Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-07-04
VILLA OUTS CHIEF
Seizes Rebel Offices at Juarez
and Assumes Command in
Northern Mexico.
TAKES OTHER CITIES, roo
Dispatches From Chihuahua and Tor
reon Say Those Places Are in
Hands of Villa Men,

FL PaSo, Tex-GeneraI Villa ten
dered his resignat ton to General Car
rama within the fiscal week, it be-
came known recently. To Villas mes
sage the ConstitutionalIst command
er-in-chief replied, asking who would
succeed him.
Following this, Villas various mill
tary chiefs held conference and
sent round robin" to Carranza, de-
claring that they would accept none
other than Villa as a leader The
split resulted.
General Villa has ordered all COM
manders of garrisons throughout the
territory he controls to report at once
at Torreon. This order was taken
as ominious by observers here. His
tory of the Pascual Orozco rebellion
against President Madero was re-
called Oorczo, like Villa, was a lead
er of volunteer troops of Chihuahua
state and as a popular favorite led
a revolution against the former presi-
dent.
1t is reported Villa is to become
governor of Chihuahua.
Carranza's offices at Juarez have.
been confiscated by Villa supporters
Similar confiscations were authenti-
cally reported to have taken place at
Chihuahua City and at Torreon, where
Villa remained.
Evidence of Split.
The seizure of the offices in Juarez
was taken here as conclusive evil
dence of the long predicted split
between Carranza, leader OF the Con-
stitutionalist revolution, and Villa, his
most successful chieftain.- Private ad-
vices received here told of the SINH
lar taking over of Carranza offices in
chihuahua City and Torreon, evident
ly placing the entire northern part
of Mexico in the power of Villas mill
tary leaders.
Mediation at Deadlock.
Niagara Falls, Ont.-Justice Lamar
and Frederick w. Lehman, the
American delegates to the mediation
conference, after comforting for two
hours in Buffalo with Rafael Zubaran
and Luis Cabrera, personal represen-
tatives of General Carranza, failed to
find a way to bring the Constitution
alists in harmony with the scope of
Mediators Demand Armistice.
Niagara Falls, Ont.-The three
South American mediators formally
duNISOQ dGH0Tdl 0dTTdHZd Dy I0i0-
graph that they would not admit his
representatives to the conference here
unless an armistice were declared and
as well as international
phases of the Mexican problem accept
ed as the scope of mediation.
This action followed the receipt of
a note from Rafael Zubaran, special
representative of Carranza in Wash
ington, announcing appointment of
Fernando Iglesias Calderon, Luis Ca
brera and Jose Vasconcelos as Con-
stitutionalist delegates to the media
ton at which, according to the view
of the Constitutionalist chief, sit is
sought to settle the international con-
flict which has arisen between the
United States and the Mexican repub-
lie"
The mediation told General Carran-
"a they feared he had not duly con-
sfdered" their communications re-
Questing an armistice and that his rep
should discuss the entire
Mexican problem.
Mexicans Pick Their Man.
The Mexican commissioners are said
to have suggested for the presidency
a Mexican who is not allied in any
way with the Consticutionalists or
identified with the Huerta regime.
His name was reported to have
been submitted to President Wilson
and Secretary Bryan.