The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-14
THREE AMERICANS
 HAVE BEEN KILLED
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property, was met with the announcement that the de facto government forces were being sent to the bandit ridden sections of Chihuahua. No definite action had been taken tonight on the proposal to organize 1000 American mining men to run down Villa danbits guilty of the massacre of IS foreigners at Santa Ysa- bel, whose bodies reached here today. Sanction of the Carranza officials, it was announced, was to be sought for this project.
 RODRIGUEZ CAPTURED
 The capture of General Rodriguez. a former Villa general, was related in a message from Madeira and later confirmed by the Mexican consulate here. These advices reported that Rodriguez band has been killed or captured and contained a request from the Americans for aid. Earier reports had connected Rodriguez with the Santa Ysabel massacre, but sub- sequently passengers on the ill-fated train declared General Reynau and Colonels Lopez and Bertran possibly ordered the execution of the foreigners.
 Reporting to General G. Gavira, a dis patch from Col. Antonio Macias at Pear son said:
 Just now I am in receipt of a tele- STdlll IIOul 1Ol. IdAl1ilO MdTQuGZ, WHO on the 9th surrendered to me, that yes- terday he fought several bands of Vil- lstas that were plundering the surround ing country and had completely defeated them. capturing Gen. Jose Rodriguez and Almeida and several other officers. He advises Almeida was promptly executed and that he was holding Rodriguez prs- oner. I am sending troops at once to reinforce Marquez."
 The defnat of 25O0 Carra1ozo tronpc Joc terday near Escalon by Gen. Benjamin Argumendo was announced by messen- ger, who was said to have arrived at the home of Gen. Victoriano Huerta. The messenger stated Argumedo's 5000 troops were gathered in Oaxaca by Generals Banquet Mondragon and Aguilar, for mer Huerta commanders.
 proposed telegram to Theodore Roose- welt, asking him to use his influence with Congress to secure change in the pol icy of this government towards Mexico, was circulated here today but it had not been sent early tonight.
 Efforts to confine signatures to persons without property in Mexico apparently were abandoned when many mining men insisted upon attaching their names.
 LEADERS ARE ARRESTED
 Miguel Diaz Lombardo, former min ister of foreign affairs in the Villa gov ernment, who never renOunced his affilia- tion, and General Jose Prieto were ar rested on charge of vagrancy and held under $1000 bond.
 Commenting on the arrests. Capt W. D. Green of the Fl Paso police said: Every Villa leader in Fl Paso will be run out of town.'
 double funeral for E. L. Robinson said to have been British subject and Maurice Anderson two of the Santa Ysa- bel victims, was held tocay. Services for other Fl Paso victims will be held later and tonight several bodies were ready for shipment or had been forwarded ta homes in other cities.
 The body of George w. Newman will be sent to keene, N. H.; Alexander Hall to Douglas Ariz.; c. A. Pringle to San Francisco; A. H. Couch, said to be a Ca- nadian citizen, to Barnhart, Tex; w. D. Pearce to Los Angeles and H. c. Hase to Kansas City.
 The bodies of Thomas W. Evans W. J. Wallace, w. P. McHatton, Charles Wad- leigh, Thomas Johnson, J. w. Wood R. H. Simons and M. M. Romero were held for advices from relatives. It was learned today that Romero previously reported a Mexican. was citizen of the United States, with relatives at Santa Fe, N. M.
 The funeral of c. R. Watson probably will be held here Saturday.