Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 174, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 July 1916 — Reported That Carranza Has Flopped to Villa. [ARTICLE]

Reported That Carranza Has Flopped to Villa.

Reports were circulated Thursday evening at Jaurez that the Carfanza garriosin at Torreon Durango, 130 miles south of Parral, had capitulated to the main Villa band led by the bandit chieftain. The rumors were also to the effect that Villa, riding in a coach, a crutch at his side, went into the town and received a surrender of the government commander. General Gonzales said 'atest reports of the bandit campaign were contained in Thursday’s Chihuahua city dispatches. Arrivals from Chihuahua city stated that an attack on Parral a week ago last Sunday failed because a Villa commander disobeyed orders. The Villa command of 600 men they declared was divided into two columns which were to attack the city simultaneously. One column advanced hours before the other, however, and was beaten off by the garrison, which recovered in time to hold the town against assaults of the second column. Mexican officials Thursday extended a public invitation to the citizens of El Paso to attend a military and civic kermess to. be held at Jaurez next Sunday for the benefit of the flood sufferers in the Queretaro district.