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IU5ARSTTS SUNDAY AMftlUUAN, ATLANTA, C,A., SUNDAY, AUGUST 31, 1913.
MEXICAN REIGN OF ANARCHY CLAIMS ONE HUNDRED AMERICAN LIVES
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Thirty-two Shot or Tortured, Millions
in Ransom Extorted, Women At
tacked During the Reign of Terror
That Followed Downfall of Diaz.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 30.—Morn than 100 non-romb«tant
American citizens slain by Federals, rebels and bandits.
At least 32 other non-combatant American citizens shot or tor
tured.
Innocent American girls and young wives, who believed them
selves protected by the American flag, maltreated before th*» eyes
of their helpless fathers and husbands.
Millions of dollars in ransom exacted from American citizens
tortured or threatened with death.
Property valued at more than $150,000,000, owned by Amer
ican citizens, destroyed. Officials of the State Department say
that during the three-year reign of rebellion the losses, figured at
present values, amount to $500,000,000.
This, in part, is the terrible story of anarchy and murder in
progress in Mexico. In no section of Mexico is the situation im
proved. It is steadily growing worse after eighteen months of an
archy that has followed the overthrow of Porfirio Diaz.
On July 24 Mrs. Paul Hudson, wife of the owner of the Mexi
can Herald, stated that when she left Mexico City the list of Amer
ican dead for 1913, on file at the American Embassy, numbered 86.
Since then many others have been murdered.
LIST OF THE VICTIMS IS REFUSED.
The Sunday American has requested the Department of |
State in this city, and the American Embassy in Mexico City for
this list. It was refused.
The Wilson-Bryan policy of delay and non-interference in
Mexico on the ground that all, or nearly all, outrages are due to
overt acts of the Americans involved, does not find sympathy in
any quarter here.
In the belief of Senators and Representatives the situation has
reached a crisis where something must be done.
Men back from Mexico assert that the list at the embassy is
merely fragmentary. It tells only in small part the terrible story
of murder, rapine and destruction enacted against Americans.
Here is a partial list of the murders and other outrages com
piled by The American from censored press dispatches. The com
plete list can not he given for the sole reason that it is withheld
from the public by an order from the White House.
Partial List of Victims
Slain in Reign of Terror
WOLF, U. G., mining engineer, murdered July 16,1913, by outlaws
in Northern Sonora.
GRIFFIN, BENJAMIN, rancher, murdered July 5, 1913, near
Chuiohipa by bandits.
WILLIAMS, JOHN H., mining engineer, killed by stray bullet
March 8, 1913, when rebels attacked Nacozari.
GAROW, BORIS, consulting engineer, killed when an attack was
made on Neuva Buena Vista on February 21, 1913.
HOLMES, MRS. E. W., killed by a shell during the bombardment
of Mexico City in February, this year.
WARD, FRANK, shot in back by bandits in his home near Yago,
Tepic Territory, April 9, 1913,
HOWARD, JOHN S. H., United States customs inspector, assas
sinated on Mexican soil, near Eagle Pass, Texas, February
10, 1913.
UNIDENTIFIED PRISONER, who was in Deputy Howard’s cus
tody.
SOTO, BABLO, merchant of Naco, Arizona, killed by stray bullet
during conflict between Federals and rebels on March 24,
1913.
BUSHNELL, L., mounted policeman, killed in Naco, Arizona,
March 24, 1913, by a stray bullet fired by rebels.
HORACE, FRANK, killed by bandits in Coalcoman, State of Mich-
eacam, in March, this year.
RUSSELL, HERBERT L., manager of American Vice Consul
McCaughan’s ranch near City of Durango, murdered by rebels
September 29, 1912, Consul Theodore C. Hamm cabled a re
port to the Department of State.
WILLIAMS, ROBERT, policeman of Phoenix, Arizona, killed by
Mexican bandits who crossed the line to attend a celebration
of Mexican Independence Day in Phoenix on September 16,
1912.
PRICE, SCOTT, bystander, killed when bandits were firing on
Williams.
MATHESON, N.. an aged and crippled Mormon, killed while flee
ing from Colonia Morelos, Sonora, on September 16,1912, when
bandits were looting the town.
M KINZIE, , an American resident, executed near Agua
Prieta in September, 1912. because the rebels suspected he had
given information to Federal troops.
WAITE, W. H., manager of the Esmeraldes plantation, at Ocho-
tal, Vera Cruz, killed in April, 1912, when he refused to pay
money demartded by bandits. He was beheaded.
