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Show MEXICO AGAIN IN THETHRDES OF REBELLION Preliminary Battle Between Contending Factions Takes Place at Leon; Nothing Known as to Result. CARRANZA BENT ON HOLDING OFFICE President Wilson Decides to Keep Troops at Vera Cruz Until the Situation Clears. VERA CRUZ, Nov. 11. Hisinlo Agiiilar. supported by General Benjamin Ben-jamin Arguiuedo aud a ccutin.'jeiit of Zapata followers, is attacking Puebln, s'ixty-seveu miles southeast of Meiico City, accoriling to advices ad-vices received here toniijit. The attacking party already Is in possession pos-session of the out-'kirts of tie city. Cousti:utien:ilut soldiers sent from the capital to reinforce the Puebla garn;cn are resisting stubbornly. KL PASO, Tex., Nov. 11. V.sr has been uec'.arvd between the Carrnnja and Villa elerecnts of the censtitution-aiist censtitution-aiist army. Recording to advices received re-ceived at Juarez tonight frcm oScials of the conclavo cf chieftains at Aguas Caliente?. A pre'.in-.icary battie already ha? occurred at Loon, between the convention conven-tion city and Qaerctaro, it was reported. re-ported. Gcr.eml Pabio Ger-aiis, the Carran-za Carran-za commander, kns moved his forces from Querctaro north to Siiao to meet the Villa ad .ar -e. Gereral Manuel Chaj. a Villa chieitain. departed today front A?r;as Calientes with a etrong colurr.r. A messsje from olKcial sources in Mexico Cir-, given out today by Rafael Muzqui;. the Carracza consul general to the United States, said: 'The firs: chief is at Cordoba. A majority of the principal chiefs have declared in favnr of Carrauza. Villa has called on the people to take arms. All the south and east is loyal to the first chief.'- EFFORT TO BRING j PEACE A FAILURE MEXICO CITY, Xov. 11. In a last I effort to maintain peace General Ve-nustiano Ve-nustiano Carranza and General Eulalio Gutierrez, who recently was elected i provisional president of Mexico by the Ajruas Calientes peace convention, ex-j ex-j changed views by telegraph last nifjht. The full text of the messages was made public today. Genetal Gutierrez informs General Ca-ranza that he will hold power in-de:initelv, in-de:initelv, disregarding the stipulation iiinitin his tenure of office to twenty davs unless the convention orders oth-erwi.-e. He calis on General Carranza to resign in the interest of unity and t'ca.-e. saving that General A ilia will i'ciiver over'Yis power upon being informed in-formed of General Carranza 's resigna-! resigna-! tion. ... , I General Carranza in his reply says 1 tbar he does nor, recognize the validity j of General Gutierrez's election because the convention was not empowered to name a president. He says he neVer will resign until he is assured that he can turn over the power to some stable government. He warns General Gut-Terrez Gut-Terrez that the latter i being Ufied as the tool of General Villa and asks ral Gutierrez to meet him at a pla. o to be agreed upon to discuss the q'Thteat tacks being made by followers of Zapata on the outskirts of tho city are growing in intensity, but tho constitutionalist con-stitutionalist forces are repulsing them. VITHDRAWAL OF THE TROOPS POS T PON ED WASHINGTON, Nov. 11. President Wilson nnd Secretary Bryan iliscuiised for nearlv three hours tonight the ouestion of evacuation of era Cruz Illy tho American forces.' No announce-i announce-i nient was made at the