Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, April 21, 1914, Page 1

PLANS SEIZURE MEXICAN PORTS Details for Landing of Marines at Tampico and Vera Cruz Completed at Conference in White House Last. Night HOUSE PASSED RESOLUTION BY. 337 T0 37 Senate Recessed at 12.28 this Morning Until Noon Teday, When Vote Will be Taken on Measure—President Had Authority to Act, but Preferred to Have Sanction of Con- gress Before Making Any Important Move—Huerta Is- sues Statement Guaranteeing Protection of Foreigners. ‘Washington, - April 20.—In - forty- eight hours, possibly less, the United States government will have taken possession of the Mexican customs houses at Tampico and Vera Cruz, Detailed plans for landing of marines at these two important coast towns were completed at a conference ,at the White House between President Wilson, Secretaries Bryan, _Garrison and Daniels, Major General Wood and Rear Admirals Fiske and .Blue, and John Lind, ‘No orders to the army and navy will be issugd tonight,” was the an- nouncement made after the conferencs, action temporarily being deferred un il congress acts on the joint resolu- tion approving the president’s purpose using the armed forces . of _the nited States to enforce its demands t President Huerta, growing out the arrest at Tampico of American uejackets, The resolution passed the house to- night by a vote of 337 to 37 after ® spirited debate. For several hours 4 was considered by the senate foreign relations committee with prospect of an all-night sessfon of the senate, or & recess until early tomorrow. The house adjourned until 11 o'clock tomorrow and President Wilson, worn out by the day’s work, retired after hearing that the house had adopted the resolution, Persons who wers in touch with the preeident said the steps which would taken by the United States “short of war’ wers of & nature which would mot require formal notification to the wers, as would a declaration of ie or other preliminariés to war, its will be kept in- nents, however. American navy Mezico off from ould 4 = il TR to ang fro of foreign vesmels, e discharged on the shore t at t:obeynm hmlzat if they were ocoupis ‘American forces, The Joint resciution passed by the house and which was before the senate at a Mite hour tonlght; read as follows: Resolution Giving Authority. “A joint resolution justifying the gemblorig of the armed foroes of the nlted. States in-enforcing certain de- #pands against Victoriano Huerta. Re- Ived. by the senate and house of rep- tatives in congress assembled, the president of the United States jnstified in the employment of the forces of the United States to the demands upon Victoriano . for unequivocal amends to the vernment of the United States for ts end indignities committed nst this government by General uerta and his representatives.”. A democratic member of the senate elgn relations committee ht 11.40 ‘clock seid he believed no resolution be favoratly reported which in- Bividualized Huerta, but fhat the meas- re probably would be broadened to clude the “de-facto government at exico City. Opposition had developed to such an extent to singling out Huerta in the Fesolution that it became virtwally §oreain that objections would postpone Inel action until -Wednesday., During the evening there were in- formal conferences of democrits and republicans and opposition 1o the ::-a::wxon- of the resolution was ap- t. Many senators, among them few democrats, cobjected to singling out General Huerta as an individual mnd wanted to amend the resolution to direct it against the de facto mov- ernment in Mexico City. Others want- #d to make the resolution broad enough o cover Mexico generally. - Administration leaders were begin- ping to Tally their forces early in &nticipation of republican opposition. Adminisiration senators held thit the ge of the resolution was a step hich would enable the president act- wally to prevent war by forcing Huerta o respect Americans and their inter- The president made it clear to con- prees in his message that the execu- ive Teally had guthority to act, but that he preferred the approval of con- gress before malking any important move. Members of the house ‘went to bed instead of waiting for the senate to Feconvene. Crowds thronged the sen- ate galléries and corridors. Aate Hours at Executive Quarters. executive quarters there was a let-up in the late hours, Clerks were on duty for emergencies, but no move- ments were announced. A hizh offi- who was in conference with the president pointed