Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1913-12-23
DESERTED ONLY
TO INC|TE A
REBELLION
FEDERAL OFFICER, AN ALLEGED DE-
SERTER FROM GUAyMAS, At
TEMpTS TO DEM0RAL|zE CAR
RANzA'S MEN.---CHRISTMAS IS
ALMOST UNN01ICED IN MEXICO.
PRESIDENT HUERTA
CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY


| Hermosillo, Sonora, Dec 22.--(Via
| Nogales, Sonora, Mex, Dec. %. y
! Captain Lobert Roberto Montana, one
of the federal officers of the Guaymas
garrison who surrendered recently to
the insurgent outposts, was placed on
| trial here today before a court martial
charged with an attempt to induce con
stitutionaliSts officers to desert to the
| federals
| 1t was alleged that his act in asking
! for amnesty was incident to a plot to
demoralize the military organization
of General Carranza. The other eX-
federal officers who gave themselves
up at Maytorena were not placed I'M
der arrest.
Battle Ships Arrive.
Vera Cruz, Mex, Dec. 23.-The Unit
ed States battleships Kansas and
Connecticut arrived here today and
anchored outside the harbor with the
Nebraska, the Louisiana, and the New
Hampshire. The two last named YES
sells are to leave at once for the Unit
ed States. Official advices from Tam
pico state that all is quiet there.
No Holiday Spirit.
Mexico City, Mex, Dec. 23.-Feeble
efforts have been made to arrange
holiday festivities in Mexico City this
lyear.
Governor Corona of the federal dis
trict has enlisted a few OF the city's
fashionable women TO assist him In
holding a Kermess i'll one OF the pub
lie parks, but even this show OF holi-
day spirit is half apologize, it being
announced that the proceeds are to go
towards buying clothing for the poor.
Merchants in Mexico annually dress
their windows and stores to attract
the gift buying snlblic, but unlike the
stores in the Unlted States, the rush
is not over until one week later. Only
a few Mexicans buy presents and dis
tribute them on Christmas, but all OF
them want to give tokens Of their love
and friendship on New Year day.
This year the merchants have made
little effort to capture the MONDAY
money. Sentiment has dulled the
buying spirit and war has drained the
money bags. AS a people, the Mexl'
cans are impoverished. Merchahts
who had placed orders early in the
wear with European toy houses have
generally cancelled them because OF
the increased duty on all importatlons.
Such shop windows as are decora'eo
with holiday goods this year contain
only the left over goods OF year ago
Newspaper suspends.
Mexico City, Dec. 23.--La Nacioh'
the daily newspaper published III lhe
interests of the Catholic party, sus'
pended publication today at the sug'
gestion of the Mexican government
Japs to Visit Mexico.
Mexico City, Dec. 23.-lt is stated
here that the marines and blueJackets
from the Japanese cruiser ldzuma'
which arrived at Manzanillo yesterday
are coming to the federal capital
"merely on a visit The visit is to
be of several days duration.
Celebrates His Birthday.
Mexico City Dec. 23.-President
Huerta today revived the old custom
of celebrating at the National Palace
with great formality the anniversary
of the birth of the chief executive lie
was born on December %, 1854. These |
birthday celebrations were an annual
affair during the regime of General
Porfirio Diaz.
Before daylight this morning mill !
tary bands from the regiments which !
have their headquarters in the federal
capital marched up and down in front |
of the palace and serenaded the provis- /
ional president. During the forenoon,
Huerta received the congratulations
of committees representing all de-
partments of the government.
The final event in the days celebra-
tion was reception of the displomatic
corps, at which all the foreign repre-
were present with the eX-
ception of Nelson O'Shaughnessy,
American charge d'affaires. The t
Spanish minister. Jacinto de Cologan
Y Cologan, dean of the diplomatic
corps, delivered an address of con-
Seeking Arms.
Washington, D. c., Dec. 2:f.-Ameri.
can arms and ammunition for Huerta,
denied direct expectation to Mexico,
are being shipped from the United
States to Hamburg, Germany, and
reshipped to Mexico. This became
known to officials here today. when
it was found that large shipment
had been made by that route.
In connection with an order for arms
for the Huerta government in Japan,
advices here say the munitions are
-if1es discarded by the Japanese army /
in favor of new type Al
though manufactured originally in the
imperial Japanese armories, like the
Did Springfield muskets and the
Krags, which followed them in this
the arms were disposed OF
BY the government to private dealers
md it is understood that in such a
fConfj,.ued nm na1o- SourN