Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-06-27
Probability of War With
United States Heals
Mexican Breach.
REBELS HASTEN TO
CARRANZA CAMPS
Majority Of Army Of 10000 Concentrate
ed at BusiIlos Made Up Of Small
Commands of Former Villa Followers
Americans Returning From Mexico
Say They Heard Nothing Of villa--
Guardsmen Beginning to Arrive.

El Paso June 27.-Evidence that tho
possibility OF war with the United
States has healed the breach between
the Carranza and Villista factions in
Mexican politics continued to pile up
here today. More than 100 wealthy
Mexicans who. prior to the surrender
Of the Villista garrison OF Juarex last
January. had been active in support OF
the bandit leader and who have been
refugees In El Paso crossed the Rio
Grande and apparently were received
in good favor by the authorities OF the
de facto government.
Hand bills printed In Spanish as
serting that-Villa had pledged to sup
port the Carranza government In event
of break with the United States
were thrown about in Juarez and In
the Mexican quarters of FL Paso- All,
reports show that the bandit chief hasl
not yet Joined the Const1tuAonaliAel
forces. but. with q body OF hia troooes]
In somewhere In the Rio Florida dis-'
trict OF southern ChihuahuA awatttn8
developments In the crisis.
| Private advices here that hundreds
Of men Of the force Of 10000 Mexican
troops which have been concsntrated]
at Busillos. seventy miles west OF Chi~l
huahua City for the purpose OF blocksl
ing any attempted American advance
down the Mexico Northwest railroad
towards the capital formerly were
members of bandit bands. scattered
and broken by General Pershing's
troops. Operating with them, 1t was
said. are the commands Of Calixo
Contreras and Canuto Reyes. formert
Villa leaders. who were granted am
nesty by General Trevino.
Heard Nothing Of Villa.
Nothing untoward was noted on the
trip north from Parral by six Ameri-
can mining men who arrived here to-
day after spending a week In getting
from the properties of the Alvarado
Mining Company to the border They
heard nothing at Santa Rosali con-
corning Villa, recently said to be there
in the Carranza service.
No troop movement was noted eith-
er from the south toward Chihuahua
City nor north from that place toward
the border The situation outwardly,l
| they say, has shown no change in the
last thirty days
The men arriving today were T.. G.,
Hawkins. Jr.. A. w. Morris H. w. Col-i
Inns, H. A. Buck. r. c. Higley, and u
Salanos. They virtually were the only,
Americans left in northern Mexico who
intended to leave the country.
Two More Survivors From Carrizal.
Two negro troopers ragged and half
dead from hardships were put in the,
Jail at Juarez today after being
brought from Guzman where they
were captured by the de facto gov
ernment troops. They are thought to
be survivors Of the Carrizal encounter.
Neither the names Gcc, companies |
| were given out by the Juarez authori-
| ties who announced they would bei
taken to Chihuahua City and kept
with the others taken at Carrizal. whot
number 22, excluding Lem SpillsburyAl
| the scout.
Peace confsrsnce On.
DR.. David Starr Jordan. who is herA
| as member Of the Mexican peace
commission. said he had received sew
| eral threatening letters from interven.
| tionists. but in spite OF the threats. he'
| said, the peace conference will go on
| Two more members, M. P. Welsh
and Modesto Roll, are expected hers
|
that W. J. Bryan would not be among
the members of the conference.
Nothing has been heard in Juarez OF
DR.. Atl, who is expected to join the
| delegates. Mexican officials are tak-
ing keen interest in the peace mission.
| Rieaut in Tears.
| Brownsville, Tex, June 27.--United
States Consul J. n. Johnson, who
visited Matamoras last niEf1t and
finally closed the consular affairs
there. held conference with General
Ricaut the de facto commander OF
Matamoras district. he stated today.
| II hope 1t will be possible IN the
event Of break between our coun-
| tries," General Ricaut told Mr. john
son. according to the latter. that half
an hour before it comes I may have
| the pleasure Of shaking hands with
you and Gen. James Parker, com
| manding the border patrol at Fort
Brown at the International bridge.
| Tears filed General Ricauts eyes as
H. n,oda fbis staforenf Mr. Johnson