Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-10-30
VILLAS MEN
TAKE SANTA
R0SAL|A
Bandit Horde Is Fast En-.
croaching Upon Carranza
Territory, and Is Now Pro-
ceeding Toward Jiminez

El Paso. Oct. 80. The town o!
Santa Rosalia. about so miles south
OF Chihuahua CITY. ts In the hands OF
viliista bandits today. while the main
force OF villistas on three trains IL
moving southwark toward Jlmlncz
and Parral. according to reports
made today to United States depart
ment agents and TO mining com.
panies' representatives here. The oc-
cupation Of the town took place Sat
urday with little bloodshed.
When the villistas approached
Santa Rosalia part OF the garrison
hed 20 the hills. Others fred few
shots at the bandits and followed.
Colonel Fernandez commanded the
Villistas. reports In Juarcs stated.
Leaving a small occupation force
IN Santa Rosalla. the main body OF
Villistas marched south OF the point
where the railway was Gu, and,
boarding three captured trains. pull.
cd out for the south. according to
details received by the Santa Rosalta
SprinES company, an American owned
company with ofIiccs here.
Military men here expect an attack
upon Jiminex within n short time,
The garrison there numbers several
thousand do faeto government troops
under command OF the Arricta broth
ers. The important town OF Parral
has a heavy Carranzista garrison un-
der General Luis Herrera. a former
viliista general who accepted am
ncsty from tho de tacto government.
villa has promised to capture Par
raj and execute Herrera with his own
hands.
Revol,ltionists are becoming more
active In the state OF Sonora, General
Gales. military governor OF that
state. here on his way to Mexico City
FOR n conference with Carransa, mar
rowiy escaped death when the train
on which he was a passenger passed
over a dynamite bomb on It's way to
the border. A freight train following
the passenger train was blown up,
Two American negroes, now be-
ing held In Juareg Jail. following
their arrest by a Carranxista patrol.
will ~ sent to chihuahua City for
trial, They were made prisoners by
the Carrannlstas yesterday eight
miles south OF here. United States
department officials are investigating
the affair. The prisoners claim they
were shooting rabbits and when the
CarNnzistas opened Are they Ned to
an adobe house, The Mexlcans fol-
lowed, overpowered and robbed them
and carried them into Juarez,
Mexican do facto officials declare
the negroes were firing on the patrol
Carransista Consul Bravo an
nounced today that Mexican dc facto
troos had re-occupied Santa Ysabel,
30 miles west OF chihuahua City,
used M a base by Pancho villa until
the bandits moved southwark, There
was no lighting, IN the bandits had
departed from the tomn,
An oflcInl bulletin from Chihua-
hua City announced that do facto
troops had captured and executed
Rosario Garcia, Vlllista chief, and
three men bearing letters to villa
signed by Colonel Rcgnn,
Consul Bravo exhibited n telegram,
dated saturday declaring Santa Ro-
snlIa had no, yet been attacked
Dcscrlors from Nilln, imprisoned
'at Cuslhulrnchlc, brought The Irsl
definite information of the strength
and condition OF the bandits on
October T.? when Tho dcsortcrs cs.
capped villa had 1000 mon fullv
armed ana m additional 1900 men,
hut these were normcd
At Cusihulrachlc, by sclzlng rcsi-