Show ERRERA STILL LOY AL TO CARRANZA HERE is latest photo of hunted bandit It was taken just before the Columbus raid by a Newspaper Enterprise association photographer F I i toJ J Jf T I h kJ f F n f 1 f Y a 16 v n a ti P I Is s C I r yb v n k t BANDIT ESTABLISHES aASE REORGANIZES REORGANIZES' HISEL HIS HI'S ARMY EL PASO Texas March 23 of the of Chihuahua Chi Chi- Ignacio Ignacio Enriquez civil governor state sent a telegram to Consul Garcia at El EI Paso today declaring that Gen Luis Herrera Herrera Herrera Her- Her rera rera commanding the garrison at Chihuahua City still was loyal to the first chief and not notto notto notto to credit reports of his defection n to Villa Consul Garcia made public a message e from Governor Enri Enriquez which reads Your message message ref referring to to the I press reports regarding Gen Luis Lui Herrera received I 1 have just jus shaken hands with General Herrera Herrera Herrera Her Her- rera and he is he-is is loyal to the lega legal government of Mexico Do not give credit to reports In this matter Reports of General Herreras Herrera's revolt revolt re reo volt were heard at army headquarters yesterday from private advice vices received here They hey were generally generall credited but an sn absolute confirmation confirma confirms tion or denial of the report was was lack lath ing Whether or not the report of Herrera's Herreras Herreras Herrera's Her Her- rera's defection was correct it was wa obvious that t in military circles much mud apprehension was felt over the tile situation situa tion at Chihuahua Brigadier General Bell said he has had been advised everything was qui quiet t it in Juarez and while his hig reports indicated indi indi- there was a a. Villa sentiment ir it Juarez he regarded the the- situation a as satisfactory The general said ever every precaution had been taken to meet mee any possibility of an uprising it in Juarez General Bell said that he had no information information in information in- in formation regarding a vague report that General Pershing had taken over the Mexico xico Northwestern railroad south of Casas Grandes and that tha troops were being moved south from Iron that point by railroad The general genera did not know where the report came from froin The military base ase at Columbus Colum Comm bus had bus not h heard ard of ot th the reported seizure of the railroad General Bell added that Major Major- General General Gen eral Funston had not advised him con concerning concerning any change of the army base from Columbus to El Paso but that the transfer could be quickly effected eft ef of t Wd 0 f 4 GALVESTON Tex Tei March Gen 23 Gen 23 Gen Luis H Herrera Is conducting active military mil military operations against the Villa forces and has not gone over to the bandit leader according to a cable cable- cablegram cablegram gram from Mexico City received bythe by bythe bythe the Mexican consulate here today This message says that the Herrera campaign against the Villa forces Is is' being waged in southern Chihuahua and that on Tuesday night part of Herreras Herrera's force under Colonel Cano Cana fought a battle with a band led by Villa himself Another to the consulate says that the tile oil fields in Mexico are not in rebel hands but are being protected protected pro pro- by constitutional forces EL PASO Tex Tex March 23 Pancho Pancho Villa has established a base to the westward of to reorganize ize his command and recruit new newmen newmen newmen men for his army Is a report current cur rent here today At this new base It was said Villa ma would lay Jay his plans to operate with the force of Gen Luis Herrera who Is understood to have renounced the de facto government The American army base at Columbus Columbus Colum bus has had no news of ot Villa for over two days So far General Pershing's forces have not come In contact with the Lire outlaw and his band I Herrera until a few days ago In command of the Carranza I garrison is said to be bea moving northwestward northwestward north north- westward westward to o effect a a. Juncture with Villa Vill and this in connection with the report that the Carranza garrison at Torreon had revolted has occasioned American grave rave concern among the army officers In El Paso Villa men augmented by the command of Genral General General Gen Gen- eral ral Herrera said to number 2000 well equipped soldiers might be in a position po sitton to harass General Pershing's army and seriously interrupt the line Une of ot ht communication between the advanced ad ad- ranted base of American forces at Casas Grandes and the main base at Columbus Villa Is said to have sent agents Continued on pa page e 6 5 ESTABLISHES IES J i Continued from page 1 1 l ion lg g the populace in the mountain urging them to support hima him a arnst tho the Americans The outlaw reported to be equipping his men and ammunition which heS he ho S lad cached for some time He Hes s plenty of good mounts and once command is ready Villa will be apposition position to start a guerrilla cam cam- ign against the American army Not Vot only was it accepted here as Unite finite that Herrera had declared red ainet both Carranza and the United ties tes but it was asserted with equal that Torreon was also in of the tas that and all Mexico was seething with en rebellion against