Arizona republican., 1919-06-16
V;lIistas Lose 97

WASHINGTON, June 15.-Reports of fighting between rebel and government forces in Juarez, Mexico, directly across the Rio Grande from Fl Paso, were scanned closely today by state and war department officials. The fact that bull lets had fallen on the American side of the border, endangering American life and property, led to the belief that some action might be ordered by the United States government, but so far as could be learned tonight at the state depart ment, no steps had been taken.
 At the war department it was reiter- ated that Major General de Rosey Ca bell, commanding the border guard, had instructions to deal with the situation as he saw fit.
 Dispatches to the state department said Villa forces attacked Juarez at 12:30 this morning, and remained in possession of the town two hours be- fore being driven out by the Carranza troops under General Gonzales
 The dispatches said no Americans were killed. although stray bullets wounded several persons in Fl Paso. 1 The war department, in, later dis patches, forwarded through the head quarters of the southern department at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, was in formed that Villistas still controlled the important sections of Juarez at 3 ?. m. today. The telegram said a Jap anese had been killed and Mexican woman wounded ill Fl Paso by bullets i from the Mexican side.
 l General Aguilar, head of the special | Mexican mission to the United States | tonight made public a dispatch from ! Juarez, saying that in the battle early today it had been officially reported that the Villistas suffered losses of 87 dead three wounded and 45 prisoners Among the killed was Jose Castro, said | to be general in the Villa army. An other officer, Jesus Brillo, who was ! severely wounded, according to the dis | patch was said to have had in his pos session when taken prisoner, valuable plans and dispatches belonging to Villa
 FL PASO, June 16.-Sniping oc-
 cured opposite the business district 1 of Fl Paso at 1:25 this morning, onf bullet fired from the Mexican siat
 breaking a window in the Fl PaSt l Times building twelve blocks from the
 river front. This and other snipine
 incidents were reported to militar!
 headquarters and sharpshooters vii ] these snipers, who are believed to bt ! Villa men hidden in adobe buildings
 along the south bank of the river
 Private Burchard Casey, S2nd artiT- 1 lery, was shot through the chest; Pri-
 vate Alfred Friedman, of the 24th col ored infantry, was shot in the leg, anG Sergeant R. NJ. Buckles of the Nintl ! engineers, was struck in the thigh Es
 snipers' bullets tonight prior to the l crossing of the American troops Th,. I increases the casualties occurring or
 the American side to two killed anG | seven wounded.
 Spectators were warned from tn,
 roofs of buildings, were ordered tt
 keep off the streets running to tht
 river and prevented from congregat ing in groups which might be easN 1 targets for the snipers on the soutf bank of the river. Rumors that snip ' lzg was being done from the Mexican 1 quarter of Fl Paso were denied a military headquarters tonight although military police and motorcycle provost l guards are patrolling the streets soutt i of Overland street to prevent sniping from the inside.