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Show 19 IRE 0. S, . I I BYBAND1TGAKS ! I Warships Sent to Take Aboard Americans in Danger in Mexico ATTACK ON CAPITAL H PLANNED BY REBELS H 11 Revolutionary Troops Being I jH Moved to South and East Toward Mazatlan WASHINGTON, May 3. American destroyers have been ordered to Vera Cruz and Tamplco to protect Amerl- IH cans there. The navy department acted on the request of the state department, where it was explained today that the '.war- iH ships would take aboard Americans in those two ports In event that should . 'M become necessary. jH It was said that the vessels -would not intervene in Mexican affairs and that their despatch was a precaution- jH ary measure. Only the cruiser Sacra- flH men to is now on tho cast coast of ll Mexico. She was last reported at H Tamplco. i H Americans Killed Two American citizens, Ebon Fran- i els Greenlaw and his minor son, were killed by Mexican bandits yesterday, the state department was informed to- i day by the American embassy in Mexico City. fljl The killings occurred at Palazadas, about 125 miles from Mexico City. Greenlaw was employed by a British lumber firm. jH The stato department announced that It has requested the . Mexican H government through the American embassy, to Jake "effective' measures" j-itometilatfijy "foe-, apprehcnsttnYand "I punlshrrtent of the assassin's". ' ' 1 I Revolutionary Outlii-caks 1 il No reports of any disturbances in '- cither Vera Cruz or Tampico have been received by the state department. nhI but revolutionary outbreaks have oc- j jf cur red near both ports. . Advices to the government today ! said the lino between Mexico City and jl Vera Cruz had been cut. but they did il not indicato the extent of damage. f This line runs through the northern 'Jl j part of the state of Tlaxcala, the gov- I crnor and military commander of j H which were reported last week to havo ' J Joined the Sonora revolution. fl Troops Arc Moving AGUA PR1ETA, Sonora, May 3. Revolutionary troops were being moved south and east today. Those going south will join others in tho mountains dividing Chihuahua and Sonora to invade Chihuahua. The others will re-enter General Angel Florcs in his march on- the port of IH Mazatlan. military headquarters an-nounced. an-nounced. vl Troops from southern Sonora and Hl Sinaloa, it was said, also would be sent eastward in a converging move- , JJ ment on the city of Torreon and the ' nl rich Laguna district of , Coahulla. Troops that rebelled against Carranza in Chihuahua already arc marching jH toward Torreon, it was announced. IH According to military leaders here IH the plans of the revolutionists all IH center on a drive as quickly as pos-slble pos-slble on Mexico City. Going to Mexico WASHINGTON, May 3. Generals Juan Jose Kios and Manuel Gamboa and their staffs of about thirty offi "1 cers, "vvho have arrived at El Paso from the state of Sonora, have been j 'j given permission by the American ! government to pass through American territory on their way to Mexico City, I . The generals lost their commands when Sonora revolted against Carran-za Carran-za and the Mexican government asked , that they be allowed to go through , tho United States. They must pass 'through unarmed and as civilians. |