Bisbee daily review., 1914-11-21

For humanity and a woman, Gener- al Benjamin C. H,n and Major Jose M. Maytorena are negotiating for an armistice this morning The plans are that the peace pact shall last for three hours. and that during that time the dead and two wounded from the May torena force. who have been lying un- der the Hin entrenchments for the past two days shall be turned over to the White Cross corps of the May torena force by the Red Cross corps of the Hill forces.
 There is tragedy, deep grief, in the story of the armistice There are tears without number in the short stoppage of battles And a woman's heart broken in the loss of a son, moves Maytorena and Hill to accede to the entreaues for cessation of the hostilities which have continued on the border almost continually for the past seventy-five days
 Mother Victoria O. Sloat is a White Cross nurse in the Maytorena force. Before she became a nurse for the sol diers, before she spent the hours in the trenches with the army of their chief, she was the wife of a Scotch man And to that Scotchman she bore son, William McGregor. Jr. Little William thrived until he be- came a captain in the machine gun troop which accompanied Maytorena Co the city of Naco. ana when the YaQui Indians crossed the Hill trench es some months ago for a short time. William McGregor was their leader.
 But his career as a soldier ended Wednesday when under the fierce fire Of the Hill machine guns he at- tempted to lead his men again over the trenches. He fell dead inside the range of effective fire of the Hill men. Since then he has lain where death overlook him, exposed 10 weather and sun, and where neither burial nor hon or can reach him.
 Soldiers from the Maytorena troops tried to approach the body and carry it back to his mother Then the moth CT tried Mounted on a white horse with the white cross of the field hos pital swinging to the wind above her read she started out to where her son lay rotting in the sun. The ma chine guns from the Hill trenches opened on her when she came to a place where she could see William Jr And she was forced to return to the field hospital with empty hands. Her son remained 10 rot in the sun shine
 Then the armistice movement was started Maytorena asked that Hill recognize a peace pact for two hours while messengers of the White Cross carry to graves the men whom aid has been unable to reach. He guar anteed that he would not move his troops in any direction during that time, and that none of his men should fire while the truce lasted. He sent messages to General Hill. a man who is fighting according to his own words for the sake of humanity, asking his accession to the agreement. That was last evening, and the representa-, tive of the Review bore the messages.
 General Hnl replied he was willing for an armistice. but he has mines in the area where the bodies lie, the whereabouts of which such an agree ment as Maytorena suggests might disclose he, however. will suggest another plan Hill will agree that there shall be a cessation of bostili ties for three hours and that during that time Mother Sloat shall have hei sons half routed body He, however will return the body sending out his Red Cross corps who shall carry the bodies to the White Cross corps whicl shall wait one killometer from tho Hnl trenches.
 It is not known yet if the armistic' will be kept Hill has not agreed (, Maytorena's plan last evening. May torena will be notified of the new suggestion of the beseiged cOmmande at 6 o'clock this morning and the de clsion Of the attacking commando will either effect or annul the shor peace pact which win partially ap pease the heart of a woman wh' spends her time in caring for May torena's soldiers.
 The battling on the border yesteI day continued as usual, with iittl enective firing and general snipinl