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THE WASHINGTON TIMES, FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 1914. Wednesday night the embassy was surrounded by hoot- TROOPS ON THE BORDER ing, jeering crowds. Flag of Brazil On Aeroplane Fleet Huerta's action in permitting the mobs to vent their - JCS vw. -- e i'S... ,! ..? V &&.": . anger against the Americans was obviously in an effort N ...SPO-V-- XW;izHnrs':Vl? : kt j

She followers i. MAXVt vy- vf to gain sympathy. If dictator finds that the American Embassy .vvH-4,'r-r W" Now at Vera Cruz rj&& & ! ,11 ,' CHARLES of Carranza and Zapata, the bandit chief of the south, are x. VI ' By Lieut M. MAIGNE, U. S. A., Retired. "L .' J ? anti-America- (SUff Cttrrespondent n, he may even permit violence in an effort : rK- of Trf Washington Time.) The Brazilian flag today floated overthe United States " - . ; ";' Wj.tAU.v'.' i. . 1 : divided of the country. .vi.i ' " to consolidate the factions embassy at Mexico City. The Stars and Stripes were i ' SHOW GREAT HATRED. hauled down at midnight, when Charge O'Shaughnessy :'; -- y r ' . ' : . ". .. .v t jt.z:ii.'A -- x sf m'.xa .Trijr, v v xvisxv fe?-- x&z:wA?tv,.c:rv,r'rA's i En route to Vera Cruz, our train came upon the fed- mMHTSi. .Wy::'sv' eral army which fled from Vera Cruz, and I talked with the Mexican soldiers. They were wild with anger and declared felillS'F they would return soon and "wipe out the Americans." 'The Americans fired before we expected," the troopers said, as they related the story of the landing, their hatred for the American sailors increasing with every re- peated detail. "We carried fifteen cannon away with us," the soldiers told me, "and will soon be ready to return and drive out the gringo invaders." IIIBisssssssssVBP!risssssssssssssssssssssFisssH:'V''liB isssssssssl yV I took a photograph of the retreating troops and at IBlK'k''Vt'- BRRHKHHUkBK. fHKL?'$iitKLLBK&'fKifKKmmA''Bm" B the next station, within two miles of the American lines, our train was held up by the federal soldiers for four 'BsS hours. The officer in command demanded that I be taken lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll. from the train. ssssssssssKisssssssssSisssssssssTlsssssHissssssEissssssssssssssssssss "Mr. Britisher, I believe you have deceived us," the evi- officer declared as he insisted upon my arrest. He KsssssssssROiilssssssSisHfeHliHKSIsssnMflHnSBRsslsssssssssss lilsssssssssssssssssalfallsssssssssssssssssssssssi dently mistook me for a British subject. T. H. Hohler, the British charge d'affaires, refused to surrender me. There was some further parleying, but with the arrival of the relief train, on which were British bluejackets, from the Essex, we were permitted to continue toward Vera Cruz. MAKING PAPER MONEY. All passengers were transferred to the relief train for the final stage of the trip into Vera Cruz. The ''engine which pulled the refugees into the seaport city had been Topical Soldiers of Army Now Gathered Along the Rio Grande and Ready For Immediate service in the Field. filled with 4,000 buckets of water carried by the crews .of and his the battleships Arkansas and Florida. Not being in pos- staff left by special train for Vera Cruz, guarded by VERA CRUZ, Mexico, April 24. The battleship Huerta's soldiers. session of any water tanks', it is necessary for the Ameri- Mississippi! with a full complement of aeroplanes and State Department dispatches History by Wilson can forces to carry the water used on the engines. today told of the "sur- equipment, steamed into Vera Ciiz harbor thb morning, render" of There are 500 Americans in Guadalajara who are the American embassy the huge, stone castle, and before nightfall the American aeroplane corps will be abandoned by Americans probably in as great danger as those remaining in Mexico for the first time in.years. - Raps Polk for War given their first experience in real war: Anti-Americ- Every official document, every standard of arms, and City. an sentiment is to be permitted to run The warship which brought the corps from Key West every personal and article rampant until the anger of Huerta is satisfied. He has Government of the evacuating President Wilson's story p f the Mexican war is of especial in- has joined Rear Admiral Badger's fleet. Americans the double purpose of revenge for Vera Cruz, and support was placed under the protection of the Brazilian terest in view of the fact that he will be one of the leading characters The military aviators are ready to take up their air' government. in a general conflict with the United States. Huerta, according to advices so far received, in the event of a second war with Mexico. scouting, and are but awaiting orders. nas not attempted to Jn his "History of the American People" Mr. Xrilsort written The dictator is going to every extreme means to raise seize any embassy