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PRESIDENT
REPLIES TO
CARRANZA
Insists Quarrel is With
Huerta, Who Controls
Territory, Though
Without Right.
CHANGE IN PLANS OF
MILITARY OPERATIONS
Following Carranza Message,
War Board Formulates Moves
to Strengthen Border Where
Outbreaks Are Feared—Gen.
Wood Awaits Orders.
WASHINGTON, April 23.—Presi
dent Wilson today issued the follow
ing comment on the Carranza state
ment:
"I wish to reiterate "with the great
est earnestness that it is tho desire
snd intention of this government to
respect in every possible way tho
sovereignty and independence of the
people of Mexico.
"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 a profound In
terest in the re-establishment of their
constitution system.
"Whatever unhappy circumstances
or necessities may arise, this object
will be held steadily in view und pur
sued wlih consistent propose, so far
as this government Is concerned.
II "«*rta I 'outruls l>rrlliir>,
"But we urn dealing with facts,
wherever and whenever the dignity
of the United States is flouted. Its
international rights or the rights of
its citizens invaded, or is influence
rebuffed where It has the right to
attempt to exorcise it, this govern- j
ment must deal with those actually I
in control. It is now dealing with j
General Huerta in the territory he
now controls.
"That lie does not rightfully con
trol, does not alter the fact that he
does control it. We are dealing,
moreover, only with thy.se whom lie ■
commands and those who come to his
support. With these we must deal.
They do not lawfully represent the
people of Mexico. In that fact, we
rejoice, because our quarrel la not
with the Mexican people and we do
"not \de»im\ to dictate their affairs;
but we must enforce our rightful de
mands upon those whom the existing
authorities at the place where w# act,
do, tor the t ine being, represent.
I hinge In Military Campaign.
A complete ehange in thy plan of
military campaign in Mexico may be
neceSs’tatfid by the menacing attitude
of the Constitutionalists, and that
subject now is under discussion by
the joint board of the army and
navy and the secretaries of the two
military departments. Predicated upon
the belief that the Constitutionalists
would observe an attitude of strict
neutrality during the si ttlemeiit of
the Issues between the United States
government and General Huerta, no
arrangem' nts have been made in re
gard iSi the disposition of American
military forces on the northern bor
der heynnd those necessary to meet
possible smalt tors! disturbances
i.ete reports, bowe’ er. from Consits
In- Agent Carott>ers indicate growing
tu-bnlenoo and the development of
pnti-Amerio-in'feeling 'h the north of
Mexico and psrtfntlnrly in the neigh
borhood of Chihuahua, where many
American"! have elected to remain in
chary" of their < wn httslness Interests
and in disregard of preceding warn
ings from >he American consular of
ficers, relying upon the supposed good
will of the Constitutionalists.
Hunger at Fort Bliss.
A danger spot has developed rapid
ly at Fort TV MS, w here, owing to the
diversion of a largagtiroportion of the
American gnrr'sig' to other border
points, the B.OQf Mexican internes,
composed of the Federal sold ers and
their wives, who fled from OJInaga
som months ago are within a bar' ed
wire enclosure, insufficiently guarded,
"’he status of three internes'Is likelv
to be changed very .toon to that of
prisoners of war, and it Is the inten
tion of the war department ti la'-e
them to a point sufficiently d stant
from the boarder to insure their safe I
keeping, as soon as the necessary |
funds are forthcoming.
Plans of campaign are being ar
ranged on the lines of the immed'ate
cstaMIshment of a su cient protec
tion a ong the entire northern .border
S f Mexico for the American In
* habitants in Texas and the other bor
* ylers.
* Gen. Wood Awaits Orders.
General Wood still Is awaiting or
ders at the war department. No cal’,
has yet been Issued for the militia,
and it is said that nothing could be
dune in that direction until Congress
had acted by author zing the move
ment and by providing the large
amount of money ne ?ssary for the
concentration of the militia forces at
the various camps which . r.lready
have been selected In the respective
fitntos.
