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Show BY MEXICAN FOES FUGITIVE CHIEF MEETS DEATH WHILE ENDEAVORING TO MAKE HIS ESCAPE. Fleeing From Rebel Forces Who Had Overthrown His Government, President Presi-dent of Mexico and Loyal Companions Com-panions Perish. Mexico Cily. President Canan.u, who fled from this ciiy on May 0 and who took flight into the mountains of Puebhi following a bailie near Iin-eoiiada, Iin-eoiiada, was killed at 1 o'clock Thursday Thurs-day morning at Tlaxaoalatoiigo. according ac-cording to official announcement here. Carrana's companions, the names of whom are not as yet known, are declared to have shared his fate. The attack which resulted In the dealh ol Ibe president was led by Ceneral liodollo Seiiera, it is said. ll is reported thai Carranza had shaved off his beard in the hope that he might avoid detection, and it ia said that the transformation was so complete that he might walk through the streets of Ibe Mexican capital unrecognized. Venustiano Carran.a. elected presi. dent of Mexico, March 11, 1017, by the largest vote ever cast in a presidential presi-dential election in his country, stepped from political obscurity lo national and international prominence on the graves of the hopes of Ceneral Vle-toriano Vle-toriano Jluerla, the usurper, and his followers. Simultaneously with Ceneral liter. ta's coup de-etat and the assassination assassina-tion of President Madero. the news went out to the world that Ceneral Venustiano Carranza, elected governor of the stale of C'oahuila In 1011, refused re-fused to recognize the usurper and would resist 1dm by force of arms. Horn of parents in comfortable circumstances cir-cumstances in Cuatro Cienagas, state of Coahuila, December '-), 1S.VJ, Venustiano Venu-stiano Carranza was educated in the public schools of his native state and later studied law at the Mexican capital. capi-tal. When he was admitted to the bar, however, affection of the eyes prevented pre-vented him from practicing, and lie returned re-turned to his native state to become a rancher. His experiences as a rancher first, then as judge, senator and finally governor of Coahuila, made Carranza familiar with the agrarian problem, the root of political unrest in Mexico. Aided by Francisco Villa, and bis followers, Carranza finally became the leader of Mexican affairs. General Iluerta resigned the provisional presidency presi-dency July 15, 1914, and a month later General Carranza made bis triumphal entry into Mexico Cily, Iluerta having fled to Spain. Shortly afterward Independent revolutionists, revo-lutionists, led by Zapata, General Pas-cual Pas-cual Orozco and others, commenced. Dissension between Villa and Carranza, Car-ranza, which began at the Torreon conference, readied a climax September Septem-ber 23, 1914, when Villa declared war on Carranza. General Alvaro Obre-gon Obre-gon became Carranza's leading gen. eral. On March 11, 1917, Carranza was elected president. More than 1,500,-000 1,500,-000 votes were cast for 1dm. lie took the oath of office May 1, 1917. |