The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-04-23

road from Vera cruz 10 Mexico CITY
Two bridges. one ten miles and the
other eighteen miles from Vera cruz
are reported intact. These must he
protected II Vera cruz is To bee the
base 81 further operations.
Secretaries Daniels ana Lane Joined
the conference with the preSiden, at |
o'clock. and Garrison was expected tn
arrive momentarily. IL was reported
that immediate movements along tho
Mexican border and the necessity for
further operations at Vera cruz were
under consideration.
Say Carranza Is Not Defiant
\ copy of the text of the Carranza
note in Spanish was received here to-
day by the Constituencies agency.
An important paragraph in II. differing
somewhat from the translation made
FOR Consul Carothers at FL Paso, was
translated as follows by the ConstitH-
tioralists agency.
Moreover the invasion Of our ter
rItory. the permanency of your forces
an Vera cruz, or violation Of tho rights
which constitute our existence as 4
free and independent state, would Ger
iainly DRAG MS into an unequal but
dDtifu war which we always have de-
sired 4" avoid"
The CunstitutiouaIiSts said Carran-
zas note was not Intended as de
iiaucr, hut as an appeal To- the United
States Ia withdraw it's forces and
seek repatriation from them.
Possibility Of Rebel Opposition.
The opposition to the American gov
crnm'nts action, cOming from AN UNI
expected quarter after the Washius-
ton administration had hoped for an
attitude Of neutrality and passive oh-
scrvatiun from the constitutionaliSts
brought the government face To fac,
with possible hostilitics with the great
body ot Mexican forces lying in proX!.
nifty To- the southern United States.
The news foll like "a bomb shell "a
Official circles. PreSidcn; Wilson hal
especially dsclaimed any act Of hos
lilIty to the Mexican people, partlcI-
lariZlug General Ilucrta as the object
q the American operations 10 secure
rrprlsals for oneuscs at Tampico and
elsewhere against the American Has
Consequently the Washington govern
ment had hoped the coustltutionalists
would remain silent and not ntcricct
themselves Ia the imbrOglio.
Twelve Americans Killed.
Twelve Americans have been killed
and 80 wounded in the occupation a.:
Vera cruz. This was announced in q
dispatch from Rear Admiral Badger
made public rs the navy dcpartmea:
at 2:45 o'clock this morning.
Eight men were killed and thirty
wounded in Yesterdays fighting.
Rear Admiral Fletcher at $50
o'clock in the morning ordered "A gen
cral movement for the occupation q
an the town. \ column of bluejacH
cts advanced and passed the market
place aud naval college. When they
had reached the walls of the college a
terrific rife fire was poured in all di-
rections from the roof ana the win
dows.
The hluciackets were helpless to re-
turn the fire againat the stone wal
and scattered The Prairie, Chester
and san Francisco opened with theii
five and slS.inch guns and shattered
the walls. The blucjackcts rcformcf
aud advanced against the fire. which
had diminished greatly.
~ 10 o'clock there was only dcsul'
tory firing from the inshore side of th'
tower. Eattalions of blucjackets hat
made thcir way along the Waterfront
cleared several streets. but the firms
from houses continued at intervals.
Tho urout cruiser Chester poundc,
buildings on the outskirts with six
! inch shells, firing over the heads of th'
men ashore and showing almost per
feet Workmanship.
There was absolutely no organized
| resistance hut from the beginning @
the advance smart fire came IRON
the defenders on the housetops, whicl
Invariably drew n mcrciiess fire iron
the advancing parties.
The machine guns sounded thel
! tap tap" in all quarter and American
5harpshooters posted at street corner
and other points of vantage picked "i
at viii any man who appeared to then
as acting suspiciously.