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Show GUSTAV UGH I IN CHIHUAHUA 1 IIHDEHARREST I American Accused of Being a nH Spy Alive at Last Accounts; H Consul Letcher Looking gilt Out for Prisoner. A NORTHERN MEXICO ' I MAY SEVER BONDS i Possibility of a New Republic S Embracing Six States; Ex- mm citement Over Execution HnS of Benton Continues. f3l WASHINGTON, Feb. 22. Sec- S I rotary Bryan received word from Ijjjfl Consul Edwards at Juarez today IJjjH that Gustav Bauch, tho German- ffnjj American, rumored last night to IjUj have been executed by General ?a0 Villa, was alive and had been re- f J m moved to Chihuahua, where Amer- ajtl ican Consul Letcher had been in- gjig structed to intercede for him. jjB CHIHUAHUA. Mex.. Feb. 22. Senti- ij J ment Is growing among certain rebel lead- 5j f crs that If thc attack on Torreon Is do- y j Iaycd much longer, or if thc federal army jj succcds In holding that city, northern jjl Mexico will dotach itself from tho Test of i 0 the country nnd become an independent Rl republic. If I Whllo General Carranza. the civil head I of the revolution, and General Villa, thc 111 military head, disclaim any Intention to sjl be satisfied with anything less than the HI I overthrow of Iluorta, and tho success of m 1 the constitutionalist cause over the entlru m country, it Is known that the plan to es- ul tnbll.sli a northern republic has been se- f rlously considered by them and others. General Villa's delay in the attack on fjji Torreon and reports emanating from Mex- OT j ico City that thc federal garrison has been Ok j strengthened to a point where It can put lU up a formidable resistance, have given H renewed impetus to the idea of a scpara- HI) lion of the north from tho south and Jul General Carnmza's .coming to Chihuahua HI state from tho Pacific coast is looked upon kj as poKSlbly portending an early adoption gji of the plan. Jfl Politically Far Apart. jl Many rebel loaders profess to bellevo ffll that whatever the outcome of thc prca- jnj cut revolution thc north and the south SJ will not soon be completely amalgamated. BJ Tho north, they assert, already is politic- III ally Independent and ban adopted a pro-, ffil P gresslve attitude wholly at variance lo Hf a conditions In the south, where two fac- Hi I tlans the indifferent and tho adherents II j j of tho old Diaz regime predominate. RM 1 The territory, which, it Is said, might if! I be formed Into a separate republic, cm- Kill braces tho flvo states along the United awl States border Sonora, Chihuahua, Coa- VjftB bulla. Nuevo Leon and Tamaullpas, with lug possibly the Inclusion of Slnaloa. From Mjf I practically all tills territory thc Huerta fflfjl army has been driven out, tho chief re- srifl malnlng .strongholds ot the federals be- fjfln lng at Tnmplco on tho east, Monterey tonl Saltlllo and Torreon on the south, Guay- WitH mas on the west and Nuevo Ladero and Kill Pledras Ncgras on the north, wm Northern Ideals. Mi As suggesting that tbe revolutionary ShII leaders may have to content themselves Ktim with their victories In tho north, officials ml a high In the rebel government point out illiffl that ono reason for thc overthrow of 11 III President Madero was that ho represented V-ilm the Ideals of the north at the scat oft jUi government in tho south whero progress . W3l had not kept pace with the northern 1 states. ... , ttial ( That, bv delaying his attack on Torreon, Um General Villa has lost nomo of the prcs- Wftj tlge which ho gained In tho quick victory mm at Ojlnara, s conceded hore. A prompt ttljja assault on Torreon. after tho OJlnaga Hall victory six weeks ago. some rebel lead- Im crs 5n"v, would have given General Villa's Ukm troopB great moral advantage In routing tffjifl the federals. Instead, the federals in WIllM Torreon, undor General Itefuglo Velasco, aluf ivitii iirrmlo train and tolngrunh commu- "ffliHI nlcatlon with Mexico City, have had op- IN i portunltlcs to fortify tholr position and . HI i to ovorcome much of the torror aroused glff among tho federal noldlers by tho mero n V mention of Villa's namo. jjl I Soldiers Idly Waiting. m Most of Villa's noldlors, who, ho says BflJ number 12,000 or more, aro now. and yWH have boon for several weeks, deployed EN ulong tho railroad south of hero, with jjttf tholr base at Jimenez und Escalon. "Why Hu' they have not. been ordered' to march on KM ) Torreon, but havo boon kept Idly waiting 4jll along tho railroad tracks, la a Question WW which none of them Is able to nxplaln. lit Tho belief in Chihuahua Is that they wero JM i sent out because General Villa did not litii ! want to maintain so many soldiers in Q( ono city. Tho deposition of the robots myi is: At Jimenez, under General Mouclovlo iSKl Horrera, 2200; at Kscalon, under Gouora? HT1 Maximo Garcia, 1200; marching acros.s H ' Durango state to Maplml (north or Tor- jjj reon), undor General Toma3 Urbtna. S Si f 2500; In Durango state (southwest of 1! Torreon). undor General Callxto Con- M J trerus, 3000; In Zacutccas state (south of ra H Torreon), under General Panfllo No, 8w M Tora, 1000; cast of Torreon, under Gen- m oral Agullar. an unknown number; In I JWcl Chihuahua Ctty-i under General Aguirrn ifeS Tho federal garrison at Torroon Is va- rlously estimated from H000 to 10,000, mm NOTHING HEARD OF ii THE MISSING MEN EL PASO, Texas. Feb. 22. In a tele- ijjjfj