Cruiser To Vera Cruz.

New York Times 100 years ago today, October 18, 1912:
Des Moines Ordered There — Diaz Rising Deemed Serious.
Special to The New York Times.
    WASHINGTON, Oct. 17.— The little news that reached Washington from the City of Mexico to-day confirmed previous reports of the inception of the new revolution under Gen. Felix Dias and his capture of Vera Cruz. The cruiser Des Moines, which is due at Progreso. Yucatan, to-night, will find there orders to proceed at once to Vera Cruz, which is 450 miles from Progreso, and should be there by Saturday night. The Des Moines carries no marines, and for the present will simply cast anchor and await results.
    Should Americans in Vera Cruz be in peril and appeal to Lieut. Hammond, commanding the Des Moines, every effort will be made to afford them protection. Whether other warships will be ordered to the scene of new hostilities was not decided to-day. At the State Department it was said that the only course to be pursued was to wait and see if disorders occurred in the attempt by the Mexican Government to recapture Vera Cruz.