Salt Lake Telegram | 1915-10-17 | Page 19 | Villa Much Alive and Ready for Battle

I VillA MUCH ALVE ALIVE AND AND READY FR FOR FORT T BATTLE r ft rt By United Press EL PASO Texas Oct Oct 16 Gen Gen- eras era Villa Via reported killed in Sonora Friday a was said sid tonight to- to tobe tobes be on his way back to Juarez to t quell quel what threatened to be a revolt revolt re re- re- re volt vol of the entire entre military mitry and civil government in the border city News of ot ih the disaffection of Mayor Pol tee Chief Morales and Miguel Pollas chief of the te secret secret service ervice ervice following so suddenly the te withdrawal of General Ornelas commandant corn como mandant of ot th the Juarez Villa garrison Via pr precipitated a Cr crisis ls Villas Villa's adherents rents in Juarez assert has cau caused ed him bIm to abandon ban on asser lila his tion ton o of leading his Ills troops Into Sonora to stem the tide of opposition in his main port of entry from the United States I II In a statement Issued tonight General Gen Gen- oral eral Ornelas who was in charge of the military forces at Juarez for two years prior to his pis desertion Friday explains the tre reason flight He blames the tM det determination et of or Villa VUa to o keep leep himself himsel a fact factor r in n Mexican politics although it i Is Is rumored In El EI Paso that Ornelas had planned with the civil 11 authorities th thA i wih Ait civi u to tu LU u turn turn tut Ue wih Ait civi u tu LU u turn tut Ue ul tut town over to Carr Carranza as soon as Villa Via got well wel on his lila way to Sonora Being convinced of the absolute necessity of the Mexican people needing p peace ace and protection and wishing to assist in bringing them out mr of t the e misery misery and starving staring condi condition con con- di n they now are in said Ornelas' Ornelas statement I 1 decided at the risk of or ormy my own ow lire life to propose to General Villa VUa that he retire he-retire as as chief of the northern norther division and allow the rest alow of te principal chiefs to make te peace propositions to to the the the- co contending fac fac- tons I I On two occasions I tried to convIncE convince convince con con- vince vIncE General Villa VIa of the absolute necessity of this step but unfortunately unfortunately unfortunately failed in my good intentions The bad element Clement surrounding General GeI- GeI Gen Gen- e oral eral l Villa YUa became informed of my act and ad accused me of being a traitor in order t to o flatter fater the boss and merit his esteem On the night of October 13 he lie wh wired d G General velUa to 3 take me with ih escort to Casas Grandes Grandes to discuss matters maters of vital importance the tile ge ending with the words do not report rt to me without bringing bring bring- ing Genera General Ornelas Ornelas A second mesS message ge ordered Genera Gen- Gen era to fulfill or orders rs of the the previous he prevIous message In Ia Il third message intercepted pener pener- pener ener- ener al Villa said general Or Ornelas Orl l s s. s before k reaching Casa Grandes his lis presence e. e 1 r sary sary L