Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-12-04
STARVED OUT Of
CHIHUAHUA CITY
Metropolis of Northern Mexico
Is Evacuated by the Fed
eral Troops.
NEVER BEFORE IN REBEL HAHDS
Villa Asserts Advance to Mex
leo City Is Expected
Periodical Disappear
ance of Huerta.

$780,, ,,i. r., po.bor .b,,
,,a,,,, .,,,,o.io,, .t, c,dor,l troons bava
e,.a,,.ot,,1 CI,it,,nhua ,i+,. orcordirg to
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,i.,o ,uio tho robo, Leader Tho ovacua-
.i,,, Love, tho cit,. o,a,, to possossion nv
49,, ,..ho, 7,,o tov.n ,.as invested some
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| --b,, ro-,,r, roc,i,.d Ia. Villa eto+cs that
s,lvodo. ,Torc,do military. governor of
,be c+a+o ,vitb - Ooo fodsral troons had
lore ON foot for Oiinana on the United
rtotos bordor noar Mari, Texas that
Coz, roeo yroy S,lovor and poscual or
ozco with moro than I 600 fedoraIs had ro
treated To tho mountains west of tho citv
that hundreds of civilians including WON
on and children who were on the verge
nr starvation had started ont to walk to
tha United States bordar
BESIDES heinz tha can,ta1 Of the state.
chihuahua with - popuIation normally
of 5000. is the METROPOLIS of northern
Mexico. Neither in the Madero revolu-
lion nor in the nrosent UPRISING has
Chihuahua been taken from the federals
Its garrison and the commanding posi-
t'ons for sharpshooters and machine guns
afforded by the Cathedral and the public
buildings heretofore had presented a
formidable barrier to invaders Had the
rebels reached the city and the federas
resisted it was believed a fight would
have resulted in great loss of life and
propcrty.
Conditions i'm the city were said to he
such that life there was no longer en-
durable. The Spanish viaduct which con-
veycd water was reported to have hcon
destroyed and the food supply exhausted.
General villa Tonight tclegraphed de-
tails OF the evacuation to General Car
rama at HernosiIlo stating the proposed
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,/a,a.ocos and o,,o.o,i,ns ,.o,,ld hogir
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properties were insured III an hhsnsh
company against lootlHE'
HUERTA FURNISHES \ THRILL
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