Secretary of War Garrison called
a conference at his office after Gen
. oral Wood ar.d General Wotherspoon i
haw, been together an our. General
Wotefspoon and Brlg.-General E. W.
Weaver, chief of coast artillery,
Joined the secretary.
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MINE ARE DEAD
Air Cut Off Since Yesterday on
Group in Colorado Strike
District.
WOMEN AND CHILDREN
AMONG THE ILL-FATED
Fire Ravages Camps—Strikers
Drive Back Militia, Desper
ate for Reinforcements.
TRINIDAD, Colo., April 33. An
other large body yf armed men is still
besieging the wrecked mining camp
of the Southwestern Fuel Company
at Empire, according to a telephone
report from H. D. King early today.
Just before the wires went down. The
King family have been prisoners in
their homes since yesterday noon.
The fate of J. W. Slple, president of
the company who, with twenty to
thirty others, including several women
and children, were reported entombed
in the mine slope was unknown! A
report from Aquilar to Major P. J.
jiamroek stated that the entombed
were dead as the air had been cut
off since yesterday.
There was desultory firing this
forenoon at Ludlow. The main body
of armed strikers was believed to be
in tlie vicinity of Rugby and Prim
rose. A small number ol' guards was
prepared to resist any attack at
Rouse. A large body of armed men
was reported marching from Trinidad
against the militia at Ludlow.
“If you have any help you cun send
rush it to Rouse immediately. Strikers
have big bunch and arc coming this
way.’’
This message was received at the
Trinidad offices of the Colorado Fuel
and Iron Company early today from
Superintendent W. G. I >eck.
Darmtffc !Vr«.x*ketf Yetit«*rUu>.
Three mine guards are known to be
dead, while hundreds of thousands of
dollars in property damage in known
to have been done as a, result of con
tinuous fighting which has raged
through the Ludlow strike district
yesterday.
Two mine shafts—those of t lie
Rroadhead and Royal companies,
both independent—arc in ashes.
Around tin storm centres of the
fight—Delagua, the Black Hills and
tlie canyons near Aguilaf— strikers’
lines, constantly reinforced, are
steadily drawn tighter as the strikers
pursue their program of vengeance.
The strikers declare the bridles of
their dead have been destroyed by
dynumito and otherwise cremated
and disjiosed of by the ntllltia. To
support tliilf they pe'nt out that rapid
fire gun*, in the hands of the soldiers
have prevented the entrance of any
one to the former site uf the ruined
tent colony until late today.
John It. Lawson declared tonight
Ihgi he and the others heard dyna
mite explosions nil this forenoon.
The charred debris which covers
the site of the egmp has remained
undisturbed since the lire of Monday
night. F'fteen bodies, thirteen those
of women and children, are known
to have been in one spot.
Trinidad Officials Make l’lca.
Mayor Dun levy, of Trinidad, mem
bers of the council, and the chamber
of commerce, by telegrams to Denver
and Washington tonight, asked Gov
ernor Ammons and President Wil
son for Federal troops
In its position along the railroad
'rack? at Ludlow the militia at a late
hour had been completely cut off
from the remainder of th* strike dis
trict by the armed band,of strikers,
whose ran’s. swelled constantly by
■pen who swarm the hills from all
directions, now number seven hun
dred.
No effort was accordingly mad* by
Major Hamrock tonight to send* aid
o the men ’mpriso* ed at Aguilar.
In Trinidad tonight suppressed ex
■itement of the m< st intense charac
er prevails Aii saloons were ordered
closed by the Mayor and chief of
police at 1 o’clock But men congre
"ato on the streets and no effort to
disperse them is made. A committee
from strike headquarters this evening
inVAded the Columbia Hotel, where
Captain Rand* ipb and twenty militia
men of Denver are quartered, and
searched It for machine guns. No re
sistance was offered.
