The evening world. Newspaper, April 21, 1914, Page 2

THE EVENING WORLD, TUEGDAY, APRIL 21, 1914. BRI TISH SHIP AT VERA CRUZ REFUSED TO CARR Y HUERTA ARMS, until morning or to awaken the President and en the President and inform, him of the imml- hence of the crisis. It was finaily determined to act immediately. , The President was aroused from sleep and the situation explained to him. He approved of the recommendation of the Secretary of the Mavy that Admiral Fletcher be given authority to act the instant the =e | arose. ‘ At 4 o'clock this morning instructions were sent by wireless to the | Admiral on his flagship at anchor off Vera Cruz. The custom house and city may he seized by American marines at any minute. | Indicating that he considered all of the pians working out without a hitch, President Wilson took no part in the events of the afternoon. Ac: companied by Dr..Grayson and with his guard of secret service men he went across to Virginia to play a round of golf as a relaxation to his tense nerves. As the merchant vesscl loaded with ammunition belongs to a neutral foreign power with whom the United States is on friendly terms, it would | be impossible to stop her or in any way interfere with her progress on} the high seas, But if this Government takes possession of the custom house at Vera Cruz the ship will be obliged to make formal entry, and thus the cargo will pass under temporary control of American officials in char; There was a report.that Admiral Fletcher's forces would not be re- sisted and that the Huerta forces intended to retire to the railroad trestle twenty miles west of Vera Cruz. Officials refused flatly to discuss it. Many officials declared they believed Huerta had been playing for time merely to get in the large shipment of arms which Admiral Fletcher has been ordered to cut off. As there Is no blockade, the American forces cannot seize the munitions until after they have been landed. Numerous ‘messages from Charge O'Shaughnessy were received Secretary Bryan today, but he declined to discuss their contents. would hether or not news of antAmerican demon- Strations had reached him. Emphasizing the crisis in the situation at Vera Cruz, the Navy Department to-day ordered the torpedo flotilla at Pensacola to proceed to Vera Cruz instead of to Tampico. : ‘These was a long session of the Cabinet before the Senate met. Joan Lind, the President's special envoy to Mexico, was sent for DIGAA AAEM AAT eIsGasiees expedite in every way possible the resolution which would permit the} President to act. As a result of the anxiety displayed by the President and his advisers to have the resolution passed by Congress immediately it became evident that a number of serious questions had arisen in addition to that of preventing the German arms shipment from reaching Huerta. bis return] from Mexico City that the American from the White House, Sccretary| fag was not flying on the Dolphin's Daniels called a conference with Ad-| launch when the biuejackets and mtrals Bive, Fiske and Winterhalter./ Paymaster Kopp were arrested. ‘The sertousness of the Mexican sit-/ To a message sent Mayo to clear tation rm ‘ted im placing the seal of! up this point an answer was re- secrecy upon the Wer Department. turned to-day repeating tho original Secretary Garrison iesyed orders that! information that the flag was flying Rone of his subordinates, not even the; at all times, Chiet of Staff, should discuss develop-| The Prenident’s plans for handling ments. Hé said he would undertake| the wituation are complete in every the task of being the sole “mouth-| detail. The final touches were put piece” for the department. Elsewhere|on the arrangements last night ata there was allence to-day. White House conference bet Mr. Garrison sald he had no immediate! Wilson and his diplomatic and fnili- plans for troop movements, but that | tary advisers, he was prepared to shift his forces at Whether Huerta yields after a gen- @ second’s notice. eral blockade has been established Activity at army and navy head-|and the seisure of custom house in quarters coutinues, Secretary of the| seaport cities accomplished, or whether he forces the President to miral Badger’s Geet and was keeping | take more drastic steps will make no the admiral posted on the develop- difference with these plans, here. However, he made pub-| Those attending the conference be- Ro orders and it was stated none! sides the Presidént were Secretary would be until after action na4/ Bryan and Joho Lind, Secretary of War Garrison and Major-Gen. Wood, Major Con ‘wireless of the buttleships npeeding én Gekieal biak of ele sng @outh. While they can report their Tetary of the Navy I .niels and Rear- Sasition