Show Obregon to Combat Water Shortage. . Mexico City. The gavity of the situation caused by ten watterless days here led to a protracted debate in the chamber of deputies with the result that a resolution passed authorizing author-izing President Obregon to use extraordinary extra-ordinary powers granted him by the constitution to commandeer all water supplies and to adopt any measures necessary to combat epidemics. It is expected that the president will order all artesian wells to be taken over and that the federal forces in the capital will be mobilized to enforce sanitary regulations. |