Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1913-11-25

I frderals doing great damage to the
rbpls with cannon ire
Fighting was desultory throughout
( the night along the front and near IA
ragOsa. and re opened with the first
F.. Of dawn today.
Colonel poririo TalamenteZ, one OF
the rebel colonels, was killed in the
battle last night. according to an
ncuncement at rebel headquarters in
( Juarez this morning.
/ II villa has succeeded in driving the
! f-dnrals back, as he claims this means
| Il postponement Of a decisive battle
| for the possession of the state as Viii
! Ia will be unable to follow the fed
! erals in case they retreat. He an
bounced when he captured Juarez,
! that he came for the purpose Of reple'
nishing his ammunition supply and
cutftting his men and that If the fed
erals did not attack him lin a few
days" he would go after them. The
present battle has again depleted his
supplies and he will be forced to wait,
il the federals retreat.
Passes were demanded from all
Americans who appeared on the
streets of Juarez, Street car traffic
across the International bridge was
not stopped, but persons having no
business in Iuarez We're hustled out by
rebel guards at the border
A machine gun platoon and troop
c of the thirteenth cavalry under Cap
tain John Il. Lewis, were reported en-
route here today from Columbus. N.
NJ, to reinforce the border patrol.
The machine gun platoon was to re-
iinforce troop D, thirteenth cavalry at
1.-THE international bridge, troop c being
stationed at the El Paso foundry.
Troop l., thirteenth cavalry, command
ed by Captain W. H. Clopton, enroute
from Noria n NJ. was to be stationed
at the FL Paso smelter
Ask Red croos Aid.
Colonel Juan n. Medina, of the
rebel forces this afternoon appealed
to the American Red Cross through
the local president, DR.. C. F. Braden.
for aid in treating the Juarez wound |
ed Dr. Braden has wired Secretary |
Charles L. Magee, at Washington for |
permission to send aid over.
Medina assures the Red Cross Off
cials that full protection will be given.
The wounded in Juarez are said to be
practically without attention.
Eagle Pass, Tex, Nov. 25.--A bat
tie between Mexican federals and
rebels at Las Vacas. Mexico, opposite
Del Rio, Texas, was reported in pro-
gress today. 1t was said each side
had 400 men in the fight
Washington, d. c., Nov. 25.--"All
quiet at Tuxpam," was the message
by wireless early today from Rear Ad-
miral Fletcher, of the Battleship !
Rhode Island steaming, with John
ind, for the most important port on
the Mexican gulf.
The battleship New Hampshire al.
ready is at Tuxpam.
The constitutionalist general, Aguil- |
ar. has renewed his assurances that
his men will commit no depredations
on the valuable British and American
oil properties, which are the subject
of so much concern.
Execution at Douglas
Douglas, Ariz., Nov. 25.-StandlrS
against an adobe wall, Clipped by the
bullets which have ended scores OF
other lives, Lieutenant Jose Castro.
of the Aqua Prieta garrison, was shot
to death today in view of the entire
population of the Mexican border
town. Castro paid the penalty inn
posed by the court martial for having
slain Maximiliano Montavo, a former
wealthy Mexican land owner, out re
duced by the fortunes of war to the
necessity of driving hack. He was