gram to the American consul itt Juaror. I; M Thomas D. Edwards. General Villa Bug- Ii VS gesta that the Arrierican reported ralss- It (fi lng In Mexico may be Included In a batch ot American recruits which he Bays ho H!fc (Continued on Page Two.). R GUSTAV HCH SAFE, BUT STILL 1 Jl (Continued from Page Ono.) has rejected and will send back to Juarez by the, nrst troop train. Villa's telegram says there arc fifteen of these Americans, who wished to Join his forces, but whom he has found unavailable. un-available. At present search Is being made for Harry Compton, of Oakland, Cal.; Roger Laurence, an Englishman, who came hero recently to visit William S Benton, who was killed by the rebels last Tuesdav; a Now Mexico ranehnian by the name of Curtis, said to have Joined Laurence In the search for Benton: and Gustav Bauch, officially reported to have been taken to Chihuahua for further investigation in-vestigation on the charge of being a spy. United States consular representatives at Juarez and Chihuahua have been searching for trace of Compton. but he is neither In the Jails nor euurtels, according accord-ing to reports made to them by constitutionalist constitu-tionalist officials, who also, say that they never had him under arrest. Sent Letter; From Jail. A private message from W. E. Perry of Garden City. Cal.. askod for Information concerning tho missing; man. It stated that a letter had been received from Marrv Compton, dated Chihuahua, which appealed to them for assistance, saying that he was a prisoner In the Chihuahua jajl and was to be removed to Juarez on February 1R. which was also the date set for his execution. He did not say in the letter on what charge ho had been arrested. General Hugh T,. Scott also received a request from citizens of Garden City, Cal.. to assist in locating- the man because of his broken-hearted mother and the military have taken up the search. The message to General Scott said that a direct di-rect appeal had been made to President Wilson to take stops to have the constitutionalists constitu-tionalists give up information concerning Compton. Consul Edwards was Instructed by Sccrctarv of State Bryan today to locate lo-cate Compton if possible and to report on the alleged arrest and execution of the American. Similar Instructions were telegraphed to Consul .Marion Letcher at Chihuahua to conduct an investigation there. . All Knowledge Denied. Both consuls Immediately took up the matter. Consul" Edwards called on Colonel Colo-nel Fidel Avila, Jefe de las armas at Juarez, but he said ho had never, had Compton in tho Juarez jail, that no Americans Amer-icans had been executed in Juarez, and that he had never heard of Compton. From Chihuahua Consul Letcher telegraphed tele-graphed to Consul Edwards to relay the report to the state department that General Gen-eral Francisco Villa denied knowledge of Compton and notified him that Compton had never been arrested or to his knowledge knowl-edge liad hecn in Mexico. These reports re-ports were forwarded to the state department. depart-ment. Richard ML Dudley telegraphed Senator Fall today asking him to take measures to obtain Immediate delivery of the hody of Benton to tho widow on this side of the river. Mr. Dudley explained that he believed be-lieved a view- of tho body would go far to explain the manner of the Scotchman's Scotch-man's death. Dili! ley, like other Americans Amer-icans here, does not accept tho official explanation of a court-martial as given out at Juarez yesterday. North May Secede. The dispatch from Chihuahua that there was a possibility, in certain contingencies, of the statcK of northern Mexico forming a new republic, was regarded as plausible plaus-ible among rcfugeos here. It was pointed out that for the last thr.ee years tho northern and southern parts of the country coun-try have been practically under separate government and formal secession of the northern states would not materially change tho present status of thev country. In Peace Grove, opposite the Globe mlllF. where Francisco Madcro established his provisional capital of Mexico in 1911, when he was at the head of tho lnsur-recto lnsur-recto forces which later overthrew the Diaz government, the memorial services of tho first anniversary of tho assassination assassina-tion of President Madero and his vice president, Jose Pino Suarez, were held this afternoon. The troops of the Juarez garrison morched to the little grove where a platform plat-form hnd been erected and were reviewed re-viewed from the stand by Colonel Fidel Avila. commander of the Juarez garrison, and members of his staff, a After the review, re-view, a programme consisting of musical numbers and addresses was delivered. Juarez was in mourning during the day In honor of the memory of the two leaders lead-ers who met their death by assassination a year ago. All amusements with tho exception of the races were closed during Ihe day and the saloons wero also closed. The soldiers of the garrison wore buttons of Madero draped with crepe and crepe was worn on the sleeves of many of the officials of the town. The search of Captain Cootes and his auto truck load of troopers around Las Cruces for filibusters last night resulted In disappointment, but the watch will be maintained by United States deputy marshals mar-shals nnd a detachment of troops under Lieutenant Bowman. |