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front or the store they had robbed
and were shot,
/ IT il now the erdeavor OF the con-
stitusionaIists to prevent. the federal
troops from committing any act
which might Gauss the forces OF Cen
eraI Funston to start . march upon
the capital
GUnbcat va Asroptane-
HIBy N G.. Parke. United Press stan
Correspondent
JUAREN, Mexico, May 1s.-The fed
eraI xunhoat Morelos has been set
af1re by dynamite bombs dropped by
rebel ayiators In Mazatian harbor and
badly damaged. according to dis
patch received At ccnstituttonaiiss
headquarrers tonight from General
Oregon, commanding the rebel army
on the west coas. With the gunboaf
In q crippled condition, Obregon re-
ported that his forces were pressing
tse federal garrison hard
CoustftutionaIist officers declare
they are without information regard
ing the result OF lighting today nor-h
OF P1redon, CoahufIa, where . de-
tachment OF General Francisco Villas
army engaged ave hundred federzfs-
They likewise protested To have no
news of the movement OF tf1a main
body Of Villas troops which Il be-
Heved tonight to be IN position TO
oren the general assault On Saltfllo.
It was learned tonight that repre-
sentatives OF General Carranza'1 gov
eminent, now enroute to Washington
and New York, 20 hurry shipment OF
ammunition to the constitutionaIists,
viii renew recent efforts to buy a
gunbcat for use by the rebels Sew
eraI weeks ago rebel representatives
went east On a similar mission but
negotiations were dropped pending he
result of the Tampfco campaign
Protest win be made against action
OF United States military authorities
IN Ell Paso, woo tonight held up box
containing an aeroplane propeller
consigned to eonstftuffcnaiist head
quarters here The box was opened
under the assumption that It contain
ed q machine gun The American
authorities held the propeller came
under the term munitions OF war
General Carranza, who was at Dur
ango for several days, left this
afternoon for Sombrerete. Zacatecas-
after receiving several Thousand
school children. While Carranza sue
ceeded In consolidating to some extent
the Agrietfa Brothers, who have bean
.. odds with villa, It was learned here
on good authority that the Arrfettas
VIII rot combine their forces IN Dur
ango state Of Eve thousand men. with
Villas army In the coming battle OF
SaItiIIo.
A Censored Report
MEXICO CITY. May fs-fCen-
sored- y-ArriEins here today after
being relieved Of the command OF the
troops IN the vicinity OF Vera Cruz,
Cen Custavo a. Mas denied absolute
~ that Private Parks, Of the Twenty
eighth United States infantry or any
other American soldier rad been exz
c11fet by the federaIs under his CON- +
mand.
The VISIT Of the Mexican delegates
70 the mediation conferences IN Wash I
IN gton was not expected here. Views
of their stop-over IN the American +
capital caused considerable surprise 4
and VARIED comment I
The third refugee train bearing /
Americans from Mexico City Will
.eAve here on the eTentng OF May 20.
FOR Puerto Mexico, the Brazilian lsga- 1
Ton already having practically com-
5Ieted arrangements with the Mext
-an authorities. One hundred and 4
fifty Americans including men, wcm-
n and children have registered at
The American club az wishing to de-