The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-26

wishes him to be-" said one OF Villas
of'Icers. 4 man very close to the rebel
chief went so far rs to ask this qucs-
tion:
III Gen. villa and Gen. Carransa had
disagreed at Chihuahua over the message
Of Carranza to the President OF the United
States, wouldn't IL be natural for villa
20 come to tho border and patch the thing
upY
Wouldn't II then be possible for Gen.
Villa. after he had hxed things up with
the United states so that your country
would hold the Huerta ports and let us
have ammunition to fight Huerta, to re-
turn to chihuahua ana give Gen. Carranza
the option Of accepting the situation or
going TO jail?'
The officer made no positive assertion.
He merely put his remark In the form OF
questions. but the questions are believed
to have had much Significance.
Meantime the policy OF watchful wait
ing continues OH the FL Paso side Of the
Rio Grande.
Two more batteries OF artillery are
en- route here from Fort Riley, Kan They
will arrive Sunday night, making the total
number of batteries at FL Paso four and
the total number of guns sixteen.
Gen. Pershing and the Eighth Brigade
OF infantry will not reach here from the
Preside until tomorrow morning. Col.
Treat accompanied the artillery battery
here from San Antonio and IL In COM
mand OF that arm Of the service nov
here.
Precautions Of the last two nights were
repeated in III Paso tonight to guard
against trouble. The town is under mill
tary patrol.
Civilian Posse Ready.
No steps have been taken here to Or
ganize home guard in accordance with
| the OFFER of the Governor to furnish rifles
| to such guards However. a civilian posse.
sworn in under the sheriff, IL ready for
! momentary action. Several smaller towns
| east OF here have taken steps to form
home guards and have applied to the
State for arms.
The two carloads Of cannon from Tor
! reon. the presence Of which on hatcars
en- route to III Faso caused sensation
earlier in the week. have proved TO De
| nine cannon which the Federals partly
wrecked at Torreon before abandoning
them. They are being brought to Juarez
to be repaired villa says When they
are repaired his artillery in the border
town will be augmented by that many
| field guns.
| A telegram from Matamoras telling or
the renewal Of fighting between rebels
and Federals Mt Tampico was received III
| Juarez this afternoon. II IL reported ina,
! the armistice between the Federais anu
! rebels ended to-day. and that the struggle
| for the possession OF the port was re-
| sumed. This contradicts reports thar the
| rebels and Federais had combined there
TO oppose the United States forces. The
| Matamoras message was dated April ~
: and was filed for Transmission late in the
day. N reads
/ AFTER the twenty -four hours armis-
tice We renewed the attack on Tam
| pico to-day, having learned that the
| Huertistas were making An anti
| American demonstration within the
| city. At this moment regiment "'
| our forces is fighting in the outskrs
of the city. We have already taken
the enemies outposts and fortinca-
tions and expect to he In complete
possession OF the city any time. The
First and Fourth Brigades are lead
ing in the attack under the personal
command OF Gen. Pablo Gonzales
Gen. LUIS CABALLERo."
Another brief message. bearing date o
to-day, said that desperate lighting wa;
in progress At Tampico.
American Burned at stake.
! Americans from Torreon have con
Armed the report that an American
Maurice Mcdonald, vas caught by tn
Federals at the first battle of san Pedro
that the soles of his feet were cut Off ana
that he was marched through the streets
and finally burned at the stake.
American refugees from Torreon sa,
that Americans who We're in San Pedr
at the time OF the capture have verifie'
the report that Mcdonald was killed an
that ne was tortured before being shot
McDonald's home was In Berkeley, Ca
He was a gunner for villa.