Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-05-09
REVOLT'S SUCCESS
SEEMS COMPLETE
Reports From Southern Re-
public Tell Of Sweeping s.
Insurgent Gains.
g sTATEscAP| 1Fl AIS TAKEN
With President on Run, Goa
hula, His Former Home.
Joins Rebellion. "a
3 sTATESeAPlTALs TAKEN.

"n.'hAiNHAOS, may S.--DtSpatcheS
from Torreon, declared to have ema- !
mated from official sources there,
state that Generals Obregon and
Hill entered Mexico City with their
troops this morning, and arc In
wireless communication with, /. Gen, {
eral COLES. commander in -chiefs OF !.
the revolutionary army. who is at
Hermosillo. Sonora - ~
Railroad transportation from
Juarez to San Juan delS Rio, lao
miles northwest of MexicoN SitSS,sAa
An El Paso dispatch says> that
revolutionary forces under GsnsSalS
Alvaredo Oregon. candidate for the
presidency OF Mexico. were at i the
gates OF Mexico City tonight, aSspfd-
Ing to reports received here.
Several sweeping victorias were
claimed by. anti CarrnnEa Sasents on
tho border. Tho State OF Orange \
was reported to haye seeeded and |
to have-toined tho reyol luton. n Cen
eral Cesaro CastEo, who had been {
operating in -thdA region, has sent
part OF his forbes to Piedras EA-.
gras. opposite Eagle Pass, Tex. upon /.
learning that the Carranxa garrison
there had fed. & "a X
Had Ordered Concentration. ~
President Garranxa Z. Is report esi "a
shave ordered tho abandonment OF tho
tNsorthern states OF Mexico ana ttia
sc con In Mexico City OF tho
stewsloyal forces there !. rrortsons ana
!coahIli ii 81, xseatecas and Arus ,sS,
! calientes. capt. is fof q tho: .. sta tea
bearing tho Same names. ana sSiss
tillo, capital OF Coahuila, were also
claimed today BY the feyoihtionists.
The claim to Torrcon, which, has
frequently been reported captured Nv
the revolutionlsts. was based today
on a report received here from Gem
eral Eugene Martinez. commander1of
tho chihuahua City garrison. saying
that q train had arrived at lConeios.
about forty miles northwest OF Tor
reon, with the information that all
towns along the railroad between
Conejos and Torreon. including tho
latter. had fallen into the hands OF
the rebels.
Luis Cabrera, Minister of Finance
In the Carranzo Cabinet, has arrived
In Piedras Negras. according to adj
vices received by Teodulor Beltran.
commercial agent for the reyolution-
airy government at Ell Paso. Senior
Beltran also announced that the Fed
eral troops at Columbia. Nuevo Leon,
revolted yesterday. Eight thousand
regular troops and 5000. "defensas
sociales," or homo guards are, OBJ.
Grating for the revolutionistsS la 4
Chihuahua. according to Luis Monets
de Oca. Mexico City business man. 81
Tho report OF the fall of Mexico
City to the rebels was received from
Chihuahua by revolutionists at EI
Paso. ---,5s s--Ss =
Carranzn Leaves Capital.
The message from chihuahua said:
ut has been confirmed President Car
rama left the capital for Vera Cruz
General Espinosa Mireles. Carranza
governor of Coahuila, which Is tho
home state of the Mexican President,
fled with all the public funds to Nom
terey. Nuevo Leon. where Carranza
adherents were reported concentrate y
Ing to resist the revolutionists, it I
was announced. s
Carranza troops at Las vacas,
across the international boundary
from Del Rio. Tex. revolted. accord-
ng to local rebel leaders. Coal riines
and towns in northern Coahuila were \
reported in the hands OF the revo- 4
lutionists.
Urges Presideit to Resfsu. sa- &.
"Piedras Negras. across the boun.
Diary from Eagle Pass. Tex, will fal, (
today" the announcement said. Cen
eral Reinalda CARA, in a tclegraphic y
communications from President Car
rama. asked him to resign and said
he was holding Laredo. notwitfi-
standing the fact his soldiers were
on the verge OF joining tho reyolu.
movement" 4,ts.Ss Il
All railway and telegraph COM
munication between Aguscallienties.
Xacatecas. Torreon and Saltiilo wss
reported Ecut. So
An Aqua Prieta dispatch says:
Con. p. Elias GALES. COMMANDER Of :
troops In northern Sontfa, stated
to the Associated Press today he had
received n telegram from Torreon
informing him OF revolutionary at-
tack being made on tho suburbs OF
Mexico City and expressed no sur
prise at the news that the capital
had fallen. Il
Cnrranza on for Vera Crus. ! - g
Tho report that President Car
ranza, with his family. had fed from
Mexico City and is aboard special
train bound for Vera Cruz. was re- 4
iteratcd in unofliciat ndylces reach.
Ing Washington this afternoon, 4. 4
With State Department communal.
cation with Mexico completely cut
Off since lato last Thursday nigh /, Is
the insistent reports OF Carranla's
flight could not bo oflciaily t6ns e
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