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For low --Fair.
VOL. XI -NO. 'J,((.
OMAHA. 'iriiSDAV MiM.lX(. AIMill. IS I'M I TWKLVK l!KS.
iSlN(l-i; COVX TWO t'KXTS.
CONGRESS MAY
BE COMPELLED
TO TAKE ACTION
Freiidentt Taft Feels He Hag Done
AH in His Power to Protf.
PIONEER MERCHANT PASSES
AWAY AT HIS HOME.
JUAKEZ AWAITS !
REBELS' ATTACK!1
Taft-"Tho Lady First
Guiscppe Garibaldi, One of Madero's
Cliiei Lieutenants, Making Ready !
to Bring Up Main Army.
HAS SIX HUNDRED MEN WITH HIM
Leader Says the Attack Will Be Made
r. . j ' - v-
American Citizens. , .
I
SENDS SHARP NOTE TO Ml 5
Again Declares Lives of Amerii
Must Be Protected.
KO ANSWER TO HIS LAST NOT!
j-xciutivc Anxiously Scans All Bulle
tins irora the Iront.
SfFATOR SI ONE HAS RESOLUTION
hitiouu.ci One in Senate Calculated!
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AMn-.i.3j.i m,e eees taft j
. . ... i-.i nll nl the White,
rim . .''ihiill.i to Discuss the !
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hi IK l'l ta il today. It
eitcrate1 In no
o M.M, h ,v -Ih,,vo thai affair, like
tl.ai ,,. DokM AK.,a ITIHa la-t week j
u: .. not l.r r,Tra..,l: lnpterl of aaltlnK j
no . iiniirr ifrion ior a rorrnai retilv
iioiii Mc-Jcn. tin- di imrtment a.ked or Im
tnrilnil. aPiimnii that there be no more
fitihtlt'K Ihnt rnilanwred Ameiioans In the I
I:oi!t tnwiiK.
liifm niailon hk ali reriuented as
what nieanui'm Urn aitthorltlea had taken
to prpvont further rnmhatts of th kind.
A few hour Hfter the department an
riouiurd it 1. ml birtied thin hpcoikI demand,
thr, dtHpalche from Jioutlan lei;an to come
In to the War ilf pBi tinent mIiowIiik that the
Fe.mal hultlr. of Anna Trli-ta hnd begun.
'o reply has hr.n rci'dved tonight from
tiie Mexican authorities.
Flirrnth Plalnlr Worried.
The (.rmldcrit in plainly worried. He
tulkcd but little, the U'hlte Houae folka
iwld, alMiut Mexico, today, hut the bulletin
Ibat came llirViiish ' tha War department
and thrntiK-li the prena were taken to him
lierever lie happened to be and read with
Intwent. Me rlld not conoeaj the fart, that
lie wan liiten'-HfMftUTrtited.'
The pi-Mldir, ,ad two Important con
ference, lie trtiked with Secretary Knox
In (hr afternoon nnd tonltrht h hH .
conterenre wltli Ambassador Bryee of !
'- "" .'..! t-iAfianiLuon OI
Mr. nrycaa visit was that he came to
talk heut' th proposed arbitration treaty
bi'twein the I'ntted ftatea and Great
lVitali).
It Is practically certain that Mexico
figured In the conversation. It la believed
tbe ambni-'sudor explained to Mr. Taft the
landing of the 'British marines at Pan
Qulntln. Mexico, last week. He was able
to tell the president that the landing was
only after Americans asked it, and It
was explained that Americans came first
and then Biltiih aubjects asked for pro
tection, when the British veaiel 'of war
put the marines ashore.
"to Doable lalrrTventlas.
In connection with Mr. Bryce's visit a
siiBgest'on that there might be Joint Inter
vention in Mexico by the Fnlted State
and F.ngland Wan discredited. It was
pointed out tliat any such Joint Interven
tion would be construed as an acknowl
edgment by the Fnlted States that this
nation Is unable trr' handle the situation
and that It would be almost an abandon
ment of the Monroe doctrine.
ITesldent Taft hHS told' callers that he
does hot contemplate sending a special
message to cone reus relatlne to the condi
tion of affairs In Mexico. He has shown
to leaders cf both the seriate and house
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Temperature and precipitation departures
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Total excess since March 1 194
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Republican Majority
Oppuses Reciprocity
House Whip Says This Will Not De-
feat Measure Even with Some
Democrat Votes Added.
