Arizona republican., 1915-01-24
Declines to Join ill Inde- pendent Move Against Calranza, According to Announcement by Wash
 ington Carranza Agency
.OBREGON TELEGRAM
 IS MADE PUBLIC
Says to Enter Denial of: Report That He Has Joined Gutierrez and to State That He is Still COnStitutiOnaIiSt
ASSOCIATED PRESS DrsPArcHl

 WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.-Obregon has declined to accept overtures from Gutierrez to join the latter in an independent movement against Car ranZa according to an announcement tonight by the Carranza agency The Carranza agency also believes there IS no truth ill the report that Puebla has been taken by forces of Zapata.
 The following telegram from Obre- gon, dated Puebla, was made public by the agency as follows;
 Deny all versions of the report that l have joined Gutierrez. As al- ways, l have the honor to form q part of the constitutionalist army worthily commanded by Carranza. Generals Gutierrez, Robles, Benavides. Blanco, Natera, Chao, Zuazua and Sanchez have initiated a campaign against Villa and have issued q man , ifesto disclosing his latest crimes. [ do not know what flag they intend to follow"
 As the message is held to be dated Puebla, January 22. the Carranza agency also issued the following from the border.
 Generals Herrera and Luis Gu- tierreZ have joined their respective forces and attacking the Villista col
 umn defeated and completely routed it. Nillistas are attempting to pene- | trate to the coal fields of Coahuila as they are very short of fuel.' The state department announcement says:
 Authentic reports received in Eagle Pass from Monclova were to the ef- feet that sixty Villstas took Cuatro Cinegas on January l, footed the town and fled to the hills. It is reported that Gen. Luis Gutierrez has arrived in Monclova with d large force of troops from Nuevo Laredo. Nothing
 but military trains are passing be- ! tween Monclova and Piedras Negras."
 "A portion of the principal state
 troops revolted in Merida" the state ment says. These troops are known as the Copeda Feraza battalion and consist of about nine hundred men. practically all Yaqui Indians. The men divided into several 1 bands and attacked the governors palace, city hall, police department and one of the barracks where the
 battalion known as the Pinos Suarez was stationed It is said that this battalion consists of only a few hun-
 dred men.
 ! Tt is reported that the uprising was caused by discomfort on the part of 1 the officer in command of the Copeda
 Feraza troops, Patriceo Mendoza. who was about to be removed from his command and who told his men the l Pino Suarez battalion had revolted
 and that they, the members of the ! Copeda Feraza battalion. should stand | by the government. The Copeda Fer
 aga men were then directed to the 1 barracks where the Pino SuareZ troops
 were stationed. The fighting con tinued intermittently throughout the
 night. The following morning the re-
 volting soldiers were driven from inc ! city
 There were about twenty killed in
 the fighting at Merida.
 The Mexican transport Progreso ] and eunboat Bravo arrived at Pro-
 greso from Vera Cruz, January s, 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 tho
 interior to suppress the rebellion
 The department also received a tell
 egram dated January from Consul Simpich of Nogales stating that pub
 lished reports of the murder of Henry
 King. an American at Nacozari by Mexican soldiers are absolutely with | out fundation" Direct telegraphic as-
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