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EL PASO HERALD
"Wednesday May 3 1916.
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fflTHHEGOl HIE HISTORY
IN A TWELVE-HOUB COKFEHENCE
American Chief of Staff and Mexican Minister of War
Talk of Mexican Situation and Plan For Peace;
American Forces to Eemain But Operations Will
Be Limited According to the Report.
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NO FCRTIIBK. conference nre expectwl to lie helil until Tliurmlaj-. Gen.
Jrott apent the nlshl follunlns the conference Tnelay night. In read-
ing niraaajtea from Vnnhlnston nnil arndlnc the full frit of the nCTee-
ment arrived at nlth en. Obreson to the -nnr department.
A It will require the creater part of the day for till to lie decoded and
read by the wiretary or war anil the president It ! not helleird that the final
conference will lie held until Thuraday morn Int. .It la nlno understood tliat Gen.
ubreson aent lonsr meaaaice to t.n. Cnrranzn at Mejtlco City.
The understanding Is that Gen. Scott and Gen. Olirruron came io an under-
standlnc at their conference Tuesday ermine on which they can liulld up af
final aicreeraent. Thla undrrstandinKT I It la reported that the American troops
remain In Mexico for the time veins? with their aren of operations restricted.
When the Carranza. forces show by their operation that they can handle the
Klruatlon and protect the American border from future dancer of raids the
meiican forcca are to be withdrawn .
SLUR. LEADER
CORPSDEADI CALLES DEPOSED
Dozen and a Half Killed
While 23 Survivors Are
Trained as Pilots.
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AFTER partaking two meals with
each other and remaining be-
hind closed doors for a matter
nf 12 hours the second conference be-
tween Gen. Hugh L. Scott and Gen.
Alvaro Obregon. came to an end at
midnight on Tuesday. Neither of the
-eneralB would give out the slightest
inkling as to what had occurred with-
in the- southeast corner room of Hotel
I'aeo del Norte on the elsthth floor
-peculation was rife amons; officials
in the lobln the people in the streets
ind the newspaper men in the corrl-
.lurs an to what had occurred.
HiBtoi d making; in that room
I uesda fiom 12 noon until 12:05 mid-
nght. 1'ioni the historio old custom
muse in Juarez with Its patio- salon
nd its reminiscence of the famous
I jft-Oiax meeting the scene shifted
I uesday to room SS8 of the Paso del
orte aiound the elevator and down
ir hall last door to the left
Jen. Obregona bis buff colored au-
'.. mobile rolled up in front of the hotel
a few minutes before the whistles blew
rot noon and soon (Jen. Scott appeared
at the side entrance of the hotel. They
hurried through the lobby under a
rapid fire of moving picture cameras
still cameras and a rush of sight-
seers. They disappeared in the eleva-
tor and reappeared on the eighth floor
and the conference was on. What
went on behind the mahogany door of
that hotel room only Gen. Obregon
Gen. Scott .V J. McQuatters his
stenographer and the Lord knows and
none will tell.
The Mystery Iloom.
The closing of that" aoor at the
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diplomatic session una the longest
drawn out siege of newspaper men
since Francisco Madero received the
peace envoys from Mexico City in the
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durance on the bonier being in con-
stant session for 12 hours and five
minutes with only brief intermissions
to devour a platter of sandwiches sent
up from the kitchen at 2 oclock and a
dinner consisting of steaks and salads
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"We have but 23 officers in the avia-
tion corps and we have killed 18 while
we were training this number" said
Lieut II. A. Dargue U. S. army while
in El Paso today en route to Washing-
ton on sick leave.
"We have just received four big new
planes at Columbus and eight more are
coming. They have 160 horse power
engines and should be powerful enough
for all our purposes In Mexico. Our old
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We have but two left out of the num
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"We have no armor on any of our
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Chihuahua the other day at least 1000
bullets were fired at me; many of
them punctured the machine.
"The now machines merely accommo-
date two men pilot and observer. We
have no large machines in the United
States army. In fact the aviation corps
of the American army is not as large
or as well equipped as the army of lit-
tle Belgium or little Italy before they
entered the war when they were on a
peace footing.
"We have no bomb dropping appa-
ratus for our airplanes nothing like
the modern armies of Uurope have
found so successful."
Lieut Dargue and Capt n. II. "Willis
had a close call from death last week
in Mexico when an airplane in which
they were riding west of the city of
Chihuahua was caught by a treacher-
ous air pocket and dashed against a
mountain peak and demolished. Both
were injured and were forced to walk
60 miles to reach the American army
base at San Antonio. Both men have
been granted sick leave.
