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' THE OIGON SUNDAY JOURNAL. . PORTLAND, , SUNDAY MORNING,. MAY 3. 1914.
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PORT OF VERA CRUZ
FALLS INTO HANDS OF
ALIENS - FIVE TIMES
ROOSEVELT'S NEW
RIVER STORY GIVEN
" -SORT OF BLACK EYE
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Fever Ridden Port on East
Portland Man, Who Has Been
Through Brazil, He Says,
Has His Doubts,
Coast of Mexico Has Fig-
ured in Nation's History, j,
ONCE CAPTURED BY U. S.
Troopa landed With X.lttle Trouble,
ut City Waa Takes. With
Great Loaa of life.
TRIBE YARN ALSO SCORED
William e. BllngerUnd Would Uka to
"Discuss" the Matter Wit the
Ex-President, Ha Declares.
THE MEXICAN SITUATION AS SEEN BY MEN WHO EXPRESS THOUGHTS IN PICTURES
Mi muF .mmmm ymM
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, By a Veteran.
Washington, D. C, May 2 The fe
ver port of Vera I'ruz had ten cap
Hired four times before Uncle Sam
noised !t on April 21. Once It fell to
General WlnHeld Scott; once to the
(tilted fones of France, Kngland and
Rpaln, and twice to the buccaneers of
I the Spanish Main.
Tt waa March 7. 1847, when the fleet
bearing General Scott and his little
army appeared off Mexico's principal
weapoft.' The troops landed without
much trouble after the city had; been
bombarded: butt tt took a sanguinary
ciepe of 13 day -to capture the de
fence. Trcnrhe were dilg and regu
lar operations conducted.
Ro our troops this time ommenee
their march toward trie capital with
much ttH of a handicap than Ocn-
ernl Scot's. '
While the troubles of the United
States which culminated In the civil
war were brewing Mexico grew arro
gant to this country, and to Kuro-
penns.
The crowning; Insult was
Mlramon s seizure or 1630, inn In spe- )
cfe from the British consulate. Great
Britain, France. Spain and Prussia de
rided to move. Meantime the great
Benito Juarez, the General Washing
ton of M-exIco. was conducting; a re
volt In the north. He overthrew Mlra
rr.oti, but the foreign troops kept on
their way. On December 14, 161. Vera
Cruz was seized by a Spanish force un
der General Trim. The result was the
elevation of Maximilian to the throne,
. and, after the Kuropesn troops had
been "withdrawn, the unfortunate Aus
trian's execution.
The pirates with force eo;ual to a re
spectable army eaputred Vera Cruz In
1C83. They burned, slew and robbed
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From the San Francisco Call
Vera Cruz.
-From the Philadelphia Ledger.
"Wherever you steer, I'll 'pull, Mr. President."
From the Oakland Tribune,
The lesser of two evils,!
From the St. Louis Star.
Opening of the cyclone season.
REAR ADMIRAL BLUE
WINS PROMOTION BY
MERITORIOUS
WORK
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rfn'spe!; Heroism in Locating Cervera
Fleet in Santiago in 1898
Awarded Recognition.
By Herbert Corey.
Do you remember what the governor
of North Carolina said to the governor
of South Carolina? Well, the applica
tion of that immortal principle made
Victor Blue famous.
Just now he is Rear Admiral Blue,
In command of the bureau of naviga
tion of the navy department. That
bureau lsto the navy " a good deal
what a peculiarly broad gauged train
autnoruy
a i i dispatcher, with collateral
er. U their ships. In 1712 the notorl- ver the general manager migr.t be
o. b,,crD.Ar klnc-, T..rPnt and Van to a railroad. It practically runs the
Horn seized the port and held It in oepartment.
During war time it would
days. They killed hundreds of Mex
icans, carried awav women captives,
and did an Immense amount of dam
ae. To thlo day the nurse Irl of Vera
.Cruz, seeking to still the fretful child,
says: "Be nulet, or 1 wilt glve you to
Van Horn."
A .Tapanis Execution.
T was much amused by the Ill-informed.
If well-meaning, persons who
cried out that Dictator Huerta had
piven sufficient reparation for th
suit to the flar at Tamptco by blJ
meaner and half-hearted apology.
be Blue's duty to see that tne snips
are provisioned-and coaled and manned
Between times he gives the comman
ders tlielr sailing orders. The chief of
this bureau is the eyes and legs and
right hand of the average civilian sec
retary of the navy. When he was Lieu
tenant Blue, Sampson's' fleet was lying
outside Santiago harbor, waiting for
Cervera's fleet to come out. It didn't
come. No one was even positive that
It was In.