DENVER, Colo., April 33—Con
tinued bloodshed and rioting in the
Sou*hern Colorado strike zone caused
Lieutenant Governor Stephen R. F .z
gerald last night to order Adlutant
General Chase to entrain forthwith
for the strike zone with as many
members of the State mlllt a as he
considered necessarv to restore order
in that section of the State and to
nnange for the Issuance of a proc
lamation calling a special session of
the State Legislature to finance the
maintenance of the militia in the
strike zone. Adjutant-General Chase
immediately issued a call for all
’'■ranches of services In tbe Colorado
Nat’onal Guard to mobolrz.e and er
irain for Trin'dad. Two trooi* of
cavalry ’eft Denver in a special train
■t midnight.
Acting Governor Hits Strikers.
Tlie Lieutenant-Governor's action
came after a conference with lead
ing business men of the city and
State, who guaranteed payment on
warrants issued to the privates of
the militia and following reports
from fresh atrocities in the strike
eone. Concerning the events of the
last three days hi the Trinidad dis
trict, Lieutenant-Governor Fitzgerald
said.
•‘My investigation of the riots near
Trinidad have disclosed the most
terrible conditions, conditions which
have never been equalled to tills or
any other State, not even West Vir
ginia. Even granting all of the
strikers’ claims concerning the ac
tion;) of the militia, it is not justi
fiable that the strikers themselves
should murder women and children
as they have done today and are do
ing, nor for them to burn and des
troy hundreds of thousands of dol
lars’ worth of property.
No Justification for Murders.
They have no Justification for mur
dering men whose only offense is
that they are seeking to earn a liv
ing without a permit from the United
Mine Workers of America.
“The trouble was started by the
strikers killing a non-union man,
whose only offense was in walking
10 his work without their permission.
They waylaid him and shot ' him
down, riddling his body with bullets.
There was no excuse, no reason, no
Justification for the precipitation of
a civil war. ..._
WILSON RE-ESTABLISHES EMBARGO ON ARMS;
HUERTA ORDERS U. S. CHARGE TO LEAVE
| SCENES IN VERA CRUZ, MEXICAN CITY SEIZED BY U, S. |j
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Nu. I. Our Jockle* In war accoutrements. Eleven hundred nr these hn»k> youngsters nre non In Vera Cru* and thousand* moi are to follon. «. Huerta's
Noldler* who opposed Americans In 4 era Cru*. No. 3. Hospital ship Solace aboard which the American killed and wounded were placed. No. 4. Street scene
In Vcrn Cru*. _ ___ ____ __
List of the Dead and Wounded
in Vera Cruz Fighting Yesterday
WASHINGTON, April 23. Eight
men were killed and thirty wounded
in today's lighting in the Mexican
eity. An earl er report had put the
second day’s casualties ut two killed
and ten wounded, inak ng the total
s.x killed and thirty wounded. Twelve
Americans have been killed and fifty
wounded In the two days of tight ng.
At 3:15 a. in. the navy department
issued this statement:
"Official 1st of casualt! s of Amer
icans at Vera Cruz on Tuesday not
previously reported:
Dead.
"R. PERCY, private, marine corps.
"L. O. FRIED, ordinary seaman. |
“W. 1. WATSON, ord nary seaman. !
"F. P. DKhOWRY, seaman.
"A. S. STREAM, ord nary seaman, j
"C. A. SMITH, ordl ary seamun
"C. DEFABIR. gunner's mate, i
th'rd class.
"FRANK DEVOR1CK, ordinary
seaman.
Seriously Wounded.
“H. Pullian fireman, first class; C.
M. Gullloan, ordinary ' seaman; M.
Fitzgerald, serg ant. tnar ne corps: j
J. Peoples, private; M I’onkowski, |
ord nary seaman: H. .1. Kapplan, or- i
tllnary seaman; W. M. Iiuss, seaman;
c. L. Nodsick, ordinary seaman; <3.
Rainey, private; E. P. Peterson,
private; .1. McM Man, private; K.
Manz, ordinary seaman; C. It. Ilarse
borger, ordinary seaman; H. M. Mc
Kerson, boatswain's mate, second
class; .1. I,. Kwaplsk, seaman; N.
Schwartz, ordinary seaman.
Mllghtl.v Wounded.
