The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-12-03
. GENERALS TO DESERT
Mexican Regulars Will Leave
Huprta Forces and
Surrender.
NEWSPAPERS ASSAll L. :.
uuorta Fearing Blockade. Com
pels Deliveries Of Arms
mt Gulf Ports.

p p,s, Tex, Dec. Five mi,iion
,r NOR. than 81. 900, 900 gold. the
,.,o,er,v Of Gen. Luis Terrazas an aseo
= ,;,,list of Chihuahua. is being carried
.,,,,a from the city OF Chihuahua 10
.u,o,,can border by the Federal army
=, I, 500 men under Gen. Salvatore Me'-
a.so who evacuated the state capital
m Sunday and struck out for o''nasa'
,,,, "a word received this afternoon
tr Cen. Pancho villa at Juarez.
TIL. General and many relatives VINO
..,,,s been virtual prisoners in the capita'
for SIX months. nre with the Federa's'
N It 5 reported.
WIN the Federals out OF the capitai
,s psople Of Chihuahua sent a messenger
- lparez to-day TO invite Pancho >h'a'
ere ,sbe, chief, to come in and invest the
town with his army.
r,o messenger arrived in Juarez ths
! ming after making trip by automo-
,lo from Chihuahua city. and presented
s,c,cd address to villa inviting the
',,bel ,hiefta!n to the town. VIVA 'o~ueo
rs artillery and more cavalry on the
,.,,r. and said that he would start TO-
morrow morning for Chihuahua.
r.. enis.ary who came from Chihuahua
,.,,,,, N. report also that seven Gen.
..,,s Of the Mexican regular army are
.sdv to surrender and that the oaeNoohe
= the Huerta dictatorship IN 'he "'''"
as been broken
a., morrow night or Thursday morn
,, villa should be established III the
;o,s,nor's palace at Chihuahua city as
,ts now provisional Governor-General OF
if. late.
rou,tcco Years ago Villa was forced
- ae. from Chihuahua city as bandit
,f,.r killing an army officer Tor ihsui'ihg
L.s sister. and he has never been INSIDE
,rs ciiv slnce that time, except once. wheh
B.. sripned in and murdered the police
.,..f Tor threatening to kill him.
yr,i, service May Be Resumed.
within ten days regular train service
| o.r he resumed on the Mexican 'eh'ra'
| Railroad from Juarez to Torreon, SAID
,p, our forces control the entire ter
| ,,or,. now from the border OF Torreon. ana
a. vtlI repair the railway as soon as
possible
n This nrediction Is made good Torreon
u.u ~. in touch with the border at Juarez
for the first time In many months. Tor
,,on is 527 miles from Juarex ana Is
one Of the principal mining towns III
northern Mexico. 1t is the feeding point
for mines and emelters representing IN
,e.,m.nts of millions Of dollars.
food famine has threatened the in
q. bltants OF Torreon for several weeks as
,ns rebels hold It and the presence OF
FEDERAL troops at Chihuahua prevented
.Jpplios being shipped In.
so one knows yet whether or not
iiudad Juarez will be made provisional
capital of the Constitutionalst govern
,non, said Villa to-day. 1.-THE subject has
been discussed, but no definite decision
has been made. 1t is Just as probable
that the city Of Chihuahua will he made
q" capital.
Gen. carranza and I will discuss that
., Chihuahua in a few days. We VIII at
s.srrt TO restore communication between
',hs border and interior Mexico at once
\ and do everything we can to get business
rack 70 normal In the northern part OF
Mexico"
With the Federal column advancing to
fNnaca are 80 or so Chihuahua tamiiles
81 the upper class.
Column Two Miles Ions.
A.. we have been told" said villa, that
'oe retreating column is more than TWO
niles long. Vehicles of every description
are being used to convey the families who
n accompany the Huertistas.
1 Three or four hundred women and
children are fleeing with the Federals,
- course. II my men intercept the enemy
veulI see that the non n-combatants are
., placed In any danger"
Starvation WAS facing not only the
FEDERAL army at chihuahua but the
rsopIe ot the city and they appealed to
us military to abandon the place to the
rebels so as to prevent battle in the
Iosn and enable communication to be
RESTORED and food supplies brought In.
jTas 81, the story OF the messenger who
4 tame to invite villa to Chihuahua.
Cons. Marcclo Caraveo and Ynez Sala-
is-. VINO command division of the Fed
"al amy which was defeated last week
" Villas men south OF Juarez. never
'erurred to Chihuahua with their troops.
10, started for the Guerrero district Of
T. os,crn chihuahua with 500 or 900 men.
y rording to reports current among rebel
'''corg in Juarcz.
''ol Julio Acosta with 500 Constitu-
tprt sts is operating In the western pOr-
" = the Stale and the Federal soldiers
VI pHuhably run into him.
lie namea Col Manuel Mcdinaveyti
'-dty a. his chief Of staff in place OF
sH N Medina. who came tn III pasO
- D. rht and was arrested. A charge OF
''g.I + stolen money into the State was