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Show II BATTLE IN PROG-HI PROG-HI RESS IN.MEXIC0 rl I 1 General Huerta, Government Com- HI'm I nuncler In Chief, Reports Hla Ifi.S i Forces Victorious. r Kbcnlon, Mexico, May 10, 5 p. in. SI I Shap lighting continued throughout Ball tnt ua' Dctwt'en tuu mnln 1,odlc8 o( III 11 ti o .i.wtulii and lnsurrcctos near ! fil B Tlii. - .llo, with no decided advantage III to cither side. II S Couriers to General Orozco's head-Biff! head-Biff! quarters hero stated that tlio clash of If tho vanguards of both nrmles wa.J B J rapidly turning from a skirmish to a B i desperate battle: Tho fight has boon HI j in progress for 30 hours and Indlea-Vj Indlea-Vj I tlons nio that It will bo several days Bi I , before It is decided. B f( j Tho battlefield ranges over twenty B ', K i miles of desert plains southeast from B; f: f Conejos, In ftont of Torrcon. Bi g. y Nearly 15,000 Men Engaged. B. ' HI I'aso, Toxbb, May 10. Tho Mexl-Bj Mexl-Bj fl can federal army has repulsed tho res' re-s' Ij1 ( ' bel ndvonco guard of General Orozco H x f"ul sharp skirmishes aro In progress, H , ' preliminary to what la expected to bo H Ij I tho most decisive battlo of tho pro? Bj IJ ' out rovolutlou. Nearly 15,000 men BJ '( uro engaged on both sides. Tho oh-K oh-K ;j Jectlvo point of tho rebels In Tor-B Tor-B iff i! rcon, tho railroad gateway of north-B north-B 'f ' J crn Moxlco. Tho federals aro protect-B protect-B I ", lng tho city from all sides. B; 'ij ,. i , Tho govorntuont claims it drew first Bj j , ' blood yesterday, killing ninety rebfcls Bj ll f and losing but s'oven nsldo from scv-Hj scv-Hj ) cral wounded. , mi j ' In n telegraph offlco lmprovlced In , B j; i tho desert fifty miles north of Tor-, BI fl i ' rcon, General Vlctorlano Huerta, com- Bj i ' mandcr of tho federal army of north- Bi 1 1 , , em Moxlco, transmitted today by B, Jf tolegraph to an Associated Press rep- jitl1 rcsontatlvo hero, news of tho military I Bj 11 , , dovolopmcnts of tho last twenty-four i H jijlf hours. Tho box car telegraph Btntlon B j stood u few miles from tho town of Bj it Jiermojlllo, whoro tho main body of ! I tho federal troops rested on their 8 I nrms. ' ' Tlio wlro was routed from El I'aso j via Laredo, Texas, Monterey and Tor- If ' reon, a roundabout circuit eastward Hj. 3 of moro than.OOO trillcs mado ncccs- ' I sary by tho seizure of nil telegrapn BJl lines directly south of hero by the : fit robcls. BjV: Hi , . i From the Improvised telegraph or Bj I Si ficc, General Huerta talked enthusing- BJl ll I tlcally of tho futuro battle. BJi Jyf "Yesterday, Thursday, General Ua- BJ j 1 bago completely routed l,00t rt jels BJ- , J ' at Zarntoza and Tlahualllo, both near Hf1! Torrcon," said Central Huerta. BJn "The rcbolo lost ninety dead nml Bj, ' r..i'iiy wcunded, while our loss was K i seven dead and a few wounded. The BEl''' lebels wcro driven hack In fcraty Bb ' flight and arc pursued by cuvulr;. un- BE' dcr aeneral Villa. Bj '' "A telegram has Just been bi ought BK ' , -to mo frpm General Aubcrt at I'uatro BB 1 ' Clu.v'i,?a, which oajs tho rebel chlof, BR hjj ' Salazur, va touted and Is running BB J? nway In tho direction of Sierra Moja- BE 1 via " BK 'M Today Is tho first unnhersary of BR ij'jj the surrender of Juarez to Madero and BE ? i equally Important developments in BB Mexican history uro oxpected. Magleby, "that In our section of tho country tho rebels, or bandits, or whatotor they may bo called, were disposed to bo friendly to tho Americans Ameri-cans and wished to avoid any clash with them. How over, wo had to feed different bandB nnd furnish thorn with supplies during tho past year and n half. Thoy always gavo receipts und acted In an orderly way when thoy were nround." Mr. Magleby says that Industry Is nt n standstill awaiting tho outcome of tho present uprising. 'It 1b a4 most Impossible to hlro peons at present," bo says, "although wo managed man-aged to keep enough men on hand to tnko care of tho place and keep tho younger rubber trees clean; tlio older old-er trees aro nblo to tako care of themselves them-selves against nil growth on account of tho start they have got." Ill tho opinion of Mr. Magleby, It Is n peon revolution nnd nearly all of them nro enlisted' under somebody's banner. In Tabasco the difference rll enmo from rival candidates for, governor. When he left San Juan, tho state capital, thrco of thoso can dldatcs woro In Jail. They werb apparently ap-parently not greatly worried and were carrying on their usual business from tho prison. Mr. Mngelby left Supt. P. S. Mc-Allstcr Mc-Allstcr and bis assistant, Fred Pntlc-lnson Pntlc-lnson and their wives, on tho plantation, planta-tion, looking after tho affairs of tho company. They were In good health nnd In no discernible danger from the political disturbers of the peaco In that part of tho republic. Ho says that tho property of tho company haa not suffered materially from any do piedatlons and that tho trees have , grown so that harvest may bo resum- , ed nny tlrao it Is possiblo to get tup- pers and safo to hondlo tho product. Dcsoret News. |