The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 11, 1929, Page 6

1500 YANK SOLDIERS SENT TO BORDER 10 INSURE PROTECTION Mexican Rebels Are Converging Upon Naco, Sonora, From Three Directions San Antonio, Tex., April 11—(7)— Approximately 1,500 United States soldiers were ready tod:: to proceed to Arizona and New Mexico border points within a short distance of Sonora, Mexico, where a major battle between opposing forces in the Mex- ican revolution appeared imminent. Orders for the movement of a thousand men, members of the 20th infantry of Fc:t D. A. Russell, Wy- oming, and the remainder of the 7th cavalry supplemented by a <ield artil- lery battalion from Fort Bliss, El Paso, Tex., were issued here yesterday by Major General W"'liam Lassiter, commander of the United States army eiglith corps area. The troops from Fort Russell will go to Bisbee, Ariz., and those from Fort Bliss will augment the 200 cav- alrymen dispatched to Hachita, N. M. several days ago. It was estimated that it would take at least six days for the troops to march to their sta- tions. Eighteen United States army planes already are patrolling the border under orders to shoot down any Mex- ican planes flying north of the inter- national line. Naco, Ariz., April 11.—(4)—Mexican ] rebel troops were reported converging upon Naco, Sonora, from three direc- tions today, giving weight to the an- nouncement of revolutionary leaders that they soon expected to besiege the little federal garrison with over- whelming numbers. Federal occupation of the Naco gar- tison, held by about 1,000 loyal diers under General Lucas Gonzal@, constitutes the only immediate major threat to rebel activities in the revo- lutionary state of Sonora. With General J. Gonzalo Escoba: revolutionary commander in chief, here to command them, rebel troops retreating from Chihuahua were re- ported to be pouring through Pulpito Pass into Sonora and it was said the entire force numbering “not less than 8.000 men,” would reach Agua Prieta, 16 miles east of here, by tonight. About 600 rebel troops. said to be from the rebel army retreating into Sonora from Sinaloa, were reported to have reached the hills south of Naco last night, joining forces with General Fausto Topete’s army. The latter force is said to number upwards of 2000 men. Pour 75 millimetre field pieces were Teported in the hands of Topete'’s men. General Topete was making fre- quent trips from his camp to the south of Naco to Agua Prieta to meet the first batallions of General Es-/ cobar’s incoming army. General Escobar’s exact whereabouts were not known here early today, but it was believed he was in Nogales, Sonora, conferring wit Prancisco Borquez. said it was absolute! revolt cause to take t son. Reports coming from Topete’s camp said the rebels were preparing to a’ tack Naco with gas bombs and artil dal to the Naco garri+ 1 lery. The report spurred the federals to further fortify the garrison with heavy timbers, and to send airplanes over the rebel camp. An anonymous circular distributed in Naco, Ariz, yesterday gave warning of a proposed Gas borib attack and admonished citi- zens to be ready to evacuate the town. So far as known, no one was left. Mexico City, April 11.—(?—The chief of the military garrison here today disclosed that an unsuccessful j attempt had been made to bomb the special train of General Plutarco Elias Calles and assassinate him in the state of Jalisco a few days ago. A man and a woman, the principal conspirators, are being sought and should be arrested soon, the garrison commander said, while certain resi- dents of Torreon, Coahuila, were im- Plicated and will be arrested also. The plot was made with the cog- nizance of: the rebel Generals Esco- bar, Manzo, Cruz, and Caraveo who sent a man named Santiago Perez and.an unnamed woman to Mexico City to secure explosives which were to be sent insurgents in Jalisco who ‘were to arrange the dynamiting of the ‘train. ‘The plan was, the garrison com- Perez obtained the explosives but ‘was unable to get them out of Mex- {eo City. Military authorities here i f [ Honored at Towa | Hi ; Miss Dorothy Gillis of Osage, | Was chosen the most beautfiul ; Popular co-ed at the University of | Iowa. The vote was held among stu- dents of the College of Engineering. |—— | Edwin. both of Wilton; Arthur, Har- j Ney: Leo, Selfridge; and_ William, George and Stephen, all of Bismarck. ; Requiem high mass for the repose | of the soul of the deceased sister will be celebrated at St. Mary's procathe- dral Friday morning at 8 o'clock, Father John Slag officiating. The body will be laid to rest in the | nuns’ cemetery at Seattle. ‘PLANE CRASH KILLS 0 PEOPLE IN MEXICO Mexico City, April 11.