The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-04-28
CHIHUAHUA CITY i
IN REBEL HANDS
WITHOUT BATTLE.
ObregOn Forces Are Nearing
Vera Cruz, Is Report.
Carranza Loses More Troops to
Sonora Army.
RUSHES FORCES To OIL FIELDS
Town After Town Falls Into
Hands of Invaders.
Whole North in Revolt Against
President Carranza.
Carranza Loses More Troops to
Sonora Army.
RUSHES FORCES TO OIL FIELDS
Town After Town Falls Into
Hands of Invaders.

Aqua Prieta, April 2S-Mazatlan,
Sinaloa' port on the Pacific coast of
Mexico, is being attacked by revolu-
uonary forces under General Angel
Flores, according to unconfirmed re-
ports received at military headquarters
here today
Gen. P. Elias Gales announced the
attack had been expected since yester-
day.
FL Paso. Tex, April 2s.-Repre-
sentatives of Obregonista revolution-
lists here today claimed Chihuahua
City had been captured by their forces
without bloodshed. Neither Carran-
ista nor Obregonistas commented on
! rumors of fighting in Chihuahua City
; today.
Washington. April 2s.-Mexican
rebel forces Monday captured the
town of Alvarado on the Gulf coast,
south of Vera Cruz, official statements
to the government said today.
Aqua Prieta, April 2s-Approxi-
mately 1000 Carranza troops at Par
raj and Jiminez, Chihuahua revolted
yesterday, according to information
given out here today by Gen. p Elias
| Gales. commander of the revolution
! San Antonio. Tex. April 2s-
\ Cuautla. one of the largest towns in
the state of Morelos, has been cap
tured by Obregonistas under the per-
sonal command of General Obregon,
according to information reaching here
today.
Other advices received here are to
the effect that 1000 troops, under
command of Gen. Francisco L. Ur-
quizo, who was proceeding against
] Cuautla, revolted before the troop
trains had reached Cuernavaca.
Ientered Cuernavaca and are occupying
the town. General Urquizo returned to
Mexico City. The revolving troops
/ were the Supremos Poderes battalions.
| CarranZa's own guards.
Had Row by Wire.
| Despite denials from Caryanza
sources. it is persistently reported here
| that Gen Fortunate Maycotte, for
| merly one of Carranza's strongest sup
porters. has gone over to the revolu-
| tionists in the state of Guerrero. He Is
said to be in command of about 1000
| troops, some of which are being used
| by General Obregon in his Moreios
campaign.
His detection following a long tele-
| graphic controversy in which Maycotte
| declared that as a soldier he houored
the real patriot and that he and his
fellow officers believed Obregon's
cause was just.
Rush Troops to Tampico.
San Antonio. Tex. April "a
| Troops from the federal garrison at
| Vera Cruz are being rushed by boat
TO Tampico to the aid of Gen. Fran
cisco Murguia. Carranza commander
in the oil district. according to advices
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I General Murguia is reported TO be
| hard pressed by the revolutionists
commanded by Generals Arnulfo and
| Manuel Pelaez.
| Gen. Candido Aguilar. son-in-law of
! President Carranza, was recalled to
Mexico City, when he had reached
Saltillo, on his way to Chihuahua, and
Is now reported to be on his way north
with the troops going to Murguia's re-
lief.
Carranza Is Worried.
! That the Carranza government is
| beginning to look with concern on the
movements of rebels in the state of
Nuevo Leon and Tamaulipas is be-
| lieved from the fact that customs
house officers from Neuvo Laredo and
Matamoros are known to have de-
posted large sums of money in Texas
! banks. Alberto Guimbardo, collector
of the port of Matamoros, deposited
/ money in San Antonio banks yester-
| day.
| Two rebel generals, Porfirio Con-
zales and General Callegos. who re-
volted a few days ago, are reported
here to have Joined forces and to be
marching on Matamoros which is in
| the state of Tamaulipas opposite
Brownsville. They have been Joined.
it is said, by 100 former federal SOL
| diers from the garrison at Mier. about
eighty miles south of Matamoros.
Reports that all railroad communi-
cation with the City of Mexico is In
| terrupted continue to reach San
| Antonio. Passengers from Mexico who
reached here last night declared they
| were on the last train TO get thru from
| Monterey, and that the railroad line
| was cut behind them. No mail or tele-
, grams have been received here from
the City of Mexico for two days, and
| this is taken as confirmation of the