FOUNTAIN, ALBERT, captured by Orozco, the rebel leader, in
April, 1912, and assassinated. Described to the Department
of State by a United States Consul as ' 'a cold-blooded murder.”
HARVEY, J. D„ American Mormon, killed at Colonia Diaz May 3,
| 1912, by bandits.
STRAUSS, H. L.. formerly a correspondent for the New York
Herald, killed, with 34 other non-combatants when Zapatists
held up a train August 11, 1912, near Cuantla, Morelos.
Bryan Says Mexican
Trouble Nears Finish
“Everything Will Be All Right in Short Time,’
He Tells Farmer.
State Department Plans Interna
tional Commission to Fix Dam
age to U. S. Property.
Continued from Page 1.
unnecessarily alarming reports that
at to-morrow’s fiesta In Mexico City
there may be popular demonstrations
against Americans. They say that
the same report was circulated whe3
Mr. Lind was about to get to Mexico
City on a Sunday. At any rate, there
is no fear for Mr. Lind.
While the flight of Americans from
Mexico continues, Huerta is spread
ing broadcast the news that it is en
tirely useless for American citizens
to leave.
The American officials understand,
however, that he is making this state
ment to lay the foundation for an
argument before an international
commission or before any commis
sion of claims that American citi
zens left Mexico on orders of their
own President and that the Mexican
Government, therefore, could not be
held responsible for depreciation in
the value of their property.
Lind Remains Away
From Mexico City.
Special Cable to The American.
VERA CRUZ, Aug. 30— Until he
receives definite instructions from
Washington to return to Mexico City,
Envoy John Lind has no intention of
i going back, it was learned to-day
While the later developments in offi-
i rial circles have been labelled “en
couraging,” it is held that Mr. Lind
j can not see his way clear to return
i to the Mexican capital unless order-
| ed to do so by his superiors.
HERTLING, JOHN, Douglas, Arizona, a German-American citizen,
hanged near Nogales by rebels under Orozco in July, 1912.
SCHUBERT, GUIDO, Douglas, Arizona, a friend of Hertling,
hanged at the same time.
STEVENS, JOSHUA, an American settler of Colonial Pacheco,
murdered by rebel soldiers while protecting his two daughters
from assault. Press dispatches described his murder as the
fifth in that American colony.
KANE, THOMAS G., conductor on a Guanajuato railroad, shot
through head when bandits wrecked a train at Silao and lulled
many passengers, on April 10, 1912.
SEFFER, PEHR OLSSON, formerly a professor in the University
of California, killed by rebels on April 29, 1911, together with
three of his servants, near Cuernavaca.
CAMP, JOHN, killed near the United States Immigration Station
in El Paso, Texan, May 9, 1911, when the rebels attacked
Juarez.
FERGUSON, R. H., of San Francisco, a member of Troop F, Third
United States Cavalry, killed by bullet fired over the border.
GARCIA, ANTONIO, killed in El Paso, May 9, 1911, by stray rebel
bullet.
TWO UNIDENTIFIED MEN, killed May 9, 1311, in FI Paso, by
stray bullets fired by Federals and rebels.
CLARKE, DR. R. C., Taylorsville, Ill., shot dead in Mexico City,
May 27, 1911, by a partisan of General Diaz.
LOCKHART, JOHN R., Scott's City, Mo., mining engineer, killed
by bandits in Durranneo, in November, 1911.
MEREDITH, R. N., Troy, Ohio, struck by bullet .in the Porter Ho
tel during the bombardment in Mexico City in February.
GRIFFITH, MRS. PERCY, legs shot off during bombardment of
Mexico City.
THOMAS, A E., murdered by bandits while protecting wife and
seven children near Nogales, Sonora, March 10, 1912.
HUNTINGTON, ROBERT, railroad switchman, shot without cause
near Agua Prieta, April 13, 1911,
EDWARDS, J. C., native of Virginia, shot to death while acc'4
dentally within the rebel lines near Agua Prieta, April 13, 1911.
CROWE, EDWARD, killed by Mexicans shooting across United
States border at Douglas, Arizona, April 12,1911.
Convicts, Turned Loose,
Loot Defenseless City
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pillage have prevailed from the
Rio Grande to Guatemala, and the
Washington authorities, through the
Embassy in Mexico City and the
consular officers in the several States,
baa been fuily advised as to these
outrages.
