Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-04-21
Tell Them America and Ger
many Are at War, and
Troops Must Go
GENERAL GUTIERREZ
ALONE SEEMS STRAIGHT
Other Cases Ct Caranza's S
Soldiers Firing on Amer
jeans Reported

chihuahua City Mex, April 21.-A
bandit whose life was spared by his
captors has pointed out the lonely grave
in the mountains supposed to contain
the body of Francisco Villa. it was
stated in advices received today, but
the corpse when exhumed was declared
not to be that of the bandit chief. 9th.
er reports to United States Consul
Letcher asserted Villa is unwounded
and is in Durango state.
The general in charge of the curatel
here announced today that he had re.
ceived a Carranza order dated Satur.
day prohibiting aviators from flying
over cities and barring the American
expedition from using telegraphs and
telephones
Carranza soldiers and citizens fired :.
volley at an army flyer Wednesday
At first he appeared to be attempting
to land here, but later he flew towal
San Antonio. 1t was believed he cam
from SatevO
Resentment of both soldiers and pop
ulace against continued presence of the
expedition in Mexico has become so
general that the Carranzistas declare
they will soon be vAShle TO control the
people unless the Amefican troops arc
withdrawn.
Letcher reported that the fight at
Parral was not an isolated case. He
heard that other attacks upon one de.
tachment of the expedition were be
lieyed to have occurred.
Does Not Believe Report.
''I never did consider the reported
death of Villa as having any founda.
tion, said General Gutierrez "In fact
l do not know whether Villa is alive on
dead. For days l have been unable TO
secure anything definite with regard
to his whereabouts."
Gutierrez would not comment on re.
port that he was preparing protest
against an American aviator flying
around chihuahua Wednesday.
Letcher's reports said that Villa was
probably not in the Guerrero battle at
which he was said to have been wound
ed.
The newspapers have already an
nounced an early retirement Of the
American expedition. Gel Democratic -
printed a Washington dispatch saving
that the United States had declared
war on Germany and that it needed all
its forces to fight the Germans. An
other article stated that Secretary
Lansing was studying plans for an
early withdrawal. Ihis article gave
CaranZa credit for halting the American
advance.
Concentration Of Carranzistas at Par.
raj and south of Parral is apparently
to oppose the Americans who nav at.
tempt to march southwark. Mayor Her.
rera was instructed to inform the Amer.
leans that they must not advance bc.
yond Parral, General Luis Herrera.
whose brother.n-law, Colonel Oro7co.
was killed in the Parral incident has
gone to that citv. II is understood TINT
1000 Carranzistas from the Morrlos
and Juarez brigades have reinforced
the Parral garrison.
Holding Of Supplies
One thousand cavalrvmen under Col
onels Brown and Allen and Major
Tompkins are reported concentrated al
Santa Cruz, 10 miles north Of Pa-ral.
One Of General Alvaro Obrpgou y or.
ders to General Gutierrez detained in
Chihuahua 10 carloads Of oats oud hay
intended for the American horscs. How.
ever, Obregon is permitting shopkeep-
ers in Parral TO sell provisions TO
troops at Santa Cruz.
Gutierrez appears 10 be doiag his MT.
most to prevent strained relations brt
Mayor Herrera and his elemen. IN tho
populacc oppose Gutierrez. Tie latter
has appointed officers to accompany
American newspapermen and ms grant
cd them every protection. He hns placed
chihuahua under strict military law. 4
heavy guard patrols the city. rigidlv en-
forcing the midnight curfews. How.
ever when the newspaper corresnon.
dents arrived from Juarez on false
tin to identify the supposed corpse Of
Villa thew were pelted with stones by
mob Of Mexican boys Gutierrez arrest.
ed the rinpleaders.
VIII Force Carranza's Hand.
So far Gutierrez has demonstrated
that he is master Of the situation, but
an officer In his confidence said that
the presence Of the expedition in Mex.
leo for another month might result in
serious conflict
"The Mexican soldiers are already
against the expedition, -
said Lieutenant Colonel Enfrain Lonez
Castro. "This soon viii spread to the