The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-20
REBELS CONTINUE ID RAID RANCHES Believe Pascual OrOzco Is in Coahuila REBELS WEAKENING Government Will Press Campaign Strenuously Against the Rebels.
 Society Leader Reported
 Captured by Bellas
REBELS WEAKENING

Mexico City September 1s.-Unoffi- cial but apparently reliable informa tion has been received here that Pas cual Orozco himself. whose where abouts have been puzzling the gov ernment officials since the battle of Ojinaga, is in charge of the rebel oper- ations in that section of Coahuila, where Marcelo Caraveao has recently been waging a successful warfare
 Caraveao. who is considered one of Orozcos main officers, and who was made a general by the rebel leader just before the battle of Paichimba. helped Orozco to rally the rebel forces after they had been routed at Ojnaea. They then moved southward. Military officials here believe that Orozco would not divide his forces and that he is therefore in charge of the oper- ations which Caraveao has been con- ducting near Musquiz, Coahuila, where the day before he routed force Of about 80 federals. inflicting consider able loss upon them.
 From Ojinaga to that part of Goa hula, where the rebels are raiding, Is about 200 miles over a desert coun- try and it is believed that their need of fresh horses prompted the raid which Caraveao is reported to have made upon the ranch of Gen. Geronimo Trevino not far from Musquiz The government has announced it's intention of pressing the campaign more strenuously against the rebels, and of sending more troops through the United States into Sonora. but Orozcos activities eastward, coupled with the rebel operations southward, have admittedly made the govern | ment's task a hard one.
 A campaigning against the rebels in Coahuila is expected to be directed by General Trevino, whose headquarters arc at Monterey.
 Zapata has given no new signs of marching against the capital but Za- patistas are active about Cuernavaca, daily raiding ranches and villages. Fed eral troops are pursuing these bands, but tkey manage to elude engage nents. A similar situation exists in the state of Mexico near Toluca, the capital, and also in the state of Guer- rero, where Jesus H. Salgado and his men are saclSing and forcing towns.
 Stories of massacres. are not uncom- mon. one report today from the state of Guerrero tells of the abduction of young women by the rebels band under Maxine Bellos is repored to have carried off Mrs Jesus Ferrer from La 1'orta, Vera Cruz, repudiated to be a society woman among the Mexican social circles.
 Bellos' men are said to be raiding with impunity. Attention here is cen tered chiefly on Oaxaca, the capital of which is still menaced by Indians bo- lieved to be commanded by Zapatistas. They are in control of the Mexican Southern railroad south of Oazaca, and are therefore able to move their troops to and from the state of Pueblo.
 Washington, September 19-Further evidence of the weakening of the Orozco rebellion is conveyed 10 the :tate and war departments in the latest reports from army officers and consuls of the movements of the various rebel leaders operating in the northern part of Mexico. These movements are so irresolute and indeterminate of purpose as to satisfy officials that no longer are the various generals acting under any common leadership.
 Officials here say reports show that nowhere are rebels disposed to meet federals in action except where they can attack some small town or mining camp garrisoned by a force very much smaller than their own. It is expected ths sort of warfare may be kept up for several weeks or even months in view of the superior mobility of the well mounted rebels, who are living on the country and free from heavy equipment or artillery.
 The mining plant at Fl Tigre, which was captured recently by the rebels and then 'retaken by the federals has begun to operate again. No Americans were held as hostages by SalaZar when he evacuated Fl Tigre. Gilbert McNe.l, who was shot in the foot, is the only American who suffered injury at the hands of the rebels. RobbiIg and loot ing still afe going on in th> neighbor- hood of Magdalena.
 Fl Paso. Tex, September 1s.-Gen- eral Orozco will make Ciudad Porforio piaz, opposite Eagle Pass, Tex, his objective point according to informa- ton received today at the rebel head quarters here He is reported to have mobilized an army of 1210 men under Col. Felix Terrazas and Col. Marcelo Carraveo. With this force he is re- ported to be at the Coahuila state line.
 Douglas, Ariz.. September 19-Gen. Roberto Velasco federal commander Of the first military zone tSonora, Sin a1oa and Tepic), has resigned. accord ing to advices from Hermosillo, Son ora.
 It is said there has been trouble be- tween Genera% .Velasco and Governor Maytoreny of .ara because of the governors alleged uesire to direct the military campaign in his state. Fighting was reported today nine miles north of Fronter between fed erals under Colonel Obregon and 200 rebels. The federals were on their way to Agua Prieta in anticipation of an expected attack on that town. Mex lean Consul Cuesta received word to- day that the secretary of war had di rected 5000 additional troops be sent to sonora.
 Juarez. September l9.-With 500 fed eral troops. four batteries of light and heavy artillery. Gen. Victoriano Huerta, commander of the northern forces, and Gen. Joaquin Tellez and staff, left here today in five trains for the southwest. If was reported tonight that they were planning movement to hem in the rebels under General Orozco
 Long Beach. Cal. September 19.-Gen-