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Show ADMIRAL GRANTS REQUEST FOR TIME VERA CRUZ, April 11. A -wireless dispatch dis-patch received today hy Rear Admiral Fletcher from Rear Admiral Mnvo nt Tarnplco reported that General Morelos Zara50sa lind expressed hl3 rejrrct at the arrest of tho American, marines who landed land-ed In Tampico on Thursday to obtain a supply of gasoline, and requested that ho be given twenty-four hours ln which to consult with the government at Mexico City concerning tho affair. Owing to bad communications between Tampico and tho capital, this time- was readily granted by Goneral Mayo. General Zaragosa today made a request of Goneral Maas. the commandant here, for moro ammunition, and n supply was sent to Tampico tonight on a merchant vessel. The sending of this ammunition leaves vera Cruz without a supply, and none is oxpected hero until a consignment arrives from tho capital. A wireless dispatch uent from the gunboat gun-boat Dolphin at Tampico to the battleship battle-ship Florida, ofT Vera Cruz, said that the cruiser Dca Moines had left tho dock at Tampico on Friday afternoon with 000 refugees on board, and that the cruiser Chester had l'!0 refugees on board and expected more. The dispatch added that passes had been Issued for about 1000 persons, and there xtlll Vvcre about 500 Chinese to bo cared for. Admiral Mayo roported that he was accepting refugees oa hip ships without taking Into consideration consid-eration their nationality. Tho admiral strongly recommended to Admiral Fletcher thnt ho send to Tampico two well-provlflioned transports, saying that he did not know how long tho present pres-ent situation would continuo. Ha added that if the imnsportn wore not furnished promptly ho would be forced to send the battleship Connecticut to Vera Crus for coal, with refugee on board. Conditions nt Tampico were ronortcd to bo ln about the samo state as thev wore on Friday, except that tho rebels had added the Panuco river to their possessions. posses-sions. Rear Admiral Cradock of the British naval fleet made a tour of inspection up tho river yesterday, but returned to the cruiser Essex today. Disobeyed Orders. EAGLE PASS. Tex., April 11. Arrested Ar-rested la5t night by Mexican federal? in J Picdras Nccrrns, opposite Eagle Pass, j throo enlisted men of tho Third field artillery, ar-tillery, United States army, wero surrendered sur-rendered late today to American army officers on demand of United States Consul Con-sul William P. Blocker at Piedras Xc-gras. Xc-gras. The three soldier;, who ontered tho Mexican town in civilian clothing, were plared in the guardhouse at the border patrol camp here and will be court-martialed court-martialed for alloged diaobedioncc of orders. Soldiers had been instructed, It is said, to remain away from the Mexican Mexi-can side of tho Itio Grnndo. The release was effected only after a , personal conference between Consul Blockor and Federal General Gnadjardo, tho consul's formal roquost having been refused. Request From Spain. MADRID, Spain, April 11. Tho Spanish foreign minister today asked Colonel Joseph E. Willard, United States embassador to Spain, to request tho government at Washington to in-torveno in-torveno in favor of tho 1000 Spanish subjects oxpollod from Torroon. According to official nows recoivod by the Spanish cabinet from Moxico tho expelled Spaniards aro in a critical situation sit-uation and tho government decided to approach th,o United States govornment in their bohalf independently of tho measures Spain is taking to bring her subjects back to their own country. Carranza Leaves Juarez. JUAREZ, Mexico, April 11. General Veuustiano Carranza, his military staff, members of his cabinet and a largo number num-ber of clerks, left hero today for Chihuahua, Chi-huahua, tho new provisional capital. A pilot train with a guard of 400 soldiers sol-diers left here last night to clear tho way for the chief of tho revolution, and official residence and executive officos are awaiting him at Chihuahua, and with his offico force on tho scene thero will bo scarcely an interruption of the workings of tho provisional government. A roport from Torroon said that three rebel columns under Generals Benivades. ITerrera and Coos had ongaged Genoral Velasco at Parras. There were no details. |