Arizona republican., 1914-03-06
General Villa Makes An other Demand for Half Million and Says Hostage
 Will Be Killed i'll Five Days
HAS ALREADY
 PAID $650,000
Aged Father is Willing to Go to Chihuahua and
 Submit to Hanging in Or der to Save His Son from Death
ASSOCIATED PRESS prsrArcr1l

FL PASO March 5.-General Luis
 Terrazas appealed today to Marion
 Letcher, the American consul at Chi
 lluahua. now here. for instructions
 how to save his son Luis, whose life
 has been declared forfeit if $500, ,000 ransom money is not paid over to General Villa. Consul Letcher de- olared that he is helpless in the mat
 ter An appeal to Secretary Bryan nlay be made. The TerraZas family is unable to raise the money
 ''I am eighty years old. and neither life nor money means much to me" said Terrazas with a tremor in his voice. My son, Luis, has thirteen children, and they need him. l would gladly return to Chihuahua, and Villa could kill me, instead of my sen"
 It is said tonight the most serious obstacle in the way of a settlement e the matter is Villas refusal to allow Don Luis to leave Mexico un- til after the money is paid Gen eral Terrazas, replying to Villa, made the payment of the money con tingent on hls son being brought to the center of the International bridge while the sum is changing hands This Villa flatly declined to do
 Geneial Terrazas regards any oth- CT arrangements as folly. as his son. doubtless, he thinks, would be used merely as q means of further eX- tcrtion. Villas messenger to General Terrazas said the money must be raid in five days or Don Luis will be Killed
 At the time of Luis Terrazas' ar rest, the rebels demanded $65O, ,O0v in gold as the price on his life This sum was slow in being paid ana Luis was taken out and the moose adjusted about his neck. Then he was gently hoisted from his feet ! The torture was repeated until he ] sisnalled that he would pay the sum | they demanded-all he had in tre Chihuahua bank.
 After this incident he was removed 1 from the palace, where he had been | confined. and allowed to live under i guard with his family in one of his | fathers houses.
 Women relatives some time later appealed to Villa to release him. but i Villa was adamant
 If the Centificos had Pancho i Villa prisoner in the same circun- 1 stances. do you think he would be i restrained in a palace and treated | with the consideration I have shown Don Luis?" Villa replied. NO: | rancho Villas head would have been placed on q pike and paraded about the city The Terrazas family have accumulated their great wealth. through oppression of the people. and now the people demand reparation.''
 Felix Diaz Arrives
 WASHINGTON, March 5.-Interest in the Mexican situation warmed up here today, with the arrival of Felix Diaz, who helped Huerta overthrow Madero and later fled from Vera Cruz because of fear of Huerta. It is gen erally supposed he desires to appear before the senate foreign relations and Chairman Shively, act ing chairman of the committee. said l that Diaz will be heard if he wishes. Senator Works of California will ad- dress the senate tomorrow on the Mex ican situation, while Senator Fall of ! New Mexico will discuss the subject on Saturday
 Secretary Bryan appeared before the house committee on foreign affairs. and answered questions about condi- tions in Mexico. Some members of the committee said he made a favora ble impression. and that resolutions call ing for information will not be neces sary. Representative Rainey. republi- can of Pennsylvania, however, who has a resolution pending, calling for information on the Mexican situation issued q statement declaring that the house IS entitled to receive facts, and that they should be made public
 President Wilson told callers today.
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