"I'll find out." said Blue
He went ashore alone, depending on
the Guidance and escort of the Cuban
patriots who were camped in the tall
grass thereabouts. xne patriots nau
through with them they always did.
He was promoted to a captaincy some
what out of the routine order when
trouble began to threaten with Mexico,,
and Secretary Daniels placed him in
command of the bureau of. navigation
because of the complete confidence he
feels in the tall, silent, pleasant South
Carolinian. In that position he holds
the acting rank of. rear admiral. Just
Incidentally, ha is a brother of Rupert
Blue, surgeon general of the marine
hospital service1 the sanitarian who
outfought the bubonic plague in two
campaigns on the Pacific coast and
cleaned the yellow fever out of New
Orleans. His associates say that Ru
pert Blue has doubled the efficiency
of this important branch of the govern
ment's medical service.
When Victor Blue came up for ex
amination for his first commission
Hunt was secretary of the navy. Blue
answered every question successfully
except this oner
"Where is Terre Haute and for what
is it famous?'.'
Blue said he didn't know where
Terre Haute is. He didn't believe he
had ever heard of It before. He didn't
know It was famous for anything.
Secretary Hunt raked him for his
stupidity.
"STou're a chump," said one of the
examining board to him later. "You
missed the1 one question on which
you should have been thoroughly post
ed. Don't you really know for what
Terre Haute i famous?"
Blue admitted hat his ignorance
was still abysmal.
"That." aid the officer, "is where
Secretary Hunt comes from."
From th fila of the navy depart- been badly sltmned Up that day in a
ent I hav-- dtitr up a report from j har gkirmish with the Spaniards.!
BRAZIL ACTS AS NEXT
FRIEND TO THE U. S.
OUT OF GRATITUDE
In 1893 American Navy Puts
Prompt End to Mutiny in
Brazilian Navy at Rio,
Rack for Motorcycle.
So that a large number of small
parcels can be carried on a motorcycle
a Californlan has designed a woven
wire rack to be suspended over and
on both sides of the rear wheel.
By Herbert Corey.
Washington, May 2. Diplomatic
bread cast upon the waters sometimes
returns after many days. Brazil Is act
ing as the "next friend" oT the United
States in Mexico today because the
United States once saved the Brazilian
bacon.
When Charge OShaughnessy got
his walking papers in Mexico the
other day Germany and France, not
to mention smaller powers, offered
to care for the interests of American
citizens In that semblance of a repub
lic. Brazil was selected, possibly be
cause the administration at Washing
ton hoped that thereby the fears of
Yankee aggression? which have been
entertained by some of' the smaller
South American republics might bo
allayed. Brazil's offer was prompted
by the gratitude Brazilians have felt
for their larger neighbor In the north
ever since Admiral Benham came to
the rescue of the established govern
ment In Brazil in 1893.
The Brazilian navy had revolted and
Admiral Mello was in practical com
mand of the situation. Rio's fortifi
cations would not have endured a sin
cere bombardment from the heavy
guns of the fleet. Mello had served
notice upon President Pelxoto to re
sign forthwith. Peixoto had not re
signed. But, the time was coming
when resignation would be forced on
him. Commodore Stanton reached the
harbor of Rio in commafid of the Amer.
lean squadron, bearing instructions to
preserve absolute neutrality., Stanton
meant well but in the opinion of
Washington he erred. He saluted the
Brazilian flag upon the shore. Then he
fired the same salute, in honor of the
Brazilian fiag floating over the war
vessels held by. the rebels. A protest
was promptly lodged and Admiral Ben
ham succeeded Stanton in command.
Stanton was recalled. J
The rebels had maintained -a "peace
ful" blockade of Rio harbor. For
months vessels of all natijalities had
lain there, gathering moss. - Their val
uable cargoes could not' be unloaded.
American vessels ' were numerous
among them. Their skippers protested
tj Benham that their owners were be
ing reduced to bankruptcy. Benham
thought it over. Then he served no
tice on Admiral Mello. m
"I have directed the captains of
American vessels lying at anchor here
to discharge their cargoes," was Ben
ham's statement in effect. "Do not in
terfere." Mello Shows Pig-ht.
