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Show BILL AIMED 1 AT AMERICA I Mexican Rebels Want B Law Passed Which m Makes It a Felony For Foreigners to Close ffi Their Mines, Mills or m Railroads m Douglas, Ari7., April 25. Constltu- wgj tlonallst leaders at Agua Prleta, So- Eg nora, last night drafted a petition to :Rs Governor Pesqueira asking that a bill fx be passed making it a felony for for- !R& eigners to close their mines or mills It was asserted that Buch acts were 'jEr' overt evidence of sympathy with the jH" Huerta government fe- Thls Is the latest turn of affairs In connection with the disagreement be- m." tween the Insurgent slate officials and lPa tho Cananea Consolidated Copper jjB company, the plants of which practlc-ally practlc-ally have been shut down owing to jKI labor troubles which resulted in mob violence against the American offl- facials fa-cials of the. company. ft' Rafael J Castro, a Cananea law- IEr-j yer; Ignaclo Bonlllas. member of the JPy ite congress, and various constitu- fc' " tionalisl leaders drew up the petition, i5 which further recited that the clos- fc;"' Ing of Industries by foreign corpora- V lions should be sufficient cause to ji v. ihdraw all guarantees of personal ' and property protection, and result in confiscation of property and the im- Kj prionnient of owners and managers. E.' A copy of the petition also was sent Br." to Governor Carranza of Coahuila for R;Jf his official sanction as military head (fc, of the resolution. The act is taken not only as an at- tack on the Cananea company, but on ffV:." the Southern Pacific Of Mexico, and wp: banks of llermosillo. the sia eapl- Jf; tal, properties which harp closed fc. down since the establishment of the insiirRent state government. Send Federals to Juarez V Douglas, Ariz , April Zh General fe. Pedro Ojeda. the federal commander IL defeated at Naco, and 250 refugee fed- ft- oral soldiers, left today for Juarez, Ejt Mexico, by way of El Paso, Texas. Vf- Their arms and ammunition were W turned over to the Mexican consul at N . i o, Aril., on orders from Wash- p Ington 'Ihe Mexican troops have been held f by United States troops at Naco jjf since the battle April 13. The eiRht i troops of tin- Ninth cavalry stationed near Naco will be reduced to the nor-mal nor-mal border patrol. Protest Against Action. 1 Washington. April 24 While Pres- I ident Wilson and the cabinet were in session today. Senator Smith of Arizona, sent a telegram to the cabl- nei room which told of the request of I the- Huerfa government to have 800 f federal soldiers who escaped to the r American side at Nogalos after tho battle of Naco. transported throusth I Arizona to El Paso. Texas, that they might recross Into federal territory ( at Juarez. oo I |