Evening star., 1912-09-11
FederaIs Surrender Town Op-
posite Preside, Tex.
Aqua PRIETA is MENACED
Southern Pacific Asks U. S. to Pro
tect Interests in Mexico.
TRYING TO SAVE BETANC0URT
Physicians Working Over Wounded
American-Federals May Not
Entrain at Ell Paso.

MARIA. Tex, September 1-Tne
federal garrison at Ojinaga. Mex, OPP
posite Presidio, Tex, surrendered to the
rebels yesterday at pm. according
TO advices reaching here this morning
from Ojinaga. fifty miles from here.
Gen. Sanchez, in command of the fed
erals, was in Presidio at the time of
the surrender trying to get more am
munition for his men.
Five men are reported killed in the
lighting, but which side has not
been specified in dispatches received
here.
Preparations to establish a wireless
station here were begun today by de-
tachment of twenty -four United States
Signal Corps men. under Lieut.. Meyers
from Fort Russell The new wireless
station will be available to transmit
news of border trouble in the Big Bend
country to FL Paso. 1t is expected
prompt communication will be MAIN
tained in this manner with Presidio,
Tex, across the river from Ojinaga.
Aqua Prieta Menaced.
DOUGLAS. Ariz., September 1.-THE
rebel leader Col. Antonio Rojas. formally
Prieta Unless the town were surren-
dered within twenty-four hours Rojas de-
clared he would attack with 1000 men.
The federal garrison numbers 2Oo
The demand for the surrender of Aqua
Prieta was brought into the city by John
Scott. an. American. who was first taken
prisoner by Rojas and liberated on con-
dition that he bring the rebel COM
manders challenge to the federal chief
Scott said that Rojas had 900 well
armed and well equipped men at Cabul-
Iona, twelve miles south of Aqua Prieta.
Walter Douglas Safe.
aqua PRIETA. Sonora. Mexico. Sep
tember 11.-Walter Douglas. who has
been missing for two days, escaped
through the rebel lines south of Cabullona
today and arrived here safely. With
companion he fled on a railroad motor
velocdpede, which the two men had to
carry past two bridges destroyed by the
ineurrectos.
Capital Police strengthened.
MEXICO CITY, September 11-Manuel
Betancourt, the American. who was Sc
riously wounded in the attack by rebels
upon the Athxtac mine, is reported to
have been taken to Taxico, where physd-
clans are trying to save his ife.
The police at the capital have been
strengthened by 200 rurales. apportioned
among twelve police stations. The police
department now has four machine guns
Railroad Asks Protection.
NEW YORK. September 1.-THE South
ern Pacific Railroad Company has asked
rtr at WASHINGTON
protect it's interests in Mexico.
Announcement to this effect was made
today at the office Of the chairman of the
executive committee of the railroad.
Simu. taneously a formal statement was
issued containing kilograms received Dy
the company declaring that bodies OF
rebels, varying from 1OO to 3.OO,were pil-
laging the country, cutting the telegraph
wires and burning the railroad bridges
More than two miles OF oriases nave
been burned during the past ten days,
according TO these kilograms In one IN
stance, according to the dispatches, the
rebels captured a railroad train, loaded
the passengers into one coach, carried IL
TO within seven miles of Naco and drop
ped it into Naco by gravity. The loco
motive was then disabled.
Conditions in South Serious.
Reports from the south Of Mexico to-
day indicate serious conditions there. Re
newed rebel activity is reported from
Guanajuto Michoacan anc Jalisco, where
there are daily engagements between the
federais and the rebel bands. The rebels
are said to show increasing boldness.
There is a possibility that the Mexican
federslls may not be entrained at FL Paso
after all. Omcials here are reluctant
TO give the rebels the advantage OF know
ing in advance where the federals will
enter the United States the time of their
entrainment or at what point they are
likely to recross into Mexico. 1t had
been planned to take them from FL Paso
10 Douglas, but there is An intimation
that this plan may not be carried out
The supply of rifles and ammunition the
United States is attempting to place in
the hands of American colonists i'm north
ern Mexico for their own protection was
reported today detained at Warren, north
OF Naco.
Rebel raidng along the border is ex-
pected to be ended by the Mexican fed
erals who are to be permitted TO cross
Texas and New Mexico to attack the
. insurgents along the frontiers of Chihua
hua and Sonora.