Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-12-11
ASK ALIENS To
LEAVE TAMP|C0
Rebel Commander Advises
American Admiral That
Attack Is Planned j
OJINAGA FUGITIVES
BEING HEMMED IN
Congress Nullifiea,
Recent Election; Keeps
Huerta In Power !.

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Vera Crux, Mex, Dec. 10s-An overt
whelming force of rebels threatsny to|
attack Tampico at any moment, aocordsii.
ing to advioes received by wireleas
telegraph this morning from ClarenoS3
A. Miller. American consul at thsbl
seaport.
A messenger from General vIll.realtj
the rebel commander. reached tho|
American consulate in Tampioo last1
night with the Information that 1000,
rebels commanded by General villas]
real and Castro were approaching thjI
city. The rebel advance guard, Il wasj
said was at LaSuna Puerite, nino4
miles from Tamplco.
General Villareal declared hts in4I
tention Of assauHing the city with the]
least possible delay. He said he hadJ
given his followers strict orders to re-
frain as far as possible from destruc.
ton of property and to protect th0a
lives Of foreigners but he feared they
would be greatly imperiled In tho at
tack on the city and the consequent
fighting In the streets. For this rea-
son he earnestly requested the Ameri-
can authorities to take immediate
steps to remove all foreign residents
from the place.
Up to the time Of the dispatch OF
Consul Millers advices. no definite
action had been taken on this request,
but Rear Admiral Fletcher, comman-
der OF the United fleet had made pre-
i Iparations to take all foreigners on
board his vessel at moments mo-
tfce and to land marines II it appeared
advisable. 1t Is understood that the
captain Of the German cruiser Bremen
conferred with Rear Admiral Fletcher
on the question Of landing marines and
cOurteously assured the American
admiral that he would act In harmony
with his desires.
Build Qualifications.
Presidio, Texas, Dec. 10.-Federal
Notifications were hurriedly built to-
day all around Ojinaga, Mexico, whore
the federal troops, after their retreat
from Chihuahua, we're preparing for q
| rebel attack. It was believed that
$500 rebels, under General Macdovio
Herrera and General Gomas Urbina.
we're marching on Ojinaga, but they
could not expect to reach the frontier
town in force within four or five days.
General Salvador Mercado, the fed
eral commander, gave orders to Gem
eral Orozco and General SalazaT to
keep the federal troops intact and to
maintain Ojinaga as base. Tho fed
eral soldiers appear to be Rpathe&lU]
over the prospect of fight. More al
them went to the river front today
and shouted over. to the Amer3can1
troops:
1--WE are tired Of fighting. won't you
let US come across
The American soldiers warned them
to remain on their own side. OjinagaI
was overcrowded with refugees and
soldiers. AS fast as the civilians were
able to cross the river they we're trans.I
ferred by automobile and wagons to
Maria, the nearest railroad station.
Quantities Of food were taken to the;
Mexican side, ~,
i ..,, To Fight on Border7
Juarez, Mexico, Dec. ,10.-Events to-,
day indicated that Ojinaga, sometimes
called Preside Del Norte, the small
Mexican village on the border opposite
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scene of the next movement OF the
Mexican rebellion Rebel leaders were
more than ever convinced that Ojinaga
where federal troops have concentrat-
ed, cannot be ignored by General
Francisco Villa the rebel leader.
Within the town are fortified practic-
ally all the federal troops Of the north
with most of their important generals.
Their retreat thither avowedly was to
tohtain money and provisions because
in the interior they had been on the
verge Of famine and the troops had
been without pay. Reprovisioned and
provided with money the federals
would be in position to renew hos
tilties.
Should he determine to attack tho
federals in force General Villa nov
at Chihuahua City would have to
check temporarily his advance south
toward Torreon. but 1t would be in line
with his plan to leave only rebel terri.
tory behind him in his southwark
march.
The rebel forces about Ojinaga are
greatly in excess of the number at
first reported 1t was said that the
g 900 troops which Villa sent south Of
Juarez about ten days ago have been
l1erouted eastward and are now on the
road to Ojinaga.
The threatened mutiny of the fed.
erals as was shown by their calling
). across the river to tho American side
that thev would dese,t if attacked, is
lbeing relied upon by the rebels.