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OBREGON DETAILS CAPTURE OF MEXICO CITY
PRESIDENT WILSON
CHALLENGES FOES
OF PEACE^ LEAGUE
Makes Definite Answer to
Democrats of New York
and Rhode Island, Says
David Lawrence'
B Y D A VID LAWRENCE
(Copyright. 1920, for The Atlanta Journal.)
WASHINGTON, May 10.—Presi
dent Wilson has definitely answered
the Democrats of New York and
Rhode Island who failed to go on
record in their respective conventions
In favor of the treaty of Versailles
and the covenant ‘of the Deague of
Nations.
The president, moreover, has an
ticipated the Democratic national
convention by asking the Oregon
Democrats so blaze the way by a
declaration in their platform and by
their votes in the approaching pri
mary. Mr. Wilson risks something by
putting the issue to a test in ad
vance of the convention, but Oregon
has shown itself heretofore so
strongly in favor of the president’s
positicn cn the peace treaty that
after all Mr. Wilson would appear to
be rather certain of indorsement.
But it will be noted that the pres
ident asked the Democrats not mere
ly to support his own position on
the treaty, but “to condemn the
Lodge reservations.” Unquestionably
the Republican convention at Chica
go will endeavor to do the very op
posite. namely, “to commend the
Lodge reservations.”
One Weakness Seen
Mr. Wilson considers that Mr.
Knox spoke the truth the other day
when he frankly admitted that reser
vations “do not Americanize.” The
Pennsylvania senator made it easier
for Mr. M ilson to make a clear-cur
issue. But there is one weakness in
Mr. Wilson's coure which did not
escape comment here today.
While the president rejects the
Lodge reservations, he does not in
dicate that a program like the Hitch
cock reservations would be accepted.
He leaves the Inference that he still
wants the treaty and covenant to be
indorsed without the crossing of a
*t” or the dotting of an “i.”
Notwithstanding the advice and
suggestion of many of his
the president has, throughout the
treaty fight, permitted that impres
sion to go out to the country. Even
when he indorsed the Hitchcock res
ervations in the last moments of the
debate last March he did not em
phasize the point any too strongly.
The President’s Beason
The president had a reason that
seemed sound to him. He feared that
if he allowed himself to be drawn
into a quarrel about reservations, the
issue w’ould be befogged by quibbles
over phraseology. He considered that
Article X was the heart of the whole
business and that the Lodge reserva
tion nullified that article.
Nevertheless it is a matter of
doubt whether the president will ask
the Democratic national convention
at San Francisco to stand for an un
qualified covenant. Pressure will be
brought to bear upon him to cotisent
to a plank in the platform which will
indorse the program tentatively
agreed upon in the bi-partisan con
ferences which were broken up when
Senator Johnson and Senator Borah
threatened to bolt the party if Sena
tor Lodge compromised on Article X.
With the Hiram Johnson movement
growing stronger every day the Re
publicans have been in a quandary
about treaty plank in their platform.
They cannot consistently indorse the
California senator’s position and at
the same time approve of the Lodge
reservations. In a sense, Mr. Wil
son makes it a bit easier for the Re
publicans by his pronouncement
against the Lodge reservations. Had
he waited until the Republican con
vention was over, he might have
found the Republicans indorsing the
Johnson viewpoint and retreating
from the leadership of Senator Lodge
in order to face the president in the
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That Never Bite
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LONDON. —The gigantic lions
in Trafalgar Square have their
teeth thoroughly cleaned once a
year. It’s a sure sign of spring
that attracts crowds of observers
when the immense fangs are bur
nished. Observe the bored ex
pression of the patient. And the
dentist looks as though he were
poised to leap backwards.
SENATOR SMITH,
ENROUTE TO CITY,
TO ISSUE CARD
Senator Hoke Smith -was expected
to arrive in Atlanta at 11:20 Monday
morning, but the train from Wash
ington -was delayed five hours by a
washout, and a telegram received by
his secretary, Major Oliver Blood-
W’orth, said he would arrive in the
late afternoon.
