Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Address of the President to Congress December 5, 1916

File No. 812.00/19984

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Eagle Pass, November 30, 1916, 4 p.m.

The following telegram received by Collector Customs to-day from Deputy Collector, Presidio, Texas, opposite Ojinaga:

Mexican Consul states Villa captured Chihuahua. Portions or all Carranza army fleeing to Ojinaga. Pursuit likely. Six cases typhus fever in Ojinaga. If conflict results, these will try to cross in concert with military.

Authorities at Piedras Negras also express belief that Villa has Chihuahua and Treviño fleeing toward Ojinaga. Last night telegraph wires were busy sending long code messages to Juarez, and authorities noncommittal but openly expressing belief that Villa was gaining over de facto forces in Chihuahua. General Murguia somewhere near Jimenez and very short of ammunition. Passenger train arrived to-day, but no passengers aboard from Torreon.

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