effects. Unless has ATTACK EXPECTED. he violates all a graphic description of the main events of the Mexican conflict. He an army and funds. He is making paper money galore. A international laws he cannotsecure the arms The troops of General Maas, former A great quantity of ammunition was and criticises President Polk for his action jn sending General Taylor to military governor of Vera Cruz, are found In a parochial church from whlci. soldiers sent to an American printing shop, cartridges held in the embassy for many months. still reported fifteen miles outside the there had been continual sniping. The guard of was Rio city. marines arrested padre, drop- y the Grande without, first having consulted with Congress. Should Admirals Fletcher the who Secretary Bryan stated-toda- steps tnd ped to his 'knees in street, praying being produced. that for protection of Badger receive reoorts that the re-e-n- the where money was The criticism is of especial President forcemepts loudly and protesting his Innocence. single interest because Wilson has Maas is said to. be, 'expecting 'refugee (Copyright, 1914, by The United Press.) every article of United States property had been "o upproacmng. ine aeroplanes could The ship Esperanza iai left forced the taking of the custom house at Vera Cruz without waiting quickly take to the air and brine-- back for Galveston crowded with Americans taken. Unless rioting and vandalism spontaneous or j reports of tie positions of the 'federal who have fled from Mexico City' ana for Congressional approval of his program of reprisal, which he asked wwjjs. .fin aiuicjt upuu vera, uruz la other Interior cities. They left every- winked at by Huerta should ensue, the building is be- mora or less expected, but the American thing behind them, many carrying; only RUSHING Congress to sanction. officers do not believe It will be at- light luggage. EAD! MONEY FOR ;t lieved safe. tempted until Maas Is by The marines and bluejackets contin- MM DISPUTE-- . troops from Mexico City. ued their work of cleaning up the city HE TAKES UP TEXAS Vera Cruz was comparatively quiet today in the face of "sniping" from thtr The embassy building, itself, is not owned by the last night. Occasional "sniping" con- housetops. Three more men were killed After speaking of other boundary command of his superior, sent by tea yesterday by the sharpshooters. A to Vera Cruz. tinued, however, and the marines and - total WAR United States. It is merely rented. Secretary re- disputes, Mr. Wl'son takes up that attack bluejackets were kept busy making' ar- of fourteen have so far- lost their lives: NAVY K ASSURED1 TO ENLIST FOR Bryan by "On February 22 and 23 Santa Ana between Texas and Mexico, which attacked him, with four times his rests and raiding houses from which Eighty wounded are aboard the hospital cently recommended that the Government buy it, or some the war was brought on. numbers, where he lay at defense shots were fired. ship Solace. "The Texas boundaries," he says, on the broken plain of Euena Vista, permanent-embassy- , other suitable building, for a at a cost "were another matter. Hero tho thinking to crush him while he was uj weak, and was repulsed. The Amer- point and burned bridges, torn-- Likely Army to Fill Up Every Regiment Government dealt with a rival and no longer raw militia, tracks, and other obstacles were mat. S142,000,000 in Budget of $150,000. compromise icans were com- neighbor with whonj no men and officers alike, as they had FU TO LEAD It was tough work. t Funston to Its Full Strength Navy was necessary. Texas claimed not been in the extemporized armies of ML manded the Twentieth Kansas Volun- To Be Placed at Immediate The embassy occupies about two acres of ground on only everything west of 1S12. Though they were for the most teers foj.a time, and did it so well h north and soon was made brigadier. her had been Spain's or Mex- part volunteers, their officers were a of Well Supplied. an elevation, picturesquely situated. It is built of hewn that professionals, and they were drilled What Funston learned In this flghtlnj Use President. ico's, all the way to latitude 42 de- and handled with a skill, and thor- was the importance of rapid movements. grees, but also as much of the ter- oughness veterans of TROOPS T was always a case, not of lying-dow- stone blocks, fashioned like a medieyaj castle, with battle- that made It enemy ritory of her one-tim- e partner State, them with a single battle. Mi and shqoting at the for hours at bud-ce- t. long range, but of getting up and going The appropriations In the naval An unprecedented rush of men for en- ments, ramparts, and spires. Offices are on the first floor Coahuila, as lay between the Nueces Put To Full Test. anything Is reported after him. when Funston had now under debate in the House, listment. to the War and and the Rio Grando del