Evening star., 1915-04-17
Americans and Others in Mex
leo City Are Assured of
Transportation.
INFORMATION is GIVEN
TO STATE Department
Gen. Funston Reports Desultory
Fighting at Matamoros, 0ppo-
site Brownsville.

Three hundred Americans and other
| foreigners who desire to leave Mexico
are to be provided with special train.
| leaving Mexico City for Irolo the 23d.
| according TO dispatches to the State
Department today from the Brazilian
| minister.
| Assurances have been given by the
authorities at Vera Cruz" the depart
| ment's announcement said, that a
train will he sent from there to meet
the one from Mexico City at Irolo.
However, on account of the difficulty
| in securing hotel and steamer accom-
modations at Vera Cruz. the de-
parture of the special train from Mex
leo City may be somewhat delayed"
Gen. Funston Notes Desultory Firing
! Maj Gen. Funston at Brownsville.
! Tex, telegraphed the War Department
today that desultory firing was being
| kept up by the contending Mexican fac
tions across the river at Matamoros.
| and that many bullets continued to fall
| upon American soil. So far no one has
| been injured on the American side of
| the line.
| There is no indication. the general
said, when the Villa besiegers will
| make another serious effort to take
! the town. He added:
| Reports from many sources indicate
Villa forces have at least twelve field
guns in addition to the two used in
the last fight. but impossible to verify
| report UP to present time
| A Brownsville dispatch says:
| THE danger to Brownsville through
battle at Matamoros apparently was post
! poned Indefinitely today. Maj Gen. Fred
erick Funston. who has been here await
ing the Villa assault upon Matamoros'
| made prepa rations to return to San An
tonic as soon as the movements Of the
Villa troops confirm the correctness of
their announcement last night that they
intend to abandon the Matamoros cam
paign. Reports were received early to-
day that new bands Of Villa troops have
appeared a long distance south Of Mata-
moros, in the direction of Victoria. The
reports indicated that these troops
probably were from the vicinity of
| Tampico, en- route to Monterey"
Says Vera Cruz e Joyous.
The Carranza agency has made public
the following cablegram from Vera
| Cruz:
Vera Cruz is de1irious with joy over
Obregon's great victory. Thousands
| are parading streets cheering for Car
| rama, Obregon and constitutionalst
Igovernnlent. 1t is generally thought
Villa will never recover from this blow.
| Obregon is steadily pushing north to-
ward irapuato. Cen Luis Hernandez
| has delivered to Carranza two banners
of Villas northern division. captured
| In the battle at Celaya. Popular dem
onstration as they were paraded
| through the Streets
The agency also reported that the
Villa troops attacking Tuxpam had
| been routed.
Villa Disputes Defeat.
Enrique c. Llorente. in charge of the
Villa agency here, gave out last night
the following dispatch from Villa. dat
ed at Irapuato yesterday:
"Carranzistason their part may exag-
crate as they please. as. for instance,
their claim to having captured forty
| cannon, but time will disclose the
| truth. 1t is true that we have not TAX
that if we have had any casualties the
| enemy have suffered in far greater de-
gree.
II am preparing my forces to deliver
a decisive blow. and meanwhile hold
| all my positions.
! State Department Summary.
The following summary was issued
by the State Department last night:
Is. states that another victory is
claimed over Villa. who renewed his
attack on the 18th with large force
At Carranza headquarters it is stated
| that Villa lost heavily in killed and
wounded. and that thirty cannon were
| captured. Reinforcements and ammu-
milton are being sent to Obregon con-
| stantly.
Gen. Jara, with his command. is en-
route from Progreso to Vera Cruz. The
| American vice consul at Progreso re-
ports that Moritz Caller, the German
| subject who was recently imprisoned
| on a charge of having dynamited a
| military train, has been liberated.
| Both Sides Prepare to Fight.
The department is informed that
Cen Saule Navarro died in Browns
Vile April IA from wounds received in
battle at Matamoros on the 18th. Mata-
moros was quiet, bu both sides ap-
peared to be preparing for renewed
engagement. 1t is reported that the
Villistas have established a base at
Rosita, six miles from Matamoros
Shells fred into Matamoros during the
| recent fighting appear to have done
practically no damage.
| "Advices just received from Piedras
! Negras state that repairs were COM
| pleted on the railroad to Allende on the
18th, the first train leaving for there
this morning.
THE authorities have set Sunday,
April IS, as the date to begin the run
ming of through trains to Monterey
and Torreon. The Piedras Negras dis
trict remains quiet and in complete
Villista control.
Appreciates Efforts if U. s.
"The International committee at
Mexico City. representing approximate
ly $4,000 foreign residents. has just sent
telegram to the Secretary of State
expressing its great appreciation Of the
efforts that have been made by the
American government and the diplo-
matte Corps in Mexico City to have
some arrangement effected for the for
warding to Mexico City of foreign
mails that have been held at Vera Cruz
since February. 1t is stated that the
cutting off of mail communication
works a hardship upon business enter
prises and on persons having. private
correspondence, and also makes il diff
ficult to bring in supplies and keep the
people of the city employed"
The Villa agency issued statement
last night reaff1rming the charge that
200 men and Is women, employed on
railway repair work. had been executed