The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-10-01
FORTY THIEVES"
ARE OUT CLASSED

hua, Torreon and Durango. These
cities were formerly the most pros
porous in northern Mexico.
LOoterS Overlook Nothing.
6. CarranZa currency has dropped
from thirty to one for American gold.
The peso, which is worth approximate
ly three cents has virtually no purchas
ing power.
Because OF the lack OF faith in the
Carranza money. merchants are main
tanning high prices for every COM
modify, while the poems are receiving
from nine 10 fifteen cents a day for
their labor
American counterfeit money is be.
ing dumped into the rural sections in
payment for stolen silver and other
metals. There is virtually an omen
market in chihuahua where those on
the inside may purchase this counter.
felt paper by the bundle
The professional hooters have over
looked nothing OF value. A thriving
business is being carried on in stolen
hides. Like the metal and cattle, the
hides are shipped to FL Paso and 9TH
or frontier towns, where they bring
fancy prices. The entire traffic is be-
ing carried on by officials. Individuals
are not allowed to enter the trade I'M
less they split profits with the gener-
ais.
.. Through the operations OF Car
rama decree. mines which have been
owned and worked by Americans for
many years are being snapped Zip on
the payment OF nominal sums. The
acting British consul at Durango, who
is also representing the American
state department, has taken title TO
several properties owned by Americans
who are unable to return to the coun-
try and protect their interests.
The Intervening" Game.
10. Not content with stealing cat
tie. farming implements and every
thing Of value on some of the great
properties. at least one OF the Carranza
generals is operating a system called
intervening" whereby he induces
ranch owners TO give him a portion OF
their properties, under covert threats
that they will lose all unless they
split.
II. There are many evidences that
the leaders in the northern states will
combine to overthrow the present gov
eminent II Carranza attempts to nut
an end TO the systematic looting.
IL. No attempt whatever is being
made to run Villa to earth. There
are excellent reasons for believing that
at least some Of the Carranza leaders
are anxious to have maintain him
self indefinitely as a warning to
Americans 10 stay out of the country
and away from their properties,
IL. Some of the Carranza leaders,
and virtually all of the seml-OfIicial
daily papers. keep the poems aroused
against Americans, Filthy caricatures
and songs are being directed at Pres
ident Wilson at the suggestion of
the little leaders. Death to Ameri-
cans" is printed in bold letters ON
some Of the school and market walls
in the towns Of Durango.
Finally the World correspondent was
invited TO join in the carnival of loot,
and was guaranteed $4,000 per month
with promises Of much more, to as
sist one Carranza general in getting
ore and cattle out OF the country
General Laviaga's Bonanza.
Shortly after villa raided Columbus,
General Miguel Laviaga, one of Minis
ter Of War obregon's favorites, was
sent into the foothills of the great
divide with a force OF troops, for
the ostensible purpose Of getting the
bandit.
Laviaga was born on the mesa of
the great divide within a short dis
lance of Villas birthplace. He knows
the country thoroughly. He went to
Santiago Papiscera - approximately
100 kllometers from the city OF Dur
ango-and established headquarters,