Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1912-03-11
MEXICAN REBELS
ARE ROUTED
Lose $50 Men in Battle Near
Gomez Palacio and Are
Forced to Flee
MACHINE GUNS DEADLY WORK
Chihuahua VIII Be Attacked
When Insurrecto Force There
Is Depleted.

Is Depleted.
'l2v Special Leased Wire to New MexicanJ
Mexico City, Mex, March 11.-Reb-
els lost 80 men in a battle near Co
mez Palacio on March 8, according to
d special dispatch from Torreon via
San Pedro received by the impartial
today. The federal casualties in the
fighting have not been reported. The
rebel forces routed by the rural
guards and forced to flee from Gomez
Palacio on March 9, concentrated on
ranch in the vicinity for fresh at
tack but column of cavalry, infan-
try and an artillery under command
of General Truck Aubert. which, had
just arrived from Torreon, attacked
them on the plain of San Ignacio. The
rapid fire guns Of General Truck Au-
bert's force created great havoc in
their ranks and caused them to take
a flight in panic, leaving a large
amount of arms and provisions on the
field. Three trains of provisions left
Monterey yesterday for Torreon.
Orozco Hindered.
FL Paso. Texas, March 11.-News
! from Chihuahua indicates that the
| advancing army of rebels is meeting
with so much opposition from burned
bridges, that General Orozco is be-
ginning to fear he will not be able to
/ bring mis- army up to Torreon for at
tack until after the heavy federal
garrison now arriving there. has been
able to crush the rebels in the Lag
una district, from whom Orozco has
/ been expecting to get reinforcementS
on arrival near Torreon. Colonel Ro-
jas and command from JuareZ reach
ed Chihuahua today, making the to-
! tai garrison about 1,400 men, with 500
already south on trains acting as a
pioneer detachment to open up the
railroads. The federals promise re-
| sistance at Santa Rosalia and Jimin-
eZ, where, although small in number,
/ they are well fortified
/ Federal commands are being re-
cruited am mobilized near Ojiniga
northeast of Chihuahua. it is declar-
,, ed, with a view to march on Chihua-
hua when Orozco's army withdraws
to the south. Federals are also eX-
pected from Sonora to attack Chinda-
, hua when the rebel garrison is re-
duced.
No arines for Legation.
Washington d. c., March 21-It
was stated positively at the state and
navy departments today that no call
had come from Ambassador Wilson
for American marines to guard the le
cation in the City of Mexico, nor is
any sucn call anticipated.
Theoretically there would be no
obstacle to he dispatch of marines
to form a legation guard in the City
, Of Mexico, provided state of abso-
lutte anarchy prevailed that threaten
ed the lives of Americans domiciled
there. Bat such action would not be
; taken in the ordinary course unless
. the titular government confessed it's
inability to afford protection to for
eignOrs.
Another Federal Victory.
. Mexico City, Mex. March 11.-Eight
> hundred rebels We're routed by 200
federals in a street battle at Culia-
can, capital of the State of Sinaloa,
= according to a report received today
;, by the interior department. The fed
= eral troops employed machine guns
and the number of rebels killed,
wounded, or made prisoners, is re-
iported to have totalled 200. The
federal loss was slight.
Z. Anarchism in Mexico City.
Washington, D. c., March Ii
;e State department dispatches today in
dicate that law abiding citizens, in
cluding foreigners in Mexico have
been urged to arm and organize them
!, selves. 1t is pointed out that thert
Il is large disorderly element in Mexi
- co City which will commit acts of van
- dalism if the capital should be threat
!, ened by the insurgents. necessitatins
the federal troops leaving the city t
- engage the rebels. Many large shin
ments of arms continue to cross thu
- Mexican border from the United
States, according to dispatches to tn,
II war department from officers alon,
y the lines while it is not doubted tina
er these arms are for the use of rebel
I'd going through the custom house a
H. Juarez as they do, the army official
ct can not seize them because they ar
st going in the regular channels O
,e commerce"
le Arms Into Mexico.
e. The collector of customs at Ell Pas
today telegraphed Secretary of tn
of Treasury MacVeagh that the shipmen
d. OF arms and ammunition recent
of seized by the army at Ell Paso seen
,e- ed to be a regular consignment enti
m led to enter Mexico under the rule
IN laid down by the President
A serious condition continues aroun
Torreon. Advices coming into Duran
go by courier from Torreon declar
N. the place entirely isolated, with SCI
eral thousand revolutionists in the cit
ny ard food supplies almost exhausted
on Durango seems to be the only Spot