The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1914-07-13
FEDERAL SOLDIERS DESERT

FEDERAL SOLDIERS DESERT
VERA CRUZ. July S.-The fed
eral soldiers under General Mas
are deserving their posts rapidly, &C
cording to reports received from the
American outposts this afternoon.
II is stated that the federal COM
mander now has only a handful of
men left, and it is expected that his
entire army shortly will be in re-
volt
The threatened attack on the AM
erican outposts has not material
lied
AMERICAN VESSELS FIRE.
WASHINGTON, July 9.-Reckless
firing by the Dominican rebels
at Puerta Plata provoked warning
volley from the guns of the Ameri-
can gunboat Machias on Tuesday.
according to advices which were re-
ceived from the island republic to-
day The incident occurred during
an engagement between the rebels
and the government forces in front
of Puerta Plata. but the fusillade
was quoted quickly by the warn
ing volley from the Yankee warship.
A number of the rebel bullets are
reported to have struck the sides Of
the gunboat
TAKE TOWN AND PRISONERS.
Ell PASO. Tex, July 9.-It is re-
ported here today that the Con-
stitutionalists have captured Guada-
lajara, together with nearly 100 fed
eral prisoners. The majority Of
the government troops escaped.
WAR WRITER ARRESTED.
VERA CRUZ. July 10. = Fred
Boalt. a war correspondent who was
sent to Mexico by the United Press,
was placed under arrest here today
by direction of Secretary of War
Garrison, and will be deported on
the first steamer sailing for the
North. Boalt is charged with hav-
ing sent out number Of fake
stories from various sections of the
country, and is regarded by the
government as dangerous man to
be at large.
Boat was sent to Mexico at the
commencement Of hostilties in this
country, from Seattle, where he was
employed on the staff of the Seattle
Star During his residence in the
Puget Sound city, he gained repu-
tation for irresponsible writing. He
is a sensationalist. having little re-
gard for facts, so long as his stories
are readable.
The arrest of the correspondent
is the first action of the kind under
the present administration, and was
authorized by an army regulation
which forbids the sending of fake
news by war correspondents. 1t is
believed that the deportation of
Boalt will result in making the
Mexican dispatches more reliable.
MExicANs AFTER ROOSEVELT.
VERA CRUZ, July 10. - Former
Mexican Minister of Commerce and
Labor Moheno. who departed from
this city today for New York, claims
to have evidence in his possession
which proves conclusively that Theo-
dore Roosevelt and the leaders of
the Progressive party in the United
States have formed a conspiracy for
the seizure of the republic of Next
CO. Moheno is going to the United
States, presumably for the purpose
of exposing the plans of the con-
spirators. He will go first to Cuba,
and thence to New York.
1t is also claimed that several
members of Huerta's cabinet have
private letters from men of prom
inence in the United States indicating
that such conspiracy exists, but
it is not known if these letters will
be used in connection with the eX-
posture which is promised by the
former minister.
AFTER MEXICO CITY.
Ell PASO, July 10.-Advices re-
ceived from across the line this aft
ernoon state that General Villa has
at last decided to make dash for
Mexico City, and is now headed for
the capital with an army numbering
many thousand men.
1t is predicted here that Villas ad-
vance will be unopposed by the gov
eminent troops until his arrival at
the capital, where, it is believed, the
forces of Huerta will be concen-
trated for final stand. There are
few here who doubt Villas ability
to take Mexico City.
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