. Mello replied that the blockade
would be maintained. One American
captain, mdre daring than the others,
pulled up his mudhook and started
for an anchorage where he could be
reached by ' the lighters'. A Brazilian
gunboat came helter-skelter after her.
The Brazilian fired a snot across -the
American's bows. Benham's flag was
then on the San Francisco. The Bra
zilian rebel fleet began to move slowly
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down the harbor. Benham signalled:
"Clear ships for action."
He fired one shot across the bows
of the. Brazilian gunboat. Her cap
tain paid no attention to It. Benham
was a M&yo sort of man. When ac
tion seemeil desirable he didn't waste
time oyer It. His next hot crashed
through the. Brazilian's stern. Her
captain; struck her flag and she scut
tled for shallow water. Mello's fleet
had cleared and his men were stand
ing by their guns. But the Americans
were ready. Tho mutineers dared not
accept the challenge.
Benham's enforcement of neutrality
rlghtswhich put an immediate end
to the "peaceful blockade" Mello had
maintained saved the day for the
government. Rio had been In serious
need of almost everything that Is
bought and sold. Writh supplies com
ing In the Brazilian government's
troubles were soon at an end. The re
bellion collapsed. Brazil has never
missed an opportunity since then to
make known her friendship for the
American people.
Mining Is Mexico's
Greatest Industry
Mining Is the most productive In
dustry of Mexico. Mines of some de
scription are to be found in 26 of the
31 states and territories. There Is also
considerable production of coal, cop
per and -Iron.
The mineral resources of Mexico
also Include petroleum, asphalt, plat
inum, graphite, sodium and marble.
The most celebrated iron deposit la
that of the Cerro del Mercado, In the
outskirts of the city of Durango a
mountain 640 feet in height. 1100 In
breadth, and 4800 In length, reputed
i to be almost a solid mass of Iron.
ommanner j. H.aiceiy ureirncon. u. . The " Cuban cnief was. one of the
V. commanding the Oneida, who wit- ,,K, , hifa Ttii hart vr
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encountered. Wounded patriots were
lying all over the camp groaning. Blue
asked for guides and anscort.
1 ' X! ,1 o man'" Rild t hiftTiaVfl fff
reused Japan's atonement for an of
fonne against our bluejackets. It
rendu:
"Wtofco. .Tnpan, March 14. ISfiS.
"Hon. Oldenn Welles. Secretary of
he United States Navy, Washington,
D. C-
"Sir: I have the honor to commusl
oMe the particulars of the executfon
of the Jnnanefe official. Tatl Zanzu-
t-u-o. retainer of the Matsdalra Blzen, j
No Kami, who ordered his troops to
fire on the foreigners at this place on
the 4th ultimo.
"This execution was-vWltnea.iAd bv
fio at the request of our minister,
General R. R Van Valkenbergh, and is
as follows:
"I left the legation about 9 P. m. In
.companv with the officers attached to
the foreign legations and proceeded
to ITlofo. where we were met by a
ward, who escorted us to the temple
when the execution was to take
place.
"There was a large number of peo
ple on enh lde of the street leading
to the temple, and onlte a number of
wolrilers dmwn up Inside and about the
to-npl. We were shown Into a room
adjoining tho .Tananpae officials, where
wr were naked. If we wished to ques
tion 'the person abdut to be executed,
1o which we answered In the negative.
They also took the names of every of
ficial present.
"After waltlnc tibout half an hour,
w "ere rond'irted by the Japanese
officials Into what appeared to be the
Prlndnal room of the temple, which 1
was lighted with candles, and In front
of the altar was ralstl a Platform of
about a foot In height, which extend
ed across the room, and which was
placed on the rlirht of the altar, with
in a few feet of where the execution
was to take nlare '1th the Japanese
, olflclals on the left.
( "Tn front of the altar was a trreen
: cloth, and in front of that a red one.
We were Informed that the exeautlon
would tHke place on the red cloth.
Sratlntr ourselves upon the mats on
; the platfprm, we awaited the execu-
;; tlon.
