The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-04-09
Huge German Warehouse
with Value Of Half Million
Burned Yesterday as Incl
dent of Battle
WATERS-PIERCE OIL
INTEREST NEXT TO GO
Little Fear for Safety of For
eigners so Long as Rebels
Lack Artillery. Mexico
City Ddmits Fall of Torreon
[By Inascd wirc TO Evening Herald.

lBy LEASED Wire 10 Evening htcraid.I
Washington. April e.--Overnight
i dispatches 10 the navy department
from Rear Admiral Fletcher reported
lighting still ia progress at Tampico.
without advantage on either side. ON
account of "a heavy nOrther Rear Ad-
miral Mayo was discouraging refu-
gees from going aboard ships there.
Admiral Fletcher sent this report.
received from Admiral Mayo yester-
day afternoon.
Mayo reports hghting continues
with no change except that gunboat
zaragoza is assisting the Vera Cruz
In sheiliEg Arbnl Grande. on account
of norther and no advantage In
| lighting. am discouraging refugees
from coming on board. Have received
few on Des Moines alongside dock.
II rebels receive artillery, which
seems to be- improbable. conditions
viii be more serious. Reports circu-
lated on shore that American battle
ships are supplying arms 10 the reb-
els"
The admiral added that he had dl-
rectad Admiral Mayo to give refuge
ITO Americans aud other foreigners ON
American vessels as far as possible.
The department today suggested 60
Admiral Fletcher the possibility OF
taking the marines on the transport
Prairie at Vera Cruz and sending
that vessel to Tampico to receive the
refugees, who cannot be cared for on
the other ships without more or less
Inconvenience.
| Officials here did not regard the
shore report from Tampico that the
rebels are receiving sid from the
American battleships as worth com
mcnting on
state department officials said to-
day that foreign property. especially
the OH plants In Tampico. were la
grave danger but there WAS Thought
tn be little danger 10 the lives Of for
Ieigncrs.
Concerning conditions in Tampieo
the state department issued this state
ment.
From Vera cruz wireless reports
regarding Tampico Indicate that the
situation as 10 foreign property ~
complicated ana serious. Tho Waters
Pierce oil rcnneries have been occu-
pied by attacking forces during the
last two DAYS and as consequences
have been under fire from the fed
cral gunboat in tho harbor. A loss
iN VIC NlfIiFlAN lh Afhith. Aut NhIt-
houses of the AgenciG Cumercial
German property, was burned with a
loss OF $500, 0G0"
From Ensenada e il reported that
the situation at Mazatlan is tranquil.
Five Americucs arrested at Vera
Cruz as 90 military precaution were
released today. A consular report
from Torreon says very good order
has been re-establishcd there.
| Hugadier General Hush L. scott at
Ei paru reported Co the war depart
lmcnt hg wireless today that fighting
was said to bee In progress at san
Pedro ana Faras. but he gave d. -e-
tails
The Rcd cross today called ON pr.
stephenson head of the El Paso
chapter for report concerning the
needs of the Spanish refugees just
Iarrntd there.
! Secretary Bryan said that Consular
Agent Durothers was under iustruc-
tious Co. continue his representations
Co General Carranza for the protcc-
uon of the property which refugees
let ln Torrean and 10 obtain, II pos
sinlc. permission Tor the Spaniards %
return 20 their homes
The president told callers this gov
lcrument was doing All II could for the
protection - spanish subjects in
McNiro. He indicated that u the CON
stltutionalists persisted In their atti-
tIde nothing could be done al pres
cut hut that everything would be- left
90 subsequent settlement and claims
when a government was established.