It is understood . that Senator
Smith on Tuesday or Wednesday will
issue a statement outlining the posi
tion he will take in the convention
to be held in Atlanta May 18 for the
purpose of naming delegates to the
Democratic national convention to be
held in San Francisco June 28.
It is further understood that he
will oppose the application of Rule
10 of the state executive committee
to the naming of the national dele
gates. Under this rule some Palmer
leaders have been claiming the right
to name all the edelegates to San
Francisco. Senator Smith does not
concede the authority of the state
committee to make a rule whereby
the convention would be controlled
by a minority of its members. -
A great deal of interest is being
manifested in the suggestion that the
delegates to San Francisco should be
apportioned among the candidates In
the presidential primary according to
their standing. It is not known ex
actly what position Senator Smith
will take on this suggestion, but. the
general belief is that he will favor it.
Benjamin M. Blackburn, of Atlanta,
.went to Thomson on Sunday and held
a conference with Thomas E. Wat
son. On returning Monday he stated
that Mr. Watson will refuse to con
cede the authority of the subcommit
tee on'rules of the state executive
committee to decide any contests, and
will refuse to concede the authority
of the state committee to control the
convention by Rule 10. In other
words, the contention of the Watson
forces will be that the convention
is the sovereign judge of the cre
dentials of the delegates composing
it, and likewise the sovereign when
it comes to naming the delegates to
San Francisco.
“Mr. atson will be in Atlanta dur
ing the convention,” said Mr. Black
burn.
A meeting of the sub-committee
will be held tomorrow (Tuesday) in
the Kimball House in Atlanta for
the pre-determin’ed purpose of “hear
ing and deciding” the contests
brought by the candidates. Acting
as the spokesman for Senator Smith,
J. R. Smith will decline to submit
his contests for a final decision by
the subcommittee. His contention is
that the convention must finally de
cide all contests. He w’ill submit his
contests for the purpose of a tem
porary roll of the convention being
made up by the subl-commlttee, but
not beyond.
Mr. Blackburn stated Monday ttfet
he would appear as a spokesman for
Mr. Watson and would refuse to con
cere the subcommittee’s authority to
decide contests. “The convention
will be organized through the regu
lar procedure of a credentials com
mittee to hear contests and submit
a report to the convention,” said he.
Indications are that the subcom
mittee will insist on deciding the
contests, as it vted that way when
it met here on April 28 for the pur
pose of conslidating the returns and
declaring the result. But if the
contests are not submitted for its
consideration, it 'will have to decide
them without hearing the grounds
upon which they are based.
Whether the Palmer forces will
withdraw from the convention in or
der to apply Rule 10 to the naming
of delegates continues to be a mat
ter of speculation in political circles.
Conservative Palmer leaders, it is
understood, are not in favor of bolt
ing the convention, but would prefer
a divided delegation, in which the
three candidates were represented, if
that is the best compromise that can
be reached.
Swallows Dice When
Policemen Arrive
It is a moot question if John Wil
liams swallowed a pair of dice or two
lumps of sugar, but in either in
stance the result was the same—
Judge Johnson fined John sll in the
recorder’s court Monday.
Officers Tippins and Townsend tes
tified that they peered throught the
keyhole of the front door of a house
in Peaseville and saw Williams and
several other negroes apparently en
gaged in a game of “galloping domi
noes—l. e., craps. Officer Tippins said
when he entered the room, he saw
Williams swallow the dice.
*They wasn’t dice,” protested Wil
liams. “They was lumps of sugar.”
"You shouldn’t take your sugar
straight when it’s so expensive and
so hard to get,” said the recorder, and
fined him. .
M’fiOOO Al COX
FOR DEMOCRATS,
BELIEVES TILLER
Practical Politics, Log-Roll
ing and Other Activities
Due After This Week, He
Says
(The Atlanta Journal News Bureau,
623 Riggs Building.)
BY THEODORE TILLER
WASHINGTON, May B.—With the
end of this week the political situa
tion in both of the parties reaches
the stage where the “practical politi
cians” step in and t)egin t 0 their
figuring, and from this day forward
there will be evidences of back
scratching, log-rolling and trading.
