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Patriotism Causes the Death of Five Men In Juarez Friday Evening v -i . .. - - - ' m m " I V. T. PASO. T E X A S . I HERALD EL PASO, TEXAS, Week-End Mtkra WBATHRR FORK. A ST. S"alr tonight and Sunday. Saturday Evening, January 3, 191434 Page FtVK SECTWKS TODAY. SKCOND JBDITIOS. y 5 ! Tf T "VIVA 0R0ZC0" CAUSES FIVE MEN TO LOSE LIVES; FOUR ARE EXECUTED BY REBELS Killing of Fernando Lopez Is Followed by Capture and Execution of Four Orozquistas; One Is Shot Down Within Half a Block of Scene of Tragedy in Juarez. FITS men died 1b Jnarex Friday night beeaase Roberts Areena, ex raHway eeadneter and Orezee sympathiser, eied "Vlea OrucsP' an a eoraer of the saaia plana shortly after 7 eeiaek. Lieut. Fernando Lopez, paymaster ef the aeeead aaaadroa ef the rebel garrison la Juarez, was shot aad killed ' by Arveaa after be bad Riven the 1 "viva" far Oroaee. Three other Mex icans, companion ef .Aroeha aad also OnH syMpatMcera, were executed at f davra by rebel soldiers, after a court j martial ba deeided that they were laialicatad la the killing of Lopez. Panic straek Juarez when the nboot- ing took place and for a while the old try of "Another attaek has began," was beard. The afreets were erewded with ' men aad wonten when the killing oc curred aad scored songlit abetter ' nkererer they could and It. Arseaa'a ' three eampantons eseaped from the f acene ef the killing bat were captured I by rebel cavalry before they "eoald I eress to the American side. i i Go Over From El Paso. V According to eye-witnesses of the tragedy. Arocha and bis comrades ac costed Lopez as he was walking along the west side of the plaza, fronting the Juarez cathedral Lopez was an ex- I railway man and had worked with Arocha and the others, who have been operating trains for Gen. Pascual Orozco. The four had been in Juarez for Beveral hours, having crossed from this side It is said that they were drinking heavily. An argument began and Orozco was the subject of it- Arocha defended the conduct of the federal volunteer leader, while Lopez declared he was a traitor. The debate grew heated and Lopez, Ojinaga Federals Are Well Entrenched Says Canadian Only Rebel Bayonets or De sertions Will Make Them Weaken. "Unless the rebels use bayonet or the federals get panic stricken and desert to the American side, the' fed- IS oral force - feasant ritT I. i hold but for weeks against throe tlmec their number of rebels, the way they are fighting at the present time." This is the opinion of Sergt. MaJ. Gustav H Schoof, of the 23d Alberta mounted rangers of Canada, who ar rived here Saturday from Presidio. "The two forces were fighting at long range New Year's day and the po sitions afford an observer an excellent chance to watch both the federal and rebel positions by riding up on down the river," says the Canadian officer. "The federals were entrenched behind fortifications in Ojinaga, having taken advantage of an irrigation ditch for the use of their soldiers. The cannon were stationed in such a position that they could sweep the rebel trenches and trie plain between. Off to the left the rebels had taken advantage of the natural crevices in the rocks of the mountain and were also fighting be hind trenches which they had thrown up Their cannon were also well set and the cannoneers did some good fir ing "From the explosions I judged that the shells were from 12 to 20 pound ers. They both did good shell firing. I saw a number of hits by both rebel and federal gunners. County commis sioner Cleveland, of Pesidio, who knew Ortega, crossed three miles below the BANDIT ESCAPES FROM UTAH MINE Bingham; Utah, Jan. 3. That the man whose wits are as quick as his trigger finger has escaped from the Utah-Apex mine, was the growing belief of those who continued the search for Ralph Lopez today. Nothing had been found so far to indicate whether the slayer of six men was dead or alive in the work mgs where he took refuge on November 27. after leading seven sheriffs and over 200 deputies on a week's chase in the open. Lt ? took np the hunt .