Evening Star Newspaper, March 15, 1929, Page 42

¢ 3 THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 1929. simultaneous attacks on the military headquarters here in the city and the Cuarteles in the northwestern part. There was intensive firing for an hour and intermiitent for another until 7. The Obispado defenders attempted to come to the aid, of those in the city and were captured. The headquarters was taken and the last place of resist- lance was the penitentiary, where they fought from the roof. 1 to Brownsville from the Mexican capital | yesterday over the route he opened last | Saturday, and planned to take off this morning in his own ship for an un- announced destination. It was pre- sumed, however, that he wuold go to Newl ‘\’orkh‘?‘nd then disposem of mll:.fl’s‘, | Visi i i awaiting atention connection | | Visit to Fiancee Ended, Aviator i the l}nrstimmmm air o, | i | Four Mexican government aviators Turs to Task of Mapping | wree among the group of passengers ' Air Routes. | who made the trip from Mexico with they left rather suddenly at 5 in the | and the happiness of their families for evening without collecting. 75 cents a day, more or less. | Death, desolation—and nothing gain- IJNDBERGH ARRIVES Civil Control Resumed. ed. My Spanish professor told me to- Civil authorities resumed control witniday that hatred and vengeance were | IN U. s- FROM MEXICO the co-operation of the Chamber of | as food to many of his people. Commerce and vigilance tommittees.| 1In this part of the country it seems | The city had really been without gov- | that the two sides—the rebels and fed- ernment for the day. erals—are of almost equal strength, I think the city escaped fortunately. ! which means a longer conflict, I sup- | The revolutionary army seemed under (pose, and more “tristeza” (trouble). control, and very little disorder resulted (Copyright, 1929.) from its presence, as far as looting, 5 the colonel. They came to the border etc., went.. * | to accept delivery of four planes pur- Philadelphia . . $3.75 | The federal troops entered by train Gen. Zuriaga Killed. Ixrom Tampico yesterday (Wednesday) Gen. Zuriaga was killed, and then | at 2:15 and later. A friend went down | they surrendered. Five hundred were | to see them and said there were many | taken prisoner and 18 reported killed. | women and children in the outfit. Thc} The night was quiet and dark, for | soldlers wore bands of red around their | art of the city was without electricity. | hats and carried wicked-looking guns. gere the street lights went out. Tues-| For a- way we marched parallel wllhi day morning the corpses of men and | them. Their general gave an order to| horses lay in the street a few blocks | jump the fence—and we jumped, too,! disorganized. All communications with | from where we live until nearly noon. | believe me! i the south had been broken. | Anxious , women crowded the station| It all seems so futile—not a war for | Troops were reported coming from | where the prisoners were kept. 1defense of home or country, not for| Saltillo. The railroad and highway are | At 11 a.m. Tuesday Gen. Martin, by | policy or principle—merely a blind fol- between two immense mountain ranges |order of Gen. Escobar, entered the lowing of personalities, for the mos and the Hill of the Obispado is the |branch Bank of Mexico with represent- | part generals with petty, selfish amb! strategic point and was fortified. A |atives of the Chamber of Commerce, | tions. And thousands risking their liv skirmish occurred near there with an | industry and mines, taken along as wif - BY ELSIE WIK. | advance troop at 7:30 a.m. nesses, He demanded to see the book: 4 > | But unexpectedly revolutionary troops | and then, as representative of the MONTEREY, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, came by train from the northwest, from | actual military government, demandes | March 7.—This revolution is the most | Paredon, shortly before noon and estab- | the federal government’s money on de- interesting thing that has happened in | lished themselves at the station and the | posit—reported to be nearly 1,000,000 Mexico since I have been here. Don't | brewery near by. A reinforcement regi- misunderstand me when I say I have | ment from Linares came marching in enjoyed it. I hate the horrible signifi- |and was captured without a shot being cance of it all—that is terrible. fired; surrendered voluntarily; nobody (003 pesos—buot no difference, it went. But when a neighbor lad comes over | seems to know. They also notified other banks of the after dark to ask me if we have a gun At 5 p. the battle began with |sums they wanted—loans, I guess—but :********** *****************ij********************** STAR RADIO 409 11th St. N\W. 1350FSt.N.W. 3218 14th St. N.-W. Washington’s Largest Radio Stores D W pay, three months free service, free installation, \ N (less aerial). Presenting the new 1929 perfected Electric Radios. Come in today and select your radio. Trade in your old set. A liberal allowance will be made. Medal Is Awarded Dog. | BEAVER FALLS, Pa. 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Gl:r; A]mn;an, comfllnd- - | ing in Neuvo n, and some troops ture, She Writes. | had left for the south on Sunday, so | Gen. Zuriaga was in charge. Defensive | measures were begun and military | | movements, sand-bag barricades, etc., alarmed the city. Business was para- | lyzed, schools closed, telephone service | and 9: Metropolitan An American girl who is teaching in Monterey, capital of the State of Nuevo Leon. which now is being used as a base by the Mezican ggvernment in its offen- sive in the Torreom sector, describes the capture of that city by the rebels and its subsequent recapture by the federals in the following air mail dispatch re- ceived vesterday. Miss Elsie Wik, the writer. is_a gradu- e of M e, St. Paul, #; . Her home , S. Dak.. and she is teaching in the Colegio internacional at Montcrey. Graduate MeCormick Medica) Glasses Fitted College Eves Fiamined DR. CLAUDE S. SEMONES Eyesight Specialist Im-l:!‘)"ficl-‘::‘hnklzz ‘Ilflh 10th and G Sts. 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