The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-13
'IANP, Co AND TORREON
ARE BOILING POINTS
Villa Does Not Move.

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\ CHIHUAHUA, Mexico, March 13.-
Although the bulk of General Fran
cisco Villas Mexican constitutionalist
army is already at Escalon, or closer
to Torreon, Villa himself still remains
here today. When he will depart with
the troops remaining here, is proble-
matical
Villa himself does not seem to have
made up his mind Every night he
warns his chief lieutenants and the
newspaper correspondents that they
may "be called to the field" but be-
yond that statement he is silent. Villa
kept 200 persons including several
gen erals and high persons waiting In
an ante room while he cleaned a rife.
Recently he was presented with a
new high power rifle fitted with
Maxim silencer and he has been act
ing like child with toy ever since
it came. The silencer is thu first he
ever saw and he has announced he
will provide all his sharpshooters with
these devices.
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When asked what use he proposed
to make of the rifle in battle, Villa
sai0 he always fought like common
soldier and proposed using his new
acquisition on the firing line and TAX,
ing chances with the men in the
ranks
VIII sn Villa moves south he Will
leave 1000 troops distributed through
out the state of chihuahua as garri-
sons for the cities. Chihuahua will
have 1000 and Juarez, 900; Parra..
300; Santa Rosalia, 200; Jiminez, 200,
and 100 will be left In smaller towns.
Villa has a total Of 10000 troops in
Chihuahua, 5000 in Durango and be-
tween 5000 and 5000 in Coahuila and
Nalsvo Leon. His army has repaired
the railroad from Chihuahua to a
point just north of Bermijillo, where
Villas outposts are located.
No Report Made Vet.
EI. PASO, Texas, March 1s ZEN
Eeral Traustro. president OF the com
'rnis sioa arpvcssstad BY General Venus
tiano Carranza to invesIlgarr tire $50
cution OF VIM. Benton, an English
man, and the disappearance OF Gus
taye Bauch, an American, today Is
sued denial that the commission
has made any rsport on the matter to
iGeneral Carranza or to anybody else
He branded as false, report circu
lated here and in Juarez that the com
! mission had found that both Bentor
and Bauch were murdered and tfa
two high officers of General villas
rebel army. one in Juarez and one ii
chihuahua. were the murderers.
Passengers who arrived from Ch,
huahua today brought rumors tha
Major Rudolfo Fierra, a relative Q
Villa and an army officer had beel
arrested, charged with the murder Q
two American railroad men and tn
j man believed responsible for Benton
death. Fraustro said If Fierro ha
4 been arrested it was not on the CON
! missions order, or recommendation
I. Arrival during the night OF 200 cor
stitutionalist troops from Chihuahu
i to reinforce the Juarez garrison
causing speculation. Within tsn day
General Carranzas body guard OF |
900 soldiers will arrive. The ne
: troops bring the Juarez garrison u
to 1000 also. ,Juarez officials denie
4 that the new movement had any sp
!, cial Significance, declaring it wa
! merely the carrying out of orders !
! sued by Villa before he went to On
huahua.
Rebels on the March.
a EAGLE PASS. Texas, March 49,
g Constitutionalists are today gatherir
g lin a large force at Monclova for 9
9 attack ON Piedras Negras. Gener
g lIsrario Castro with 600 men, capture
. Moncloya yesterday with little d
/ flculty, after cutting railroad and tel
d graph communication between Il
town and Lampitos.
A. General Murgia with 1,100 men, h
. | ;o;pod Cocfrn at MDnclOya