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Show Mexican Insurgents Will Join In Sonora Hard Traveling Juarez, Mexico, Aug. 5. Inez Salazar, the rebel leader responsible for the disarming of tho American colonists, is heading for tho border with 1,000 rebels and Is destroying the Moxlco Northwestorn railway as he goes In this way he hopes to delay pursuit by the two federal armies which temporarily pocketed him at Casas Grandes. Tho oncoming insurroctos will join their chief, Pas-cual Pas-cual Orozco, who with about 300 men, remains here. Salazar's arrival at Juarez will combine com-bine practically all tho rebels operating operat-ing in Chihuahua and tho next problem prob-lem would bo to proceed successfully into Sonora, tho border state where other rebel groups are operating. On account of the scarcity of water the trip along the international line Is almost al-most impossible. Tho Mexico Northwestern railway, which will be destroyed is a Canadian Cana-dian and American owned railroad of the Pearson corporation. It is reported re-ported that tho rebels made a demand on the Pearson Lumber company at Pearson would bo burned f the money was not delivered. Wandering over the plains somewhere some-where between tho Casas Grandes district and the American border are 100 Americans. They came from the colonies of Juarez and Dublan. After sending their wives to El Paso they preferred the hardships of an overland over-land journey of 200 miles to the dangers dan-gers of traveling by train through rebel reb-el territory. With the safe arrival at the border of this group of refugees practically all the American settlers will have quit Mexico. Rebels Desert Los Angeles. Los Angeles, Aug. 5. The desertion deser-tion of Ixs Angeles and tho making of El Ceutro and Brawley, in the Imperial Im-perial valley, the headquarters of tha Mexican rebel Junta, Is the latest move of the followers of Orozco. according ac-cording to Pero Martin, special Mexican Mex-ican government secret service agent, who returned today from an investigating investi-gating trip In the valley. Senor Martin primarily was trying to find tho whereabouts of the so-called so-called rebel bandit chicr, do la Toba, and found him strongly entrenched near the boundary line. According to Martin, a junta has been established at Centro and another an-other at Brawley. both serving the same interests, and being in charge of friends of Rioardo Flores Magon and his brothor, who are now serving a sentonce in tho federal prison at McNeill's island, Washington, for violation vio-lation of the neutrality law. Do la Toba, according to Martin, has a band of well armed Yaquis In El Cajon valley, and has fortified his position so that It would take a small army to dislodge him. He is wanted by the Mexican government on cbargos of murdor, arson and 10b-bery. |