“Lieutenant J. P. Lennon, ordnance
officer, battleship New Hampshire;
<3. M. Davidson, pr vate; R. Shaker,
private; H. J. Reed, private; J.
Leahy, ordinary seaman; D. Cam
eron. ordinary seaman; J. F. Place,
seaman; C. <i sburne, electrician; J.
A. Anderson, seaman; W. M. S 'timldt,
seaman; J. C. McCloy, boatswain's
mate; J. R. (1 Ibert, seaman; E. C.
Rickard, electric,an; J H. Copeland,
seaman; W. II. Mangles, ordinary
seaman; Nodsick ord nary teaman;
J. 1,. Bennett, coxswain; K. Christy,
seaman; A. C3. Ebel, private; H. E.
Hols.nger, private; H. I,. Boyle, Qr
d nary seaman; Robinson, ord'nury
seaman; J. Cantwell, no rating; A.
Doe, ordinary seaman; I,. W. Tay
lor. no rating; F. N. Kalmers, no
rating."
ICAU CHARGE
DENIED BY COUNCIL
I
—
[Kearny Officials Say Town Is
Not “Broke,” as Claimed by
Commission Leaguer.
The allegation of Walker W. Mc
Carroll to the effect that two council
men 'had tok] him Kearny Is “broke"
was dented by every member of the
Kearny Town Council. Including
Mayor Robert E. Torrance, at a meet
ing of the council last night.
Some of the members of the council
were more *mphatic than others In
stating their denials. Councilman
James J. McAtcer was probably the
most voeferous in denying telling
McCarroll any such story.
The councilman told of the issuance
of bonds for the trunk sewer and for
street improvements and explained it
was mandatory on the council to
Issue such bonds. Councilman Walter
R. Chapman, In stating his denial,
branded the statement of McCarroll
as “rtdlcu'ous.” While Councilman
F. Randolph Crowell denied having
made any statement of the nature
claimed by McCarroll, he said:
“We all know the town is in a very
bad condition linancially.”
Councilman Daniel D. Bryan want
ed to know what Mr. Crowell meant
by such a statement, and the latter
told of what he called an unnecessary
issuance of bonds f r $1,1H0 for the
work of dredging Frank Creek. It
was explained the t< wn attorney ren
dered an opinion that the bonds could
be issued for the work, as the town
budget had already been made up.
Mayor Torrance declared the town
is not in any condition approaching
bankruptcy The Mayor denied the
town had given away any streets on
the meadows, which claim McCarroll
had' made. “The streets were never
on the town map,” said the Mayor.
After the meeting Mayor Torrance
issued a denial of the statement of
McCarroll that the tax rate would be
increased for the next year because
of the bonda issued.
LESLIE LOOKING
Alleged to Be Man Through
Whom Preferential Payments
Were Made.
Counsel for creditors of Frank Les
lie, alleged bankrupt, have begun an
other search In connection with the
Investigation for assets. Mr. Leslie,
who fs a grandson of Frank Leslie,
founder of Leslie's Weekly, occupied
the stand for three hours yesterday
In bankruptcy court, before Referee
Edwin CL Adams. As a result a
search for “a man named Sullivan”
is on.
The alleged bankrupt testified that
"a man named Sullivan” was the
person through whom he disposed of
a number of payments. These pay
ments, according t Nathan H. Mer
ger, cunsel fr credltrs, were prefer
ential payments at the expense of
the general creditors. Mr. Leslie lives
at the Leslie homestead, on Holly
wood avenue, EasJ. Orange.
Another alleged agent In the deals
named by Mr, Leslie was a lawyer.
Mr. Leslie was not sure whether the
lawyer's name is Barrett, or that his
first name Is John. Neither could the
witness tell what "Sullivan's” first
name Is Later on the witness as
serted that he never met “Sul'lvan"
personalty, because the latter did
business through "Lawvor Barr' tt "
Alter a long examination In which
Attorney Berger sought to get some
clue us to the whereabouts of either
"Sullivan” or "Barrett,” counsel gave
up the quest. Mr. Berger declared
that In his opinion the "agent-law
yer-Sulllvan-Barrett” person is a
myth.
