Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-04-15

forcement Of law, no one, take it
would doubt its unconstitutfonality.
The sundry civil bill will now be In
troduced in the same form, and Its
passage Is assured.
A giant shoulder Of rock that for
the past few years had prevented a
mountain Of earth from slipping into
Culebra cut on the Panama canal at
last has given way. and, according
ton, the slide has moved into the
canal distance Of 80 feet and Is still
travelling. A battery Of steam shovels
Is now tearing away the earth and
rock. At the end Of March, 80 OF
these engines were working In the
canal prism at that point and beside
this many other shovels were engaged
in terracing the banks and in miscel-
laneous operations. AS result the
that the excavation has reached grade
in all about 5000 feet Of the 10 miles
length of the cut. By October 1,
5,500,0O0 yards of material will have
been taken out by the steam shovels
when the water will be turned on and
the shovel will retreat before the
dredges, leaving them between 2,O00,-
900 and 100000 cubic yards Of ma
terial to remove. UP to January 81,
last, the United States government had
expended on the canal 1921, ,7O2.56.
Washington, April IL: The at
tention Of the state department, which
problem arising from the repeated
wounding Of American soldiers and
other American citizens along the
Mexican border, today was directed to
the serious situation resulting from
the Staying Of a petty officer and a
sailor from the battleship California
at Guayamas. Charles D. Taylor, con-
sular agent at Guayamas, in reporting
the deaths to the department, said a
strict investigation was being made.
The shooting was done by the chief or
police Of Guayamas, and as Ameri-
can sailors going ashore in foreign
country invariably go unarmed, off,
cials here will insist that the circum-
stances Of the Staying be probed to the
bottom. II the Mexican authorities
are unable to show that there was
provication for the attack by the arm
ed police, serious consequences may
ensue. It was pointed out that the
double killing might be taken as an
inadequacy Of the present govern
ment and have an influence when the
United States gives further considera-
ton to the question Of recognition OF
the Huerta government.
Peace in the Balkans seemed as
far away as ever last Saturday, ac-
cording to a Vienna cable. The AL
lies appeared to be neglecting Turkey.
their common enemy, in their internal
strifes and their efforts to keep out OF
a wrangle with the great powers.
Dispatches from Sofia said that the
Bulgarians were preparing to back up
their demand for Salonica by force OF
arms. The Bulgarians made formal
demand for the city, which was re-
fused by the Greeks. All Of the Ser
Wan troops have withdrawn from the
siege of Scutari and are on their way
home, according to Belgrade advices.
It Is declared in Cettinje that the Serv-
ians were scared off by the blockade
Of Montenegro by the powers. With
Montenegro and Servia in acrimoni-
nious debate and Bulgaria and Greece
at each others throats, the Turks are
said to be getting ready for another
along the Tchataldja lines. The Mont
enegrin situation Is the most compli-
Gated in Europe just now. Regard
less Of the naval blockade by all the
powers and the land blockade by
Austria Hungary, the soldiers Of King
Nicholas were still before Scutari,
threatening another assault The most
picturesque figure in the entangle-
ment is Nicholas himself. He has ev-
erything to gain and nothing to lose
and is taking all sorts of chances. His
tiny kingdom is pauperized anyway,
and will be worth little II he fails to
get the added territory for which he
is fighting. He has got all he wants
out Of the country and stands ready
to abdicate in favor of King Peter OF
Servia If he looses his fight for Scutarl
and always there is the hope that the
powers will pay him to quit.
Naco, Arizona, April 13: Gen
Pedio Ojeda, commanding the rem:
nants of his Federal garrison of 900
troops at Naco, Sonora, surrendered
patrol here today, after having with
stood a siege of state troops which
lasted for five days and in which more
than half his troops were killed. The
surrender was hastened by the attack
upon the Federal garrison by the
band of Yaqui Indians under Gen
Alvaro Obregon, commanding state
troops, who at daybreak burst In upon
the little garrison across the border
and fought viciously. The dead on on
both sides has been estimated at zOO
Gen. Ojeda, true to his promise, re-
fused to surrender to the state forces
and while the fighting was at Its
height this morning he attempted to
march across the border with his
band Of faithful Federals. The fire
from the enemy was demoralizing
and Ojeda and his men scattered,
running to the railway tracks which
separate the two border towns Not
even then did the firing from the
rebels cease and Gen. Ojeda shouted to
the American soldiers, watching the
firing from a distance. Capt. II. A.
Seyarts, Company A. Ninth U. s.
cavalry, ran at once to his assistance
The American officer grasped the
Mexican general by the arm. To-
gether they ran through the hail OIL
lead to where an automobile was
waiting. Capt. Figueroa of the Fed
eral garrison, with Is men, remained
behind to cover Gen. Ojeda's flight
One by one, he and his fellows died
in the barracks, surrounded by horde
of yelling, slaughtering Yaquis. When
the Indians burst in the windows and
doors and crawled through shell-made
apertures in the building there were
no living soldiers to greet. Gen. Ojeda
before leaving the Sonora town, spiked
his cannon and burned all supplies
Little was left for the victorious reb-
els. Personally leading his small
group Of men, he went from building
to building, wrecking and destroying
everything which might have been
useful to the rebels. Not until his
ammunition had become exhausted
however, did the Federal commander
give the word for flight. Sixty-five
wounded from both sides were hur-
ried to this town and placed in the
army hospital. The dead remained
piled in the streets and lying in the
buildings as they fell. Forty-five
wounded Indians picked up in the
streets Of the Mexican town told what
the Yaquis had accomplished. Pre-
vented from anticipating in the night
attack which had been ordered against
the Federals by Gen. Obregon, be-
cause Of their superstition Of death In
darkness. the Indians at daybreak
wildly hurled themselves against the
Federal fortifications, forcing the