The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1914-05-12
Operator in Touch With Mill
! tary Authorities Warns If
Federal Forces Attempt
Sudden Attack.
Refugees Fear General Mas
sacre When Huerta Leaves
and Bandits Sack and Pill
!; lage Mexico City.
BY THOMAS p. COATES,
9taff Correspondent of the interns
tIonaI Newa Service.

ttonat News service.
VERA CRUZ, May ia wireless
outfit has been established upon the
refugee train, which almost daily pene-
'trates the Federal lines between this
city and the capital to bring foreign
ers into the zone of safety afforded
by the United States flag.
Five miniature wireless stations on
the western side of this city keep
vigilant watch day and night for S. o.
s., this being the signal of distress
agreed upon to give notice that the
train has been attacked and foreign
ers are in danger.
The apparatus is rigged on the rear
platform of Pullman car, and stands
about FIVE feet above the roof of the
coach. It's construction is due to the
inventive genius of Ensign Maddox Of
the battleship Utah, who designed it.
Chief Electrician C. P. Porter, of the
battleship New Jersey, has been de-
tailed to ride back and forth upon the
train to keep the wireless plant in
order and to flash the warning signal
If danger makes it necessary.
Fears Villas Bandits.
D. Weatherstone, of Toronto, Can,
southern part of the state of Vera
~ uL, AlllN gu uClC Iouoy IlOIA 0Cl ~
Mexico to which place he had gone
from the capital.
Il left my wife and family in the
capital because l believe they are
safe there as long as General Huerta
maintains control of the government"
said Weatherstone, "but as soon as
General Villa and his Constitutional
lists arrive within sixty miles of Mex
leo City, l will remove them to safety.
The real danger of Americans is not
from Huerta, but from Villa, whose
troops are mostly bandits addicted to
loot, pillage and outrage"
H. l.. Bellamy, agent of the Mutual
Life Insurance company, at La Spagne
and Ralph Henderson of Los Angeles,
were also among the refugees.
SiiIiman to be Freed. =
United States Consul w. w. Canada,
who has been advised that John R.
Silliman, American vice consul at Sal
tillo, is to be released by Huerta's
orders, expects that Mr.. Silliman will
be allowed to come to Vera Cruz. Ac-
cording to word from Mexico City,
Acting Foreign Secretary Estra Ruiz
has made it known that Mr.. Silliman
will be brought to Mexico City and
given his liberty. The American vice
consul has been in Jail at Saltillo about
a week
Huertas ENJOYS to the Niagara Falls
mediation conference, Emilio Rabasa,
Augustin Rodriguez and Luis Elguero,
who sailed last night on the Kronprin-
Zessen Cecelie, indicated doubt as to
the success of their mission. They
carried such an enormous amount Of
baggage that the belief was expressed
here that they would not return to
Mexico after the conference.
In placing a United States battle
ship at the disposal Of the delegates,
Rear Admiral Badger said:
The United States government de-
sires you to be assured of the cordial
spirit in which this means of trans
portation is offered. But battleship
is not built for comfort, and perhaps
the ladies of the party would be more
comfortable on a liner"
Expresses Appreciation.
After Admiral Badger had expressed
his hope of the successful outcome of
their mission, Senor Rabasa said:
'If the other delegates are as court
eous as you are. admiral, there seems
to be no question as to the success of
our mission"
Two war correspondents, Medill Nc
Cormick, Chicago, and Richard Hard
ing Davis, came in on French steam
er from Puerto Mexico. having been
ordered out of the capital by Huerta.
They went from Mexico City to Puerto
Mexico, then came here by boat. Mr..
Davis claimed to have information that
Samuel Parks. the private of the Twen-
ty-eighth regiment, who disappeared
near the Teiar water works, had been
captured by Mexicans, shot and his
body burned.