Arizona republican., 1912-04-16
TAFT'S SHARP WARNING MAY ID SOME GOOD Father of Rebel Chief Has Sent a Conciliatory
 Message to the
 President. HOSTILE FORCES
 READY TO FIGHT Indications Point to the Biggest Battle of the War Within a Short
 Time.
HOSTILE FORCES
 READY TO FIGHT
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 FL PASO, April 15.-Col. Pascual OrozcO. ST, commandant of the Ju- arez garrison. father of the chief of the rebel forces, sent the following telegram tonight on behalf of his son to President Taft in reply 10 q warn ing sent from Washington to Mexico yesterday:
 MT. President William IT. Taft.
 White House. Washington, D. C.
 Fountains execution was made be- cause he was fighting us with a rapi1 fire gun in Villas forces. It was without regard to his nationality We want the strongest possible friend ship with your wonderful people and have no prejudices against them. We mail you full explanation in the mat ter.
 PASCUAL OROzCO. Sr."
 MEXICO CITY, April h. President Tafts warning to the Mexican gov crnment that the United States "eX- poets anl must demand that United States citizens lives and property in Mexico be justly and adequately pro- tected,' was transmitted to the for pign office by the American embassy this afternoon. The Mexican foreign minister declined any comment It is believed the only danger to Ameri cans so far as the federal government is concerned is in the zone now ur1- der command of General Villa He l, 1.-il instructed to use his utmost efforts to protect the Americans.
 CHIHUAHUA. April 15.-The pres ent positions of the opposing armies indicate the biggest battle of the rev olution will be fought probably no- later than Wednesday in the vicinity of Escalon. The federal base of op- erations is at Bermejillo out govern ment attachments are strung along the railroad far north of Co1ejos. Federal flanking columns are be- iieved here to be out east and west of the railroad and it is estimated the force now moving is close to three thousand. Spies bring additional in- formation to the government of fur ther reserves at Mapimi. The princi- pal point of mobilization ana Torrcon.
 Orozco claims to have three thous and men to throw against tne enemy which he believes to be equal to the forces under Hucrta.
 FL PASO, April I5.-CoL l. 7. Steever commanding the border guarl has probably broken up the most mcnacing of corteries engaged in smuggling arms and ammunition to the rebels. Among the arrested. charged with conspiracy to smuggle are Fred t'rcc and ni, o2"tnor II. r. Mason, soldiers of tine TwentySec- ond infantry stationed here. Others are Joe Delauter, Lou Malla'ly. E. Es parza and Augustin Gallo Gallo and his rebel assistants, the chief of po- lice of Juarez. were arrested while in Fl Paso. The soldiers will be tried by courtmartial and the others by the federal court
 EI. PASO, April 15-A score of Chinese refugees from Parral, Jim inez, Chihuahua and small towns ar rived today. It is said the rebels tortured those Chinese who declined to divulge the hiding places of their savings. II is declared they feared a repetition of the massacre at Torreon last year when 300 Chinese were slain.
 The Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul is in the market for siXty-five locomotives and probably will place them with the American Locomotive company. When this is done it Will make a total of 125 locomotives Ord- cred from the American company by the St Paul in the last three months. It is understood that the same road will build a large number of loco- in, fc Snn f. i- n. n