The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-06-18
AND WAR GOES AHEAD

Attack on Zaeatecas viii Begin Not
Later Than Sunday With
| Villa In Full
Command.
UNITED Press Leased Wire Service ]
Ell PASO, Texas, June 1S.-"For
the advancement of the constitutional
list cause and the betterment Of the
public service throughout the terri
tory under his control, General Fran
| cisco Villa determined to fill the minor
places in the government service with
mon who will have nothing to do but
the work the public demands of them. I"
This telegram sent by q correspond
| ent close to General Villa at Torreon
early today is the explanation offered
by the leader Of the Mexican constitu-
tionalist army in the north for his
action Tuesday night in seizing all
government. Offices and records In the
| district north Of Torreon. With It
came confirmation of earlier dis
patches that Villa and General Car
rama had made up and that Villa
would have his entire armed strength
before Zacatecas and begin the at
tack with himself in supreme COM
mand no. later than Sunday.
The breach between Villa and the
"first chief'' apparently has been
healed as suddenly as 1t manifested
itself. The details of the settlement
are not known except that Villa has
evidently had his way and that his
entire control OF constitutionalist
troops An the field has been recognized
10y CafrAnza
! The Torreon dispatch says Villa has
announced that he still recognized
FCarranza as first chief Of the revo-
luton and the shake up Of Tuesday
night had no particular significance
but was merely the carrying out Of a
plan to do away with many petty
annoyancss growing ou. OF jealousies
born Of political rivalries and hero
worship.
It has been repeatedly said Villa
and Carranza would never quarrel
over their differences as to policies if
their underlings we're not forever fan
ming the flames Of jealousy and feed
ing in a mistake to advance the in
forests Of their respective chiefs. Robt.
". Pesquiera, Carranza's personal
representative on the border, gives 1t
as his personal opinion that the GUST
ing of Carranzistas from minor Offices
in Chihuahua is purely local or
state matter and will not have the ef-
feet of creating q breach between vii
la and Carranza. There was an utter
lack of excitement In Juarez today
either among the partisans Of Villa
or Carranza.
Rumors that forty-eight former Car
ranzista government Office holders
had been executed at Samalyuca, a
way station forty miles south, finds
few believers, even among the most
ardent Carranzista men.
Though the story was repeated to-
day by Huertista sympathizers, it
created no excitement. It is admitted
several deposed Carranzis.as are
missing from their favorite haunts in
Juarez but 1t is thought they went
into hiding, fearing danger, when the
change Of administration was SO sud
denly made Tuesday night
Americans arriving from Ciudad
Chihuahua, say the change was made
there with very little furry. 1t has
not resulted in any counter revolution,
they said. A message from Saltillo,
where General Carranzas capitol had
been established. says that while
Caranza has not acted on General
Villas resignation rendered by wire
last Thursday, he Sill has the matter
under discussion and will call con-
ference of leaders to consider the
situation. Villas army will partici-
pate in the coming Zacatecas attack
with Villa superceding General Pano-
fl Natera in chief command. Whether
Villa intends 20 seize command re-
gardless of General Carranza's wishes.
or acts with Carranza's consent is not
known but the inference is that Car
rama has agreed to this plan. Gen.
eral Natera is expected to report to
Villa himself during the campaign.
During the pas. few days villa has
received large quantities of arms and
presumably from a sup
ply landed at Tampico from the
steamer Antilla week ago. II that
be true, 1t is evident that Carranza
and Villa cannot be very far apart.
The ammunition mus. have coUe
through Carranza's territory and the
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