WASHI.MVri i.N, April 17. -"After a thor
ough canvass of the republican mfinhtf.lilp
nf III,- luiilu I .in
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I mail iil.v ot tin- party will vote aainst
t(u
the Canadian reciprocity bill," shUI Repre
sentative Dwlght in' New Yolk, I In- repub-
on B passaKe tllis , ,.pk, T,, nt ,-
l ent lis iia MCi'. n thouch scvfi-Hl (Ipmi-
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nut' l Vrtntt llm vAltir.fit - t.l 1 i.uurl IK,.
,lolIHP , tlu. laHt Heraion a nlajHrily f the
m,ul(lk.al,.s vuled agalnst lt .,, Ult. (,,,m.
ol.raUc majul Uy In favor r as be,.n
anatly InfcreaKPd In the new couki e.-is.
Five Hpeakera particlputei In the debate
today. Representative Fordney of Michi
gan, a republican member of the ways and
means committee, and Representative I?ii-
! root of WiBconnln, an InxurKent ivpubliran.
xpoke again!t the bill. Representatives llar
r.aon ot .e- Voik and tvtiia cf Aiass.i
cliusctta, democratic member of the way
and means committee, and Representative
Crumpocker of Indiana, republican, advo
cated Its passage.
Mr. Lenroot gave an omphalic statement
of Insurgent policies and v.ews. Questioned
from the democratic aide, he ta d be op
posed the reciprocity agreement because he
believed lt Increased many duties. He said
If the democrats were sincere In their de
tire to put more article on the free' list
they would attach the free list to the reci
procity bill. He accused them of waniina;
tbe president to veto their free list bill
when.it finally passed u as to make"
political" capital for theinr ,' " '
"The progressive republicans have never
been free traders," said Mr. Lenroot. "I
challenge any one to point to any speech
made by a progressive republican in con
gress or elsewhere advocating free trade. I
stand for a protective tariff measuring
duties by the difference in coat of produc
tion ali home and abroad."
George Glover's Son
is New Figure in Case
Involving Eddy Will
Cpunsel Appears to Represent He
Waa Under Age When Father
Made Deeds of Settlement.
CONCORD, N. H.. April 17.-Litigation
over the will of Mrs. Mary Baker Kddy,
founder of tbe Christian Sc'enca church,
was continued today by action in both the
Ktate and federal courts.
In the I'nltcd States circuit court in the
suit of Dr. F. J. Foster-Eddy of Water
bury, Vt., adopted son of Mrs. Kddy. at
tacking the validity of the residuary claim
of the will, counsel for Executor Henry M.
Baker and the other defendants filed a
demurrer attacking the complainant on
several grounds.
In the Murrlmack county Superior court
counsel for George W. Glover, in his suit
of a similar character, filed an amendment
to their bill asserting that the residuary
claute cf the will should be declared in
valid because It is Indefinite, their con
tention being tbat no one knows precisely
what the Christian Hclente religion Is.
They also protested against the admission
as partiea to the case of persons, alleged
relatives of Mrs. Kddy, who have asked
leave to intervene.
A new figure appeared In the Utigation
today, when counsel for George W. Glover's
son, George W. Glover, Jr., notified Chief
Justlo Wallace of tbe superior court that
they wouM shortly file a motion for leave
to Intervene in Glover's suit. They said
they would base their action on the ground
that George Glover, Jr., was a minor when
the deeds of settlement were executed be-
tween his father and Dr. Foster Eililv ui.,l
IjXIrs. Kddy and that if the court should
declare the residuary c ause of the will
invalid, but bar Messrs. Glover and Eddy
from a share in the residue because of this
agreement, the property should go to George
w . i.mvti jr., as next oi Kin.
JUDGE ROGERS FOUND DEAD
Federal Judge far western District
vf Arkansas Dies sud
denly. LITTLE ROCK, Ark., April lT.-Feiltial
Judge Kogers of the western district of
Arkansas was found dead in his tied at a
hotel here today by Judges Triebcr and
K. M. Rose of Fort Smith. Ark., w ho called
to ascertain the reason for his absence
from the bench. Heart disease is believed
to haie caused bis death. H,s home was
in Fort Smith, Ark.
