The San Francisco call., 1913-09-02
LINE PARA
PACKED BY
REFUGEES
No Sign of Law in South
ern Republic, Say Passen-
gers on City of Para
INTERVENTION MAY
BECOME NECESSITY
Bandit Bands Locs For
eigners of Property
Army Mostly Rabble

Crowded with refugees from Mex
leo. the Pacific Mail ltaer City Of Para
arrived early this morning. President
Wilson'S suggestion that Americans
get :out* Of the trouble torn republic
has been. pretty generally anticipated.
and when the Para left there Mazatlap
was fhronged with Americans and
other foreigners waiting for q steamer
that would carry them to the United
States.
The Para brought every passenger
that Its license would permit.
Among the refugees was p. Watson.
an English mining man from Ventanes
in Duran CO.. During the last four
months OF. his stay there they were
constantly harassed by bandits. each
party of which is. a. law unto himself,
governed 1eply by the desires. OF its
strongest members
MBXIG0'IN DEPLoRABLE STATE
'Ndexico..' said Afr. Watson. rs In a
depiorable condition. There is no
sign Of .4aw: in the land, and the for
eigners; are. at the mercy Of the ra-
pacity. of. a. lot Of irresponsible. BAN
dts, who have discovered In highway
robbery. a. solution of the problem of
living. Intervention By the United
: States may be NECESSARY before order
can be restored, but before. there Is
any intervention the foreigners must
be given a chance to get out. other
wise they'will all be killed
We suffered no personal violence
at Ventanes, but we lost everything
but our Clothes. Every few days for
the last four months bandits in little
bands have visited US. looked around,
and taken whatever took their fancy.
They prefer money. but will take
horses and cattle, provisions, wearing
apparel and anything else that hap
pens TO be lying around, BY the end
OF four months we were completely
stripped and decided to come out:
I .tnade:.ths trip muleback to Ma
zatlan: II. took seven. days. I had to
make one wide detour to avoid BAN
dit camp
SURGEON. STAYS AT PosT
Doctor Ayres of Boston, his wife
and daughter, are still at Ventanes,
says Mr.. Watson. Doctor Ayres. was
anxious. about Iris wife and daughter.
but felt 1T. his. duty TO stay at his
post He Is surgeon for the Ventanes
Mining. company. which is doing no
development. work. but has a lot of
men employed in the erection Of a
new plant.
passed the steamer Jason, bound from
TopoIobampo for. .Manzanillo. The ia
son asked, TO be reported and the cap
tain said ]; that he had been without
communication from. the outside world
for y days. ON the same day the
Mexican gunboat .Tampico left Mazat-
Ian with 400 troops for the. purpose Of
attacking Topolobampo, which is in
the hands of the rebels. from the gulf
side. Four hundred more troops left
MazatTan for Topolobampo' overland,
Mazat tlan. ana Acapulco are quiet
and business at both ports IS going
on IS usual
& ARMY OF DIssOLUTE
Both. places, said one Of the Para's
officers, s.have been cleaned up. All
drunken and dissolute natives have
been forced into the army and every
disreputable Arner1ean-and there
were. some in. both places-has been
sent out of the country.
Robert Henderson. another refugee
who arrived on the City of Para. oper-
ates a large cattle ranch about 60
miles inland from Mazatlan; His
place has been .rasded repeatedly by
Bandits and. he estimates his loss at
more than S9,O00 gold. He, sent his
wife cut some time ago, and she was
at the wharf this morning. to meet
him.