Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1913-08-28
Baja California Now the Scene of |nsurgent Activity
SHARPS HEADING |S
 SAFE FROM DAMAGE

FL CEN1RO, Aug. ZI - l uS IAl COh tro Progress has the following account of the rebel activity below the line:
 The usual wild rumors of battles, skirmishes, gathering of hundreds of rebels, burning of bridges, footing of ranches and the general breaking out of a little hell Preference to General Sherman's saying) broke forth from Mexicali early yesterday morning.
 The patient investigation of officers ran down the rumors to the bare skel- eton and, as usual, the preliminary outbreak amounted to a very small substance.
 A small band of about fifteen rebels crossed the line at the new Ten-Foot Drop at midnight Sunday night. They were we'll armed and carried with them a wagon loaded to the rim with provisions.
 The band made it's way toward Sharp's Heading, seven miles south east of Calexico, and there apparently attempted to add few horses to their accoutrement. They aroused the fed eral guard and a few shots were fired. One poor Mexican soldier dropped dead and they went on their way. They made eight miles more in the early morning, showing up at Pesqualitos, fifteen miles toward Yuma on the rail road They burned a small bridge at Pesqualitos and cut the telegraph wires. They also commandeered bunch of five horses from a rancher named Ramon Ochoa, and proceeded on their way.
 The representatives of the Associat- ed Press and the Fl Centro Progress went to Mexicali hired a railroad gas oline track machine and went to Pes qualitos in a hurry. On horseback they caught up with the band of fiji teen. The leader was a man who spoke good English an dis supposed to be Sr Esparaza, of CaleXico, one who has long been a jealous supporter of the land and liberty of the old-time rbeels against DiaZ. This identifica- tion, however, is not certain The leader was, of course, reticent and he viewed the approach of a newspaper man with suspicion. He simply stated that his band was on its way to join the main body" near Black Butte and that there were 250 in the main body, most of whom had crossed from Sonora
 The goods in the wagon were seen to have been purchased in CaleXico stores
 Returning to Mexicali, the cores pendent hunted up General Gomez, the doughty war-governor of Lower California who is in personal charge of the troops at Mexicali. SenOI Gomez was scoffing.
 "A little band of horse and cattle thieves!" he exclaimed Well catch the whole bunch and string them up," he announced, shifting the weight of two young cannon" strapped to each hip and hopping his browe with much gusto.
 He belittled the whole affair, saying that there were no constitutionalists gathering in his domain-they would not dare to oppose the government. Just like that.
 At the same time it was learned that Governor Gomez had, within an hour, wired Ensenada for 300 addition al troops to reinforce him. He has exactly 225 soldiers in Mexicali, and three modern machine guns. What he wants with 300 more soldiers un- less he believes that the rebels are congregating withing striking distance of MeXicali is a matter to be figured out
 Down in Mexicali yesterday there were found a few ranchers who would
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