The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-05-21
CAPITAL IN FEAR
Of UPRISING SOON
AGAINST HUERTA
Greatest Anxiety, However, Is
That Zapata May Act First.
PARKS BRAVE IN DEATH
Lieutenant Who Executed American
Asserts He Was UnfIinching-
Archbishop Is Driven From
Country by Dictator.

New York, May 20-The World sent
q dispatch to Gen. Victoriano Huerta
calling attention to positive statement
that he had authorized the Mexican
delegates to the mediation conference
to submit his resignation if this course
was absolutely necessary for peace.
This reply ives received:
Mexico City, May 20-Referring to
your dispatch, have the honor to in
form you that there is absolutely no
truth in the report.
v. HUERTA.
To the Times the dictator sent this
message:
Mexico City, May 20.-Referring to
your two kilograms | have the honor
to inform you that nothing is positive
ly determined. w HUERTA.
Mexico City, May 20.4vIt is feared
that an uprising will occur in the cap
ital within a few days.
The resignation of the minister of
communications, Joe Maria Lozano,
has been accepted, but his successor
has not been named.
The telegraph wires to San Luis Po-
tosi have been cut and it is believed
that the federals in that district have
been defeated. The constitutionalists,
it is reported, are about to attack
Guadalajara, capital of Jalisco.
Distress Among Poor.
There is great distress among the
poor of Mexico City and the rich fam
lilies are distributing free meals daily.
A special train carrying Americans,
a majority of them women and chill
dren, will leave here tonight for Puer-
to Mexico under military escort and
in charge of Carl Heynen, the Brazil
ian consul. There will be fully 1000
Americans left in the capital. The in
flux of Americans from interior points
is about ended.
Says Parks Died Bravely.
Vera Cruz, May 20. The two
thoroughbred horses belonging to
Lieutenant Colonel Taggart, with
which Private Samuel Parks dis
appeared into the Mexican lines
on May 6, were returned by a
Mexican lieutenant of rurales, who is
reported to have admitted that he ex-
ecuted Parks under orders from his
superiors. He stated that Parks died
bravely, facing the firing squad with
his eyes unbound and without a sign
of flinching.
American soldiers and the residents
of Vera Cruz, native and foreign, con-
tinue to show the keenest interest in
reports from the capital, all tending
to support the theory that an effort
will be made at an early date to I'M
seat President Huerta.
Men whose close relations with the
federal authorities have caused them
to be regarded as reliable source of
information are convinced Of the ex-
istence of a plot embracing officers of
the Mexican army as well as politi-
clans.
The greatest fear in the capital, say
refugees, is that the plot may not be
carried through before the zapata
forces enter the city and precipitate
most serious trouble.
Germans arriving from Puebla report
that apprehension of Zapata victory
there is even greater than in the CAPT
tai.
The capture of Tampico by the con-
stitutionalists has been admitted by
the government newspapers at the
capital, but they declare that this was
accomplished with the assistance of
American marines.
Guard Urrutia From Enemies.
DR.. Aureliano Urrutia, former min
lister of the interior, who arrived here,
is proving a problem for the American
authorities. He remained at the hotel
with guards in front Of his door and
on the street to protect him against
any possible attempt by his enemies.
He doubtless will be a passenger on
the Ypiranga.
Archbishop Mora Y del Rio was driv-
en- out of Mexico City by General HUI
erta after presenting communication,
which, it is said. proved to be a sug-