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MATM FE NEW MEXICO, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1913.
RELATIONS M
BE SEVERED
WITHU.S.
HUERTA STILL CONTINUES IN HIS
MAD CAREER. SOME OF HIS
MINISTERS LEAVE HIM. MANY
AMERICANS ARE FLEEING FROM
THE CITY OF MEXICO.
NEW MEXICAN CONGRESS
TO MEET THURSDAY
Mexico City, Nov. 17. The report
was revived today that General Huer
ta iutended to resign on the convening
nf i.nnirmca In l-fAB-llIm HeRRlOU Oil
Thursday. It was based on the alleged
declaration of a member of the chain-!
ber of deputies. An early severance ;
of relations between the United j
States and Mexico is regarded here as will launch on such an insane adven
inevltable. None of the newspapers, ! tuie as a war with Mexico,
whether printed in English or Spanish i Mr. O'Shaughnessy shortly before
published more than the briefest dis- noon said he had received no iudica
patches today touching the situation Hon from Washington that he was to
and no indication was given in these , close the American embassy here. He
of the intention of Washington toward appeared to have abandoned hope of
Mexico. any renewal of negotiations with the
Whether the United States embassy j Mexican government,
is to remain or be immediately with- j Huerta Minister Leaves,
drawn appears to be a matter which Vera Cruz, Mex., Nov. 17. Eight
Nelson O'Shaughnessy, the American ; American families arrived here from
charge d'affaires, himself, is uncer-1 Mexico City this morning, and report
tain. The staff of the embassy is led that a genera,! exodus was begiu
ready to leave at a moment's notice jning. Many more are expected to
and little surprise would be felt here, night and a still greater number to
although much alarm would be caused : morrow morning,
in case Mr. O'Shaughnessy and his Manuel Galza Aldape, who recently
establishment should take the evening resigned the ministry of the Interior in
train to Vera Cruz. the cabinet, arrived here this mom-
There was considerable gossip in ing from Mexico City and boarded the
political circles today of further steamer Espagne, accompanied by his
changes in the Mexican cabinet. Gen- wife and children. He was escorted
eral Aureliano Blanquet, the minister I from the quay by the local officials,
of war, is said to have had a misun-jln reply to questions he would only
derstanding with President Huerta, j say he was proceeding to Paris to take
which may cause him to withdraw up his duties as Mexican minister to
from his post. . . i France.
With the departure of Manuel Gar- What doubt remained regarding Gen
za Aldape, late minister of the interior eral Huerta's intentions with respect
foreigners here feel that the cabinet to compliance with the American .de
has lost one of Its most level-headed mands for his own elimination was
members, and an official whose mod-
eration could be dispended on. His
successor has not yet been chosen.
In the meantime General Huerta is
proceeding 'with lils efforts to xirpin
ize the new congress, regardless ot
the notice given to him by John Lind
that serious consequences would fol
low such a step.
It was expected that a further at
tempt would be made this anernoon
to organize the senate, as Saturday's
effort failed, owing to the lack of
a
quorum.
The chamber of deputies was order-1
ed to hold a session today for the pur-
pose ot revising me creuenuaia ui no
Q.v'hD Ilnlooo tho TTnitprt States i
finds a means to bring about altera
tion of the present plans, the first reg-
uiar meeting of that house will occur ; PPI for reopening of the negotia
on Thursday. ,ions- Senor Adalpe's resignation
General Huerta regards his part In
the recent exchange of communica-
Hons with the United States finished.
He expects to find no difficulty in con
summating his plan to bring his new
congress to full organization tomor- j
. . . . . ,
row and he continues planning nis
military campaigns and carrying out
his policies of pacification.
What further move may he taken at
Washington is a question which neith
er the Mexicans nor the foreigners
here find an easy one to answer but It
was noticeable that there was an In
creasing expression of opinion that
the United States would continue heri
hands off policy.
It was reported unofficially today j
that Chihuahua had been captured, i
The war department, however, has
little confirmation regarding the mili
tary operations, especially those in
the north in which the rebels are said
to be victorious. The situation about
Tuxpam, the center of the oil Industry
Is described as acute. The rebels are
urging the foreigners to cap their
wells and leave them, as the rebels
don't propose to leave an unrestricted
supply of oil for the railroads nor to
enable the government to derive reve
nue from that source.