the de facto Disarm Mexicans So o grave was the situation regarded I Ire re that the military authorities toI toy to- to y I planned drastic steps to relieve Mexicans in El Ei Paso of or any arms armsey ey ight have concealed in their uses and to enforce what would martial law in Little the heart of El Pasos Paso's section All long El Paso waited sleepily sleep sleep- sly ily for tor the warning whistles mid tell that the long expected out out- eak had occurred Three hundred out out-I. Idlers with machine gun detach detach- waited under arms for any and the police reserves nipped with rifles also were held ady Again and again rumors ran rough the town that shooting had hade e leard in hi Juarez but each time e roved baseless It Its s understood that government of- of iD ial lall here have sent to Washington reE recommendation couched in the rogest gest terms urging that steps be beken beken beken ken to disarm all Mexicans along alonge e order taking the right of ford e entry and search if it necessary pito 0 the present it is said that the ashington authorities opposed such step on the ground that it would misinterpreted by the Mexicans as against them and in of their rights ts It is now slated by the local authorities that has passed for tor any delicacy handling the situation It is pointed no American is permitted to ter Iter Mexico armed and that there theres s cen a far greater laxity on this thisIe Ie f the border than was desirable ay Attack Juarez The situation in Juarez remains a subject of conjecture with ch items of information as are ob ob- mable bearing a decidedly sinister It is known that a bitter feud feudIsts feudIsts 1st between the mayor Manuel leto jeto and the military commander Deral Gabriel Gavira Prieto Is a mch while Gavira is voted to the interests of General regon Carranza's minister of war tIo at the same time is known be be bitterly hostile to the first program especially as it re re- ies tes testo to to cooperation with Americans ivira's troops are divided between and former Whatever may happen in Juarez er ere is no supposition here that any tack would be made on El Paso om the other side of the river but ere is the greatest apprehension that i t I outbreak on the one side would in in- be followed by an outbreak 1 i the other There are about In this city out of a total of and the majority these Mexicans belong to the lowest Almost ignorant classes The mill mill- ryland civil authorities have made orous efforts to forestall any trou- trou Iby arresting every Mexican who sf t suspected of inciting fellow against Americans That Irous ha system apparently organized een carried on for some ome time timet een well known Numerous ar ar- shave t been made especially long ong the colony which is large I It otters t rs Arrested The police last night renewed their orts and detectives were sent Into section of the city who arrested en fifteen and twenty Mexicans I of being engaged in anti anti- erica plotting The most I t arrest was that of Melchor Meichor Her Her- I Ia a brother of ot Gen Luis Herrera I Herrera was arrested as he crossed the International bridge after a prolonged pro pro- longed conference with General Gavira Gavira Ga Ga- vira at Juarez According to the police they have proof that a plot had actually been perfected by Herrera Herrera Her rera and his associates to start rioting on a large scale in El Paso Two hundred me men were said to have been enlisted as a nucleus having been won over by glittering promises of or the booty they would gain The police story goes that the plans of Herrera anticipated that as soon as the rioting started large numbers of l I Mexicans would Join them The precautions adopted b by the military military mili mill tary and civil authorities were re relaxed relaxed re- re toda today They were In ln part th the there re result result re- re sult suit of General Funston's orders that especial steps should be taken at all points along the border t to safeguard American lives lins and property In view of the reported disaffection of ot Gen Luis Herrera and other Carranza Chieftains chieftains chieftains chief Chief- in northern Chihuahua Other Trouble Looms The belief of Americans who are fa familiar familiar familiar fa- fa with Mexican affairs was that If the reported revolts in ln Chihuahua seriously seriously seriously se se- se- se shook the power of ot the first chief it would not be long before there was trouble in Sonora Sunora This state is the headquarters of the and has never according to Information information information tion here been more than lukewarm to the Carranza cause It Is la the native state of General Obregon and the people are said to be devoted to his Interests General Calles the military goVernor go of Sonora is known to be an out and out Obregon adherent and In his recent fiery attacks upon the and clericals combined with his to confiscate all concessions S1 granted by Huerta and Villa have given ominous ominous ominous omi omi- force torce to the persistent rumors that he Is 15 not only anti-American anti but sympathizes at heart with Villa It Is certain that a large number of his most trusted officers are former who were Implicated with the bandit chief f in some of his most notorious exploits ex ex- Tension on Border Whatever be the outcome