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Show 3 OMPLETE 3 DEFEAT OF 1 1 FEDERALS t I WORTH iniii efugees From Chihua- 5Jj iua City, Generals, h?k Soldiers, and Civilians, tfch and Poor, Men, ffi Yomen and Children, sts straggle Into Border SiJ Town of Ojinaga. Lak I org AVEL 185 MILES j !OVER THE DESERT j kluables of All Kinds tl 2ast Away by Weary (archers; Family of iuerta Said to Have b,.S ieft City of Mexico. t ietc DKESLDJO, Tex., Dec. S The com-Ujl com-Ujl rou uorta's federal army In t&i them Mexico with the frantic flight nderji his generals for ertfet- on the border Joal d the demoralization of the unpaid indU (ops was established with tho nr-uitj nr-uitj rV today at Ojinapa, Mexico, opposite ol' Jio, f civilians and eoldiors p deserted Chihuahua City, i In the remarkable hegira which strug- Uj j'd for eight days over tho lS5-milo hi ;c 4 til through tho desert, and endured ilcck !at hardships for want of food and be i i 3 tor were General Salvador Mercado, ibrta's deposed military governor and sjo nmaiidcr of the federal troops in tho heft ihj Gcueral Pascual Orozco, General loss Wio h'ojas. General Marcclo f1 ravoo, Gcuoial Ynoz Salazar and a 'mtr ' sfbordinalo oflicers. JJS ed in Fear. ii, tfc '' atom !&cy had deserted their posts in fear rwi general Francisco Villa's rebel army J2 virtually had surrendered to tho els Chihuahua, the slato capital, (oHfJi the largest of -the far northern OS. long with them came, burdened with :ted ;t property they could carry, men, y"j2 Jen nnd children, representing some of serial richest families In the republic. Their (1 it with the nrmy was In the face of rlthi 'rls thal tn0y m'Snt ixpect no mercy Did they fall Into the handa of the s sis. "k u,s '''crraz!isi a wealthy land owner, atcd to own hnlf of the state of Chl-jiii Chl-jiii ,hua, was said to have brought with titf 1 a vast fortune In ca.sh. fnarinfr It lrtf :ht 1,0 0tcl by. the rebels If he re-itlii re-itlii Incd In the evacuated city. h?? ?ture of Despair. ffljd, fI,nssa viewing the oncoming throng diij ? tho hlllu at OJInasa reported that rtb jrefugecfl were scattered In a thin 'tf H for f-veral miles Into the interior aM U that iho duaty confiiHlon of broken n Wagont5, dlnablcd artillery and niln- : of dlaheartcncd soldlors nnd fam- ! i id civilians as they slowly moved over i storl desert prcsontod a spectacle of unl- 1 15 Wl despair, yji 'ho fear of belne unable to keep pace ; OX h the cscortlnc Jinny of being lost on of J .fleert or caught by tho rcbola, added tho "i'8crIB of so precipitate a flight ise ' kept M refugees In almost a con-10U8' con-10U8' frenzy. Their arrival In a panic, , j ,unmoIeated by the rebels, formed one tho most tragic Incidents of tho pre3-, pre3-, In -wvoluuon. nJpasures Abandoned. 6I?itfiDy who ,uld started out In vehlcl&n eP 7WXi "'arched on foot; scores who at- twPi li- Lo irry their treaaurea had to ' (K n ll,eni througii shoer weariness, JirW at tlielr traclta were lltorally strewn discarded Impediments clothing, ir' fliB'iT rac a,,(1 valued tiinkots, whlcli W&J5m npd hoped to curry to safety. 13c-s 13c-s SB' "'em also thoy left the blackonod jt'mF of ll,c carnpllres, marking at olght unjjes on the trip the eight nlghtH where tt had cimped, sometimes in a cold bfljJK' Wowlg oft the high plateau and atfK, within the hearing of tho howling dt. JlBrt1?8' rho traveling In tho day was r ViME Ut$yE through sandstorms. It whk Ealt-'Ja3'blo to estimate tho number of peuH, but qb8crvcra said they would -B.80voral thousand. - BnlReth:r the floral offlccra and the 3 iBI,re .would attempt to soek rofugo In rATB'vrnIt5d States was not made known iV:nelr arrival. iels Retreat. J'jIMf1 .cfore the approach of tho fed-'pP:3Br fed-'pP:3Br u'n3c oncoming wao announced by ' 0mMW cx,'au3ted soldiers earlier in the WPrtaB",hl fow robols at OJlnnga. who wero JlK!? outnumbered by Urn advancing (itsByKja,B- 'CIt their Korrlson nnd retreated het6 5HP flekl This left the way open for h0!(LaEodc.r3 t0 advance to the KIo Grnndo e4lSiFw,thf)Ut fphtlng. It. wa believed is Pffy' wey probably would remain on the vK(OonWnuod on Pago Two.) ' 'M? COMPLETE DEFEAT DF FEDERAL FORCE (Continued from Pago One.) Mexfcan side so long as they were not pressed by the rebels. General Villa's rebel forces had been in pursuit of the fugitives, but tho federals fed-erals by evacuating tho city unawares had an advantage In point of time and Villa's forces woro unable to overtake thorn. United States troops woro on tho border bor-der to take action In case of any infringement infringe-ment of the neutrality laws. It was known that the authorities had telegraphed tele-graphed to El Paso for a capias for the arrest of General Orossco, who Is under Indictment In this country. General Salazar also Is under Indictment in the United States. Will Cross Line. All tho available automobiles have been taken to tho border town of Marfa, Texas, about fifty miles by wagon road from Presidio, This arrangement for carrying the civilian refugees to the nearest near-est railroad station was made by friends of tho Torrazas and other families. It was understood that the civilians would cross at tho earliest opportunity. There was no Indication of what action the rebel leaders might tako in view of tho assombllng of so largo a force of federals on tho border. It was tho belief be-lief that if they were not attacked tho federals might occupy the small OJInaga garrison Indefinitely and thus enable General Mcrcado to procuro orders from Mexico City. Mercado's Plight. Before bo left Chihuahua, General Mcrcado Mcr-cado had been cut off from communication communica-tion for many woeks. Tho fact that ho could receive no funds with which to pay his troops was one of the reasons given by him for evacuating the capital. Several lights around Chihuahua aluo had exhausted his ammunition. His retreat to the border, where he might consider