Imperial Valley press., 1921-10-29
REVOLUTION
IS CHECKED
BY QUICK
AC I 10 n
Five Alleged Rebels Said to
Have Been Executed by
Military Court in Mcxicali
Within Week

Whether Or no there is revolu-
ton impending in the Northern Dis
trict of Lower California. the govern
ment Of that domain across the border
is taking drastic action to prevent any
uprising, fantastic or real.
Five men have been summarilv ex-
ecuted in Mexicali after a drumhead
courtmartial, and a large force of
regular soldiers moved into the dis
trlct from the State Of Sonora and, ,
placed directly under the command Of
General Rodriguez, military chief of
the district, are on guard. In Tia
Juana, where the heart of the revolu-
ton is said to have commenced pull
sating, the military is in complete
control, having superseded the civil
authorities and every saloon in that
little city, all of the gambling houses
and dance halls have been closed un-
der the personal direction of General
Rodriguez, and the little quartet there
has been packed with suspects.
The last execution of a revolu-
tlonary suspect was held in McX.cali
yesterday morning at the usual hour
of sunrise. a Few short hours before
that time a little Grown man N lie
uniform of d soldier f .hc Mexican
army had been dragged from a cell
IN the jail there, where he had lain
for day. and was preSc !tad before
properly constituted military court.
A number of witnesses wtre cNam;n-
ed, the prisoner was irterroyated at
considerable length, a0d he WAS then
remanded to his cell. As dawn came
creeping on and he Jay ol the cot
within his steel-bounG enclosure, MS
cell door was ratified, a key grated in
the lock and an officer drew open the
door and commanded him TO come
along. A file of soldiers in the mar
row corridor armed with regulation
rifles, removed any hope the prisoner
might have had that the verdict of
the cout had been favorable to MIN.
A few minutes later in the court
yard of the prison. where the shadows
of night still fingered, there was a
squirt of flame from half dozen ri
files, a crashing report and CULVER
ing heap of dirty blue and red at the
foot of the far wall.
The man executed is said to have
been a recruit who joined the cavalry
troup in MeXicali but week ago.
Information about him or his doings
is hard to obtain, but it is whispered
around that he enlisted as an agent
of the revolutionists to foment trou-
BILE and mutiny in the ranks of the
soldiers. One more loyal man than
the others he approached informed on
him. The proof was said to be con-
elusive. The end came quick.
AS to the four executions said to
have taken place within the week,
there is little information to be had.
None of the subordinate officials in
Mexicali will affirm or deny that the
executions took place. Word has been
issued that no one is to talk.
General Rodriguez left Mexicaii
hurriedly yesterday morning, few
minutes after the execution of the re-
crut, and rode in a big motor car to
Tia Juana. Immediately after his ar
rival there the order went forth to
close every saloon and resort in the
place. The military took charge and
the town is as lifeless as the bare
desert except for the blue and RED
coated forms of the soldiers on guard
1t is rumored, and the source of
this rumor cannot be traced, that q
similar order is to be issued in MeXi-
cali and that all the saloons and re
sorts there are to be closed and the
military guard in the town doubled il
the daytime and more than quadru
pied during the night hours.
The arrest ten days ago Of mar
of the name of Flahive and his twl
sons from Los Angeles, at point neal
Tia Juana while they were driving
three trucks loaded with rifles anc
ammunition, is said to have been thu
first information that a new revolu
ton was brewing below the line. Th
alleged gun runners were shortly re
leased from custody in San Diego, anC