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Show AGUA PRIETA IS TO BE ATTACKED Douglas, Ariz. Sept 11. The rebel leader. Colonel Antonio Rojas, formally for-mally demanded the surrender of Agua Prleta, the little Mexican town just across the border line, where on9 of the bloodiest battles of the Madero revolution was fought a year and t half ago. Unless the town were surrendered, within 24 hours, Rojas said, he wouM attack with 1,000 men Tho federal garrison numbers 200 , The demand for the surrendet of Agua Pricta was brought into the city bj John Scott, an American, who was first taken prisoner by Rojas and liberated lib-erated on condition that he take tho rebel commander's challenge to the federal chief. Scott said that Rojas had 900 well armed and well equipped men at Ca-bullona, Ca-bullona, 12 miles south of Agua Prlo-la. Prlo-la. The sudden appearance of the rebels reb-els in such force prevented the sending send-ing out today of a searching party for Walter Douglas, tho millionaire head of the Phelps-Dodge companies In the southwest, who 1b believed to be either ei-ther marooned on a work train somewhere some-where between Cabullona and Yzabel. or held n prisoner by the rebels The federal commander at Agua Prleta had intended to send 100 nven out to hunt for Douglas and to rescue him from the rebols if he had been taken prisoner, pris-oner, but when he learned through Scott that there' were 900 insurrectos at Cabullona, he decided to hold his men within the trenches and leave Douglas to his fate. TWO AMERICANS SAFE. Agua Prieta, Sonora. Mexico, Sept. 11. Walter Douglas ,amauager of the Phelps-Dodge interests In the southwest, south-west, who was mlBSlng for two days, escaped through the rebel lines south of Cabullona today and arrived here safelv. With a companion he fled on a railroad motor velocipede, which the two men had to carry past two bridges destroyed by the insurrectos. To Defend Town. Douglas, Ariz., Sept. 11. Lieuton-ant-Colonel Regno, commanding the federal garrison of Agua Prleta, began be-gan preparation for the town's defense. de-fense. The investing force of the rbols is said to comprise the combined com-bined armies of Rojas, Mnscarenas and Escobosa. Mascareuas and Es-cobosa Es-cobosa effected a junction with RojaB estcrday according to reports brought by Scott, who also stated that the rebel chiof expected to combine with Salazar, the raider who has been giving giv-ing the American border patrol so much trouble. on |