Embargo on Arms and Ammunition Into Mexico Is He-established
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
LXXXIII— No. 96
REBELS MAY TURN GUNS IMPORTED
FROM U. S. ON AMERICAN FORCES
EMBARGO AGAIN
PUT ON MUNITIONS;
O'SHAUGHAIESS! IS
• GIVEN PASSPORTS
Movement of Troops to Vera
Cruz Held Up Until Border
Can Be Protected
CALL FOR MILITIA
NOW SEEMS CERTAIN
Carranza's Message Indicates
Rebel Sympathy Will Re
sult in Alliance With
Huerta
The Mexican situation to-day is
nore acute than at any time since the
L'nited States ordered armed invasion
>f the republic to secure amends for
ndignities committed against this
Jountry. Nelson O'Sliaughiicssy, Amer
can Charge d'Affalres in Mexico City
-as l»een handed his passports hy
General Huerta, which, it is believed
jrecedes the Federal declaration of
var against the United States. .Vexi
•an Charge d'Affalres Alpara, in Wash
ngton. refused to comment on the ae
ion of Huerta, but lie Indicated that
le would ask Secretary Bryan for his
tassports sometime to-day if tlie> were
lot Issued to him voluntarily. Bryan
ays Algara's passports are now being
ireparcd.
General Carranza, the rebel chief
aln, has notified President Wilson that
le desires the withdrawal of the
Imerican forces in Mexico, < haractcr
ng the seizure of Vera Cruz as a "hos.
ile act." Refusal followed the receipt
i fCarranza's note. At Tampico, which
kill likely be the next jKirt to l»e selz
d by American forces. Federals and'
'onstitutionalists are said to have
inited their forces in defense of the
lty and guns which were admitted in-1
[> Mexico for the Federal forces when i
"resident Wilson lifted the embargo;
n arms nnd ammunition will likely be j
rained on American soldiers.
KMBARGO RE-ESTABLISHED
Consignments of jr.ins and anunu
ition, said to lie en route to Mexico
or the use of the rebels will not IK I
iken atross the border for this mom
lg the President, throngh the War
•epartment issued an edict re-estab
shing the embargo,
Carranza's opposition to the action
f the United States In seizing Vera
ruz will in all likelihood he responsi
lc for the change of plans already
■ ~».pped out In Washington. Confer
iices between high army officers and
ie President were held to-day and
lose well informed say that orders to
snd thousands of army men into
[exico is only the matter of a few
ours. This will make certain a call
>r the militia for duty along the bor
er.
In Vera Cm 7, this morning naval
ten were busy arranging plans for
•Izlng the railroad between Vera
ruz and Mexico City. Latest reports
ly the rou<l at present is in good
mditlon and that the two bridges,
lie eight and the other ten miles rrom
era Cruz, are intact. The American
>roes are anxious to get possession of
lese bridges before they can l>e de
royed for much valuable time would
s lost in rebuilding th«ni.
Reports from Mexico City, which
»ve been received from private
>urces and in turn communicated to
ie authorities at Washington, say
■at many Americans in Mexico City
"e endangered because of the antl-
Late News Bulletins
REBELS AND FEDERALS JOIN
Washington, April 23.—Word reached the Wur Department here
r<wia> t hitt the Constitutionalists and the liuertistas at Tampieo have
united to oppose anv Amerleati operation*.
TOLLS HEARING CONTINUES
Washington, April 23.—A delegation from New York represent in
the Association for the Preservation of American Rights in the Pana
ma Canal, appeared to-da.v before the Senate Committee on Inter
oceanic Canal opposing repeal of toil exemption for American vessels
W. Bourke Cochran, was the snokesman.
MAAS RETURNING TO VERA CRUZ
Vera Cruz. April 2:l.—General Gustavo Maas, former Mexican com
mandcr at Vera Cruz, was reported to-day to lie intending to move
against the city with strong reinforcements brought up from Pueblo
Washington. April 23.—American murines and bluejackets to-dav
gained possession of breastworks three miles Inland from Vera Cruz
This position is on the railroad to Mexico City and had liecn in posses
sion of Hucrta's soldiers since the United States forces took possession
of the city.
