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VOL. 50 NO. 97
BRIDGEPORT, CONN., THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 1914
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SEAMEN'S CIARQE
S?EPT
Marines And Sailors Surprised '.Citi-
1 zens By Not Executing, Mexican
. Prisoners Taken Under Arms
Spanish Cruiser Put To Sea When
Bombardment Began Federals
Left 150 Dead In City
i Vera Cm April 23 Early yesterday
afternoon the 'city of Vera Cruz, was
In undisputed possession of the Amerl
can invading force. '-Although there
was an organized force used against
them and the snipers were less in
evidence than, at any time during the
fighting, eight Americans were killed
and some 3 wounded. "While the Mex
leans suffered more severely, the num
ber of their casualties has not been
ascertained but the -best estimates ob
tained by Captain William R. Rush,
"" of the battleship " Florida, indioated
that in the' -engagements of NTuesday
and "Wednesday, their' dead amounted
to about 150. No one knows how
many ' Mexicans fell wounded, as a'
. large pert of them Were taken away
, by fsdends. .
In the streets about the plasa Wed
nesday afternoons lay 15 or 30 bodies,
. m. -majority them. In citizen's attire.
' ' Some of Che men evidently had been
dead since the engagement of - Tues
' day and the tropical -neat made their
Immediate disposal Imperative. One
of the , first orders given after the
' town had been captured was to bury
the Mg-rtnap dead In a trench at the
rnu'end of one of the) streets leading
from the plasa- ; .: ,
' pnxsosras SKoasKD BLAXjaunsn
When the city was .taken the order
m gtven to - advance carefully and
,MSBtSb. ry building for . men feeax
- arms. 'Scores of prisoners were
: taiaaa. mast of them protesting -violub-ly,
many hysterically, that they were j
net guilty f my unfriendliness -.what- 1
mii;f toward the -. Americans. Ac
tsastataBd as the Mexicans' are to- thetr
Mrwn contending' forces shootmg imme
diately all - prisoners taken, ' the cap-.
frtured men could hot but believe that
they would receive wimftar treatment
at -Oae of the Americans.
- Tlia sua found In bouses were
bthrown by the marines and bluejackets
rfroBOi Use upper tialoonies of 15he houses
Ho -' the pavement below.
T3m moat spirited aotlon of Wed-
was the takmar of the ' naval
MdMnT. ' tMh from that -ri-h thnv
definite organised opposition
toy the Americans. , .
A, ot toe was poured Into- the ad-
Wuetof Aesertoasis from the naval
tootlese wMch for a time held them
back twit a few well " directed shots
from, the cruisers Chester, an Frn
otsoo and Pntteto tore gaping holes in
the stone walls and silenced the rifle
.-f!e eff the Mexicans Inside. ' Far' io
itixm risrht In" the harbor, the mine ship
i-San Jreziclsco opened " with her five
jjnfh guns and, taking the front of the
rcoUag. shot out window by window
fPl&nifmg the shells with the precision
Ua-. target practice. '
- The bluejackets then were able to
STooeed with, tbelr movement. .-
A ; squad of soldiers, despite the
shelling tbey bad received , Tuesday,
-continued to give considerable trouble
to the Americans from the 'battered
Bentto ?uares tower. After they had
. Teem sQenoed and removed from the
tower. It was discovered that the sol-.
, dteaa had oentmued fighting for lack'
, of ability to do anything else. The
shells from tbe warships Tuesday had
itorn away the. stairway in the tower
.and tbe men bad been compelled to,
-remain In It
. JMBBACKS ABE TAKEN" ' .
At 19 o'clock Wednesday' morning
.tbe-Amerfoane were in undisputed pos
' sesskm of all the city except the south
west Quarter In which the barracks
- are situated and a few outlying dis
.trlota. At noon they bad taken the
uraaka' When' tile city prison, which,
faces the. main plaaa of the city, was
captnrcd,. Lieutenant Commander
Bwiiamn of tie Florida, made an In
spectton tour through it . There was
great surprise among ttie Mexicans
wbo bad gathered there that the pris
eners vmtm not released. - They had
been accustomed to seeing the victor
' always release prisoners and then im
press them Into his army.
