Bisbee daily review., 1915-10-27
EXODUS FROM
CANbNEA IS
MAOE
Indications Point to Possibility of
Complete DeSertion of Famous
Copper Camp With a Very
Short Time.
PASSPORTS ARE HARD
TO SECURE At PRESENT
Mexican Residents Are Being
Forced to Join the Villa Army;
Practically Every Woman and
Child Is Now Out of Camp.

The country between the American
line and Cananea is covered with
fugitives from that camp. making their
way TO the border as rapidly as pos
sible and by every conceivable means
of transportation The employees Of
the company. with their wives and
children. have been brought out by
automobiles while others are coming
by wagon and many Of the Mexicans
have packed their belongings on bur
ros. and are plodding along behind
them.
The scene of their leaving is pitt
full one Every one is taking what val
uables they can manage as they eN-
pect to find nothing on their return.
It has been given out that villa and
his followers will take everything.
There are, at the present time in
Cananea. but a few police officers. The
forces Of Col Belthram, who was
there. have been moved south. Many
residences and small stores already
entered by some of those who are com
PEELED to get out in order to secure
sufficient food to carry them on their
journeys.
The camp, this time, will be more
fully deserted than at any time in the
history OF the Mexican revolution. The
looming of villa has aroused more fear
| than has ever been entertained be
fore American and Mexican familie.
/ that have always remained have NOV
ed out this time and it is expected by
tonight there will not be more thar
five Americans left in the camp
These are officers of the company.
PASSPORTS HARD TO OBTAIN.
So great is the demand for pass
ports to leave the city that if is al
most impossible to secure them ant
the crowd around the city hall yesteI
day afternoon numbered nearly a thou
sand all of whom were trying to Sc
cure the necessary piece of paper il
order to leave the camp. Without
passport a traveller is taken back Il
the camp and made to secure il befor
he can proceed.
one American yesterday, who ha
been working for the Democrata Con
pany was refused a passport becaus
he had no one there to testify in hi
( behalf that he had been a resident q
the camp. He offered to go and &c
the bosses at the mine to testify TO
him but this was refused by an Amel
lean named Kemp, who was with u
balejo when he came into NacO. II
/ said the bosses may know you but W
d don't and you will have to get someon
] that knows as to identify you Keml
j according to parties who left ther
% Tuesday, was making himself very o
hcious and disagreeable not only {
3 the Mexicans but TO all Americans a
t we'll
One party of women, wives Of th
r officers of the company, after they ha
E started out and reached a point near
l. two miles out, were sent back TO Ca
anea by his orders and compelled {
= have the Prefect go over everyor
b of their passports and subject the
= to a minute examination, Kemp sa
4 it was done upon the orders Of BE
e thram. Mexicans who wish to secui
II passports are turned down right al
left and very few are receiving the
d at all
e few days since two men, who we
It employed by the Kansas City Stru
n tural Iron Company, drew their tin
Il and tried TO secure passports to leay
r, They had a machine and were refus,
the necessary passports. They deci
ed to take a chance and get ava
They reached a point near the Eli
IS ranch and they were stopped by
e small band of soldiers who claimed
is belong TO the Villa Army. The Am,
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