Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1913-07-03
LAST HUERTA STRONGHOLD IN
 SONORA FALLS TO THE REBELS


 the full and unrestricted possession of the constitutionalist army Monday afternoon. The city fell shortly be fore noon after a series of fast rushes and brisk. skirmishes which carried the state forces through the outer bar riers of the federals and into the heart of the city, according to direct wire advices from Guaymas.
 The federal garrison, estimated at 700, then fell back to the water front, and the gunboats Guerrero and Moral es opened fire on the constitutional ists. The gunners were unable to con- centrate their fire effectively, and the state troops forced their way down to the harbor, taking the last federal stronghold in Sonora with scarcely more than an exchange of shots. The remnant of the, federal army suren- dered. and will be transported at once to the federal prison at Hermosillo.
 Exceptions will be made, however. in the cases of several hundred resi- dents of Guaymas, who, against their will, were drafted by General Ojeda into military service, leaving their families to suffer the lack of their support. These will be paroled, it Is understood, since it is believed the:' will give no further trouble, and also because the constitutionalists already have their hands full feeding the many hundreds of prisoners of war previous ly imprisoned at Hermosillo.
 What will be the fate of the federal officers, is unknown. None of the lead CTS are available for punishment. Gen. eral Ojeda, so far as is known, is a fugitive with scattering guard of fed erals, somewhere in the Bacaette mountains. Lieutenant Colonel Bar ron is supposed to be with him. Col onel Giron. popular with the federals and even well-liked by the constitl- tionalists, was killed several days ago in battle. Lieut.-Col. Villasenor, who was General Ojeda's chief aide at Naco and Guaymas. and who passed through Tucson when Ojeda and his staff were transferred to the west coast, was kin ed in one of the early battles.
 Federal Governor Col. Francisco H Garcia, is reported to have escaped into the bay and boarded one of the gunboats.
 What will be the course of the Guer- rero and Morales is unknown. Is is possible for the gunboats to shell the town, almost certainly entailing loss of life among the non-combatant ele ment. It is believed, however, that this would not be tolerated by the United States cruiser Pittsburgh, which is in the harbor
 It is difficult to get the details o1 the fighting of Monday for immediate, ly upon the flash that Guaymas had surrendered, the wires became crowd ed with messages, official and other wise, which means communication will be slow.
 Guaymas is unmistakably relieved over the course that events have talk en. not particularly because of syn. pathy with one side of the other, but because the starving city will now have a chance to get something to eat. The first engine of the Southern Pa cific of Mexico went into GIayinas Monday, and 1t is hoped that transpor- tation facilities will be rapidly restored from now on.
 DOUGLAS, June 30.-"GuaymAs has fallen. Everything is in our hands.' This brief message was received by the constitutionalist junta from Her mosillo today.
 The Guaymas message said the fed l. k- Al Il