-w ..w t twanaggwavs eariy i MINERS MUST WORK SEVEN ARE SEIZED IN COURTROOM, SENT OUT OF TOWN OR LEA VE, IS DEMAND STw2rrATS?RUf.GS' olo., Jan.3.-Seven members of the Unite Xine w oncers or America, charged with noting and assault in connection with fl...w iS- ?. lnln strike, were sent out of town today by the Routt S?2WTaxpayer. '"f8- The league then issued a proclamation announcing Uu,t1Bave7 mD' ln & county must find work or leave. announcing -, 5.?,4-,8tte onsanizer if the United Mine Workers, sent a tele Kmmp,.t0 Piwrfenf Wilson, protertmg against the action of the' league! in inSSi f on trial iB C0B rt here when a delegation from the Ifafthey mtAeaowT1 " "" ' defindante PRESIDIO AND EL PASO LEAD IN TEXAS METALS WSPS0 D:C-' Jan- 3-The 0Btput of Texas " for 11 months of il u estlmate for December, according to preliminary figures com u P1 bC"Ies W- Henderson, of the United States geological survey, Sn8t?5rcS. ' 6 ounces of Silver' 260'000 vuui of lead- a nomi fTot &?tet P"1 ? e output of these metals came from the Shatter dis- o wasSnJSn e Pridi0 " mine and cyanide mai- Lead-silver ore was shipped from the Sierra Blanca district, El Paso county. probably to avoid trouble, started to walk away. When his back was turned. Arocha shouted "Viva Orozcol" and then drew an automatic revolver from !! nnplrat Tnaf tnrnM i1r Viend find Orosco's champion fired ten shots at him in rapid succession. Eight bullets took effect and Lopez died on the side walk in a few minutes, without having a chance to defend himself. Rebel soldiers and patrolmen ran to the scene of the shooting and Arocha, with his back to a wall, emptied an other clip of ten bullets at them. They returned the fire and wounded the Orozquista in several places, but did not kill him outright In the mean I while. Arocha' 9 companions fled, with ' mounted rebels in pursuit. Slayer Is Qnlekly Executed. Officers arriving on the scene. a few moments after Arocha bad been cap tured and disarmed,- held an Immediate courtmartial and ordered Arocha exe cuted at once. The condemned man. bleeding from several wounds and weak from loss of Wood, was half car ried up a little alley a- block from the plaza. He was propped up against a wall.' three executioners with loaded rifles took positions ten feet away and the order to fire was given. Comnenlen Are Caoght. Half an hour later Arocha's three i companions were captured in the out skirts of Juarez. They were tried by a courtmartial and ordered to face the fir ing squad as accomplices in the mur der of Lopez. At dawn Saturday they were lined up against a wall In the old federal barracks west of the market place. A few seconds before the firing of the rifles that hurled death to them, one of the trio is said' to have sneered at the execution squad and called out, TViva Orozco!" town to shake hands with him when he rode out from the rebel positions with hia staff. Just as they were shaking hands a federal gunner dropped a beau- tiful shot within 160 yards of them and the county commissioner retreated to the American side in disorder. "I also saw the rebel force of Indians. f sirippea xo vnt want ana .ajwiag-' a i ., "rr i J "S.'r f "iSTiS tne reaerais.ytuey re W abhr-toTWSrwoffrited. "1 W mw a 3eir3TrTke a horseman Who was standing fn one of the crevices. The horse fell and I could see the comrades of the main drag the horse off of htm. I saw a federal on a 'white horse ride down to the river bank. A bullet caught the horse as an t easy mark and he fell dead from un- t der the man. The rider alighted on his ieet and ran to tne river and across The rebel 'aminers.' or sham shooters : could be seen crawling over the rocks Referring to statements yesterday by and occasionally one would slide back, 1 deputy Hinsley, of Calumet in a tele throw up his hands and disappear. It 1 gram to governor Ferris, that Hinsley was impossible to distinguish the sleeping soldiers from the dead in the trenches. "The plan of fighting at Ojinaga is to "snipe," or