Bisbee daily review., 1916-04-15
Various Rumors Had at Sev- eral Border Points As to the Number of Americans Kill ed in Attack.
DOUGLAS RAISES THE
 ANTE" TO NEAR 15O
Several Versions of the Affa1 Have Come to Notice of Mil itary Authorities. None Have Been Confirmed.
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FL PASO. April 1.-The mystery over what happened al Parral. where American troops are reported to have | clashed with Mexicans on "Wednesday. i became more baffling than ever to-. night due to the amazing variety df : conflicting reports which poured into Fl Paso from every conceivable and many unconeeivable points.
 There was one point which vas de finite: message was received here by an American concern from it's representative in Parral stating that at five o'clock Wednesday evening American soldiers were passing through Parral and that everything was quiet them. As the fighting be tween the Americans and Me&icans is reported to have occurred some time on Wednesday this message only served to make the situation more perpleXinS. The most plausible eN- plantation was offered in an account brought here today by an American from Chihuahua City. This man said the trouble started when two Ameri- can soldiers were sent into Parral by Major Tomkins to make arrangements for the purchase of supplies. Their presence aroused the people of the city who had already been violently asitated by reports that the advancing American troops were going 10 take possession of the town. The two soldiers were surrounded by an angry mob and in the excitement a shot was fired which killed one of them. The mob then poured out in the direction of the main body of the Americans and some indiscrimiIate fighting took place ip which a number of MexicanS were wounded. The CarranZa sarri- son assisted in restoring order. ac- cording to this account and later the Americans passed quietly through the city
 This report was given good deal of credence here on account of it's source. but there was no possibility of verifying it any more than any Of the other reports which ranged from complete massacre of the American soldiers to blOodier massacre of MeNicans.
 General Gavira said tonight that he had received no reports to indicate he psrral incident had infiamed lAi people in the district over which he commands.
 Tt must be remembered that Parral has been one of Villas strOraho!ds and contains many Nillistas.' said Gavira When the Americans ap- peared it would have been easy for the Nillistas to make the isaOTant be- lieve that the Americans intended to capture and hold their town. This evidently happened
 Gavira said he had received no other telegrams. official or informal. relating to the Parral affair.
 News reported at headquarters to- day that the Present Ranch in the Parral district was robbed yesterday by bandits. who. however. did not shed any blood.
 The request of General CGrranZa for the withdrawal of the American troops. the Parral incident and re- ports of other clashes between Ameri- can troops and Mexicans have alarmed Americans living in Mexico as is evidenced by the arrival here today of number of United States citizens from Chihuahua City and other points. Some ot these men fled across the border after the Santa Isabel massacre but later returned in the wake of the United States soldiers. They all refused 10 discuss conditions in the interior beyond saying for the present they preferred to remain on the north ern side of the international border.
 Some of the arrivals from Chihua- hua reported that fighting had taken place between American troops and MeXicsns at SstevO. forty-five miles south of Chihuahua City This fight ing was believed to be the attack on a supply train by Villistas reported by General Pershing as having taken
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