New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-04
GUTIERREZ AND
VILLA IN CAPITAL
Carranza Troops Capture
Guaymas and Besiege
HermOsillO.
GOMEZ TO CONFER
WITH GEN. ZAPATA
U. S. Cavalrymen Arrest Mex
lean Filibusters in
Texas.
From The Tribune Bureau

Washington, Dec. 3.-The entry OF
General Villa and Provisional Presl-
dent Gutierrez into Mexico City, re-
ported TO the State Department IN DIS
patches from its agent az FL Paso 70
day was accomplished without disturb,
ance, and the situation in the capltai
is quiet. -,
Orders have been issued by General
Villa, according to further advices TO
the department, that no private prop
erty is to be occupied by his troops
without the consent of the owners.
Advices from Monterey report that
railroad service is now being main
tanned between Laredo and Saltillo, and
there Is also rail communication with
Tampico. Considerable native products
are being shipped to markets in the
United States, principally from the
mines and smelters.
FL Paso, Tex, Dec. S.--The princlpal
port on the Rst coast of Mexico was
captured to-day by Carranza troops
under General Ramon Iturbe, accord
ing to official Carranzista advlces'
General Iturbe, who has been adVanc-
| ing up the west coast from Sinaloa
with force of aeveral thousand Gar
rama troops. began an attack on quay
mas on Wednesday. During the DAY
reinforcements, including artillery ana
machine gun attachments, were re-
ceived by lturbe, and the city was
| shelled. .oo
The Villa garrison numbered l,5Oo.
When the bombardment started the
garrison became panic stricken, ana
early to-day abandoned the city.
Hermosilio, capital Of the state OF
Sonora. is being attacked tonight by
a Strong Carranza force under Colonel
Obregon, a brother of General Aware
! Obrecon. The capital now is held by
Yaoui Indians. Obregons men began
the attack on the city this morning,
n Carranzista report says.
Juarez. Mexico, Dec. 3.-Emilio Vas
ouez Gomez. who is said to have been
selected by General Zapato to succeed
Gutierrez as Provisional President, is
expected to reach Juarez Saturday 10
confer with General Zapata by tele-
graph. Gomez. who twice has been pro
claimed Provisional President OF Mex
leo. vet who never has served, mas Deen
in indirect communication with Lapata
for several DAYS at San Antonio, Tex.
He sent word to-day that he would go
70 Mexico City to be at the service OF
It
men to accompany HIM.
Naco. Ariz., Dec. 3.-Francis Lawry,
representative of q New York ammunl-
ton house. who tried to collect bill
/ from Governor Maytorena for ammuni-
ton delivered to the Villa commander,
reached the border to-day ahead of SOL
diers who had been ordered to execute
him if he stopped in his fight. May
torena said he did not care to be an
noyed by DILL collectors.
4 Los Angeles, Dec 3.-John VI Bowen,
/ special agent Of the Department Of JUS
/ tice, left for San Diego to-day TO in
vestigate q report that BaltaZar Avilez,
! Villista, Governor of lower California
was threatening to execute an Ameri-
can citizen named Sabin, and also that
Avilez had violated American neutral
B ity laws by recruiting force of sew
eral hundred men in United States ter
ritory. The arrest of Sabin was re-
ported by United States official on the
border.
Brownsville. Tex. Dec. g. Nine
armed Mexicans. part of an alleged fill
clustering expedition of twenty-five
members. were captured by United
States cavalrymen near Hidalgo, Tex
last night. according 10 report re-
ceivcd here to-day. Major Arturo Mar
manic. one Of the captured MeXicans
said the expedition aimed at capturing
Reynosa. Mex, a border point sixty
miles up the Rio Grande from here