Arizona republican., 1916-09-17
SEVERAL TAKEN ! PRISONER AND
 PUT TO DEATH
Republican A. P. Leased Wire1


 FL PASO, Tex, Sept. 16.-Villa at- tackled Chihuahua City today with GOO men, penetrated part of the city but was driven out with heavy loss by the constitutionalist army. The captured Villistas were immediately put to death. General Trevino was wounded in an arm.
 This news was received in JuareZ late tonight, immediately upon the re-es- tablishment of telegraphic communica- tion with Chihuahua.
 During the afternoon the operator at the station of SauZ, on the line of the Mexican Central railway, 25 miles north of Chihuahua, reported that he could hear distant sounds of cannon ading.
 Dispatches from Chihuahua received here yesterday reported that feature of today's Hidalgo Day parade would be twenty-four field guns General Trevino said last week that scouts who had interviewed ranchers in Villas line of march learned of boast by Villa that he would celebrate the eve of In- dependence Day in Chihuahua.
 The hour that the attack was made is not known here, as tonight's dispatch to the Mexican officials in Juarez lacked details.
 It told briefly of the repulse of Vil- las 600 men, the capture of those who penetrated the city and their death, and the wounding of General Trevino.
 Juarez showed no signs of any mili- tary excitement tonight A large crowd of people from the town and neighboring country, in which women predominated. promenaded the main street and around the plaza, where the garrison band played. In the custom house, a ball was given by the elite of the town, with General Gonzales, post commandant Consul Andres Garcia, Mayor Herrera and other officials at tending. The street crowd was in holiday mood, throwing confetti and firing firecrackers. No troops were in evidence, except for the soldiers talk ing part in the merrymaking. Private J. B. Smith, of Company E, First South Carolina Infantry, wan dered across the international bridge in uniform tonight and was halted by Carrancista sentry with a bullet, which sung over his head.
 The flame from the rifle was seen by Lieut. J. J. Gerhardt, Twenty third l United States Infantry, commanding | the outpost on the American side, who called to the Mexican in Spanish not to fire again, and then ordered Smith | to return.
 1 Smith, who claims ignorance of di- rections as his excuse for going to Mexico, was placed under arrest. 1 DOUGLAS, Ariz, Sept. 16.-A letter received today from the interior of Mexico by an influential Mexican resi- dent of Douglas, states that General Medina Barron, formerly a federal commander in Sonora under DiaZ, is now in command of the Legalista army on the west coast of Mexico and has | captured the state of Colima and a | large portion of the state of Michoacan. The letter adds that no particular man is favored for the presidency by | the faction, but many members favor | Felix DiaZ nephew of the former dic- tator The party is described as de- sirous of a policy of non-interference on the part of the United States with respect to it's opposition to General Carranza.
 The Independence Day anniversary celebration passed off quietly in north ern Sonora, according to reports here. l MEXICO CITY, Sept. I6.-GeneraI l Carranza was unable to take part in the Mexican Independence Day exer- cises here today, being confined to his | home with slight cold. General Can dido Aguilar, minister of foreign af- fairs. took General Carranza's place
 and reviewed the troops.
 The principal meeting of the day was
 at the Independence Column, where
 Felix M. Palavicini, minister of public | instruction, was the chief orator. ! SAN ANTONIO. Tex, Sept. 16-
 Mexico's Independence Day was cele-
 brated in northern Mexico in an un-
 usually mild manner today except al
 Saltillo, where an elaborate program
 was carried out. The municipal build
 ing and tower there was covered with an illumination provided by 15,000 in- candescent globes of red, white and green.
 Tomorrow. according to custom, mu-
 nicipal candidates elected September :
 will be inducted into office throughout ! the state of Tamaulipas. SAN ANTONIO, Sept. 16.-The mair [ body of the provisional division which left here this morning for Austin
 camped tonight at Wetmore, nine an( a half miles north of the starting point , The remainder, composed of the Wis
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