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Huerta Angered by Action *>f‘ Admiral Hotelier,
of I'.S. Navy. \\ limn I le < *1 uirges With Aiding
Kevolut ionists 1.0(H) Slain in Terrific Hattie*.
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..(•0 men on the Wheeling and To|»ii..
(probably a chartered ateamer) to the
battleships Virginia, Rhode Island
md New Jersey, oulaide.
Admiral Fletcher thinks all Amerl
can women and children are out of
the city now' hut that gome of the
men have preferred to remain. He
.says:
The situation is growing worse.
Th. Mexican gunboat Bravo is shell-
mg the ('onstltutlonallsts but he
line of Bravo Are is away from the
neutral /.one.”
A previous dispatch from Admiral
Fletcher said Huerta was sending
the gunboats Vera Gruz and Progreso
to reinforce the Bravo.
The official statement of the Navy
Department on the subject of hanv
ine prisoners is as follows:
\dmlra! Fletcher has received *n
formation that Fedtrals and Consti
tutionalists have shot or hanged all
prisoners taken, numbering about f.V
Three of these men were hanged n
the forenoon within the FVdernl Hn* *»
in full view of the shipping and the
‘Ity. Admiral Fletcher made form.*:I
protest in the name of human)tv
against the practice. He reports ’hat
no foreigners or property have been
injured and that the New Jersey Is
on route to Tampico.
Liner t,o Bring U. S.
Refugees to Galveston.
Speci.il Cable to The American.
VERA CRUZ, Dec. 18. The Ward
liner Morro Castle left for Tampico
this evening, to convey refugees to
Galveston. The steamer Maria Cris
tina is held in readiness for a further
call from Tampico.
Manuel Madero, who has been held
I) Sin Juan de U11 oil, on a chtrfi
of conspiracy, was taken to Mexico
City to-day. He will probably be
tried there.
Uandido Aguilar, who 'has been
operating in the Tuxpam oil region.
js reported to have reached Tampico
with 3 000 men, to reinforce the rebels
attacking the city, leaving 1.060 men
at Tuxpam to engage the attention
of General Maas and his Federals.
The concerted attacks on Tuxpam
and Tampico are reported to be part
of a general plan, which Includes
;t move against Monterey by the
rebels, who have been operating
around Tuinplco.
War in Mexico Stops
Oil Stock Dividend.
DOS ANGELES. Dec. 1H Asked
for an official explanation why the
Mexican petroleum directors In
creased the common dividend to 6 per
tent June last and then stopped pay
ment on both common and preferred,
K I., Doheny, president of the Mexi
can Petroleum Company, said here
to-day:
"The directors increased the com
mon dividend to 6 per cent last June
we were earning those dlvl-
They stopped It. although still
the s ime dividends, because i
», the port from which all of ,
- b* 1ru shipped, Was f ist be j
the storm center of war in
•tion between the contending |
in Al< ).*«>. The conditions
yesterday and to-day demonstrate
fully the wisdom of the board."
Mexican Agents Will
Seek Money in France.
NFfW YORK, Dee. 13. In the hope
of procuring French aid to finance the
tottering Huerta Government, Adol-
pho I)e La Lama. Mexican Minister
of Finance, and Ills secretary, Halva-
dor Kchagaray, sailed on the steamer
Olympic to-day.
The pair left Mexico Clt> several
weeks ago. When the ship reached
Havana they mysteriously vanished,
went to Key West and finished the
trlp to New York by rail. They have
been in this city two or three days.
They kept to themselves while here,
their only known visitor being Rob
ert* B. Honey man, a lawyer.
Filibuster Leader
Sent Back to Jail.
MOBILE, Dec. 18. Richard A
Denton, alias "Richard Douglas," for
merly of New Orleans, who was
watched by Mexican secret service
men on account of his reported con
nection with a filibustering expedi
tion and who was tried on Thursday
on the charge of obtaining $ 13r» from
W. L. Finder, of Vera Oruz, Mexico,
by false pretense and .sent to tin* < Tr-
cuit Court under $500 bond, attempted
to gain his freedom to-day by habeas
corpus proceedings, but failed, the
court remanding him to jail. The
case will go to the Supreme Court.