the nervous nervous ner ncr tension along the border has In Increased Increased increased in- in creased to such an extent that most Americans frankl frankly admit that they would prefer a definite sundering of re relations relations re re- lations between Washington and thede thede the thede de facto government to a continuance of the existing situation There is no confirmation of a report that Colonel Cano of Carranza's army has joined forces with Villa All was quiet in Juarez early today and street car service which was suspended suspended sus sus- last night for fear of trouble In that Mexican city was resumed this morning The railroad bridges and tunnels tunnels tunnels tun tun- nels are still under tinder guard An early agreement with the Carranza Carranza Carranza Car Car- ranza government for the permission to use Mexican railway lines is greatly desired by army officers The main base would then be transferred from Columbus to this city and the Mexican Northwestern railway could be used to to ship men and supplies to Casas Grandes The railroad could be easily maintained against interruption while the present line southward out of Columbus Columbus Columbus Co Co- Co- Co lumbus over a desert might be readily cut should Villa recruit a formidable body of men I W WASHINGTON ASHl March 23 Con 3 Con Confirmation I of ot fl tb the that the Carranza Car Car- car I ranza moan garrison of 61 2000 under Luis Herrera a at Chihuahua ha had revolted and I II joined Villa was ws still lacking toda tOday at atthe atthe the war department although a dispatch dispatch dispatch dis dis- dis- dis disI I patch to that effect was passed last lut night by the United States arm army censor at Columbus The war department In Insisted insisted in in- that General Funston last lest night stated merely that it Is reported that the revolt had occurred adding that there was no confirmation No new ad advices vices had reached the de department department department de- de officials said eaid and it was de declared declared do- do dared there was no indication n In any message received since the American expedition started Into Mexico that the troops had fired a shot or been been- fired upon General Funston's problem Is to dispose dispose dig dis dis- dis pose the troops at hIs command in such fashion as to insure the line of ot communication communication com corn behind the force in Mexico Secretary Baker when asked today If General Funston has haa asked for more I reinforcements since the Fifth cavalry and Twenty fourth infantry were or ordered ordered ordered or- or dered to join him saidI said I think I will not answer r that question ques ques- tion A message from General Funston last lut night said that the motor truck trains had satisfactorily solved the problem of getting supplies to the advance col col- col- col General Funston had been uneasy uneasy uneasy un un- un- un easy it was said over the supply situatiOn situation situation situa situa- tion but had reported no shortage The navy department was without advices from Tampico where a disquieting disquieting dis- dis dis US- quieting situation had been Indicated In reports A message from Admiral Winslow on the west coast cout said sald quiet prevailed at Ensenada Lower California SAN ANTONIO Tex Tex Mar March h 23 23 Orders going from Fort Sam Houston today provided for rapid action at vanous various various vari van ous points along the border should a anew anew new new- rebellion in Mexico make it necessary sary General Funston was not altogether altogether alto alto- gether convinced early today of the truth of the report that Gen Luis Herrera the deposed military leader at Chihuahua had entered the field with Villa against the United States State but the repetition of the story In different places and the absence absence- of acceptable evidence to the contrary caused him and his hie staff to regard It as probably I tru true Staff officers of General Funston I studied a more extended area of 1 northern Mexico today The probable J moves of Herrera Hen and his 2000 men were carefully considered and at every point along the border where they might disturb the peace of those on the American side careful note was taken of the positions of American I troops and the time It would take to get them to the scene I Officers Office Not Alarmed That phase of the situation atlon did not alarm the army officers however who believed that If Herrera really has re revolted revolted revolted re- re his activities will be confined to I operations that have for their object the strengthening of Villas Villa's bands and the harassing of General Pershing's force It was feared that one one- of his earlier moves moves would be the cutting of the railroad over which General Funston hopes to receive permission permission permission per per- mission to move nove supplies to the American American American Amer Amer- ican troops now almost miles Into Mexico To prevent this move General Funs Puns ton is powerless ss and It Is ig doubted If it troops are In position to op oppose oppose oppose op- op pose Herrera Reports at headquarters that t General General General Gen Gen- eral Gavira's garrison at Juarez was about to revolt and that the troops at Torreon were manifesting disaffection were regarded with apprehension at |