Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-05-18
Agents Of German Steamer
to Return Shipment Of
War Goods
ACTION RELIEVES
CRITICAL SITUATION
City Of Tepic Reported Cap
tured After a 24-HOur
Battle Saturday
(By John Edwin Nevin.l

Washington, May 1S.-The German
steamship Bavarian was due at Puerto.
Mexico today with ammunition for
President Huerta. The agents for the
liners owners assured the Washington
administration, however, that the shin.
ment would not be landed. Instead,
they said, it would be returned to Ger.
many, having been dispatched from
there before the American Mexican sit.
uation became acute.
Whether the owners acted as they
did voluntarily or at the German gov.
ernment' s request was not announced.
At all events, their course was much
appreciated 1t relieved the admins.
tration of serious embarrassment. Had
landing been persisted in the United
States could not have prevented the
ammunition from reaching Huerta, for
possible use against Americans later,
except by seizing Puerta- Mexico, which
surely would have been interpreted as
breach of the armistice pending medi-
alton negotiations.
United States Consul Sillimam of Sal
tillo, still remained at that city Secre-
tary OF State Bryan said he was salts.
fled, however, with the explanation from
Mexico OitySfhat his departure had been
delayed only by the railroads destruc
tion. He offered no comment on the
case of Private Parks, concerning which
it was understood nothing further had
been heard.
Bridge Is Dynamited
The war department admitted con
siderable concern over the news that
the San Francisco bridge, 28 miles out
side Vera Cruz, on the Inter Oceanic
railroad, had been dynamited. 1t was
conceded that this would hamper an
American advance on Mexico City, if
one should become necessary.
Preparations were proceeding for the
mediation negotiations at Niagara Falls.
A member of the diplomatic corps
here received Mexico City dispatch
from an authoritative source today con.
firming the news previously sent by
William G. Shepherd, the United Press
correspondent at Vera Cruz, to the ef-
feet that President Huerta was willing
to retire on certain conditions.
These conditions, as outlined by Cor.
respondent Shepherd, were that Huerta
was to be consulted concerning the
choice Of his successor, that this success
sor should not be General Carranza,
and that Huerta be permitted to be a
candidate at a presidential election to
be held in July.
The understanding here had been all
along that the Washington administra-
tiOn would not consider anything but
the dictator s unconditional retirement.
Tepic Is Captured.
(By Charles H. Raymond, staff cor
respondent of the United Press.)
Cesa Blanca, Sinaloa, Mex, May 49,
delayed in transmission) Rebel troops
under General Obregon last night cap
tured Topic after battle which lasted
"a hours.
1t was reported here that the Mexican
ship Pesquiera left Guaymas two days
ago with 500 officials and officers, and
that that city is prepared to surrender.
Rebel troops were closing in around
Mazatlan today, and its evacuation by
the federals was expected hourly. In
a personal interview General Obregon
told me that he plans an Immediate
campaign through Guadelajara to Mex
leo City.
Obregon left this afternoon for Tepic
to cut off all communication between
Mazatlana and Guadalaiara4 When he
returns he win concentrate his forces
for the final assault on Mazatlan.
The eonstitutionalist gunboat Tam
pieo is now afloat at Topolobampo and
will be used to lombard Mazatlan.