The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-12-29
MEXICANS ARE
WARNED
They Must Not Shoot
Across the Bor-
der
NEW PLAN OF
GEN. HUERTA
Rumor Is That Gerostieta
Will Succeed Him as
President

Preside, Tex, Dec 29.-United States
troops at Juarez, Mex, Saturday warned
both federals and rebels that if battle
occurs at 0jinaga there must be no fir-
ing across the border. The warnings
were sent from Preside, because OF the
advance of the rebel army from Chi
huahua to attack the federals at DIN
aga. Late reports indicated that the
rebels had not yet arrived within sight
of the federal stronghold. An agent OF
Gen. Villa arrived from Chihuahua Sat
urday to arrange for the release OF Luis
Terrazas, son of the Mexican landowner,
who is held by Villa for ransom said
to be $250,000 gold. The father OF Ter
razas has expressed willingness to pay
the money, but has asked for a guar
antsc of his sons safe conduct to the
United States. The prisoner has been
kept in cell in the state capital at
Chihuahua ever since the rebels occu-
pied that city. All the homes OF the
Terrazas, Creels and other rich Mexican
families, charged with having sympa-
thized with Huerta, have been decided
over by Gen. Villa to his officers. The
property was confiscated several weeks
ago. Alberto Terrazas, colonel in the
ranks of the federal volunteers, who
.sompanied the federals in their flight
l. m Chihuahua, resigned and crossed to
Preside.
Japanese agents who feared that Gen.
Villa might show resentment toward
their countrymen in Mexico because
Huerta had placed orders for arms in
Japan, said they had received notice
from Mexico City that japanese subjects
would be protected by the British vice
consul in Chihuahua. y lila had assured
the japanese he was not unfriendly to
them.
On hearing that his father, mother,
wife and child had been burned to
death by federals at Torreon, rebel
soldier in Juarez Saturday became in
sane. He was told his family had been
killed because he was fighting with the
rebels.
That Enrique Gerostieta, minister of
Justice, will become president of Mexico
early in the new year and that Gen.
Huerta will take the field against the
rebels who refuse to conform to this
arrangement is the report that has been
received WlU1 Cftueuce ny Soihc Vi INC
diplomatic representatives at Mexico
City. Gerostieta is to be named min
lister of foreign affairs, according to the
version of the story in circulation, and
Gen. Huerta win retire from the presi-
dency, in which case the foreign minis
ter succeeds him. Senior Gerostieta is
well along in years. He was a lawyer
at Monterey, who was brought to the
capital to take the portfolio of finance,
but instead was appointed minister of
justice.
The railroads of Mexico are again fac
ing the prospect of tie-up for lack of
fuel oil. The interruption of the line
between Tampico and San Luis Potosi
by the rebels if maintained for a week
would result in complete stoppage OF
traffic on the national system, according
to high railroad authority. The Mexi-
can line between the capital and Vera
Cruz has sufficient supply, it is said,
for 20 or 30 days. It is believed in
railroad circles that the efforts of the
rebels are being directed with more per-
sistence than ever toward accomplishing
this tie-up, which would practically put
the northern country at their mercy.