The ptesidential preference primar
ies are about over. They have given
no man in either party a commanding
lead or anything approaching control
of the national conventions. In the
Democratic field Governor Cox, of
Ohio, has a few delegates. Attorney
General Palmer* also has a handful,
for which he made a hard fight, but
neither Palmer, Cox nor any other
candidate will go into the San Fran
cisco convention with even a sem
blance of a balance of power.
Today there came the interesting
story from Pennsylvania that the
anti-Palmer faction in that led
by Judge Eugene C. Bonniwell, of
Philadelphia, is planning to write in
the name of William G. McAdoo cn
the primary ballots. Mr. McAdoo is
not a candidate in Pennsylvania, hav
ing repeatedly urged the sending of
uninstructed delegations from all
states, but the anti-Palmer Democrats
want to strike at the attorney general
in some way and are now said to be
planning to unite on McAdoo.
Row in Pennsylvania
There is a big row on in Pennsyl
vania among the» Democrats who are
divided into Palmer and anti-Palmer
factions and the attorney general is
having a hard contest in his home
state. The opposition under Judge
Bonniwell is a determined and re
sourceful one, and the effort to put
McAdoo forward as a "dark horse
Pennsylvania candidate against I ai
mer, but without McAdoo’s consent,
may prove quite troublesome to the
attorney general.
Meanwhile, there are persistent re
ports that the McAdoo supporters in
the Democratic party generally are
growing more and more displeased
over the active canvass, for delegates
bv Palmer at a time when all other
Democratic aspirants tor the presi
dency are holding off and expressing
willingness to permit the convention
to select the most available man.
There is a feeling among McAdoo
folks that the attorney general a
part of the president s official family,
th© same as Mr. McAdoo was, mign
have gone along with the rest andl not
indulged in a scramble for delegates.
Wilson Still Spliynx-lake
There is excellent authority for the
statement that the president is still
keeping his’silence regarding his own
plans both as to his attitude toward
a third nomination or his attitude
toward any Democrat mentioned for
Mr. Wilson is under
stood to have failed to discuss the
situation, even with members of his
cabinet and the Democratic leaders
are entirely in the dark as to his; pur
noses This necessarily is causing
some embarrassment and there can be
th Condit t ions in the } ?. epublicf L ri P
a Th°e St D a e S mSr a^ C be-
cause the presidential preference pr
maries have not given any candid ate
$1 larce enough block of delegates to
nominated Several candidates have
enough delegates to ma ke trouble
but that is about all and, the Old
Guard’’ machinery will have a fairly
clear road at Chicago.
Old Guard Against Wood
General Wood is estimated to have
about 275 delegates, including those
instructed for him and those favor
ably inclined toward his candidacy.
The “Old Guard,” however, is against
Wood, and his recruiting at Chicago
will be under difficulties. Senator
Hiram Johnson has about a hundred
delegates, instructed and favorable,
and Governor Lowden is accredited
with about the same number, al
though definite figures are not given
at Lowden headquarters. Senator
Harding, original choice of the party
organization, “fell down” in his home
state and has made a rather disap
pointing showing from the viewpoint
of the old-timers. Senator Penrose’s
advocacy of Senator Knox as a dark
horse has stirred the political wa
ters considerably and there is much
Knox talk lately. The “dope” a few
days ago said Knox and Johnson, but
Senator Hiram Johnson, who has
made a somewhat spectacular race
without the aid of a large campaign
fund, announced that he wouldn’t
have second place on the ticket, and
it was the presidency or nothing.
That the Democratic ticket will be
McAdoo and Cox is still the best pre
diction possible under conditions as
they exist today. McAdoo sentiment
is apparently on the increase, despite
McAdoo’s refusal to become an active
candidate, and if he is nominated
Governor Cox, of Ohio, would be re
garded as an ideal running mate
from a state which is pivotal and
which the governor has carried three
times.
Os course, there is talk of Cox at
the head of the ticket, and his pros
pects are not to be lightly regarded,
but the average Democratic leaders
express it as "McAdoo and Cox,”
when they get down to bedrock fig
uring.
