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Show Five Bins ShoUrWlexico Woman and Child Wounded at Tux- pam; Reports on Leon Battle Are Conflicting Washington, Juno 8. AdvlccB to the state department today from Vera Cruz transmitted a wireless message from Tamp'.co reporting tho capture of Tuxpam by Villa forces Sunday. S. I Jones was killed, Thomas Mallard, Mal-lard, Mrs. Mallard, their Infant child and A. T. Graves woro wounded whllo seoklng cover. Tho Ave are British subjotts. Messages received at tho British embassy confirming stnto department ndvlccs ot tho killing of ono British subject nnd tho wounding of four others nt Tuxpam were understood to havo moved tho English olllclnls hero and moved tho English officials hero and in Mexico to renewed efforts ef-forts to romovo their nationals from danger zonos, It not from tho republic. re-public. Ocnfllotiug roporU of rdftults o! .rolonged fighting '-utween Carrnim ' .1 Vii i i, , ,t ' . n ", Mexico, wcro recolved today In Washington. Wash-ington. Consul SlUIman nt Vera Cruz Informed In-formed the state department that reports re-ports of a victory by Obregon, tho Cnrranza military leader, over Villa forces "appeared to be confirmed." Dispatches received from tho Villa front at Leon by his agency hero to-1 night, however, asserted thoy had lost no engagements and that. nono. of their troop trains, artillery or supplies sup-plies had been captured jSlnco tho beginning of the engagement one week ago. Dispatches from tho Villa front said tho northern leader's troops had captured cap-tured 2500 mounts and a largo quantity quan-tity of equipment when they drove Carranza soldiers from Leon last Thursday. It was admitted that Car-ranza Car-ranza troops later took the city, which, the dispatches asserted was "of no strategic Importance." Tho dispatches added that after receipt re-ceipt of President Wilson's communication communi-cation Villa had proposed an armls- tlio and retired his forcos, but that Obregon had pressed on, compelling h'm to continue tho light. No replies had been recolved to Presldont Wilson's warning to tho Mexican factional leadors, but Consul Con-sul SlUIman had reported, officials said today, that Carranza's reception of tho stntoment Indented a favorable reply whllo Carothors sent n simllUr report on Villa's probable attitude No word came "from Mexico City tonight to indlcato that the special train which was to enrry nbout 300 foreigners on tho first leg of their Journey to Vera Cruz had started . Officials Of-ficials woro hopeful, however, that tho party would reach Vera Cruz on Thursday, when the transport Duford Is duo from Galveston. About ninety nine-ty Americans nre In tho party. Reports Villa's Route Complete Now York, June 8. General Al-varo Al-varo Obregon In a dtspntth received today by F. S. Ellas, Carranza consul con-sul genernl hero, gives details of tho battlo Of Leon In which ho claims tn hnve signally defeated Gonorals Villa and Angeles. General Obregon reports re-ports that tho casualty list of tho Villa forcos Is moro than 10.000 men, nnd that ho hns established his headquarters head-quarters in Leon. Tho dispatch, dated dat-ed from Loou via Vorn Cruz, Juno C, follows: "Havo occupied new hoadnuarters In the cltv of Leon Wo are In pur- j i ' ..' J ized from their defeat ot yesterday. Whllo It Is Impossible to give tho oxact number of dead, wounded, captured cap-tured nnd deserted, I expect that tho number will reach moro than 10,000. Every piece of artillery nnd all of Villa's trains are In our hands. "This battlo means the end ot Gonorals Gon-orals Villa and Angolei revolt. Both aro retreating wltlv-'small body guards to tho north. ,ii "Ar tlllery was sent frrt'm here to General Gonzales to assist the three batteries he has in the advance on Mexico City, which place Is expected to bo occupied before the end of this week." |