no word will be permitted to} sarnireis Fiske and Blue. be sent of any action they may take} gocrstary Daniels and Admirals tatil that aetion te completed. It 8! raze and Riue were the fret to explained that when the Mexican arrive, a few minutes before 8 Ports are blockaded it will not bel ioc, admirals Fi and Blue carried large map’, ahowing the har- bore at Vere Crus and Tampico, with the depth of water and the facilities for Janding marines, bluejackets and {roopa; also a map of the railroad to Mexico City, Gen, Wood and Capt. McCoy ap- Deared in full dress uniform, having tg} °OM® from a banquet at the Army | * and Navy Club, given in honor of Gen. Wood, who retires in three ays tee Huerta could| 8 Chief of Staff and who will lead net protect Americans even if he so iD $e {rooms if they are utilised, in desired should an agitation against Pier an beer ahd 3 aK tee radar: iy ‘An embargo bas been isid on the officials were very bitter to- te me military op- wer the conet: reiteration Sratta ions in every Sqatageccy was Gay . =| Mapped out, it was learned on high suthority that the plans provide: First—For a blockade of the sev- posed orte and the eelsure of the ous- me ta “fecond. \—In bod erent this plan fai} for’ the of 13, regu troopa, the ialon Row at Galveston and Texas City, to Vera Crus, whence they will begin @ march to Mexico City, When the first division is under way & second ig been will be aasem- led from the ‘ular troops in the Caat ond went to Vera Crus, Garrison has sent to the Adjutant: eneral of every State a | telegram gexing. how many men could ve furnished by the militia for service in Mexico in the event they were | ¢; "“Oreers have been sent to Brig.-Gen. Funston, at present in command at Texas City, to put his men aboard Murray, in command of the Ww rn Dapartapetite to prepare to ‘ | Aesemble at San Franciaco a division Fly the pennant everywhere, | of troops for duty on the west coast World Ads.t of Moxie | Orders have gone also to Gen. Biias, ‘With them there can none compare, | commanding the Southern Depart: World Ads.1 ment to assomble two field artillery Read them daily to succeed, 2 pepe a a eee regi- ments will -o mobilized at Fort Bliss, They will show the thirgs you need, | gcross the Rio Grande from Juares, Make them for “results” thy creed—| Mexico, now in the hands of th) World Ads. bands of the revolutionists. | senna te wet Po pres | "et: “ “ oifcer so! © Join rmy an | Cate week, month and year) Navy Hoard. At an extended con- The World prints more want- jue adnurals board there wero pres- itt en miral of the avy George filling advertisements than | Dewey, Major. Gen, Wood, Major.- the Herald, Times, Sun and Tribune | Gen. Wothersyoon, Admiral Finke, COMBINED, Admiral theriand, Brig.-Gens. Weaver and rier. poo THE LEADER! aah, Sfarations of, the army and | ft PORT OF ‘VERA | CRUZ, THAT MAY HAVE BEEN SEIZED TO-DAY ESD ONES 4 F HEHE SOS: Mexico ordered by the State Depart: ment at Washington. received no further instructions and that as soon as he does they will be displayed in the usual manner in the Consulate rooms and receive pub: Melty throngh the preas. Mr. Shanklin would not undertake to advise Americans Individually as to what they should do. There was no suggestion of disorder here last night. He saya he haa | BRITISH STEAMER |AMERICANS LEAVE |WILSON 1S UPHELD BY THE REFUSES TO TAME ) REBEL TERRITORY EXO CTY QE SENMTORSINHS WARON HUERTA) HUERTA OBDURATE TRYING FR PAGE ARMS TO STO HUERTA) ONU.S. ADVICES) ons == rs without saying that, here is a greater wrong to be atoned and a wrong which must not be and shall not be HUERTA SAYS MEXICO HARBORS NO ILL WILL TOWARD UNITED STATES A committee of women saw War Minister Blanquet and offered te re- cruit a regiment of one thousand women to fight the Americans in the’ event of hostilities. English adsl 4h at Vera Cruz Orders Merchantman Not to Handle War Material. bliowersot een Carranza and Villa Now Talking of United Ac- tion by All Mexicans. Foreign Diplomats in Mexico City Endeavor to Persuade Dictator to Recede. MEXICO CITY, April 21.—Pres!- replying to queries @ mewspapers, sald last repeated. “I cannot be put ia a position where T appear to pick and choose between the factions that to-day tear Mexico asunder. I cannot join in any resolu- tion which pute the United States in the position of preferring one mur. —_——. EX-PRESIDENT DIAZ “Merico awaits with tranquillity SILENT ON HIS PLANS. the development of events grow- ing out of the controversy with the United States, and in the re- mote case of friction between the countries the people of this re- public will bear no animosity toward the people of the United States, whose neighbors they are.” In a previous statement he sald: “Gen. Huerta offers all guaran- tees to foreigners, American in- cluded, who remain in Mexico, and he will improve this opportunity to show the world that his Gov- ernment and Mexico are moral VERA CRUZ, April 21—The Mex- ican Federals have felt the force of] Paso, Tex., April 1.