Evening star., 1913-07-28

eenorts from the embassy In Mexico City
have reflected the serious aspect OF tne
financial situation throughout the re-
The battieship South Carolina arrived
at Vera Cruz today to resume patrol outy
there after having been at galveston
Tex. to give officers and men sno.s isase
New Hampshire Is now en- route from
Vera Cruz to Galveston to give her ON
GERS and men similar leave The gunboat
Wheeling reports that she rs a. ffoh.sfa
but makes no mention of disorder there .
Contradictory information has reached
the Washington government Iegaiolns
the stability of the Huerta adm,mstsa- ,,aa
ton of reliability of informants. Ofn-
cials declined to state which reports
We're being credited It was said. how. how.
had been little or no change In the
status of affairs in the southern re-
public
Statement by Mexican Embassy.
The following statement was issued
this morning by the Mexican embassy
in this city:
Official advices to the Mexican en-
bassy show beyond doubt that the ef-
forts of the government to restore
peace are beginning to produce tangible
results Railroad communication be-
tween Chihuahua and Ciudad Juarez
has been reopened as well as the line
to Laredo: repairs to the stretch De
tween Chihuahua and Zazatecas are be-
ing actively pushed. and it is certain
that a portion of the line will soon be
opened up. As 81 result of the recent
successes of the columns of Gems. Mas.
Rubio Navarrete and TelleZ. who have
steadily driven the Carrancistas from
the state of Cocahuila, the line between
Ciudad Porfirio Diaz and Monterey will
also soon be ready for traffie. Car
aA1 doc rtvScr n
join the rebels operating in northern
Durango
..To cut off this retreat strong federal
columns have already been sent. In the
south the Zapatists are being given no
quarter. They are being routed from their
mountain strongholds, and are going over
into the states Of Mexico and Michoacan,
where they were yesterday defeated with
great loss of life. In the state of Cam
peche the followers of ex-Gov. Camilla
Brito have fled into Guatemala. after ex-
periencing a severe defeat. This marked
Improvement is the result of the earnest
efforts on the part of the administration,
and chiefly of the reorganization of the
army, which in five months has been in
creased from 81, 600 to 1900 men.
The Dixon incident at Ciudad Juarez
has been satisfactorily settled. Dixon.
who received slight wound. has been
delivered up to the proper authorities on
the payment of a bond
Report on DIXON SnOOL1ng.
The following report on the shooting
of Immigration Ispector Dixon was re-
ceieed today from immigration Inspector
Berkshire. in charge of immigration work
along the entire Mexican border:
While in Juarez yesterday Saturday
official business. Inspector Dixon was
arrested entirely without justification by
the military, but was later turned over
TO the civil authorities. When arrested
Dixou asked TO be taken to the police
station or to the commanding officer.
Four soldiers took charge of him, and as
they were proceeding as though TO the
outskirts of the town he thought they
intended TO shoot him. Therefore, at the
first opportunity. he attempted to escape,
and while fleeing was shot through the
abdomen ! made diligent efforts all day
yesterday to obtain his release. without
result. but finally succeeded today tSun-
day. and he is now at the Ell Paso sani-
tarium His condition appears very
favorable. So
kilograms corroborating press accounts
of the shooting at Juarez reached the
State and War departments today. There
is little information about the status Of
Mcdonald and Bissell. 1t appears that
they were en- route to Parral in an auto
mobile to bring out refugees, when ar
rested at Santa ROsalia. The machine
was contiscated. and the two men taken
to the city of Chihuahua, where news of
border by Americans.
Huerta Regrets Incident.
The Huerta administration, it is un-
derstood. has informed the diplomatic
representative of, the United States al
Mexico City that it regrets tie shooting
ef Immigrant Inspector Dixon at Juarez
and has ordered the release of Dixon and
the trial of the soldiers said to be re-
eli In
scented that the matter is being investi-
gated with a view to ascertain what
Dixon was doing on Mexican territory,
why he was arrested and all the circum-
stances of tie affair with a view TO plac-
ing the responbility where 1t properly be-
longs. As understood here the Huerta
the affair and places whatever blame ac-
crues for the incident on soldiers not
under orders, but acting in their private
the investigation is whether Dixon was
acting under the orders of his superiors
I'm going to the Mexican city and whether
the municipal or military authorities In
Juarez were informed OF: bis mission there
Senator Pomerene called on Secretary
Bryan today and urged his good offices In
the interest of Bernard Mcdonald, man.
ager of the San Patricia Mining Com
pany, in the Parral district of Mexico
who ii is reported, had been arrested al
Santa Rosalia by Orozco's forces and SEN
fenced to death at CHIHUAHUA Senator
q telegram from Charles L. kurtz a
Guanajato, Mex. He was assured by Sec.
retary Bryan that steps had been taken
for the protection of both Russell and
Mcdonald.
u. S. Demand Most Pointed.
The demand that the soldiers at Juare7
be court-martialed and that the guilty be
punished is a much more pointed reques,
than has hitherto been voiced by the
United States government. Although Nc.
Donald. who is Bissells felow-prisonel
at Chihuahua, is reported to be an Eng
lish subject. the demands for protection
covered both individuals and the Ameri
can consul at Chihuahua was ordered t6
go to the extreme of precaution to pre-
Vent harm from Detailing the two mining
men.
Complaint Against Consul.
Complaint was made to Secretar,
Bryan OF the State Department toda,
III.