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Show D I AZ IS IIVADII6 , 5 OR 0 R A ! 1000 Men, Sworn to Allegiance, Al-legiance, Are in Command Com-mand of General Al-varado; Al-varado; Will Attempt to Take Control From Carranza. MEN ARE LANDED AT LONELY SPOT Few Foreigners Were Slain by Villa at Chihuahua, Chi-huahua, According to Report Made by Tre-vino, Tre-vino, Contradi c t i n g Other Reports. NOGA1ES, Ariz., Dec. 4. General Gen-eral Alvarado, commanding an army of 1000 men, who have sworn allegiance to Felix Diaz, Is marching march-ing Into the heart of Sonora today to attempt to wrest control from First Chief Carranza. According ' to advices received by United States agents here today from authoritative sources, Alvarado and his expedition were landed at St. Georges Bay, Sonora, an isolated point on the gulf of California, six days ago and immediately marched Inland. Two ships, flying the Norwegian Nor-wegian flag, it was stated, landed the troops, which had been assembled as-sembled at a port close to Guatemala. Guate-mala. By International News Service. NOGALES, Ariz., Dec. 4. General Alvarado, Al-varado, commanding an army of 1000 men ivho have sworn allegiance to Felix Diaz, is marching into the heart of Sonora today to-day to attempt to wrest control from First Chief Carranza. According to advices ad-vices received by United States agents here today from authoritative sources, Alvarado and his expedition were landed at St. Georges bay, Sonora. an Isolated point on the Gulf of California, six days ago and immediately marched inland. Two ships, flying the Norwegian flag, it was stated, landed the troops, which had been assembled at a port close to Guate-ma'a. Guate-ma'a. Jose Salazar, a shoemaker and ardent adherent of First Chief Carranza, has been named ae governor of Sinaloa. He supplants General Angeles Fiores, an Obregon partisan. General Ellas Calles, who was called to Mexico City recently for a conference with First Chief Carranza, arrived here toilay. He crossed the border at Agua Prieta Immediately, lie announced that he would establish a military headquarters headquar-ters at Agua Prleta with a garrison of 3000 men. FEW FOREIGNERS SLAIN BY VILLA 9 IN CHIHUAHUA EL PASO, Texas. Dec 4. Reports telegraphed tele-graphed by government ascents to "Washington "Wash-ington today that a number of foreigners had been killed In Chihuahua City when Villa bandits occupied the town wore met with a statement by General Jacinto B. Trevlno, commanding Carranza forces, who reocctipied the capital, that "oniy a few Chinese were killed during the time Villa oe'-upied the city." General Tre vino's statement, telegraphed tele-graphed in response to an Inquiry by Andrea Garcia, Inspector general of Carranza Car-ranza consulates, was taken by Garcia to mean that no other foreigners were killed. The Information telegraphed to Wash-lncton Wash-lncton was said to have been obtained In Juarez. It stated that Carlos Ketel-sen, Ketel-sen, German vice consul at Chihuahua City: CharleH Elmendorf and another American whose name was not Riven had been killed by Villa and that Klmen-dorfs Klmen-dorfs young daughter had been carried away by the bandits. The story was current among officials In Juarez, but no confirmation has been received from Chihuahua City. Elmendorf s brother, Frank, Is a business busi-ness man of El Paso. Another brother, Tinry, was once mayor of San Antonio! Texas, the family home. Bandits Retreated. Villa's bandits were retreat I ng north toward the border the night before Chihuahua Chi-huahua City was evacuated by Carranza troops, it become, known here today from a reliable source. For four days the forces of General Trevlno dfeatcri the Villa troops and at 11 o'clock Hundny nitrlit, November 25. tbo bn ndtts were ret i ring toward the north with the reported Intention of at-- at-- talking Juarez, arroniing to this 5,1 me fit tree. T'pon learning of tho bandits' move toward the border, General Tre- (Continucd on Page Three.) ' J m OP DIAZ IS HUG SDNOBA (Continued from Page One.) vino is said to have sent a message to General Francisco Gonzales warning him to mass all of his forces from western Chihuahua at Juarez in order to prevent an attack upon the border town and complications com-plications with the United States. This caused General Gonzales to order the mobilization of his brigade here as a buffer buf-fer against the bandit force, which was expected to move north on Monday, November No-vember 27. Tricked by Villa. Instead, Villa swung around to the northwest and slipped Into the suburbs of Chihuahua City during the early morning morn-ing of November 27 and started a general gen-eral attack, which resulted in a rout of the Carranza forces and the resulting panic, according to this source. S-anta Rosa hill, the "key to the city," was not taken until after this rout was well under way. The two batteries of four cannon each which were captured on Santa Rosa hill by Villa were not taken by his troops until after a large part of Trevino's command had left the city for the south, it was said. "It was charged by this same source that someone in authority au-thority "lost his head" and was responsible responsi-ble for the rout, which, he said, was not warranted by the military situation. It was stated unofficially today that Villa was expected to go south from San Andres or some other point on the Mexico ! Northwestern railroad, which runs west ! from Chihuahua City. After placing his j loot in a cache in the mountains of west- ; ern Chihuahua, Villa and his command, i it was stated, were expected to go in the direction of Satevo and possibly as far south as Torreon. Will Stop Movement. General Pershing's forces at Colonia Duhlan and General Murguia's reinforced column in Chihuahua City would prevent Villa's movement north or east, said a Carranza staff officer here, and there was no danger of Villa attacking any border town, he added. The receipt of a message from the Associated As-sociated Press correspondent at Chihuahua Chihua-hua City over the Mexico Centra! railroad rail-road telegraph line confirmed the reoc-eii reoc-eii nation of Chihuahua City by General Trevino and General Mureuia. This was the first unofficial message to reach the border since Villa entered the citv last Sunday night. It gave no information regarding the foreigners in Chihuahua City, about whom many Inquiries have been received by Carranza officials here. Rut these fears were quieted tonight by a message from General Trevino stating that only Chinese suffered from bandit cruelty. The press message from Chihuahua City said the city was gradually resuming its normal activities, although the government govern-ment offices were still closed. |