In The Right Place Dr John Rar Drivers Diego Santaf
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L PASO HERALD' ' " " "v"(PSOM HFTtDLEXTEA) " . 'Gen. Juan J. Navarro and 480 other federals are prisonersrSSSypere 9aptured in the barracks where theymade their last stand and where the surrender took place after the insorrect'os had shelled the building withcannon.It was a happy looking bunch of federals who -marched through the lines of insurfsotos to become prisoners."Viva el Constitution!" they shouted as they put down their rifles smiled laughed and almost jumped forjoy. ! .They left 40 dead and wounded comrades inside the barracks when they marched out to surrender.The surrender of Gen. Navarro was made to Gen. B. J. Viljoen of Chamberino N. M. military udvisor toMadero. Yiljoen was not present in the capacity of a commander; he says. He was only there as a mflifesspad-viser and says that Col. Garibaldi had command of the troops to whom the surrender took place but was not-i t. -VT ..i J i"U 4.vot- JOjjl caeiib wiitJii navaiiu came oub auu. gave up uuc luwuCoL Pueblito declares that Col. Tamborei who commanded the federals met his death by being shot throughN the head. He says the colonel was in command of his troops even after he had been wounded and sticking hishead around the corner of ax building received a bullet that ended his career. With both Pueblito and Tam-borei gone the federals had no officers of rank except Navarro himself. Several of the officers are declared tohave deserted and to have induced their men to do so.About noontime the insurrectos rushed up Comercio street dragging one of their home made field pieces andshouting and cheering like boys. jThey placed the cannon in the plaza.The rebels seem like boys on a picnic happy that their big battle is over with but they are orderly and manyof them took advantage of a chance to sleep as soon as they could get settled down in the town andvget some-thing to eat. There irks a lively scrimmage to get possession of the horses abandonedNby the federal cavalry nearthe bull ring. '.At 1:15 the fighting was practically over.The old church is shot full of scars on every side the windows are broken.Orozco is making his headquarters at the city hall and the street is full of people calling "Viva- .OrozcoViva Orozco." - ' - ' - .- '- .-' There are few "Viva Maderos." ' ' ' ' - 'There is great enthusiasm the insurrectos riding around-with jfche caps and belts of the federal officersThere is great disorder in andaround the mayor's office. - 1 -Diaz's picture has been removed from the wall. ' -The market place is in great confusion. ' - s Shells are lying all around the streets. There are a few disreputable-women in the street with the "insur-recto soldiers. There is much ringing of the old bells. -S mPleard's residence ea JKr a arHge was set damaged at alL It ls rThey have aVilla Makes Good His ThreatIt Is how pretty well established that Panche Villa's e started theattack 8B Juarex ia retaliation far Col. TamborePs threat that the insur-rectos tv ere all cowards and dare Hot attaclc. Following Tamberel's sneer-'iag remark Villa publicly stated Ih the Popular store ia El Paso that he'had 060 men aad wbhW attack Juarez "peace r ho peace" and have Tam-horel's life.i Tamborei is dead. After he was wounded Tuesday merniar he retained actle command bat wal killed la the afternoon by a halletthrough the head. "of the Juarez garrison had Been wounded h4 that he had heard that thedoughty little officer was dead.T&mhorcl was the officer who declared the insurrectos were cowards aadafraid to attack. The insurrectos safd before the battle that they woaiaklir him If -tfcey caught him.The doctor alo said that Col. Man el Paehlito commanding the federalcavalry had been wounded."In the name of the sanitary department of Mexico" said the doctor "Iwant to thank the insnrrectos for tkelr courtesy to me and to the w8HHea."