The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-11-12
Uncle Sam is Trying to Find a
New President for Mexico
to Take Huerta's
Place.
THE BAf Pc OF ruxpAN
Two Cur : ts Sent There to Pour
Ca Balls Into the Rsbeis
3 Attacking the
Town.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
WASHINGTON, Nov. l2-Another
serious attempt to secure an agree
nent between the Mexican factions Is
in progress. 1t was learned today
flat Lind, special envoy OF the United
States, is sounding out Huerta lieu
tenants. He wants them to name can
didates from whom provisional
president can he selected to succeed
Huerta and who would be acceptable
to the Carranza faction. II one can
be agreed on, negotiations for truce
and for initiation of plan leading UP
| to a general legislational election
would be initiated. This is now the
chief plan Of the Wilson administra-
ton. Only a compromise can end
| the fight in Mexico. The moment this
government takes sides with the con-
stitutionalists and permits them to
get arms this side of the border it
must be a war of determination. And
the Wilson administration realizes
that 1t will be both responsible and it's
declarations of amity held up to the
/ world ridicule.
] 1t is known that the Huerta admin
s!istration, when 1t learned that the Will
son administration was at last ser
l.ously considering permitting the con
stitutionalists to get arms In this
frnr 3yA nf
j tGShaughnessy how the United States
could recognize Carranza. il he won
and refuse to recognize Huerta. Car
: rama would go into power, the pro
test said, as did Huerta-by right O.
might The protest was used by Sec
retary Bryan in impressing Presiden
: Wilson with the greatness of the re
sponsibility he would have to as
sumo if he armed the insurgents.
Mexicans in this city insisted to
day that the existing economic crisi
is impressing both Huerta and Car
! rama. Bank failures in Mexico Cit,
, are imminent Already runs on In
stitutions there are in progress. Be
cause of this they were hoping tina
3 Huerta would see his way clear t
i retire in favor of provisional pres!
{ dent who could have the support O
4 Carranza and thus end the war.
! Officials here were still as retit
: lent as ever over Mexico.
3 Americans in no Danger.
t WASHINGTON, Nov. 12.-Amer
i cans and American property at Tu1
pan are in no immediate danger,
was declared at the navy departmer
today. Admiral Fletcher reported tha
the Louisiana will remain at Tuxpa
y as refuge in case of necessity. Th
r Michigan has sailed from Vera Cru
for Tampico.
4 Fire on the Rebels.
4 VERA CRUZ, Nov. 1.-THE Mex
q can gunboats Bravo and Zaragoz
sent from Tampico and Vera Cruz, a
II rived off Tuxpan today and opene
;. fire upon the Maderitas attacking I'll
4. town. It was reported that the re
els who number 900 we'll armed ar
# mounted men, under Generals Aguil;
d and Gavira, were being driven off.
he Six Americans were reported to
still in Tuxpan early today b
they expected to escape either to Il
Louisiana or the gun boat Wheelin
ir which Rear Admiral Fletcher Sc
I'd to Tuxpan yesterday Twenty Anne
th cans have been rescued by the We
g. ships.
Tuxpan is 145 miles northwest
Vera Cruz.
fr Small Towns Captured.
ly EAGLE PASS, Texas, Nov 12. T.
ly constitutionalists have captured S
ly binas, Allende, Zaragoza and nu
ly Der of small towns below Piedr
ar Negras, according to reports receiv
ar here today.
Colonel Alberto Guarado, in char
OF the federal volunteers in Coahu.
was seriously wounded in an engai
ment at Zaragoza
Bandits are again operating
l'r tensively in Coahuila, say refuge
ar from the interior state.
az
s5 for Wink.
NEW YORK, Nov. 12.-The tai
on winks was placed at So by Mag
I. trate Corrigan. He fined Walter Rue
.i,at ,,,oro+ for ,rinkipor ~ NJ