Eight officers of the aviation corps
have been left at Columbus to operate
the new airplanes of which there will
be 12 in a short time.
and pots of strong coffee in the even-
ing. After the session had been In
progress for eight hours Gen. Obre-
gon came to the door and stepped into
the hallway for a few minutes as if
to clear his brain. Once he came to
the door and embraced Adolfo de la
Iluerta the new civil governor of
Sonora; another time he came out and
conferred with Carranza consul Andres
Garcia briefly regarding some point
of fact that had arisen in the confer-
ence. Once CoL Serrano Gen. Obre-
gon's chief of stafr was called to the
door of mystery and given a copy of
a telegram Gen. obregon had received
announcing the capture of Cuernavaoa
by Gen. Pablo Gonzales. The colonel
read it to the newspaper men covering
the conference. Aside from these
breaks in the monotony of the long
watch and the scurrying back and
forth of bellboys with Ice water mes-
sages and notes the 12 hours of
watchful waiting for the conference
was unbroken.
The Long Wales.
It was the long watch for the movie
men outside of the hotel with their
cameras set up for action for the
newspaper men who" wore waiting in
the lobby of the hotel in the smoking
room and in the hall on the eighth
floor of the hotel. The "V shaped
hallway leading to the room where the
conference was being held resembled
the ante room of a national headquar-
ters at election time. Newspaper men.
sat along the hall leaning their tired
backs against the wall and spreading
their feet out to get some rest while
the- waited. In one corner of the ele-
vator a "crap" came had been started
by one enterprising correspondent who
made Jils expense money before the
manager of the hotel arried and
broke up the game.
Governor 'Waits.
On the stairway consul Garcia sat
with some friends and talked Spanish
in undertones while he smoked the
little cornhusk cigarets for which he
is famous. Governor de la Iluerta of
Sonora paced back and forth the
length of the hall with a friend from
Sonora. waiting to see Gen. Obre-
gon when the conference was
closed. Billie Smith the house de-
tective kept the long watch with the
newspaper men saying that he was
there to keep any "'arm" from coming
to the two generals while they were
In his '"otel."
The Conference Ends.
After the morning newspaper men
had -filed their night leads the movie
men had curled up in their automobiles
to doze and the Mexicans of Gen. Obre-
gon'3 staff had piled up on the floor
and gone to sleep the door of the con-
ference room opened and the two gen-
erals and the American mining man
filed down the hall. Gen. Scott and Gen.
Obregon walking side by side and Mr.
McQuatters following. As they walked
down the hall the newspaper men
formed in open order along each wall
and fired questions at them from the
time they left the room until they had
dropped out of sight in the elevator.
Gen. Obregon for the first time since
he reached the border smiled broadly
and bowed and spoke to his Mexican
friends. Gen. Scott's eyes were tired
from much reading behind the thick
lenses of his glasses and he frowned as
he walked to the elevator. McQuatters
followed with a satisfied smile of a
man who had "put something over."
Midnight Tableau.
Downstairs on the San Antonio street
side of the hotel the scene was lifted
from drab weariness to a flash of the
spectacular when the movie camera
men touched off their torches and the
night was brilliantly illuminated as
camera operators cranked their picture
machines as they swung around in a
great arc to Include both Gen. Scoit
and Gen. Obregon in the pictures
Gen. Obregon sat in his big automo-
bile like a fighter under fire. The
brilliant light gave his olle skin a
ghastly look and brought out his finely
chiseled profile sharplv In relief
After waiting a few minutes to give
the camera men their chance he gave
the military chauffeur bundled to the
cars In the cape of his armv overcnit
a staccato order and his car leaped for-
ward and disappeared in the darkness
down West San Antonio street.
Gen. Scott drove to his private car.
where a big bundle of messages
awaited him and without stopping to
talk started reading the message
from the war department which had
been uncoded during his absence and
spent the remainder of the night at his
dinky little desk.
Many Meaaasrea Sent.
During the afternoon and early even-
ing a number of messages reached the
two conferring generals. The messages
to Obregon came from Mexico and at
one time he sent members of his en-
tourage to Juarez with dispatches to
be forwarded to the national capita!.
The conference was arranged by A.
J. McQuatters. general manager of the
Alvarado Mining company at Parral.
who first visited Gen. Obregon In Juarez
early Tuesday morning then con-
ferred briefly with Gen. Scott and later
saw Gen. Obregon again. McQuatters
is said to have offered the basis for the
agreement and to have been the Inter-
mediary through whom the two gen-
erals were brought together after what
had seemed to be a permanent breach.
