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I MG St M l I It WATCHMAN, i:-ml,|isli, d April, 18*0. "Re Just and Tear not?Eet all (lie ends Thou Alms't at bo thy Country's, Thy God'8 and Truth-*." THE TBCE SCHJTHRON, Established June, ISM. Consolidated Auk. 3,1881. SUMTER, S. C, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 1914. Vol. XXXVIII. No. 19. VIEW OF THE HARBOR OF VERA CRUZ Verm Crux Is tho, chief port of Mexico and the duties collected there have been relied upon by Huerta to pay much of his expenses of war and government. An. -ricun and other foreign warships have been stationed there for manv months. REORGANIZING AUEHU GUI \mkkh WS itivioiu, okm:u am? \i>MiMMKi; nrmc affaiks. Mf?lOns Appointed to Take Charge of De|Mirtitk-itts Win ioxer It Is Pos? sible to Secure Suitable Men. \>r* I'rui, April 24.?Five divisions of tho civil administration were or? ganised toda> - POlSlS, sanitary, har? bor, finance ano customs. An effort wee made t<> put Mexicans at the fceiseV-'of all departmcnta, hut as this nas Impossible, at least in two de PMVXtmcn.n, Amcrr mi ottha is wer? as? signed to the posts. They are L cut. Commander Mc.\< ely, of the battle ?hip Louisiana, who was app<u ued ohtef of police, and the fleet paymas trr. who was made SellOCtOf ol cus? toms. An effort still SI St Msg mail to get Mexicans to a< t aa loads of tho other departments, hut ii this e im possible ASStftl II wil he |?!a? <? I in charge of all. An Anciaan will be aaade insp?'? tor eves wsfh department head* d t>> a M< \e an. Tohco provisions call for a con? tinuance of the palftl of Americans, although Mexicans ha c he? n invited to co-opt-rate In t to- oi ?> mz 11 ion of a n?ti\.- force The* eu tOtM receipts. It Is said. BJSBJ SS pi o ? d >" list Stntdll of the l nited States. ? 'lose s< rutiny will be maintained over all newspaper:, and other pnhr Ikfttlons , and no ? .iit-.i S il coniiuciit concerning I he American occupation or news ling Ihc movvmenl "f troops will ho p. ninth I Tho commandant of the San Juan de v loa fortress in the inner ha. d'esscd In full uniform, ca'.u-a on fUar Admiral Flclcht r 1*4*9 and was granted permission to take sup? plies to tin v.onun \nd children rcf tssiees in the fortress. The battleship Loo stana salted top (} il\cston today to . MhntJ UM aim) transports to V? ia ' Crux. M Uli ME? \ r I \Ml-lc<>. Vera Crus. April II, Ameri- ?n marines are reported to haw landed at Tampl? 8 to protect t\ o thousand refugees during the hatilo between federals and cotsstltutlonallste. toMMIssioNli: W \|sn\ HONOR. I I?. f- lcett (I Pre-ddcn? ol National l>raln 8?uan::ah. CML, April -1.?K. J. Watson, comim- i'-n -r of agriculture, comrmr'o and irolostrles of BOUttt Carolina, w s ? \< ted pre.-dd at of the "rational DraHtaa?* eonarr< a Th.I1KI? ' ? i< d to hold the 11 M meeting n WashlnsftJHI and late; there will Im- an Intern.itlomsl ses? sion In Kan Krancisco. Columbia's tvitstion to tie- eosjsTtrees was es> tended In a speech this morning bj 1? C. Ho ward. < 'ouimi i i \<<- t i.. - ssmsm of it.s proximity t? savannah. In hin spei- h of a* c, plaic e Conti? Ttoutioner NVai ? n promised '?? Bps ?II his fiierg\ in can Ipjfl mil th' purposes of the congress. Next Tuesday he will appear befOff the rivers and hirbnrs eofl Rtlttee in W.i r.lngton urea- a favorable re |m?r? on the Williams <'I irk national dr..cage measure which was In > sd at the afternoon svssion of the Cor rr ess. Ute Congress, APPEAL FOR HELP. MAN V AMEKK ANS IN MEXICO IN PEW LI >I S SITUATION. Th< > iU ma I nod in Mexico hi Spite 01 Warnings to LoeVC n:ul Now llo sh go Slate ami War Departments With Appeals for RoscOO, Washington, April ||.?The State department today received won! that ? hundred and twenty-five women And Children have been taken from a train at Irapuata, Mexico, by federal IM ldiers. A anther telegram from Monterey kmT<s h?slstahc<j for two hundred Am- i i? M in desperate circumstancoj. The British embassy haa boon no* Itflod that Americans are being luhi in Mexico City by Huerta, hut other foreigners are unmoh at< d, A Hundred in IN i ll Vi i.i Crux, April -?