Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1912-04-03
REBEL STRENGTH
IS DECREASING
Eorreon in No Danger and
Vera Cruz Is Reported
Tranquil
PARRAL NOT YET ATTACKED
Former FL Paso Police Officer
Under Arrest at
Juarez.

tBv Special Leased Wire to New Mexican)
i Washington, D c., April "a tele-
/ gram received here today from J..
Sanchez Azcona, secretary to Presi-
dent Madero, says: Vera Cruz COM
pletely tranquil News of disorders
there is untrue. Torreon is in no dan
ger The strength of the rebels is
steadily diminishing"
/ Another telegram declares the atti-
tude of the Mexican congress at the
opening on Monday as plain indica-
( tion that Madero's position is i'm
peccable
Roja Outnumbered.
Washington, D. c., April 3.-Mex,-
can rebels are credited in official
state department reports today with
.all successes near Jimenez, last week,
although the federal forces under Ger
eral Rojas We're said to have punished
the insurrectos severely before re-
treating
Rojas' force was far outnumbered
and without a base of supplies.
American Arrested at Juarez.
Austin, Texas, April 3.-Powell
Roberts, the American arrested in
Juarez Sunday, was held by MeXicans
apparently as a decoy to entice GER
tain El Paso policemen into Mexico.
where the policemen might be arrest
ed, according to an official report 10
Governor Colquitt, today. The gov
ernor wired Secretary Cf State Knox
to try to obtain Roberts release
Roberts Not an Officer.
Austin, Texas. April 3.-The report
to Governor Colquitt was from Sheriff
Edwards of FL Paso. The sheriff said
Roberts was not policeman and that
he had nothing to do with the search
o. the house of one of the rebels who
was then living in El Paso and who
says the officer stole some money"
Sheriff Edwards report said that the
rebels seemed to be holding Roberts
in an effort to ;eet Texas officers who
searched the house to come in person
SO as to hold them for doing their
duty"
The MeXicans have refused the of
ficers' afidavits, stating they went
the Officers to come over.
Wires Cut South of Juarez
Ell Paso, Texas. April 3.-The wires
cut last night, We're down this morn
ing and the usual communication
with Chihuahua and Jimenez was not
available. The statement, made at
JuareZ last night that a bridge was
blown up five miles south of the city,
proved incorrect as the regular train
from the south arrived on time this
morning What caused the heavy de-
donations heard last night. remained
a mystery. Mayor c. f. Kelly sue
ceeded in getting a telegram over the
Mexico Northwestern lines to General
Pascual Orozco, protesting against
the arrest of Powell Roberts, and his
secret removal from the Juarez Jail
to Chihuahua yesterday.
False Charges.
Mayor Kelly and all who knew Rob
erts, until recently sergeant of po-
lice in FL Paso, declare that the
charge against Roberts that he was in
a raid on the home of Jenraio Cisne-
ros, in which $500 was taken, is fa'se
At the time of the raid when the p0-
lice We're searching for arms and am
Cisneros made no report Of
any money being missing. Further.
more it is stated that Roberts was not
a member of the searching party.
Attack on Parra Delayed.
Ell Paso, Texas, April 3.--At noon
the wires We're restored and a portion
of dispatch, filed by the Associated
Press correspondent at Jimenez last
night, came through.
The telegram explained that rein
forcements were sent to General Cam
pa yesterday at the latter's request
when he found that General PanchO
Villa, the federal defender of Parrai.
had occupied hill known as La
Prieta, where he could resist a much
larger force than his own. Campa's
force is supposed to outnumber Vii
las two to one but such was the
strength of the position of the govern.
ment troops that Campo determined
to QolaV an assault until ho uac in