Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-19
Few Americans in Torreon.

and that the state congress had desig-
mated In his place a military governor,
Gen. Juan A. Hernandez.
Few Americans in Torreon.
Comparatively few Americans are
now left In Torreon, Asarco. Velardena,
and. according to information. received
from Monterey, the difficulty OF
getting foreigners out of danger in
places where they were completely cut
off from communication appears to
have passed 1t probably will be sew
erai days before rail and telegraph
connection between Monterey and
Laredo is resumed.
Constitutionalist agents showed by their
attitude last night that tnelr new pro-
gram of organizing stable governments In
all territory controlled by them Is being
carried steadily forward. Word was re-
~ce:ved here last night that In the state
sof Zacatecas the constitutionalists, acting
2 under orders from Gen. Carranza, have
: set UP a civil government at Somberete.
: the second largest city in the state, with
: Senior Salce as governor and Senior Caloca
: as secretary of state.
BY organizing responsible governments
: the constitutiona.ists, it was said iast
nigl t. hope to place themselves IN
position in which they can treat with tne
United States government They do not
: claim that these governments WIN os
anything but provisional. to be succeeded
by constitutional governments later
The battIeship Texas, carrying Torreon
: refugees, was scheduled to leave Tampico
are in charge of DR.. Ryan. Everything
Z necessary, according to the state De-
partment. has been supplied by Consui
Miller Arrangement will be made 10
: the transporta ,Ion of all who are unable
. TO find accommodation on the Texas -.
Ensenada Reported Quiet.
: Through telegram communication Is re-
ported suspended from Ensenada. The
situation is quiet there. Acapulco also
is reported quiet. Publication of the
presidential proclamation calling for
+ elections was made Thursday.
Spencer F. Speed, seriously Ill when
: taken on board as a refugee from The
We coast of Mexico, died on the trans
port Buford Wednesday and was buried
at sea. His Illness and oea.h is as
cried by the State Department reports
!, to extreme old age. The transport was
: due to arrive at San Diego, Cal, at 4
clock yesterday.
. Despite promises of protection by the
constitutionalists, the Hacienda In
genio, at Bancon, was attacked Tuesday
5 nlgat, according to unofiiclal advlces
received at the State Department. All
buildings were burned, stock, money
and other effects taken and machinery
destroyed. Gen. Zaragoza of the con-
stitutionalist forces mas been called TO
account by the state department
. zone of the fifty thousand Americans
Sordered out OIL Mexico by the state De-
partment." j. Il. Willett, wants job.
He mas had a card printed wnicn re-
cords MIN as one of the 10000, asks
what Uncle Sam IS going to 90 with
/. him and the otners in the same fix and
states mis- need for an occupation, con-
scluding with the request that mis- BLUM
. be called.
w illett has been around Washing
ton for several days. anxious to talk
lover the Mexican situation and to place
himself. ii possible, in perth which
would earn him a living. He lacks
sympathy with the policy of his own
government in dealing with the Mex
lean problem.