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VOL.8. . KENNA, CHAVES COUNTY, NEW MEXICO, FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 1914. NO. 10.
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PRESIDENT ORDERS
PRACTICALLY ENTIRE
ATLANTIC FLEET TO
MEXICAN WATERS.
HUERTA MUST SALUTE
STRIPES PRETTY P.
STARS
D. Q.
AND
Forty-one Battleships and 21,000
men to Backup the Demand ol
the United States
Washington, April 14. Pres
'ident Wilson today ordered
practically the entire Atlantic
fleet to Mexican waters to force
the public salute to the stars and
tripes from the Iluerta govern
met't, as an apology for the ar
rest of American . marines at
Tampico last Thursday.
Nor ultimatum has been issuod
that is, ho specified time has
be.n set within which the
Iluerta government must com
"ply but the naval demonstra
tion has been ordered as a con
crete evidence of the fixed de
termination of the United States
to back up Tiear Admiral Mayo'B
demand for a salute. Up to to-
night, General Iluerta has not
ma4.4 satisfactory response to
that demand.
- "Immediately after the inci
dent at . Tampico an - orderly
from one of the ships of the
United States in the harbor at
I ,.Vera Cruz who bad been sent a
ehore to: the postofftce for the
h ip mail and who was in uni
. form and who had the official
mail bag on his back, was ar
rested and put in jail by the
local authorities.
U.S. Message Held Up.
"He was subsequently releaaV
ed and a normal punishment in
flicted on the officer who had
arrested him, but it was sig
nificent that an orderly from
the fleet of the United State
was picked out from the many
arsons constantly going ashore
on various errands from the
various ships in the harbor, rep
resenting several nations.
"Most serious of all, the offi
cials in charge of the telegraph
office at Mexico City presumed
to withhold an official dispatch
of the government of the United
States to its embassy at Mexico
City, until it should have been
. tent to the censor and ' his per
mission received to deliver it,
and gave the dispa tch into the
hands of the charge d'affaires of
the United States only on his
personal and emphatic demand,
he having in the meantime
learned through other channels
that a dispatch had been 6ent
him which he had not received
''It cannot but strike anyone
who has watched the course of
events in Mexico as signiflcent
that untoward incidents such as
these have not occurred in any
case where representatives of
other governments were con
cerned, but only in dealing with
. representatives of the United
States, and thai there has been
no occasion for other govern
, ments to call attention to such
matters or to ask for apologies.
U. S. Singled Out
"These repeated offenses
painet )? right and dignity of
the United States, offenres no.
duplicated with regard to the
representatives of other govern
ments, necessarily have made
the impression that the govern
ment of the United States was
singled out for manifestations of
ill will and cjntempt.
"The authorities of the state
department feel confident that
when tho seriousness and . the
cumulative effect of these inci
dents is made evident to the
government t f Mexico, that
government will see the proprie
ty and correct these things as
will be not only satisfactory to
the government of the United
States, but also ajti evidence to
the rest of thu world as an entir
change of attitude.
"There can be no loss to the
dignity of the de facto govern
ment in Mexico in recognizing
in the fullest degree the claims
of a great sovereign govern
ment to its respect."
Congress Solid Behind Wilson.
Congress stands behind the
administration almost to a mar,
in the aggressive policy to de
mand reparation for indignities
offered by the Huerta govern
meat.
Iu the Senate and house to-
day, the opinion was general
that tho president . would be
)acked even to actual warfare
againet Mexico to uphold the
aovereign dignityof trwr United
States- Both administration
and Republican leaders express
the emphatic view that the
United States is not eending the
fleet to Tampico as a ''bluff:"
that it ib sending it there to
signalize the fact that at ieast
the patience of this government
has been exhausted and repara
tion must be made, or the al
ready .war-scarred southern re
public must suffer grave conse
quences.
War Is Now On
Firrt Encounter u What ie Certain to Be
Stern War Takes Place at
Vera Cruz. '
Vera Cruz, April 21 Vera
Cruz tonight is in the hands of
forces from tho United States
warshipi but the occupation of
the port was not -.accomplished
without lost of American lives,
Four Americans, bluejackets
and marines, were killed by the
fire of Mexican soldiers' and
twenty fell wounded. The Mex
ican loss js not known, but it is
believed to have been heavy.
The water front, the customs
house and all important piers,
including tho3 under the ter
minal works from which extern
the railroads to the capital have
been occupied. All the territory
around the American consulate
i strongly patrolled, and detach
ments hold other sections of the
city.