Chief of Police Antonio Vniavicen
cio was taken prisoner by the Amer
icans shortly after they had occupied
the main plaza of the city. It was'sug
gested to Mm that he continue , in his
otBctal capacity to direct the ' city's
protective systemi ; He took the mat
ter under advisement. .
Bad -the frightened mayor made' up
ilia mind to accede to Admiral Fletch
er's suggestion, which, was ; made
through Consul Canada, the Mexicans
might have been spared the humilia
tion of "being forced from their posi
tions and undoubtedly a number of
Uvea would have been spared.
TTtnEI TO STOP SHIPTTJVO
Coincident with the orders for the
; general advance of the Americans, an
aged, . white-haired Mexican carrying
the white flag of -truce, came down a
street from the center of the city. He
carried a letter to the chief of police,
the only authority he hoped to reach
.and desired Consul Canada to read it.
It was an urgent appeal to the chief
ef police to call off the snipers and
prevent the bombardment be believed
would follow if they continued their
:execution.
Even before the messenger had
rl!mbed the stairs into the - consul's
;cmc. Can tain Rush was informed aS
MEXICANS
V
the contents of the note he bore and
immediately sounded , ;'Cease firing"
and "Halt-"- But it was too late. The
action had .been begun all along the
line and It. was not -considered wise to
attempt" further measures, to- stop it.
The commanders ordered their men
forward . at the double quick which
they carried, out' with "a, vigor . that
afterwards-gave them the city.
"AariaraoAir-'-wowcEiN- kesofed '
Blood bespattered sidewalks, broken
windows and bullet scarred walls gave
the plaza a gruesome aspect. Within
the IMlagencia hotel, , there were 40
Americans, most of them women who
had been there since the ' commence
ment of hostilities. When - the square
was taken they were- immediately no
tified., that - they , might go to ther
places if they so desired but that they
probably would incur no further dan
ger by remaining isl the hotel. -
. It was not until late Tuesday, that
"the last of General Maas' men on to
ef - the hotel received written jorders
from outside the city to vacate their
position. : "The,! order was obeyed by
a portion' of the ' hundred, men wno
were" occupying the roof advantage
points in the interior but a small por
tion ot the band determined to , dis
obey the orders -of their superiors and
flght tothe last..'--; -;rV"l -.-.J
BK3IKT,$XES SEBP3EE?fTf P3U.G
I In the fighting in the ceiiter "of ;the
janer hior. San Juan de Uloo, an
ancieint ' etone: fortress, flew the vifex'
tean flag? througliou't-the attack: The
inmiamiBt moeo ttrmed menwd
S00 workmen, in the,,:nayy yard peered
worn, tne . embraBtxres at the Prairie,
lying, 60ft yards away, and .' the war
ships shelling the naval .'academy: In
the dungeons remained 500 prisoners,
the echoes of- the guns on the ships
reaching them, through : 16 foot stone
wall.. . - ' '. -', --;'. .,
Captain Stick ney, of the Prairie,
went through the fortress several
days ago and found some heavy guns,
five tbrpedoea and a torpedo tube in
a corrugated ' iron chd outside the
wall of the, fortress. ; , ;
fWthen the landing of the, Americans
was ordered. Captain Stickney sent
wordy to the commandant of San Juan
de. TJJoa that, he would blow him to
pieces with , the Prairie's guns if he
opened fire against the Americans,
but that otherwise he would not be
disturbed.' -v;:-- :-K- -y-
The commandant' replied" that he
would t answer ; with his ,; cannons, if
fired on, but he would not begin hos
tilities. When , the engagement, ashore
began,, the commandant boisted -a
brilliant new Mexican flag which flew
all day long.. ; , . - . .
