The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-03
SERVANT GIRLS FORGED TO SERVE IN NHUERTA'SARMY Recruiting Of Federal Forces Is Kept Up By Curious Means. TAMPICO IS TEMPORARY
 CAPITAL OF STATE Train And Telegraph Service Is Crippled By Action
 Of Rebels.


 Mexico City, Dec. 3-The rear ad- miral in command of the British cruisers in Mexican waters, Sir Chris topher Craddock, was entertained at dinner last evening by the. German minister to Mexico, Admiral Paul Von Hintze. Nelson O'Shaughnessy, the American charge daffaires, also was a guest.
 The seaport city of Tampico was today officially declared the temporary capital of the state of Tamalipas. Gen eral Antonio Rabago, the military gov- ernor who was forced to abandon Ciudad Victoria and who was erron- eously reported to have committed orders from the federal government to re-estab1ish his governorship of the state in the temporary capital.
 It was announced today that Gen era1 Arizmendi and other federal of 1cers who fled from Ciudad Victoria to Cerritos, in the state of San Luis Potosi, had been ordered. to reorganfze Victoria.
 On account of the long distances and of the broken topography of the country, the federal government will find 1t difficult to handle it's various military expeditions without trains
 
 practically deprived of oil fuel by the oil producing companies On some of the divisions of the railroad system coal may be had but at the best it is probable, unless unforeseen circum- stances arise. that traffic other than military trains will be suspended soon.
 Reliable news as to the military operations in various parts of the re- public is very meagre in the federal capital and what little there is does not favor the government.
 Telegraphic contamination along the line of the National Railroad has been re-estabIfshed here but it is un- derstood that this has been done with the consent of the rebels, as they are known to dominate the line to the south of SaItil1o and to within 75 miles of San Luis Potosi.
 A consular report received here from Salti1Io reveals the fact that the residents of that city are kept in ig- norance of the military operations in progress in the surrounding country on account of the interrupted teIe-- graphic communications. Extra ort1i- nary methods continue to be report ed to in order to secure recruits for the federal army. The servant girls of the federal capital 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 soldiers
 One trick utilized by the recruit ing officers netted the federal army 65 conscrtpts in a single batch The bills posted outside a moving picture show announced that the exhibition was For Men OnIy''. The little room was crowded some time before the performance began. A series of ordinary pictures was thrown on the screen, the first of them being one of 'fThe Virgin of GuadaIaupe" the patron saint of Mexico.
 The crowd of men greeted this good naturedly but when it was followed by picture of ''The Lords Supper and this was succeeded by '"The Cru cifixion,'' the men, who had looked for a different kind of entertainment started an uproar which resulted in raid by the police, who marched off the majority of the men to the bar racks where they were at once placed in the ranks of the army
 Petitions for refuge in, case of local disturbance are being continued by the various foreign colonies
 H. $. Kidder, general trave1ing sales agent for the Waters Pierce Oil Co was released on a bond of s2,5oO at San Luis Potosi yesterday, after s,3h- hitting to a trial by the federal authorities on a charge of seditfon. Apparently the only evidence against MT. Kidder was that while he was rid ing on the railroad he had talked in general terms with the en pIoyes on the subject of the prevailing condi- tions and had frequently looked through his field glasses at the land scape
 He was arrested on November 27 on suspicion of complicity in the re cent dynamite outrages on the rail roads. Kidder was formerly a loco motive engineer and had lived in Mex leo for many years. He bears a good reputation. The American consul at San Luis Potosi was present at the