—Consul Letcher, on Instructions from Washington, is notifying Americans in thi CHIHUAHUA, April 2, MEXICO CITY, April 21.—That va- rious European diploma’ oring to induce Provisional President Huerta to reced@from his protocol demand and thus open the way for a peaceful settlement of the Tampico incident with the United States ts the impression derived in Mexico City from various conferences which al- most all of these diplomats held yes- terday with Foreign Minister Lopez MONTE CARIA, April 21—Gen, Porfirio Diaz, formerly Mexican dio- tator, has come here to recover the after effects of an attack accompanied by convalescence of , Who ts nearly eighty- four, is progressing normally, although he is troubled with deafness, shows grcat interest In the news about Mexico and besides reading all avail- able newspapers receives many private telegrams on the subject. Gen, Diaz resolutely refused to-day, to make any comment whatever upon the action of the United States teward Gen, Huerta when @ correspondent re4 - {minded him of bis often repeated re- mark that the only circumstances ya der which he would return to Mextao, 1d be When peace had been eatad. ed there or when hi attacked by a foreign bower ame bees months ago Gen. Huerta, as an act of pat patriotism, te tes jtire from the dictatorship of Mexiso |in favor of some one who could obtain. |the con miienc® of all factions tn the derer and cutthroat above another murderer and cutthroat, “I have no desire to criticise Presl- dent Wilson for his failure to recog: nise Gen. Huerta Proceeded on grounds appearing to the embargo which is to be placed against the Government even before it is formally ordered by the United other towns of the State o! bua to leave the country as a pre- jeaution against possible unfortunate Acting under orders from Admiral |eventualities growing out of the de- » commanding the British;cision of the Washington Govern- vessels here, the oll-carrying steamer} ment to selse E) Zorra has refused to transport am- | Crus. munition to the Federal forces at/ They will be sent out in small Tampico, The vessel was to have|bodies if time permits, as a general left last night. , Upott receipt of the/ exodus, it is feared, might precipitate instructions from Admiral Craddock | trouble. Six American women left the cargo of ammunition was dis- | to-day. charged and the Zorra sailed to-day him as sufficient. strongly as I can the methods of bloodshed by which his present position, But the fact that I condemn his methods doos not lead me to put my- eelf in @ position which by distortion of acts which we take here or of the words which we utter here, would put me behind Villa—Villa, who began Ufe as a hired assassin and whose pathway has been marked bloodshed, rapine, unnameable crimes.” -I condemn as Tampico and Vera The latter also held a tong confer- ence with Huerta, but what transpired was not made public. Late last night there wi that President Hue: | to yield the questi: hich he regard ind necessary and logical.” It in pointed out that the Mexican officials have yielded on the question of salutes not being #tmultaneous but » demanding the protocol leading up to the salutes that the facta might.be “put on record in the Tex., April 21.—Six inst, eet the Mexican people, but juerta. without a single gun or a pound of! Americans, eight Germans and nine ammunition for the Federals and women arrived here from Chihuahua. The Amer- ieans confirmed thé statement they would not permit his vessel to run/ were instructed to leave by Marion Letcher, the American Consul. They sald Mexicans in Chihuahua held the belle® that the rebels would be un- able to remain out of ‘Washington complication and added that rebel leaders feel compelled to accept the ‘view that the blockading of Tampico and Vera Crus’ would be a national matter affecting the honor of every Mexican, regardiess of po- litical affiliations. Letcher, they ald, was endeavoring to get the Americans out without tracting undue attention and his of forts in this direction were being as- sisted by Gen. Carranza. Most of the latter’s conference with Gen. yesterday, they asserted, ed to consideration of the Tampico incident and its developments as ai fecting the rebels, The gravest view was take cording to report. In the cafes, clubs and other gathering pjaces Mexican citizens, practically all of whom are robel