gignificancly to’ the fact that no orders had be ssued 1o the army and remarked that the constitutionalists need not be nervo over the situation, for the ent. wc- tion was aimed entirely agains: Huer- t It was said that one of the rea- sons the White House was insistent or oiution was to Drevent tie constitu- tlonalists from mismteppreting pres- eni movements as threatening hostil- ities agains: them or the Mexican peo- Pple_gene With ¢ tieships V gia of the third division had been or dered from Boston to Tampico. it was belicved the finalorders had been giv- en for the movement of ships on the Atlantc side of the continenc. e receirt late today of ihe atate- ment_dictated by General Hueria to The Associated Press saying there was ro American flag in the Rolphin's whaleooat. broGght out informal eom- ment from mevy department ofclals who asserted that Rear Admiral Mayo had reported the boat as g the eoiors of the United States at both bow and stern, In any event the Amer- ican government considers the arrest of bluefackets in American uniform as -arranted. 4 S st et ight Secretary Tum. Just before mi .._“.:ew ‘Houge for the hotel nnouncement that the bat- 1dividualizing Huerta in the res- | zinia, Nebraska and Geor- | where Vice President Marshall lives. Postmaster General Burleson and Sec- Tetary Garrison were there and all went to the capitol. By adjourning until 12310 o'clock the senate had ended the calendar Gay of Monday and under the senate rules 2 single objection to a report from a committee or to a motion to discharge a committee is sufficient to put the matter over one day. -At midnight Acting Chairman Shiye- Iy rushed from a conference with Vice | President Marshall, Secretary Tumul- | ty,- Becretary Garrison and Postmas- [ ter General Burleson in the foreign re- lations committee room. “I _think | there's a chance to iron thoe difficulty out” he satd. Action in- Senate Deferred Till Today. The senate foreign relations commit- teo agreed at midnight to report the resolutfon, with -the preamble amend- od_to read: “In view of the situation presented by the president” and elim- inating individuel reference to Huerta throughout the measure. At 12.38 o'clock the senate Tecessed until 12 noon Tuesday, under an agree- ment to consider the resolution at that time! < Noon HUERTA -GUARANTEES PROTECTION TO FOREIGNERS. Plages Special Guard Over American Embassy at Mexico City. Mexico City,April 20—“General Hu- erta offers all guarantees to foreigners, [Americans included, who may remain in Mexico and he will improve this opportunity to show the world that his igovernment and Mexico are moral and ctyilized.” “This statement President Huerta @ictated to the Associated Press to- day. He continued: “I desire to make it plain to the American people that, according to the official report from the commander at Port Tampico received by the Mexican government, there was no flag in the boat which landed and whose crew was detained I fear that President Wilson has been misinformed on this | point and that he will inform the | American congress that the boat car- | ried the flag “In fact the American flag has noth- ing to do with this case and I desire the American people fully to under- stand this.” As a precautionary measure a speclal guard of twelve police was in- stalled in the American embassy to- night: FLEET NEARING TAMPICO. Admiral Badger and Staff Preparing Plan of Campaign. On Board U. 8. S. Arkansas, At Sea, Via Key West, Fla, April 20—With the port of Tampico not far off and the mowledge that President Huerta has refused to accede to the demands of the United States government, Rear Admiral Charles J. Badger, command- er-in-chief of the Atlantic fleet, and the members of his staff were busy today preparing a tentative pian of campaign. They gave speclal atten- | tion to the details of a possible land- ing. The crews of the battleships practiced with small . arms and at sighting the big guns Alided by the favorable current and | Wwith a smoth sea, the officers of the warships expect to be within easy dis- tance of Tampico early Wednesday 4,500 RED CROSS NURSES ENROLLED Ready for Service with the Forces in Mexico, ‘Washington, April 20.—The Ameri- can Red Cross has 4,500 nurses en- rolled and ready.for service with the forces in Mexico, according to a. state- ment today by Miss Mabel T. Board- man, Miss Boardman sald that a meet- ing of the Red Cross war relief board probably will be called by its chair- man Surgeon General Gorgas of the army. She added that one of the first moves in case of war would be the es- tablishment of reserve hospitals for sick and wounded in the Gulf, Atlan- tic and Pacific coasts. Hosvital ships for the army and navy also are con- templated. D. A. R. Backs Wilson, | Washington, April 20.