Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1915-07-08

guered Capital.
| DEFENDERS HOLDING OUT
| Records Moved From City and
Zapata Is Prepared to Re-
treat If Troops Meet
With Reverse.
| Mexico City. June 80. (by courier to
! Vera CRUZ, July S.-Repeated at
| tempts by forces under the command
| of Gen. Pablo Gonzalez to capture
| Mexico City have failed and the troops
| under General Zapata and Gonzalez
| Cara claim that the advance of the
4 Carranza troops has been definitely
! checked. Despite these assurances, the
/, government archives and treasury
| funds have been moved to Cuernavaca
and special trains and street cars have
been kept in readiness to carry away
| the government officials many OF
| whom. among them, Pres Francisco
| Lagoz Chazaro still are living at the
national palace.
1t now seems that the Carran2a army
A
4, preparing to starve the city with its
100000 people into submission. That
the defending army is prepared for any
emergency is indicated by the placing
of heavy artillery at all gateways to
the city.
i dust what caused the forces of
Zapata and Villa to change their minds
after having shipped the government
archives and the treasury funds to
Cuernavaca. preparatory to evacuating
the capital. is not known.
Living In Street Cars.
The bulk of the defending army is
living in street cars which are strung
out III long line between the suburbs
of MNcoac and San Angel These cars,
numbering 80 occupy about mile OF
track along road leading to the city
of Cuernavaca the ultimate destina-
tion of the defending army in the event
they are driven from this city. These
cars are on the opposite side of the
city to that which is being attacked.
: The police force of the city has been
swept aside so far as practical protec-
ton is concerned, and. although gen
darmes are seen on post as usual, any
one wearing what approaches a, mill
= tary uniform Is supreme. sThiss .eHas
brought home to the British consul
general here. i. w. P. Thurston. when
he was compelled at the point of rifles
| to carry two of Zapatas soldiers about
the city in his automobile and was al
most forced to be an accomplice I'm d
jail delivery.
Mr.. Thurston was taking his morning
| drive when the soldiers halted and
boarded his car After joy riding about
the city they finally caused the chauf-
feur to drive to the penitentiary. where
general Jail break was attempted by
them. During the confusion the Brit
ish legation was notified. the men ar
rested and the car returned to the con.
+ sui The car flew the British flag a
the time of the assault. The authori
ties have promised to execute the sol
diers in this Case.
Few Risk Auto Rides Now.
All foreigners owning cars are in tn,
habit of flying the flag of their nation
. ality on the hood of the machine De
spite this the seizing and stealing o
cars has become so general that few
: care NOW to risk riding. All of the bank
u and nearly ali Cf the larger CONNER
y cia establishments have remained
. ! closed since the forces of carranza ap
n preached the city
. The shortage of foodstuffs became 81
serious that rioting resulted. In on
instance. the soldiers fired low, KILN,
II a number OF women 1t is estimate'
that more than 10000 people, nearly III
Z women. gathered in front of the office
n of the international relief commission
9 warehouses.
: At the Red Cross first aid booths 5
women and children were treated fo
injuries received in the crush. Six car
loads of corn We're distributed to th
people between ! in the morning ant
4:30 in the afternoon. when the suppl.
WAS exhausted. Al that hour Yer,
. long line of women still We're waitin,
\ for the cereal. The local authoritic
have been unable to do anything t
date to relieve the distress.
Duel In the Street.
d Two army Officers. with dozen o
more of their followers. INDUCED in
duel. The Tight occurred on one of tn
principal streets of the city while til
thoroughfare was crowded with pedes
trians. The contcnders We're all mount
ed and the fusillade caused d panic
- - one of the officers and two of th
:, horses were killed. and trooper wa
% wounded
= The diplomatic corps has been meet
- ing dnily since the city has been sur
~ rounded by the forces of Carranza
n While the sessions have been secret
~ ~ llas been learned that efforts have bee
,a ,o made to have the different leader
~ ~ promise to avoid indiscriminate fight
W. w ing in the streets of the capital.
r, BIackmaiI Their Diversion.
IA Blackmail has been indulgad in by s
j. many officers lately that the militar
authorities executed Col. Francisc
ln hdTtlHtE MOIlPJo, IOl. .jullaN FlSuerO
le land Capt. Francisco Aguierre in an eff
fort TO STOP the practice The me
We're executed before a great crowd i
the public square near the nationf
palace.
= Colonel Mollejo. a Spaniard by brit
) but a naturaliZed Mexican. attempte
to extort 100000 from Alfonso Vega.
prominent merchant.
~ Colonel Figurcroa occupied a rooi
= in local hotel owned by Spaniar
III named GonZalo Baioontin. One nigl
J. lie missed $4,000 from his wallet an
y Immediately took the law into his ow
~ hands and arrested the owner of til
hotel and holding him prisoner unit
Us his $1,000 and $4,000 more We're pro
l. luced. Captain Aguierre. his frien'
" laided him in this. The hotel proprie
tor finally made his escape and tn
authorities arrested the two officer
Later Aguierre confessed that he ha
stolen the $4,000 from his friend, Co
6 onel 7igueroa.
HIS FRAUD COSTLY.
~ Frankenthal, Bavaria, (via London
~ July Jean Ganss. factory drecto
- -, commercial councillor and former as
% sociate OF the commercial court hs
10 been fined 255.000 marks for maxim