Washington, April 23.—Rear Admiral Badger reported to the Navv
Department to-day from Vera Om that he was sending the Ksperanza
with about 400 refugees to Galveston, where they will be landed. The
Espcranza will then return for more.
Uniontown, Pa.. April 23.—Two workmen were killed to-dav when
2,500 pounds or powder exploded a t the DuPont plant near here.
Washington, April 23.—The Senate late to-day after considerable
debate passed the emergency resolution giving President Wilson SSOO -
000 to be used In his discretion for the removal of Vetnriean citizens
from Mexico. The resolution which passed the House vestcrduv will
go to the President for his signature.
Los Angeles, Cal., April 23.—Four companies of the Seventh Regi
ment, California National Guard, and a machine gun platoon, mobilized
early to-day for service at Calex'co, the border town opposite Mexieali
This is the strategic point for protection of the irrigation water svstcni
of Imperial valley. The force nutnliers 250 men.
Douglas. Ariz., April 23.—Twc special trains left here to-dav for
Fort fltiachiK^ to take two trowis of cavalry and a machine guii pla
toon to } iiama to protect irrigation works there. A detachment of
the Tenth United tales caialry is at work on entrencluncnts at Forest
tation, ten miles west.
Chesapeake & Ohio, 52 >/ 4 : I.t high Valley. 133%; Northern Pacific
10854; Southern Pacific, 80 lit: Union Pacific, I.VJ'/P C.. M.& St P
*7'4l P. B- R" 109^; Reading, tfti </ t : New Vorli Central, 88 x i; Ca
nadian Pacific, 103*/, : Atnnl. Copper. 73: IT.1 T . S. Steel, 57-' V ,.
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This is the way the squads of the landing forces appeared in action with their machine guns during their fight for possession of Vera Crux on Tuesday
American uprising 'here during the
past few days.
Minor disturbances along the 1 Har
der are also troubling the Washington
authorities. In response to a call for
protection last night, Governor Hiram
Johnson, of California, dispatched nine
companies of militia from San Diego
to the border.
Situation Along Border
Subject For Conferences
in Washington Today
By Associated Press
Washington, D. C., April 23.—After
issuing a statement declaring the in
tention of the United States to enforce
reparation, "whenever and wherever
the .lignity of the United States is
flouted," President Wilson bent all the
energien of the administration to-day
to planning for operations in Mexico.
The President's statement. Issued
after a Cabinet conference, in reply
to the message received from the Con
stitutionalist Chief Carranza, declared
that "we are now dealing only with
those whom Huerta commands and
those who come to his support."
From dawn to-day, the wearied
chiefs of the War and Navy Depart
ments, Secretary of State Bryan and
the other Cabinet officials, hurried
from conference to conference. At
the White House the Cabinet officials,
with Counselor Robert Lansing, of the
State Department, aided the President
"in formulating his reply to Carranza.
At the War Department, Secretary
Garrison. General Wotherspoon, chief
of staff, Major General Leonard Wood,
who has been designated to command
the army in its Mexican operations,
and General E. W. Weaver, chief of
the Coast Artillery, held several con
ferences discussing operations. Or
ders from the War Department di
rected Fort Sam Houston to stop all
Importations of arms directed to the
Huerta forces across the border in
Piedras Negras. This led to a re
port that embargo on arms had been
re-established at the northern border
against both Federalists and Constitu
tionalists. Some officials said it was
very probable that no arms would be
allowed to cross the border, although
the department hesitates to issue a
blanket order until the exact atti
tude of the Constitutionalists toward
the United States can be demon
strated.
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HARRISBURG, PA., THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 23, 1914.
LANDING FORCE OF BLVEJACKETS
THRILLING STORY
OF FIRST
ON MEXICAN,SOIL
By Associated Press |
Vera Cruz, April 23.—Early yester- |
I day afternoon the city of Vera Cruz:
| was in undisputed possession of the j
. American invading force.
