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Show PROBE FIRE AND UNEARTH CACHE OF VILLA AMMUNITION EL PASO, Texas, Anj?. 1. Authorities investigating a recent lire in Juarez today to-day unearthed a score of ritles and pistols pis-tols and several thousand rounds of small arms ammunition, believed to have been hidden when Villa controlled the city. The firearms were hidden in t he basement of the burned building, a ware- , house. : Dispatches received from Mexico City by A ndrea Garcia, local Mexican consul, said that for the first time the Carranza government is preparing to coin gold money. For the purpose of making twenty-peso pieces, it was said, ?l,50nno worth of karat gold has been purchased pur-chased in the capital. I Under the shadow of death, the mind of Ramon Solis, a captive Villista leader, has given way. according to a Chihuahua City newspaper arriving today. Solis, who achieved notoriety for depredations depre-dations in the Laguna district, belonged to the Martin Lopez band and was captured cap-tured near Santa Isabel in an attack on a train. Tie was tried by military court and condemned to be shot. On learning this, said the paper, he was overpowered by terror and become almost inanimate. A petition has been presented to General Gen-eral Trevino by citizens, asking that, the sentence of Solis be changed to imprisonment. |