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AMERICAN REFUGEES FLEEING FROM MEXICO
ATLANTANS IN MEXICAN WAR PERIL
MRS. MARY D. HEARN, who telegraphed her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Park Woodward, of No. 74 West Fourteenth
street, that she witnessed from the top of a hotel in Laredo the
destrueticn of the city of Nuevo Laredo. Mrs. Hearn is the
wife of Captain R. H. Hearn, of the Ninth Cavalry. Below is
W. B. Wofford, believed to have been killed in Mexico City.
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ith's Widowed
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Bride Gets $600,000
DEDHAM, KANS., April 28.—Un
der the will of Benjamin Franklin
Keith, theatricai magnate, A. Paul
Keith, son, is named as sole execu
tor and residuary legatee. Ethel
Chase Keith, his widow, receives
$600,000.
To old employees of the Keith
theaters various amounts are given,
ranging from $5OO to Melvin Ricker,
doorkeeper at the Boston Theater, to
$lO,OOO to Walter J. Donovan, general
treasurer. Near relatives are remein
bered with sums from $2,000 to $5,000
These bequests total more than
$65,000.
Asks $3,000 for Hurt
Caused by Cow’s Tail
SAN FRANCISCO, April 28.—The
whisk of a.cow's tail may cost the
American Caspoalty Company $3,000.
¥rnest Claxton, an insurance man of
this city, sued for this amount in the
United States District Court.:
The complainf recites that Claxton
was struck By a cow’s tail while he
was on his fanch Jast summer en
joying his vaction, the blow CRuSing a
cataract to Toym which gatér ‘result
ed in Claxton losing the sight of the
eye,
THE GEORGIAN'S NEWS BRIEFS.
Commission Pushes
Rate Increase Case
WASHINGTON. Avpril 28 —ln re
sponse to demands of business inter
ests in the United States for a quick
decision on the plea of Eastern roads
for a general increase of 5 per cent in
freight rates, the Interstate Com
merce (‘ommission to-day voted to
close arguments in the case next Fri.
day. Decision will be handed down
a 3 soon as possible after that date.
Thirty-five railroads are involved,
TRAMP FREIGHTER ASHORE.
BARNEGAT. N. J., April 28.—A
stuamship believed to be an Austrian
tramp freighter, with 5000 tons of
sugar on board, went ashore off Har
veys Cedars in the fog this merning.
The revenue cutter Mohawk was seni
to her aid £E
WASHINGTON, April 25.—The following was received from
Admiral Fletcher to-night by telegraph:
‘3 p. m. Saturday, Vera Cruz.—Train under flag of truce left
Vera Cruz at 10 a. m. with 350 Mexicans aboard, procceded ten
kilometers to break in Mexican road, meeting a train there with
about 400 foreigners, 50 of whom were Americans. All were
brought to Vera Cruz.
“‘No change in situation here. Additional conferences were
held with city officials this forenoon and a proclamation was issued
disarming citizens.”’
By N. A. JENNINGS.
VERA CRUZ, April 25.—Three American railroad men, names
unknown, are reported killed at Soledad Station on the Mexican
Railway. ;
Admiral Fletcher has issued orders that amyone found with
weapons to-night shall be shot immediately. All arms in the city,
wherever found, except in the hands of American troops, are to be
confiscated.
Admiral Fleteher hes taken supreme command upon the rec
ommendation of Admiral Badger.
Nelson O’Shaughnessy has in his possession a letter from
Huerta which is a virtual declaration of war upon the United
States. The letter accompanied the
passports which were handed to the
Charge d’Affaires just before his de
parture from Mexico City.
Letter Most Important.
“This letter may yet play an im
portant part in the war, for it wouid
serve as a basis upon which Congress
could declare that a state of war ex
ists between this country and Mexico,
The substance of the letter has been
wired to the State Department.
O’Shaughnessy came ashore to-day
from the battleshio Minnesota, where
ne spent the night as the guest of
Admiral Fletcher, He was accompa
n:zd by Consul General Shanklin. The
two men were closeted for a long time
with Consul Canada. Mr. O'Shaugh
nessy does not yet know what he will
do, as he has received no orders from
Washington.
The two hydroyplanes brought here
in the custody of Lieutenants Muslin
and Ellison flew over the city to-day
in a preliminary reconnoitering trip.
German Ambassador Von Heintze
at Mexico City has refused point
blank to comply with a demand ma-le
upon him by Federal soldiers to sur
render 200 rifles with which the Em
bassy had been provided for its own
protection.
Germans Told to Leave.
Von Heintze informed Huerta per
sonally that he would fight before he
would surrender them.
