Arizona republican., 1912-04-27
Force of Americans Beat Off Rebels and Then
 Escaped to West !
 Coast Town
NEWS HAS BEEN
 LONG DELAYED
First Definite Information of Taking of Culiacan Has Just Been
 Received
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 MAzATLAN, April 2Q-Via Fl l Paso. April 26.-This city. the only one in the state of Sinaloa held by i the federals, is now the rendezvous l for American refugees. Of these l there are about 150 who come from i as far north as the Culiacan valley. Two hundred Mexican families of the ] better class are also here from Culia- can. In addition one large mercan- 1 tile establishment of Culiacan has moved its stock bodily here and 1 opened up for business.
 l The great fear on the part of Americans and other foreigners who fled to this city from Culiacan was ! constantly increasing because of anti American feeling among the lawless rebels. The latter made scarcely any pretense of being animated by lofty sentiments of patriotism," as do the rebels of Chihuahua They have no candidate for president nor are they interested in the "fulfillment of con- stitutiOnal guarantees" the plan of San Luis Potosi," or other slogans of the revolt They are out for loot. first. last and all the time. They have no desire to join Orozco in southern Chihuahua, while booty is to be had In Sinaloa.
 l This town is comparatively safe. There is a federal garrison which, the authorities calm, numbers 600 men. While this is probably an exaggera- tion. it is believed the force is strong enough to resist attack But despite the fancied security here, most of the foreigners desire to leave, and will do so at the first opportunity.
 CULIACAN. April 25. via Fl Paso, April 26.-The first battle of the revo- ! lution on the west coast is now raging at Topic, where two thousand rebels, styling themselves Zapatistas, are en- gagged in a determined effort to take the town. There was heavy loss of life when the big Tepic cathedral, crowded with refugees, was raZed. 1 The state house was torn down, and
 residences of a number of the wealthi- est citizens were footed and torn down. The battle was begun at 10 o'clock
 yesterday morning, and is still in
 progress at this afternoon. Some of
 the heaviest fighting occurred in Mex leo street near the Bola de Ora, where
 the pavement became slippery with
 blood Rebels who took this place on
 the seventeenth are still in possession.
 and are numerously, if not we'll, led. 1 There are twenty chiefs but Vega is
 supreme. They made thorough job
 of footing the stores and warehouses
 and are now attacking the present
 residents. Only two Americans are
 here There have been no trains on
 the Southern Pacific for eleven days, IoI al of a
 all in their power to rescue persons in
 danger many of whom are suffering
 for food, ordinarily brought by rail.
 In some places the lack of water is felt severely.
 CULIACAN, April 1S-Via Quay
 mas, Fl Paso. April 26.-When
 rebel column of 1,500 men under Generals Franco, Vega and Quintero entered this city yesterday the gar rison attempted to slip out but was
 overtaken at the railroad and a fight
 ensued in which the rebels lost
 twenty killed and the federals, who
 were greatly outnumbered, several
 more The rebels first communicated : all horses and mules. Looting was
 confined to the stores and warehouses
 for the most part. Quintero's eager
 ness for loot cost him his life. He
 violated a truce in entering the city prematurely and the disorders which
 followed and for which his men were held responsible were so serious he was arrested. tried by courtmartial and shot dead in the presence of the
 troops drawn up on the Canedo : bridge.
 His death relieves the state of one of it's worst elements. Twenty-Five : Americans fled from the city yes
 terday Today there was an inter- : lvention scare. and six others left on r a railroad motor car. The American . hacienda at Quimiceic, on the Sinaloa n and Topic border. was attacked re- k gently by local bandits. The place n Twas held by five Americans who re- k pulsed the attack, the bandits losing f tseveral of their number. The as- d sault was made at ten o'clock at a night and lasted half an hour. After I the enemy was repulsed the Ameri- $ cans gathered their eight women and a children and walked twenty miles to : te river, where by means of canoes y they made their way, suffering in- 5. tense hardship, to Teacapan, where @ they boarded steamer for Mazatlan. S MEXICO CITY, April 26.-A British q | war vessel is on the way to Mexico's s { -