Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-04-03
Carranza Makes Positive
Announcement to This
Effect Last Night.
FEDERALS PURSUED.
Villa Orders Rations For Thousands
of Starving People in Captured
City-Americans Arrested.

Juarez, Mexico, April 3-Torreon
fell completely into the har1's OF
the rebels at 1920 O'Clock last night,
according to an announcement made
here last night by General Venustiano
Carranza
The news first was announced to the
world when the bugler in front OF
Carranza's residence blew the stac-
cato notes of victory. The paean,
Carranza, was sounded here even
before it was heard in Torreon, Villa
delaying out of compliment to his
chief.
The meagre bulletin excitedly an
nouncing victory, after the b!oodlest
series of battles known to mo2ern
Mexico. said that Villa captured g
large number of prisoners, and that
the fleeing fe;ieral remnant was be-
ing pursued.
Whether Velasco, the Federal COM
mander, was captured, was not stated.
There was heavy fighting today, il
was understood and the end cane
when, after capturing the three re-
manning barracks, held in the city by
the Federals, the rebels stormcd the
trenches and barbed wire entangle-
ments of Canyon de Guarache.
The prisoners captures are believed
IN haye been the defenders Of the bar
racks. while the troops IN the canyon,
which forms an egress from the hill
grit city, were able to escape.
The campaign against the Federal
stronghold of Torreon, the main object
of the rebel campaign, began suddenly
twos weeks ago, after General Wills
had spent months in making most
careful preparations.
The rebel loss in this campaign IS
said to be more than 1000 IN killed
and woum5ed. Trains loaded wNh
wounded have been arriving Eally at
Chihuahua for the; last week.
The rebel commander moved with
a rapidity hitherto unknown in Mex
iean warfare..f He ;wqrkedihis men in
shifts. and as one shift became ex-
hausted he sent forth hosts against
the enemy a numb of small iE1s towns
of lesser Importance, in a military
sense, fell -Map:mi Noe ana
Sacramento, where a bloody battle
was fought This opened a path for
the main attack.
Next came Lerdo and Gomez Paia-
clio, .Ropulous suburbs Of Torreon, and
all three connected by a belt street
car Zine Lerdo was not defended, but
it took three main; assaults in which
the rebels lost heavily, to. take; Gomez
Palacio. i.
In the final attack on the city,
+roons were withdrawn from Lerdo
wbemupon the Federals occupied 1t
and another sanguinary conflict wa
necessary to retake it.
Repeatedly the .buglar sounded TN
call and a great wave OF cheeTlh'
arose.
By Carranza's orders all the tow
was illuminated, soldiers OF the gar
rison paraied and the military Dah
played.
The nat:onal salute was fred
church bells run and whistles blowr
chihuahua, Mexico, April 6.-Eo
ward A. Powers, United States consu
lar agent at, Parral, was arrested b
the rebel:authorities at Parral yester
O. day, on charge of passing counter
y feits ofuthe ,rebel fat money, Nj
Powers telegraphed to Marion Letct
or American, consul here, Of his
plight. and Letcher said he would dt
mand the immediate release of Pow
ers.
E. E. johnson, cashier, and F.
Hawkins, assistant manager of Il
Alvaraao Mining and Milling Con
pany. both Americans, were arreste
on similar charges, and Consul Letc'
er is looking after their interests.
It is asserted that the men are n
guilty.
Constitutionalists Headquartel
Torreon, Mexico, April 3.-To t
magnetic personality Of Francis