Ogden Daily Standard | 1915-06-22 | Page 1 | Call for Relief

CALL FOR RELIEF I Approximately 30,000 fl Mexicans Face Starva- j tion in Guerrero I j District. It APPEAL" U. S. i Red Cross Doctor Sends Request for Immedi- j I ate Aid. .j II Bl Paso. Tex., June 22 General Thomas Ornelas, commanding offf-cer offf-cer at Juarez today, admitted that a fire last night at Chihuahua de-Btroyed de-Btroyed the city market. A report that a hospital building at Chihuahua also was destroyed and more than IO0 wounded burned was received here but authorities In Juarez denied de-nied knowledge of such an occurrence occur-rence 'A W S Lewis and ramlly, arrived from the Guerrero district near Ebano report that territory laid desolate by Carranza troops and approximately L 30,000 persons facing starvation. Lewis stated that eleven Americau , families were isolated at the Ascador colony adjoining the Guerrero dis- j trict Or C. F Braden, representative representa-tive of the American Red Cross, sent a request to Washington headquarters headquar-ters for immediate aid for the Guer- ' rero district. Military and civil authorities in j Juarez declined to discuss the arrival today of :100 wounded from the south. ' j They gave the- impression that the wounded were from battle.- of several i days ago. j ( y A private message received in Juan stated thai fighting had been resuun d Saturday night south of j Leon and that General Villa planned ; : to leave Lagos today to take active j command of the operations. jj