The San Francisco call., 1910-12-31
BOAT SUSPECTED
Of AIDING REVOLT
Mexico Secures Cooperation OF
Customs Officers to Stop
Filibustering
United States Government Or.
ders Search to Preserve It's
Own Neutrality
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but they were forced to confess them
selves baff1ed.
At this point the discovery was made
that the contraband was leaving Pacific
coast ports by regularly employed ves-
sells. These ships touched at small
ports and inlets along the coast Of the
states of Sonora and sinaloa, where the
cargoes were discharged.
DR.. P. Ornelas, consul general of
Mexico. conferred with Collector of the
Port Stratton Thursday. Stratton has
been advised by telegraphic sinstruc-
tions from washington to collaborate
with Ornelas in locating the source of
the. shipments OF arms,
TO MAINTAIN NEUTRALITY
The United States is taking these
measures to maintain its neutrality. So
serious is the situation that Ofnelas is
said to have placed considerable infor-
nation in the hands of Stratton and
Clayton Harrington. who represents the
department of justice.
Harrington left San Francisco sew
1t is known that he is endeavoring to
learn the identity of the persons In
volved in the contraband operations.
He has been watching shipments all
along the coast and is believed to have
gone to Los Angeles to be on hand
when the Lackme puts into San Pedro
harbor.
FEDERAL ORDER FOR SEIZURE
Collector Cornelius Pendleton of Los
Angeles was advised to seize and ex-
anime the Lackme. This he did when
the ship touched Los Angeles. After a
hasty search he reported that it was
free from contraband Of war and re-
leased the ship. However, the custom
officials are convinced that the Lackme
recently chartered, is in the employ OF
the f1libusters. Ostensibly the Lackme
has taken out papers for a cruise to
certain islands off the west coast of
Mexico. where the exploitation OF
guano beds is being considered.
The Lackme has dropped out of sight
When this fact became known yester-
day it leaked out that the United States
was taking vigorous measures to check
the traffic in arms and ammunitions
that is supporting the Mexican revolu-
tionists. Special envoys for the Mexi-
can government visited Washington re-
Gently and, after explaining facts to the
in breaking up the ring.
VESSELS TO BE SEARCHED
This was agreed to, and dispatches
were sent to the customs officials on
the Pacific coast ordering them to
search all suspicious vessels clearing
for Mexican ports. Consequently, dur
ing the last 10 days, the customs in
spectors have had to make a, hasty
examination of the outgoing ships
bound for southern ports, in addition
to searching incoming vessels.
\ In the last few months thousands of
rifles have been taken into Mexico from
the Pacific coast. This fact has been as
certained by the Mexican officials The
arms were carted over the mountains
of Sinaloa to the railroad running to
Guadalajara. There the shipments were
loaded as merchandise and freighted
south and then north into Chihuahua.
Railway employees on the Mexican roads
are believed to have facilitated the
shipments of arms.
WEAPONS IN MOUNTAINS
The revolutionists have been very
strong in Sinaloa. Last year the only
political disorders of any Importance
occurred in that state At that time
there were rumors in Mexico City of
large quantities of arms finding their
way into the mountain Businesses in
the north The election for governor
caused clashes between the soldiers
and the partisans of an anti-Diaz plat
form An effort was made to find
where the arms came from. but with
out success. An arsenal of the insur-
rectos was captured, however. This
resulted in the government doubling
it's vigilance. The Mexican authorities
fear that the insurgents are concen-
trating arms in some remote spot to be
used against the federal forces at a