sympathizers, sald openly that President Wileon’s course was an front to the Mexican nation and that @ common enemy must be met by a united country. Gen, Muas| Meanwhile, there was no definite believe there| announcement of policy by Carranga, Americans reported, adding that it seemed to be his purpose by silence imply the truth of reports, that he would continue with tho revolu- trade] tion regardiess of foreign complica- er or-| tions, This, they said, in view of the talk in the cafes and elee- deceived nobody, In El Paso prominent rebel sympa- thizers were unanimous, so he If vee once get Into Mexico, it the hardest thing in the world to get out of there again. am for the committep resolution be- cause if this assassin, this traitor, brute, who is now in author leo should salute the flag be- fore we go into Mexico, we would not have to go. Under t! tion we would have to go.” {Kentucky, declared his willingness to mpport the President. \ am not analy in favor of sending os to Krenieste reparation for in- ut T am in favor of ealinie the. fag to Mexico to protect American citizens from rapine and plunder and Serer I agree with the Senator from Massachusetts that the The captain explained that Kn, plunder and by of the protocol, 9 the vital issue, | Senator Williams asked how long It by the fleet with war material, Sir Lionel Carden sent a long eablegram to Londen after con: ferences here yeaterday with Ad miraie Craddock and Mexico City ona pec His attitude here led to the belief that he expected to wield great influence over Huerta. A Jarge number of Americans and other foreigners are on their way here from the capital to-day. cupy two eections of the ordinary train, as well as a special train. Everything rpmains quiet in this took Congress to pass the Spanish war resolution. Senator La Follette replied that Congress took from April 11 to April 19 to pase the resolution in 1896, Senator Shively, acting Chairman of Foreign Relations Committee re- He said expedition of the resolution was of “vital impor- " and insisted that the Spanish war declaration was not parallel. “It can become too late to take steps that will preserve peace; it is never too Shivély explained. “The former is our aim. This is a good faith effort for the preservation of peace, rather than propagation of —_—— CRUISER SOUTH DAKOTA HEADING FOR MEXICO. SAN FRANCISCO, April 21.—Dhé South Dakota, from the Puget Sound Navy Yard with 260 marines aboard, entered San Fran- clsco Bay at 4 A. M. proceeded to California City to take on seal Pasparalery 5. to feparting ir inland Ne ‘Tord also will be taken aboard the South Piied to Lodge. Mexico does not see why this simple formality should be objected to. President Huerta has maintained absolute serenity. Charge d'Affaires O'Shaughnessy told anxious inquirers to-day that for the present he ahall have no more atetements to make. He was the recipient of a constant stream of Americans, and every min- ute Consul-General called up by telephone to anawer in- quiries regarding the exodus from pcarygeareneh ANOTHER REGIMENT OF MARINES CALLED; WILL SAIL TO-MORROW. Eighty-seven American including men and women, are to- ships Mexico and Es- war. So the question of time is im- day aboard th» Shanklin was peranza, chartered by States Covernment. aboard the Mexico and as that ves- sel was unable to leave last night, owing to bigh winds and a rough it Is believed she will remain hero until she bas as many refugees as her accommodations will permit. Military Governor of Vera Crus, to-day received instruc- tions from Mexico City to preserve peace here at any cost: declared he did not would be any trouble in Vera Cruz| the WASHINGTON, Navy Department ordered another regiment of marines from Philadelphia to Vera Crus. The marines are expected to le: j front to-morrow. PHILADELPHIA, April 21.—Await- ing orders to sail to any Mexican Shively said the effect of the Lodge amendment could not be mistaken. “The President asked no authority from Congress," he said, is not proposing to eecise the war About fifty are Senator Shively said the President had not asked Congress for “author. ity” because he did not wish to pursue a@ war. Mr. Shively contended the Lodge preamble would have no result navy yard with steam up and their bows pointing toward the Delaware Capes ‘ready for departure at a rro- notice. Three sbifta of men are working day and night on the cruiser Salem and the supply ship Panther which may be ordered to Mexican waters. Commandant Benson of the yard said the Salem would get away on Sunday. The C charge of Comm and will carry 354 men. the fastest boate in the navy, ‘Workmen and seamen at the yard rovisions to- ay on ‘Tennessee. It was aie ‘the Ohio would » it | be a next vessel ordered to Mexican OFT CANDY is as Fresh, Pure oe Sweet as a Woodland Violet, %,'"% “Would the selsure of Vera Crus be an act of peace or an act of war?" asked Senator Bran: even under tho most acute circum. | 4, Tho Pearson Oil Company tt San Eduardo is now und trom the British Government. | excit were received by tho/where, captain to-day that the San Eduardo jhould be held in readiness to re- pone | to any orders from the British] could be questioned, in the jew that eid but the national the trailing arbutus, which has now made its tainside. y of our ane t LOFT’S is one Wholesomencss and Deli Special Hoes Tuesday ‘hester will be in forces and seine Property and no . Senator John Sharp Williams, Dem- ocrat, then took the floor in support rr gree Jamed. During that time «| Comm mittec's resolut began loading the battleship ime may come,” he said, “when war over a mere punctilio will 8 kept ment in Mexico occupied the attention|ine M n section of this city last|not be pasis for wat of these off.ors for more than twolnight, but there was no disorder, Tt was said at the War Department that arrangements had about been completed for cBartering a number of merchant veasela to be used for the transportation of troops. Col. Boggs of fhe Panama Canal Or- ganization was asked to supply the names and capacities of the ships of the Panama Rallroad which could be into service at an hour's —— MISSISSIPI SAILS + WITH 600 MARINES AND AEROPLANES. ieee VETERANS AT PANAMA WANT T.R. TO LEAD THEM. April 21.—Veterans of the Spanish-American war now in the Canal Zone to-day started to form a volunteer corps, which Col. Roosevelt will be asked to lead in case of war with Mexico. greatest activity prevails among the marines and soldiers in Target practice and man- uvres | ere ordered Th “| dredging forces are working day and night in the Cucuracha slides, clea passage » YJcanal will be ready within a w ui ipport dent. I don't want to kill any Mex- I don't want any Mi PENSACOLA, Fia., April 21.—The battleship Mississippi, with 600 ma- rines aboard, sailed this morning for Vera Crus, The warship also car- ried four naval aviators with their lanes. ‘The tender Dixie oe ‘teat night for the Mexican po! UNUSUAL OPPORTUNITY STOCKINGS AND SOCKS 4 Formerly sold from 35c $0 $6.00 the pair, are now selling at from 15c to $1,65 the pair. 4 Prior to the removal, M Peck & Peck Shops at 230 will be sold out at Greatly Reduced Prices Only from the 481 Fifth Ave. Shop, at 41st St. Peck & Peck 481 Fifth Ave., at 41st ss. | Fifth Ave., at 30th St, jt shoud Lf Wer! Fr MARES LEFIUB DIPFERENCH WHAT TOU WERD—A sastacaalaistales Tho Lodge substitute, Senator Will- lames said, was a declaration of war against Mexico and the Mexican WANTS THE WORLD TO KNOW ITS ONLY AGAINST HUERTA, “I want,” said Senator Williams, “this resolution to be so worded that Bek books ra iy on ae a lal es 140TH STREET AND THIRD AVENUE, ‘The specifies weight includes .he conta! the Le and men needed for the fir Inquiries at the State Department to elicit any iaformation on 4 whether the Preaic is intention to bloc ¢ transports there, and orders to | DOr: tatives abroad notify foreign countri that a blockade has been e: at certain ports, No opposition 1s expected from any foreign Government. lo the Moxican nuld informally A wave of applause swept the gal- rangements for a trip he expected to # take and will remain here in charge of the work preparing the canal for immediate use, The Tenth Infantry here ts in readiness and awaiting a call to board airecind the Vice. Some of these lots in odd About a hundred men wore removed, jaa studiously endeavored ident 28 the Gov- ited Le tes, Ii It is the be- the galleries,” Hef here that Germany, Great Britain and France will not offer any obj tion to a goneral blockade after re. Ist, the entire stock of the ifth Ave. and 481 Fifth Ave, transports for service, eee Gaynor Of om Honeymoon, and Mrs, Norman J, Gaynor, sailed away to- ceiving assurances that t will be protected and looked after by the United States, Mr. ronment of oN matter of injury or life it's meer of ‘insult to The right he heyncte—Fiber presentatives struc: u jeynote—Victoriano Huert when I vote for these resolutions I do it with the hope that the House io conference will insist on naming rie ee Pt a party. follow these erelviiined’ world should know that it is war forced by Huerta. if war eball come it 9 O'Shaughnessy st and ts not expected he will do & Mr. Bryan sald think that Huerta would openly do- war on the United States by giving Mr, O'Shaughnessy his pas. he. Vinited State: Benor Algara, t res of the Americau Bn ero cee reeolu- | $88 Fifth Ave., at buy St.