—Enthusiastic approval of President Wilson's Mexi- can policy with the adoption of a res- olution pledging ihe members of the | organization “io hold themselves in !readiness for any service which may i be required in e dilemma of war, marked the opening session today of j the twenty-third congress of the | Daughters of the American Revolution here. A spirited demonstration fol- {lowed the announcement. Excitement at Weat Peint. | West Point, Y., April 30.—The military academy was 1 excjtement tonight over the situation with rela- tion to Mexico. Officers and cadets, anxiously awaiting news from Wash- ington, hesieged the telegraph offices during the afternoon and evening. Many officers have asked to be relieved from duiy here and sent to the fromt in the event af hostilities, The cadeta are looking for early graduation and Promotion in the army if intervention in Mexlco comes, Teo Have Avistars Ready for Service. San Diego, Cullf, April 20.—Captain A. 8. Cowan, commander of the First Aero corpa, tatianed at Nerth Island, Tecelved orders this afiernoon from Washingion to have his zviators ready for immediaie service in lower Mexleo, There are five aviators and fifteen ma- chimes at the camp. | that no vacancy existed, inasmuch_as | the coun | Cheney {armed with' rifles today Cabled Paragraphs Financial London's Attitude. London, April 20.—Financial London did not sell American securities heav- ily today on the warlike turn taken by the Mexican news, gince the Stock Exchange closed on Saturday. WILL IMPROVE BRITISH COMMERCIAL INTERESTS Great Britain books For Resumption of Mexican Trade. London, April 20—According to the Standard, the largest coramercial in- terests in Great Britain believe tha’ the American action will tend to im prove the prospects of British finan- cial interests in Mexico, because it provides hope of eventual peace and the resumption of trade. The Standard learns that the action of the United States government has the full acquiescence of the British government and that any international complications are extremely unlike- 1y. he Daily Graphic says edltorially: resident ' Wilson is making war, not on Huerta, but on Mexico. The war is not an accident, but a thing predistined by irresisiible causes. Nevertheless it is likely (o bring more anxiety and embarrassment to the present generation of Americans than glory or profit.” ABOUT 200 AMERICANS NOW IN VERA CRUZ. Many Women Take Up Quarters on Steamers Mexico and Esperanza. Vera Cruz, April 20.—In compliance with Consul Canada’s suggestion, made on instructions from Washington, many women took: up -their quarters this afternoon on the steamers Mexico and Esperanza. The Amerlcans res dent here number not more than th or forty, but this morning there were about two hundred Americans in Vera Cruz. The largest foreign colony is Spanish. The consuls have all been notified by Mr. Canada that he has been instruct- ed to care for all nationalities as far as possible and during the day the ! consular representatives of the other | powers called upon him to obtain di- | | | rections for transmission to their na- tionals. Reports reaching here from the cap- ital are meazre, but it is expected that many foreigners, particularly Ameri- cans, will arrive in Vera Cruz tomor- Tow. Many are inclined to believe, however, that in spite of official sug- gestion a considerable part of the American colony at Mexico City will | awalt more definite information as to the exact character of the action to be taken by the United States. There is a surprising lack of un- easiness generally. Mexicans here, while uncommunicative, appear to be little perturbed at the developments, and there have been no acts of violence towards Americans, nor ever discour- teous remarks or acts. HARTFORD'S MAYOR AGAIN TAXES OATH. Action of Common Council to Clear Mr. Lawler’s Title. Hartford, Conn, April 20—Mayor Joseph R. Lawler was elected mayor of Hartford again tonight and he was again sworn into office. Proceedinss were taken b ythe common council in what was said to be an attempt ta clear Mr. Lawler's title for the mayor- alty. The resigration of Mayor Louis R. Cheney was received but was not ac- cepted. It was explained that the resignation was received as a dis- claimer of any right to the title or office. TUnder section 47 of the clty charter anr Section 9 of the city ordinances, the council has a right to fifill any va- cancy that may exist in the city gov- ernment. Republicans pointed out had not Tesignation. Immediately after Mr. Lawler was declared elected, City Clerk Shith ad- ministered the oath of office. The ac- tion of the council has caused much | speculation among the republicans One well known lawyer said the coun- cil had “technically accepted the res- ignation of Mayor Cheney by infer- ence.” accepted Mr. BOLD ATTEMPT TO ROB PAYMASTER | Held Up and Shot by Five Armed Men at Centerdale, R. I. Smithfield, R. I., April 20.