The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-02
They Desert State Capt.
tai Before Oncoming
Rebels.
SAFETY SOUGHT
TOWARD BORDER
Rumor Of Bloodless Victory for
General Villa Seems Well
Founded-Federal General
Salazar and His Follow
ers Said to Have Gone
Into Mountains.

! Especial Gable to Tho Times -Dispatchl
| FL Paso. Texas, December l.-That
| Chihuahua has been evacuated by tho
Federal forces under General Salvador
Mercado. and the entire Federal force
| is moving northeastward toward tho
border east of Juarcz, is the substance
OF Il wcil-fcundcd report which reached
General Villa at Juarez Tonight The
report said that tho "cientifico" fami-
lies Of Chihuahua, including that OF
General Luis Tcrrazas. and many others
were accompanying tho Federal col
uInn to tho border, hoping to enter
the United States.
! II is also said that the city of Chi
huahua had been occupied by Con-
stitutionalist forces under General
Manuel Chao.
/ Americans who came from Chihua-
hua this afternoon passed Il long line
! OF vehicles carrying hundreds of fam
lilies from chihuahua to tho border.
The families Were carrying with them
food and clothing. what little they
could, and were travelling horseback,
on mules and burrows In coaches and
by every means OF conveyance which
they could obtain. They intend TO
pass through Villa Ahumada- and turn
there TO the northeast over the old Villa
.ahumada- Guadalupe road TO strike the
international border at Guadalupe and
/ enter the United States.
The movement of families from the
city Of chihuahua has placed additional
credence In the report that Federals
have evacuated the State capital.
VIII Not Change Plans.
The report OF the evacuation OF Chi
huahua will not cause Villa to change
his plans. He has not changed his
mind vet as to the campaign against
Chihuahua, and Will continue his pre-
parations until he learns definitely
whether or not the town has been
evacuated.
! It announced tonight that he would
I not Ie:Ive j tfasSsa iirst;l Ti i1rsday, when
! the headquarters. rfaih Will leave for
/ tho south with the bulk of Constitu
tionalist troops now in Juarez.
\ work train with n guard OF Con-
! stitutionalist soldiers moved south
from .Iuarcz this morning, but no troop
trains We're sent out, although one was
made UP in the Mexican Central Rail
road yards. and was ready to leave II
the command for il to go should be
given Tho train was stocked with
supplies. hut the troops We're not
aboard.
The vanguard OF Villas army. which
spent sunday ut Rancheria. is moving
slowly to the south on horseback 1t
was reported to-day to have arrived
nj villa Ahumada and Will continue It's
journey south overland.
a report was received ut General
&
General Jose Ynez Salazar with his
volunteer Federal force had gone into
/ the mountains in the Casas Grandes
district. and had resumed the guerrilla
warfare which he carried on before the
Incorporation Of the rebel forces into
the Huerta governments volunteer
army. The other E'edcrals who were
at Villa Ahumada are reported TO have
gone south in IN effort TO rejoin the
Federal forces. which are reported to
have evacuated chihuahua.
May BE Intercepted.
villa said to-day that If il is true
that Salazar has returned TO the Casas
Grandes district, that he will soon be
reckoned with, he hnd message
from Julio Acosta. the Sonora leader,
| who said he had arrived at MADEIRA
| with his 300 troops. Acosta was NOV
ms north, according 10 the advices he
sent 10 Villa. ana will intercept
Salazar.
General Villa was in conference all
day with Francisco Escudcro. Car
ranZa's Minister of Foreign Affairs and
FINANCE. The Coustitutionalst leader
and the Carranza Cabinet officer took
lunch together at the home OF General
! i'eheVldes, in Juarez. at noon. at which
many of the prominent Constitutions
alist commanders and political leaders
We're present. Among them were J. n
-Nnador. legal adviser of the ConstitI,-
tiohalist junta at FL Paso, and Sylves-
ter Terr2nza, who has been spoken of
as possible candidate for the pro
Nlsional governorship OF chihuahua
Minister I;scudcro invited the news
paper men TO the luncheon, as he said
ne wanted to show the people that the
reports which have been given
publicity that there was friction
between the other Constitutionalist
leaders and General Villa were
false There seemed 10 be the utmost
cordlality between General Villa and
the other leaders and many times at
the luncheon General Villa declared
himselt as being subject to General
CarranZa and all of the Superior Off
GERS OF the Constitutionalist movement
III everything which was for the nd
Nancement OF the cause and the over
throw of tho nucrta regime.
Difficulties of Soldiers.
Washington, d. c.. December I-IIov
inc American border patrol has found
1T wcll-nigh impossible to enforce tho
embargo against the shipment OF arms
ana ammunition into Mexico was de-
scribed In report from Brigadicr- Gen
oral Bliss. commanding the forces on
tho border, made public to day at tho
war Department. Practically the en-
lire population along the international
line, tho report said is in sympathy
With the Mexican rebels, and as a re-
-. f";.. re upanAiti2S OF war munitions