Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 165, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 July 1916 — Carranzistas Beat Off Two Villa Raids—Bandits Scattered. [ARTICLE]

Carranzistas Beat Off Two Villa Raids—Bandits Scattered.

Two Villa bands attacked Carranza garrisons Tuesday at Rosario and Parral, but in both cases were beaten off w’ith losses, according to official reports. From Rosario the bandits were driven southward toward the Durango line by government troops under Generals Gacito and Hernandez. Other reports to General Trevino indicated that a scouting patrol from Parral had encountered one of the small bands of outlaws, who scattered after the attack on Jiminez, in the vicinity of El Valle, and had driven them into the hills, but no details were given. General Trevino said he had not received details of either of the clashes, but that all reports indicated there were skirmishes more or less minor in character. He said that every effort to force the Villistas to a battle had failed. No doubt remains in the minds of the military authorities that Villa is directing the campaigrf along the Durango-Chihuahua border.

Weather. s(oap Partly cloudy and continued warm tonight and Thursday. E. G. Warren and family and daughter Grace and child, of Lawton, Okla, arrived last evening for a visit with relatives. They came in their auto, making an average of about 200 miles per day, camping some of the nights by the roadside, carrying a tent for the purpose. They visited various points along the way. They visited Co. M at Indianapolis before their departure for Texas. After visiting relatives in this vicinity they will maze the return trip by auto, but Mr. Warren will return by train, another party from the west making the return trip in the auto in his place. They had no auto trouble on the trip and found the roads as a general thing in first class condition.