LOBSTER FAMINE IS BROKEN
Hungry Boston la Relieved by Arrival
o. Shipload from 1 ar
mouth, N. S,
BOSTON, April 17. Boston's lobs-ter
famine has been broken by the arrival
of the steamer Boston from Yarmouth,
N 8.. with l.'JcO crates of the crustacean.
I The catch off the Nova ficmia rnieil la i
in Short Time.
CREIGHTON'S DEATH CONFIRMED j
American Soldier of Fortune Dies in!
Fight a( Bauche. J
FOURTH CAVALRY CAUSES ALARM !
i
I nlted Mates Koldlers March 'I hrnnah I
F.I t'aso Toward Internal lonni
Hrldae I arrjlns To
Ha pld Fire fions.
I
KI. I'ASD, Tex.. April IT. Juarez again
! expecting nn attack before morning.
Tioops have been throwing up fortif .cat.nm
all ila anil hoteliers hi miuans ha'e been
Ktai oned on the tableland overlo king the
town, while signal men on the tops o the
highest ni mntHlns hae been wigwagging
their itports. It is bellecil that there Is
ii n lnsiirrectu force encamped in the moun
tains. American trainmen coming from Supullo.
twenty -three miles south of Juares. where
they bad been pressed Into service by the
Insurrcctos, report that Giuseppe dara
balili,' one of Madero's chief it.u m ints,
is at that point with mw men, sup. rinlend
ing the preparatioas for bringing up the
rest o ft lie main rebel army from the south
nnd thit Uarabaldl said the attack would
be made tonight or tomorrow. Reports of
contemplated attacks are frequently
brought In, however. The rebels wounded
in the battle of Bauel;e are at Sapallo.
Numerous Americans and natives bring
confirmation of the killing in tne fight at
I auche on Saturday of Oaoar G. Creighton,
hii American soldier of fortune, who re
cently dynamited all the bridges south of
Juarez.
t itighton commanded at the battle Sat
urday, It Is said, and led the charge in
which (.'aptaiji Borforlo llernandei of the
Mexican federal army was shot. The fed
erals are said to have centered their fire
on the American and soon laid him low.
This afternoon the Mexican federals
found the body of Federal Lieutenant Abl
gal Jimenez, who was killed in Saturday's
battle. The body had been mutilated by
coyotes.
This afternoon there was a sudden scur
rying In El Paso when the four troops of
tbe Fourth Fnlted States cavalry held In
reserve in a camp near Fort Bliss marched
through the town toward the International
bridge, carrying two rapid fir guns and
several wagons of supplies and ramping
materials. The men were In heavy march
ing order snd carried rations. They did
not rharch to the river before turning back
to the fort.
Colonrt K. fttecper, commanding . the
cavalry and the border guards .here, said
It was merely a practice . march to ac
quaint the men with the city and the
bonier "In case they were called out."
lVHI'PHKCTlON
IS
SPKKADING
Kallroads tn Three More Mexican
States Are Disabled.
ClIimAHUA. Mexico. April 17. (Via
Ijircdo. Texas. ) With Information from re
liable sources stating that the railroads be
tween important places In Durango, Coa
huila and Zacatccas are bein? disabled and
thousands nf noticombatants cut off and
many men leaving their ramllles to Join
the Insurrcctos, it Is believed the Insurrec
tion is rapidly spreading to the south.
The Insurrectos are boldly entering the
towns and carrying off supplies.
Much of the fear thnt formerly charac
terized the attitude- of the Mailero par
tisans In the large communities Is reported
to have given place to outspoken sympathy
in favor of the 'nsurrectos.
The breaking up of direct train connec
tions between Torrcon and Durango and
Valtillo has resulted in the Isolation of
gnat crowds of refugees who came in
from the surrounding country. Many of
those at Torrcon include wealthy business
people, but mingled with them are scores
of the poorer class, whose condition Is
desi ribed as pitiable.
Discouraged by the condition, many men
have left their families to Join th insur
rcctos at I 'arras de la f'uertn. t'oabullo.
Five hundred men armed themselves and
went into the field.
I Hack oa Kacatecas.
Don Pablo I avina, a local cap tulist is
said to have been taken captive and held
In Sfi.OOO ransom. The city of Zaeatecas
with S3.IVK) population. Is reported to have
been under severe fire. , A correspondent
at Torrcon says:
"The attack on Zaeatecas Is admitted in
official circles, but is declared to have
been unsuccessful. PHSsenue a arriv'ng
here, however, assert the Insurrectos raided
a section of the city and got away with
large supplies and recruits. The federal
military train which went to the defenne
was captured by the Insurrectos and It and
(Continued on Second Page.)
