Show fEDERALS AND REBELS ClASH NEAR JUAREZ President Obregon's Secretary Secretary Secretary Sec Sec- Wires That Formal Formal For For- Formal mal Fighting Is Expected Expect Expect- ed on Sunday or Monday BATTLE REPORTED NEAR VERA CRUZ Three Killed in at Gaudalupe Fabens Re Report Report Report port No Activity Near Mexico U. U S. S Border By the Associated Press President Obregon according to the meager dispatches received from Mexico has has' completed the organization organization organization organ organ- of his Western forces in their drive against the rebel stronghold stronghold strong strong- hold of Guadalajara and has turned his attention to the east where the rebel thrust from Vera Cruz Is ap apparently ap ap- threatening the capital Advices from the government side as to its military movements are almost completely lacking but the rebels' rebels headquarters at Vera Cruz continues actively t to claim suc suc- ceases The rebels say they hold Puebla City and Cuautla the tw tWo lower points of an irregular triangle which has Mexico City as its apex Cuautla is only six forty miles southeast of the capital The rebels rebels reb reb- els also claim further defections from the government forces in In Guerrero Yucatan and Tabasco General Obregon's private secretary secretary secre secre- tary in a message received at the American border says the president is confident his troops will remain remain loyal and that the tho uprising will quickly be quelled HOT He is encouraged encouraged aged the message says not only by expressions of loyalty from the farmers and workers but by re reports reports reports re- re ports of differences among the rebel leaders some of whom are declared declared de de- de- de dared to be seeking leekIng the elimination of Adolfo de la Ia Huerta the presidential presidential dental who has headed the movement from the start EL PASO Tex Tex Deo Dec 17 The 17 The outstanding development of or the th revolutionary Eo rov so far faras as as ct or-M or line is concerned was the arrest here liere late last night of ot a man manting ting giving the name of ot Carlos Lopez and who who- Is said to be a revolutionary revolutionary revolutionary leader arid and the official re report re- re I PO port t by Colonel Ramon Lopez commander commander com corn mander ot of Juarez garrison of ofa a clash between federal troops and fiscal guards thirty thirty- thirty eight eight miles I east of ot Juarez Juares Sunday I S Francisco private i secretary to President Obregon has I wired the El Paso Times that the first formal fighting probably will occur Sunday or Monday Monda and Jie e added that all probabilities In Indicate indicate lIi- lIi the rebel forces tore will be completely corn com routed Reports Report from Vera Yera Cruz early today of the capture or of the city of CuatIa in the state of ot Morelos l by rebel forces Indicate that there may be some real activity in the Vicinity of ot the section in which the revolutionists are operating A A. report from Fabens stated that thata a revolutionary force of ot forty men attacked federal troops at Guadalupe Guadalupe Guadalupe Guada- Guada lupe and that three men were killed Federal troops drove the revolutionists Into toe hills hUls the re report report report re- re port said S There has hall been no revolutionary activity near the l United Mexico United States border VERA CRUZ Dec 17 With With the tho reported capture of ot Puebla and Cu Cu- atla aUa revolutionary headquarters here today claimed they held the two Iwo lower points of a triangle which has has- Mexico City their goal as as its ap apex x CuatIa which was taken yesterday esterday according to an Insurgent is within sixty miles mUes of the capital Generals In command of ot the oc ocCupying occUpying occupying oc- oc forces in the two cities are in close communication It was stated at h headquarters here General General Gen Gen- eral Villareal is reported in command command command com- com mand at t Puebla General Ambrosia FIgueroa In Inthe Inthe inthe the state of or Guerrero and General Jose Jobe Lagunes operating in the border border border bor bor- der states of Yucatan and Tabasco have bro broken en with the Obregon government gov gov- th the statement asserted General Figueros- Figueros claims complete control of Gu Guerrero except for the town o 0 of which ac accordIng according according ac- ac cording to the rebel leaders he plans to take today attacking with his command of ot 2000 men General Lagunes is reported co cooperating cooperating cooperating co- co operating with the insurgent forces In an attack upon Villa Hermosa I D S TO ST. STY STAY Y IX Ii SAN AN ANTONIO Texas Dec 17 By ByA A A. A p A P.-A A large number ot or AmerIcana Americans Amer Amer- leans are arc being detained In Mexico City by President Obregon for tor fear Continued o on page 8 I fEDERAlS AND S Continued from page 1 that I If it they attempt o to o leave they may come r In contact with rebel forces according to advices received re here hero today by Judge L. L B D. Camp The Americans the advices state are I In no dangerS danger The Information was received by Judge Camp after he had asked a a. relative who Is In the customs service service jervice ice on the border to help him lo locate locate lo- lo cate his grandson who Is thought to be In Mexico City and w with whom attempts to communicate have failed ailed This relative In a telegram to Judge Camp said there was man many I Americans In Mexico who desire to leave but bat are not b being belog Ing permitted to travel for fear that they might come to harm The adds that this is principally because it Is expected the rebels will soon engage engage the local forces around Puebla and other other other oth oth- er towns near Mexico City Personal animosity which has existed ex cx- cx isted for many years between Alvaro Alvaro Alvaro Al- Al varo varo Obregon Adolfe de do la Ill Huerta and Plutarco Plutarca EU Ellas S Calles whipped Into hatred by a squabble over over- the election of af the governor of af the state of af San Luis Is the cause of the Mexican 1 revolution according I t to Information received hero toda today So far tar as a simple explanation can be given that seems to be the answer to many questions which have been asked relative to the cause of at the latest The undercurrent of political Jealousy jealous which started the present break bieak between the three men leads back bacle to the formation of the tho Triumvirate Tri Tn of Sonora which was TrI 1 Instituted In Instituted instituted in- in I shortly I after the assassination assassination n nation of dt Venustiano Carranza Since that time this quiet but deadly deadly dead dead- I ly contest for tor position falls faHs Into three phases OBRE OBREGON ON MOUNTED HERO The first ran through lite summer summer summer sum sum- mer and fall faU of 1920 with honors more mare or ar less less' evenly divided De Do Dela DoIa la Ill Huerta asp president pending a constitutional election was the figurehead of or the govern govern- ment Calles taking the war portfolio portfolio port port- folio falio in the cabinet controlled the tao military forces Obregon the tho one- one armed Lion of af Colaya and picturesque picturesque pic plC- horseman of the tho revolutionary apocalypse who had ridden ridden ridden rid rid- den Into Mexico City after Carranza's Carranza's Carranza's Car- Car ranza's flight was the practically un unopposed apposed candidate f for r the election election election elec elec- tion as president with the support support sup sup- port of the tho Liberal C Constitutional Constitutionalist 1st part to which Don Adolfe Adolte and General Calles Canes also belonged Outwardly all was harmonious with the triumvirate But It was noted that Calles and de la Ill Huerta became particularly friendly anI and ana the later made a potentially far reaching move by Inducing inducing- the tao Terror of the N North rth Pancho lancho Villa to abandon his opposition and settle ettle with the pick of his followers follow follow- ers In an agricultural colony In Durange Durango Durango Du- Du range so situated that if the pacified paci pad fied fled outlaw got restless he would control contral direct communication with I the American border and with the home hame state of Sonora The second phase began on an December December De De- cember I 1 1 1920 when General Obregon Obregon Obregon Obre Obre- I gon be became beame ame president and found it expedient to make Don Adolfe his secretary of treasury controlling I the public purse and General Calles minister of government controlling the civil order arder and the avenues of Internal communication completely I In his gra grasp p. p |