The exodus of .foreigners, especial
ly Americans, continued today. The
trains to Vera Cruz were jammed. It
was asserted at the American embas
sy that no new Instructions had been
received. Many American citizens
CHINESE QUESTION IS
SERIOUS IN PANAMA REPUBLIC
Panama, Nov. 17. The Chinese
question assumed a serious turn in the
republic of Panama today. All the
Chinese merchants, wholesale and re
tail. In this city, in Colon and at
points in the interior, numbering more
than 1500, acting according to a pre
arranged plan, closed their places of
business after posting notices stating
that the doors had been shut for the
purpose of taking inventory. The
demonstration was an effort to compel
the Panama government to recede
from its program relative j the new
registration law. This law compels
Chinese residents to take out new certificate-
of registration and pay an ad
ditional fee, or render themselves
liable to deportation.
The closing of the small stores has
; have reached here from smaller towns
in the interior of Mexico. A numbet
of business concerns here whose head
miarters are abroad have received
i cable instructions to send the women
land children of their employes out of
i the federal capital. ' A man arrived
from Vera Cruz last night who claim
ed to be a messenger from John Lind.
with what authority was not known,
and who urged the immediate depar
ture of all Americans men, women
and children,
The Impartial today refers edi
torially to the organization of the
Mexican congress:
"It appears," says the Imparcial,
That this congress displeases the
mighty personage of the White House.
He takes up for slaves, whereas we
I belong the noble and fierce race of
j Cuauntemoc, the last Aztec soverign
' of Mexico, crossed with the blood of
! that other indomitible and proud peo
I pie whose monuments of . glory rear
themselves on the heights of the
Andes.
"Our grand president, now unem
barrassed by intriguers, stands more
firm than prophyry or bronze.
"A people which loses its Independ
ence and dignity without a supreme
w'Be ucu
eternal ignominy." !
The article continues by saying that j
the writer cannot believe the Yankees
iremoved from the minds ot most Mex
icans and roreign residents, d.v nis
peremptory dismissal yesterday of
Manuel Garza Adalpe, the minister of
interior,- who. was looked upon as the (
head of Huerta's cabinet.
Adalpe led that group of the cabi-j
net .which held the conviction that it j
would be best to accede to that por-1
tion, at least, of Washington's de- j'
mands which meant the total aban-1
donment of power by the provisional ,
president, and he is said to have been
the on'y 0ne w'th sumctent courage
to discuss the international situation j
"
It was he who called at the Ameri-
and induced j
cl"u" icv.cn.ij
Nelson O'Shaughnessy, the charge
d'affaires, to send to Washington his
w e'"uu - """ " ?
at President Huerta nous early this
morning. Huerta is said to have re
iterated at this meeting the statement
that he would not resign, that with
'ul II. - t!P .ln..41. n4
,tc
lie wae riinnnRAfl tn nlflV out. the enme.
Certain Intimate friends of General
Huerta have been indicating to him,
it is said, for some time, that the min
ister of the interior was intrlgning for
the presidency and that the cabinet j
who opposed Adalpe Included Quer-1
ido Moheuo, minister of foreign af- j
fairs; Aurelio Blanquet, minister of
war, and Jose Maria Lozano, minister
- . fomeni0
It is staled authoritatively that
these throe m-nisters assured General
Huerta that unless the minister of
(he interior was removed they would
resign. Manuel Garza Adalpe was
designated tonight by the provisional
president to go to Europe in fulfill
ment of some undetermined special
mission. Senor Adalpe's friends think
it possible that he may be named to
succeed Francisco de la Barra as
minister to France. !
Senor de la Barra has been ordered j
to Japan as special ambassador to (
present the thanks of the Mexican
government for the participation of
Japan in the centennial festivities
under Porfirio Diaz in 1910. It was
on this mission that General Felix
Diaz was proceeding when he decided
to return to Mexico to take part In
the elections.
already entailed considerable hardship
n the poorer classes to whom the
Chinese sell butter, lard, rice and
other articles in small quantities val
ued as low as 2 1-2 cents, a trade the
native merchant does not care to
handle. Much annoyance has also
been caused by the non-delivery of
laundry. If the laundries are not re
opened within a reasonable time, the
police have been authorized to take I
action.
The P-inama government today an
nounced its decision to stand firm.