Map Showing Where the Battle Was Fought Yesterday
X. (. AR20NA I JyW MEXICO
( 0 BOUNDARY LINE
(l II Vcin
4l -Vi A Iftca
DANIEL BADMR.? IS DEAD
Head of the Baum Iron Company Suc
cumbs After Long Illness.
SONS AND DAUGHTERS HERE
I
Body to Re Taken to Denver to Re
Cremated In Accordance with
His Rrasrat, .Mode Home
Time Ago.
Daniel Baum, sr., president of the Baum
Iron company, died Sunday night at his
home. 1M North Thirty-first avenue. He
was S3 years of age and had been III
nearly all winter, sinking gradually during
the last few weeks. His children, J. E. and
David Baum of the Bennett company, Dan
iel, Jr., of the Baum Iron company, Nellie,
and a married daughter, Mrs. Wallace Rey
nolds, were with him at the time of his
death. A fourth son, Charles, resides In
Denver, and In accord with Mr. Baum's
request the body will be taken to that
city and cremated. Funeral services will
be held at the residence Tuesdday after
noon by Rev. T. J. Mackay of All Saints'
church.
Daniel Baum had been prominent .In
Omaha business circles for over twenty
years, corning here from IJncoln in 1SS8 to
found tho Iron compsrvf J "1 wiirb he had
retained tho till of preslaril x1 nee ha re
linquished active control of lie;' He was born
at Humrnelstown. fa., and came west In
the '40s to Burlington. He lived for a while
in that city and moved thence to Daven
port and later to Chariton. He established
himself In business In Lincoln and then In
Omaha. Since his retirement his sons have
maintained the business under the same
name and have engaged in other enter
prises, ' including the Bennett department
store.
Mr. Baum survived his wife six years and
had spent nearly all of his time during re
cent years In his home with his sons and
daughters.
Ambassador O'Brien
Guest of Komura
Both Pay Their Compliments to Evil
Minded Speakers and Writers Who
Are Trying to Make Trouble,
TOKIO, April 1". Count Komura, the for
eign minister, gave a dinner today for
Ambassador O'Brien and the staff of the
American embassy In celebration of the
recent conclusion of the new Japanese
American commercial treaty. Premier Kat
sura was present.
In offering a toast to President Taft.
Count Komura said that sincere friendship
had "built a foundation which cannot be
shaken by a campaign of falsehood and
misrepresentation which Is being prose
cuted with an ingenuity worthy of a better
cause."
TWENTY-ONE PERSONS ARE
DROWNED OFF FINISTERRE
Spanish Steamer Hound for Liverpool
from HnelTa Goes Down Off
Spanish Headland.
OPORTO. Portugal. April 17. The
Spanish steamer San Fernando, hound
from Huelva to IJverpnol. sank off Flnls
terre, the westernmost headland of Spain,
today. Twenty-one passengers were
drowned. Four survivors were landed here
by the Heamer Portlmao.
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Harry G. Selfridge
and Family Hurt
in Auto. Accident
London Merchant Who Formerly
Lived in Chicago Loses Con
trol of Car.
TDNDON. April 17.-Harry ' Gordon Self
ridge, the Iondon merchant, formerly of
Chicago, his mother, wife and eldest daugh
ter were painfully injured in an automo
bile accident near Ambleside, Westmore
land county, yesterday. News of the mis
hap reached here today. All are expected
to recover.
The party was touring the Cumbrain
mountains and was not far from the head
of Ike .Windermere. Their car was de
scending Klrkstone Pass, when the brakes
failed and it ran away, swerving finally
from tha road and plunging Into the side
ot a house. The car was mashed In bits
and Its occupants thrown to the ground.
'Mr. Selfridge was badly cut and suffered
a contusion of the brain, being rendered
insensible. He did not regain consciousness
until this morning.
Mrs. Selfridge was cut about Die face
and two bones in the forearm were broken.
The senior Mrs. Selfridge and Miss Self
tidga were badly bruised. -
Selfldge Improved during the day and it
was stated hla injuries were not dangerous
and would not pVevent him from being
ubout In a few' days.
