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Show VILLfl-FEDERAL t RGHTJUJ m Engagements Continuing About Jimenez; Bandit Abandons Parral. V;i. PASO. Texa. May t?. Persistent rumors i-f fiiitniK between pof .miotit tioops and Villa rebels at .Timeiuv. continued con-tinued to be rooeiwd hero today. mer-ic.in mer-ic.in minliis;- uu'ii consider It PiohaMe that a small engagement occurred there yesterday, as part of Villa's bat i loft Purral in that direction recently. Parral has been abandoned by Villa aiul has not yet been reoccupicd liy the federal forces, who fear Villa has laid a trap for them In the mlniii;- tow n, v The execution of six Chinese at Parrul by Villa "lias been confirmed. iit was found with a pistol la his possesln a p. J was promptly executed. Kd.ar . Kock, German consul at Parral. saved the lives of two other Chinese by hiding them in his home. As far as ean be learned from Mexican arrivaU from l'arral. the six Chinese and the three Herreras were the only unes execnti. M,n Jose de la Lin.-. Gerrera, when ordered evented, denounced de-nounced Villa to his lace, declaring lum the worst tnemy Mexico ever had. lie and his two son were Inert s!iot. "Vinco de M;vo" (May I'ifrht passed in Chihuahua without trouble, according to te leu rams, although Villa's wlurtahouts is unknown, but his bands are scattered. He issued a statement at l'arral paying he was not fihtins the home uuards of the state, and would not kdl any of those forces if they refrained from assisting the federals, hieh they are doinK. |