*???a hundred Ann rlcana are imperiled at Puerto, Mexleoi the eastern end of the TehuantiH rallroadi as the result of i. .line the news of the capture of Vera Crug was received, a Brit? ish i rulaer is rescuing the refugees, The United states eruleer Nash? ville is lying outside the harbor and will hind marines if necessary. Surrounded at i auauea. Douglas, Ar?/.., April IB, Two hundred and alxt] Rva Americans are bottled op in Cananoa, 8onora( with rlotlni Mexicans controlling tho in, Iii Ii. Appeals have been sent to the war d< partmenl for help. 1'otir American* Killed. Verg Crug) April II,?Four Ameri? cans wen kilhd this morning in the Clt) ol Mexico, according to a Meal* 11ii in v ipaper here, it pays three Were taken from street ears and one Wai killed at the V. M. < \ A. building, \ ICTORY AT TAMP1CO. Brownsville, April IB.?The capture ?f tin- outskirts of Tampico by con lltutlonallsta was announced at reb el h< ad<f|uarters In Matamoras today. The rebels sgpeel a complete victory by night Quid at Enseimda, .'an Diego. April IB,?The monitor Che; nne has arrived at Bnsenada and attache on Americans haVS ceas? ed. , ? ? < Mr M i ll s A? LAREDO, Laredo, Texas. April ?Five Mex? ican federals were killed ami a dosen wounded when the American troops returned the volley of Huerta'a men who were evacuating Nuevo Laredo J < si. I day at U I noon Nuevo Laredo is ;( smoking ruin t?? day, Twenty-llVfl hundred people are homeless lodaj and they are eonilns ti? the a merit an aide in diw sa, M.HTINi. IN < IlLtlll \DO. One TlMMtsaihl Miners ami Three Hnmin-d MUM la men in t'lerec r.at He at l.\nn. Trinidad, Col? April 14.?II waa re? ported Sl noon lh.it a thousand Sir III ? is arni three hurtired militiamen win fiercely Hghllni; mar Lynn, Company 0 mutinied gl CrlppU Creed lodu) and refused lo u" on .-inki. duty, , i * ?. ti BEBELS ATTACK TAMPIGO. HOT EIGHT IN PROGRESS* THERE TODAY. Federal Gunboat* Shelling Tin* c ity lo Retard Advance of Rebels? Itorclgnera in Great Danger* Vera Cruz, April 25.?A wirelea from Tamplco announces that the rebel attack continued on the feder? als today. The federals' gunboats are Shelling the city and badly aimed Shells are exploding in all purts of the city, killing many civilians and wrecking buildings. Hundreds of foiv'.^ners are greatly imperiled. The battleship Louisiana has been divert* d and ordered to Tamplco. The British cruiser Essex with Ad? miral Graddock uboardi and other f. reign warahipa will join the rescue e tuadron. HUERTA MAY SEIZE AMERICANS. Vera Crus, April 25.?(Jen. Huerta plans to seize all Americans remain? ing m the Mexico City and hold them as hostage*! say refugees arriving last night. No more Americans will he allowed to leave the capital. (Jen. Huerta believes that this will pre V' ni an attack on the capital by Americans. WANT TO GET OUT. Han Antonio, April 25,?it is report? ed that two hundred foreigners in Monterey have appealed to Secretary Dryan u*klng that arrangemcnta be made to get them to Amorican soil. RKHKLH OCCUPYING MONTEREY. Chihuahua, April 25.?-Gen, Gon sales has telegruphod President Car ransa thai Monterey has boon evac Uatod by federals and is now occupied ay the constitutionalists. CARRANZA MAKES THREAT. Madrid, April 25,?A dispatch from Oer.. Carransa aaya: "Mcxtcana will unite and fight to the last breath against the American's invasion." Carransa asks that the dispatch be given the widest publicity. CARRANZA REPORTED ARREST? ED, in Paso, April 25.?it is reported at the office of the Mexican consul thai Carransa has been arrested by the order of Gen. Villa and thrown Into the military prison at chihua? hua. Washington, April 25,?The war campaign has been mapped out to i jcud twenty-five thousand soldiers to Vera Cruz, it is believed they are to move on Mexico City. Plans were also made to concentrate a great army on the border at a conference today by the advisory board of the army. Autocrat Win ( liuniploitslltp, Mr. Gen. I?. Shore's roan gelding. Autocrat, on Thursday afternoon in Columbia for Iho third tune carried Off the cup "I the championship n ii lesl in Hu South Carolina llorae show Circuit, having won in the championship class for flvo-galtod hoi.?s at Humtor ami Darlington pre? viously, Tin; horse his allowed tine form Cl ery time he had been ? ni< red und whin ridden by Mi. "Muddy" Mrock, has seldom failed to carrj ?it the Drat or second prize. - ADMIRAL BADOER MAY BEGIN] MARCH OX MEXICO CITY. Will Land 15,000 Sailors and Marines, if situation Becomes Acute? Americans Menaced as They Floe From lluerta. Washington, April 25.?Fears that there will ho a massacre of all Amer? icans in Mexico grew hourly today. Dispatches tell of citizens of the United States being menaced, and some actually arrested on the trains as they are fleeing from the wrath of lluerta and his murderous follow? ers. Government dispatches show that over four thousand Americans are imperilled in Tampico, Mexico City, Irapuate, Monterey, Cananea, Puerto and scattered throughout Mexico. Gen. Funston is due at Vera Crux. Monday. Admiral Badger will land fifteen thousand sailors and marines and be? gin a march to Mexico City, if the situation becomes acute. NO HARM TO AMERICANS IN CAPITAL-. Information Cabled South Carolina Man by Consul Canada From Vera Cruz. Clin , Apr. 24.?A cablegram re? ceived here today by H. L. Scaife from Consul William W. Canada, American consul at Vera Cruz, Mexico, states that there has been no violence to Americans in Mexico City, and that another train was due to arrive to? day at Vera Cruz from the capital. The dispatch from Consul Canada was i dated today and was received by .^lr. Scaife during the morning. - INDICATES DECLARATION OF WAR. State Department to Recall All Amer? ican Consuls In lluerta Territory. j Washington. April 24.?It leaked out this afternoon that the State de? partment has decided to i.?si:c an or? der recalling all the American consuls In the territory in Northern Mexico Controlled by the Huertistas. This is regarded as very significant by those Who are versed in diplomatic proce? dure, it is a step generally prcxding a declaration of war. Tin imprcs.don prevails that such a declaration will be made unless lluerta changes his tactics within seventy-two hours. VICE PRESIDENT HOPEFUL. Vice President Marshall Expresses Wish That War May Ik* Averted. Fort Myers, Fla., April 24.?"There is no war with Mexico, unless one has been declared since 1 began speaking," said Vice President Marshall, in ad? dressing the Florida State Prees asso? ciation last night. "The taking of the custom house at Vera Cruz was not an act of warfare. Under international law, it was sim? ply an act Of reprisal. Whether there la to be war or not, I do not know. Nobody can tell. The gambler would say that it lay at the feet of fate. The poet would say that it rested upon the lexer of chaos. But, for myself, looking hack over the 125 years of glorious history, realising all it cost to lay the foundation of this country, I believe this thing rests in the hands of Gad, and I hope it may be the purpose of Him who rules the des? tinies of nations as He does the des? tinies of Individuals, that this cup may pass fr mi the lips of the Ameri? can people." Vice President Marshall introduced Mrs. Marshall as "heap big squaw" to Chief Charley Tiger Tail, a Seminole Indian from the Everglades. NEI'VO l.AKino DESERTED. Federals Leave City and March Southward. Laredo. Texas, April 23.?Neuvo Laredo was evacuated by the fed? eral Irregulars and volunteers late today and the Mexican town across the river from here was then rapid Is abandoned** by women, children and civilians, who followed in the wake of the soldier:-. The regular federal garrison departed southward yesterday, presumably to join other i. deral forces at Baltlllo. Much excitement attended the flight todaj as the refugees hastily departed on fn.a laden with curious bundles of clothing ami food or weighted down