({uarrpU Lead to Bankruptcy.
The bankruptcy petition against
Mr. Leslie followed a quarrel with
his former business partner, .James
Wallwork, a plumber, of Kearny.
The latter is leading the light to have
a receiver appointed for the Leslie
estate.
Carranza Condemns Taking of
Vera Cruz by Wilson’s Order
Declares Our Invasion May Bring on Mexican War, Which He
Hoped to Avoid—Says Constitutionalists Are the Ones to
Punish Huerta for Indignities Suffered by Other Nations.
WASHINGTON, April 23.—The text
of the message sent to Secretary of
State William J. Bryan by General
V. Carranza, head of the Constitu
tionalists in Mexico, through United
States Consul J. C. Carothers, at Chi
huahua, yesterday, is us follows:
'i he following is the text of the Car
ranza message to the State Depart
ment. It is dated Chihuahua:
Carranza's Message.
"United Stales Consul J. C. Caroth
ers:
"in answer to the message of Mr.
Secretary Bryan, which was com
municated to me through you, please
transmit to thi said Mr. Bryan the I
following note addressed to Mr. Pres
ident Wi son
"Awaiting the action of the Ameri
can Senate to your excellency’s mes- ;
sage, directed to said body caused
by the lamentable incident which oe- |
curred between a crew in a whale- ,
boat of the cruiser Dolphin and the !
soldiers of the ursurper Huerta, cer- |
tain acts of hostility have been ex- !
eeuteil by the nava forces under coin- j
murid of Admiral Fletcher at the port ,
of Vera Cruz and in the face of this i
violation of the national sovereignty 1
which the Constitutionalist govern- 1
mi nt did not expect from a govern- I
rnent which had reiterated its di sire i
to maintain pence with the Mexican I
people. I comply with the duty of j
patriotism In directing this note to!
mu with a view of exhausting all l
honorable means before two friendly I
nations sever the pacific relations
that still unite them. The Mexican
nation, the real people of Mexico
have not recognized ns its executive j
a man who had nretended to launch \
a blemish on Its national integrity, ■
drowning in blood Its free lnst.tu- |
tlons.
Promises to Punish Huerta.
I
"The acts of the usurp, r H e ta
and his accomplices do not signify
legitimate acts of sovere gnty They
do not const tute real i ubllc f in t ons
of interior and exterior re ntions and
mueh less do they represent the senti
ments of the Mexican nation, which
are of confraternity towards the
American people.
”'l he lack of representative charac
ter of General Victorlano Huerta, tut
concerning the relations of Mexico
w th the United States, as well as
with the Argentine Republic, Chile,
Brazil and Cuba, has been clearly
established with a justifiable attitude
of these nations, who have refused
! to recognize the usurper -n this wa/,
lending a valuable moral support to
the cause 1 represent.
“Victorlano Huerta Is a culprit who
is amenable to the Constitutionalist
.government, today the only one, under
i the abnormal circumstances of our
nation, which represents national
sovereignty in accord with article 128
| of the political constitution of Mex
ico. The illegal acts committed by
the usurper Huerta and his partisans,
end those which they may perpetrate,
be they of an international character
which recently occurred at the port of
Tampico, or of a domestic character,
shall be tried and punished witli in
flexibility and promptness by the tri
bunals of the Constitutionalist gov
ernment.
Calls Invasion “Violation."
