Show J to 4 to ( 1 £ k 1 f H (riv J S - - h PAGES - '7 5 ' 4 4 ' ’ A Ah :’to '-’to' i I 3 11 V TO 4 SV - B 20i 4fe H tri-- - V “ “I - aww 1 4 s VILLAS TALK MAKES IMPRESSION? BUT & U ncoming Howl Looked leet olks to Vera at PRISONERS AMERICAN Cruz SOLDIERS S This picture of the North Atlantic squadron gives some idea of how incoming war fleet lookedto the peopleof Vera Cruz This fleet is the powerful that ever was seen in Mexican waters Among the battleships that have arrived at Vera Cruz are the Utah Arkansas Vermont New Jersey Michigan and New Hampshire These vessels were accompanied south by tugs gunboats cruisers etc HUERTA’S O THREATENED it DEATH WITH the most WILL f WATCHUL BE and wife and four children Mob 4 4 f f 4 ? Nations v Make I In-formal - I of Services McComben George 1 S 8 Offers M?s City orms at Mexico An indirect report received here today from Mexico pity said that a mob attempted to burn the terminal of the Mexican railway but was prevented by President Huerta’s troops rolling stock of all the locomotivesand The Mexicans are confiscating the Mexican railway and at Apizaco an hour's run concentratingthem All the engineersof that line have been held and south of the capital sent to Orizaba The train but released dispatcherat Orizaba was arrested gjjRsinKg j oreign our 1 rom Pag© 1) and Mr and (Continued Harrison in j ‘ Peace Restoring IMMMMW -y-r while -April -24— piu trained “fr A' 5© y-w 1 attention iJ Duintiri r later and States for signs of HOSTILITIES theAmerican CANAL WAR LABOR Panama the HATELD 1 Advised at th© by riends I stat© department between Secretary Bryan and of th© Mexican constitutionalists resulted in th dispatch! to General Carranza of a telegram by the latter strongly advisinghim to remain neutral and assuringhim that the American government Intended to with-c forccs from Mexico just as soon as satisfactory reparationhad been made for’ offenses committed by Huerta The advice given Carranza here wasttiatby assuminga hostile attitude he would draw all Mexico into a warj Haerta would be perpetuated and th© constitutionalists cause lost in th© zaeleeto' representatives k Truce Between actions in Coal at ields Conference STRIKERS Warring the Southern ALL Colorado Arranged in I Denver BACK 8! oEQeials of Vstitutionalists would April Panama 24— George Col AV Goethals gover-of zone today issued orders placing strict war footing zone a Goethals instructed Major Gerhardt commandinc the companiesof to infantry there Sends Congratulations z I canal two tonight Hermione which although a neutral vessel has removal of Americans from Tampico reports that only probation 1 on Tenth infantry to send the Gatun locks and " Conferences the canal capital cruiser the Admiral letcher today received the congratulations of Secre ary The admiral conveyed to the officers and men his own appreciation of their “splendid conduct which gained for them the highest ap of the secretary of the navy” Much of the work of reorganizingaffairs in the city has been forced on the naval officers and Consul Canada aud his staff includingC E Mac-Eachran former secretary of John Lind are keeping long hours at business The cable offic© here is being taxed to its fullest capacity with offibial commercial and press dispatches In some cases operators have haTL n©nours sueep lor more man inirry-six 'bluejackets fed the refugees at the GATHERING UP REUGEES depot before the train departed The most cordial relations exist Rear Admiral Badger and Rear MESSAGE TO STATE Admiral Sir ChristopherCradock commander DEPARTMENT GIVES of the British cruiser squadron ADDITIONAL DETAILS here They have Americans agreed to divide the time for the the Chicago April 24 — 43even use of wireless as and one British subject have been follows Six hours for the American taken prisoners by Huerta’s soldiers fleet six for the British fleet and the accordingto a telegram received here tonight from the state department by remainder for other nations Dr president Herbert A Parkyn pt a The Nashville departed today for The Mexican plantation company Puerto Mexloo to take refugee on telegram follows: board American and Hawaiian "The following dated April 24s at received have been 10 a m and from the American steamer permittedby Mexican consul at Vera Crux Is sentf for officials to of resume the loadingthat your information: sugar there All messages from thjat place Am just reliably Informed however are censored at o'clock Tuesday night soldiers WANT MEXICAN I t Carranza the Rear Daniels ZONE PLACED ON STRICT WAR OOTING BY COLONEL GOETHALS I nor re-enforce l to Daniels IN that -Other return The British been engagedin a iew ar© now a ' I Orderly -whom to constitutionalists