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Show STATE BORDER- I AGUA PRIETA, Sonora. April 15. ! (By Ther Associated Press). Military I forces of the new "republic of Sonora, ' have crossed tho state line of Sinaloa.1 captured two towns and are continu-; ing toward Culiacan, capital of tho neighboring slate, thus taking nitres-! sive action in the state's fight against' the Carranza government of Mexico. El Fuerta, one of the most Important-mining Important-mining camps in Sinaloa, about flf-, teen miles from the Sinaloa-Sonora j boundary, and San Bias, a. railroad i junction point, have fallen to the Sonora So-nora forces, according to official in- formation received here. j Six Other States Join Sonora. . Reports that six other statt-s, Mich-j oacan, Morelos, Tamaulipas, Tabasco, Campeche and Jalisco, had joined fcr-i ces with the Sonora movement against Carranza remained unconfirmed tonight. to-night. ! tt was Known inai agents anu svm-, pr.thizers with the Sonora movement v. ere active throughout the republic i seeking aid. Carranza Sending Troops. : Reports to military headquarters' here contained the Information that President Carranza plans to send thousands thou-sands of troops against Sonora In effort ef-fort to put down the uprising. Leaders Lead-ers of the Sonora movement declared that by this plan a new revolution has ' been born. j More than 3,000 troops already have entered Sinaloa, it was said, and among ! tnese is a large command of fully 1 equipped Yaqui Indians, who are conceded con-ceded to be among the best soldiers In Mexico. Other troops are being rushed to the Sinaloa forces and to guard the line between the two states. Four hundred troopa were erpcted j here tonight from Cjinanea to undertake under-take the dcfcr.so of Agua Prieta and ; the district between here and PulpitOj, Pass, through which, it was reported, ; Carranza intends sending an army in-1 to this district. There are more than , 500 Sonora troopa already stationed inj the pass and reinforcements are being sent there. Rushing to Pulpits Pass. To reach Pulpito Pass the Sonora tioops have a 'shorter march than Carranza Car-ranza troops marching from, Casas C-raudes. The Sonora troops have the; added advantage of having more water ( and forago en route for their troops and horses than the Carranza soldiers. . Sonora officials declared loda that, Carranza troops in Siuloa in large, numbers nre joining the Sonora for-; ces. It also was reported that the commanders and crews of the two Mexican Mex-ican gunboats Guerrero and Chiapas deserted to the Sonora government and placed both vessels at tne disposition! of General P. Elias Cahes, commander-in-chief. General Gomez Revolts. Military headquarters at Hermosillo j announced today that General Arnulfo1 Gomez, whd for several years nad beeu( in command of Mexican federal troops i in the state of San Luis Potosl ;iao revolted re-volted with his entire army and declared de-clared himself against Carranza. This announcement had been expected by Sonora officials. Gomez is a citizen of Sonora and it was stated he had 2.500 soldiers under his command who were recruited from Sonora. AH Sonora Is now under military pile. All 30 loons have been closcJ by Gen. Calles and rhe entire resources cf the stale are at flrr.t call of the a:-my. The Southern Pacific de Mexico, Mexi-co, an American-owned railroad, seized seiz-ed by the state government the day before be-fore the slate seceded to stop a strike or the road, is being used chiefly for the military and trains no longer run on schedules. Sonora officials at nil border points announced today that passporta issued by Carranza consuls in the United States for entry into Sonora will not be accepted by officials of the new republic. re-public. Instead they must be issued through Sonora officials. oo |