Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-05-16
TO ELIMINATE HUERlA
PLAN OF MED|ATORS
SOUTH AMERICANS SEEK TO
COMPROMISE QUARREL IN FAR
REACHING PROPOSAL.
O'SHAUGHEESSY TELLS HIS STORY
Orderly Crazed by Heat, Strayed Into
Federal Commander Mas Lines
Near Vera Cruz and Was Tor
tured and Put to Death.

Washington. INFLAMMATION OF Ten
oral Huerta and the establishment OF
provisional government in Mexico IN
which both the Huerta and cohSu'u
tionalist factions would be represent
ed, is contemplated in plan Which,
the three South American medlators
now are working out TO be proposed
for the solution of the entire MeNf
can problem.
This. the first intimation as TO the
details of the mediation plans, became
known Tuesday. though neither the
mediators nor state department OF
ficials would make any statement as
10 how nearly complete is the plan 10
he submitted TO the American and the
Mexican delegates when they meet the
South American ENJOYS at Niagara
Falls, Canada, next Monday.
II was learned that the proposal
might be that the setting up OF
Temporary government be undertaken
bv a commission of five persons, two
of them to be named by Huerta, two
by the constitutionalists and the fifth
by the mediators.
While the mediators have with
drawn their invitation to the constr
tutionalists to send delegates to their
conference, il generally is believed
that information is being sought as
to whether the constitutionalists would
consent. in case of the elimination OF
Huerta. to some form of temporary
government in which he would be rep
resented. Those close to the media
tors say it is believed that some such
arrangement as this is the only pos
sible one under which peace may be
restored in Mexico under conditions
satisfactory to all Mexican factions
and to the United States.
Nelson O'Shaughnessy, charge DAT
flares of the American embassy at
the City of Mexico, Tuesday told Pres
ident Wilson the story of what hap
pened in the Mexican capital during
the days Immediately preceding and
following the occupation of Vera Cruz
and gave him an intimate picture OF
General Huerta. 1t was the first time
Mr.. OShaughnessy had seen the pres
ident since his arrival in Washington
last week. He was at the White
House for more than an hour.
The charge advised the president
that General Huerta was stubborn
man and not apt TO surrender his pc
sition as dictator easily. He express
ed the opinion, however, that any gov
eminent set up in Mexico which has
the support of the United States viii
stand.
Private Samuel Parks of the Tween
ty-eighth Infantry regiment was pu
to death by a firing squad within Brig
adler General Mas lines May Z, &C
cording to information received by
Brigadier General Frederick Funston
at Vera Cruz Tuesday.
General Funston said that he be
lieves Private Parks was put to dealt
without trial. 1t is believed that HI
was beaten by the Mexican federal!
and horribly tortured before he wal
stood up before a firing squad.
Private Parks, when he was shot
was dressed in the uniform of a pri
vate of the United States army. TEN
porarily crazed as a result of expos
ure to the sun, he wandered into thu
Mexican lines on May 6 while exer
cising two thoroughbred horses be
longing to Lieutenant Colonel Elmor'
F. Taggart, whose orderly he was.