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Show oo FOUR DEAD MEXICANS U n k n o w n Number Wounded in Skirmish With U. S. Troops at Border Douglas Ariz.. March 3 Four dead i Mexican soldiers nuil an unknowo ruinber or wounded were taken to Agua Prieia today from tho point on the international border five miles from here where two troops of the Ninth United Slates cavalry fought 0 30 minute baitie with Mexican regulars reg-ulars yesterday More than L'la.io shots were Bred by the American troopers, and it is estimated that fully as many were fired by the Mexicans None or the Americans was hit Neither side crossed the International line. Colonel Guilfoyle, commanding the Ninth cavalry, has sent a detailed report re-port of the skirmish to the war department de-partment at Washington. Mexicans Open Fire. General OJeda. Mexican commander command-er at Agua Prieta. declared today that the American troopers first fired. '1 hi 8 is denied by United Stales ai my officers Lieut. Nicholson commander of the l.r men who first engaged ihe Mexicans, Mexi-cans, and Captain Armstrong, who commanded troops E and F when they came to the relief of the guard, declared today that a volley came from the Mexican side bt-rore the lin was returned by the Americans. According to the accounts iven by the army rricers. Lieut Nicholson and his 15 men were fired upon without with-out warning by the Mexican federals. The patrol returned the fire, bul in 8 fen minutes retreated to the C v A smelter, Bending to the camp oT the Ninth for reinforcements. Troops Respond Troops K and F under t'api tin Vrmstrong. ic -ponded with a machine gun and 120 rounds of ammunition per man At sight of the reinforcements reinforce-ments Hie Mexicans again began firing. fir-ing. The troopers replied vigorously and a :." neral engagement was soon on The opposing forces were stationed sta-tioned in skirmish line, 300 yards apart, with the international line hc-tween hc-tween them After 30 minutes the Mexicans retreated beyond the range ol ihe troopers' rifles. Arrest of Emissary a Factor An incident which preceded the skirmish, anil which is believed by some observers to have some connection, connec-tion, was the arresi by the Ninth cavalry cav-alry border patrol Saturday aHer-noon aHer-noon or Juan Castillo as he was trying try-ing to cross trom the American side-to side-to Agua Prieta with messages from K Calles. leader or the Madensta Junta in Douglas to Calles' followers in So nora. Soon after the arrest of the rebel messenger Saturday a revv shots were fired ;k ro.-s the line at 8 squad of the border patrol The sergeant in hi' rue of the federal garrison at AgUfl Prieta and Felipe Luna were executed execut-ed nl Agua Prieta ye-sterday on order tor General Ojedo, on charges of conspiracy con-spiracy against the Huerla regime |