Cordele, Ga., Increases
11.1 Per Cent With
Population of 6,538
WASHINGTON, May 10—The cen
sus bureau announced the following
1920 population results:
Hartford, Conn., 138,036; Berkeley,
Cal., 55,886; Canton, 111., 10,928;
Champaign, 111., 15,873; Urbana, 111.,
10,231; Webster, Mass., 13,258; St.
Clair, Pa., 6,495; Minersville, Pa., 7,-
845; Stroudsburg, Pa., 5,278; Cordele.
Ga., 6,538; Schneider, Ind., 258; West
Creek township, Lake county, Ind.,
1,482; Cedar s Crook township, Lake
county, Ind., 2,381. ,
Increases since 1910:
Hartford, 39,121 or 39.6; Berkeley,
15,452 or 38.2; Canton 475 or 4.5;
Champaign, 3,452 or 27.8; Urbana T,-
985 or 24.1; Webster 1,748 or 15.2:
St.-Clair 40 or 0.6; Minersville 605 or
8.4; Stroudsburg 899 or 20.5; Cor
dele 655 or 11.1; West Creek town
ship 176 or 13.5; Cedar Crook town
ship, 69 or 3.0.
Schneider, no comparison avail
able.
ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, MAY 11, 1920.
BRITISH DECORATION
COVETED BI SIMS
DINIELSJECUIBES
Admiral Protected Shipping
More Than Transports,
Naval Secretary Charges
in His Long-Awaited Reply
i
WASHINGTON, May 10.—Secre
tary Daniels, before the senate in- ]
]
vestigating committee today, made
his long awaited reply to the crit
icisms of Rear Admiral Sims oh the :
navy’s part in the war. 1
The navy secretary let go a broad
side which Included charges that ,
Admiral Sims lacked vision, belit- ,
tied the work of the American navy 1
in contrast to the British, coveted (
British decorations and aspired to
become an honorary member of the ;
British admiralty. He declared that (
officers supporting the Sims charges
were largely "people with a griev- (
ance.”
The testimony of other officers in 1
possession of first-hand knowledge.
Secreetary Daniels testified, "should
be accepted by all open-minded men 1
as an absolute refutation of prac- '
tically all of Admiral' Sims’ !
charges.”
Admiral Sims, Secretary Daniels 1
told the committee, did not measure 1
up to expectations in various ways,
of which he mentioned six, as fol- 1
lows: ’
"He lacked vision to see that a <
great and new project to bar the
submarines from their hunting's
grounds should be promptly adopted '
and carried out, no matter what the 1
cost or how radical the departure !
from what ultra-prudent men re- 1
garded as impracticable.
"He seemed to accept the views of j
the British admiralty as superior to
anything that would come from ’
America and urged those views even
when the navy department proposed
plans that proved more effective. 1
"In public speeches and other ways j
he gave a maximum of credit to Brit- '■
ish efforts and minimized what his
country was doing. '
“He coveted British decorations ,
and seemed to place a higher value
on honors given abroad than on
honors that could be conferred by
the American government.
Wanted British. Honors
“He aspired to become a member
of the British admiralty and wrote
complainingly when the American
government declined to permit him
to accept such a tender by the King
of England.
“He placed protection of merchant
shipping as the main operation of
our forces abroad, failing to ap
preciate that the protection of
transports carrying troops to France
was the paramount naval • duty
until I felt impelled to cable him
peremptorily that such was our main
mission.”
Secretary Daniels testified that
had he known that in October, 1918,
Admiral Sims had made .statements
reflecting upon the contributions of
the United States arms’ and navy to
winning the war to members of con
gress visiting abroad, he would
never have recommended his promo
tion.
“He had not then attacked the
Irish people,” Secretary Daniels
testified. “I thought then he had on
ly defended American sailors, a
proper thing to do, when attacked
unjustly by what he termed a law
less element in Cork. If I had known
that he proposed, under the permis
sion granted him, to tell the story
of what the navy had done over
seas, to denounce the Irish people
as he did in his articles in ‘The
World’s Work,’ the permission would
not have been granted.”
