Evening star., 1914-07-17
FAILURE TO HASTEN EXIT
ALARMS ADVANCE PARTY
Is Expected to Arrive at Puerto
Mexico Late This Afternoon, II
No Trouble Occurs.
DESTINATION Is YET UNKNOWN
Jamaica Is Port Most Frequently
Mentioned, But Final Choice of
Refuge Lies With Overthrow
Provisional President.

PUERTO MEXICO July ~
Gen. Huerta stopped on his leis-
urely journey from Mexico CITY
to this port and passed the night
at TERRA Blanca, in the state OF
Vera Cruz, the center of district
overrun by small bands of revolu-
tionaries who have uttered the
boast that they will never let the
departing former dictator reach
the coast.
Under the best conditions
Huerta could not arrive here be-
fore noon, and it was thought
unlikely by his waiting family
that he would be in Puerto Mex
ico before late in the afternoon.
1t was e o'clock this morning
when Huerta departed from
TERRA Blanca, his train being
preceded and followed by troop
trains. No orders were given to
the engineers to attempt to make
up the lost time.
Delay Worries His Wife.
Gen. Huerta'S failure to I. hasten his
exit from tho aapital was the cause of
some worry to his wife. while Sonora
Blanquet, whose husband. former min
lister of war. is with his old chief. was
frightened into a state of mysteries by
the delay. Reports from various points
along the line give no reason to believe
that any unpleasant incident had oc-
CURED.
mentioned aboard the foreign ships as
the destination of Gen. Huerta, although
all admitted that the final choice OF
place of refuge lay with the overthroWn
provisional president. Huerta Is said to
have mentioned that place to few Of
his friends as the one to which he would
go should he ever leave the country.
He would have no difficulty in transfer
ring there to some transatlantic steamer
and without attracting attorney. as he
would in Havana
A little more than a cables length
from the German cruiser Dresden, on
which it is expected Gen. Huerta will
go. Mrs. Huerta and a number of the
women in her party, who arrived mere
yesterday. spent their first night on
shore on the British cruiser Bristol.
The elder women were given the best
quarters on the ship. but 1t was inn
possible to provide all with rooms and
recourse to cots placed on the awning
sheltered decks was resorted TO. Inc
party, used as they were to the COM
forts and luxuries of wealthy homes.
nevertheless caught some OF the sptri.
of camping out. and the Laughter tnat
reached shore until late at night evi-
denced the fact that they are not now
greatly perturbed by their plight.
chagrined at corbajal's Action.
Not until early today did the news
reach the men who led the Huerta
exodus that Carbajal. to whom Huerta
turned over the provisional presidency,
had virtually asked Gen. Carranza to
come to the capital. Their chagrin
was undisguised. but none expressed
surprise at what they termed Car
bajars precipitate action. most
thought. to quote the expression OF one
of them. that he should have waited
until Huerta was out of the country at
least.
Early morning scenes about the trains
where the soldiers slept and stood
guard. and within the sleeping cars
and aboard the Bristol emphasized the
changed climatic conditions under
which the fugitives are now living. Ac-
customed as they are to climate al
a mile and a half altitude many really
suffered Swarms Of mosquitoes tor
tured them throughout the night, and
the women especially appeared Tagged
when they poked out their heads for
air that was heavy and wet and hot.
The nights breeze from the water
had gone. and heavy tropical odors an
nounced the proximity of the sweating
Jungle that begins just behind the
town.