Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-04-18
SONORA SOLDIERS CAPTURE CUL|ACAN, S|NAL0A CAPITAL Gen. Angel Flores Carries Out Operation With 5000
 Men FORMER CARRANZA
 TROOPS JOIN HIM Forces of Rebels Immediately March Upon Mazatlan, Port on Sinaloa
 COast-May Unseat
 President

Nogales, Sonora, April General Angel Flores with 5000 Sonora troops, captured Culiacan, capitol of the adjoining state of Sinaloa, this morning, according to official an- nouncement from Sonora, military headquarters at Hermosillo
 The Sonora revolutionists imme- diately marched on Mazatlan, an inn portant port on the Sinaloa coast. After occupying Mazatlan, it was announced that the Sonora troops will march on the state of Wayarit, with Topic, the capital, as the ob- ieotive. Large numbers of troops for the revolutionary movement against the Carranza government were expected to be obtained in May arit.
 Hundreds of former Carranza sol diers have joined General Flores since he invaded Sinaloa Tuesday, it was said.
 The telegram said Carranza forces joining the revolutionists brought with them full equipment including arms. ammunition and food supplies The Sonora forces when they enter ed Sinaloa Tuesday last were said then to number less than 2,5O0 men.
 Five hundred troops were sent from here today under Colonel Jesus Aguirre to reinforce the garrison at Agua Prieta, and other troops con- centrated there against any invasion of the state in that direction by Car ranza forces. It was stated that 1, ' 800 troops were sent from Hermosil- To today under General Manzo to re- inforce General Flores.
 Private telegrams from Hermosil- To said information had been receiv- ed there from Mexico City that Gen eral Pablo Gonzales. candidate for the presidency of Mexico, had inau- gurated a movement to remove Presi- dent Carranza and put in his place a provisional president who would guarantee a fair election in July The movement, it was said, had been endorsed by several northern Mexi- co states. Leaders here said that if Carranza were removed the So- nora movement would cease imme- diately.
 Take U. S. Railroad.
 It was announced by Sonora off cials here that beginning tomor- row passenger service on the South ern Pacific of Mexico, an American owned railroad, seized by the state eight days ago, would be discontinu. ed and the operation of trains e&clu- Sjvn1v tO tr0On A m OvnrnontS
 General Obregon is we'll and hopes to reach Sonora within a fortnight according to information made pub lie here which was said to come from General Francisco Gerrano, private secretary of the presidential candi- date. Gerrano was said to be in Eagle Pass, Tex. en route to Mo- gales. Sonora leaders. while ob- for Carranza troops to cross the Paso. Tex, said that under interna- tional law the troops would have to be sent through American territory in bond and that thev would be com. pelled to cross the Sonora boundary nnarmed. They said the United States could not allow the .Carranza troops to have their weapons until again on Mexican soil and that thei, arms must either precede or follow them into the state The Sonora forces thus they said would eithe, take charge of the arms if they ar. rived first. .or imprison the troops if they were first. The decision o1 the United States army on the aues. tion is being awaited with great in. terest in Sonora.
 Hermosillo military headquarters reports said the federal forces plan. ned to enter Sonora in three columns commanded respectively by Generals Dieguez, Blanco and Francisco Mur guia.
 | The seizure of the Wells Fargo Ex press company in Sonora as previous lv announced did not take part. In stead new company with a Vel asco as head and with the backing of the state began operations today