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WASHINGTON. D. C.. July 14.—
Large quantities of food supplies are
arriving at Mexico City from the coast
and the famine conditions heretofore
prevailing there have been largely re
lieved. Most of the food so far
received is corn. The Carranza
forces are maintaining excellent order
and no trouble of any kind has oc
curred between the populace and the
soldiers. From information received
from the Mexican capital it is believed
that General Villa has evacuated
Aguas Calientes and is retiring north
ward. This report has not been con
firmed by any of the state depart
ments agents in Mexico, but comes
from an authoritative source.
PARIS, July 13.—Saint Quentin,
supposed to be the general headquar
ters of German armies operating in
France and Belgium, is the concentra
tion point for damaged guns and roll
ing stock. The Krupps have installed
in a motor car works there, a plant for
the repair of cannon, machine guns,
automobiles ,gun carriages, etc. Ger
man workmen were imported from
Essen to equip the plant. Barbed
wire is also prepared for use and dis
tribution from there.
The Saint Quentin works turns out
an iron picket in the form of a cork
screw to replace the wooden pickets;
they are thus able to stretch their
barbed wire defenses without reveal
ing their work to the enemy by the
noise of driving pickets into the
ground. The Germans have also in
stalled a chemical works at Saint
Quentin.
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 14.—
It has just been disclosed that an at
tempt was made to hold up the
British ambassador, Sir Arthur Spring
Rice on the night of the day that
Morgan was shot by assassin Holt.
The ambassador, who had remained at
Morgan’s home all day, had entered
an automobile and was on his way to
the home of Willard Straight. He had
but just telephoned to Straight that
he was coming, and nobody else knew
of his destination. When but a short
distance along the road, from Glen
cove a party of men in an automobile
not bearing a license plate, attempted
to stop the ambassador's car. It was
plain that they had been lying in
wait along the roadside, and it is a
mystery how they learned the plans
of the official.
■When the men in the roadside auto
pointed their guns at the chaffeur
he put on full speed and crowded past
them in safety. No shots were fired.
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 14.—The
agency of General Carranza in this
city today announced that dispatches
had been received from their leader
at Vera Cruz stating that the Zapata
troops had suffered heavily in the
recent battle for the control of Mexico
City, and asserting that as a fighting
unit his army was entirely disorgan
ized. The announcement said that i
the last four days fighting which re
suited in Zapata evacuating the capi
tal 3,000 of Zapata's soldiers were
killed. Many more than that were
wounded and missing, besides a large
number of prisoners that Gonzales
took.
SEATTLE, July 15—All the big
papers throughout the east are fea
turing the Associated Press dis
patches ^ent out from here, which
give details about the beautiful
weather that Alaska Is enjoying this
summer, and about the long sunshiny
days. The daily temperatures in the
different cities throughout Alaska are
opening the eyes of the people of the
United States to what a wonderful
country Alaska is and is a powerful
agent in disabusing the popular mind
of the idea that the northern terri
tory is a land of snow, glaciers and
icebergs.
SEATTLE, July 15.—The steamer
Northwestern left here last night for
Alaska two days behind schedule. The
boad carried a full passenger list in
cluding a large number of tourists.
The Cordova passengers were: H. G.
Steel, P. Tammany and wife, Aaron
Steele, S. Reed, L. Laska, Mrs. M.
Laska, Isaac Smith, Falcon Joslin and
wife and son, and two steerage. The
Admiral Watson of the P. A. N. line
arrived from the north today.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ July 15.—The
Department of Agriculture today an
nounced that Its crop experts had de
termined that the prospects for a
billion dollar wheat crop were improv
ing. Last week was the best week of
the season for the crop, although the
heavy rains would have the effect of
delaying the harvest of the winter
wheat.
SEATTLE. July 14.—The Liberty
Bell arrived here tonight from Phila
delphia on its long trip across the
continent te tho San Francisco fair.
The bell was met at the depot by a
delegation of the city fathers, who
entertained at dinner the visiting
Philadelphia councilmen acting as an
escort for the bell. The bell remained
here but five hours, and departed last
night for California.