Miss Rosalie B. Selfridge is the elder of
the unmarried daughters of Harry Gordon
Selfridge, but it was stated at the private
school in New York of which she Is a
pupil that Miss Rosalie was In California
and that the daughter mentioned as In
jured in the automobile accident was either
Miss Violette B. Bclfrldge or a married
woman not known at the school.
Mason City Woman
Turns On the Gas
Mrs. Paul McPherson Attempts to Kill
Herself and Children in
Hotel in Chicago.
CHICAGO, April I". Mrs. Tearl McPher.
son, 26 years old. formerly of Mason Clly,
la., who Is defendant tn a divorce suit
pending here, attempted to kill herself
and her five year old daughter today by
turning on the gas In a room at a hotel.
The would-be suicide left two letters ask
ing that she and her child be burled In
the same grame.
She went to a hotel Sesterday and then
sumnnd her husband who is an electrical
worker. She sought to convince him that
derogatory stories which had been toW
about here were untrue, but her efforts at
a reconollllajlon were of no avail,
ROBERT F. W000 EXECUTED
Xe York City Man Pays Penally far
Murder of His !Nelcr, Miss
Amelia Roach.
OS8INTNO. N. T.. April 17. Robert
Frncls Wood, who killed his niece in New
York City over a year ago, was put to
death in the electric chair In fling Sing
prison early today. Wood shot his niece.
Amelia Roach, after he had remonstrated
with her because he believed she was
"going to the bad."
MILITIA BOYS ORDERED HOME
Governor Carroll Finds No Need for
Them at Muscatine.
MAY CONDEMN WATER PLANT
Mayor llanna Says He Will Knurl to
l.eaal Proceeding lo Secure
Control of System for
, Drs Molnrs.
(From a Staff Correspondent )
DKS MOINES. April 17. (Special Tele
gram.) Governor Carroll this evening
ordered the withdrawal of the three com
panies of the Iowa National Guard from
Muscatine. Adjutant General Iogan re
ported there was no further occasion for
the keeping of the militia companies at
the sqene of the strike as quiet has been
restored and there is not likely to he any
further trouble.
Tho button factories will be closed and
not opened until there is an. agreement as
to wages.
It Is the Intention of Mayor Hanna to
resort to condemnation proceedings to se
cure the water works for the city of Des
Moines unless an agreement can be reached
as to satisfactory terms. The franchise
of the water company expires tho last
day of.. this-, month and negotiation; have
been under way to secure a price so that
the city may purchase.
' C'osson to Council Rlnffs.
Attorney General Cosson went to (Inincil
Bluffs tonight to personally look after
some details of the various cases In court
related to the Mahray swindles. He will
give, the metter his attention personally
and when tae trials re brought he will
send a man from his office to take part.
Gives I'p Klylna; Machines.
The Greater Des Moines booster commit
tee has been planning for some time to be
gin making aeroplanes In this city and
had partially completed arrangements for
a factory. But today It decided to drop
the project and not undertake the making
of flying machines here.
EASTER EGG "ROLLING ON
THE WHITE HOUSE LAWN
Children of All Sorts and Aaes Gather
at Executive Mansion for An
nual Holiday.
WASHINGTON, April 17.-Brlght skies
and a warm sun brought thousands of
children to tbe White House grounds today
for the annual Easter Monday egg-rolling.
Children of all sorts and of all ages, from
those who Just toddle to others with dresses
at their shoe tops, came trooping early Into
the president's big back yard. Most of
them brought baskets filled with eggs of
vivid colors.
KILLS HUSBAND WITH AN AXE
Mrs. Peter Staples of Sanlt Ste Marie
Murders sleeping Mantis Re.
suit f Quarrel.
SAl'LT STE. MARIE. Mich., April 1
Mrs. Peter Staples of Sault Ste. Marie,
Ont., la held In the district Jail there as
the result of tbs murder, late today, of
her h'.'.sban.d. Tt Is ssld she killed him
with an axe while bs was sleeping and her
four children stood near.
"Yes. I killed him and now I am willing
to die." is a statement the police claim
she made when arrested. The crime is
thought to . have been the outcome of a
family quarrel five months go when
Staples was alleged to have slightly
stabbed his wife.
Omaha Silver Company
OTIS M. UROQUE
Imw to gUMr. HmpkiH 6 BmdUtttktm
ALL KINDS OF PLATING, OXIDIZING. ANTIQUE FINISHES, REPAIRING, ETC.
Automobile Lamps and Trimmings Repaired and Refjmshgd
314 South Thirteenth Street Telephone Douglas 78
The Omaha Re,
City.
