The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-10
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.sThe report that have threatened
Luis Terrazas II with death on tht
constitutionalist firing line at TorreoI
unless a ransom is paid. is not true,
| said Villa. ut is true, however, tia
/ demanded that the Terrazas family
turn over to me the other SOC, 00t
pesos promised by General Terrazas
While our cause needs money, have
not yet reached the point where il
order to get it would put man rot ,
military man on our firing line in bat
atle General Villa admitted that he
had made demand for surrender to the
rebels OF the La Rigina ranch near
M1qui, owned by General Snyman. tn.
former leader OF the Beers in South
Africa.
II issued that order" he SAID. be
cause am sure ssayman is holding
property under false pretenses. The
ranch belongs to the Lujan family, q
branch of tie Creel family and en-
emieB OF the constitutionalist cause
They are usinN Snyman simply as a
blind behind which to hide with the
hope that their great estates will not
be confiscated for the benefit of the
people to whom the land belongs. If
Snyman can prove he bought the
ranch before the Madero revolution,
even if it is not paid for, / will with
draw the order OF confiscation'
Snyman is now subject of Great
Britain.
600 Rebels Slain.
Ell PASO, Texas, March 10.-Gener.
al Toribio Ortega's constitutionalist
forces near Torreon have suffered a
serious reverse, according to mail ad
vices received from there today.
These state the battle occurred early
in the week. the victorious federals be
| ing commanded by Generals Ricardo
Pena and Benjamin Argumedo. In the
engagement, the dispatch said, NOR,
than 900 rebels were slain, $50 wound
ed and 100 captured. The total dead
on both sides is given at 1,080. This
engagement Is believed to be the bat
Il tie referred to in a dispatch from
Mexico City last week in which force:
commanded by the same generals were
said to have been engaged.
The details were telcgraphed to Gen
eral Villa at Chihuahua but he de
MED that any such battle had beer
fought. ortega. he said, could no
have been in such an engagement, a!
| he was actually In Chihuahua at thu
time. looking after supplies.
Dynamited TWO Trains.
| by United Press staff correspon
| dmt.]
| MEXICO CITY, March 1O.--Rsbel
attacking Torreon. dynamited two fed
eral troop trains today, carrying N
4 Inducements to defend the town. TIL
war ofice refused to give out th
death list, but 1t was understood her
that the casualties were small. Ger
eral Huerta has ordered strict Ger
sorship on accounts of the fighting a
| Torreon.
Two hundred Mexican refugee
reached here today, who asserte
they were allowed by United State
troops to escape from Fort Bills
across the TMas border, on paymen
OF small brides. The Mexicans sal
that the prices of escape were 81
for officers, IS for priyates and do
i lar for women The refugees wr
4 among those who fed across the Ri
Grande into Texas during the rebs
j, attack on towns In northern Chihu;
hua and begged the American SO
J, diers to protect them. The Mexican
said that the soldiers concealed til
J fight Of the refugees from the officer
by substituting border Mexican
anxious to get free board from til
J, United States. General Huerta hi
J, ordered the federals to take the offe
sive against the Carranzistas in a
parts of Mexico. Heretofore I'll
Huerta troops have acted solely {
the defensive, contsnting themselv,
with resisting attacks by the rebel
According to message sent by IL
dictator to the governors Of all state
the fedsrals will now vigorously q
tack the constitutionalists In IL
north and force the fighting all alo1
the line.
Nelson O'Shaughnessy, America
charge d'affaires is constantly accol
panied by a body guard, on the ord
of Huerta, who profsssed 20 fear tn
an anti-American demonstration mig
follow the Vergara affair.
coIauitt's Stand.
NEW YORK, March 10-"Tex
stands for the defense of her Peep
their lives, their homes and the
prop faty. ] assume all responsibility
attaching to the governors Office
this state and am not afraid to
So"
: This was the statement OF Govern
i. Colquitt OF Texas received by t
I United Press today in response to
z inquiry as to his position on the sit,