The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-02-04
Somewhere Between Ojo Cali
ente and Moctezuma Bandit
Chieftain Is Expected to
Make Last Stand.
UNITED STATES ARMY
FORCE GUARDS LINE
Outlaw Will Be Unable to Get
Into This Country, Is State.
ment of Commander at
Juarez.

III Pnso. Tex. Feb t--ieuornl
Francisco villa is circled by forces OF
the de iacto government and cannot
cross the international nnc. II that be
his objective. according to General
Gabriel GaVira, comma ,dautc AZ Jun
req. across the border here
villa rs enclrclcd some where be-
tween 90 cnlicntcs and Moctczuma
according 10 Gavira.
Should villa VII, slip through the
circle around him, General Gayitd
stated he believed he would sttll he
caught before he crossed the border
because OF extensive prpnrhtions made
to trap him
Five hundred men have been
stretched toward the cast from JuarcL
to Djinaea and half of tho Diinaea
garrison has been sent un "A diagonal
route inland with the vicinity of Moo.
tezuina as an objective. West of Juarcz
three hundred men have been station
ed along the International border as
far as the sonora state line. From the
western Chihuahua districts the forces
which were reported to have pushed
villa and his band out of the guerrero
district ar" moving eastward with
Their objective the MoCtozuma district
while from the south General Herrera
is known to be advancing ny military
trains northward along the line of the
Mexican Central with scouts extended
on either side of the line. II IL cN-
pected in Juarez that one end OF his
command will effect junction with
the forces from tine west while the
other connects with the forces from
Ojinaga
Along the border to the west and
east OF El Paso United states cavalry
patrols have been ordered to watch
for the arrival OF villa and arrest him
and his men.
Colonel Manuel Gonzales of the
Juarez garrison was scat south early
today with i5O men on a military train
and reported from pio Calionte that
the bandits were appearing as a result
OF the drive from the south. west and
east. Gopzalcs reported detraining to
meet the bandits.
No report has been received from
the garrison commanders ut Moctc-
yuma or villa Ahumada hut accord
ing to General Gavira they defeated
the bandits last night reported led by
villa in the MoctezumH district. .cn-
oral Gavira said he hal not received
oiiicia. confirmation that villa person
ally led the band In that attack ~ re-
ported last night. He believed II pos
sibie villa personally with his bullion
train was qndeaNoring To- break
through the circle and reach the
Bosauc Bonitn country
Wire commu licdtioh was restored
with Chihuahua CITY shortly after
noon today but General GaNira refused
TO utilize IL believing it had been re
stored by villa ior the purpose of sc
curing Information Hs To his pursuors
No news of the conflict uf General
Francisco villa with the de factu gov
ernmeHts troops at Mucteluma had
been received at the cuartel general IN
Juarel before noon today
~ that time IL was said that the
wires were still cut south of villa Ahu-
mada on the Mexican central railway
ami until the situation at Muctcllma
was cleared no news could be had.
Confidence wac expressed that Nilla
was being worsted in his attack ON the
goNernments forces.