"Tn a few minutes the prisoner came
In. dressed In the usual Japanese dress
o a person of rank, accompanied by
thr, executloner.-Kwho was his nunll and
most iMIrnate frfend. He walked with
a ateadv, firm ston in front of the al
tar, where he knelt In prayer. He
then arose nrd went to the red cloth,
where he knflt and mae the confes
sion that 'lie was the officer that or-
; rtered his t'oops to flr upon the for
,. elgners. and also to fire upon them
Then thev were trylne to escape, and
' ''. he was sorry for what he had
' ,-dcne.
i- "He then disrobed himself to his
i waist aniTTeached out tor a knife that
whp Var him, which he thrust Into his
howellt, and, drawing it toward his
right side, and leanlnr forward at the
same wme uie executioner, witn one
Mow from his sword, severed his head
' 'rem his body. This occurred at about
i 10 !I p. m. . '
"The Jar.anse t,hen bowed to the
i loor. on "-hlch v.e aildld the same.'
. Mvj' were then asked If we were satls
f"fiefl with what we hud witnessed, when
,i vtc replied In'the affirmative.
"After the lapse of a few moments.
we were inrormea that an was over,
when w'e arose and 'took our departure.
The whole scene was one of great
wJemnlty. and very Impressive.
, "Very respectfully your obedient
servant.
-J. ELAKELY CRKIOHTON,
"Commander."
TJme was one of the earliest mater
txlm rsed to Improve sol), being men
tved In the writings of Plato and
eral. "Not a damned man!'
He meant it. That was obvious. So
Blue didn't argue the case with himtj
But In hia slender baggage were two
bottles of the best whiskey that ever
softened the heart-Of man.
"My general," said Blue, softly,
"will you join me In a toast to Cuba
libre?"
Would he? He did. Blue handled
the bottle, and filled a tin cup so full
of whiskey that it dribbled down the
sides. The general began to gaze on
him with misty and affectionate eyes.
"My general," said Blue, "before I
go, will you not Join me in a toast
to the allies the United States and
fair Cuba?" '
The general did, in another tin cup
ful of whiskey that was charged with
conversation and love. Pretty soon he
put his arms around Blue and kissed
that young gentleman fair upon the
forehead.
Aid Za rorthoomlng.
"A man you asked me for," wept
the general, 'and I refused you. Alas,
eheu! Take 100 men, my herol"
Blue took eight men and wriggled
through the tall grass until he came
to the precipitous edgV of Santiago
harbor. Sparkling ' In the darkness
below him he saw the lights of Cer-
i vera s ships. He reported to samp-
son, but that was not enough. Samp
son wanted the position of every ship
mapped, so that the Americans could
.jlevate their guns and shell them over
the hills which locked Santiago harbor.
Blue went back another night in dan
ger of his life at every wriggle through
the grass and climbed a tree which
overhung the harbor's edge. There he
managed by miracle to make a perfect
map of the position of the Spanish
chips. Between times he had to come
down out of the tree and boot his im
petuous patriots into giving up their
guns. The tree hung directly over a
populous Spanish fort, and Spanish sol
diers were within easy potting range.
His Cubans wanted to get a few scalps
befoie they went back to the jungle.
Blue's map making struck them aa
academic and absurd.
For that exploit Blue was jumped
five numbers In rank, for "extraordi
nary heroism." He had fairly divided
the Santiago honors with Lieutenant
Hobson, although the latter's feat wal
more spectacular. Also, Slue didn't go
out on a kissing expedition when he
got home. It Is doubtful if he has ever
alluded to it since.
Blue Is a tall, heavy shouldered,
thin walsted man, with a brown mus
tache and an acute case of Ingrowing
modesty. In profile his eyelids seem
heavy, giving him a rather sleepy look.
When one directly confronts him he
seems almost startllngly awake. He
is a North Carolinian" by birth, a South
Carolinian by adoption, is 49 yeara old,
and looks to be about 35. The navy
holds that- he is one of Its most valu
able officers. For a time he was In
narge or tne bureau, or ordnance. At
that time tho American guns were not
shooting as straight as they should,
or as often as they should.- or as far
and hard as they should, tn spite of
tne compliments we used to pay each
otner in me press. wnen Blue got
inruugii wim mera tney compared fa
vorably with the guns of any other
nation on eaxm.
' Promotion Za apid-
Between commands and he has hAirt
many and important ones he has been
HUERTA DEPENDS UPON UPPER CLASSES FOR SUPPORT;
DICTATOR HAS LITTLE TO EXPECT FROM THE PEONS
. Theodore Roosevelt's reported dis
covery of a river in Brazil, the upper
reaches of which were hitherto un
known to man and the lower portion
uncharted, arouses the credulity of
William E. Slingerland, a Portland
man who has spent 12 yeara In In
terior Brazil.
