Show VilLA ANTI ANTI VILLA CAMPAIGNS ARE BEGUN Three Commands Have Been Sent to Mountains to Effect Bandit Leaders Leader's Capture Rebels Report By Associated Ial Ir Press Prea I E L P PASO ASO rc Tex TeL May I 2 27 The Thc The de facto government of of Mexico has begun its threatened campaign against Francisco Villa Advices ic s received here bore tO today indicate indi n irate i- i rate cafe that at nt least three commands have c been sent into the thc mountains of or the Parral Parra I district to hunt liuni down I the thc bandit and Villa has Las ahead of him hini some som or of the thc fastest dodging o ging of his c career reer if he lie is to escape t the c cordon of troops closing in on his ban bands ds s. s 1 on Trail With forces under Generals Ignacio I EnrIquez and Marcelo o already alread In tho it is re reported that Gen fJ IJ Goncal al newly appointed military commander er cr of or tho the state of Chihuahua started t toward iw tr El EI VatIc Valle from JImInez last sIghs night with Ith 1000 men At 1 last report Villa was waiting at El Vallo Valle for final word from Gen I Plutarco J Elias Calles on his demand that he be he appointed to replace Ii E co ar Between Escobar ami Villa ilia the bitterest bitterest bit bit- terest enmity exists Tho Iho former wa waz one of oC the Jury which passed a a. a sea en i it t tence of oC death on Gen General ral Felipe Fc Angeles Villas Villa's military Idol Ido and an the th bandit ha has lias sworn he ho must pay with his own life V t l tI In In a dispatch h I to the de dc f facto clo commercial com coin mercial mercia I agent here disclaiming I knowledge of ot tho the report l by llY byI I Villa Bin forces of oC Homer Carr Cair examining engineer for the American an Refining company compan who was waa supposed sup Slip posed tu to have been taken off ort a lra train n nat at Jiminez Tuesday General said he had concluded an unsatisfactory unsatisfactory tory tor telegraphic conference with Villa and Und was convinced con tho the government had no choice but to fight right him Friends of or Carr were rca reassured it i ithe the same time b by a wire from Crom W. W M. M i Drury mana manager er of or the American SmeltIng Smelting Smelt Smelt- Ing Inh Refining company's s mining department de de- who said there was waa nothing to lo the tho kl report Villas Villa's Methods l With rith line Mine Companies Told EI El Paso Tex May 2 27 Operations of oC the Alvarado Mining 1 Milling company compau com corn pany pau have been suspended since bince May la 2 22 because of ot the company's refusal to pay PY a protection tax to Francisco Francisco Fran Fran- cisco Villa according to an announcement announcement announce announce- men ment t nade here today toda by T T. G. G HawkIns Hawk Hawk- Ha Hawkins Jn Ins Jr JY vice 1 In charge of oC opera operation op op- e era ra t I 0 fl It Jt was In HII ill effort to dissuade Villa from Crom carrying out a threat to destroy destro all properties of oC tho time company in territory terri tern I tory under his control that George 1 Alvaredo superintendent at spent moro than a week weck In the bandits bandit's camp at Boquilla Mr Ir Hawkins Continued on Pa Page e o. o I. I I fORCES 11 SENT f r TO m MOUNTAINS l Contin Wed from Page 1 ho t t r ar arrived cd In El Paso a K lead had not been actu- actu er it Was vas said lilts nn lon fOr er lit le Shown shade made e no effort to detain the hIm to when hen air rr Hawkins t leave ly sent on May 22 2 the men to close pan pan- mines and mills t t t a Power Dower statement shows h how n i he be Parral the bandit still wields j district and illustrates e ot f ssi s l making n It t felt It CoIl fol- fol ilia bl him demander thai that the company compan gold Ilc Ho of the asserted c that thatto to the they r company had been t din ding Catran Carranza a. a govern Government S t tring ring pesos annually did serfs protection on It h he I sold who was w only Ultimatum tum protected thorn thom U C came from an and done One of o YllIa Villa on n the etta dents Went company's compan SUto SU- SU boing bOi he ent from Parral to B Boia Bo- Bo ia could argue Villa cd out intention of destroy destroy- e not properties it if tho the torn om quilla the l S SUperintendent g er to El Paso nd telling s The Tho of o from m villa brought he bo did not stead Intend to a II matter bad r ot or fact fl the tho ment a rid absolute freedom o oC f Was ut It t merely rel Was In no sense a a. pris- pris Ur Intended ned td to that f It O Parral 1 Villa r ilia would o oC f t the fife fiat al Calles plant s came ln from Was In when rd d the cam compaQ quills He ate Ind In- In Dasy to Pa pay J t I i d and wired Villa that until ho had freed all Americans Americana whom he ho might be bo holdInG holdIng holding hold- hold Ing the d do facto Sacco government Go would government Would ro- ro fuso to treat with hImOn himOn himOn him On tho the word nord was WM sent Bent to Millar to return to Parral Informing him that Calles Callas had promised to make mako all further arrangements Villa VUlt did not try to hold his guest s when told of ot nisi Instructions But the same Bamo day a. a a a. band of ot was as sent Bent to cut or off the tho company's power Dower The do de o facto government It Il is reported re re- re ported Is concentrating troops In Hi n the Parral district In an effort to give American mining companies company's adequate e p protection Herrero Insists Carranza Was Suicide D By Br Associated Pr Press Mexico May Stay 27 27 Gen Regatta Rodolfo Herrero who has been accuse accused of ot participating in tho the alleged cd assassination assassination n nation of or President Carranza In names a message message mes mes- sage sago to Gen P. P Elias Ellas Callas Callos minister o of or orwar f war repeated his previous I assertion Carranza committed suicide when h ho o saw himself In Ino danger danber of or capture captures by a force or of ot eighty men under Herrero Herrero In his message to Calles Culles said sai d ho he attacked escort solely Y for tor patriotic reasons Herrero also tr transmitted In his message mes mes- s sage age which was filed flied at Papantla state of or Vera ern Cruz contents of or a a. statement statement state state- ment meat said to have havo been boon signed by bJ Paul ino Jno Fontes director general of ot tb the tho o M MM Mexican railroads under Carranza Manuel anuel M Aguirre Ag Berlanga former secretary secretary sec sec- rotary of ot the tho Int Interior and others of ot th the e Carranza party which agreed with Herreros Herrero's Her Her- sera's rero's assertions General Calles requested Herrero to t o hasten to Mexico City to aid In clearing clear clear- InS ing ng the mystery surrounding Carranza's Carranza s death eath I |