Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-03-08
Rebellion Brewing in North
Mexico Wins Some Sup
port and Legislature of
Coahuila.
TREVINO REFUSES
TO JOIN REBELS
Governor Of Nuevo Leon
Ignores Invitation to Be
come Party to Rebellion
Quiet in Guaymas.

Mexico City, March T. Rafael
Tapia, an officer of the rural guards
who took the field against Huerta
after the death Of Madero, sur
rendered to the government author
tiles today. The surrender took place
at Guadalupe-Hidalgo, where the
treaty OF peace between Mexico and
the United States was concluded In
184S.
Rafael Tapia was formerly chief of
rural guards in the state Of Vera Cruz.
His decision to surrender Is regarded
as great gain for the government be-
cause Of his popularity in the south
eastern states. 1t was feared that he
would be able to muster formidable
body of men. -~
News reached here today that ma
jority of the members of the legisla-
ture of Coahuila have signed procla-
nation favoring the rebel governor
Carranza and entreating the citizens
Of the state to join in opposition to
Huerta. Carranza yesterday received
250, 900 pesos as contribution to the
revolutionary cause from citizens OF
the state. <
" Manual Afasraretnsnf Of the state Of
Sonora, who is a candidate for the
governorship arrived here last night
! and expressed great optimism in re-.
gard to the plans of the government
| to put down the uprising there.
Trevino is Loyal.
Monterey, Mex, March 7.-Gero-
nimo Trevino, provisional governor OF
the state of Nuevo Leon, received a
telegram today from Carranza. rebel
governor Of Coahuila, inviting him to
join the revolution against the new ad-
minlstration. General Trevino ex-
pressed Indignation at the receipt of
the message and refused to reply. He
afterwards issued statement declar-
ing emphatically his loyalty to the
IIuerta government Il will never be
disloyal to the legal government OF
pMexico," he said. This appears to put
an end to rumors that Trevino was in
clined to join the revolt because Of the
killing of the late President Francisco
Madero, who was his kinsman by mar
riage. e'
Huerta In Control.
Douglas, Ariz., March T. With
Huerta troops evidently in control of
Guaymus, on the California gulf, the
constitutionalist rebels continue
mobilization today at Hermosillo. The
Southern Pacific railways wires below
the border are censored both by the
federals at the gulf port and the rebels
at the state capital. 1t appears that
the telegraph was not cut, but only
temporarily grounded for the con-
venience of the censors.
A wireless message today from the
United States cruiser Colorado at
Guaymas,~ said that the railway re-
mains open to the south and that ter
ritory has weekly trains that are be-
ing held up by the government. The
Colorado, it is assured, will remain at
the port, where large American
colony is located.
The American consul at Hermosillo
today succeeded in getting through a
code message to the state department
at Washington.
Quiet at Guaymas.
All was reported quiet at Empelme,
the American settlement at Guaymas.
At Hermosillo the place Ia being bar
ricaded and the assembling of ammuni.
tion and recruiting of men continues
today. Food supplies are being
rushed from the Yaqu valley, At Mag
dalena between Hermosillo and the
Arizona border, Col. Juan Cabral is
recruiting formidable group to assist
in the state revolution against Huerta.
Col. Emilio Kosterlitzky, the rural
police commander is exjected to move
against Magdalena. The Russian office
apparently remains under orders from
Mexico City.
The expected attacks at Aqua Prieta
opposite Douglas and Nogales' and
Naco Sonora, did not develop during
the night Some excitement was
caused there when a constitutionalist
spy escaped over the line, followed by
a fusillade from the Mexican troops
patrolling out of Aqua Prieta. He was
held by the Ninth cavalry patrol, but
later released.
Sonora Opposes Huerta.
Washington, D. c., March T.
Sonora, one of the northern border
states OF Mexico, continues in a
defiant attitude toward the Huerta
government. The consul at Hermosillo
reports considerable excitement there.