Show rU n 7 u 11 1 i S BREAKS REBEL CORDON I SANCHEZ IN PURSUIT OF PRESIDENT Severe Losses A Are e Reported in Clashes at San Marcos l Where here Federal Force Is Making Defensive ive Stand Stan StandBy Standy By y d Press Pre VERA yERA May Mar President 15 5 President f V Venustiano Carranza who wi with with a force of loyal loyn troops lias has been resisting resisting resisting resist resist- ing attacks near San Marcos state o of for the last five o days das has lIas broken through the tho rebel lines to the southeast and accompanied by 1000 men has bas fled into the mountains between beI be be- be- be tween Puebla and Oaxaca according I I to advices received here this morning Before abandoning their last positions the Carranza troops destroyed their trains and war material which could not riot be carried with them Generals Generals Gen Gen Gen- and Urquiza with somo of the Carranza troops still sUll are fight Ing Irig near San darcos Marcos for the purpose o of ot tim ii nr P f th lP p president resi d e n t. t is Generals g A 41 and d Guadeloupe Guale- Guale loupe loupo Sanchez also alRo are pr preparing for for-a grand attack upon tho the Carranza lines Severe Severo losses were suffered by bJ both sides the rebel forces losing one of their leaders Gen Liberate Liberato I Lam ra ira Torres Tor Tor- Torres res who received a sword wound In Inthe Inthe Inthe the neck during a hand to hand fight He lIe was rushed to Orizaba where he he died this afternoon During tho fighting two Carranza airplanes cs circled over the battlefield and Inspected positions held by the reb reb- els Gen Aguilar who fought during the regime of Diaz and was known as the Eternal rebel arrived arrived ar ar- c ar-c rived to operate co-operate In the attack Escape May l Delay Expected Surrender Bj- Bj Universal El ElPaso Paso Tex rex May Ia 14 H.-G H. Gen n. n Gu Guada- Guada da I loupe Sanchez the revolutionary leader der derIn In command of ot the Gonzales Obregon Huerta forces In the field wired ired General General Gen Gen- era eral Obregon toda today that he had captured captured cap cap- CRP ture of ot the guard of ot President Carranza and one ono train He added that ho he expected to force torce Carranza to surrender surrender sur sur- sur render In the near future Rebel agents here say that th Gen Francisco is In command ol ot Carranza's forces Woud PJ Negra Troops of ot Carranza's s forces under command of General Casero are approaching ap aJ- ap- ap preaching Piedras Negras with the ln- ln In of ot trying to recapture that town from tho the rebels Advices to this effect were received at revolutionary headquarters this afternoon Revolutionary Re troops under Gen Carlos Plank from Sonora which have hav ave ave- T nh t g I ft n u u nl uan through pass this week art are preparing to entrain at Casas Casos Grandes Grande for lor movement toward the Interior ol ot Mexico one ono regiment or more probably to fr l ho 10 o sent to Mexico City for tor garrison dut duty inese troops will pass through Jua- Jua Continued on Page Pate 2 Z I CARRANZA ESCAPES HIS CAPTORS CAPTORS' CORDON Continued from Page 1 feZ rebel agents hero said Gen P P. fIlas g las Calles minister of ot war In the theDo theDo theDo Do La Huerta cabinet was at nt Chihuahua loda today en route roule to Juarez Revolutionary Ro officials were at Casas Grandos Grandes with n a special train to accompany accompany pany Calles southward A Avoided I- I Entering U. 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S Calle Calles It Is reported preferred makIng making making mak mak- ing an overland o trip inside his hla coun country tr try to asking permission from from- rom American Ameri Ameri- can authorities for or quicker rail journey journey journey jour jour- ney to Juarez Revolutionists here said t the tho provisional provisional provisional provi provi- president to be chosen choson b by special se session slon of ot congress will bo be accepted b bythe by bytho tho the whole nation naHon Choice seems seem to lie between Adolfo de la Ja Huerta Sonora chief civil official of or tho the revolution re and Fernando Iglesias Cal Calderon ron lawyer lawyer law law- yer er of ot Mexico CIl City bor border er observers sa say I Former Car for Presidency Indorse Villareal Washington May Slay 1 Further H.