Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-18
Villa Hurrying to Capital
TO Give Aid to CARA,
New President.
GUTIERREZ IN FLIGHT
Martial Law Established and
Wholesale Executions Are
Promised by Ruler.

p Paeo. Tex. Jan Is.-General
VIVA .s expected 90 return today 10
Mexico city TO attempt To adjust the
r.au1r os the conve1riOu govern
m-nt Incidental 20 the hirht Saturday
from .be capital Of Provisional Prest
dent Gutierrez and the appointment OF
R0qle Cara. Mexico city - reported
taa r.rt. or disorder. with the excite
m-rr .1-g equaled by the Diaz-Huerta
up-s.ra against the Iladero govern
mert iu 1912.
General Angeles. who yesterday oc-
cuD.ef Monterey. probably VIII pro-
c.et f1 Mexico city % assist villa.
Angeles has been mentioned as prob
able .leceas1- 90 Gutierrez. Cara. It
IS understood. is appointed only tenn
poarIy.
Warrington Gets Report
Warrington. Jan 1S.-ColoueI Rogue
CorzrIer Cara. one Of General Villas
principal officers. yesterday was the
executive head % that portion % NJ
lcaH territory controlled by the villa
ard Zapata forces.
NlVI-rs to fnis effect reached the
state department from American Con-
suI siu.mau- Details cf the term OF
tse Office which Cara VIII serve were
heE1E. bIt the reuergI bciief ir AeE-
team circles here was that De- had
Been appointed temporarily 90 meet an
emergency by the sudden departure of
General Eulaiio Cutierrcz and the
u-mhera OF his cabinet from Mexico
City
The. belief WIS expressed IN many
quarters that the couvcntign now iu
session in Mexico city over which
Hoeur Gonzales Cara has been pre-
SIDING designated him 90 exercise the
executive power until complete
aErs eueut can be reached With all
eleuruts.
Gutierrez Has 5000 Troops
When General Gutierrez left Mexico /
City yesterday he took With him most +
o. the troops EarrisoliuE the capital. .
State department advices Indicate .
Cllerrezs present command is 5000 .
strong The state department is auX-
l1ls to know whether Gutierrez aban- l
t1ued an claims 10 provisional presi- 4
tency or has gone 20 Pachuco With .
psrt ~ his cabinet TO set up a govern
usur ia defiance Of the conventional
isr faction iu Mexico City
The reasons for the departure OF /.
Gutierrez are unknown here. but the
belief prevails that he declined to be
continued IN Office under the restriC-
ti0us suggested by the Zapatistas-
These were embodied in eight articles.
the text o. which was made public By
she state department yesterday. Brief
ly. t1o-thIrds OF the convention by the
terms 0f the proposals could remove
the provisional president: he could
take no action OF importance without
TIE consent OF his cabinet and the
Convention. being designated as the
supreme executive and judicial body
vas 90 be consulted on all questions of
major interest
Cara issues Statement
4 copy o. statement issued by !
Cara upon taking control % affairs.
received by che state department.
throUs some light on the circum- ;
stances under which he took command
o. the situation. ,
To this Cara announced that Gu !
t.srrez had issued orders for a large /
rart ~ the government forces 20 evnc-
ua;e the capital. IN view OF the fact I
that this would leave the city without !
ary authorities. Cara said he had as
srrled chief command and was de- {
beading upon the troops % the north z
Al the Zapatistas FOR defense. all o. Z
WON. be added. were under the or '
Gers % th= convection {
He announced his iuteuticn of estab- !
hshing martial law and threatened G
Summary execution 20 any disturbers
% the peace According TO the I
Cara statement Gutierrez and some
q his cabinet officers LETT Mexico city
Friday night
MADEIRA Felio~er-
RogUs Gonzales Cara e about 70
FEARS 0'd Aad - a man OF culture and
sclcatlon. lie ts n graduate OF the .
aW sck00I IN Mexico CITY and has r.
-ssz r-ucticlnE law for many years
Cara vas n member OF Francisco
IadsrD's stan during the Madero rev
'sutiou. and Was AZ one time bis pr
Iats secretary. His brother. Federico
sorzafes Cara. was n Nacero cabinet o
rember. Eoth have been connected ! y
vita the villa revolt against Carra-za- ~
AZ the Aesascalfentes convention y
'aiek E2med F.uiaiiO Gutierrez a. ten ~
oEary president. Rogue Gonzales NJ
'a-za vas GOor leader OF the va ~
,eslon-