Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-08-19
BeIated Letter Tells How Capt.
tai Is Made Football First
of One Faction and Then Of
Another,
BAREFOOT INDIANS
ONCE IN CONTROL
Thousands of People ON Verge
of Starvation Because Of
Inability to Purchase Food
at Any Price,

lBY MORNING JOURNAL SPECIAL Leased NtetI
Nexieo CIV .uly 20 INV Courier to
El Paso. Texas. Aug. lT)-Isolated
Extraordinarily. cut OFF from nh ran
communication. with shous closed
ana many of its fnhabitants starving.
Mexico city is today .xperiencing
some Of the hitterest results of a long
revolutionary rule.
The capital is without reaI author.
ity at the present Time.
When the constitutioualsts made
their hurried exit saturday after
thrnNino the oitv into turrnnil bv de-
clarng an of the money then in cir
culation Void II was believed that
the nyuntimiento thai he hod been de-
vonld tal,a matters ia ,barue THE
foIIoWino day bowever the self-styled
Rrioodfa- General Rafael castillo al
the 7head of 90o barofnoted and rag
goa indians anneared IA tba national
Dalace ana informed the president of
no a,unti,nrnto that ne had been de-
tailed to take over The city Ii was
late in ne afternoon then ana when
the new rulers of the capital entered
the national palace dusk had fallen.
The electric lines having been cut,
tbe,. proned ,bopt until 4 few candles
b.d been procured nv the light of
these tbel entered me once richly
onnointed salons making "a wierd
picture i'm the aim, half lights of the
Pickering tallow dips.
Affiliated With villa.
Since that date these nave ruled q
city of more than hall a million. Ihe>
ciaIm 20 ne affiliated with the forces
of villa. though none of the rulers ol
the many factions have come 70 take
command
Provisional President Lagos Cha
zero with the members OF ms oaplne
! is i'm the city of Ioluca Where ne nee
some DAYS ago upon the approach ol
the consututlonallsts. WIN MN dI'
the deleeates to the so-called conNeh.
ton who represent the horthcri
states. At CuernaVaca are SOTO y da-
ma, the president OF thc famous Coul'
mittee of pubic welfare ana an OF
the southern delegates.
These are followers of Hapata
while those at Toluca claim allegiance
to villa. Between these two factions
a bitter enmity has arisen. Genera
Zapata is at Tlaltizipam with the
bulk Of his army ready TO take t.
the mountains ana continue his war
Z
to be still absolutely no hope for un
ion even between any two of the fac
tions
Food situation Serious.
trt fa1 .it,,ati,.,, bas hero,oc q,
,orin,,. thot tbe non. aro eatinp fin,
e,-I,. s I'M. ,.,..i,.i, l,,,rse. that baVf
MA Lgs froI5 %i n,.er,garl, and larl of food
~ ~ oii' n,o no.n,. ,,,ot, .Ieo Il,
.-,t, 4,,ii,, IN tho ri.Ids and olonp tht
seen ual,g "a ''e thartn tlo' 'ii% "n"slnv, -,
( I9l"'S it ",H' ,,,I,il, ,,,ool, 9raar
pls "oo"' 'u1 "i III, tiue
Sup - ti,oU H. A,,,o,i,,, ia,
Challes - NVnt0ii NH,
ross Iepi esei',a'iHy i'5's 9istrosg hecane,
10 IeileNe 9ly VI '''i9 ui9.' 07e eo'd 4
OF ms NANNY ~ ,i,,..t,"saa II,
lat6e ahloun' Va w - ~ 'i ,.till
the AniellOah anu llilei i', ii'''p, .. Eaar
com llIltets ~ itp"i tou ~ H"N1 ',t
selzed at Mar'Nd'io anu e''',oUs,i 49, 49,,
com nave piIu's "a i',,'
/ lley nave pee" u'loDit ~ Dus aul
plles IN any quahti'lvs' 1Ni 'ii'b, ,',.
ments nave peeh mace py tnI iiI'oI
| ican hed cross 10 slait suup hl'Onv''
/ on laibe scale w NnoIe peeN'9 ol'
mutton WIZ pc poiled IN laIbe va"
and distributed TO the hungry,
! Whlle the very poor VIII thua ~
saved from actual death by slliYalloi
/ the situation OF the moderately "elI
todo. both amongst the foreigners AN, an,
/ MeXicans, Is most SERIOUS. Uoubi !
most of these people nave money VIII
which to buy FOOD absolutely esseht
/ to themselves and thelr iamlles th'
scarcity Of food and consequent hiEI
/ prices make their positions IN soii'
/ cases pitituL
Beer 81 a Pound.
4 Beef today is selling for $4 MeKI
| can currency pound, as agalhs
/ thirty cents Mexican currency lhie'
/ years ago. Some articles, such a
/ table sale, have Increased more llai
I one thousand per cent i'm price ~ th'
/ last ten months A comparison OF lh'
| prices Of staples today ana those oI