El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-25
CONTROLS
C0AHUILASTATE
Embargo Raised on Fuel to
Villa; Mexico City is
Short on Food.

Following a number of recent engage
ments. southern COahulla is now IN COM
plete control of Villa, according 10 au-
vices received by villa agents mere
These state that both of the railway
lines from TOrreOn to Monterey are
omen and that practically all of the dis
trict along the southern route, from
Torreou to SaltillO and Monterey, has
been cleared of Carranclstas
Cen MaclOviO Herrera, who has been
active in the fighting around Monterey,
has come to the border ARRIVING win
his staff at c. p. Diaz on "Wednesday,
according to Carranza adVlceS received
here These state that Herrera and Gen.
Luis Gutierrez have held number of
conferences and that complete plans Tor
the recapture Of all points in Coahulla
have been made. The capture OF Mon
clOVa is also claimed IN the message.
Further victories over Gen. RoSauo Her
nandez. a villa commander, who was
recently decisiVely defeated at HERNIA
mas, are also reported and the forces OF
Hernandez are declared to have been
scattered.
Embargo on Fuel Raised.
According to advices to NIlllstas here
the embargo recently established by
American railroads on coal and oil ship
ments into Mexico has been raised.
The embargo was made effective by the
railroads because ears sent into villa
territory had not been returned. As
the Villa faction was urgently in need
of fuel, Gen. Villa recently issued
ing that all foreign cars be returned
az soon as possible: that no foreign
cars be used in making up military
trains unless absolutely necessary, and
that under no circumstances were FOR
eign cars to be altered. This order
has had the effect of raising the en-
barge. The Villa advices received here
also stated that Gen. Jose Rodriguez
had peen appolnted. eXecutlNe president
of all lines in Villa territory. Jose
Rodriguez is a brother of Trinidad
Rodriguez, who was killed at the battle
Of ZacatecaS.
Desert villa Cause.
Gems. Acusta and ElizOndo, with their
commands, have deserted the Villa cause
and declared for Carranza, according
to Carranza advices from NeracruZ The
report states that the two generals
surrendered their forces at San Juan
del Rio, near Queretaro city. The same
advices state that Gen. Francisco COss,
military governor of Puebla, has de-
feated the Zapatistas in a number of
engagements and now completely con-
trolls the entire state.
A large number of the priests who
were expelled from Mexico City because
they would not subscribe to forced
loan of 500. 600 pesos have arrived in
Neracruz. The Carranclstas declare that
the loan was to have been used in re-
hevinE the condition of the poor in
the capital and that the same priests
subscribed to a loan of 10000, 600 pesos
when requested to do so by Gen. HueTta.
Mexico City In Bad Way.
Recent arrivals from Mexico City de-
clare that conditions in the city are
worse. from an economic standpoint,
than at any period during the revolu-
ton Grain and meat are selling at
prohibitive prices and the monetary
system is demoralized. new DEGREES be
ing issued almost daily invalidating
one issue or another. As Mexico City
has been the general clearing house for
all issues, this is causing great con-
fusion. According to the Americans,
no less than % different state and fed
eral issues have been in circulation in
the capital The Carrancistas. the
Americans state, in attempting to re-
lieve conditions are sending large
quantities of fuel and food supplies from
Vera cruz.