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Show TREVINO DEFEATS " FDflGES ; OF VILLA s No Quarter Given in V Fierce Battle Lasting Two Days at Mapula, Ten Miles From Chi- huahua City; 900 Vil- listas Killed, Wounded or Captured. . , QUIET PREVAILS ALONG BORDER t Carranza Government in Full Control at Juarez; Optim i s t i c Feeling in Washington Over the Latest Devel- opmenls in Mexican Republic. t LAEEDO Texas Dec 2' Carranza troops under General Jacinto Trevmo engaged what remained of the "Villa A army in a fie ee battle yesterday and m today at Mapula ten miles outside of k Chihuahua city inflict ng a severe de feat according to reports reach ng here ine hundred Villa sold ers were killed wounded or taken pr soners according t6 advices to Carranza offic als in luevo Laredo "The Carranza losses were said to have been small General Trevino with h s sold ers who have advanced rap dly m Ch hua hua during the past ten days encoun tered the Villa soldiers moving south ward A fierce battle ensued in which no quarter was shown The Villa sol d ers fought desperately and the battle lasted all yesterday afternoon and was prolonged through the tight The streets of the village of Mapula were strewn w th the dead when firing had ceased The leader of the V 11a sold ers was not learned. Troops engaged were sa d to have been the remnants of a force until recently operating m Sonora ALMOST NORMAL CONDITIONS IN ! CITY OF JUAREZ1 EL PASO Texas Dec 2 The de fac o government of Mexico made marked ; progress today In assumption of c v and i m 1 tary authority th oughout the te ri j tory surrendered recent y by fo lowe s 1 of Francisco Villa according to reports j reaching here from var ous sources as whereabouts was sti 1 unknown : General Jacinto Trev no at the head ul a m Utary force representing the de ' facto government was reported to have occupied Chihuahua City General Al varo Obregon whose forces recen y drove General VI la from Sonora was sa d to be en route from Nogales to Juarez to jwume mil tary control General Manuel Ochoa former V a ml tary chief at Juarez today renounced the V 11a cause and joined the de facto government Temporarl y he had been placed in control of the aurrende ed ter ritory by Mex can Consul Andreas Gar cla. H polito Vll a a brother of the de posed ch ef was said to have left Juarez for San Anton o Texas Rodriguez at Casas Grandes f General Jose Rodriguez unt 1 recently one of Vilas pr nc pal leaders was re ported with a sma 1 force at Casas Grandes H a attitude tow a d the de n Tacto government was unknown he e " General Ochoa who dd not s gn the agreement of surrender after accept ng the terms of the peace pact today issued a proclamation to the people on beha f of h mse f and his troops pledging al leglance to the de facto government The proclamation was published after Andreas Garc a Carranza, consul here 1 ad over ruled the action of former VI la genera s to p ace Genera Tsabe Robles i charge of c v 1 and m tary organ zat ons n the Burrende ed V a ter tory and Ochoa In .command of former Vil a t oops Robles f previously had retired from the Car anza and VI a fact one Villa in Hiding The mystery surround ng General V 1 a s whereabouts baffled m utary authorit es itate departmen representatives and o cal police Las n ght V a was expected to reach Juarez at dawn acco d ng to re rjrts to the Amer can consu ate at iy (Continued on Page Two ) TREIO DEFEATS FORCES OF VILLA (Continued from Page One ) Jua ez To se e a da s t e epo t has been c r ent at V a was at he Bus t os ranch west of huah a C y Fo fo days com ne c al w es south of Jua ez have oa ed no n essage from the deposed no t em c ef a n The depa ture f on Ju rez of Ameii can Consu Ddwa ds co ent w th the r st news df V as ret ement ca sed specu at on as o w ethe be ad ece ved ns r ct o s o ece e V a at a po n ag eed upon east of e e po&sjb eia B anca Edwards sad o n ended ta ng a br ef est ut t vas po n ed out that e wou d ha d y cave for su a reason w.hen Me can affa s m gh t de e op p 1 to Mrs rd va ds at J a ez M s Edwards sco ed he pub shed rea son for h s abse ce and e a ed e eft on b a ess e nat e of nh ch and ft s dest na on s e ou d no d scuss Between Two Torces T e reported ar a of Trev no at Ch h ahua and O oajs at fica ton of t e su ende p ace a bt n Ch hua ua ate be ween os e fo ces Shou d he -see o m e Un ed States s sa d e s e o come o t e bo der eas o wes of J a z as tha ech n ca s nsa c beca se he su render spec fica y e c uded V a a d his brothe H po to i Noma cond ons preva ed toda n Jua ez The en bargo n effect ea n the daj aga s he travel of Ame cans ac oss the Ro G ande was resc nded and subsequen Amer can borde pa ro s e u ned to camp How ever sone app e ens on was appa ent amonQ bus ess n en n Juarez wh ch was not ceab e e ed upo rece pt of nfo mat on a Genera A varo Obregon had ef Nopa es and was e pec ed to each Jua ez ton g |