United States citizens who were on
this side of the border in Texas and
Arizona have been shot down by
j >tray bullets from the rifles of Fed-
! eral and rebel troops engaged in con-
j fiict on Mexican soil.
Statistics compiled from consul.ir
reports from Mexico show that the
iives of 20,000 Americans are im
periled by the southern republic;
that the $1,057,770,000 of American
investments south of the Rio Grande
have depreciated approximately 50
per cent, and that Americans and
American corporations have suffered
a property loss of $150,000,000.
As far hack as April 21 Senator
Mark Smith, of Arizona, presented a
resolution in the United States Sen
ate, calling upon President Wilson
and Secretary Bryan for this infor
mation:
“How many Americans have been
killed in Mexico or wounded or driven
from that country, what damages
Americans have suffered, what claims
have been presented and what action
has been taken by this Government
toward enforcing them, what citizens
have been held for ransom and what
redress has been offered or de
manded V”
Resolutions Are Buried.
Senator Smith’s resolution, like
similar ones offered bv Senator Poin
dexter, of Washington, and Senator
Penrose, of Pennsylvania, have been
burled away in the pigeonholes of
the desk of Senator Augustus O. Ba
con, of Georgia, chairman of the Sen
ate Committee on Foreign Relations.
Thepe three United States Senators
have been held up to the American
public as “jingo Mtatesmen.”
The Sunday American has repeat
edly requested the State Department
to make public thfc official advices re
ceived from Mexico. These request a
have been ignored or denied.
Washington dispatches of August 6
gave a detailed account of the report
submitted to Secretary of State Bry
an by M. A. Leach, of San Francisco,
who was In Durango in June, when
that city was sacked and burned and
Here are some specific instances,
details of which are In the hands of
the officials of the Department of
State, the accuracy of which have not
been challenged:
During the 24 hours of officially
sanctioned freedom accorded to the
rebel troops by General Tomas Ur
bina after the capture of Durango, on
June 18. hundreds of women and girls
were outraged: Americans were ruth
lessly shot down or thrown into pris
on: stores and homes were sacked and
turned, and anarchy reigned supreme
M. A. Leach, of San Francisco, eye
witness to these outrages, Journeyed
to Washington and gave a complete,
detailed and vivid account of the
atrocities to Secretary of State Bryan
Drunken bandits, posing as pa
triots of the rebel army, descended
upon the home of Frank Ward, an
American, near Yago, in Tepic Terri
tory, on or about April 9, and, after
shooting Ward in the back and string
ing an American neighbor named
Marsh up by the neck and binding
him hand and foot, four of these sav
ages, in the presence of the dying
Ward and the tortured Marsh, ill-
treated Mrs. Ward. Then, from the
roof of the looted home, an American
flag was torn down, spit upon and
trailed in the dust.
Huerta to Kill Americans.
Through T. D. Edwards. American
Consul in Juarez, the State Depart
ment was advised on July 22 of
threats to kill all the Americans, in
cluding women and children, in the
Madera settlement in retaliation for
the death of two of the rebel bandits.
Mexican Federal* in the State of
Durango, according to pres advices
on August 15, were shooting all pris
oners taken, regardless of national
ity. O. V. Seifert, a mining man. was
quoted as authority for this infor
mation.
From Tampico Washington has re
ceived an official report that early
this month Matthew Gourd, an Amer
ican farmer, lashed to a tree, was
compelled to witness the most das
tardly outrages upon his two daugh
ters. 17 and 30 years of age, bv ban
dits.
Since Francisco I. Madero. Presi
dent of Mexico, was assassinated aft
er he had been deposed from office
through betrayal of his trusted aide.
<Jeneral Victoriano Huerta, now the
Provisional President, murder and
American citizcnsyiuibjected to the.
most outrageous indignities. Repre
sentative Julius Kahn, of California,
iccompanied Mr. Leach to the State
’ Department
Leach Describes Atrocities.
Portions of Mr. Leach’s report to
the State Department, as vouchsafed
for by Representative Kahn, follows:
“Living as I have for the last three
I years in the State of Chihuahua and
in Durango, the hotbed of the trou
ble, I have been forced to go through
many trying experiences and to wit
ness many revolting spectacles. The
worst; however, that I have ever seen
was what took place in the city of
Durango after its capture on June 18
by the forces of Tomas Urbina, Ca-
liztro Contreras, Domingo and Ma
riano Arrieta and Orestes Perada,
numbering in all some 4,200 so-called
Maderistas.
