Arizona republican., 1917-01-09
carranzs Holds Ji.nlnez

FL PASO. Tex. Jan. S--Carron nza forces now occupy Iimir el. santa Rosalia and Tarral. while Francisco Villa and his staff have fled to the state of Durango over tho branch railroad from Parral to Fl oro. Dur ango.
 Government agents here Who have been ioath to accept the CarTanza reports of the victory oNcr Viila a Jiminez Friday and of Villas re- ported retreat to Parral. finally ad- mittel today that the battle of Jim iucz las ended in 8 complete repulse of the Villa forces. and one nigh government official said he bad in- formation which led him to believe that the government forces had NOT "a sweeping victory over Villa
 General Jose Carlos Murguia. com mander of the Juarez garrison. re- ceived g. message from his brother General Francisco Murguia. dated 9 o'clock d. m. today at the military headquarters in Parral. This message confirmed the occupation of Parral hy the de facto forces yesterday at : o'clock D. m The ness ge to the Juarez comma nder also Haid Villa had gone toward Fl Orc. near the Durango Chihuahua state line by way of the Parral and Durango railroad The recapture of nine locomotives 1 ne freight cars. number of Pull man cars and other equipment WAS also confirmed in this message. Government agents announced here late today that information had been obtained in the Juarez garrison that e Carranzd officers were wounded during the battle of JimineH and sev- eral high officers killed. It Was also said thirteen telegraph operators with Villas command were captured by General Murguia's command and eN- ccuted together with ma iofity of the 800 prisoners taken at Jlminez 1 by the government troops.
 From this same source it was re- ! ported lite today that General Gah- riel Gavria. military commander for | the 1e f;tctO government in the state l of Durango. has evacuated Durango ! city and had fled to Llano Girdnde ! Durango, with 1000 men. This in- 1 formation was said to have been re- ceiVed from an American who arrived at the border from Durango city. ! He said only one American was left 1 in the state of Drango The Villa command in charge of Gcnerai Fer nandez was said to have occupied l Durango city after General Gavira evacuated. The Villa forces are put i at 1000 men
 Partisans of Francisco ;Nlla an 1 nouneed they would be represented at the San Antonio. Texas, meeting of Villa delegates by Attorney Bor- ] rego. fa congressman in Mexico dur l ing the Madero regime.
 Rorrege they said today. left last l night for San Antonio. The viIlil ! sympathizers here insist the meeting
 to form d provisional government will
 be held there this week
 The Fourth Pennsylvania infantry l left on special trains today for Penn i sylvania to be mustered out of tho federal service, accompanied by Majoi
 General Charles NJ. Clement. com.
 mander of the Seventh Pennsylvania
 guard division. and his staff Be
 fore his departure, General Clement received 2 farewell call from Briga.
 dier General George Bell, Jr., com
 mandcr of the Fl Paso military dis
 trict.
 DOUGLAS, aJn. S.-General Ar.
 nulfo Gomez in command of tw,
 battalions of infantry with cavalr!
 attached was en route to Agui
 Prieta., opposite Douglas today tf
 take command Of the northwestern
 part of Sonora and garrison it
 towns, according to Ives c. Lelevier
 Mexican consul here.
 Agua Pricta will be General Go
 mezs headquarters.
 General Manuel Sobarzo left Nac'
 today at the head of the Twenty
 irst battalion. for Guaynas. the con
 au said. At Guavmas he will b joined by five hundred Yaqui Indian
 who surrendered not long ago to tn
 Carranza soldie.s. and expressed
 de> ire tc enlist in the regular army
 Sotarzo will sail soon with approxl maiels one thousand men, includin'
 tho Yauiis, for Mexico City. yia l Ma,.1arsffn tt, oa,,.t,t ....fI