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'sipi Mexican .'"M Mexico City no .i" «i.JSir .-fVtV&Vi* PAGE TWO *.v evacuate the sand hills i, To night. the forces were widely scattered, most of them has tening towacd the interior and 1 out of range of .the aeroplane I fleet. For the first time, the i-l. American officers saw aero planes in use when.'actual con ditions of war prevailed. The Mexican forces in the iura» I hills might ha»e been wiped. out had bombs-been upon them Hi ner was left unfinished, as ., .' up the City. J1 7. /ovi4-ni I. 1 monster. dropped Additional details of meas- ures taken by General Huerta anions. to put all Americans and oth- y^BRrcAK^Ag er foreigners entirely within his power within the capital were learned here tuoday. Paul Von Hrirtz. German ambassa dor in Mexico City defied 200 mand the rifles the Germans! by Huerta to escort O'Shaugh- Americans in the interior, during which the hearts of ev- the capital that four Amen- unavailing in thu matter. Cans had been killed there. The newspapers Of the capi blua Jackets cheered lustily as the waved Tchl?ll l?leL°n!r InH to cut sand 15°°'10 or other interior |0'Shaughnessy was helpless. iivery cittrmorho!!s ed for protection from what they be- lieved to be some new dsatroy ng Admiral Fletcher took special pre- .i -r i-« !/.»« ifvnnnad 'cautions tonight to keep the natives (J' affaires, cautions tonight to keep indoors and to prevent sniping, Saturday night and Sunday ar* oaiuiuaj steps toward restoration of Americans are being held in 'send the autos to the Ameri normal conditions were taken jail here. They were taken off cans Saturday. Two hours by the American officers in the a train and are being held as elapsed from the he ar apnointment of men from the hostages in case Americans at- rived, when Carona ordered ships to all municipal posi- jtaok the town. They want to the train on the retorn trip and tions. Local officers fin filly re- jknow if you c&n help, the Ani6ric&n p&rtj was being1 proval of Huerta. A number of before reaching the American which bore them to Vera Cruz arrests were made as there was lines, 0'Shaughnessy saw sev- 'and safety. persistent sniping last night, eral Americans who had been One outburst occurred on the taken off trains. They pleaded plaza while the cafes were piteously to be carried the re- filled with diners. There were maining thirty miles to safety.! casualties but manv a din ThovtSld O'Shauirhnessv no casualties but many a din- They told snaugnnessytney CIV- had been on a refuge train ilians hurried away to their which left Mexico City Thurs- ugees homes or the hotels, further day morning. Some of the par- A & Several hundred peones the capital. Their train passed I have been hired by the naval OW]i dnrmg officers at sixty cents a day to night. When kansas. tie towns reaching the capital. merly published in Mexico homes of all Americans its regular full staff. El Dicta- cans in the hotels were Strip- 4-Via™ men, a local paper which re- ped of arms. The protectorate f. sumea publication today, established by sir .Lionel vJar- Claimed to have a report from den, British ambassador, was Three it was stated had been tal have issued the Wildest ex- The best estimates available to- PlaCHo„,thv Mex f!can J1 and thC WoUndftd at from A laa, fifteen mil as awaj ^aere 4 O The commissary sued orders tnat no more is feeding the natives. All Americans would be permitted Ar- The Mexican Herald, for- Huerta ordered that the ti?^^*™ JLVndSj City, appeared here today, search*1 foP&rms, and Thurs- j00®?* The paper was .gotten out by day night the rooms of Ameri- jnigVts "sniperR^^dm^rai^etS41hls dragged from street cars. The tras. One advised the "chop- SS, f^fJi^'fo fourth was killed in the Y. M. ping up of the dogs." C. A. On a railroad embankment ln cr a, 2"° ."y- After sweeping over the ssnd hills •jtroopg- under General Maas are en-- i^' jeamped. Many federal soldiers had STJST ZfZfZZZJ: panic. The Mexicans were terrified at the sight of an air craft. In Vera jug a 1- Cruz great crowds in the streets I running through a trop'C swamp and with the sky line !rom l-« marked bv cocoanut trees the! ™ar_®a nthe gazed upward in wonder at the first j™01038 °Pen Space alone. A3 I sight of the filers. The marines and *AV" lexicans who have tnreaten- »*»«««». __ off the water supply of the city. The marines were ordered to kl" MB""* well as.the Mexican flag which t^rShouasneds he"caj^d^^C^nef'oarona! had gr0ne out way A heavily armed? guard from Cap- they met. 