sharp shoot, most of the time, with an occasional volley fire which would last 15 minutes and dar ing which 20,000 shots would be fired "The trenches of the federals are well made. If the rebels do not take j Liiciu oy siurm anu use tne coia oay onets, as the Scotch Highlanders did in the Boer war, they, will be weeks dis lodgipg them, as they cannot be shot out of the trenches with rifles. "The most pitiful part of the fight ing are the refugees and wounded wM have crossed. Their comrades have bound up their wounds with rags and (Continued on page 4 column 3.) today had nothing to report up to noon. So far the search has been confined to the levels where the desperado most likely will be found. Since yesterday, when the mine was opened after having been sealed since December 14, about 20 miles of tunnels, slopes and inclines have been gone over thoroughly. On the shelf of the cliff where the Andy tunnel rises 1000 feet above the canyon tloor, a large crowd of curious miners, talking in a dozen tnnempa. talking in ourairiul fftrATAntnju,iA A . J 1 J. 11 outcome. As the day wore on the odds grew tnat Lopez had escaped. I FERRIS IS IRRITATED AT DELAYS "Why Shoulafwe Not At tend to Our Own-Business?" Governor Asks. SETTLEMENT PLAN IS NOT DISCLOSED BIG RAPIDS, Mich.. Jan. 3. Irri tated and disappointed at what he considers the Interference of the department of justice, and exhausted b the trying times of the past few weeks, governor Ferris came here to spend the weekend at his home. He was plainly disappointed when he learned today that the department of justice has ordered Edward J. Bow man, acting United States district at torney at Urand Rapids, to investigate the alleged .deportation of Chas. H Moyef, president of the Western Fed eration of Miners, from the Calumet copper mining district. "It is Strang ethat thev eould not let us attend to that . business, at least. until we ieii oown, said the governor. "I am not afraid of investigation. I like 'investigations; but why should we not be allowed to attend to our own affairs? There it no reason for the svernraeat taking that affair up, We.are'Snarely waiting for Moyer to come back and testify." The last telegram received at Lans ing was forwarded here from John Densmore. of the department of labor, in which Densmore informed the gov ernor that he cannot outline his pro posed strike settlement plan at the present time. MOYER READY TO RETURN TO STRIKE Says General Strike In Michigan May Be Called if Arbitration Cannot Be Otherwise OMaIne.il. Chicago, 111., Jan. 8. Charles H. Moyer, president of the Western Fed eration of Miners, who was Shot, beat en and expelled from Calumet, Mich., a week ago. intends to return to the strike region the first of next week. A meeting of the Michigan State Fed eration of Labor is to be held in Lans ing sometime before January 12 and Moyer plans to attend. The executive council of the American. Federation of Labor also will be pre His proposition in ' Ing to tne mine operators of the region to submit all points in c nversy to a board of arbitration president Wilson and of Michigan? Hover named by rnor Ferris, tis just as much iarerfedEaaw a was written. wfer hot! when it re he was atMtM-b attitude.-? 1 .. ."?;?"-"TST'TZ. usee irqc f miners tmfdns of the Westerh Federa I tion in voting to- Wttike unless federal invesnrgauon oi tjto copper sinae was instiORed. "X trftst, however," he said, "that any more -strikes- may be averted. If we cannot obtain arbitration in any other way, we may attempt to call a general strike In Michigan, but any more strikes will only come as our last re- sort. had rescued Moyer from a mob bent On lynching him. Mover said that Hinsley was in Moyer's room at the time of the attack, knew who shot him and su perintended the whole affair. Moyer said He -vWduld be- clad to cnerate with cmAninl rJianntufn- "Wi nil v-ill rf? TTaotTi ton ooitntv. in Invepticptinp the attack IRON MINERS MAY LAY DOWN TOOLS erty In Copper Country," Western I importance to the Lind episode, point