New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-01
NO SUCH SCENES
SINCE MADERO'S DAY
Saw City Despaired of
Further Resistance and
Surrendered.
Nc WORD FROM VILLA
Dispatches Telling of Final
Capitulation Said To Be from
United States Consul.
rsy 1eiesrsph to The Triounel


uarez. Mexico, March S1-Based
upon advice received from the city Of
Durango. Mexico, and one message said
70 have been sent by an American con-
sular official i'm Durango 20 the state
DEPARTMENT IN Washington, as well as
upon half a dozen unofficial reports
from Chihuahua. rebel officials in Juarez
tonight are celebrating with reserve
the capture Of Torreon 10y Pancho
villa
With no communication direct 10
Torreon, with no word directly from
Pancho villa FOR many hours. and de-
pressed by the absence Of any official
advice from the battle zone, rebel Off
Gals still are slow to accept the report,
which has reached them in a very
roundabout way
It was only when advices were re-
coived from the city Of Durango, which
claimed 70 be I'm communication with
Torreou stating that General Villa had
personally wired that he had taken
Torreon. and ordering the restoration
Of train service between Durango and
Toueon and that train had left Du-
range for Torreon to-day, that the
officials including the first chief Of the
revolution. General Carran2a, were
willing TO admit that probably the re-
port was true. So questionable was the
authenticity OF the first reports of the
opture Of the city that even the rebel
hcials received the news with incre-
iulty Traced down. it appeared that
Home one had gained access to mes
ages passing through the Juarez
Offices 70 the American telegraph COM
9anies
Leak in Telegraph Office.
Efforts made By high rebel officials
TO trace the first report developed that
it probably had its origin in an Official
message, sent partly I'm code. from an
American consular representative in
the interior Of Mexico 10 the State De-
partment at Washington
Through carelessness. or by reason Of
leak, officials here believe the mes
sage was seen by some one i'm the
telegraph Office in Juarez, where IT was
copied for transfer to an American tele-
graph line. That the message did not
come from TorTeon or FL VerjeI was
definitely determined. That such a
message had passed over the wire and
It's contents had become known ap-
peared beyond doubt.
Rebel officials manifestly were much
perturbed. and there was a disposition
70 place responsibility for the leak or
oversight IN the Juarez office. with a
View 10 administering punishment. de-
spite the fact that the news was exactly
What they had been longing for and
hoping for for DAYS.
Al! day long Juarez mad been await.
ing news from the front. The only
Woru from Torreon since early morn
hg' when Villa had wired that fighting
was still IN progress. was a personal
message from Villa 10 Carranza saying
al was well. which conveyed no espe-
cal significance 10 the rebel headquar-
'ers' as similar messages had been re-
oeived daily and We're understood to
apply TO Villa personally as much as to
the situation.
Runors Of Villa RepuIse.
Alarming rumors had been in circula-
'lon on the American side, and under
cover 10 Juarez, that Villa had been re-
pulsed, that he had been captured. and
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