Orders were it-sued to all provisional
governors to proceed with the arrest
of Chinese not complying with the
registration law before November 25.
The Chinese shopkeepers in the Canal
Zone have not been affected.
LAW VIOLATORS TO
! BE TRIED BY A
MILITIA COURT
CIVIL CASES AGAINST OFFENDERS
IN COLORADO STRIKE FIELD RE
LEASED TO MILITARY AUTHOR
ITIES FOR TRIAL-MOVING PIC
TURES OF STRIKE CONFISCATED
C. F. & f CTSTEEL
MILLS RESUME WORK
Trinidad, Colo., Nov. 17. Charges
of assault with intent to murder
against four strikers were dismissed
in the civil courts this morning when
Justice C. A. Bowers was Informed by
General Chase that the men were mil
itary prisoners and ordered that they
be held awaiting his orders. The de
fendants are charged with having at
tacked Herbert Smith, mine clerk at
the McLaughlin mine on the afternoon
of November 8.
This is the first indication that
General Chase proposes to try all per
sons charged with law violation in
connection with the present coal
strike, in military court.
Deputy District Attorney Ralston,
upoji receipt of the order of General
Chase, ordered the case stricken from
the civil records without prejudice,
'the four prisoners were arrested by
the military authorities and later re
leased under bonds by the civil au
thorities. General Chase Immediately
caused the strikers to be re-arrested.
One thousand feet of moving picture
films were taken during an attack by
strikers upon a train load of guards
near Ludlow were confiscated yester
day at Walsenburg by the militia and
are now in possesion of General
Chase.
It is said that the dozens of mem
bers of the attacking party are plainly
recognisable. General Chase will
view the pictures late today.
C. W. Fairchild, recently appoint
ed military secretary to General
Chase, arrived here this morning and
is engaged in the distribution of mili
tary supplies. v
The strike zone is quiet and many
miners are returning to work accord
ing to General Chase. Four non-union
miners are said to have been attack
ed and beaten at Raton, N. M., yester
day by strike sympathizers.
Steel Mills Reopen.
Pueblo, Colo., Nov. 17. Twelve hun
dred men who have been out of work
for several weeks at the steel mills of
the Colorado Fuel & Iron company,
owing to coal shortage, returned to
work this morning and the big plant
is running at full capacity. The com
pany is now able to secure a full sup
ply cf coal from its cwn and other
r inrs.
The federal grand jury investigat
ing the coal strike resumed its work
today. It is expected that it will be
ready to report in a few days. The
general belief is that there will be in
dictments as a result of the occur
rences during the strike.
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED
AT A. F. L. MEETING
URGE REPAIR OF ALL NAVAL VESSELS,
INVESTIGATION OF PENNSYLVANIA
RAILROAD, SATURDAY HALF HOLIDAYS
INVESTMENT OF POSTAL SAVINGS IN
SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND MANY OTHER
THINGS.
Seattle, Wash., Nov. 17. The Amer
ican Federation of Labor convention
devoted the morning today to the con
sideration of the report of the resolu
tions committee reflecting the senti
ment of the executive council and it
was adopted on every point. Upon a
resolution to "open the postal banks
to full use by the people" however,
the insurgents mustered 93 votes to
the administration's 95.
Resolutions were adopted as fol
lows; Advocating construction and repair
of all naval vessels in navy yards.
Urging the industrial relations com
mission to investigate conditions on
the Pennsylvania railroad system.
Urging higher wages in navy yards
and a Saturday half holiday for all
government employes.
Requesting the secretary of the
treasury to enforce the law against
importation of convict-labor-made
goods.
Demanding government regulation
and supervision of unloading of ves
sels to protect the lives of long
shoremen.
Favoring direct investment of pos
tal savings deposits in school district
bonds.
The report that President Gompers
was considering retirement and would
be offered the position of historian of
the federation and editor of the offi
cial paper was contemptuously denied
by Gompers.
News of-settlement of the Texas
railroad strike was received jubilantly.
