The Sentinel=record., 1914-05-24
CAUSED MUCH OF THE MIS- TREATMENT OF AMERICANS
 A SALTlLLo, SAYS DOCTOR.
SAID HANG ALL AMERICANS
Huerta Had Sent Message From Capitol Telling of Bombardment of Vera Cruz and the Telegraph Opp orator Made the Addition.

Washington, May 23.-The Niagara Falls conference and it's develop 1 ments received the close attention of | officials here today. While neither white house nor state department of | ficals would discuss the progress of negotiations, a general air of hopeful ness prevailed
 Secretary of State Bryan received long reports from the American com missioners at Niagara Falls and aft erwards visited the white house to go over the reports with the president. Among Mir. Bryan's callers were John Lind and one of the legal adyls- CTS of the constitutionalists, with whom the question of constitutional ist representation at the mediation conference were discussed. While the mediation negotiations, Tn the words of a high official, were progressing smoothly, a new source of apprehension on tIhe part of the foreign diplomats was found in the situation at Guadalajara, Mexico, where many foreign refugees are re- ported to have gathered.
 Reports were received that bandits were gathering in the mountains near the city and threatening to attack the town in case of withdrawal of it's garrison, Part of the constitutional- ist army under General Obregon also was pushing forward toward the city, arousing fears for the safety of the foreigners during hostilities. No ad- vices reached the state department, however, to indicate any pressing danger.
 Conditions at Tampieo continued 10 improve and the secretary of the navy granted permission to refugees now at Galveston, who claimed they were brought from Tampico against their will, to return on the transport Hancock
 Several British oil men have also left Galveston for Tampico.
 Vice Consul John Silliman re- mained at Mexico City today recuper- ating from tine hardships of his trip from Saltillo. He expected to depart for Vera Cruz Monday.
 One of his fellow prisoners in the Saltillo jail, Dr. j.. Franklin Moore, called at the state department today and told of his experiences. Mir. Moore was a practicing physician of twenty years standing in Salttllo.
 He said tranquility had prevailed there until April 22. when a telegram signed "Victoriano Huerta" was re- ceved from the capital saying Ameri- can warships were bombarding Vera Cruz. Immediately following the signature were the words hang all Americans" presumably added by the telegraph operator.
 Messengers from the civil governor summoned all Americans in Saltillo to headquarters. The doctor excused 1 himself from the patient he was at tending with promise to return in few minutes. But 1t was fifteen days before he was again at liberty. He first was placed in a cell three feet by seven feet for 24 hours, but the following day he was admitted to a large room where all the American prisoners were gathered, including Vice Consul Silliman.
 They were treated fairly well and were released only after they had jointly signed statement reciting that they had simply been detained to ensure their protection against pos sible violence. Silliman, however, was held after the others left on a charge that he was a spy