Evening star., 1915-04-11

stated that the Whereabouts of the
ai'l'ierS tram, en- route from Monterey,
was NOT reported tonight The reforma-
ton of the Villa lines Yesterday Vas
Intehoed. II was explained, to cut off
the supply of fresh meat which the
arranza garrison has, been receiving
from the south.
Villa Forces Retreatine.
7N-> ANloNlO, Tex. April 1O.-Re-
ports to Carranza headouarters in
Nuevo Laredo indicate tht the viii,
iorces. reported advancing ON that
town. are retreating to the south ac-
cordine to dispatches tonight from
Nuevo Laredo. Villa forces. engaged
. tH oarranza troops today, at Sanchez,
twenty miles southwest of S1evo Iara'
DO. are said to have witbdraWn aftsr :,
olief sklrmlSh, and scouts returning 10
>ueVo Laredo late today reported not
more than 500 Villa troops within
'"1nlS-nVe miles of the border
Tie between Villa troops advancing
upon Nuevo Laredo, the Mexican town
opposite here. and the Carranza de-
iendefs, who went to meet them. began
earis .s loday at Sanchez, not more than
,"enty miles southwest of here. Al
~ o'clock urgent calls for reinforce
inents We're received in Nueyo Laredo
rom the Carranza troops, and 300 cav
airymeh. virtually all the troops re-
.iialnlng IN the city. were hurried
loWaro sanchez Early this afternoon
reports said the Carranza troops were
being driven toward Nuevo Laredo
Mazatlan Under Martial Law,
ON BOARD L. S. S. COLORADO, Ma
zatlan. April 9, by radio to San Diego,
Cal, April 10.-A battle between Car
rama forces under Gen. Carazzo and
Villa forces in command of Gen. Buel-
ma has been raging for two days at
Lamurala, Sinaloa. south of Mazatlan.
Only meager reports of hostilities have
been received. Aided by four ninety
millmeter guns manned by eX-federa
artillery troops recently brought to
Mazatlan by the gunboat Guerrero. the
CarranZa forces have taken the often
sive
Mazatlan has been placed under mar
tlal law by Gen. ErneSto Danny. s mill
1tary commandant. The supply of -four
is exhausted and a decree has been is
sued to seize all -four withheld from
sale by merchants.
Reports received from Acapulco
state that the crew of the steamer Be
n1to Juarez. flying the American flag
are on the verge of mutiny. They
claim that wages, amounting to S120l
gold, are unpaid.
The gunboat Guerrero has arrived a,
Santa Resalia for the purpose, it is
announced. of taking possession of the
steamer korrigan III belonging to a
French concern.
The arrival of the cruiser Denver
prevented the seizure of the vessel
pending settlement of the case which
has been referred to Vera Cruz The
owners produced orders from Gen
lturbe. the CarranZa officer, command
ing the Sinaloa army, stating that the
vessel was not to be molested
Smallpox Scare Unfounded.
GALVESTON, Tex, April 1o.-There
; is no epidemic of smallpox 1t Progreso
Mexico. according to DR. L. B. Cook
assistant state quarantine officer of
this port, who returned here TODAY
from Progreso and Merida. Mexico
He said there We're only two smallpox
cases at Progreso when he left there
and they We're properly isolated
DR.. Cook added that while he was
in Merida eighty Cinnamon, two Ger
mans and eight Frenchmen Were i'm
prisoned there. He could not learn
why
Rearrested at San Diego.
Los ANGET,ES ApriI 4,