New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-24
Carranza General AvoWS
He Has Rejected Express
ident's OvertureS.
BOTH SIDES CLAIM
TO HOLD PUEBLA
Tampico Oil Companies Declare
They VIII Not Yield to New
Petroleum Laws.

Washington. Jar. % General A.
yaro Obrcgon has declined to accep'
oyor,ures from General EulaIo Gutter
rez TO join the latter in an Independent
movement against Carranza ana lhe
vula-Zapata coalition, nut will remain
lovaI TO Csrranza, according 10 an an
nouncement tonight by the carranza
The following telegram from zen
oral Obre0on. dated Puebla, was naue
public by the agency mere A.,
"Deny all versions Of the report thaI
bovo ioined Gutierrez. As AWAY,
have the honor TO form part OF me
Constitutionalist army Wortnl'y S C
canded bv Venustiano Carranza. zen
craIs Gutierrez. Robes, BenaFldes'
Rlarco. Natcra, Chao. Zuazua ana pan.
cboz have initiated a campaign aga ns'
Villa and have issued manifesto ulS
closing his latest crimes. 90 no
know what flag they intend 10 roll"
A. the message was said 10 be dateu
prebla January %. the Carrahla
aoencv deduces that there Is no truth
~ The report that Puebla has Deen
,aker nv the forces Of General Iapata'
Fnriouo &. IIorente. Washington repre-
sontativc of the convention Cover"
o,o,t however. announced the recelp'
If telegram. also dated PueplS' VI"
Uoxico CITY. saying the Zapata iolce'
had entered the city. .Lo
The CarranZa agency also issued l"e
following advices from the border;
general Maclovio Herrera and Luz
Cutierrez Joined their respective IoiOJ
and compietelv routed "A Ellllsta cor
r,n The Niilistas were atteiu Pr III
% nonctrate TO the coal fields OF 10"
b,.iia. AS they are very short OF Iuel'
A state Department announcement '
this connection says; go. ri,
"Autbentic reports received an lag
pass from Monclova we're that siNl'
Villistas took Cuatro Cienegas on gau
nsrv u. and looted the town ana aItei
u'ard led = the hills. II IS reported
IT. Ccnerai Luis GuticrreL mas al
riyod in Nonclova with a large iorce
Of troons from Nueyo Laredo. Notnlhg
but military trains are passing DeI"e''
Vorclova and Piedras Negras.
The department also received leIe
,rsn, dated January -, from consul
Simpich. at Nogales, stating ihal puD
i;sbed reports Of the murder oil heHr!
King. an American, at NacoIatl ~
Woxican soldiers, are absolutely WIN.
ont foundation Direct telegraPnlc
assurance had been received IRON, Ma
rozari that King was alive and vel ana
,Sat no Americans we're killed or M
iured i'm the fighting there, the state
s Summarizing the situation at Tam
niro. the statement says:
THE local government has announce
that oil companies will not be per
mitted to resume drilling and con
struction work unless they sign an
agreement to conform with the pro-
visions OF the new petroleum laws lIl
course Of preparation by the Secretary
~ Fomento. None of the Iampico on
companies, II is reported VIII sign Tue
agreement in its present form.
Anarchy, panic and disorder are
reiqning i'm Mexico City, according TO
disnatcbes from Vera Cruz to-day 10
the Carranza agency here. Rafael Lu-
baran. Carranza's Minister of the In
terror, charges many women IN the cap
itai are near death from their treat
ment al the hands Of villa troops
Eulalio Figuerra is reported to nave
abandoned Villa and applied Tor al
mission TO the Csrranza ranks.