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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1914
Page
2
Mediators and delegates clash over the Carranza Villa dispute as talks show little progress toward a peace plan. They demand neutral provisional leadership and adherence to Niagara Falls terms, while Carranza rejects a provisional government not led by militants. US officials favor a nonmilitant neutral Cabinet balance.
Saltillo June 16 Gen Carranza received a message from Niagara Falls mediators regarding his offer to send a representative to peace conferences. He declined to reveal contents or the reply, noting the note asked Constitutionalists to agree to an armistice. A prominent official said the note had not terminated negotiations.
The Buffalo talks left Constitutionalists skeptical that mediation will succeed as Sefiors Zubaran and Cabrera return. Washington officials hint at Friday as a potential pivot while negotiations linger over a provisional president and Huerta debts. The deadlock among American, Luverista, and Constitutionalist delegates continues with no clear path forward.
The Constitutionalist gunboat Tampico was sunk by the Federal Guerrero in twenty two fathoms near Mazatlan. Ten rebels killed and ten wounded. the Vederala suffered none. The American destroyers Perry and Preble, with the New Orleans, saved many from drowning and aided the wounded. The Guerrero then proceeded to Mazatlan to aid the Federal garrison against Gen. Airesen's forces.
A special cable from Mexico City reports that a call for an extra session of Congress has been sent to the standing committee. The committee met immediately after the adjournment of the regular session this evening.
The Foreign Relations and Interior Departments report that Congress may be called into extra session to approve conference accords at Niagara Falls. The plan also covers related international and internal questions and potential Mexican peace talks under a provisional government. General Huerta declined comment on the conference outcome while rumors of a new push against rebels circulated.
British minister Sir Lionel Carden urged Huerta to resign and offered safe passage and a warship for him and family. Huerta allegedly threatened Carden, and a Soledad revolt left eleven desertions, nine killed, two captured and executed among the Twenty-ninth Mexican Infantry.
Rear Admiral Howard aboard the Pacific squadron has taken aboard Constitutionalists from the Tampico sunk by the Guerrero. Prisoners may be brought to the United States and interned to avoid violating neutrality. Refugees previously crossed the Rio Grande into Texas and have been interned at Fort Bliss and Fort Wingate.
San Antonio reports United States officials receive a cable claiming American interests financed Villa's revolt against Carranza. The dispatch names a El Paso hotel room and lists concessions in Chihuahua and Sonora granted to American representatives in exchange for payments. Carranza allegedly protested and later annulled the papers with bold letters across them.
Villa gains support from Carranza and other officers as he moves south to attack Zacatecas. Carranza reportedly restores Villa to command after initial resignation, with Villa’s subordinates backing him and ordering detentions of troublemakers. United States officials weigh mediation and Niagara Falls talks amid hopes for a ceasefire and pacification plan.
Saltillo reports Gen. Villa retains command of the Constitutionalist Army Central Division amid a potential split with Gen. Carranza averted. Panfilo Natera excused from Zacatecas duties to confer with Villa as heavy rains disrupt rail access. Federal force at Zacatecas estimated 14,000 to 16,000 with reinforcements and heavy artillery.
Report from Laredo Texas dated June 17 states Villa's brigades were summoned to Sallillo to discuss a successor to Carranza. By Tuesday they had not arrived and a Saltillo dispatch said Villa and fourteen generals issued a signed melange saying they no longer recognize Carranza as first chief of the Constitutionalist Army but will continue to operate.
The report quotes a taunting ultimatum to Huerta’s forces, urging chiefs to join or stay away. The message frames the enemy as a shared foe and implies action or abstention is a personal choice.
Washington reports note renewed US Japan correspondence amid Niagara Falls tensions and Mexican concerns. President Wilson outlined shared stakes with Mexico Great Britain Russia and Colombia and reiterated tolls repeal for the Panama Canal. Japan presses California question renewal and possible arbitration was previously debated.
