El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-06-17

uncaptured city Of Zacatecas. Natera
attacked Zacatecas, while villa re-
NAMED at TOrreOn viewing the exper-
iment from the rear According TO
reports from Mexico City, completely
confirmed by private advices from the
revOlutionist front, Natera was de-
feated decisiyely in frequent attempts
to take the city. Carranza requested
Villa to rush to Natera's assistance.
This was several days ago. and in the
meantime reports continued TO arrive
Of Natera's defeats. villa remained
at TOrreOn.
Villa Asserts His Power.
This was the first time in the his
tory Of the relations between Carran-
"a and Villa that Villa had not been
able to force CarranZa to do his bid
ding. While Carranza has nOminally
been the chief, Villa has dictated. As
the price for his publicly announced
loyalty to Carranza, Villa forced "the
chief to shoulder the diplomatic negO-
tiatiOns over the killing Of William
Benton. When Carranza openly re-
scented the landing of United States
marines at Veracruz and CURLY ordered
the United States to take them away
Villa openly asserted that he was glad
the marines had landed and said that
his chief was wrong. Then he went
to Chihuahua, talked with the CHIEF
and the announcement came forth
that Carranza and Villa were in &C
cord. CarranZa resented Villas &C
Spaniards and eLpelling these foreign
ers from the country. but Villa refused
TO bulge from his position and finally
CarranZa issued official approval of
ignated Natera as the commander at
Zacatecas and issued an order last
week that all purchases OF supplies
must be made through his govern
ment and that all moneys must be
turned in to the central government
CCarrauza) Villa rebelled- For the
first time '-the first CHIEF attempted
to assert himself and lost
villa First Resigns.
villa rendered his resignation 10
today. when Carranza named Panfllo
Natera to command at Zacatecas- To
Villas message. the COnstituUiOnalist
commander in chief replied asking
who would succeed him
Following this. Villas various mill
rary chiefs held a conference and sent
round robin TO CarranZa declar-
ing that they would accept none /
other than Villa as a leader.
The split resulted
Villa last night ordered all com
manders Of garrisons throughout the !
territory he controls TO report at once
at Torreon. This order was accepted I
ominously by observers here as an in !
dication that he is planning to set up a l
new rebel government
CarraneistGs Sent South
Today, it was learned that between |
20 and 30 employees Of the federal Of i
fees at Juarez were sent on a spec |
iaI train early today to Chihuahua i
City. the state capital, thence to be 4
transported to Torreon, where villa i
remained. These men, employees OF /
the customs house, telegraph office, /
treasury department. and information 4
bureau were arrested late yesterday
by Col Ornelas in a raid on the var
iOus national offices where Carranza
appointees were employed
The whereabouts Of II. Perez Abreu
was the matter Of most speculation
He had been selected by Rafael Zu-
baran Capmany, Carranza's agent at
Washington, as publicity agent OF thes'
revolution, whose function il was 10 IS
sue official bulletins TO the American
press Perez Abreu disappeared when /
his office was taken over by the Villa
villa FavOrs Angeles.
Partisans Of Carranza and Villa ut
FL PasO, center OF the outspoken ele-
ments Of the revolution. discussed hot /
" the future of the ConstitUtiOnalist
movement The equation Of the Ma |
CARA Falls conference played an i'm
pOrJant part in the argument, espec-
tally as regards the naming Of a pro-
yisiOnal president
Some villa supporters even declared !
that Gen. Felipe Angeles, secretary Of |
war on Carranza's cabinet, had been ]
selected by Villa for provisional presi- /
1ent in place Of Carranza, as some par
lsan publications had suggested. An !
seles, former federal general, has /
been commanding Villas artillery I
since the battle OF TOrreOn, and yes |
-erday departed for the front above
ZacaJecas, according to official an !
loncement here Mexican newspapers
published at Torreon were reported as |
having begun an open discussion Of !