The Sentinel=record., 1915-04-09

Washington. April S.-Clams of a | decisive Carranza victory over Villa at Celaya, 150 miles north of Mexico City, reports that martial law has been established in Tampico and that fighting continued at Ebano, where the contending forces were estimated at 1000 men, were received today in dispatches to the state department Consul SlIiman at Vera Cruz re- ported on the fighting at Celaya but no word had been received from United States agents as to results of battles in the lrapuato and Queretaro districts nearby
 The departments announcement stated:
 "Advices just received from Vera Cruz state that on the afternoon of April [, General Carranza made a statement announcing the defeat oi Villa forces by General Obregon at Ceaya, after thirty hours of figh.ilg terminating on the morning of the 7th It is stated that Villa com manded in person. It is reported that 1000 were killed. many wounded and 400 taken prisoners. According to this announcement arms and am munition were captured by General OWegon, who is following the retreat ing forces of General Villa"
 Other advices given out by the de- partment stated;
 The department is informed that the food sitnatiun at Tampico has been relieved by shipment of flour just received from New Orleans Martial law exists in Tampico and trains are operating to the north as far as Victoria and to the westward as far as Ebano Adyices dated April 6 state that fighting continues at Ebano and that it is estimated sey- eral thousand men are engaged. It is reported some skirmishing has taken place in the vicinity of the Panuco river
 On April ' fighting at Ehano was reported to be more severe than it had been previously Oil operators and the Chamber of Commerce at Tampico have organized for the pur- pose of relieving famine conditions. "
 The department received it's fist comprehensive report in many weeks covering general conditions in the dis trict of Durango It is dated March 3l, and says:
 Military movements in this section have been few and the northwestern part of the state of Durango is held by forces of Generals Domingo and Mariana Arrieta, who refused to fol- low General Villa in his movement against General Carranza.
 50 far as known no efforts have been made to disperse small maraud- ing bandits that control this north western mountainous region Condi- tions have been such that for nine months the American consulate at Durango has had no direct word from the consular agency at Topia, Du- rango.'
 The report added that General Tomas Urbina had a mall force in the northern part of Durango and exercises whatever authority exis;s there
 'Cs -anacevi, an important mining district and one of the two points in the Durango consular district where any mining is going on Is located in this territory controlled by Gene al Urbina,' the report contlnuoI
 "On March 30 the provisional gow ernor of the state of Durango. Emili. ano c. Sarayia, issued decree which is said to amount practically to a con fiscation of all hides, skins, horse and cattle hair and sisas hemp"
 The report adds that there is irreg. ular train service and that many kinds and classes of paper currency are in forced circulation.
 Latest advices from Progreso state conditions in general in the state of Yucatan have improved. Moritz Caller, a German subject. manager of the electric light eomaany at Merida, who was accused of having dynamited d Carranza military train, has been released fro meustody but his case has not been entirely disposed of
 A statement issued tonight by the Carranza agency aere said in part:
 "A dispatch from El Paso says that General Angeles left Monterey yes.