Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 58, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 October 1914 — CARRANZA AID KILLS AMERICANS [ARTICLE]

CARRANZA AID KILLS AMERICANS

Executed by Herrera’s Forces as Latter Capture the Town of Parral. VILLA REJECTS NEW TERMS Aguas Calientes Convention May Renounce First Chief Because of Action —Mexican Priests May Start Holy War. El Paso, Tex., Oct. 27.—James Breudensteln of El Paso and Edward P. Baker of Philadelphia were executed by Herrera’s forces when they succeeded in capturing the town of Paral, says a telegram to Carranza’s consulate here.

The two Americans wore a part of the Villa garrison who were defending Paral when the Herrera forces attacked. They were executed with the 160 men who were captured by Herrera’s crowd.

The Villa consulate and officers in Juarez say that the town was not taken by Herrera’s men, but that after they had taken the two other cartels they were driven aw'ay and routed by General Chao, who is in command of Villa’s forces at Paral. May Renounce Carranza. From Aguas Calientes came information that Carranza had made three impossible conditions as the basis for his retirement. The first is that Villa relinquish control of any part of the country; second, that Villa relinquish his command to a man named by Carranza; third, that the plan of Guadalupe be revised.

These were promptly refused, and ( arranza retorted that he would drive \ ilia and Zapata out of the country. The next step at Aguas Calientes is expected to be the renouncement of Carranza by the conference and a dec claration for Villa, backed by Zapata. A "holy war’’ in Mexico as a counter revolution against the Carranza- \ ilia embroglio has been threatened, according to reports brought here by Americans and Mexicans from Guadalajara. They told of uprisings against the constitutionalist authorities led by Mexican priests. Carranza May Retire.

Washington, Oct. 27. —Indications that General Carranza had agreed to retire in deference to the wishes of the Mexican national convention at Aguas Calientes were contained in official dispatches to the state department.

It is generally understood that Car ran/a Informed the committee that he would not submit iiis resignation a second time, leaving it to the convention to reconsider if it chose the actioD taken at the- recent Mexico City con vention.

Officials of the Washington government had no doubt that the two con ditionn which Carranza was reported to have stipulated as necessary before he would retire—namely, that the tenure of the provisional government be brief and that, lie be permitted to be a candidate for tlie presidency in the elections to be ordered -would be satisfactorily met by the convention.