Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-01-03
It Is Now Accepted That Ban
dit Chieftain Loaded 150
Cars With PIunder When
He Captured Chihuahua,
CARRANZA FORCES IN
CONTROL OF RAILROADS
Murguia Is Making Vigorous
Campaign Against Enemy
Wounded Coming in Indi7
cate Battle,
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| El Paso. Tex, Jan. 2.-An official
report received here today by Andreas
Garcia, inspector general of Carranza
consulates, from Gen. Francisco Muir
guia at Chihuahua City, announcing
the capture of a large quantity of ele-
ments of war in a cache at Terreros,
twenty miles south of the town of
Guerrero, in western Chihuahua, was
the first admission by the Carranza
government that Francisco Villa had
succeeded in obtaining a large guam
tity of ammunition and arms in Chi
! huahua City, during his occupation of
that place,
Much Loot Recovered.
The message stated that 5000
shrapnel shells, 5000 rounds of rifle
cartridges, 400 rifles eight cannon,
number of machine guns, hand gren-
AIDES, uniforms and army stores of
various kinds had been -ecapturea
from the Villa force under Julio
Acosta and another commander
named Ornelas. This loot was taken
by Villa when he captured Chihuahua
City, and was sent to Terreros on
number of special trains which Villa
seized when he entered the capital
this loot were made at the time of the
battle but the accepted estimate was
$50 cars of plumber including auto
mobiles, wagons, uniforms, blankets
shoes, corn and other foodstuffs, in
addition to the military equipment.
Terreros, where, according to this
telegram the cache was discovered by
General Herpahdez's forces, is on the
Mexico s. Orient railroad. 1t was in
tiliS yiellies t1.at r{fo running fight
between Villas followers and United
States cavalry forces occurred last
spring, following the Columbus raid.
Carranza in Control.
Refugees arriving here today from
Santa Rosalia, La Boquilla, Jimenez
and Parral said Carranza troops held
the railroad line and surrounding
country between Chihuahua City and
Santa Rosalia, with well established
base at Santa Rosalia. This contra.
diets previous reports given out by
Villa partisans here saying that Villa
was between Santa Rosalia and Chi
huahua City, with his main column,
and had driven the de facto outposts
toward the state capital.
These refugees left Chihuahua City
Sunday after arriving there by coach |
from Santa Rosalia. They reported
seeing two trains of de facto troops
leaving the railway station for the
south and said two other trains, one
of which was occupied by General
Murguia and his staff, were under
steam at the station, ready to leave
late Saturday night They also re-
ported Carranza troops moving south
from Santa Rosalia when they left
there on December 2S for the border.
Villa, they said, was somewhere south
of Santa Rosalia as the line was cut
south of that station when they left.
Confirm Former Report.
These refugees brought additional
confirmation of the killing of Howard !
Gray or Weeks, Dr. C. II. Fisher, and
the disappearance of Alexander Ri
caud. They also reported that l.. Fl.
Knopf. German physician, has been
arrested by CarranZa forces at Jimenez
because of alleged activities with the
Villa army, and had been sent to
Mexico City under guard. Black
smallpox was reported to be causing
many deaths in Santa Rosalia, Ca
margo and other towns in that vicinity
and also at Santa Eulalia, east of Chi !
huahua City.
Government agents here received
report tonight that wounded Carranza
soldiers had been brought into Chi
huahua City from the south, indicating
fight with the Villa forces some
where south of the state capital. Com !
paratively few troops were in Chihua- |
hua City now, it was added, General
Murguia having taken a large part of
his forces south to meet Villa outside |
of the city.