The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-04-09
FOREIGNERS ARE
HEAVY LOSERS IN
TAMPICO FIGHT
Damage to Property Estimated
at Several Hundred Thou.
sand Dollars
BISHOP Is RELEASED
BY ZAPATISTAS
Popular Indignation Forces Ban
dit to Abandon Threat Of
CruciHxiOn

CrucihxiOn
MEXICO CITY, April 9.-For.
NAL notice that ali cable dis
patches sent from Mexico City
would hereafter be censored BY
the government, was served upon
correspondents here today.
The establishment Of = censor.
ship on Mexican cable dispatches
10 Z result Of the stand taken BY
Gen. huerta In insisting that Tor
charged certain correspondents
with sending out news favorable
60 the rebels and prior TO the &C.
ton taken today, threatened that
some OF the correspondents might
be expelled from the country.
VERA CRUZ, April s.--Rsports
OF sweeping federal Victory at
Tamplco were received by Gen.
Mas, commanding the federal gar.
rison here. today. but wireless
messages received from Rsar-Ad-
miral Mayo declare the battle 10
stiil In progress.
The dispatches 70 Mayo deelar.
ed that shells were bursting In the
town and firing oil tanks. Many
OF the huge oil reservoirs were
said to DO abiaxe. All foreigners
and other refugees are being we'll
IS taken care Of, the wireless mes
saees stated.
|, WASHINGTON, April 9.--The COM
plete destruction by the rebels of the
Waters.Pierce Oil Co.. at Tampico.
with . loss of approximately half a
million dollars. was reported today to
the state department.. The depart
ment's statement said:
Wireless reports indicate that the
situation at Tampico as regards for
eign properties Is complicated and Sc
rious. The Waters-Pierce oil refinery
has been occupied by attacking forces
during the last two days and as q con-
sequence has been under IRE from
the federal gunboats Zaragoxa and
Vera Cruz. A loss of the entire prop
erty IL feared. The warehouses OF
the Agencia Commercial, q German
property. were burned with a loss OF
100000
(staff correspo ndsnt United press.)
MEXICO CITY. April s.--After
spending more than a week in the
camp OF Zapata, the rebel bandit. In
fear OF crucifixion. Bishop Campos, OF
'Chipala, reached the town of Iguala
today. having been saved from the ter.
rible death which had been threatened.
With this report reaching here to-
day. Catholics expressed the greatest
relief, as II was feared the threats OF
the rebels would certainly be carried
'out. unless the ransom of $4,000 pesos,
demanded by Zapata, reached the
rebel camp before Good Friday, when
II was declared the bishop would be
crucihed. At Iguala. Bishop Campos
declared that the threst of crucihxion
had really been made by subordinate
Of Zapata. For time the rebel BAN
dit evidently believed It would serve
as . means Of assuring funds for his
forces. Reports OF the tremendous
feeling that had been aroused in Mex.
leo City and hereabouts began to
reach the rebel camp, and Zapata
countermanded the order of his ofiicer
and ordered the bishop released.
TORREON. Mex, April 9.--Gen.
Pancho Villa today, In long telegram
to the president of the United States,
attempted to justify his action In seix-
ing the four leading banks of Torreon
He said that when he captured the
city year ago he was given q dona-
1 ton Of q, 000, 900 in gold by the cotton
growers. merchants and manufactur-
ers of La Guna district, 100000 OF
which he deposited In those banks,
taking drafts on New York, London
and Paris for the amount deposited.
Later. when he moved to attack Chi
huahua, Torreon was occupied by fed.
eral troops and when he reached Jua.
reg on his successful invasion Of the
north he found that bankers had
stopped payment on the drafts, there
by weakening his credit abroad and
making Il harder for him to procure
ammunition and other supplies for his
ARMY
In his seisure of the banks, It II
doubtful II Gen. villa got anything
but once fixtures and furniture, -
, the money had all been taken out BY
oGlcers OF the banks who left Torreon
} with Gen. velascos retreating fed
erals.
JUAREZ, Mex, April 9.-Another
special train, carrying $50 additional
AZ aniards ousted from Torreon by
IN. villa, was due to arrive here to-
lay.
= Dispatches from Torreon said that
s villa. upheld by Gen. Carransa. 10 more
determined than ever to dep0rt Span.
ts~A~ frnrn Tho ~ nf,spod cttv deaUito
the protest Of the United States de-
4 peStment Of state.
Several hundred carloads Of cotton.
seised by villa at Torreon, and said
to be mostly the property Of foreign
err. particularly Spaniards, will reach
yuares today. Agents Of the owners
OF the cotton are waiting across the
river on the American side to claim
the property, but constitutionalist ofii-
GERS here said that this move would
he defeated by consigning the cotton
from Juarez to Liverpool, sending II
through the United States In bond 70