The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-01-20
Four Thousand Armed and
Uaorganized Men Operating
Around Torreon, Shouting
for Felix Diaz.
INTEND PARALYSIS OF
ALL INDUSTRY. Is SAID
Mobsmen Believe Carranza
Government May Be Over
thrown by Driving Out OF
Slaughtering Aliens.


~ pasu. Tex, Jan. - About
I ooo malcontonts Of Mexico. joining
forces are operating around rorroon,
shouting Tor Felix biaz and declaring
tarranla adhcrcnts ana Americans
look alike aud are tu be Killed and all
property stolen, according tu reports
OF arrivals from Tofrcon today
There are about 5000 Carranza
troops centcrcd ut Torrcou, according
to the reports Up To- a week ago they
had not taken the nold AGAINST the
indictments. il was said
IN. rebels are Icp.rtcd To- haV. AN
nounccd that the hcst WAY tu conquer
aud overthrow the CarrnnAn govern
ment Is to parnlyzo Hll industry hence
the order to drive out forcisrcrs
No Americans were Killed ia the
Torrcon district hut some Spnnidrds
were said IL have been slam while all
movable supplies wcr" coniiscnt.d.
Tn. explanation was that tarranzH
would he called upon 10 pay damages
ana they wanted lo make the bill as
large a. possible
Details trorght to the boiGor indi-
Gated that ,h' movement II . combs
on Hucrta forces. the latter from
Oaxaca. under the leadership pf GEN
eral Canuto Reyes, CaliScto contrcras
and BonInnin Argumcdp. The for
| mcr leads villa guerilla forces. Cun-
treras heads Quiluima Indians from
west of Turrcon white A,gumcdo
commands Iapata men aud OaNacd
lcdrralcs.
II wa Argumcdos for.c which oc-
cupi'd Goiu"E Pala,ip. a suhurh ui
rorrcon January o. , and >, without
Opposition from the rarrnll sarri-
son
WIN dozen NoluWocrs General
| taudtdo Aguiiar. tdrIiu1a oiticcr.
| IS said 10 nave made . dash "a ioWe1
| Palacip after q heavy drintiup bout.
None ever returned. After ATguucdo
had voluntarily abandoned ,no place
| Aguiiar's body is said to have been
found minus IA. head
Before ocrupNlns Come paiacio,
| Argumcuu chief oi stan en-, 'rrd the
| offices ui the Tiauhuaalo ASticultur-
al COMPANY an American corporation
NJ Let To- ol which James Brown Pot
ter ia president, ana at the point of 3,
revolver torcrd Howard Potter TO give
az a dr1tt tor 10000.
The invasion ot the rorrc"r district
was f'rst heard rlm ~ Nrlrdona.
.oL thWust al rorrcon, on ia, railroad
from Durango City. Nm order was
sent to minins men there that Amer
| cans aud Carranla men looked
lAlikc"
Tho Americans were giyvn fifteen
minutes tu got uut ot town. one oi
them reported at Toricuu hat this
Was ten minutes ~ excess It require
mcnts
later rcIurts OF the action M We
hrdcn1 stated that of the 500 car
rama troops there i-u auircndcroG
TO the invaders. Who took six machine
guns aud turned them uu ,hc prison
crs. killing thom all
Ncar pi,ardias. IL was reported. tho
his steel bridge at Flora del Jtmulco
was destroyed with guards "i Car
lGnzh soldiers ana the commander
General 'galdo.
BY the tmo the Argumcdo troops
IarriVod AZ Gomez pdlncio It was re-
ported the telegraph poles along tn"
line of march behind them we're dee.
Grated with hanged prisoners ot both
sides for no quarter was given or cN-
pectod bS the Carianza snldiers ~
| thcN teli back, fighting. tu 1Circon.
After the departure of Atgumcdu
from Gomez palucio n Ma stated the
! 'arranla general Murem arrived from
Durango with 1909 cavalry ana about
| 1000 troops poured into Torrcpu from
Chihuahua titN. Meanwhile the in
Nadcrs had madr a circuit tad were
next reported al Es'alnn On January
| 10. whcro Argumcdo was reported tu
have defeated u tarrau1a force.