El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-24
.HERM0SILL0 SEIZEDBYY AOUIS;
MiYT0RENA PRISONER IN PALACE
Yaqui Chief Assumes Control of Sonora Capital, Puts
His Own Men in Office and Defies Governors Au-
thority; Street Fighting Between Factions I'm
minent Nuevo Laredo to Be Evacuated
by Carranza Forces.

! have been quelied only with great
difficulty and in the course Of these.
more than dozen men have been
killed Executions are frequent.
Chief Uberlejo, according TO the
arrivals from Hermosillo, has assumed
practical command OF all forces in the
southern part OF the state and is con-
du-ting operations to sgit himself.
According to one Of the arrivals from
HermOsillo. the Yaqui chief was re-
Gently driving up one OF the main
streets Of the city when he saw an
enemy and. rising in his open carriage,
he opened fire with a revolver. Special
taxes are being imposed by the Yaquis
and collected under threat OF cOnfisca-
ton. II is said
Reports Are Conflicting.
Conflicting reports regarding opera
tons around San Luis Potosi continue
TO be received here. Carranza- advices
still maintain that the city is held by
a strong force under Gen. Benjamin
Hill Tie Villa consulate, on the other
hand, has a telegram from the gov
ernor Of the state. absolutely denying
that the capital has been occupied
Further fighting around Elbano, near
Tampico, is reported in Carranza ad-
vices received here, which state that
Gen. Manuel Chao, the Villa COM
ulander. has again suffered a defeat
and that he has Withdrawn the greater
part Of the besiegers to a point well TO
the west. on the San Luis Potosi-
Tampico railroad.
Cara Convention President.
Rogue Gonzales Cara. provisional
president Of Mexico at the time the
Niilistas evacuated Mexico City, is now
president Of the convention and is act
ing in complete harmony with Villa,
Nillista officials here In this connec-
ton il is claimed that Villa never de-
clared himself provisional president,
but simply chief Of the territory under
his control and that even his ministers
we're not appointed with the full title
charge Of the various departments
The status Of the provisional presi-
dency Of the republic from the cOnven-
tionalist standpoint will be definitely
decided when full communication with
Mexico City is again restored. Villistas
here state. The present method will
continue until after the northeastern
campaign is brought TO a close. how
ever. according to Villa officials in FL
Paso-
Gen. NIaclovio Herrera is at Rosales,
COshuila, near the coal fields A let
ter dated from that town and signed
by the general was received here
Wednesday. No mention is made in
the letter Of his being wounded, rs has
been reported.
NuevO Laredo To Be Evacuated.
Nuevo Laredo viii be evacuated by
the Carrancistas in a short time &C
cording 10 Villa advices received here.
1t is stated that the CarranZa troops
have been defeated in a number Of en-
gagements south OF the border town
notably at Candida, where a fierce
fight two days ago resulted in the com
plete rout Of the Carrancistas- Many
wounded have arrived in the town. the
Villa advices state. and the garrison.
which is small one is on the point Of
evacuatinE.
The railroad line IS open from
Aguascalientes to Mexico City. but is
only being used for the movement OF
military trains. according to a, report
received by the Villa consulate here.
Regular traffic will be resumed at an
early date, the report states