The evening world. Newspaper, April 25, 1914, Page 1

GN OF TERROR IN MEXICO Cr - Circulation F Books WHATHER—Showers to-nt [ATES EXTRA T PRICE ONE CENT WOMEN AND CHILDREN SEIZED ON MEXICAN. TRAIN SAID TO BE SHOT Secretary of State Bryan Receives Startling Telegram From Consul Canada at Vera Cruz Giving oe of the Hold-Up. IONE OF THE PRISONERS A SUBJECT OF BRITAIN Men Arrested Were Connected With Railroad or Plantation Operated by. Americans. ' “Circulation Books Open to All’ mi 1914, 10 P a GE b 3 Open to All. You Werden e Pedal ‘YoRK, “SATURDAY, oe 25, “NEW YORK” ere a PRIOR “ONE ‘CENT. MOBS IN MEXICO Cl ANLL FOUR AMERICA VERA CRUZ REPORTS Three Victims Said to Have Been Dragged From Cars and Put to Death on the Street of — Huerta’s Capital. VERA CRUZ, April 25.—E] Dictamen, a Vera Qruz newspaper, in its issue to-day says four Americans have been killed by mobs in Meso DAMN T THE MEXICANOS, City. It declares it has received this information from the Federal capital. | : NEW ‘‘CARABAO”’ SONG Three. of the American victims were taken out of street cars and | killed on the sireets, while the fourth was killed in the Young Men’s WASHINGTON, April 25.—Twenty refugees, nineteen of them Americans and one a British subject, are believed to have been executed following their captiie by Huerta’s men near the 155,000-acre plantation of the Motzorongo Company of Chicago in Mexico late Friday. " Secretary of State Bryan wired Dr. Herbert A. Parkyn of Chicago, President of the company, to-day telling of the seizure and probable exe- cution of the party. A.M. Turner of Chicago is believed to be one of the twenty shot. Turner was sent to the plantation by the company to order the for... to seek protection in case of trouble, but from Mr. Bryan's message it is thought he arrived too late. Mr. Bryan’sdespatch names a majority of the party Captured, His message follows: “Herbert A. Parkyn, President Motzorongo Company, 1544 Marquette Building, Chicago, I. “The following, dated April 24, at 10 A. M., “and received from the American Consul at Vera Cruz, is sent for your information: ‘Am Just reliably informed at 8 o'clock Tuesday night soldiers stepped so train im vicinity of Tierra Blanes, on Vora Cres Isthmus Rallreed, one: SPAIN TAKES CHARGE | touowies ier as maiibalsaaan dae, ni dobe or Orizaba and belleved ordered shot. “Home eighteen or more Americans left for Tierra Blanca, (. & HeN©S SEMAPHORE SPpmime NEW VYeRI<. BSR ce SCEAIR OF PREPARATION FORSAINNG Ambassador Riano Now nf pet i: ssociation building by members of the baseball team, to which! New Version of the Verses That * | Christian Associa' fen ui s vail ¢ We ieee : ge ty ik : i 2 se a the Huerta Gavernment at Herron, Seeretary Isth Rallroad, wife and four children; J. 0, Cook, “fl he belonged, according io El Dictamen, which made its reappearance | OrigThated in the Phil- | tionalist Gunboats Are Firing 3 chief engineer; John F. Lighter, conductor; J. ¥. Langston and wifes ! to-day. | ippines. on Town. Washington, Kerwin, engineer, and Mr. and Mrs, George Macomber, Vera Cruz was tonlay isolated trom direct communication with the} wasnimarton, p. c Apen 2% | JUAREZ, April 25.—An ometal re-} WASHINGTON, April 25, -- Senor “‘Same soldiers stopped at Hacienda Motecronge, on came. reliread, taking prisoners Edward Wunsch and son Sydney; A. M. Turner, Seere- tary of the Hacienda Motsorvnge, all Americans; alse a man named Boyd, British sabject. All taken to Cordoba or Orizaba, it Is reliably stated that these prisoners may be executed. Admirgia Fletcher and Badger have this information before thom. “*BRYgN!? Don Juan Milano, the Spanish Ambaa- sador, to-day announced that ho had taken charge of the affairs of the Mexican Government in Washington. Following reports from Madrid y: terday that King Alfonso was w ing to act as mediator, the selection of Spain to look after the affairs of Mexico was regarded with