—Five men held up and shot William A, Mackie, president of the Centerdale Worsted company and Robert W. Lister, secretary and pay- master, but failed to gei the payroll of $1,200 which the mill men were carry- ing. In making their escape in a high powered automobile the bandits kept up a running gun duel with Deputy Chief George Hill of North Providence, who was shot through the shoulder. - The mili men were driving in a car- riage from the Centerdale mill of the company to the Stillwater plant when the five men jumped from behind a stone wall and opened fire. Mackie was shot through the breast and se- | riously hurt. The horse, frightened at the shooting, ran awa; the bandits making no attempt to stop it, President Mackie and the town of North Providence have offered rewards of $500 for the capture of the high- waymen. 3,000 CATTLE BURNED AT PEORIA, ILL. Fire Swept Over Three Blocks—Loss Estimated at $400,000. Peoria, Tlls, April 20.—Fire early, tonight swept over three blocks, des- troving the ocatile feeding barns and a block of bailed hay belonging to the | Nelson Morris company. Six thousand | cattle were housed in the gheds and it is estimated that 3,000 of them were | burned. The othe: ned loose and many, with ed, raced | through the streers in the stock yards district, One bunch of fifty plunged into the Illinais river and swam to the opposite shore. i The loss is estimated at $400,000, | Mexican Beaten For Sheuting “Viva Huerta.” mn Texas, Apnil 30—~A special to the Morning Times from Tucsson, Aris, says that a seore or mere Mex- ioans Americans got Inte a #trest t today whem a Mexiean houted ‘“Viva Huerta,” He was Desion into - unconsaipusness. Ono hundred Mexican strest laberers struck | todey, | Six Killed in an Explosion. Eatevan, Sasl, April 20—A repert reached here Jate today that in en ex- plesien at Macoun six persons were Jdiled, several injured and a hotel sei on fire | volunieer forces. | Tikas was 1@led aiffer. | baek | Chawe. Emperor Francis Josef Improving. Vienna, April 20—A ce provement in the condi Em- peror Francis Josef was noted tonight. His temperature is practically normal and his general strength good. The emperor received reports from his min- isters and other officials throughout the day and appeared to be in good spirits, oice wrd wbnfiissction o FOR ORGANIZATION - OF VOLUNTEER ARMY. of Bill Gives Authority to President Appointment of Officers. ‘Washington, April 20—Prompt or- ganization of a volunteer army for service In Mexico or in any other crisls would be provided for in a house bill passed teday by the senate with amendments. Sending of the measure to the conference was delayed by a motion by Senator Reed to recon- sider the -vcte, but senators sald the motion probably would be @isposed of tomorrow. 5 The bill would revise the law under which a volunteer force was organ- ized for the Spanish-American was in 1898. Its author claims that a vol- unteer force could be raised more quackly than under the existing law: that it would prevent the payment of bounties, weuld do away with a short term of enlistment by making the term of volunteers the same as that in the regular army: would procure the necéssary number of men at the be- ginning of the war for a long period, | thus making drafting unnecessary and | would decrease the pension list after the war. Unlike the present law, the bill would provide for the recruiting of all organizers of land forces, This would include training service to wheih duty partially disabled officers would be assigned when superseded by able-bodied men at the front. Another change in the existing law would give the president instead of the governors of the states the au- thority to appoint all officers for the requiring him to give preference in their selection to those who have had military train- ing and instruction.in the regulai army, national