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IIEARST’S SUNDAY AMERICAN, ATLANTA, GA , SUNDAY. DECEMBER 7, 1013.
Woman Mexico Refugee Here
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French Likely To
Spurn Huerta When
Financial Institutions in Capital Con
tinue to Fail—Rebels Gain Rapidly
Throughout the Republic—Invade
Lower California for First Time.
c De cial Cable to The American.
MKXIOO CITY, Dec. 6.—Seven
hundred rebels and federal troops are
Initing hand to hand in a mountain
p; ls .v near Yesca. territory of Topic,
i )n< hundred on both sides have been
killed i cording to reports received
here - day. Rebel forces are gath
ering to attack Aguas- Calientes.
Eighty soldiers of a detachment
tent against them were killed.
Tin* Banco Mercantile, leading
financial institution of Monterey, was
closed to-day. It had a capital of
$2,500,000. The gold and securities of
the hank were sent to the United
States recently for safe keeping, as
a ts dFieers expect all financial insti
tutions to be looted.
banks here are refusing to accept
bills issued by the Banco Minero, of
Chihuahua, many of which are in
general circulation. It is reported
that the bills of some other State
banks also will be refused after Mon
day.
Distrustful of Paper Money.
As a result persons are becoming
distrustful of all paper money except
that issued by the Banco Nacional
and the Banco Dondres y Mexico.
There are rumors that the Govern
ment has not sufficient funds to meet
the payments of department em
ployes on December 10. The regular
pay days are the 1st, 10th and 20th
of each month. The army also is
paid on these dates, so if the Govern
ment should default trouble is feared.
The Chamber of Deputies this aft
ernoon approved the bill granting a
concession to a Belgian syndicate for
the building of a 5,000 kilometres of
railway in various ' parts of Mexico
to be decided upon from time to time.
The bill now goes to the Senate and
will probably be approved there.
Traffic has been suspended on the
National Railway lines between
Linares and Monterey and also be
tween the capitol and Cuernavoca
because of fighting at Tres Marias,
in Morelos. The fighting began at
an early hour this morning and was
still progressing at last reports. The
rebels are reported to greatly out
number the federals, but were not so
well supplied with ammunition.
Rebels Invade South California.
Fighting is also reported at Parres,
Huitzilac and Cruz de Pierda, in
Morelos, and at Itixco, in Puebla.
Constitutionalists have invaded
Lower California. A private dis
patch received here to-day saHl that
350 rebels, mostly Yaqui Indians,
armed with two Hotchkiss field guns,
crossed from Sonora to the east coast
of Lower California, where they
burned the town of Santa Gertruais
and killed twenty-five civilians. They
started toward San Juan, but met 400
federals and in the fight which fol
lowed the Government forces were
routed with a loss of 110 killed and
fifty wounded.
Fifty rurales, sent in pursuit of
rebels who have been operating
around Lolotla. State of Hidalgo,
were ambuscaded and lost, 'several
being killed. Papers were found on
the bodies of the rebel dead showing
a death plot against the Huertista
office holders in Hidalgo.
Mexican Soldiers Who Cross
Border Are To Be Detained
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.—Mexican
Federal soldiers who cross the border
in flight after the pursuing forces of
General Villa will be held indefinitely
by the United States.
This is the new policy of the Ad
ministration announced to-day. It is
expected that the entire Federal col
umn routed by Villa will come into
the I'nited States.
Heretofore it has been the policy
to return, from Urn* to time, rebels
and Federals alike who crossed or
were forced to cress.
As the whole of the northwestern
frontier of Mexico is in the hands of
the rebels, the new policy will bear
most heavily on the soldiers who are
now being forced to flee by the Car-
ranzistas.
Wood Gets Dispatches.
General Wood received dispatches
to-day from General Bliss relating to
the movement of General Villa and
his army, which recently captured
Ghihauh.ua, but left the city to pur
sue the Federals, who were endeav
oring to reach the frontier with refu
gees, among whom it was thought
probable there were several Ameri
cans.
