Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-06-10
dEs-REPUBIICAN, MARSHALLTOWN IOWA. JUNE TO- 1920.
sTAMpEDED FROM CAPITAL.
Wild Confusion 40 Carranxa and Fol-
lowers Flee.

lowers Flee. .g
BY Associated Press.
Mexico City. June TO- Wild con-
fusion attended the evacuation Of the
Mexican capital by President Car
rama and his following.
Revolutiontsts were approach
Ing and those who were going had
to 70 quickly.
Rolling stock had been gathered at
for their departure. When
the word was passed down thru the
various government departments
that the exodus was about to begin.
thousands OF government employees,
leading civilians VINO had been strong
supporters of the Carrnnza regime.
partisan Journalists and others head
ed for the trains on foot and every
kind Of vehicle obtainable
Turnout tho night before the trains
left. q constant stream OF coaches
and automobiles deposited govern
ment officials, politicians and other
government hangers-on at the rail-
way station amid a babel OF cries and
entreaties to porters and expressmen.
Next morning they came in in
creased number.
Loaded down with bullying bundles.
suit cases, bags. hampered by dogs.
crying children and confused SER
wants, the procession might have
been taken for gigantic picnic party
had 1t not been for the strained
frightened expression on the flu
gitiveS' faces.
The National Railways were the
first to store their iinpediments on
the trains assigned to them. Then
came government officials shepherd
ing porters with great stacks OF
records, and office furniture. In the
excitement, the officials had failed
60 show determination, for many
OF the cargoes consisted of hat racks,
cuspidors and even window curtain
rods. All this Heterogeneous mass was
dumped into passenger coaches and
gondolas and between pieces OF ar-
tillery and airplane equipment on
flat cars.
While some of the porters complied
with their duty, others were 70 be
seen streaking not toward the Buena
Vista station. but toward the poorer
sections of the city. carrying what
evidently will find ready sale in
the capital curio and second hand
shops.
At only one track was there a SEM
blance OF order-the siding where
the treasure cars had been spotted.
Here Luis Cabrera was in command
and, after the trains had left. not
even a copper centavo was found by
treasure seekers. There were 900
cars of all classes and "a locomotives
in the station ready to leave by mid
night. Estimates as to the soldiers
and civilian refugees vary, but the
generally accepted figure is placed at
about 5000, village on wheels.
For hours the fugitives waited, but
the trains did not start and flying
runfors kept the occupants Of the
cars peering anxiously into the
night for the vanguard OF the revolu-
tionary forces. Agents of the liberal
Observation-Disclosures had tempered with
the train crews and 1t was necessary
to send patrols to round them up. IS,
Next morning locomotive belIs be.
gan to clang, whistles shrieked and
z great wave OF weeping farewells
arose. Bursting with soldiers and
women camp followers, officials and
civilians, baggage and munitions,
atrpianes. artillery. boxes or coin,
piles OF gold and silver bars, govern
ment records, cuspidors and hat
racks the trains moved slowly into
the suburbs The Carranza govern
ment had started to move the capital.