Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-04-25
RESCUEEXPEDITION STARTED
STEAMER HAS BEEN CHARTERED
TO GET TO RESCUE or THOSE
IN DANGER.
CONDITIONS INT0LERABLE
Bandits Are Looting the Entire Coun-
Try without Any Resistance
from Federal Authorities.

CHICAGO. April 24.-Mail advices
received here today from Guayamas.
Sonora and dated April %, tell OF
danger threatening nearly 1000 Am
orleans along the west coast Of Mex
leo.
n special steamer has been charter
ed by Nelson Rhoades, Jr., manager
of sugar refinery to succor those
Americans who may be able to reach
the coast at points between Guaya-
mas and Mazatan. The steamer was
scheduled to sail from Guayamas
yesterday. 1t is proposed to visit all
harbors In Southern Sonora and North
ern Sinaloa and to transportany ref
ugees to Mazatlan.
According to the advces that reach
ed here 1,500 Zapatistas are looting
and plllagng at Cuautlan capitol of
Snaloa. Hunger Is making the natives
desperate and II is stated American
plantations are IN danger Of being
ralded.
The situation along the west coast
of Northern Mexico is summed up as
follows:
Nakui On the Warpath.
THE Yaqul Indians are on the war
path, raiding ranches and small towns
south OF Guayamas. The southern
portion of Sonora is IN a state Of an
archy and small parties of bandits are
roaming the country pillaging the
small places.
At Espehnaza. where there are sup
posedly $50 Americans, all the wom-
en- and children have been sent from
the country ana the men have armed
themselves and prepared for siege.
Similar conditions prevail at Navotoa,
where there are about 100 Americans
on small farms; at San Bias and Los
Mochis, where there are 75 Amerl-
cans and at Navalota where the
Rhoades sugar reflncries still are OPP
Grating, but the women and children
were sent from that place several days
ago to take the steamer for San Fran
cisco.
Mazatlan Is Quiet.
From Navalota there is opportunity
down the entire coast to MaZatlan to
take up many Americans. Mazatlan
however Is quiet tonight
Senor Felipe Rlveros who was elect
ed governor by the legislature of Sim
aloa was told by the federal govern
mept that no troops could be furnish
ed to protect the state nor was any
money available unless It came from
the state. The state treasury Is re-
ported to be empty. Meanwhile the
banks are closed, credits stopped and
merchants are paying sixteen per cent
as insurance against riot loss
The Southern Pacific railway Is
running no trains south Of San Bias
and word has been sent out that the
service may be discontinued entirely,
depending upon the action Of the
bandits. This Of course, will mean the
blocking Of all immediate avenues of
escape for many.
People Desire Peace.
II Is stated that fully seventy-flve
per cent OF the people desire peace
and the bandits are not operating in
concert. Some bands cry viva "a
pata" some "Viva Orozco," some viva
Renterias' and the band that took
Mazatlan recently cried "Viva Ma
dero'
The advices report no special vlo-
lence to Amer cans. but there are no
government soldiers to protect either
foreigners or natives II Is said. In
the state Of Slnaloa the advices state
there are 200 federal soldiers and
000 rabaiq In Sonora tbpra ara EOO
to face 1900 Yaquis and bandits. At
Tepuc there are 800 federals and three
times as many bandits
Women Are Attacked.
No crops have been planted by ma
tlves and the food supply in sight is
less than one-tenth normal
Money is so scarce that a large por-
ton of the population depending upon
the daily wage for sustenance are
without incomes Many details re-
garding attacks by bandits and Indians
have reached Guayamas. Native
women and children have been insult
ed and attacked. The men who re-
mained 10 guard their properties have
thrs far escaped actual attack. large
ly because Of their determined front.
Those who are in position to Judge
the situation. however. are fearful
that this state of affairs viii not last
after the outlaw element fully real
izes its strength west Of the Sierra
Madre mountains
Local Weather Yesterday.
The aemperature. Maximum s3,