The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-11-19
.CARRANzA CANNOT
LOCATE IN JUAREz
General Villa, Who Holds the
City, Prefers to Work Out
His Own Salvation.
MICH ALARM I'M FL PASO
Presence Of Mexican Rebels Big
Army Across the Border
Frightens Citizens.
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Ell Paso, November 1S.-General
Pancho villa viii not permit General
Venustiano Carranza. self-styled Con-
stitutionalist President of Mexico, to
establish hts provisional capital at
JuareZ In q long distance telephone
talk Tuesday afternoon. General villa
assured General Carrenza OF his un-
dying loyalty to the nstitution-
alist cause. but intimnted that no would
prefer to work out his own destiny In
his own way until peace had been
restored In Mexico. Ho said no did
not believe he could do as good work
In stamping out liberalism as he IL
now doing IL he were hampered by tho
politicians who would be suro to flock
to Juarez IL II were made the pro-
visional capital. General Villa said
at the close OF the conversation that
General CarranZa agreed with him fully
and would continue to maintain his
capital at Hermosillo, or at the post
of Nogales on the Arizona boundary.
In this. Villa scores another victory,
but his attitude has angcred the mr.
dent members of the Carranza junta in
that Villa aims to be dictator. ana
WIZ be satisfied with nothing short OF
recognition as leader of the anti.
Huerta revolt In Northern Mexico.
Mrs. Christopher Seggerson, OF Ell
Paso, mother of tho boy Charles Seq
gerson. who was shot and killed during
the attack on Juarez last Sunday morn
Ing. was given $500 tMexican) by Cen
eral villa this afternoon as partial in
demnity for her loss. promising moro
when tho Constitutionalists win"
Massing of Troops.
The massing of Villas troops at Jua-
rez continues, and is causing genuine
alarm IN FL Paso. Scores OF kilograms
were Hent to Washington to-day pro-
testing against tho weakening OF the
IT,. -.
Fort Ethan Allen. and asking that
SO far from depicting the garrison. 1t
be Increased. Villa has now 1900 men.
with thirteen big guns and eighteen
machine guns. opposed to which force
there Is scattered along the border from
the west line or New Mexico eastward
10 Preside, Texas, a distance of about
900 miles, the Second Cavalry, soon to
be removed: the Fifteenth Cavalry, not
;et supplied with mounts. a squadron
of tho Thirteenth Cavalry. four field
pieces and three macn,ne guns.
Should Villa deem it tho proper thing
to do. or should the .scn loot afforded
by the banks. stores and warehouses
or Ell Paso prove a temptation. 1t is
believed he could take tho town tempo-
rarily at any rate
II is not probable that he will at
tempt IL, hut the presence of his com
paratively large undisciplned army is
-oO'ON dFoiA dS menace, and the
government at Washington is being
urged to do something toward making
I'll Paso feel safe from attack.
y thorough search OF Juarcz was
made to-day for j. H Francis, the
missing eH-alderman OF Chicago, but
he was not found. The bodies Of the
two unidentified foreigners killed Sat
urday morning during the attack on
the city were exhumed, but neither
proved to be that OF the missing
Chicagoan.
Villas threat to take over the line
OF Mexico and Northwestern Railroad,
New York and Canadian property
and rebuild It and operate it IL the
company did not do so. had the desired
effect. and the work OF repairing was
begun to-day. Nearly 100 bridges will
require to be rebuilt, and many miles
OF track laid before trains can pass
over 1t. and Villa has given but three
weeks in which to do the work.