The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-15
SPECIAL SESSION OF MEXICAN CONGRESS TO
 NAME NEW PRESIDENT
U. 5. Consul at Vera Cruz |. Reports Arrangements for Departure of Foreign
 e1s Aboard Carranza's
 Train Under a Flag of
 Truce
By Associated Press

troops, has been resisting rebel at- tack near San Marcos, State of Puebla, for the last five days, has broken through the rebel lines to the southeast and accompanied by 1,00e men, has fled into the mountains be- tween Puebla and Oaxaca, according to advices received here this morn ing. Before abandoning their last positions the Carranza troops de. stroyed their trains and war material which could not be carried with them. Generals Murguia and Urquiso, with some of the Carranza troops, still Ere fighting near San Marcos for the purpose of retarding the pursuit of the fleeing president.
 Juarez, May 1.-The meeting of
 the new Congress, called by Gov
 ernor De La Huerta, supreme
 chief of the liberal constitutiOnaI-
 ist government, will be held at
 Mexico City, May "A, for the pur-
 pose of appointing a. provisional
 President of Mexico. Gen. IEnacio
 C. Enriquez. candidate for gov
 ernor of Chihuahua, announced
 here tonight.
 Vera Cruz, May 14.-Mexican
 rebel forces are making determined
 efforts to OutfIank the positions
 held by troops loyal to President
 Carranza near San Marcos in the
 state of Pueb1a, according to lat
 est adviees received here. Gen.
 Higinio Aguilar and Guadalupe
 Sanchez also are preparing for a
 grand attack upon Carranza lines. %
 The position held by President Car ranza's soldiers extends from near Huamantla, southeastward about 27 miles to the village of Algibes. ap- proximately six miles northwest of Chalchicomula, according to reports. As advices received yesterday and the day before indicated the southern end of the Carranza line was near San Marcos it would appear the Presidents troops have succeeded in working their way down the railroad a distance of nearly 19 miles since the beginning of tthe combat five days ago.
 rebel captain who was in the bat tie zone Thursday arrived here to- day and stated that at ? o'clock Thurs day afternoon forces commanded by
  4,O00 infantry and cavalry, entered the fight and succeeded in flanking the first positions occupied by Carranza' s men. The infantry deployed to the left over the hills, while the cavalry swung around to the right on level ground The main attack was made against the last two trains held by Carranza's men.
 The attacking forces encountered a barrage of artillery and machine gun fire, but succeeded in reaching the Carranza trains and destroying both of them The rebel advance, however, encountered superior Carranza forces and was stopped. After two hours of fighting, the rebels were ordered to re- tire to Chalchicomula. The battle lasted four hours.
 Severe losses were suffered by both sides, the rebels losing one Of their leaders, Gen. Liberato Lara Torres, who received a sword wound in the neck during a hand-to hand fight He was rushed to Orizaba, where he died this afternoon.
 During the fighting two Carranza airplanes circled over the battlefield and inspected positions held by the rebels. Gen. Higinio Aguilar who Thought during the regime of Porflrlo 'Diaz and was known as "the eternal rebel" arrived to cooperate in the attack against Carranza. He brought into the fight 2,000 soldiers, all vet erans and well acquainted with the ter rain where the battle is going on. An other leader who had joined the rebels is General Midina, who commands large force of men.
 Latest reports from the battle zone state that General Sanchez had a mar row escape from being killed while encouraging his men. He rode along the lines and encountered a burst Of machine gun fire, his horse being shot from under him.
 More rebel forces are being thrown into the fight to overcome the resist ance of President Carranza's men.
 Nothing has been heard as to the situation at the northern end of the line near Haumantla.
 Washington. May 1.-The Amer
 ican consul at Vera Cruz reported
 today that he had arranged for de-
 parture of foreigners aboard Car
 ranza's train. invested by revolu-
 tfonary forces, under flag ~of
 truce. The British consul at Vera
 Cruz and two Americans are on
 the train.
 The state department also was in- formed that Special seSslOn or the Mexican Congress had been called to name "a provisional President. The call was issued by a joint meeting of seventy-five senatofs and deputies and the resolution adopted provided that the provisional President thus named should call general election.
 Dispatches from the embassy said the Mexico City papers of May F stated that Generals Obregon and Gonzales had issued formal state- ments favoring Antonio Eillareal for provisional President. Other candidates mentioned were Iglesias Calderon, a Mexico City lawyer; Juan Sanchez As coma. acting secretary of foreign af- fairs. and Gen. Jacinto Trevina. chief of staff for general Gonzales.
 Ascona was quoted as having stated that direct relations with the present diplomatic corps would not be estab lished until provisional President had been appointed. He denied that q note had been received from the United States government requesting that a legal situation be established lmme- diately in Mexico
 TRAINS NEAR SAN MARCOS
 Carranzas trains were said to be near San Marcos, about 120 miles from Mexico City. toward Vera Cruz
 General Dieguez, Carranza comman- der in the Cuederrela district. and hS staff, were reported as taken pris- oner.