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rContinue! from Page One.)brigade commander, Colonel C. A, P. IhiHidiJ, came hero to take command.I Colonel llatfield retires todav and ho is 6uci-.ecded.iii the oommaml by Colonel John 1\ LiidUoylo of the NinthUnifed States cavalry.Telegram to Senator.Tho telegrom wont to United States Senator Asimrst midst. Haying appealed to Washington m vain tor soiuo relief, the citizens of Naeo now cojuo to yon and ask vou to help us, For two mouths i Mexican factions huvo been lighting for possession of Naco, Souoia, which has been strongly fortified by almost impregnable trenchessurrounding the town, with the Internationa) lino as n huse. Mexican factions have deiibarntoly UEed tho border town as a sncacs^f retreat without considering how :nunv Americau live* were sacrificed. it in a do uo ditforenco t o them as lone they could get munitions ajid supplies.There is uo safety 5u the streets day or night, aud very littju 5u the houses. Wo suggest you introduce » bill providing for ’automatically' closing Mexican border ports when they become the battleground for foreign factions, securing Immediate passage if possible, Five have been . killed and forty-two wounded, and tho end is not yH. For God s sake help its*(Signed) O. \\\ Eli AN DON,Chairman*Refuses to Act.Ifriday Coroner E. A. Folsom wired Governor George W. P. Hunt,*refusing to longer summon jurymen.to hold inquests over those killed by tho Mexican fire because. of tho danger, and a5so asking the governor to again up*;peal to tho state department at Waai-ington for protection. Governor Huntreplied thatr ho was asking tho government for aid and- promising that hd would urgently press tho matter. 'A previous appeal for protection was made to tho state department by Governor Hunt. Shortly afterward a band of cowboys offered their services to the governor and pledged themselves tokeep tho Mexicans -out of, range'of theborder if tho federal troops wore with* drawn and they were given free rein. This offer was refused,. •Meantime tho siege continues, many of Maytorona rt guns and men being placed to the south in such a position that ikoir firo at Naco, Sonora, when j high, ia directed toward Naco, Arizona.
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Salt Lake Tribune
Salt Lake City, Utah, US
Mon, Dec 07, 1914
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