Salt Lake Tribune | 1917-03-25 | Page 26 | Says Rebels are Running Rampant

SAYS REBELS IE . , RUNNING RAMPANT Conditions in Mexico Are Graphically Described in Letter. Special to The Tribune. ' PROVO, March 24. Mrs. Benjamin Cluff has received a letter from her husband, who is in charge of a. ranch at iluimaneuillo, Tabasco, Mexico. The letter was dated February 2S, Mr. ClulT ys the country is overrun with revolutionists; revolu-tionists; three previous letters which he tried to send wore intercepted by the revolutionists and failed to go through. On January 30 n company of revolutionists revolu-tionists went to the ranch and took eighteen horses, a .addle and some other property. They demanded 5000 pesos from Mr. Chill', who did not happen to have that amount with him, and told his visitors so. They took him, instead of the money, but" later permitted him to go. . . Two sons of Mr. Garrett, who is in chargo of the Utah-Mexican Rubber company's property, joined the revoht-tionists'and revoht-tionists'and have been killed, according to Mr. ('luff, and Mr. Garrett is in hiding, hid-ing, fearing a similar fate. Mr. t:lufl' admits that times are somewhat exciting there, hut soys he has no fears of losing his life, tie has been in Mexico for many years and has become used to the way they do things there.