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Show VILLA BANDITS AGAIN BECOME A MENACE TO THE AMERICAN AND FOREIGN RESIDENTS. Villa Makes Demand for Taxes Upon Mine Owners and Lets It Be Known That Destruction Will Follow Refusal. Washington. The situation in northern north-ern Mexico is again reflected as serious, ser-ious, in advices received on May 5 from Mexico City and the border. The state department has been advised that oiHH) employes of an American mining company at Santa Kulalia have been removed to Chihuahua City lie-, cause of threats by Villa. lii the capture of l'arral the entire Carram-:a garrison went over to the .T Villa forces, which now threaten Chihuahua Chi-huahua City. Americans in the stale capital are reported to be endeavoring jo obtain passage to El Paso as they fear the garrison may join the Yil-Jistas. Yil-Jistas. Torreon is said to be Villa's next objective, Reports from the border .say the Conches bridge at Ortiz, south of Chihuahua City, has been destroyed by the rebels, thus closing the road for reinforcements moving northward. north-ward. t'en. Manuel M. Dioguez has been ordered from the Tampico oil fields with, 2000 men to assist General Castro, Cas-tro, who was reported as moving toward to-ward Chihuahua, constantly harassed by Villistas. LMegaez's departure from the oil fields of Tampico was said to leave the situation there entirely at the disposal of I'elaez, a rebel leader. The capture of l'arral put the Villistas Vil-listas in an excellent strategical position, posi-tion, as the town is on a branch lrne from the main line south from El I'aso and is within striking distance of Jim-inez. Jim-inez. Villa has demanded an indemnity of 1,000.000 pesos from the Torreon region industries. The superintendent of the Santa Eulalia mines reported that the bandit demanded "taxes" for protection and had announced that he "would return in thirty days for the money." To avoid paying the "taxes" the superintendent closed the mines, taking everything that could be moved and all the men to Chihuahua. In his new movement to the soutli Villa has resumed terrorizing tactics. |