"The individual acts of Huerta
never will be sufficient to Involve the
Mexican nation ir. a disastrous war
with the United States, because there
is no solidarity whatsoever between
the so-called government of Victorl
uuo Huerta and the Mexican nation,
for the fundamental reuson that he
Is not, the legitimate organ of our
not onal sovt reign ty.“
“Moreover, the nvusion of our ter
ritory and the permanency of your
forces in the port of Vera Cruz are
a violation of the rights that con
st tute our existence as a free and in
dependent sovereignty, will drag us
into an unequal war w.th dignity,
but which until today we desired to
avoid. *
“In the face of the real s tuatlon
through which Mexico is passing,
weak though she inay be; more so
thou ever af er three years of bloody
strife, and compared w th the formid
able power of the American nat on,
we eon Ider the acts comm tied at
Vera Cruz ns acts highly offensive
to the dig Ity and independence of
Mex c and eontrirv to your re ter
ated declarations of not desiring to
sever the state of peace and friend
ship w th the Mexicnn nat on, which
has just declared that the United
States does not assume any attitude
against the Mexican people, neither
do they propose to levy way against
it. We consider nl o that the hostile
nets already accomplished exceed
those exacted by equity to accomplish
I he desired end wh rh may be con
sidered as sat sficd. it is not on the
other hand, the usurper, who in all
cases should have the right to con
stitute a reparation.
Invites tl. N. to Suspend Action.
“I interpret ho sentiment of a great
majority of the Mexican people,
which is so Jealous of its rights and
respectful of foreign rights, and I
invite you, solely, to suspend the
hostile acts already initiated, order
ing your forces to evacuate all places
which they hold in their power In the
port of Vera Cruz, arid to formulate
bef >re the Constitutionalist govern
ment. which I represent ns Con tltu
tionnilst governor of the State of
Coe.hu|ia and first chief of the Con
stltut onallst army, the demand on
the part of the United States for the
acts which originat d at 'lie port of
Tampico, in the security that the de
mand will be considered in a spirit
of elevated Justice and conciliation.
“The Constitutional governor of the
state of Coahulla and first chief of
the Constitutionalist army.
"CAHItANZA."
Following is the text of Mr Prv
an's note to Carothers. to which Gen
eral Carnnza's message to President
Wilson is a reply;
liryun's Note.
"Please see General Carranza and
make known to him the President's
position. The President does not de
sire any resolution thut could he con
strued as authorizing him to engage
In war, all he asks and all that will
he given is a resolution declaring
that he is justified in using the armed
forces to compel redress of a specific
indignity. He has been careful to
distinguish between General Huerta
and his supporters on the one side
and the rest of the Mexican people
on the other side. He lias reiterated
his friendship for the Mexican peo
ple and his desire to see them estab
lish for themselves a constitutional
government. The taking of the cus
tom house at Vera Cruz was made
necessary by Huerta's refusal to
make proper reparation for the ar
rest of the American sailors. The
Constitutionalists are reported in the
newspapers as standing aloof from
the controversy. Tills is a very prop
er attitude and we hope that they
will not misunderstand the Presi
dent’s position, or misconstrue his
acta.” , . .. I
Message Received From O’Shaughnessy Relieve?
Fears For His Safety, But Confirms Report
That Dictator Has Taken Last Step Before Act
ual Declaration of War Against U. S.
President Wilson today restored the embd go on arms to
Mexico.
Tis action followed quickly after the note was received from
General Carranza, the Constitutionalist chief, in which he resented
the seizure of Vera Cruz, characterizing it as the act of a hostile
nation against Mexico, in violation of the national sovereignty, ani
inviting the United States to withdraw.
Officials at Washington today conrmed the fact that Nelson
O’Shaughnessy, charge d'affairs at Mexico City, had been handed his
passports. This is the last step before a declaration of war against
the United States by General Huerta, which is expected at any mo
ment.
President Wilson today issued a statement in reply to Carranza,
declaring'that action in Mexico would he direcied solely against
General Huerta. He reiterated his stand that the United States had
no ill-feeling against the Mexican eople, but made it plain that the
campaign would proceed despite the objections of the Constitu*
tional leaders.
Word reached the war department in Washington that mobs in Mexico
City were threatening American citizens, who are concentrating at the
American embassy for mutual protection. This word came in code form,
having slipped by the rigid censorship established by Huerta.
The hostile attitude of the Constitutionalists, It became evident today,,
might necessitate an entire change in the military campaign in Mexico.
The joint boards of the army and navy, together with the secretaries of
the two departments, met to outline new plans.
The navy is moving rapidly to blockade all parts on the Atlantic and
raclfic coasts of Mexico if necessary. The armv Is ready to move in an
instant.
