Show VILLAS VILLA'S POWER GROWS AVERS L. L D. D S. S LEADER Pratt Says Revolutionary Chief Bans of Mormons l V Roy Pratt president of or the Mexican mission of tho the Mormon church declared at attend attend nt- nt yesterday upon his arrival hero to tend tho the general conference that the consensus of or opinion throughout hout Mexico Mex Mex- Mexico r xIco x- x ico and the border states Is that theVilla the tho I Villa iVilla movement Is growing The Mormon Mormon Mormon Mor Mor- mon c colonists generally generall entertain satisfactory satisfactory sat sat- relations with his faction said Mr Pr Pratt tt and anel are convinced their security Is certain under him Few Fow deny that Angeles who has identified himself with fth the tho Villa faction Is one of oC the biggest men In Mexico at this time Ume and that Villa fIla will become a n ner er very potent factor in the tho political po political political po- po lire lifo of or the tho country Commenting on the recent escapade lor of Villa bands In which Joseph C C. Bentley Bontley y bishop of or the tho Mormon church at Colonia Juarez and two other colonists colo- colo were and held In custody custody cus- cus custody tody In tho the mountains south of ot tho the colony's settlement Mr r Pratt said that Bishop Bentley had only good words for Cor Villa The was done without Villas Villa's authority and the tho marauder of or Columbus took took pains to assure ro tho the Mormons that a similar occurrence I would never happen again Mr tr Pratt said lie Ho has haa issued orders to his troops that they are not t tc to molest the Mormons ormon in an any wa way Tho The morale of or the lire colonists Is high and thc they believe bellevo that Villa will keep his word with Ith them Industrial conditions are arc good among the Mormons 1 and rapid growth is predicted pre pre- dieted for tor Colonia Juarez and Colonia Dublan tho the two chief villages occupied b by the Mormons on Mexican soil oll |