The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-30

chihuahua. March 2s.--Such news
rs reached here to-day from the front
was unfavorable to the rebels Wound
cd rebel soldiers continued To arrive
by train. bringing the number now here
TO SIS. Several hundred other wounded
Were being provided for at Jminez.
and patches Of wounded were distrib-
uted az Parral and Santa Rosalia
This evidence of the sanguinary
conflict at Torreon, with the suggcs-
ton that the list OF dead the rebel
side necessarily would be great, tend :
ell to make headquarters reticent about
tho progress OF the battle. Officers
admitted they have received dispatches
from the front. but declined TO reveal
the contents.
The report originated from one OF
the hospitals that General Francisco
Villa had been wounded slightly and
compelled TO leave the front. Tha
report was based on tic word OF a
wounded soldier. who. however, in
sisted he had seen Villa wounded.
He declared that FOR moral effect the
news was withheld from the rank OF
the rebel army.
I.ureh Into Gomez Pnlacio.
y German military observer who ar
rived to-day from the front said:
The Fedora! army lured us right
into Gomez i'alacio. a suburb 10 the
north OF Torreon, before they opened
lire. Then they let loose such a hail
Of rifle and machine gun shot as would
have completely denoralized an ordi-
nary Mexican army. The men fell by
the score. y cotton bale platform
by the railroad tracks was so covered
with dead rebels that one could not
walk across IL without stepping on a
body. General villa had such a large
army that he felt he could afford TO
sacrifice many men to get o foothold.
Almost the whole Zaragoza Brigade.
under General .ieuirre Benavidcs, was
wiped out, although. think General
BcnavideS recovered.
The shock and surprise to tho rebel
troops. who had expected to scare the
Fcdcrals and walk into Torreon with
little lighting, resulted in n temporary
withdrawal Three or four days Of
fghtng up TO the time I left, failed
10 bring about any result"
General Villas delay In taking Tor
rcon, it is said. has revived belief that
should the lluerta forces drive him
north. something in the nature OF a
northern republic. embracing the
states bordering on the United States.
Will be established.
Crisis In Financial Affairs.
Unless decisive results are achieved
soon. financial affairs Of the rebel ter
ritory VIII reach crisi, according
10 men in authority. Six illion pesos
In fiat money are i'll circulation in the
States of Chihuahua, Durango and
parts of Zacatccas, and this money is
steadily decreasing in purchasing
power, with 40 prospective reserve
backing. while more money is being
Issued The present value OF IL peso
note is about Is cents.
Despite Governor Chaogas assurance
10 the state Department that Luis
TcrreZas, Jr., would not bo executed,
II was learned definitely here that Ter
rezas was threatened with execution
twice within the eight days. He was
saved from death within twenty -four
hours on one occasion, " through
the efforts of representatives Of Il
foreign government, who's pleaded all
one night that the prisoner be given
an extension OF three days. The three
days ended, another was granted, and
later through another influence, the
talk of execution was dropped tenn
Dorarily