Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-11
FORCING
FEDERALS BACK
IN TAMP|CO FIGHT
Foreigners Fleeing to Water
front, Protected by u. S.
Fleet.
MANY OBTAIN SHELTER
ABOARD GERMAN LINER
SIS. Kronprinzessin CeciIie Aids
Refugees, Too-Huerta Gets
More Power.


VERA CRUZ, Dec. 11.-F'ighting be-
tween the rebels and federais for pos
session of the city of Tampico was in
progress all day yesterday and last
night, according to reports received
here today from Rear Admiral Fletch-
er, commander of the American war
ships OF thai port.
dispatch filed at II o'clock last
night and received here this morning
said that the federal outposts had
been driven in and that the insur-
gents had taken possession of the left
bank of the river from its mouth to
Tampico.
No foreigners have been injured, the
admiral said, nor has any property
heen destroyed. A number OF refugees
were taken on board tie United States
scout cruiser Chester and the cruiser
Tacoma. Other refugees were in build =
ings near the waterfront.
Another dispatch sent by Admiral
Fletcher from Tampico at an earlier
hour yesterday anC received at Vera
ruz this morning said:
General Castro attacked Tampico
this morning. Reports indicate that
the rebel band is pushing back the
Federal advance guard
II am taking all possible measures
to protect and care for Americans and
other foreigners except British and
German subjects, who are being
looked after by their own representa-
tives.
THE rebels are reported to be re-
specting Americans and American
property"
Under date of noon on Wednesday
A Jr1ffaI E'lat cbpf tnlnpra nhq.
"The Federal forces at Tampico
have been reinforced and now number
1000 men. The Tacoma and Chester
are in the river with $50 marines from
the American battleships aboard. a
place of safety for Americans and
other foreigners has been assigned
under the guns of the warships.
WASHINGTON, Dec 11.-oficial
reports from Rear-Admiral Fletcher
to the navy department. today SAID
the constitutionalists were making
progress I'm their attack on Tampico,
and that Americans and all other for
eigners had been removed to a neu-
trial zone for protection of American
| guns. Thus far no foreigners have
! been injured.
/ The dispatches say the non-con1-
batants have been concentrated at a
point near the water front. where they
are under the protection of the guns
of the scout cruiser Chester and the
gunboats Wheeling and Tacoma. The
battleships Rhode Island and Miehi-
gan are further out.
HAMBURG, Germany, Dec H.
Captain Rantzan, of the Hamburg
American liner Kronprinzessin Ce-
celie, cabled to the head office of the
company here today that his vessel
was taking refugees on board at the
Mexican seaport of Tampico, where
fighting between the rebels and fed
erals began yesterday.
MEXICO CITY, Dec. 11.--President
Huerta has asked Congress again to
vest him with full executive powers
to conduct the affairs of the Depart
ment of war, finance and the interior.
A bill to this effect has been intro
duced in the chamber. The deputies
had just approved q measure author
izing the flotation of an interior loan
of 100000 pesos at 5 per cent, to be
issued Immediately. This was to be
the first of series of five loans, and
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