slg- interior, but the news brought here by refugees indicates that the state of affairs is bad and rapidly growing worse, so fur as Americans are con- cerned, The refugees bring word of intense anti-American feeling in all directions, SITUATION OF AMERICANS IS GRAVE. The American military authorities in Vera Cruz consider the of Americans in the capital and all over the republic grave. ‘Almost normal tranquility has been restored in the city, but occasional | sniping occurred aa last night. There was no general disorder, the domination of the city by the American forces having been generally ac- cepted by the residents. , The order fssued from the Admiral's headquarters for the closing of all | saloons remained in effect to-day. Still more stores were open for bus!- ness, however, thah was the case yesterday, ‘The restaurants are having some difficulty in furnishing the usual | port predicts the early fall of Tampico |into the rebel hands, The report de-; clares that the rebel commander, Gen, Caballero, called on the Federal gen- | eral to aurrender of leave the city and | Aight it out in the open, ‘The latter declined both proposals! and the report sald a furious attack, characterized by sanguinagy street | fighting, began and continued all yes- A specially Mexicanized version of} the ‘famoua'\Carabao song, which: it} Railroad Magnate Suffers jwitl be recalled brought censure to | Stroke Near His Home the military order of that name last | winter, was bummed surreptitously in Philadelphia. a around the State, War and Navy De- | | partments to-day. The new vorsifica- | tion pays its respects, not only to the | Mexicans, but to “grape juice diplo- | sand runs: | HIA, April 25.—George | “Damn, damn, damn the Mexi- | F. Baer, dent of the Reading | canos! Railway, was stricken on the street Green-eyed, gory greaser gang; | here to-day with what physicians be- In the town of Vera Cruz, para- | lieve was a stroke of paralyals lyze 'em with grape jooze, He fell to the sidewalk and was) Let the Huertas and the Villas | carried to his home five blocks dis- | ters at Matgmoras, under date of the go to hang!” tant where physicians who were sum- was given out here to-day; BRYAN GETTING AFTER THE FACTS. ate si a Secretary Bryan said this afternoon: “We are endeavoring to find eu’ Pee ili Per Lind through the Brazilian Embassy in Mexico City definite information ceg- tomatic intervention f ‘arious|cerning the nineteen Americans and one British subject reported quarters, it In declared at the State! \eoners at Orizaba. The British Ambassador here in Wasbingtop situation (Special to The Byening Worid), SVILLE, Tex. April 26,— th Tho following report, signed by Gen. Caballero, rebel commander at Tam- pico, tg-Conatitutionaliat Headquar- t made nor were any @x- jrecetved the same report that we have and he ts endeavoring also to cd jthe facts. According to the report of Consul Canada, the prisoners were taken, FIRST OF REFUGEES at Tierra Blanca and conveyed to Orizaba. The first name@ pleee . {s on the Tehuantepaz Railway where there are railroad shops, Orizaba REACH GALVESTON ie on the Vera Cerur-Mexico City line and {s the junction for a braneh read’ moned are now with him Having come to my notice that the | It is believed Mr. Bauer's comatien | prt in Tampico were offering “i in serie its to Americana, I frame: | wantity and quality of food, owing to the ig cared ied See AE bodes Mr + became ill at 9 o'clock reopened my attack 4} eading up from Tierra Blanca.” - Prices have therefore been advanced. je American lines, some | while walking from his home to his | o'clock this morning, and ate ady ——— wHo SOME OF THE VICTIMS WERE. the © Reveille! | as was his custom, He fell un-| have capture w compéetely encircle the city, and outposts have | ten miles in length, now compietely ¥ pe us and was carried into a/a strong Federal fore ea gca ast? | Fitteen Hundred More Will Arrive Wuench was the manager of the plantation, which is owned by 1,500 been established covering all points from one to five miles out, Long before the rising sun| nearby tailoring shop, Afterward ho | pect triumph by night.” onc WASHINGTON HEARS OF ARRESTS. has chased the stars. from the aw taken to' his home in an auto There To-Morrow On The | american and British stockholders. The Boyd mentioned ts Alexander Boy (ASHINGTON, April 25.