Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-07-07
CARRANzA GUARDS
CORN TRAIN SENT
TO AID FAM|SHED
Red Cross Gift of IL Cars of
Food For Mexico City Passed
Through Constitution
aIiSt Lines.
SITUATION is DESPERATE
Not Known Whether Zapats
Allowed Relief Train to Pro-
ceed-Fighting For Cap
ital Undecided.
is DESPERATE

Red Cross relief expedition for Mexi-
co City has safely passed Pachuca
within the Carranza lines and has gone
on toward Mexico City. Whether it has
continued on through the Zapata de-
lenses and into h capital does not APP
pear In today's reports from Consul
Silliman.
A special train Of IL car loads of corr
which left Vera Cruz Yesterday for "a
accompanied by armed guards, fur
nished by General Carranza. The lat
ter expedition is thought here to be the
n General C%arranza expects to take
into the capital If his troops enter. The
state department announcement today
said:
1.-The train was provided with an
armed escort n was accompanied by
w. =. Gavin. an American citizen. Mr..
Sllllman states that the secretary of
war and h railroad officials at Vera
Cruz gave special attention to the load
ing and TRANSPORTATION of his ship
ment. giving a preference over their
own needs.
Consul Silliman also advises that
Consul General Shanklin and c.. j.
OfConnor. representative of the Amer
lear Red Cross, went to Mexico City
on June 80 from Pachuca, taking with
them light freight, but leaving heavier
articles behind"
Wilson in Close Touch.
There was no direct word today from
Mexico City. The texts of reports tell
Ing of chaos and rioting that menaced
foreigners will not be made public UNI
til after President Wilson has had an
opportunity to thoroughly review them.
Al important information coming to
the state department regarding Mexico
is being forwarded promptly to the
president at Cornish. N. H.
Secretary Tumulty communicated
early with Secretary Lansing and for
vices to the president.
It was said at the state department
that while plans for sending supplies
into Mexico City through neutral
agencies were under consideration.
they had not assumed very definite
FORM"
Efforts to induce General Carranza
to permit sending supplies to the cap
ital from Vera Cruz are to b. made,
1t is declared.
A telegram reaching the state de-
partment today and forwarded to the
Red Cross here, said:
Just informed that Consul General
Shanklin. Joseph w. Rowe, his secre-
tary; C. ]. O'Connor, of the Red Cross.
and c. b. Wood, secretary, left Gen
eral Gonzales headquarters this
Thursday afternoon for Mexico
Clly.
Fighting Continues.
Hospitals in Mexico City are prac-
tically without surgical supplies, and
h Red Cross delegation is taking in
bandages. chloroform and drugs in ad-
vance of the supplies of food which are
being held up until there is some as
of transportation into the
capital.
While it appeared today that the Ia
pata forces still were in control of the
capital, fighting continued in the out
skirts Of the city against the reinforced
columns Of Gen. Pablo Gonzales. the
Carranza commander.
The political situation in Mexico, 1t
is generally believed. is dependent on
the curse of military operations. Con-
tinued success by the Zapata forces in
resisting the entry Of Carranza's troops
into the capital a deadlocked oper-
atoms in the south.
Railroad and Geographic communi-
cation between the coast and the
Yaqui valley were uninterrupted, Ad-
miral Howard reported today to the
navy department, and quiet prevails
in the valley, where Indian outbreaks
against Americans and other foreign
settlers nave occurred. Apparently
steps taken by Governor Maytorena,
the Villa commander Of the state, have
completely checked the Indians.