-