GORY REVENGE
IS TAKEN BY
VILLA
ALL THE FEDERAL OFFICERS, TAKEN j
PRISONERS, ARE EXECUTED BY
REBEL CHIEFS-REMAINDER OF
VILLA'S ARMY IS CCMiNG TO
BORDER CITY FROM CHIHUAHUA
EL PASO FEARS EFFECT OF
7,000 REBELS IN JUAREZ
El Paso, Tex., Nov. 17. Kleven men
are known to have been executed In
Juarez since Francisco ("Pnucho")
Villa and his rebel horde captured the
city Saturday morning early. The
rebel officials admit the execution of
that number. Americans who have fre
quented the city sinco its capture by
the rebels, claim that t wenty-three I
have been executed. The bodies of
most ot the victims are still unburned.
More than twenty corpses, some of
them executed, some of them bodies
of the victims of the battle, lay out
all night in the rain in the Juarez
cemetery, as the graves have not beer,
completed for them. Three of them
were in coffins, the others In the
clothing in which they had been shot,
where it had not been appropriated by
the rebels.
The body of Col. Enrique Porlillo.
executed Saturday, was brought to El
Paso last night for interment here
today. It was divested of its trousers
and shoes by a rebel who was short
on clothing, while it laid in the patio
of the military barracks in Juarez
Sunday. All rebels are badly in need
of clothing and the distribution of
captured federal uniforms, mad:i
Sunday by Vi.lla, did not go around, sn
there has been a scramble among the
rebel soldiery for the clothing of the
men executed.
The known victims of the rebel exe
cutions so far, are:
Col. Enrique Portillo.
Col. Augustin Cortinas.
Capt. Jose Tor'cfis.
Capt. R, Benavides.
Capt. Rieardo C'ontreras.
Lieut. Pablo RIesse.
Civilian, unknown, said to be aide
to Guillermo Porras, personal repre-ue rest0red to former positions with-!
sentative of General Huerta lor thejout prejudice.
state of Chihuahua
Jose Cordova, recent chief of
see
ret service for Huerta in Juur.v..
Federal soldier who tried to escape
it cemetery while digging grave for
dead comrades, knocked down villi
musket and executed while uncon
scious. Pablo Ybave, Juarez .policeiuiiu.
Unknown civilian, employed in
,'uarez custom house before the rebels
captured it.
Only four men were executed Sun
day. These were Captain Contreras.
who was military instructor of t Iio
Federal garrison in Juarez, under tho
Huerta -.egime. .lose uorooa, wu
had been in charge of the Huerta sec
let Kerv.ee In Juarez; Pablo Ybave, a
Juarez policeman, who had assisted
Cordova in his work, and the federal
soldier prisoner, who was working
with a squad of fellow prisoners dig
ging graves. The latter evidently fear
ed execution when taken to the cetne-j
tery, as it is the federal army cus-!
torn to stand a victim on the brink of j
a grave, shoot him and allow his body
to tumble in. Me ran ana was over
taken by a rebel who broke his rifle
in the terrific blow which he struck.
The fleeing soldier fell unconscious
and was then shot. An American rail
road man was an eye witness to the
affair.
General Francisco Castro, who
commanded the federal garrison when
the rebels attacked, has not been loca
ted. The rebels continue establishing
their new civil government in Juarez.
They have given permission to the
Mexico Northwestern railroad, owned
by Dr. F. S. Pearson and his asso-
ciates, of York and London, to
re-build to 'ts timber tracts south 0 ,
Juarez. Work will probably start
this week. 1
General Villa says the rest of his . 6
army will arrive soon, bringing in all
his artillery. Two trainloads arrived)
today. Villa declares that Chihuahua i
City will be attacked as soon as he,
can replenish his ammunition. Ameri-
cans express fear of trouble 'if Villa
mobilizes his entire army of 7,000 un-IP?
disciplined men on the border. They
fear the temptation to come to El
1- . .1. ..
fsso 10 eujoy suiuw 111 me iruus 01:
civilization may be so strong
trouble may occur between the rebels
and the United States border troops.
Hadn't Heard of It.
El Paso, Texas, Nov. 17. Rebels in
T wt,w r th .,
Chihuahua by the remnant of the Villa
army left near the state capital when
the leader, and, a part of his forces
advanced on Juarez.
They have heard that General Mer
cado, the federal commander,- has
evacuated the city, but have no defi
nite advices.
"If the federals do not move against
us here, we will move against Chihua
hua soon," declared one of Villa's staff
'today. .
P. STRIKE BEING
SETTLED PENDING
ARBITRATION
MEN WENT BACK TO WORK AT!
