The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-12-02
Barrier Of United States Troops
Bars Southern Border TO Mexico

Douglas, Ariz.. Nov. 25.--A battle
between the Villa and the Diegue,
(Carranza) forces was in progress In
the environments OF Hermosillo today
according to official Carranza reports
tonight.
Douglas, Ariz., Nov. 25.-Two bat
teries of the First battlion, Sixth Unit
ed States field artillery, with 500
rounds Of high explosive shells were
dispatched by train tonight to Mega
les.
Douglas, Ariz., Nov. 25.-With Car
rama forces under General Alvaro
Obregon reported to be driving ahead
of them the retreating villa army Of
General Jose Rodriguez, which is fall
ing back upon Nogales, Sonora, just
across the line, battle is believed to
be near at hand.
Conflicting reports received regard
ing the rumored movements of the
contending forces heightened the ex-
element occasioned by activity of the
Twelfth infantry of the United States
army, which was placed under arms
hurriedly yesterday after a demonstra-
tion at the international boundary by
Villa cavalrymen.
A number of Villa troopers, just
across the line, hurled insults at Unit
ed States soldiers. Feeling had run
high in the Mexican town all day over
the reported refusal of United States
customs officials to allow food stuffs
to cross the boundary into Mexico,
and this feeling was intensified by the
report later that General Obregon was
advancing on the American side
against Nogales, Sonora.
The answer to the Villa troopers
action was a prompt order resulting
in barrier of United States soldiers
being thrown along the line barring
passage to all in either direction.
Virtually cut off from the border,
his forces scattered over wide
stretch of country, General Francisco
Villa continues to defy the Carranza
forces, under the command Of Gen
eral Alvaro Obregon, to wrest from
him the last vestige of power in north.
ern Mexico.
Advices from Nogales said that
Villa, located at a point midway be-
tween Almaita and Magdalena, was
making frantic efforts to get in touch
with General Rodriguez, who eluded4
Obregon's forces at Cananea last Sat
urday. Villa, it was said, was anx-
ious to divert Rodriguez's column
south to assist in the renewed attack
on Hermosillo, capital of the state Of
Sonora, where desperate fighting was
reported to have been in progress for
two days.
General Obregon reported last night
that Villa detachment, under Cen
eral Acosta, had been repulsed after
several hours fighting q few miles
west of Zorillo station. The Carranza
forces, commanded by General An.
chetta, fed, it was reported, leaving
q number Of killed and wounded on
the field.
This report was confirmed from No
gales. where large number Of Acos.
ta's men, badly demoralized, arrived
late yesterday Carranza cavalry were
reported pressing the rear Of the re-
treating column.
Approximately 1000 Ca-ranza troops
under General Lagreada, which arrtv-
ed at Naco last night, are to be sent
to Cananea today. to serve as q gar
rison and a mobile force to preserve
order in the surrounding territory.
Special advices from Nugales say
the Mexican fireman who accompan-
led Edgar B. Bean, the American en-
gineer, on the fatal run to Puerto
citos on Saturday. says Colonel Jesus
Beltrain, who made Bean a prisoner,
shot him in a At Of anger when the
train left the track. AS Bean fell,
other Mexicans in the party riddled
the body of the American with bull
let's. Beltrain also killed three Mexi-
cans who had been captured with
Bean, 1t was said.
Fire on Americans.
Nogales, Ariz., Nov. 25.-Fifty-eight
Mexican soldiers crossing into the