Ther? yas no particulardevelopment to which the feeling of hopefulness reaLwar would be averted could be traced but General Villa’s friendly pronouncement it was admitted had impressed many officials her© with the possibility that the constitutionalists would remain neutral while government sought reparationfrom Huerta officials were not so sanguine and the army moved with precision to protect the American boundary and th© expeditionary forces of marines and bluejacketsat Vera Cruz Is ' between hostility from leave to to u i told Cruz Police court affairs in Vera Cruz were administered today by a naval lieutenantwho was kept busy hearing the cases of Mexicans who had been picked up by the patrols or arrested during the recent fighting He proved be a lenient magistrate much to the surprise of the Mexicans many of believed the “gringoes” would order their execution Thomas B Holder th© British cbarg d'affaireswho had charge of th© train which brought the refugees from the capital here last night inter ded to 4 ' i '-- Vera - the Wilson and his cabinet had long meeting after whichpptimini was conspicuouslyapparent both in their demeanor and in formal discussion of the situation 4 TwWiuilTiT the order from the transcontinentalboundary oh of uwiiiL-rZiv: most part today was concentrated Vera Cruz and expeditingthe all parts of Mexico a watchful Americans MericOhndthTTnited " the UJiJi at restoring departureof eye was for i- ’-Zv:Xi:XA7WVk "to' ? VVOTCim’goyeijiment bi j--i-fi-l v-A3w4irfwNik patrol Miraflores one each for duty at the and Pedro Miguel locks The soldiers were given 100 rounds of ammunition each and will camp near the locks The operating machinery of all the locks will be locked and the keys placed in the possession of Colonel Goethals It is understood that coast artillery companies will be distributed among the fortifications on lamencol and Culebra islands at the Pacific end of the canal and also at Toro point and other forts at the Atlantic end ' between ” I I i I J I the administration who were confidentthat th© oon-i The action of Colonel Goethalsis believed to have been AS TROOPS ADVANCE remain neutral in th© presentsituation pointed to the the result of anti-American sentiment in fly expressed correspondence between Gen Joaquin Tellez of th© federal commander sheets OICIALS stopped train in the vicinity lof which were making their appearance in the streets a forces at jGueymas and General Obregon commanding th© con itutionalists Mine ive divisions of the civil administration Tierra Vera Cruz by of Blanca on the Camps Occupied Panama and also shown editorially in El Diario at Culiacan as concreteevidence of the hostility of th© two factions were organized today police isthmus taking the following which sanitary harbor finance and — prisoners: Tie ’ederab general had asked Obregon to join with him against th© is customs Skirmish strongly pro-Mexican Guard After Bloodless An effort was railroad made to place Mexicans superintendent but Mangum United States replied that W Obregon Huerta was as th© heads nf nil the ripnnrtrnAnts Elliott deliberately provok-ing There are 250 Mexican employees engineer Riley the a foreign war and that while th© constitutionalists at on canal and fnnn1 ti Hzi and illart Bunker Hill This inU’P Imnnccibla cbnductors All weke are themselves protested their presence probablyalso had something' to do — least two departmentsand American against the capture of Vera Cruz and would resist invasion they would Americans These persons with the officers were assigned They taken to are Lieutenant Cdrfoba or Orizaba find Defenders Rescued never come to the assistanceof the Huerta troops action of Colonel Goethals believed! fco have been ordered of the are Commander McNeely Washington officials regarded as of the utmost importance General Louisiana shot U who was Garcia Rodriguez a Mexican resident of this city appointed eighteen chief of police and the fleet paymaster Americans Obregon’? declarationto Tellez in which he said: Some or more was today charged with who was made collector of left for Tierra an eMed making inflammatory anti-American customs Blanca among Should you be attacked by the American boat now in the harbor 4 I Au American will be made inspector them C B of i Herron secretary to of Gnaymas and defeated as you always are will allow you speeches He probablywifi be deported each by a the Isthmusrailroad his wife and to April 24 A truce be-1 department headed Denver over M h°ld yon as prisonersuntil we receive instructionsfrom Gen— t Mex ican four children J O Cook chief tween the warring factions in the John llghter conductojr cral Tlie police provisions call for a con-of