Show VILLA FORCES SUFFER DEFEAT General Calles Carranza Commander Corn Com mander Wins Victory Over Gen Jose Acosta Douglas Dougas Ariz July IS After a a six six- I hour battle Jr In hi An l' l west l' l of ot Agua u Prieta General Calles Carranza Car- Car ranza comman commander er In Sonora was re reported reported re- re ported porte late toda today 10 to o have hac decisively defeated Villa under command of ot Gen Jose Joso Maria Acosta Acola The Calles force wan waa said ald to number 1000 while those thoe of ot Arosta Acosta were reported as 1500 1100 strong I In a message received recel here b by A A. Garduno tOda today consul to foz Carranza from General Calles at twenty t ty tv miles west of Agua the thc Villa troops were reported as demoralized an and fleeing In all directions The m message o stated that the battle he began nn at 6 o'clock this morning The TheIlia TheVilla TheVilla Villa Ilia forces were strongly In n tho pass and for five fie hours the tho at attacking attacking nt- nt tacking bombarded with cannon cannon can can- non and rapid fire guns During tho the fighting of oC Acosta's command desert deserted eel and Joined the ranks of ot Calles Calies according to the re report report report re- re port which estimated the Villa dead wounded and captured at Calles did not report his own casualties thou though h they were claimed to be relatively relatively rela rela- lively small b by officials In Agua Prieta According to Consul Garduno General Calles Intended to press forward forward forward for for- ward to Cananea as soon Boon as ho he re received re- re ed cel a a. no now new supply of ammunition which left Agua Prieta earl early toda today Villa representatives here refused to toa a admit defeat saying saying- that the battle still continued near and that a largo large contingent of or YaquI In Indians Indians Indians In- In were making a flank attack Villa May Force orle El EI P Paso BO Tex July 18 According According to Indications from those close to General General Gen Gen- eral oral Villa ho will soon Ic levy forced loans on American and other interests ts as 39 well a as tho the native population In order to secure funds A larga number of the American mine owners have agreed among themselves that In case they are asked to contribute contribute con con- tribute tho they will vill refuse It Is R assumed assumedly h by ly them that Villa will retaliate h by ordering their places closed Tho The recent recen order Issued in Chihuahua that the currency issued d by Villa llla bo bu exchanged cd at tho rate of or 30 0 cents American money for one peso is be beIng being be- be ing enforced to a greater extent than was wag expected It has not affected In general the price of ot Villas Villa's money which today toda was wae about 2 c cents United States currency for one ono P peso o but In Juarez opposite El EI Paso Palo the tho poorer people have been forced In some somo cases to surrender the small i I.- mounts of of American mon money tile they had and were given In exchange Villas Villa's currency at tho rate fixed Prices of ot commodities have not been changed however a loaf of or bread breal costing two pesos No material change In the mill military tan situation south of ot Juarez was reported today ay I |