WASHINGTON, April 28.—Secre
tary of State Bryan, as lie left a
White House conference today, said
that the action of General Huerta in
handing Charge O'Shaughnessy his
passports had been considered among
other things. Nr decision had been
made, ho said, as to wlmt nation
would be asked to cure far American
affairs in the Mexican capital or as
to what action would taken as to
American consuls in American cities.
Secretary Pane, as ho left the j
White House conference, said that
the President had decided to Issue a
statement during the da> outlining
definitely the policy that will be pur
sued in Mexico, it was understood
that this statement would deal par
ticularly with the situation north of
Mexico, as indicated in the Carranza
note.
Arms Shipment* Mopped.
At the War Department it was re
ported that officers at Fort Ham
Houston had been ordered to stop al.
shipments of arms consigned to the
Mexican Federal troops at f'iedrus
Negras. aeruss tiie border.
Official announcement of the restor
ation of th<' embargo on arms at the
Mexican border has not been made
here, hut In high authority It was
stated tlial the order had been sent
early today to stop all consignments
of arms and ammunition consigned
for Mexico. The report from Han An
tonio that such ail order had been re
ceived was not doubted in official cir
cles
It was learned early today that the
navy and war departments had made
plans for the ear y seizure of tbo
railroad from Vera Cruz to Mexico
City. A reeonnoitering force has re
ported stl 1 intact two bridges on the
railroad, one ten miles and one eigh
teen miles from Vera Cruz Officers (
at Vera Cruz reported that th"se i
bridges must be protected if Vera
Ci u \ is to be a base of further c pera
tions. because they could not be
e idily reb i t if destr yed.
Ilrar* Forces Have Combined.
Word reached the war department
here today th t the Constitutionalists
and the Huertatistas at Tampico j
nave united to oppose any American
operations.
I’rivale advices reaching here to
day 111 code from Mexico City dis
posing that Americans there were in
danger have been communicated to
.overnment offle als.
The dispatches, which were from
i source of unqu-stioned trustworthi
ness and bore date of today, set forth
that mobs of Mex.cans were forming
for anti-American demonstrations:
i hat the Americans on the street had
ecu menaced and threatened with
violence, and lhat they were concen
trating at the embassy for mutual j
p> < tection.
Charge O'Shaughnessy telegraphed
tho State department under date of i
Wednesday night, as follows:
“Having been given my passports,,
I am leaving tomorrow night or Fri
day morning.”
The message was given out at 3:20
a. m- today . ,
Forecasts War Declaration
Huerta's hunding of passports to
Charge O’Sha ghnessy was regarded
as a most sensational development in
the situations, it was believed to fore
cast a declaration of war on the part
of Huerta Tne giving of passports
to a minister of charge d'affaires, in
most cases, though not invar ably,
has preceded a declaration of war.
Although the message from the
charge was not given out until 3:20
a. m., it was generally believed that
it has been In possession of officials
for at lenst three hours and that this
was one of the subjects discussed
when the President and Secretary
Bryan were awakened and talked
over the telephone about the Car
ranza note.
Algarit l» silent.
When Mr. Algara, charge of the
Mexican embassy here, was Informed
today by attaches of his office that
Huerta had given Mr. O’Shaughnessy
his passports, he made no comment,
stating that he would make an an
nouncement. Mr. Algara. it was-ex
pected, would notify the state de
partment of instructions from Mexico
City to leave his post.
Officials here Htated that Mr. Algara
undoubtedly would ask this govern
ment for his passports before leaving
Washington. Whether the request
would be granted was said to be prob
lematical, owing to the non-recogni
tion of the Huerta government.
When Mr. Algara reached the office
of the embassy he said he did not
know exactly when he would ask for
his passports, but probably would do
so today. He also said he did not
know where lie would go when leav
ing Washington.
This statement was issued by the
navy department today:
“A dispatch fruin Kear-Admiral
Badger reports that a flag of truce
was repeatedly violated by the Mexi
can federate. It adds that there hag
been little tiring since 11 a. m. Wed
nesday, and that the city is unde*
control.''
