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Show CARRANZATROOPS I MOVINGNORTH I Two Columns Headed Toward the Border on Orient Line From Chihuahua. Presidio, Texas, Nov. 30, via United States Army Telephone to Marfa, Tex., Nov. 30. A persistent report here and in Ojinaga, opposite, this port, was In : circulation today that two columns of I jH Carranza troops from Chihuahua City were moving toward the border here, one being at Coyame and the other at jH Aldama on the Orient railroad lino jH from Chihuahua. Lm A message was received at the military headquarters In Ojinaga last j night which had been brought from J Aldama to Coyame by courier and j from there sent to the border bv j telegraph. The contents of this mes- r sage was not made known, but it was believed to contain information j about the column of de facto troops. j No refugees have yet reached the bor- der hero from Chihuahua City, but it is believed that Villa is in possession i of the state capital of Chihuahua. j There was unusual activity in the j Ojinaga garrison today. 1 Bringing Wounded Soldiers. Juarez, Mexico, Nov. 30. Wounded JH Carranza soldiers were seen early to- day in a second-class passenger coach . in tho Juarez railroad yards. On a number of flat cars in tho same yards LL were seen 2G field pieces which are j believed to have belonged to Trevino's JLL forces and brought from the south by ! General Gonzales when he returned late last night on his special train . from tho vicinity of Sauz. j fl The wounded wero also brought j north to the border at tho same time. Hospital supplies were hurried to the improvised Red Cross car today and I Mexican physicians were in attend- LL ance on the wounded. A train was : being made up in tho Juarez yards j today to go south. It is expected to j bring additional refugees and wounded ! soldiers to tho border here.' LL El Paso, Texas, Nov. 30. Two Asy- fl rian refugees who arrived here early today on a train from Sauz reported ' Villa in possession of Chihuahua City ; when they left there at 4:30 o'clock , Monday morning. , Tho refugees said Villa attacked ; four days and was. repulsed but re- I jLLM turned on the fifth day (Monday) and . captured tho city. : LL General Trevino, the refugees said, ! went south with a part of his com : mand. 1 Between forty and fifty foreigners, including Americans, came in the train. They wore unable to state ; 'H whether and Americans or other for : clgners wero killed in Chihuahua City. oo 1. Immm |