El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-04-20

armed with arLlllcrF- AGAIN ms army
was doubled up and rolled back and
then commenced the retreat which Villa
has been unable TO stem. Villa. in con-
troll Of all telegraph wires nOrthWard,
denied that he had been defeated. then
admitted that he had been forced to
retire a few miles because Of lack of
The Truth Genes Out.
Monday and today with the arrival
at the border OF Americans and other
civilians from the scene OF the fighting.
the news became public that Villa had
been badly defeated and driven back
more than 200 miles into his own ter
ritory-
Personal messages from Villa dated
at Aguascalientes confirmed this in et-
feet. for they showed him at AgUascaE-
entes If nothing more
1t is declared that ObreEon has sue
ceeded in opening communication With
Feracruz by way Of Pachuca, and has
been receiving reenIorcemenlS anu mu-
nitions- Villa had expected to frusn
Oregon by continued attacks Fhlcn
would expend the enemy's AMMUNITION
Nothing has been learned Regarding
the expedition Of Zapata troops 1hiCh
was reported last week as having start
ed from Mexico City 10 attack ObreSon
in the rear
simultaneously came reports that tlTs-
Villa army in Sonora Is collaDSlnS-
Villa has already Withdrawn all his
forces, or the larger part Of them. from
Topic. CoahUila- Nuevo Leon and Ia
maulipas, to join him in the supreme
effort TO overthrow Oregon Tho star
OF Villa is not nearly so high m the
eyes Of NeXicaus and border prognosti-
Gators as at any time since his break
with Carranza several months ago.
Obreeon's Territory UndisPuted.
THE enemy occupies no positions IN
front Of Obregou and has not done so
since villa was completely routed
''V. CarrauZa.'
This message was received Tuesday
morning by Carranza officials here
from their chief at NeracruZ- II was
the first word from the Carrauza mead
quarters in - hours regarding Obre-
CONS army No further explanation
was made, 1t was not even known
whether Obregon was still in Celaya or
had moved northward IN pursuit OF
villa
Rigid Censorship.
The most rigid censorship has been
imposed icy the Villa authorities. Gen
Tomas Ornelas. commander OF the
Juarez garrison, said Tuesday that he
had absolutely no word from Villa and
did not know where the northern
leader was. Monday nights train
from the south brought only passen-
gers from Chihuahua The arrivals
kuew even less of Villas recent defeat
than had already been learned here
No passenger trains had reached Chi
huahua from Torreon in two days, they
said.
NobHizing at TorreOn.
Torreon. 1t is reported. viii be the
mobilization point for the thousands
to Villas relief from NuevO Leon.
Coahuila, Topic Durango, Sinsloa and
Sonora This would lend foundation
TO the rUmor current that Villa him
self is going to fall back TO TorreOn.
BIancO in Evidence.
Gen. LUciO Blanco, who disappeared
when the provisional president 5ulalio
Gutierrez evacuated Mexico City sew
eral months ago. has reappeared with
a command Of 1000 men in the southern
portion Of Jalisco, according TO adviccs
received here by his friends. 1t was
thought that Blanco had been killed
Gen. Navoa is second in command OF
the BiancO force. which is allied with
neither Villa nor CaTranZa- Gen. Cutter
rez. il is reported, is in the vicinity Of
Arramberi. Nuevo Leon, with several
thousand men He, too, is operating in
dependentiy-
CarriIIo Executed.
HIlariO Garlic, a deputy in the
Mexican congress under president Ma
derO and native OF TOrreon. was exc
cuted this week by Gen. Villas orders
because he. was sympathiZer Of Cen
EuEeulO BenaTldeS, according TO per-
sonal kilograms received here from the
south Garlic. it is said, had taken no
part in the revolution but was flnOwn
to be i'm sympathy with Gen. Beuavides
who quit Mexico City with Gen. Eula-
Ito Gutierrez
Train for Herre-a's Body.
a special train has been placed by
Gen. Francisco Villa at the disposal or
relatives of Gen. MaclOvio Herrera. the
Carranza leader who was killed near
Nuevo Laredo several days ago when
group Of his soldiers mistOok him and
his staff for Nillistas, 10 carry the body
from FL Paso TO Parral for burial Villa ]
wired his brother, HipOlItO, to arrange
for the train and give guarantees to I
Herrera family to attend the funeral. /
Parral was Herrera's home. Herrera
was at enc time Villas cavalry leader, Z
but joined the Carranzistas when the Z