(FROM' SECOITD EXTRA.)kjr TiTHE CITY FA1I.S. The general belief is tha Juarez has fallen. fThe rebels are all moving: Into the heart of the city. It Is said that Navarro has left th e city with his forces and 'is movingsoath. -Joss de la Tsui. Blanco's command of reinforcements -which slipped intoJuarez Tuesday night after dusk has captared the old church aad the Juareajii1! according- to information brought to this side of the river at lw clockJ by ol5rof Blanco's wounded meu Manuel Maruez. The man was shot in tearm and says he received his wamd whAIe in the tower of the church.A few utlaBtes afterward a flcgro giving- the nameef George Monroereached the bridge-jd declared that all prisoners in Juarez had been released.hadH dynamlted.StSigt - ''rfe said the iail hadH dynamlted.EAt that hoar there rcheering ia Juarez and it was reported at thebridges that Navarro was withdrawing frcra the town.BLANCO'S ASSAULT STJCGBEIS.The wounded Mexican said thatHJlanco and his men slipped up in therear of the jail during; the night aad weR ready for the assault tals-meralagIn fact had been firing all night and gradually driving the federals frora theirPpsItlOES. ' Ny NDynamite explosions In that vicinity were Beard from the bridged earlythis morning and the heaviest firlag has all bea lwe "rtclnlty of the Jailaad the church bearing- out what the negro and thejIcaa said.Among ths buildings burned In Scares Isst night wa the bull ring-.Felix. Martinez said he plainly recognized it burning-.At lOslO an insurrecto flag was run up onto the water tanKSthe patioof the city hall in Juarez. This was t he second Insurrecto flag walX' atthat time. rL . .WOUNDEDSQLDIS THE JOSPITILIEHSoceupled by two Japanese Jose SasoiCartc asd Sam E Chin.Japanese -flag flying there. "iThe hotel across the street from S am Piesr&'s hotel en the east side efJuarez avenue trig st damaged; it Is eccupined by Japanese and a Japa-nese flag is flying.The house a.t 24 Juar z avenue Ss riddled with bullets on the south sidethe front windows en Juarez avenue broken la and the furniture piled up inthe front room. - There Is an American flag flying' outsideIn the Forfirio IMtz hotel ther Is an Eagllshmas John XJcere front An-tego Wis. wfco was sfcot la the right fot this merciag. He Is a lieutenantuxder CoL Arec Hess a German lie says that yesterday morning in thefirst attack en th barracks EpX. Green efL Dublin Ireland was shotthrough the head and killed.. cth Green and Deere served' in the SouthAfrican campaign. Caniing up the street the rebel rode up on the cannon carrying twoflags horses pulling- the wbbos and. all were yelling- "Viva Ia "iibertad."Blood is on the sidewalk at many places.The Sprinz store on the corner of Cereiostreet is.preify badly damagedthe front door broken in. the stock scattered a little "but there is a suardprotecting it; guards are protecting all stores.The front of the custom hoase clock was abot off. X.All the windows in the houses in Comercio ictrzet were broken just shotfull of holes.The straetearc fall of empty shells.A. woman was killed In the street in frost Qf the bank by Insurrectos. Veryfew dead are to be seen In the stzces. ' ."tea dug the grave. Finding the body In the mtretar-they decided to make theinterment out of respect to the dead. The wounded are being collected by thefew citizens who remained En town through the attack.A lew saloons are running open but so far there is little drunkenness.General order prevails.ANOTHER AMDHIGAX SHOT. jAV. S. Kelly of Stockton Cal. was shot In the left side at 11:30 nearthe Santa Fe street bridge; he is not seriously hurt.A bullet from the Mexican side a track the doer at the home of 5rTrilH&KsscH 1405 East Overland street this morning?TVhen the insurrectos reached Juarez they found the temporary barracksnear the ball ring lull of cavalry horses left by the federals.;X looting is being allowed. However cigars and dgarets are "beingtaken aad distributed among the men.Following Garibaldi's order to destroy the Honor in the saloons Orozcoissued a similar order and placed guards over the saloons.Dr. Ramey at 12:45 came over frfrom Juarez with Henry Foumler awounded insurrecto. He was found in the plaza wounded in tthe right arm.BUIXET IXBROOF. Yesterday afternoon in the residence of G. 3f. Hyndes at 915 Texas streeta bullet crashed threughhe roof into the dining room and was picked up byMrs. Hyndes. It was euie hot when picked up. There whs no damage dene.TEXAN HCISTS FLAG.j . G. C. Jones a man from San Antonio Tex hoisted the rebel flag on topof the water tower In Juarez when the Insurrectos took the place this mom-1 iHg.