The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-11-12

Aqua Prleta and told American army
officers that DR.. R. H. Tighten, chic.
surgeon of the Cananea Consolidated
Copper Company; his assistant, DR.
Miller, and two American chauffeurs
J. D. PyIant and A. L. Wilson, had
been killed by Gales fire in front
Of Aqua Prieta. They were succoring
wounded at the time and, wandering
into the line OF fire, were all shot
down while under a Red Cross flag.
Douglas, Ariz.-Early Wednesday
the Villa army began to move away
from Aqua Prieta toward Naco, and
at night that town reported 500 Villa
troops already had reached there. APP
proximately 1000 others were report
ed by train passengers as having been
seen along the road leading toward
Naco.
1t Is known that Villa agents have
been endeayoring to purchase much
needed supplies Of flour and corn and
preparations have been made at Naco
10 take care Of those wounded in Mon
days fight around Aqua Prteta.
On the other hand, General Gales
scouts report that the main body of
Villas army, reinforced during the
day by an unknown number of men
from the east, is still within a few
miles of Aqua Prieta. Villa has sue
Ceeded in getting near to water sup
ply at Calladones and Anavacachi
Pass, and limited food supplies also
have reached him. All day long, too,
wagon trains loaded with supplies of
ammunition were passing from the
east
Every preparation was made in
Aqua Prieta Wednesday for another
attack General Funston, commanding
the American forces, also made prep
arations by posting troops at vantage
points in Douglas and moving them
away from immediate contact with the
border. Strict orders had been issued
to keep residents of Douglas far away
from the international line.
Two or three companies Of infantry
were sent to Naco during the day.
This was merely a precautionary
measure. The general opinion among
American army officers is that Villa
has fooled the Carranza forces. that
he merely "nibbled" at Aqua Prieta,
and finding 1t much tougher than he
expected, will now ignore 1t with its
much coveted supplies of provisions |
and ammunition, and, after his army
Is thoroughly rested and provisioned, |
will strike down through Hermosillo
and Magdalena to the west coast for a
campaign Of much greater Importance.
A brief interview between General
Funston and General Villa took place
Wednesday over the barbed wire
fence marking the international line
short distance from Aqua Prieta. At
that time General Villa assured Gen
eral Funston that he wished to avoid
bringing American troops into the con-
flict.
Il hope to live to see the day when
there will be a much better under
existing between all South
American republics and the United
States. In the past we have not fully
understood each other but now that
better feeling exists between all Amer
lean republics we can arrive at con-
illusions much quicker, and as a result
friendship will be cemented that will
mean a hearty cooperation on the part
of all Latin-American countries with
the United States"
Such was the expression of General
AlVaro Obregon, commander in chief
Of the Carranza army, at a luncheon
given In his honor Wednesday at the
hotel Eagle, at Eagle Pass, Texas. Be.
sides General Carranza, the news
paper men had as their guests John
Lind, Consul General Silliman, John
W. Belt, S. S. Mcclure of McClure's
Magazine, Colonel George B. Duncan
If the Seventh Infantry, H. L. Beach
Sam Belden and others.
Eagle Pass, Tex.-In an effort to
prevent further acts of depreciation
.gainst the lives and property of
american citizens living along the
iexican border, General Venustiano
'arranEa will strengthen his border
atrol and vigorously prosecute per-
ons carrying concealed weapons who
tempt to cross from the American
lde into Mexico. Assurances to this
fleet were Wednesday sent to the
ate department The first chief ex- \
ressed the belief that the steps he :
'oposed taking will rapidly restore :
sace to the border :
Harry Jones, private in Company
Eleventh Infantry, died Tuesday of
g wounds inflicted Monday night by
bullet from the Aqua Prieta battle P
les. Jones was shot in the stomach n
he stood guard over an army sup b
wagon several hundred yards from h
Q boundary.
Louis F. Taylor. the civilian wound.