Gen. Scott having it Is said. Insisted
that the American troops remain and
Gen. Obregon that they be withdrawn.
T)hlnt Kxpect Success.
It was announced at the beginlng na
merely a "nrelimlnary" meeting and it
Is now believed that the two generals
Thought that was what it would prove
to be when the met but things pro-
gressed so well thit thev began to see
heir n-ai to n definite understanding
it was then that a stenographer was
Military Governor of State i
Loses Title -Kepoi w bu
Will Command Army.
Douglas Ariz. May S. Friends of
Gen. P. Ellas Calles military governor
of Ponora Bay he has been summoned
to Mexico City for a conference with
nn ctin. which will result in
Calles's being divested of his rank as
military governor althougn ne win re-
tain command of the army. In Sonora.
Gen. Carranza has appointed Adolfo
de la Huerta civil govornor of Sonora.
lie was for some time first assistant
of the treasury department of Mexico.
Will Accompany OhngonSnatf.
Gen Calles will leave within the next
day or two for El Faso. Intending to
join Gen. Alvaro Obregon and accom-
pany him south. .
Calles's displacement as Governor nas
been repeatedly denied by both him
and other Mexican officials. It was
not until Tuesday afternoon mat an
admission was made that there was
truth in the rumor which has persisted
lor several days.
Obregon Jfnt Consulted.
At the same time private telegrams
from Mexico City to an American min-
ing man confirmed the report it is
now reported in Mexican circles that
Gen. Carranza made the appointment or
de la Iluerta after the departure of Gen.
Obregon for the border and without
the knowledge or consent of the war
secretary who has had considerable
power in the past in dictating the trend
of the Sonora situation.
Calles's friends say that the move to
displace him as governor is confirma-
tory of a report received a few days ago
from the national capital that Gen.
Carranza had determined to make
Calles commander in chief of the forces
in Sonora. This they say will leave
him free to become a candidate for gov-
ernor at the Constitutional elections.
If he retained the governorship he
would be unable to be a candidate to
succeed himself under the rule adopted
by the Constitutionalist party.
Gomes Left In Command.
During the absence of Gen. Calles In
Mexico City Gen. Arnulfo Gomez will
command the de facto forces in north-
ern Sonora and along the Chihuahua
border. Gen. Itafael Estrada will com-
mand the army operating against the
Yaqul Indians.
summoned and the two generals began
the preparation of the "protocol.
Gen. Funston who attended the Ini-
tial conference in Juarez on Saturday
was not present at the Tuesday meet-
ing nor was Andres G. Garcia the
Mexican consul in El Paso. The first
report of the meeting of the two gen-
l Ml.t-1. -.-n- hrmiffht Tmlt' With
a view to keeping the public in the
dark gave iorm me ruiiiui mt. ...
Jacinto B Trevino was within the con-
ference. No one really knew who had
gathered in the McQuattors Toom un-
til the door opened at 12 o'clock mid-
night and McQuatters in the lead came
down the narrow hall. Next walked
Gen. Obregon and then Gen. Scott. A
stenographer and an accountant from
the office of Mr. McQuatters completed
the procession.
Admit ProExem".
At S.30 in the evening Gen. Scott and
Gen. Obregon Issued a brief statement
to buoy up the spirits of the thirty
newspaper men gathered in the corri-
dors. The message read:
"We are still conferring In a spirit
of mutual good will and hope to arrive
at a solution that will be satisfactory
to both governments. There will be
nothing more for the public"
Tbn statement was interpreted as
meaning that the conference was one
that bespoke a protocol and that this
protocol would be submitted to botn
governments before a third confer-
ence and immediately the newspaper
men scurried down the elevator shafts
and wired the news to the four corners
of the world.
Pancho Villa h Patted In
Hotel While Conference
Is In Progress; Not Found
The conference had been on in room
SSS of the Paso del Norte since noon.
The lobby strategists were loafing on
- ti i.-.r.a --ati divans and the
crowds outside waited to get a glimpse
of the conrerees.
Pat Murphy the new bell boy. came
down the lobby with a silver salver in
his hand and yelling at the top of his
"Frandsco Villa! Francisco Villi!
Call for Mr. Villa."
After the boy had paged the grill
the smoking room and the dining room
he was told to go to room 838 where
Gen. Obregon might shed some light on
the whereabouts of Mr. Villa.
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