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Show VILLA IS WILLING 10 LAY DOWN ARMS ONCE POWERFUL MEXICAN CHIEF FORCED TO GIVE UP FIGHT WITH CARRANZA. Under Pressure of His Generals and Advice of His Wife, General Villa Is on Hlo Way to the American Border to Seek Sanctuary. El Pnso, Texas. Under pressure of his generals, tho weight or his defeat In Sonora, and tho counsel of his wife, General Francisco Villa lb on his way to tho border and tho United States, his tltlo of commander-in-chief renounced re-nounced nnd his determination to contlnuo fighting tho do facto government govern-ment of Carranza until death broken once and for till. Telegrams in codo from tho capital Sunday afternoon stated briefly, that "peaco has been declared horo. Thore will bo no moro fighting." Previous to renouncing his command, com-mand, General Villa was united to Mrs. Villa In a civil marrlago. They had been married by a church ceremony cere-mony several yearB ago at San Andreas, An-dreas, Chihuahua, but the civil marrlago mar-rlago was required by Mexican law to mako tho tlo legal. It wns bolloved that tho civil marrlago mar-rlago would removo any moral obstacle to tho entrance of Mrs. Villa and General Gen-eral Villa Into tho United States. While tho retirement of Villa was upon prc.isuru from his gonornls, assembled as-sembled In council of war In the capital, cap-ital, It Is not generally admitted that tho rovolutlon Ib ended. Indeed, It is assorted that the rovolutlon will re-celvo re-celvo a now Impetus from the ab-senco ab-senco of Villa, and tho substitution of a new leader who Is said to bo Governor Avlln of Chihuahua state Tho relinquishment of command by Villa has been rumored at tho bordor for several weeks, but tho first indicates indica-tes of It camo Saturday in tho removal re-moval of tho household goods of General Gen-eral Villa to El Paso, following tho sudden appenranco of Mrs. Villa at tho border from Chihuahua, |