Evening star., 1916-01-15
CARRANzA GUARDS
FOR RELIEF TRAINS

IUn nLlIlI InHIVO
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at Santa Ysabel, has only forty men
| with him and that instead Of moving
northward. he is making toward Guer-
zero. which is west Of Chihuahua.
Three of Victims Buried.
| The bodies of three of the victims
or the massacre near Santa Ysabel were
inferred here yesterday without any
demonstration on the part of Ameri-
cans. whose threats of reprisals against
Mexicans led to the establishment
Thursday night of a strong military pa
troll and for a time threatened serious
consequences. Those whose obsequies
were held yesterday were Thomas
Evans, M. B. Romero and J. H. Woon.
Still in Danger Zone.
More than $50 Americans still re-
main in what Is considered the danger
zone, however. and some apprehension
is felt regarding their safety. A train
which was dispatched for them from
Ell Paso Thursday night was reported
to have arrived last night at Parral, at
which point the refugees were to
| rive in El Paso Monday morning. 1t
was said precautions would be taken
by the Carranza authorities to obviate
the possibility of an attack on the
train by Mexican outlaws.
Plans for mass meeting here by
Americans to discuss the Mexican sit
natfon were cancelled on the orders of
Mayor Tom Lea. it being decided that
no meeting would be held until trains
which have been sent south to bring
Americans out of Mexico arrived safely
on the American side of the border
Arrival of American Refugees.
The only cause for serious anxiety
here yesterday on the part of the mill
tary and municipal authorities was
the possible fate of party of Amer
leans en- route from Chihuahua city
and the vicinity of the massacre of
Monday. This anxiety. however. was
train arrived bearing 1fty-two Amer
lean refugees, among whom were a
number of women and children.
The train which arrived here last
brought two American soldiers who
were picked up in uniform by members
of the Carranza train guard eighteen
miles south of the border. Gen. Ga
briel Gavira, commandant at Juarez
said he would turn the soldiers over to
an American officer today. They dis
appeared last Sunday and last night
could say only that they did not know
how they got into Mexico, where Unit
ed States soldiers, in or out of uni
forms. are not permitted to go at any
time.
1t was long after dark when the refu-
gee train with it's guard Of more than
100 Carranza soldiers from chihuahua
Thn
lighted by candles stuck on the back of
the wooden seats.
The train was met by party which
included Gen. Gavira. the Juarez COM
consul at FL Paso. and H. l.. Cobb, col
lector of the port of Ell Paso Mr.. Cobb
quickly passed the entire party and i'm
migration officials consumed little time
in searching for contraband before per-
mitting the train to proceed to this side
of the boundary
Many Of the party left the border only
last Saturday in company with the Amer
leans who were killed by the bandits at
Santa 1sabel. One of them said the mas
sacre occurred in railroad cut made use
of by Villa during the early days of his
ca reer as bandit
All the, employees OF the American
Smelling and Refining COMPANY from
the Chihuahua smelter and the employees
of the Eel Potosi Company came on the
train.
Few Troops in Chihuahua.
The scarcity OF troops at the Chihua-
hua state capital was confirmed by ar
rivals. who said that $50 men was about
the total of the Carranza forces there
January 10, the day of the reported bat
tie at Escalon, between the forces of
Arsumedo and the Carranza troops from
chihuahua city 1t was reported that
troops had moved out of the capital to
the south.
Irritation was manifested in Juarez last
night as result of the rioting in Ell Paso
Thursday night Americans were not per-
mitted to cross the International bridge.
Although he was known along the
border forty years ago none Of the min
ing men here has been able to clear the
mystery concerning the identity of Thomas
johnson, one of the eighteen Americans
slain by bandits Monday. His body lies
here unclaimed. The sheriff of Cochise
county, Ariz., where Johnson was sup
posed to have a daughter, published an
appeal for information without results.
Bodies Sent to Homes.
The body OF J. p Mccoy. another of
the victims. was sent to Bisbee, Ariz
last night on a train which also car
ried the BODY of Alexander Hall, whose
wife and three children live In Doug
las. A fourth body. that of D. f. Sim
mons. was sent to DanVilla, Iowa. The
funeral of c. r. Watson will be held
here tomorrow under the auspices of
the Mystic Shriners. Masonic lodges
Ill conduct services Monday for W. j.
Wallace.
Gen. John J. Pershing last night re-
established dead lines similar to those
of Thursday night. The district known
as Chihuahua, in this city. where
large number of Mexicans reside, was
cut off from the rest of the city. No
MeSjcanS were allowed to come out of
the district and no Americans were per-
mitted to enter.
Provost guards patrolled the city to
prevent repetition of the fighting in
which soldiers on liberty engaged with
Mexicans here Thursday night.