I teuton, who posed as a wealthy
man, can not make the bond
Uncles of Madero Pess
Through Jacksonville.
JACKSONVILLE. Dec. 13. Gus
tave and Ernesto Madero, uncles of
the late unfortunate President of
Mexico, who fled to Cuba on the
United States steamship Chester, to
escape vengeance of Huerta, who ar
rived here yesterday, are to-day en
route to Texas and presumably bound
for their estates in Northern Mexico.
While here the Moderns were In con
sultation with leading lawyers well
versed in international law and others
who are heavily Interested in Mexico.
I Monterey Shut Off
And Attack Fxpected.
LAREDO, TEXAS, Dec. 13.—Train
service to Monterey over the National
lines Is still Off and railroad officials
here announce they can not say when
service w ill be resumed.
Rumor has It that the rebels plan
to attack Monterey early next week.
j Lake Shore Officials Believe Presi
dent Smith, of New York Cen
tral, Intended Victim.
CLEVELAND. OHIO, Dec. 18 —
I Lake Shore Railway detectives to-
j day put bloodhounds on the track, of
the train wreckers who loosened rails
at VVlckllfle, east of here, and ditch' d
passenger train No. 16 las* night, en
which President Alfred H. Smith,
newly elected head of the New York
Central lines, was a passenger.
Lake Shore official® to-day came to
the conclusion that the train was
wrecked In an attempt, to kill Mr.
Smith. A number of track men were
laid off recently, and It is thought
that the disgruntled men may have
conceived and executed a plot to kill
the president. The detectives are
also working on the theory that yeg„-
men intent upon a hold-up may have
caused the wreck.
Teamed With Veteran Fogler, the
Australian Captures Honor in
Deciding Mile.
Children Win $5,000
From 2 Saloon Men
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Father Can’t Provide; Mother
Insane; They're in Orphan
age for Care.
WAUKEGAN ILL., Dec. 13.—A Jury
In tho Luk»- County Circuit Court to
day gave a $5,000 verdict to six small j
children of Curl Hng.strum against
Peter Wember arid Steve Cvetjyi, sa
loonkeepers who were charged with sell- !
ing llouor to Hogstrum, making him in
capable of support ing tin* children, who
after their mother was sent to an asy- *
bun b>r the Insane, were taken to Lake
Bluff Orphanage.
NEW YORK, Dec. 13.—Alfred Ooul-
I let, of Glppsland, Australia, and Joe
Fogler, of Brooklyn, won the record-
breaking six-day bicycle race which
i ended in Madison Square Garden at
*10:05 o'clock to-night. Goullet won
the deciding mile match for the six
leaders by a sensational spurt on the
final lap.
Lawrence and Magin finished sec
ond. Root and McNamara third. Hal-
| stead and Drobach fourth, Verri and
j Brocco fifth and Hill and Ryan sixth.
The six leading teams each covered
2,7M miles in the 142 hours, shatler-
l 8 ing the former record of 2,737 miles,
J 1 lap, made by McFarland and Moran
I ,n 1908. The victory marked Fogler’s
j fifth triumph In the New York six-
i (jay grind.
I The^lnal score: 142 hour:
Goullet - Fogler, 2,751.
Verri - Brocco. 2,751.
Hill-Ryan. 2,751.
Root -.Mi Na ma ra, 2,751.
Magin- La wTwice, 2,751.
Drobach- Halstead,_ 2,751.
Mitten-Thomas. 2,750.9.
Corry-Walker, 2,750.6. r
Special Cable to The American.
PARIS, Dec. 13.—The finger prints
found on the glass frame from whi.h
"LaGlocondrf” was stolen in the Louvr.
tally exactly with the anthropometrl-
eal record of Vincenzo Perugia, at th •
prefecture of police, and establish
his guilt beyond doubt.
Perugia has served two terms in
prison, once for attempted theft and
again for violent assault.
Precautions are to be taken to
guard the painting against mishap nr j
j malevolence while it is being brought
back from Florence to Paris.
