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Show oo EL PASO, Texas, May 23. An unconfirmed un-confirmed report that General Francisco Fran-cisco Villa had ordered American and other foreign-owned mining companies in Chihuahua to pay him $500,000 and that he had cut tho powor line be tween Bouqulllas and Parral," caused much concern in Mexican revolutionary revolution-ary circles hero today. Tho report if confirmed, it was said, would indicate Villa had taken up the j cudgeL against tho new de facto government. gov-ernment. Previously it was officially reported Villa and General P. Elias Calles had failed to agree on terms looking toward tho bandit's elimination elimina-tion from Mexican affairs. Campaign Is Imminent. A military campaign against Villa is an immediate prospect, it was said by revolutionary agents. Villa, they Bald, can be captured because of his present Inability to- recruit a large force or if successful in recruiting to equip and supply a large force. Revolutionists in Chihuahua of late years have practically cleaned' the state of its cattle. Previously it was an easy matter to feed a largo body of men, but now, It was said, it is an impossibility unless the force has a source of supply outside the state. oo |