El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-12-18
T0RREON IS
BATTLE PRIZE
Carranza Abandons Other
Efforts to Capture
Villa Stronghold.

That supreme effort is being made
by Carranza TO capture, or isolate Tor
reon, and that all other military move
rnents of the Carranza trooDs will. be
made subservtent to this, is the sub
stance of advices reaching here Fri
day. These state that Gen Antonio
l. Villareal, commander at Monterey.
has been put in direct command Of
the movement against Torreon, super
ceding Gen. nifonzo Vasquez.
All of the Carranza garrisons in the
northeast VIII be drawn upon for re.
Inducements to send against Torreon.
Carranza advices from Monterey. via
Laredo, state that not only has San
Pedro, 4S miles west of Torreon, been
occupied, but that considerable forces
are already operating west of that
point Villa advices, on the other
hand, declare that the Carrancistas are
at Madero. more than 100 miles from
TOrreOn. The same Villa advices state
that no general offensive has been ia
ken by the Carrancistas on account of
lack of artillery.
Big Guns for Torreon.
Bsides achievements, Villa has or
dered II guns Of large caliber sent to
Torreon, according to advices received
Friday IN Juarez. It is stated that
the extra cannon will place TOrreon in
position where it can easily with
stand any attack made by the Car
rancista forces. American passengers
arriving here estimate that there are
fully 10000 men cit er in TorreOn or
stationed along the railroad at points
as far as 100 miles north and south Of
the city and that these can easily be
concentrated. Villareal is reported as
having 10000 men under his command,
besides the 5000 that Vasquez has in
the vicinity of San Pedro.
Claim No Train Captured by Salazars
A specific denial is made by high
>Ff FuNu If n nraFHn nc frar-r1
railway of the report that followers Of
Salazar held up a special train carry
ing a Villa paymaster, and killed the
paymaster and his escort after first
securing 100000 pesos. The officials
state that no special train has been
operated over the road, the regular one
leaving Juarez Monday being the only
train sent south Direct wire COM
munication over the entire line be-
tween Juarez and Chihuahua has been
maintained throughout the Week. The
train that left Juarez Monday is now
proceeding to the border and is ex-
pected to arrive here this afternoon.
The conductor has been in frequent
communication with the Juarez office,
San Luis Still Villas.
It is now admitted by Carranza off
Gals that the reports received earlier
in the week that San Luis Potosi had
been captured, are incorrect, but It IS
stated that Gen. Pablo Gonzales, with
90, 900 men, is knocking at the gates"
of the city. Carrancistas also claim a
victory over 5000 Zapatistas at Api-
zaco, in the state of Puebla- Gen. Al
varo commanded the Carranza troops.
SaIazar Junfa Here, Claim.
A sort of junta has been established
here by Salazar, though it is declared
that the brains and money of the re-
volt are located in San Antonio. Speci-
mems of poorly printed one peso bills
issued by Salazar, bearing his and Emil
lilo Campa's signature, have been re-
ceived here. Salazar is variously re-
ported as being located on the North
Western near Casas Grandes, and on
the Central near Villa Ahumada.