Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-07-06
HUERTA ARRESTED
BY j. S. TROOPS
ON THE BORDER
Gen. 0rozco and Deposed Dicta.
tor iii Fort Bliss.
NEW REVOLT is ONDER WAY
Department of Justice Orders Two
Seized to Halt PIot-Palr on Nay
Attend Conference With
Federal Officers.

Ell PasO, Tex, June 2S.-Gen. VICTOR
lana Huerta, former dictator of Mex
leo, was virtually made a prisoner Of
the United States by officials Of the
department Of justice at Newman, N
M, when he attempted to steal into
Ell Paso by automobile to attend the
big centifico junta to be held in this
city.
With Huerta, the federal officials
took into custody Gen. Pasquale Oroz
CO, the famous Mexican leader. The
two Mexican dignitaries were brought
to Ell Paso in automobiles, escorted by
troop of American cavalry, and
were taken to the federal building
where they were held for a while IL
the marshal's office pending receipt
Of instructions from Washington as tC
their disposition.
Taken to Fort Bliss.
Fearing demonstrations by the
enormous crowds of Mexicans which
surrounded the building, deputies spir
tied Huerta and Orozco into automo
biles and they were hurried to the
prison camp at Fort Bliss, where an
American soldier mounts guard over
them in one of the most handsome
sets Of quarters at the fort
When word was received here by
the federal authorities that Huerts
was on his way to Ell Paso a sharp
watch was kept by specially depu
tiled United States marshals and
agents Of the department of justice
and when Huerta left the train al
Newman, where General Orozco and
several other prominent cientif1cos
had gone to meet him, federal agents
Immediately took the two leaders IN
charge.
Captured by 100 Troopers.
More than 100 American troopers
from Fort Bliss had been stationed
on the Texas side Of the boundary to
prevent the Mexicans from crossing
over. AS soon as Huerta and Orozco
had been hustled into an automobile
the cavalrymen were assembled and
led the van of the cavalcade that later
startled the citizens of Ell Paso as IL
hurried through the streets to the
federal building. 1t is said that the
arrests were made by deputy United
States marshals upon instructions di
rect from Washington.
May Be ParoIed.
1t was reported about the United
States district attorneys Office that
both Huerta and Orozco would be
placed on parole on condition that they
do not attempt to foment the proposed
cientifico revolution or to leave E.
Paso.
Another report Is that Huerta will
not again be permitted to remain al
liberty under parole to. the federal au
thorities since when he landed in New
York on April II for a pleasure trip
he pledged himself to remain in this
country only 80 days and not to start
another revolutionary movement.
Ell Paso, Tex, June 2S.-Gen. Vic
toriano Huerta is headed for the Mex
lean border. Following rumors which
began to spread rapidly In the after
noon that he would head a new revo
luton AID attack Mexico, his agents
later declared a meeting of the Glen
tifico-federal faction would be held
here today. General Huerta is ex
pected to arrive here today.
General Huerta's departure from
New York was ostensibly for San
Francisco, where, he said, he intended
to visit the exposition.
Fourteen former Huerta generals in,
Guiding his son-in-law, Gen. Luis Flu
entes, are in Ell Paso with 300 former
federalist officers and 5000 soldiers
Today Date Of Invasion?
A Huerta sympathizer said that
Monday was the day set for the inva
sion of Mexico. Juarez will be the
first objective point. Pascual Orozco
a Huerta leader, just returned from
New York after comforting with HUI
erta and American bankers financing
the cientif1cos, claimed to have the
Juarez garrison practically bought out
I'VE are going to fight this revolu
ton with silver instead of bullets,
said Orozco. I'VE have already got
our missionaries working in the ranks
of the different factions"
Quietly the Huerta factionists have
been storing arms and ammunition al
secret depots along the border and
near here, it has been learned. In
one local warehouse United States of
fcials have discovered IA machine
guns and large quantity of ammuni
ton. United States soldiers are guard
ing the place to prevent smuggling OF