-vSALOONKEEPER STARTSPRIVA TE INSURRECTIONiThe only disorder of the day occurred shortly after the reerais surren-dered. Felix Mertas a Spanish merchant and property owner shot andkilled an insurrecto aamed 'Rosenda Calles. The shooting- oceurred in frontof Mestas's saloon at the -corner of Comercio street and the plaza. Mestasstepped to the door of the place and shot the Insurrecto apparently withoutreaseB.Following1 the shooting Mestas ran Into the galoon defending- himselfwith a Winchester rifle for 15 minutes. Insurrectos in great numbers crowdedaround the principal plaza and poured volleys of shot into the saloon.The shooting occurring at a time when all fighting had ceaseC the rumorran through tows of a -federal attack. There was Kenerar excitement.Through solicitation of a friend who shouted to him from the window of asadjoining store Mestas who- was sbootlag- from the reofhrew up h hand-kerchief as a signal ot .surrender..Ke was taken to the jail charged with murder. During this shooting- shotsrained from ever the principal streets aadjelnlns store Mestas who was shootcelebrating the victory were forced to take shelter not knowing- the cause ofthe shooting-. .Stirring Events ofSecond Day's Battle(From Herald Extra Editions.)Vt(FROM FOURTH EXTRA.)V jFEDERALS SURREITDBCK.The rebels plaeed a cannon and fired a sbct into the barracks shortly be-fore 1 eclock and the federals waved a white flag over the barracks.Kaxarre -with 15 mea was in the barracks and It Is understood he desires-to surrender.139 WOTTIfDED FEDERALS.A Herald reporter visited the temporary federal hospital on Calle la Pazat X clock aad found 12a wounded federal soldiers there. At the hospital thedeath of Col. Tamborei was again confirmed. vCoL. Manuel Tamborei is dead.Lieut Col. Manuel PaebHtx of the 14th federal cavalry taysi "Col. Tarn-hovel was killed yesterday at the je fetura.'fXnvarre has 300 men mere or lea and is fighting back of the cuartel Inthe garrison I think." Tamborei was ih e commandant of the federal garrison.Lieut. Col. Pueblka is a prisoner fin Levy's store apposite the customhcaae. He Is accompanied by his wife and Is in pearl gray fstlge uniform;his epaulets and shoulder straps have been cut off and he wears a civilian: hat. jHe is -wounded in the left cheek and and his left eye is cSesed with a jcudxge; the blood is drlppiag down on his uniform; he is smoking a clgaretand dees net seem to- be worrying aay.First Lieut. Felix Farre t the 14 th battalion verifies Col. Tamborel'sdeath. He says: "Col. Tamborei dlod flghtlnar sramelvt he was shot In "theJtrns. at 11 eclock yesterday morning- and was killed at 5 oclock ast nlght jwhen the rebels charge the jefetura. Ho wa h.ot through the "heart."The insurrectos have a number of federal prisoners.OROZCO ira COSI3SANE.Gen. Pascual Orozco at IZtdo- sat behind the desk of jefepelltlce Martinezin Jaarez. The rebel chitf was coolly transacting bualzcss 'writing passesand giving orders with a rough appear ing Insurrecto taking; dictation andwriting: letters at his aide. A number of couriers had been sent to locateMadero and give him news of the town's capture. The jefe politico Martinezhas net been found.The body of a woman who had been straek by many bullets was In-terred in a corner of the plaza surro uading the eld mission. Six inaurrec-(FROM THIRD EXTRA.)The federal troops deserted Juarez at 10 oclock this morning and the in-surrectos marched in.The credit for the victory seems to belong to the command of Jose de laLux Blanco who came up from the rebel carap last night fresh and eagerfor the fight. They slipped Into the rear of the jail rnd took positions in theadobe houses In Calle Diablo the red light district..There was firing all night and this morning the engagement opened be-yC j twees tho Insurrectos and federals at close range the insurrectos using dynamite bombs. jtT i By 10 oclock the insurrectos had the old church the city jail the municipal buildings and nll-the strongholds of