1 P. M. TO DAY, FOLLOWING ANi
AGREEMENT WHEREBY RAILROAD:
AND FOUR UNIONS
WILL ARBITRATE.
INVOLVED
THE FEDERAL BOARD
! INFLUENCED RESULTS
Houston, Texas, Nov. 17. The
strike of operating employes of the
Southern Pacific lines in Texas and
I .ouisiana was ended today when the
railroad yielded to the demands of the
men to meet a federated committee of
the four unions in the controversy.
The men were ordered to resume
work Immediately,
Within thirty minutes after the nu-
! nouncement was made that the strike
had been ended, wheels
been idle began to turn
which had
in the Mous-
ton railroad yards.
Announcement of the settlement
was made by General Manager W. G.
Van Vleck, of the Sunset General
lines, here and was confirmed by the
federated committee of the strikers.
During the strike, mail piled up at
many places and supplies of mer
chandise ran low in towns which de
pended exclusively on the South
ern Pacific for service. Several Hous
ton contractors suspended business
temporarily today because shipments
of material they expected over the
Southern Pacific was delayed in
definitely. The railroad did not at
tempt to move any freight after oper
ating employes in Louisiana and
Texas went on Birike last Thursday
night.
Orders have been Issued tor a gen
eral resumption of train service on
schedules and a renewal of
general!
activities on the Southern Pacilic lines
effective at 1 p, m, today.
Terms of settlement from the fed
eral board of mediation and concilia- j
tiou. embodied the condition that
strike should be settled immediately. , "" --v-The
committee agreed to meet a joint T,f fou'- ""T" T
committee of the four unions involved Uaulting the judge were sentenced to
and make a determined effort to ad-jt"ms of from one to two months a
iust all dilficulties. AH strikers are to lal,or? ln tlle Amlh CBSP; M,Bf
Immediately after receiving notifies-
1 .W the Sn.ithorn Pnifle hurt nr.
had ac-1
ceded, the heads of the unions wired i
their acquiescence and In a body call-1
ed on President W. B. Scott of the
Sunset Central, who received them
along with the information that the j
"strike was off." '
The federation claims it won all it j
contested fo'r, that is, recognition of a
joint committee, and united adjust
ment of differences. I
It was expected full service would !
be restored within twelve hours.
The strike began November 13, at
7 p. m. During the tie up not a ireigiu
.nD f
wnee
was moved on 2-100
track and no act of violence was re-
ported. Company officials hoped to
man enough engines to keep aliout a
dozen passenger trains in motion.
Strikers submitted C7 grievances,
some of them dating back two years.
The question of wages was not involv
ed, except for firemen.
,,,ilM,D invnlufirl woro llio flt-ilpl"
of Railroad Trainmen, the Order of
naivoai
The Brother- j
Conductors,
i hood of Locomotive Engineers and the
P,rotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
and Enginemeu. The lines affected
.,.0 all In tho Snnaet Central nrAt -
lantic division of the Southern Paci-1
fie, stretching across southern Louisi-;
ana and Texas from New Orleans to I
El Paso,
.... u.
nVmtit Vv tUa ml'lrnnrt nnrl ItH pmn.OVPK
mnnB, nf , fB1,prnl
oteraedia'tioll and conciliation,
committee
This proposal was
H ,ated that in event ot re.
r party the unlon hould
t ' .,. K. , .
. ..; ? . ...
. . . . . . m. Wn
was received by Pre. dent ilson,
cause of the position transportation j
i "es aUnS thf Mexican bord(;r
reIat,on t0 anfy movement ot the
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Wash ngton. D. C, Nov. 17.
-Should!
. , .,
one thatl"le coining """chub nn. l.,
ong mai , !!.,. -mit.
jroaa raauf m u i" ""'1
tee ironi uie itnuvn'io im
n settlement, it is provided in the
agreement reached today that any
points remaining unsettled shall be re-
ferred to the board of mediation and
conciliation ior aruurauu", uuci iu
Newlands act.
Men Return to Work.
iv-n... rt.lt.ona 1.0 Mnv 17. South-
.irit. leomert ihat the
strike had been settled some time be- zo Springs Texas was telegraphed to
fore Southern Pacific officials would Governor Colquitt today by 127 Mexi
v thev had received the news. A leans under San Marcos, Texas, date.
meeting was called and soon after-
ward the men went to the yards pre
pared to go to work.
