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Show MEXICO HAS A NEW PRESIDENT Mexico City, Jan. 17. Provisional President Eulalio Gutierrez has been superseded as head of the convention government by General Roque Gonzalez, Gon-zalez, (Jarza, presiding officer of tho convention, which last night elected him pro Islonal president to serve until un-til an election shall be held and a president dnlv selected bv ballot. General iarza is known as a Villa adherent General Gutierrez left Mexico City this nierninp for Pachucha, accompanied accom-panied by Generals Blanco, Robles and Jose Vasconeelos as a 'bodyguard 'body-guard " These officers, told off Kv General Garza ostensibly as protectors of the deposed executive, as a matter of fact will act as his captors In the sense that they are charged with see-Inc see-Inc that Gutierrez commits no act which shall be detrimental to the Villa interests. Martial Law Proclaimed. General Garza proclaimed martial law as his first official act and the eomentlon wag simultaneously proclaimed pro-claimed as the supreme governing body, to remain In control until a new-executive new-executive shall be selected by popular popu-lar vote, together with the legislative judicial heads. General Garza first came into prominence prom-inence in a political sense when he served as a member of the Carranza-Villa Carranza-Villa peace commission, which attempted at-tempted to arrange a settlement between be-tween the two leaders early last su nimer. oo |