Show 5 San an Pedro Captured by Villa Vill a For Force e t Bandits Reported A Approaching Approach l hI Jug ing s' s Juarez Sonic Some Snipers Shot b by r Americans E ElL I PASO Tex Tex Dec Dee 25 A A report was received here today by y an American known to be bc close to Francisco Francisco Fran Fran- cisco Villa trills that he had captured d San J Pedro de dc pas Colonias northeast of Torreon yesterday estel lay Villa was said to have lIac captured 1100 Carranza troops when he took the town which was the birthplace of Francisco co I I. I Madero Another report to reach the border tonight credits Gen Francisco leading an nn expedition c In person against as Villa ban bands s In th tile tho region of ot to the west of or Chihuahua City A rumor also Is current In Juarez that about 1500 of or Villas Villa's men are near the frontier twelve miles east ast of at Juarez American arm army men express the tho be belief belief helice he- he lief lice that the cold wave that struck El EI ElPaso ElPaso Paso SO toda today said lJ by weather forecasters forecast forecast- ers to be bo reaching over northern Mexico Mex Mex- leo ico will have o a serious effect on the campaign against Villa and one toVilla's toVillas to Villas Villa's a advantage The They point out t that the government troops In Chihuahua come from the tropical east coast and andare I arc are unable to withstand the tho Intense cold of or tho the high altitudes which develops de de- develops e- e pneumonia among them Villas Villa's followers on the tho other hand are arc all natives of ot the tho northern mountainous plateaus the officers sa say and well seasoned seasoned sea sea- In n winter campaigning Toe Tao severe ere sale Kalo which spoiled Christmas Christmas Christ Christ- mas mat for tor tho soldiers encamped here developed de do- eloped Into a snowstorm tonight Machine Guns Gun Silence Consul Eduardo Soriano Bravo said today he was making an m Investigation of or tho the report that snipers had fired tired on un American troops from Crom the Mexican side of the border bordor last night lie t said Paid ho he had been in conference with Gen Con Jose Murguia the th th new commander In Jurez Juarez Juarez Jua Jua- rez and said General Murguia had no nl knowledge of oC the sniping and added that he had no do de f fa arto to troops stationed d opposite the cement nt plant Maj H. H 11 II D Denhardt commanding the tho first battalion of ot tho the Third J Kentucky Ken Ieri- cn- cn tucky infantry at t the cement plant s said the the- snIpinG started from Crom the vicinity vicinity vicin It ity of oC thu little a adobe obe which as A used by Francisco Madero n as his head hoad- preceding tho the attack en On Juarez Juarez Jua Jua- rez rN by the Madero fero f ero forces on May Ia S. S 1911 There were about ten snipers near nur this house Major D said Hald As many mammy more mor opened fire from Crom a point above the house on t the tho e side of or tho the mountain This sniping was r returned turned b by our said sail Out Our outposts Major men were forced toned to h aban abandon on a n first line trench which had been lIeen built previously near tho the river to protect our outpost The sniping continued until the machine gun Cun wa was w tt brought Into action and about one hundred shots fired Then Ihen the firing stopped slopped and I am sure we wo got some flomo of ot the men who were doing the tiring firing unless the they fled tIed before the tho machine mr gun un opened up After being driven from the first line lIno trench roach our men sought Bought shelter in an nn adobe hut but and continuing firing at the Iho snipers until the machine gun Jun scattered scattered scat scat- th them m Bell Jr lr command command- commanding Brig Gen George ing I he the border horler I dl division lon said aid tod today he ho had received no report o of an any Mexicans Mex Mex- leans having ht been tiled killed b by the machine machine ma ma- chine gun gust fire J a i rr- rr |