Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-18
TORREON FALLS.
OBREGON TAKES
Big VILLA BASE
Carranza Victory Expected
to Be Followed by De-
mand for Recognition
by Powers
VILLA GARR1soNs REVOLT
Troops in Three Important
Mining and Lumber Towns
Desert to First Chief

Ell PASO, Tex, Aug. 1s.-Torreop a..
eral Villas chief fortified base. was osn
tured Tuesday by Carranzjsta foral-
under General Alvaro ObreEon. accor5tss
to official advices received here todns t,s
by Carransa agents. aS
The message stated that a large co,,,,,,.
of Carranza troops marched againqt ,ra"
reon after capturing Durango, aud ioinsd
forces with the bulk of ObregorI,s ar,,.,'
Torreon. es ol
The attack on the city was immedIs toi,,
begun, and after eight hours srbt,ns
Nillas garrison fed to Gomez PaIario
suburb, four miles north.
DEFEAT NOT ADMITTED
No confirmation of the CAPTURE NJ rou
reon can he obtained at villa headnus,
ters In Juarez, but villa has connan.
deered all the passenger trains running
south from Juares and is rushing troons
toward Torreon. op'
villa garrisons in the cities of Minaco
San Andres and Madora, three inporI,nt
mining and lumber centres in western
Chihuahua, have reVolted aEainst a.
northern leader and declared in favor ' W
Carranza This gives Carransa ain,ost
complete control of all territory along tbs
northwestern railway from Juara7 ~
Chihuahua, nearly 500 miles.
WASHINGTON. Aug 12-Tho z, r..
report of the fall Of Torreon this afterS
noon strengthened the belief I'm JinIo
matte circles that General Carranza vii,
reject the appeal of the United statns
and Latin America for compron,isa
peace conference with Villa, Zapata ana
other faction leaders and will dema,'d
recognition for himself as head of tbn
mexican Government. If Carranza has
gttnl,
every one that has studied his actions
and utterances believe he has-hIs Latest
success mist have strengthened his reso-
luton
Officials of the Carranza agency bera
sald that Carranza has decided person
ally to address each of the Latln-Amer.
can ENJOYS and Secretary Lansing and
endeavor to secure recognition by them.
He viii send joint note signed by his
generals and State Governors, In which
the reasons Will be pointed out why they
believe that the existing ConstitutionaIist
Government should be recognized.
MAY GRANT AMNESTY
1t is expected that this note will ex-
press Willingness on the part of Car
ranza to grant amnesty to all his enemies
excepting those who have been proven
guilty Of participation in the movement
that resulted in Madero's murder.
War Department reports from the Texas
border today said that conditions are i'm
proving.
NO WORD FROM VERA CRUZ.
Communication with Vera Cruz aR9
Mexico city is interrupted Secretary Of
State Lansing said today that he has not
received any direct word from either city
since yesterday, He is trying to get into
communication, by wireless, with the bat
tleship New Hampshire from the Key
West naval station.
Because OF the realization that the
anti-American feeling in those cities is
very great officials were worried They
said that they believed the Gulf storm
might have interrupted communications,
as the cable from Vera Cruz runs via
Galveston, and communication with the
Texas city has been interrupted for 4S
hours.