Norte, and prowess It-- living rooms above. "Their steadiness and to do witr It wfll be made Immediately available Navy departments from all sections of and Mr. polk espoused and enacted upon were put to full test with General may be safely predicted, that. If Secretary the country. her claims at the' south even before Veteran Campaigner of "Cuba they give him the chance In Mexico. tipon the suggestion of the Krag-Jorgenes- en Scott in the south. They had not President, members In the larger cities the number of ap- About 1,000 rifles and thousands of her formal admission into tho Union Funston will distinguish himself by use of the Navy or the was complete. only to take Vera Cruz .by set siege same tactics. The Mexicans will hold- plicants has greatly outnumbered the 9, 1S17), and Philippines Looked Upon of the or the Naval Affairs Commlttic rounds of ammunition were stored in the basement and ".He ordered' Gen. Zachary Taylor (March in order to make either have to run ht at close quar- ing themselves in readiness to of.er lists turned in at the outbreak of the to occupy the western bank of the good their landing, but had also to ters. It wil be deadly business, but, will authorizing Immediate Spanish-America- n war. Nueces with a small force of Uni- scale the huge escarpments of tho Ideal Man for Task. oi amendment garret. Officials here scout the idea upon Mex- as save lives In the Ions run. Moreover. Recruiting instruc- that these muntions ted States troops, and during tho vast tableland which the bul- u of the funds. officers have been capital lay, 200 miles away, more Funston will take his chances from for- summer of lSlj sent him ican lets with the rest. H6 is built way. Tho bill carries approximately ted by the department officials to of war have fallen into Huerta's hands. They have not which raised his strength to than 7.000 feet above the sea, and that which will not be available until ward estimates, from now on, of tho nearly 4.0 men. In December, 1S45, to make their way across the bro- Selection of Gen. Frederick Funston ob- hilly plains beyond, fighting to command the first brigade of troops July 1 In the absence of specific amend- number of recruits that could be heard directly regarding them, but Secretary Bryan holds Texas became in fulV form a State ken, signifi- Mexi- Union, and early In tho fol- everywhere as they went against sent to Mexican soil bears a Vigorous, virile men, ment to the contrary. With thn tained for the regular service within of tho enemy cance has not escaped the notice of Ad- the supplies come protec- lowing year the President ordereu an who outnumbered them that can crisis alarming legislator? and ten days. that under the general order for Taylor to advance to tho Kio and was secure against surprise army men here. rcga-de-d as General Ik excellence, a fighter thc ministration leaders, it Is The plan, It is understood, is to Grande. His presenceXhcre threat- within safe inner lines of communi- Fiinntnn nar who succeed in may be up every tion of embassy property granted by the dictator. It is s. and his going with the Fifth Brigade probable that the naval budget promptly fill regiment to its ened the Mexican town of Matamor-a- cation. means fighting. Navy 10.000 re- beyond tho river, and tho "And yet from the carrying of the at hi3 back at the disposal of the full quota. Approximately Just IS, 1S47) Funston is the ranking evcy field of jut up believed they will be held by the Brazilian embassy. commander at Matamoras pass at Cerro Gordo (April The fact that endeavor, deley. cruits are required at once to fill Mexican Nu-eca- s. brigadier general of the army makes wlthnut demanded his withdrawal to tho to the storming of tho high fortress Debate on the navU budget afford- the quotas of all regiments In the Uni- It was suspected, however, if the arms were of Chapultcpec (September 13), there his choice natural, but at the same time good opportunitv ted proper, to put them on full that left was no pause or miscarriage in their those acquainted with Funston know drink a mineral ed in the House yesterday States Ambushed. peculiarly qualified, through hard discussion, of the Mex.can war strength footing. Americans Are victories. he is ioi sporadic behind, members of the embassy staff had taken screw- "The City of Mexico lay admldst experience, tor the work given him. If of A'nbaira. assert-- . Th general board of t"'e n;,v 'e"tde "General Taylor refused to with- Is quick move on Mexico City, water freely. ar Mr Ilobson. . riv- guarding fortresses and was set there a United States Is not actu-- Monday to maKe no special effort at drivers, removed three small screws and springs, and draw. The Mexicans crossed the morasses only by Funston is likely to command it, at j that the made small about by crossed as Gen. Leon- conquest, haired or recruiting at present, autboi-Ize- d