Mt. Pleasant Pyramid | 1915-06-25 | Page 3 | Rescue Force is Sent to Mexico

RESCUE FORCE IS SENTTf MEXICO THREE CRUISERS SENT TO TOBAR BAY TO RELIEVE SETTLERS MENACED BY YAQUIS. Indians Seek to Expel Settlers From Land Which is Said to Have Been Taken From Them by the Diaz Administration. San Diego, Cal. Peril of American settlers in the Yaqui valley of Sonora brought orders Thursday for the dispatch dis-patch of three cruisers for the west coast of Mexico and authorization to Admiral Thomas B. Howard to land an expeditionary force if he thinks best. The flagship Colorado sailed first, under orders from Washington, carrying three companies of the Fourth regiment, United States marine corps, under Major W. N. McKelvyT Somewhere off the coast of Lower California the radio began snapping back orders from the admiral, which started the protected cruiser Chattanooga Chatta-nooga after the Colorado. The protected pro-tected cruiser -Raleigh was also or dered to sail. All three were destined for Tobar bay, near Guaymas, railroad terminus and seaport in Sonora. Ninety miles' southeast of Guaymas is Esperanza where an American colony, which has successfully resisted attacks of Yaqui Indians. The Indians, who have declared de-clared their independence, seek to expel ex-pel settlers from land, which is said to have been taken from the Yaquis under the administration of President Porfirio Diaz. . They were reported to have withdrawn to the mountains. The three cruisers have available for landing purposes 100 officers and men besides the marines.