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Show BANK CURRENCY IS UNDER m IN CHIHUAHUA Mint Is Established for the Free Coinage of Silver Bearing Constitutionalist Constitution-alist Stamp. r LARGE AMERICAN SMELTER TO OPEN Rebels Take Control of Beef Supply and Sell It at Six Cents Per Pound; Villa Is Supreme. MEXICO CITY, Fob. 1. Jose Luis Eeauena, chief of the Felix Diaz political organization, and Pedro Pe-dro Villar, who were arrested yesterday yes-terday on the charge of complicity in a plot against the government, were released today. It 1b understood under-stood they havo agreed to leave the country. General Blauquet, minister of war, admitted tonight that fighting was in progress north of Torreon. CHIHUAHUA CITY, Mexico, Feb. 1- Currency issued by the Bank of Sonora, the Bank of MInero and other banks established es-tablished under the Diaz regimo will bo treated as counterfeit monoy after February Feb-ruary 10, under a decree Issued by tho rebel reb-el government today. Tho free and unlimited un-limited coinage of silver will bo offered as a. means of providing ample money. The embargo against the old bank currency, cur-rency, which Is frowned upon as a survival survi-val of the clcntlflco days, whon the Creels and Terrazas were In power, will render worthless, In tho rebel territory, millions of dollars In paper money. The circulation circula-tion of all paper of Individuals and corporations corpo-rations Is prohibited after today. A mint, has been established for the coinage of silver bearing tho constitutionalist stamp. Tho offer of free coinage will be extended to oil bullion owners, but it has not been indicated to what extent the offer will be accepted. Smelter to Open. Tho rebel government already Is in possession of much bullion, which will bo coined to onrlch the treasury. It aiso was announced that a large American smelting interest, which controls Industries Indus-tries In Colorado, and other parts of the United States, has entered into an arrangement ar-rangement for the Immediate opening of a smelter in Chihuahua, which has been closed for .many wocks. The smelter will provide an outlet for thousands of tons of oro brought out of the Chihuahua mines since tho revolution began. Under the terms the rebels aro to rccolvo a percentage of 'tho mining and smelter profits. "While exhorbltant prices are asked for food producto In Chihuahua, tho rebels havo assumed control of the beef supply and are selling It at C cents a pound. The proceeds go Into the treasury. All dealings deal-ings In cattle, chiefly off the Terrazas ranches, aro affairs of slate, directed by General Villa. Villa Supreme. Confirming assertions of General Villa that although Ids power is supremo in Chihuahua state, he nevertheless is second sec-ond to General Curranza, all the official documonts refer to Carranza ns tho chief. This h aot forth In the Periodical Offlclul, In which Carranza's decrees aro published. Homes of tho Creel, Terrazas and other rich families 'continue to fall Into the hands of the rebclD, vho use thcih ns govornmont stables aud cuarlcl.". In tho absence of General Carranza, General Villa continucn to wield tho power of the court, tho legislature and all government gov-ernment (unctions, lie recently granted concessions sufficient to yield their owners own-ers large Income?. General Villa Is expected to return from Juarez within a few days, to begin thn campaign against Torreon. Advices from tha south today were that tho federals at Torreon would present a stubborn front to the rebel advance. The rebel base has been moved southward to Jtmluoz and L3s-calon. FEDERALS FIGHTING AMONG THEMSELVES CULIACAN, Slnuloa, Mexico, Fob. 1. Federal troops on the outskirts of Guay-mas Guay-mas havo mutinied and arc fighting umong themselves, according to belated dispatches reaching constitutionalists today. to-day. The ex'acuatlon of tho city by General Gen-eral OJeda's forces Is expected momentarily. momenta-rily. General Obregon sent a messago to hcndnuartcrH that on Friday between 00 and 500 federals revolted at San Joso dc Guaymas and that fifty of them, with several sev-eral officers, deserted nnd joined tho Insurgent In-surgent camp nt Cruz do Plcdra. Heavy firing began on Saturday Jn tho vicinity of Caro Prleto, another outlying town, but It was asserted the Insurgent outposlH took no part. In the fighting. Continued rlflo firing ond cannonading indicated that the federals were ongaged In a combat among themselves. Many rumors aro current tlwit General (Continued on Pago Two,) BiK CURRENCY NO GOOD II Cllil (Continued from Pago One.) OJcda's troops aro preparing to' embark for points down tho coast still hold by tho Iluerta forces. EXISTENCE OF PLOT IS OPEN TO DOUBT 'mKXMCO CITY. Feb. 1. Aponls of tho war department have made u few additional addi-tional arrests of persons alleged to bo implicated In the plot agninst the government, govern-ment, but none of these persons Is widely wide-ly known or of high standing. The people peo-ple generally lmvo received the news .of tho discovery of tho blocking of tho conspiracy con-spiracy with some reserve, tho evidence .submitted by the secret agents not being credited In some quarter!'. Reports from various parts of the republic re-public IndlcatM a slight IncrcaHO In the activity of tho rebels, but the gencrul situation Is comparatively qulot. Tho government gov-ernment announced lato last week that it had succeeded in reopening tho National railroad between San Luln Potosl and Saltillo. and bv utilizing the International railroad from Monterey to Eagle Pass, had an open lino from tho capital to the border. But Information from railroad sources today Is thai the rebels have cut the International again, rendering remote the resumption of traffic. The lino from San L.uls Potosl to 1am-plco 1am-plco Is so seriously interrupted that thoro appears little chance of a train service for some time. The rebels are in possession posses-sion of various points between tho coast and Cardenas, and sharp fighting occurred oc-curred yesterday and today at two points near Corrilos and a short distance from Cardena3. The rebels have postponed I heir movement move-ment In force against Tamplco and San Luis Potosl in no longer seriously threatened. threat-ened. The campaign against Monterey apparently has been lost sight of, and there seems doubt as to whether General Villa will attack the federals at Torrcon before thoy move northward and force him to fight at some intermediate point. Zacatecas is the center of a country Invested In-vested by rebels, but even thero tho rebels reb-els havo shown no Indications that, they arc preparing for an attempt to rotako the town. " , a. Friends of President Hucrta regard tho lull as indicative that he Is slowly galnliw tho ascendency. Lehesa Released. VERA CRUZ, Feb. 1. Tho former governor gov-ernor of Vera. Cruz, Theodore I-.ehcsa. who was recently arrested here and taken to Mexico City, has been released and is again In Vera Cruz. Tho United States battleship Ohio arrived ar-rived today, relieving tho Kansas. |