Omaha daily bee., 1915-01-20
VILLA WILL GIVE UP
CAPITAL TO FORTIFY
HIMSELF In NORTH
Evacuation of Mexico City and Cam
paign to Strengthen Position in
Old Stamping Grounds
Expected.
oBREG0N APPROACHING GOAL
General Offices of National Rail-
ways Given Orders to Move
from Metropolis.
GUTIERREZ GOES TO PACHUCA


WASHINGTON. Jan. 1s.-Evaeuation of
Mexico City by General Francisco Villa.
and a campaign to strengthen his position
in his old stamping grounds in the north
were considered likely by officials here
following advices today that convention
officials were packing up and the offices
of the National railway had been ordered
moved north.
Such action, 1t was canceded would
muddle even further the tangled rela-
tions which tho contending factions in
Mexico now maintain.
The various forces were reported to-
night somewhat as follows:
General Carranza and his cabinet are
in Vera Cruz with their main forces at
Puebla under General Obregon, approach
ing Mexico City. Somewhere between
Mexico City and Puebla is General
Gutierrez and 5000 men who accompanied
him when he quit the Mexican capital
last Friday.
zapata at Cuernavnca.
General Zapata is believed at Cuer-
navaca with the bulk of his forces while
comparatively small garrison. com
manded by Colonel Rogue Gonzalez
Cara as temporary executive. holds
Mexico City General Villas forces con-
troll the railroad south from Juarez TO
Aguas Calientes, while General Angeles.
staunch villa supporter has taken posses
sion of the railroad from San Luis
Potosi TO Monterey.
The State departments last dispatch
from Mexico City. dated p. m. yester-
day, was summarized in the following
statement issued late today:
Mexico City is quiet. but there is
much uncertainty as TO what turn affairs
may take in the near future. 1t has
been widely published in Mexico City
that Villa is on his way there with a
large force. On the other hand there are
reports that he will not come further
south than Queretaro, where he now is
The general offices of the National rail-
ways have been given orders to move
north, and the various departments of the
railroad are busy packing all records and
furniture. It is stated that this move
ment probably indicates an interruption
OF communication over the old Central
line and lack of confidence in the gen.
erai southern situation
Gees TO Pacbuca.
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president with his party went to Pachuca
Two automobiles containing q number oi
Blanco's staff, including his private sec
retary, with baggage and money Of pay
master, were captured in the suburbs oi
the city 1t is reported that the provi
sional president took with him a larg,
amount of supplies. General Palafos
was quoted as announcing the occupation
of orizaba by the forces of the conven-
tion. II was also published that Cordobs
is threatened. All telegTaphic communi
cation from Mexico City was suspended
for while on Saturday last.
There Ia said TO es scarcity OF ar
ticles of prime necessity in the city ant
the deprecated currency makes all prices
high even on the products of the country
The department Is in receipt OF a dis
patch, dated January Is, from Monterey
with reference to the departure of tn,
followers of Carranza from that place
The dispatch states that they left Their
January 10 and that the army OF the ma
ional convention. commanded by Genera
Felip Angeles and Generals Emilio Ma.
dero and Raoul Madero. entered the city