Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1914-07-17
FAMILY Of RUERTA
BOARDS british ship
WOMEN ARRIVED AT PUER-
TO MEXICO EARLY
YESTERDAY
Both British and German War.
ships Offered Them Safe
Refuge,

PUERTO MEXICO, July 16.-
Sonora Huerta, her two sons, Jorge
and Victor, and their wives, her two
I'm slrried daug Eters, Sonora Blan-
quet, wife Of the iCrmer war minister,
and other distinguished refugees ar
rived here early today from Mexico
City The women of the party
boarded the British cruiser Bristol
Four hundred soldiers. the pick Of
the army selected by General Huerta
months ago, preceded and followed
the special in military trains.
Alongside the track holding the
special trains the Mexican gunboat
Zaragoza had taken a position in the
river. A short distance out the
British cruiser Bristol, which had ar
rived a few hours previously. was
moored, and beyond the Bristol lay
the German cruiser Dresden, which
came into the ri cr at top speed just
before the arrival of the trains
Warships Are Ready.
It is announced unOffiCially that an
other British wuTship and German
vessels are prepared to render any
services necessary to make the re-
moVal of the Huerta and Banquet
families peaceful.
When the trans pulled in hardly
a resident of the town knew anything
about il, and there has been no DEM
onstration of any kind.
The Des Mo!nes and Paducah of
the American fleet are lying just at
the mouth of the river.
Captain Fanshaw of the Bristol
does not know whether the honor OF
conveying the Hderta family out OF
Mexico is to be his. His instructions
are to afford asylum in case of
trouble, and although no trouble has
occurred, SenorG Huerta. Sonora
Banquet, and the other women de-
cided to accept his hospitality.
VIII Offer Refuge.
Capt. Erlich Kohler of the Dresden
also has orders to place his boat at
the disposal of iIuerta and Blanquet,
who are now on their way here. but
he profess,-- to Ice equally ignorant of
the service he will be called on to
perform As a matter of fact, this
will depend largely on the eX-presi-
dent, and II is believed he will accept
the offer to carry him abroad
Jorge and Victor Huerta and two
or three other men took trip
around the town, but the morning
was spent by tho women in the stuffy
cars in which they sweltered. There
was not Il breath of air and mosquitoes
penetrat.d every unguarded creVice.
The women made the best of their
cramped quarters and to the few
callers admitted maintained a cheer
ful front. which in the case of Sonora
Huerta especially, appeared unas-
sumed. For ,Ong time she had been
urging the general to abdicate.
The arrival a. Puerto Mexico of
the ex-president and the ex-war min
lister is looked for between s and
o'clock tomorrow morning 1t IL ex-
pected they will ask the Dresden and
Bristol to carry the refugees to some
neutral port whore they can transfer
to a regular steamer for Europe.
The next steamer scheduled to sail
from this port for Il European port Is
the Buenos Airea and she is not due
here until July 22. II is thought
Huerta will not wait that long.
Jorge Huerta, who holds the rank
of colonel. walked about the streets
greeted friends and bore himself as
jauntily as in the capital. He did not
associate with mericans, however
and to his Mexican friends he was
outspoken in has expressions of dis
approval of Americans.
A few constitutonalists are known
to be operating rot far from Puerto
Mexico, but nothing has occurred to
indicate any muN ement on the part OF
Huerta's enemies to interfere with his
leave taking.