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Show H a a n A ' & ' & & 9& oB - Mil General Rodolfo Herrera Di- JlllJ reGts Attack Which Results f; Iftvl in Death of Leader Urn 1 DETAILS OF TRAGEDY L I I IN MOUNTAINS LACKING l I Obregon's Headquarters Gives I 1 Out Official Announcement IrB M of Carranza's Demise WASHINGTON, May 22. No report on the death of Carranza 1 jH had come today from the Ameri- 1 can embassy in Mexico City and i QH the Associated Press dispatches jf were the only information before 'he government here. ! The manner of Carranza's death I may Inject an unlooked for ele- 1 ment Into the recognition of the ' new government in Mexico City. sM When President Wilson declined ) to recognize Huerta after the kill- $ ing of Madero and Suarez, he out- It IH lined' a broad policy that the Unit- j ed States would recognize no gov- !u J ernments not based on consV'tu- ! H 'tional authority. t Thus far the Mexican, revolu- I fH tlon has been free from fighting, V fi and the, question of whether tho '!'ij revolutionary forces might be rcc ognlzed has bcenleft Jorjater .de- -fl vclopmclft. V iBl Recalling the president's attl- ! tude, revolutionary, agents here lll were frankly concerned and took ! Immediate steps to learn details r that would clear up the manner of Carranza's death. ft r MEXICO CITY, May .22. (By the ! Associated Press.) President Venus- ! tlano Carranza. who with a-small .par- jH ty of followers has been a fugitive In ' tho mountains of Pueblo, since late ' last week, was killed at Tlaxcalan-tongo Tlaxcalan-tongo early Thursday morning, ac- cording to official announcement here. jH His companions, the names of whom ' Ll arc unknown, also were killed. hH General Rodolfo Herrera, it Is said, tfl directed the attack that resulted in j rB the death of the fugitive president and his followers. He belonged to forces r commanded by General Francisco rt Marlel, who accompanied Carranza in his flight from this city, but who last -'H week Joined the revolutionists. Who Is Hcrrcra? ' IH There Is some uncertainty regard- ( Ing the exact affiliation of General Herrera. It Is generally believed pos- sible, however, that he commanded a jH small guard which was with the flee- I H ing president. He was In rebellion J against Carranza for several years, fH centering his operations in tho state jH of Puebla. Ho surrendered last .March to General Mariol, who was In com- , jH mand of the government forces In that l Turn Against Him. o ifH "When General Marlel wont over to the revolutionists last week a portion L! of his troops, it Is known, remained loyal to tho president, and belief ex- , 1tH ists that Carranza might have taken VB along with him-In his flight toward iVl Tuxpam, Herrera's forces, which fin- Sl ally turned against him. Tloxcalan- 'flH tongo is a small village in the vicinity il of Huauchinango, in the northern j'H "panhandle" of the state of Puebla. It is approximately S57 miles from San Andres, where Carranza loft his ' forces and took refuge in the moun- IH Tho official announcement was , JH given out at 10.30 o'clock last night f from the headquarters of General Al-varo Al-varo Obregon. Bonlllns Safe. Reports received here early this morning state that General Juan Bar-ragan, Bar-ragan, chief of tho presidential staff; ( Ygnacl'o Bonillas, former Mexican am- ' bassador at "Washington; General 1 Marciano Gonzales and General Fred-erlco Fred-erlco Mpntcs, who accompanied Gen- , eral Carranza in his flight from San Andreas, arc safe. No mention Is mado i of others In tho party, which, It is be- llevcd, included Luis Cabrera, minis-ter minis-ter of the treasury; Alfonso Cabrera. ( jH his brother, governor of Puobla, and General Francisco Murguia, who act-ed act-ed as commander of tho Carranza ( jl troops after tho president had fled from this city. Orders havo been gjven that a train bo takon to Boristan, tho nearest rail-way rail-way point to Tlaxcalantongo, to re- H colvo the bodies of those killed. H |