The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-04-01
MEXICO CITY MAY
AGAIN FALL into
CARRANzA'S HANDS
General 0bregon Nearing Cap
ital and Zapata Is Prepar-
ing to Flee, Washing
ton Learns.
VILLA GOES TO MATAMOROs
American Troops Are Stationed
longsBorder-Villista Forces
Being Strengthened After
Being Repulsed.
VILLA GOES TO MATAMOROs

Washington, March 30.-Dispatches
Nothing Of that kind was mentioned,
however. in today's official advices to
he state department. The latest Of
1cial adMices were that General Cara
1T the head Of the government in Mex
co City had given assurances that he
Eas making arrangements to bring
GOD into the city and was maintaining
rood order.
received ia diplomatic quarters here to-
lay FROM ~diplomatists in in Mexico
City, said it was understood there Gen
sral Obregon with Carranza forces are
teturHirtg to the capital and that Zap.
lta forces We're about to e~vacuate.
Brownsville, Tex, March 29.-There
vas noffghting at Matamoros today up
o this afternoon. Reports from both
1ldes indicated that the battle between
villa besiegers and the CarranZa garri-
son would not be renewed before to-
morrow.
More Troops En- Route.
Col. Jose Flores, of the Matamoros
garrison, announced today that Car
ANA reinforcements disembarked at
he mouth Of the Rio Grande at from
he transport OaXaca yesterday and
mat they We're expected to reach
Natamores today. Other Carranza re-
nforcepents Of $500 men and Is pieces
# artillery under Gen. Cesar Lopez, De
lara, are reported to be coming to-
Yards Matamoros from the south. The
Villa forces come from the west.
Officially there are said to be 113
Villa prisoners, % of them wounded. IL
addition to 200 Villa wounded in
Br~ounsMiIle and other 200 are said to
pc distributed among ranches near the
Rio Granae border on the Mexican ste
Colonel Flores, of the Matamoros
troops said the Villa losses were 375
silled and more than 600 wounded.
Villa officers admitted 500 casualties
including about 100 killed.
The report of American Consul Jess
Johnson, at Matarmoros, that no shots
we're fired into American territory. ap-
parent1y refers to the fact hat there
was no }ntentional shooting in the d.
rection Of BROWNSVILLE. The rifle bull
lets falling here Saturday were spent.
Washington, March 29.-War depart
ment officials feel that United States
forces already at Brownsville. Tex, are
ample to protect that town during the
fighting between the Mexican factions
at Matamoros across the Rio Grande
river.
AT Brownsville. Colonel Blocksom has
a squadron of the Third cavalry, a
~ - Ii GIN CIlOl lO.t
of the Sixth field artillery. Further up
the river are two squadrons Of the
Twelfth cavalry. Additional troops
could be sent by train from Fort IA
Houston at San Antonio, Tex, Or Fort
Mcintosh at Laredo, Tex.
Villa to Border.
After being repulsed by the Carranza
forces at MatamoroS the VilliSta army
is awaiting reinforcements before re-
newing the attack. General Villa is
said to be en- route to Matamoros to
take command of the assault.
Major General Funston, commanding
the border forces, reported today that
General Villa has 16 field guns and a
large number Of machine guns, while
the Carranza forces lave Is field guns
and 30 on more machine guns. Gen
eral Funston added that neither fac
ton had artillery yesterday. The arrival
of the field guns has increased the APP
prehensien of officials here.
From the American consul at Mata-
mcros, who went to Brownsville to send
a dispatch, came a puzzling report that
shots q been fired into Matamoros
from tho American side and that two
men had been wounded. No shots had
been fired into American territory, he
said.
The Pacific coast Red Cross director.
Charles j. O'Connon, has been ordered
to El Pase to take charge of the relief
work along the b3Ader.
Red Crsss nurses. ordered yesterday
to brownsville to care for the wounded,
reported their arrival today.
Secretary Bryan said today that he
had word from General Cara, in Mex
leo City, that he would give immediate
consideration to the food situation in
the capital.
Brownsville, Tex, March 29.-Fif-
teen fiat cars bearing artillery for the
renewal Of the Villa attack pon Mata-
mnrOs, sighted by Americans ab-ut 60
miles west of Masamoros yesterday,
were not expected to deliver their
freight in time to begin bombardment
of the Carranza garrison before Tues
DAY night at the earliest.
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