the federals and their flags werewaving from the water tank In tho court of the municipal building from theroof of the old church and in other localities.Meantime th'e other insurrectos who had occupied different positionsabout the town; flocked intothe streets and the Investment of the city wascomplete.Col. Gulscppi Garibaldi leH a band of mea who immediately began taei destruction of all liquor found in tho -town. vThe federals retreated In a south -westerly direction into the foothills.Their Tetreat was Covered by soldiers stationed n tops of the military bar-racks. The volunteer defenders cf Jua rez dJd not surrender and continued tofire as the Insurrectos came hb. Fifty of the volunteers were taken prison-ers near the jan after 10 oclock. Still n small band of -volunteers continuedfiring from buildings near the jail.VOLUNTEERS' LAST STAND.An iasurrecto en horseback started out with a -white flag at U oclock tonotify insurrectos in the outskirts to cease fighting. The Insurrecto surgeonshave established s. temporary hospital In the center of town aad at 11 oclocki had taken in a number of wounded federals. Twelve dead had been found atthat time.Fighting is still it? progress around the jsil where a small body of fed-eral volunteers have made a last stand.CONFISCATED f THE U'ew York X. 1". May 1. Twenty thousand cartridges shipped from hereto EI Paso will take sb part In the battle of Juarez. They were seized by thegovernment and Harney Phillips formerly a secret service man pleaded notguilty toflay in tiie OasteaV&tatee circuit ceart to consigning them as fur-niture and fixtures In islxzion e h Interstate commerce Iav.He wa held on $1U99 bond.' Two Insurrecto flags now' float from the eld ehureh.Blood spattered the pavements areuad the plaza In front of thg eldchurch when a Herald man was there at 10 oclock. The streets were full ofhats dropped by the insurrectos and o thers during the fight.REBELS ARE LOOTING.Residences and stores are broken open and a band of Insurrectos occupiesthe Uncle Sam saloon drinking whisky and liquors. Col. Garibaldi and hismen are destroying as much Uauor as possible.Almost every store passed on the way through the town was brokenopen. The stores had been used as a means of defence and protection andthe men had also used them for sleeping and to furnish food and drink dur-1 ing the fighting.- -The fighting was confined to the southwestern portion of th city whenthe reporter was at: the plaza. That is la the vicinity of the barracks.Vhether the soldiers were all still in the barracks or only a texr remained wasnot known iOne lone federal was standlngeff ten insurrectos near the Santa Fe streetbridge down close to fhc river as tho reporter went over. 'Simon Dozninguez a Mexican laborer about 40 yeara of age was struck inthe eye b a Mauser bullet and instantly killed near the corner of Tenth andVirginia streets at 6:45 this morning. He had gone down from his home at theIntersection of Eighth and Park streets to see the fighting.FEDERAL CASUALTIES HEAVY.Dr. W. O. Olvera Zunlga official federal physician in Jaarez was seenIn th city. The doctor said that in the hospital on Calle dela Pazf there are40 wounded 25 of whom are soldiers. The others he srid are women childrenand civilian men. He said.he had counted 15 federal dead during- the f Ijrhtlng.NATIONAL DIRECTOR DE DEB G' LEAVES FDD EL PSSfl TDApplications From Here to Use Red Cross Flag Have-Been Denied Because Informal Use of the Em-' blem Might Violate Neutrality.UilbHllltWashington D. C May 1. Ernest P. Bicknell national director of theRed Crons will leave Washington ten! ght for El Paso to organise a RedCress charter there. The Red Cross h as found Itself in a delicate positionOTerythe situation in CI Paso. With no Red Cress officials in the Texas bor-der town the headquarters of the society here as a matter of precautionhas felt obliged to decline several applications received from El Paso physi-cians not affiliated with tho society for permission to use the Red Croscemblem in entering; Juarez to care for the wounded.Several months ago when a Red Cross flag- was fired upon by federalsnear Juarez the Mexican government called