Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-05-01
CHIHUAHUA CITY
IS CAP TURED BY
REvOLUT|0N|sTS
GALES ASSERTS
Commander in Chief of So
nora Forces Claims Reb-
els Have Gained Goal for
Which They Fought.
TROOPS BEING RUSHED
TO AID OF INVADERS
Gen. lgnacio Enriquez With
4,500 Militiamen Is On
His Way to State Capital
to Assist the ViCtorS.

Aqua Prieta. Sonora. April go
(by the Associated Press)'--
Chihuahua CITY. capital of the state
of the same name. is definitely in
the hands of the revolutionists u
was announced by Gen. +. "
Gales here tonight, Chlhu d
CITY is one of the largest citit IN
northern Mexico. 1t has popu-
lation of approximately 40.0O0.
Gen, Ignacio Enriouez. candidate
for governor of Chihuahua. accord
ing to General Gales. was at santa
Ysabel with 4.5O0 STATE militia M ral
marching toward Chihuahua TO re-
inforce Gen Eugenio Martinez ana
Col, Francisco Delario. former
federal commander. who deserted
with their troops. Telegraphlc
communication was established pc
tween Chihuahua City. santa sd
bel. Hermosillo. capltal o. OF oonola, bare
shortly before 7 o'clock tonishit'
General Gales said he was. IN nj
rect communication with General
= The reyolutionists control. practl-
cally all northwest Chihuanua' ~
was said, with the exceotlon VI
Juarez, opposite Eel Paso, and Cas3s
lI1dnQGS, Htttl lllC pSiiNA -
Juarez NAV Join Revolt.
Juarez is on the verge OF Joining
the revolt, according to claims OF
military leaders here and Its ran
was expected within tWenty-tour
hours. At Casas Grandes Carranzd
troops have been concentrating iof
three weeks for an attempt to IN
wade Sonora and wrest the, state
The revo!utionists claim tney
have between 5000 and 1000
troops under their command IN
Chihuahua. These include infantry,
cavalry and defense sociaieS' or
home guards.
Telegraphic communication with
Chihuahua was perfected tonlght
between the governors palace at
Hermosillo, Sonora, and the COVER
nor's palace at Chihuahua CITY, IN
which the rebels have established
their Headquarters. The telegraph
line was operating from Chihuahua
City to Minaca, Chihuahua, on the
Kansas City and Orient railroad,
thence to La Junta, Sinaloa, Alal-
mosa, Sonora and Hermoslllo. Com
munication then was established TO
headquarters of General Gales here
through NogaleS.
(nlhuanun SITUATION.
Governor de la Huerta sent a
message to General Gales concern
ing the chihuahua situation as fol-
lows:
II will wire you now Is D. m.)
the first aspect of the conference
/ had with Chihuahua. Chihuahua
said: We salute you cordially with
due respect and are informing you
that on the twenty-siXth of this
month at 6 p. m. we declared for
the movement started in Sonora,
under your leadership. Notwith-
standing we did not have any forces
under our command, we led
movement with the garrison of this
place that agreed to ioin us.
I'VE fought battle with the Six
ty-second regiment which refused
to Join us. con the 9th we made
prisoners of the Sixty second regl-
ment in itssentirety.
ITO date we control the follow
ing cities: Parral, Jimenez, Ca
margo and in general all the north
Casas Grandes and Juarez are left
some forces under General Urba-
leio and General Escobar which
have not defined their attitude. but
just now we are working near them
with such success that we have ac-
comnlished in dividing into several
fractions apart from one another.
Urbaleio's columns.
Federal Commander Fled.
General Ouiroga, present Car
rama commander in Chihuahua.
fled in ridiculous mar-cr from
Camargo with six men. All his
forces refused to take his orders
and ioined our ranks.
I'VE are a'-~o garrisoning towns