Salt Lake Tribune | 1916-07-09 | Page 3 | Protest Against Confiscation of Livestock

PROTEST AGAINST CONFISCATION OF LIVESTOCK NOGALES, Ariz., July 8. Representatives Representa-tives of American business Interests in Sonora are preparing a formal protest, to be filed with the department of state in Washington, against the confiscation of hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of livestock and other movable property by Mexican authorities, it was announced here tonight. Demands for indemnity In these cases will be coupled, It was said, with the claims for other large sums for damages inflicted by marauding bands who are overrun Ing outlying districts of Sonora while the troops are concentrated along the railroad. Among American interests that are said to have suffered heavily are the Drach-man Drach-man estate, between 2500 and 5000 head of cattle; Giroux Cattle company, more than 1000 head ; Cananea Cattle company, which markets more than 10,000 head annually; the Sherman ranch, near Cum-pas; Cum-pas; the Slaughter ranch, near Mocte-zuma, Mocte-zuma, and the West Coast Cattle company, com-pany, in the Altar district.