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Newspaper Story to This Effect May Only ’be For the Purpose of Inspiring Mexican Federals.RUMORS OF OUTRAGES BY VILLA ARE CAUSING THIS COUNTRY ANXIETY.CLAIM HE IS LOOTINGCHIHUAHUA RESIDENTScause wire communication with Chihuahua City is confirmed chiefly to official business It la hoped by Secretary Bryan that most of the stories of alleged outrages are exaggerated.FIRJNG ON TAMPICO ABOUT OVER AKD PEACE AGAINPREVAILS.BIG LOAN REPORTED.Pec.10,.—ElMexicanthisMexico City,Impartial, a leading Newspaper today says:We are able to state morning that English bankers have loaned f 20,000,OOP to the Mexican government.’*El ImparciaJ is generally re-✓garded as inspired by the Huerta administration.BLOODY BATTLE ON., Mexico City. Dec. IB.—a desper-i ate and bloody battle Is being waged I at Mazatlan. the town being »ur-i rounded by rebels by land and sea, according to reporta reaching Mex-, Ico City today. The rebels hate i mbuntcd machine Runs on stolen , launches and while the constiLu-) tionaliats stormed the town from the i land side the federal defenders were ' under heavy fire along the water fiont. To meet the new attack the I federals threw up embankments , along the shore.„ United States Consul Alger Is believed to *be in Mazatlan and there 1 are many American and foreign residents In the town. Mazatlan today I was said to be entirely cut off from \ communication by rail and telegraph.' The federals have found It impos-1 sible, according to reports to obtain . more ammunition and supplies and , are in desperate straits. Supposedly • for the purpose of'appearing demo-jrratfc, Gen. Huerta today walked (along the oldawalk from his resl-I deuce to the National Palace, attired | In an old felt hat, gray sweater and I brown overcoat much the worse for wear, n His usual body-guard,) though, w»» not far behind him.To enforce discipline the rebels In Culiocan are compelling the men of i the richast families to sweep the ►^streets and perform other menial tasks, according to reports.If Villa haB established himself as dictator independent of Carranza and has forced foreigners to part with vast sums to save their lives, as has been alleged, the situation la admittedly grave. v This government has tacitly agreed to protect all 'foreigners and the vriuUB governments will Insist that this piomisc be kept.So far no official pro teats have been made here. The Spanish Ambassador unofficially communicated* to Secretary Bryan reports received by him of outrages against Spaniards. -Bryan Immediately telegraphed consul Marlon Letcher at Chihuahua City directing him to notify Villa that this government, and that be (Villa) would be held personally responsible for this. Bryan has so far declined to make public Letcher'a reply. . vThe state department Is without confirmation of a report from El Paso that Louis TercanzaB, eon of the millionaire Federal general, has hanged by ^*’as direct order.- Neither hag it cfinflrmation of another report that Young Terrazas la held for a-ransom of-|5 90,000 and that if it is not paid wiihin 48 hoars he will be executed »The situation at Tampico li believed to bG much Improved. The constitutionalists have abandoned their attack because of lack of artillery with which to combat tho fire of the federal gunboats.It is bolieved that most of the refugees on the battleships' have been transferred to merchant ship# and back on short and that the city will remain, quiet for the present.WATER SUPPLY SHORT.VILLA UAU8E9 WORRY.Washington, Dec. 15-—Cen-Fraaclsco Villa, constitutional com-Washington, Dec. 16.—The water supply of Tampico bos been cut off by the constitutionalists according to advices today from rear admiralFletcher. The constitutionalists themselves have withdrawn from the immediate vicinity of the city.The Ward liner Morro Castle, chartered by the American government. 1* lying off TampCcd harbor. When the leather moderates sufficiently all of the refugees on the warships will be transferred to heT and taken to Galveston.The British warship Hennione, with rear admiral Cradock, is now in the rlvfr off Tampico.meratatoftfa51thcomm:InwlcothcaarMlt;th-stithofenCARING FOR INJURED.leaofhacivaanGeretWashington, Dee. 15-—Spanish Ambassador Rlauo last night *ssld that beyond published reports he had heard nothing o£ the allaged threats made open Spanish subject* at Chihuahua City. He said he had made no representations .to the State Department. - THe added that his conference wfrh socretAtw Brvtn On Fridaysinevjasbeistoowanlt;8p*the
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Lima Daily News
Lima, Ohio, US
Mon, Dec 15, 1913
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