guard, volunteer forces of military schools. Instead of the volunteer forces waiting to be called into service un- til all the organized militia of all arms has been called, it would permit the organization of volunteers of a particular arm as soon as the mili- tia of that particular arm had been put _into service. Another provision is that the number and grade of of- ficers should be the same in the Vol unteer forces as in the regular army. The present strength of the organiz- ed militia, including both officers and mien, is approximately 120,000 accord- ing to the latest refurns from adju- tant generals o the different states to the war deparument. NEW NAME FOR YALE UNIVERSITY BUILDING. Divinity School Changed to Yale School of Religion. New Haven, Conn, April 20—The name of the Yale Divinity School was changed to the Yale School of Religion at a meeting here today of the Yale Corporation. This change was adopted to indicate the broader scope of the re-organized school and to conform more nearly to the designations of the other departments of the University. It was voted to name the University quadrangle adjoining Woolsey Hall, the Hewitt Quadrangle in meory of Frederick C. Hewitt, '68, a benefactor of the University. It was also voted to name the avehue between the col- lege campus and Woodbridge Hall Blount avenue in memory of a bequest from Archibald Henry Blount of Eng- land. A number of gifts were announced, among them being $7,276 from the Na- tional Geographic Soclety. At the close of the meeting, President Arthur T. Hadley left for New York fo take a steamer tomorrow for England, where he is to deliver a course of lec- tures at Oxford University. HORSE PLUNGED OVER SEVENTY FOOT PRECIPICE. Driver Escaped With Slight Scratches —Horse had to be Shot. ‘Winsted, Conn., April Saxon, a candle dealer, had a narrow escape from death or serious injury late today, when the horse he was driving ran eway and plunged over a seventy foot preclpice near the Gil- bert Clock Compa: factory. The horse had to be shot later and the wagon was smashed to smither- eens, but Mr. Saxon escaped with only slight scratches and bruises. s ‘The horse ran a considerable dis- tance before taking the fatal plunge and Mr. Saxon clung to the reins to the last. | SOLDIERS AND MINERS BATTLE IN COLORADO Leader of Greek Strikers One of Thir- teen Killed. Trinidad. Colo., sApril 20.—A fourteen hour battle between striking coal min- ers ard members of the Colorado N: tional Guard in the Ludlow district today culminated late tonight in the killing of Louis Tikas, leader of the Greek strikers and the destruction of the Ludlow tent colony by fire. Re- ports received here late tonight piace the dead at 13, including 11 strikers, one soldier and one non-combatant. Versions of the manner in which One report was that he was captured and was shot while trying to escape. Another is that he was shot to run from the sheiter of a bridge to an arroyo neer the tent colony. Women and_children are being cared for at the Ludlow sta- tion. l.arge numbers of strikers are sald to have taken refuge in an arroyo near the colony and are surrounded by troops. Beveral hundred strikers left Trini- | dad late tonight in the direction of Laudlow. - Other strikers are said to be en route from Huerfano county and Aguilar to Ludlow tonight. A contin- vation of fighting s expected at day- break. Company C of Lamar was ordered to the strike zone by General Connectiout River Is Risin Hartford, Conn., ADril 20—Owing to the recent ‘raing, the Commectieut river started to rise agein tenight and at midnight the water was 16 feet and § inches above the nermal mark. Morgan Belmont, son of August Bel- ment was inj in an automobile accident at Heeeon Falls, Conn. 19—Jacob | while attempting | of the colony | No War Scare in Wall Street BUT MEXICAN CRISIS CAUSED SLUMP IN MARKET. LITTLE ELSE TALKED OF Government Bonds Declined Becaus of Pos: y of New lssue to Meet Expense of the Campaign. New York, Aprll 20—The Mexican erfsis causedl a slump on the stock ex- change today, There was no sembiance of & war scare in Wall street, and the market betrayed no nervousness. The acute stage reached in the country’s relations ~ with Mexieo nevertheless registered its effect em prices of stocks. It provided an o y for heavy speculative sell there was aiso . considerable velime of liguidation on the part ef of stocks who preferred to the market on account of the @ outlook. The day's | decline eame - after & week of steadily falling prices which have