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Show SONORA CITIZENS m PREPARE TO FIGHT AMERICAN TROOPS DOUGLAS, Ariz., June 17. The civil-inn civil-inn population of Sonora is arming itself, it-self, according to official statements today to-day of Ives G. Lelevior, Mexican consul here, preparatory to re pell ins; any attempted at-tempted agression by the I'Mtcd States. Local feeling is high, but well under control of the officials. Added precautious precau-tious have been taken by the military authorities to prevent any outbreaks on this side of the lino in the event of hostilities. hos-tilities. General Callow's entire force in So-nora So-nora is estimated at from ld.ddO to 20,-OV'jJ. 20,-OV'jJ. men. mostly infantry. The larger pa it of the army is in central and southern Sonora engaged in the Vaqui Indian campaien. General Callcs telegraphed General Aniult'o Gome, at Agua Prietu last iiiuht that he would leave JLIcrmosillo today j for the border, expecting to arrive in Ai;ua Priota Jlonday to take personal co7itrol over the border situation. Consul Lelevier reiterated today that General Callcs has given his personal guarantee of safe escort to the border to all foreigners desiring to leave the country. Eighteen hundred de faoto JCcxican .;n ali vmen, wlio have been camped for two months at Cuchuta, thirty-rive miles south of here on the .Nueozari railroad, started eastward today toward Carctns pa?s through which they could gain access ac-cess to Chihuahua, according to Americans Ameri-cans arriving from the south. Colonel Gabriel Jimenez is reported in command. com-mand. It is said officially in Agua Prieta that these troops arc going to Naeozari, but men who say they met them on the road sav they wore traveling away from Naeozari, riding southeast instead of south. Volunteers Inspected. The first Arizona volunteers were inspected in-spected ami addressed today by Governor Govern-or W. P. Hunt of Arizona and Adjutant General Charles YV. Harris at their camp here. Unconfirmed rumors of demonstrations demonstra-tions to be held in several of the larger towns of Sonora against American occupation oc-cupation increased local uneasiness to-ui-ht. Kour Mexicans were killed and three wounded when Nina Kiojo, a small village vil-lage near Baviacora. on the Sonora river, was captured late last week by a band of Vaijiii Jndians under command nf the Mexican renegade Huero. according accord-ing to Americans arriving here today. Kour other Mexicans were killed the Mime day at Ponerto Tizanado, another near-by settlement. Baviaeora. which is an import ant town, was attacked early Priday niorn- ing of last week, the Indians succeeding in gaining foothold in the outskirts of the town. Keports are conflicting as to casualties, one report saying that several sev-eral Mexicans were killed and wounded and another that the Yaquis merely I raided to obtain food. Ke vised estimates of the number of Yaquis engaged in raiding in northern Sonora place the number at approximately approxi-mately 500. The Americans say that signal fires are kept burning nightly on the high mountains by the Indians. The chief scene of the Indian activity is from Ures to Huepac on the Sonora river and on the eastern bank of the Sonora river. Although they have been reported to be in the vicinity of Mocte-zuma, Mocte-zuma, no raids have occurred in that vicinity vi-cinity as yet. |