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Show ACTION BY VILLA DEFERRED PENDING SCOTT'S ARRIVAL EL PASO Texas Aug 7 George Carothers spec al agent or the state ire partment stated todav that pend ng the arr al of Gene al Hugh I Scott chief of staff of the T ted States army on Monday to onfer with Ceneral villa at Juarez all act on of the northern ch eftain aga n t fo eign me hants an 1 m n ng co porat ons wou 1 be lcte ed General Scott t was sa d would take up with V 11a the conf s at on of prop erty of fo e gn merchants and the sub iect of tl o re ent call to a meet ng August 11 of m ning rorporat on rep reeentat v s for cons aeration of nat ter of gra p mportance as well as the new features of the Pan ocr can onferen e on the fl f at on of Mex co develeTf d bv the br ef of General ( arranza tod a Meeting Today C ene al Villa hai summoned h mih ta y offclals from all parts of the ter ritory he controls for a meeting tomor row at Juarez The news that Ceneral Carranza had i ' 11 consented to confer with other factions was received here with gratification by adherents of General Villa General Villa received the news with a chuckle and said he could make no comment ntil he had mora Ight ( opiee of the official manifesto re cened tod a, dated Aug st 2, fixed ex eout on as the punishment for failure of n crchants to declare all mercband se n the r possess on. The manifesto reads Vie make known to all the iahab itanU nf this uipital who have iner I t I c sto ed In warehouses or at I vel gs that tbey must lec re the exixtcnco of tho goo le w th n twenty four honrs to the m iral real lent if th h order is not omplied with the guilty per sons will be executed. To Hold Property Representatives of governments of the l at ons who conferred w th Gen eral V 11a at Juarez reported they hal been tot 1 ronf scatod foreign proportj wo 11 be held pend ng nvcstlgntlon of the I irRes of th eari alMng of J o ertv of the oor that the reloase of the f;ao In of hose not g lty was to be ookol for An en h tic denial of the report that Sebontian Vargas stato treas rer of Ch h ha was exe tel. n as sh ed to day by ( eneral Vila 11 report hal state hp wan cant red wl He flight fro h h nhtia C ty retimed there an oxc tc 1 |