Secretary Daniels said he had
never publicly or privately criticized
Admiral Sims for lack of early vision
in connection with the North sea
mine barrage project "or his other
mistakes or wrong views.” Admiral
Mayo succeeded in convincing the
British admiralty of the soundness
of the barrage scheme where Ad
miral Sims had failed, he said.
“Although the department had dis
approved of some of his recommen
dations and denied some of his de
sires,” said Secretary Daniels, "I
mistakenly supposed until the letter
of January 7 that he had accepted
and acquiesced, with more or Jess
grace, in the department's disposi
tion of ships and its other official
actions, as a loyal officer accepts the
decisions of his superiors even
though he might personally hold
other views.”
Public Nauseated.
The investigating committee, Sec
retary Daniels said, had been wearied
and the public nauseated with “an
abortive attempt to ferret out the
molehills of mistakes and exag
gerate them into mountains, to make
a noble and notable accomplishment
appear as the dim and fading back
ground of a frontispiece of compara
tively unimportant errors of judg
ment.”
“The navy’s record in the war
stands untouched today and for all
time despite critlcnsms from within
or without,” said he.
No such troop movement over so
great an expanse of water had ever
been attempted as the transporting
of America’s legions to France, Sec
retary Daniels declared, adding that
“In comparison to that essential to
winning the war nothing else count
ed. It was well and expeditiously
done. That fact alone is answer to
most of the criticisms heard by your
committee.”
"The only man injured in public
esteem by his charges is Admiral
Sims himself,” said Secretary Dan
iels. “The evidence has had
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LOUISIANA HOUSE
POSTPONES ACTION
ON SUFFRAGE BILL
Oppositian to Ratification of
Measure Made by Those
in Favor of State Amend
ment
i
BATON ROUGE, La., May 10.— j
Final action on woman suffrage
legislation will not be taken by the
Louisiana legislature before next
•week, it was decided just before the
general assembly convened at noon
today. I
Senator N. C. Williamson, of Milli
ken, who has charge of the ratifica
tion resolution, after a conference
with leaders stated he would not in
troduce the ratification measure un
til next Monday following inaugura
tion of Governor Parker and the in
stallation of the newly-elected lieu
tenant governor as president pro tern.
It had been planned to introduce
the resolution today immediately
upon organization.
The reason for delay was the de
sire of the ratification leaders to
have the resolution referred to com
mittee. The committees cannot be
appointed until next Monday.
In the house, where ratification
opponents admit passage of a ratifi
cation resolution is practically cer
tain, conferences were Yieing held
over the advisability of introducing
the resolution, calling for suspension
of rules and seeking passage at once.
Favor State Amendment
f Suffrage leaders opposed to ratifi
cation and favoring a state amend
ment announced they would make all
possible efforts to delay action on
the ratification resolution. Ths plan
was, according to announcement, to
keep the resolutions in committee for
long periods of time and in the mean
time work hard for passage of state
legislation.
Resolutions will be introduced in
the senate and house, according to
plans, .shortly after formal organi
zation of the two bodies. Ratifica
tion leaders hoped to have favorable
committee action over night but to
day admitted that there was great
possibility of delay.
Ratification leaders claim the house
by a substantial majority and the
"antis” are inclined to concede them
that body. Both sides acknowledge
the senate is doubtful. The ratifica
tionists declare there will be twenty
for and a like number against with
one doubtful vote. Anti-ratification
ists claim three are doubtful, twenty
are against and eighteen in favor of
ratification. Senate membership is
41, house 118.
ASQUITH’S PLAN
FOR HOME RULE
IN IRELAND LOST
LONDON, May 10.—An amendment
to thcCgovernment’s Irish home rule
bill offered by former Premier As
quith, providing one parliament in
stead of two for Ireland, was de
feated in the house of commons this
evening, after a short debate, by a
vote of 259 to 55. '
Proposes Lighter Taxes
For Men With Families
WASHINGTON, May 10—Lighter
taxes for men with families- was
proposed today by Representative
Campbell, Pennsylvania, in an
amendment to the revenue act intro
duced in the house. He would in
crease the exemption allowance for
dependent children nder the income
tax from S2OO each to SSOO.
