The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-05
START FRIDAY
AFIEK MADERO
General orozco At tho Head Of Three
Thousand Rebels VIII Begin
March Toward
Capital.
FUND OF ONE MILLION
Business Men and Ranch Owners Put
up Big Purse to Carry on the
Mexico City cam-
palon.

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Ell PASO, Texas, March 5.-Gen-
eral Pascual Orozco, at the head of
5000 rebels will begin the march to
Mexico City from Chihuahua on Fri
day morning. according to announce
ment made by Orozco in Chihuahua
after he had driven Pancho Villa
from the outskirts of the capital.
Orozco is now In command of all the
rebel forces and will be made provi-
lsional president of Mexico if his army
succeeds in driving the Madero gov
ernment from power.
General 1nez Salazar, with ten
members of his staff and 100 men,
left Juarez last night to join Orozco
In Chihuahua. General Emilio P. Cam
pa with 500 rebels, who left Juarez
Sunday afternoon, joined Orozco's
forces late yesterday All rebel forces
| in Chihuahua state except enough left
! In the towns to preserve order, will
join in the march to Mexico City.
! General Salazar announces today
that he will operate the Mexican Cen
itral railroad for the purpose of getting
the Americans and other foreigners
out and to move the rebel troops.
The road is a government controlled
line.
4 A detachment of the fourth United
States cavalry was sent to Columbus,
y. tMp .last night the killing of four
2dakt sfsRnI Two Americans at Pals-
5sItls NJ near Columbus, in a battle
between American cowboys and
4 Mexican rebels, having caused state
lof anarchy on the Mexican side 1t
was reported from Columbus that 200
armed Mexicans were menacing the
lives OF Americans on the border
there.
Pancho Villas command OF 700 now
constitutes the entire government
force in the state Of chihuahua The
state is practically in the control of
the rebels
!, Business men and ranch owners
of Chihuahua have given $4,000
to Orozco with which to carry on the
Mexico City campaign.
United States Getting Ready.
SAN ANTONIO. Texas, March s.
iBrigadier General Potts commander OF
the central division, with headquar
tiers in Chicago arrived in San An
4 tonic today for hurried inspection
"trip along the Mexican border. Gen
eral Potts conferred with Genera
Duncan and Governor Colquitt here as
Ito available sites for mobilizins
troops and will personally see thai
! everything along the border is In &
i state of preparedness in case troops
should be ordered to Mexico to pro
tect American interests
i Although General pntts refused tt
] discuss his mission here, officers a
Fort Sam Houston believe that tht
government is making all prepare
tions to mobilize troops in the vicin
ity of San Antonio for an invasion o
Mexico unless conditions MATERIAL,
Improve.
Il The reported killing of D. r. Nc
Cormick, superintendent of the Palo
mas land and cattle company, a,
American, in New Mexico, seems un
founded according to official reports
received by General Duncan today
Governor Colquitt has ordered Texa,
rangers to shoot to kill on any raid
!, ing parties from Mexico which ma,
cross into Texas for the purpose o
Icapturing men supposed to be aidin,
the revolutionists or to steal cattle
He has also authorized the ranger
to cross into Mexico to recapture an,
:, citizens who may have been take,
:, across the border unless lawfully.