'were threatened against Americans tain Reed's battalion was sent to the (Jolonel Carona and Captain 'wh^flveTh,"«.»•' Huse shook hands ill friendly :u«,r. ion, tb. ~uw,y t™« m«i» ad fashion and the Mexican ofn-,, ggj* gaid" ..j djijvei. by my apt it to us no a on MEXICAN HOSTAGES (Continued from page 1.) federal soldiers who Ead been pany the fleeing party. Col- desires me to say he under sent to the embassy to de- jonel Ramon Carona, assigned have stored there. jnessy from the city flatly re-,He wjfe An(| and departed. stored there for the defense of Maas." At this noint Colonel jtheir chief mark and it seemed A committee of officers and I American citizens. The Ameri- Carona greeted both women a fool hardy thing for him to citizens left here today to jean volunteer guards were pre- who aTe treat with General Maas who pared to defend their arms, but carona had been ordered to se-mined. The last words he identified, is still at the head of federal ion the advice of O'Shaughnes- |cure them in trade for Charge said to me were, "They've got troops about fifteen miles from sy, they surrendered the weap- 'o 'Shaughnessy and other to kill me before I go.' the "city, in an effort to ar-lons without resistant^ jmemhers of the diplomatic Bums said th»t al! range for the release of began the trip for Vera Cruz, gi^ff Americans left in vhe city Huge then fort will be made to persuade ty were to be touched by the diplomatic party to cross with report was received saying the Mexicans to agree to per- appeals of their countrymen Americans. "Perhaps you that the bandit, Zapata and mit all Americans who desire, 'for aid. At the towns of Ori- 'PJtTt make arrangements to per- Ibis men were coming. It was to come to Vera Cruz. In re- izada, Cordova and Jalapa, the escape of the Ameri- stated that the brutal, barbar turn all Mexicans wishing to Americans were crowded abou thev cities and towns. Another ef- jery one in the (fcpiomaticjjar- Mexicans and members of thejJustjas the er^^i^^tTS^^ak1^^ cans?" leave here will be escorted out- ithe stations. They pleaded Carona smiled saying "I turned loose in the city and al side the American lines and iwith the American charge to ]^ve no authority to jlowed two hours for looting. put aboard trains bound for |be taken aboard his train. any 0f points. (These stranded Americans had Carona changed entirely af |with Zapata by which in ex Although Americans are been taken from trains bound he reached the train with: change for their support, Hu now forbidden by Huerta to for Vera Cruz. At Cordova, |the ^aas party. He held the ierta would permit the Zapatis enter or leave the capital, Rear :an American wearing a British Strain only long enough for the to loot American homes Admiral Fletcher today sent flag, sneaked to the side of the ,removal of Mrs. O'Shaugh-!Wld a train load of native ref- train and handed a note to one nessey, her baggage and one ugees from Vera Cruz to Lejea jof the consulate employes. This auto. He sai| he must hurry where they were transferred jnote read:' ]and departed with two autoe to a federal train. The cityi "Blisser, Berford, Whit- belonging to the embaasy still was quiet tonight and further combe and a good many other qq the train. He promised to fused to act for fear of disap- At Tejeria, the last station bundled aboard the train under assumed names. They ,nmmJ Applied the Torch. can c,ub ,n three tIm58 by mobE 8ince it was 1 irom tne CTACK Ot nllcs. ty n&cl D6Cn scut ClG3X DftCK to no Americans had been injured, but ,|a person to the station to iden- Shaughnessy move naval stores and clean left the capital, Huerta had is- °f commerce is in charge of Com- to leave the city. The order ^.M^i^thfa mander Sellers of the prevented Americans in the lit-jwill tre®8' tne transfer of the O'shaughnessy party from the Huerta train to tonight, A a a a last mght. A mile of up-torn track separated the American Mexican. Capt. H. M?L. Huse, carry- flag of truce, proceeded th A |he approached the Mexicans. v"V iCi earned here today from ,BPreme belnB IWPISWnPH his white flag, between the lines president, the American^ the can consul and their staffs. Captain Huse, snalang hands with and Shanklin, thanked Carona ^"I stands "If you want the guns yon jfused. jpassenger traffic both ways be will have totfight 300 Germans Before the departure Huerta tween the two cities. As an to get them was the ambas-isent 200 soldiers to the em- earnest proof of his wish he de sador's reply to the demand, jbassy to seize the 275 rifles and |sLres me to turn over to you the if need be. The raging mobs The soldiers argued no further jtwo machine guns which were O "Shaughnessy then said: have brought to the line ion my train a large number of sieged the train, pleading that Mexicans who desire to leave they be permitted to accom- jVera Cruz. Admiral Fletcher many Americans are in capital who wish to depart. would be pleased to open ref-ied rWday afternoon when '.he tnun left, 1 Still Impossible this afternoon to learn along the railway between Vera Cruz action toward protecting the marines and blue ^ack0tB THE DAILY GATE CITY Just appropriated by congress for the work. He directed that all avail- to meet him WHdj™6^ JJJSJTand' assist foreigners leavlng the war etricken country, Reoorts that barbaric massacres a other forelgner9 day. the order of daughter of General had chosen the embassy as relatives of Huerta. do to stay, but he was deter- permitted 250 were keeping off the streets said O'Shaughnessy. jous Zapitatistas would be matter other than the de- was reported that Huerta this American party/' reached an agreement who arrived on the last train person wishing to depart. He com• J?* peiied sir Lionel Carden Von anti-American demonstrations were!tifjr refugees. Carden hat^ done every- wno are aeid as hostages in towns and the capital. An appeal to General the power, has ordered thatij^pj^jj leased I To prevent a re] er has ordered that all Mexicans found ^1l.1.y1gaT? "I5* ibe immediately execated. London. correspondents have cabled their pa-!the froni t5ie 8nlp,nK cf ttl6 |thousand and mors in terror stricken flight. This was the picture of Mexico in the flight of foreign ref- 8 distance, appalled officials here. The Tefugees are our chief concern to night." cald Secretary Daniels after a conference with President Wilson, Bryan and Garrison broke up at 10:90. "God knows, we are doing everything we can to aid them.** President Wilson gave his aides, carte blanche in the campaign of suc cor. He had a half million dollars by federal f-,itv t(i Vpra Cruz were 'against Americans Amen- stores for two afrald .t [By William G. Shepherd. United id antifled as an American pre$s staff correspondent.] off and forced' to remain. VERA CRUZ. April 25.—The Ameri-'firm determinalton to hold the eight boI- received all Unspeakable atrocities were feared porta At all large sea- Ws tonight, refugees were massing. p.nnii.n at tux- conKegtlon ig greateiSt ami Vara finu. Hun- ,pam, Tampico and Vera Cruz. Hun dreds are sheltered aboard American and British warships. Galveston Is E 8 3 nruinpp, vjoiv wb thQ concentration camp for refugees Five thousand, it is expected, will be landed there within ten days- Sec retary Bryan stated tonight that he did not know bow many more Ameri cans are in Mexico. It is believed there are 4,000. About 1.300 refugees are now at Vera Cruz and Tampico. Several hundred more are at Tuxpam. Admiral Howard, commanding the fleet on the west coast, reports at least Ave hundred at various ports there. Including Ouaymas and Maz atlan. WANTS TO SINK IN A SEA OF BLOOD (Continued from page 1.) hours, sm Women and Babies. [By 'William G. Shepherd, Unit ad Press staff correspondent.] VERA CRUZ, Mexico. April 25.