Carranza as to disposition tinuance the patrol southern coal fields was arranged of Langston and wife Kerwlp Americans he American government is receiving much information alonsr this her© this afternoon it engineer and Mr and Mrs said although the Mexicans have been inGeorge was l RE Mine from the border MEXICANS vited to in the organization Macomber after a DAMAGES STOCK ARE HOSTILE conference between Ready stopped of a native force The The same soldiers at custom the state N Kenehan auditor Horace it is said be placed the aaite Nations Offer Their Services TO THE COLONISTS may to Hacienda Motzorongo on railrpad prisoners for the credit of the United States taking Hawkins attorney United Edward O CLOTHING Wunsch and his son Sidney A M Mine Workers of America and STORE ourJ countries among them and America WILL CENSOR NEWSPAPERS Spain came forward with ”’ tinned rom Pa are 1) Turner secretary of the Hacienda rance Justice inquiries to the United States George W Musser of the Close scrutiny will be be maintained about possible of mediation between and ranches of Nacozari 257 refugees Motzorongo all Americans alsoja and other publica the over all man Huerta government and th© United States means but ar:i ed here today newspapers named Boyd a British subject Secretary Bryan said supreme court tions and no editorial comment All were taken to these the last two Cordobo or advances could not be describedas “overtures’’and he was inclined r days the situation the American occupation or Orizaba Early to attach little importance to them Morning Blaze Threatenshas been tense at Nacozari an when the news regarding It is reliably stated that sll movement of troops Colo of citizens will be permitted Sigs fncinnea£ineS3 abroad because the United States April 24 The committee decided that un-ax these prisoners may be executep I although not HRINIDAD Destruction in Heart of orable news — from The of the San Juan de letcher the border mijrht commandant and Badger hae paving declareda blockade or a state of war is exercisingjurisdiction Colorado National Guard with precipitate Inner crisis the exodus began I’loa fortress in the harbor this information Salt in Lake between measures “short of war’’ and actual war Adjutant General Chas© rebel authorities dressed in full called on Rear to be personal The uniform saidbegan extended every Dr Parkyn Wunsch apjiirfiut today is courtesy Cabinet officials said no attempt would be made to interfere command quartered tonight at Members of the Sonorastate Admiral letcher today and was grant-I tn the telegram Is manager mentioned of the soldiers as ed permissionto take supplied to th withthe regular channels of commerce anywhere Ludlow under strict orders to government and thirty-five plantation Is act which owned by 500 cargoesbeing allowed guard accompaniedthe train On the women and children refugees In the other American and British stockh to land at all The Wonder clothing store at 111 Id points Munitions of war alone will be held at the Vera Cruz only in case of attack while John McLennan Main way here fortress was with total stops were made ers lie Boyd he said ‘is threatened numerous mentioned Louisiana customs houseif landed presidentof district No 15 at 145 o'clock this morning to pick up the foreign battleship sailed for Alexander Boyd of cashier of of The London occupants fire broke out in the tailor shop lonely ranches Outsideof the diplomaticbranch of the government the of when None of the refugees Galveston to convey the army transports the plantation United Mine Workers and America in the The army rear damage was estimated was allowed to remove hfs firearms At to Vera Cruz navy continuedtheir plans for the holdingof Vera Cruz the car© of last night Mrs twoBoyd also was on by ire Chief refugees the and other strike leaders are going $1500 Bywater at the port of Agua Prieta the rebels and Many Mexican refugees here who Californiansnamed of American forces prep isioning and the maintenance of a strict border from place to place among the hills waived- the examination of to go Into the interior were provided by Night luggage Andrews accordingto Dr Parkyn The blazeBenwas first seen patrol not only to prevent raids and It was with a train today who turned in stated that foreigners living American was made of them uprisings but to keep all factions in adjacent urging their followers to Watchman Coulson the from the box at irst South south of Nacozari Mexico npmobtainiiig arms and ammunition from the United States alarm would be warned agree to a truce in the civil war that and Main The entire from to get out of the country has apparatus raged almost incessantly since the central station responded