Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-08
REBEL CHIEF
Said TO HAVE
10000 TROOPS
Attack on Vera Cruz,
Tampico Scheduled,
Says De Lara, In
San Antonio

SAN ANTONIO, Oct. S.-[P|-Gen.
eral Caesar Lopez de Lara, head of
the De In Huerta junta In this 10.
cality asserted today that his nd.
vices from Mexico indicate that 30.-
900 revolutionists are in the field
or ready to take the field in various
parts of Mexico.
General Arnulfo Gomez, the most
active of the Mexican leaders now In
the field, de Lara said, IA now re.
cruiting additional men with which
he hopes to capture Vera CrnT and
Tampico.
Los ANGELES. Calf. Oct. STR
-Adolfo de In Huerta, former pro.
risional president OF Mexico facins
federal charges Of completely In q
plot TO ship arms to Mexico today
confirmed advice from San An,
tonio, Texas, that his followers and
the Arnulfo Gomez faction I'm Mex
leo were in complete accord.
MEXICO CITY, Oct. s.-tR-Ar
nulfo Gomez and Hector Almada,
rebel generals, have eluded the fed.
eral columns seeking TO surround
them or force them into decisiva
combat. Announcement was made BY
the presidential bureau last night
that the rebels had slipped away
from their position at FL Triunfd
ranch, near Perote, state OF Vera
Cruz, retreating southeasterly inta
a region of ragged hills and ravines.
One federal column under General
Gonzalo Escobar occupied ii Triun.
70. Another, under General Jesus
Aguierre, continued its efforts 10
make contact with the insurrection-
lists.
The presidential bureau also an.
nounced that General Alfonso de IN
Huerta. brother Of the former pro-
visional president; and General
Pedro Medina met death In a battla
with federal troops in the state of
Sonora. Several other rebels whose
names were not given also were kill.
ed.
The bureau was informed, II said,
that De In Huerta. with a small
group, crossed into Mexico near
Nogales for the purpose or joining
the Gomez-Seranno rebellion but that
the band was defeated and its lead.
ers killed in a fight near Cordcn dc
Canada.
Press dispatches 10 the MexicaH
newspapers yesterday were that na
In Huerta and seven companions
were captured and executed instead
Of being killed In battle. Aside from
the Sonora fighting and the pursuit
Of the GomeE-AlmaGa forces I'm Vera
Cruz the presidential bureau stated
tranquility continued throughout
the republic.
Railway traffic. interrupted fol
the expedition or troop movements
will soon be restored to normal, the
authorities said Legal preparation
have been completed for seixing the
property of persons found guilty oi
participating i'm the rebellion.
Measures are also being taken "
prevent prcfiteering. Officials ara
investigating the prices charged IL
retail stores, where foodstuffs have
risen about 20 per cent since the boz
ginning Of the revolution.
There is no food shortage, trains
from the outlying district bringing
in their usual quotas.
III Universal has published an I'D.
peal for executive cIemency for FeIi1
=. Palavicini. who founded and Iona
directed that newspaper. (The Mex
lean consul-general in New York ia
Informed that Senor Palayicinl will
be tried for completely i'm the revolt
The former editor, who was arrested
az the home OF friend, aIIeRedIy ii
hiding and disguised, Is suspected Oh
being IN intellectual leader OF thf
rebelIion.)
Special dispatches from Zacatecaf
City say Colonel Carlos Villanueva
former commander of the 4Oth ba
tallion, has been executed after cons
viction OF an attempt to bring about
mutiny OF the Zacatecas garrison
i was alleged that he acted In Coz
operation with Generals Rodriguez
and Olivera. previously executed.