Arizona republican., 1914-06-18
No Denial by Either He or Carranza of Break in Re latiOns - Pancho's Men Control Chihuahua and Western Durango
OVER MILLION IN
 CURRENCY MISSING
Meanwhile w a S hin gton Hears Carranza Admits Making Mistake and In stalls Villa in Supreme Command of Troops
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH

FL PASO. June 17.-Carranza and has reached the breaking point. Neither did the agents of either the constitutionalist leader or his north ern leader attempt to give reasons for the forceful busting late yester- day of all the Carranza appointees to office in Juarez by Villas support CTS. H. Perez Abreu, who was in charge of the constitutionalists in formation bureau, has disappeared with the rest of the Carranza em- ployes. Alberto Pani, Carranza's $ agent Tn charge of the treasury de- partment in Juarez, escaped to this side, although all his fellow em- ployes were arrested.
 statement was issued early to- day by the Villa agent here to the effect that his chief had authorized him to issue a general denial of the reported arrangement The state ment was later found to have been
  Villa and Carranza are unable to get official expression from Coahuila, where Carranza has established him. self or from TorreOn. where Villa evidently remained. The employees of the Juarez customs house, telegraph office and treasury department were sent south early today on special train. to be sent to Saltillo accord ing to an announcement tonight by Roberto Pesqueira, CarranZa's confi- dential agent here. Other reports said they had been placed in the state penitentiary at Chihuahua City. The reported sending of prisoners to CarranZas headquarters was received by the agents of both factions here as a sarcastic action by the Villa adherents. It is not denied from any source that Villas soldiers have taken over the entire fabric of the civil government that heretofore was man i ipulated by CarranZa's cabinet offi- cers In addition to the disappear ance of the CarranZa officials from the border point, a million in con- stitutionalist currency is missing, it ! is said tonight on best authority. i This money is of the national issue which Carranza installed to become general currency throughout the con- stitutionalist territory. The money IS said to have been confiscated by Villa and was sent to the state capital. The national bills dropped
 five cents to a value of 21 cents gold
 at the Fl Paso exchange today.
 Villas officials took possession to-
 day of the offices formerly under con
 trol of Carranza appointees. Col. i Thomas Ornelas, Villas garrison
 commander. declined to discuss the
 orders or the reason for his raid yes terday on the federal offices and sub
 seouent arrest of Carranza men. The confiscation and closing of the infor-
 nation bureau and the change in the
 telegraph office prevented any news
 arriving from the south. It was as
 serted by those in official touch Wlth the situation, however, that all Car ranza men had been thrust out or
 office throughout Chihuahua ana
 western Coahuila.
 Carranza and Villa adherents
 here tonight issued a joint appeal to
 both the constitutionalist comman
 der-in chief and the2 Chihuahua lead
 CT. They asked both to desist from
 what they considered a condition
 which would ruin the chances of the
 constitutionalist revolution both in
 ternally and internationally. The
 message was drawn in the form ol
 a diplomatic memorial. American
 Consul Edwards of Jaurez, declared
 tonight in no way did he assert the
 trouble between the two revolution
 ary leaders had been patched, but be lieved the breach would in no wa. interfere with the military move
 ments against Huerta.
 Determined to prevent breach be ) tween the two revolutionary leaders Carranza and Villa, the group O , Mexicans met in a hotel tonight tt discuss the situation which they ad mittedly considered most critical. Tn t document was drawn up in simpl l and concise Spanish and telegrapheC jointly to CarranZa and Villa. t appealed that personal differences b. r thrust aside for the welfare of wha 7 the authors considered the last Mex I ican revolution.
 : The cargo of the steamer Antilla e which landed ammunition for tn l constitutionalists at Tampico a fev S days ago has been received by Villa f forces at Torreon, according to per . sons who arrived today from tn e front It was made known the own V ership of this ammunition and ma I chine guns has been one of tn
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