Federntlon Members Declare. ' ing out that the proximity of his per- vr-.., ui.i, T- tti- .. ! sonal envoy, coincident with his own f Jr? tvmt fnt" Jwn2 in rh! vacation on the Mississippi coast had federal government intervenes in the fe h anything else, a mo- copper country strike, the Western' tiVe for the conference Federation men in, the iron mines will The president laid emphasis on the m uunii nicii luuio, atwiuius wi mo terms of resolutions adopted by the Negaunee and Ishpeming unions of the organization. The resolutions declare that the de portation of Moyer, the Italian hall dis aster, th arrest of the editors and pub lishers of the Finnish newspaper, Tyomles, , and the killing of strikers show that there is "no longer safety for life and property in the copper country." . They assert that the sheriffs office has been blind to their wrongs and the state government has failed to give re dress. WARRINGr"FACTIONS SAY "LAST WORDS" Houghton, Mich, Jan. 3. Attempts, of John B. Densmore, of the depart ment of labor, to conciliate the war ring interests in the copper miners' strike reached a crisis today. It was intimated that the latest communica tion from the two sides contained their, "last words." There was a feel ing, however, that unless the com pany's representatives had flatly re fused to continue the dscussion. legit imate hopeg for a successful termina tion of Mr. Densmore's mission might yet be entertained. That the interests of the nonunion workmen were to cut considerable 'figure in the situation was indicated by the action of employes of the Calu met and Hecla company In circulating a petition asking that the company deny employment to members of the Western federation. The men told the management of the mine that the company's fight against the union met with their approval and pointed ont that they had gone to work at considerable personal risk. ' (i DEPARTMENT OF 'JUSTICE ORDERS .MOYER CASE PROBED Washington, D. C Jan. 3. The de partment of justice has telegraphed Edward W. Bowman, assistant to the district attorney at Grrnd Rapids. Mich , to make an investigation into the recent sudden trip of Charles H Moyer. president of the Western Feder ation of Miners, from the Calumet min ing district. . Senator Martine, of New Jersey, has held that Moyer's sudden departure was . a forcible abduction, instigated prompted and paid for by the mine owners. MOYER STILL L ID UP IX CHICAGO HOSPITVI. Chicago, III., Jan. 3. Charles H Moyer. president of the Western Fed eration of Miners, is still here in a hosDitaL recovering from the pistol wound and bruises inflicted on him when he was expelled from Calumet Moyer talked with John Mitchell and Clarence Darrow, but was unable to announce his plans" REBELS IN JUVREZ HARRISON ARE Gtt Et ISO SEW RIFLES New rifles. 150 in number, were dealt out to rebel soldiers in Juarez Fridav Ammunition was also distributed among the troops. DESPERATE DUEL OF ARTILLERY IS RAGING AT 0 JINAGA HUERTA TO ; YIELD, SAYS DENT Mexican Dictator's Power Will Inevitably .Fail, Is Wilson's Belief. LEND CONFERENCE IS WITHOUT RESULT ULFPORT, Mistu Jan. SaMThe I -j- Huerta government is hfing crushed out slowly, nsfr-onljj by Constitutionalists." but through the incessant isolation, and ' in; tabh- it must fall. Such, at least, !$ ODsaton of president Wilson, as a conference Friday night John Lind aboard the -q his envoy cruiser Chester, which brought th$ nt's representative in aiexico om Veracruz. President Wilson an today that his conference with developed no changes in. Llnd nasi j.poUcy-01 the Washington administ , towara Mexico and that no new in the situation has been tor moves lad no. The president referred' the eon- ference as a get toge mutual information. talk"' -tor cpWMed that although Mr. Lind been sending full dispat satjon 01 a xew pours iWortb. more tnm woel omtstnni can ear smw of affording &1 each regarding theituatroftT- Proniitont WlllMin add hart been no SDeeial occasion lor Mr. Lind's visit no advices. Jwitement or new questions. Conference