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Show HUERTA GETS CASH FROM AMERICANS . MEXICO CITY, Doc. 6. There is a well authenticated report that President Huertn lius boon assured a loan of 760.000 pesos by ap American, corporation with Mexican connections. The vice president of the corporation, It Is said, has been personally negotiating for the loan, in return for which it is understood he secured promises of certain cer-tain concessions for his company. The preliminary dealings between the corporation and tho govornmont woro through the minister of rinonco, nut as an agreement was impossible the company's com-pany's official took the matter up through a third party with President Huorto, who without loss of tlmo sent tho papers to the company's agent for signature. Many Rumors Afloat. Rumors of rebel succonsos are current here tonight, but are donlod In ofildal quartors. Tho denials were supported by railroad reports. A rumor which obtained ob-tained some credenoe was that Monterey was evacuated thin afternoon. This was dlhcounted by thu fact that tho telegraph wires aro working through to Monterey Monte-rey and no report of thla capture has been received from there. A mehriaga filed ut Monterey before noon wild the rot?Ident3 of that city were expecting an attack at any moment. Another unronllrmod report was to the effect that Coll ma, botwcmi Manranlllo nnd Guadalajara, had been taken An nntl-govornnient demonstration wan then reported to havo occurred at Guadalajara. Sarcastic Comment. Commenting on the' Initiative In connection con-nection with tho national guard taken by Jarnea liny, congressman from Virginia, In introducing tho army volunteer bill in the house of representatives at Washing- ton. EI Dlarlo says: "Following President Wilson's flat declaration that he will not Intervene by force of arms In our affairs. Mr. Hay asks the American congress to give the executive ample powers to call on the national guard for actlvo service," Tho newspaper proceeds to comment fantastically upon the "unanimity of thought" Indicated by tho contradictory attitude of President Wilson and of the chairman of the house of representatives committee on military affairs. Huerta's Family Safe. The family of Provisional President Huertn Is said to havo gono secretly to Vera Cruz on Novcmbor ol1. They wore living quietly In that city, where their presence was known to only a few intimate inti-mate friends. The departure of tho Huorta family on that date on a 3neclal train gave rloo to tho report that tho president blmself had loft Mexico City. He boarded the special early In tho morning and accompanied bla family as far as Tcxcoco, a few miles out, returning later to tho federal capital in an automobile. Gomez Crosses Border. Eb PASO, Dec 5. General Roque Gomez, Go-mez, ono of the commanders who ran away from Chihuahua, crossed Into tho United States at Columbuo, N. M-, and arrived in El Paso tonight, lie escaped across tho border and took rcfugo In tho homo of friends. Gomez was appointed ap-pointed a commander of volunteers In Huerta's army after joining In tho ro-volt ro-volt against President Madero. He attracted at-tracted attention bv burning the town of Colonla Diaz, inhabited by Mormons. Refugees Arriving. WASHINGTON, Dec. o. Official dispatches dis-patches continue to report the arrival of rofugees from Mexico at Laredo, Texas, In large numbers. Mexicans outnumber Americans and other foreigners fleeing tho country. Refugees from Tamplco are expected at Port Arthur, Tex., Sunday. Tho situation in tho Acnpulco district, where there have been many nntl-Amerl-can demonstrations, is reported worse. Tho armored cruiser California Is at Manzanlllo within easy distance. A belated dispatch from Chihuahua says good order was maintained when tho federals evacuated the city and that no Inconvenience to Americans is reported. Rail communication between Saltlllo and Torreon continue uncertain. |