The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1914-04-10
FOLLOWING
FLEEING FEDERALS
REBELS ATTEMPTING AN ENVEL
cPiNG MOVEMENT, SAYS
REPcRT.
U. S. RECOGNITION is ASKED
Movement Started o. Border by 7r1p
erty Owners in Northern Mextco
In Behalf Of General carrarza
-Hgerta Denies Victory.

-FGerta Denies Victory.
Juarez, Mex, April s.-Ceneral VII
Ia has gone to take charge Of his
troops at San Pedro, where they are
reported to have brought en- an en-
gagement with the federaIs who egac-
uated Torreon.
This information was given out OF
feiaIly, and 1t was added that the reb-
movement. ft was said that the bat
tie Is still raging.
Effect Of Victory.
Fl Paso.-The effect OF the rebel
victory at Torreon was felt here IN a
stirening of the market for cnnsrftu-
tionalist money and In the beginning
Of a movement to organize foreigners
owning property In Mexico to appeal
to Washington to recognize the Car
rama government.
The latter idea originated with for
nler Governor George Curry OF New
Mexico, but having placed the matter
IN the hands Of certain leading Demo-
Gratis to work out az they promised
to do, he expressed a desire to work
only in the ranks for the success OF
the movement. General Carranza ia-
eIined to comment on the movement.
but information OF it caused much
gratified comment IN Juarez.
New ~Insurrection Unlikely.
The movement Is said to be strni-
fcant OF a recently prominent senti-
ment that IL the revolution ia carried
TO success, the counter revolutions
which. it has been predicted. would
follow would not nateriaIize. In this
connection n Of the most prominent
Americans doing business in Mexico
said that the greatest guarantee OF
peace, which he prophesied would
follow rebel success lies IN the fact
that the incomes of the rich men for
merry able to finance ~ravoIts, have
been depleted In the last few years
to ar extent which would make Ii x
ceediagly difficult fer a new Insured.
ton OF any proportions to be financed.
Mr.. Curry said he was convinced
IaADie SEAAlklIlEA 4DLlrEl ItlE L~~
lief that recognition Of Huerta being
out OF the question. the time has come
for foreigners to lend such aid to the
Carranza revolution as will help It 10
a speedy conclusion.
Federal Lcses $500.
Federal sym pathizers in this ctts
claim information to the effect that
the federals who escaped from Tor
reon number $500 As they astiInat-
ed Velasco's force at 5000 this would
Indicate that In dead. wounded and
prisoners the Huerta forces lost 500.
The federals believe that velaseo
and the remnant OF his army will at
tempt to join with the Monterey gar
rison. said to number 1000. General
Pablo Gonzales, the rebel leader %
Grating In that section, is believed to
have a following Of 1000.
Huerta Denies Defeat.
Mexico.-The government persists
in its denial that Torreon has fallen,
characteriZing the news as a pure
fabrication by rebels. Both Minister
OF War Banquet. and Minister CT the
Interior Ignacio Afcocer maintain that
the government Is giving itself no
concern about the immediate safety
OF Torreon, although admitting they
had no direct communication with
the city. Senior AIcocer offered in
support OF his contention a telegram
from Conoduran. emigration chief at
FL Paso, dated April /, authorizing a
denial OF all stories that Torreon had
fallen.