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Show PRIESTS STILL 1 HELD FORRANSOM i I General Obregon Holds 250 Catholic Clergy as Prisoners Pending Payment of $500.00. I os Angeles. Cal . March 9 An- 1 Bwering an inquin,' as to the present Status of the Catholic priests held for ransom In Mexico City. General j alvaro Obregon. commanding the Carranza Car-ranza rorcea at the Mexican capital, telegraphed to Adoifo Carrlllo, con- j stitutionallst representative here, today to-day that 250 Catholic clergymen were j hid and tnat they would be kept pris- 1 oners until they had paid him $500,- 000. I 'This is a church lax," Obregon s j j message read. It is due to the con-1 con-1 stitutionnlist government and must be paid. We need the money for food 'to relieve the suffering of the Mex-, Mex-, lean people here. il Obregon also telegraphed that ror- elgners in Hie Mexican capital were ; well protected, and that he would con- tinue to care for them." |