Gentlemen:'
Referring to our ad which we hive beon running in your
paper, will say that go far we are very well pleased with the
results, which have been moat gratifying. Tin- business has
increased to such an extent that we have been compelled to
take on more men.
Yours truly.
AMERICANS
AGAIN SHOT
IN DOUGLAS
Greatest Battle of Mexican Rebellion
Rages All Day in Vicinity of
Agua Prieta.
INSURRECTOS GAIN ADVANTAGE
Seven Citizens of United States Are
Wounded by Stray Bullet.
MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED DEAD
Diaz' Troops Suffer Far Greater Tart
of the Loss.
MAYOR OF CITY APPEALS TO TAFT
Wants Something Done to Protect
Lives and Property.
WILLIAMS MAY DIE OF INJURIES
American Resident of llnnitai Shot
lions While Standing In cr
t enter of Business District
of noualaa.
AGFA PKIETA. April II The greatest
battle of the Mexican rebellion has been '
racing around Agua Prtela since (i "i
o'clock this morning and late Ibis sfter
noon was being waked with undated fury
by both sides. The desperate effort of the
l.iWi Mexican national troops under Lieu
tenant Colonel Diaz to retake the city from
l,0ii) rebels under Balazario Gsrcla bad thus
far proved futile and the federals had suf
fered several repulses and sevcro losses
In killed and wounded.
The casualties ccn only be conjectured,
but the federal losses are estimated at
more than 3W, with that of tbe rebel)
only a score or so.
The Insurrecto leaders report that they
have captured two machine guns from the
federals, with much ammunition.
American troops drove spectators In
Douglas back from the International bound
ary line a distance of six blocks, notwith
standing which three or four persona have
been wounded. Several wounded rebels
were brought Into Douglas.
American is Shot.
Frank Hamilton, an American, while
standing in the ry center of the business
district of Douglas late today, suddenly
winced and fell to the street. He ai
wounded In tho back by a Mauser bullet.
His wife and child were standing by him
when he was shot.
At the moment Williams was shot down a
Mauser bullet struck tha front of tbe city
water commissioner's office on Eleventh
street, twelve block from the Interna
tional line. The ballot tipeddod Itself In
the solid brick wan. Anuthcr was added
late this afternoon to the list of Americans
who were shot down in the streets and
buildings of Douglas, making seven in
all. At 4 o'clock John Keith, employed by
the Douglas Lumber company, was shot
through the leg with a Mauser bullet,
while on Eighth street, nine blocks from
the International line. He was taken lo
the I ted Cross hospital.
Bullsts were raining as far north as
Twelfth street, which is thirteen full
blocks from the Mexican border.
Ma; or Makes Pro tent.
"This certainly ought to be I stopped,"
said Mayor Magulre of Douglas, .''Already
seven citizens have been shot 4own In the
streets of tins city and bullets are striking
buildings, piercing houses and dropping in
yards where little children are playing, as
far north of the Mexican border as one.
mile, I am now endeavoring to get soma
actlou among the citizens of Djuglas which
will bring the mutter to the attention uf
President Taft.'.'
Colonel Bhunk has wired all Information
on the situation to President Taft.
At 5:10. Mayor Moqulre Sent the following
message to President Taft:
"Six persons shot in Douglas today dur
ing battle between Mexican federals and
insurrecto forces. Battle still raging and
' worse yet to come. Bullets tailing all over
city. Cannot something be dono for out
protection ?"'
As evening approached bullets continued
to fall into Douglas.
The suigeons Mt the lied Cross hospital
extracted the Mauser bullet from the breast
of Frank Williams. Tho bullet struck Wil
lianiH tn the back, passed around the ribs
and lodged, uuder the breast bona. Tha
wound Is serious and possibly fatal.
Federals Advance Slowly.
The federals In ynovlng tn, had advancsd
from the camp which they established yes
terday at Sulphur Springs, a water hole
five miles south of Agua Prieta. They
inarched slowly to a point toutheaat of
Agua Prieta with an evident Intention of
gaining the border in order to attack the
rebel position along the international bor
der, but before they were able to gain
this coveted position they encountered tiie
rebel cavalry which had galloped out to
intercept them and thets was a rattle from
Omaha. Neb., April 12, 1911.
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L. A. WEL3H. Local Forocaater.
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I will follow.'