Special to The Times from Mexico City reports Mintier Blanquet was asked about a possible rebel attack on Cuernavaca. He said communications with the city remain disrupted but railway and telegraph repairs are underway and the situation in Morelos state is improving.
Talecott Williams of Columbia University spoke at Lafayette College on The Real Monroe Doctrine. He argued that the Platt amendment laid the groundwork for a hemispheric peace through a common standard of order, credit, justice, and sanitation in the Americas.
The hospital ship Solace, just back from Vera Cruz, left the Navy Yard yesterday heading again to Vera Cruz to carry nearly 100 sailors and Marines home. The men are mostly well and will be landed there before the ship returns to Brooklyn with another contingent.
The Commerce Department orders comprehensive investigations into all overboard deaths on vessels. Inspectors will review life saving devices and rescue efforts, assessing availability and adequacy. Redfield cites too frequent losses and limited remedial action.
Miss Josephine Hehwarz a 40 year old heiress of 128 South Fulton Avenue Mount Vernon killed herself by drinking carbolic acid at Sunningdale Country Club near Siwanoy. She had no known love life and died after being found unconscious at the golf courts and rushed to the hospital.
Milton T. Loebel a 20 year old law yer of 17 Boat Ninety-seventh Atreat was held in 1000 bail by Magistrate Herbert on a theft charge. George S. Creegan trustee for Lovejoy Company stockholders alleges Creegan issued a Nassau Bank check to Mrs William Granbart and Loebel cashed it after endorsing her name. The incident is dated October 6 1911.
Senate Foreign Relations members press Secretary Bryan on the Colombia treaty while a rumored $1,000,000 fee circulates. Bryan says no such sum exists, notes a valid contract for services, and urges ratification to restore U.S. prestige with Colombia and Panama.
The inquiry centers on the State Department with lawyers and others in Central American affairs. Senator Smith of Michigan has been the leading critic, his stance sharpened by the administration’s bid to remove W. M. Palmer from the Grand Rapids postmastership.
A 1914 communication to Sefor Francisco Urrutia by Minister Dubois outlined a Colombian ratification of the Knox Arosemena treaty and a multimillion dollar package from the United States. The proposals included funds for Colombia, an option on the Atrato route, and arbitration of Panama Railway rights, but Urrutia rejected the terms, ending negotiations.
Announcement of a thirty-two story office building on the American Bank Note plot at Trinity Place and Greenwich Street. A new company will be formed to erect it, with Francis H. Kimball and Frederick Rossa as the designers. The 26,000 square foot structure will cost about 4 million and is fully leased for 21 years to major industrial firms and railroads. The plot is valued at 1.4 million. Herbert J. Spyr arranged the deal.
The public release of Col Theodore Roosevelt to Judge A G Dayton outlines Dayton's planned defense against M M Neely's impeachment charges. Roosevelt states Dayton had no role in the Jackson case and defended Dayton's integrity. Dayton will submit affidavits from individuals named in the impeachment charges to the House committee.
Reports say Colonel Roosevelt will stay abroad for now and speak on his return in ten days. Progressive leaders pledge to run a straight ticket if he cannot run, with options to nominate another governor candidate. Theodore Douglas Robinson could not be reached for comment.
Andrew Carnegie in Europe counters Thomas W. Churchill with a defense of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. The foundation says pensions target nonsectarian colleges for administrative ease and deny opposing denominational schools. Secretary Clyde Furst cites broad educational aid and collaboration with many colleges, including Drake University, and notes extensive gifts to church and secular institutions.
Rev Father Farrel of the Church of SS Peter and Paul in Brooklyn replies to Commissioner Kingsbury of the Department of Charities. He rebuts claims about misrepresentation of hospital conditions and cites prior standards set by the State Board of Charities. He defends hospital practices and challenges a court suit.
Miss Margaret Woodrow Wilson, daughter of President Wilson, spoke at the National Federation of Women's Clubs closing session in Chicago urging schools to serve as local forums for discussion and voting. She warned voters read newspapers but form narrow views after small partisan meetings and advocated neighborhood councils using school buildings as Capitols for public deliberation.
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