The Mexican commander,
General Gustavo Maas, offered
a stubborn retidtance and for
many hours there was fighting
in the streets. Towards night
fall.' it was reported that the
main body of the federal garri
son was in. ret re, to he west
liear Admiral Fletcher, in
command of the United Stato3
warships, prefaced bid occupat
ion of the port by a demand,
through the American consul.
if.' if . vaiiaua, imi tin nun tini
er. : General Maas promptly de
clined ti accedw to this demand,
ana shortly atterwards, ten
whak boats were sent off from
the side of the transport Fr'airii
oaded . with marines. These
boats effected a la- ding irr -tiie
neighborhood of the c u s to in
onse before noon, and a fev
minutes later. Captain William
Rush of the battleship Fldtid:i.
who was in command of ': th5
operations ashore, brought"5 hie
flay; iu, V '
Captain Rush's men had air
ready taken up their position.
They numbered 150 bluejackets
rom the Florida, -390 majines
from the Prairie, and 65 nriiinep
from the Florida. Lafcar,. thesiJ
were augmented by a dispatch
rom the Utah.
The coming of the American
forces was not heralded by any
great excitement, but small
ciowds gathered to watuVthe
anding. S o:i the blu-j tjtifteis
and iharines marched through
lire streets leading f rom j the
water tront and along the rail
load yards, Others proofed
to the American consulate,
while still others were deployed
along tfr "9 approaches t Central
p'laza.inv which' TreilSrat JLtetf
had concentrated bis men. v .
These maneuvers were, effac
ed without opposition, but sud
denly, General Maas challenged
the advance with the first Shots
a volley fired from a .point
three blocks from the marines
and two blocks south of the
main plaza. The Marines re
plied immediately, but the act
ion ceased in a moment. - There
was a lull fo- ten minutes and
then another breef exchange
from the west end of Montesinoa
street, where a fedei al outpost
was stationed.
At 12:20, the firing became
general and all o'clock the guns
of the Prairie were in action.
Prior to this, a detatchmeut of
bluejackets from the Utah, hold
ing the ground between the
consulate at the water front,
opened fire with two of their
three-inch guns. The first shots
from these pieces, were directed
against an ancient tower which
served as a lighthouse. . This
was occupied by Mexican
sharpshooters.
Lieutenant Commander Buch
anan, of the Florida, ordered
that it be destroyed. Five shots
brought the old Benito Juarez
tower down.
Looks on Seizure
of Vera Cruz
as Hostile to
Nation
Evidence Accumulates 1 hut Iluerta De
liberately Brought on the Present
Situation,
Washington, April 22. News
that General Venustianq Cajr
rsnza, conctftutionUat chief, had.
SHE LIKED GAY PLUMAGE
By JULIA MAXWELL.
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Essie Adams liked gay plumage. Her
New York aunt, whom she was visit
Ins, did not approvi of anything thai
would attrac'. attention. That was
why she objected to Essie's wearing a
brand new bonnet with the dazzling
fellov: feather. '
"I'd rather yo wouldn't wear that
hat, Essie," aald Aunt Linda Mallow.
"It looks 'fast.' "
Essie bit her lip in disappointment,
yut away the gorgeous thing of shlra
Biering yellow and donned a plaia
klack-an-blue straw which her aunt
had selected for her on her last visit
to the city a year before.
"That looks more like you, my dear.
Young girls are apt to be mlsunder.
stood w!en the wear conspicuous
bats.",
"Hut, Auntie, I do love bright thing.
Other girls wear them, and nice girls,
too, I'm sure."
Aunt Linda was not disposed to
erarue the Question. Resides, the elec-
reeardel the Feiz ire of Vera
Cruz by the American nava
force as an act of hostility to
the Mexican nation, fell like i
bomb shell in official circles to
night.
l resident. v rson nau especi
ally disclaimed any act of hos
tality to Ihe Mexican I people,
practicularizing General Iluerta
as the object of the American
operations to procure 'reprisal
for offenses at Tampico and else.
where, against the American
flag. Consequently, the Wash
ington government had hoped
the' constitulioniists would re
main silent and not interjetic
iheiust'lves in the imbroglio
The Carranza bitter, however
confirmed the fears of many of
ficials, that tho rebels might
side with Iluerta. This was
the one possibility which had
been discussed in administration
circles as the most serious pluses
in the situation. .
Should hostility on the part ol
the rebels crystaliz?, plans o:
tho army will be changed. There
were rep irts during the day that
the joint army and navy loarj
already had recommended th
restoration of the embargo on
arms.