been influenced by the evidence tha: e crisis ‘was approaching. At the opening of the exchange quotations were forced down rapisiy. Prosident Wilson's expression of hope that a condlict might be avoided caused a rally before noon, but later the de- clire ‘Wwas resumed with greater c- verity, and at che end of the day lead- ing stocks were one to three points lower. Many of them reached the lowest prices of the year. Governme.it bonds declined on the Mexican news. One reason ascribed for their heaviness was the possibility that, in case of war, the zovernment might put forth a large new issue to meet the expenses of the campaign. ‘Wall street talked of little eise than Mexico. The news tickers, which or- dinarily are devoted to routine matters of finance, were given over largely to the transmission of Washington des patches detailing the latest de:elop- ments in the Mexican situation No other news reccived attentin, but the possibility of a war with Mexico had been discussed so long in Wall sireet and has figured so long as an influence in depressing stocks tha* the day's developments did not greatly chanze the situati>n. The decline todav was hardly greater than on one or two days of last week. Stocks of corprfations which have large sums of money in vested in Mexizo, such as the Southern Pacific railroad and the Mexican P troleum company, were no weaker tha others. Brokers whose memory of Wall | street affairs extends back 1o 13 said that for some time preceling the declaration of war with Spain tue mar- ket was, weak. When war fnaly ceme Drices 4dvanced. It hos Tees & fa- vorite contention of bu:lish speculators for several months that the market would rise if war with Mexico should come. PRESIDENT WILSON TALKS TO CORRESPONDENTS, Impresses Upon Them That There Will Be No War Between United States and Mexico. Washington, April 20. — President Wilson, in a talk to the Washington correspondents on the Mexican situa- tion today at the White House, said: “I want to say to you gentlemen, do not get the impression that there is about to be war between the United States and Mexic). “That i3 not the outlook at present, at all “In the first place, in no conceivable circumstances will we fight the people ot Mexico. “Ws are their friends, and e want to help them in every way that we can to recover their rights and their govern- ment and their laws, and for the pres- ent I am going to COngTess to present a special situation and seek their ap- proval to meet that special situation. “It is only an issue between this government and a person calling him- self the provisional president of Mex- ico, whose right to call himself such we have never recognized in any way. ness as I read the papers, this morn- ing, as if the country were getting on fire with war enthusiasm. | “I have no enthusiasm for war; I have an _enthusissm for justice and for the dignity of the United States, but not for war. “And this need not eventuate into a war if we handle it with firmness and | promptness.” MAYOR MITCHEL'S ASSAILANT INDICTEL. Will Be Arraigned Today on Charge of Attempted Murder. New York, April 20.—Michael P. Mahoney, who shot at Mayor Mitchel last Friday and wounded Corporaticn Counsel Polk, was indicted today for attempted murder. He will be ar- raigned for pleading tomorrow, and at that time the -istrict attoraey will ask for the appointment of two alienlsts to examine his ment:l condition. The indictment charges Mahoney with trying to murder both the mayor an1 the corporatiom couns Federals Cheer Huerta, Bagle Pass, Texas, April 20.—Federal officers in Pledras Negras today met at headquarters and repeatedly cheer- ed the provisional president, Huerta, for his refusal to order a salute to the flag of the United States. The military band paraded the streets and bulletins were posted announcing that | Huerta had “called the Yankee bluff.” Names of 44 Aviators Sent In. St Louis, Mo., April 20.—The names of 44 aviators who are members of tie | aviation reserve were telegraphed Secretary of War Garrison and Se. tary of the Navy. Daniels today Dbert Bond Lambert, who organized the corps. | As ports the difference between Bos- ton and New York seems co pe this. | Boston builds a modern pler, 1000 feet long and big enough to accommodate such & ship as the Vaterland, before there is more than & hint that Ships of such size will ever be put into the Boston trade, New York waits until sush ships are réady to dock and then weens at the War Deartment f6r per- mission to build temporary aaditions to its existing plems ,and lot _them stick out inte the falrwey, Beston feels thai it must bid for the ocemn- caxry] of the future, New o Sy e g el Hartford Times. Canada. has 23,000,000 acres in tim- ber reserves, us compared with 187.