the attention of the state de-partment to tho fact that the emblem was carried by a man not connectedwith the Red Cress. Mexico Issued instruction to her military commandersto respect the emblem under all circumstances but at the same time in-formed the American government that ita authorized use might lead to vio-lation of neutrality as the insurrectos were net bound to observe Red Cresstreaty obligations.Pending the arrival of Mr. BIcknell the gathering- of the wounded enMexican soli and bringing them Into the United States will be left to thediscretion of Col. Steevcr.The Red Crocs today telegraphed 9 1063 to Col. Steever to meet the pres-ent emergency In caring for the -wounded Mexicans.The twenty Mexican soldiers -who surrendered to Gen. Bliss at SanDiego after the battle of Tia Juana In addition to the 12 federals and in-surrectos -wounded in that battle will b e held temporarily at San Diego andthe wounded will be treated in the Red Cross hospital there.Tho doctor said he knew that CoL Manuel Tamborei who was in command old's editorials are its ona uninflue'aoed expressions of opinion JStatement From Sr. Oscar BtaniffEditor 1 Paso Herald iInasmuch as the editorial contained in your afternoon edition of yester-day and -widely published similar versions have originated the report thatwe have inttpired these versions; In anmuchag our procedure from the start hasbeen strictly kept within the principles of absolute impartiality and openfrankness towards the two contending elements that hold the floor In the ac-tual Mexican situation en the basis that we are acting solely and exclaaliel?f er the best Interests of the Mexican pub lie and nation irrespective of the govern-ment's or the revolutionist's interest; and Inasmuch as the charge sarreptieuslyand Insidiously implied In such reports shews the deliberate In:enton of origin-ating distrust andvresentment towards us thus hampering our efforts to heldthe trust of both elements through which solely ean we act efficiently as in-termediaries In all that will be conducive to a satisfactory settlement of thepresent serious difficulties! Therefore we hereby rcouest you to kindly pub-lish this letter literacy and we hereby formally notify whomsoever has in-ferrcd'whiBpered or implied our remotest connection -nith the reerred-toeditorial to kindly bring out sv'h proofs er arguments upon which such re-port rests. We also hereby disk you to kindly and openly make publicly andunreservedly -whatever statement you may have to make regarding the matterInsofar as it concerns us with the object of tendering to the public your ownunrestricted declaration as to whether we have had any connection with theeditorial In question howsoever remotely or indirectly.tf With our respectful regards we are yours very trulyOSCAR J. SRAXIFFE. ESQUrVEb OBREGOX.The editor of The El Paso Herald states most emphatically that neitherAnd Items of Interest DreLoping After the- Surren-der of the City.Felicitas Rojas a woman about 46years of age ran out into tho middleof the street near the church cryingr"Viva Matiero as. the Insurrectosmarched In. She was shot In. thestomach ihe bullet entering In thecenter and coming out ngar the lefthip. She was taken to the PorflrloDIas hotel where Dr. "Wilson has animprovised hospital and is caring forother wounded among whom are Ber-nabe Hernandez who was shot fivetimes In the right arm this morainjrwhile making an attack on the bar-racks. He is a native pf San Pablo.Chih. and is one of "Villa's command.Another be& is occupied by ManuelBustillos of the Guerrero district alsof Pancho Villa's command who wasshot in the head the bullet cominirout near his right ear.Enrique Leon of Fernando Chavez'scommand at Uermosillo was shot inthe head at 10 o'clock this morningthe bullet striking him in the headand making its exit -near the left ear. .Two Wounded Men.Patricio Gomez one o PascualOrozco's men and who comes fromSan Jose de Arias was shot yesterdavafternoon by both a machine gun. anda rifle and "has three wounds In thecalf.