General Bliss gave no details, but
some of the officers here believe the
zeal of General Villa to capture the
retreating column of Federals is ac
counted for by Villa’s belief that the
Federals are taking with them all the
money that was left in Chihuahua,
and that he is more anxious to cap
ture the money chests of the Feder
als than the, Federals themselves. If
he gets the money, the policy of the
United States will be to hold and feed
the Federal army indefinitely on this
side of the border.
Uprising in Southwest.
Other dispatches to the Stats De
partment to-day show that there is a
general uprising in the southwest of
Mexico, of which the main port is
Acapulco. It was because of this new
uprising that the State and Navy De
partments were obliged tQ order the
Raleigh to the rescue from Puget
Sound.
The arrivaLof the Raleigh in Mex
ican waters will make a fleet of about
sixteen war vessels of the United
States doing police duty for itself
and other nations.
The State Department announces
the safety of David Speedie, a Brit
ish subject, who owns a ranch in the
vicinity of Micos, Tampico district.
Consul Ham reports from Durango
the safety of John Davenport, an
American citizen, there.
15,000 Idle Workers and
2,000 Refugees at Capital
Special Cable to The American.
MEXICO CITY, Dec. 6.—The 15,-
"00 idle workers in the Capital were
supplemented to-day by the arrival
1 refugees from Monterey and
Saltillo, many
whom
abso-
SHOOFLIES
for the baby.
This Style, Plain Wood
$2.00
Better Finished, With Cushion
$3.00
These fold up flat, so
they can be packed away
or moved easily.
Sms
Toy Drums, 25c and 50c.
Better ones for $1 and $2.
Mail orders filled same day re
ceived.
lutely destitute. How they are to be
taken care of has not yet been deter
mined. In the present state of the
Government finances, it will prob
ably be loft to private organizations,
or the foreign representaives in the
Capital, to provide for the refugees,
f Although it has been announced
that there is no money in the treas-
I ury at present to pay the army, ef-
i forts to stimulate enlistment con
tinue. A bill providing for general
conscription in the Federal district
and some neighboring States has been
I drafted and will probably be passed
by Congress. Under the provisions
of this measure recruits will be
| chosen by lot. All males of military
j age will be liable to conscription.
2.000 Women Lose Jobs.
Some 2,000 women were thrown out
of work to-day when the order sus
pending the making of clothing for
the army went into effect.
The report of a severe defeat, ad
ministered to the Federal forces north
of Zacatecas, was current to-day.
It was also reported that the Fed
eral garrison was about to evacuate
Monterey, because the rebels were
closing in upon the city and had al
ready cut off supplies. The refugees
who arrived to-day reported that at
the time they left entrenchments had
been constructed, covering all ap
proaches to the city.
Fear Santa Maria Attack.
The uprising in the south is rap
idly becoming more menacing. Oen-
ovevo De La O, the notorious bandit
leader, has assembled a large force
on the Mexico-Morelos border and is
threatening an attack on Santa Ma
ria. He appears to be working in
conjunction with the Zapata forces
now surrounding Cuernavaca. Za
pata's forces have been increasing
with great rapidity in the past few
weeks and it is feared he may reach
the Capita] before Villa ventures
south of Chihuahua.
General Maure. former colonel of
the Twenty-ninth Infantry, under
Blanquet. has been made military
commander of the Capital.
Blanquet is said to be gradually
gaining the ascendancy in the Cabi
net. Three portfolios are expected
to be vacant soon, as a result of this
ascendancy.
Tells of Escape From War Zone
He Seeks War Funds
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Huerta Once Husband’s Employee
French Financier Says I, Money Is
Loaned It Will Never
Be Repaid.
II. S. II UMPIRE
ELECTIONS li
Mrs. Frank I,arson and her son Harold, who was horn in
Mexico. They have tied to Atlanta front the terrors of that
country, and were snapped on the street by an American stall'
photographer.
Large Fraction of Meat Supply
of United States Practically
Wiped Out.
