El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-05-04

] Fillista sympathiZers have tried
since Monday 70 ally the movement OF
U the Liberalists with thar Of the ban
dts Obregouistas sueerinEly deny
l any connection with the. bandit. how
] ever, and say they viii offer him the
/ same opposition as did the Carrancis-
I tas
Hippolito villa was reported south
l OF Juarez. with 400 troops. Monday
Z This rumOr was traced, however. TO
I an American sympathizer OF the ban
l dts, and Tuesday It was learned that
! Hippolito again is in and is in the
l Big Bend district with only hand
I ful OF troops
on wednesday. May 8. "Clnco de
/ Mayo the new military IN Juarez
I viii stage a parade and observance Of
I the Mexican holiday
BeItram L. Congratulated.
/ Business began with a rush in the
new consulate and at an early hour
many appeared to have their pass
ports vised Hundreds visited the
/ offices Tuesday 70 congratulate Mr..
I Beltram on the success Of the move
ment In Juarez and the fact that the
I turn over was accomplished without
bloodshed or trouble Of any sort
Word has been received in Juarez
TO the effect that Cen p Elias
Z Gales, who with a strong column Of
troops recently marched toward the
Sonora line. following the REBELLION
. OF himself and his troops against the
I
Huerta. Of Sonora. viii come TO
Juarez in a short time 10 take charge
Of the southern chihuahua can
paiEn-
Sonora troops al Aqua Prieta and
will start for Juarez through Pulpito
pass at once, the report states From
Juarez he expects TO go to chihuahua
City and later TO TorreOn- The an
nouncement was made BY Arturo
Elias hrnf her Of Gen Gales
Provisional Governor Named.
Agents OF the llberalists In JuareZ
are preparing for the appointment Of
a complete list OF civil authorities |
and have reported that Abel S. Rodri- l
guez. now IN Juarez. has been named
Provisional governor Of the state OF
Chihuahua Governor de Ia Huerta
made the appointment by long dist
ance telephone Monday night and in
structed Rodriguez 10 60 at once TO
was senator from Chihuahua In the
Mexican assembly and recently his l
pay was stopped by CarTanZa-
The Juarez officials state that gov
ernor de la Huerta Is recognized as /
the commander In chief Of chihuahua l
and Sonora and viii name al state l
officials.
Following a report in Juarez Non !
day afternoon that the garrison was !
neutral and was not allied with the
Obregon junta hurried TO Juarez and !
there denied report Of this character, !
stating that the movement was l
parallel with the Obregon movement I
Military rule was established and the I
city was as quite as before the reVo- !
luton. Officials said that both the
military and the civilian population
realized that the success Of the move
made in Juarez depends on main
tanning peace and order and that all
guard against disorder, even OF
civilians, and that a guarantee or
safety has been extended 10 the pub
lie. including former Carranza sym
pathlzers and officers All foreigners
VIII be given the same guarantee
More Troops Coming.
The military has announced that
Cen IgnaciO EuriQueZ. candidate Tor
governor OF Chihuahua. Is mar Ming
north with z column OF rebel troops
and viii arrive fin a short time IN
Juarez for a conference with Gen
Gales and governor de Ia Huerta as
soon as they reach IuareZ- me MILL
tary men say that Enriquez viii be-
the new regime and that his appoint
ment viii follow the estabi shment
Of the civil government under the
American consul J.. 3. Stewart at
Chihuahua City has informed the
consulate IN JuareE that all Amer I
leans IN that district are safe he
states that complete protection is 70
consideration has been the olicy OF
the lberalists there
ObreEOnistas announced Monday
afternoon that within The next few
days railroad lines within their con-
troll viii be reopened ana that tele-
graphic communication will be re-
Police Chief Released.
H"HH :. "a
nero, mayor Of Juarez. and CHIEF OF
police Antonio Ruelas were tech
nically arrested by officers Of the
new regime The chief OF police was
lmmediately released and returned 70
his duties. but mayor Romero Is un-
der surveillance until the appoint
ment of a staff OF civil officers by
the liberalist authorities
A short time later customs Off
cial Of the CarranZa government at
tempting 20 leave Juarez for e Paso,
with three bags OF gold and large
quantity Of records Of the customs.
house, was arrested by George Allen.
provisional chief inspector OF immi-
grafton in the city The man pre-
viously had telephoned for permis-
sion 70 leave JuareL This was
granted. but his arrest followed on
the ground that he had not intimated
his Intention OF taking the funds with
J. Felipe Vale. collector OF GUS
toms, fed to Fl Paso on the revolt
Of the troops. However. e Is an
nounced thar he win be extended a
guarantees OF safety with a permit
to return to Juarez when he so de-
sires.
Eseobar Speaks TO People.
Monday night. Gen. Escohar ap-
peared before the civilian population
in a local theater and declared that
he had Joined the revolution 10 pre-
vent bloodshed- The attitude Of his
audience, comprising almost the en-
tire male population Of the city, was
in entire sympathy with his action.
Alexandra Delasquez Lopez. con-
gresham from the Parral district,
whose pay also wa stopped by Car
rama explained 20 the audience the
present political situation. with some
Of the aims and desires Of the new
regime.
Abel Rodriguez was introduced as
the new provisional governor. by
Jesus ~. Gonzales. It IS expected
that Francisco Gonzalez. well known
In Juarez- win be the next mayor.
Additional appointments viii be
made Tuesday. according TO an an
nOuncemeut al the meeting.
Report Sent CarrnnEn.
A Ruiz SaudoVal. CarranZd consul
In FL PasO, autographed a report Of
the revolution 10 CarranZa Monday
afternoon and stated Tuesday that
he expected an answer and instruc-
tons during the day He stated
Tuesday morning that the consul VIII
the exception that all business re-
lating TO JuareZ and the Sonora ter
ritOry viii be dropped
In q preliminary statement 70