The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, April 24, 1914, Page THREE, Image 3
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. .
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here Saturday afternoon. James J
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> 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
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" FINAL SETTLEMENT.
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2 probate court for New- I
- - i #? i.?_ _ a !
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)th, 1914, and immediateapply
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rill present them duly atbefore
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Guardian.
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Clerk of Court. I
S. C., April 8th, 1914.
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