Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-29
MEXICANS DRIVE
OUT u. s. CONSUL
Nogales, Sonora. Consulate
Raided and Clerk Wound.
ed by Rioters
CIVILIANS AT F AUL T
American Leader Threatens to
Cross Border if TrOu.
BILE Continues
NogaIes. Aril., Aug. 80.


During the skirmish Tuesday after
noon between American soldiers and
Mexicans armed Mexicans entered the
American consulate In Nogales. Sonora
forced Vice Consul Mcclure and Con-
sular Clerk r. Tooley TO leave the con-
sulate al the points OF their guns. and
Tooley was shot and wounded. accord
ing to an announcement made by Amer
| iCan Consul f. NJ. Lawton today. An in
Nestigation Is now in progress, he said.
The American list of dead was in
creased TO four early today when Lieu
tenant Luke w. LOTUS. wounded in ac-
ton during Tuesdays skrmish. died in
the base hospital. His home was given
as Laredo, Texas
Drunken civilians on the Mexican side
OF the border were held responsible to-
day for the shooting which occurred
late last night. which resulted in the
"ounding slightly of an American SOL
der
Brigadier General CabeH announced
today that everything was Quiet
throughout the might and no further
trouble was anticipated
Re-enfoTrem"nts have arrived here
and are going into camp near the
border. Rumore that Mexican Federal
re-enforCemcnts were arriving in No
gales. Sonora, and entrcnChlng We're de-
MED here today.
Went To Aid Comradc
When American soldiers went to the
aid of n soldier who had been wounded
last night. shots were fred at them
from the Sonora side Of the Mexican
border. The Americans returned the
fire.
Troops and civilians wcrn quickly
mohlized when n general alarm was
sounded
General T. Tlias Gales. Governor of
Sonora, after the exchange of shots. sen,
a message to General De Rosay Cabelle
commander OF the American forces
through tho American and Mexican con.
suls. in which he declared that the frs'
shots fred were from the rifles of Amer.
lean negro soldiers on the line
To this. through tn" same means Of
communication. General Cahclle replied
that he had no negro troops on the
line; that shots from The Mexican side
we're fired first. wOunding an American
soldier, and that other soldiers, going
to his aid. fred in sclf-defensa ONLY
when further shots were fired at them
"I'il Come and Get You"
In concluding his statement to Cen
eral Gales. General Cabelle sad:
IF ano'he vo!!ey is fired by your
people. will take every man have and
come over and get you and everything
YOU have. We are through with this
nonsense"
Kelly Henry. a mercantile broker of
this city, was the first American tn
cross lhe border to the American side
when the international was opened to
traffic late yesterday.
MIR Henry was on the Mexican side
on business when the shooting began
yesterday, and found refuge in the Office
of a business associate.
Funerals Numerous
Everything was orderly in the Mexi-
can town. Mr. Henry said the only fea-
turr noticeable being the unusual num-
Der Of funeral professions passing
through the streets.
Il went out on the streets several
times during the day. and no anti
American feeling was shown by the
people of Nogales, Sonora" Mr. Henry
said
In the firing one American enlisted
man whose name was not Immediately
obtainable was wounded
G9ston Reddoch. a customs guard.
died here last night of wounds suffered
in the clash with MeXicans across the
border yesterday. This was the third
American death from injuries received in
the fight.
Washington, Aug 29.-Major General
Holbrook, commanding along the MeXi-
can border, reported to the War De-
partment today that quiet had been re-
stored and the border reopened. the