The San Francisco call., 1913-07-23
VOW TO BURN
PEARSON CAMP
Many United States Citizens
With Families in Town,
Among Them Being
Charles A. Pringle, Civil
Engineer and University
of California Football Star
Big Mills of Syndicate
Are Menaced by Outlaws
BULLETIN


MEXICO CITY, July 22.-Thousands
of students bearing Japanese flags
greeted the new Japanese minister,
Mineichiro Adnchf, on HIS arrived to-
day, I'm spite of the suggestion OF the
Japanese legation that n demonstration
be prohibited. With the exception of ex-
cited remarks by some of the orators,
there were no anti-American utterances.
Notwithstanding the maintenance of
order and the repression of cries de-
rogatory to Americans. the foreign res
idents here, diplomatic as well as Of
| fetal, regard the demonstration as anti
American.
Ell PASO. Tex. July 22-Threats to
kill all Americans in the MADEIRA set
tlement. burn the big MADEIRA lumber
mills and raze every American home
in the camp have been made to the
Pearson company as the result of the
harboring of the American cowmen
from the Babicora ranch after they
had killed two of the bandits of Ell
Mocho Martinez brigand band.
This threat was made eight days ago
and as the telegraph wires are down
and the brigands are preventing any
one from leaving the camp. offfcials
of the MADEIRA company here and the
friends of the Americans in MADEIRA are
afraid that the bandits have already
carried out their threat.
THE AMERICANS
Among the Americans who are IN Ma
dera are:
H. C. Herr. Newark. manager of the
MADEIRA mills: F. J. Clark Ell Paso.
superintendent of the FL Paso division
of the Mexico Northwestern railroad:
w. J. Farragut. Alabama, nephew of
Admiral Farragut. manager of the
commissary department In MADEIRA w.
W. Grubbs. Richmond. Ind nephew of
Vice President H. T. Miller of the Pear
son interests; r. B. Rawlings, Ell Paso.
agent for the Northwestern In MADEIRA
c. c. Commons. Richmond, Ind,
brother of Doctor Commons. the COM
pany physician, an assistant in the
commissary department.; Charles "A.
Pringle. San Francisco who Is mining
engineer and was one Of the most
famous football players who ever at
tended the University of California;
George Gardner Of the Foreign club;
Guy E. Vaughn. fuel agent for the
MADEIRA company. and Mrs. Vaughn.
Lee Sanders, meat dealer in MADEIRA:
Roy Hoard. plant auditor in MADEIRA;
Fred Schmidt, agent for the Dolores
Mining company; H. J. Gallagher, Mex
leo City, chief clerk to the superin-
tendent in MADEIRA: T. r. Hager, chief
dispatcher; Doctor Rogers In charge Of
the hospital. and Mrs. C. ]. Lawrence,
stenographer in the superintendent
Office at MADEIRA.
Many of the Americans have their
wives and children with them.
S. P. Official Held for Ransom
TUCSON, Ariz., July 22.-Thomas
Hind. assistant general superintend-
ent of the Southern Pacific of Mexico.
apparently is held for ransom by the
Mexican federals in Guaymas. accord
ing to a code message which arrived
here today.
Railroad officials here were reticent
about the matter, but it was unofficial
ly stated they had asked the state de-
partment at Washington to demand
Kinds release
Kinds is in charge of the mainten-
ance of way department of that sys-
tenn.
New Chihuahua Campaign
DOUGLAS, Ariz. Preparatory to a
rebel campaign in the state of Chi
huahua, in case the predicted fall Of
Guaymas is realized agents of General
Obregon, according to statements
made today at the constitutionalists'
junta here, have begun the recruiting
of 1000 more Mayo Indians.
HEARST RANCH RAIDED THE CAUSE
a Mormon named Jesse Williams
is to blame for the situation in MADEIRA.
where the American colony was
threatened with death by Mexican