- 006,000 acres in the natienal foresis of the United States. “So that 1 had a feeling of uneasi- | Condensed Telegrams Cardinal Farley celebrated his: 72nd birthday yesterday. Women in Albany have set aside April 25th as “swat the fly” day. Anthony J. Drexel, Jr., was arrested in Newark, N. J, for speeding, Jacob A. s, the thor is seriously ill at Baltic Creek, Mich. William Ralph and Hugh Sweeney were accidently asphyxiated by gas in a stable at Providence, R. L Tudie Arnold, of Blythvellie, Ark., accused of having sixteen wives, was sentenced to 10 years in prison. Fire compl tages at Lake sort near Warsa destroyed 23 cot- inona, a summer re- Ind. Loss $100,000. Berlin police have banned the dis- play of an Amercian moving picture Which deals with the white slave traffic “Aunt” Maria R died at Ral.;!h: Tenn., at the age of 114 years. [er oldest son, aged $9 was buried a week ago. Michael Bapesata, the oldest prison- er in Sing Sing who was serving a life term for murder, made his es- cape. Edward Lynch, a mussel shell hunt- er of Petersburg, Ind., while opening shells found three pearls, valued at 32,200 Carl Borgalde, 40 years old, inventor of a motion picture apparatus, commit- ted suicide in his workshop at Stame ford, Conn. The will of Otto E. Lohrks, a New York banker who died in Orange, N. J., leaves his entire estate of $1,000,000 to his widow. Raymond E. Smith, defaulting cash- jer and treasurer of the Roseville Trust Co., of Newark, N. J.,, pleaded guilty to 25 indictments. Mayor Curley of Boston annonunced that no more licenses would be issued to motion picture theatres operating in wooden buildings. The Norwegian steamer Alm was partially destroyed by fire at Mobile, Ala. The loss to ship and cargo is estimated at $150,000. Mrs. Kathering S. McCartney, 77 years old, one of the founders of the Daughters of the American Revolution died in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. The House of Representatives has decided to give Miss Eleanor Wilson a gift similar to that given her sister, Mrs. Francis B. Sayre. More than 100 gates from the Southeastern Kan ‘Assoclation of Commercial clubs arrived in New York on their tour of the east. The sealing steamer Kite, missing for more than a month Was reports safe at St. Johns, Newfoundland.. She carries a crew of 70 men. A fortune of $365,000 awaits Keith Dalrymple, a 23-year-old-youth of Port Allegheny, Pa, who disappeared from home seven vears ago. More than 50 sophomores at Lafay- ette College at Easton, Pa., were sus- pended indefinitely for hazing and 18 others were placed on probation. Three persons were drowned when the bottom dropped out of-a rowboat, containing eight persons in Lake Quinsigamund, near Worcester, Mass. Four members of the Suffolk Con- tracting Co., and two former state of- ficials, were found guilty of conspira- | ey to defraud the state at Riverside, o L Clayton Conklin, a prisoner who was being taken, from Midvale to serve a term at Paterson, N. J., for assault, es- dow. Wetchester burglars entered the store of John Wirth, chief of police in North Tarrytown, N. Y., and attempted | to steal the safe, but were frightened | away. Booker T. Washington, in addressing | a gathering of negroes in New York, urged his hearers to copy the white man in_ his working rather than his | leisure hours. John L. Busch, of New York, whose son a 14-year-old vaudeville actor was killed by an automobile, is suing Wil- liam B. Dudley, a banker for $50,000,- 000 damages. . Jack, the sheep dog in Central Park, New York, who is valued at $2,000 is dying of grief because he lost his old master, Shepherd James Conway, who ‘was retired on,a pension. Secretary Daniels Announced late yesterday that the cruiser Denver, now at Corinto, Nicaragua, had been order- ed to Salina Cruz, the western terfi- nus of the Tehauntepec railroad. She is expected to make the trip in two days. - An Offer of Locomotive Engineers to man trains in_Mexico was telegraphed yesterday to President Wilson and to the secretary of war from temporary | headquarters at Chicago of the' Broth- eriood of Locomotive Engineers. | Sam Miller, who has been on a hung- erstrike for 13 days at the County Jail in Buffalo, will be removed to a hos- pital, where physicians will put him in shape for trial. He is