SPANISH ORra&EJR XE3A.VES. --
Resir -- Admiral Fletcher Instructed
the Spanish cruiser Carlos V.,' to go
outside me 'breakwater Tin order' to
gtve the Prairie room to fire her guns.
The Spanish commander refused, say
ing that he dared not maneuver his
boat In so small a space at night. He
also : declared : that he needed to take
on a supply of fresh water. Admiral
Fletcher insisted yesterday.' that hie
orders be carried out and that Carlos
V. be moved outtide , Just before the
attack on the center, of the city be-
:.v ;-- -.-- - -
When Admiral Fletcher -directed
that bluejackets and marines be- land
ed from Rear Admiral Badger's ships
before dawn 1 and . drawn up - in the
plaza before the railroad station and
then proceed to take the entire town,
he acted only after warning and after
16 sheila from the Prairie's three-inch
guns, had been thrown into the steel
framework of the new market,- which
faces Market place. A persistent but
scattered fire came from rifles in -the
market -during all' the early hours of
the - morning and Admiral Badger's
men landed- to the whining accom
paniment of rifle 'bullets over their
heads.1-', ' ' ' -A .--.--' . ' :-' ..;
. ATTACK ON TTAVAIi COIiiEGE
When the rush started Admiral Bad
ger's bluejackets, clad in orange color
ed . clothing, made for -them on the
trip down by dyeing white uniforms
with iron rust, moved in close column
formation up the waterfront past, the
market and across -the front of the
naval college, a long, three ! story
structure built of adobe stone and hav
ing a tiled roof. The column moved
steadily forward until the first com
pany had passed 'beyond the college
and the remainder were covering the
whole front with' guns almost against
the wall. . " -
Suddenly a spatter of rifle firing
broke out and the ashes of the rifles
were plainly discemable in the upper
windows of the college and along the
roof. . -.-- -
The jackies , stood their ground
pluckily.- Some of them huddled close
to the wall to avoid the rain of steel
Jacketed . bullets from above while
some dashed across a small open space
directly in front of the building-. These
bluejackets dropped on their stomachs
and lifted their rifles high in . order to
get a range on the. windows above.
Finally the American officers hustled
their men either forward or backward
until - they were in shelter of : near-by
buildings. ' . -
The Jackies in front held v their
(Continued on Pan X) .
President's Sorrow At t
Loss of Men Conveyed
To Stricken Parents
The profound sorrow of Pres- .
ldent Wilson and the Secretary
of the Navy at the death, of tfee
'aailors and marines ' at)' Vera
-. Crux was expressed tn letters :
which, have been despatched by
Mrl- Daniels to the parents of
- the men. -f .-- ; . T
" Mr. Daniels wrote to each:
v "This, morning'g ' despatches,
from Vera Cms: eoiiveyhag the
. distressing news that 'jour son
was In the first line to: give his
life for his country saddens all
America, as the tragedy brings
gloom into your : home. :. s
"My feeling and the feeling of '
1 the President te you. inl.thls sad
hour was expressed by President
1 Iifncoln .when, on November 21,
' 1864, he wrote to Mrs. Bixby, of
Boston, whose five sons gave
their lives fighting - irnder the
American: flag:- 'I,feeI - how
weak and frniUess most be any
words of mine which should at- ,
tempt to beguile you from a loss
so overwhelming. : But X cannot
refrain from, tendering to yon
the consolation that may be
found in the thanks of the re
public thoy died to save. I pray J:
v that j our -Heavenly Father may
.assuage the anguish of your he-
; reavement and leave you only
the cherished memory of the
loved and lost and the solemn ,
; niHriA ihAt. maat. he voori to have ' 1
' laid so costly a sacrifice upon
' the altar of freedom."
FIRE DESTROYS -GENERAL
STORE
Iff NEWTOWN
Scarcity of Water Llade
. Work of Fire lighting "
Ditacnlt v-
IrOSS ESTIMATED : ' '
" ' AT SOLIE $25,003
Dr. G-ates G-arage and Mrs.