with some household possession, 'Vinn- was no disturbance on tin American side, Practically all Ameri? ca uh alVC left \cu\'o Laredo and sur .iding country* PREMIER OKUMA MAKES OFFI CIAL ANNOUNCEMENT OF POLICY. That potintry Will iiumis off in Mcx-| lean Trouble ami Will Not Make Uhc of Present Trouble to Press for Settlement of C alifornia Contro? versy. Tokio, April 2G.? Japan today gave a pledge to maintain a strict "hands off' policy In the difficulties between Mexico and the United States, in a formal announcement by Premier Okuma. Japan will not use the present trou? ble to aecure a settlement of the California controversy. SAFE ON WESTERN COAST. Commander of Cheyenne Reports Residents of Ensenada Not in Dan? ger. Washington, April 24.?Safety of Americans reported to be menaced by Mexicans at Ensenada, on the west coast of Mexico, was reported to the navy department tonight in a relayed wireless dispatch from Lieut. Jensen, commanding the monitor Cheyenne, reporting his arrivil off Ensenada. The Mexican garrison and popu? lace were greatly excited by the ap? pearance of the American man-of war. A navy department statement tonight said: "Troops (Mexican) were hurriedly stationed to resit an expected land? ing and four Held guns were brought to bear. Lieut. Jensen says the com? manding general has guaranteed the , safety of Americans and that the American consul yesterday sent all j Americans to plantations, live and ten miles down the coast. He reports that 50 Americans desire transporta? tion north. Telegraphic communica? tion was interrupted. FROM ENGLISH VIEWPOINT. Correspondent Says Rebels ataT*"TVd erals Are United. - - n*m London, April ?Telegraphing from Mexico City Thursday the Daily Telegraph correspondent says: "Three years of fratricidal war was (forgotten in a day, the Mexican revo? lution eeaaed and the nation was blended into a Ul Ity which seems formidable. The utmost enthusiasm and devotion for President Huerta was displayed by all classes today, and Prealdenl Wilson's nation was greeted with howls of "death to tho Americans." Patriotic demonstratio.is arc unceasing. The Indian masses, Whom the revolution was driving into anarchy, now are offering themselves as volunteers. Thousands of women have offered their services for active : defence. "The concentration of troops to? ward Vera Cruz is beginning. All railway services have been suspended 1 and trains are being employed for 'the transport of troops. The stations i along the line to Vera Cruz are tu multous encampments. "The Japanese residents here are making great demonstrations. They cheered before the foreign olliccs to? day, and the foreign minister appear? ed on a balcony and addressed them upon the close union between Mexico and Japan. "A painful impression was caused by the daring appearance of Mrs. Nelson O'Shaughneasy, wife of tho ! American charge d'affaires, at the wedding today of President Huerta's son. During the ceremony Mrs. O'ShaUghnesS) sat immediately be? side Senora Huerta. and in the pro? cession bail the arm of the command? er of the rural guards. "This morning when Mexico City awoke it was surprised to find the statue of George Washington not on Its pedestal, but at the foot of the Benlto Juarez, a national hero." WOULD RESTORE QUIET. EngUshmnn Suggests Effort by l? i? Country. London, April 23.?An offer by Great Britain of her good offices in accordance with Tho Hague con? vention "with regard to the war be tween the United States and Mexico" was suggested by Dnvld Marshall Ma? son, a Liberal member of the housi of commons, today. in reply Premier Asqulth aakc I Mr. Mason, In view of the importance of the matter raised, to repeat hi* question next week, when, be said, perhaps Sir Edward Grey, the for? eign aecertnry, would have returned from Prance, Mr. Asqulth added that the Brit? ish government was carefully a*atch ing the sit .tation. NE?YO LAREQQ SACKED. RETIRING FEDERALS DYNAMITE AM) BURN C ITY. Ln ss in Border Town Estimated at Half a Million Dollars?Mexicans Filed on American Border Patrol in Laredo But did no Damage?Two Mexicans Killed. Laredo, Texas, April 24.?Neuvo Laredo, the thriving Mexican border town opposite this place, was in ruins tonight, devastated by dynamite and lired by Mexican federals who late to? day began an orgy of destruction which end*- nly .when they were forced to >efore the guns of tho Americar ? der patrol. Two >.