El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-07-20
fails TO give them all the soft berths-
Would Force FierrO to Front.

Would Force FierrO TO 'FRONT.'
However, there are rumors that a
breach may occur when VIVA alleIn3sts
to force the elevation TO generalshlp
Of Rodolfo Fierro, the man on whom
has been placed the stigma OF me
Benton murder. Villa is salQ 70 nave
slated him for one OF his orlsaoe com
rnanders. He is also said 70 De oelsI-
mined upon the promotion OF CaE4Os
Dominguez, who was formerly one OF
Carranza's staff men, but was run out
of Carranza territory for telllng ne
supreme chief at DanqueL OF soiLiS
OF his shortcomings Both these men
will be bitterer pills for Carranza lLian
Angeles. il is said, notwithstanding
that Carranza is sutflclent4y incense
at Angeles. whom he dismissed IRON
his cabinet for siding with Nllla IN
the recent CarrEnza- villa breach.
VnIa Controls Railways.
Further evidence that villa is hav-
ing his way, comes IN the ANNOUNCE
ment Of the promotion OF Villas d.
rector Of railways, Col Euseblo Cal
sada. TO the direction Of all railways
held by the "Constitutionaltsts, CIV
ing him rank over Col DoInlnggee1'
Carranza superintendent IN Coahuiia33
and Carlos FierrO, a CarranZa ottlcla4
in charge Of the railroads IN NueEo
Leon and Tamaulipas. II is said VIA
insisted on controling ne falI Is.4-...
after reading the Il. Clay Pierce letters
IN which it was shown that Carranlz,a
was about TO turn the Mexican ran
ways over for operation IN the inter-
est Of American financiers
Troubles on Pacific Coast.
Carranza's troubles IN Sonora nave
not been obliterated. Saturday Wnen
he attempted to send Ma Carlos Plant
through that state to Guadala1ara Ior
a conference with Gen. Obregon, FlaI lk
was arrested on orders OF Gov Jose
Maria Naytorena. who is openly op-
posed TO Carranza and is said to have
sent word TO Villa that ne would sup
port him in any controversy between
villa and Csrranza-
Carranza regime in Sonora is reported,
because of the high taxes eXacted IN
the interest OF the central government
Naytorena is said 70 side with the peo-
PIE in their protest. However, the pro-
tests are not nearly so grave as those
coming from Guadala1ara and Guy
mas where forced loans are being
made upon the people by the recently
victorious "Constitutionalists-" Obre-
gon has Just sent 100000 gold TO car
rama from GuadalaJara. which ne
forced from the people, a large part OF
II from the priests who are declared
friends Of Huerta and legitimate prey
for the new powers
Although Gen. Alvarado reports that
the federals looted Guaymas Of every
thing edible and then went 10 the
clothes lines and robbed them. before
evacuating the city, forced loans Tor
the support Of the Carranza govern
ment are being made by the troops now
May ASK for Embargo.
The "Constitutionalists' may soon
be placed in the position OF requesting
the United States government 70 nave
q strict embargo placed on the e1pOI-
fation Of arms and ammunition TO Mex
leo in spite Of the fact that this same
revolutionary party has recently asked
for the removal OF all restrlctlons
from the expectation Of ammunition and
The newly conceived counter revolu-
ton viii be responsible for such an
unusual request being made, II u IS
made II such a counter revolution IS
started. II will be organized along the
northern border where II is easy TO ger
arms. ammunition and men for the
cause At the present time the en-
barge on ammunition shipments Is only
an army rule issued by the war de-
partment The rule is not effective and
great quantities OF ammunition nave
been sent across the line for the led
sral filibusters since Rogue Gomez took
The Other Bull Is Hit.
As long as the "COnstitutionalists
were getting ammunition across the
line because Of the Ineffective rule, the
rebel Representatives said nothing; but
when the feders1s took advantage Of
the ruling 20 get quantities Of arms
and ammunition across, protest was
made TO the army and to the United
States government They say that the
"Constitutionalist" party cannot rees-
tablish peace unless the embargo is
again clapped on by the United States
and enforced strictly by the army.
Ammunition for Rebels.
An auto truck load Of ammunition
left d local ammunition store Satur-
day. was driven TO the FL Paso foun-
dry neiEhborhood and was unlOaded
few feet on the Mexican eide Of the
international line The shipment con-
sisted Of assoc rounds of ammunition
and II was taken in charge Of by a de-
tail Of rebel soldiers from the Juarez
garrison late Saturday afternoon. The
United States army officers were in
formed OF the shipment Saturday but
were unable to intercept it before the
ammunition had been crossed
Big Smuggling Operations.
Twenty thousand cartridges on an