No Organized Kestelanee.
Admiral Badger announced, (Po
part ire lit officials said, that he ar
rived at Vera Cruz at it a. m. April
22, and that at i a. m. landed blue
jacket.- and marines from the Arkan
sas, Vermont, New Hampshire, New
Jersey and South Caroline, totaling
abotlt 1.750 officers and men. These
men co-operated with those already
on shore, which numbered 3,300. At
N a. m. the combined forces com
menced systematic advance through
the city to quell resistence and re
store order. There wag practically
no organized resistence, the Mexican!
tiring from windows, housetops and
other shelters. -2
V ERA CRnz, April 23.—Among the
Mexican wounded th the taking if
Vtra Cruz by the American force#
wi re many women and children. Some
Were killed. The local White organ
latlon—a Mexican organization simi
lar to the Red Cross, Is assisting it)
curing for tlio wounded Mexicans.
Conditions In Vera Cruz have taken
on a normal aspect. Home of the res
taurants were opened and a consid
erable portion of the native popula
tion began to appear in the streets,
spending Ihetr time In Inspecting the
damage done There were no expres
sions of good will l’or tHic Americana,
but at the same time there was no
apparent antagonism. The Mexicans
here seem thoroughly cowed and ap
pear to accept witli passlveness the
presence ol' the foreign forces.
One Soldier on (>uard.
When the Americans entered th#
marine barracks they found only one
soldier, who had been detailed on the
roof t guard 25,000 rounds of ammu
nition.
A panics was created In the houses
n tlic streets along wh ch marine*
and bluejackets pa sed, carrying out
orders to search them. Many doors
were locked and had to be broken
open the fright-n d occupants being
convinced that their visitors were
looters. The women particularly
manifested unbound d relief when
they found hemselves treated cour
leomly, for, prior to the coming of
the Americans, tho Mex cans had
pread reports of the terrlbl • th ngs
the fore gn sold ers would do.
Steps have been taken to establish
t form of c'vll government, although
ii r n time It may be more military
n its personnel than civil. Such Iocs'
(Hotels as can be located will be re
stored to their posts, un'ess there is
-ome good reason for replacing then
fighting Over for Presrnt.
For the present the fighting Is over
except for Insignificant operations Ii
the outskirts.
Right Americans were killed and
some thirty wounded In the battl
yesterday.
While the Mexicans suffered mor>
severely, tho number of their casual
ties has not been ascertained, bu
•he lest estimates obtained by Cap’
'ain Will am R. Rush, of the battle
ship F'orlda, Indicated that in the en
-agements of Tu- sday and Wedncs
'■iy their dend amounted to about 150
\'o person knows how many Mexican:
fell wounded, as a largo part of then
were taken away and hidden bi
friends.
in in<* sxreeis huout me pia-a vto
terday afternoon lay fifteen or twenty
bodies, a majority of them attired li
citizens' c'othlng. Some of the mei
evidently had been dead since the en
gagement of Tuesday, and the tropi
cal heat made the'r immediate d's
posal Imperative. One of the flrJt or
dcrs given after the town had ' ee;
captured was to bury the Mexlcar
dead in a trench at the sea end of on<
of the streets lading from the plaza
When the city was taken the orde
was given to advance carefully am
search every building for men bear
Ing arms. Scores of prisoners were
taken, most of them protesting vol
ubly, many hysterically, that the'
were not gui'ty of anw unfriendlines
whatsoever toward the Americans.
Accustomed as the Mexicans are tt
their own contending forces shooting
immediately all pr sjners taken, thi
captured men could not but believe
that they would receive no less dras
tic treatment at the hands of the
Americans. The guns found In houses
were thrown by the marines a b
bluejackets from the upper balconies
of the houses to the pavement below
Expected Primmer*’ Release.
At 10 o’clock Wednesday morning
the Americans were In undisputed
possession of all the city except the
southwest quarter, In which the bar
racks are situated, and a few out
lving districts. At noon they bad
taken the barracks. When the city
prison, which faces the main plaza of
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