"Colonel Roosevelt's cablegram de
scribing the location of a new river
lying between the thirteenth and fifth
parallels and being the largest afflu-.
ent of the Madeira, would place it be
tween the Madeira and the Tapajoa
rivers. I have been all t
ry and there is not a river of
ze he Indicates in tho region.
ot only have I been through
but other white men have. too. It la
a region rich ii natural res u rocs, par
ticularly rubber and cacao, and It haa
been explored for mercantile purposes.
"President Za Mistaken."
"There are several rivers from tha
Serra Geralto the Amazon going down
th Madeira and Tapajos, but none of
the kind mentioned bv th M.nni.
dent. He Is mistaken. A river such
' as he describes would be a thousand .
The occasion is th annual "school" miles In length, and the character of
and the course of Instruction Includes I the region where he haa been travel
artillery drill with the 1Q Inch rifles ' n would not permit a river of this
and 12 inch mortars; the use of the fire 1 e,ze because of the configuration of
Coast Artillery to
Handle Large Guns thTB,r
i "No
Annual Training Stunts will Be Kald
at Fort Stevena, at Month of the
Columbia Klver.
Officers of the various companies of
the coast artillery, O. N. G., are in
Portland today and are scheduled to
leave at noon for Fort. Stevens, where
tr.ey will put in a week practicing
with the regulars handling the big
guns at the fortress
control apparatus; camp hygiene, artil
lery drill, and general discussions of
their duties.
Decision to hold the school waa not
the country.
"I was In that region for 14 months
on one trip and for six months on an
other, and 1 think I know. There are
definitely determined until late In the i no large areas in Brazil that the white
week, owing to the disturbed condi- man has not penetrated. Perhaps lie
tions in Mexico. The fact 'that medl- ' has not written bobkH about them or
ation Is being attempted, howeVer.
put a different complexion on the sit- ;
tmtion and Adjutant General Finzer
issued orders for the artillerymen to j
proceed to Forrt Stevens. !
There are eight companlea of Coast
artillery in Oregon stationed as fol
lows: Two companies In Portland and
told of his findings to the world, but
he haa been there Just the same.
"1; know that country well; I have
written two books about It, I have
mined In various portions of Brazil
and I have railroaded. I speak Span
ish like a native and 1 know the na
tive dialects and the tribes and I
one each at Ashland, Medford, Rose- ! doubt seriously whether Roosevelt haa
burg, Cottage Grove, Eugene and Al- ! discovered a new tribe as he claims,
bany. I i should like very much 10 debate the
Among the officers who will attend i matter with -him.
the fichooi are Colonel Creel Hammond ; "Roosevelt's route lay up the Para
of Eugene; Lieutenant Colonel B. K. guay river and across the Serra Oeral.
Lawson of Salem; Majors George F. I I haive been all through that country
Wllloughby and Stanley J. Hammel; 1 as well as Into the land of the Print
Captains George E. Spencer, William lntions Indians. His river may not be
G. White. John A. Buchanan. Frank -nn th tnnn Vnt rout assured that
M. Powell. James C. Johnson. Arte
mus W. Deane and Charl-a O. Brown.
R. Rs Controlled
By Government
other white men have seen It and
floated rafts upon It and treated with
the Indlantr that live along It."
Will Betnrn to Brazil.
Sllngerland expects to go back to
Brazil next fall.' He lias spent many
: years there and thinks it is a land of
i promise for ambitious young men. In
i his trips he Invariably had to boll hia
Fifteen Thousand HUii of XAllroads water to keep away malaria, live on
. mn .. the diet of the India: s, roots, nuts,
and Porty-ix Thouaand Mil.a of and,fl8n( and at tlme8 even having
Telegraph Idnaa in Bepublio, I tt) maite fire night after night by rub
The total mileage of rallwaya in ' bin pieces of granite together.
Mexico is 15,251, and that of telegraph ! ver DanK ol "'e re'""'
lines 46,112, I said, "are alive with turtles and turtle
A onnposslnr, waa rriinl tnr the I eggs rorm one OI tne muBi W""
construction of a railwav from Vera articles
Cruz to the City of Mexico in 1857. It
was not completed until 1873.
