Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 226, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 September 1914 — VILLA STARTS WAR AGAINST CARRANZA [ARTICLE]

VILLA STARTS WAR AGAINST CARRANZA

Revolution Breaks Out in Mexico Again When Fighting Rebel Declares Independence. El Paso, Tex., Sept. 23.—A1l available troops under Villa’s command were rushed tonight to meet what was reported as a strong force of Carranza troops moving north from Zacatecas. Even the two brigades which were sent on an overland inarch into Sonora to assist the Maytorena revolt were recalled hurriedly. They passed through Jaurez tonight on their way back to Chihuahua CSfcy, Villa’s capital. Washington, Sept. 23.—Oenerti Villa has telegraphed General Carranza disavowing the latter as first chief of the constitutionalist army in charge of the executive power in Mexico. This was announced in a telegram from General Carranza tonight to the constitutionalist agency here. General Villa at the same time an nOunced that neither he nor his delegates would participate in the national convention called for Oct I at Mexico City to designaite a provisional president. The exchange of telegrams re suited from General Carranza’s or der to suspend railroad communica tion between Aguas Calenties and Torreon until he could learn wheth er or not General Obregon, eom mander of the division of the northeast, was held under arrest by Villa.