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Show STORY OF REBEL 1 CAPTURE n 1 FORTUNE TOLD 1 Gold and Silver Bullion Seized 1 1 I But Government Archives (I I Are Destroyed lifj I VILLA PLANNING TO , Jl j ENTER MEXICO CITY I Governor de la Huerta Soon JljH Will Name Temporary . iH President of Republic jH WASHINGTON, May 18. Adhesion ll of Yucatan to tho provisional go- ernment in Mexico City wa3 reported 'll today both In state department ad- vices and in a cablegram to the agents here of the revolutionary gov- r ornmont from a special commissioner jH sent to Yucatan some time ago. Tho 1 commissioner said Governor Castro ' t Morales and General Pablo de la Garcia, military commander under tho fH Carranza government were In flight, presumably to Cuba. 1 Carranza Still Going Tho 'J revolutionary agents attach r particular Importance -tortile1 -report i from Yucatan, bccau8e--thcy-sald it ! IH meant that Progroso, principal port of the "state, the last Important port - IH held Carranza authorities, had now jH been surrendered to the provisional government. Carranza, who fled be-fore be-fore the do Ijacto government's troops into tho mountains just west of Ja-lapa. Ja-lapa. had succeeded in moving south-ward south-ward Into tho state of Pucbla on May 1G, according to the Mexico City ' newspapers published yesterday. J In a summary forwarded to tho jH stato department, Carranza was re-ported re-ported to have been In Tetela on the 16th, leaving there In a northerly dl- jH Villa Going To Capitol ' Tho summary said Villa would soon ' arrive at tho capltol without escort. General Obregon had left the capltol IH for Querotaro, Tampico and San LuSy H9 Potosi, planning to return In time for Bne the special session of congress May 2-i. ' Published accounts of the routing of Carranza asserted the gold and HB silver bullion recovered from his trains was valued at several million dollars. More than 100 officers and IH civil omployes who accompanied him IH wero brought to tho capltol and Im-mediately Im-mediately roleasod, the papers said. They added that covprnment nwhlvps IH including tho treasury records, wero burned by his escort when they were forced to abandon their trains. Will Namo President MEXICO CITY, May 13. (By the ; Associated Press) Full details of the conference held by the Liberal rovolu- IH tionary leaders at the national palace last night (May 12) reveals that Go-v- IH ernor de la Huerta will call the cong- ( 'M rcss into extraordinary session May 24 for naming a president ad Interim. , General Obregon was named by tho conforenco as commander of the forces In northern Mexico and General Gonzales as commander In Mexico City and southern Mexico. AH the leaders promised to accept H the ad lr.ierim president chosen who-ever who-ever ho might be. |