The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-29
zAPATk FORCES
 MAINTAIN ORDER IN MEXICO CITY Few Cases of Robbery
 and Violence Are
 Reported PUBLIC RAPIDLY REGAINS CONFIDENCE Villas Advance on Capital Checked by Wreck-rwo Leaders Re- ported to Be Working in Harmony


 for few isolated cases of robbery and violence which resulted in severe pun | ishment to the offenders the zapata
 forces have maintained good order in
 Mexico City, according to advices from
 the Brazilian minister to the state de-
 partment The minister mentioned no
 injury to Spanish subjects and off, | cisls here do not credit rumors that
 several spaniards were killed. The Brazilian minister reported that
 the public was rapidly regaining con- fidence.
 issued decree 1evying tax of one
 lalf of the regular property tax. which.
 he says. Is needed to pay troops and
 the expenses of police and government. The Carranza administration, he de- clares. left the treasury empty. Working in Harmony Nothing was known by the Brazilian
 minister when he filed his dispatch late yesterday as to the time when Villa and his forces would arrive. Previous ly he telegraphed that agents of Villa anc the Aguas Calientes convention were working in perfect harmcpy with Zapata officials.
 The situation in other parts of Mex leo Is described in official reports as quiet with the exception of Tampieo, where the approach of Villa forceB
 from San Luis Potosi has terrorized some residents. Reports are current that Gen. Luis Cabellero. military gov ernor of the state of Tamaulipas, who commands the situation at Tampico, | ic al ton nAd HFtf hA ts.,t, | forces. If that mat srializes, reacefuI
 entry of the Villa troops Is not un- | likely.
 | Wireless reports from Tampico to-
 day said bandits were footing nearby
 oil fields and apparently had gained control of Panuco.
 | Advance Checked | Ell Paso, Tex. November 2S.--Gen- s1al Villas advance toward Mexico | City has been checked by a railroad
 wreck. Twenty-five soldiers were killed and 37 injured yesterday when 1 Villas train collided near Tula with | the train of Gen. Manuel Chao- General Chao was slightly injured. | Carranza officials here denied today | tfat General Cabellero had turned over | territory on the west coast to the con vantion party. Villa officials said that | Gov G. Sanchez of Michoacan had
 .oIned the convention government. l Both sides claimed victory at Guad- alajara, attacked by Villa troops. l Carranza Is in Jalapa
 Vera Cruz. November 2s.--Gen. Venus
 tiano Carranza Is in Jalapa tonight and l is expected to remain there for two or l three days to become acquainted with | the people. He was accompanied by Gen erals Obregon and Aguilar. Gen. Heriber- | to lara was left in command of the gar rison here.
 | Gen. Lucio Blanco who was the last of the constitutionalist leaders to evac- uate Mexico City. is here, as prisoner.
 at the disposition of tho military author | ities.
 | John R. Silllman, President Wilson's representative in Mexico, will remain in
 Mexico City, where he will conduct his work in conjunction with the Brazilian 1 legation. Such dealings as the Wash | ington government may have with Gen eral Carranza while he is here will be
 carried on through Consul W. w. Canada. 1 Dispatches Friday night from Vera Cruz carried a report that General Blanco
 had been arrested by his own officers and was being conducted to Vera Cruz. No
 explanation was given of the events that l led to his arrest.