EL PASO, Dec. fl.The cattle
duBtry in Northern Mexico, which wa
the source of a large portion of the
meat supply of the United States, h is
been practically wiped out by the
Mexican revolution, and many of the
largest cattle raisers have been forc'd
out of business. j
Yearling steers are now selling for
$30 and $35 here, and 2-year-olds for
$40 to $47, and the supply is small.
Before the revolution $20 was a got>d
price for a yearling and $30 for a 2-
year-old. The high price and scarv*i-
ty of Mexican beef, coupled with the
poor condition of the ranges through
Texas and the epidemics of black lea^
which have raged among the cattle in*
these two States this year, are going
to have an Important effect on the
American market, and cattlemen here
prophesy that beef will be higher
than ever before.
General Luis Terranzas, the largest
cattle raiser in Mexico and the owner
of thousands of acres in the State of
Chihuahua, is now reported to be flee
ing toward the American border, ac
companied by several other large cat
tle raisers. Before the revolution the
annual export from the Terrazas
ranches was between 50.000 and 75,-
1000 head.
Special Cable to The American.
P.WUS. Dec. 6.—That the Utter! i
liovernment will be disappointed In Ha
hopes for raising capital In France
teas the gist of the opinions express, d
hy financiers to-day relative to the
. omitur visit of Adolfo de la Lama.
"If De la Lama Is coming to France
to raise money for Huerta, he will
assuredly meet with disappointment,"
ait! a leading financier. "II.■ has as
ittle chance of being successful as
bail Aldape, who has probably dis
covered already that French banks do
not care to lend money without guar-
antees.
"If President Wilson’s belief that
Huerta is now on his ‘last legs' is jus
tified, we feel that any money ad
vanced would never be repaid."
The despairing efforts of Huerta to
obtain funds here arc being aetivciv
combated by the Constitutional com
mittee.
mam others to be selected and as
signed to duty if there is no hitch
between now and early next week on
the general plan. The great majority
of the supervision will be drawn from
civil life in Porto Rico.
The election is to take place on
December 15. It is said to-day that
of course the I’nited States has an
Interest in the safety of the ports
where customs collections are being
made for the United States, but that
the special plan Is comprehensive, and
if it Is successful will he the first
revelation of the Administration’s
new policy with regard to tho Latin
Republics.
Secret of Wilson's Mobile Speech
Regarding Latin-American
Policy Is Out.
British Warship on
Way to Aid Subjects
Band of Freebooters
Gives Juarez Scare
EL PASO, TEXAS, Doc. 6.—The
Ixtnd of mounted and armed nvn
s een near Palomas was Identified to
day as a gang of freebooters under
Maximo Castillo. They number only
about 150. Gonsoquontly Juarez
breathes easier to-night. Fear was
expressed last night that the troops
were those of Orozco and Salazar
and that an attack on the city was
planned.
Venustiano Carranza, head of the
Constitutionalist party, has made no
sign of a move to come to Juarez,,
but it is announced by General Bena
vides, representative of Villa, that he
may be here inside of eight days
Americans believe Villa has let Car
ranza understand that he prefers that
he stay in Sonora, for a while at least.
\ ilia always has had a predilecti >:i
for glory that Is not reflected, and
without Carranza here the whole
stage is his.
Juan N. Medina, erstwhile chief of
staff to Villa, to-day signed a writ
ten statement renouncing all connec
tion with Mexican military affairs,
WASHINGTON, Dec. fi The se
cret of tho Administration’s new pol
icy in I-a tin-America was revealed
by a high Administration official to
day, who said the supervision of the
coming elections in San Domingo by
the I’nited States was the first step
in carrying out that policy.
Heretofore it has been understood
that the President took Nicaragua as
the illustration of his policy in his
Mobile speech.
It is stated to-day that he re
ferred to San Domingo and that the
appointment of J. M. Sullivan as the
new Minister to Sun Domingo was
for the purpose of launching the pol
icy.
It is said that Minister Sullivan is
a witness to a written contract in
San Domingo by which the present
President, Bordas, and the revolu
tionist generals, Cespedes and Va»-
quez. agree to hold a legal election
and that If the United States is satis
fied that the election was fair and
free this country will support that
government at all hazards now and
in the future.
