| Show VILLA OBTAINS ADVANTAGE IN CELA CELAYA YA BATTLE te I General Obregon's Forces Reported t to- to 4 Have Been Surrounded and Retreat Cut Off in All Directions TROOPS EN ENGAGED AGED FINAL OUTCOME IN DOUBT General Genera Funston Again Takes Charge of Sit Situation at Brownsville Wh Where re Crisis in inFighting inFighting Fighting Is Expected Soon AIRMEN TO GO ON GUARDs GUARD s V W WASHINGTON April 14 Gen 14 Gen General V V eral Vill appears to have gained the upper hand V in the first day tiny of the battle with the forces p pE pC General Obregon on near Celaya and vicinity according to lo consular advices advices advices ad ad- vices to the state d department to today ay from San Luis Potosi I From other oilier points as well it was reported that in the thc struggle glo in which officials estimate te that men are the eng the first fruits of vi victory i tory are with the arm army of General ihla General eSon Il declared to have been surrounded and nd his nig retreat cut oC off from all directions s accor according ing to one report As 5 the tub firing line Is extensive detailed advices have e net nt reached here herc from from General Villas Villa's headquarters and nd the final of the fighting lg Is still in iii doubt douht V Victory for Villa would mean the re resumption resumption re- re of ot communication by railroad and wire Jre between Mexico City and the American border horder while success b by Gener General Gen Gen- er eral l Obregon would divide tho Villa- Villa Zapata forces and destroy destro their theil- communication com corn between the northern and south sections of oC the of-the the country countr- In ln many many quarters quarte s here it is believed the results of oc the struggle will have hae an important nt on the general political ln Mexico 1 indicating which major faction Is to dominate Upturned Returned to MaJ J Gen Frederick Funston lunston commanding com coin manding the American forces on t-n tho the thoI I Mexican border is en route toda today from Crom San Antonio to Brownsville Browns Tx T. to lo take personal charge of or the tho situation there which has lias n again ain become threatening threatening threat threat- ening in consequence o of the falling of or Mexican bullets Into American terri tern tor tory Reporting t to tC the tho war var department toda today General Funston lunston said that al although although although al- al though bullets struck tho the Brownsville side during the fighting yesterday there thero were no casualties Colonel Blocksom at fIle Browns in ina ina ina a report forwarded b by General Funston Funston Fun- Fun ston Eton said the hostilities yesterday yc tenJay ex extended extended ex- ex tended from a point about on out half milo mile In rent front o of the right rig flank Clank of oC Carranza's Car Car- ranza's trenches around Matamoros to about a mile from Crom the Brownsville pumping station The Thc Villa forces had two field pieces in action during tho the engagement and mId fired about twenty shots Into Inlo Matamo- Matamo rus res I Un Iny ny Quiet nt at I Brownsville Tex rex April 14 taj H MaJ Gen Frederick Funston arrived hero I Itoda toda today from Cnn San Antonio to take charge of oC the tho border horder situation created h by the I siege of ot The da day puss passed cd however howe with no rio bombardment of oC Both the Cananza S' S garrison and the theVilla theVilla Villa officers still assert their opponents opponents opponents lost several hundred killed in yesterdays yesterday's s borlie ft cm Matamoros 1 Conservative atho reports however indicate that the killed on both sides did lid not ex exceed exceed exceed ex- ex fifty i Airmen to tu Gun Los Ios Angeles Cal CJ April 1 II ll i. Df Do Witt Itt Milling 1 InS and Byron Jones with eight men mon of ot the United led States aero acre corps corp i arrived d from San Diego o today to da hal day with two tWi aeroplanes en route to tt Browns Brownsville Tex Tho The machines are arc expected to enable arm army observers to locate lucato hostile po positions of or Villa cannons cannon r ml might ht be he placed so o shells would I drop In Brownsville for u G Galveston Tex Fox ii I H. H H The The Uni United I States arm army transport Sumner sailed earl early today to for ci Tampico where she will take on board about refugees who vho dealt o to to return to the tho United States Ha I Ilen len M heM Sill I ii Urn r i Mini IUm t Ana n aay New cw York A April hiril 1 U. U U former Cormer provisional pro president of or orI I Mexico Issued a signed statement to toda today today to- to I da day d denying n ln a published report lepolt that hI lie hind had been leen driven out of oC Spain |
