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Show Flees Rebels Who Hold Demonstration in Favor of U. S. I V rp HE FLAG AND ITS DE- j JStk 1 FENDER. View of the fjil stern of Admiral Badger's IsBsmKSx. e ars aru Stripes ll&lOIPm, over one of the .-inch Runs isSKBIrafek. tnat are now trained on Vera IfiM ' ' - ;ilfll TvoltI Rebel Sympathizers De- nounce Dictator and March in Parade to Indicate In-dicate Friendliness to Americans; Huerta Is Held Responsible for J Landing of Marines. FLAG IS RAISED OVER VERA CRUZ I More Friendly Attitude I Is Displayed Toward Foreigners; the Exodus Continues; Names of I Refugees and Informa- I tion in Answer to In- ij quiries. EL PASO, April 27.- Mormon I refugees from Ooloula Juarez, a ji small colony in western GTiihua- jj hua, who arrived here today, reported re-ported tlie settlement had been looted Sunday by twenty bandits said to have been part of Majcimo I Castillo's band The robbers drove off a herd of horses and took all tlie provisions they could carry. The I band is not affiliated with either the federals or constitutionalists. j VERA CRUZ, April 87. With all ceremony, the firing of a salute and r dress parade, the American flag was raised today over the division headquar-ters headquar-ters of Rear Admiral Frank F. Fletch-er. Fletch-er. Over the customs house the flag has been flying since the landing of I the American forces, bur until now i there hnd been no ceremony indicating the formal occupation of Vera OrUJJ. The transports with Brigadier Gen- I! eral Funston ;'s command aboard were ! off port this afternoon, but there has H heen no indication that the military ij forces will be sent ashore at this time, if f the armv lands th bluejackets i row on shore here will go aboard, their l '-hip., but mariues will be left for land service. Expelled by Huerta. jj Five American's who arrived by train ' from .Mexico City today were virtually expelled by Preside'.) Huerta. They I had been arrested at Pachuca for no 1 known cause. Tbey are Dr. Hoskins, R. I hattion, J. Pun.stiou, G. G. Smith ij ami Mr. Ma 1 lox. These mon were sent I to the. capital from Pachuca, where p Huerta told them bo would not hold them, but ordered them to leave the country. J The more friendly altitude displayed in if th" capital toward foreigners In the last ir or two was In a meaaura explained j pvjay when it wa:- learned from refugees : that rorfl supporters in Mexico City had T- taken tep to change public opinion. f Denounce Huerta. They circulated handbills calling upon t people to protc-t Americans, and de- P-' noundng RuertB the 'usc of the r. landing of American naval forces ;it vi H ("mr. end ;i)?o u the author of false and Inflammatory statements published in t Mexico ' 'Its - F in the hondbUls the tie.ipIo were called H upon to ,1'iin tn i hip parade to buow dis. I approval or Huerta '8 attitude ;ind to In- t. fllcate their own friendliness toward Americans. Th p.ini.ic i"k place Sat- uivia and the faol thai it was permitted f hy President Huerta construed as an , Indication of th-5 weakening: of Ink power. Rebels Gaining Ground. j The rebels are said to have been naln- Pfl IrifT ground in the territory close to Mexico Mexi-co City. Four hundred federal wounded h were brquchl Into the capital on Friday H hem neor-P points. ' A tr.im which reached here this morn- p in brotujhl many BrtUsh, German and (Continued on Page Two.) I CAPITAL CITY TURNS AGAINST THEJ1CTAT0R Huerta Denounced by Rebel I Sympathizers; Usurper Is ! Losing His Grip; Fears Assassination. (Continued from Page Olio.) French residents, but only Jive Americans. Ameri-cans. None of them came direct from Mexico City. Some of theni had been prisoners of the federals at Cordoba, others oth-ers at Soledad, the headquarters of General Gen-eral Mans. The latter had been released by him ns a result, of the urgent representations repre-sentations of Consul Canada and were permitted to Join the foreign rcfugeo train which left the capital Sunday morning. Another train Is expected to arrive tonight, to-night, and It Js understood that many Americans arc aboard. Ir ears assassination. Some of the refugees are responsible for an unconfirmed report that, after a demonstration. Iluerla became so fright-! ened that ho hid himself In a foreign 1c-getion, 1c-getion, fearing assassination. Refugees say that prior to the change in sentiment at the capital, four Americans Ameri-cans were seized by one of the mobs, which insisted upon lynching them. Their lives were saved by the intervention of the police, whose commander promised tho rioters he would shoot the prisoners, but promptly released them. There was no disturbance here during the night and very few shots were tired. Early In tho evening two or three rifle shots were heard, but It Is supposed they were fired bj excited sentries. i Vera Cruz began the week's business much us usuaj. the natives appearing on tho streets early In the morning and going go-ing about their accustomed routine. Wireless messages received here from other ports by the American flagship indicate in-dicate that all Is quiet along the coast. Firearms Turned In. In obedience to Rear Admiral .Fletcher's .Fletch-er's order that all firearms should, be given up, one Mexican brought in the BaiToI of a machine gun. Ho carried It to the provost's ofllco wrapped In a newspaper, but was so frightened that before reaching the desk ho let It fall, and started to run out. lie was brought back by a sentry, and then explained that he had found the gun barrel or the roof of his house, where 11 had been operated on the first day of the lighting by a squad of Moxlcans. These were all killed and their bodies were carried down by marines, ma-rines, who left tho machine gun, shattered shat-tered by shells. Several handsomely mounted dueling pistols were surrendered today. Some of them were very ancient weapons. There was also a collection of muzzle-loading muzzle-loading pletois. muskets, knives, swords, sword canes and fencing foils. Allowed to Leave. General Corona line been Informed by Captain Henry 11 use, chief of staff of Rear Admiral Flotcher, that all Mexican Mexi-can h desiring to do so could leave Vera Cruz and would be provided with transportation. trans-portation. Captain Huse had urged General Gen-eral t irona to assure Huerta that the American admiral found nothing reprehensible repre-hensible in the action of tho civilians of Vera Cruz In defending their homes. At the meeting between Corona and Muse, all the formalities In connection with the flag of truce were carried out with exactness. With the exception of the Pan-American railway extending from Guatemala up to the uvxi coast to connect with a i chuaiitcpec road. General Huerta Is now operating with his own men evorv railroad rail-road in Mexlro. without regard to lite rights of forolgn owners. He has drivon uua every foreigner. Tho last road to be taken over was the Tehuantepec Na-clonal, Na-clonal, connecting the Pacllle and Atlantic Atlan-tic ports of Sal'.na Cruz and Coatza-tonlcos. Coatza-tonlcos. This property Is owned jointly by the government and Lord Cowdray and has been operated by Cowdray. |