Action of congress approving
the President's course in using
the army and navy, in view of
the situation he has presented
in his message and the receip
of details of fighting at Vera
Cruz were the chief develop
ments of the day. Officials ex
pressed therm-elves as greatly
leased with ttie promptness of
Rear Admiral Fletcher's forces
in tilting possession of Vera
Cruz and restoring order there
Future steps are uncertain
The President has determine!
that his course shall be gradual
No orders have been issued to
seize the eUBtoms house at Tarn
pico., It is the imrpose of th
administration to keep order in
Vera Cruz and await thi full
aileci on ntteria oi me urst aci
w . t-r a Pil. . j A a.
of reprisal by the American gov
ernment. There is every reason to be
lieve that the railroad running
inland fiom Vera Oru for
twenty miles together with
valuable trestla, will be policed
by American marines and blue
jackets. This section of the
railroad is of supreme, impoitr
(Contjnue4 P,n page 8 )
trie wss waiting for them at the curb.
The last few days of ber New York
visit Kstile spent with a girl tileiid.
And when she psHSf.d through the gate
at the Grand Central station bound fer
the train that was to take her to her
home la an upstate town, she was
wearing the hat with the Inviting yel
low feather. For Aunt Linda waa net
along, and her chum, who came to the.
station with her, adored the hat.
Essie was a gregarious young wom
an, in uie small iowu wnere hub int'i
It was a habit for people to be neigh
borly. So when the middle-aged man
In the parlor car suat across the aisle-
offered her a magazine, she accepted it
1th a smile and a nod of the yellow
feather. When she entered the dining ,
oar for luncheon and the dining car -
conductor placed her opposite the
same man, she was not displeased. lie
was a well-groomf a, interesting loos
ing man. And Essie liked men. When
the stranger suggested that she order
lunch for both of them, Essie dida t
mind. Luncheon for one wae always
deally stupid. Of course, she realized
that Aunt Linda would be horrified at
such a proceeding, but Aunt Linda wait
old-fashioned. It was common talk in
the family that Linda was entirely too
diffident, too reserved. She was not
nearly so popular as her slstera, who
wera of more sociable mien. However,'
never a breath of scandal had attached
to Linda's name, and there were some
of the family that well, that's quite
another matter.
Eesie enjoyed the luncheon, and
though the endeavored in the usual .
way to pay the check, her protesta
tions were quickly swept away. As
the man piloted her back to her chair
la the parlor car, she was conscious of
a certain guilty feeling, but she put It
from her. How could a girl be expect
ed to do anything else? She was only
human, and she liked to talk to peo
ple. She couldn't play any kind of a
game by herself. There are many
young girls like Essie.
It was only twenty minutes until
Eaeie's home town would be reached.
She was rather sorry. She waa having
such a good time.
"I'd like to see you again," said the
man. meaningly. ;
"Oh, thank you," laughed the girl.
"I've enjoyed meeting you."
"But you dont live far from Buffalo,
and haven't you some friends there
that you could tell your parents you
ware going to visit while you really
same down to spend a few days with
me? I know a nice little place where
we could go and be undisturbed.
Here's my card. That's my office ad
dress. Write me when you can get
away."
Essie wae dumfounded. All the
eolor had gone out of her face. She,
felt sick to the very depths of hor. ,
She simply couldn't speak. The card
dropped from her nerveless finger.
But the stranger did not understand.
Ills eyes glittered strangely, while the
niiirk of the beast was in every line of ,
hid face. "You're a great little klddo,"
he said, "and there isn't anything I
wouldn't do for you. Do you think you
could come down to 6ee me In a few
daye?"
The girl found voice, but still It waa
not her own voice. It waa the voice of
a girl who has suddenly had every
Ideal and illusion knocked from under
her.
"Oh, oh, you horrible thing, you!
I I you've made a mistake. Oh, I
hate you, hate you! I never want to
see you agaiu, never!"
When calm came; Essie was In her
own room at home alone. She waa
glad she was alone. All the joy had
gone out of her vacation. She felt un
clean, tainted, as if she had been
walking through bogs of mud and
slime.
And, sobbing, the girl wondered, are
all men like that, or, was it the yellow
leather? It had not yet occurred to
her that young girte who accept fa
vors of strange men on trains are very
apt to be misuuderstood and Insulted.
That v.ri one thing that Aunt Linda
had forgotten to tell her.
Testing the Upper Air,
By means of balloons the upper air
has been tested to a height of uearly
19 miles in thia country by the weath
er observers. During a recent re-,
markable flight the Instruments used
recorded a temperature of 70.4 de
grees below zero at a distri:- of 12l,
inile above the earth. Wherever the
the sounding balloons have been used,
whethc nc- -: the equator or in north
ern latitudes, the records have ahowu
that after six miles above the eartk
tho temperature no longer drops rap
idly as the instruments ascend, but at
flme becomes stationary.