Arizona republican., 1912-04-25
Almost the Entire State of Sinaloa Is Now In Hands of Rowing
 Bandits.
AMERICANS ARE
 LEAVING STATE
Related Messages Tell of Horrible Scenes of Anarchy Enacted
 Daily.
Press DiSbatch1

lASS0c1dted Press D9Sb1tcH CHICAGO. April 24-MaiI advices received today from Guaymas ,Sono- ra, dater April F. tell of imminent danger threatening upwards of a thousand Americans along the west coast of the southern republic Ac- cOrding to advices, 1900 Zapatistas are footing and pillaging at Culiacan, she capital of Sinaloa. Hunger is mak- ing the natives desperate and it is said American plantations are in danger of being raided.
 The situation along the west coast is summed up about as follows: The Yaqui Indians are on the warpath in Sonora, shooting at passenger trains, footing ranches and small towns south of Guaymas. The south ern portion of Sonora is in a state Of anarchy, small parties of bandits roaming the country and pillaging small places. At Esperanza, where | there are supposedly 150 Americans. all the women and children have been sent from the country, and the men have armed themselves and are pre- pared for a seize. Similar condi-
 
 i are 1000 Americans, at San Bias and ] Los Mochis. where there are 75 Americans and at Navolate, where the l Rhoades sugar refineries are stili | operating, although the women and l children were sent from that place l several days ago 70 take the steamer i to San Francisco.
 | From NavOlato there is an oppor- G Altata. then down the coast to Ma 1 zatlan. whence steamers sail to Cali ! fornia. Mazatlan is reported quiet. though there have been many changes | in the government. Absence of con | trol in Sonato has practically par 1 alyzed business.
 | Senor Filip Riveros. who was elect i ed governor by the legislature of Si- naloa was told by the federal gov ernment no troops could be furnished | to protect the state nor was there | any money available unless it came ] from the state. The state treasury is reported empty. Meanwhile the banks l are closed, credits stopped, and mer- chants are paying sixteen per cent for ! insurance against riot loss. The Southern Pacific is running no trains | south of San Bias and word has been sent out that after next Sunday train ! service may be discontinued entirely. depending upon the action Of the ban its. This. of course, will mean the ] blocking of all avenues of escape for many
 It is said fully 75 per cent of the people desire peace and that the ] bandits do not operate in concert.
 Some bandits cry Viva Zapata," some
 Viva "OrozcO", some Viva Renteri- as,' and a band that took Mazatlan recently cried "Viva Madero"
 In the state of Sinaloa there are
 200 federal soldiers anu 5000 rebels. In Sonora there are 500 federals to face 800 YaQuis and numerous ban dits In Topic there are 800 troops.
 and three times as many bandits.
 No crops have been planted by others
 than foreigners and the food supply
 in sight is less than a tenth of the normal. Money is so scarce a large
 proportion of the population is depen-
 dent upon daily wages. and practi-
 cally are without income. Many har-
 rowing tales regarding attacks by
 bandits anu Indians have reached
 Guaymas. Native women and chit
 dren have been insulted and attacked.
 Men who remained to guard their
 property nave thus far escaped actual
 attacks, largely because of their de- | termined front Those who are in
 position to judge the situation, how l ever, fear that this state of affairs will not last after the outlaw element
 fully realizes it's strength in the
 states west of the Sierra Madre
 mountains.
 CANANEA. April 24.-Nearly the
 entire state of Sonora is overrun by
 armed bandits. masquerading as reb-
 els. Many small towns and mining camps have been footed.
 A band led by IsidrO Escoboza at
 tempted to take the town of Arizpe
 Saturday but faile1 The soldiers re- pulsed them with slight loss. and
 they retired to San Felipe. Previous
 to that a band footed the towns of Huepec and Banamichi on the So-
 nora river Sixty mounted volunteers
 and a band of thirty YaQuis are in
 pursuit of the outlaws. Federal sol l ;liers are pursuing a band led by an 1 outlaw known as "Tutti' in the Tor l reon mountains
 )l No special violence to Americans, as $ such, has been mentioned but ad- ? vices say there are not enough gov { SnIdiorc fo Dr0tapt tho for