EL PASO, July 15.—It is reported
here that Villa has abandoned San
Luis Potosi which if true, means that
Carranza has control of all the impor
tant points on the railroad running
between Mexico City and Laredo with
one exception. Villa continues to hold
Queretaro, but his foothold in Torreon
is precarious. He has plenty of am
munition and foodstuffs but his sol-;
diers are deserting him as he is un
able to secure money to pay them
their wages.
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 15.—A
train on the railroad running be
tween Vera Cruz and Mexico City was
wrecked by a bomb today. Many pas
sengers were killed and wounded, and
for fear of further outrages, the rail
road management has discontinued
the sale of tickets. The Carranza gov
ernment will continue to operate the
road as a means of supply to the
troops in Mexico City. The perpe
trators of the bomb explosion have
not been located.
SEATTLE, July 15—Joseph Blethen
succeeds his father as the president
of the Times Printing Co. Clarence
Blethen will become the editor and
Will Sayre will be the managing
editor. The policy of the paper will
be the same as in the past.
LAREDO, July 15.—Passengers ar
riving here from Monterey assert that
there has been so many killed in the
battles west of Monterery, and the
fighting has been so continuous that
neither side has been able to desist
long enough to bury their dead. To
prevent contagion the bodies have
been piled between layers of oiled
wood upon gondola cars, and have
been cremated.
BERLIN, July 16.—For the rounding
out of a sort of auxiliary history of
the war regarding the German col-'
onies, residents of the empire’s ter
ritorial possessions have been asked
to submit short sketches of their ex
perience since last August. The papers'
must be between 800 and 1600 words
in length.
To induce a large number of such
sk«|ches the organization planning
the history has offered several prizes,
—a first of 150 marks, a second of i
100 marks, a third of 75 marks and
two fourths of 50 marks—for the best:
that are submitted.
The articles are to touch on thet
life of the colonists, the officials, the
troops and of the native bora. Those,
of artistic bent are asked to send
accompanying sketches, or to turn in
pictorial rather than written descrip
tions of colonial life.
BERNE, July 16.—Beer cards on a
system similar to that of the bread
cards are now being issued in
Munich. Owing to the shortage of
malt, unlimited quantities of beer can
no longer be sold. The consumption
in one large beer garden, which for
merly used 2,700 to 3,300 gallons
daily, has been cut to 1,100 gallons by
the authorities.
TOKIO, July 16.—Great alarm
among the nearby inhabitants and in
terest among scientists was caused by
the sudden eruption recently of Mount
Yarigatake, one of the best known
peaks in the Japanese Alps. The vibra
tions of the mountain which were felt
for many miles culminated in a con
siderable flow of lava and a discharge
of soot-laden vapor. The surrounding
country to the north of the city of
Matsumoto, was showered with ashes.
The rivers became discolored and
much damage was done to the silk in
dustry through injury to the mulberry
leaves. The last eruption of this vol
cano occurred In the spring of 1913.
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History of the Yaquis
An Interesting Race
NOGALES, Ariz., July 15—Although
the Yaqui Indians of Sonora are said
to have declared war on the United
States—at least so far as American
settlers in this region are concerned—
and United States warships have been
dispatched to cope with the situation
—information as to the process by
which this declaration of war was
made is still lacking. It is known that
the tribe retains a political organiza
tion. What appears to be an almost
mythical supreme chief reigns in the
hills above their valley and is said to
direct the actions of the minor chiefs
who have taken groups of the tribe
into the Mexican warfare.
The Associated Press correspondent
during a recent trip to the west coast
with Carranza learned this and a
number of other interesting things
concerning the Yaquis, about whom
little true material has hitherto been
published.
Although they have been in almost
j constant warfare since the organiza
| tion of the Mexican nation, the Yaquis
never have been fully conquered or
won over to European civilization. But
| their struggle against the advance of
| civilization did not assume threaten
1 ing proportions until the recent revo
| lutionary activities gave them mod
! era war munitions and military
training. Previously this most war
like Mexican Indian had confined him
fself to guerilla fighting. The arming
.of the Yaquis to take part in Mexico’s
domestic quarrel made possible their
more extensive military movements,
threatening not only the American
colonists in the Yaqui valley about
Guaymas, but the sovereignty of the
Mexican race along that rich portion
of the west coast.
The Yaqui region lies a few miles
inland from the important California
gulf port city of Guaymas. The
Indians years ago lost most of their
rich agricultural lands in the valley.