but owing I 9 I ' L I Besieged f 1 a a ’ battleship ' T I 1 ' c -we re-S engineer: I J I co-operate I receipts i r i I i- f t I ‘ ’ con-corning I ' - d a I -Admirals ! atVemrCruz j a I i a S destruction 1 i I ! ’ i tile-plantation Peckftamand desired A ! n today Prepared Volunteers Called AMERICANS AT VERA CRUZ GUARDING the peculiar situation of the blaze and the difficulty of Special Train Bringing Hundred to to gaining to-coal fields to the rear of the store some April The El Paso Tex teen war department continued its plan for the mobilizationof regulars at first in General Chase followinga telephone fighting was experienced American refugees from Mexico and the flames irst Chief Bywater volunteersshould the Presidentcall for them The tonight with today conference Ammons Their trip transports Governor with a wa without squadof menthe crept along incident bearing the infantry and artillery sailed from Galveston army and Special trains are on the reinforce Lieutenant Governor the floor to the to the rear of store and way conferred with Robert G after carrying of force© at Cruz Bolton breaking a partition hundreds others naval In charge at local union headquarters in getting a line of hose In succeeded position ®P°ra(iicoutbreak at Nuevo Laredo Mexico where the evacuating and the flame was over plans to effect an armistice soon extinguished Refugees Held In or a time it that the entire Quarantine federateburned the town and fired across the American borderwas not The union leader notify all seemed agreed to Tex building be destroyed together Galveston April 24 The bub it was significantly pointed out by officials here that the armed strikers of the truce at once and with the would store of the Schubach Optical steamship Atlantic —arrived at Vera Cruz April 24 American marines and bluejacketscontrolled toGeneral Chase announced that the company which adjoins American troops returned the fire merely in defense of the international quarantinetoday from Vera Cruz with day a radius of at least —five miles around the city of Vera Cruz in wl ieh line troops would rest upon their arms’at The license of the Wonder clothing thirty-four and did not become the refugees on board She store was issued to Light & aggressors Both he military and naval forces are Ludlow Indefinitely Wimberg will normal conditionshad been virtually restored not be released from this principle quarantine operating under defending themselvesfrom attackbut making uciHier oi vne uul was Until Monday Soldier Quarteredin Train found at the time of propneiorg the fire The Outposts were pushed further out in a southerlydirection early iliis nd offensivemove without instructionsfrom Washington The soldiers are quartered In the the cause of the blaze Is not known morning to the water supply station at T rejar and marines and sailors were troop train after a day’s bloodless Ofay Dam Safe campaign dispatchedthere on a train to obtain control of all pipe lines into the city In the strike zone between Walsenburg Sacramento Cal April 21 — A that the Ota rumor They took with them oil fuel to run the pumping plant and dam Ludlow General Chase supplyingwater ‘n IN San has that a shot had been fired all Diego was to be found dynamited To the west and Congress still talked about Mexico Senator Lodg© read a lon tele-gran? denied northwest Capt vice that they had better make thei? been investigatedand false by day Late tonight he was with his marines are departure from many prominent persons urgingan inquiryinto the Mexican’situa-iion for preparing O orbes of the state Smedley Butler BY Adjutant General an early conferencewith leaders of national Stewart The Chester is to be sent to onbefore guard Lieutenant stationed Thus Rear declared Representative itzgerald Admiral letcher tera war was chairman of the the UnitedMine Workers of Americatn the Third naval division Coatzacoalcosand otjher ceastcommanding all the effort to effect that the approaches to the IIou?e committee on appropriations asked Presidentif he wanted any an peace The conference reported no had (Continued rom Page 1) been city towns tourge Americans there to made and that none attempt will take place was feared " appropriation” and Mr Wilson said “Nat as yet” probably early to’embark on the Ward liner: tnat riries nd ina rapid-fire rapia-ii guns that reThe strikers wefe is due here is are quarteredcently which Secretary Garrison practically without funds for the particular permitted to reach the Within the city sniping had almost Monterey the Black Hills at T4o ra move-nrtxts in SPIRIT Aguilarand other American embassy had been seized by of the ceased this morning A close watch army now being made but he is