It was stated to-day that the plan
for San Domingo would undoubted
ly be carried out in the case of Mex
ico when the Huerta Government
shall fall and the! leaders get to
gether. probably in conference with
Uharge d’Affaires O’Shaughnessy or
Mr. Lind.
The novel feature of the San Do
mingo plan is that Americans will be
sent from Porto Rico to supervise the
elections and a United States naval
squadron will he on hand to protect
all concerned.
There are twelve provinces In San
Domingo. Each has an election cen
ter and there are outlying election
precincts. The State Department has
provided so far only for two agents
to report on the election. There are
VERA rftUZ, Dec. 6.—The British
flagship Suffolk, with Rear Admiral
Christopher Craddock on board, sailed
to-day for Tuxpam. It is understood
that the mission of the Suffolk is to
render any needed assistance to Brit
ish subjects in the oil region who may
wish to get away.
The Mexican transport Progreso
sailed for Tuxpam with 800 men to
reinforce General Maas, no.<v operat
ing against the rebels in the oil re
gion.
Everybody After
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They are joyfully laxative and more,
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They make everybody feed good be
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Mrs. Frank Larson, Formerly of Georgia, Graph
ically Describes Stirring Experiences.
BRADLEY’S
29 South Broad Street.
Four Floors of Toys
AGED RUTLEDGE WOMAN DEAD
RUTLEDGE. Dec*. 6.—Mrs. Lucy
Williams, aged 87, is dead at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. S. E. Vin-
ing, at Rutledge. She was the moth
er of Mrs. S. E. Vining, Mrs. A. J.
llu’.c ;i;ii■-* 1 11 n11d Mrs, XV. 1*. Wallace.
Thrilling tales of the horrors of
the Mexican revolution and of the
depredations of prowling bandits were
told to The Sunday Am< ri<an Satur
day night by Mrs. Frank Larson, a
former Georgia woman, who has re
turned to the United States after
spending eight years with her husband
and family in Durango. 100 milp*
south of Mexico, City. She is visit
ing her sister, Mrs. M M. Mc<’all, at
•an Atlanta hotel, and other relatives
in nearby cities.
Mrs. Larson's husband is ,i railroad
contractor. Forjhree weeks she and
her family weff marooned in a ail-
road camp 90 miles south of Duran--
go, while roving bandits stub* their
- roperty, killed their servants and at
one time attempted to kidnap Mrs.
Larson’s daughter, Thelma. Af*»v
three weeks of terror, during which
they were forced to carry irms to
guard the cam", they es. aned. Riding
for three days through th< motin
tains to Durango, they found that city
invested by tire rebels and all com
munication with the outside world
cut off. Wpir a month they wen-
forced to remain in Durango.
Mrs. Larson, her daughter ind
young son, Harold. Anally escaped
on a train Ailed with Federal sol
diers. They were packed in the r ar
coach with a hundred other refugees.
Huerta Once Worked for Him.
Mr. Larson and son. Fred, came out
of the war-ridden country a month or
two later, going from Durango iO
Vera Cruz on a train that was am
bushed by rebels. They engaged ih
the fight that followed. Since arriv
ing in the United States the Larson
family lived at Del Rio and San An
tonio. Mr. Larson and his son now
are in San Antonio.
A peculiar coincidence is the fa-*‘
that Victoriano Huerta, the Mexican
dictator, once worked for Mr. Lar
son as foreman of a gang of railroad
laborers.
•‘It was about ten years ago," said,
Mrs. Larson last night. "Mr. Lars an
was building a railroad south of
Mexico City, and Huerta wa« sort
of foreman, or overseer, over 50 'or
more of the laborers. Mr. Larson us 3 I
to say Huerta was a good workman
and a smart man. but that he was
very quick-tempered and always
pushed himself into the limelight. He*
workwf for Mr. Larson several years
before he joined the army."
Mrs. Larson, said she and her fam.-
ly expect to return to Mexico when
ever the country is quiet again.
