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Show Carfanza Soldiers Curse Americans i ?'" 1 .- -r Refuoees Report Insults Fronts GoV- ernment Soldiers Along the Railroad Routs'' Douglas, Ariz., March 14. American Ameri-can rqfuRees who (arrived hero today from Nacozari declared that they had run a- gauntlet of curses hurled at their train by Carranza soldiers who lined the tracks at Cabullona.nfc-. Refugees from Cantfhoa reported that General Callcs has placed that town under martial law. A decree, had been posted In all public placet, they said, stntlng thnt no person would be allowed to remain who Is not engaged In business thcro or cannot glvo a satisfactory- reason for his presence. Tho hotel registers aro watched clotely and all truln nrrlv-als nrrlv-als closely examined. They nro put through a strict catechism as to whero they camo from and why, how much money they have and how Ions Ihey propoio to stay. Police patrols armed with rifles nnd revolvers pnrado tho streets night and day, nnd havo orders to disperse crowds and prohibit loiter-Inc. loiter-Inc. Tho refugees nssert that sever al men'hae been shot on tho streets for not moving as quickly ns the patrols pa-trols thought desirable. They nlso maintain that tho majority of tho people of the town are sympathetic with Villa. Tho mines nnd smelters nro said to bo still working their full forces. Twcnty-ono Americana arrived hero tonight from Guaymas, Hermostllo, Magilalcna and other points along the west coast line of tho Southern Pacific Railroad of Mexico. Most of them said that they wero Ueavlng Mexico as a matter of precaution rather ra-ther than because of any unpleasant or threatening experiences. A number of tho party wero employees em-ployees of the Crcston-Coloradn Gold mining company which operates a propcrtywest of Guaymas employing 1500 men , The company recently suspended because of unsettled conditions. con-ditions. ' Mrs. Louis F. Hostettcr wife of the American consul at Hcrmoslllo, who was on the train said conditions condi-tions in the vicinity of Hcrmoslllo were quieter thnn they had been for months-and hnt the "American residents resi-dents had no fears of any trouble with tho natives, |