The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-11-27
CHIHUAHUA NEXT
POINT OF ATTACK
BY REBEL FORCES

Ell PASO, Tex. Nov 2s.-An nttack
on the city OF chihuahua is planned "a
| General Francisco Villa and his rebe
/ army. who returned today from TERRA
| blanca, where they debated the federal
forces from Chihuahua. Villa stated to-
| night that as soon as his men had had
/ n rest after their work In the TERRA
| blanca fight he would send forth the
| greater part Of the rebel forces now IN
! Juarez against the state capital.
IN JuaTeE tonisht rebel officers said
! that The fedIralS arc at villa Ahumada,
! cighty-tbrce miles south OF Juarez. They
fear TO return 10 chihuahua because OF
| the presncc OF General Manuel Chao,
with 1000 rebel troops on the railroad
| line north OF chihuahua.
There was no formal celebration In
Juarez tonight over the victory achievd
by Villas men In the battle. Villa was
al his office IN the custom house late to-
night. conducting his regular business af-
fairs The soldiers remained In the bar
about tho streets Of the town The
rebels seemed TO take their victory over
| tho federal forces as a matter OF bust
ness.
not intend TO execute the federal pr!s-
oners whom he spared on The battlefield
and brought to Juarez. They VIII be kept
| in jail until the close OF hostIlities and
then parIIoned,
More than 100 prisoners were kept OH
the battlefield under guard during the
day TO bury the dead of both federal and
rebels killed in the battle.
They were brought TO Juarez tonight
| on a captured train.
Eugene Alton. IN American from Las
Cruces. Mexico. was brought 10 Juarez
today from the battlefield. a prisoner
OF the Villa army. He had been with
tile federal forces during the fight and
was captured during the battle. He
with the federals, but was n passenger
on their train. Efforts are being made
10 obtain his release.
General villa said that two relatives
chihuahua land owner, were killed in the
battle OnP OF them is Colonel Louis
Tcrrazas. q grandson. and another. Cap.
tain Francis Bulihar.
Americans who were ON the battlefield
while the fighting was in progress, claim
that both tederals and rebels killed the
encmy's wounded. besides executing
many of the prisoners captured IN the
battle.
An American chauffeur said that nc
saw several wounded killed. the soldiers
of both armies forcing the injured men
10 their feet and making them run. then
shooting them In the back.
Federal scrip money couBtersigned by
Villa was placed In circulation In Juarcz
To-Day, and has caused trouble between
tho merchants of the city. many Of whom
are foreigners, and General Villa. Thirty
thousand dollars was paid the troops In
scrip by tho rebel officials. and when
they tried 10 make purchases with the
money tho merchants refused 10 accept
the paper.
villa has threatened TO jail merchants
who Will not accept the scrip
In the federal trains which were cap
turcd by the rebels, officers OF the fed
eral army had brought all OF their pos
sessions, including fnll dress uniforms
and furniture. These were divided up
among the rebel troops, and tonight
many OF the soldiers there OF Villas
army are attired In federal officers uni
forms.