— More than a score of American wom en with babies ana children were turned backed by Huerta's soldiars, to face the mobs of Mexico City, when they attempted to leave the riot rid den capital on the refuge train that reacbed here this afternoon. Huerta icans ©scaped, posing as British sub- to-8pecV1"i. poeslb*lifrt fate of those left behind. The refugees said that Huerta's diers went through the traiif as stood in the station and every one City has been fired 'hundred Americans remaining there, «™r.Jn toW the soWterB Phm*pl ^f8 bejthere little likelihood of the pris-! J^J^^^TtiS^itrwsid pidn^l wlfe ch,ld 10 8ave 11 a a a a a B„yd Mexk.„c wo)lld hMmwlat been hanged in the plaza. Americans ed at the po:nt of transfer. She had —, .. .... ... ... ... ..... .' ". .. Senators stone or Missouri, chairman ,, ... j*"5 suilty of criminal indulgence and walked a mile along the uptorn track® constant Mexicmng- Barbaric Massacres Feared. washtintgon. April 25.—Three ..v. on which the refugees came to Vera, Cruz. "The credit for as many Americans escaping as so far re&ched here to du« to Sir Liionel CarOw. He h«a been the bis figure in aiding Ameri cans. Th» capital is In the hands of a blood thirsty mob. The embassy offers no protecstion to Americans now, of course, and they are prac tically at the mercy o( Huerta's mur deroug soldiers. Most of the Huerta soldlsrs are cut throats and Crimi nals, impressed from prisons." Each refugee train bringB new m- Qf upon strict identification of every, town-American nations, Secretary ajjjj Schintz, German am thirty passing as English, were able to escape. All brought confirma tion of reports of anti-American riots, evidently encouraged by Huerta. The gravest fear for Americans remaining in the capital was expressed. John Phlllipi toltf how John Mo- bring any result. Huerta, the V^V'Mm""an* Wife and "babv mS" ranuJf °l many stations waving British get on the train and* begged and pleaded for help. But we could no nothing for them. Men and women were holding up babies to arouse pity and pleaded piteously. It waa a heart rinding sight. "All along the way we heard tales of suffering. "We were told that three American refugees were taken from a train Thursday and executsd. Z™ amZh flags. They tried to aid given Americana by the British. The Americans in Vera Cruz tonight, were wUdly demonstrative whenever the Union Jack appeared. The British jackie* wera cheered on the streets by civilians and American marines and blue Jackets. Everywhere could be heaxtf the sentiment that blood Is thicker than wat sr. The Britisher Is standing by his American brother in this crisis In a fashion that cannot be forgotten. There is the most intense feeling on both sides. The mobs had repeatedly attempted to set lire to the American embassy, Burns said. All who escaped with Burns assumed names of British sub jects and wore British Hags tor pro tection. All along the route, they heard of outrages against Americans. The refugees brought a report that Professor Parker, an economist of T*I^?'ank,yf Paui|President ambassador to!on the th* Co lumbia University, New York, -who went to Puefela from the capital on the day before the United States marines landed, at Vera Cruz, has been ar rested and is held as a hostage fa Puebla. Burns said that Huerta'a soldiers searched the train three times before it was allowed to leave the capital and that every passenger had to be Quiet at Vers Crux. WASHINGTON, April 35—The fol- .j^rai Fietchsr: "K train under a flag of truce left Vera Cruz at 10 a. m. Mexican road, meeting with a train there with about 400 foreigners, fifty of whom were Americans and all of whom were brought to Vera Cruz. No change in situation here. Additional conferences with 4ty oflketala today and proclamation issued, disarming all inhabitants." '.V CENTLE WORDS INSTEAD OF BULLETS (Continued from pace 1.) on the honor and dignity of this conn-, try. President Wilson tonight through Secretary Bryan accepted the offer of mediation from the "A. B. C." con federation of South America—Argen tine, Brasil and Chile. The offer came unsolicited. It was unqualifiedly ac cepted so far as the spirit