Refugees arriving to-day from
Mexico City on the train leaving the
Capital at 3 o'clock yesterday after
noon say two Americans were Kkilled
by mobs in the streets before the
irain left. Rioting was still going on
at that hour. The American Club had
been set on fire three times and the
windows in every American-owned
store in the city had beun broken.
The American grocery store had been
burned and looted. Several curio
stores were wrecked and looted.
All Americans remaining in the
city were trying to keep out of sight
of the mobs, which had been encour
aged by Huerta's attitude.
The Capital is cut off from all di
rect communication except by means
of the wireless telegraph. @
Americans in Prisons.
Baron and Baroness Von Galtring
er, who arrived on to-day’s train say
many Americans, including women
with babies, have sought refuge in
the prisons, where the mobs can not
reach them.
. Two hundred more Americans who
escaped from Mexico City by a ruse
[arrived here at 2 o'clock this after
inoon. They said all Americans had
been refused permission to leave by
Huerta. They were enabled to get
away by declaring themselves to be
either English or German. None
who were known to be Americans was
permitted to come. The refugee train
consisted of ten cars and brought
iabout 600 passengers. A majority of
the remaining 400 on the train who
}were not Americans were (jermans
who had been directed to leave Mex
jco City by the German Ambassa
dor.
All employees of the Mexican (Gov
ernment and all workers in the Gov
ernment Arsenal have been ordered
to join General Maas at'Tejerillas. A
great majority have r(-spnn:'ied, in
!cludlng the cadets from the naval
school,
C‘onsu! Canadg sent a messenger to
Maas to-day on behalf of the Ameri
cans who are being held in the inte
rior. General Maas referred the Con
sul {o Huerta, saying that he himself
could do nothing to aid them.
~ Zapata was expected to arrive in
Mexico City this morning. There
was a report that Huerta planned to
let Zapata enter the city, then to
arrest him and perhaps execute him.
Diplomats Report
Failure of Mediation.
By W. N. TAFT.
WASHINGTON, April 27.—Efforts
by South American countries to bring
about mediation of the dispute be
tween the United States and General
Huerta have failed thus far. Secre
’tary of State Bryan announced to
day that the dictator had made no of
ficial answer to the proffer of media«
tion sent him by the Washington ene
voys of Argentina, Brazil and Chiie,
‘the “Big Three” of Latin America.
~ “General Huerta has not officially
ireplied to the offer of mediation,” de~
clared Secretary of State Bryan after
a conference with Ambassador Da-
Gama, of Brazil. :
| Bryan Keeps Word Secret,
It is understood that DaGama rep
resented also Minister Saurez, of
Chile, and Minister Naon, of Argen
tina, the three having offered to
mediate between, this government
and Huerta. DaGama arrived at the
State Department direct from a con
ference at the Argentine Legation,
“I can not divulge what Mr. Da
(Gama communicated to me,” said
Secretary Bryan, ‘and can say only
that the State Department has been
advised that General Huerta has not
officially replied to the offer of medi
ation by the three South American
republics.”
Despite the attitude taken by the
‘dictator in his dispatch to the Inters
‘national News Seryice, the Adminis
tration still hopes for peace. A dis
patch from Rear Admiral Badger
states that 250 refugees will leave
Mexico City by train to-day. This
indicates that Huerta abandoned his
intention of holding Amrican refugees
as hostages, but other dispatches sent
from Mexico City te London say that
anti-American demonstrations have
been renewed, and that massacre is
feared. : -
All Rescued at Tampico.
(‘onstitutionalist troons have res
newed their attack on Tampico, but
Rear Admiral Mayo, the United
States naval commander, reports Vil
Vera Cruz that all Americans at the
oil town have been rescued.
President Wilson canceled his ene
gagements for confemences with the
Washington correspondents to-day
and Thursday.
No specific reason was given for
this action, but it was generally un
darstood that the President did not
care to answer any questions relative
to the policy of the Administratiom
and considered that it would be bet«
ter to omit the conferences altos
gether,
Secretary Bryan was the first caller
at the White House to-day, going into
conference with the President. Sena
tor Jonés, member of the Senate Com
mittee on Foreign Relations, con
ferred with the Chief Executive at
10:30 o'clock.
War Measures Go On,
While a general feeling of relief
was evident in Administration cir
cles following the announcement of
Ambassador Riano late yesterday
that he had received unofficial infor
mation that Huerta had agreed to
mediation, there was a marked ten
dency among officials to take the re
port with reservation, in the absenco
of an official acceptance from the
Mexican dictator. There was no dimi
nution of activity at the War and
Navy Departments,
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