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Show SUPPRESSES MEXICO CJTniEWfERS Carranza Government Compels the Closing of Publication Plants At Capital Washington, Fob. 2.' All newspa per offices In Mexico City hnvo boon closed by order of tho ku eminent tho stato department was advised to day. Zapata forces whlcn -jntro i ho city's main water supply una continue to occupy outlying ouutlmn. suburbs n o reported to havo com mltted bomo depredations. Carran a forccB which control tho Mexican railway have promised to rellovo the situation caused by a shortngo oi food In MoMco City. Sovern' of Curranzn's raniuet olll ct'Tii had arrived nt tho capital tron t'i'in I'niz, It was ropo ted, and wer I'oin.lderlng seriously tho lemovnl t. Vera Cruz of everything pertaining to their departments, nil goNornineii ulllccs In-ludlng tho foiolgu ntllce t io administered from tho coast cltj. Street enr servlco In Molco Cltj had been lutorfo-rcd with on uocoum of tho fact that tho Zapata forcoi had taken ninny of tho curs and Mill had them In their possession. Gencrnl Obregon, Cnrrnnz.i lendti, who has been In military command of Mexico City tho roporrj haul, h.id gone to Vern Cruz to confer with Carrnnzn and during his absence Gen. Benjamin Hill, recently In commnnd of tho Cnrronzn forces at Xnjj, So nora, was ruling tho cy. All persons, except foreigners onJ city coachmen, who own more than ono horso, hnvo been ordered by the military authorities of the capital to so 1 cno half ot them to tho government govern-ment on pain of confiscation. Villa Force Takes San Luis General Villa telegraphed tho con ventlon agency hero tonight that Gen. Thomas Urblnn captured San I. uls Potosl yesterday and wns in full cont'ol ot tho city nnd vicinity. Ur-blun's Ur-blun's column Is supposed to bo the vanguard of tho Villa force marching march-ing on Tnmplco. No details of tho taking ot San Luis Potosl woro given in tho dispatch, dis-patch, though it was Intimated that tho Carranza garrison had evacuated without a light. General Urblnn's forco numbered ubout 5000 men. |