—)—Five lives were counted as the cost today of the worst accident in Mexican aviation history. Four of those dead were Americans, and the fifth a Mex- ican resident of this capital. None of those aboard the plane survived. The accident occurred yesterday at Tampico when a Mexican aviation company plane bound from Mexico {City to Brownsville, Texas, crashed }as it took off for the Texas border. | The plane's single motor failed when it was not more than 100 feet in the air, and the pilot was never able to | regain control. Among those killed was Farrell | Prazer, American engineer, who had |recently moved to New York after completing construction of a bridge actoss the Rio Grande at Brownsville. | Frazer was returning from Mexico | City where he had visited his fiancee, Miss Grace Parkinson, of Houston, | Texas. | In addition to Mr. Frazer. the vie- | tims were: Dennis W. Taylor. the | ing as a passenger, and a man named | Robinson, who was said to be a taxi | ari i | Miss Pari tea with other members of the Amer- ican colony and was discussing with iti her approaching wedding in j June when word was brought her of | her fiance's death. She collapsed and | was placed in the care of physicians. Friends said Frazer, who had ar- ed here only a few days ago, had just given her the diamond solitaire | ring signifying their engagement. | Their wedding was to take place in | her home at Houston. ed The Best Spring Tonic ! WASHINGTON SOCIAL HORIZON IS CLEARING Vice President's Sister Will As- sume Status Tonight at Pan-American Dinner ‘Washington, April 11—(4)—The so- cial horizon of the capital showed definite signs of clearing today, al- though a number of American hos- | tesses were still in a quandary. | The whisking away of most of the storm clouds was the natural out- BISMARCK TRIBUNE growth of the “provisional arrange- ment” adopted by the diplomatic corps acceding to the desire of Vice President Curtis that his sister and official hostess, Mrs. Edward Everett Gann, be accorded rank equal to his own in the scale of social precedence. The arrangement will become oper- ative for the first time tonight at a formal dinner to be given in the Pan American union by Ambassador Davila of Chile to finance Minister Ramirez. Mrs. Gann will be seated in the place which heretofore would have been given only to the wife of the highest ranking guest. Under the Kellogg ruling which Vice Presi- dent Curtis protested and the diplo- mats decision superceded, she would have bee nseated below the wives of. ambassadors, cabinet members, sena- tors and foreign ministers. NORTH DAKOTA PAIR DATES ARE SET Samuel F. Crabbe, Fargo, Sec- retary of Association, An- nounces Schedule Fargo, N. D., April 10.—()—Samuel F. Crabbee, Fargo, secretary of the North. Dakota Association of Fairs, has announced dates for this year’s fairs. They follow: Steele County Fair, Finley, June 16-21, H. J. Long, secre- tary; Eddy County, New Rockford, June 24-25, L. Schwobel, secre- Lake, June 24-29, J. A. Kramer, secretary; Bot- tineau County, “gatinat June 25- tary; Stutsman county, Jamestown, July 2-4, Andrew Haas, secretary; Mountrafl Fair, Stanley, July 3-4, Jens Clauson, secretary; Towner County, Cando, July 9-11, D. F. Mc- Leod, secretary; Pierce County, Rug- by, July 3-6, O. A. Spillum, . Burke County, Flaxton, July 9-12, B, F. Belcher, secretary; North Da- kota State fair, Fargo, July 8-13, 8. F. Crabbe, secretary; North Dakota’s State fair, Graad Forks, July 15-20, D. F. McGowan, secretary; Divide County, Crosb; ly 1 Be Federal Court Term In City Is Postponed Indefinite postponement of the term of United State federal court which was scheduled to convene here tomorrow was announced today by R. D. Hoskins, clerk. 2 Hoskins received a long distance telephone call from Ju Andrew Miller, Fargo, who said it unex pected business would rrevent him from coming to Bismarck. Several cases in equity are on the calendar for the term, it is under- THIS SPRING YOUR HAT. WILL BE A GORDON. 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