Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-11-07
EULALIO GUTIERREZ
MEXICO'S PRESIDENT
CHOSEN BY THE AGUAScAllEN-
TIES CONVENTION AS MExIco'S
TEMPORARY PRESIDENT.
PAST HISTORY OF THE MAN
Meanwhile Both Sides Continue to
Mass Their Troops and Things
Are Not Yet Settled to
the Liking of All.

CarranZa mas stated JndI ne was us
posed" to give up his executive power
at the completion of the transactions
of the Aguascalientes convention,
Monday passed without the first chief
of the constitutionalists having recog-
nized General Eulalio Gutierrez, APP
pointed by the convention to be tenn
porary president of Mexico. Evil
dences now point to a possible con-
flict between the Carranza and Villa
factions.
1t was reported that both sides had
begun the movement of troops.
The short term of office, twenty
days, accorded to Gutierrez, was out
of consideration for the delegates OF
General Zapata, the southern chief.
tain, who had no vote in the conven.
ton fcr lack of authorization from
their chief. Within the twenty days
allotted it was expected that Zapata
could arrange to allow his agents to
vote for him.
A message from the central bureau
Of information at the City of Mexico
was given out by the consulate gen.
erals office at FL Paso, as follows:
"As soon as the first chief was in
formed of the action Of the Aguasca.
lientes convention he stated to the
convention delegates that he was dis
posed to do as he had promised and
give UP his command and executive
power as soon as the convention had
fixed the form Of provisional govern.
ment and arranged for Zapata and
VIVA to give up command Of their
forces.
ALSO he asks that an explanation
be made to him of the motives which
had impelled the convention to decide
to accept his resignation and the mo-
tives for which it had considered ex.
pedient his resignation from power"
General Gutierrez is known through
out the constitutionalist army as the
tiger of Conception del Orc, from the
little town between Saltillo and San
Luis Potosi, where he made his home.
When Gutierrez allied himself with
the movement started by Carranza
against the Huerta administration he
succeeded in raising several hundred
men from among his neighbors in the
northern part of the state Of San Luis
Potosi, but was unable to arm them
Only a handful of his men had rifles
or ammunition, but in spite of this
fact he is credited with inflicting Sc
we're losses and defeated the federal
troops sent to defend Monterey and
Saltillo
Gutierrez and his men succeeded in
seizing a quantity of dynamite from
mining companies operating south Of
Saltillo With this as his only weapon
he held up or destroyed dozens Of
troop and supply trains carrying rein
l'forcements and ammunition to the fed
eral commanders. From these trains
he armed and equipped the force with
which he inflicted decisive defeat on
the federal command at Vanegas last
June.
City Of Mexico.-A dispatch re-
ceived at Mexico City Monday from
Aguascalientes says the delegates to
the conference in voting on the resig-
nations of Generals Villa and Car
rama accept that of Carranza uncon-
ditionally and that of Villa, so as to
mean his retirement from command
of the northern division alone.
1t was agreed to abolish an military
divisions and to place all the troops of
the nation under command of a secre-
tary of war, to be named by the con.
vention. The dispatch says Villa is to
be given this position. The conven.
ton will now proceed to make a pro
visional president to succeed Car
rama.
General Carranza, accompanied by
the foreign minister, the war minister
and his private secretary and also by
the president of the National Rail
ways and numerous generals, left Sun
day on board a special train. The for
eign minister says the trip was only
for a days outing. Newspaper men
were not permitted to accompany the
party.
The foreign minister said that the
action of the Aguascalientes conven
ton would in no way affect the status
of General Carranza, who would con
tinue to act as supreme commander
until General Villa and Zapata left the
country.