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Show SO FUR FAILED TO STOP FUG Conditions on Border Show No Change. Brigadier General Scott on His Way to Naco TTVSHINGTON Deo 1 Siccrctar) Garrison conforred w th Pres dent W 1 son ton ght p Injj h m the late t ro ports from Brigadier Goniral Bl so on the situation at Naco Vrtz whero the Mexican generals 1 a c not yot mo od their forces so as to a o d finnp; into An er can torntory The reports showod that tho co d t ons had undergone no oppaient change al though there was 1 ttle firing in o denco While tho United States go ornn ent is dctorm ned if necessarj to open fire on the two Mexi an forces to compel them to stop shoot ng into the state of Vuzona it was learned ton ght that no de isive act on was planned pending the efforts of Br gad er General Hugh bcott ch ef of staff of tho United States now cn route to Isaco to in fluence the two factions to adjust the sltnat on No 1 rouble Lxpcctcd The general bol cf in offic al quarters tonight was that some satisfactory nn dertaking would be rea hed wh eh would make unnecessary any host hty between the s x batteries of artillerv three regi meats of infantn and eleven troops of cat airy wh ch hav e been stat oned there by the Wash ngton govern nent to take defensive stejs against the Mexican factions. The agents here of the Gutierrez gov ernment to wh eh General Mavtorcna ia loyal, cla m that ho u rc(.ar ng to move h 3 force down the railroad south of In a o, so that he can continue to bo-f bo-f ege the Carranza force under General H fl with the Anier cau border out of the range of the fire General Hill Warned While the reports from General Bliss to the war department were not made eubhc it s believed they ind rated that e thought he had persuaded Mavtorcna to stop f ring into the Lmted fotates Unt I there s & def nite understanding on the whole situat on it is thought Gen eral Bl ss has warned General H 11 not to take the offensive which would draw the fire of the Maytorena troops General Iturb de s friends in Mexico are fearful for h s safetv and 'eeretarv Brvan todav d rected Consul billiman n the Mex an capital to maio urgent representation in his behalf Iturbide was the civil governor to whom tho City ot Mex co was turned over when General Blanco withdrew tho last of the Carranza forces from the capital and his efforts av erted threatened anarchy un t 1 General Zapata s forces took charge. He is sa d now to have been impr s oned Needs a Rest Special Agent Carothers of the state department who has been ill today ap-pl ap-pl ed for and roce ved two weeks leave of absence wh eh he will spend at Gomez Palaeio His last report was that the country between the C ty of Mexico and Juarez on the north was peaceful. Spec al Agent Canova reporting to the stato department todav fro n Mexico City, sa d Prov lonal President Got er rez had not only lasned a decroe stop p n pol t cal executions but had pron lsed to punish an off c als respons ble for unwarranted execut ons so far Can ova reported that executions of wh ch there had been a great number had dimui shed Consul Canada at A era Cruz report ing a conversat on with General Car ranza sa d that the const tut onal st cl el had noth ng to add to h s prev 0 s assurran es that he had ordered hts troojs at Naco to control the r f re aga nst fall ng n Arizona The c tv of Putbla in tho Mexican stato of tnat namo has been evacuated bv Carranza forces and now is held by Zapat stas A ror ort to the state de 1 art nent today save Carranza troops b rned the ra lroad station before de I norl OCT General BUbs late tonight telegraphed Secretary Garri60n that published re ports that he had delvered an ulti I matum to General Maytorena were false in every particular |