In certain circles of Paris there js>
fear that an attempt will be made 'n
Rome to prevent the return of the
picture.
Suggests Ways to Settle Contro
versy, but Says Referendum
Would Please Best.
City's Bank Clearings
War Relics Awarded Again Show Increase
To Jeff Davis’ Heirs
i Atlanta’s hank clearings
showed a big increase over the
again
clear-
! ings for the same time last year at
COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO, i * . , . ,, .
the close of business Saturday. The
Dei 13. Civil war relics from tne ■ fa j n f ,, r c« atur rf n , >■ as $586,234 13. and
property of Jefferson Davis, which i f,, r the week over the corresponding
have been In the possession of the* week last year, $2,670,885.26.
Wu- Department at Washington for '$3,211,485.4:1; for the
almost half a century, have been , -- sponding day last year. $2,625,-
awarded to tne Davis grandchildren | 231.30.
hero on the request of Joseph Aiiiii- j f«.r'th? week, *i*.* 882.S03 7-1; for the
son Hayes, president of the First Na- i corresponding week last year, *1
jtional Bank . nd husband of Jeff Da- | 211,918.o0.
vis’ eldest daughter.
Hayes has obtained the relics for
the collection of William Hayes, his!
second son.
Princess in Trouble,
And All for Charity
Special Cable to The American.
LONDON, Dec. 13.—The kind heart
of Princess Mary has got her into
trouble. She set out to make Vene
tian bead necklaces to be sold for
charity. Immediately she was beswt
by applicants—British and American
who sent checks and asked neck
laces in return. She could not pos
sibly fill the orders, so she sent back
the checks. But there was i. tangle
and some who got neither necklace
nor check made a fuss.
Lord Stamford ham has taken
charge of the whole correspondence.
Lew Fields' Actors
Play ‘Craps;' Fined
PITTSBURG, Dec. 13.—Eight ac
tors of the Lew Fields company at
tempted last night to vary the mo
notony of carroling and tripping by
the less picturesque but more fasci
nating pastime known as ‘‘craps.” It
was all in a theatrical boarding house
in the wee hours when chorus men
yearn /or something to o until bed
time.
They were arrested. They were
fined *2 to-day and released.
Mayf>r Woodward Saturday made
public a veto on the resolution of the
City Council providing for* a special
committee to inspect the new fire
alarm system, with a view to agrev -
ing upon a purchase price whici
contains an ultimatum to the Okinite
Company of New York, which built
the system.
I can see only three wavs for that
company to attempt to secure anv
standing whatever. One of these
would be the mandamusing of me t*»
make me sign checks in payment of
that contract. Under the Supreme
Court's decision I see no chance of
success for them along that line. An
other way open to them is to bring
individual suit against different me i-
bers of the General Council that wurt
on record as voting for that contract
in 1912. The law is very clear on
that line. The next and surest way
of ending this matter would be to r°-
fer the matter to the people to be
voted upon as a bonded indebtedness.
Under the last-named mode of pro
cedure, I would very heartily ap
prove.
“If the people feel disposed to vote
that this matter be paid full amount,
it will meet with my hearty acqui
escence. Until one of these three
courses has been determined satis
factorily, or the price of *hat plant
materially reduced. I shall pay nO fur
ther attention to this matter. I shall
refuse to sign any checks in payment
until some satisfactory legal course
has been arrived at.
“I am absolutely opposed to the
{fiant as It exists, on account of its
excessive expense to the city in ma
nipulating the alarm system, and also
I regard that the price is excessive
by the reason of all parties being
aware when the contract was entered
into that it was illegal and was of
long payments on the installment
plan, and naturally, from a business
standpoint, would carry an Inflated
price. Besides the excessive price of
this plant, it is well known that it only
covers the old city limits, and no
where enters into the newly acquired
territory.”
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December 15, a first-class Plumbing Shop at 392
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Richest Mexican Reaches
U.S. With $.2,500,000 Cash
Girl of Eight Sent
By Mail to Father
NEW LEXINGTON, OHIO. Dec. 13.
in the mail that arrived here recently
was an 8-year-old girl wearing a tag.
pinned on by New York immigration
officials, reading:
"This child, Julia Kohan, Is going
to her father. John Kohan, box 117,
R. F. 1)., No. 4. New Lexington. Ohio.' j
After a breakfast supplied by the j
postmaster, the child was taken in
care of a rOr; I delivery carrier to the
home of her father. The trip of 7.000
.miles from Bavaria was made by her
unaccompanied.
