El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-29

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is the reputation OF the troop that it
takes no prisoners.
No Letup in Quarantine
| The quarantine regulations Will be
: continued at the United States immi-
! grafton station, 1t was announced Mon
/ day by DIR. {. c. Pierce. senior surgeon
! IN charge of border quarantine. of the
United States health service. More than
200 MeXlcans We're given baths at the
newly opened quarantine bath house
| Monday and many others were passed
! alter they showed certificates from Dr.
I CASTILLO, Mexican federal health officer
! in Juarez.
Same Mexican Certificates Taken.
An arrangement whereby these certi-
I ilcates issued in Mexico would be ac-
eepted by the United States health .
officials, was made Yesterday bv in {,
! spectOr general Andres Garcia. How
ever, Dr. Pierce said these would be ac-
eepted only when the holder was seen
70 be clean and his clothes disinfected. !
Demonstration Becomes AntiAmerican. |
The situation in ,Iuarez developed |
from purely local demonstration l
against the quarantine regulations by a !
number of Mexican servant girls en- !
ployed IN Fl Paso. into general demon I
stration against all Americans with an
undercurrent of Mexican political feel |!
ing running through it. Villa partisans
were said TO have been active among
the mobs at the bridge early Monday !
and the new phase of the situation has |
caused the Csrranza officials much con-
Germ.
Tie Up Port Sunday.
Resenting the sanitary regulations
being enforced at the Santa Fe inter-
national bridge by the United States
public health service in the campaign (
against typhus fever. 500 Mexican
women, the majority of " HON are en-
ployed as domestics in FL Paso homes.
held a demonstration on the Mexican
side Of the international bridge Sun
day morning. The demonstration began
at o'clock and continued until after l
noon The women took complete con-
troll OF the port. prohibiting any traf- | 7
fic between JuareZ and FL Paso- Street ;
cars on the Mexico line were comman-
oeered on Avenida Juarez by the .
women. and pedestrians. automobiles
and other vehicles Were prevented from
passing back and forth over the inter | {
national bridge. The unofficial en- I
barge affected Americans as well as :
MeXicans-
Led by Red Haired Woman. i
The mob was led by a red haired !
Mexican woman, who had been taken ,
from a street car at the Santa Fe 4
uLluEe ABOUT O'CLOCK 10 DE given a / c
gasoline bath under the new health
regulat tons in force She protested
against being bathed and melted the ! T
ether passengers on the car to dis | il
embark and TO return TO Mexico and ! .
not TO stand for the restrictions which | Ii
The Americans had put in force. The Z
entire carload OF passengers, consist II
ng of about 30 Mexican servant girls, i
marched to the Mexican side Of the d
bridge and began the demonstration
Is other cars loaded with Mexican girls
Il HnH "a
oaso reached the bridge the women ! n;
topped them and made the passen- ! al
,ers disembarlz- These Joined in the ! al
demonstration 10
Car Employees Assaulted. Ia
American motormen and conductors
rere assaulted by the women when
hey attempted to proceed with their Z az
airs, and one motorman was threat u
ntd with sF0oting by a Mexican IN
\ omen laid down on the tracks IN s.
ront Of the cars TO prevent them be- E
ng moved The motor controllers were b
renched from the mOtormen Dy the N
women and later in the day one woman { h,
Exhibited three controllers which she III
ad collected from the cars She later in
7hen officers arrived TO arrest the of
eaders-
Carranza SoIdiery HOOted. -
The women rioters kept up a con- U
nuous abuse against the Americans
arranza officials who INTERVIEWED in
n effort to dispense the mob. were
ttacked by the women. When X,
1uad of soldiers with abers drawn 1 oh
ere sent to preserve order. the women 70
erred and hooted them The soldiers m
ere powerless. One Of the men who XII
ad gathered to watch the women's co
yelled Viva Villa and ~
as made prisoner by the Carranza Fa
lldiers and taken to military head / -
uarters. where a court martial imme- -
lately sentenced him TO death, and -
is reported he was executed during en-
lie afternoon ~
Sbets Fired; No One Hurt. re-
Several shots were fired in the BIO
cinity of the riot, but no one was ";
spOrted TO have been injured Be Ne
iuse OF the shooting. extra guards i'm
ON the 23d infantry. which is pa IN
oling the border at the bridges, were az
aced on duty Gen. George Bell, IT, | ~
sited the Santa Fe bridge early in -
le morning. Because of the serious ie
IS Of the demonstration and the pos n ,
Dility of trouble growing out OF II, Cr
ilitary officers kept in close touch
it'll developments there during the
Blockade Lifted at Conference. m.
Shortly after Il o'clock, Carranza Of 90,
Gals sent a representative TO ask GU
nerican officers at the Santa Fe tar
idge for conference at Juarez. Gen. for
or. II s Potter, OF the street rail- ent
ay system, and o. 2. Brown, a gov tod
nment agent. consented TO 90 TO 7
arez- The CarranZa authorities ad- not
sed them that they would do all in | ma
cir power TO dispense the mob or ito
omen and this was done They gave 7
e street railway officials guards In Dor
der that the stranded street cars gus
uld be brought to the American side $50
the river. The cars were brought pat
FL PasO about 1 o'clock
Women Go Home; Cars Run. CA
Traffic was resumed between the
0 cities as soon as the women were
iuced to go to their homes. Street
r service between JuareZ and FL Z
so was susDended during the re- one
Under of rbe dav on the advice of I Col