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the Saltillo Monterrey line. Near
ly 300 prisoners were reported tak
en.
In Sinaloa, columns of rebel
troops were reported advancing
along the railway to Mazatlan. hav
ing already passed through Culi
acan.
Juarez, captured by rebels Friday
after a hot fight, was quiet but fed
eral predictions were that it would
be back under government control
shortly.
Federal authorities in Baja Cali
fornia were preparing an offensive
against the rebels in northwest So
nora and there were some indica
tions that airplane raids might be
made on Nogales, Sonora.
The insurgents in Sonora said
that a representative would leave
for Washington on Sunday as envoy
of their state. The purpose of the
mission was not disclosed.
almazan pursues
ESCOBAR S FORCES
MONTERREY. Mex., March 9.—
Of)—General Andreu Alamazan.
commander-in-chief of loyal forces
in this sector, late today was mov
ing his way eastward toward Sal
tillo, in which vicinity he expects
the decisive battle of the revolution
to be fought, as fast as rail facili
ties wrill permit.
General Alamazan said that he
planned to throw his forces against
those of General Gonzalo Escobar,
rebel leader wfho retreated from
Monterrey to Saltillo, at the earli
est possible moment.
The army is moving on top of
box cars, inside of which its hor
ses are quartered.
The general accompanied a rep
resentative of The Associated Press
on an inspection of the loading op
erations. He a peared very tired
and worn out, but talked freely and j
confidently of the campaign. He
and his men believe that General
Escobar’s raid and brief stay at
Monterrey were made with the ob
ject of obtaining funds with which
to operate. Reports said that one
of the Monterrey banks had been
looted.
The time and scene of the first
big battle of the campaign, General
Alamazan said, depends entirely on
General Escobar. He can either
make a stand at Torreon, or Sal
tillo, or retreat into Chihuahua
state. It was impossible to esti
mate the* size of the federal force
moving from here, and beyond say
ing he had “plenty” General Ala
mazan would not comment on the
size of his army. He said that he
expected that another army, now
moving from Zacatecas would
strike Escobar’s army from the
south and east.
The population here seems dis
gusted with the fighting and indif
ferent. On the night of the capture
of the city, which was completed
about 7:30, two semi-public dances
were held. Residents say that the
revolutionists got very few volun
teers here and that the federals
have had little better luck, recruit
ing only a few adventurers.
REBELS MARSHAL
NORTHERN FORCE
NOGALES. Ariz.. March 9.—UP)—
Revolutionary chiefs in northern
Mexico tonight were marshaling
forces for battle with the strong
government armies moving in to
halt a rebel leaders at Nogales, So
nora, reported today another suc
cessful engagement in the state of
Chihuahua and said that General
Ramon F. Iturbe was preparing to
attack retreating federal forces in
the state of Sinaloa, which have
taken a st/nd at the west coast sea
port of Mazatlan. .
General Marcelo Carveo, governor
of Chihuahua, General Alberton
Amavo and General Urbajelo were
declared to be planning a consoli
dated their forces for an advance
into central Mexico.
Rebel cavalry under Generals Luis
Ibarra and Carlos Espinosa clashed
with federals at Rancho Ojo, Cali
ente, Chihuahua, and put them to
route after taking 300 prisoners, said
advices received by General Fran
cisco Borquez, rebel commander in
northern Sonora. The cavalry was
part of the army of General J. G.
Escobar.
Escobar in a message to 3orquez
said arms and ammunition also
were taken in the fight. He re
ported that “following the civilized
proceeding” established at Mon
terrey, the lives of all prisoners were
spared. General Escobar captured
Monterrey early in the week but
later evacuated the city.
“The enemy could not resist our
men in their onslaught,” the mes
sage read, adding that other enemy
detachments “will be actively pur
sued.”
On the Sinaloa front, General Ca
rillo was reported to have 2,500 fed
eral troops stationed in fortified po
sitions at Mazatlan, awaiting the
large rebel column under General
Iturbe nearing the seaport.
Rebels were in control of Culi
acan, capital of Sinaloa, and de
tachments of their troops marched
through that city on their way
south for the expected battle at
Mazatlan. Railroad tracks destroy
ed by the retreating government
forces were rapidly being repaired,
General Iturbe advised.
Government Set Up
The rebel general announced he
had established military headquar
ters in Culiacan and that Celso
Gaxiola, attorney, had been named
provisional governor of Sinaloa.
General Iturbe said he was well
supplied with cash and that the
move on Mazatlan was part of the
! general plan for the drive on Mex
ico City.
The threatened air attack on No
gales, Sonora, across the bordei
from here, by government plane*
from Baja California, Loyal, failed
to materialize. Destruction of two
planes in a fire at the Mexicali air
port was thought to have dismissed
the chances that the federal gov
ernor, Rodriguez, would send air
men to bomb the rebel stronghold in
Nogales.
Announcement was made that Ig
nacio Soto of Agua Prieta would be
sent to Washington as an envoy of
the revolutionary government of
Sonora.
