Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-11-25
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miles south OF Juarez. indicates that
Il terrific battle was in progress all
of Yesterday between the Constitu-
tionalist army. under General Villa,
, and the Federal army under General
Salazar. At the beginning of the
battle the attack by the rebels was
repulsed. Late reports last night
were to the effect that the tide of
battle mad turned and that the COM
mand Of General SalaZar was sur
rounded. 1t is believed at Ell Paso
that a second bloody battle will be
fought today.
The Huerta government announced
yesterday that General Navarette. the
federal commander, had reached Vic
toria, the capital Of Tamaulipas, Sat
urday, and relieved that city. Every
effort within their power is being uti-
LIKED by Huerta and his cabinet to
conceal from the Mexican people the
disastrous straits of the government.
General Banquet, in speaking for
his chief, declared that the govern.
ment is confident Juarez will again
be in the possession of the federals
before the end of the present week.
The battleship New Hampshire left
Vera Cruz Har0Cr for Tuxpan last
evening. The situation at Tuxpan is
said to be decidedly grave as the
rebels are holding the Pearson Oil
properties and have intimated at pos
sible danger to foreigners in the dis
trict. A small band belonging to the
force of the Constitutionalist general
Aguilar has broken up the camp Of
the Electra Mills Company. British
concern at Saladero, taking every
thing it contained. General Aguilar
is still demanding money contribu
lions from the oil company.
The refugee colony at Vera Cruz
was considerably diminished lyester-
Cay by the return to Mexico City
of about sixty Americans, including
many women.
Fifty Americans and 200 MexieaRs,
all refugees, arrived at Laredo,
Tex, yesterday on the first National
Railroad train that has come from
Mexico in more than six weeks. They
came from Monterey and Torreon.
and declare that conditions south of
the Rio Grande are terrible.
The sultan of Turkey ratified the
Turco Greek treaty of peace yester-
day.
The announcement was made yes
terday in Washington of the engage
ment of Miss Lucy Hoke Smith,
daughter of Senator and Mrs. Hoke
Smith, to Ensign Aliston R. Simpson,
u. S. N.
The Midland Railway station at
Castle Bromwich, q suburb of Birm-
ingham, was partially destroyed by
fire yesterday by suffragettes, and
placards threatening all railway sta
lions we're found in the vicinity.
In order to provide suitable enter
tainment for foreign military officers
who will visit the Panama, Pacific Elk
position, the Zlr department will in
clude in its estimates for 1915 an APP
preparation Of $4,000 according to
statements Of officials in Washington
yesterday.
Gaby Deslys, the Partisan actress,
who created a sensation when she ar
rived in this country carrying a pet
hen, defied the management of the
Hotel Shenley in Pittsburgh yester-
day, when she was ordered out be-
cause she struggled her hen and two
Yorkshire terriers into her apart
ments, which are in a state of siege.
A campaign of intimidation, to pre-
vent witnesses in the police swindler
graft investigation from backing up
their charges before the grand jury,
has been started in New York by
friends of the men whose names
have been mentioned in the confes-
sions of the race track wire tappers.
The government will investigate
the high cost of living. Attorney
general McReynolds yesterday issued
instructions to all federal district at
torneys to begin at once a sweeping
inquiry into cold storage conditions.
The probe will be nationwide.
The secretary of the navy Jester
day announced that $50 marines will
leave Philadelphia on the transpor:
Prairie for Pensacola, Florida, prob
ably Friday.
This movement of marines is the
first toward filling up the Pensacola
navy yard for use as an advanced
base for the navy and marine corps.
The marines will be set to work
Immediately improving the navy yard
and rendering it fit to receive a divi-
sion of the torpedo destroyers, which
will use Pensacola as a base this win
ter
In January the marines from Pen