| Show INSURGENTS IN CONTROl OF TRAffiC By y Capture of Jimenez and Santa Rosalia Constitutionalists Constitutional Constitutional- Isolate Huerta Force of 1500 Men in Parral District Distri t MANY AMERICANS ARE p MAROONED AT MINES Military and Political Leaders From All Parts of Mexico Rallying A Around Standard i of the Governor of Coahuila EL E PASO Tex April J Jime lie ne nea a town of 1000 inhabitants Between Chihuahua City and amI Torreon Torreon Tor- Tor reon was taken yesterday by conati- conati after a brief battle with witha a small federal garrison By sU success u cess in the attack the in in- m- m na have e isolated the Parral min min- ling inS di ct where 1500 federals arc alC located from either rail or wire corn com Jimenez 1 is the Parral anoli branch junction point on Oil the main mahi mainline inc line of the tho Mexican n Central After taking Jimenez the const tu- tu hurried 11 north and to today a drove O tl the tho o federals out of 0 Santa Rosalla Rosa- Rosa lla located about midway between Jimenez m Dez and the state capital c. Major Orti with Hh about two hundred men o of ot ottile Ithe tile the Santa n Rosalia salia garrison took tool atra a a. tra an and rushed to Chihuahua Cit City CUY f followed illo a part of or the wa way war b by the tho I oJ of tho the victorious insurgents Hol h Jimenez an and Santa Rosalia Rosalla It th ho tho cons constitutionalists control all tra- tra tie lie to tho the interior of Mexico an and the branch to tho the west There are arean and rind German an any lany Americans Americans English gns residents presidents resIdents marooned at Parral and camps To 10 at nt at J r. r X N g-a g gales es April 16 Although th uj Rio no more meningitis has d developed on one folio e oruis r Calt California smallpox is re retorted re- re raging on n tho hore of Guar Guay- pay bay ay As As' yet th the the- had not erected American residents at nt El- El The fhe destroyer cr Paul Jones sent with meningitis serum left lert loua today fo to return to San Diego o. Cal The federals ot of the Guaymas garrison remain in a suburb of oC the Continued on Page 2 Column 4 4 c 1 7 INSURGENTS ARE IN CONTROL OF ROAm Constitutionalists Take Jimenez and Santa Rosalia Rosalia-Ameri- Rosalia Ameri Americans cans at Parral Marooned Continued From page Pare I. I town lown awaiting awaiting- th the advance nd of oC state troops from Hermosillo General ons on's force of 1200 con con- from Crom Naco arrived hero her tonight and will proceed directly to te tho the state capital capita to participate In the th mobilization of ot constitutionalists a at t Colonel Coonel Ali Alvardo with 5 0 men equipped with horses horace and ammunition wa was left lett In comman command pt of ot the Naco Cananea and Agua gua ua Prieta Irieta garrisons Unity Around round New ew Orleans April 16 16 MilItary Military and political leaders from all parts of or the Mexican republic aro arrIving In Now Nw Orleans dall dally daily mo most t of ot them en route to Coahulla to Join Co 00 Goy Carranza Col Cot Silvino M. M J Garcia former for for- mer iner commandant of ot the State of ot Zaca- Zaca teCH who ilio arrived cd tOda today toda declared that Carranza would be ted seated as president of the republic by Juno IS IE Colonel Garcia declared that Carranza Car- Car Carranza ranza ranra within a a. month would be able to mobilize an arm army of men two-thirds two of ot whom would vo-ild remain on oti garrison dut duty duLl throughout the republic while picked ed men engaged in inthe inthe the tho campaign a against the capital lie said ald Mexicans 1 arc are aroused as never before as a a. result rosult of or recent barbarities bar bar- and tho effort to establish a military government more moro brutal than ever e ua wa dreamed of b by an any of oC Huerta predecessors Tho The federal troops troop he lie ild saul were raiding and burn burn- In ing ranches and oven murdering pacific pacific pa pa- cHic residents Colonel Garcia said ald the State State- tate of ot Zacatecas IB If controlled b by the revolutionists revolutionists under tho the leadership of or Col Eulallo Gutierre member of ot tho the Mexican national congress from the tho central district of ot Coahuila Coahulla also arrived arrived ar ar- ar- ar rived here today en route to 1 Monclova a Coahuila Coahulla to join Governor Carranza H He declared that tho the constitutionalists had given s their ultimatum to the government which was wad One The One The Immediate resignation of Huerta and his cabinet Two The Two The departure from the republic lic lie forthwith of General Gen no Felix Diaz General Mondragon and General He denied emphatically that an any branch of ot tho the revolutionists is in favor fa Ca- avor a- a vor or of secession slon I i Hold I New Orleans April A 6 A cablegram that Mexican rebels had taken taleen Tampico Was Mas received recel here today b by Consul General 1 from Cram rein Francis Francis- co 0 dc de la Ia a Barra Darra Mexican minister for Os 01 foreign affairs t Press dispatches Sunday Sundar night stated stat stat- stated ed cd federal Irregular troops under tho the brothers had revolted and am taken taleen and Cardenas l Predicts Ju Downfall Washington April 16 FrancIsco 16 Francisco Gonzales Gonzalos Gante confidential agent of ol tho the constitutionalist revolution in ft Mexico toda today established headquarters hero and Issued a statement predict predict- In lug ing the downfall of ot- the Huerta government gov gov- O and the tho capture of or Mexico Cit City by 11 the Carr Carranza force forc Ho lie de declared de- de dared claret that Huerta had surrounded himself with infantry at the tho na na- na- na palace while Felix Diaz Diax hOod had encamped practically all the federal artillery on his tile private ate estate Battleships Transferred Philadelphia April 16 Tho Th The battleships battleships battleships battle battle- ships Minnesota and Idaho sailed from the Philadelphia nav navy yard today for Mexico to rollo A the tho battleships Virginia Virginia Vir Vir- ginia Geor Georgia hi Nebraska New ew Jersey and Rhode Island that have ha been been- stationed sta eta in lii southern waters during the warfare in InIc Mexico Ic Tho Tile battleships that are to be relieved will proceed to Boston to prepare for tor target practice The battleship Connecticut will sail from tho the Philadelphia nen navy yard ard for Mexico next Friday |
