Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-04-17
MeXiCanS In Vera Cruz
Are Crazy With Joy
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Hernandez has delivered TO Carronza
| two banners of Villas northern dlyis-
! ion. captured in the battle at Celaya,
| Popular demonstration as they were
paradcd through the streets
The agency also reported that the
villa troops attacking TuNpam had
been routed.
Famine in Capital.
The railroad between Vera cruz
and Queretaro is I'm almost constant
use by General Obrcgon for the trans
! portation OF rCinfOrccmcnts and resi-
dents Of Mexico City have been un-
| able 10 get any freight Already there
| is suffering in the Mexican capital
! from lack of food Duydl West, per
sonal representative Of President VIII
| son, tclographcd from Mexico city
that famine threatened, Secretary
J Bryan forwarded Mr. Vests telegram
| TO American Consul SnlIman at Vera
| Cruz, with instructions TO present ii
| TO General Carrauza and impress
| upon the latter the necessity for open
/ ing the railroad 10 Mexico city for the
| transportation Of food supplies.
| The Hapata forces are operating
| along the same railroad and there are
| fears In Vera Cruz that General OBJ
| rogun's line of communications to his
| base i'm the latter PLACE may be cut
| at any moment.
The following summary was issued
| by the state department tonight.
Villa Loses Heavy.
"Adyiccs from Vera Cruz dated
! April 10 state that another victory
] il 1Itt IA. 4
/ his attack on the fifteenth with
| large force. At Carranza headquar-
| tors il is stated that villa lost heavily
! i'm killed and wounded and that 80
| cannon were captured. Reinforce
/ mcnts and ammunition are being sent
| TO ObrCgon constantly
| General Jara, with his command,
! is en- route from Progrcso to Vera
/ Cruz. The American vice consul at
| Proproso reports that Mortz Caller,
| the German subject who was recently
! imprisoned on a charge of having
! dynamited a military train, has been
! liberated.
"Thc department is informed that
| General Saulc Navarro died in
! Brownsville on April II from wounds
! received in battle at Matamoros on
the thirteenth. Matamoros was quiet
hut both sides appeared to be pre-
pairing for renewed engagement. It
Is reported that the villa forces have
established a base at Rosita, six miles
from Matamoros. Shells fired into
Mltamoros during the recent fighting
appear to have done practically no
damage
"Adviccs Just received from Piedras
Ncgras state that repairs were com
plctod on the railroad to Allende on
the fifteenth, the first train leaving
for there this morning,
Trains To TOrTcon.
"Thc authorities have set Sunday,
April rs. as the date to begin the run
ming of through trains TO Monterey
aud TorrCun The Picdras Ncgras
district remains quiet and in COM
plCt" Villa control
"The international committee at
/. Mexico CITY, representing approx
WJtoly 5000 foreign residents, has
sent telegram to the secretary Of
state EXPRESSING its great appreciation
ot the efforts that have been made 10y
the American government and the
Ioiplumatic corps i'm Mexico city ia
/ have some arrJuGemout effected for
D. the forwarding TO Mexico city Of for
b ,ipn mails that have been held at
. Vera Cruz since February Il is stated
d that the cutting off Of mail commune
cation works hardship upon business
enterprises Iud ON persons having pri-
waite correspondence and also makes
1t difficult 70 bring in supplies and
Keep the people of the city employed. -
Dcnic, CaITauxa statement.
{ The villa agency issued a statement
: tonight reJtlirming the charge that
-uO men and is women, employed on
& railway repair work, had been eX-
! ocutod hy the Carran2a forces after
the recent battle at Huslchito This
charge has heeu denied by the car
rama leader, General Herrera, and
1.-THE villa Agency statement is based
lac says. upol new reports from the
villa consul at Laredo Tex.
The statement also IcGics that the