tho question of obtaining both funds and ammunition, in addition to roportlng to Mexico City regarding tho condition of his army, followed as a consequence. A report from rebel sources was that General Mcrcado and the bulk of his routed army had been induced to escort tho civilians to the border for a consideration consid-eration and that after reaching it they would attempt to fight their way to a federal stronghold In the stale of Nuevo Leon. Civilians Crossing. The civilian refugees began to cross ovor to tho American aide late tonight. ! Automobiles wcro In readiness to tako thorn to Marfan On Information that tho federal troops, also might attompt to cross, all tho , United Slates cavalry at Maria and nearby near-by border points came to Presidio, but none of the federals came ovor. The federals appeared to be active In fortifying forti-fying the town. 1 General Salazar was In communication with Mexico City tonight. VILLA ENTERS THE CITY OF CHIHUAHUA JUAREZ, Mexico, Doc. S. Assuming military command over a large area of northern Mexico through tho defeat and Might of federal troops, General Francisco Fran-cisco Villa, the rebel leader, today formally for-mally occupied Chihuahua, tho state capital, capi-tal, evacuated by General Mcrcado eight days ago. An official report of the rebel loador's occupation of the city with hla army was received at military headquarters hero through a message carried by courier to Sauz, a point thirty miles north of Chihuahua, Chi-huahua, and then by telegraph. Villa himself occupied the quarters vacated by .General Mercado. Tho rcbul troops were placed In tho garrison and the executive branch of tho rebel army occupied the state capital. Tho dispatch to General Benavldes. commander at Juarez, said General Villa's entry into the city was attended by an ovation, but no ceremony. cere-mony. Change Welcomed. The citizens, who had been under numerous nu-merous sieges and had long been Isolated without fresh food supplies, welcomed the now commander as an event which promised prom-ised an early reopening of the railroads and telegraph lines. Tho feeling prevailed that Villa was now In a position to restore re-store the northern section of Mexico to a period of peace, since the federal troops by their voluntary vacating of the territory had evinced no desire to continue con-tinue lighting, at least for the present. General Villa received what he called the surrender of tho city from Frcderlco Moye, who was appointed civil governor ad interim by Mercado, as being affiliated with no party, and therefore as friendly both to tho rebels and to the federals. Governor Moye Issued a proclamation, however, stating that he had been commissioned com-missioned by Mercado to turn the city ovor to tho rebel chlof, thus holding the actual surrender of tho city until Mercado Mer-cado and his troops could get away. Chao Already There. 80 far as appearances went, Villa's arrival ar-rival in the city made no Immediato change, for Goneral Chao, another rebel leader with several thousand men, already had been in the city. The usual announcement of a change of government by the ringing of church bells and the blowing of trumpets occurred. Nineleon years ago Villa fled as a fugitive fugi-tive from the city, which he entered In triumph today. Ho had been arrested on a warrant charging him with killing an army officer. He was thereafter hunted as a bandit. His brief career as a military mili-tary leader, after he had sorved In Ma-dero'a Ma-dero'a revolution, began five months ago with a borrowed revolvor and thus led to a position where ho may Issue commands In the very state capital where his arrest was ordered. While ho will be engaged In guarding his communication with Juarez against a possible federal attack, Villa said he would lose no time" In nrcparlng for his proposed campaign southward, which he said would extend to the city of Mexico. LITTLE NEWS FROM MEXICAN WAR ZONE WASHINGTON, Dec 8. Administration Administra-tion officials here had no news of Importance Im-portance today from Mexico. The usual reports from the American consular offices of-fices dealt with minor developments In the revolutionary campaign and the flight of tho refugees. Few Americana are now coming out of Mexico. Many of thoso who lived there already havo departed or are determined to remain to protect their property. Army officers In Washington, who arc watching the robelllon with professional eyes, aro looking for a revival of hostlll-tlos hostlll-tlos on a. large scale in the oil Holds, whore the federal commanders havo Just awakened to the Imminent danger of the complete loss of tho supply of oil necessary neces-sary to operate tho military trains. Charge O'Shaughnessy confined his communications com-munications to the stato department today to-day to a denial of tho reported arrest of an American newspapor correspondent, and Indicated that ho would look after such cases without Instructions. The Colombian legation hero announced tho receipt of a cable from Its government govern-ment denying a recent report from Mexico Mexi-co City that tho Mexican congress had received from tho Colombian government a note denouncing the United States for Interfering with tho Central and South American republics. HUERTA'S FAMILY LEAVES CAPITAL MEXICO CITY, Dec 8. President Huerta's family Is again reported to havo left the capital. A report, apparently well founded, current here today, wa3 that tho members of the president's household had gone to Guadalajara, the capital of the state of Jalisco, from whore it was said they would go to tho Pacific port of Manzanlllo, in the state of Collmo. Captnln Luis Fuentes, Huerta's son-in-law; Mrs. Fuentes and Miss Ellona Huerla, another daughter, were In tho party which left for Guadalajara. It was reported that tho president's wife had nleo left the capital, but this ha3 not been confirmed. |