Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-05-08
WAR CLOUDS
LOOM UP IN
LATE REPORT
MIDNIGHT SESSION OF OFF,
GERS HELD IN GARR1s0N's
OFFICE.
NO ANNOUNCEMENT MADE
Huerta's Fall is Predicted in
\ Fifteen Days by Villa
b Forces.

ing a long cipher cablegram from
General Funston at Vera Cruz to;
night, Secretary Garrison called into
tconkrence at the war department
Major General Witherspoon, chief OF
staff, and the entire general staff OF
the army. There was no intimation
regarding the nature of the dispatch
made public. The conference lasted
until nearly midnight, when Garrison
finally left his Office and said there
would be no announcement tonight.
He and the army officers were grave
faced; no intimation of import OF
news received.
Wedding Interferes.
Developments IN the Mexican sit
nation steadily went forward, al
though the White House wedding to
some extent echpsed all other events
in the attention of official Washing
ton. Two chief reports from the Mex
ican interior announced the killing Of
two British subjects, and one Ameri-
can, at Guadalajara. There was con-
tinued heavy fighting at 'Mazatlan, on
the Pacific coast, where a rebel bi'
plane executed spectacular exploit
tn dropping bomb, killing four and
tnjuring eight. in the city streets, The
state department was informed by
Consul Hamm, at Durango, that a
movement of constitutionalists had
begun southwark against Saltillo and
Zacatecas.
Continue Sessions.
The ENJOYS from Argentina, Bra
zil and Chile continued their ses-
sions, which now are largely prelim-
mary to the meeting at Niagara Falls,
May is. It developed, despite Car
ranza's selfelimination from the con
ference, that the scopstitutionalist side
of the Mexican problem will be fully
considered by the smediators. Pres.
tdent Wilson and Secretary Bryan
determine to appoint delegates to
the conference OF rnediators of judi.
cial ability and, il possible, those fa'
lniliar with the proceedings of arbi-
tration tribunals. 1t would not be
surprising if a justice OF the supreme
court of the United States will be
one of the three representatives OF
United States, -sr,a, IN :I.s
o'Shau9hnessy Arrives.
Nelson O'Shaughnessy, former
charge d'affaires at Mexico City, ar
rived here and saw Bryan, but defer
red his report to the president and
Bryan until tomorrow. The Brazilian
ambassador at Mexico City reported
a train load of American refugees,
numbering 500 or 600, left yesterday
for Vera Cruz. A guard accompanied
Ryan, the American emissary recent.
ly under arrest on charge of espi'
onage but released, aboard a train.
Strong representations were made in
behalf of John Silliman, the Ameri'
can vice and deputy consul at Saltil.
TO-, who disappeared from San Luis
Potosi. In the senate, Chamberlain
introduced a resolution authorizing
the resident to increase the regular
army.
The American consulate at Cana.
nea and Sonora reopend plans for the
return of British and American Oper-
atives to the oil fields Ground Tam
pico and the reopening of oily wells
interfered with by the unexpected
notification from the federal CON-
mander to the British representa-
tives that no foreigners would be al
lowed to land as long as the warships
remained at Tampico.
eUNeoAT DISABLED
San Diego, CAL, May Lying half
submerged on its base near Mazatlan,
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