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Show HERRERA MAKES STOUT DENIAL Wires Governor Calles Emphatically Em-phatically Repudiating Story of His Revolt Will Push Fighting Against Villa. Douglas, Ariz., March 24. The Mox-lean Mox-lean troops operating near Namiquipa, according to General Enriquez, were those under tho command of General Gavazoa, General Garza, Colonel Cano, Colonel Salas and Colonel Hernandez. General Calles also received a telegram tele-gram today from General Luis Herrera Her-rera at Chihuahua City in which the latter denied emphatically that he "had revolted againBt the Carranza govern ment and had joined "Villa. "I deny with all emphasis these reports given to the press by reactionaries who wish to stir up trouble among the Mexicans," Mexi-cans," the telegram said. "I intend to prosecute tho campaign against Villa with more energy than before." Ammunition for Calles. Sixty cases of rifle cartridges wore turned over to Ives G. Lelevler, consul-general here of the de facto government gov-ernment by an express company and later were delivered to General CalleB at Agua Prieta. Each case contained one thousand rounds. Consul Lelevler stated that he also endeavored to have tho American customs cus-toms authorities lift the ban placed recently re-cently on the exportation of dynamite to Sonora, sufficiently to allow the Democratic Mining company, at Cana-nea, Cana-nea, to obtain a supply of explosives. One thousand employes of the mine, he said, will be thrown out of employment employ-ment within a few days unless tho company can obtain tho dynamite needed In blasting for ore. Governor Enriquez also telegraphed that the reports concerning the revolt of General Herrera were false and an effort by the "radicals" to cause trouble trou-ble between tho Carranza government and the United States. 00 |