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Show VILLISTA FORCE LEAVESJIMINEZ Carranza Reinforcements Plan to Pursue Bandits and Avoid Clash With Americans. El Paso, Texas, July 7 The Vlllista forces have evacuated Jiminez and railway communication has been restored re-stored with Mexico City, according to a message received today by General Gonzales at Juarez, from General Tro-vlno Tro-vlno at Chihuahua City. General Tre-vlno Tre-vlno reported that Carranza cavalry now Is In pursuit of tho bandits. During their raid on Jiminez the Vlllista troops captured the Carranza nay train which was on Its way north From Mexico City, filled with paper money for the army and civil government govern-ment of northern Mexico, said a mining min-ing man arriving -from Chihuahua Whllo the Villlstas are rich in the new "uncounterfcltablo" paper, the military and civil employes must go without their June pay, ho said "Paper money is an Important toe-. toe-. tor in the present campaign of VII a ho continued. "The peon ; of Chihuahua Chihua-hua hold largo sums of Villa pape. which they hopo Villa will redeem. Therefore they pray for his buccobb. Furthermore Villa belong to the north- crn people and the Carranza. forces In the north come from eastern ana central Mexico. "No doubt now remains among the people of Chihuahua that Villa Is alive and directing operations. That he . should fall on the strongest section of i the Carranza cordon and destroj It, . killing its leader, General Ramos, be- - foro the various sections could effec-, effec-, tlvely join it, is typical Villa strategy. "General Trevlno has been rushing his troops back to the relief o Jam-Inez Jam-Inez His concentration in tho north , left tho Villa territory around tho - Florida river quite clear of Carranza ; forces. This gave Villa his opportmi-, opportmi-, ity and he used It." Troops Halted at Diaz. Chihuahua, Mexico, July 6, via El Paso Junction, July 7. Now troops sent south by General Jacinto Trevlno to aid in tho campaign against the Villlstas who attacked Jiminez have been ordered to hold themselves at Diaz, a short distance north of Jiminez Jimi-nez to await the co-operation of troops from Torreon. Troops from southern Chihuahua under General Luis Gulterrez who were ordered north to tako part In the campaign against the Vilfistas have been ordered back to their base. It Is hoped that telegraphic service will be resumed tomorrow. The water shortage has been ended by a heavy rainfall today. . no |