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VERA CRUZ SEIZED; I, FIRST BLOOD DRAWN : i the FOUR KILLED AM) 20 INJURED BY and MEXICAN FIRE Iandi j ;ion Maas, After Permitting Americans to ^"eit*. Land, Opens Fire and Keeps it Re l*p for Hours. j flags / j conn Vera Cruz, April 21.?Vera Cruz to- Hadji night is in the hands of forces from this * the United States warships, but the Fletc occupation of ;he port was not ac- bega complished without loss of American port lives. : The> * * mil? fecte ??* our American u-uvjavnc s unu mU rines were killed by the fire 01" the * Mexicans and 20 fell wounded. The j 'n Mexican loss is not known, but it is j uas believed to have been heavy. The j s^eaI water front, Ue customs house and all j Ame ^Important piers, including those under 'the terminal works, from which ex:enu, r^le: railroad to the capital, have been j sl^e occupied. All the territory around the toms American consulate is strongly m^*: patrolled and detachments hold other j ^ile f sections of the city. j The Mexican commander, Gen. Gus- i I tid0^ ravo Maas, offered a stubborn resis- ? tance to the American advance and for Pr many hours there was fighting in the exerstreets. Towards nightfall i: was re- signi k ported Chat the main body of the fed- ^ be ^ "eral garrison was in retreat to the a SI)I j I tives westward. Rear Admiral ^Fletcher, command-j ^ ing the United States warships, prefaced his occupation of the port by anci a demand, through the American con- s-1l)? sul, W. W. Canada, for its surrender, j der 1 Th Gen. Maas promptly declined to ac- j cede to his demand and shortly after- i and ward whaleboais were sent off from t*ia,: ^ (the side from the Prairie loaded with ^sta marines. ' rin t ckA?A j r Brings rj?g ju<yge * These boats effected a landing in' ' re.ruj the neighborhood of the customs ; ! some house before noon and a few minutes Cruz Y later Capt. Wm. R. Rush of the bat-1 ^ tleship Florida, who was in ccm-' . ^ ! Mexi m mand of t he operations . ashore,; , ? . ^ assu; ml brought his nag in. j HT Capt. Rush's men already had! At taken up their positions. -They num-j can F ^ bered 150 bluejackets from the Flor- j 1,200 ida, 390 marines from the Prairie and ; xh 65 marines from the Florida. Later' more these were augmented by a detach- i Th nient from ihe Utaft. ! hour The coming of the American forces w as no: heralded by any grea t ex- I citement, but small crowds gatheredj U wa:ca the landing. Soon fcae blue-' *nin jackets and marines marched through j the s.reets, leading from the water- ^ "front and along the railroad yards. Others proceeded to the American! ^ consulate, while still o:hers were de- ployed along the approaches to cen- aear tral plaza, in which Gen. Maas had -A'IaCn concen.rated'his men. thiee _ , ^ bed 1 These manoeuvres were eneciea ,, , ~ near] without opposition, but suddenly Gen. 3. way Maas challenged :he advance with the first shot?a volley fired from a point mmmmm I three blocks from the marines and two blocks souih of the main plaza, j ' The marines replied immediately, but the action ceased in a moment, i here was a lull for ;en minutes and then another brief exchange from the west ~ J ^ ^ t" ?> 7 WlP PTP fcfUU. Ul .uyuicscuvo iJVlVVi, .. ? V,. ~ ? , federal outpost was stationed. i Prairie in Action. i At 12:30 the firing became general and at 1 o'clock tne guns of the trans-; port Prairie went into action. Prior to this a detachment of blue-1 jackets from the Utah, holding the! ground between the consulate and the ! waterfront, opened with two of their j three-inch guns. The first shots from Jhese pieces were directed against the ancien: Benito Juarez tower which once served as a lighthouse. Phis I I * was occupied by Mexican sharpshooters. Lieut. Commander Buchanan of j The Florida ordered that it be de-j B stroyed. Five pilots brought the old | Kower down. The women of the American colony Pin Vera Cruz had been placed aboard j m the chartered steamers Esperanza and V Mexico, but the foreign colony, espeW cially the American, was greatly augWf mented ;his morning when three: trainloads arrived from the capital. Some of these remained ashore, but many were taken aboard the steamA I ^-s. So far as can