El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-09


was met by Col. Rodolfo Fierro. and
! other members Of Villas staff NllIas
automobile was sent to the information
al bridge and Gen Scott, accompanied
by Lieut. Col. r. T. L Niche and Geo.
| c. CarOthers special agent of the state
/ department made the trip to the Gus
I toms house. They were met upon the
/ steps by villa and passed between two
! files of soldiers standing at present
/ arms with fixed bayonets into the
/ building.
The Conference.
! Besides Gems. Scott and Villa, George
1 c. CarOthers Lieut.. Col r. f. L. Niche,
i Alberto Morales, MaytOrena's attorney,
( Col. ROdOlfo Fierro and Felix Summer
I field, special agent OF Villa in this cOun-
! try, attended the conference. This
! lasted for about 80 minutes.
/ At the end Of the conference Gen
/ Scott accompanied by Lieut.. Col
! Niche and Mr.. CarOthers, together
I with Col. Fierro, returned to the
/ American side. Here they were left
I by Col FierrO. who returned to JuareZ.
| Villa left in an automobile for his
! headquarters. located at the residence
! of his brother, Hipolito, on Lerdo
avenue.
This afternoon Gen. Scott. in COM
pany with Gen. Villa and their respec-
tive staffs, visited the Juarez race
track.
History hepeuLS llselA
History repeated itself in a minor
key when the meeting between Gen.
| Villa and Gen. Scott was held in the
historic old custom house in Juarez-
The meeting reSembled, in a way, the
meeting between president Porfirio
Diaz and president William II. Taft,
which took place in the same old build
ing in 1910.
Shortly before noon, 50 khaki uni
formed soldiers of Villas personal
bodySuard lined up on the steps of the
custom house, thanking the big
wrought iron gates. When the old
clock in the bullet pierced tower moved
around to y o'clock, villa appeared
from down Concrete street with a
number of his staff officers. They en-
tered the custom house while the crowd
cheered and yelled viva Villal'
A few minutes later, Gen. Scott, ac.
cOmpanied by Lieut.. Col. Niche and
Col FierrO, drove up in Villas auto
mobile from the American side and en-
tered the custom house.
Meet In Salon.
Gen. Villa and Gen. Scott met under
the dome Of the patio salon which was
erected by president Diaz's orders for
the Taft-Diaz meeting and banquet.
The two generals exchanged greetings
and then Gen. Scott shook hands with
Cen Villas staff, with Gen. Tomas Or
nelas, commander of the Juarez garri- |
son, mayor Juan \. Medina of JuareZ,
and the other officers. and civil author
tiles who were present. After the eX-
change of greetings, the two generals |
adjourned to private room where the !
conference regarding the border stu |
alton was taken up and completed
First Conference Friday.
The first of the conferences was
held at $50 o'clock Friday evening"
a. the immigration station at the Santa /
lie bridge, few hours after Gen. /
Villas unexpected arrival in Juarez at (
al r-H
cOmpanied by Lieut. Col. r. z. /. !
Niche and George c. Carothers, spe-
cial agent of the state department.
About dozen memJe of his staff /
accompanied Gen. Villa. With TIE eX-
ceptiOn of Col. ROdClfO FierrO, Felix
Villas special representative in this
country, and T. MorelOs, Maytorena's
the officers of Villa did not !
attend the conference.
Neither of the principals would make
any statement regarding the confer |
7Ece, which lasted about half an hour. (
II was understood Tat the meeting !
was merely a preliminary one and
that no propositions as to the NacO
situation or other phases OF the lex
can situation were discussed.
Villas Arrival
Gen Villa arrived at 3 o'clock Fri
lay afternoon. He was met at the
station by Gen. Tomas Orne-
as, military commander of JuareZ, to-
yether with his staff, and mayor Juan
y. Medina and other city officials. I
sen. villa was accompanied by his
staff and about zoe troops as a body
guard.
The northern leader, attired in civil
an clothes, walked from the station
O. Concrete street. The news that
d. had arrived, quickly spread and in
short time a large crowd gathered.
Accompanied by Gen. OrenaIas and
heir respective stats, Gen. Villa
walked down Concrete and Lerd0
streets to the home of his brother,
IipolitO Villa. There was little cheer
ne until he arrived at the house, when [
ID was greeted with cheers of viva
lila by the crOdw. Immediately up
N arriving at the house, Felix Somer-
Ella made arrangements for the con-
erence with Gen. Scott.
Train - Gaudy.
The train upon which Villa rode to |
he border was decorated with the
teSican cOlOrs from the engine to the
asst car. The outer rims of the big
lrive wheels on hte locomotive were !
tainted red, with the inner rim white !
lad the spOkes painted green. a huge /
ed, white and green star was affixed |
o the pilot of the engine and the cars
we're decorated with the insignia of the
Convention government.