THE NEXT FIVE MONTHS WILL BE BIG
NEWS MONTHS
The national conventions of both the
Democratic and Republican parties will
soon be staged—
And then will come the campaign with all of its excitement
md enthusiasm—
And that will be only a part of the interesting news which
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NEW YORK —Here’s the stuff
of dreams and the price of many
porterhouses. The box weighs
125 pouniis. It might be sardines
from the way they shoulder it,
but it’s loaded wit hgold bars
and valued at $25,000. The en
tire shipment to the J. P. Morgan
Co., which arrived from Britain
aboard the S. S. Minnekahdo
amounted to $9,000,000.
SOCIALISTS PLAN
REALLY RADICAL
1920 PLATFORM
NEW YORK, May 10. —Declaring
for the “dictatorship of the proleta
riat” and a “workingmen’s council in
the government,” the Illinois delega
tion to the Socialist national conven
tion today announced it intended to
fight to make the 1920 platform “gen
uinely radical” and representative of
“real Socialism.”
Led by J. Louis Engdahl, of Chi
cago, the Illinois delegates declared
“too conservative” the Socialist plat
form outlined at yesterday’s mass
meeting.”
The party convention reconvened
today to begin a week’s activities
that will Include adoption of a party
platform, nomination of candidates
for president and vice president of
the United States, and “modification”
of the party constitution.
Irving St. John Tucker, an Illinois
delegate, was elected chairman for
the day. Tucker is out on bail pend
ing appeal from a twenty-year fed
eral sentence for violation of the es
pionage act.
A- committee of five to confer in
Washington on Friday and Saturday
with Attorney General Palmer and
Secretary Tumulty in an attempt to
obtain amnesty for political prison
ers was appointed by the conven
tion.
The committee will be headed by
Seyrrfour Stedmaji, of Chicago, gen
eral counsel for the Socialist party,
and Morris Hillqqit, one-time New
York mayoralty candidate. It also
will include George E. Rower, Jr., of
Boston; Otto Branstetter, of Chicago,
and Fred Hogan, of Oklahoma City.
Appointment />f the delegation was
announced by the national executive
committee of the party.
The delegates will present a me
morial to Mr. Palmer asking>for the
amnesty and the next day Mr. Tu
multy will be asked to transmit the
same memorial to President Wilson.
Announcement of the committee ap
pointment was greeted with great ap
plause and confirmed by virtually a
unaimous vote. It is planned to have
the committee report back to the
convention and later to stage a mass
meting in Washington.
In order to add emphasis to the
Washington mass meeting, it w*.s de
cided to make it a part of the con
vention, by adjourning sessions here
today and reconvening in the national
capital Saturday night.
The convention instructed its com
mittee also to call on Secretary of
War Baker on behalf of conscien
tious objectors, who are now serv
ing terms in federal prisons.
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CARRANZA'S ESCORT
POT TO FLIGHT BI
REBELSJEASSERTS
Confirms Execution of Mili
tary Prisoners by Margu
ria—Another American Is
Reported Slain
MEXICAN revolutionary headquar
ters here, in making public Obregon’s
message, said It lent credence to tl®
report of Carranza’s capture as Obre
gon said the president’s route to the
port of Vera Cruz had been cut by
rebel forces.
EL PASO, Texas, May 10.—Mexi
can revolutionists overtook and dis
persed the troops escorting Presi
dent Carranza in his flight from
Mexico City, "causing them serious
losses,” according to a message from
General Obregon to Governor de la
Huerta, supreme commander of the
liberal constitutionalist army, made
public here today.
General Obregon detailed the cap
ture of Mexico City, confirmed the
report of a wholesale execution of
military prisoners at Mexico City by
General Francisco Murguia, before
the Carranza leader fled the capital
and told of further states to join the
revolution and of the capture of
Puebla City, one of,the largest in
Mexico. Among the victims were
Generals Triana, Lechuga, Artigos,
Roberto Cejudo and others, accord
ing to General Obregon.
