Near Martial Law On Border.

New York Times 100 years ago today, October 28, 1912:
Arming Rebels on Our Soil May Necessitate Its Declaration by Steever.
    EL PASO, Texas, Oct. 27.— Conditions bordering on those calling for martial law exist here to-day and at other points on the Mexican frontier. Gen. E. Z. Steever, who, from Fort Bliss, Texas, directs the American troops along the border, is said to have received orders from Washington more strict than those given before in the last two years of Mexican revolutions.
    It was learned on reliable authority that arrests could now be made by the military forces for offenses previously handled by the secret service and tried in Federal courts. It was declared that any movement to arm rebel filibustering expeditions on American soil would probably result in a declaration of martial law over the strip along the international line between Los Angeles and San Antonio, Texas.