Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-04-01
Reports of Capture Pronounced
False by Co0stjtutioOaIist
Agent Roberto v PeSQuIera
at Juarez.
SUPREME CHIEF is
HOPEFUL OF VICTORY
Alleged Telegram To Secretary.
of State Bryan From Amer
Ican Consul at Durango ISL
Pure Fake.

fsv aoRslNa IouRNAl eetctAl tcAeeo wlerI
JUAItI,Z MEN. March 3t-N S
oclocl, tonight General CarranYn
stated positively thai while there was
every reason 10 hope for the early
capture Of Torrcon. the town had not
YET fallen. and that the positions of
the troops have not materially chang
ed in the last twcnty.funr hours.
This information was given ont bY
Robert Y, Pc~quicrCra, confidential
agent Of the constitutionaliSts. ana AZ
frcdO llrecCda. secretary to tnrrnnxa.
They also traced 10 lts origin the re-
port this afternoon that the city had
fallen.
The report burst into flame when a
rebel official exhibited 10 two Amcri-
cans telegram sent yesterday by
Theodore llamm, American consul at
Durango. 20 Secretary of state Bryan.
II said lac had been Informed that
TOrreon had fallen.
THE situation In nutshell" said
senior Pcsquicrcra. "is that the cap
ture of Torfenn seems certain hat no
one can predict when"
False Reports Stir City.
This city was thrown into state
RI NitI- 90 'hN fAf.IIl'.tIA AAif" fAANf AlNINtA
when 10 was reported THAT TofrcoH
had fallen. but the report failed 90
Notification or denial
The rebel officials telographed To-
Gomez ralacio asking General villa
81 the news We're truc. the operator
there replied that De was under or
dors To- transmit no mef-ages off ans
'Knd.
G1l Ca4anza said be- ragrtt, Il
that d. ould NOT confirm the reportI
and other officials had Tho same ne
ply
The FIRST report has ii that Marion
Letcher. United states consul at Chi
hnahua. has transmitted % Secretary
oi State Bryan a report from George
f. Carothers who has been at the
front with NiIla as q representative
of the United states that Torrcou was
captured at 1880 o'clock this after
noon
on the heels of this some rebel OF
hcial telephoned 10 the offices of tnoI
Mexico & Northwestern railroad here
that the capitulation Of the federal
garrison was officially announced
Agalu Closes saloons.
The rumor spread rapidly ana I'm NJ
few moments the streets leading tnl
illi Afl'hlAI VA Wllthf WIZ ihiAAllNf'ht
with people At the international
bridge there was stream OF interest
ed persons pouring I'm from El pasol
and orders were issued that B1 Do
searched for weapons The saloons
which were allowed 10 reopen last
night. We're again closed
That something was wrong with
the news began 90 he suspected when
rohei officials were observed among
the seekers FOR Information Singly
and in groups they returned from
General Carran2a's office. shaknR
their heads. and went 10 the telegraph
office. Here too, notification was luck Z
ing and finally Frederlco Gonzales
Gar2a telegraphed directly 90 General
villa, only 90 bo informed by the op
orator that his message could net DE
handled
villa Admits Desperate Resistance.
The whole incident left the im
preston that something Of import I
ance was taking place In the south.
and IL was hnpcd that official an
nouncement of victory was merely
being delayed for some purpose known +.
TO villa alone.
A telegram from him 20 Genera /
CarTanza, sent this morning and given /
FhA AAAlN AAA'l MUM lfli AAftANtl 'NNl tiNlfi
on his welcome 10 Juare2. and said /
that villa hoped 10 announce the SUR /
render OF Torrcon i'm few hours An /
other telegram purporiing tn come /
from Villa stid that he was meeting I
with desperate resistance in attempt /
ing to take the general barracks. tin +
last position held by the fcdorals. and |
was about ~ dynamite buildings In (
the neighhorhood SO that Doc could .
bring his artillery into play
lt was learned tonight that General
Muncolvia Hprrerl who has been on- /
gagged in the lighting at Touoon. has
begun march eastward with the eN-
pectation of meeting federal rein
forcemcnts marching ON Torrcon from
Saltillo
AT midnight save for Hcrrcra's de- /
parture, it was said thp situation at /
Torreon proper was unchanged