The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-11-02
BULLETS AND SHELLS
(conrnusd from First P.r.. !,


lean factions to change the direction
OF their IRE. and citizens on the Amer
lean side were not endangered there
after.
On the Mexican side losses could
not be definitely ascertained up to
nightfall. which brought a lun i'm the
combat. but villa artillery. firing sue
cessive salvos. played. on the defenses
OF the Mexicans. with the apparent in
tention of SCATTERING the barbed wire
entanglements and destroying the
trenches preparatory to a rush on the
garrison OF General Gales.
Three houses on the west side OF
Aqua Prieta were blown up by shells.
and according TO Carranza reports one
man was killed and eight other per-
sons wounded, including one woman.
Men Seen TO Fnl
one or Villas wounded was brought
10 Douglas for treatment. Two others
burst over them. a she'll burst on ore
Of his field pieces. prsrrng the gun out
OF action.
The villa line was late to-day n mil.
from the Aqua Prieta trenches. n il
believed tonight It was moving Up with
cannon and infantry for a rush on the
town al daybreak tomorrow
General Casses began exploding mines
70 the eastward at o'clock tonight
American border guards reported that
party OF villa troops caught on the
American side had been disarrned. This
was not confirmed al Brigade head
quarters
a heavy provost guard. however. was
closely watching a large number OF Mex
leans on the Mexican side. hundred 81
women and children refugees from Aqua
Prieta are suffering here from hunger
is ss s e9i Ss fiiGn b for provisions prom
Losses Slioht
Gales reported his losses today as
eight killed and twenty-four wounded
He claimed the dash OF the Villa
troops to the Aqua Brieta barbed wire
entanglements had been repulsed with
a loss OF at least 200 70 the villa
troops
With four shells and a brief dis
charge Of rapid hrers villa forces
drew a new fusillade from the Car
rama trenches at 10 O'Clock tonight
csrrsnzs Forces Defeated.
Ell PASO. Texas. Nov. 1.-Arriva1s
here from Torreon brought news OF
the defeat OF about 1000 OF General
Obregon's Carranza forces by a much
larger force al San Carlos, on satur.
day, on the line TO Durango. Accord.
Ing 20 the account. Obregon sent his
men 10 clear out what he believed to
be small force Of villa soldiers. II
was said they ran into a force OF
about 6.0O0 men. The Carranza force
returned. Il was said. with twenty
two cars OF wounded soldiers
The Madero family property In Car
rama territory. amounting 10 many
millions, has been conhscated. accord
ing 70 these arrivals. u was said that
Albert Blair. general manager Of the
Madero estates. has been given %.
hours 70 leave Torreon. Asserting he
was a British subject. he refused ar.
pealing 20 the British embassy A..
Washington
Conhscation f. said to have been
based upon the reported support az
the Madero family given 20 General
villa
With the exception OF Julio NIadoro
n former colonel % General Obreeon's
starr the Madero family e. reported
barred from Mexico.
Orders were Issued bv Zach T.
Cobb. collector Of tho port. for the de
tention % an importations from villa
territory because 81 repeated fraudu
lent designation Of goods. particularly
ores. apparently stolen from lawful
owners before Importation