Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1913-05-03
Evacuation Of EmpaIme Made
Quickly After Huerta's
Troops Begin to Shell Con-
StitutionaIist Position,
GENERAL 0JEDA IN
COMMAND OF SONORA
YaQui Indians Quit InsurrectoS
in Body When Pay Agreed
Upon Is Not Paid on De-
mand of Their Chiefs
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Noralcs. Ariz.. MAY 2. The only
apparent result Of the shellne Of EN-.
palme' today upon the state troops
evacuation was the killing of an entire
family
A shell from the eunhoat Guerr rl
burst over house in suburb of the
town killing a man and his wife and
their several children $50 Americans
were reported injured
Rifle fire late today indicated thlt
Tho federals had begun l movemcnt
In pursuit of the flecing constitution
aiists. whose hasly exit ufeasiOncd tho
shclling on the part Of the federal
boat II was believed that ihc fed
eral reinforcements recently arriving
Mt Guaymas had begun an advance.
The state troops lefi ON trains con.
slsting az seventeen engines and forty
box cars. all the available railway
equipment Thus. any pursuit of th'
fedorals by rail was prevented
General Pedro ojeda. whose daring
defense of Naco. sonora. oecasionod
much official recognition has 10 bser
made commander of the first military
zone. including sonora state. A core
sular report says that he has smiled
for Guaymas to take tho field against
the same insurgents who drove him
from Naeo only after "a grueliine
campaign Of many weeks.
So Oicda. who shllfuily defender
Naco with "a smuu iurce against
much superior enemy will Do able e
demonstrate his ability in handling
strong body Of men lu the projected
movement from the gulf port against
Hermosilio. the insreent sonora
state capital
lnsurgent state forces evacuated
Empalme early today after which the
Mexican gun boat Guerrero b"eaf
sheling the California, gulf town pre-
iminary To land movement from
Guaynias. where the federal garrison
was strongly reinforced yesterday Al
Empalme are many American rail-,
way men including supt. j. H. Tenn
ple OF the Southern Pacific of Mexico
AS soon AIS 1t became evident tha'
the constitutionalists had decided t'
leave Empame suburb across ih'
bay from Guaymas, the Guerrero
opened hot fire over the town. A
the last of the insurgoni horsemet
appeared over q hill more than milo
away, shells from the eunboat bursl
over their heads. causing q hurried
exit over the horizon.
At Empalme is located a normally
large American colony largely oi
railway employees II Lawton gen
eral freight and passenger agent ei
the road. who was sick Ia bed was re-
moved in an automobile while others
remained under cover or escaped M
TO the safety Of the hills Hearing
that the federal garrison nc Guayfnas
had been reinforced to $500 men, the
state troops are retreatipg northward
toward Hermosllo the state capital
The delayed insurgent attack had
resulted during the last fortniaht IA
intermittent firing across the bay be-
tween Empalme and Guaymas. Re-
Inducements from the northern bor-
der failed 10 arrive the Yaqui In
dams the strongest state fighting
force, deserted in a body owing to
lack of pay and the various consii-
tutional.st chiefs failed to agree upon
the mode 0f attack.