The Calumet news., 1914-02-06
Alberto Terrazas of Wealthy Mex
lean Family will Farm
in California
MILLIONS IN GOLD TIED UP
Vast Estate of Family Is Confis-
Gated by General Villa
of the Rebels


mcrsc income tied up by three years
of revolutions. Alberto Terrazas. of =
family whose name i'm Mexico is II
s,nonnm of great wealth. has been
compelled to seek "A means of liVeli-
hood.
Accompanied by his family he has
departed for Pasadena. California.
where ne expects To buy or lease a
smuU farm and make u modest living.
lie. sees no prospect of peace i'm his
native land. and until transquility is
restored the income of the vast Ter
razas family fortune, estimated at thir-
ty-tyc to forty million dollars in Am-
er.can gold will be tied up.
May Be Forever Lost.
Even in the event Of peace it may he
lost. for the rebels have declared II
con;iscatcd.
i do not mind going To work. Il
may DE a good thing he said 10
friends, and then smiled, for his prod
igality with money has been a story
on which chapters have been written
in two continents. lie was once gov
emor Of chihuahua.
The Terrazas fortune was founded by
Don Luis TeTrazas, now an Octogenar-
ian refugee in this city, i'm land grants
from Presidents JuareZ and DiaZ. The
holdings have been augmented con-
aantIy until now. AS the tyin sched-
ucs are in Mexico. it takes passen-
ger train, making the usual stops
three days to travel to the boundaries
Of this domain, ON II are whole towns.
hamlets mines. factories and farms.
Son Is Held as Hostage.
A'! this was the property of Senior
Tcrdzas and his three sons. Juan. now
Of tsc city Of Mexico; Luis. Jr., held
as hostage by the rebels. and Albert,
until The rebels declared the whole es-
tate uonliscated.
RrrentlN the rebels Of chihuahua de
ma0dcd million dollar ransom for the
release of LUIS, Jr lie was incarcer-
atrd, bat declined TO contribute until
beaten with the fiat of a sword aud
moose placed around his neck and
gently tightcncd In this predicament
he contributed 100000. which was all
the ready r.oney at his command. ami
then he was permitted to join the fam
lily of his father. lie is still there as 81
hosta"e. An additional ransom of
quarter of a MILAN is now demanded,
but it is believed General villa pre-
lrIa iu hold him to deter other mem
hers of the family from financing
new revolt in the north To harrass the
rebel rear on it's march To Turrcon.
Seven Americans imprisoned.
Juorez, Feb. Seven American
railroad men are believed To be oris-
"urrS the great Cumhrc railroad tun-
mel through the Continental divide is in
ruins, and the Mexican Northwestern
passenger train. which left here we'd
ncsday morning. is n charrcd wreck AT
IN" mouth of the tunnel. as the resul.
ot denredations uf members of the
castillo gang of bandits
This information will correct last
nights erroneous report that il was
Drake tunnel which was destroyed The
Americans believed To have been im-
piisuned include two superintendent
OF the road and the cneincer and con
ductur of the passenger train.
Rchel-General villa at Chihuahu'
was cnragcd when he heard the news,
ana instructed General Macias in the
'asas Grandes district To shoot everyl
man unable To satisfactorily explain his
presence there.
Warship For tho Rebels?
New Orleans, La Feb 6.-McXican
reh''S I'm their struggle against the
luefia government. plan To fight from
water as well as ON land, according
'o NJ. ID. Conners, a dealer in war sup
hlies, who said he had obtained for
inc rebels an option on a steel cruiser
winch would carry six -pounders.
Rebels to Buy Aeroplanes.
'uIlacan Sinaloa, Mex. Feb. 6e--Mil-
'ar! aeroplanes will be among the
war munitions to he ordered at once
from the United States by General
'alianza, the rebel chieftain This
WIS announced today. Fourteen thou-
S'hd rifles with sufficient ammunition
i'r u long campaign already have been
ordered.