The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-04-29
SPIRIT or REVOLT
SPREADSLKEEZRE
II Military Commands, A.
Garrisons Throughout Mex
T leo Desert, to Rebels.
CARRANzA NOW DOOMED
Flight of President Expected
Hourly - Burned Bridges
| Fail to Check Insurgents.

Aqua Prieta Sonora Mexico, April 20
ri. N S.)--With the vanguard OF
Senora's liberal constitutionalist army
under command Of Gen. Angel Flores
battering at the gates OF the port OF
Mazatlan and the spirit of revolution
spreading like fire over the vast west
ernA prairie. military experts attached
TO the staff of Gen.. +. ELIAS Gales.
predicted that within a short time Pres
ident Carranza will be fleeing Mexico
City and seeking refuge in some
foreign cline. ,,
At the present writing. eleven mill
tary commands and forty-four gar
risons throughout the Mexican repub-
lie are reported to have deserted the
Carranza government ana cast tne'r
lot under the standard OF the Sonora
revolt.
Chihuahua in the north, and the
states of Central Mexico VIII be tne
b big battle fields of the revolution, mill
tary experts pointed out TO-DAY.
News Of the fall OF Mazatla,i ,l, Is sent ext
dispatches late Wednesday. reporting y, {;
that his army was moving on that city
with great rapidity despite the burning
of railroad bridges by the retrealinst
army of Gen. Iturbe, ana e la.e dupHatt dTplent I
of Mazatlan already had begun,
The battieship Madero. OF the Sonora Z
navy, has left Guaymas LOT Ma]as.a,' rsa,
@ith $500 troops to reinforce Her. re
included % in the ships supply; Follow ,ss..
;ne the capture OF Mazatlan. Gen. Fiores
:, infends TO advance through, the state OF OF
Naynrit for a drive on the statS @ On
lsliscO Ig hs p;nhs ns dpo@maSd, pronaolSd WIN Which.
in view Of the deseYtion OF the Chinua- MINUS.
bua garrisons from Carranza's cause
will be withdrawn from the sonora
Chihuahua state line
ga, chihuahua Reported
Washington, April. 29.--Capture OF the
city of Chihuahua by rebel FORCES, Tor,
merly officers and men. OF tne iedetal RAJ
garrison in that city, was reported 10
day to the state department
Aware Waits for Obregon.
New Orleans April 29.--Ratael AZ
5baran Capmany, campaign manaseI ~.
Gen, Obregon. candidate for presiaene
OF Mexico, was awaited mere To-Day py
Gen. Salvador Alvaro.
Garrison Defeated.
The federal garrison OF chihuahua
City. state Of Chihuahua, was de-
feated in battle with the rebels on
April %, and all state and federal Of
ices have been taken over by the re, re,
yolutionary forces, according to ofl1cial
advices received today by the state de-
partment Much fghting occurred In
,-the city streets. Gov, Salinas and other
officials have been placed under deten-
H a
Gen. Guerrero federal commander Of
the Sixiy-seconfs battalion sdeclined 70
Join the revolt but surrendered after
AI Americans are reported safe.
Refuaes at Los Angeles.
Los Angeles, April 29.--Carrying
sixty-one passengers, most of whor;
we're reported to be American refugees
from Mexico, the Pacific steamer SEN
ator Of the Admiral Line arrived at
quarantine at II O'Clock this morning.
The senator left Mazatlan, the last
Mexican port at which 1t stopped. April
81. 1t was there that most OF the re-
lugees were taken aboard and where
conditions were described as unsafe.
Only Guards on Duty.
Ly pnso. April 29.-Denial that any
Cnited States troops, other than the
usual boraer guards and patrols, nave
been lnassed along the Rio GRANGE
Sns made today by Col francs ":
Glover, chief of staff at army district
headuuarters here. He said that while
american forces here are fuzzy pre-
nared for action In an armed clash, they
have not been spread along the river,
nd characterized reports that strong
A,1erican forces have been' assembled
a,Gng the Rio Grande as erroneous
.Juarez remains In the hands OF Gar
ranza loyalists.' .,,o
xhere has been no fighting there.
I tpenorts that a rebel force is approach
ing Juarez from the south lack coniir-
nation here. E.ay