Their strongholds are in the hill
country, from which strong positions
they make frequent raids on the ]
Mexican settlers in tne valley below.;
It has been only recently that their;
assaults were directed against the I
American settlers in the valley, who
had given the Indians profitable em
ployment as laborers.
The Yaqui was not considered an
especially dangerous neighbor until
the advent of the Constitutionalist
revolution. With the separation of
the Carranza and Villa factions a
struggle began between those two
parties in Sonora state. The Indians
already had been armed and enlisted
as troops in the Constitutionalist
army, doing the bulk of the desperate
fighting in the contests for the towns
along the Arizona-Sonora border.
These Indians were considered “paci
fico,” or peaceful Yaquis. But on op
portune occasions they demanded the
return of their tribal lands, and only
would remain in the revolution service
after securing promises from the fac
tional leaders. For more than a year,
however, it has become evident that
the supposedly friendly Yaqui was
working in conjunction with his wilder
brother who had remained in the
hills. Arms and ammunition in large
quantities given to the Indians en
listed in the Constitutionalist army
were smuggled on the backs of Yaqui
runners into the mountain passes and
there were hidden. The enlisted In
dians would return after an insignifi
cant skirmish and demand more am
muniton. Their Mexican officers did
not dare to refuse it.
i The situation became more seri
ous when Jose Maria Maytorena, the
, Villa governor of the state, brought
the Yaqul troops into northern Sonora.
Previously they had been used only
against Huerta’s federal troops about
Guaymas. Maytorena’s Yaquis took
part in the attacks on the Carranza
garrisons at Nogales, Naco and
Cananea. In former years under the
Diaz administration these Indians had
been driven into southern Sonora by
continued fighting along the Arizona
border in which they met the federal
• “rurales,” Mexico’s rural police which
was considered the most efficient fight
ing arm of the former dictator. The
forceful exiling into southern Mexico
I of large numbers of Yaqui men had
failed to break the warlike spirit of
the race.
Rumors asserted that the Yaqul
leaders were controlling the Maytor
ena government These were denied
officially until the more recent de
velopments showed that the so-calledj
“pacifico” Yaquis were working in
conjunction with their “broncho” or
wild, brothers in their life-long at
tempt to regain the valley farming
l»ids now developed to a high degree
by the American farmers. The Am
erican colonists had bought the land
from the Mexican owners, who in turn
had secured it through government or
private concessions in about the same
manner as the American Indian’s ter
ritory' in the United States was colon
ized and developed. The state govern
ment found itself powerless to pre
vent the raids by the “broncho” In
dians on the American settlements
since the large proportion of Indian
troops would not permit warfare
against their hill tribesmen. This led
to the sending down the west coast
of American marines with orders to
land if necessary to save the lives of
the American settlers who though in
grave danger would not leave their
farms in fear of losing their crops
and property.
The Yaquis’ rival, hut first cousin,
is the Mayo Indian whose lands
closely adjoin the Yaqui Valley. The
Mayo though of good fighting ability
and frequently victorious over the
Yaqui tribe, is of a more peaceful in
clination and has retained by diplo
matic means some valuable farming
land. The Mayo also entered the
revolutionary struggle. Large num
bers of the Mayo braves joined the
Carranza ranks, and have been assist
ing materially in the Obregon vic
tories over the Villa army in centra!
Mexico. This left the Yaqui in undis
puted control in Sonora. The plan,
formerly suggested, of playing the
Mayo against the Yaqui could not be
employed since the bulk of the Mayo
fighting men had been removed.
The racial characteristics of the
Yaqui of Mexico are similar to those
of the Apache, who caused continued
warfare in the early development of
the southwestern United States. The
Yaqui is credited with direct relation
ship to the Apache. Like his northern
cousin, the Yaqui has been guilty of
all manner of brutality (^ected
against his prisoners, and is known
to have employed modes of torture as
skillful as those of the ancient Chin
ese This has caused a fear of the
Yaqui which was not due entirely to
his military ability. The Yaqui was
the first Mexican tribe to become fully
armed with rifles, and to become skill
ful in their use. Other tribes along
the west coast still employ the bow
and arrow for hunting and in some
cases in fighting any alien invaders.
