Arizona republican., 1913-02-19

In spite of the heavy pieces against the rebels the positions of DiaZ and his i followers appear to have suffered only i slightly
 Shot for shot the rebel artillery re- piled, at times silencing temporarily the ! governments guns
 It was another day Of artillery fight i ing without any decisive results. Late in the evening when the firing was more or less casual there was no reason ] to believe that the next day would not see q continuation of what has become one of the most remarkable battles fought on the American continent in recent years.
 DiaZ had at the end of the day succeeded in holding ali. the central 1 positions and even advanced his lines in q number of directions especially towards the west.
 Besides the heavier artillery he | brought into action during the day small bomb throwing pompoms whose peculiar roar added materially to the i never ending noise of firing.
 Rifle balls slipped far out of the actual zone of fighting into all quar- rers of the city. one of them embed ding itself in the kitchen of the United States embassy Many shells burst over the central part of the city On the line of fire from the rebel center at the arsenal toward the federal headquarters at national palace the destruction of private and public buildings increas- cd considerably
 Almost all American residents took advantage of the Sunday truce to seek places of safety. Most of them retired to the vicinity of the United States embassy. but by Monday night it became evident that safety to be found there was more fancied than real.
 The government however. was hon est in itS efforts not to involve the foreigners. Up to a late hour The federal commander had not placed any batteries in such a position as
 to draw the fire in the direction of the foreigners.
 Some apprehension however, was
 felt by the refugees on account of
 the steady advance Of the rebel lines
 and the insurgent outposts had
 crawled far out to the west of the
 city. apparently with the object of
 obtaining a position whence they
 could attack from the flank of the federal artillery in the northwest and which kept up a pounding on the rebel positions with monotonous re guIarity.
 If the rebels succeeded in carrying out the Thanking movement it was oniy natural that the federal artillery would fire across at them. This would bring the embassy directly in- 1 ,o line. The embassy building is not more than two blocks distant rom the rebel outpost. General Victoroiano Huerta, com mander in chief of the federal troops has issued orders 10 Colonel Rubio 1 Navarrete. chief of artillery that un- der no circumstances to use cannon to rid the district of rebel sharp shooters who are in small groups but to reserve the fire for attacking the
 rebel fortified position or to resist ! assault. He was actuated in this or I der by a desire to spare the city and it's inhabitants as much danger as possible
 Notwithstanding his orders which were Obeycd he widened the field 1 operations, which by Monday night 1 included more than half of the area l of the city and left hundreds of ! buildings of every character scared with marks of projectiles.
 ; It was hoped that the truce which ! was broken on Sunday would be ex- 1 tended to include Monday but the 1 representatives of the two sides are 1 so suspicious of each other that all 1 efforts in this direction have fail i ed
 Terrified by the battle which they
 have been witnessing for many days 1 the inhabitants of the lower classes
 are in a more or less stupefied con ! dition today and exhibited no signs of indulgence in mob activity All 1 seemed keenly alive to the immi- l hence of foreign intervention. A pro | test was lodged by Ambassador Wilson with Madero today against l the alleged act of the chief executive | in teiepraphing broadcast throughout 1 the republic the assurances of Amer | ican marines marching on to Mexico | City
 l Convinced that intervention was a ! certainty hundreds of Americans fled 1 from the capital most of them to 1 Vera Cruz to seek protection of the United States battleships or to se cure passage on outgoing steamers. Huerta's attempt to communicate with Diaz this afternoon precipitated q sharp battle in which the rebels l opened up with terrific fire of small 1 arms. At four the order was given l to cease firing which brought the | battle to a close.
 1 An official order was issued by the 1 new government opening the cables 1 for regular service. the censor, how l ever refused to leave his post for a 1 considerable time after MaderO's s | government had been busted.
 Report from Fl Paso 1 FL PASO. Feb. 1S-President Ma
 dero and his cabinet are held prison
 CTS and General VictOrianO Huerta
 has been named provisional president
 according to a telegram received here
 | late today. direct from Mexico City,
 The telegram also said that the DiaZ
 rebels have stopped firing
 It was indicated in the telegram