The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-17
FOR VILLA
Carranza's Northern Army is
Victorious in Fight South
of Brownsville.
WON'T HEUTRALIIE CAPITAL
Secretary Bryan Fears Mexico City
Viii Remain in Battle Zone for
indefinite Period.

Washington, April "a rout by
General Obregon Of General Villas
army near Celaya, Mexico, is reported
by the Carranzista agency here.
Villa was said to have been in per
sonal command OF his defeated forces
I am just in receipt of q communi-
cation from General Obregon," said q
message from General Carranza TO
EliseO Arredondo, his Washington rep
resentative, advising me that the
enemy's loss was more than two thou
sand dead and wounded, and q large
number of prisoners, with arms and
ammunition.
"Obregon is in pursuit of the fleeing
army"
Have No Confirmation Yet
The State Department had received
no confirmation Of the reported Car
rama victory Duval West, personal
representative of President Wilson,
who arrived yesterday in the City Of
Mexico, had not today transmitted any
report on conditions there He was
received yesterday by General Cara
the ViIla-Zapata executive, the Brazil
ian minister informed the State De
partment
Secretary Bryan said the indica-
tions we're not favorable" for success
of the proposal to neutralize the City
Of Mexico and take 1t out Of the fight
ing zone. He was not sure, he said,
that either Carranza or Villa favored
the plan, but was still hopeful
A Border Battle Near.
Brownsville, Tex. April 9--Desper-
ate from reverses Of the last few days,
Villa has ordered General Rodriguez
that he must take Matamoros, across
the river, at any cost.
Three Villista troop trains, carrying
eight canon and many men, we're re-
ported today at Rio Bravo, only TWEEN
ty-four miles from Las Rucias- The
Villista garrison expects these rein
forcements to reach MatamOros soon
The Carranzista aeroplane was taken
across the river to MatamorOs today
for assembling
Laredo. Tex, April, 9.-The Nuevo
Laredo Carranzista commander today
issued an order that one dollar gold
tax shall be paid by each person cross
ing the International boundary be
tween this city and Nuevo Laredo.
Preparations continued today for the
ViIlista attack.
Bullets Into Brownsville.
Brownsville, Tex, April S.-Bullets
poured into one Of the outlying resi-
Dental sections Of Brownsville late
today during a brief shooting match
between the Carranza trenches in
Matamoros and a party Of Villa out
posts. One bullet struck within a few
inches Of window where Mrs w T
Harvey, an American, was standing in
her home in Brownsville. Many other
bullets struck in the same neighbor-
hood
Residents of the neighborhOOd
where bullets fell on the American
side said they would ask for pTOtec-
ton from United States military au-
thorities.
Villa artillery officers arrived at the
Villa headquarters outside of Mata-
moros today Forty mules, drawing
field guns, passed La Palma, about
thirty miles west Of tie Villa lines, at
daybreak today, bound for MatamoTos.
The other cannon arrived at the Villa
lines today with the vanguard,
according to villa consular officials
here
United States custom house mani
tests showed one carload of rifle cart
ridges crossed from Brownsville today
for the CarranZa garrison, and unOf-
fetal reports said 1900 hand grenades
also were supplied.
Washington, April S.-OfficiaI an
nouncement that VictorianO Huerta,
late Mexican dictator, was on the way
from Spain to the United States, was
received at the state department to-
dy from the American consul at Sc
Vile HueTta is to sail on the steamer
Antonio Lopez, due to arrive at New
York soon. II will be his first visit
to the United States, his defiance OF
which last year in the stirring months
before he voluntarily went into exile.
led to the American occupation Of
Vera Cruz.
The state department has heard
several rumors that some of Huerta's
followers were gathering strength to
promote another military campaign in
Mexico in the hope OF preventing
either the CarTanza forces or the VII
la-Zapata coalition from obtaining
possession of Mexieo's government,
but nothing tangible has developed.