New Britain herald., 1929-03-23
REFUSE REBEL TROOPS AT
 MAzATLAN GATES
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 the city from neighboring noun tains.
 Carrillo's message to President Portes Gil expressed no concern as to the situation. He said that the federal garrison was entrenched on narrow strip of land connecting the city with the mainland and that he would be able easily to hold off what he described as small rebel | force"
 The first of yesterdays battles be- a skirmish No one was hurt and the rebels fled. At 4:30 p. m.. however, more serious encounter took place at Venadillo. just outside Mazatlan, with an attacking force of 300 cav airy. The assault was repulsed, the rebels retreating to Casa Blanca.
 Rebel Captice Talks A rebel officer who surrendered yesterday at Mazatlan gave the fed erals valuab information as to the status of the febels west coast army. He said 5000 men under Generals Mango. Roberto Cruz. Fausto To- pete and Iturbe had proceeded down the west coast repairing the rail- road tracks as they came and were now massed about Mazatlan. He declared the troops had been deceived as to the progress of the revolution and knew nothing of the rebel defeats in Vera Cruz and at Torreon. Their generals have told them. he said. that their movement has the support of 2o.000 so-called religious insurgents at Guadalaja jar and that they were pushing toward that point as fast as possible and might even eventually pass up the attack on Mazatlan.
 | The army of General Lozaro Car denas. containing 5000 men de- tached from the forces of General ! Gales, was said to be proceeding to Tepec. state of Nayarit, for action against the rebels at Mazatlan. Ar rival at Tapic would intercept any movement against Guadalajara. Advices of activities about Mazat- Ian comprised practically the only important news from the front during the last 24 hours. General Gales and his aide. General Andreu Almazan, were not mentioned in the government communiques. It was presumed they were still working north of Torreon toward Jlmenez l and Chihuahua City.
 There were scattered reports of other minor activity. Fl Universal re ceived a report from Jalapa, Vera Cruz, that a band of reported rebels had seized d freight train between the stations of Cruz Balanca and Las Vegas and forced the engineer to cut loose its engine and release it wild under full steam in the direc- tion of Las Vegas.
 However, due 10 the engineers craft in fixing he fuel so it would be cut off automatically the engine stopped after about four kilometers travel. Reports of the raid caused Mexico city-Nera Cruz night train 10 be held up until the track was clear.
 In the state of kuanjato. armed Agrarians were in the field under the leadership of Governor Augustin Arroyo, acting against the so-callcd religious insurgents, Minor success ses were reported.
 .Aguirrc's Body tn State
 The body of General Jesus Maria Aguirre, who was court-martialed a little tropical town on the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. law in state in sumptuous casket at the home of his widow here today, in the capital with the government completely dominating the situation.
 X rough pine box. containing the corpse. was unloaded last night at the railroad station from the passen- ger train from Vera Cruz. Less than a dozen persons-his widow not among them-were there to receive ii. It was taken to an undertaker's establishment and then to the widows home where 1t was access sible to close friends and relatives.
 Burial was to take place later in the French cemetery where the bodies of Arnulfo Gomez and Fran cisco Serrano, and l3 others. execut- ed after their abortive revolutionary attempt Tn 1927. rest.
 Naval Men Still Held
 Ii was announced today that the seven naval officers who were ar rested earlier in the week in con- nection with the activity of the fleet at Vera Cruz when the revolt start ed. would not be subjected to sum- mary court martial but would face investigation in regular court chan nels. All are in prison here.
 X dispatch to Excelsior from Qua dalajara said travellers from Tepatit- Ian in the same state reported the execution there of Nictoriano Ram- irez. known as "El Catorce." Ram irez was leader in the so-called religious insurgents. and his execu ton, it was said, was ordered by a companion leader, named Vega.
 Both Vega and Ramirez reputed- ly were responsible for the attack on q passenger train April 20. 1927. when the train from Guadalajara to Mexico City was burned and most of 'he passengers. including 20 chill dren. and the train crew were killed. Many of the wounded died in the flames when kerosene was poured on