The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-02-13

Use to suspend operations, if General
Diaz would do likewise, until the
diplomats or their representative
could confer with the rebel COM
mapder
Two Women Shot.
Americans again today suffered
during the height of the battle. Mrs.
H. Nv Holmes, the wife of an en-
ploye of Dun's agency, was killed,
and Mrs. Percy Griffiths, the wife Of
On employe of the street railway com"
pany, was mortally wounded.
Allie Bland, a printer, was shot
through the arm.
Mrs. Holmes and Mrs. Griffiths
were preparing dinner in their kitch-
en- in an apartment building close to
the arsenal when a shell from the
federal lines burst through the walls,
instantly killing Mrs. Holmes and
leaving Mrs. Griffiths in a dying con-
dition.
Bland was walking along Independ
ence avenue, when he was struck by
a rifle ball, apparently from the fed
eral lines.
Americans wounded in yesterday 4
acton are improving,
Truce is Target.
ID. Z. Hamer was chosen to carry
message of protest to Diaz. He
,red an automobile, which, with
al hite flag flying, moved through
the federal lines. 1t was supposed
that the troops had been advised
of Ills mission, but the aut )r;ob!le
was instantly made tarest fer ne
mermis rifle bullets rattled a.b1at 1t
It continued on it's way hcwever. the
diplomatic envoy apparently being
unhurt. ...-
The bombardment which was terri
BILE yesterday, reached a climax this
morning when Diaz shelled the very
center of the business district in ar
effort to silence the cannon of the
government and drive from the roofs
of the taller buildings the sharp
shooters and the. men operating the
machine guns.
This smothering action directed
from the arsenal continued for more
than two hours. Shrapnel fell like
hail and occasionally bursting shell:
tore holes in the sides of buildings
Residents Made to Flee. :.
Meanwhile the fire from the OPP
posite direction rendered the far-ou
residence district uninhabitable, as
well as the big apartment building
known as Gore Court, on Third Romt
street
The federal guns replied occasion
ally, but without serious damage tt
the rebel positions. 1t was this ac'
ton which decided the diplomats, af'
ter communicating with their gov
ernments, to protest against the con
tinuation of such operations, which
they characterized as being unsanc
toned by the laws of warfare o
civilized nations.
President Madero and his minister
agreed that the bombardment of cit
les was barbarous, especially such
struggle as was now going on be
tween two forces of artillery, ant
the minister of war, acting in accor'
with the president and the cabinet
sent to General Diaz a protest, de
claring that if he persisted. the gov
ernment would regard all those oc
cupying the arsenal as beyond TIT
pale of the law.
Inmediately after the dispatch o
this message, the finance minister
Erncsto Madero, speaking for tn
president, said it had been deter
mined to crush the rebels by con
certed attack, the government usinI
the heaviest guns available an
bringing to a swift end the next bi
action when the fighting was re
sumed. He declared the government
would bring into play heavier gun
than they had yet employed an
would force the attack from all sidei