El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-01-17
CARRANZA WILL
PUNISH BANDITS
Declares Slayers of Amer
cans May Be Executed by
Any Citizen of Mexico.
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company. and Pascual Aliaga, employe
I OF the AIinas san Juan Anexas COM
pany. another American-owned com con-
pany at the Cusi camp. said Enrique
is a brother Of the de fact0 goNeIiii ~
: Of the state Of Chihuahua. After neli.E
the camp and after the second mn 1llet
/ train had left Chihuahua. Watson iel'
/ for FL PasO at 4 D. m
Made sure OF Troops
| "On January the Chihuahua aeeht
| OF the Cusi company. with whom l nave
| just talked in my office, telegraph lS ~ u
! Watson at e. Paso in reference 10 thS
J above mentioned civilian passengers on
/ said second military train, intorIiia 10.
J received by him from Cusi by telephviie
! as follows:
Boys arrived Cusi safely last nlSht.
| Found everything quiet over here
Z -'As this telegram mentioned the BOY
I without mentioning the troops, mats S,1
I on the same day, 10 make CERTAIN tIla'
/ a garrison was established at Cusi'
! telegraphed the Chihuahua agents
Wire if troops arrived Cusi, ana
I trains running Northwestern.
ITO which the Chihuahua agent re-
! piled on the same day:
Troops arrived Gust. Since yester-
day evening Northwestern trains sus-
pended Indefinitely account no fuel
Looted silver Is Found.
ION the same day said Chihuahua
agent also telcgraphed Watson az Il
PasO: Gust offices again reports
everything quiet and Lopez telephones
We have just located two bags missing
and we are now receiving same IN or
office
The missing bags referred to were
silver that had been stolen during
previous looting CT the camp and per
haps indicated to Watson a restoration
Of order with the establishment OF the
military garrison.
Records Scattered To Winds
Foregoing messages are supposed 10
have been with Watson on the trip 10
Cusi, as he took all the records from
Fl Paso with him preparatory 10 oper-
ating the offices at the camp Mem
bers OF the party that rescued bodies
state these records and papers could be
seen scattered by the winds around the
scenes OF the massacre They did not
try TO gather them because Of approach
ing darkness and presence OF Nllnsta
bandits on nearby hills Copies from
which the foregoing were taken were
furnished by Western Union at Fl Paso.
Having passports issued by authori-
ties and a garrison having been estab-
lished which they understood to NM
Der 1000. they had ample assurance
that it would be safe TO resume oper-
atoms at Cusi."
Carranza Train Blocked Track.
The de facto authorities had run
their three military trains 10 Cusi on
the fourth and. as afterwards came
to the notice Of the party. was that
day running a special out to pick up
and bring back the equipment used
for those three trains II was this
special that blocked the track and
trapped the Watson party.
The train which blocked the track
at kilometer IS on January 10. con-
sisted Of engine. water car and ca
bOOss. all National Railways equip
ment- and was operated by a crew Of
the National Railways, operated by the
de facto government authorities. There
fore, the crew in charge Of this train
were employees OF the de facto govern
ment- The train left Chihuahua at
$3.50 a m.
Rails Taken From Track
Before leaving. members Of the
crew stated that the train was going
10 Cusi to pick up and bring back to
Chihuahua the National Railways
equipment which had been used in
sending a garrison TO Cusi a few Gays
previous. This train was operated by
the de facto government railway au-
thOrities and not by the Northwestern
railroad The first Information that
the Northwestern railroad officials had
Of IL was the notice at chihuahua when
the train was ready TO leave Chihua
hua that morning. This freight train /
was derailed at kilometer IS by rea-
son Of the fact that two rails had been /
removed from the track The first |
officials had Of the derailment Of the I
first train was received at Chihuahua !
between , and . o'clock. positively ]
after o'clock.
After the passenger train bearing
the Watson party left Santa ISABEL I
at 1920 and had covered only eight I
kilometers. which it usually ran in |
about Is minutes. il is seen that the
information first received At Chihua- I
hua OF ths derailment Of the first .rain |
was received after the massacre OF the I
party in the second train"
The foregoing paraphrase was con-
tanned in state department announce |
ment. to which was appended the fol- !
lowing.
Edwards Had Asked Troop Protection. J
''Iu reply to a telegram on the sub ]
ject from the department, the consul /
at Juarez, T. d. Edwards. reports that J
he stated to the Associated Press. that /
the department had. through him. on I
eminent TO protect the district Of the |
Cusi mining company and that such 1
protection was promised immediately /
by the authorities at Juarez.
The consul states that no mention 1
was made in this statement Of the /
train upon which the massacred Amer /
leans Travelled and that he considered /
il only just to the department to give ,
out this information"
Prepares Data on Mexico.
Preparation by the state department I
officials Of data for the senate regard |
ing the defacto Government in Mexico !
and receipt of renewed assurances !
from Gen Carranza that he would |
make every effort to run down and |
punish those responsible for the murder l
of American citizens near Santa 1sabel /
Mex. were the outstanding develop
ments today in the Mexican situation J
Republicans Furnish Opposition.
The data is being prepared for pres I
ident Wilson for transmission to the !
senate foreign relations committee in I
response to senator A. B. Falls reso-
luton calling for reasons which led to I
the recognition of Henry P Fletcher
for ambassador to the CarranZa gov /
eminent. which will form the basis OF /
formal consideration Of the Mexican |
problem
1t is generally admitted that nothing |
can be done toward Mr.. Fletcher's con- |
fiTmation because of Republican oppo- I
sition. pending the receipt Of the pres
idents reply to senator Falls reso- /
luton. II is expected to reach the |
committee in time for the meeting I
Wednesday
Gore Proposes Neutral Zone.
Establishment Of neutral zone II I
northern Mexico, to be jointly ponced /
hv the forces of Mexico and the United .