Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-05-15
MEXICO AND MExIcANs
Miscellaneous Developments Bearing
Upon Troubled Conditions.

First Lieut.. Chas. NJ. Maigne, U. 5.
a., retired, who went to Vera Cruz as
a war correspondent, has been arrest
ed by order of Gen. Funston for going
beyond the American lines, visiting
the Mexican Federal camps and tell
ing what he saw, all Of which Is con-
trary to the rules and regulations re-
garding war correspondents.
The authorities at Washington are
much concerned over report COM
ing from Mexico, to the effect that "a
nata an Independent revolutionist,
whose force is said to include 2O'0O0
Indians. and now concentrated south
of Mexico City, Is preparing to invade
the capital in advance of Villas FORCES.
The Brazilian minister at Mexico
City, defied a Mexican mob a few DAYS
ago, when demand was made ror the
surrender of Luis D'Artin, an attache
of the American legation, VINO hao
taken refuge in the Brazilian legatoI
A rumor at FL Paso, Tex, brought
in by refugees from Mexico, is TO tne
effect that General Villa ana Gehei a.
Carranza have finally parted ana tnaI
villa has declared himself provisional
president of Mexico. Co,
General Villa has laid siege 10 So
tillo and is reported to have MS nnes
completely around that town ana slese
guns planted on convenlent enniI oIs
9ranaratory to attacking the Federals'
las. s. Beard, an American, was e&-
acnted at Parras, Mexico, few DAYS
ago by order of General Arguheuo,
Federal commander, because OF MS
Instice Jos. r. Lamar Of the Unitea
States supreme court, and freuerloh
w. Lehman of st. Louis, VIII repre-
sent the United States at the meaia-
tion conference at Niagara falis' Sah
ada, which begins May IL. ,s
General Funston, at Vera cruz ma
recaived information to the effect thas
private parks, the insane soldier ol
tho 2Sth infantry, was executed Oh
Nav 7th and tortured prior TO Deins
shot after a farcical drumheao court
martial on the charge OF being d spy
The Mexican gunboat Morelos,
grounded and abandoned by its crew
in the harbor of Mazatlan, was @ ue
stroyed by rebels last sunday. me
rebels boarded the vessel and set IL oh
fire. o ma nm 80 foraisn
money is invested In Oil weil plopeiS
i'm Mexico. United states eapf'ai dpn ~
vested IS Wen oNei
Brownsville, Tex, dispatch Oh yes
terday. gives the contents OF oinCiai III
formation just received py Col 5ioa ~
the Constitutionalist comnlanunei .n foil
Matomoras. with reference to the ran
Of Tampico: The Federal force uhaer
General Zaragoza fled under cover OF
downpour of rain, being followed py
the forces of General Pablo GonzaIes
and General Luis Caballero. Ten can
non and fourteen machine guns Were
nIaced to the north Of the city Monoay
night by the Constitutlonansts' lhe VI
ficial version said. Tuesday morhlne
a heavy fire from the machlne gums
was poured into the defenalng reue
forces. The ConstitutionaIsts GannOi nO
nIaved havoc, it was said, with the en-
tire Federal entrenchment. The roar
of the ten cannon at Tampico was al
most continuous from the opening Oh
the final assault on Tuesday mornlhs
until the Federals fed in disorder yes
terGay afternoon. The Federal gun
boats seemed to have lost their erect
iyeness and the Constltutlonansts
claim they paid little attention 10 then
i'm the latter part OF the fight. TWO OF
the Federal gunboats fed down lns
Panuco river: Todays reporess 1ast
that one gunboat was aground iasl
night. although it was not in acton.
The last Constitutionalist attack on
Tampico began under the leadership Oh
General Luis Caballero early in April.
Immediately after the capture or Mon
terey- Gen. Pablo Gonzales began NOV
ing his troops to the assistance OF Ca
ballero. A large number OF Tamplco
oil men who have gathered here sald
TODAY they would start for the ram
pico fields at once. feeling sure they
would be safe. They are very uneasy
about their properties there, but 1eit
hopeful when reports were received
that. although much Oil was lost, there
were no fires. The total dead on poth
sides was estimated at about 30O from
reports received at Matamoras. The.
Constitutionalists lost one officer killed
with two or three wounded. Practical
ly none Of the buildings in the city
proper were destroyed. it was asserted,
or even damaged by the fire from the
Constitutionalists' guns. The Oil heids
were reported safe. There was no IN
dication from reports received that any
of them were fired during the assault
on the city. The total force OF Constl-
tutionalists that took part in the at
tack on the city numbered about 1000
men under Cesario Castro and Angus
tin Castro. Wednesday night the
streets of Tampico were patrolled by
Constitutionalist cavalry. Occasional
shots were fired when hiding Federals
were discovered. Invitations already
have been issued to foreigners to re-
turn to the city and resume their busi-
ness affairs under guarantee OF protec-