-ans are known to have been 1 jf. by the United States troop- 4. everal brisk skirmishes be twec e Americans and Mexicans occ *. i as the Mexicans, their tr ^ trains ready to leave the 1 ~. ng city, began an indiscrim SJ I tire across the international mdary. Tonight there was no evidence that their shooting had been effective. Property damage in Xucvo Laredo will reach $500,000. Among the buildings destroyed were the United States consulate, munici? pal buildings, postoftlce, theatre, flour mill, one of the largest in this sec 1 tic a; the railroad shops of the Mex? ican National railway and other struc? tures. At a late hour tonight the fire was still hurning with no chance that It would be controlled until everything intlammahle had been wiped out. Ker? osene and other comhustibles, liberally used, aided the fire damage. There was no property loss in Lar? edo. Poth international hridges are safe, though efforts to dynamite them resulted in the death of two men en? gaged in the undertaking. One Mex? ican was shot by a sharpshooter from the top of the water tower. The Mex? ican was trying to reach the end of ; the international foot and wagon I bridge. Another was killed when he tried to blow up the Mexican end of the international railway bridge. American soldiers are constantly sta? tioned at the American end to prevent such an attempt. When Mexican soldiers ttnally left order was quickly restored at Laredo, but strong guards remain throughout the city. A serious problem was furnished immigration and city au? thorities by the presence here of hun dr* ds of refugecy trom tin. burrong city. The federal garrteon evacuated Xucvo Laredo yesterday, supposedly going to Baltlllo or Monterey. With their departure the city, ordinarily of about 7,000 population, was vir? tually deserted. Early today the federals returned and it was annouaced that they came back for additional engines to put to their trooe trains. Tlieic was little excitement caused b) tho presence of the federals until this afternoon. Smoke Aas seen issu? ing from some of the buildings around the plaza. The municipal building and the American consulate, on oppoelte side of the square, broke into flames. Next door to the consulate, the postofiice, temporarily closed, alee was seen to be burning and around the plaza sn.oke began to issue from the windows and roofs of other buildings. A few minutes later a loud ex? plosion wrecked several houses and the fire spread rapidly in ail direc? tions. Americans began to gather on the river bank, but hastily retreated when warned that other explosions nearer at hand might occur. Troops at Fort efclntoeh were quickly or? dered out and soon a rigid guard was established in the danger /.one. At tin- two bridges the guards were re* Inforced, andd it was here that tho only known loss of life occurred. Battery A of the Third held artil? lery eras sent to the power house of the Laredo Eh etric and Lighting company, fearing an attack there, but there was nothing for them to do. Several Mexicans were seen to fall before the tire of the machine gun, but they were carried away by their eomrad(-s. Alter silencing the Mexicans, part of the Ninth Infant!*) was withdrawn from the river front. Rumors that some Americans had been wounded proved to be without foundation, and no shots struck in the central part of Laredo. Col. Cochran of the Ninth infantry announced thai a rigid patrol of the city, particularly of the buetneoa sec? tion and the American residence see* tion, would be maintained. Washington, April IS. Secretary Tumulty today characterised reports oi" discord in the cabinet as "utter rot."'