St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-11-12
THE j. 5. FLAG
TRAMPED UPON
Rioutous Mexicans, Headed
By Medical Students
Trample the American Flag
and Spit Upon It.
Property of Americans In
Danger of Destruction.
Strong Feeling Against the
American People
Caused by the Lynching of
Mexican in Texas.
Caused by the Lynching of
Mexican in Texas.

Mexico City, Nov 9.-Through IN
suits to the American flag and as
saults made openly upon American
citizens in the streets, the anti
American demonstration which be-
gan last night with the stoning OF
the Mexican Herald offices developed
this afternoon into an affair OF in
ternational Importance. A vigorous
protest was registered by the Ameri-
can ambassador with the Mexican
Depart of Foreign Relations and at
the same time the facts were tele-
graphed to Washington and instruc-
tions asked for.
Tonight the attacks were renewed,
Windows in dozen American busl-
ness places were smashed. All about
town shutters were hurriedly drawn
and establishments closed. Forces
of police appeared in the streets and
kept the crowds moving.
An attack was made upon the
plant of Ell Imparcial, and the mail
ing and distributing departments on
the floor were completely wrecked.
For twenty minutes the mob batter
I'd at the heavy doors leading to
the editorial and composing rooms
the Wreckage. Then the mounted
police charged with drawn swords
One of the attackers was run through
and killed. The owners fled. An
alarm was turned in from the ONCE
of the paper brought the fire depart
ment to the enc before the hre
gained headway.
INSULT TO THE FLAG.
While the police looked on and
seemingly made no effort to prevent
it. an American flag floating in front
of candy store in the center of the
business district was torn down this
Afternoon by a crowd of several hun
dred medical students and Others
tramped and spat upon and torn in
to bits. Later photographs of the
crowd were taken before the offices
Of the Diario del Hogar, Mexican
newspaper, with many waving bits
Of the tattered banner.
The demonstration to-day was
continuation of the affair of last
night. caused by antipathey aroused
among the people by the burning al
stake Of Antonio Rodriguez at Roci
Springs, Tex, on the night of Nov. 3
Publication of violent attacks or
Americans by several Mexican news
papers tended to further incense the
medical students, who were the pro
moters of last nights demonstration
Ell Diario del Hogar was particu
larly violent in the expressions o1
animosi toward the people of the
United States, characterizing then
as .giants of the dollar, pigmies O.
culture and barbarous whites of thu
North,' and asking where is thu
boasted Yankee civilization?"
SEVERAL ARRESTS.
shortly before noon the crowd as
sembled before the new Jaurez monu
ment in the Alameda, and proceed
ed to the municipal palace, Wher
several of Their number, VINO Wer
arrested last night, We're being eS
amined by the authorities. A com
pany of mounted police followed i
the wake of the crowd. From tn
nalace the students marched throug
Ayenida San Francisco, the princips
business thoroughfare of the city
stopping in front of the candy stor
where the flag incident occurred
Gathering numbers as it proceeded
the crowd marched to the offices
foreign relations, making demonstrs
tions against American bushes
places. Jack Davis, an automobiI
renair man, had a hand-to-hand el
counter with a dozen members
the crowd when they attempted
tear the top from his automobile an
enter his establishment. He knocl
ed several of his assailants to tt
pavement and drove them from h
place.
AMERICAN CHILDREN ATTACKED
At the head of Jaurez Ayenu
around the famous state OF the iTo
Horse, speeches were made denoun
ing all Americans, and passin
street car conveying school childre
to the Anne lean school was stone,
One child was struck and severel
injured. Windows of the car wei
shattered, Among others who wei
assaulted were the son of Ambass'
dor Wilson, and William Marshal, a
employee of the National Railway
The latter was hit On the hea
with a stone, and sustained sever
scalp wound.
During the progress of tt
students about the city Governt
Landay Escandon, of the Federal di
trict, Chief of Police Felix Dias an
former ambassador to the Unite
States Joaquin Casasus, followed