The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-03-26
YAQUI INDIANS SET Up
CAPITAL IN MEXICO
NATIVES TAKE CHARGE OF HER.
MoSiLLo AND MAKE GOVERN
OR MAYToRENA PRISONER.
BATTLE STAGED NEAR BORDER

Matamoros May Become object of
Villas First Blow at Mexico's
East Coast-Carranza BE:
Tenders lntrenehed.
Hermosillo, Mex.-Native YaQui In.
dams are in complete control of the
state capital, have appointed their own
officers and are holding Governor
Jose Maria Maytorena as a prisoner in
the state palace. The revolving Indian
tribesmen are being led by Urbelljo,
chief of the YaQui Indians and sue
cessor to General Blue, who was killed
in battle during the Madero revolu-
ton. The Indians have been in re-
bellious mood because the promises
made to them by Maytorena's COM
manders have been repeatedly broken
and the Indians finally decided to re-
volt against the state and national
governments as represented by Mayto-
rena and Villa.
Maytorena was first seized and lock-
ed in the executive chamber of the
state palace, and the Yaqui chief as,
sumed control of affairs. He prompt
ly replaced all Maytorena officials
with native Indians and issued a de.
cree setting up the Yaqui govern
ment Rioting followed in the streets
and a number were killed in clashes
between the regular Maytorena Off
GERS and the newly appointed YaquI
Indian police and soldiers. A general
pitched battle is expected soon, as
the Indians have announced that they
will not permit any Villa or Mayto
rena official to enter or leave. In the
meantime, they are dispatching run
ners along the Rio Yaqui and in the
other Indian settlements, and have
notified their tribesmen of the revolt
which is expected to spread to tht
entire Indian country. Chief UrbellJ(
has assumed command of the entire
state and is directing military move
, ments
Reports to the state department a
Washington Wednesday and to thu
Mexican agencies there told of an i'm
pending battle for possession of Mata
moros, the port across the Rio Grand
from Brownsville, Texas. which appal
emily is TO be the scene of the frs
real fight of the Villa campaign
against the east coast of Mexico
Some of the dispatches Indicate
skirmishes already had taken place.
Brownsville, Textile constitution
alists still hold Matamoros and Wi
? defend the city against the Villista'
: who this week occupied Reynosa, si1
ty-five miles west of Matamoros, wit
, a force reported to number 1000 meI
There are also 5000 Villistas at Ca
MARCO, west of Reynosa.
General Z. P. Nafarate, commando
in Matamoros, Tuesday issued a CT
S cular announcing the city would b
e defended and stating the reinforc
S ments were en- route under General
{ Cesario Castro and Cesar Lopez d
a Lara. A large percentage OF the POI
ulation has fled to Brownsville, TIE
as. The constitutionalist troops
Matamoros, said to number 1900 me-
now occupy trenches.
An American warship will take
FL Yucatan money to finance the NOV
: ment of the Mexican sisal hemp Gro
needed to make twine for binding II
} enormous wheat crop Of the farmeI
of the United States this year. III
ooney-$625,000 in currency whlt
manufacturers propose to advance
he hemp growers-is in bank vaults
Galveston, but as yet no safe meal
Of getting it to Mexico has be-
found.
washington. Reports to the sta
department and to the Mexican age
oioo Mnnday continued to indica