Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1920-05-14
GEN. CARRANzA
TAKEN, REPORT
President. His Son-in-LaW and
Former Ambassador to
U. S. Captured.
AGUILAR AND MURGGIA SHOT
.. S. Dreadnauaht Oklahoma Rushed
to Mexican Waters With Marines
to Watch peveIopments--lnsu
gents Take More Towns.

gents Take More Towns.
Eel Paso, Tex, May 11.-Venustlano
Iarranza. escaping president of Mex
lea. was captured together with cabi-
net officials, Louis Cabrera, Manuel
Aguirre Berlanga, Luis Samuel Rejas.
Manuel Anaya. Lueio BIanco. Ignacio
| Bonillas. former ambassador at Wash
ngton, and Governor Bueda Magre by
of Gen. Pablo Gonzales at APIECE. state
Of Puebla. say advices to Roberto Pes
Iueima, rebel financial agent here.
Confirmation was also received of
the execution of General Francisco
Murguia and Gen. Juan Barragan, the
latter chief Of Carranza's bodyguara
of Hussars Gen. Candido AguilGr
scn-in-law of Carranza and General
Diguez, lost their lives In a fighs with
rebels in the stale Of Vera Cruz. cai,
Alberto Salinas. nephew OF the flee
ing president and commander OF the
aviation school. was wounded.
Gen. Alvara Obregon has ordered
the Carranza party survivors brought
back TO Mexico City under guarantees
that their lives will be spared. The
national capital is quite fully under
revolutionary control.
Washington. May 1i.-President
tarranza. his son-in-law, Candldo
Aguilar; Ygnacio Bonillas, forl-.ser ann
bassador TO The United States. have
been captured by the reyolutlonists.
according TO reports published in the
Mexico City newspapers and received
| here.
Aguilar was said 20 have been exe-
! cuted along with Generals Murgula
/ who commanded the federal forces /
the capital, and Berranga and Urquzo.
General 0bregon. now In charge of
Mexico City. has directed that the life
and property of Carranza be fully pro-
tected
Official reports received by the state
department from the embassy at Mex
leo City disclosed that Gen. Pablo Gsai-
zales captured The capital His
troops took charge last Friday. The
embassy's report said that General
Obregon and his forces were on the
outskirts and were expected to enter
on Saturday. Previous advices TO the
! department from the embassy said OBJ
RECON entered the city Friday.
Both Gems. ObreGon and Gonzales.
! the embassy said, notified the people
that there would be no disorders and
business houses were open as usual.
The newspaper reports as received
here gave no details as TO the execu.
tion Of AguiIar and The other three
generals. nor was il stated whether
they had been killed by their troops
or by orders of revolutionists.
Communication with Mexico City
still was difficult though the wireless
station was In operation. Apparently
the reyolutionists were letting through
no more news than did Carranza just
before the capital fell. General Obre.
gon was at Chapultepec, tie military
school in Mexico City, and sent tele-
gram from there to his wife, who Is In
Hermosilla, state of Sonora.
The dreadnaught Oklahoma has
been ordered from New York to Key
West for possible duty in Mexican wa
ters.
The ship will stop on the way at
Philadelphia to take on a full com
pany of marines from the League
island station.
The Oklahoma should reach Key
West several days ahead of the trans
port Henderson, which Is now on the
way to League island to take on an
additional force of l,20O marines. SO
far as could be learned, no orders have
been issued to either vessel to proceed
farther than Key West.
Estimates of the state department
place the number OF Americans In
Mexico at 6000 to 1000. This number
includes radicals and draft evaGers
who crossed the border to escape ar-
rest or court proceedings
With Mexico City, Vera Cruz and
Tarnpico in the hands OF the revolu-
tionists, American destroyers are on
the way to Mexican waters to await
eventuallties and TO afford protection
10 American lives In the Mexican gulf
ports. General obrtgon is said to be
I'm control of the capital. An uncon-
irmed report told OF the capture OF
President CarranZa
Official confirmation Of the fall Of
the Mexican capital was received By
the state departmeit from the Amerl-
can embassy, which reported there
was no disorder In the capital incident
to the transfer of authority. Tamplco
and Vera Cruz also we're reported
quiet.