The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-06-29
ENTIRE ARMY OF
VILLA LAYS down
Withdraws From Zacatecas
Campaign Until Carran-
"a Will Come to
Time.
CANNOT GET SUPPLIES
Many Rumors Of Split Between Two
Leading Rebels Who Are
ouarrslins Over
Hcnors.
CANNOT GET SUPPLIES

General Vestuiano Carranza has
again become acute was the interpre-
.ation placed by constitutionalists to-
day on the rebel chieftains action
Sunday in suddenly withdrawing his
entire army from the Zacatecas cam
paign. It is stated by men high IN
authority here that villa has sent an
ultimatum to Carranza and that all
his military operations will cease,
pending a reply.
Villa and his star returned to Tor
|reon Sunday. He announced that
his 1900 soldiers had also been or
dered back there. Dispatches said
Villa explained his failure to push on
to Queretaro after finding Aguas
Calientes evacuated, by declaring he
had almost exhausted his ammuni-
tion.
Many reports are current here.
Constitutionalists are even whisper
ing that Villa intends to break alto
gether with Carranza and establish
himself as an independent leader. The
ultimatum he is said to have sent tc
The FIRST CHIEF is reported couched
in vigorous terms. It demands. dis
patches say. that villa be supplied
Immediately with his full share OF
ammunition brought into Mexico
through the port Of Tampico and that
he be allowed full use Of railroads IN
the so-called Carranza territory Tor
carrying supplies 20 his army. VII.
las operations have been seriously
handicapped by the refusal Of Car
ranzas followers to allow him the
use OF their railroads. They have re-
,peatedly held up his shipments.
Carranza is enroute from Monterey
to Nuevo Laredo.
CITY Evacuated.
AGUAS CALIENTES, Mexico, June
29.-When the Zaragosa brigade, under
command of Generals Aguirre Bena-
vides and Roal MADEIRA arrived here
Sunday in pursuit Of the fleeing fed
erals commanded by General Medina
Barron, they found the city evacuated.
Huerta's forces stopped only long
enough to take a brief rest. Then
they retreated to Queratoro where
General Huerta will make his last
stand. The federals sacked Aguas
Calientes before the evacuation.
carranza Is Staiing.
WASHINGTON, June 29.-Suspi-
cion that General Carranza is "stall-
ing'' and that sooner or later this at
titude will result in a show down be-
tween the constitutionalist chieftain
and the United States grew here to-
day.
Carranzas latest excuse for delay
in sending representatives to the
mediation conferences Is that he must
consult with all his generals. The
south American diplomatic colony
here regards this as a subterfuge.
They expect that within a few days
the A. B. c., mediators, tired of delay,
will ask that Secretary Bryan imme-
diately keep the administrators prom
ise of participation in mediation by
Carranza.
Rear Admiral Fletcher, who arrived
last night from Vera Cruz will tell
his story Of the battle at that port to
President Wilson.
Mediation Stock Sags-
NIAGARA FALLS, Ont, June 29.-l
After five and half weeks of fever
lsh ups and downs, mediation stock to-
day was quoted way below par. The
only real encouraging feature of the
situation was Carranza's reques. for
time instead Of q nat refusal in the
matter OF sending delegates to final
conferences.
Our duty is done," said Mediator
Naon. "It all rests now with the
Mexican people. do not know how
ong we shall stay. / like It here.