went. But in his aoeaptance, the president em phacised that if wortf comes that Americans have fallen victims to Mexican lust and hate, those respon sible must face the course. Three am bassadors who accepted the reply of this government, told Secretary Bry an they realized conditions In Mexico were such that their effort may come too late. diniomacv. The offer was -put Iwe ,„u. «^u Huerta's we wiHi^ to m^t her tn t^ ft*nkMt and ™°8^, know„ The offer and acceptance were wm «ddre- to diplomacy. The offer was appro- sol- this government. President again to tell the civfMzed world hav? no desiBn« conc|"*tory hlB Thursday.! was shown by the fact that he insist-' °™atic representatives Of toe three, preSent IS"**® a/t^eJTra^t° child- pens that if the English had con-[ Mrs. Albert Simmons, an American] of th® "f"' induced McPhail to pretend it was An English w.!! „rMeoc„,a ,„nti.-|. „„,« Q. of the genate conun1ttee "I hope that this may b» a more of far reaching importance. But any- under a British flag, accompanied by Mexican soldiers of whom she was afraid. Several British men picked v' ^ItarrtMn ut|n Amer1can nat1on(l cans are killed, they will go to avenge them. Whether Huerta will accept don't know. Qn the other hand, he must go and his suoceasor must rap resent the people of Mexico. But It was a splendid tribute to this coun try to receive this offer of mediation and we do ourselves and these na tions honor In accepting it." Representative Flood of Virginia, chairman of the house committee on foreign affaire echoed Stone's senti ment. "This offer does not change our pottoy of aggression In the slightest degrea," he said. "Of course if Huerta, realising that h« is facing defeat, wants to accept this offer as a means .of getting out of his present predicament it will be glad news to us.- We will not accept any tribute, territorial or otherwise, from Mexico. Huerta and all he represents must go and the Mexican people must come into their own." That was the general opinion ax pressed everywhere in congressional and official quarters. The president and Secretary Bryan were hopeful that pressure of the three strongest nations In South America would have a tolling effect on Huerta and that he would accept. But the ibulk of sena tors and representatives did not be lieve this possible. They argued that latest advices from interior Mexico and especially from Mexico City pointed to the contrary. There was hardly a man here In Washington who did not fear that when the story of today and tomorrow is recorded, it will be one of outrage that will force our hand. Sunday Is a holiday throughout Mexico and especially in the capital. Anxious officials here tonight were asking what the holiday fiesta will bs. Not in years has Washington been so stirred as it was today. The stories of Americans dragged from trains and thrown in prisons, of whole families maltreated because of their nationality, and of other Americans being held as.hostages In cass of possible reprisals by the United States, aroused most bitter enmity here. Border senators and represen tatives "protssted in person to the president and Secretary Bryan. Qrlm1 visaged officials waited for word anxiously, that would' start a foroed march on the ity of Mexico. Seore taiTy Bryan sought vainly through friendly embasays and legation for some word as to just what Is going on -behind the scenes in the southern capital. The Brazilian, Chile and Argentine embassies at Mexico City have used their utmost persuasive powers all day to compel Huerta to protect all for eigners and especially Americans. The three embassies were expected to threw their doors open to American citizens la case of urgent need. Bat thsr/sn do mrr c|a]8 wj,0 tl(m Wilson took oocasion in his replyIraporta here that the United it, that on Mwdco and mlg1lt "'f11- conference with the dip-, ud ^?ld |,that he took office, that "Huarta must go." The question of sending additional He told them that the only basis of troops to 'the border and to Vera settlement must be one which ss-iCruz was still undecided at a late •nres the nations of the world