Haw-ley's Barn' Partly
Destroyed n v
. - . ' . .,, .- ..,
(Special to the Farmer.)
Newtown, April .23 The : failure of
the water supply here Is held responsi
ble for . a $15)800 . fire loss -which oo
curred ' here-early r today.i The :. two
story and a half building sownefd by
I Q. ' Morris, in which he conducts' a
general store and undertaking estab
lishment, was totally destroyed. The
garage of Dr. F- J"- Gale adjoining, and
the cow' barn owned . by Mrs. i T. M.
Hawley .were, pai-tially destroyed.. Over
the Morris .store was the hall sof Po-i
tatuck grange. '; " The furniture' owned
by the grange ;. with many valuable
books and papers were iborned. Also
a piano valued a $450.
The loss to - the - Morris store and
building is ' estimated at $10,000. . : "Mr.
Morris carried insurance for $5,000.
The loss of the grange ' is . estimated
at $1,09(5 uninsured and the damage
to ;- the garage . and cow barn is esti
mated at $4,000,. without r, insurance. .
The fire was one of the most spec
tacular Newtown has seen, ' Some 2,
000 persons gathered to watch the
flames which raged unchecked for half
an hour because the firemen were un
able to get water. . -j.
The fire started, in TX. Gale's garage
and from ; there spread to the Morris
bn'Ioing. . The volunteer iflremcn were
cirly assembled - on the : scene. They
could obtain; no water f rom -the ' hy
dent near- the Morris block, nor from
one a short distance up the street, un
til the fire had made much headway.
There was little wind, r After i suffi
cient water pressure was secured the
firemen: confined: their efforts to saving
the Hawley barn -: and the buildings,
near the Morris store. 1
. It was 25 minutes after the fire start
ed before the firemen could get - a
stream of v water of sufficient volume.
EUROPEAN ACTIVITY
WEAKEMS WALL ST.
' New York, April 23 Opening The
market weakened at the . opening to
day on the more serious aspect of the
Mexican situation. - Selling was not
heavy but. support .was poor. The de
cline was influenced y a general drop
of American stocks in London.
" While - the movement was almost
uniformly downward, in only a few
cases did the loss reach as much as a
point during the early trading. Mexi
can Petroleum fell more than 3 points
and American Smelting, . which also
has large,, interests in Mexico, yielded
about 2 points. . ' : ?
; Canadian Pacific,-, which has been
conspicuously weak f or --- some , time,
dropped-to 1944, the lowest in four
years.-- Some issues of government
bonds were lower.
. Noon--Irregular tendencies persist
ed throughout the forenoon but the
range in prices was narrow aside from
a few shares. :.. Following the early de
cline the; market gradually made up
its loss .although .... the recovery ., was
hampered Ayy - European activities.
Panama . io, registered, sold at 102 14
again 3.01 4 the previous transaction
and recent bids of 10034.
RESIDENT
ONLY AFTER
HUERTISTAS
Wilson Replies to Carranza,
Heiterating Respect for
Mexico
NOTE SOFTENED
BY TRANSLATOR
Not Intended As Defiance of
United States, Declares
Uebel Agent ,
Washington, April 2 8 Issuing a
statement declaring the intention of
the United States to enforce repara
tion, "whenever and wherever the
dignity -of the United States Is f tout-,
ed" President Wilson bent all the1 en
ergies of the administration today to
planning for operations in Mexico. :
The President's V statement, issued
after a cabinet . conference, , in reply
to, the message, received . from .. the
constitutionalist chief Carranza, de
clared that "we are now dealing only,
with those whom Huerta commands
and those Who come to his support."
The President said: -"I wish to re
iterate '' with the greatest earnestness
the desire and ' intention of -this ' gov-,
emment to respect in' every . way pos
sible, the sovereignity and independ
ence of the people of Mexico. ' V
"The feeling and-: intention . of the
government, in this matter , are not
based upon politics,- .They go much"
deeper' than that.- They : are based
upon a' genuine friendship for the
Mexican, people and av profound in
terest inl the re-establishment of the
constitutional system." , ,
"Whatever; unhappy circumstances
or - necessities may arise, this v object
will be held, steadily in view and pur
sued with constant, purpose so far as
this government is concerned.
