Mexican Refugees Overstay Welcome.

New York Times 100 years ago today, April 16, 1913:
War Department Asks How Long Our Army Must Keep "Open House."
FEDERALS LEAVE EMPALME
Rebel Leader Says Carranza Probably Will Be Next President — Predicts Capital's Early Fall.
    WASHINGTON, April 15.— The War Department asked the State Department to-day to decide how long the United States should continue to keep "open house" on the Arizona-Mexican border for the entertainment of Mexican Federal refugees who have come into the United States to escape capture by the rebel army. As a result it is probable the State Department will give instructions to release the several hundred Mexicans now interned on the border and being fed from the stores of the United States Army maintaining the border patrol.
    Many of those refugees have been cared for in Nogales, Arizona, ever since their flight from Nogales, Mexico, a few weeks ago. When the number of alien boarders was increased by about 309 through the recent flight of Gen. Pedro Ojeda's forces from Naco, Mexico, into Naco, Arizona, the commander of the American forces in Naco decided to ask for instructions as to how long the refugees should be fed from the Government larder.

    MEXICO CITY, April 15.— A measure putting a tax of 10 per cent. on exports of gold from Mexico received final approval to-day from the Chamber of Deputies and was sent to the Senate for consideration.

    GAUYMAS, Sonora, Mexico, April 15.— Although evacuating Empalme, which was occupied immediately by State troops, the 600 Federals here late today fortified a strong position in a suburb of Guaymas. The destroyer Paul Jones arrived in Guaymas Bay from San Diego, Cal., with meningitis serum for the cruiser California's crew.

    NACO, Arizona, April 15.— "Within sixty days the Constitutionalistas will take Mexico City," Gen. Alvaro Obregon, Commander in Chief of the Sonora insurgent troops, said to-day. "If the Federals do not leave Guaymas we will be joined by 3,000 troops from Sinaloa State and 2,000 from Topic Territory under command of Col. Martinez Pinozo, 4,000 under Gen. Zapata from Morelos, and 15,000 from Coahuila under Gov. Carranza.
    "With that force and with Carranza as our commander, we will march triumphantly into the national capital. Gov. Carranza doubtless will be the next President."
    The State troops opposite this point, numbering almost 2,000, are recuperating from the Naco campaign before departing toward Guaymas.