Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-01-16
Mortal Remains Of Generals
Rodriguez and RivaS Are to
Be Brought to Juarez, Says
Commander,
MORMONS REFUSE TO
LEAVE CHIHUAHUA
Many Citizens Of United States
Remain in Mexico and Some
Who Fled TO Border Are Now
Going Back Into Danger
10y MORNING JOURNAL SPECIAL LEASED w,ssi


Juarez, Mex, Jan. IA committee
to regulate the cost of living here by
the fixing of prices and profits was
appointed today by Gen. Gabriel Ga
yira, Carranza commandant, who also
announced that the bodies Of Jose
Rodriguez and General Rivas, villa
chiefs, shot after the force Of Rodri-
guez had been defeated at Pearson,
would reach the border in a day or
two, SO Americans might verify the re-
port Of their execution.
According to Gavra, Mormon col
onlsts in western Chihuahua, have
been instructed to concentrate at Guz-
man, Pearson, Casas Grandes and Ma
defa, until Chihuahua states is finally
cleared of bandist TO aid in the ban
dit roundup order by Carranza, q
regiment of troops from Sonora is
proceeding westward, under command
Of Col. Jose Queveda. of the Mexican
garrison of Aqua Priota, opposite
Douglas. Ariz.
Patience Is Advised.
The American people should be pa
tent" said General Gavira. I'VE
shall soon have entire control of the
situation. Argumedo, the bandit in
southern Sonora. has only 1900 men.
We have many thousands"
In addition TO supervising merchan-
disng operations in Juarea, the com
mittce appointed today by General Ga
vra has been instructed TO inyosti-
gate the records Of officials and elm
mate those found to be inimical to
honest government. The lid, it also
was stated, will be clamped on vice!
resorts. and the committee is expect
..1 4 llA Il a.tfs
ents from property to which they tferel
not given a title by former owners.
GaVra In his first statement con-
cerning the surrender of Villa forces
at Juarez. declared that twenty gen
erals and 6,575 soldiers gave up their
arms and were mustered out.
Morm0ns Stay in Mexico.
Mormons in Chihuahua state do not
intend to come to the United States, in
Difference to the advice and counsel of
the American government, according
to Mexican officials. who received ad-
vices tonight stating that the colonists,
numbering about 500, were to concen-
trate under protection of Carranza
Sarrisons. stationed at Casas Grandes
ana other points. until the country is
cleared of bandits.
other Americans in the same dis
trct were described as being reluctant
to leave Mexico where many still
have property. In fact, several Amer
leans were reported to have returned
to the interior of Chihuahua state on
the train which left Juarez this after
noon, and only a comparatively small
percentages of foreigners in the neigh
borhood Of Parral are expected to-
come out on the special train due toI
arrive here tomorrow night.
Bandits Still II Menace.
Nevertheless, it was manifest that
IN FL Paso, a fear existed that the
bandits who massacred eighteen
Americans last Monday We're still in
the neighborhood of Santa Ysabei,
awaiting an opportunity to perpetrate
further outrages.
There was great uncertainty also
regarding the number of MeXicans op-
Grating under the orders of the out
lawed Francisco Villa and his lieuten-
ants Gen. Jacinto Trcvino, com
mandins the Carranza forces said to
be operating against the bandits, was
quoted last night in dispatches from
Chihuahua City to the effect that only
500 Villa men remained alive and un-
captured. Mexican officials at Juarez
estimated today, however that there
We're at least 1.S00 men on the war
path in the region surrounding the
city of Chihuahua.
Funeral advces over the bodies of
TWO Of the three remaining victims of
Mondays tragedy will be held tomor-
row.
e d. Watson. manager of the Cusi
Mining company. who was robbed of
sie,O00 by the bandits before he was
Ruled, will be inferred here. Services
lor Il. Z. MacHatton will occur this,
afternoon. The parents of MacHatton