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Show REBEL BASE NO PER Juarez, Center of Mexican Mexi-can Revolts, Becomes a Little Town. Jaure7:, Mexico, July 15. Bullet-scarred Bullet-scarred Jaurcz, onco the battle ground where Madero won his revolution against Diaz, also birthplace of tho present revolt and chief cause of International In-ternational apprehension, may be had for the asking before tho end of this week. All indications today pointed to an early evacuation by the rebols of the border town opposite El Paso. Less than 400 men guard the town now and preparations are being made for their removal 111 miles southwestward to Casas Graudes, the new rebel base on the Mexican Northwestern railroad. rail-road. General Pascual Oimco, Jr., the rebel chiof; his father, Colonel Pas cual Orozco, Sr., and his nephew Colonel Jose Orozco, are the only rebel leaders In town All other officers of-ficers and their men hae been sent to Casas Grande3 The detachments still operating along the Mexican Central Cen-tral south of here are merely occupied occu-pied with tearing up the railroad They will ride overland to Casas Grandes when their work Is done General Orozco, It Is annpunced will go south to Join these forces in three or four days. Many offers arc coming to General Orozco to help him make a get-away. Several ambitious Americans, belicv -Ing Orozco has amassed a private fortune of a half million dollars in the revolution business, have ap: proached him with schemes of various vari-ous kinds. There is no charge against General Orozco or his family on the American side of tho line, but apprehension appre-hension that an extradition case may be trumped up on technical grounds has kept the male members of the Orozco family from crossing into the United States ever since the revolution revolu-tion began. As a port of entry and base of sup-olies, sup-olies, particularly for ammunition. Jaurez has proven of mistaken value The rebels now are after Agua Pricta, opposite Douglas, Ariz., and Col. Castula Horrera and thirty of his ex pert ammunition getters are en route there now behind a robel force that -intends to fight Its way through tho state of -Sonora toward tho American Ameri-can border. When the federals concentrate con-centrate enough forces to chase the rebels from Agua Prieta, the robe1 plan Is to evacuate again and run toward the Pacific coast, taking Guay-rnas Guay-rnas and other ports from which to gain supplies The guerrilla warfare war-fare Is Intended to be a "hit and run" affair throughout northwestern Mexico. Mex-ico. The rebels now are gathering cattle and provisions around Casas Grandes for their westward meander-ings. meander-ings. Stories of loot and confiscation in that region continue to come in, the Madera company and the Mexican Mexi-can Northwestern railroad being the principal sufferers nn |