New-York tribune., 1913-11-27

quickly followed by anger and resent
ment. Not a man Of the nearly SIX
thousand has been able tonight to get
his $50 Mexican currency changed INTO
small bills or silver. and no merchant
in Juarez offers to let him make small
purchases and receive small money in
change.
Soldiers Money Rejected
In squads Of twenty to fifty the rebel
soldiers have visited the keno halls' tne
saloons and stores in vain, but none Oh
them succeeded. The trouble is not
that the merchants, gamblers ana sa-
loon men do not wish TO make me
change or sell to the soldiers. but II Is
because there is practically no change
In Juarez Weeks ago the supply ran
out. and when the battle started ior
the possession of the town a shipment
of $4,000 I'm change, consigned TO
JuareZ bank, was stopped in I'll Faso
and still is held here for safe keeping.
Villa returned TO Juarez in special
railroad car attached to troop tram.
on the roof Of the coach were Mexican
buglers. who as the train pulled INTO
own blew blasts of victory. The rebel
,hief was met at the station by the
federal band which he had previously
captured, and the musicians of Huer'a
furnished the music with which vita
was greeted.
Villa brought back with him fifteen
machine guns and the same number of
field pieces which he said he had capt
ured from the federals, and they were
made a feature of the triumphal parade
which was formed as soon as the rebel
army had reached the town. Villa re-
viewed the parade from his automobile
and many hundreds of Americans wit
messed it from the sidewalks.
Holds Wounded in Mexico.
The problem tonight is the care OF
the wounded in JuareZ. American Red
Cross officials, although permission was
given TO bring the wounded to FL Paso,
cannot do so, for the War Department
has made their crossing condluonal
upon the relinquishing by the rebels OF
their individuality as such. Villa VIII
not permit his wounded TO cross unless
the American government agrees TO
consider them non-combatants and free
from danger of arrest, and this has not
been granted.
The Americans cannot treat the
wounded in Juarez, because they insist
upon hosting Red Cross flags over the
hospitals. and this the rebels will not
permit. In the mean time, while the
controversy is on, the wounded lack
much of the medical attention which
the Red Cross is able to give.
Reports brought to the border that
General Ynez Salazar. federal COM
mander of cavalry, had been killed
were proved false to-day but it is
learned that he has been seriously
wounded. He was carried from the
field in the battle at Zaragoza on Tues
day.
All federal volunteers who were
captured by Villas men were executed
on the field Of battle, according to rebel
soldiers. There are no volunteers
among the several hundred prisoners
in Juarez. and it is alleged that Villa
has said that ne will spare no man who
was false to Madero by joining the
ranks Of the Huerta men.
Snatch Victory from Defeat.
Harry Franks a newspaper man, for
merly Of colorado, Mo-, watched Villas
Constitutionalist army for six hours
Yesterday win victory from the ragged
edge of defeat in the battle with Cen
eral Sal-ado Mercado's 6,00O federal
troops at La Mesa, thirteen miles south
Of Juarez.
THE federals opened fire immedi-
ately," he said ION Villas supply train
from Juarez Under a hail Of bullets
the train backed up out of range. This
was repeated when the federals again
found the range and opened fire on tn
train
Villas artillery vas then engaged
with the federal battery on the east
Turning his fire, he forced the federal
10 cease their bombardment. The fight
ing then ended on the wing and wa
recommended near Blanca, where I'll
federals again opened with srtiler.
fire. Villa at once took command 0
the right flank and ordered artiiler.
placed on a commanding hill and com
menced hot bombardment of the fed
eral position which General Mercad
commanded.
The federals attempted a strateg
move. Placing cannon on a fiat car
they tried to run it nearer TO the rebe
lines. Villa personally ordered his ar
tiflery 10 rain on the car and open fire
At the sixth shot the federal fire from
this source was silenced.
Flee, Leaving Their Guns.
Villas cavalry moved forward anC
advanced so far across the mesa tha
the federal artillery stationed on tn,
hill was useless Villas cavalry KEEP
up such a heavy fire that the federal
were compelled 10 retreat, abandoning
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