Evening star., 1914-12-04
RAILWAY TRAFFIC
TIED UP IN MEXICO
Report There Is No Communi-
cation Between Vera Cruz
and the Capital.
FREIGHT AT TERMINALS
] LACKS STORAGE PLACES
Provisional President Gutierrez and
Gen. Villa Send ENJOYS to Con-
fer With Zapata.

Railway communication between
Mexico City and the port of Vera Cruz
is almost hopelessly tied up, according
to dispatches to the State Department
today from Consul General Canada at
Vera Cruz. He says the line cannot be
operated under existing conditions.
All the old employees have been dis
charged and the military authorities
have installed a new superintendent
and train dispatcher. The terminals
are jammed with freight. and there Is
no storage room. so that all offerings
of freight are being refused.
Provisional President Gutierrez and
Cen Villa are in Mexico City, and sew
eral of their military chiefs nave gone
to Cuernavaca to discuss with Cen
Zapata and his officers the distribution
of forces in the capital and vicinity.
This was reported in official dispatches
to the State Department last evening
These dispatches stated that cond1-
tions in Mexico City were quiet
Guards Meagerly Clad.
"Zapatistas, very meagerly clad, some
being barefooted, patrol the city," said
an announcement from the State De-
partment, summarizing official mes
sages. THE army of the north is en-
camped in the suburbs. No further
molestation of foreigners has occurred
and fair order is being maintained.
Thus far there has been no friction.
''On the morning of December Spe-
cial Agent George c. Carothers and
some of the northern chiefs proceeded
in autos to Cuernavaca- 1t is reported
that at this interview the matter of
the entry of the northern forces and
the understanding with them would
be determined.
.'Orders have been issued by Gen.
Villa with reference to the occupation
of private property, property not to
be occupied without the consent of the
owners previously being given
British-owned Railway Intact.
While the Mexican railroad east from
Mexico City has suffered some damage
at the hands o fthe Carranzistas, Off
cial dispatches say the British-owned
railway system was left intact. and
has been restored to the company's
management
The State Department was informed
that Gen. Carranza and Gen. Candido
Aguilar went to Jalapa three days ago
on an inspection trip
Railroad and telegraph communica-
tton between Saltillo and Monterey
and between Laredo and Saltillo is in
good order. according to consular ad-
vices. Piedras Negras is quiet. Con-
ditions in Monterey are normal and
communication with TampicO by rail
and telegraph continues.
Reception Is Encouraging"
Ell PAso. Tex. December 4.-The re-
ception of President Gutierrez and Gen.
Villa in. Mexico City was ''encourag-
ing" according to advices to the Villa
agency here.
The Carranza agency has made public
dispatches dated Vera Cruz to the ef-
feet that the CarranZa general. Ramon
1turbide, had captured the port of
Guaymas. on the west coast. and that
Hermosilla. capital of Sonora, was be-
siesed by CarranZa troops The Vera
Cruz dispatch also stated that Gen. Ca
ballero. claimed an adherent by the
Villa faction. had attacked and routed
Villa forces attempting to take Panuco.
Attacks by Gen. Herreras Carranza
forces on Villa strongholds in Chihua-
hua state also were reported in uncon-
hrmed dispatches.
The Vera Cruz reports said that Ia
pata troops which last week cut COM
munication between Mexico City and
Vera Cruz had been driven into the
mountains.
Another American Soldier Wounded.
NACO, Ariz., December 4-Snipers in
the trenches of the Mexican combat
ants across the line fired into Ameri-
can territory today, killing a Mexican
civilian and wounding United States
soldier. The man killed was Antonio
Bracemento. a teamster, who was shot
through the heart while at work in
front OF the United States post Office
here. Private John Miller of the 10th
Cavalry was shot in the thigh while in
camp.
Miller is the fourteenth soldier to be
hit by Mexican bullets. Eighteen
American and twenty-eight Mexicans
on this side of the border have been
killed or wounded since the fighting ae
Naco. Sonora, began.