The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-12-19
HUERTA'S MEN LOOT
AMERICANS HOMES
Federal Troops at TampicO Are
Reported TO Have Raided
Foreign Colony.
run on BANK STOPPED
Report That Bills Were Being
Discounted Relieves
Situation.
SPECIAL cable Despa,cA 10 rur sux

SPECIAL cable DespdscA 10 TuE SrS.
MrNico CITY. Dec iS.--A trustworthy
American who arrived from TampicO TO-
day reports that tho Federais looted the
residential quarter of the foreign colony
in that city. chiefly the houses occupied
by Americans They carried or every
thing they found that was portable.
Americans vino have arrived here lost
everything thcy possessed IL the Gulf port.
communication with Tampico from ta's
city wa san Luis rotpsi has been cut
since O'Clock this afternoon.
The American smelling ana R"rnn.,
Company has decided to shat down Its
plant Al \gu,scalisntes on January !.
! rhs will mean the complete shutting
down Of all the company's plants through
| out the 'opublic, All the other plants
have already been closed
The run on the Rauco Central taperei
| Of to-day This was chiefly due to \
, r.l>e story published in Il morning paper
| To- the ornr. that the bank was cashirg
only \ small percentage "f the state bill,
| offered and thos" NJ discount.
! Only Few bills CnShcd.
| Tho Ranco Central is not discoun,ing
| the bills. hut is really cashinG only II
| fcw This is don" hccaus- the state
hanks ard their clients 90 not want their
! bills to be- cashed, preferring to keep
| them in circulation.
! Th.ro was a meeting ~ bankers this
/ morning under tn. craftsmanship Of the
/ acting Secretary Of Fiuanc" to consider
/ the situation At this conference tho
! bankers proposed that the Banco Nacional
| recriv. all state bank notes and issue in
! stead notes ot the Banco Sacional The
! plan is eventually 10 con'ne the issue OF
! bank notes To- the Banco Nacional TO the
exclusion of all others except the Banro
! d, I.ondros Mexico. which has con-
ccssiou for the issue until 1928.
The Government has discovered that tho
, ZApatistas ar" now opei atng under the
| direction of Gen. tarranza. who has
agents here and in the Zapatista camp.
! ireu Carranza has Instructed the Zapa
! tjstas TO concentrate all I'oss BILE forces
Z upun the capital for tn" purpose OF divert
.nu ~. F.d,r,u attention from h,s own
loperatlous Ia the north.
TIA, Ztratistas are threatening Ameca-
thirty-five miles from this city.
TWO troop trains which l.ct her" for
Currnavaca to-day are stalled between
MiNcoar aud Miranda, eighteen miles from
tn. capital Fighting is going on there.
F-irrnIs Bottled lp.
! \ trustworthy p"rson VINO has just ar
rived her. from Torr"ou reports that when
he reached that city tie day before the
F.derals entered it messenger from Gen
Angeles, who was then operating in chi.
'huahua arrived with An order 10 Gen
Villa to ,Vacua;c thu CITY and allow II.
Trdo~ais to enter The purpose Of this
move was to surround Torreon later on
ticn. hug.les in the meantime bringing
a. heavy artillery.
Til" rebels th"rcupou ls't Torreon
burning all the forage aud provisions
which they were unable to carry OF and
blowing up the railroad behind them TIL.
Fedcrals will he unable TO find sub
sistcnrc and are likely to be bottled NJ
ard starved into surrender. The rebe
! plan Is 10 cut the line from Torreon to
SaltIlo via Parridon. which is the on,
In" left. The other railroads have beer
destroyed and grain is now growing or
their roadbeds.
Tho rebels, who arc in strength nort'
% Of Monterey. can readily so to Torreur
: and cooperate with Gen. Angeles. VIII,
> claims to ~ able to surround the cit!
with $4,000 men.
Gen. Emiliano Iapata was almost cap
p turcd at a ranch at Menepara on tn
I border of the States Of Moreos anc
q Mexico, eighteen miles from here. at
: O'Clock this morning. He had a body
. guard OF 500 men II was surprise,
by Federal detachment from Toluca
and Xapata barely escaped after a har,
e fight.
0 Gaud.pcio de- la Lava. a Federal brig
I plan. ON the border Of the States o
Morclos and puebla, and is said 10 b.
marching ON cuantla. He was in IN
first pln, to XII President Madero H.
was sent 10 prison but was liherate,
e and joined the Diaz-IIuer,a combina t!or
| \ military plot was discovered n; Aguas
g calicntcs to-day by the Governor OF tn
' state. He ordered the execution of 81.
, Federal officers.
The Government has sent n commits
sion from the protocol section OF tn
Ministry of Foreign relations. headed b.
the introducer Of ambassadors. to NEE
I the Spanish cruiser Emperador Carlos
which will arrive at Vera Cruz to- morrow
TIL" commission will extend the mos
cordial invitation to the captain an
! other officers of the warshp to visit Mex
-, leo city and will offer them II special trai