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Show I DIAZ CANDIDATE H FOR PRESIDENCY s ' '1 Formal Acceptance Made to Party Organized for ri5 Purpose in Mexico City Big Battle With the Calientes Rebels Expected Capital of State 'W! Surrounded by Government Troops t, REPETITION OF MEXICO CITY FIGHT INEVITABLE Federals About to Close in on Saltillo Rebels Un- der Defiant Governor of Coahuila Train , Service to United States Halted Situation in Sonora Grave Bandits Overrunning State m and Retiring Governor Organizing Troops to Sustain His Position tin I r "V 1 Dpr Mexico ritv. Fel. 2. - Felix Dinx "Is today form ally accepted the candidacy a ji for the j r i . i ! . 1 1 1 of Mexico nikrrxl 3 uf him by a committee of a party organized or-ganized lor that purpose. II ai Mexico City, Feb An Important Import-ant battle between the rebel governor of Aguas Calientes. Alberto Fuentes D, and government troops under Con-l Con-l eral Hidalgo, is expected late todav. The capital of the state, Aguas Cal-"1- ientes, is surrounded by government tm ' r.jfjt i -. h a.-1 niL-lii began a siege wy Governor FuenteS P is entrenched In the governmeni palace tn the cen-. cen-. ter of the clt. the building being guarded by a force ol state troops much inferior in numbers and arma-IflP,! arma-IflP,! merit to the arm commanded by General Hidalgo. A repetition on a small scale of the street fight and H bombardment which occurrel in Mex- lco City appears inevitable Encounter Likely a Saltillo. ff An encounter is likely a( Saltillo, j where federal troops under Generals i 'B' Ai.bert and Grevlno are about to close in on the rebels commanded by the , jHf defiant governor of the state of I M Conhulla, Venusiano Carranjca The isolation ot Mexfco Ctltv from' " I he United .-Ir:'. - b. i il v. ; enrr, -pete today. Train service south of MH Agu?s Calientes on the Mexican Cen-tral Cen-tral line 1:4 at a halt, owing to the Jft occupation of the citv l the rebels. 'I'M while a similar condition at Saltillo in Couhuila prevents operations to the north over the National lines The roads to Tampico also are Interrupt- ei ed, making a detour by way of that rapa port from tie- United States to this i city Impossible Zapata Expected to Surrender. ifdl Ramos Martinez, who for several' ftt month- C'lnii.irted ril -official ne- jlil gotiatlons for peace between Mnriero and Zapata, declared that Zapata would surrender and co-operate with Ca the central government. Sonora Situation Grave. According to the provisional seere-I seere-I ,,,r-' of Provisional President Huerta IU iho situation In th- state of Sonora III 1b grave Baudlts, he said, are oci-rurjnhoj oci-rurjnhoj ortions a the state and , many families In tht? aU of Hermosll- ! lo are abandoning their homes, fear-III fear-III lug an attack V Governer Jose M. Maytorenfl has abandoned the governorship of Sonora So-nora and his place has been taken ' jj bv Ignacla Pasquelra The retiring governor declined to support the new Al regime In Mexico City and Is organizing organ-izing troops to sustain his position 101 |