be learned, no refugees were injured. Hp. The demand for the surrender of Wr Vera Cruz was made at 9 o'clock in IS thp mnrnin? ron^jil (Canada railed Gen. Gustavo, Maas, commandan: of t Vera Cruz, by telephone and presented the demands, saying fhat the United States forces were about :o occupy and hold the town. He called j np^on him to surrender in the name! ?f humanity and assist he Amer>! Hr cans in restoring order. Asks for Time. Gen. Maas replied that compliance was impossible and asked the consul for a personal parley. ? e consul informed Gen. Maas ! went in t-ho ho 'had 110 instructions to grant ! fan: out o i rley and ended the conversation. ! hands off an hen called the jefe politico and j A passer-by customs collector by telephone j rushed in to t r? c?>? .1 nf r.\ nt>Aonnr>fiv?i i T*1io / Viilil lULUl lllfU 111 C ill L*?i CJ 1/1 V . A aiv, vniiu ins and asked for their coopera- j condition. in the maintenance of peace, j ler could promise assistance. . ItTTQ pfjl ar Admiral Fletcher, aboard the hip Flordia, by 'his time was in nunication with Rear Admiral waycross jer. who was speeding toward ' port with five warships. Admiral , , ., , A , . Did you e her decided to ac: and marines . . . Then just t 11 leaving the side of the trans- ^ IT* 1 A Z * 1 ? Ka+'/vt/* 1 1 rvV'1 A?_ ^ riuiuict snui ti > uciwc a i u viwii. two >f<irs. en:ered ten wbaleboats and el"- j Mrs. D. A d a landing within half an 'hour i says: "I h ae customs house and Xo. 4 pier. I settle formation that Preisdent Huerta J7"*1*0*1 k-Pt r two years, a counting 011 receiving trom the fp^e effeC? < ner Ypsiranga of the Hamburg- an(j jron re: rican line, due to arrive today, a j cough is gos consignment or" ammunition, ! night's rest s and machine guns was respon- j *n every wa; for the occupation of the cus- ! ^ is [^e, ? . ? .. medicinal el 1'house somewhat earlier than! , , ! ers aided b it otherwise 'have been the case, j strength-crea Ypsirango is outside the harbor i jron which has on board among other sup- for chronic 10,Oo^ rifles and 1.1.000,000 car - chitis?at th the weakene i Try a hot esiden: Heurta has been making j derstanding V effort to safeguard this con- i returned if neat and had given orders that I p. <3.?if y unloaded immediately, placed on try Saxo Ssl ecial train drawn by two locomo- GILDER and rushed to the capital. ^ ? Wamhn^.AmpnVan steamer ~ O - - I I'dJUT 01 rango moved to port this afternoon ^ signaled the United States flag- ! ^^ice is voluntarily placing herself un- ma^8 s *ear Admiral Fletcher's orders. tor' on ^ie es e Ypsirango will siand by tonight minor? in th( the captain has given his word ^erry c"?unt> T* nOT) \[o r he will not go out beyond hailing " ' h thereafter nee tomorrow. soorv as sue e second section of the morning from Mexico City filled with ref- person Americans and a special train of ea^ estate ^ ;ees have bo:h been iheld up ^sted on or swnere along tne road to vera j presumably by Gen. Maas. I ' legrapbic communication with ?ajj co City was cut tonight and it is ^ persor] tned that the railroads also are . .^e cierk cord, are ear a late hour tonight the Ameri- ^ same re forces in Vera Cruz numbered are or e first landing party consisted of : than 500. e second detachment landed two Newberry, 3 later. . MUli A 1 i.U K> I tilL 1) ygfrgg&D ial Dra^s Infant From Its )ver, April 20.?A horrible acci- ? occurred in the Bethany section > 3EI here Saturday afternoon. James J : and wife, negroes, left their X 11 > months' old babv a: home in t c^l^nlFk A To have a 25c. ivhile they went to a new ground 7 gencies, ask t by to work. While they were f "T< a bog pushed open the door and Seaboard Air line / /mi t\ -r\ P "ine Progressive Kan way 011 Low Rat to Jacksonville, Fli account Annual Reunion United C< Veterans May 6-8, 19! RATE FROM NEWBERR $7.40 Correspondingly low rates fro T^i/ilr/\ + r. ^\-v? nnlrt ITn TT 0/1 P\ O i.ICAtr15 Uli ?>&iC iviaj ?j, y, \j a trains scheduled to reach Jacks noon of Mav 8th, 1914. V ' Final limit returning May lot Upon payment of 50 cents a j i t i !!_ i.* :?. I ucKet in .jacKsonviiie, umn can i June 4th, 1914. For full information see nea agent, or write C. W. 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