Says Parents Teach
Children to Gamble
CHIUAGO, Dec. 13. -The influence
of mothers who play bridge and
: fathers who indulge in poker pro-
I motes the interest of children in
j games of chance and makes gamblers
I of them, Mrs. Aria R. Black told the
Chicago Women’s Association of
(’onimerce.
EL PASO, TEXAS, Dec. 13. Com
pleting i two weeks' horseback jour
ney across tlie Mexican desert. Don
Luis Terranzas, richest man in all
Mexico, reached El Paso to-nlgfit and
retired immediately to a sumptuous
.suite of rooms in tlie city’s best hotel
Though over 80 years old. the gray
don. who whs a general in the light
against Maximilian in the sixties,
dismissed queries regarding his trip
with u shrug of the shoulders and a
wave of the hand, as if the mere rid
ing tor days on muleback over desert
and mountain were nothing.
lie declined to discuss the Impris
onment of his son. Luis Terranzas,
.ir. i»\ General Villa at Chihuahua,
and refused to discuss Mexican af
fairs under any circumstances. How
ever. members of his party were in
secret conference to-night at their
hotel with representatives of Villa,
who is demanding $250,000 for the re
lease of young Terrazas.
The general was said by one mem
ber of the party not to be so much
disturbed over paying the ransom as
over the problem of getting the wom
en members of the family to the bor
der. They were left behind in charge
of young Terrazas when the general
left for the border with ‘the Federal j
soldiers. Villa Insists they shall re
main in the State Capital, even
though he releases Luis Terrazas.
Agents of the general to-night are
negotiating to ascertain what sum
Villa is willing to accept for their re
lease.
The revolution already has cost I
General Terrazas $10,000,000, yet he
^till is considered the richest man in
Mexico. Since the Villa rebellion six
months ago General Terrazas has
been a prisoner in the city of Chi
huahua. protected by the Huerta
troops, but unable to leave the city
for fear of capture by the rebels
When the Fei'^ral garrison retreated
from the fsaate Capital two weeks
ngo General Terrazas accompanied
them, and is said to have brought
6,000,000 pesos in cash.
Terror reigns in Chihuahua City,
with the lives of all foreigners in im
mediate danger, according to state
ments of Spanish refugees here to
day.
With scarcely enough clothing to
cover them and a few cherished be
longings tied up in handkerchiefs, 495
Spaniards, all that were in the city of
Chihuahua, arrived on a special train
that had been on the road 26 hour.-
When the train pulled Into Juarea |
and it was announced that the Span- j
ish refugees were aboard the busi- j
ness men of El Paso sent out automo
biles and took them to the Chamber
of Commerce.
From there they were taken to
hoarding houses of the » Ity. where
they will he cared for until they are
provided with transportation to/Spain
or until such time as tlypy can get
some compensation for the property
thev left behind.
When Villa entered the city and the
lives of Spanish residents were
threatened they appealed to the Eng
lish Consul for protection. Upon .
finding that the British charge could
not afford tin rn the proper protection
they appealed to Marion Letcher, the |
American Consul.
He wrote i cipher message to
Washington appealing for protection
for all foreigners. When he took It to
the telegraph office Villa is said to
have informed him that unless the
message was written in Spanish it
could not be sent. The rebel com
mander is alleged to have torn the
messages up and to have prevented
any word from being sent from the
city by Letcher.
Vegetarian Is Strong
Man of University
COLUMBIA, MO., Dec. 13.—Horace
Weltmer, who eats no meat, is the
strong man of Missouri State Univer
sity. He is studying to become a phy
sical instructor.
Weltmer scored 2.580 points in the
eight tests. The average for 300 men
was 1.046 points.
Weltmer “chinned” himself up twen
ty-three times.
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Collar Bags 75c to $6.00
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