The New OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, Friday Morning, March 15, 1929
der General Otero which now can
leare Saltillo In their rear as they
proceed westward, atrong force
nnder General AUnatan U Leaded
toward Escobar's atronibold. '
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Genera! Calles Orders Army
That Took Vera Cruz to
Continue Campaign
LlER SUFIVFY IS
MEXICO CITT, Mr. J
(AP) General Plutarco Callea,
who Is directing the federal ot
ernment operations in an attempt
to stamp out the current rebel
lion, today ordered soldiers who
last week terminated the reyolt
in the state of Vera Crux, to so to
Irapuato. That town is an Im
portant rail Junction In the state
of Guanajuato.
The task for these troops will
be suppression of actiTities by In
surgents whose motlTe, according
t gorernment sources, is relig
ious. Mention of that situation
In the government bulletin gave
the first prominence to that move
ment since the military rebellion
broke out in northwest and south
east sections of the republic ten
days sgo.
The government bulletin said
that Governor Ramirez of the
t tate of Jalisco had organised two
regiments .of volunteers which,
with the troops brought from
Vera Crus, would be ample to
hold the Guanajuato dlitubances
in check. The Jalisco and.Guana
Juato religionists have been
blamed by the government for
trouble which has ' occurred in
those mountainous states for
more than two years.
Northern Section
rs Much Action
Today's communique indicated
that the most insignificant activ
ities in the rebellion are taking
place along the American bound
ary of the stale of Sonora. That
region has been considered a pos
sible backdoor for the escape of
rebel leaders in case their revolt
failed.
Yesterday's capture of Naco. an
important intermediary rail point
between the rebel forces of Sonora
and Chihuahua, was said by the
government to have been a heavy
low to the rebellion. Imminent
fall of Agua Prieta was predicted
and it was said that this, vtaken
with the capture Of Naco, would
completely sever communications
between the Sonora and Chihua
ho a rebels.
The government claimed that
the rebel leaders have been thor
oughly alarmed by this situation
and that many of them have been
transferring their funds to banks
on the United States side of the
border. The object of this would
be to give them money for sub
sistence when they are forced into
exile by the collapse of the rebel
lion.
Federals Now
Claim Saltillo
The communique announced
also that Saltillo, inr the state of
Coahuila, was occupied by the fed
erals this morning. The rebels
had held the city for nearly ten
days but - the government an
uouncement said that they fled
without firing a shot.
General Ignacio Otero . com
manded the troops which took
possession of the city. The flight
of the rebels voided an encircling
movement by which the federal
leaders had hoped to cut them off
from the road to Torreon.
It was surmised that the Sal
tillo rebels were making their way
toward Torreon where General U.
Gonzalo Escobar, commander-in-chief
of all rebel forces, has been
concentrating troops to resist the
advance of General Calles. The
rebels have held Torreon since the
start of the outbreak and are sup
posedly strongly intrenched.
The city lends itself naturally
to a strong defense. It is sur
rounded by high hills and if the
' rebels have enough men to occupy
all those heights with machine
guns and artillery, a heavy battle
might result.
Federal forces are converging
on Torreon from all available di
rections. Besides the troops un-
TO COST JM
DENVER, Colo, March 14.
( AP ) The cost o.r preliminary
engineering work which must pre-
cede the construction of Boulder
Dam, will be financed from a spe
cial appropriation of $210,000
made by the last congress for "In
vestigation of reclamation : pro
jects' Dr. Slwood L. Mead, Unit
ed States reclamation commission
er, announced at a conference of
engineers here today.
Because of the terms of the
Swing-Johnson bill which provides
for the construction of the damy
by the government, the funds will
not be available for use on Boul
der Dam until June 23, six
months after the bill was signed
by President Coolidge and then
only In the event that the six
state pact Is In effect.
Dr. Mead Is meeting here with
13 reclamation engineers for dis
cussion of unfinished work which
confronts the reclamation depart
ment. v
"Our present conference In Den
ver Is to consider many details In
the expenditure of our appropria
tion of $11,000,000 for the fiscal
year 1929-1930," said Dr. Mead.
In our 20 years of service there
have been left many projects still
unfinished and as we are nearing
the endof our ten-year program
we want to clear all of them up.
"Our next duty will be to con
sider- project in the San Luis val
ley of Colorado, for in Colorado
we nave no unnnisnea projects
and we may consider some new
ones. The largest prohibition for
the San Luis is the construction of
the state line reservoir on the Rio
Grande river on the Colorado-New
Mexico state line. This will re
quire a large dam and will Involve
the expenditure of several mil
lions."
On Monday representatives of
the Imperial valley (California)
irrigation association are. expected
to appear before the conference
relative to preliminary survey
work on the ail-American canal.
Engineer Dowd and Attorney
Childers who have attended all
conferences on the Colorado river
and Boulder Dam projects will be
members of the California delega
tion. Dr. Mead said.
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