The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1914-04-03
TORREON STILL
RESISTS REBELS
Federals StubbOrnly Fight Inch
BY Inch Progress OF
Villas Men.
AMERICANS BACK From FRONT
Newspaper Correspondents Say Huer'
ta's Soldiers Were Twice Vic
torious But Failed to Follow
Up Their Advantage.

Juarez, Mex, April 1.-At 8 o'clock
last night General Carranza stated
positively that while there was every
reason to hope for the early capture
Of Torreon, the town had not yet
fallen, and that the positions of the
troops nave not materially changed
in the last twenty-four hours.
This information was given out
through Roberto V. P~esduiera, conf
Dental agent of the Constitutional
lists, and Alfredo Broceda, secretary
TO Carranza. They also traced to its
origin the report this afternoon that
the city had fallen.
The townspeople became highly ex-
cited when a rebel official exhibited
TO two Americans a telegram sent
yesterday by Theodore Hamm, Amer
ican consul at Durango, to Secretary
Of State Bryan. 1t said he had been
informed that Torreon had fallen.
1.-THE situation in a nutshell" Senior
PesQuiera said, rs that the capture
Of Torreon seems certain, but no n
can predict when"
The long expected battle in the
neighborhood Of Tampico is still in
allegiance, according to reports today
from the naval officers in that vicin-
ity. Admiral Fletcher today trans
mitted to the navy department from
Vera Cruz a report received by him
from Admiral Mayo, at Tampico, say
ing that the federal gunboat, Vera
Cruz, was engaged yesterday in firing
into the country beyond Dona Ce-
ella, where the presence Of the van
guard Of the Constituencies attack.
ing force is supposed to be.
Americans Tell Of Battle.
FL Paso, Tex, March 31.-A tale of
rebel reverses and rebel luck was
brought here tonight from the front
by John Read, correspondent of the
New York World, and Robert Dor.
man, a photographer. The stories are
the first unbiased accounts Of wit
nesses since the attack on Gomez
Palacio, Lerdo and Torreon began.
They left the front Saturday morn.
ing, at which time they estimated that
the rebel loss was two thousand in
killed and wounded.
Dorman brought back a report that
Col. Victor Huerta, son of President
Huerta, was among the federal dead
He said also that British Vice Consu.
Cummings of Gomez Palacio was sent
TO Torreon by General Villa to sug
gest to General Velasco that he sur
render.
I'VE were whipped twice at Gomez
Palacio," Dorman said, but the fed.
erals did not have the good sense to
follow up their advantage, and villa
returned to the attack after reorga
nizing and ultimately occupied the
city. We we're whipped right there
but Velasco, the federal commander
did not know it.
Federal prisoners whom we cap
tured said that Velasco later went in
sane In the trenches. The prisoners
told us he went mad at Gomez Pa
lacio and went raging up and dowr
the lines cursing and issuing the mos
absurd orders. Ultimately his owl
officers put him under restraint
General villa is a fighting ran
He was everywhere and his creates
delight was to join the assaults OF
foot and throw hand grenades him
self. Ultimately he will take ToI
Teon. When we left Saturday morn
ing the fight for possession of ToI
Teon was IN progress. It was slow
stubborn work, as the rebels had t
fight from house to house, the enem
Tetreating from position to positio,
through holes knocked through tn
mudhouses which are built on
against another"
Torreon Battle Continues.
Juarez, March 30.-An Official mel
cage from the front last night state
that fighting is still going on for tn
possession Of Torreon.
The telegram a y that the rebeI
now hold all positions except the mai
barracks and two smaller barracks. |
the last t%wenty-four hours. II is T
ported, General villa took Cerro de
Cruz and the Torreon foundry.
Another telegram admits q reb
loss in the last six days OF 900 killC
and wounded and places the feder
loss at 1000. AS there are already
chihuahua 500 wounded the report
rebel losses is thought to have bee
minimized. Among the rebel woundC
Is General Tomas Urbina.
It is said that private soldiers mac
prisoners are being taken into Il
rebel ranks, but their officers are e
ecuted, unless they take the oath
allegiance to the Constitutional
cause. All irregular troops in the Re
eral garrison are executed upon ca
ture.