Although there was no - organized |
| force used against them and the!
snipers were less In evidence than at
any tiiuo during the fighting,
Americans were killed and some thlrtyi
wounded. While the Mexicans suf- j
fered more severely, the number of!
their casualties has not been ascer- j
tained, but the best estimates obtained
by Captain William R. Rush, of the
battleship Florida, indicated that in
the engagements of Tuesday and
Wednesday their dead amounted to
about 150. No person knows how
many Mexicans fell wounded as a
large part of them were taken away
and hidden by friends.
In the streets about the plaza AVed
nesday afternoon lay fifteen or twenty
bodies, a majority of them attired in j
citizens' clothing. Some of the men j
evidently had been dead since the en- I
gagement of Tuesday and the tropical j
heat made their immediate disposal |
imperative. One of the first orders j
given after the town had been cap-1
tured was to bury the Mexican dead j
in a trench at the sea end of one of j
the streets leading from the plaza. |
Search For Armed Men
When the city was taken the order
was given to advance carefully and I
Prendergast Pleads
For G. 0. P. Moose Union
Special to The Telegraph
Indianapolis, Ind., April 23.—Con
troller William A. Prendergast of New
York made a plea ior the reunion of
the Progressive and Republican part
ies in an address before the State Re
publican convention in this city.
He said that reasons for the separa
tion no longer existed and that he did
not believe either Colonel Roosevelt or
the mass of those who supported him
in 1912 "purpose to be used In subse
quent elections for the purpose of
satisfying private or political grudges."
Mr. Prendergast attacked the rec
ord of the Wilson Administration and
said that the combined Republicans
and Progressives would win the next
Congress and the Presidency In 1916.
1 THE WEATHER
For Harrlaburg and vicinity 1 Pair
Hi.nlKhl and Friday) warmer
Friday.
For Eastern Pennsylvania J Fair to
night 1 Friday partly cloudy and
slightly warmer: moderate north
to nortlieaHt wlml».
ltlver
The Susquehanna river and its
tributaries will fall to-night and
Friday, rxerpt the West Branch
helow Henovo, which will rise
slightly or remain nearly a-tatlon
ary to-night and InJ! Friday.
A stage or about 8.7 feet In Indi
cated for Harrlsburg Friday
morning.
General Conditions
1 The disturbance which was central
over the St. Lawrence Valley.
Wednesday morning, hnn passed
off northeastward. It caused light
ihowers since last report in Jiew
York and Pennsylvania.
Temperatures have ilscn - to 16
degrees In Kebrnskn, 'the Da
kolas and Minnesota. It Is Iff
to 20 degrees colder In Arlxonn.
! Temperature: Bn. in., 42t 2p. m.. 511.
I Sun: Itlses, B«17 a. m.| sets, 11:51
p. lit.
I Moon: New moon, April 25, <1:22
a. m.
River Stage: 0.7 feet above low
water ninrk.
Yesterday's Weather
Highest temperature, 711.
I.owest temperature, 44.
Mean temperature, <lO.
\ormnl tempera-lure, 53.
NARRIAtiK MCRNSKK
William T. Noll and Carrie Elizabeth
I Huberts, city.
Samuel IT. Mader and Mary A. Stcm
! lei. city.
I Jacob D. Heigle, Gratz, and Edna
Dorothy Relger, Herndon.
search every building for men bear
ing arms. Scores of prisoners were
taken, most of them protesting volu
bly, many hysterically, that they were
not guilty of any unfriendliness what
soever toward the Americrne. Accus
tomed a? the Mexicans f_r'e to their
own contending forces shooting im
mediately all prisoners taken, the cap
tured men could not but believe that
they would receive no less drastic
treatment at the hands of the Ameri
cans. The guns found in houses were
thrown by the marines and bluejackets
from the upper balconies of the houses
to the pavement below.
