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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1914
Page
19
Argentina Brazil and Chile proposed intermediation to end the Mexico crisis, aiming to eliminate Huerta with U S acceptance. President Wilson convened lawmakers to discuss the plan as hopes for peace arose amid American holds and diplomatic outreach.
Fragmentary report states that authorities intended to safeguard certain interests through a Spanish envoy and embassy. a War Secretary issued orders restricting movements. Officers were to act with discretion to protect border bridges.
Mexican border city Nuevo Laredo suffers extensive destruction as Mexican federal troops dynamite and burn property across the boundary. The encounter follows skirmishes with American forces and includes hits on the US consulate and post office. estimated损损损 damage tops $500,000.
London Telegraph reports from Mexico City that three years of civil war faded as the revolution embraced unity under President Huerta. Enthusiasm from all classes follows, and volunteers form to support defense. Mrs Nelson O Shaughnessy attends a wedding with military escorts amid the upheaval.
Affidavits filed in superior court by Lou M. Frank's attorneys seek to fix responsibility for the murder of Mary Phagan on James Conley, with Camp bell charged in related financial offenses. The narrative cites Natabes, Mississippi and Navohes Yank as insolvency-related details, and notes a jury verdict in a vault court.
General Francisco Villa, head of the rebel forces, told U S State Department agent in Juarez that he will decline any war with the United States. He argued Europe would mock an American war over Huerta and not be drawn into the conflict. Villa noted he was not consulted on the Carranza note to Secretary Bryan. Lieutenant General Nelson A Miles offered his services if war occurred.
In Vera Cruz region twelve Americans and one Englishman, held by Mexican soldiers at Cordoba or Orizaba on the Vera Cruz railway, reportedly face death. Captives include W A Mangan and E Mott from Tierra Blanca, plus W H Wofford and others with agricultural ties. Captured near Tierra Blanca and Motsolongo were moved by federals to Cordoba, then possibly to near Omaha.
War department plans a large Mexican campaign with 26 000 regulars to Vera Cruz within a month. Major General Leonard Wood is ordered to proceed to Vera Cruz with Brigadier General Hugh L. Scott as second in command and establish headquarters. Refugees from Mexico arrive in El Paso as the party moves toward Madore Lumber camp.
Washington reports Spain Brazil and Chile offer good offices to settle the Huerta Wilson dispute. Huerta accepts the plan and a formal Mexican reply is awaited. Carranza notes that war is to be avoided, while U S refugees continue to stream from Mexico into Texas.
Fragmentary text reports a shipment of cartridges halted during transit from a southern area toward a large American wartime storage or depot. Details are garbled, but references consignments, stops, and business notices appear.
The article catalogs a stream of disorder from labor strikes, alleged assaults, and public notices. It notes T. C. Morris being stabbed by John Banto, legal charges of attempted murder and insurrection, and regional moves like Colorado troop talk, Nevada mine deals, and Japanese navy visits. It also mentions marriage by a Native American couple, wool production declines, and railroad rate considerations.
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