Covers Wide Scope The president said hie conversation with Mr. Llnd had covered the whole field of conditions in Mexico, but that . no particular measure wr piuii uu uccu dwelt upon. When asked if he was more hopeful for a speedy settlement of the trou ble, Mr. Wilson made it clear that his personal view of the situation had not chanced He smiled when told of re ports that provisional president Huerta or some high official of the Huerta .,,,v ,, t , dian see tnem 11 iney txmya ttlaro ( The president Said that while Mr ft- , StaaSSiSS,hWgif : hesXhtmand ,s deeply interested in will Sot Hemovc Embargo, i rar-t thil nnfhintr snwifir such as ;rr' i" K; nV. ; similar movei had been discussed. He said that tpe-nester wouia leave ror Veracruz thisi afternoon and that Mr. Lind would remain there- indefinitely. It was the first meeting between the president and hia envoy since last July, when the president conferred with Mr. Lind at the white house preparatory to the latterJB departure to Mexico City with insBTictlons that created a diplomatic epfcode in American his tory. - For two dajte a mysterious reticence has been apparent at the presidential cottage concerting the present confer ence. When Jdispatches from Vera cruz announced that Mr. Lind would come to Pass Christian there 'was a' noticeable manifestation of displeasure among the mebbers of the president's party that hisSestlnation should have been made pifllic. President Wilson had hoped to a1? ,a-Bletly.awaF aboard the revenue cftler Winona "for a yachting trlp"and meet' Mr; Lind mt sea. The same effort at secrecy with, respect to the? Chester's whereabouts was frustrated 4y wireless news of Nher. location near Snip Island last night. The conference lasted .until after & oclock. REBELS MENACE SAN LUIS P0T0SI. REPORT J Five Thousand Vre snld to be Closing in on Second Wealthiest City In r..rif4 for Atf.-iot. ' 'U'oirt.r. ritir -ex Tan -em , I Mexico City. Mex Jan. 3 Fiye thou- sand rebels havjfc demanded the surren der of San LWs PotosL the - second wealthiest city I in the republic. The rebels under tljfe command of Eulalla Gutierrez and jranclseo Cofes, ara re ported to be ifbsing' in on the city from the north and west. Railroad men "know practically noth- I ing concerning what is going on north ! of San Luis Pdtosi, 'where the rebels i vices received by them todav irt t. J ' rSltiS tSSni!."" . are in control as ir as saitillo. Ad- nlntnAtit tx finisnta hf) ruhA.. j a. J near MocteznmaSOialf.wav ht L. . . . ,n ;..- ... kj.4. i Luis Potosi andi Saltillo. The report said 300 soldiers were killed it i. understood the workmen on the train were impressed into the rebef armv Not hrinn- convinced that ran,.i t mero will be able successfully to resist the rebels, many wslltodo residents of San Luis Potosi have arrived in the capital and still others are reported to be 'coming here. The capture of Saa Luis Potosi. be sides the wealth it would add ' to the rebel offers, would 4 result in the em barrassment of the i overnment. as it would effectually bl.-k the importa tion of oil bv way of Tampico MAM EL MASCAREXA'J, NOW ,. , - FED art At, is IN C1T.Y I Manuel Mascarenas, former pre- visional governor of the state of So- nora, is here from los Angeles, en route to San Antonio to attend court He ' was arrested here curing the Orozco ' rolution on a charge of taking mu- nitions of war to Juarez. i n fiWf 'pre ewrapiIXr-BBO' I 4UfaJ. 55!PlBP,,t!HErsJ"assiar saw j M Tl FT nil IF j isi hi YiewiaBrara wx--!tei& - ifiia TS SMALLPOX BREAKS 6U1 AMONG WOUNDED; FEDERALS ARE JAID t v. i BY CHAS. A. PRYOR, OF EL PASO FEATURE FILM CO.. AND H. H. KILPATRICK. OF MARFA PRESIDIO, Texas, Jan. 3. Most terrific fighting of the week's battle at Ojinaga between die defending fed erals and the attacking rebels, is in progress today. Artillery has been used more extensively since last night than at any time since the rebels opened the fighting last Monday night. The artillery duel during Friday night was also a furious one. The federal batteries are