"That probably will not be until
Huerta is eliminated,” she said. "Mex
ico is a fine country and needs only
development, but it will never be de
veloped by the Mexicans, because
they are loo ignorant And It is hard
ly probable that permanent peace will
ever come until some intelligent na
tion goes in there and rules the coun
try for them."
Carries Her Revolver.
Mrs. Larson has with her the re
volver and cartridge belt which she
wore during the 51 days she was ir*
fear of death on the ride from Du
rango.
“That was the most terrible ride
I’ve ever taken," she said. "We went
out to Durango on the first train that
^ad left in 30 days. The front cars
were filled with drunken Federal sol
diers. All the Americans and other
refugees who wanted to leave were
herded into the rear coach. We pass
ed through miles of country where
every telegraph pole was decorated
with the head or body of a rebel or
Federal soldier. The conductor slowed
the train down so we could see them.
The bodies were all tied to the poles
by their arms and legs, and some of
them had had their heads shot off.
“The soldiers laughed and joked at
the terrible sight, and threw empty
cartridges at the bodies hanging <>n
the poles, and struck at them with
their rifles and bayonets. , The poles
were all very close to the track, and
we could have reached out of the
ear window and touched the bodies
with an umbrella. We reached Juarez
without being ambushed or without
having any tights, but we were in
terror all the time for fear the train
would be wrecked by the rebels or
that they would attack us.
“The 51 days that we were ma
rooned in the railroad camp and in
the city of Durango were the most
terrible I ever have seen. Every
member of mv family carried a re
volver constantly, and we kept a
guard posted all«the time. Bands of
rebels and bandits vis.ted the camp
and stole our property, on one occa
sion taking 200 head of mules and
horses, several wagon loads of corn
and a wagon load of dynamite. We
tried several times to get away, but
were driven back by the gangs of
bandits.
"Probably our most terrible expe
rience was the attempt the bandits
made to kidnap my daughter and
force her to marry a young Mexican
boy. A gang of about twelve of them
came to the camp one night when Mr.
Larson was at the works and I was
over at the sleeping tents. My daugh
ter was alone in the camp kitchen,
with her brother Fred about 100 yards
away in the commissary. The ban
dits asked for a drink of water, and
then the leader asked my daughter if J
she didn’t want to marry a young'
Mexican boy to whom he pointed. She
told him she did not, and he grabbed
her artn and istid they would take
her, anyway. She then told the ban
dit chief that she already was mar
ried, an 1 when he asked her w r here
her husband was, she pointed to her
brother, who had seen the bandits and
was running toward the •house. The
gang then rode off, but next morning
two of them came back and said if
she didn’t go with them they would
kidnap her. We were so badly fright
ened then that wo slipped away from
the camp that night and rode through
the mountains to Durango, expecting
every minute to be overtaken and
shot.
‘Many of my husband’s employees
were shot or forced to Join the rebel
army while we were at the camp. On
one occasion they took a Chinese cook
away from us, and later they shot
another of our cooks. He was a
Chinaman, too. We sent him on my
pony on'* evening to get some water,
and the rebels shot him off the horse
and stole the animal. Bandits vis
ited our camp almost every day, and
they stole thousands of dollars’ worth
of properly belonging to Mr. Larson.
Durango Full of Rebels.
"We expected that when we got to
Durango we would be safe, but we
found that city invested by the reb
els. who were intrenched in the
mountains near by. We had to stay
there a month before we could get
out, and every night we expected the
rebels to attack the city
"Every American went armfed, and
plans were made for defense should
the attack be made. An old stone |
hospital was turned into -an arsenal
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and Into it the Americans stored ri
fles and cartridges and all the dyna
mite they could get.
"Bands of rebels and bandits came
down from the mountains and terror
ized the suburbs, and several times
my husband and son were held up
and robbed of their money and revol
vers while riding through the out
skirts of the city, On one occasion
my son was held up and all his cloth
ing taken from h'in. He finally in
duced them to ujurn his irousers, |
and he hid in the bush until night J
and slipped into the hotel.”
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Successor to C. H. MASON ^
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