The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-11
REBELS ARE ROUTED.
Lose $50 Men in Battle With Madero's
Forces.

Forces.
Mexico City, March 11.-Rebels lost
$50 men in a battle near Gomez Palacic
on March 9, according to a special dis
patch from Torreon via San Pedro, re-
ceived 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 fee from Gomez
Palacio, on March 9, concentrated on a
ranch in the vicinity for a fresh attack
but a column of cavalry, infantry and
artillery under command of General
Trucy ALBERT which had just arrived
from Torreon, attacked them on the
plain of San Ignacio. The rapid fire
guns of General Trucy Aubert's force
created great havoc in their ranks and
caused them to take a fight in a
panic, leaving a large quantity of arms
of provisions left Monterey yesterday
for Torreon.
OrozcO Is Delayed.
FL Paso, Tex, March 11.-News from
Chihuahua is that the advancing rebels
are meeting with so muci. delay from
burned bridges that General Orozco
may not be able to bring his army 10
Torreon for attack until after the
heavy federal garrison now arriving
there, has been able to crush the rebels
in the Laguna district from whom
Orozco has planned to get reinforce
InentS.
Col Antonio Rojas and command
from Juarez reached Chihuahua today
making the total garrison about 400
men, with 800 already south on trains
acting as an advance guard to open up
the railroads. The federals promise re-
slstance at Santa Rosalia and Jiminez
where, though small in number they
Tn1 G4I
are being recruited and modified near
OJlnaga with view to marching on
Chihuahua, when Orozco's army with
draws to the south. Federals also are
expected from Sonora to attack Chi
huahua.
Federal Victory at CuIiacan.
Mexico City, March blight hun
ored rebelS were routed by a force of
20 0federal in a street battle at Culia-
can, capital of the state of Sinaloa, &C
corning to a report received today by
the department of the interior. The
1edera1 troops employed machine guns
and the number of rebels killed,
wounded or made prisoners is report
ed to have totalled 200. The federal
loss was slight.
Foreigners Urged to Arms.
Washington, March 11.=State de-
partment dispatches today indicate
that law abiding citizens, including
foreigners in Mexico, had been urged
to arm and organize themselves. 1t
is pointed out that there is a large
d1sorderly element in Mexico City
which might commit acts of vandal-
ism if the capital should be threaten
ed by the insurgents necessitating the
federal troops leaving the city to en-
gage the rebels.
Many large shipments of arms con-
tinue to cross tie Mexican border from
the United States, according to dis
patches to the war department from
officers along the line. While it is not
doubted that these arms are for the
use of the rebels going through the
custom house at Juarez, as they do,
the army officials can not seize them
because they are going in the "regu-
lar channels of commerce" The col
lector of customs at Ell Paso, Texas,
today telegraphed Secretary of the
Treasury MacVeagh that the shipment
of arms and ammunition recently
seized by the army at Ell Paso seemed
to be a regular consignment entitled
to enter Mexico under the rules laid
down by the president. A serious
situation continues around Torreon.
Advices coming into Durango by cour-
Ter from Torreon declares the place
entirely isolated, with several thous-
and reVolutionists in the vicinity and
food supplies almost exhausted. Du-
range seems to be the only spot in the
state of that name which is not over
run with anarchists.