- He-occupies a bed downstairs.A. Garcia has a famllv at Pearsonand who is a member of TenturioSerecedes & Co. has a bad wound intbs left knee and foot which was In-flicted this afternoon at 1:30 on Co-mercio street while he and others at-tempted to dislodge two men -who oc-cupied a room in the upper story ofthe saloon across from the plaza.There is a dead man in the hotel inone of the rooms of the second .floorbut none of the men could Identifyhim; he Is a ilesican.Curfo Store Safe.TWI. S. Morrill who is a curio dealerqvl Juarez avenue.' reports that noma1?e has been done his store or theAmerican clock which is located onthe second sfory-of the same building;Pricrt AlfltaEgunded.IRev. Joseph iBtaKLr ?H ?a.soDriest. Is rldinz- hoTTssmvasBBT rom TtWi59to house where the wounaed are attending- those most seriously injured-Father-Lafon was busily engagedthrough the entire afteroon.In Front of Hospital.These are the wounded la front of thehospital just about a block -south of thechurchMiguel Guiterrez federal shot inthe cheek:. tCapt. Porfirio Hernandafe. 14th bat-talion hit in the shoulder badlywounded. Southwest of torwn in the Cuartel 200to 300 men Americans had been there'fighting with them; no Americanslrilled exceot Hoy Kelly and one negronamed Brown wounded.Capt. Jose de la iuz Xartinez 3rd1 cavalry shot in the eye in hospital.Lieut. Salvador y Eerrera also Srficavalry bit in the right eye.Refugio ZNTavarra an Insurrecto in'Orozco's command a boy hit in theleg.Jose Floresr 12th battalion hit inleg.Federal X. Terrare hit In head andleg but will not die. "Valentino Enrique supposed to be aninsurrecto wounded In Jiead Is on theopposite side of the street from church.One Chinaman was killed in thestreet by stray bullets. -John Beer of Antigo Wis. waswounded in the right foot. He is be-ing taken care of by the Americans.Manuel Bustlllo an Orozco man washit in the eye.G. C. Jones of San Antonio Texaswas the man who put the flag on topof the water tank. He is an ex-sergeantof the 33rd United States infan-try. He says he knows of no Ameri-cans killed. yiInsurrectos took four policemen cap-tives and were going to shoot them butdecided not to. They "were taken oaComercio street in front of the B. & Ibar. 4AEMT AVIATOR ISDASHED TO DEATHLieut George KeHy LosesLife in San AntonioJTisiit. ySan Antonio Tex. May 10. Iileui.George M. EI Kelly of the 13th infan-try United States army was killedthis morning by a fall from a Cuxtissaeroplane at Fort Sam Houston. Hewas making a flight and when abput 3ufeet from the ground shot forward hisseat landing on his head. His skuH 'stpsfractured and he died In a few mo-ments without regaining consciousness.Lieut. Kelly was regarded at thewar department as a most promisingmilitary aviator. He m the secondAmericansoldler sacrificed to aviation.Lieut. Selfridge having been filled atFort Meyer Va.. during the Wrightexperiments In 1909.Lieut. Kelly was ordered yto themaneuver divsion at San Antonio onMarch 14 for aeronautical duties. Hewas born in England. December 14..IStS. Entered in the army as a pri-vate in 1904 and rose to the rank ofsecond lieutenant February 11. 1907ENSENADA TO BENEXT POINT TAKENSr. Braaiff Sr. Obregron nor any other person whatever Xcnew anything; aboutthe editorial fm question until after itit-nubllcatlon or had the slightest thlaar todo with Its suggestion or nreparatiorL nor had the editor discussed the mattersj-therein treated with aay person wfn.eier prior to writing same. The Her-So Declares Col. Sam PryceCommanding Eebe&sat Tia JiianaTia Juana. L. C May 10. Gen. SanaPryce in command of the rebel armyat Tia Juana declares Ensenada will bethe object of the next rebel attack.About 100 federals said to be at theBupee ranch 23 miles southwest mus:first be disposed of. Everything is quietat Tia Juana today anoi merchants arepreparing to reopen their stores onPryce s guarantee that they will not bemolested. -Scouting parties have been sent southand east to give warnings of the ad-vance of a foree from Mexican or En-senada. !The hunt for dead bodies in the rocksand under brush near Tia Juana wasresumed ihis morning. Pryce insiststhat his statement lastf night of thenumber of dead and wounded rebels iscorrect and that his men are searchingfor dead: federals.i
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