-
R APPOINTED
ALABAMA SENATOR
Birmingham, Ala., Nov. 17.
V Frank P. (Mush, editor of llie Blr-
ininghaiu News, and president of
tile Montgomery Advertiser, was
V today appointed I'nited States V!
senator by Governor O'Neal .to '
N succeed the late Senator Joseph -
F. .lohnson. The term expires N !
N 'March ?,, IDiri. ',
THAW TO HAUE
HEARING (N !
COURT TOMORROW!
Concord, X. II., Nov. 17. The am-1
mded petition for a writ of habeas
'corpus which acts as a stay in the re
moval of Harry K. Thaw from New I
Hampshire, was filed by Thaw's at-i
torneys in the United States district'
court here today. The amendments to
the original petition were necessitat
ed by the indictment in New York
county charging conspiracy to escape
from the Mattewau asylum.
A hearing on the amended petition
ol Thaw and also on the petition of
the state of Xew York for the dismis
sal of the habeas corpus proceedings
will lie given in the federal court here
tomorrow.
Thaw asks that the writs issue on
the ground that he is a citizen of
Pennsylvania; that his commitment to
.Muttewan asylum was i'egal; that the
section of the New York criminal code
under which he was committed con
flicts with the Mill amendment and
the petition for his extradition don't
charge a crime.
The petition further says that the
"proceedings on the part of the spec
ial deputy attorney general of the
state of New York establish bad faith
and are convincing evidence of a pur
pose to obtain possesion of Thaw,
not for trial on the conspiracy indict
ment, but for re-confinement in Mat
tewan. j
SEARCH WOMEN
ATTENDING
LONDON TRIAL
London, Nov. .17. Two bands of
what Arthur Kopina, the police mag
istrate described as "raving women"
.appeared at the police courts of
louaj. i jii'j weiti vuiii..u
wuu ussauiL in connection wuu nuiur
day's outrages at the Old Bailey court.
when hammers wew thWwn at Justice I
Lawrence and. with yesterday's disor-jral
ders near Premier Asquith's official i
"oyleau ana Mrs. err were nounu
iover to keep the peace, while the pro-
ceeaings agamsi m.e m.u
"Oyie weie BUjuururu.
The police took the precaution, of ! execution of at least two federal pris
depriving all women spectators of j oners yesterday. At General Carran
their baskets or parcels as Ihey en- za's headquarters it was denied that
tered the court.
KILLED WHEN HIS
AUTO TURNED TURTLE.
Colorado Springs, Colo., Nov. 17. j
George G. Langman, a prominent
nurseryman ot mis region lor u,au
.years, was instanuy sm al ucuvue -vu..
j this morning, south or tnis city. Lang-,
i - -
I landscane gardening at the country es-1
te oi a prominent i,uioiuu
resident when Ills macnine lurneu iur-ierai l arranza were ueueveu iikib iu
tle. j day to have reached a crucial stage.
Both Mr. Hale and Francisco Escu-
FORMER WOMAN'S GOLF ; dero, minister of exterior in the Car-
CHAMPION MARRIES. j ranztt cabinet, with whom Hale con-
ferred last night, intimated that the
Fall River, Mass., Nov. 17. Miss j exchanges had been of a most friend
Katlierine C. Harley, former national Iy and satisfactory character. The
Woman's golf champion, was married
to Herbert A. Jackson, of Brookline, a
Harvard grauiiate, ..u c.i ..
jCiuu man.
!
lXX?S
X S S
ASK F0R "VtV,
TO CAPTURE INDIANS. 1
Washington, D. C, Nov. 17.-
i I'nited States marshal for New j
Mexico. A. H. Hudspeth, today !
Bkpii for two troons of cavalry
k to take eight Navajo Indians, who
are charged with rioting and Hmtze, the German minister in Mex
horse stealing, and who have for- ;ieo, has ordered the cruiser Nuernberg
tilled themselves in the moun-lnow on the Pacific const of Mexico,
tains near Shiprock. Major Gen- 'to proceed to San Bias and take on
;
y
A
A
A
eral Carter, in command or tne
border rmtrol. has authority to
send the troops and the request
was turned over to him.
