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Show GEN. VILLA REBELS AGAINST GARRANZA R 1 PORTED TO HAVE SEIZED CONTROL CON-TROL OF JUAREZ, TO R R EON AND CHIHUAHUA. Various Military Leaders Send "Round Robin" to Carranza, Declaring They viill Accept No One as Their Leader But Villa. I'.-iKO. general Villa lias tendere 1 l:!si resignation to General Carranza, to take place within the ..seal we k. Such Is the report received here, uUliotiKh General Villa's agents hava issued a general denial that there; had been any split between Villi and General Carranza. The report is that to General Villa's message of resignation the constitutionalist constitu-tionalist commander-in-chief replie.l, asking who would succeed him. Following this, Villa's various military mili-tary chiefs held a conference and sent a "round robin" to Carranza, declaring declar-ing that they would accept none other than Villa as a leader. The split of resulted. Gen. Villa Tuesday night ordered all commanders of garrisons throughout the territory lie controls to report at once at Torreon. This order was accepted ac-cepted ominously by observers here. History of the Pasual Orozco rebellion against President Madero was revied. Orozco, as villa, was a leader of volunteer vol-unteer troops of Chihuahua state, and as a popular favorite led a revolution against the former president. Carranza's offices at Juarez were confiscated by Villa supporters Tuesday Tues-day night. Similar confiscations are authentically reported to have taken place at Chihuahua City and at Torreon, Tor-reon, where Villa remained on Tuesday. Tues-day. General Villa's agents declare that the arrest of the Carranza officials ! at Juarez had been the result of a misinterpretation of orders on the : part of Colnel Tomas Ornelas, in charge of the Juarez garrison. |