that! hour tonight. The president held sev tb constitutional rights and gnaran- eral conferences with Secretary of tees or the Mexican people were to War Garrison. The entire question be restored to them and to provide iwas threshed out Garrison renewed tor a stable government to take the his recommendation that the entire the border and tkm. that an entire division be sent to C*a°tte offer end aoceptance, 1 that Mra! even the members of the sen- (Burleson, who. aa a Texan, Is familiar Huerta whether he too will accept. I Th9 president would not venture'a to w%at that the Unit-1 ed States has nothing but the parent Tno"T2a,,n whBt 11 h" most pathetic, said PhilHpl. At:that there is no plan of territorial nd Secretary ot the Navy Dan- of the States. Villa would accept the report ArSetttjM'C^1,e i*™* and Wilson stood squarely to-!to mediate. Both are suspicious of doctrine enunciated when the South American nations. b» ra»hed The complex character of the laa-jVera Cruz. In his suggestion he was SUNDAY little. Officials here who are familiar with the sltuetloa. openly admitted that even though Huerta might desire ,to give protec tion to Americans, he ie not now tn position to do so. Mont of his beet troops have been sent out of the city. The flower of his army was annihilat ed at Torreon. The troops now under arms in Mexico City are the riff-raff of the nation the impressed men who hate Americans with /the most bitter hatred and who blame Ameri cans for their present predicament. These men will welcome, the chance to maltreat Americana, rather than ]g,OT most about the situa- There are grave fears also that .gtates had accepted a proposal pro- viding for mediation with Huerta, canse an outbreak among the ^[Constitutionalists. There was no oae ln offlclal clrcleg who ha2ard a cared to guess as to how Carranza wer® backed lip by Postmaster General ate and housa foreign relations com- with everything Mexican and who In mlttee who were consulted by the slated that an overwhelming ahow of president before it was made public. force was the best thing under the The president explained that no dell- circumstances. Beoretary of nite offar had been made. He told: State Bryan took an opposite view, senators and representatives that the,BOt actually come into conflte*. three countries named throw* their Oarrison at any time but there embassys at Mexico City, wtmld aak be®n "«erences twe®n them- Br'an i®1*®™0"* Huerta's reply will Ith* of opinion be- »r^ied movement of troops just at Mm® when ®*®r of a a a a ... good faith in such an acceptance. The ,aid. jmatter waa llnally held in abeyance although orders for movements of cer tain troops were drawn and held by for argrnndizment hidden in our massing^ inferred ,n the executive of- army and navy of the United ,ece, tonight nBtii 0» "But it is just asrweU to let it be that they had merely laid before the known here and now. that this conn* president all of the dispatches at try has not the slightest istntkrif^df relaxing its grip on the situation. Our warships ars in Mexican waters. Our troops are on her borders and en route to her shores. They are going to enforce our demand that this gov ernment be respected and to uphold our national honor. And it Ameri- «n" N4ght Conference. WASHINGTON. April 25.- -Presi- *nt|!dent Wilson. Secretary of War" Oar- 10:15. At the end the conference, the secretaries said the their disposal, which dealt with Mexican situation. While they wonld not divulge the content* of the dispatches, It wae learned that they emphasized 'the real peril of the Americans in all of Mex ico dwelt at great lennth on the anti American feeling within the ranks of the constitutionalists and explains how necessary lt wm that this g0v ernment land men and take posies slon of the Tehauntepec railroad President Wilson tamed real war with the heads of his division. There vu no attempt to disguise the serious ness of the situation. At the same time, there was acceptance of the optimism heretofore manifested by the president and Secretary Danlelg who believe that Huerta Is only anx lous tor some excuse to save his