PTHATUVG ONLT WTTH HUERTA
But we are . dealing . with facts.
Wherever and whenever the dignity
of the United States is flouted its in
terests or-the rights of its citizens in
vaded or its Influence rebuffed where
it - has the , right to : attempt , to - exer
cise it, this government must deal
with those actually -ta 'control.:
"It -is now- dealing with Qeneral
Huerta. ;:in:. the "territory-, he now con
trols.. That- he does- no - rightfully
control It does not alter th fact that
he does control, it; .- We are- dealing,
moreover, only with those whom he
commands and. those -wjho come to bw
support. . With thee we must deal.
. "They.ido not' lawfully represent the
people-of Mexico. In that fact we re
joice because our quarrel is not with
the j.Mexican ' people and we do not
desire to dictate their affairs. But we
must enforce our rightful, demands
upon those" whom the existing author
ities at the place where we do act for
the time, being, ' represent."1 t . ,
OARRAJVZAS THREAT SOFTENED
'"A copy - of - the note from General
Carranza,- the constitutional 1 chief, to
the American government, was . re
ceived here, today by the; cpnstitution
allst ageneyv An . important, para
graph in it, differing somewhat from
the translation made for Consul
Carothers at -El Paso, was translated
as follows- by the ' Mexican - constitu
tionalist agency: -. , - . ?'- 4
. 'Moreover, . invasion- ef your terri
tory, the permanency of your forces
of Vera Crui or a violation of the
rights which constitute our existence
as a free and independent state, would
certainly drag us into an unequal but
dutiful war which we always desired
to avoid." :: y, . -
.' The constitutionalists said Carran
za's note was not Intended as a defi
ance but as an appeal to the United
States to withdraw Its forces and seek
reparation from them.
ALLEGED IMPORTER
OF DOPE FORFEITS
HIS BOND OF S700
Stirpes Is Conspicuous By
Absence When Case f
Is Called
Peter Stickles, .charged with bring
ing quantities of the. drug known as
heroin to this . city, forfeited! ' $700
bonds-in -,the .criminal common pleas
court - this morning. It was charged
that he had the drug shipped by ex
press: here: In the city court Stickles
was-.fined' $100 and costs and given
four months in jail.
There was a report that he! would
fight the case in the common pleas
court, but when ihe learned that the
jail sentence might be increased he
determined to forfeit the bond.
- Bonds of . $200 each were also for
feited by Michael Mdlano and Peter
Pagalino of CWeenwich, charged with
cruelty ; to animals. Counsel for the
accueed had aeked for further delay,
but .when the prisoners were not pre
pared to ,o on with the: case this
noon the court ordered the-bonds for
feited. ; . ... . . .
.- The : funeral., of Catherine Crossley,
wife of. Thomas Crossley, who died on
Tuesday,; last, was held at 8:30 this
morning from her late - home, -746
Railroad avenue, followed by a re
quiem . high ' mass celebrated at 9
o'clock, the Church of the Sacred
Heart by Rev. Ft. P. J. Murphy. Many
pretty floral offerings surrounded the
casket and a number of mourning
friends and relatives attended. The
pall-bearers-were Daniel O'Neill, Pat
rick Congdon, Thomas Blute, Joseph
McRoe, Edward Lund in, and Thomas
Kiernan. - Interment was made In St
t Michael's cemetery.
Eight Killed, Two Score
. Wound, Many Seriously
In Yesterday's Fighting
Official list pf casualties Qf
Americans at the fighting In
Vera Cruz yesterday follows:
Dead:- XI. Percy, private, ma- '
ine corps; Ii. O. Fried, ordinary
seaman W. I. Watson, ordinary
seaman; F. P. Delowry, ' sea
man ; . A. S. Stream, ordinary
eaman; C A. Smith, ordinary
seaman; O. G. DePaWer, fan
ner's mate, 3rd class; Frank
Derorlck, ordinary seaman. ,;
Seriously wounded:- H. Pul
lian, fireman, first class; C. M.