conclusion of tho conference, but it was understood he president decided to await further advices tomorrow as to the political situation in Mexico The decrees issued by General tar-rana tar-rana granting all the requests of the American government were carel ul ly nF,dercd Carranza granted amnesty to the Americans who served the Am'-rican government during Its occupation occu-pation anf ordered that taxes or customs cus-toms naid to the American officers be not reimnosed. InHsmucli as (ho na-Uona na-Uona convention at Aguas Cahentes ordered Carranza to comply with tne wi- he, of the American government in connection with the guarantees the Washington government was confronted confront-ed witu'the fact that its demands were acquiesced in by all factions in Mex- '"n ofticia! cirejes generally it was be-j Continued on Page Four.) , I MEXICO M. IRE SHE OF WARFARE (Continued from Pace One.) live.! that p.hi.p tne president would order the evacuation, he might ait a f ew day- j'or a dcrini e ulirrnineDt of th-1 var-o-ja eln-i in the l.itei-t civil war. Tho An. erica n ;o eminent ia ou rcconi in di puunat e i orrespou ti eucc as prour.sicg t he w hdraw a I o; the troop- when the guy ran tf i s it requited, requit-ed, were com pi i i a wit u, ani person? ennversant wi: h the pre-i-lent p-unt oi view behove he propo-e to reueem this prom;-' u fon as poibie. It hal been point e J jut that t he American Ameri-can carri-ui nii!:t he placed in an eir.iint ramg situation it the forces controlled by Carraura and those of the convention carried on their contli-t n f nr the c:ty of Vi'ra ( 'n:7, a the Wa: hin;t on overnmi'nt is ilcM'iiiis o: ir.ain' a iii i n its a l-'dule j.1 nt i all ty as between tho t o fa tioni. Favored by Gutierrez. It was m: t'd after tonight 's -on- (V re nee t lui t the W'n hmjurt on gov-rn-mcnt iu:.hi anait sutr.e formal prc--s;nn fjdm tho onvciifion at. Aaunr- t ai-uMif ai-uMif a well f -ruti t ietu-ral Kulalio ( mt i"i . w!-,o;ii it hn-. s-'lcte-l as pro-i pro-i v i ; u n a i pi f n I ii t l"' i ..re w i 1 1. r! ra im n i j lie A in en- an l roo; . ("? neni I dut icr-I icr-I r-i t'ii-1 A 'iierjran oiiiMi!:ir agents tl:af as Minn as he n svorn in lie wo,il.i ; i-su' a proclamation covering the point? iCMred bv tho I n t'-i MhIi-. As t ierrer " was to have taken the oath I at tin con eM ion btM night tomorrow's -iipal t'he may bring wcrd t Mat lie. ' loo, has compile. ith the demand:-, of i thr I "llitcd vtlttC. K en t hougii the American forces . are wi t hd rawu, however, it is not be! jioed that the $ 1 .OOi-.iii m nnd upv,prdsl in customs dut ie roller-ted by tne Amori-uin ofVi-'crs will be turned over bv tho Wash i ngt on adm iu ist rat ion until un-til a central gitvcrnnouit nriso-; out oi the present tangled situation. The convention con-vention having declared itself supreme, it. is pointed out, probably would looli with disfavor on tin ebdivory by t he AtiH'ri'-an gnv-rnment of the funds to arran.'i, whom it 'had ordered do- po.scd. Ready lo Embark. Secret ary t ia rnsim told Scret nry Brvan before 1 lie W hi 1 1 houre con fer-nii'w. fer-nii'w. thai, the tronp -were ready to emba rk , nil a t ra n garner t s having been I'omplel.'d itune tiltn tign. T w !! t t -in r liumlierf marines ;iUn will be takrui a wa v lv Ihe war depart men t 's 1 ra ns-iiorts, ns-iiorts, as the navy ha: im udeiuatr mini-Iter mini-Iter of e -sids lo ca jy t lioni a u a ,-. Tlie 1 roups will o t-i Txs Citv ;m. the ma n nr irba bh- to reus a ft da , l-'ln., or (iiia-iiauatno. f The pnhlical situation in Mi'M.o ha. I not ekared. acr-nruing lo tlie latr-sl of-tii-iu t a.b i'-es. (ioimral i arran. a asked (lie eniiv en t inn for an e ti'iisioii oi li f-t f-t ein days to di sen us the utio-t ion of a i-iH'i'i'nr to whom In1 wnuhl r!idior I ho cxecut ivr io r-r. but t In i mport uns rcni.