Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 May 1914 — FEDERALS REVOLT AGAINST HUERTA AT MEXICO CITY [ARTICLE]

FEDERALS REVOLT AGAINST HUERTA AT MEXICO CITY

Officers Who Refused to Join Uprising Are Shot. MUTINEERS FLEE TO ZAPATA Tampico Victors Bury 300 Dead—7oo Wounded Are Taken to Hospitals—U. S. Ships Anchor Off Town. V era Cruz, May 15. —A courier who came through from Paso del Macho, the headquarters of the Mexican army In front of Vera Cruz, brought word that troops quartered at the Piedad barracks, Mexico City, ' revolted against Huerta in favor of Villa. Several officers who refused to join the mutineers were shot down. The mutineers fled toward the west to join the Zapatistas in the Ajusco. Rebels Bury Dead at Tampico. Tampico, Mexico, May 15.—The constitutionalists In Tampico are burying their dead and straightening cut the tangle of a local government. Every hospital is filled with wounded men and the dead lie on cots beside men who are dying. Dead men lie in the trenches where the federate made their last stand and which were stormed and taken by General Gonzales and his men. Americans or other foreigners were killed or wounded during the battle which preceded the fall of Tampico.

The cruiser Des Moines and the gunboat Dolphin steamed up the Panuco river and are anchored off the wharf at Tampico. Rear Admiral Mayo is on board the Des Moines. Official information given by General Gonzales places the number of constitutionalists. killed during the lighting at 34. He said that 128 of his men were wounded. General Gonzales estimated the number of federals killed at 280 and more than 600 wounded. Military Ruler Flees. Li igadier General Zaragoza, military governor of Tamaulipas, and in chief command of the federal forces in lampico, left this city in the morning when it became evident to him that he could no longer resist the steady approach of the constitutionalists or fight them off. WMfn he left on a special railway tr<n for San Lyis Potosi, carrying with him a strong military escort, arrangements were made lor the evacuation of Talnpico by his forces. When the trenches were abandoned the federal ammunition depot was blown up. Promises to Maintain Order. General Gonzales said: 1 here will be no lawlessness in Tampico now. Such acts as characterized the attitude of Huerta’s creature s in their relations with foreigners is not characteristic of the constitutionalists, . “If the foreigners who left here on account of the lawlessness which occurred during Huerta’s rule of Tampico will return now they will be given every guarantee of protection and safety.. The constitutionalists welcome all Americans and other foreigners who come to us to take part in our commercial life,’’

Closing in ’on Huerta. \ era Cruz, May 15. —Observers here express the opinion that the taking of 1 ampico by the constitutionalists forms one of the closing scenes of the dictatorship of Gen. Victoriano Huerta. They believe that his downfall is a question only of weeks and perhaps only of days, while some are inclined to give the dictator only a few hours belore his control in the federal capital ends in possible riot and bloodshed. General Huerta is now hemmed in by the constitutionalists in the north, while his most important seaport is in the hands of American troops, and American warships are watching both coasts to see that no arms or ammunition' may reach his harried forces. 25,000 With Villa. Torreon, Mex., May 15.—The. mobilization of rebel troops for the campaign against. Saltillo came to a close al night when the last unit left Torreon, accompanied by General Villa and staff. This concentration has brought together an army of 25,000 men, 15,000 cavalry, 7,500 infantry and 2,500 artillery to test the strength of the federal stronghold. Villa has given instructions that the movements of his army be kept secret lor the present. U. S. Ships Follow Huerta's Vessels. Washington. May 15.—A dispatch from Rear Admiral Mayo at Tampico announced that the Mexican federal gunboats, Bravo and Zaragoza, one bf them towing the tug Tampico, had left the Panuco river and steamed southward. They were followed by the cruiser Tacoma and the destroyers Warrington and Henley. It Is believed here that the gunboats are making for Tuxpam, about one hundred miles down the coast, where they probably will discarge the soldiers of thh' Tampico garrison. With replenished ammunition the vessel may return to.the”mouth of Panuco and attempt to maintain a blockade.