The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1913-03-06
MISS GLADEN TELLS
OF MEXICO FIGHT

The following are extracts of let.
tre written to Geo. C. Gladen, of the
Oak Grove district, by his sister, Miss
Dora {. Glsden. who for the past six
years has been teaching at Method
lists girls school in Mexico City and
who was here several years ago visit
ing relatives and friends:
Mexico City. Feb. l3.
This day is beginning terribly. 1t
must be that they have put cannon on
the National Station, for the explo-
sions are so near and so terrific as to
be horrifying. shaking our building
and scattering shells and shot onto our
roof and into the patios. We have just
picked up piece as big as dollar and
a half inch thick, from the patio.
Yesterday we took the girls all into
the rooms below, in the front patio, on
the north side, as that was the most
protected place, but this morning
bullet landed in the door of one Of
those rooms, so now all are hudled to-
gether in the chapel, and for the first
time we aren't having classes.
"a half hour later. Petra has just
come in, between bullets, reporting
that she bought S2.25 sack of carbon
for SO and that the people on the
PaseO, near the station, have been or
dered out of their houses by the gov
ernment, so our suppositions were cor
rect. 1t is sad to think how this lovely
city is being shot to o.pieces. They even
had cannon on the top of the beautiful
new theatre, which they have been
four years facing with white marble.
1t does seem an outrage that lovely
city like this should be chosen as the
scene of such mutilization and carnage.
The foreign ambassadors went to see
both Madero and Dlaz yesterday, and
both made good promises about pro-
tecting a neutral zone, where most
foreigners are now concentrated, but,
of course, we can't go until it is abso-
lutely imperative because we still have
fifty girls in our care.
mo wounded were brought here last
night. Telephone service is suspended
/ by order of the government. Live
wires are cut and dangling IN many
places. Government troops are suffer
ing from hunger and ammunition is
getting low.
Friday morning. No change in the
situation. Diaz is still in the arsenal
and Madero's forces are bombarding
it. Our little gun over at the station
is doing its full duty today, but one
gets used to even.cannon in time, ard
our girls are sitting round in groups in
sheltered corners, sewing and chatting
away very happily. If only you knew,
but we Just can't send man into such
danger as the streets at present, either
to the post office or to the station, ano
it is a week tomorrow since mail was
collected. We have no idea how oul
friends are getting along as we have
had no word from them since Wednes
day morning, when phone service
stopped.
"My, how the mountains round abou
echo and re-echo those blasts. M
Mexican Herald came today and the one
page Impartial, the government organ
saws, as it has for three years now
President Madero is optimistic.
Saturday 2, p. m.- Fighting con
tinued at intervals all day yesterda!
and Thursday but relative positions o
the sides remain the same. During
lull Yesterday afternoon Miss Tempt
skipped over to the hospital, one-hal
block, and while there she'll struc
! house in the block beyond and the
i all ran down cellar. When she cam
: home, still very much excited, she salc
i in her funny way, Il am afraid Joine
) in an undignified flight. She hear
. while there that General Agullar wa
: here from Vera Cruz to help Dia2
E and feared that he might enter by In
dustrial street, on which we ale located
r during the night, SO we made som
: preparation. There are ten teacher
of US in all, aud forty girls now, so W
, took four girls each to be responsible
for in case of emergency and eXplaine
to them and warned them agains
panic. A suggestion to have prat
tice was voted down, and it was we
: so. for we had one in the night any
!, way. ,-.
d 1.-THE foreign ministers had been
I both leaders during the day, warnln
q them against further fighting in tn
n night, but at II p. m. there was heav
II firing, but the girls did not get up an
5 inside of an hour all was quiet; bu
u oh, the blasts that shook US at a.. n
5 They were awful. and in the nigi
is sounded worse. The mountains thre
i the sounds around until they wei
II deafening. Miss Holister jumped OF
n and ran to the girls and told them
lee dress and go to our kitchen. for ever.
y y one was up and running around in ba
h feet on those cement corridors. The
h we dressed. We have taken to bakir
!. our own bread, for the bread ms
i. comes only when he can. and Il
70 kitchen had heen closed and was MI
n n and warm. In less than an hour Il
firing ceased and'all went back to be
Of Although | crawled in with stiff coll
ST and shoes on, | went to sleep at on
as and never woke till 1880. If ever
IN was thankful for the power to sleep
n. is now. | haven't laid awake ha
hour this week and consequent
haven't lost my nerve a minute.
n | am helpless to send y
- word, for the paper, one page alta
nj this morning said that the U. ). trai
Of had been held up and would not
ly through for time, and anyway
ar haven't heen able to mail letters,