While retaining his tribal tongue
and savage customs, the Yaqui be
came skilled in military methods. He
kept his skilful manner of guerrilla
warfare, but adopted to a large extent
some European methods. In the at
tacks on the Sonora-Arlzona border
towns the Yaqui troops made desper
ate assaults on the Carranza trenches,
charging the positions much in the
manner of the European soldier. It
had been difficult to make the Mexi
can troops do this.
The Yaqui in his natural stage of
military development had used small
[drums or. which he gave simple march
ing orders. These drums took the
place of the voice cr trumpet, and had
the advantage by their peculiar noise
of making it difficult for the enemy
to locate the source of the sound. In
military service with his Mexican
neighbors the Yaqui developed a more
extensive system of drum signals,
until his officers could command large
numbers of men to make all manner
of movements. The Yaqui unlike
other Indians always had marched in
military formation until deployed for
action. Many battles were won merely
by the noise of their Yaqui drums
which seemed to terrorize the enemy
when the sounds of the beats appeared
to come from all directions. In some
cases a few Yaqui drummers would
crawl to the enemy’s flanks and by
beating out some signal make it ap
pear that the position was being
surrounded.
No reliable information is available
as to the Yaqui’s actual numerical
strength so varying are the reports of
the Mexican military authorities and
American settlers. But it is known
that several thousand rifles mostly of
the military model, are in the hands
of the Indians, and that large amounts
of ammunition have been obtained by
the hill tribesmen. The Yaquis man
ner of warfare, and familiarity with
the country would make most difficult,
it is believed by the valley settlers
his complete defeat and disarmament.
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ENGLISH LOUD
DONSWOHG
CLOTHES
LONDON, July 16.—One of the
latest and most popular recruits In
the ranks of those who are “doing
something for their country during
the war,” has appeared in the person
of Lord Norbury, now turned the 50
years of age mark. He commenced
his self-imposed task recently in the;
fitting shop on an aeroplane works
attired in a coarse blue calico smock
and cloth cap. Nearby the works in
a small lodge occupied by a butler.
Lord Norbury has engaged a little
simple-furnished bedroom and is
doing his own valeting. The butler
says His Lordship is paying work
men's rent, and is taking his meals
with the other workmen in the general
canteen. His Lordship had put in a
few hours work and was sitting with
the after-breakfast crowd in the can
teen before being recognized by a
blue-suited laborer who then came over
and spoke to him. “How do you do
old chap, glad to meet you,” said the
workman putting out his hand which
the peer cordially shook. Another
workman was heard to remark. “I
guess he’s good enough and we will
put him flying to a thing or two if he
only shows half an eye.”
At the close of his day’s work—6
a. m. to 6 p. m. Lord Norbury seemed
well content with his first efforts as a
laborer. “Things are turning out ‘top
hole,’ he said. It is really very enjoy
able and there is something noble in
all manual work. I am not at all*
fatigued; I am used to hard work and
do not feel a bit tired. The other fel
lows are all quite ‘pally’ and ready to
do me a good turn any moment.” Lord
Norbury’s work was well approved by
the old hands at the works. “He is
pretty handy,” they said, “He will be
all right before long; you don’t want
to tell him a thing twice, and he is
quite a sport too. “Nobby” is the
nickname for his lordship amongst his
fellow workmen.
Lord Norbury says he is to be just
an ordinary workman, expecting and
receiving no preferential treatment.
Asked if he would be able to live on
his wages, he replied, “Rather! I hope
to save. Why I shall be a rich man
shortly—with 54 hours a week, over
time and bonus." “No leisure time,”
he said laughing. “Just bed and
work.” “Yes, I am happy to be doing
something,” said his Lordship, “how
ever, small and negligible. In these
days the subject’s duty is the nation’s,
and if there is one supreme and urgent
necessity it is that every man, woman
and child should bend all efforts to the
only great task—the subjugation and
conquest of our enemy. By all means
let us have a national register; let us
have universal service; but do let us
have something quickly, at once, some
thing chosen advisedly and not hap
hazardly—something, in fine, for all.”
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CORNISH, July 16.—President Wil
son shows no immediate intention of
leaving his delightful summer quar
ters in this town. As far as can be
learned there is no possibility of him
returning to Washington before next
week, and perhaps not then. The
members of the President’s family
will remain here, and Wilson said to
day that if the pressure of public
business would permit he would
surely return as soon as he could.
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