Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-11-28
Mob Led by ConstitutionaIist
Soldiers Sack Big Finan-
cial Institution.
U. S. MARINES Ar ACAPULCO
Western Coast City Occupied at Re-
quest of Citizens-Gutierrez
Named His Cabinet.

kilograms received here the National
Bank of Mexico City has been sacked
by mob of Constitutiona1ist soldiers.
A report received here, but which is
not confirmed, says that Lucio Blanco,
former rebel leader has been desig-
mated by General Carranza as a COM
promise ad-interim president and that
Carranza's choice has been approved
by adherents of Francisco Villa.
1t is said that this development in
the situation took place after General
Carranza had sent his ultimatum to
the delegates to the Aguas Calientes
convention
Marines on West Coast
Mexico City.-It is reported here
that the port of Acapulco on the Pa
cific has been occupied by American
marines The occupation is said to
have followed a request of the inhabi-
tants who were suffering great priva-
lions owing to the revolution.
General Venustiano Carranza has
issued an ultimatum declaring himself
the chief head of the republic. The
proclamation was issued at Cordoba
and directed to the military chieftains
and the civil employees of the central
government, who were ordered to obey
Carranza as first chief of the Consti-
tutionalists and to disregard totally
the mandates of the Aguas Calientes
convention.
To the military chieftains he said
that unless they left the conference
and were back at their posts by 5
o'clock Tuesday evening their next in
rank would assume their places.
Gutierrez Names Cabinet.
General Eulalio Gutierrez, who was
appointed provisional president of
Mexico by the Aguas Calientes con-
vention, has proclaimed himself the
chief executive, beginning November
10, and has appointed the following
cabinet to act with him:
Foreign minister, Fernando lyle
cias Calderon; minister of communica-
tions, General Antonio Villareal; min
lister of war, General Juvencio Ro-
bles; minister of the interior, General
Jose Blanco; minister of public in
struction, Signor Soto y Gaina; minis
ter of justice, Jose VasconseIos; min
lister of progress, Pastor Rouaix; min
lister of the treasury, Fe1icitas Villa
real.
Gutierrez in Prison.
New York-GeneraI Eulalio Gu
tierrez, who was elected provisional
president of Mexico at the recent
Aguas Calientes convention, has been
imprisoned by General Francisco Villa,
according to a telegram said to come
from General Venustiano Carranza,
and made public here by the Mexican
bureau of Information, the same agen-
cy that announced Gutierrez had re-
pudiated the acts of the convention
electing him.
The telegram accredited to General
Carranza did not say where the new
president had been captured or where
he was believed to be incarcerated.
The reason for the seizure and con-
fnement of Gutierrez, the message
said, was that he had refused to be
dominated by the demands of the Villa
faction.
Report Discredited.
Ell Paso, Tex.-General Carranza's
charge as given out at New York that
General Villa had imprisoned General
Eulalio Gutierrez, named provisional
president by the Aguas Calientes con-
ference, was not credited by either
Carranza or Villa agents here. The
v lila agents pOlulOu OuI that 0ullCi lOA
would not have been selected for the
post unless he had been willing to
occupy it. Rafael Muzquiz, the Car
rama consul general to the United
States, who has headquarters here,
said that he had received no official
or indirect advices Of the reported ar
rest.
Three Americans Slain.
Ell Paso, Tex.-Two American cow
boys, named Bishop and Eckles, and
an unidentified American negro were
murdered a few days ago near Temos-
sachio, west of Chihuahua City, ac-
cording to advices received here 1t
is stated that the Americans were
killed by federal flibusters, who have
been raiding in the vicinity.
May Renew Naco Siege
Naco, Ariz-Refugees from the
Mexican town of Naco began hocking
to the American side when Villa
troops. under Governor Maytorena,
moved into position outside the town,
apparently preparatory to renewal
of the recent siege.