Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1913-02-13
DECISIVE BATTLE EXPECTED To Be
FOUGHT TODAY IN MEXICAN CAPITAL

| "'NN'th tttNNH w "iNtt'Aaf anu w
! minister OF war, aeuhs IN accord WIN
| the president ana the c'hihet' sent 10
General Diaz q protest, declaring that
If he persisted lhe soNeIhment Woui9
| regard all those ncupNlnk the arsenal
as beyond the pale OF the Jaw I'm
mediately after the ulspalch oi the
! message the nnhh'c minister hlneslo
| Madero. speaking iof the president
SAID that II han neeh ueterihlhed I"
| crush the rebels hy concerted at
TACK the government usihs the he"N j.
est guns aNalianle ana prilslhs 10
| sWlit ehd the next Dig aeuoh Nh'h
the hghuns was resumed
lie ueelafed that the sVNeihiheh.
| would hflhk inlo play heaNlel buh,
| than ihey hHd yet eilpioyeu anu
| would tofee the "tu'ck rom az slu'a.
| lhe text OF the note sent ny lh' W"r
| minister Geneial Garcia feha' |" the
! felei commander rs as loliuNs'
! 'fhe artillery IRE coming from you
is causing danger TO me Hie ana IN
| lerests 0i non -comhalahts ana !" th'
| lNes OF the foreign iesldehls ahF ui ~
! lomaue ministers Ns TINS - ll y" ,
| grant violation OF the laws oi 'lFlliN, Il
| nations | nptiN you that II you "'
not limit your IRE TO the zone OF COM
] hatants we VIII consider outside the
| law all those VINO Occupy the alsehal
when that position Is taken hy our
forces.
"ihe government VIII be lnleNinie
in complying IN Us duty toward com
/ polling YOU 10 keep the peace. nut
upon you viii rest the responsibility
in history and before the Mexican ma
ton IT, by your anti-patriotic attitude,
| you cause graver injury to the coun-
! try
Not doubling the intention or the
! government to resume the action on
an augmented scale ana reminded
! from moment to moment by the de-
sultory and scattered hring from poth
sides that the homes IN almost every
! quarter of the city would be rendered
= unsafe, the foreigners, particularly
the Americans british and Germans
! sent automobiles under white nass
this afternoon to collect the women
and children ana transfer them 20
/ the section around the American em-
bassy which is considered relatively
free from danger. An American guard
is on duty at the embassy ana for
| eien residents without visible arms pa
tfol this quarter because OF the total
absence Of police.
| Americans again suffered today
4 during the height of the battle Mrs
/ II. w Holmes, the wife of an employe
of Dun's agency was killed and Mrs.
Percy Griffiths the wife Of an em-
ploye of the street railway company
was mortaily wounded, both Of her
J. legs being shot off.
Allie Bland, printer. was shot
through the arm. Mrs. Holmes and
Mrs GrlHiths were preparing dim
ner in their Kitchen in an apartment
building close to the arsenal, when q
shell from the federal lines burst
through the walls. instantly killing
Mrs. Holmes and leaving Mrs Griniths
in dying condition. Bland was walk
ing along independence avenue
When ne was struck by rifle ball
| apparently from the federal lines. The
Americans wounded in yesterdays
action are improving.
me protest OF the diplomats took
the form OF demand that the firing
zone should be limited, but It acom-
pilshed nothing. Both Madero ana
Diaz eVaded responsibility, each plac-
| ing the blame ON the other and char
h'lerlHlnB the attitude ol the opposing
SIDE as barharous and in violation Of
me rules of civilized warfare. Daz
insisted that ne had TO direct his fire
al the points dlom which he was at
lacked ana called attention to the
idct that the government cannon were
locateu IN Inc neart OF the business
sSctioh ana the miekly settled residen-
tHh DISTRICTS ~ president Madero,
the diplomats Eald tnat they had come
20 protest IN pehaH ~ thelr govern
nlenls against p continuance oi inc
parparous ana lhhuinan warfare.
ihey feelted the great damage
uohe TO many residences and the fact
that tne American consulate had peen
ueinollshed pY government shells ana
pointed out thAt the american em-
! passy was flied win Americans
drlVen from thfir homes ny a bonn
paramenl Whlch no notice had been
slNeh, All the governments. thoy
auueu' were ueepN concerned Tor
thelr subjects ana clIlzens Ampas-
sauof wilson, later speaking Tor the
diplomats, SAID that president Ma
zero was Vlsiply EN- mpaffassed ana
cohiusea, nut altempted 70 pace the
responsibility on Dla2 Inc president
had given some glowing accounts OF
the measures Mnl'h were 70 taken
ana expressed me pellei that t'' re-
pellion would be quelied by tenor
row nlght.
Ambassador wilson declared thu'
Mauefo words had not made raw
orable impression on the diplomatic
representatives 10 General Diaz the
ministers, after urging the establish
nent OF neutral zone said that much
m.',','ee So, i'au pven Go1e oy lnulseIlni-