-Further Further Indication Indication indication indi Indi- cation that Pablo Gonzalez and nd nd Alv Alv- Alvro Alvaro ro o Obregon ly candidates 8 for or th tha presidency of t CO and now nor jointly y occupying Mexico City are arc working In accord was wn was was' contained d In a to the state department today M Both Bath have published its 9 Indorsing Antonio Villareal 1 top provisional pro pres- pres pr ident An extra session of the fex Mexican n aan con congress ress hay hai h i e 1 rall tl to uro r a provisional executive who hoe un under er the he terms terms- of ot the tho published program of ot the revolutionists rc will supervise super the eJection election election elec elec- tion of ot a n. president and serve until December December De Do- cember 31 31 when the he new president should assume the tho office Adolfo de la Huerta provisional pro chief chic of ot the tho re revolution was Wl expected to arrive o In th capital capital next week and take charge o 0 or affairs until the provisional provisional provisional pro pro- I visional president is named The support given Villareal candidacy candidacy can can- was of ot peculiar Interest to American officials because of ot its possible possible pos pos- sible Indication of or the character of ot the proposed government I Has Una n Been en In Exile Villareal once onto governor go of ot the tho state i o of f Nuevo uC Leon and prominent In milli military mill mili tart tary ry and political affairs during the tho early earh part of or Carranza's was In exile for more than three three- I years ears living In El EI Paso Tex Revolutionary Revolutionary Revo Revo- agents 8 here declared that during that period he had greatly modified his extremely radical views regarding labor and capital It was I suggested however hoe that his selection I as provisional president would prevent I him from tho constitutional president and that his tenure of or office I would woul end with the close of the year ear The Tho American consul at Vera Yern Cruz j I reported toda today that he had arran arranged cd I for or departure of foreigners aboard Carranza's train Invested by revolutionary forces under a a. flag tIa of ot truce The British consul at Vera Vora Cruz and two Americans aro are on the train Americans Americana In Mexico number pot not taking into account those In six consular districts from which the state department has received no report ro- ro There are Americans In Inthe Inthe Inthe the Tampico district alone A week ago tho the department ed tho the total number of ot Americans across the the border border at between and and the consuls consul's figures occasioned occasioned occa occa- stoned surprise A statement issued today by the department said ld Voas nothing noth ing in any of the departments department's icu advices from any section of ot Mexico to Indicate that Americans were in any danger danser However two Americans were reported report- report ed d with Carranza who ho Is endeavoring to o fight tight his way out of the revolutionary revolution revolution- ary lines between Esperanza and Mexico Mex- Mex leo ico co City The They are arc J J. 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C Pickwick of at Lever Leyer Son Co Last Border Port Surrenders to Rebels Rebels' Brownsville Tex May 14 The Tho Tho Mexican Mex- Mex lean ican can border in this section was as quiet tonight and business in Matamoros opposite op- op here which capitulated to revolutionary revo- revo forces without resistance at at- noon today gave no outward signs of ot the tho change in government Federal army officers with one exception re- re their lr rank h having sworn alter alter- nu un n lance ance to the tho new regime Tho The surrender of or the tho last northern Mexican port of entry held b by the federals fed fed- ed- ed orals was as carried out quietly In In Inac ac accordance accordance ac- ac with an agreement as reached last ast night There Thero were jio no demonstrations demon demon- The Tho populace however seemed well content with the change It was stated slated In Matamoros that an amnesty agreement probably would be reached with Juan Andres Almazan and a number of ot other r rebel bands ds' ds unaffiliated un un- affiliated with the tho Sonora revolution and ind who are now operating In this vicinity Almazan and his OO m mon n probably would march Into Matamoros Matamoros' tonight and surrender It was said Resume Telegraph And Train S Service By Dy Universal ral S Service San Antonio Tex May 14 H Tele Telegraphic graphic communication will will will-be b bo estAblished established established next Sunday with tho the City of Mexico for tor commercial purposes ac according according according ac- ac cording to lo information re received by here today Train servIce service ice will wUl be resumed with the capital at onto once a a. message signed General Pablo Gonzales which was received here to today today today to- to day stated d The message also alao con eon firmed early reports of ot the tho occupation occupation tion of ot Monter Monterey by General Villareal rebel leader has occupied Monterey according to a n. confirmed con con- confirmed firmed message received In official quarters quarten hero here today Troops that have remained loyal to Carranza have havo moved out of Monterey Montorey and are ue now at al Car- Car about six miles mUe from tho the border border bor bor- der under tho the command of or General Carranza's nephew |