Show CARRANZA PUT ON DEFENSIVE Activities o of Villa and Diaz Forestall Agreement on Border Borler Policy On Board the the- U. U S. S Gunboat t Wheeling off oft th tare lic Coast of Vera Vcra VeraCruz Cruz Crux liy by II Ir le ft to FIn Fla- o The Tb 10 The forcer force of Gen J Felix Dina nephew t of former fonner lr Dim Diaz have cap turgid l CIt City tied ond have c In inverted ted Salina Crux nn Ou On the Gulf Golf of Mexico tide of or the tUr l the ore are U- U reported to l be c within with nth In six miles of A A. force ore of TOO 00 left Vera Vrn VeraCruz Cruz to tutee c the field against u.-nJ u. rt t the rC revolutionists revolutionist on Atlantic City N N. J. J Nov 10 Con Confirmation Con on of or reports of the Increased strength of oC various reactionary movements movements move move- ments In Mexico served cd to offset today the apparent determination of or tho the representatives representatives rep rep- es on the Mexican American Joint join t commission to effect an early ad adjustment adjustment adjustment ad- ad of the problems the two governments gov gos' o are arc facing Until official re reports reports rew re- ports reveal re the truth of stories of ot Villas Villa's successes in the tho north and of oC the progress pros made b by other reactionaries reactionaries reaction reaction- aries in the south there appeared appeased a probability that an a agreement ment would be entered into perhaps next week That appeared less e like likely today and the chance that a formal format adjournment without agreement other than one of ot the most general character seemed scorned more mote probable Reports received by the Americans B from official sources and others received re received received re- re b by the Mexicans from their government government gov gov- dealing with the activities of oC Villa were studied at tho the conference today The Tho result of or tho comparison o of tho the reports was ivas to disclose that General Carranza is now conducting a n defensive campaign against Villa with witha a battle at Escalon Imminent Instead of prosecuting a 0 campaign against him From the U south Bouth com come reports ac accepted accepted accepted ac- ac ns as reliable that Felix Diaz's forces are arc in possession of oC An- An a station on the thc Tehuantepec railway which extends from Salina Cruz on the Pacific to tu Puerto Mexico on the Gulf Gult of oC Mexico Diaz was w re reported reported rew re- ported in the thc state of or Chiapas It was believed that tho the men In do command of ot the thc Diaz forces that t took Rincon Antonio Antonio Antonio An An- tonio aro Canuto Reyes TIces and Hoboes Robles Ho- Ho bles hIes formerly active in the supper of or Villa Bandits It-aid It Co College II St Chihuahua City Nov No Villa 10 Villa bandits bandits ban ban- under Silvestre Quevedo appeared at Gallego o Station 11 miles south ot of Juarez on un the main lino line of tho the Mexican can Central line y yesterday looted the I station robbed safe and carried awn I away all the merchandise which had hadI been stored No o one was killed A detachment detachment detachment de de- I of or Carranza cavalry from Sauz auz is 15 pursuing them thero rt With Hot Iron Ul Et Paso Pago Xo Nov 10 Another Another form torm of N is IH being used b by Villa and Inn bin bandits according to a refugee who arrived ed hero tonight ht Instead of or cut cut- Ins hug off orr the ears cars of or the captured Carranza Car Car- II ranza t soldiers the tho refugee c say says Villa ha has ordered them branded with n rod red di d- d hot irons tho rho branding Iron being i crudely ly shaped to tn form the tho letters V C. C for tor Vr Carranza |