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Show I NEHAL KILUI N PURSUIT OF T F THE FUGITIVES : tel Leader Does Not Pro- l we to Allow Mercado and . i 1 His Fellow Officers to ' Cross Boundary. te I Si PECTS AN EASY J l MARCH TO CAPITAL V I " feign Diplomats Making id 'uarded Inquiries at Wash-fl Wash-fl ington Regarding Prosit Pros-it pects for Peace. f MEXICO CITY, Dec. 5. A mod-Icatlon mod-Icatlon of the old method of ty- ' jg men to tho rauzzlC3 of cannon id Wowing tliem to pieces vas f" yed today "by tlie federals of San Luis Potosl. A cap-robel, cap-robel, supposed to have been ; e of the band which recently dy-imited dy-imited a troop train at Camoros, is given a summary trial by orfc-martial and sentenced to lath, Ho wan tied to tho ground id a dynaniito bomb placed bo-ath bo-ath his body and oxploded, tear-g tear-g him to pieces. A MREZ, Mexico. Dec. 5. Instead of pying Chihuahua, tho stato capital, mil Francisco Villa's 7000 rebels. raped along tho railroad north of 3 ily today, while General Villa lcf returned hurriedly to Villa - madn, the telegraph station, to dis- h more mm in pursuit of the fed-rtrotrcatinc fed-rtrotrcatinc toward Ojinaga, on the c7rr'.u of 500 rebels occupy tho i it Ojniaga, and General Villa said .Jj oldie rs would, not permit tho fed-, fed-, to reac' tho border or cross over t i'thc 1'nited States without a fight. 9 purrosc is- not only to capture tho cal Imops, but also to scizo arms l'J e(U'puient. Tho J'oderals, however, i2 :l)e in Hip majority, unless they are M taken by tho rebel pursuors. With sn or more fugitive federals aro Gen- Salvador Mercado, tho deposed mil-! mil-! governor and commandor, nu-, nu-, n.s other generals and officors aud u bera of woalthy Chihuahua fami- ijvho left the city precipitately on jil "tin fear of a rebel attack. : Confiscate Cash, H incral Villa expressed his intention f infiscato tho money which tho fu-i& fu-i& E3 wore reported to have wilh- , n from tho banks before the ovac-n. ovac-n. He said he would protect the a ombatauls, except such as wore cou-ir cou-ir cd political offend ors. Mombers io TerrazaB family wcro placed by .hi tho latter dnsB. owda of people with automobiles yyj led at Presidio, Tox., opposite Oji-.; Oji-.; i in anticipation that the refugees, Iplj fdbg the federals, would cross the j 'Should tho federals, disheartened 1 feir long sicgo in Chihuahua and , io decision ol General Mercado to j because of th0 bankrupt condition . s arniv, decide to cross, they would i Up their arms on the Amorican even itives in Distress. H$ 3 report roachod Ojinaga that tho ves had been in groat distross , ffituoir route was across a wntor- lcss desert plateau, swopt by cold winds at night and sandbtorms by day. Rebels reported that part of tho fugitives fu-gitives had turned to tho west and were approaching Palomas, on tho border bor-der opposite Columbus, 2s. M. With them were said to be General .lose Sal-uscar Sal-uscar and Pascual Orozco, both of whom aro nndor indictment in tho United States for violation of tho neutrality laws. Another reason why Villa returned northward to Villa Ahurnada was to communicate with General Carranzi, head of the constitutionalist party, who is in Sonora. Plcnaod at his victories in tho north nnd confident that his projected march toward Mexico City wi.U bo marked by desertion or evacuation by the federals, Gonoral Villa himself "showed no hasto to ontcr Chihuahua, tho largest city now hold by the rebels. Some of his troops, commanded by General Chao. wont into tho city several days ago for polico duty. |