The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-30
VILLA STARTS AGAIN
AGAINST SALTILLO
Is Said TO Have Withdrawn His
Own Brigade, 1000 Strong,
From TOrreOn.
ASSASSINATION RUMORED
Wireless Message Picked Up in
JuareZ, Is Believed
to Be False.

Ell PAso. Tex. April 29.--The Fort
Bliss wireless picked up a message to-
night declaring that Pancho villa had
been assassinated at Chihuahua to-day.
Messages from Chihuahua tonight. how
ever. stated that villa left for the South
at six o'clock to renew the campaign
against SaItilio.
II is not believed that any authentic
message regarding Villas assassination.
had II taken place would have been
picked up from the rebel wireless as the
message caught at Fort Bliss was in Eng
fish and genuine message from Chihua-
hua would have been in Spanish.
Villas own brigade. numbering 1000
men and known as Ia Brigada Villa"
reached Chihuahua city from Torreon
yesterday. according to Americans who
arrived here to-day from Chihuahua
II was announced in Juarez tonight
that the campaign against Saltillo by villa
and against Tampico by Gen. Caballero
Will continue. The special box car pro-
vided by villa for newspaper correspond
ents has been ordered south tomorrow
and Villas agents here notified the cor
| respondents tonight that IL they wished
TO accompany him on the campaign
against Saltillo they should go aboard the
car to- morrow.
No property belonging to foreigners In
territory held by the Consttution~lists
| will be contiscated in future. according
| to statement issued by the Carranza
administration to-day. The statement
also declared that none has been confis-
Gated, with the exception of that belong
/ ing to Spaniards. II was pointed out
that this always has been the policy OF
I the Constitutonalsts and that in the few
/ cases where seizure iHd been made under
| a misrepresentation restitution had been
made Immediately.
! The statement was made after an in
! vestigation made by Carranza into the
| represe nations received from George &.
! Carothers. special representative Of the
Washington Department of State at RI
Paso regarding the Avino Mining Conn
pany. owned by British capitalists and
| located in Durango, and the oil interests
/ of Doheny and his associates of Los An
gelss in the Tampico district.
This morning trains from Chihuahua
brought up about twenty refugees and
this will he the last train carrying any
considerable number Of Americans that
will get in. TWO Americans are on their
way from Torreon and IA few more may
come up from Chihuahua. but those re-
naming expect to stick it out.
Monday will be moving day with the
Mexican Federal prisoners at Fort Bliss.
The orders have been issued for them
to be taken to Fort wingate Monday
and packing has started. Rations. forage
tools and straw are being shipped to Fort
| Wngate from Fort Bliss to prepare the
| camp for the horde of prisoners. their
families and camp followers. The prison
ors will be taken on eight trains. The
first and third battalions of the TWEEN
tieth Infantry will guard the prisoners Ell
route to the new prison camp.
These troops will return on the next
train. as the Twelfth Cavalry squadron
has been ordered to New Mexico TO act
AZ guards for prisoners
The first definite information OF the
whereabouts OF Gen. GuaJarado. the
Huerta commander who evacuated Ciudac
Porflr.o Diaz IL contained in "A telegram
given out to-day 10y the Information hu
reau in Juar.z The telegram, which il
dated Eagle Pass, is from Gen. Marguia
I'm charge of the rebel forces. and rs a:
follows;
81 have the honor 10 report to 20,
that after u successful battle on tn'
18th AT Leona, the following day we AZ
tackled Allonde, defended by 500 Foderals
under the traitor iuatarado. and aite'
twelve hours of combat | captured th'
city. taking 100 prisoners. among then
Major Nillegas aud sixteen other officers
also captured four cannon, three ma
chine guns. loo MauSer rifles, Grsa
quantity OF ammunition, maug' horses au'
saddles and other military storc".
"Guajarado fled with eighty men II
the direction Of Xaragoza. The en'm'
left a number OF dead and fortN-thre
, wounded. who arc being given medica
treatment. | regret to report the los
, in dead and wounded on our side mum
hcrcd forty-ciGht Fluctuations on tn
victory