Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-04-03
Gen. Villa Announces Complete
Victory in Telegram to Cdrranza

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ialnlN WIN supreme 'l'l'I'
win General Cauon% when he re-l
,eiycd the news were Mrs Caranz1,
heir daughters. Virginia and Jun" /
Jesus Valdez Leaf % friend Samu' /
belden, Of san Antonio, Texas, and
the telegraph operator
The national salute was iireo'
hurch bells rung and whistles blown /
In lei Paso' Wheh lhe morse OF ''' /
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Beldcn. friend of Caflhnza s.
described the scene i'm the CarranAa
homc when the long awaited news Was
received
General Caifaift hta httn td'N
ing with Gomez Palacio off and ON
for some Time, aud was chatting WIN
members of his family lie seemel
very chcertul-eNon huoyanL
"Atll o'clock the telegraph opert-|
Cor came into the room WIN piece
of paper i'm his hand
We'll, muchocho, is II IuiieoH
the general smiled, as enc VINO knew
Well what the answer would he
Eyes. my chief came the reply
Carlanza kissed his daughters
lhcn--
Have the hueler sound the eal OF
triumph he ordered ana siEe me
'he telcphone. must ten MI+ iila
llis was lhe ilrst news ul nor y lua
iaud s. ochieVemeht u" I'''h M'S.
VIA .,
C1nglatulal's e'h'rai Nlllo'
Carranza's next act was to tele-
graph a message of hearty cnuErath-
lution to villa.
Meanwhile friends of Mrs VIVA
were calling her on the telephone with
words of cengratulation while others
despite the hour called ana wine re-
served for the occasion was gratefully
drunk 90 the victorious general 10 MS
loyal lieuteuauts ana those who gave
their lives
The victory gives the rebels mdis-
putcl control off tho central part ui
northern Mexico GOO miles south ffon
the Rio Grandc.
Its tul effect cannot hc summar-
ized in ID moment but In prestige ana
power il is said it's value is incalcu-
|l1hlc IT is "Cnm 90 make recruit
ling q comparatively simple matter and
I helders of the constitutionallst nat
money tonight predicted q sudden RISE
ir the rate when business IS l'suhltu
tomorrow. "a was selling al ~ cents
to the gold dollar TO-DAY
Villas NcN Move Uncertain.
Whether Villa will turn aside to
take Monterey am important city to
I the east. or TO the west against Ma
zathn, held by the telerals, is not
1 known villa habituolly keeps his
plans TO himself
The force sent against Iorcon was
the largest and hest equipped of any
\ in the revolutions which began with
the revolt of Francisco Madero tour
years ago.
/ villa claimed to have $4,000 men,
iand conservative estimates gave him
mine or ten thousand.
They went south fully uniformed.
with food for month and 5000
rounds of ammunition TO the man.
Many of their losses were due 60
the fact that some of the home made
shrapncl failed to work and 10 the
tact that A0u,00O cartridges slid to
have been bought in q job lot, failed
to work. 10 is said they We're manu-
factured many years ago and that
the powder had deterioratcd 10 ah
extent that lho bullets flew moi moro
than twenty feet some of the troops
are said 60 have gone into action with
these cartridges in their belts
villa Declined To he Hurried.
At Junrez and chihuahua for weeks.
villa waited while every detail was
being perfected. He realized per-
foctN that the campaign would prob
ably go far To decide the whole falc
Of the war and profitlng by the cN-
pericncc Of previous revolutions where
haste had led To disaster, he declined
to De hurried
The Mexican equivalent Of 'on to
( iBichmond" fell on deaf cars So far
as he was concerned.
Rapid fire guns were rushed 10
IJuarez from the Atlantic seahoard and
from Europe. Ammunition arrived I'm
ear lots, and at last everything seem
ed ready but still Villa waitcda-
A month or more ago the embargo
on arms was raised and II was thought
certain that at last villa would move,
but still he sat in his office at Juar-
cz
Water supply Problem.
Then. one day month ago he gave
his staff officers a half hours notice
and they We're off after the troops
that had preceded them.
Then the reason for the delay came
out
Il have perfected my water sup
ply said NiilU ut WaS my most
serious problem.