Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-11-02
GUT|ERRES NAMED
AS MEXICAN HEAD
AguascaIientes Convention
Elects Successor to Car
rama, First Chief.
PLAN TO MAKE VILLA
THE SECRETARY OF WAR
Civil War to Follow Unless Zapata
and Villa Quit Mexico, Say
Carranzistas.

Ell PASO. Tex, November g The
conference of revolutionary chiefs at
Aguascalientes has disregarded Gen.
Carranza's protest and elected Eulalio
Gutierres provisional. president of Mex
leo, according to an official report
reaching the border today.
Villa for War Minister.
MEXICO CITY, November "A dis
patch received here from Aguascalien-
ties says the delegates to the confer
ence have voted to accept the resigna-
lions of both Gems. Villa and Carranza
that of Carranza Internationally, and
that of Villa so as to mean his retire.
ment from command of the northern di-
vision alone.
1t was agreed to abolish all military
divisions and to place all the troops
OF the nation under command of a sec
rotary of war. to be named by the con-
Vent1on. The dispatch says Villa is to
be given this position. The conven-
ton will now proceed to name pro-
vlslonal president, to succeed Carranza.
Gen. Carranza, accompanied by the
foreign minister. the war minister
the president of the national railways
and number of generals, left here to-
day on board a special train. The for
eign minister said the trip was only
for days outing; that the party Was
going to the pyramids of San Juan de
Tcotihuacan. thirty miles north of the
capital Newspaper men were not per-
m1tted to accompany the party.
The foreign minister said that the ac-
ton of the Aguasgalientes convention
Gen. Carranza. who would continue to
act as supreme commander until Gems.
Villa and Zapata left the country.
This afternoon the convention was
voting on Gen. Carranzas successor.
Gems. Robbie and Villurael were the
only candidates. Up to a late hour
tonight the result of the balloting was
not known here.
Belgian Minister at Vera Cruz.
VERA CRUZ. November Paul May,
the Belgian minister at Mexico City, who
was given his passports by the govern
ment because Of an alleged indiscreet
protest regarding the treatment of Bel
CLAN citizen, arrived in Vera Cruz last
night. He does not disguise the bitter
ness he feels over the treatment he re-
ceived at the hands of Gen Carranza.
He will remain in Vera Cruz under the
protection of the American flag until he
receives instructions from his government
Diplomats in Mexico City did their
best to have the decision reversed, but
all they succeeded in doing was TO delay
the Order OF expulsion until Sunday
Find Private Parks Remain,
A few charred and broken bones, all
that remain of the body of Private
Samuel Parks. the orderly of Col Tag
CART, who was executed last summer
by Gen. Huerea's troops. were returned
, to the American authorities today.
There was nothing by which identified
ton is possible, but additional evil
dence of his death was secured from a
! Mexican at Tejeira. short distance
from here, where the Mexican SOL
! diers killed the American soldier and
burned his body. The Mexican claimed
that he witnessed the tragedy.
An American army surgeon and two
assistants entered the Mexican lines by
agreement with the Mexican govern
ment and recovered the fragments of
| Parks body.