Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-10-29
MUST MEET Bandit
ON HIS own Terms
Railroad Cut and Steps at
Once Taken to Prevent
Repairing Of Line-Tre-
vino Expects Decisive
Battle at Chihuahua City.
BY WEBB MILLER,
Omitted Press Staff Correspondent)

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Ell Paso. Tex, Oct. 2S.-Mexican de-
facto government troops today are
practically bottled up in the Immediate
district of Chihuahua City and, with
out holding q single town, Pancho
Villa, bandit leader, dominates the en-
tire state of Chihuahua
Such is the effect of the bandit lead
er's lightning movement in cutting the
Mexican Central railway, thereby iso-
lating the Chihuahua capital from the
south, and in tearing up the lines and
burning the bridges south of the inn
portant railway town Of Santa Rosalia.
To attack the bandit chief, the Car
rama troops will now be forced to
meet Villa on his own terms and in his
own strongholds.
Carranza officials announced late
today in an official bulletin from Chi
huahua City their belief that Parral is
the objective of the bandit drive. Mill
tary men and United States department.
agents here expect Villa to strike at
Jiminez, Parral or Santa Rosalia
shortly completing his strategic COM
mand of the state by paralyzing every
line of supply Of the Carranzistas.
Before marching southwark Villa left
d lOICo WCSt O1
City, commanding the Mexican North
western railway, to prevent its use by
the defacto military forces, mining rep
resentatives here have been informed
by their agencies.
REPAIR TRAIN ATTACKED.
After cutting the railway south of
Chihuahua City. Villa left a detach-
ment of his men posted inSBachiInba
~.
from repairing the lines. A repair
train under heavy guard. sent out from
Chihuahua City to rebuild the bridges
returned to the capital yesterday after
encountering the bandit guard in a
slight slsirmish. Telegrt oh lines have
been torn down for miles in the last
few days.
Bachimba canyon is strategic point
commanding the railway and has only
one entrance. A small force posted in
this-canyon can defy any number at
tempting to dislodge 1t.
A trained nurse from Chihuahua City
hospital who reached Juarez late to-
day. said that Villa had sent ten
wounded Carranza soldiers after the
battle into the city with a message to
General Trevino saying: Don't send
me any more SOlulerS. nave enough.
. Trevino announced as soon as their
wounds are healed these men will be
put in the penitentiary for allowing
Villa to capture thep.
That General Trevino expects Chi
huahua City to be the scene of decis-
i've battle is indicated by the hurried
construction of a new system of forth
ications around the city now going on.
Desperate efforts to form a coalition
among the various forces hostile to the
Mexican defacto government in various
parts Of Mexico are under way, ac-
cording to United States department
officials. To the present time these
attempts have been unsuccessful. 1t Is
declared. Plotters for the downfall of
Carranza hope to effect fusion of all
the revolutionists under a common di-
rection to work In unity. Reports have
reached the border at various times
that Generals zapata and Robles. each
commanding thousands Of troops In the
states of Morelos and Oaxaca VIII work
in harmony. but these reports have not
been confirmed.