“No sooner had these men entered
the city than they began breaking in
to all the cantinas (saloons), drink
ing such liquor as they found there,
after which the wholesale sacking
and looting of the entire city began.
Not a single store escaped 1 eing com
pletely sacked. The largest store,
’La Suiza’ (German), th e Fabrica De-
Francia and Francia Maritfma
(French), and the Durango Clothing
Company (American) were burned
after being sacked, and many others,
entailing property loss of more than
10,000,000 pesos.
Prisoners Turned Loose.
“All prisoners from jails and the
State penitentiary, some 400 in num
ber, were turned loose and all crim
inal and land records were burned.
Not content with this, all houses were
entered ami much loot taken and
damage done. Scores of Mexican
people were shot down and dragged
through the streets of the city during
the eight days I remained there after
the city was captured. (Durango
was captured June 18.)
"Rogers Palmer, an Englishman,
25 years of age, employed by the con
struction department. National Rail
ways, was killed because he failed to
open a safe to which he did not have
the combination.
Two Wounded by Bomb.
"Carlos von Brandis, a wealthy
mining man, and L. W. Elder, owner
of a large hacienda, both Americans,
were severely wounded by a bomb
i used to force the door of the Mc
Donald Institute, where many of the
foreigners had assembled by pre-
I arrangement for their mutual protec-
j tlon.
"All inside, some 150 in number,
were then lined up against the wall
j and threatened with execution unless
a certain sum of money was imme
diately raised and all horses, arms
and ammunition were delivered. The
foreigners were forced to do as told
to save their lives.
“H. W. Stepp, a civil engineer, an
American, was shot through one leg
because he failed to pay over the sum
of 500 pesos, which he did not have.”
PERRYVILLE. MD., Aug. 30.—Wil
liam Jennings Bryan is confident the
Wilson adminiatration has the Mexi
can situation we.ll in hand*and that an
amicable adjustment is near. The
Secretary of State invaded Maryland
anjl Pennsylvania this afternoon and
evening to ad-dress Chautauqua as
semblages at Oxford, Pa., and Belair,
Md. He assured anxious inquirers
along the route of travel that the pos
sibilities of war are remote. When a
Port Deposit farmer asked point blank
whether trouble with Mexico would be
averted, the Secretary of State re
plied:
“You may rest assured everything
will be all right in a short time.”
Secretary Bryan indicated that the
atmosphere will be clarified within a
few days and the diplomatic equilibri
um restored. He summed things up
by declaring that where the situation
was unsettled a few days ago it now
is at the stage where it might be
termed highly encouraging.
The Commoner reluctantly an
swered questions on conditions be
yond the border, and said he had left
affairs of state in Washington. But
he very courteously agreed that over
tures by the Huerta administration to
President Wilson’s accredited repre
sentatives are progressing favorably,
and with every prospect of a triumph •
ant finish.
Mr. Bryan was inclined to doubt the
messages from Mexico City saying a
blockade of Mexican ports by the
United States would be construed by
that Government as tantamount to a
declaration of war. He was of the
opinion that such reports were insti
gated by jingoiiMts and were entirely
without foundation. The same thing
might be said, he declared, of reports
that Americans in Mexico were pre
paring to protest President Wilson's
evacuation order.
Mr. Lind is at Vera Cruz, he said,
and will remain there for the present.
Whether he will go back to Mexico
City or return to Washington, Mr.
Bryan indicated, depends on develop
ments.
“All that I can say is that conditions
are very hopeful,” declared Mr. Bry
an. “It is not withiin my province to
discuss the affairs of government In
detail, but I will say emphatically the
whole situation is highly encouraging
and there is every reason to believe
the dlfferencese will be smoothed out
to the satisfaction of all concerned,
without any trouble and in .short or
der.”
Riflemen Are Picked
On the Palma Team
Crack Sharp-Shooters to Win Places
to Represent U. S. International
Contest for Trophy.
CAMP PERRY. Ohio, Aug. 30.—
Twelve sharp shooters were this af
ternoon appointed on the Palma team
to represent the United States in the
contest with Canada, Sweden and
other countries for the Palma trophy
on September 8. The United States
defeated Canada in this contest in
1907 and again last year, each time
by world records. The shooting eight
will be selected aetfr further practice.
George Chesley of Connecticutt,
headed the list with 438 this morn
ing. He scored 234 which by one
point established a world's record for
competitive firing at 800, 900 and
1,000 yards. » **- •
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