Guilloan ordinary seaman; M.
Fitzgerald, sergeant, : marine
-corps; JT. Peoples,-, private; - II.
Fonkowski, ordinary seaman; ,
H, J. Kapplen, ordinary seaman ; -M.
Bass, seaman; C. Ij. Nod
siek, ordinary seaman ; J. Jj.
Bennett, coxswain; K. Christy,
A seaman; "A. G. Ebel, private; H. ':
E. ' Holsinger, private; H. E.
Boyle, ordinary seaman; Robin
son, ordinary seaman; J. Cant
well, no rating; A. Doe, ordinary ,
seaman; Ij. W. Taylor, no rat
ing; F. IV. K aimers, vb rating;
- G. Radney, private; E. P. Peter
son, private; J. McMillan, pri
vate; F. Mana, ordinary sea-,
man ;C. R. Harseberger, ordi
nary seaman; H. M. M cKerson,
boatswain's mate, 2nd class; J.'
Kwabck,
-seaman;
M.
Schwartz, ordinary seaman.
'' Slightl y wounded : Iieut,
P. liannon, ordinance officer,
battleship New Hampshire; G.
M.J Davidson, private ;,-R, Shak
er, private; HV J. Reed, private;
: C, J, Iieahy,- ordinary seaman ;
C. D. Cameron, ordinary , sea
man; J. F. - Place, seaman; O.
Glsburne, electrician; J. Ander
son, , seaman; ,-W. M. Schmidt,
genman ; J. C MeCIoy, boats
wain's mate J. R. Gilbert, sea
man; E. G. Rickard, electrician;
JT. H. Copeland, seaman; W. XC.
BCangles, ordinary seaman.
Attractive Milliner
V In. DFvurca-Coart
Plaintiff Declares EtubbyIs
" , Regular Jekyll and
. f . Hyde
Charges : of cigarette smoking i and
drinking by a woman in the cane were
freely made in the superior court this
afternoon during : the ' contested dl
corce suit of Ada Altenbrandt, a pras
perous Isforwalk milliner, against- Ab
ram .Altenbrandt of that city.' Coun
sel for Al ten-brand t asked "the" wife If
her sister didn't smoke and drink. - '
"Oh, I've seen her smoke cigarettes,
but S don't -think that a crime," re
plied Mrs. - Altenbrandt. The plaintiff
denied' her Biter was- addicted to the
drinking habit, - - , - v
The lawyer then demanded to know
If iMa. ' Aitenbrandt'as - sister ' hadn't
lived with a married: man named Wil-
liam' Brobridge iri 'New York' and Pa
ris. Mrs. Altenbrandt laughingly de
nied this. The present suit , was
brought on the ground of cruelty and
the reputation of the plaintiff's sister
was - attacked because , Altenbrandt
claimed she waa partly responsible
(for trouble in his household. He de
clared he ordered the Aister 'out of the
house and 'Mrs. Altenbrandt promptly
came to her sister's assistance. ;
In describing . her . husband's cruelty
the plaintiff said ihe was a "regular
iDtr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. He seemed
to have a dual nature -&t times. He
eeemed like a ferocious animal with a
wild look in . his eye. At other times
he was a little soft" ' ' -
. ' During f the testimony there was
some snickering on the part of femi
nine . witnesses seated ' nearby, and
Judge Tuttle remarked: 'Kne at a
time, please. Tou'll get a chance to
testify- soon. I don't care' to hear
anything from you: now." . !-'
The Altenbrandts 'were married November-
1, 1887. The husband denies
his wife's charges of eruelty. At press
hour, the trial was unfinished.
