Show 1 1 r I REVOLUTION V l TI I IN NORTH T H J SPREADS r AD J All Reports From South Sout of Boundary Indicate Carranza Is Is Losing His Hold Holdon o on Military t AGUA PRIETA Sonora April 23 28 Approximately four thousand tousand Carranza troops at Parral and Jiminez Chihuahua Chihua- Chihua hua revolted yesterday according to information given out here by General P. P Elias Calles commander of the the re revolutionists ts in in northwest Mexico i iSAN SAN ANTONIO Tex April 28 The City of Mexico today is completely isolated by rail from the outside world according to refugees from the Mexican Mexican can capital who reached here late last night on what they declare was the thelast thelast last passenger train to get through The fact that no telegrams orv r from fro M Mexico xico City ity have v been en re received t for two days is IS taken as confirmation of the reported cutting of railroad lines by rebel forces i EL PASO Texas exas April 28 R Ruiz iz Sandoval general consul here for the Mexican federal government today confirmed reports of a revolt in Chihuahua Chi CM City capital of the state of Chihuahua but said he ho was without information as to details There was wa's fighting but beyond that I know kno nothing of the situation said Sandoval I EL i P PASO ASO Tex Ap April 28 in Chihuahua Fighting in between revolting and loyal o V. V troops was reported by Carr Carranza officials in Juarez late last following the establishment of ot r. communication as far tar south as T Terra Terrazas Terrazas Terra I zas a stat station on thirty miles north of t t the 1 state capital on the Mexican Central railroad Developments la In the situation up to an early hour today were r Six hundred men of ot the Sixty-second Sixty Infantry under Colonel Figueroa had had had- in Chihuahua revolted City S R Reported ported that General D. D Martinez and Lieutenant Colonel Almada who have no troops had joined the revolt revolt- revolting l t ting in ing forces S S Revolting troops proceeded as ag far faz north on a Mexican Central train a a Moctezuma after which they returned to the state capital burning bridges along the way to cut off oft troops from the north i- i Colonel Francisco Del Arco reported Tuesday afternoon In command of ot th the revolting troops is In Ortiz at the head of ot the third Forty-third infantry I R Reports ports that the garrisons at Moctezuma Moc Gallegos and Sauz had rev revolted revolt U- U ed were discounted by Juarez Juare military ta r men N. t J Two thousand troops from front and from Zacatecas Zacatecas' Pare are being J rushed to Chihuahua City to put down t the uprising J J N Troops concentrated at Cas Casas s Grandes for the Sonora campaign campaign- probably will be brought to Juare Juarez Wednesday to be held in ina r a possible campaign in C Chihua Two hundred and fifty tifty men ot Juarez garrison were rushed sou south h last st night to repair bridges Troops at Villa Ahumada were to reI tl be brought to Juarez today l j- j T M I Carranza Lieutenants LIeutenants' On Verge of Revolt l lf AGUA PRIETA Sonora A April 2 28 r Carranza apparently is rapidly in northern Mexico to the rex o revo without bloodshed The re ret t has spread pread into Chihuahua where mit mate me military leaders were reported to have joined the rebels General 1 V P. Ellas Elias Calles commander 1 chief of the rebels In the northwest west da day said more defections from the ranza ranks rank ere iere imminent and that oral cral Carranza lead rs had agreed to jOI join the revolution re ol at a time agreed d upon I fri rd rf said rh he expected t alt all northern f I o- o oto to toTy turn to the liberal constitutionalist ca caus caus- j wl within a week or tn days JL General er lw Calles f I last t night ht recel received ve l il I report th that t General namon Iturbe Carranza Carranza Car ranza ransa military commander In th the state stat of and and who now i I preparing to lQ t re resist troops under General Gener l Angel FIores in their march on the pol of hid had announced he would would- evacuate the port unless rein reinforcements reIn reached th there thre re before th thO the re rebels r The revolt re of Colonel Francisco o D f fArco Arco Areo with his troops in Chihuahua CK City was part a of a prearranged r plan General ee gl al ana Calles e said Ho lie also announced ha h ez x- x Continued on page 3 I I REVOLUTION Continued from page 1 I to have reports of r two other j. Ci C r- r I ranza leaders In the same same state having hg Joined Del Arco Areo with their men Cutting ot of railway communication between be bee tw tween en Juarez and arid Chihuahua City it was it-was was said will be serious for the Carranza troops being concentrated about Casas Grandes Grandea for a projected attack on So- So nora The troops about C sas Grandes r already al- al re ready r reported poo d as unwilling t to tight fight I m may find their lines of ot communication cut behind them Their mounts were wera re reported reported reported re- re ported in poor condition and the entire en tiN force estimated at from to men may mav be forced to surrender It was said In the meantime more troops are being i rushed here and to the mountain passes east of here through which the Carran- Carran I must pass to tp attack ta k Sonora Sonora- |