Show I VILLA DEFEATED DEFEATED- IN LEON ATTACK Loses Men in Unsuccessful ful Attempt to I Capture Obregon's Positions El Pa Paso o. o May 1 a 29 The 9 The Villa army in l assaulting and failing falling to tal take e the Obregon gon positions below Leon ln last t I week lost more than men according according accord accord- In ing to reliable private advices received received re received re- re hero toda today Persons arriving from the tho south stated that 1000 wounded arrived yes yesterday yesterday yes yes- at Chihuahua City while s similar similar simi simi- ml- ml lar numbers have been transported from tram the tio battle front to other cities along the tho central railroad More than j 1000 dead de I it was wan estimated ted hat had been left before the Cananza ti and i I these together with those of or j I horses have havo caused a condition threatening threatening threat threat- ening an epidemic should the two I armies remain long In their present entrenchments The raiding of or an owned English-owned I ranch and the killing of ot a n Mexican employee was reported toda today Conditions cau caused cd by lack of ot foodstuffs foodstuffs food food- stuffs stutts are arc not reported as critical in i Villa territory In north north- central MaxIce Max Mox- I ico Ice as in the Isolated districts of or the tho I southern district The Tue railroad between the Villa front and the border has not been Interrupted for tor an any great length of time during the present campaign and various sorts of ot food supplies have havo been exchanged ed freely train from one district district district dis dis- dis- dis to another Force Takes Taken Brownsville Browns Tex May 10 29 Carranza 29 Carranza forces yesterday recaptured Victoria capital of according to a n. message received here tonight b by the Carranza consul from tram Gen Luis Caballero Caballero Caballero Ca- Ca ballero at Monterey The casualties were small Flee fore Before Holder Douglas DouRlas Ariz Mo May 29 Seven 29 Seven bundred hundred hun bun dred Mexican men women and children arrived toda today at Agua ARua Prieta Irieta having fled tied from the district south of at Nacozari Naco- Naco zari oarl where Villa troop troops under General TruJIllo are raiding The They feared re reprisals ro- ro against them because of ot tho execution recently O of two Villa officers officers cers by Carranza partisans Inquire Into loto Killing Washington Mav ay 29 The The state de department department do- do has made Inquiry through consuls Jn n at Vera Vern Cruz and Tampico into inu U i viL V icu LU U uy DY a tit at Tampico of William Byrd Jr an American whoso whose home was at Mineral Wells oUs Tex Tax A belated letter from Tampico to his father brought the re report report re- re port which was forwarded to tho state department |