drawing on the future Leaders points within a radius of five miles of order of President Huerta and stated AT CLUB for sharpshooters MEN in Congress have assured him they would back him Ludlow was kept up all night up in the presentemergency also that a house to house search had by patrols who battleship The Presidenthas hesitatedto In Trinidad the announcement that marched through the The Louisianaarrived to?J for been for arms begun approve any request an emergency efforts to effect a truce are In Patriotic airs will be played by the streets Orders had been issued that day and immediately landed marl nes progress O’Shaughnessy Is going aboard orchestra appropriationforztHe war department for fear it might bo interpreted at the had not served to allay public excitement Commercial club all civilians should keep within their and bluejackets The Mississippi also" as a the battleship Minnesota He has luncheonshereafter and at 1245 p m tle rforerunnerof war Scores of have been residencesafter 730 o’clock in preparedto send ashore 700 mari iesi telegrams no orders to return to Washing each be sent to day a toast will given to the of Washington askingfor federal ton evening and these were strictly obeyed a battalion By bluejackets and pvq and the news that no regular stars and stripes Kent Cobb will be As a result the night hours were quiet areoplanes Bill Intervention tomorrow the total It generally will probably rekch’ troops will be sent is disappointing soloist duringthe luncheontoday was on shore expected that unless force 'his to 6500 large portion of the residents untoward incident occurred Plans were made yesterday for a some Mn Wilson will affix signature probably tomorrow to the volunteer of the adistrict believe that this is day this hour” be The Patriotic be given at "curfew would Americanoutposts are equipped for raising who smoker to the bill providing force in any time of tended twelve a volunteer the only final solution of the industrial with machine gpns and several army army emergency club Saturday May and the board of The possibility that the militia three-inch field pieces which were tak might b© needed at this time led to conflict York CITIES April to the front today by the’ 24— American governorswill be asked to approve the en 300 Americans mostly means o£ six an appeal to suprem© court "of the United States for decision of a pending ound Only Empty Tents Publishers’ horses to each gun Newspaper association arrangements women on the last day of and children left for Galveston on case to remove legal obstacles in the useuf the militia for volunteer Deserted camps and tent colonies today adopted ser-vice convention Rear Admiral letcher's headquarer board the Esperanzaand were all that pledging loyalty to President confronted the state a resolution arrangements at the terminal hotel are guardedfey v Wilson in the Mexican situation have been troops today as they cautiously picked made for removing from machine guns while seven field The resolution pi ce Estimates by army officers as to the number of mon th© President might their was sent to the White AT the coast towns as soon as possible- all district way into the disturbed House by telegraph neid in reserve in tnp vicinity call for in case of biitrnot are from 50000 to £00000 syllable has At large Americans who can be induced war range a Rugby where a resolution to crowd of April 24 ws also of passed Seven hundred leave 7 the enforcement the newspaper —are WAS armed strikers was reported to have tons of lying here com© from th© White Hous© as to this point? ammunition been publicity Jaw than 1000 Americans are anrt'Huar with the deprovides to A More The ollowiiig entrenched avowed awaiting pfshipment Mexico commissary nrdnance (Continued on for a full have Pag©) to statementas which to 600 tons of cartridges left to left ownership here for that Tampico where termaster's departments worked (Continuod on Page 13 Column 2) and circulation A’? they given the most Paget) destinationlast week were "to T urgentadon ollowing -if early '' Monday in the to southernColorado access difficulty 2 1--our ’ arrived ALL APPROACHES ID PORT CITY QUIET itz-garrald ' -Vera unexpected Norwegian ' No' War Appropriation AMERICANS Yet ARE HELD MEXICAN CAPITAL ORDER HUERTA j- r commands Kwr be-ready tomorrow tollayrrim PATRIOTIC PREVAILS ‘ ‘2 n MORE ASHORE Mr received Will Sign Volunteer I ' v NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS PLEDGE THEIR LOYALTY IN MEXICAN SITUATION New to-ex- 2 REUGEES Some -The LEAVE - AMMUNITION AWAITING SHIPMENT ANTWERP I ‘ ' A L - upholding ’ Antwerp HOSPITAL ' ARMED reported consignment i fief-(Continued ’ 'A-' I 3 7 ' 7 -to T 1 i’ |