Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-01-24
Asserts Loyalty to First Chief.
Against All Efforts Of Those
Fomenting Third Faction lnI
Mexico,
REPORTS CONFLICT
REGARDING PUEBLA
Oil Companies at TampIco Re-
fuse 10 Sign Agreement De-
manded by Constitutional
lists at Vera Cruz.

washington, Jan. 2S.--General Al
( varo Obregon has declined To accent
overtures from General Eulalio Gu
tierrez to Join the latter in an inde-
pendent movement AGAINST Carranza
and 1.-The Vlla-zapata coalition, but
win remain loyal to Carranza. ac-
eordins to an announcement tonight
by the Carranza agency here.
The following telegram from Cen
oral 0bregon dated Puebla, was made
public by the agency here:
Deny all versions OF the report
that | have joined Gutierrez AS al
ways, l have the honor 10 form a
part Of the constltutionalist army.
worthily commanded by Venustiano
Carranza. Generals Gutierrez, Robles,
Benavides, Blanco. Natera, Chao, zu-
aqua and Sanchez have initiated a
campaign against Villa and have is
sued, a manifesto disclosing his lat
est crimes. | do not know what flag
they intend to follow"
Pueba Is in Doubt.
! As the message was held to be
dated Puebla, January 22, the car
rama agency deduces that there Is
no truth in the report that puebla
has been taken by the forces of GEN
eral Zapata. Enrique c. Llorente,
Washington, representative OF the
convention government, however an
nounced the receipt of telegram
also dated Puebla. via Mexico City.
saying the zapata forces had entered
the city.
The Carranza agency also issued
the following advices from the bor-
der:
Generals Maclovio Herrera and
Luis Gutierrez Joined their respective
forces and attacking a villa column,
defeated and completely routed Al.
The Villistas were attempting to
penetrate to the coal fields of Goa
hula as they are very short of fuel"
Loot Town and Take 10 Hills.
A state department announcement
in this connection, says:
Authentic reports received In
Eagle Pass from Monclova, were 10
The effect that sixty Vilistas took
cuatro Cienegas on January 21, loot
ed the town and fled to the hills. II
is reported that General Luis Cutter
rez has arrived in Monclova with
large force of troops from Nuevo La
redo. Nothing but military trains are
passing between Monclova and Pied
ras Negras.
"A portion of the principal state
troops revolted in Merida" the state
ment says. These troops are known
las the Copeda Feranza battalion, and
consist of about 900 men, practically
|all Yaqui Indians
THE men divided into several
bands and attacked the governors
palace, city hall. police department
and one of the barracks where the
battalion known as the Pine Suarez
was stationed 1t is said that this bat
TALON consists of only a few hun
dred men,
Drive Revolters From City.
1T Is reported that the uprising
was caused by discomfort on the part
of the officer in command of the CO.
peda Feranza troops, Patrieco Mem
doza, who was about to be removed
from his command and who told his
men the Pine Suarez battalion had
revolted and that they, the members
Of the Copeda Feranza battalion.
should stand by the government. The |
Copeda Feranza men were then di- |
rected to- the barracks where the |
Pine Suarez troops were stationed
The fghting continued intermittently
throughout the night. The following
morning the revolving soldiers were /
driven from the city
"There were about twenty killed in |
the fighting al Merida.
The Mexican transport Progreso |
and gunboat Bravo arrived at Pro-
greso from Vera Cruz, January &. !
with about 1900 Carranzistas. About /
400 troops have likewise arrived from |
the state Of Tabasco and the major
part of both groups has been sent
INTO the interior to suppress the re-
bellion."
Report Of Murder Untrue.
The department also received a .
telegram dated January 22 from Con-
sui Simpich at Nogales stating that
published reports of the murder OF |
Henry King, an American at Naco- |
zari by Mexican soldiers are 'abso-
lutely without foundation" Direct
telegraphic assurances had been re-
ceiyed from Nacozari that King was
alive and we'll and that no American
was killed or injured in the nghting
there
summarizing the situation at Tam
pico, the statement adds.
s'The local government has an
nouneed that oil companies will not
be permitted to resume drilling and
construction work until they sign an