Show S SOT IN 1 STREETS Soldiers Sternly Sup Suppress press ress Anarchy at Pied Pled K I ras Negras I s r f U. U S. S WILL GUARD I INTERNATIONAL BRIDGE i Commander to Afford Protection to Foreigners Ja aRAB Oct 1 Several atin were shot down in the streets r today by c constitutional troops troop who r i J are re suppressing a a. spirit of ot an- an ky hr which bIch showed bowed itself la lut t n night gh Confronted by an ID implied ultimatum tum tb United States soldiers would be beM M d to prevent t the destruction of the in- in national bridge as U well won as a as American p on the Mexican side aide every ever r re- re chief of ot the co constitutionalist fron this place 17 today todar I. I After Aur deserting the city th the constitutionalist onti- onti tuli chiefs sent a messa message e to toMajor Major JMajor c Caldwell of tho fourteenth United States eav cavalry apprising him of ot the evacuation and Ilona that troop troops b ni d in preventing filibusters from froming ing n the river Iver A at It this point bel Headquarters Close At At Atno no noon n today tho the constitutionalist headquarter i oro dosed closed and aDd word was wasp p ned that dynamite had bad been j planted trader mider der the foundations foundatIon After fifing his a aa garrison commander n er with en Jesus Jesu Carranza former acting gov- gov o or or and chi chief t financial administrator briel das suddenly disappeared ared d nothing is known of hi his where where- outs oute A of soldiers eighteen wore left ou to guard tho brid bridge c entrances an aft any enforce order among among- the refugees rc to q cross crosa the brid bridge e be be- r e ore re th the federals arrive At t w tt Ui i t k J t quad was ordered to b be bt prepared for lor action adion in ease case federals sue BUG ec d in f forcing their way cay y through to b B elt All the stores dorea have been eloped and those thOM who wore able to take their merchandise mer mer- chandise to Eagle Easle Pass Pas are aro arc doing so Refugees Waiting in Line It is estimated d tat aYo i if refugees refugee's fug s' s are re rein re rein in lino line waiting their turn to cross to tho ithe American side sido and it became sar sary at 11 0 dock o'clock to impose a a. ahead head tax 5 of of 5 to break tho the blockade This tax i t r however will be removed as RS soon as the J refugees f s. s can be arranged in orderly procession pr f. f Dearly ear 1 OJ A American soldiers d lers arrived d' d durn during t the tho o night at Eagle Pass to lend their assistance in In caso of local local trouble with the tho Mexicans Rumors are aro current that some act wi will bc be committed t to brin bring about intervention tion in in case the tho constitutionalists are areto unable to check the federals Although the American consul has ha delivered notice to the tho effect that the c c constitutionalist n leaders will bo be hold held r responsible si Jo for any d damage mage to foreign it 15 is believed that the authority au- au of the United States would be impotent to prevent pre th the tho dynamiting of tho town in case of oC riots I Explaining the tho abandonment of ot N Negras the constitutionalist minor officials remaining hero assert that the entire available 3 fighting force forc is ill boin mobilized at twenty twenty- miles north of ot Sabinas where It It wa was decided to to mako make the final stand Retreating From Sabinas It is admitted that the constitutionalists constitutionalists constitution constitution- al st are retreating from Sabinas without without with with- out u offering effective o resistance and it is IS bello believed ed td id be bo only a question of a day or two when a battle batUe will be 10 fought bt at Peyote The visible supply of ammunition and and rifles has been shipped to Pey Pey- otes Two officers who retreated from the thc field under tho the pretense that they re ill Ul were wore examined by Dr Unda of at Lh the tho e hospital corps this morning and were declared guilty of ot faking men were accompanied to the outskirts of tho the city ity at daylight and their friends fear they have havo been shot f All AU the personal belongings s of tho I numerous Carranza family have laa been to the American side as well as many members of their respective households i Telegraph lines linos connecting this thin city db With the south wore were cut at 8 o'clock f t this 18 and arid fear is expressed that I a federal column under Alberto Gua Gua- fj ardo may have havo crossed through Mu- Mu t Continued on pa pago o 2 LOOTERS ARE SHOT IN THE STREETS Continued from page 1 I. quiz and flanked the retreating con con- WASHINGTON Oct The 1 The state department department de de- was ad advised today that thee the e commander of tho at Piedras Pied Pied- ras rus Negras Negra had given iven assurances that foreigners ners and t their property will be afforded ed c every protection so 50 lon long as he ho is in iu comm command nd Other reports received yut tit ot the state statu department indicated that the will not attempt to de de- atio It to the tho international brad bridges cs T Toe a report of oC Consul mocker locker confirms confirms con firms arms the tho officials iu iii if their original belief that thai there is no danger o of an nn international international clash dash at Piedras Negras but that the tho only onh cause for apprehension lies in inthe inthe inthe the presence of a lar large c number of ot refugees refu lerU I gees not only c civilians but fleeing constitutionalist con soldiers in Eagle Engle Pass on ou the American J side aide of the tho Rio Grande Grando Consul Blocker reported that be he had crossed the r river er with Major ajor Colwell commanding the United States troops at Etl Eagle le Pass Pars and two American citizens zeus ana aria had conferred with Gabriel c commander of the constitutionalist J gar garrison r- r ris rison n at nt Peidras Ne Negras ru as u- assured aured him that no attempt would be made maae b by his troops even en if lf the they were obliged ed to o surrender the town to t the e fed federals orals to destro destroy private property though tho the government buildings mig might t be 30 dynamited Ho He also guaranteed the tho safet safety of the two international bridges t that at span tho the river liver at Eagle Pass and aud finally asserted that the most ample ample measures would bo be taken t to protect protect pro pro- tec the lives and persons parsons of ot all the foreign for eign ign residents at Piedras Pied ras Ne Negras as Ja Japanese refu refugees cos at Pie Piedras ras Negras will be bc a admitted to the tho United States Statu under su supervision envision of ot the department of labor Jabor w which ich will take proper precautions I tion against violations of ot the immigration tion laws Jaws |