own face. The president went to bed at 10:30 and Secretary Tumulty return ed to his home but left word they were to be awakened If anything ser ious developed. Up to a late hour, the Brazilian, chile and Argentine rep! reseMatlves were in conference at the home of the first named. The Mexican situation was gone into en tirely. No member of the diplomatic corps of the three nations wonld discuss ln any way what happened, but there was not one of them who evinced an optimistic frame of mind. As indi cating that the administration holds little hope for suocess of ths media, tlon plan, was the statement from the white house tonight that nearly all retired officers of the United States services are to be called back1 to duty during the next forty-eight hours. Tan minute* before six o'clock, President Wilson by adding the thir teen letters of his name to the bot torn of the engrossed copy of the? army bill added upwards of 160,000: men to the armed forces of the nation.: Tha bill not only provides for the enlistment as an organization of tie entire guard of forty-eight states, bv.t Iho gives the president authority .'04 send them beyond the border of the United States in case of war. The president will sign the army appropriation bill on Monday. It will make immediately available, millions which can be used for emergencies that may arise. It will obviate the necessity for a special appropriation bill until a state of war actually exists, something the democratic lead ers have been very anxious to avoid. It Suits Villa. JTJARBZ, Mexico, April 25.—Gen. Francisco Villa tonight showed in tense Interest in the proposition made •by the representatives of Argentine. Chile and Brazil to mediate in the difficulties between the United Stales and Mexico. He had translated to Wm the terms of the proposition and especially the statement that Amer ica would Insist on the elimination of General Huerta. ••That manner of settlfag the diffi culties sulfa me," he said. "Any settlement based on the retirement ot Etuarta Is satisfactory to me. I hope,! however, that the United States will retala a firm grasp the altuattwiK^ and not permit the South American republics to obtain too strong a hold. Personally, I am willing that the Unit ad States handler the matter alone." WAJt NEWS During the day formal denial was made by Bryan snd Daniels that Bryan contemplated reeHnina. Daniels characterised such reports as "mighty near treasonable, under present conditions." THE WEATHER [United Press Leased Wire Service.! WASHINGTON, April *4 UP TO DATE (Continue^ from page 1.) :j Mere than 3000 refugees were aboard veeeela in the gulf today en route to Galveatan. About 1,200 more will bs taken from Mexico next week. British Ambassador Spring Rice wae Informed here of arrival of an Englishman naind Boyd at Orizaba. He alee told Secretary Bryan that Huerta Is holding all Americans In Mexico City as hostages for ssfsty of Mexicane in Vess Cruz. At Bryan'a request, British and Brazilian representatives In Mexico Mexican City, notified Hwerta thst non-combatants are not under at Vers Crux although federsl sol dlere captured, are held prisoners. Ths gunboat Yerktown and the Mex lean gunboat Qoererrsro, arrived late today at Ouaymas. 25.—Weather forecast: Iowa: Fair in east, increasing cloudiness west portion Sunday. Showers «®d cooler at nl«ht or Mon day. Illinois: Fair Sunday. Monday cool er and unsetUed, probably showers. Missouri: Fair Sunday, warmer southeast portion. Monday showers and cooler. ^LO«M Observation^* April Bar. Ther. Wind Wth'r 25 7 a m-——2i.0« «1 Pt.Cl'dy 25 7 p. m. 25».00 76 W Clear •River shore low water of 184. 3.8. in hours, rise 1 tenth. Mean temperature, 70. Lowest temperature. 40. --ev Highest temperature, 79. Lowest temperature Friday night 60. ... FR0D Z. GOSBW1SOH. Observer. \W Mrs. Hay Dead. [TTnlted Press Leased Wire Service.] -NEW YORK, April 2S.—Mrs John A. Hay. widow of former Secretary of State Hay died here today at the home of her daughter Mrs. Payns Whitney, after an illness lasting tea days. Tfiet: body win be tak«n to Cleveland taf burial. tha mat 1