Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-06-13 | Page 1 | Federal Forces Engage Angeles

FEDERAL FORGES EWKJCELES Skirmishes Reported Near Outskirts of Juarez; Situation Sit-uation Critical. WASHINGTON, June 12. The Mexican embassy made public today to-day the following telegram from the Mexican consul general at El Paso, Texas: "The city of Juarez quiet; not a single Villista follower has approached ap-proached the city and reports of fights and skirmishes given out by the press are entirely false. Main body of bandits under Villa and Angeles are over thirty miles south of the city of Juarez and in no condition to attack.' JUAREZ, Mexico, June 12. At 9 o'clock tonight all was tranquil In Juarez, but advance forces of General Angeles were reported to have engaged in skirmishes with Mexican federals early in tho afternoon along tho Mexican side of the Rio Grande. There Is no report on the number of casualties, which apparently appar-ently were Insignificant. General Francisco Gonzales, the federal j commander, told the Associated Press to-' to-' day that he was not apprehensive of an attack or that any forces General Felipe Angeles and Francisco Villa had in this vicinity could take the city. General Gonzales permitted the correspondent to make an inspection of the Juarez defenses. de-fenses. Passing east on Commercial rtreet, leading into the country cast of Juarez. ; General Gonzales has ail in readiness for ' an attack. His men are holding all roads leading into the city. The men are not : 'small in number. The little adobe block- ! houses, with from fix to eight men in i ; each, are bristling with guns: corn shocks : i a nd wheat sheafs contain from two to 'throe riflemen, and every strategic point 1 fs well occupied. Hard Fight Probable. Tf General Angeles attacks Juarez and everything goes according to present arrangements, ar-rangements, it will be a hard fight. General Gen-eral Gonzales's fortifications, inneeio-'i by American military men. are ;aid to be first-class. t General Quirosa v as roport e1 to he J at Villa Ahumada, sixty-five miles s--uth of .Ju:i-t?z. 1:"tc this afternoon, with a j large force of reinforcements for Juarez. I but se eral miles "if railroad will have to be repaired before General Quiroga can move northward. Advices received fr-m Gradalnpe tonight to-night say t ha t Frn n.-jp-'o Villa 's main force was in the vicinity of Villa Ahumada. Ahu-mada. If Villa i? in this vicinity he is probably nort hcast of Vila Ahumada, where he lias forage for his horses and plenty of water. There is no question of tho nearness of some of G-eneral Ancpies's forcrs To Juarez, as General Gonzales today pain there were a small number east of the city. At the ranch of Mrs. G. "e'ner. four miles east of Juarez, rebel forces ! stn'e all her heses pnout roo? to-ia", j (CoMinued on Page 2, Column 5.) I FEDERAL FORCES 1 ENGAGE ANGELES (Continued from Pgo One.) and, from what thry paid, thft main force was south of t.cr p. ace. Villistas Near Juarez. YUHma are also reported west of Juari'i, (n tho pantos ustd by Generic in his ri"vlous attacks on uarx-A uarx-A trin Fvi'r.il mlU'S cat of trie city aloi-.i? tht- river g;vos no Indication t-ftt an cnomy army Is no.ir. The whwit Is lurnipk- yollow an.I the corn and alfalfa n.M.is aro imtnolt'tfj. K ory prrcnution h."s hn tftfcn to proto-t tho city, uiu! .ineral Cionwlfs Is .or.tUi'r.t lie fan withstand any Attack a ml t !.li.'u'.v- tiio Ulra of the city fuUin into tho li.ir.iis of (.ionml Ancelrs. It v aj reported rarlv tonight that the f::. .ti to to oared ut p. m. and .ill t;hUshmeJit9 closed, but this was r.ot done. Ono thou-snnd fo-'crl cavalrymen ndr enmmund of i loner. U vJnlroKa are en T'-'iiiforc tlio mi r ri son here, and ar exported ex-ported to axrl p lirre sonio time tomorrow. tomor-row. Thif nniiouiicrnitnit was inAdo to-niK'ht to-niK'ht f rMii tnillturv headquarters, the siati ni.Mil i-ontiunliik' the additional ln-fiu ln-fiu tnat Ion tliat O.pnrrnl Manual pleiciios l,.d afrtumrd command of th northern M.'xl.o military 20 no. n-plaoln (ieneral .I'-mi-" An KiH 1 111 O.siio. ';"'0 1-as been or-dcr.d or-dcr.d lo Torreon. Krhol forot to th nnniher of SiV wrrt dettnitely located tonUht sovith of Oavida-lupe, Oavida-lupe, on t lie Klo tirunde, thirl y miles o.ist'of .lnarez. Another parly of reheln. estimated nt tiM men. was reported d'-iraintnK d'-iraintnK at WW a Ahnmad rlRlity-lwo mil's sooth of Jnnrri, the latter force hcinc uivl-'r tho personal command ot General Kelipe Angeles.