The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-12-31
AMERICANS LEAVE
IUAREz AMID RIOTS
TROUBLE CAUSED BY SOLDIERS
DEMANDING MONEY FROM
THE NEW GOVERNMENT,
TEXAS BORDER PATROLLED
Carrsnza Soldiers Are Scattered Out
Over Mexican Deserts in an Eff
fort to Capture General
Villa, Dead or Alive.

FL PasO, TeX.--AlI Americans we're
ordered out Of Juarez at $50 O'Clock
Thursday evening. They were order
ed to remain on the American side by
General Pershing at the same time.
Tramway traffic was discontinued.
A mob surrounded the government
financial agency at Juarez demanding
money
Mrs Thomas Edwards, wife Of the
American consul at Juarez, was the
first American to cross into the Unit
ed States following the order given
out at military headquarters.
The United States border patrol ilu,
mediately was increased and traffic
over the international bridge halted.
No americans were permitted to
cross.
The only explanation obtained from
Colonel Campo, who telegraphed from
JuaTe2 that he had the situation I'M
der control, was that there had been
trouble among the soldiers over pay
ment of wages, but that the matter
had been satisfactorily settled.
General Francisco Villa, stripped of
a large part of his army through sur
render to the de facto government, is
preparing to invade Northern Sina-
loa, together with the forces of Gen
eral Jose Rodriguez, in command of
1000 troops, according to advices re-
ceived at Ell Paso, Texas, Friday.
Ell Paso, Tex-One American is
dead, fatalities variously estimated at
from two to ten occurred on the Mexi-
can side of the boundary and heavily
armed forces of American and Mexi-
can troops are patrolling the border
as the result of rioting in JuaTez Tues
day.
One shot from south of the border,
believed by the United States military
authorities to have been fired on
American troops, killed George A. Die
perto Of Ell Paso, brakeman, while
he was standing on the top of an Ell
PasO & Southwestern railroad freight
car. Shortly afterward two Mexicans
were shot at the Mexican end of the
Santa Fe bridge by Mexican customs
guards,
1t is stated at the Carranza consul.
ate that the generals in Juarez who
had turned the town over to the Car
rama government had control and
we're in conference upon the election
OF military leader to take full charge
and appoint paymaster to receive
100000 pesos in Carranza paper cur
rency with which to pay off the SOL
diers Reports from Juarez said if
any attempt was made to pay off in
Carranza currency rioting was sure
to be resumed.
Laredo, Tex.-Adyices from the in
terror of Mexico Tuesday say a Gordon
Of CarTanZa soldiers has been stretch
ed over the territory north of Chi
huahua City, where General Francisco
Villa was last heard from, in an eff
fort to prevent his escape to the Unit
cd States.
The news OF orders to capture villa
was contained in military advices to
Nuevo Laredo Tuesday. Definite in
formation regarding the movements of
the former commander is still lack
ing. He was reported Monday to have
lett Chihuahua City with forces est.
mated at as high as 1000, headed prob
ably fer the American border.
El Paso, Textile Carranza de
facto government is now in official
control Of the former Villa state of
Chihuahua and the organization of the
Villa government, including 1000
troops in the cities of Juarez and Chi.
huahua and all border points, agree to
accept the Carranza domination.
This was made possible by an agree
ment signed by the Villa leaders, Cen
erals Roberto Timon, Manuel Banda,
Lieutenant Colonel Flavanio Paliza
and Colonel Eduardo Andalon and Car.
rama Consul Andreas Garcia. The
agreement grants amnesty to all but
General Villa and his brother Hipo.
Ito.
The generals entered into confer.
ence Monday as delegates from Cen
eral Villa to confer with the Carranza
consul upon a plan to turn over the
entire territory and all troops and
arms and for Villa to leave the csrital
without any following.
They reported the result of their
conference to General Villa at Chihua.
hua City.
Late Monday they had received no
reply from General Villa, and, instead.
learned that after receiving their adj.
vices Villa gathered 400 or 500 men
and left the capital
According to officials at Ell Paso
Texas, the foreign interests in Villa