When asked what they knew
about the above at the marshal's
I:
A office this afternoon, Deputy W
, g(ated ManhBl .
speth would arrive this evening.
but that they had received no in-
formation regarding the progress
negotiations with the In-
; dians.
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TEXAS THREATENED UNLESS
MERCY :IS SHOWN SMUGGLERS
I Austin, Texas, Nov. 17.
Imake Texas "answer to
! Mexican people" unless
mercy is '
shown Mexican ammunition smugg-
i lers arrested last September at Carri
There were fourteen Mexican smug
glers, eleven of whom are still await
ing trial. The telegram reads In part:
SITUATION NOT
AT CRITICAL
STAGE
SAYS PRESIDENT WILSON. AMERI
CAN EMBASSY NOT TO BE
CLOSED YET. HUERTA MUST BE
ELIMINATED IS STILL THE ONE
IDEA OF WASHINGTON OFFICIALS.
CONFERENCE IS STILL
ON AT NOGALES, ARIZ.
Washington, D. C Nov. 17. Presi
dent WUhoii does not regard the Mexi
can situation as imving reached any
such critical stage as to require the
closing of the American embassy. Dis
cussing reports to that effect today
he said Charge O'Shaughnessy neither
had been given his passports nor had
he been told to come back. While de
tails as to persons had changed tho
main circumstances remained sub
statantially the same as when the
president previously expressed a fav
orable view of the situation.
Summing up the status ot affairs,
the president indicated that while the
personal attitude of General Huerta
might have changed, the circumstan
ces on which the American govern
ment bases its conviction that Huer
ta's elimination is inevitable, have not
changed at all.
It was made plaiu at the White
House that the peremptory resigna
tion of Minister Aldape did not affect
materially the American plan, as it
was pointed out that no scheme that
this government might have could
very well depend on the permanency
of any member of the Huerta cabinet.
Secretary Bryan has ordered inves
tigation of the executions at Juarez,
but thus far has been unable to recon
cile conHicting reports.
On representations made by Consul
Edwards at the direction of the state
department, friends of Ballln, an
American, reported in danger of exe
cution, has been released at Juarez.
Consul Edwards reported Ballins life
had not. been in danger. Rear Adtni-
Boush, on the battleship Louisiana,
has been instructed to demaud the
release M several Americans detaiiieq
by the constitutionalists at Tuxpam.
Retaliatory Measures.
Sotiora, Mex., Nov. 17. Retaliation
for the execution of constitutionalist
prisoners put to death by Mexican
federals was advanced today as a pos
sible explanation of the action ot Gen-
I eral Villa at Juarez in ordering the
specific orders for the Juarez execu
tions had been sent from here, but the
same informant thought it possible
that General Villa acted under instruc
tions given several months ago by
General Carranza. That order, it was
slated, had directed that no federal
prison.-, ue,u tUC s.iuc v, vafta.u
Reach Crucial Stage.
The negotiations between William.
Bayard Hale, unofficial agent of the
au,.ifi.o.i "u" "co
last conference followed the receipts
by Mr. Hale of long messages from
Washington, the nature of which was
not disclosed. Hale replied to this
telegram at length at the conclusion
'of the conference.
! it was expected early today that
Hale would meet Boon Wltn tne mil
j Carranza cabinet and it was thought
possible some definite understanding
might follow that meeting.
To Take Off Germans.
Berlin, Nov. 17. Admiral Paul von
board any German fugitives from the
city of Tepic, which is threatened by
i insurgents. Private steamers are said
! to be chartered for the Nurenberg is
unable to reach San Bias in time.
; Didn't Want To Talk But Does,
1 Chicago, 111., Nov. 17. A strong
fleet of American warships and an
army of marines already is guarding
the coast of Mexico to protect United
States citizens, according to Secretary
jvof the Navy Josephus Daniels, who ar
i rived In Chicago today to inspect the
(Continued on Page Four.)
-Threats to i "We will not stand by such barbar
the whole 1 OU8 state of thinga and will appeal to
the Mexican nation if your state wants
to murder men loyal to the liberty of
oppressed people."
The governor replied, saying:
"I desire to inform you that your
threat is certainly a brazen one and it
any violence Bhould come to Ameri
can citizens as a result of it, each ot
you will be held personally responsl-
j ble under the law."
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