-l. A ll hough ollii'ta In had nu -nniplel c .arh'ier's, there were i n I i ma l i -mis timt pa t'b' - wi-re conl i nuiug 1 v t e!eg ra ph hrtwecn the eon-roil imi and (annn.-a. Branded a Rebel. I'd, I'AFO, Tyn V.w. II (rl-tr:ini frmii .H.i n 'P lieut !OV: t I iii l ii f n inrrtin of the cnti ' r n lion l.irt tnrlit p-n -r.il i.irraiUM waa hi.moed a. r-iirl. i i-1 1 1 r.i I T n ufI' N ;i I i ; . n pi d- ,!rnl r.f t h- -nn'.-ut inn. T"r ; i n 1 do-rd do-rd t )i;i t t hp d-'p-ifd "lirr-t Chief" i-hmild he . onsidri r ,1 i( r-Mh h.ni'... th lir.tt-d llu.e liid rpn.d (nr h,ni lo ifi'ornT" th" '-u crhk;ni o' th" ii:i:nn-1.1- "I . hi.-flr.ilO . Ill" I fine ' k ,i: i;:r"'ir-l Willi IM M D -p'Ttr '. s.ti-1 the t ri"""" ' ."Inn 1.i.) .,.,-M , ,.n--t wl "i" ' i ' n ' . : l i - mi i; (."in i "i ii'1' in ri H ...4 .dit"f of a newly-created central zone had precipitated pre-cipitated the ;arranza-Y:ha estrangement estrange-ment Eorre months a;o. Artillery Duel. NACO, Ariz., Nov. 11. Both besieged and oeslepers indulged in artillery duels nt Na.'O. Sonora, today, which they characterized char-acterized as "target practice." klovernr May tore na's Villa troops took up positions about the town th.tt indi. .-it. d an attack. General Hi'd. com-irnnuKiE: com-irnnuKiE: tiie Tarranza garrison, dis-Iodtfed i-onie ot tj".e attackers' nuns on the west f;de. 1 'it iatt-r v.-as forced to take his g.ir.s o:u of H-'iion on trie eut. Hil'."s sear.-Lliahtri. lh objects of much liostKe u'.r.Iir. continually swt-pt liie-iield rrtwcfn' t::e two forces tor.icht. M;i. ;o:er.a'5 artilierv e-ijlpnient has 'c-i-n "much strer.t: t lieneJ. Vi ere Is. how-(vi how-(vi r, no at 'fa rent improvement in his gunnery. Joint Manifesto. i LARLDO. Tex i?. Nov. 11. Advices , litre i c i . i s - t from Mexico City Fay a j.int , i: iiifv.;o was ;u(i tl ere today statine ti.at i:' 'ii:a iaiN to re:ire fvm ti:e com- , n,4ird of ilir-1 division of Vr.c north all gen-cr,-..t wll ;x'M .:-.i;r.st him. Tl.e jvnriv-.-io is signed jo.mly by Gr- era'.s Olr-:o:. Hay, Lucio lilanco, Villa-rl Villa-rl and others. Tram .---eivx" from hr to Mexico Cr.y va M;sueti led todav. Plsturbod conditions condi-tions iu-ar Mtxico City were relieved to I t ;i: ta:r,. . Service as far south as Monterey and ?liUi!1o will continue. Panic in Capital. MEXICO CITV. Nov. ll. The escapade nf a p.irtv of Y.i. mi Indians and i-oldu-rs. who chrr'-d tln-uli t!;e principal downtown down-town streets of the capital in two tour-l;ic tour-l;ic rnrs ti.iP iromin. discV.arging their fan;.? as I'.'.cv v.ert. called the circu-iation circu-iation of a report that tho national palace l.'np attacked by followers of Gen-o:-;ils .ti'ta and Villa. Ti;e tu:.m'pf secii-in wa? thrown Into a r;iT1o-" A -hop5 were hur.-i'd'.y ,' -r.I ar'.-l tee stf-fts were deserted. 1 1; ,'.-rn' .to ent out !" tlie war office ' . i round up tli- two automobile parties, 'j j.oi- ilt allv arnsted them, but not until i'us;ti-ss throui;'.iout the city was u.-arlv pa r.i ' rod. |