The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-05-14
Senator Dieguez Captured.


WASHINGTON, May l3.-ReportS
from American and Mexican sources in
Mexico appeared tonight TO indicate
that the revolutionists were setting
into firmer position notwithstahu'hs lne
uncertainty that still surrounds the rate
of CarrauZa and reports OF federal ac-
tirity in a restricted area IN the north.
Announcement was made by the reVo-
lutionary agents that General Manuei
DicgucZ was "A prisoner at Guadala
Juaru, capital Of Jalisco. and that Cen
erals Hernandez. Mcndez and GarZa,
garrison commanders in that state hau
placed themselves and their iorceS at
the orders Of the revolutionary govern
mcnt.
The adhesion OF the federal forces in
JaIisco and the arrest of General Die
gucZ were reported by General Obregon
To Adulfo de la Hucrta, the provisional
head OF the revolution in Sonora. VINO
communicated tho information TO the
Mexican agents here. Obregons report
added that Dicguez was being held suo-
jcct to de la Huerta's instructions.
Greater significance was attached by
revolutionary agents TO the capture Oh
Dicguez and to the breaking of the red
eraI resistance in Jalisco than to the
entry Of Manuel lalacz and Arnulto
Gomez into Tampico. reported In Oh
fetal dispatches.
Confidence in Palaez.
Tho rcvolutionists have protessed
confidence that Palacz. dc facto ruler or
the oil region. would cooperate tulIy
with the successors of the CarranZa
government. They reaffirmed today that
he would not take advantage or ms
position in Tampico to'oppose the work
Of consolidation, but the operations OF
Diegucz and the failure OF other tcderal
officers in the state of Jalisco 10 JOIN
in the movement have caused rebcl leau-
thCy said. there remained no break IN
the rev"utiOnizcd line along the west
coast that controls access 10 the lIH-
portant pHet at Manzanillo.
American officials as well AS the
revolutionary representatives were care
fully watching the development OF rcd
cral strength northeast of Monterey.
near the American border.
Putting Up Fight.
Official and unofficial information
agreed that the governors of San Luis
Potosi. Ncuvo Leon. Tamaulipas anu
Coahuila. who fled from their posts to
the frontier. have succeeded in mobiliz-
ing IA small force Of federal troo1s near
moros. opposite brownsville. Texas:
where General Corrlunga, the fedeSal
comma nder, has diSplaycd reluctance to
surrendertng the city; n ,hu
federal opposition no military advan.
tage but agreed that until the fcderai
group WAS accounted for there remai med
a possibility that any one OF It's leaders
similar 10 that held for years by Fran
cisco villa Operations Of any such
rebel leader might serve as basis Tor
further defections or even counter
revolution, they said.
CarrrnEa Fighting
Inadequate cable and telegraphic com
munIcations again served to hold back
news Of the result Of the fight Carranzl
was reported making between the capt.
tai and Vera Cruz. Information that
the fight had begun Tuesday was con-
tanned In n report made by Obrcgon to
de la Hucrta and forwarded here OBJ
reKon said Carranzas envoy consisting
of remnants OF the forces Of General
Murguia" had been attacked Tuesday
near Rinconado by Ryes Marquee Press
dIspa tches dated Wednesday. May IL,
at Vera Cruz. reported that the lighting
was still in progress.
Ohrcgon also reported that General
Iturbe. who refused for so long TO sur
render the port OF Mazatlan, had sailed
to ManZanillo, where he would place
himself under the orders Of the rebel
commander.