The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-03
SEXES Properties Of Numerous
Chihuahua City Business
Houses and Makes Threats
RACES BECAUSE LOANS
NOT FORTHCOMING
Bandit Generals Men Are De-
serting Hourly-Carrison at
Guznan Revolts and De-
clares for Carranza

Ell paso. An g.2.--Troops I'm the
villa garrison of G1uxman. seventy
eight miles southwest of Juarezs
revoltea Sunday and. making prfs-
oners of their commanding ofacers.
declared for the cause of Venus
ffano Currmnza. This report was
received today by the Carranxa Of
fciaIs In Ell Paso, and was COM
frmed tonight by railway officials.
General Tomas Ornelas. the VITA
commander at Juarez is south of the
revolving garrison. having been called
TO Casa Grades on Saturday TO retake
that place. which was said either 20
have been captured BY a strange band
or TO have nnutinied and turned against
villa. General villa is himself en-
route to the border. It is declared, TO
take charge Of the situation.
Details brought here today OF villas
seizure of goods of foreign and Mexican
merchants in chihuahua City show that
the conditions under which the SELF
ure was made was more aggravated
than first reported. According TO a
number OF the victims who have
reached here. Villa, stamping in blind
rage up and down the main room OF
the governors palace. shook his fiat
in The faces Of thirty or forty business
men OIL the GapAAAl NtAVii hN fhN "NT
sem bied there, and cursed them and
their governments Some of the for
elEners, II is reported, were brought
10 the general under guard.
Stealing for state.
al ann going 40 take your husi-
ness for the good OF the state"
he exclaimed "Your employees Will
remain here and conduct the bust
ne~a under the direction of nay
agents. arm stealing for the state
--yeu have been stealing frona the
people for yourselves.
Tomorrow a train will be ready TO
take you foreigners to the border.
We are very poor hare. and Will not
send bread or water on the train.
Meanwhile--you Americans and Next
cans and Frenchmen--rny telegraph
will be open to you and YOU can protest
TO your government II the American
government does not like my actions.
it can go to hell have been Aghting
for twenty years. and / am willing to
hght as many more.
The northern leaders TRADE ended
in a general order for the connscation
OF all stores in Chihuahua by his gov
eminent"
List of Frrms Affected.
Among the foreign firms affected by
the order were the general supply
store of Eetelsen & Degetau. Ger
man citizens: the hardware establish
ment OF Krakauer. Fork & Nave,
the tewelry store of z. II. Booth. the
store OF L. w. Thomp-
son, all Americans; the dry goods
house OF William Bunzow and half
a dozen others The train which was
TO carry the foreigners TO the border
had not arrived at the border UP 20
late tonight. and anxiety was inc~eas
ing in Ell Paso rs to the fate of the
and other foreigners
$500 saIf VilIia turns loose the popu-
istion Of Chihuahua to loot the
stores which he has conffscAted.
and they get hold of the saloons.
there is danger Of horrible mas
sacre among the Americans" said
a man today who Is intimately
acquainted with the situation.
THAT very thing may happen.
And--for all we know positively
II may have taken place since the
last word came from Chihuahua
Sunday"
After villa made his sensational
real feelings towards Americans he
gave orders 10 the state treasurer of
chihuahua to place the Villa govern
ment seal over every door of each
store, and told the merchants---for-
eign and Mexican alike--that If he
found those seals broken at any time
without authorization from him he