Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1913-09-16
MEXICO ENJOYS
NATIONAL
HOLIDAY
DESPITE RAIN, MEXICAN IkDEPEND-
ENCE is PATRIOTIcALLY CELE.
BRATED. KUERTA REVIEWS ARMY
NUMBERING MANY THOUSANDS
MANY YOUNG MEN
MARCH IN UNIFORM

Mexico City, Mex, Sept. 16,-The
biggest parade ever held in Mexico
City began forming early today in cele-
bration of the nations independence
day.
! Cold, drizzling rain caused the flags
and bunting to droop and made march
ing over the sodden pavements a
dreary business, but it did not quench
the holiday spirit.
! From early morning, detachments
of soldiers, cadets, students, and vol
unteers made their way toward Cha
pultepec, where the days celebration
began with speech making and music
and where patriotic utterances OF
orators appointed for the occasion
stirred embryo soldiers to excesses OF
enthusiasm. General Victoriano Huer-
| ia, the provisional president of Mexico,
in full uniform, surrounded by his
staff and accompanied by many gov
ernment officials and foreign diplomats
applauding the patriotic ardor of the
/ younger element of the population and
calling them the "hope of the nation
and worthy sons of loyal fathers
At the hour appointed for the open
ing of the civic observances at Chapul-
tepec, the presidential salute doomed
\, ,nI hf,
| conclusion of the ceremonies, the
presidential party drove through the
streets, lined with holiday makers
showering confetti and flowers from
windows and balconies to the national
palace, where General Huerta pre-
pared to review the parade. A strik-
! ing feature of the parade was the
presence in line of upwards Of fifteen
hundred students in uniform and
marching with the air of veterans
| Since the last celebration of inde-
pendence day, many schools have
been placed under the military organi-
zation. The enrolled students are
, dressed in uniforms of dark green
and wear round hats with cockades OF
varios colors to designate their
schools. Next to them in line We're
the cadets of the military schools,
many of who appeared scarcely able,
for lack of years, to carry the rifles
which they proudly bore.
| Probably not since the centenary
parade in the final days of President
Porfrio Diaz has there been seen at
the capital larger number of men of
the regular army establishments in
line. The artillery, the cavalry and
the foot soldiers numbered thousands
and stretched for miles through the
streets.
Investigating Underground Route.
| Carrizo Springs, Texas, Sept. 16.--
Investigating the underground route
for gun running" from San Antonio
to the Mexican border Robert L.
Barnes, acting special agent for the
department of JUSTICE said today that
so far only one man of prominence in
southwest Texas is suspected OF lmpll-
cation in the smuggling. Several
Americans were implicated in associa'
tions of Charlie Cline, American lead
er of the band of thirteen Mexican
smugglers arrive here.
Barnes declined to reveal the iden-
tity of any suspects except the four al
ready under arrest. The four are CAST
nero CRUZ, Juan Galan, Antonio and
Placidio Reyes.
The alleged connection of Industrial
Workers of the World with a new
movement in the revolution in north
ern Mexico was further investigated
today. Five prisoners, claimed to be
members of the order, including the
American, Charles Cline. whose card
showed affiliation with the st. Louis
local. His correspondence with Jay
Smith indicated that Smiths head
quarters were in New Orleans and his
official title Financial secretary of the
southern district"
]. M. Rangel one of the prisoners,
and not Cline is declared to have been
the actual leader of the smugglers.
Rangel said today that Zapata, for two
months as head of the Industrial Work.
ers of the World in Mexico, had been
leading the organizations propaganda
in northern Mexico.
Stealing Ammunition.
Ell Paso, Texas Sept 16.-Forty-
four hundred rounds of ammunition
bova bnan sto1an rpcently from the
United States customs house in Ell
Paso. Yesterday. on removing am
munition seized from smugglers, to
Fort Bliss from the basement of Gus
toms house. the absence of 24oo
rounds was discovered. Today, two
thousand more rounds were discovered
to be missing,
Families Safe.
Eagle Pass, Texas, Sept. 16.-The
families of Thomas Tyler, American.
and Joseph Shone, Englishman, We're
reported safe today at Mariposa ranch,
Mexico They had been stranded on
a desert on western Coahuila while
Tyler and Shone were federal prison
ers in Monclova Nothing has been
heard from the prisoners.
For hours rows of chairs extending
the length of several city blocks along
Juarez avenue. We're occupied by pa
tient women of the better class sitting
under umbrellas waiting the start of