Revolt leaders today claimed to
control the state of Sonora. Chihua- j
hua, Coahuila, Sinola, Durango and !
San Luis Potosi.
Gov. Rodriguez announced that |
his officers had arrested Colonel !
Carlos Lopez in Baja California and
were holding him on suspicion.
Lopez was implicated in an attempt i
two years ago to smuggle arms
across the international border. He
recently was released from McNeil
penitentiary.
CALLES FORCE NEAR
ZACATECAS CAPITAL
MEXICO CITY, March 9.-(/P)
Rolling up toward the insurgent
northwest with “the greatest Mex
ican army” organized since 1915,
General Plutarco Elias Calles, su
preme federal war lord, tonight
massed his troops in the vicinity
of Zacatecas, capital of the itate '
of Zacatecas, for what was expect
ed to be the most decisive battle
thus far.
The end of the first week of the
revolt and the opening of its sec
ond stage found rebel forces ad
vancing southward in central and
northwest Mexico with the pros
pect of establishment of an actual
war front in the states of Sina
loa, Durango and Zacatecas.
The latest government com
munique said the slow southward
advance of the rebels along the
Pacific coast had been checked in
Sinaloa, presumably in the vicin
ity of Culiacan. The federals were
reported still In control of the port
of Mazatlan and the government
was so confident in the strength of
its defense that its communique
said: “The rebels will never reach
Mazatlan.”
Rebels Move South
Meanwhile 300 miles directly in
land insurgents led by General
Urbalejo were reported to have ad
vanced southward to Canitas in the
state of Zacatecas. This Is a
strategic position because it affords
opportunity to withdraw either to
Torreon or Durango. The govern
ment announced that General Cal
les had reached Zacatecas, less
than 100 miles south of Canitas,
with cavalry, infantry and artil
lery, numbering about 18,000 men.
Forces commanded by Urbalejo
were believed to be much smaller.
The government pointed out that
another very likely contact point
is the city of Torreon to which the
rebel general Escobar fell back four
days ago after being driven from
Monterey. Federal forces led by
General Juan Andrea'i Almazan
and General Eulogio Ortiz have
consolidated at Saltillo to the west,
but their advance on Escobar is
slow because of jtorn up railroad
lines, it was said.
Hunt Vera vtuz Rebels
At present the strategy of Gen
eral Calles seems to be to force
t
General Urbalejo from Canitas,
which would clear the railroad line
to Torreon and give opportunity to
attack that point simultaneously
with Almazan and Ortiz.
The Vera Cruz campaign has de
generaed into a rebel hunt. The
federal forces are pursuing Gen
eral Jesus M. Aguirre in an at
tempt to prevent his reaching asy
lum in Central America. The com
plete collapse of this threat against
the capital enabled General Calles
to leave for the north late last
night.
Chapultepec Castle, residence of
President Portes Gil, for the past
week had been the seat of the su
preme war council which now is
likely to be transferred of the field.
Activity about the castle had less
ened noiceably today while the gen
eral life of the capital continued
orderly and undisturbed.
JUAREZ RETURNING
TO NORMAL STATE
By EDWARD F. NELSON
(Associated Press Staff Writer.)
EL PASO, March 9.—(JP)—Battle
scarred Juarez, historic city of the
Rio Grande, was putting itself in
order today while visitors flocked
from the American side and saw
only shattered windows, broken
signs and bullet-pocks in the walls
of buildings as evidence of yester
day's sanguinary clash which placed
revolutionary forces in power at
Juarez.
Business was resumed today, ex
cept in banks and the Tivoli gam
bling house, which remained closed.
The jail was empty. Federal
authorities turned loose 90 prison
ers, including 30 held for major of
fenses, soon before the rebel guns
spat down the principal streets of
the city in the conflict.
Rebels Entrenched
Rebel forces, in complete control
of the city after the skirmish which
lasted five hours yesterday morn
ing. were stationed at Fort Hidalgo
and other strategic points, appar
ently prepared for any attempt by
the government to retake the city,
although none was—at least not
momentarily — expected. Federal
forces, driven from the city, were
interned at Fort Bliss in El Paso.
A revised casualty list today
showed that the total number of
dead on both sides was 12 with 29
wounded.
The death of Teddy Barnes, an
American, popular bartender at the
Mint Cafe in Juarez, was mourned
on both sides of the border. Barnes
was hit by a stray bullet while in
his room.
Fcderals Interred
The interned government forces
at Fort Bliss were wondering how
long they would have to remain in
American custody. Brigadier Gen
eral George Van Horn Moseley,
commandant at Fort Bliss, said he
had received no word from Wash
ington after having reported that
the Mexicans were interned at their
own request. Officials in the fed
eral building here expressed the
view that the United States govern
ment would permit the return of
the federal soldiers into Mexico in
the near future.
One of the interned men, a lieu
tenant. died today of injuries re
ceived in the battle. Three others,
wounded, were transferred to the
fort hospital.
