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Show QROZGD'SJUHir ADVANCES ON THEFEDERALS Rebel Force Numbers in the Neighborhood of 7000 Men and Will Besiege General Huerta at Torreon. MONTEREY, Cal., May 3. The Twelfth regiment, United States array, quartered here, received orders or-ders from Washington tonight to do prepared to embark at a mo-ment's mo-ment's notice. Company J of the Twelfth is sleeping in slielter tents by the railroad, and will entrain early tomorrow for Yuma, Ariz. JIMENEZ, May 3. The entire rebel army, numbering in the neighborhood neighbor-hood of 7000 men, assumed tho offensive of-fensive today. Convinced that General Huerta, tho federal loader, was determined to act on the defensive in territory seleclod by himself, General Gen-eral Pascual Oro7A'o, the rebel com- j mandor-in-chiof, get his army in motion mo-tion across the desert today. That the government leader iuteuds to mako his final stand at Torreon was secminglj' confirmed by the withdrawal with-drawal of his advance .guard from Conejos upon the appearance of Colonel Caesar Canales with the vanguard of the reoel cavalry.- There was no fighting fight-ing and tho rebel lenders jubilantly telographed news of their first "triumph." "tri-umph." Siege Is Planned. Not only have the federal troops been withdrawn from Conejos, but it is reported that the small garrisons scattered along the railroad south of there are being called iu. it is possible pos-sible that some resistance may bo offered of-fered at Mapimi, but the rebel loaders load-ers are convinced that tho main engagement engage-ment will be fought at the gates of Torreon. If uuuouuccd plans aro followed, fol-lowed, however, the city will not bo assaulted, but will bo besciged. Orozco believes that he has meu enough to guard every pussagc in and out of the federal base. Tonight the main body of the liberal army is cnemnped near Couojos, which is about midway bctweon Escalou and Torreon. By Monday at tho latest it is believed that tho rebels will be with, in firing distance o their main objective. object-ive. The occupation of Couojos undoubtedly undoubt-edly is the "triumph'' announced at Juarez, today on the strongth of a telegram from General Campa. Triumph Claimed. EL PASOO Tex., May IJ. Tho following fol-lowing telegram, dated today at Esca-Ion, Esca-Ion, and signed by General Emiliu P. Campa of tho rebel forces, was received re-ceived nt ,lu are.: "Complete triumph on tho part of (Continued on Pago Four,) j OROZCO'S Air IS HGi HUESTA (Continued from Pago One.) our valiant companions in prosecution of tho fcderal'fnrees. Wo havo on.joyed a viotory qver tlfc federals." Just what the "triumph" constituted constitut-ed was not made clear in the tolejrram but at the utmost it is believed to refer re-fer to some outpost skirmish as the rebels are not yet far enough south to have met with any considerable force of government troops. It was only yesterday that Gonoral Orozco ordered a general advance and it was estimated that four da3's' march would bo required to bring tho army within striking- distucc of tho federals, who are believed to be concentrated at Mapimi and Torreon. A pronuncianiento b.y General Oro si-bo si-bo vesterday addressed to "the press of the whole world," was made public at Juarez today as follows. "In view of tho indecision of the fedorals. the impetuosity of our own troops, and the fact that our organization organi-zation has been completed with all tho elements necessary to carry our cause to success. I have given orders for a general movement south tomorrow." Press dispatches convoy the information infor-mation that the rcbol censor at Chihuahua, Chi-huahua, to whom all messages arc shown, is paying rigid attention to his duties. This accounts for considerable delay to press matter. Gomez at El Paso. EL PASO, May 3. Emilio Vasqucz Gomez, who Tias boon proclaimed provisional pro-visional president of Moxico bv rebel elements, arrived in the city tonight from San Antonio. It is announced that he will proceed to Ciudad Juarez tomorrow. Senor Gomez attempted to keep his visit a socrcfc, and at the hotel to which ho repaired hA left ordors that his presence pres-ence should bo denied. It is thought that tho purpose of his trip tp El Paso is to confer with political lieutenants concerning his political po-litical fences, which aro said to bo in need of ropair. Some of the lcadors ofJ.he revolution, now in tho field, aro said to have turned from him, and at; least one newspaper of Chihuahua has withdrawn its support of his candidacy to succeed President Madero. Reached by Wireless. WASHINGTON. May 3. Tho torpedo tor-pedo boat destroyers Preble and Perry, which were sent from San Diego to intercopt the gunboat Yorktown, with orders to avoid- touching at any Mexican Mexi-can port for coal on her way northward north-ward from Central America, got that vessel toda' by wireless, and tho York-town York-town will come directly to San Diego. It is said at the navy department that tho instruction was not at the instance in-stance of the Mexican government, but was a voluntary precaution of ft his governmout; against existing anti-American anti-American feelings iu Moxico through a misunderstanding of the Yorktown 's 1 purpose. |