CARRANZA NOT TO BE
EXECUTED, SAYS CABLES
AGUA PREITA, Sonora, Mex., May
10.—President Carranza, deposed head
of the Mexican government, today
was assured trial under law* of Mex
ico for any of his offenses, in a state
ment issued by General P. Elias
Calles, war minister of the revolu
tionary government. Calles declared
Carranza would not be executed.
“It is my belief that a man who
violates the law should answer un
der the law,” Calles declared. "I say
emphatically that the revolution will
not execute Carranza. I am confi
dent he will not be assassinated.
“Villa must not become a political
or military factor in the revolution
or in Mexico,” Calles declared,
CAPTURE OF CARRANZA
CONFIRMED AT CAPITAL
MEXICO CITY, May 8.—(9 p. m.)
(Delayed.)—President Carranza has
been captured, according to a con
firmed report here tonight.
The president was overtaken at
A'pizaco, in the state of Tlaxcala,
after he had fled from the capital.
His personal safety was guaranteed.
General Alvaro Obregon, heading
his troops, was to enter the capital
tomorrow.
Apizaco (Barron-Escancan), is
eighty-five miles by rail from Mexi
co City, at the junction of pie rail
lines from Mexico City and Puebla.
Reports to the state department
at Washington from the United
States embassy at Mexico City, said
Carranza was fleeing to Vera Cruz
He was apparently overtaken by the
rebels.
Communication with Mexico City
was interrupted during the revolu
tion.
The Carranza government abandon
ed Mexico City for Vera Cruz at 10 a.
m. Friday.
AMERICAN REPORTED
KILLED BY REVOLUTIONISTS
LOS ANGELES, May 10.—Harry
H. Lyons, American restauranteur,
in Durango, Mexico, was shot and
killed late in April by Mexicans op
posed to the Carranza administra
tion, according to a story printed to
day by the Los Angeles Examiner.
• The newspaper said Mrs. Lyons
was informed yesterday at her home
at Ventura that her husband was
executed after having been sentenc
ed by a military court-martial.
U. S. FACES PROBLEM OF
FRAMING NEW MEX POLICY
WASHINGTON, May 10. —The state
department today was confronted
with the problem of framing a new
Mexican policy following the over
throw and capture of Carranza and
seizure of Mexico City by revolu
tionists.
Secretary Colby was expected first
to take steps to protect American in
terests during upheavals that may
follow the revolutionary victory.
Unless the various revolutionary
Mexican groups are able to agree and
support one government, political
confusion is expected to spread.
The British and French govern
ments are understood to be looking
to the United States for any neces
sary action in the present situation.
It is considered likely that Presi
dent Wilson may call a cabinet meet
ing this week to consider what course
the United States shall take. ~
This government, for the present,
will not accord recognition to any
new Mexican faction, it is under
stood.
The United States, it is expected,
will wait until the situation is sta
bilized.
The next development may be a
clash between the forces of Obregon
and Gonzales, both rebel leaders and
aspirants for the presidency. Their
troops entered Mexico City about the
same time.
Advices here stated Gonzales had
issued a manifesto at the city of Pu
ebla declaring that his revolt against
Carranza was not In support of Obre
gon and that he would resist Obre
gon’s forces.
While uneasiness was evident at
the Obregon revolutionary headquar
ters here, the idea was scouted that
there would be a clash between Obre
gon and Gonzales. It was indicated
negotiations have been opened with
Gonzales. While official dispatches
reported the important oil center of
Tampico had fallen to the rebels, rep
resentatives here of the American OU
company in Mexico have receivaa bo
disturbing reports from Tamntco.
Four United States
were expected to arrive today at
Tampico, big Mexican oil port, re
ported hel by the revolutionists, to
protect American interests. The de
stroyers were ordered from Key
West early yesterday, the navy de
partment announced. They are the
Isherwood, Putnam, Dale and Case.
The destroyers Flusser and Reid are
being held at Key West ready for ac
tion at other Mexican points if
necessary.
United States marines ordered to
Key W’est Saturday for possible Mex
ican duty were expected to sail late
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