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Show L Carranza and A rtny Nearly Trapped .BATTLE FAILS TO DISLODGE FEDERAL ARMYj Son-in-law of President Abandons Aban-dons Hope of Escape i Country WASHINGTON HEARS FROM MEXICO CITY Dispatches Tell of CarranzaV Flight From Capital With j Ten Trains I VERA CRUZ, May 11. (By the As-': sociated Press.) President VenustI-' jano Carranza's army of 4000 men, vlr-i jtually surrounded by rebel forces com-( 'manded by Generals Trevino and prill, ! is making a determined stand in a strong position between San Marcos, Puebla, and the village of Huamantla, 1 : ten miles northwest in the state of: Tlaxcala, According to advices receiv-, ed hero. The struggle went on all day (today and, according to the latest re-i I norts. the Carranza- forces had not been dislodged.. - .- More Troops Sent. SI reinforcements, under com-Of com-Of General Porras have been up from Cordoba and have l positions at San Andres and Wula, southeast of the scene s battle, probably for the i .of preventing the escape of Carranza, should he succeed in breaking break-ing through the lines thrown around him. Reports state the Carranza forces Villi V;illUVll (llVil lilts iiil.l.uu .iu- tional railroad. Soldiers Barred. General Candido Aguilar, son-in-law of President Carranza and governor of the state of Vera Cruz, has abandoned aban-doned all chance of escape from the country in an effort to join his superior su-perior and share in his fate, says a dis-' patch to El Dictamen. Emissaries! lrom Aguilar today conferred with General Sanchez' chief of staff, and aiked that their commander be permitted per-mitted to pass through the rebel lines toward San Marcos. This request was granted, but it was stipulated General Gen-eral Aguilar must be accompanied only bj his general staff and civilians, all of his soldiers being barred. j City Is Peaceful. ' Paul II. Foster, American consul here, has reported to the stato department depart-ment in Washington that conditions are returning to normal, that tho lives and property of foreigners have not been molested and that there is jno reason for retaining United States warships in Mexican waters where i they may cause friction. Felix Diaz, leader of a rebel group I In the state of Vera Cruz, has asked permission to leave the country, promising prom-ising ho will take no further part in , political movements in Mexico. IL is l.probabl his request will be granted. ! News From Mexico. WASHINGTON, May 12. President Carranza, Ills cabinet advisers and other adherents, left Mexico City last Friday morning by train apparently going in the direction of Vera Cruz, the slate department was advised today to-day in messages from the American embassy at Mexico City. Carranza's train was preceded by numerous trains carrying troops, and equipment, supplies, records and archives. arch-ives. Arllllerv and sunnlles also v.'ere I held hi trains waiting at tho railroad I station some hours after Carranza ' left ; Trains Captured. j Tho dispatches, which were dated May 7, S and 9 and which were held up by the interruption of the telegraph lines, quoted an official bulletin published pub-lished in the Mexico City newspapers on May announcing that -13 cannon, ten trains of equipment, supplies, etc.,: and one train with funds which had accompanied Carranza's train had been captured by the revolutionists. The newspaper of May 8, tho dispatches dis-patches said, published statements that there was no confirmation of reports re-ports that Carranza had beon captured captur-ed or that Generals Aguilar, Murguia, Barragau and Urquizo had been exe-l cuted. Conference Held. Tho dispatches told of a conference between Generals Obregon and Gonzales Gon-zales on May 8 at Tacubaya, just outside out-side of Mexico City, and said General Gonzales had appointed Juan Ascona and Aurelio Mcndlvll to lake temporary tempo-rary charge of tho foreign office and the department of. tho hacienda, respectively. re-spectively. They alBO said General Gonzales had appointed directors-general of posts, railway and telegraph lines. i t |