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Show VILLA AGAIN IffiBT Forerunner of Third Attack on Capital City Reported by Travelers. EL PASO, Tex., Jan. 16. Francisco Villa and his main command is again knocking at tlie western gates of Chihuahua Chi-huahua City, passengers arriving from the state capital today said. After defeating de-feating General Hernandez and his Car-ranza Car-ranza command of 15u0 In the vicinity of Satevo, on the wagon road to Parral, Villa drove the de facto column to La Jo! la, eighteen miles north of Satevo, where another defeat was administered and the column was forced to retreat to Santa Ysabel and then to Palomas, only eighteen miles west of the city, the' passengers added. These fights occurred Friday, Saturday and Sunday, according to the passengers, and when their train left for tlie border yesterday the sounds of cannonading could be heard at Palomas. they said. General Francisco Murguia, who had entrained en-trained to come to the border, went to Palomas with his command of S00 troops and took personal command. The presence of Villa troops west of Ghihuahua City, government agents here claim, is the forerunner of the third attack at-tack upon the state capital by Villa. As Villa also controls the western part of the state, the agents says they fear he I may occupy the territory now held by I American troops as soon as General Pershing withdraws. A freight train was j fired upon near Moctezuma station last night, indicating the presence of a Villa I force there. The occupation of the border port of I Ojinaga, Chihuahua, opposite Presidio, I Texas, is expected to be the next move I of tlie Villa forces. j Members of his local junta announced ! today a letter had been brought from j Francisco Villa in the field addressed i to President Wilson, asking for a state-j state-j ment as to. whether or not he would be 'recognized if he succeeded in gaining; : control of northern Mexico and establishing estab-lishing a provisional government. This 1 it for tlnov csi i rt urtto n i :i i 1 orl two dnvs ago to Washington. Rumors of disaffection In the state of Sonora have been received here, and the fact that a pro-Carranza American newspaper news-paper was stopped from goi?ig into that state has strengthened the rumors that de facto troops may join Villa. PRESIDIO, Texas,- Jan. 16. Carranza troops from the Ojinaga garrison had a skirmish with an armed band of 150 Villa followers yesterday near Ojinaga. The de facto command of 300 men, in charge of Colonel Jose Riojas, defeated the opposing band, according to information informa-tion received here. The de facto troops lost seven men killed and four wounded. The Villa band lost five killed. The number num-ber of wounded was not known. The defeated de-feated force fled to the south. JUAREZ, Jan. 16. An appeal has been made to the representative of tlie Chinese government here by the Chinese residents of western Chihuahua for protection when the American troops leave for the border. The Chinese, who have been supplying the punitive expedition with fruits, vegetables vege-tables and groceries, say they fear they may be killed by Villa's followers after tiie American troops withdraw. As they cannot cross the border, they are planning plan-ning to come to Juarez, where a refugee camp may have to be established for them. Many Mormons and Mexican residents resi-dents of western Chihuahua are also expected ex-pected to come out when the troops depart. |