Take Naval Academy
The most spirited action of Wednes
day was the taking of the naval acad
emy. Aside from that fight there was
no definite organied opposition en
countered by the Americans. A hot
fire was poured into the advancing
Americans from the naval college,
which for a time held them back, but
a few well directed shots from the
cruisers Chester, San Francisco and
Prairie tore gaping holes in the stone
walls and silenced the rifle fire of the
Mexicans inside.
The bluejackets then were enabled
to proceed with the task they had in
hand.
A squad of soldiers, despite the
shelling it had received Tuesday, con
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Administration Leaders
Lay Plans For Raising
War Revenue Hurriedly
By Associated Press
Washington, D. C„ April 23.—Ad
ministration leaders to-day laid plans
for raising war revenue in case the
army has to go into Mexico. Secre
tary of the Treasury McAdoo dis
cussed plans for raising revenue with
Commissioner of Internal Revenue Os
borne and signified his intention of
taking it up later with Chairman Un
derwood, of the House ways and
means committee, and Senator Sim
mons, chairman of the finance com
mittee.
The first measure planned would
impose a stamp tax on checks and
legal documents similar to that in
voked during the Spanish War, an
other measure would tax sweet wine
and fortified brandies and probably
beer. According to the estimate this
measure would net the treasury about
$116,000,000 a year and if the situa
tion demanded, a tax would be im
posed on cigarets, cigars and tobacco.
It is not the present intention in any
way to alter the present tariff law, al
though such legislation might be
found necessary in the future.
The Treasury Department under
existing law has authority to issue
without further action by Congress,
$100,000,000 worth of Panama Canal
bonds, and it is probable that this
means will be taken at once to raise
money In case of eventualities. Adop
tion of this plan would give Congress
a better opportunity to discuss a war
revenue measure carefully before pas
sage.
More Ships Are Being
Placed in Readiness
By Associated Press
Philadelphia. April 23. —The work
of-preparing the scout cruiser Salem,
the repair ship Montgomery and the
battleship Ohio for sea dutv went
ahead rapidly to-day. It was expected
these ships would receive orders to
leave Sunday or Monday. It was re
ported about the yard that the battle
ships TJaho, Missouri and Illinois,
which are being prepared, for the an
nual cruise of the Annapolis midship
men, may be ordered to join the ships
in Mexican waters.
Hear Admiral Caperton, commander
of the reserve fleet at the navy yard,
held a conference to-day with produce
and packing house men on the flag
ship Tennessee for the purpose of
completing arrangements for quick
delivery of supplies in case other ships
are ordered into service.
THREE HOURS AFTER
CULL HI. G. P. HERE
CI BE ENTRAINED
Lists of Men Have Been Placed
in Hands of First
Sergeants
Within three hours after a call for
volunteers Is issued, Harrisburg can
produce 300 uniformed men, equipped
for war, ready to take train to any
point of mobilizatkn in the State.
These soldiers would include the
: Eighth Regiment StalT, Colonel Joseph
iB. Hutchison, commanding; the
Eighth Regiment Band; Second
Squadron Cavalry Staff, Major Fred
erick M. Ott, commanding; the Gover
nor's Troop, Captain George C. Jack,
commanding; and two companies of
the Eighth Infantry, Company D, Cap
tuin Jerry J. Hartman, commanding,
and Company I, Captain Frank E.
Ziegler, commanding.
Lists of every enlisted soldier in the
National Guard in Harrisburg and vi
cinity have been placed in the hands
of first sergeants, whose duty it is to
call out the men. Harrisburg's guards
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Mexican War Bulletins
Washington, D. C., April 23.—This
stament was issued by the Navy De
partment: "A dispatch from Rear
Admiral Badger reports that a flag of
truce was repeatedly violated by the
Mexican Federals. It adds that there
has been little firing since 11 a m.
Wednesday, and that the city is under
control."
Washington, D. C., April 23.
Charge O'Shaughnessy telegraphed
under date of Wednesday night as fol
lows: "Having been given my pass
ports, I am leaving to-morrow night
or Friday morning."
San Francisco, Cal., April 23.