C D. Wallace ,
Sued By Father
Of Auto Victim
Casper D. "Wallace, the. motorist
whose machine struck and fatally in
jured Samuel Peimnan, April 4, was
arrested on a body writ thisf.iornmg
by Deputy Sheriff Abrlola, wh -served
papers in a $10,000 suit brought gainst
Wallace by Benjamin Feinmai ad
ministrator on Samuel Feinmar; "e es
tate. Wallace was held under ' ,10,000
bonds but later he was brought be
fore Judge Turtle in the superior court
where the ' amount was reduced to
$5,000. George B. Thorpe of this city
went security for-Wallace.
Coroner Phelan recently held Wal
lace criminally responsible for the
death of Feinman. The boy was struck
by Wallace's machine on Congress
street. His skull was fractured and
he died soon after the accident. The
present action is returnable to th
May term of the superior court.
DIES OF GrrrffSHOT WOUNDS
Winsted, April 23. Frank Williams
of Torrington, who shot himself in the
hip accidentally on October 25, last,
died today of blood poisonings-
FEDERAL 6
ATTAGl
Gen. Maas, Heavily Reinforced, Turns
Ba1:k To Renew Battle With The
s Landing Force Federals Destroy
Railroad Opposite Eagle Pass
Mexicans Concentrate Along The
Border "
Eagle Pass, Tex., April 23- Af ter destroying maciilccry n
railroad shops, blowing up railroad switches and remoTins In
struments from the telegraph office in Piedras Neras, E'ex.,
opposite this place, early today, a party of Mexican federals t?
prevented from blowing up the Mexican end of the internatlor." I
bridge when the American border patrol arrived.
- Washington, April 23 From the mass of cable trl?--and
wireless messages from Mexico today, by far th mo-i i
portant news is that contained in a despatch from Vera f
which states that Gen. Maas, the federal commander wI.- n
the city Tuesday night, is returning to Hie attackavinr; t
'tbe retreating garrison and been heavily reinforced by t,
from Pueblo.
There is no chance that the Iluertista army will tlzi I
United States landing force under Admiral Eaiier uapr;
as scouting parties are already ut along the railway to i:
City.' : - V ' :-
, Officers have reported that the two . rallroa A I TI " -10,
the other 18 miles from Vera Cruz, must be stror ; ? j r
at once, as it would require much time and ijorlc t- v ' ::" I : '
if they are destroyed by the Mexicans. Tkcre Ij i. re; ;t
Og filing in Vera Cruz today.
Mobs in Mexico City have so menaced America 3 vl.i r
peared upon the streets that they have taken refn; - i V - r
bassy, although Charge O'Shanghnessy, bavin j i I
liii?-papers. bHuerta,.,is: about to:leaveJlie cm-, y..
Britain has ordered its citizens to leave (he ccur.iry an 1
nations are Expected to follow suit. '
f Mexicans are concentrating on the border linear ct
Tnoc anrf r!ifrt?miA. Four train loads of soldiers frcrn
huahua are enroute to Juarez and, in California, the f .
troubles are so serious that, Gov. Johnson has ordered oi l
militia of the southern counties to aid the regulars.
Troons stationed along the border today received po-
orders to prevent the shipment of arms and ammunition fr
the United States into Mexico, indifferent of whether the 1 :
ments are consigned to federal or rebel commanders. This f
into effect the embargo so recenUyreinoved by President IV
son. , "- - . ' - at - ' '
1 Reports from Admiral Badger to; the navy department t -day
declared that American and. foreign refugees at Tansr.i r.
had been taken off from the city "through the courtesy of Dr.!
ish and German cruisers. , i
Rear Admiral Mayo sent this report to the navy departmei. t
today from Tampico: ; . v '
! "By courtesy and energy of the captains or the German a:n
British cruisers there are now on board our ships about 1,2 ;
American refugees. More are expected tomorrow coming from
outside points. Merchant ships taking men on board."
