Salt Lake Tribune | 1917-01-22 | Page 2 | Hernandez Defeats Force of Outlaws

HERNANDEZ DEFEATS FORCE OF OUTLAWS CHIHUAHUA CITY. Jan. 21. via Kl Paso Junction. General Francisco Mur-guia Mur-guia received a military dispatch today from General J. Hernandez, who is in command of the de facto forces in the Parral district, saying his forces had met and defeated a band of Villa followers at Rancho Kl Aenaje, near Parral, killing a number of the Villa followers, including includ-ing Bibiano Contreras. General Juan Carrasco. one of General Manuel Dieguez's ninmanders, who left Torreon with a column of 200ft troops, i has reached J inienez and will garrison , Santa Rosalia and parral. relieving forces ; to take tiie field against A'illa, General , Murguia a nnounced today. Villa was reported Thursday at La .Tuna, a small railroad station on the Mexico Nor tii western railroad, 1 00 miles west of Chihuahua City. The residents in the Guerrero district are joining the home guards, which have hern organized to police western Chihuahua Chihua-hua and drive out Julio Aco.sia and his Villa followers. General Murguia has issued a procla-mation procla-mation here giving all independent bands of armed men one month to surrender their arms and return to their homes. He also called upon all residents to aid in eliminating Villa. j