El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-23
CUMPAs CUT OFF;
REBELS ARE NEAR
Aqua Prieta Butchers Are
Charged With Cattle
TheftS.

Douglas, Ariz-, oct. 23.-Wires being
down and no letters having been re
ceived here from the Cumpas district
for a week, local people interested
there are much exercised over the SIT
uation. 1t is stated that A. Ia Tore
and a band of nearly 100 rebels were
in that section at last reports, Deln8
almost out Of ammunition ana uVlnB
I only by force of numbers frightening
the people. Whether this band is again
operating or whether the wires are
down from some natural cause cannot
be ascertained here
Tomas Rosas, an Aqua Prieta butch
er, has been taken into custody by the
officials Of the Mexican town, upon.
the charge of stealing 10 cattle on the
American side Of the line and Snug
Cling them into Sonora, here they were
Slaug hLered. The double charge IS the
OutgrOWth of investigation Of his meat
market by Douglas officers searching
for cattle stolen from Sulphur Spring
valley ranches.
Fully half a hundred aliens were re-
fused admission at this port during the
last week, almost all being soldier
women or persons afflicted with ira
choma. The largest single day during
the week showed 16 refusals to admit
aliens, with practically all exclusions
made on account Of trachoma-
Bridge los. a short distance south OF
CalabaZOS on the NacOZar1 railroad, mas
been destroyed by fire. 1t burned
the north passed over it. For this rea-
son there was no train south It IS
believed that hot cinders from the en-
CINE was responsible for the fire, as
no rebels had been reported in that
section and the telegraph wires are
working.
United States consul A Y. Dye has
left for his headquarters at Nogaless
after stay OF practically three months
in Douglas and vicinity Consul Dye
completed his report on Sonora con-
ditions to the state department. prior
to his leaving. This included his OBJ
servatiOns on a trip through Colonia
MOrelOs, III I1gre and fZabal, Illus
trated by a number Of photographs. 1t
is probable that upon this report nU-
merous claims against the Mexican
government will be based
YsidrO EscObOsa, who recently sur
rendered to the federal authorities in
Sonora, is in a. predicament He has
been privately Informed that his pres
enCe in Sonora is extremely diStaSteful
to the Mexican federal government
Upon receiving this hint Escobosa went
TO NacO and applied for permission to
pass through this country IN transit
to HermOsillO. He said that he was
going to that country TO interview the
governor. EscobOsa was examined by
the government physician and refused
admission. There is no appeal from
this verdict. EScObOSa then returned
to Cananea- 1t is reported in NacO
that EscObOsa had come TO Douglas.
applied and been admitted Telephone
messages were exchanged between in
spectOrs in charge Schaeffer of Naco,
and Heath of this city, it'll the result
that the entire force in Douglas took
up the search After going over the
district carefully it was aScertained
that the EsCobOsa who is here is not
XsidrO, but his brother, 'HuerO" Es-
cobosa- who was admitted several
months ago. Advices from Cananea
state that YsidrO has disappeared and
his present whereabouts is not known.
1t is believed that he has become thor
oughly frightened, and is attempting TO
escape the fate which threatens should
he remain in Sonora by coming to the
United States.