Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1912-02-16
TEXAS STATE
MILITIA OUT
Mobs Gathered at FL Paso to
Denounce Release of
American Troops
Rurales Sent Into Mountains to
Capture Insurgents and
Mutineers.
cBy Special Leased Wire to New Mexican

ears resumed running to Juarez this
morning after a suspension of serV
iice for q hours as a result Of Ameri
can soldiers crossing into Mexico
with their arms on q street car yes.
terday.
News reached Juarez this morning
that Vasquistas captured the town OF
! Guerrero, in chihuahua last night.
The state Legislature OF chihuahua
has sent peace commissioners to all
parts of the state to endeayor to in
. yite the rebels to return to the ranks
of the Madelstas.
! No Mercy to Rebels.
Troops have been sent from Cana
nea into the mountains after the
troops who rebelled there two nights
ago. The troops have orders to show
no mercy 10 the rebels if captured.
The company Of state militia called
out last night by State Adiutant Gen
eral Hutchns when Mexican mobs in
El Paso began congregating and de-
nOuncing the Mexican consul in FL
Paso for permitting the Mexican Off
Gals to release the American soldiers
81 soon after arrest, were not called
! to arms today. The Mexicans were
angered because last week when
armed MeXicans were caught in New
! Mexico by United States troops, they
were held prisoners for a week and
when the Americans were taken from
the street car in Juarez yesterday,
( they were released in a few minutes.
/ Mestas Refuses to Resign.
Governor Abram Gonzales has wiz
ed to JuareZ asking the resignation Of
| Santiago Mestas. elected mayor last
week by the mutineers, but Mestas
! has refused to resign. The governor
has wired that he has appointed Emf
position.
i Was He Drunk?
i Washington, D. c., Feb. 16.-The
i War Department decided to deal
drastically with Lieutenant Ben w
! Fields, of the Eighteenth infantry
who, in command of a squad of Ameri
can soldiers, made the mistake of
crossing into Juarez, Mexico, from Ell
Paso, Texas, yesterday afternoon, and
nearly precipitated an international
clash, Fields has been arrested pend
ling investigation.
Conditions Much Disturbed.
9! Washington, D. c., FEB. 1G-While
| the War Department is convinced
! that the mistake was due to the unfa-
| miliarity of Fields and his men with
the route the trolley car they boarded,
it is desired that this fact be thorough
/ ly impressed on the Mexican officials
The Mexican government mas prom
ised the United States TO protect the
ten Americans now at Tlahualilo,
State Of Durango.
At Palomas, on the border line just
| south Of Columbus. Luna county. New
Mexico, the rebels are reported to be
permitting goods of all Finds 10 come
into Mexico at One-half the "regular
tariff duties.
While conditions in Juarez are said
to be favorable to the government,
conditions farther west in Chihuahua,
particularly the Casas Grandes region,
still are unsettled. There is much op-
position to the government and the
rebels there continue to interfere with
the running of rains. Railway com
munication between Mexico CITY and
OaXaca in the south has been inter-
rupted.
He Ought to Take Lessons.
Lieutenant Fields says he knew the
street cars ran through Mexico, but
thought he was violating no interna-
tional law in making the trip, as Amer
leans regularly take this journey to
reach the destination he was going to,
and it was the only car line reaching
there
An Unintentiona Mistake.
Ell Paso, Texas, Feb. 16-Lieutenant
Benjamin w. Fields. Eighteenth Unit
ed States Infantry, ordered arrested
at Fort Bliss today by the War De-
partment for invading Mexico with
armed soldiers of the United States,
got into the difficulty yesterday by
unintentionally taking his men across
the international line on a street car
to save short walk to the post TO
which they had been assigned as Dor
der guards
Street cars to JuareZ from El Paso
cross into Mexico from Stanton street
and after making loop in Juarez, re-
turn to Ell Paso over the Santa Fe
Street bridge, three blocks west. Field
was ordered to take his command tc
the Santa Fe Street bridge for guard
duty, and instead of leaving the car
al the international line and marching
west on American soil. to the Santa
Fe Street bridge, he remained aboard
with his command under arms, in
tending to ride around the loor
through Mexico The soldiers were
/, taken off by Mexican guards as soor
as they reached Mexican soil and
were soon released and allowed to re
turn to the American side of the river
, The incident frightened the people Of
Juarez, who thought intervention had
come.
Americans Are Fleeing.
S Laredo, Texas, Feb. 16,-Refugee'