Today the wearied chiefs of the war
and navy departments, Secretary of
State Bryan and the other cabinet of
ficials, . hurried . from conference to
conference. At the White House, the
cabinet officials, with Counsellor Rob
ert Lansing' of the state department,
aided the President in formulating his
reply to Carranza. ,
At the war department. Secretary
Garrison, r. General -Wotherspoon, chief
of staff. Major General Leonard Wood,
who has been designated to command
the army in. its -Mexican operations
and General E. W. Weaver, chief of
the coast: artillery, held several con-"
ferences 'discussing operations.
The department hesitates to issue a
blanquet order until the exact attitude
of .the constitutionalists toward the
United States can be demonstrated.
REKE3US MAY FORCE CHANGE
The situation on the Mexican bor
der was the subject of all the day's
conferences. 'Any contemplated move
ment ; of the army to Vera Cruz by
transport will be held up until border
conditions would permit withdrawal of
troops there. A complete change in
tbe plan of military campaign in Mex
ico may be necessitated by the men
acing attitude of constitutionalists.
Predicated upon the belief that the
constitutionalists would observe an at
titude of neutrality no arrangements
have been made in regard to the dis
position of military forces on the
northern border.
PLAN- BORJOER. CAMPAIGN
- Late reports however, from Consu
lar Agent Carothers Indicate growing
turbulence and, the development of ac
tivities ' in . the north of Mexico ,and
particularly in the neighborhood of
Chihuahua, where many Americans
remain in charge of their own busi
ness interests.
Plans- of campaign are being ar
ranged on the lines of the immediate
establishment of sufficient protection
along the entire northern border of
Mexico for the American inhabitants
in Texas and the other border states.
Following that will develop the de
tails of the original plan of campaign
against Mexico City by land via th
railroad lines from 11 Paso south.
CHARGE GIVEN PASSPORTS
Nelson O'Shaughnessy, the Ameri
can charge at-Mexico City, has been
handed his - passports by - General
Huerta and is preparing to leave. He
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telegraphed tne state arfwrmsn'.
night e 'follows:
"Having been given my passport. I
am leaving tomorrow night or Kr: :
morning."
' Although the message from tj-,
chars-e was not given out until Z:f .
fm. it was generally believed that :t
hae been in possession ot orrcaajs i -at
least 'three hours awl that t -
was one of the subjects dJeouiww -!
when the president and .' Secre-; -y
Bryan ' were awakened and ta,at S
over the telephone about the Carratit-.
note. , , .
Charge 'Algara already had r-. -ed
an Intimation from , his iprrvt " ; -ment
that he was to use hi .
judgment about quitting Wer.':''
and it is probable that when r
learns of . the prospective Jpxr
of O'Shaughnessy he too will lea v.
ALGARA TO LEAVE V. S.
Secretary of State Bryan, Jnrtt t
fore going into conference with, trt
President today said that Charge An
gara's passports were being prepr- i
in the state department nd w. : 1
be delivered to him late today.
When Mr. Algara. was Inform') r-
attaches of his office that Huerta b i
given Mr. O'Shaughnessy. his p
ports he made no conrrjohont. statip?
that he would make an announ--ment
later.
As yet the Washington govern rr.sr, t
does not expect open hostilities f rt
the constitutionalists, hoping that I ry
still will remain neutral.
The White House statement wj 'r
sued to inform Carranssa th '
United States could not recogniiw h i
or seek reparation from hrm w f.
requested but must deal with fhe-fin-thorities
in control of the territory
where offenses were commltteri.
The repot that , Charge 0"fihuiir.-i
nessy had been handed his pai. .r
by Huerta added an acute form to t - i
situation whicj was not unjprtf ,.
The interests of the United Sljt.- I
be looked after by one or two ?tb
foreign legations, as was th rati
in Spain during the lat war.
Reports that Mr. O'ShaughnMi-y h , "
reacned Vera Cruz were not ere -It f
by the state department.
The department said that fram
to 1,000 Americans were In Mx)io
They will be protected by tne 5sr ii
of the other legations.
The Massachusetts Houoe
resolution expressing loyaify to r -dent
Wilson in upholding th -of
the AmerScato pioa.t.
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