Mountain advocate., 1913-12-05
FLEE CITY
GOVERNOR OF CHIHUAHUA IN
FLIGHT WITH TROOPS TOWARD
U. s. LINE.
MEXICO CRISIS is NEAR
Report From Huerts's Capital Says
Urrutis VIII Head Cabinet Of
cobernacion--Rebels Seek to Re
open v. s. Negotiations.

Mexico City, Dec, at can be said
on the highest authority that a crisis
is expected within two OF three days
and that Urrutla will head the new
cabinet as minister of goberna-
cion.
The report that President Huerta
had fed from the capital and country
is untrue. He reappeared at the pal
ace on Monday, after passing few
hours on farm near the city.
A provisional contract between the
Mexican minister OF war and firms Of
Vienna and Berlin, signed, calls for
80, 900 rifles and 100, 100000 cartridges
William Black signed for the firms.
Houston. Tex, Dec. 3.-Henry Allen
Upper received from Nogales. Sonora,
a telegram signed ~. Carranza." re-
questlng him to return to that place
"as soon as possible" II Is belived
this means a reopening Of rebel nego
tiations with the United States gov
eminent.
Juarez, Mex, Dec. 3.-Rather than
suffer starvation the federal Mexican
troops have evacuated Chihuahua City.
which has been under siege for weeks,
according to advices received on Mon
day by Gen. Francisco Villa, a rebel
leader. The evacuation left the city
open to possession by the rebels.
The report received by villa said
that Salvador Mercado. military COVER
nor OF the state, with 1000 federal
troops, had left Chihuahua on foot for
Ojinaga, on the United States border,
near Maria, Tex; that Gems. Jose
Ynez Salazar and Pascual Orozco with
more than 1000 federals. had retreat
ed to the mountains west of the city
and that hundreds OF civilians. includ-
ing women and children, who were on
the verge of starvation. had started to
walk to the United States border.
Neither in the Madero revolution nor
in the present uprising has chihuahua
been taken from the federals. Its gar
rison and the commanding positions
for sharpshooters and machine guns
afforded by the cathedral and public
midable barrier to invaders.
General Villa telegraphed details OF
the evacuation to General CarranZa at
Hermosillo, saying the proposed ad-
vance Of the rebels southwark TO Mex
leo City would now be expedited. The
possession of Chihuahua. he said.
would make rebel territory of the
country straight through to Zacatecas
and operations would begin about that
city and at Aguas Calientes.
General Villa said FREDERICK Moye. a
prominent merchant. had been named
civil governor of chihuahua state. He
added:
I'VE will be nearing Mexico City
within a month"
Five hundred thousand dollars
worth of provisions and clothing and
100000 in the Banco of Minero were
confiscated at Juarez by Villa to sup
port the rebels.
Max Weber. German consul. denied
that Gen. Francisco Castro. former
federal commander, was a refugee in
his home.
Il have not seen Castro since the
day before the fight, more than two
weeks ago" said Mr.. Weber. Nor do
know where he is hiding"
The Mexican federal gunboats Tam
pico and Guerrero bombarded the port
of Altata, in the state of Sinaloa, again
Sunday and destroyed the entire city.
not building being left intact.
Washington. Dec. 3.-How the
American border patrol has found 1t
well-nigh impossible to enforce the
embargo against shipment OF arms and
ammunition from Texas into Mexico
was described In a report from Brig
adler General Bliss, commanding the
forces on the border.
General Bliss complained of the
vagueness of the law. declaring the
instructions to the army were so gen
eral that too much of task was i'm
posed on the troopers and junior off,
GERS