El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-09-25
OBREGON IS IN
CHIHUAHUA JAIL
Americans Returning from
South Say Carranza Gen
eral Still Held

tCOntinued From Page Onel
meet may be on the battlehelds;; Adios!"
Villas declaration Of war against Oal :
rama came as a surprise 70 most
Ntllistas in Chihuahua. AmeIleills re-
port. as it had been thought tnat al
differences had been settled ana an
parties were to agree TO the result o.
the convention in Mexico CITY on me
first of October However men VINO
are close to Villa declare that a tele'
graphic war had been waged oetween
the two leaders ever since Carrall1t sent
troops against Zapata two weeks ago.
villa, who claims that Zapata was Will
ing to lay down arms at his command
severely criticized Carranza acllon-
The latter replied in rather stin terms
that he was the First CHER ana vas
the dictator of his own actions via
let the matter drop there
Villa Acts Alone
A few days later, receiving alarm
ing reports Of riots and disturbances
in Sonora, villa ordered 1000 men 70
that place under the command OF Cen
Jose RODRIGUEZ, without consulting
the first chief" Carranza upon hear
ing Of this sent the northern leader
long, insulting message charging villa
with insubordination and ordering him
to recall Rodriguez ana his men at
once. the Americans say.
Villa then held a tong conference
with governor Avila. Gems Madero.
AraEElas IEDllas bEndklQE1 anu AuaOs
and Federico Gonzalez Cara, and laid
before them Carranza's message Be
fore any action was taken BY the meet
ing, sen. ObregOn. who had IN some
way heard Of Carranza's telegram.
asked for admittance. After an all
night session. il was announced that
Villa would not take action against
Carranza until after the result OF the
convention in Mexico City became
known That night ObregOn left for
Mexico City
The CameI's Back Broken.
Tuesday morning, however. another
message from Carranza was received
at the Villa headquarters which threw
the northern leader into such a rage
Ihat he Immediately declared war
against the Carranza government He
then gave an order that Oregon was
to be stopped on the way and sent back
10 Chihuahua under guard What the
contents OF CarranZas message was is
not yet known TO the public at Chihua-
hua. but as Raul MaderO put il to a re-
porter who was interviewing him
1t was not an important message.
In fact there was not much 10 il. II
was merely the straw that broke the
camels back"
Villa has approximately $4,000 men
81 cannon, IS machine guns and about
three and a half million rounds OF ann
munition.
Says Oregon Held.
7 was sitting in the ante room OF
villa quarters at Chihuahua Monday
afternoon when a squad OF soldiers
under Villas orders placed Cen Obre-
gon under arrest and escorted him
70 the penitentiary." said another
american who arrived from Chihuahua
Thursday night
With a number OF other persons I
was sitting in the ante rom awaiting
an audience with villa He was sitting
IN his office, the door being open. when
Obregon was brought before him A
heated argument followed, the soldiers
seized ObregOn and we were told TO
leave the office. He was hurried TO
the penitentiary. where he is now be-
ing held.
Everything seemed peaceful between
Villa and Oregon Monday morning.
Obregon with his staff left Chihuahua
for Mexico City. and when they had
been gone about three hours. Villa or
dered them brought back. What took
place in the meantime to cause his
change in attitude don't know But
Villa was very angry when Oregon
was brought before him"
Says Oregon Imprisoned
Others a irving from chihuahua
Thursday night said that Gen. Obre-
Eon still was a prisoner in the penal
institution, threatened with execution
unless Carranza's troops withdraw at
once from the state Of Sonora and
leave that territory under the absolute
control of Naytorena- All other Car
rama sympathizers have been thrown
into prison. the arrivals say, and Villa
is arranging 10 move his army Of
$4,000 well armed men Cd Mexico City.
The train from Chihuahua did not
reach Juarez until 1880 Thursday
night. being delayed by a freight
wreck 30 miles south Of the border.
II left Chihuahua Tuesday night with
nearly 100 Americans aboard One Of
the arrivals. a well known rancher,
made the following statement TO a Her
aid reporter
Chihuahua is throbbing with ex-
element as a result of the new revo-
luton born several days ago, when
Villa threw ObregOn in the peniteu-
tiarv and defied Carranza Villa told
Oregon that unless he compelled Cen
BENJAMIN Gil TO lay down his arms he
would execute him. This is alleged
to have brought about a heated argu-
ment between Villa and ObreEOn
which terminated in Villa ordering the
Carranza general arrested. Villa then
threatened to execute ObreEon and sent
a squad Of soldiers to the prison 10
shoot him when Raul MaderO and Obre-
CONS secretary induced villa TO change
his mind. and the execution was pre-
vented
Many in Jail.
There were many CarranZa sympa-
thizers in Chihuahua and these villa
had placed under arrest. His recruiting
offices are open day and night and
scores of men are being recruited into
his army. Villa now has approximately
So 600 well seasoned fighting men un-
der arms. He is arranging TO entrain
his men for the south and Il IS reported
in Chihuahua that he will move on
Mexico City and attempt to wresJ con-
troll OF the capital from Carranza.
THE railroad tracks south Of Aguas-
calientes have been torn up according
to information reaching Chihuahua
This is taken as an indication that Car
rama is expecting villa TO move his
men south and has taken steps to pre-
vent it."