The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-12-03
MAY SEEK RETURN OF DIAz
ExiIed Former President Put on
Active List of Generals
VILLA PUSHING HIS CAMPAIGN

Mexico city, Dec. 3.-Thc seaport
city Of Tamapco was today officially
declared che temporary capital of the
state of Tamaulipas. General Rabago.
the military governor, has gone to
TampiCo under orders of the felcral
government to established his gov
crnorship i'm the temporary capital
Reliable news as to military opera
lions in various parts of the republic
is very meagre in the federal capital
ana what little there is does not favor
the government
Tclcgraphic communication along
the line OF the national railroad has
been re-establishcd, but it is under
stood this has been done with the con-
sent of the rebels.
Extraordinary methods are being
employed here 10 secure recruits for
the federal army. Servant girls display
marked caution when they appear on
the streets, as they are aware that
scores of their fellow servants have
been drafted into the army as female
soldiers.
Tricks to Recruit Men.
one trick resorted to by the re.
cruiting officers yesterday nettcd sixty
five Conscripts in "A single haul. Bills
were posted outside a moving picture
show. announcing it TO bc For Men
only The place was packed with men
long before the time Tor the perform
ancc
After several religious themes had
been displayed on the screen the
crowd. which had expected entertain
mcnt of a far different sort. raised an
uproar and this was signal for "A
raid 10y the police, who marched nearly
all the men i'm the small room To the
station house where most of them
were drafted into the army
Transfer Diaz to Active List.
Mexico City, Dee. 3.-Thc war de-
partment has published an order trans
forring General Porlirio Diaz from the
retired list to the active list. The or
der bears the date of September 20.
Mexica, Press Scores Wilson.
Mexico city. Dec. 3.-Commenting
un President wilson's message. the IN
dependcntc. government organ. today
SAYS Wilson's statement that Huertas
power Is waning is against the truth
and shows Wilson's bad faith toward
things Mexican
The Imparcia says that from "a good
source it learns that some of the for
oign ministers at Washington criti-
cized the message severely.
The El Pals. the most independent
Mexican paper. says Wilson's words
are So injurious and his charges
against Huerta SO unjust that it il
preferable to pass them by 50 as not
To arouse anti American sentiment in
Mexico.
Villa Seeks Generals Capture.
Juarez. Dec. 3 Confident that the
seven federal generals, led 10y Mcrcado,
who evacuated chihuahua with their
troops. intend to seek refuge in the
uuited States, rebel General Villa to-
day sent soldiers to intercept them on
the way 10 Ojlnaga on the border
With the federal generals are two
thousand soldiers, a number of subor-
dinate officers and more than a thou
sand people Of the wealther class who
fled rather than faced the attack on
chihuahua by the rebels.
Federals Quit In North.
JuarcZ. Mex, Dec. 3.--Seven generals
of the Mexican regular army are ready
to surrender and the backbone of the
lIuerta dictatorship In the north has
been broken. a peace commission ar
rived i'm Juarez last night bearing
terms of the surrender.
The peace commission was headed
by OdiIon Sernandez and came from
Chihuahua. bearing "A proclamation
signed by General Salvador Mercado'
lIuerta's military governor and com
mander of the federal forces in all the
north. The proclamation stated that
the Huerta government was bankrupt
and was unable To pay its soldiers.
The simultaneous evacuation of
other federal strOngholds In the north
is believed by the rebels To be the re-
suit of "A concerted decision To abandon /
the ,ybole of Northern Mexico