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Show CRRANZISTAS TTACK FORCES OF MAYTOREIMA j Battle on At Nogales, t Across the Boundary ine; Most of Defenders Defend-ers Are Indians. rOOAXES, Ariz.. Sept, 8. Oar-l Oar-l ia troop began tonight storming outer defenses at Nogalea, So-r So-r a, just across the International " ndary from hero. The attack-forces attack-forces were said to number 4000 l. Governor Maytorerui, VUU ender of the town, is believed to e a garrison of 5000 soldiers, ' rtly Yaqui Indians. v tSHINOTON, Sept. S Adroinis-c Adroinis-c officials here are closely watch-he watch-he military situatiou in central 'o. whore Carranza 's forces are ing to launch a geueral attack f- thrt Villn nrmv in tho nar rb - - choaon their delegates. What the eon fereea will do about I rmn elements for the coin ont'ion, in view of Carranim'fl apparent attitude of defiance, has not been disclosed. tarrana" answer to the peace appeal, ap-peal, his agents here confidentiv expert, will arrive before tlie Pan-American conferees assemble. The rapid nihan.e of Carranaa 's forces in central Mexico during the last few week has aroused the optimism of his Washingt 0Q repre- I entnt ives, who now Ml aft t hat his complete domination of ih. situation soon will be o apparent :s to demonstrate demon-strate the reason for leaking recognition recogni-tion and his un willingness to confer I with his militun adversaries. Fighting; Near Capital. , Improvement i n condit ions in M ex ieo Tit was indicated in dispatches dated September 4 which reached the state department de-partment today, Tht report was summarised sum-marised by the department as follows: Advices dated September from Mexico Citv state that general order prevails there, but there is fighting between the factional forces in the viciuity of the city. It is stated that there appears to fie a good disposition on The part of the authorities to afford ample guarantees to foreigners ;iid that in general Mexicans are the only ones that have recently suffered from depredations. It is reported that more than 30,000 nuarts of soup are being distributed lw the American Red Oo:s daily. (x Septomber 3 about 1 00 merchants were placed under arrest f or failure to comply with the provisions of the official price list. Tt is estimated that 150 Americans Ameri-cans have left Mexico City since the arrival of Geueral Gonzales, of whom about one-half were given financial fi-nancial assistance by the American representative. Tt is estimated that there are not now more than 1000 Americans in Mexico Citv. either at Torreon or Chihuahua. ericau cousuls at Torreou. Saltillo. lova. Monterey and neighboring I have been asked for all available ' nation regarding troop movements, s' -ssagc received tonight and dated V rday said Villa troops recently n from Saitillo by tieneral Obregun egun arriving at Torreon. Evacuate Torreon. onvention forces from Saltillo are ng here.'" said the message, ee troop trains have an-ived and ains are expected during the night. al trains bearing the principal part e Villa artillery have been aban-I. aban-I. General Raoul Madero reported cut off. Passenger train expected ave here for the north not later tomorrow. ' ' icial reports have reached Wash- Q that General Villa is planning to '.ate Torreon and to concentrate his 3 at Chihuahua for the struggle Obregon. Trevino and other iir-generals iir-generals whose recent successes paved the way for an attempt to Fein and crush Vilia. The forthcom-' forthcom-' - attle. it is recognized here, proba-k proba-k riU have an important effect upon olitical future of the country, retary Lansing said today" that for the meeting of the Pan-Amer-; conferees next week had not been leted. Villa and his adherents are ahead with preparations for a convention and already have I Summer Excursions East. Effective September 15, 22, 101.", via Chicago & Northwestern railway from ! Ogden and Salt Lake. Chicago, $."6,."t: ; Minneapolis-St. Paul, $o3.8.V. also rutes i from other points in Utah and Idah Good for return until Octobur 31. 1015 j Diverse routes arid stop-over? Tor i further pa rticular? address .:. A. . I Walker, General Agent. 317 Main St.. I Salt Lake City, t'tah. (.Adver tisement.) |