Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-09-07
AME ER|CANS MUST
RENOUNCE RIGHTS
To DAMAGES Or
QUIT OIL FIELDS
Bandits in Territory Exclusive
y Controlled By Carranza
Troops; Authorities Assist
the HoId-Up Men,
LARGE SUMS TAKEN
FROM PAYMASTERS
Three Robberies Take Place
In One Week. u, S, Citizens
Victims, Losing $50, ,060 in
Gold Taken From Them,

Washington, Sept 6.--Apparently
convinced that the Upited States is in
earnest in demanding proper treat
| ment of Americans in Mexico, the
| Carranza government has adopted a
novel expedient in attempt to relieve
itself of responsibility.
Americans going to the Tampico re-
! gion, hereafter, will be compelled to
sign a formal release of the Mexican
| governments responsibility for what
may happen to them. If they refuse,
Mexican officials will refuse to wise
| their passports.
The condition raises a peculiar sit
uation for, under international law,
a government may refuse travel per-
mission to foreigners in a region where
| it may not be prepared to guarantee
their safety.
Americans going to the Tampico oil
region are being asked to make oath
to such an affidavit as follows:
The Oath Prescribed.
The undersigned under oath, de-
poses and says that he had been
warned that the Tampico oil region
is dangerous district, on account of
the activities of bandits operating in
said region; that deponent, by reason
of his business as employe is on his
way to that region, and travels at his
own risk. That in case some accident
might happen to him, hereby he for-
mally renounces the right that he or
his heirs might heve, to present a
claim to the Mexican government,
either directly or through any other
channel"
This affidavit is not only required
of workmen who are American citi-
zens, but also of American citizens in
the United States holding passports
from the state department authorizing
them to visit the Tampico region
Details of three robberies in a
week in the Tampico region have
been received at the offices of the oil
companies The robbers secured
$4,000 Mexican gold, American
companies being the victims and the
robberies all took place in the terri
tory where no one but the Carranza
troops are permitted to carry arms.
Robbcs Well Informed.
III. NJ. Krimbill, cashier OF the
Penn-Mex camp, was forced by ban
dts to open the safe from which $685.
600 was taken, the robbers escaping
III II COMPANY lduhNhs "ChNy tiEiiS
men in all. took part in the robbery,
all armed with rifles and revolvers.
Luis Gutierrez, paymaster of the
Agwi company, while taking a pay
roll of $40,606 to the Tepetale camp,
was held up by three armed masked
men and robbed. Neither Gutierrez
nor his companion, Kenneth De Lacy.
knew they were to make the trip un-
til ten minutes before they started.
The company officials, however, had
notified the Mexican authorities at
Tampico Of the amount of the payroll
and the time of departure and route to
be taken"
The robbers demanded the exact
amount, according to the report which
was not known to the two men carry
ing it, and 1t was counted before the
robbers would let their victims go.
A Tampico bank made up $4,000
payroll of the Transcontinental Oil
company in an effort to thwart the
robbers, and placed 1t in box to be
sent to the camp at Mata Redonda
by launch. The Mexican authorities
are said to have delayed the depar-
ture of the launch Unexpectedly for
one night and when it reached the
company, a box of old iron had been
substituted for the original.