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Show VILLA TROOPS ARE CLOSING IN 0! ipRAS One Detachment Gets Close Enough to Exchange Rifle Shots With the Garrison, Garri-son, No Damage AMERICAN FLAG IS AGAIN FIRED UPON Carranza Definitely Refuses to Agree to Neutralize Mexico City and Railroad DOUGLAS Anz April 9 Have satisfaction to advise that Dorotea Arango alias Francisco Villa a shameful defeat having been inflicted upon him by our troops here is fleeing toward Ala maca with, eighteen military trains five of them loaded with wounded. More than 2000 Villa dead were burned ThiB was a telegram, dated Ce laya received today by General Ellas Calles the Sonora Carranza leader from General Alvaro Obro gon. Villa the message continued says his defeat was due to his regard for humanitarian senti ments Hope that ln future these sentiments will be more active in him BEOWNSVTLLE Texas April 9 V 11a troops invest ng Matamoras drew n closer to the Carranza trenches today and V Ha outposts found shelter in the brush a quarter to half a niile in .front of the defenses One de achment crept even clo er ex changing rifle shots w th the garr son without apparent damage to e ther s de The second br gade of V 11a troops about 1200 men left General Bodr guez s headqua ters today and e rcled south of Matamoras Staff officers said th s br gade ntended to close the southern entrance to Matamoras i.u. iuci utm xjag carr ea Dy a luex can Amer can ranchman on the Amen can s de of the r ver was f red on from the Mexican s de by men concealed in the br 6h The ranchman was p lot ng a party of newspaper men to a ferry and the flag was intended for use n the boat The party by m stake appeared on the r er bank oppos te the sk rnl sh 1 nes an 1 hoisted the flag for protect on Not n ore than half a dozen bullets were f red at them before they gained coer Juan Perales a 1" year old Villa cav alrjman in the Bed Cross hosp tal here d ed today An old r ce m 11 has been obta ned by the Bed Cross here for use as a hosp tal in antic pat on of the next attack on Matamoras There was no flying in e ther av a t on camp today It was reported at the V 11a camp that two Amer can a ators Farnun V sh of Los Angeles and M Mc Gu re of Ch cago are com ng to fly the V 11a aeroilane over Matamoras CARRANZA WILL NOT PUT CAPITAL IN NEUTRAL ZONE YC A RTTTTJ f.Tn A . n n . Carranza has f nally not f ed the United States government through Consul S 11 man that he cannot agree to the neutral zation of either Mexico C ty or the ra lroad from the cap tal to ra Cruz To both of the e s ggest ons made by the state departn ent the 11a Zapata authorities had given the r consent Ceneral Carranza refused to exclude Mexico C ty fron the f elds of opera t ons on the round that t s an otnec t ve po nt n h s mil tary ca upaign M 1 tarv reasons also are g en for the refusal to neutral ze the ra lroads be tiveen A era C z anl Mexico C ty Off c als here while d sappo nted over the failure of the negot at ons wh ch had for the r object the furn shmg of a means of ingress and egress for fore gn ers are hopeful that the ra lroads be twecn Mexico City and the Amer can border w 11 soon be repa red and accom plish the same purpose At present th s 1 ne is interrupted by the operat ons of the Carranya forces under General Obre gon n the c n ty of Irapuato EL PASO REPORT SAYS QUERETARO FIGHT CONTINUES EL PASO i.p 1 9 There has been no d r s e act on in the bat le near Queretaro accorlmg to a tatenient s sued ton ght by Lolonel Ton as Orne la the m litary commmder at Juarez. Colonel Ornelas sad thst he had re ceived adv ces to that effect from Gen eral 11a n wh ch t as declared that yie Obrcgon troops bad fa led in an (Continued on Page Four ) VILLI TROOPS CLOSE H 01 1TM1S (Continued -from Page One) attempt to brpak through the A ilia 1 nes and that all was going well w th the Ua forces This report was gi en out off c all However no telegram from Ceneral Villa was d splayed here V 11a was sa d to be located at Cela a n eastern GuarSjuato state Obregon was reported at Apazo a short d stance to the east on the ma n ra lroad 1 ne to Queretaro City Colonel Juan Id Medina mavor of Juarez has been arrested by the Orne las troops of the border town and sent a pr soner to Chihuah a Cit The charge aga nst Med na was not an nounced |
