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Show GENERAL VILLA IS SAID TO HAVE SAILED FOR CUBA tEW ORLEANS. Dec "3 General Francisco Villa, the Mexican revolutionary leader arrived in New Orlsjans last night from Ei Fa so, waa hurried across the city to the steamship docks and boarded the steamship Excelsior which later sailed (or Havana, according to a story p flushed fl-ushed In a local afternoon paper ud cred ited to a friend of the vEa, family who arrived here last night from Juares. All efforts to confirm this were unavall-tag- Officials of tba steamship Una declare de-clare that Vina a nam was not on the passenger Hat and that no Mexican who resembled him had sailed as tar as they knew There wen, however several Mex leans aboard the Exoelslor they said. General Villa a wife, their two children and Mre. Hlpollto Vina, wife of the n eratn brother sailed from here for Ba vana last Saturday. Carranza May ' lsit Juarez SAX LUIS POTOsL, Meiieo, Dee. 99, i via Laredo, Tex., Dee, 23 General Oar ranxa will notfeo dureetty to Meiieo City from here as at first planned, bat will ext visit Aguas Cabehtes and probably prob-ably Chionahoa, City, it was announced here today It was intimated that if eond tions continue favorable the first chief would extend1 his northward trip to Jnarez before gong ta the capital. Calles to Fight Indians. DOUGLAS, Ans-JDee. 20 General P Ebas Calles, mlEtary governor of Sonora left late-today lor Kermosillo capital of the -state to ectabhsti lead ' quarters. He was aeoorairaiiied by his entire staff Genera Calles stated before be-fore departing that he intended to take the field with 15 000 troops to quel the laqm Indian disturbances m the Yaqui river valley Huertas Illness Serious WASHLNGTOX Dec. 29 The illness of General Ifuezta is tenons although not dangerous according to reports re- ceived today from 1 Paso by the department de-partment of justice. TheEl Paso an thonties have been notified to use their diseret on as to relaxing the guard over bun about which he has complained W ill Be Removed LAREDO Tex, Dec 29 Reports reach ng here from Mexico City today sav that First Chief Carranza has de creed that off ce holders viho have fa led to support the Carranza cause shall be removed from public office The decree sajs that ofices thus va cated sha 1 be f lied by loyal supporters of the const tut onalist cause |