Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-04-27
ARE LEAVING
MEXICAN DANGER ZONE
Few Who Remain Are Believed to Have
Placed Their Lives at Mercy
Of Mexicans.
CHIHUAHUA PRACTICALLY
CLEARED OF AMERICANS
General Funston's Brigade win Land
at Vera Cruz Tomorrow, It
Is Reported.

in southeastern Mexico are in imminent
danger was the news brought here to-
day by party of refugees who ar.
rived on the United Fruit company Is
steamship Marowijne.
The soldiers in that district, they
said, hated Americans at best, and had
been still further inflamed against
them by what they had heard concern
ing the situation at Vera Cruz. II was
declared the troops were entirely law
less and unrestrained, had damaged
much property already, and were open
ly insulting American women and chill.
dren.
In the party which reached here were
S. Rest of Sacramento, ]. d. and ].
Solar of San Pedro, s. Thomas Of
Bishop and f. Alvarez, f. Brine, l..
Blaugh, ID. o. Martins, s. Moisant of
San Francisco.
Mormons Leave Mexico.
FL Paso, Texas, April 27.-Two hun
dred and forty mormons, nearly all of
them Americans, arrived here today. 1t
was the first time that any number of
mormons have been driven out by the
revolution. With today's arrivals here
the state of chihuahua was practically
cleared of Americans.
Refugees Arrive.
Nogales, Ariz., April 27.-Two hun
dred American refugees arrived here to-
day on special train from interior
Sonora points. Another train is due to-
morrow from Hermosillo, bearing Uni.
ted States Consul Hostetter and his
staff.
The refugees who arrived today had
not heard of reports that American
marines had captured Guaymas and EN-
paine. The report persisted here, how
ever There was no communication
with either city.
40 Chose to Remain.
Washington, April 81. = Consular
Agent Montague, a fugitive from Can
anea, Mexico, reported from Naeo,
Ariz., today that 500 Americans had
left Cananea, but that As insisted on re.
naming. Messages from Consul Can
adad at Vera Cruz said he was trying
to get list of Americans detained in
Mexico City and elsewhere throughout
the country.
Exodus of Medcans Begun.
Washington, April 27.-One hundred
and eighty Mexico City refugees, most.
ly Americans, arrived this afternoon at
Vera Cruz, according to message from
Admiral Fletcher. 1t was added that 21
Americans, 81 British and AZ Mexicans
arrived from the capital this morning.
Returning westward the train took
270 Mexicans.
A general exodus of Mexicans from
Vera Cruz had begun, Fletcher said.
A list of American refugees now at
Vera Cruz was received today from
Consul Canadad. Included in the list
were Clifford Jones Of Seattle, b. s.
Gregory of Santa Rosa, Cal, and the
Misses B. Ritz, Il. M. Blenthin and
Cora GLADDEN., California missionaries.
Delayed adyices to Secretary of State
Bryan indicated today that 600 or 700
Americans were still in Mexico City.
Consul Canada also wired details of the
detention Of many Americans at Aqua
Calientes. He said the Americans at
tempted to leave on a refugee train, got
as far as Encarnaci0n, were stopped
and turned back to Aqua Calientes,
where they are now confined in
guarded smelter plant. Another train
was also detained at Trinidad and
number Of Americans from Leon re-
moved.
Drafting 12-Year- Old Boys.
San Diego, Cal, April 27.-Boys Of
IL years and less are being equipped
with rifles at Ensenada, capital of the
northern district Of Lower California,
to fight with full grown Mexican men
against the "gringo" This is the
message brought by Consul Claude +.
4 Guyant, who has been ordered out Of
Ensenada by Secretary of State Bryan,
reaching San Diego on the United
States monitor Cheyenne.
"It is the intention TO abandon En-
senada and to march north to the bor-
der to join in the defense of Tijuana
and Tecate," said Guyant. "The ar
tillery, $50 men and several machine
guns, left Ensenada Saturday night for
Tijuana. The infantry, which has been
recruited up to about 1000 men, viii
follow"
Aviators Go TO War.
That Captain Cowen, in charge of
the United States aviation corps here,
five expert aviators and 30 mechanic
ians, who are today speeding to Calves
ton on a special train, win be ordered
to Vera Cruz upon their arrived there,
is the opinion in San Diego today.
The men took three aeroplanes with
them. Six aviators. remain at he local
camp, awaiting a call to duty on the
border here.
The cruiser Albany is eoaling here,
and will leave for Mazatlan late today.
! The cruiser Cleveland is expected here
today.
The monitor Cheyenne is in port with
81 refugees from Ensenada, and the
collier Justin and the supply ship Glac-
tier and expected soon with additional
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