Governor Johnson ordered nine militia
companies from San Diego to the Mex
ican border last night. The order fol
lowed appeals from San Diego and
border towns.
Washington, D. C., April 23.—Secre
tary of State Bryan, as he left the
White House conference said that the
action of General Huerta in handing
Charge O'Shaughnessy his passports
hail been considered, among other
things.
Washington, D. C., April 23. lt
was learned early to-day that the
Navy and War Departments had made
plans for the early seizure of the rail
road from Vera Cruz to Mexico City.
A reconrioitering force has reported
still intct two bridges on the railroad,
one ten miles and one eighteen miles
from Vera Cruz.
Washington, D. C.. April 23. —The
House resolution appropriating $500,-
000 to brlnwr Americans in Mexico back
to the United States was favorably
acted upon by the Senate appropria
tions committee to-day.
Washington, D. C.. April 23.—The
Tehauntepec Railway across Mexico
has been closed. The Hawaiian Steam
ship Company has given notice that
they have diverted their ships to
Panama.
Madrid, April 23. The leading
newspapers of Spain have adopted a
well-balanced and even friendly atti
tude toward the United States in com
menting on the Mexican situation.
Galveston, Texas, April 23.—A1l the
Second Division is now back in camp
here and at Texas City waiting orders
to move. Long practice marches and
drills, which would Interfere with
prompt inarching of the men aboard
transports, have been abandoned.
Ppris, April 23. Several of the
American army officers on duty In
France communicated with the Amer
ican Embassy to-day, giving official
notice of their whereabouts in case
they should be ordered to Mexico.
Boston, Mass., April 23. At the
navy yard to-day the sailing time for
the battleships Virginia and Georgia
14 PAGES.
HOFFEBT WILL STAY
111 CITY'S SERVICE,
1 US MOICED
Will Continue as Assistant Park
Superintendent Under Com
missioner Taylor
Coincident with the organization
yesterday afternoon of Harrisburg's
first City Planning Commission, J.
Raymond HofTert announced his inten
tion of continuing in the city's ser
vice as assistant park superintendent.
City Commissioner M. Harvey Tay
lor, Superintendent of the Department
of Parks and Public Property, ex
pressed his satisfaction at Mr. Hof
fert's decision to remain in the city's
employ.
Mr. HofTert served in a similar ca
pacity under the old Park Commission
and aided so materially in the .big de
velopment and improvement plan of
Harrisburg's park and playground sys
tem that Commissioner Taylor asked
him to remain as assistant when V.
Grant Forrer's resignation as super
intendent was received. At the time
Mr. HofTert suggested that Mr. Forrer
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was fixed at 4 o'clock this afternoon.
El Paso, Texas, April 23.—British
subjects in Mexico were warned to-day
to leave Immediately. The warning
came from the British Ambassador,
Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, at Washington,
to H. C. Myles, British Consul here,
who at once wired to consuls in Mex
ico. About 700 Britons are in Mexico.
Havana, April 23.—The battleship
Montana, after sailing from Guan
tanamo for Vera Cruz, was ordered
back to the naval station to embark
a detachment of eighty marines under
Captain Frederick L. Bradman.
New York, April 23. —The Ameri
can Smelting and Refining Company
announced here to-day that it had or
dered all its mines and smelters in
Mexico closed down. Instructions
were sent to all American employes
to leave Mexico immediately.
Washington, D. C., April 23. —The
State Department has been advised
that between 800 and 1,000 American
citizens still are in Mexico City.
Washington, D. C., April 23.—Gen
eral Wood still is awaiting orders at
the War Department. No call has yet
been sisued for the militia and It is
said that nothing could be done In that
direction until Congress had acted by
authorizing the movement and by pro
viding the large amount of money.
New York, April 23.—The supply
ship Culgoa arrived at the yard to
day. She will be loaded with 6,000
tons of meat and other provisions and
will join the fleet as soon as possible.
. Boston, Mass., April 23.—The bat
' tleship Nebraska sailed for Mexican
waters at. noon to-day.