—Arrest of several Americans before Charge eastern sky far and wide is De, Sitred Blane BRYAN ANGRILY [ DENIES Esperanza, of London, cashier of the plantation, Mrs, Boyd also was on the plante- w. FON. Apel 95.—Arre: arge heard the call of World ads. hyalelan, Who liver ony HEARST PAPER REPORT. ; f . tion, and two Californians named Peckham and Andrews. No mention was OPbeughnessy’s train left Mexico City was reported in State Department Summoning persons to work, Ph Ay, eae Os bin neces oT FAF GALVESTON, Tex, April 25--The nade of them hire, buy, sell, rent, invest, &e,,| | | vanguard of several thousand refugees deqpatches from Consul Canada to-day. The report sald.that J. Starr Hust and family, with severai other Americany, were taken from the train et Mexico City before it started. At Lavilla, the first station outside of Mexico City, Burton Wilson, pelfeved to be an American, was likewise arrested Fhe O'Shaughnessy party reported to Consul Canada that “a perfect reign of terror” prevailed in Mexico City. ‘ ‘They: confirmed the story that the George Washington statue in Meniee City had been pulled down by an unruly mob. Advices to the State Department to-day declared that Americans had pemm arrested by Mexican Feflerals at Yripaia, between Mexico City ana per mon that Mr, Baor's condition| yy Ti merious and he ie doubttul of the| WASHINGTON, D. ¢ outcome. retary Bryan to- Mr, Baer had not been complaining |dignation at a & of any illness, fact | that another that Jh ‘old | Dictator 1 last Septe on the most advantageous basis. |About 8,000 Sunday World Advertisements To-morrow will sound the call to Oppor- tunity in more New York City homes and offices than are reached by the Sunday Herald, brit 26,—Bec- | trom Mexico, headed for Galveston, ar- a Aree Whe tray ed here to-day on the United Staten aper story connaT rama ft “ Cutt hod. been aory |coliler Cyvlops from Vera Cruz and Tampico, and the steamer Trinidadian jfrom ‘Tampico. The majority were ‘Americans, To-morrow 1,500 refugees Jare due on the steamer Esperanza, % and Tampico. laaaon, state quaran- Mr, Baer, wreatent Industries of the country, and one of the most conspicuous of rows situation, “There 1a no in Dale of fact for them. Times, Sun and Tribune com. mn who have dire | oo tine officer “haw ordered 400 cots ins- BINED! \ velopinent of the pant | [tailed "in the hompital wt the United | two as a life history which | 7 te. | States immigration station at Pelican Hurry Sunday World Ads. in} teems with "interoat, from the dayn of | apie * cee an ge inland, where the refugeos will be de- | his boyhood in Somerset County, al |tained for six days in accordance with Early To-day! tena ly To-day Pennsylvania. quarantine regulations, ¢ F. M. Lehmer of Omaha, reported arrested Ly Mexican Fedorg} ities, 1s owner of a smal! sugar plu of Yera Cruz, He also {s genera! manager of a large plantaiion near thar place owned by an Englishman The plantation ts isolated between Cordoba and Tierra Blanea,, It bas been In operation for eight year and the owners have frequentiy deen obliged to pay tribute to each of the contending forces. Sometimes te ; Federals and sometimes the rebels would take passeseion for a day'er @m,. They usually would confine themseives to weigine horses or whatever money was in the safe, hut have never attempted to nara the workers. All the English engineers on the Mexican Railway bare beew rested and the locomotives have been placd tp charge cf Mexiegan,