Actual railway construction did not
begin until 1878, during the first term
of President Porfirlo Diaz.
The two railway llnea running
northward from the capital to the
American frontier, popularly called the
Mexican Central and the Mexican .Na
tional, were merged in 1908 with an
a snarp on shipbuilding. Every- now
ana mvii nt wouia tie sent to this shin
yard or thr, to see that the contractors
aeuverea me goods. When Blue got
From the New Tork Sun.
The mailed fist My most humble apologies.
By Maurice Ketten in
Cockey Huerta.
the New Tork World.
(By the International Kewa Service.)
Washington, May 2. The ease with
which the marines landed in Vera Cruz
ias led many Americans to conclude
that the march to the City of Mexico,
were it to occur, would ' be a slmplo
matter, more or less of a parade. But
the heads of the army and navy hero
are suffering under no such delusion.
It is generally and quite, correctly
taken tor granted that the United
State would win in the, end, but vic
tory would only come on vanquishing
the flower of the descendants of the
proud Spanish conquerors, that small
fraction of the Mexican nation whici
possesses almost all the property of
the country which is not in the hands
of foreigners and which holds the
peon class almost In serfdom.
Huerta' s principal reliance la the
cultured upper class. They don't love
Huerta. but they love Mexico. They
would fight.
Huerta's principal weakness is the
vast ,peon class, sunk in ignorance,
rney would right and run away to
fig.it another day.
The peons possess no national spirit.
They must be Impressed Into Huerta's
army. They cannot be disciplined.
But they are cruel and bloodthlrstv.
like their ancestors who offered hu
man sacrifices on stone altars in
Montezuma's time. ,
In his desparate efforts to arm him
self against the constitutionalists,
Huerta sent squads from the tired
troopa he kept as his bodyguard in
the capital . to impress men of the
nearby Indian Villages which cluster
In the valley of Mexico.
Many photographs received here!
show these press gangs at their work.
actually stealing men from the
bosoms of their families. The Indi
ans with their enormous hats, are seen
marcning in a hollow square or sol
diers through the streets , to the bar
racks where they are driven into the
recruiting office to "volunteer."
Little Change Since 1847.
When General Scott, In -jthe first
Mexican war arrived Just south of
Mexico C"lty and fought the battle of
Molino del Itel, lie found barring his
iunner progress an enormous Darn
cade. Santa 'Anna had had this erect
ed by the Indians of the neighborhood.
The Indians did not "know why they
had put up the barricade. They did
not know what the Quarrel between
Santa Anna 'xnd x ankuas" was about.
Ail tney Knew was . that tney were i
armies marc'alng around with ban-'
ners flying and bands playing. So Hi
is related General Scott ordered these
same Indians' to tear down the barri
cades which they had Just erected. '
The Indians demolished their work
for General' Scatt with as much read
iness as they had put it up for Santa
Anna. The Indians of today are little
changed from those of 1847.
The tremendous importance of this
Indifferent attitude of the Indians is
seen wheYi -, one motes te division of
races in Mexico .as follows:
Whites. 15 per cent! I
Mixed (mostly part Indian), 14 per
cent; Indians 30 per cent.
" Black, 1 per cent. , i
, Illiteracy runs according to differ
ent accoants from 75 to 95 per cent.
It Is on thjB 15 per cent of whites
that Huerta puts his principal reli
ance, although he is himself at least
half Indian. There is a small percent
age of capable Indians like Huerta, and
the famous patriot. Benito Juarez.
Many Indians Joined the army of Vil
la armed with long bows and arrows
weapons which have been discarded by
the aborigines of the United States,
But a great wave of loyalty to their
beautiful country has been sweeping
the large! towns, where the more intel
ligent Mexicans live. .
At a mass meeting of Mexican citi
zens in Piedras Negras 500 volunteers
were organized and armed to resist
any possible invasion. In the district
immediately surrounding Mexico City
wariiKe preparations long have been
going on to an extent undreamed of by
most Americans. The shipment of 15.-
000,000 rounds of ammunition on the
German steamer Tpiranga, which was
seized by Admiral Fletcher at Vera
Cruz, was undoubtedly meant for
American; heads and it had " taken
some time to arrange for the purchase
and dispatch of these cartridges.
Even without this shipment Huerta's
troops do not lack ammunition. There
Is a good " ammunition factory at
ucapuitepec, tne Deauurui hill, near
Mexico Qlty. which la the site of the
national military academy Mexico's
West Point.".
