La Junta tribune., 1914-05-09

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lnsssssslng sessy.
Hayes Mages. - q A. 4. lQaess,
Of North La Junta, returned u -
Junta last Sunday aftss 1one seay
In Mexico. Il has bssl twelve pears
sincs be has bsen hone. ae ~
bssn II the Tampico Oh fIslds, leks-
Ing, I'D came out with ~ rsst u
the Americans and other forsignefs
who were sent out . couple - weeks
ago.
Az soon ~ Vera Crus was; occu-
pied BY the American forces. ADg1l
.2d. the news WAS received in Tan-
pico. Governor zsrasosa. Of the stste
Of Tamaulipas. in which Tampico b
situated. Immediately issued . psp-
clamation calling upon all Mexicaas
to arm themselves to rspel the An
erican invasion. and rifles were =
sued 70 all Mexicans who agreed 70
fight the gringos. A mass meeting
was called In the city and some In
cendiary speeches were made By some
Of the hot-heads. but . couple Of law
yers made talks counselling the pso-
pie TO do nothing rashly. but to 80
that no Foreigners were harmed.
However. . mob composed OF TIE
scum Of the town. most Of whom were
armed. went to the American Consul
ate and to the hotels where many
Of the Americans lived and made
threatening demonstrations. A the
Americans stayed indoors and kept
quiet. the mob disbanded without do
Ing any damage or injurying anyone.
Early the next morning. however,
messenger from the American con-
sui came to Mr.. Magee's lodgings and
notified him and all other Americans
that they must leave in fifteen min
utes. They were told that they
would b. taken on board one OF the
foreign war vessels and In twenty
four or forety-eight hours would be
landed again. They were taken ON
board some Of the American was ves-
sells iustead and after lying In Tie
hapbor for two days were taken %
lQalseseaa wAefe they landed Apsll
ssth. Mr.. Masee came to that port
In the first class battieship Connsctf-
cut. one Of the finest fighting ma
chimes In the American navy. He e.
timates that there were over three
thousand refugees landed nj Calves
ton from seven ships. all Americans
except few Chinese. Turks and Syr-
isns. Besides couple OF thousand
more were taken to New Orleans ON
American. English and German war
ships. There were between five and
NIX thousand foreigners In Tampi-
GO ON the ::d OF April and the next
day all were gone except five or six
men Ia the oil fields thirty or forty
miles from Tampico who are sup
posed to have been killed.
Mr.. Magee says that since the last
revolution began = year ago last Feb
russy. Americans aud other foreign
ers have been the subjects 0f slurring
md insulting remarke whenever they
appeared on the streets. The Mexi-
cans have done nothing more thaa
this however. 20 show their hatred
and oontenpt for the dssplssd grim
Kos.' never attempting 70 do them
any bodily harm until this last dem.
OnHteatlon.
The Tsmpico oil field has reached
IL fullest developasst oaly 10 ~
last three years. NJ. hasse says
that one we'll produces ose hundssa
and fifty thousand barrels Of Oh ~.
cry twenty.four hovss. snd there ars
numhss Of wells which nov ooes
than twenty-five thousasd- barrels .
day. Hs says that ~ The aea n
charge Of thsss wells srs nos allowed
70 retssa sooa that ~ damage Win
amount ~ % huaAssds q theusaaAs
Of dsllsfs % the on WIN % - wases.
TsopSeo olss bsswssa . ~ hke
and ~ Passco River aad can - ..
tered by ~ esbsls esly q sleAse ~
Of ~ lake. TAls makes Il eoey IT,
ths re1ssa1s % 6seeel ~ ~. -
pscially % sAs Fsbsls have - nso1
Guns-ealy naehlas suss. 1hoso
sss ealy eight hunlrsl re1sgn1D -.
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