Arizona republican., 1906-10-22
GENERAL LUIS f. TORRES
 A GUEST OF PHOENIX
The Famous Mexican Military Leader Visiting Arizona in the Course of a Well Earned Vacation.

Luis F. Torres generaI-in-chief of the first. military zone of the republic of ! Mexico which includes the states of | Sonora, Sinaloa and Lower California ! yesterday paid his first visit to Phoe- | nix. Accompanied by his secretary ! Captain Enrique P. Cortez he arrived ] on the moning train rom the south | travelling in the private car Canauea. i of the Cananea Copper company. He was met at the depot upon his arrival ! by A. Pima the Mexican consul who 1 remained with the general the greaterI part of the day. In the morning a ! drive was made over the downtown ! and residence section of the city and l in the afternoon by appointment call l was made on Governor Kibbey at the | capitol. Later in the afternoon the l general was the guest of a party which l made an automobile trip out to the In- dian school and a short distance east on the Tempe road Last evening he ! returned south and will at once go to Hermosillo which is his official resi-
 dence. His trip into the United States
 was purely one of pleasure.
 General Torres has had an eventful life and is today not only one Of the | DiaZ of the Republic Dul one Of the
 big men of Mexico. Three times has he been governor of the state of Sonora, once governor of Lower California and
 once governor of Yucatan- His pres
 ent position in the military orgaRiza-
 ton of Mexico is of less iulportance
 than that of but two men. the jfasident and the minister of war. HIS -evety
 movement shows him to be a man+of |
 numerous military actions in which he
 has been engaged he hasN praved him
 self man of courage and a true lead
 CT. In appearance General Torres is
 far heavier than the average man,
 much taller and while he is-a man
 past sixty years of age his appearance
 conceals the fact. Those who have
 seen him during the past year however
 have noticed in him a great change When the rioting at Cananea broke
 out several months ago he at once went ! to Cananea and has remained there
 since directing personally the steps ! toward breaking up the organized bod
 ies heading a revolutionary movement His work completed. he is now return ing to Hermosillo his home
 Consul Pima during the morning
 drove the general through the down
 town district. All of the public build ! ] a drive was made through the residence . sections. At noon he was entertained 5 at a luncheon at the consulate. In the afternoon at two o'clock General Tor . res was driven to the capitol building 9 where by appointment he met Gov ernOr Kibbey. Chief Justice Kent. Sec retary w. F. Nichols Col. J. II. Me | CIintock. Private Secretary Sims Ely,
 Roy g. Goodrich and Frank Cox. Con 3 sul Pima and Captain Cortez accompan- jed the general. Following an intrO- D duction of the party General Torres
 conveyed to Governor Kibbey, on be-
 half of his government thanks for the prompt action this territory took at the time of the Cananea trouble. After visiting different parts of the building
 the party left the capitol and went in
 an automobile to the Indian school
 3 Notice of the coming Of the party ) had been given the school and when Q the visitors arrived the pupils were on s parade for inspection. The band play q ed an American anthem and the na- n tional hymn of the Mexican republic. t On leaving the school the general and
 party returned to town and were taken ! to the Arizona Club where a short
 while was spent and several of the prominent citizens of the town were
 presented to General Torres. Dinner { was served at the Hotel Adams after ! which the general returned to his car
 Phoenix is much the same city in 2 appearance that I had anticipated il
 would be from what I had read and \ the views l had seen of the place.
 said General Torres last evening in
 his car prior to leaving the city. "YouI . capitol building is very attractive and 5 the Indian school service were very in- sz teresting. Mexico in my opinion should
 adopt some plan of compulsory edu- : cation for the lower classes of her peO- H pie which should include a partia
 military training. It would add great
 ly to their patriotism"
 When asked regarding the revOlu- $ tionary situation. the probable time OI
 the ultimate ending of the matter and
 the punishment of the guilty ones II General Torres made public a telegram Fl he had just received from Ramon Cor. @ ral. vice president of the republic. The @ message advised him of the capture O1 E five of the principal leaders of the
 movement According to the messag gt
 General Vega yesterday caught on tn, N Mexican side of the line Juan Saravia
 president of the St. Louis Junta ana
 two associates, Cesar Candles and J ' de la Torre. At Fl Paso Antonio
 Villarreal, secretary of the St. Louis
 Junta and Laura Aguirre had been ar
 rested. They had on their person al
 the time of their arrest many paper' Z that justify the charge of implication 4 in the revolutionary movement and O1 5 their connection with the insurrectiOn- ary organization. They will be takeT
 at once to Chihuahua for trial. Gen
 eral Torres anticipates a very peaceful - winter in Sonora not only in labor cir A cles but among the Yaquis.
 1 Was your trip to Yuma and the
 Mexican intake of the Saltan sea one E of investigation of conditions for youl
 government" was asked the general. u