Huerta! has converted the boys of
Mexico Ugh schools , into an armed
brigade, and has had he girla organ
ized as a uniformed Red Cross corps.
He can also, depend upon tie brave
boys of Chapultepec. The heroic
youths of this famous school flung
themselves recklessly In the path of
General Scott's army in 1847, and were
decimated; Scott's bold Americans
were stirred to admiration by the way
these young men from the best fam
ilies of Mexico went to their deaths.
Eaerta'S Forces" JTtunber 43,701.
Huerta has, according 4o the best In
formation of the United States war
department, at present, 42,701 regular
soldiers available for field duty. These
are scattered throughout tie republic
In various towns, and no single divi
sion comprises more than 6000. There
were about 6000 troops fn the district
around the capital and approximately
the same number in the vicinity of
Saltillo, south -of Torreon.
There was said to be about 3500
troops in Sonora, 2900 in STnaloa, 800
in Tepifri eooo in Jalisco. 1100 in Co-
luma, 4500 in Zacatecaa, and 1250 in
Guerrere.
On the Atlantic coast ithe forces, be
lore tne seizure of vera Cruz, were
reported to be 1250 in San Lois Potosl
4100 In Vera Cruz, and 1008 In Puebla
In addition to these there were small
detachments in various southern
states at the larger towns on the Pa
cific ocean.
Besides the land forces enumerated,
Huerta .ias an insignificant navy of
which the fighting personnel consists
of 1200 officers and enlisted men. The
whole Mexican fleet of nine vessel
would not have the sllKhtest chance
against a single American warship of
iainy up-to-aate type.
of food. The Indians down
there wear all sorts of clothes, some
more, some less. Just as We do here, .
and I can't see that the discovery of
a naked tribe means an entirely new
tribe. And as for the 'River of
Doubt.' well. I doubt It."
Sllngerland deprecates the Idea that
Roosevelt Is bringing out the large
collection of skins and other curiosi
ties mentioned in the reports or ms
aggregate-capital of $480,000,000, Mex- expeditions. "The difficulties of travel
lean money, of which the Mexican gov
ernment holds a controlling Interest.
BIEXICO IN PARAGRAPHS
Mexico Is officially called "Estadoes
Uirldos Mexlcanos" and "Republlca i
Mtxicana."
Mexico has an area of 767,290 square
miles.
The greatest length of the country
. from northwest to southeast, 1900
miles; Its greatest width, 750 mllesf
an? its least width a little short of 140
miles.
The outline of Mexico Is sometimes
compared to a huge cornucopia, with
ltc opening toward the United States.
There are 4574 miles of coast line on
the Pacific side. Including the Gulf of
California.
The coast lines on the Gulf of Mex
t l -.oO 'miles, and
"tp are 327 miles on the Caribbean
Sea.
i
Sweet potatoes are exposed to the
attacks of about a dozen serious insects.
CANDIDATE TO
SUCCEED HIMSELF
CARTER
A5ST WETHTBEBOEB KA8 mtm
COHSTABLE'8 OFFICE KOU
TBAK SUCCESBFUI.X.T.
V t it T M,
Looking 'over the list of three can
didates for the office of constable, one
can see, at least those that understand
the success of the present office, only
Andy Weinberger. Andy, as he is
called by all who know him, is a man
above everything and a man for the
position above all others. The suc
cess of this office under his manage
ment has been more than pleasing to
all. It shows double profits and has
put Itself above its old station a pet
ty collection agency. These little arti
cles we are glad to publish as paid ad
vertisements. ; (Paid Adv.)
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am too ereat." he said, "to carry any
thing more than the bare necessities
of life." t
Senate Confirms
Clayton Nomination
President's Choiee for "United Stat a
District Judge for Xortharn, Middle
. Alabama Za Favorably Acted Vpoa
Washington, May 2. President "Wil
son's nomination of ex-Congressman
Henry Clayton as United States dis
trict Judge for middle and northern
Alabama was confirmed by the senate
this afternoon.
For Governor
"FXOTZCT TES HOKB' '
SEDUCE TAipS
x,owsk cost of uvnro
Xneonrage home industries. Author
of initiative petition to eat off roper
flaoas boards and commission.
VOTE FOB
WM. A. CARTER
OF XTCTXrOatAH
(Paid Adv.)
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