on April X ambusbf d a narrow causeways, the Amer- least until such time ra b motives, or since tile er and but Wood takes personal charge. If enter-n- g Mexico. He said naval is drag Two everywhere the ard - ene in enlistment at full every rifle useless. The amunition, of course, is not fitted body of American icans moved with commands, will ac- Standing alone in its States is the true fr end of strength, tho largest in the history of noneral businesslike certainty and precision Wood Funston have the United the weeks later they attack vol- tive command of a brigade or division an people, and upholding the service. The enlistment reports, as use in anything Krag rifles. Such Gf repulsed of men well handled, and their t.o laid general for other than a type Tavlor force and he In need of under him. class, i onioe doctrine. before the board Monday, (Pa."o Alto, May 8. ISM). The unteer ranks seemed less No man In the army is more familiar high regard in , ' or world .t they so showed a total enlistment 52,431 up them officers than other armies d d. In- te the nations the of rifle is not widely known in Mexico. Taylor In his turn attack- with campaigning of the sort required . uch as lay an unfri:.dly flnver upon to the close of all recruiting offices last next day dividual pluck and dash and re- night. ed and drove the Mexicans back source they d d. They In Mexico than Funston. He has been which WHITE Saturday The authorized In disastrous rout. showed In all schooled thoroughly In Cuba and the ROCK FVi-s- . Ohio, anil Mr Kahn. of Is out jl,5C0. The excess Is the river fought men as bravo as themselves: Mr of $n the ISth. General Taylor him- Philippines. a joined in slat"i.ents that rrnitted on account of tlie number of RED CROSS FUNDS SENT IN. ed a subtle, sp'ritetl race, tenacious t.i allfoir support men serving self passed the Klo Grande and It could hold; Those who are familiar with the cam- WATER is held by ' ie President should have the who are prison sentences '.Mexico. the the last of all that paigning north of Manila early In 1S39 the r--t now that war prior to their discharge. Matamoras. they (ought also against odds and men of all partis dishonorable No further firing on the Red Cross flag and into Red Cross hos- told Congress on tho lltli are aware that In the movements of as come The war. said Mr Is The naval reports do not Indicate the President no news moved everywhere against fortified pos- one man. or t!ie presence any Jay. while yet nc had won, our troops to the northward to get doctors of today is at- i ot the fault of an.' of men of Mexican na- pitals is anticipated by the American Red Cross Society. It is de- of of the 2.1d ot places; but tliey undaunted, at session of the railroad to Dagupan. Administration, but is due to the tivity in the navy. Under the regula- except if the ambush every onset. By September 15 they - 'Mexico lias passed the boun- Funston saw service almost a parallel ale or events.'- tions laid down a few years ago. pro- as soon Mexican soldiers Airl. " wro in complete and formal pos- mov- by i.snlng- -' clared that as and citizens learn that the of the State and shed to that which will be required in tested its enormous Oongrewrran Hump.irev. a hibiting tho enlistment of anv but na- daries upon American toll. session of the enemy's capital nnd ing on Mexico City. .n Republican, severely criticised the tive or naturalized citizens of Unl- - American blood Mexico the Red Cross will care for sick and wounded of both armies no hostility War exists, and exists by the act ot was in their hnnds, within The enemy had to be dislodged from Mate Department. ted States, there are now no foreign herself.' but a little more than six months of strong fortifications at every strategical sale. nationals in the service, except Chinese will shown. A contribution Mexico Congress their landing. and Japanese, who are barred by law be of Si, 000 for the services of nurses "Ho had not consulted before he ordered General Taylor U. S. Seizes Territory. from becoming naturalized citizens. k. et THE WEATHER REPORT in Mexico was today telegraphed by Mrs Whitelaw Reid, of New Yo-- forward t' the Wo Grando and There are 'jh Japanese and zzi Chinese. brought this momentous matter to a "Meanwhile the Govnment nt QUICK There's Health in All of the(e are stewards and mess at- It been in session Washington had broadened scope POSLAM tendants, v. ho entered before the new Other contributions are coming in. The W. C. T. U. sent $200. heid. ihouah hd the Co- when order was issued. Ho had and the war beyond all White Th forecast for the District of regulation was adopted and were per- the upon him- meaning of Rock" lumbia Probably cloudy and warmer mitted to serve a hecond enlistment. full rjsponslbility for that expectations. During the summer of self 1S1B and the winter of 1816-1S- It had