The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-04-27

state department and from individ-
lals askins Tor Information OF and as
slstance Tor American residents
Both TIE navy and state depart
ments arr eager FOR an OF the news.
ana The fleet and consular offices
nave ben Dombarted with orders 20
keep these departments advised OF
even minute details. This Official In .
formation. added 20 the mass OF pri-
Nate messages and the enormous vol
lm@ OF press matter filed By thirty
eg more neWzpaper CORES ondents.
has resulted In 20 clog ging the three
cables sending 20 The outside world
mat is trans mission. except with
many hours delay. u virtually inn
possible
Food Problem Serious
ne food supply problem must be
relieved soon and for this reason
plans are now making 20 open the
ANdrado railroad. a short line run
ning south into the garden and poul-
Try district. Such food as remains
cannot be obtained BY the Mexican
poorer classes on account OF the in
creased prices. The restaurants have
cut down their list TO soup. usually q
hsh soup. piece OF meat and coffee
and the charges have been Increased
ne hotels are crowded 10 their ca
pacity. and the refugees who have
succeeded IN reaching here are find
ing diihculty in securing quarters
No material change has been made
IN the disposition OF the American
forces within the city or on the out
side lines. Major Smedley D. Butler
- sun IN command OF the line be
t~een the city and General Mas
forces, which are not large so far az
armed men are concerned. but TO
Whlch mas been added recently n CON
siderable force ready for service as
Don az II can be equipped. The
MeNicans are believed TO be short OF
ammunition
battalion OF marines under Can.
tain l. NJ Gulick of the Arkansas. Is
guarding the waterworks at Teiera.
hese men have field radio. hut
nave reported no appearance OF the
enemy. Lieutenant Bellinger made n
scouting trip to-day IN a hydro-aero-
plane over the Antigua and San Fran
cisco bridges on the line of the Inter.
Oceanlcsthe narrow gauge road out of
vera Cruz 10 the capital
Ip 10 the present. Consul Canada
ascertalns. no American in his consul.
lar district has been even Injured
since the beginning OF the Operations
although many are held by the NeVi.
ans and threats OF execution have
been made.
No Disturbances.
- 'AN5o AfRbA - 10 near Admiral
Badger state that no disturbanc.s
have occurred in the coast towns
The American Hawaiian liner Dako-
tan arrived today from Puerto MeX.
leo with l21 American refugees on
board. Most OF them came from
plantations in the sugar districts
They abandoned almost everything
wnen they received word from the
consul advising them TO leave. The
captain OF the Dakotan said he saw
no indications at Puerto Mexico OF
demonstrations after word of the
American landing at Vera Cruz was
received
Admirals Badger and Fletcher are
concerned over the refugee situation.
II the influx or refugees who are un-
willing To proceed TO the United
states continues the accommodations
here soon will be overtaNed. and this
may hamper the military operations
to some extent. Refugees. therefore.
are being urged to take the first op-
portuntty TO proceed TO Galveston.
At O'Clock this afternoon cable
communication between Mexico City
and Vera Cruz was re-established
after break Of sixty hours.