showing good marksmanship, but the rebels are shooting high and many of their shells have faHen onto American territory, resulting in further warnings being sent to the combatants and a denial from the federals that any of their shells are endangering Americans. Terror has been added to the condition of the refugees here by the outbreak of smallpox among the wounded in the Presidio hospital. ' During the night the federals crept out of the trenches, at least 200 of them, and obtained positions m the river bottom about half a mile from" the rebel outpost to the southeast. At this point, the rebels had several hundred mea'intrenched, protected By two machine guns. At 8 oclock this morning the rebel outpost discovered the federals and the battle was on; big guns from die fed erals opened up to protect the retreating federals, the federals haviag "railed to displace oW rebels from mis advanced position. SHELLS THROWN OVER PRESIDIO. 'Yesterday at 12 oclock, when some rebels were crossing some four miles below Presidio, the federals attempted lb shell, the crossing; -and threw a number of shells over this place, but they burst too high to do harm. One hundred thousand dollars in Mexican money was brought here from Marfa yesterday to pay the federal "lidrtliersf today, having'been recovered by sheriff Chastain from those who stole it --- The-federals are closely guarding the river points for desertions and a mutiny is feared because they have re ceived no pay. A number of Red Cross nedole -T- Early last" night the federals $$th Jbe rebels. 1 jt- MaJ. srcNanVoe Wires. KcNamea iscsM to Gn, Bfc L. is d & thefrjunu igeapitaj yuoadjed eated by JJed Cross. Have arrangements made -for caring for sick JknA tx,nMn4A 1m..i I 1 IUIH IttAMton am) children camn foTlcwers. on -other side of river awaiting resalt of fight. Uan- migration officers and Red Cross are to take charge of them. Also I am co- operating in lending all possible assist- ance." No opposition to the crossing of women and children refugees Is to be made if they desire asylum in this country. Natera in Command. Gen. Panfilo Natera, and not Gen. Toribio Ortega, is In command of the reDel forces besieging Ojinaga. niatera has been in command of the rebel col- un,n ever s'nee it left Chihuahua, al- , tnougn tbe jmpression' that Ortega was this- renorfc by 1 t BSreea. t1 1raHilnirf far I - - 7.- -, tne leaner is in general circulation. The redfrais nave zo large new Natera is a general of division, while , pieces and hundreds of rounds of am Ortega commands only a brigade. Or- munition. The payroll is now in the tega is a native of Ojinaga and there- hands of Mercado and the soldiers are f6re is Jfamiliar. with every foot of being paid country in that section. He has prob- Trinidad Rodriguez has arrived with ably taken the main part in advising . large rebel reinforcements. Natera as to tne most advantageous positions to place his troops for the assault on Ojinaga, . Rebels Storm Forts. In the heaviest fighting since the at tack on Ojinaga started, the rebels stormed the fortifications of the fed1- . , i . . j .-., er5. a3n la" J""1""1"?. "",r win by sheer excess of numbers. The cannonading was terrific, numbers of shots falling on American soil, but as yet mere is no immeaiaie hjwko.. There was no sleep for anyone last night. !.. Advancing rebels were repulsed by Salasar's forces on the left wing, the volley firing and machine firing being terrific. Every available cannda is.be ing discharged by both sides. The massed rebel forces charged Caatro at the right and center. There have" been no more desertions, the soldiers fighting gallantly. MeXamee Issues Ultimatum. Maj. .McNamee has issued .an .ulti matum to the opposing generals re garding 'the indiscriminate firing upon American soil, and Gen. Mercado has by a -special envoy, the- entire federal maps, showing the fortifications and' the entn-e list and' location of guns, saying that these maps he wpaH r not show to - any other nation in the world. Federals claim that all snots