tonight and Saturday. There are several hundred soldiers of REPORT DIAZ ON WAY TO MEXICO. exUted-b- ut by TO IMPROVE Mexican navlttty In the army, but It "Var. inde:d, seized not merely the disputed tcnl-tor- v Maryland Probably cloudy and warm-e- r whoso net. Congress w.is no longer which Texas claimed, but also Saturday, gentle to was stated Monday that all are natur- BERLIN, April 24. Commercial circles here in close touch with liberty to inquire. Thorp ns tonight and alized Americans. Most of them en- at supplies the whole country of the Pacific moderate southeast winds. troops when Btationed nothing for it but to vote slope beyond, from Oregon to the STANDISH Generally cloudy tonight listed with at Mexican affairs today had a report that Porfirio Diaz nn army, and a formal declara- PIMPLY SKIN Virginia and points In the Southwest. and upon May Gila river, to which the United States Saturday: warmer tonight; warmer tion of war was resolved could have no conceivable right ex- -' incognito Mexico. The deposed 1SN5, or fight- Saturday In east and central portions; jhas sailed for dictator was last re It. before news the real cent that of comiuost. The thing was northeast to southeast winds. ing on tho Jtio Grande had reached When you see a pimply, eczema-covere- d moderate Estranged Parents Both easily accomplished. A fleet under may The temperature today as registered ported at Monte Carlo. the Capital. Commodores Sloat and Stockton and face, jou conclude that Its tit the United States Weather Bureau Army Made Ready. a few troops hero and there, under owner doesn't know anything about find Affleck's: Want Coxswain's Body Poslam the remedy that benefits ailing things stood as Colonel Kearnev nnd Captain Fre- "Until autumn all mont, moved nlmost as tliev pleased, bkln so greatly and so quickly. U. S. J AFFLECK'S. April 24. Christopher belligerents, e Overnight treatment with Poslam will BUREAU. NEW YORK. Embargo Precautionary, IN CONGRESS TODAY. tliev were between the and a territory of eoo.WM) sqi-ar- miles I a. in 43 8 a. m EC August Schumacher, of 125 College ave- nn army was mida ready; but was added to tho show a startling Improvement: com- 43 : m 57 while United States. 9 a. m 9 a. pu J Taylor moved war, with plexions are cleared; blemishes disap- Jy SI ' 10 a. m IS nue, the Bronx, last niqt in a Garrison Explains late In August General "The all its Inexcusable a. m SENATE. again within a month by severe aggression and fine fighting, was pear. i! a m 55 j 11 a. m 5S claim with the State Department in and Itching stops at once; skin " I C3 Met noon. dogged lighting (Sept. took brought to its formal close bv n irritated 3- - noon 32 noon Washington the body of his son, today nt nnd for Secretary of War Garrison to.vn Monte- treaty signed Guadeloupe. Tllilnt-g- o, is soothed, tho trouble is soon eradi- 1 p. m 58 I 1 p. ro K Canals Committee continues hearings, the strongly fortified of at John Francis Schumacher, (oxsvwaln a, 1T0 miles 10 west of on February 2, 1S41. which cated. I p. m C3 I 2 ii. m fc" that thn or'ier prohibiting the rey, full tha by on the battleship Florida, who was and it is announced they will continue Matamoras on the highway to the Mexico recognlsiM the Rio Grande Poslam is harmless. Noth'ng In it Cruz. passage of arms and munitions of war as long as persons desire to bo heard. capital. ns the southwestern boundarv line of can Injure the most delicate skin. TIDE TABLE. killed Tuesday at Vera The dead Mexican druggist Sigh tide 7:22 a. m. and 7:56 p. m. coxswain's mother, Mrs. Isabelle across the northern Mexican border are Interstate Commerce fiubcommitteo "In November Gonoral Wlnfleld Texas and ceded "New Wexlc" rnd Your sells Toslam. For free noil'.s on trust bill. ranking of the fed- sample write the Emergency Labora-tcrie- s. tide 1:37 a. m. and 2:06 p. m. Mackey, 4 Suydam street, who is mar- merely precautionary measures taken Scott, the oftlcer Cnllfnrnla. of which the United low Volunteer reorganization 1IU confer- eral service, was given the enter States had taken possession bv forco :2 West 25th St., New York. Arrow time, for the time being and are not the SUN TABLE. ried a second bad already put in a ence report considered and agreed to. cpmmand,. and In January. 1M7. Gen- of arms. Forthis territory, seized Poslam Soap Is best for the skin, be- COLLARafortf body, de- result of any dellnlto proclamation es- Acceptance of by Taylor's to n Sun rises 5:11 I Sun eets 6:43 claim for the but the father Chandler ctatue eral force was reduced and cedd. the United State3 agreed cause medicated with Poslam. CluettPaoody&CoJnc Maker clares that he has prior right. tablishing a permanent embargo. adoption of House llesolutlun. scant CiOGO to recruit the lmmedluto to pay Mexico 15,00O,C0O." New Toilet Size, IS cents Advt

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