El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-01

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A complete wireless outfiU, billed to
Chihuahua. but which will be sent to
! Villa at Gomez PalaciO, for use in
maintaining communication between
/ the rebel forces at Torreon and Chi
huahua, was sent south on special
train which left JuareZ about 8 o'clock
Wednesday morning. With the plac-
4 ing of the wireless equipment in Oper-
alton. communication is expected to be
expedited between the rebel army and
Chihuahua.
More Rebel Munitions.
A second train left Juarez during
Wednesday morning for the south. 1t
carried two passenger coaches and
some munitions of war, including the
five machine guns that were prepared
Tuesday for shipment south.
A shipment of 100000 rounds Of am
munition and 276 rifles were exported
Monday through the custom house
port, although no cannon have been
sent south.
The ssTOrreOn Fall" Report.
Ell Paso and Juarez have not been
thrown into S UGH a quandry of doubt
and speculation in months as that ex-
perienced on Tuesday evening follow
ing the report by consul Theodore
Hamm, of Durango, of the talking Of
TOrreOn.
The rebels wanted to believe it, but
couldn't, as they had no confirmation.
They tried hard to get confirmation,
but to all pleas for news from the
quarters of Carranza, it was said that
they had received no advices. Robert
Pesquiera, confidential agent of Car
rama in the United States. f""'@- -
about o'clock Tuesday evening, that
he did not credit the report at a.; t.i;te
he supposed consul Hamm at Durango
had received TumOr and had tele-
graphed it to Washington.
One Exclamation.
Then the operators at the Juarez
telegraph office gave an explanation
that set the guessersl and surmisers
to work. The operators said they were
working direct with Durango, but
could not work south of Chihuahua;
that maybe the line was down between
Chihuahua and TOrreoh and that Villa
did not know ne could wire to Juarez
through Durango: that Durango might
have the official news The Durango
operator said a MESA he had been re-
ceived there from Wild ordering trains
to resume between Tbrreon and Du-
range, the latter city having been in
the hands of the rebels for some time,
and 1t was inferred that Torreon had
fallen. From this. i'll was surmised,
consul Hamm sent hisl message.
Villa Sends TrOdDs Away.
Inen, along about midnight came a
telegram to the effect that Villa sent
the briEades of MacIotiO Herrera and
Tomas Urbina east oil Torreon to in
tercept federal reinfoFcements mas
nuch as Villa had drawn in all his
troops from surrounding sections for
the combined attack upon Torreon, it
was argued that he would hardly be
sending any of his forces away from
Ihe pace unless he was in possession
30 there was much inclination to credit
VIVA with being in the town, but alb
SoIuIely no confirmation from rebel
sources.
Mrs. Villa without News.
Mrs. Villa received a message from
her husband during the day to the
5!IecL mat he was 'all right" but she
ara not receive any news of the fall of
Iorreon; neither did ANYBODY else in Ell
PasO. Had such a message come, the I
Juarez officials would have known 1t,
Tor 1t would have had to pass through
the Iuarez telegraph office and it
would certainly have attracted as much
1CteIL ZION as the Hamm message. which |
aC9eu all the excitement. Mrs. Ca
IoSHeIS was also Y. ithout news.
MI Hamm' mes Sage came through |
ne ne JuareZ office hbout o'clock and
M ili:IeuldIeIy therel ter, the news was |
SUI Edwards mad ~inuuirfes. he was
told at rebel hea aarters that an in :
yestlgatiOn was ling made of the
leak by this lie, however. every !
body in JUarez LEV the contents of [
me message i'm Sstance. The mes |
7dSe was add sd to secretary of !
5tate Bryan q a wilmington. At first |
i had bee1s reFted that consul /
,,' - AZ 'hihuua' mad also sent !
I message RI sportif the surrender, but |
-L.iS ~as listake Inc only message /
villa VIIV15eeIcorb Carranza.
Announce nent W. made in Juarez /