Show CARRANZA MAY LEAVE MEXICO I Political Opponents Allege He Hes Is s Losing Control Over Situation I J. J Continued From Pa Put pages 1 I. hig officials here from various reliable sources So far nothing t tending tend In ing In-i to support the story ha has haR come como through h official channels It Jt I Is known however that man many officials here hero beHove be believe be- be Hove lieve General Carranza has committed a 1 political blunder at least If It he hc Is not In fact tact preparing for tor night flight b by permitting per per- his family to leave leavo Mexico just justat at this time The Tue trip the they an say was certain to be construed b by his followers follow follow- er ers as a n. confession of oC weakness To Io Slake Make Tour of ot UnU United d States The purpose of ot the visit of ot Mrs Carranza Carranza Car CM- ranza and M Mrs s Obregon gon as ns explained at the Mexican Mexican embassy Is 18 for tor ft n tour 1 n t. thA h nr V v. v rival at tho the border also aho of ot Mrs Irs JacInto JacInto Jac- Jac JacInto Into Trevino wife of oC the military com corn commander mander of ot Chihuahua state had not been received tonight It was was was' pointed d out however howver that Trevino has boon been among Carranza's staunchest supporters support support- ers and that If It the first chief chiet believed 1 his hi hold hod on tho the political situation was va weakening e Trevino probably would bo be warned In order that he might also place his family in safety The state department had not re received received re- re tonight ht word that Generals Carranza and Obregon had left MexIco Mexico Mex Mex- fex- fex ico Jeo City for Previous Pre advices ad ad- ad- ad vices however said that the first chief would go to that plate In connection with the meeting of ot the tho constitutional convention con for tor which d delegates were elected last week This is the tho only ex explanation explanation ex- ex obtainable hero for tor Carran Car- Car ran departure g 8 Steadily enker J i Persistent reports that was t about to leave Mexico have ha been In circulation along alons- the border bordel for some time irme It Is not known that the American Amer Arner- ican 1111 m military III tar authorities have ha been heen able to gather an any definite Information Information I tion In this regard Many lanY war department department depart depart- ment mont officials have ha privately expressed lI ed their conviction con however that the tho de facto lacto government go or at least leat General Carr Carranza's personal control of ot the thc po political po- po situation was growing steadily weaker The They have ha another report that the time might come soon when ho would be forced to leave Mexico The main mah point urged ut U by General Carranza Carranza Car Car- ranza In asking for tho the withdrawal of or America Amerie-a troops from irom Mexico 1 was that na their presence on Mexican soil was t not understood by the Mexican people and hindered his hiI efforts to establish a civil chU government The Mexican commissioners commission loners lon ers cr-c at Atlantic fity have pre presented entel this view to their American colleagues s but so po far tar have not succeeded ed In convincing fn ing the tho Americans of ot tho the ability of or I their government to protect American n border life and property should tl tie tle e troops be withdrawn It has become Increasingly h apparent here that tho the continuance of or disturbed conditions throughout Mexico Is oper oper- operating sting aUng against I the tho commissioner In their efforts to reach rench a solution of oC the b border lder problems Felix fins Diaz Near r Capital i Dou Douglas las Ariz Oct 24 Felix 24 Felix DIAz DUx completed the conquest of or tho the state of or I Mexico four tour da days s 's ago when hen ho he entered L T Toluca luca the capital according to a n message rues mes sage fago received here today by a Mexican an Identified d with the movement Diaz rIaz was said to be but a short dis distance distance dis- dis ls- ls tance from Mexico City with a torce of oC several e thousand thou men mon well t armed and amply provisioned A letter from Gen Medina Barton Barren a partisan of oC Diaz received hero here to toda today today to- to da day said he ha was in complete control of or the state of or Colima Collma having men under his command He said that ho hI had ample funds for tor the prosecution of or his campaign and had sufficient arms and ammunition for tor men I I Barren Barron was t formerly a a. federal colonel stationed In Sonora Advices from the same sources said that General A Aguilar another former federal commander at Rt the head of or several soy sev eral ral thousand men holds the towns tons of ot fa Sayula ul and Ameca In Jalisco a as wen well wenns i as ns the surrounding territory for tor a considerable considerable considerable con con- distance The L forces were concentrated chiefly around I Guadalajara it said The sta state te of ot Oaxaca t 1 with th tho the lion tion of oC the capital city of 01 Oaxaca ha has been beon overrun b by tho the Diaz Diax adherents adherent the letter related While hile not under Actu the Carranza forces were t said to bo be surrounded in such n. n manner manner mannor man man- ner nor that the they cannot leave loave Oaxaca 1 without precipitating a a. general engage engage- ment The forces of Zapata several 50 thou sand strong were In the suburbs of 01 Mexico City less than thai two miles mUes from tho the most mOISt densely densch quarters El EI Paso Palo Oct 24 Government Go Agents hero hore to have received additional confirmation of or Villas Villa's re reported re- re ported defeat of General Car Car- ranra column at nt Palomas Wt west t of 01 Chi Chi- City l last Friday Priday The mation matlon Is sal said 1 to have come from refugees reaching the border bordor from Chi City who claim that Villa captured captured cap cap- General eleven cleven troop an and sl supply trains carrying ammunition arm machine and guns supplies suPPlieR The Thc refugees who brought this report re re- re- re port to the border claim to have talked with survivors of oC column who said Bald Villa led leel the Carranza troops Into R R. trap at Palomas then attacked from the front flank Janie and rear and cut the ra railroad II rOI 1 line lino behind th the trains The tiers tame Fame source claims O Carranza sol iol- ol- ol were killed and an equal number taken akon prisoner The refugees claim to have o s seen en Villas Villa's campfires six miles west est of oC Chihuahua Chi Chi- City Sunday Sunda night It In 18 sal said d that Villa h had ad received a n. large lare argo amount of ot arms and stolen tolon from the tho tho government ammunition nt n b by Y agents ns serving In the tho Carranza army L rin y Twelve thousand Carranza troops I are ro to be sent north at once to take part In the the- campaign against Villa nn and 1 his us bandit command Andres Andrea Garcia In In In- of ot Carranza consulates In th the th United States announced toda today upon his is return from tram a conference with G Gen n- n eral ral Carranza and General Alvaro Obregon Obregon Ob- Ob regon egon commander of or war at Mexico City CIU Mrs R lacinto Jacinto B. B Tro wife of ot Genral Genral Gen n ral eral Trevino Tre commanding the forces In the northeast arrived In Juarez late Into last laet night She W was lS s accompanied ac ac- ac companied by her children and a num ber er of ot women omen an and 1 children from Chi Chi- City Including the tho os ot of overal several civil and military officers Villa Menacing 1 ChihuahUA CUT City San Sa-n Antonio Tor Tox Oct 24 i mation of or the thc report that Villa forces s have hn reached tho the outskirts of oC Ja hua iua City and und were fighting in the IU suburbs bur 9 with General Trevino's Tre corn com mand wa was wag contained In a a. dispatch re re- re today by Gen General Funston from General Bell commanding commanding- at El Paso General Bolls Boll's report la is understood to I be based baaed oh on Information transmitted by General Genera Pershing commanding I American troops in Mexico I |