The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-03-21
ANGRY TEXANS
READY TO CLEAN
OUT MEXlCANS
Reused by Ballard kidnapping,
Citizens Along Frontier
Threaten Reprisals
VILLAS ARMY NOW
IS MILES FROM TORREON
Dispatches Indicate That Rebel
General Is Pushing For
ward Rapidly

cARRlZzo SPRINGS, Texas.
March 21.-Charlss Ballard, the
young Texan, kidnapped by gang
Of Mexican federals, has reached
here, bruised and In . critical
condition from the torture he
was subjsctsd to BY the Mexl.
cans.
Citizens here are arminn. them
selves and threaten today to
clean out the entire Mexican pop
uiation IN this vicinity, unless
adequate protection immediately
10 given.
u ls rumered thst . HIibustsr.
Ino esfpo6t9IoN ies bNlnO eronAlxpr
but dotalIe ~ beino kept secret
cItlsens are 6emand&Ao that Gov.
coiqultt snaIss lmtsssdlats demand
for the asfest ~ eaIiard's cap
tore.
eaiiard sald that ME sivs cap
tors were Mexican federal SOL
dlers who threatened to kill him
when they got him across the
Rio crande. He had been lured
from his aunt's home here by
Mexican who said he wanted .
windmill repaired. Ballard, who
10 . machinist, was seized by
four others In the brush, his
hands tied behind him, . moose
attached to . saddle horn placed
around his neck and half dragged
for two nights through caeti and
thorns. Ballard said that he cut
the cords from his hands with
pocketknife, freed himself from
the moose as they were dragging
him across the Rio 0rande, and
dived into the water TO escape
their bullets. He finally found
his way to = San Pedro ranch.
Ballard said he could recognize
the Mexicans.
WARRINGTON, D. c., March 2t.
--Ths state department today re-
ceived . full report Of the three
hours conference at Vera Cruz be-
tween 9enor Lopez Jose Portlilo
Y. Rojas, Mexican minister Of tor.
eiun afalrs, and John Lind, Presi.
dent Wllson'0 personal representa-
tive In Msxiee. Details Of the
meeting were not disclosed, but Il
was admitted that The foundation
wac laid for what might be an I'm
portant development In the ultl-
mate solution Of the Mexican
problem.
The Mexican official submitted
proposals. to Lind that are under
serious consideration by the ad-
tninlstration. Rojas was out Of
pclitics In Mexico at the time OF
the time Of the assaoeInation Of
Presldent Madero and oonse-
qusntIy wac allied neither with
the DIaz-tiuerta party nor with
the Maderitas. lt 10 believed
that the Mexican foreign minister
asked the consent Of the United
States for Gen. huerta to take
the field a0alnst the rebels and
the admlnistratlon consent for
busrta 60 Be Z candidate for
prssldsnt In the next election. Il
10 believed that RoIas would be
acceptable 60 the administrator
~ . presIdent I'd Interim.
MEXICO CITY. March 21.--Follo,
ng the conference Of John Lind n
oso Portillos r. Rojas. Mexican mi
uter of foreign affairs. the arrival
'era Cruz, Of Charge Nels<
|'shaughnessy, and Thomas Bea
mont Hohler. British char,
'af{aires. was today believed to
forerunner Of important develo
asnts toward the settlement of Il
dexican deadlock.
The visit Of Rojas 70 Vera Crut a
lis meeting with Lind n the city hl
iven rise &c . rumor that the Anne
can envoy held q secret conferen1
nth Rojas during which the real "a
scts Husrta wished to have discus
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