La Junta tribune., 1914-02-07

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~ was In Texas broke
| and without a Job.
Now he Is the biggest man In Mexi.
CO. Shortly after l was there last
year he came to Ell Paso and was ar
rested In the Hotel Sheldon for car
| ryfng revolver. When he got out
OF this trouble he got across the
river below Juarez. commandeered q
horse tit is sometimes called steal
iBsl and went into the interior Of
Chihuahua where he raised n few
men and then went to work at his
trade which is fighting. He said
that Madero made a man out OF him
ed In TO avenge the death OF his
/ friend and benefactor. He avenged
IL all right There Is aot Federal
In the State OF Chihuahua-that is.
above ground. There are lot Of
them under the sod. though Then
he was broke and had not "A follow
Na anu " ubFNt 10 ktt III
to the country Now he has a big
American automobile to use and is
at the head Of an army whose record
IL all Victories and no defeats. He Is
the one conspicuous exception to the
rule In both the rebel and federal
armies In Mexico that soldiers are
4 made and not horn. General Huer,a,
Biauqust AID Ojsd.. of the Federals.
ObregOn. Cabrat. AivArado and a few
hundred others are all the product
OF either the military academy at
Chapultepec and have spent years In
the army or else were educated in
the United States or Germany. Fran
cisco villa tPancho is the nickname
for franciscob is n peon born and all
that he ever learned he picked up
himself. He had to take what he
wanted. as there was nobody to slip
him anything.
Ten weeks ago he took n few hun
dred men. captured a freight train.
put his men In the empty box cars
and came into Juarex IN the night
When he got into Juarex he captur-
ed and killed most OF the FederxIs
he found there. barring III. few that
got across the river. Then the Fed
sral army In Chihuzhus City came
up to retxke the town. but as the peo-
pie In III Paso are somewhat preju.
diced against bullets flying through
their windows he went out to meet
the enemy. and those that were left
after he got through with them At
La Mesa. went back to chihuahua.
leaving however. sixteen machine
guns. = few cannon. \ few thousand
MauserS. and = trainiosd Of ammuni.
ton and provisions. Tten the Fed
erals evacuated chihuahua City and
ir.kked scross country TO OjinAga
pronounced O-hi-nah-gah) which
is opposite Presidio. Texas. villa
-~nt one Of his right hand men. Gen.
Toribio Ortcgo. To drive them across
the line hut after four days Of fight
Ing the rebels withdrew To walt for
more ammunition. Then villa left
Jusrcx and the pleasures Of the cock
pit and took charge Of operations
himself. Al five O'Clock one After
noon the American army officers In
Preside sighted villa aud his mon
some six or eight miie~ from Ojina-
-. A little after eight that night
the last Of the valiant FederAls had
crossed the river. where they we're
dtssrmed and made prisonsss by the
American soldiers. The Mexican
Fsdsssis without doubt originated
the ssying. NE Who fights aud suas
away lives to fight another day" A.
Jusrss. at Naeo. at Nogales and last
" at Ojinasa they have fought
bsavely until they got down 70 their
last carload Of cartridges and thea
like the heroes that they are ~ you
dont care what you ssyD they ran
bravsiy scross the line knocking wo-
men and children rtsht aad left In
their haste 70 place ths@sslvss un-
der the projections Of their UacIs
oamusi. That II the trouble hsvtnS
. boe u women and chiidrsn WITH
49, 49, ~~sse $40 ease ~sns~A