Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 May 1920 — BATTLE IS ON FOR CHIHUAHUA [ARTICLE]

BATTLE IS ON FOR CHIHUAHUA

Rebels Take Over City and Carranzistas Are Sent to Recapture It. I ■ — ... FIGHT IN THE MOUNTAINS Garrison at Juarez, Across Rio Grande From El Paso, Remains Loyal—U. S. Warships Arrive at Mexican Ports. Washington, April 30. —Capture of the city of Chihuahua by rebel forces, formerly officers and men of the federal garrison in that city, was reported to the state department. The American cruisers Salem and Sacramento were reported to have reached their resi>ective destinations at Mazatlan and Tampico, where they were ordered in response to the request of American representatives in those cities that protection be afforded American life and property. Commanding officers of the two vessels had made no report as to the situation in the two ports. Additional accessions to the revolutionary movement were reported. Tobasco to Join Rebels. Agents of the Sonora revolutionists here said they had been advised that Gen. Carlos Green, governor of Tobasco, a state on the gulf coast, had decided definitely to Join forces with the Sonora revolutionists. The state department announced that George T. Summerlin, American charge at Mexico City, who has been in Washington conferring with department officials, left Laredo for the Mexican capital, where he is due to arrive by the end of the week. Official dispatches from Mexico stated that 600 federal troops reached Vera Cruz Tuesday and were sent to Alvarado, a few miles south of Vera Cruz, where the federal garrison had revolted and looted the town. Juarez Garrison Loyal. El Paso, Tex., April 30—All was tranquil in, Juarez after a night of uncertainty as to the attitude the garrison there would assume toward the Sonora revolution. Officers and men reiterated their loyalty to the federal government and denied that a switch of allegiance was contemplated. General Quiroga, at the head of 3,000 Carranza troops, is within three miles of Chihuahua City, according to official telegram received here. Federate and Rebels Clash. Agua Prleta, Sonora, April 30. —Carranza troops and revolutionists had their first clash In the mountains dividing the states of Chihuahua and Sonora. Advance detachments of the two forces clashed near Pulpito pass.