Evening journal., 1914-05-20
INCIDENTS Of THE
.VERACRUZOCCUPAT|ON
Shooting of Mexican Girl
by "SniperS' q Pathetic
Incident
SPANISH BOY
ALSO A VICTIM
BIZ BERNARD RUCKER.
United Press Stan Correspondent

BIZ BERNARD RUCkER.
United Press Stan Correspondent
VERA CRUZ, May 8 (By Maid -
Propose mediation between Mex
leo and the United States" That
was the caption in a recent edition
of the Mexican Herald over the story
of Argentina, Brazil and Chili's offer
tC try to settle the Mexican difficulty
and Secretary OF State Bryan's reply
which Secretary of the Navy Danials
wirelessed TO Rear Admiral Badger.
The typographical error caused many
a laugh in the American colony and
more "watchful waiting" was pre-
dicted. The Mexican Herald is the
first English newspaper ever pub
lished in Vera Cruz. Hudson, its
owner, published his paper in Mexico
City until he was forced to flee the
capital He Immediately bought
press here and issued his first paper
on Friday
The publication Of the "A b. G."
offer caused much dissatisfaction
among the naval men and Americans
here. They Immediately conjectured
that the move meant a lot more delay.
The shooting by Mexican snipers of
a l6-year-old Mexican girl in a street
near the Plaza was one of the most
4 pathetic incidents of the two days
fighting. In the lighting the little
/ girls father was killed and she be-
came separated from her mother.
| Two Red Cross men found her alone,
! frightened and crying in a house
which they searched. Placing the
girl between them, the Red Cross
men started with her to a place of
safety. On the way down the
I Avenido Independence, snipers fired
on the party and the girl was in
stantly killed So far as known she
was the only female killed in the
fighting
Another shocking incident was the
killing on the third night of a 10
year-old Spanish boy At 7.30 that
| night the patrol went through the
streets warning all natives to stay
in their houses. The Spanish boy
was told by his father TO stay indoors
but when firing began, his curiosity
cot the better of him. He was shot
and killed almost in his own door
way.
The Il. S. S. Collier Orion has been
the busiest ship in the harbor since
the arrival of the Atlantic feet The
Orion carried 10000 tons of coal
enough to fill the bunkers of five
dreadnoughts.
As soon as the Arkansas took III
her position she coaled and then the
New Jersey and South Carolina
emDtied the Orion other collier:
filled the bunkers of the other ships.
No matter what some Mexican'
may think Of the American marines
Senorita Mas, the beautiful anC
| charming daughter Of Gen Mas
Federal Commander Of Vera, has tn
! utmost confidence in their honesty
When Gen. Mas and his famil.
fled into the interior. Capt Anderson
OF the Florida, in charge of all TIL
marines. occupied the Mas mansion
as his headquarters. All the room
except those occupied by Anderson
and his staff were locked up.
Two days later Senorita Mas cam
in from Soledad where her father i
camped and went to her home Sh
asked the guard to allow her to ente
her boudoir and was apparently sur
t prised when he took out a key fron
f his pocket and unlocked the door
Evidently the Senorita expected t
find the whole house open and oc
cupied.
t Inside the room she went to he
dressing table and unlocking
0 drawer (more surprise) drew out
Jewel case. In it were rings. brace
: lets. necklaces and other gold an
: diamond iewelry worth fortune
Finding her jewels intact, the cir
/ calmly put them back into the drawe
K end locked II again.
. Il shall leave them here The
. are safer with los Americanos tha
! with me in these times" she sal
! with a bow and a smile. Thank vol
: Senor." And she was gone, probabl
the most astonished young woman j
J Mexico.
The refugees from Mexico City hav
= nothing to do but sit around tn
5 Plaza cafes and talk. Consequent
s they hear and create and disseminat
q some of the most amazing stories
Baron Munchauson had nothing 0
d the nervous and frightened Amer
h cans.
). On the third night after the landn
n Of Fletcher's marines. it was conf
(, IDENTIFY believed around the Plaza the
/. ZaData would attack the town befor
dawn Then came a story that Viz
!, toriano Huerta had resigned and the
Il Scnor Lopez Portillo y Rojas ha
\ succeeded him as provisional pres
= dent
! This. it was said would satisfy tn
American Administration and end til
trouble Those are only samples {
the astonishing yarns that were eli
culated and believed by the unir