Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-05-13
AMERICANS SLAIN,
INSULTED AND
JAILED BY HUERTA
Correspondents Enter Capital
and Are Imprisoned.
THREE FREED AFTER PROTEST
Dictator's Officers Release Britons and
Apologize to Them, But U. S.
Citizens Receive Nothing
But Insults.


Richard Harding Davis and Medill Nc
Cormick, American newspaper writer's,
were under arrest at Mexico City
caused the secretary to ask for an in
quiry through the Brazilian ambassa-
dor.
Richard Harding Davis, author and
war correspondent, who was sent by
the New York Tribune to Mexico as
its correspondent, is under arrest in
the city of Mexico.
Medill Mccormick of Chicago also
is under arrest in the City of Mexico,
according to the same dispatch.
The message says Brigadier Gen
eral Funston at Vera Cruz has received
information that the two correspond
ents have been taken into Gu Y.
The Tribune adds that IL state
department at Washington has inter
vened to have representations made
to General Huerta for the prompt re-
lease of Mr.. Davis.
Washington Hears of Murders.
Killing of two British and one Amer
lean mine officials by Mexican feder-
ais near Guada1ajara has been report
ed to the British embassy here by the
British vice-consul at GuadalaS@>ra.
The report said that G. E. Williams,
British, foreman of the FL Tabor
mine, and G. B. Hoadley, American,
had been killed and Walter Neal
American. manager, and Patrick Baird
British, slightly wounded at Ell Tabor.
s. II. a. Green, British was reported
killed at San Marcos.
Mayo Told to Rescue Americans.
Rear Admiral Mayo, at Tampico,
has reported that the constitutional
lists are preparing to make a desper-
ate effort to capture that port at once
from the Mexican federal troops. Act
ing Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt
instructed Rear Admiral Mayo to re-
move all Americans from Tampico and
vicinity.
Capital a Forbidden City.
Vera Cruz, May 11.-All attention
on the main situation has turned to the
condition of affairs in Mexico City,
where the next scene in the interna-
tional drama is looked for by many
American and foreign observers.
An unconfirmed rumor was circu-
lated to the effect that Huerta had de-
clared the armistice broken and the
mediation negotiations off.
Refugees who arrived at Vera Cruz
and foreigners who have ventured to
penetrate Huerta's stronghold describe
the capital as surcharged with intense
apprehension, and despite Huerta's ap-
parent confidence and the pursuit of
the daily routine there are signs of I'M
dercurrents of intrigue and ambitions
with which the cauldron is boiling. To
those who would bring to the world a
true picture of conditions there, the
capital is practically forbidden city.
Rescued by Briton.
One traveller who returned declared
that Louis Dantin, the only American
remaining at the embassy when Charge
O'Shaughnessy and his staff departed,
had been seized by agents of Huerta
and was in danger Of execution, when
the British minister, Sir Lionel Car
den, interfered and obtained his re-
lease, giving him protection in the
British legation.
Walter G. Whiffen, correspondent of
the Associated Press, and a W shing-
Ton newspaper photographer, A. ). SUIT
ton, we're arrested and placed in jail
Two Englishmen who were arrested
with them were released promptly.
This has been taken as an added evi-
dence of Huerta's determination to
take the most extreme measures be-
fore permitting the rebels to acquire
possession of the capital
The Englishmen who were taken in
to custody were Oliver M. Hueffer, a
correspondent of the London Express,
and another correspondent named
Rourke.
After a protest by Hueffer, Whiffen
was released. No information has
been received as to Sutton's fate.
Palace Is Mined.
Various reports are current, ranging
from threats to force an outside con-
dict to a fairly we'll authenticated re-
port that Huerta has mined the nation
al palace, the post Office, the depart
ment of communications and other
public buildings.
Zapata, after a successful attack on
Cuernavaca, is reported to have moved
his forces to AjuscO, on the side of the
volcano of the same name, only few
miles distant from the capital.
The impression among most military
men and practically all the residents
of the capital is that the world will not
have long to wait for the final chapter
in the struggle between Huerta and
his enemies.
Demand City's Safety.
Several of the diplomatic corps,
headed by the Spanish minister, are
reported to have called on President
Huerta a few days ago and to have
urged him not to subject the city to a
bombardment, but to lead his troops
outside and there make his stand.