that, are fired on American soil .ai from'; the rebels. - .One Shell Wounds 7S. One shell Iast night burst in the midst of the rebel headquarters?1. wounding 75. The rebels mlgnredlttfeiy shifted their .position. The federals are carefully reserving their fire" and ZTeZnT Lar?e supplies of food and 'medicine were. taken, to botfh armies today.. Both rebel and federal shells dro- Won the American side today. The ' ild -cor- respondent delivered a message to'Qen. 0ptL J. Mal. McNamee. stating the i Ortega from Maj. McNamee. stating the port would be ciosea it tnere is a con tinuance of shelling to this aide. Four Hundred Dead. " ' The dead on both sides will not ex ceed 400, -r twice as many are wounded.' Reinforcements ae arriving, all the time for -the rebels and a big battle is expected" tonight. Every courtesy is being 'extended to Americans and care is being used .by both (.ides, as much as possible, to keep tne shells on the Mexican territory. Merc Wand Salazar say they will die fihtinfT Smallpox Develops In Hospital. I Smallpox has broken out in the hos ! pital, in the old church here, where 5 , federal soldiers and Gen. Carrevo are confined. All Americans are to be vac ' cinated. Maj. McNamee will try to ' have all refugees, vaccinated, as It Is feared the smallpox may .become epi demic IIoHpltals Crowded. The Red Cross doctors and nurses have the hospitals packed with the injured from both sides. Cannonading I is continuous and It looks like a con certed attack from all sides by the "Const'tutionalists " Woman Lends Attack. I One nr thn main attacking: rebel r, ,, leaders is a women named Maria Gul- terrez, who has repeatedly been in the thiok of the fighting The rebels stormed the federal trenches at 11 oclock last night, with the heaviest firing they have eer had The federals during Thursday night catpured thrfe rebels anri executed two immediately. One wounded must await arrived todav. Thev broufiht tents and fired several thousand shots, after which - ?lnTert tbMt I Federal- toHer a KeunJse i Dozens were killed and many wound- . ed on both sides, when a portion of the ; garrison s.t Ojinaga attempted to dis- j lodge a "Constitutionalist" machine i I gun in the first arroyo nearest to j Ojinaga. The federals were severely repulsed and a great artillery duel was i fought, following the retreat of the I j federals. j Will Die Fighting. j i Both sides have large supplies of am- ' munition. In an interview today, Merca- J do. Castro and Salazar said that they ' wnnli Hie firhfrino. rather than mr. ! render Ojinaga. I The port is open for supplies only. WAGNER CONFERS WITH REBEL CHIEF General Manager of GHggenbelm Smel ter Interests Is Trged to Reopen the Chihuahua Plant. H. R. Wagner, general manager of the Guggenheim smelter interests in Mexico, is here for a conference with Pancho Villa about the reopening of the Chihuahua smelting plant. To open this plant was one of the purposes of Villa s visit to Juarez. Villa is anxious to" have the smelters of northern Mexico reopened and has giv en the managers assurances that they will be permitted to operate By reopening the Chihuahua smelter, the mines of the state will be permitted to operate and Villa will have a source of income and will also have employ ment for the large number of unem ploed, who have been thrown out of work by the closing down of the fac tories, mills and mines SAYS UNITED STATES WILL INTERVENE SOON London, Eng., Jan " 3 The Spectator ip an article 'on the Mexican situation declares that the pressure of public opinion in all the rest of the world will force the United States to inter vene in Mexico. The article points out that president WUson made a mis take in not assuming that president Huerta would be " the strongest force I with which -to bring about peace m Mexico and in supporting him accord ingly, but it adds that it understands perfectly the reason -why Mr. Wilson did not adopt such a course. . "Instead," the article sajs, "he did what, with all respect,' we must say, was the worst thing he could have .done. He intervened and pretended. knot to be intervening; he deprecated bloodshed and " anarchy and yet he would neither stop i,t himself or let anyone else do so. The only way left tor the United States is for themseU es to restore order In Mexico." . 