Evening star., 1914-12-27
Destroys Works, Burns Camp
and Removes All Artillery
From Naco.
MANY BODIES ARE FOUND
IN VACATED TRENCHES
Isidro Fabelo, CarTanza Agent
Leaves New Orleans on Way to
Washington for Conference.


burned his camp and removed all hi:
artillery.
During the night Maytorena's troops
on the west and south of Naco left
their positions. At daybreak they con.
centrated four miles to the southwest
where they boarded train which has
been there since the siege was Degun
nearly three months ago
Gen. Benjamin Hill, commanding the
Carranza garrison of Naco. sent out
skirmishers who had bloodless en-
counter with the Maytorena rear guard
Hills men took three woman prisoners
and picked up a shrapnel shell ie1t IN
the Maytorena camp. 1t was brought
into the garrison and exploded "hlie
being examined, killing three ana
wounding thirteen. two or whom oleo'
HilTs scouts reported tonight that the
train bearing Maytorena's army hao
disappeared The railroad leads to NO
gales and to Cananea. The scouts did
not learn which of the two towns was
Maytorena's objective
Detachments of Hills men visited
Maytorena's vacated trenches ana re-
turned tonight with considerable am
munition and few rifles. twenty one
cases of cartridges are said to nave
been found at one outpost.
Found Many Bodies.
Dead were reported lying all along
the lines that had been occupied by
Maytorena. In one spot Hill said mis-
men found $50 bodies; at another, ~.
The total loss o. the Carranza garri-
son during the siege was placed at
1S5 by Gen. Hill tonight. Maytorena's
total loss was figured at 500
On the American side stray ouiiets
from the Mexican fighting lines killed
FIVE and wounded forty-seven. Bullets
by the thousand flew over the boundary
into American territory during the
siege, which began October 10, 1914.
The retirement of Maytorena's be-
sieging army fulf1lls an announcement
made by Maytorena after his confer
ence Thursday with Gen. Hugh L. Scott.
chief of staff of the United States
Army, who came here in an effort to
stop permanently fighting at border
points where bullets endangered
American lives and property.
Minister Coming Here.
NEW ORLEANS, La, December 90
Ysidro Fabela, Gen. Carranza's foreign
minister, left here tonight for Wash
ington, en- route to London on an i'm
portant financial mission for Carranza.
day from Havana
Monday, it is understood, he has an
engagement with Secretary Bryan in
Washington.
On board the steamer upon which
Fabela and his secretary arrived froin
Havana was the recent editor Of a
Spanish magazine here, who had re-
signed after Villa adherents had pro-
tested to the management against the
editors being connected with the pub
Gcation 1t is said 1t was represented
TO the management that the editor
who, at the time of his resignation, was in
Havana, had gone there to arrange the
financial details that might attend Car
ranza's leaving Mexico. Owners of the
publication will not permit any of its
employees to be connected with Mexi-
can politics.
Villa representatives tonight here
asserted Fabela has a large amount Of
Mexican specie with him.
Prepare for Attack.
DOUGLAS. Ariz., December 26.-The
Carranza garrison of Aqua Prieta, the
Mexican town across the border, was
busy today digging new entrench-
ments, stringing barbed wire entan-
clements and planting mines in ex-
pectation of an attack by Gov. May
torena- some of whose troops retired
before Naco, Sonora, today.
Col. Arnul1O (IOfneZ, commanding the
garrison of Aqua Prieta, said the May
torena advance guard was only six
miles away.
With reinforcements expected imme-
diately, Gomez will have eight hundred
men.
Stops Executions.
MEXICO CITY, December 26-Provi-
sional President Gutierrez tonight is
sued a circular to all generals of the
armies of the convention ordering them
IN most explicit terms to cease all sum-
mary executions for whatsoever offense
Copies were sent to Gen. Villa and
Gen. Zapata.
The circular by the provisional presi-
dent said, in part:
There has come to NE knowledge.
causing me both pain and displeasure.
that all social classes in this city are
IN state of alarm and even panic
stricken at the continual disappearance
OF individuals who are kidnapped by
night, either to exact money from them
or to be murdered in some secluded
place.
No Need to Hide Justice. :.
When I accepted the honorable po-
sition of provisional President of Mex
leo / thought that my comrades in
arms and partisans at large would help
me to establish strong government
an honest and just government which
while il did not have any complaisance
With the enemy. would base all its acts
on morality and on law without any
subterfuges whatsoever.
When justice is done 1t is unneces
sary to hide in the shadows of night
in order to mete out punishment, nc
matter how drastic, TO whtoever de.
serves it. But. on the contrary, i
there is no trace of trial. even Il
swift, and the people are desopiled o.
their property and murdered withou
any legal procedure, then tomorrow ol
later we are called bandits. kidnaper.
and murderers. We shall be unable I,
contradict such true statements.
Upon our administrative behavior
depends that this government be recog
niZed by foreign powers, and this hap
pening, economic and financial condi
tion Of the country will improve notice
ably. Having obtained such an end
we shall have demonstrated that our
is a civilized nation, and also that ou
government has the possibility of Civ
ing guarantees to every person VIII,
dwells in a cultured community. Th,
most elementary principles of moralit,
and law show that the right OF punish
ment is reserved only to the authori
ties through their proper tribunals
with strict subsection to the publi
proceedings marked by law. But neve
can such right be exercised by pri
armed groups, no matter how numer
GUS, for the reason that by SO doin,
they are not only losing their owl
prestige buf also that of the fovern