Japanese Newspapers
Are Very Conservative
Tokio, April 23.—Most of the lead
ing newspapers of Japan are moderate
and reserved In their attitude regard
ing the Mexican situation. One or
two of the less responsible journals,
however, to-day suggest that advan
tage should be taken of the present
embarassment of Washington to press
the issues outstanding between Japan
and the United States,
EVEN SAN ANTONIO IS UNEASY
Mrs. Charles Fischler. 719 North
Sixth street, has returned from San
Antonio, Texas, where she had been
visiting during the winter. San An
tonio. the site of Fort Sam Houston,
is 150 miles from the Mexican frontier,
but even In that city Mrs. Fischler
says there Is a feeling of uneasiness
over the situation that is much more
pronounced than In the North. j
* POSTSCRIPT.
FUTILE AHEWIPT
MHO BLOW UP
EAGLE PASS BRIDGE
Mexican Federals Halted Before
'They Succeed in Destroying In
ternational Structure
CARRANZA'S NOTE RECEIVED
Considers Seizure of Vera Cruz
Hostile Act and Asks With
drawal of Forces
Eagle Pass, Tex., April 23.—Arte*
destroying: machinery lit railroad
shops, blowing; up railroad switches
and removing Instruments from the
telegraph office in Piedras Negras,
Mexico, opposite this place, early to
day, a party of Mexican federals was
prevented from blowing up the Mcxi
cna end of tlie International bridge
when the American border patrol ar
rived.
Washington, D. C., April 2»
Nelson O'Shaughnessy, American
Chnrge d'Affaires at Mexico City,
has been handed his passports.
. ~T w . elve Americans have been
kilie<l and fifty wounded at Vera
Cruz.
After two days of fighting the
American naval forces hold the
entire city.
General Carranza, the Constitu
tionalist chief, lias addressed a
note to the American government
resenting the seizure of Vera Cruz,
lie characterizes it as a hostile
act against the Mexican nation In
"violation of the national sov
ereignty" and "invites" the United
States to withdraw.
This was the situation which con
fronted President Wilson and the
Washington administration to-day.
Steps looking toward a restoration
of the embargo on arms have been
recommended and final decision on
this point was expected during the
day.
That Huerta might follow his ac
tion with reference to O'Shaughnessy
with a declaration of war would not
surprise official Washington. Such a
development In most cases have fol
lowed the departure of a minister or
charge d'affaires. Charge Algara, of
the Mexican Embassy, has Instructions
from the Huerta government to leave*
He has been preparing to go for sev«
eral days. His departure will be has
tened, It is believed, because
O'Shaughnessy has been handed his!
passports, but the American govern
ment. which has not recognized the
Huerta representative through deal
ing with him because he was accredit
ed to this government by the Ma
dero administration, probably will not
ask Algara to go. He will depart on
j the inlation of his oWn government.
United Stated to Wait
The determination of the United
States had been to pause after Vera
Cruz was taken and wait for the ef
fect on Huerta before seeking repara
tion by attack on Tamplco. What,
the overnight developments may mean
to change the situation was a con
jecture.
I The joint board of the army and
navy has completed plans for any
eventuality. The navy Is moving rap
idly to blockade If necessary all porta
,on the Atlantic and Pacific coasta
|of Mexico. The army 1b ready to
move in an instant. Already a biff
portion of the army Is scattered alonff
the Southern tier of the United States.
A copy of the Carranza note In
Spanish was received here to-day. An
Important paragraph In it differing
somewhat from the translation made
for Consul Carothers at El Paso was
translated as follows by the Mexican
Constitutionalist agency:
"Moreover Invasion of our territory,
the permanency of your forccw of Vera
Vruz. or a violation of the rights
which constitute our existence as a
free ami liide|>cmlciit State, would cer
tainly drag us into an unequal but
dutiful war, which we always desired
to avoid."
The Constitutionalists said Car
ranza's note was not Intended as a
defiance but as an appeal to the United
States to withdraw Its forces and seek
reparation from them.
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