The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-24
oEozco 1Ers s1NEws

Federal General Deserts and Turns
Over His Garrison With All
Arms and Ammu-
milton.
limited Press Leased Wire Service. ]
CHIHUAHUA, Mexico, March 23-
How Gonzalo Enrile, financial agent
for Pascual Orozco got 100000 out of
the business men of Chihuahua Fri
day afternoon, for revolutionary pur.
poses came to light tonight.
Enrile called together all the bust
ness men of the town, including the
bankers, in a morning session. The
business men refused to contribute.
Enrile called them together again in
the afternoon and in the meantime he
arranged that the bond issue of ST.
100000 (Mexican money! authorized
by the Chihuahua legislature should
be brought before the afternoon meet
ing.
When the business men gathered
in the afternoon, Enrile demanded
that all of them take portions of the
issue. Enrile put down the various
national banks for $4,000 each.
Standing at the chairman's table, he
distated the contributions as he
pleased.
When the manager of the Banco
National refused to take $4,000 of the
bonds, Enrile told him that, if he per-
! sisted in his refusal, one hundred men.
fully armed, would surround the bank
and take the amount by force of
J arms. The banker agreed to make the
! payment.
: Enrile told the business men that
J has less than $4,000 and that further
demands would be made for the bond
: loan, amounting to 100000 in Ameri-
} can money. When the manager of
!, Jettelson and Degetau, a contracting
: firm, flatly refused to contribute 81.
600, Enrile put him down for $1,000.
The business men of Chihuahua eX-
pect they will be again called upon to
. furnish the remainder of the bond loan
or half million in American money
Deserted Madero.
Ell PASO, Texas, March 23.-Ojina
ga, federal stronghold on the ex
: IRENE eastern boundary of the state
OF Chihuahua, fell into the hands OF
the rebels today by the desertion OF
: General Jose De La Luz Sanchez from
+ Maderos cause. He turned the garri
son and all his arms and ammunition
I over to Gneral Pascual Orzoco an6
, joined the rebel cause. He will be
given a command in Orozco's army
it is announced.
The surrender of the town was Sc
cured by two emissaries of Orozco who
were sent to deal with Sanchez The,
have announced the success of theil
: undertaking.
The garrison of two hundred mel
has been sent to Chihuahua to ioiI
d the rebel forces and Sanchez will be
gin at once, it is said, recruiting
large force for Orozco.
For weeks Madero has been rushinl
arms and ammunition to Ojinaga an,
$ has been recruiting forces there TO
t attacks upon Chihuahua an,
JuareZ
l. In the taking of the town, Orozc,
secures sufficient munitions to euui
/; his recruits at chihuahua and is il
position to start up on his campaign
against Torreon.
:. Colonel Antonio Roias, rebel con-
), mander, whose soldiers looted .Juare
after its surrender to the rebels. wa
today placed under arrest at Chihua
hua by Orozco and relieved of hi
d command. He is held in the Chihua
hua prison incommunicato on a charg
J. of INSTRUMENTATION Two hundred c
his seven hundred men were disarme
r and put under arrest and 500 wer
sent late today to reinforce General
Salazar and Campo at Escalon
Salazar has reported the capture c
sixteen federals at Escalon in FIR
days engagement. The rebels hav
not made a report of their losses. Th
federals have retreated but it is b,
lieyed to be a trap as General Auber
federal leader, has heavily reinforce
and appears to be holding the rebel
i'll check.
Juarez has been swamped wit
foodstuffs today &C result of til
lifting of the ban by the customs 0
ficials and the heaviest business
years has been done by Ell Paso Who'll
sale houses in supplying miners an
merchants over all north Mexico.