The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-04-15
OFFICIAL NEWS
FROM T0MPK|NS
STILL lACk|NG
Border Waits Anxiously for
Authoritative Statement In.
trepid Cavalry Leader and
Men Are Safe.

~ iHNH, ifNss s'Nfl To- 'ihDihl IL
vices ut Major Frank Toinpkins aud
his little cavalry column of 40 men
who were attacked IN pnrrnl last
W Wednesday were stiIl anViously await
cd todaS. The story of the Parril AT
fair b. yet To- he told bile uncertainty
envelope the further march south
ward of Major Tompkins f,rce~. who
are now believed to have passed over
the Observation-Disclosures Zine.
The censorship by the Mcxicaha
over the hand lines leading in,u Pa
ial is strict and the military nuthuii-
ties are send ng all their Information
In code. Representative of l1rvs
mining companies with large plants IN
and about pnrral are mul>iuG f.autir
Efforts to obtain information regard
ing their plants, for there are porsi.-
cnt reports hat following tho uttu,h
on the American cavalry last Ncduc.-
day mohs vented their y%cugouu,o uu
American property. ssion was
made today boy an official OF the Al
Narado Mining company hat tncIr
mill was attacked Thursday night
Apprehension IS cit for the saf,tv
Of Americans and other foreigners IN
Purral som, II those known to h"
In parral are o., g. Smitn and ". c..
Palmer, OF the Parral and Durango
railway; Leslie Webb and ~ g. Rob
inson, of the III Rayo Mining con
pany. and "a Miss Cumming. "a Mctho-
DIST missionary. Another woman mis-
sionary is also reported To- Dee in Par
raj WAC is understood tu u' associated
with Miss Duuninp There are sew
cral French and German subjects iH
p1rral
officials Of the American Sme'tus
and refining company. which has q
plant in partal were without informn-
ton from that city early today.
\ dispatch received today hy the
Alylrado company from parral said
that tho 'u-scs OF Us plant there were
cuormuua" aud a-kcd authorization 20
take steps to avoid the destruction Of
the Pi,scua mines of the COMPANY
near Pbrral Placing 81 guards wa
authorized hy Officials here. the l1~t
word received hy the American Smolt
ing ana Refining company vas a mo
sage nlod ut Santa Barbara az -
O'Clock Thuredts afternoon saving
that the great plant of the company
there va 1fs ut that hour. so m.p-
tiou was made of tho Pdrral plant.
which Ie mot l- large as thu other.
Cump1u. ufH,t'e believed. however.
that nothing hHs happened Goo tho two
properties santa Barbara De- ten
miles distant from puIrtl
word was received tod,N thu ihn
.tttIu a. nine cars which l'ft JuIros
"Wednesday for ,hihuuhua city. bear
ms -upply- from private concerns o.
t, sold tu tho United -tltof army had
.Yrr.,d safely nyf had not proceed 90
beyond. % is understood her, that
shlppot- had received assurance tina.
tho. could eoud supplies ,a far south
uu the Mexican Central J would lr
u'.e- an, tH reach M, oNucdltluuIrH
force.
seven carloads 81 hay ana other
supplies have been sent uH,r The put-
der tu Jutrol 90 he sent To- ChtnuahUl
CITY. uut pending diplomatic dcvclur.
m,uts 90 Washington are being ha
there shipper TODAY dc'id'd mot ,.
tJk' M" i.-k u. shIpuIng of this tina.
l.,.,r an ,ll.,l OF the AINuTiiu
oImppus said l mo.slEc had boon r'
uy,tcd giving th, Information that
inc rTosrna property Wus attacked
Friday night u" said thii % Num-
Der uf Warehouses were looted and
also several re-. .druc,, 1a IA, CONF
pury prnp'ri. The residences were
uu' occupied Th' % H1s uu report 81
ans fatalities.
tn" pr'scuu mines arc located u.s.,
and ono-h1lf miles from r1rsul.
officials ni the rairll and Durango
Railroad company s1iI tpd'y 'hor
had -rYltI.uT ~fUl,sItu. ff.u fH,,r