Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1913-12-04
REBELS TURN
TO peaceful
PURSUITS
PROBLEMS or CIVIL GOVERNMENT
NOW FACE CARRANzA and
VILLA, WHO WILL CONFER IN
CHIHUAHUA TROOPS READY FOR
FEDERALS At MARIA. .
THE RELEASE OF TWO
AMERICANS DEMANDED

.JuareZ, Mex, Dec. Awhile lootlnS
by isolated bands or confiscatlon OF
property by the rebels may continue
the days of fighting in northern Mex
leo are numbered, so far as the pres
emf revolution is concerned, according
to opjnions expressed by rebel leaders
today.
General Francisco Villas assertion
that there is not much more to fight
for in the north because of the bank
rupt condition of the federal army,
which caused them to evacuate SO
important a city as Chihuahua, has
spread among the rebels. What most
Immediately concerns the constitu-
tionalist party now is the elaboration
of it's civil government. This EN-
braces more systematized customs
to be enforced along the border. The
rebels hold all the important border
towns except Nuevo Laredo and Pie
dras Negras, opposite Texas. Ihere
remains also to be put in force
uniform currency system, for new
rebel and federal currency are in con-
fct, one kind being acceptable IN
one place and another kind in anoth-
err Rebel postage stamps already are
in use. Many governors and state
officials are to be selected.
For all practical purposes within a
short time, the leaders say, a govern
ment will be in operation in the north
ern half of the country which will be
entirely detached and independent OF
that at Mexico City.
The settlement of the civil ques-
tons is one reason why Villa has ask
ed General Carranza to meet him at
chihuahua. Sylvester Terrazas,
newspaper editor in Chihuahua, who
Is not related to the wealthy Terrazas
family has been selected for governor
of the state.
Villa expects to leaveIto Carranza
the task of establishing civil govern.
ment, devoting himself to the military
campaign southwark towards Mexico
City
U S. Troops Ready.
Marta, Tex, Dec. 4.-Immigration A.
and cavalry troops went to Presldio'
opposite Ojinaga, Mexico, today, on
information that refugees from chi
huahua would cross the border there,
Among the refugees are Gen. Mer-
cado. Huerta's commander in north
ern Mexico, and his officers. 1t is not
known whether the Mexican offlcers
will seek safety in the United States
or whether they will stand at OJlnaga
against any attempt of the rebels to
capture them. Ojinaga is reached
over a fifty mile wagon road from
Maria.
Release Demanded.
Washington, d. c., Dec. 4.--lmmed1-
ate release of w. S. Windham, an
American, and a companion OF the
name of Dunn, held for ransom near
Mazatlan has been ordered by Govern
or Felipe Riveros, commander in chief
of the constitutionalist forces in Sina-
loa, according to today's dispatches to
the state department Windham for
merly was cashier Of a bank in Pasa-
dena, Calf, and is now superintend-
ent of a ranch.
Today's dispatches, which confirm
the capture of Victoria by the rebels,
say both Monterey and Tampico are
threatened. Nearly all the Americans
many foreigners and hundreds OF
Mexicans have fed from Monterey to
Texas. The strike situation at Tam
pico is still unsettled. Today's ad-
vices say representatives of the oil
company have gone to Mexico city to
adjust differences. Durango is re-
ported comparatively quiet.
Report is Unofficial.
The Hague, Dec. 4.-Neither official
nor diplomatic circles in the Neither
lands know anything about the report !
that Queen Wilhelmina has been ap- !
pointed by the powers an intermediary |
for the pacification of Mexico.
Left For Dead.
Mexico City, Dec. 4.-Col. Exiquio |
Barbosa, federal officer who was left |
for dead with bullet through his
chest after facing firing squad of
rebels at Torreon, arrived in the capi-
tai today. He relates that he was !
captured by General Francisco Villa |
when the federal troops commanded !
by General Felipe Alvirez were wiped !
out Just before the evacuation of Tor
reon. -
Colonel Barbosa is the only one to
death of the 10 officers cap |
tured by General Villa on that occas-
ion. He says that he, with all the rest,
were shot down. Later, however, he
recovered consciousness and while his !
were feasting, he crawled
away from the spot and managed to |
get to a ranch where he was given |
help. Some time later he got away |
and reached a mining camp where a |,
doctor dressed his wounds. When he !
was able to walk he made his way to !
Zacatecas and Mexico City.
Trial Starts.
Phoenix, Ariz., Dec. 4.-The trial of |
the Phelps Dodge Mercantile company,
the Douglas Hardware company, w. H.
Brophy, F. E. Coles and W. F. Fisher,