1 n arrx rwmrm srn arf-rt , .'. . 1 mm bl.bl.bi bebi . rm Bt aw. . - is W, 7 ,' REBELS DRA W BACK FEDERAL ATROCITIES AT NUEVO LAREDO REPORTED AFTEiR FUTILE ATTACK LAHBDO, TEX , Jan 3 "Constitu tionalists" who for two days have unsuccessfully assaulted Nuevo Laredo, have withdrawn and are en camped five miles east today. It is re ported that they have been reinforced by .400 cavalr and 400 artillery and that the assault will be resumed late today. Whatever advantage there was at the end of the second days' battle in the siege of Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, seemed to be with the federal defend rs. In the most important engagement Friday a "Constitutionalist" machine gun detachment of 10P men was dis lodgeH from its position inoo arils from the federal poitsinns and the reb els broke and fled after 3." had bt en nurses. ' they refused to reply to the ran of fire RUN HIGM FIGHT -! -v t Two ?feowad nee to Pre- sicfe) Front Ojinaga and Are Withonfe Food. DESERTERS ARE ALL BEING HELD PRESIDIO, Tex, Jan. 3. Two thousand Mexican refugees includ- ing half starved women and chil dren and some federal deserters, rushed across the river to the United States today to seek nrotection from the battle at Ojinaga, Mex., opposite here. The refugees were scattered with out shelter along the river bank for two miles, while the heavy artillery firing between the federals In the trenches at Ojinaga and the attacking rebel forces continued less than a I mile back from the American border. ' The arrival of so many unfed and ragged people imposed an arduous task upon the United States border patrol and the few Red Cross officials who are here. As many as could be induced to go were sent to walk the distance to Marfa, Tex., 67 miles. Meantime the little mission church at Presidio was crowded with wounded. Instructions came from Washing- ton today to hold as prisoners all de serters who cross the river. Hereto fore the border patrol has disarmed and sent back unwounded deserters. REBELS PERMITTED TO CROSS SUPLIES Rebels are being permitted to cross foodatnffs for the fighters at Ojinaga, and are asking for equal rights with the federals in obtaining other ele ments fs Continue the fight. Gen. Hgh L. Scott received a mes sage ftom major McNamee at Presidio Saturday naomng with this informa tion. The telegram to Gen. Scott read: "Firing still continues at in tervals day and night. The rebel forces completely surround Ojinaga except on otr side, at a distance of 3000 to 400 yards. I am permitting foodstuffs 'to pass to "Constitutional ist" following at the ford three males east of town. They are asking equal privileges as are being given the fed erals." VILLA IS RETICENT ABOUT lOJXT MOVE "I have not decided when I will leave Juarez or where I will go when I do depart," said Gen. Pancho Villa Satur day. He was noncommunicative when asked if he intended to take personal command of the rebel army attacking Ojiiaga, saying that he thought the federals vould be driven from the town without much difficulty by Gens. Na ttra and Ortega. killed. The federal loss was given at five killed It was reported, but not confirmed, that the federals had put to death wounded rebels left on the field A captured rebel was trussed up with a rope to the tail of a wild horse which was then sent plunging aciosb the plain, dragging the body behind. The prisoner had been shot but it was not known whether he was den; Another report was that a wounded "Constitutionalist." his arms tied be hind his back and his kmes tied to his bod, was spitted on a pol. uiJ paraded in front of the federal lines. It was iearned that the federals are maintain ing a v lirilant border p-trol on the Mexican si l, uid that no Mexican oiti .' n is pei nutted to cross the river.