Show I t S Ji c W W S S S I- I I. I f farra I and Sonora Sonora S Troops Troops' Clashin Bordi Bord f I ITLE IS flING ON ONI c J SONORA I 3 f za Soldiers rs Fight p of New Republic j ag ig Sinaloa Sonora H. H Indians Join Them us I 1 t By ny Ass Associated Press I K 2 PRIETA Sonora April 14 Troops oopS of or the new republic of I n. e had their first battle ranza soldiers on t the e Sonora Sonora- onora- onora according to a received re- re ed cei here late today an earlier report from s 1 Military authorities said tie tle meant war between the i government and the seceding S No details of tho the battle were d a her here 1 ra array arny officers acting on orm or- or im rn Gen P. P Ellas Calles comin com com- iff in aro are fortifying the fonora Sonora frontier and also the tue passes leading from Chihua- Chihua anza troops already are en J om in m Casas Grandes Chihuahua 1 Agua gua Prieta it was said 1118 is said to have ed a a. torce orce to Blanco pass through o e Carranza soldiers must come comeIng hing Ing ng toward A Agua ua Prieta said id i'd id be bo impossible for or Carranza to break through Blanco pass oh ch h Agua Agun PrIta the Carranza I must lus m march overland miles mountainous and ind desert coun- coun i loons were ordered closed in ine Le e toda today b by General Calles Ho renewed efforts in recruiting t Four lour thousand recruits had he hc Sonora arii army in less than urs urs It was announced at mill mill- here herc or of the new republic here lave levo a civil war must settle the theto to lof states state's rights between Sod So- So d Cd the central government of of states state's rights caused io fo secede e when state I President Carranza had hadit it t to send federal cd ral troops into agaInst the wishes of oC the state before seceding said sending 8 s into the state slate would mean ir r. Immediately after arter the sel sc- sc l last sl Sa Saturday urda steps were taken talen l any Carranza Indians who havo have been at war against ag the tho Mexican goot gov- gov shave V t have made peace with the authorities and between four thousand red warriors will be 0 a. a a against C Carranza It was said saidI I ila lay day The military authorities timed an an army arny of more than QuId b bo bo- enrolled within a Week eek Sonora onora seceded ded Carranza lost is s greatest revenue producers p I K agricultural and mining din din- I the 1 c state and adjacent territory a large part of or the Mexican revenue el c ue Through Sonora ports more customs house fees were l J than on all the tho boundary tho United States and andI andi i I a Sinaloa and other western A It was pointed out havo have 1 1 peered l red prop proportionately to other I from front tho long years of or orI I on n and banditry In that counS coun- coun S for tor that reason Sonora is don den dc- dc n n shape to Wage age ale war waro warthe the tho o Carranza government than sr r section I iy y before the state seceded cd it d started tho operation of oC the tho de Mexico and AmenI Amerl- Amerl I ed railroad to break breal a strike of or the line lino which had hadI hadly hadly I ly disrupted service Tho The railI rail rail- I I ilch J runs ruis south Houth from NoS' NoS Nogales les at tt tho the service of or the tho military authorities and in 19 beo beto be- be l to to o rush rUth troops to the Sinaloa a I il I 1 Commander Jor North CIl Ap April il 14 H. Gen Man Manucl cl 4 commander of or the govern govern- opts in Chihuahua who was wan pd d ci from Guadalajara to confer ident dent Carranza on tho the sHua- sHua onora Sonora whore where a a. republic has hns larell lared left leU last ni night ht for fOt or tho the ere ho hu will Vill Immediately start cUe campaign t-n t against the thc r Iste r r. r tint first official war bulletin a chief of the prose taU taff SaR says say that a a. wireless as ins b len ben en received ed from torn rom Capt rn commander of or th the u lo stating that tho the s j ts l left luft t Gu and arrived aLa l r I J |