Show CHILDREN DYING BYJ THOUSANDS IN L MEXICO F Famine amine and Suffering In n Capital C Carranza Wins Win in Sonora 0 v WASHINGTON Tut July State 1 10 State State de department de- de dispatches today from Nogales Nogales Nopales No- No gales pales confirmed earl early reports of ot the victory Ictor of ot Carranza troops over Villa forces at Sonora The triumphant forces took possession posse of ot Cananea American Consul SUliman Silliman reported the arrival of ot large quantities of ot food toad at Vera Vern Cruz and that wireless communication communication com corn between Vera Cruz and Mexico CIl City probably y v would uld be e es establIshed established es- es today by means or of the new now station at Chapultepec Installed by General Carranza Famine conditions In the capital are dE described by a Red Cross report retort received today Dated July 1 1 It says s smore more than women on th the previous lay day applied to the International International International committee for food tood tickets Only were available Where formerly OO people a a. day went to the slaughter house houle to get the tho blood that is saved and given away the report says there are ara aranow arenow arenow now 2000 daily besieging the the- gates Near there the other da day twenty peo- peo plo were seen struggling to get got piece of a dead horse Children Dead Infants In hi arms aro are given food tood entirely unsuited to them and the rate of ot Infant mortality consequently is very high The adulteration of flour Clour and other foods and the lm limitation limi lini- i- i tation of ot the coarser and ond poorer kin kinds s are causing much stomach trou trouble lc- lc The vastness of oC the tho misery already al at- at ready manifest makes makas the tho task of Telie relief re- re lie let lief almost hopeless From Interview with those who have havo been working at atthe atthe atthe the problem for tor weeks past poat all allot of the tho relief they ther can give is but a a. touch of 01 what needs to be he given In lii some ome cities such as Tampico and ind l. Cruz where thero there Is still some omo business s or favorable conditions east wages for da lay day labor J livo in increased In- In n- n eased creased so considerably that the rise In cost of ot food tood and amI depreciation of ot currency have not had such disastrous trous effect as 88 they have here hero in Ja n Mexico Cit City and In most moat parts ports of ot the country Change Chango for Worse One man vouched for tor as reputable and antl trustworthy who has hag Just re returned returned re- re turned from the United States by way Vt-ay of El Paso Torreon and other point points to o tho north reports a 0 marked change for or tho the worse has haa taken place through the ho region through which he passed paned in n the last three weeks He men- men Aguas Calientes as being in great distress The Tho acreage planted to corn com and other grains this year ear In Sn the great grut grain producing producing- states BUttes is limited Jt He said Estimates of this vary ary from 10 to o 50 per cent of ot tho ho normal as ns an average tho the most common being bring from 25 per cent My Iy own observation atlon a- a lon tion of ot tit fields between here and Vera Crux is IK not that over o half bait of ot the normal normal nor nor- mal rual in It planted Even If It all an this matures maurea ma- ma urea tUTta with a good yield and can CAD be behare har e harvested ted It Is going to be far tar from nd adequate lunte for future n needs s |