Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1913-03-12

points to the south state that at all
the Sonora gulf ports there are not
more than 200 Huerta soldiers, while
Culiacan, capital of Snaloa and Matz-
Ian, the Pacific port in the same state,
hold only about 800 federals each. At
interior towns are still smaller garri.
sons, all of which combined could
not make a force, the tourists esti-
mate, to enter northern Sonora. Near
| lH every province of Sonora has risen
to the call Of states rights" to GUST
the Huerta soldiers.
| Advices received here today said
rebels had burned 16 railroad bridges
south of chihuahua City, and cut all
lail and wire communication from
that point south.
OJEDA LEAVES.
Douglas, Ariz, March 12-General
Ojeda and ATS federals evacuated Aqua
Prieta at 8 O'Clock this morning and
began overland march toward Nogales
where Colonel kosterlitzky's rurales
are threatened by rebels. Each man
carried all the arms, ammunition pos
sible, and the remainder of the mum.
ton was left in box cars at Aqua
Prieta. The rebels surrounding the
town appear to remain at some dis
tance.
General Ojeda's men left in three
divisions, riding dilapidated army
horses and hauling three machine
guns and quantity of arms, ammu-
milton and supplies. They marched
slowly toward the Naco mountains
on a supposedly perilous trip to No
gales. The move was viewed by
reinforced United States patrol
General Ojeda left guard of thirty
armed men at the garrison under Col.
Jesus Montoya, who Immediately aft
er the departure applied at the Ameri-
can customs house for permission to
leave his arms and ammunition there
in case he was attacked, and for ad-
mission to the United States of his
men. Permission was granted with
the revision that the supplies could
note be recovered unless by permis-
sion of the United States. Ojeda will
proceed to Nogales via Naco and Ca
nanea At Naco 100 federal troops
are ready to evacuate and join him
and at Cananea 500 will also evacu-
ate.
This will leave every point in
northern Sonora except Nogales in
the undisputed possession of the con
sttutionalists The retiring general
took all the Mexican custom house
and federal telegraph office accoutre-
ments with him.
Miguel Samaniego already is on
the way with 500 state troops to oc-
cupy the garrison, and reports from"
Fronteras that Gales and Obregon
will leave there today for Aqua Prize
ia. This will place 1000 constitution
alists in possession of the port. But
one woman, Mrs. Anna Gatliff, keeper
of curio store remained in Aqua
Preta over last night. There are now
but three Mexican families in the
town and all homes are denuded of
everything of value, which has been
brought to this side for safety. Two
merchandise stores have also brought
their goods across the line. The
loading of ammunition and guns into
box cars late yesterday was for the
purpose of disarming the Yaquis who
were suspected of disloyalty but they
would not deposit their guns and the
scheme failed.
RUSSIAN HARD PRESSED.
Nogales, March 12.-State troops
under General Obregon today began
moving in from their camp twenty
miles to the south and are expected
to reach Nogales, Sonora, early this
morning. Further conferences be-
tween Colonel Kosterlitzky, of the No
gales garrison, and Captain G. c.
Smith, of the fifth United States cav
airy border patrol, have been without
result.
kosterlitzky, whose forty years of
service in Mexico ends in
April, when he would be retired on
full pay, finds himself facing prob