Ogden Daily Standard | 1914-11-19 | Page 1 | Carranza Troop Favoring Villa

CARRANZA TROOP FAVORING VILLA Garrison's All Along the Line Change Allegiance to Northern Chief. NO SHOTS ARE FIRED General Villa Expected to Reach Mexico City With Very Little Difficulty. Washington, Xov 19 Tv.n thousand thou-sand Carranza troops voluntarily surrendered sur-rendered to General Villa when he 'e took Leon, and other garrisons all q along the line are changing allegi -anee to the northern chief as he marches on toward Mexico City t. American Consular Agent Caroth ers with Villa, reported there had been no fighting since the southward moement began and ventured his opinion that there would be no hostilities hos-tilities because the rank and file of the constitutionalist army seemed to favor Villa. No Shots Are Fired. Leon was taken yesterday without the firing of a shot and other reports tell of the occupation of Irapuato, and Guanajuato also without resistance. No report was received here of the alleged interruption by Villa of the telegraphic conferences between General Gen-eral Gutierrez and General Gonzales, but it was thought in official quarters quar-ters that Villa had ordered all telegraphic tele-graphic communication with the troops south of him to cease so that the enemy would he unable to learn of the oncoming of his forces. The general expectation In official circles today was that General Viila mould reach Mexico City without 'much difficulty, fighting perhaps one hattle as his troops clashed With those of Obrcgon or Gonzales near the capital. Villa Driving Carranza Troops. Aguas Calientes, Nov 18. General Villa's forces have driven the Carranza Carran-za troops into Queretaro The Carranza Car-ranza forces occupied the town without with-out resistance Villa' trains have approached within with-in fifteen miles of Queretaro. but the main group is concentrating at Irapuato, Ira-puato, All the Carranza garrisons have retired before the sweep of Villa's Vil-la's men, but are reported as fortifying forti-fying Queretaro in preparation to give argument to the Villa advance. There is little probability of a battl for four or five days.