The funeral of Captain Jose Pa
redes. only rebal officer to fall in
the fight, was held today in Juarez,
j The 70th regiment followed his
! hearse through the streets. Cap
j tain Paredes’ body lay in state in
| the city hall in the morning and
i hundreds viewed the body.
Juarez Officials on Job
General Marcelino Murrieta, in
! charge of the rebel forces in Juarez
took over the customs house and
established headquarters there.
General Miguel Valle leader of the
troops which vanquished the fed
eral army in Juarez yesterday, occu
pied Fort Hidalgo.
Customs Collector Luis Aragon
and Chief of Immigration Limon,
wire government officials, were said
i to be in refuge in El Paso. Juan
B. Loris, customs appraiser, is tem
porarily in charge of immigration,
General Murrieta said.
Every official will continue to
! hold office in Juarez unless he is
| found unfit under the dictum of
! General Murrieta. Mayor Agustin
I Op.llo and Chief of Police Albino
Frias and their assistants still were
in office. Uniformed policemen
natrolled the streets and ordinary
tranquility prevailed.
Trains Running
Mayor Gallo, J. M. Cardenas,
state tax collector and Lieutenant
Colonel Jose Chavez were arrested
| by federals Thursday night and held
prisoner 24 hours. Cardenas, hke
Gallo, was restored to office by the
rebels.
Trains were running from Juarez
as far south as Torreon todav.
Manuel Villareal, who was made
acting chief of police by rebels
Thursday, could not be found today.
He is under indictment in El Paso
for murder in connection with a
holdup in 1925.
Chief of Police Frias said Villareal
would be arrested if he is found
anywhere in Mexico.
ALMAZAN LOYAL,
FEDERALS ASSERT
NOGALES, Ariz., March 9.—(ff)—
The Mexican federal government in
a mesage to Mexican Consul Vas
quez here today, denied that Gen
eral Juan A. Almazan, in charge of
federal troops at Vera Cruz, has de
serted to the rebel forces. The mes
sage said that General Almazan
now is in pursuit of General Esco
bar. rebel leader in Chihuahua, who
is in full flight, the mesage ended.
In dispatches which rebel leaders
earlier in the day said they had in
tercepted from federal lines of com
munication, the government Was
quoted as admitting the desertion of
General Almazan. He was named
among a group of revolutionary
generals against whom President
Portes Gil was reported to be plan
ning a strong offensive.
TENSION LESSENED
IN WASHINGTON
WASHINGTON, March 9.—UP)—
An appreciable lessening of tension
over the Mexican situation wras no
ticeable today, but high officials
were not prepared to make any pre
dictions as to the outcome of the
Mexican civil strife.
Dispatches from Mexico led to be
lief that the government was im
proving its position not alone in the
Vera Cruz area, where an envelop
ing movement against the rebels is
in progress, but also to the north
ward, revolutionists stronghold.
President Hoover is following this
first international problem of his
administration closely and is acting
quickly as decisions are necessary.
The United States has authorized
purchase, in this country, of muni
tions of war and airplanes by the
Mexican government, while denying
such privilege to the rebels.
Hoover conferred today with Sec
retaries Kellogg and Good on de
velopments in the southern republic.
The secretary of state said after
ward that there was no cause for
alarm while the war secretary said
the Mexican federal situation seem
ed improved.
The Mexican request that the war
department sell to it 10,000 rifles
and a quantity of ammunition will
be granted, but there has been no
decision yet as to whether these will
be shipped by water to Tampico or
some other Mexican port or sent
over the border by rail.
There were reports that Mexico
might ask permission to move the
federal garison now under guard at
Fort Bliss to Laredo, via American
soil, but no such request has been
received by Washington.
REBEL CHIEF PURSUES
FLEEING FEDERALS
NOGALES. Ariz., March 9.—(/P)~
A dispatch to the Nogales Herald
here today said that General Ra
mon F. Iturbe, commander-in-cihef
of the revolutionary forces now
stationed at Culiacan. Sinaloa, ex
pects to overtake retreating federal
troops under General Jaime Carillo
near Mazatlan tonight.
General Iturbe is prepared for an
encounter, the dispatch said.
Wurzbach Released
On Bond of $2,500
After His Arrest
SAN ANTONIO. March 9.—(JFh
Congressman Harry M. Wurzbach
was released under bond of $2,500
after his arrest here today by Dep
uty United States Marshal White,
on an indictment returned last
week in Waco by a federal grand
jury.
Wurzbach was indicted cn six
counts and the case against him
has been transferred from Tic
Waco to the San Antonio federal
court. One of the counts alleges
that he accepted $100 June 2?
1926, from H. M. Holden, at tt
time United States district afl
ney at Houston, as a contrib ;
for political purposes during I .
primary campaign that yeH^Pn
violation of a federal statute.
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CAPT. HAWKS HERE FROM HOUSTON
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Capt. Frank M. Hawks (right) of Houston, Texas, flew to Erowns
ville from Houston Saturday to attend the celebration here. Hawks
and New York. O. F. Grubb, left, is Hawks’ mechanic,
recently established a new flying speed mark between Los Angeles
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