The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-05-21
ACTORS WIT snENCED

His Reference to Huerta Caused His
sudden Disappearance
From the
Theatre.
[By VIM. G. Shepherd, United Press
STAFF Correspondent
VERA CRUZ, Mexico, May 21.-
Berystyn, Mexico City's matinee idol,
the most popular actor in The republic,
has disappeared, following a joke by
him about butchers quarreling," re-
ferring to the friction between Gen
eral Huerta and Aureliano Urrutia,
and the people of the capital are
greatly incenssd.
They believe that Berys.yn has
been executed by Huerta's orders.
because of his sharp wit, and 1t Is
feared that there may be popular
uprising unless the actor reappears.
According to advices from Mexico
City here today. Berystyn made his
allusion to the dictator and his form
er chief executioner'' on Tuesday
night, interpolating the joke in his
regular lines. When the actor return
ed to his hotel after the performance,
he was seized by Huerta's secret po-
lice, 1t was said.
villa Reports Victory.
by N. C. Parke, United Press Stan
Correspondent
JUAREZ. Mexico. May 21.-One
thousand Mexican federals have been
taken prisoners, two Huerta generals
have been killed and thirty-three fed
eral ofYicers executed in the first i'm
portant engagement in the constitu-
|ticnalist campaign against Saatillo,
according to d dispatch received from
General Francisco Villa. Villa de-
scribed the constitutionalist victory as
an Important triumph and added
that his forces had captured 100000
rounds OF ammunition and much 9TH
er equipment.
The first clash was in .he vicinity
of Paredon, Coahuila, where Villas
rear guard engaged combined feder-
al force, made up of federals who had
fed from Monclova and had Joined
the garrison that previously evacuated
Paredon.
Generals Muenz and Alvarez. of the
federal army. were slain and over 900
prisoners taken. accoring to villa.
Four brigades of villas army rout-
ed the federal force which held
Zeriuche. on the railroad from Pare
don to Saltillo. Villa said General
Osorno and thirty-two federal officers
were among the prisoners and were
promptly executed. He asserted the
rebel loss was relatively small
The dispatch was sent from Fraus.
tro. fifteen miles west OF Paredon,
whittier It was carried by couriers.
villa sent no word of the actual bomb
bardment of Saltillo.
carranza Moving ONCE.
TORREON, Coahuila, Mexico, May
21.-Confident that the fall Of Saltillo
canno. be delayed long, General
venustiano Carranza is enroute here
today from Durango. prepared to es-
tablish the headquarters of the pro-
visional government in the city now
besieged by General Francisco Villa.
The constitutionalist chief will re-
main here until the fighting is ended
and then he expects to occupy the
administration building of the state
of Cohila in Saltillo. The rigid CEN
sorship over messages from the battle
zone continued today and military
officials are without word OF the
progress Of the fighting.
Messages released by the censor
la.e yesterday advise they have been
held up on General Villas order
since Sunday night and related only
an engagement near Paredon Sunday.
Geo. G.. Carothers, representative OF
the American state department. who
came here to keep in touch with the
Saltillo campaign. will move to :he
state capital with Carranza in the
event the rebels capture IL.
Cut on to the West.
IBy C. H. Raymond, United Press
Staff Correspondent
ON BOARD u. g. 8. CALIFORNIA.
May 20.-(By wireless to San Diego,
Calf. May 21.- General Obregon.
constitutionalist commander, is pre-
pairing to cut the railroad connecting
Manzanillo and Mexico City to pre-
vent the possible shipment Of arms
and ammunition to General Huerta.
This accomplished. he plans to con-
centrate his troops around Mazatlan