Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-15
REsEL coa6aaAsiogR cAeus ~
POWER WITH lssoH HAle1kJ 5S
CHIHUAHUA. III I; s sS III
PROPERTY or FoaEtoMgNo M ssS
SEIZED AND cossFIscA5lil
MilIiens q Dsllars Taksa essa -
Department sssrs astsssy 4 = = ~ y
Brewery and fastsslss 1st
TwsnU MsxsssW Civilians Exss +, q
-Fessien csnsuls Ignored.

El Paso, Tex Dec. 15.-Amer1eG9
Germans and Spanish. who axftvoos
yesterday from chihuahua. reposts t&1s
Francisco villa, the rebel leader. yssdQ.
ally had constituted himself dict ~
there and that he refused to hsodMtx1
requests Of the representatives ofs48Ss
eign governments. They asssftSdssl5x1s
the rebel leader had seized @y.ooA44eI
worth Of property belonging tosI1f.
eigners. had put to death about tkS4
ty Mexican civilians. including 9sfSUfc
Sanchez, lawyer and former stoeas1
ficial, and had commanded the fAARoR.
lean. German and British conSul0s -
obey rebel orders.
The happenings in Chihuahua s1ade0i
villa occupied the city on Its 6vAfu6.
ton by the federal troops II efvonsiA
the refugees here. who number 1.oc
Nabs . Department. 9tsrs. ss;
Vita sei1ei u large department aSl -.
valued at 3l.500.000 and owned III
French. German. English ana Apa6f ~
interests. but chiefly spanisA. ~
placed in command Of tho store Gsts ~:
Chao. rebel leader. He also seiS1esN
brewery. clothing factory. all the 6lo.S
Gerry and other stores owned by 9pSu-
iards. valued at $35o0.OO0. He cNji1d
meeting OF merchants Of all natio6dl.s
tiles and told them they must pay. hla
large sums Of money, asgresatinE sey-s
eral millions OF dollars. to support ~
revolution. He gave orders that, stA6I
30 called constitutionalist money shO0bG
be accepted as currency. Villas sxiniii3i.
sion OF citixens OF Spain. all ofswAxa
were progressive merchants, was ~
pain OF death. He at nrst infofnsesa
them that they must be out ofTttto;
country within nve days, hut latAc.a .a3iaR
an appeal by Harry Scobeli. <ho sDr4f
ish vice consul. b. extendad the
to ten days. None Of tA0 80
were allowed 70 take sawav S,6 ~
except his persaaals llsotsv md. ~
We're told never 20 return. sss III Il SSXa
Capture of 1Israxas, ~. ss ssisf
The capture and imprfsoslt -
Luis Terraxas. Jr. son Of Ya&&5
owner. was after Terrasls hadtD0afR&
refuge In tho British vice cundal
and after tho rebels had informed ~.
scobel they would break down ~
British Vice consulate unless Terf1 i1;a
was released. Marion Letcher. o.
United States consul, was asked ~ -
foreigners to protect them. Mr.SEetc1i.
er attempted to send cipher ube166 -
to the state department, but wss' a..
formed by villa that no cipher naeesaka
would be permitted on the rebel ta1oa:
graph. villa then Informed the f6e-
eign consuls in body that they Wt1ia
have to obey rebel orders. ss
German Consul lnsultod.
Otto Kueck. the German consul. reoS
tested to Villa against the exaction s0k
tribute from Germans. Villa threAtGnAd
tribute from Germans. Villa threas<neA
corted to the border II he persisted ID
his protest. A store in which Kueck
was interested was required to NY
s 80 900.
All homes and property Of the ex-
PEELED Spaniards were appropriated 10
the personal use OF the rebels. The ex-
pulsion OF Spanish nuns and yprjests'
was complete. except that the bishop,
Spaniard. was allowed to remain.
VILLAS attitude toward the consulg
was hostile" said a German clothing
merchant "The German colony went
to Mr.. Kueck for protection. Villa
said: 7 can not shoot you. but can
escort you to the border Kueck re-.
piled he would remain in Chihuahua
as long as a German citizen was there.9
1t was impossible for the foreigners to
obtain any definite understanding from.
villa as to what course Re would Duy sue
in future toward the foreigners"