accused of sev- o | eral burglaries. | The Battleship Louisiana Passed | Sand Key, Fla, yesterday on its way to Tampico. The ship was maintain- ing a speed of 15 knots an hour. The tender Yankton, which arrived at Key West eariy in the day for coal” and provis Iat led for Mexican waters. After a Two Hours’ Special -Session of the superior court at Danbury yes- terday morning, Judge Lucien F. Bur- | pee sentenced Mrs. Elizabeth Nichois | to 20 days in the Danbury jail for per- Jured testimony given in a divorce | case which he had heard early this | month. The Confederate Veterans’ Camp of Huntaville, Ala., vesterday telegraphed President Wilson this message: “We deplore war, but if it must come. E&- bart J Jones camp of the: Confedérate Veterans, Huntsville, Ala., 100 strong and of average age of 73, still.game and fit for the fight of our lives, offer our services to our country.” Two Aeroplanes and Thres Govern- ment aviators were carried on the United States scout crutser Rirming- ham, which salled front Pensacola, Fla., early yesterday with the flotilia of 30 torpedo boat destroyers to join Rear Admiral Badgers flest off "the Florida keys caped by jumping through a car win- | s Population WILSON ASKS CONGRESS APPROVAL Laid the Mexican Situation Before Congress in Wants Use of Armed Forces of Mexico as a Nation. Washington, April 20. — President Wilson today answered Huerta’s defi- ance by asking congress, assembled in Joint session, for approval to “use the armed forces of the United States in such ways and to such extent as may De necessary to obtain from General Huerte and his adherents the fullest recognition of the rights and dignity of the United States.” The president did not ask for any appropristion of money at this time, nor for authority to call out the na- tional guard. ‘here can be no thought of aggres- sion or of selfish aggrandizement,” de- clared the president to the sober-faced throng of senators and representatives which packed the hall of the house. “This government can, I earnestly hope, in no circumstances be forced into war with the people of Mexico. If armea contlict should unhappily come as the result of his (Huerta’s) attitude of personai resentment towards this governmept, we should be fightng only General Huerta and those who adhere to him and give him support, and our object would be only to restore to the people of the distracted republic the opportunity to set up again their own 1aws and their own government “There can, in what we do, be no thougkt of agsression or of selfish ag- grandizement. We seek to maintain the dignity and authority of the United States only because we wish always to keep our great influence unimpaired for the uses of liberty, both in the TUnited States and wherever else it may be employed for the benefit of mankind.” President Wilson laid the Mexican situation before congress today in these words: “Gentlemen of the Congress: It is my duty to call your attention to a sit- vation which has arisen in our deal- ings with Gen. Victoriano Huerta at Mexico City which calls for action, and to ask your advice and co-operation in acting upon it. “On the $th of April a paymnaster of the United States saip Dolphin ‘anded @t Iturbide Bridge landing at Tam- pico with a whaleboat and boat's crew to take off certain supplics needed by his ship, and while engaged in loading the boat was arrested by an officer and squad cf men of the army of Gen- eral Huerta. Neither the paymaster nor any one of the boat's crew was armed. Two of the men were in the boat when the arrest took place, and were obliged to leave it and submit to ve taken into custody, notwithstand- ing the fact that the boat carried, both at her bow and at her stern, tne flag of the United States. “The officer who made the arrest was proceeding upon one of the streets of the town with his prisoners when met by an officer of higher authority, who ordered him o return to the landing and await orders, and within an_hour and a half from the time of the arrest orders were received from the com- mander of the Huertistas forces at Tampico for the release of the pay- master and his men. The release was | followed by “apologies from the com- | mander, and later by an expression of regret by Gemeral Huerta himself. “General Huerta urged that martiai law obtained at the time at Tampico; that orders had been issuea tnat no | one_should be allowed to land at the | iturbide bridge; and that our sailors | had no right to land there. Our naval | commanders at the port had not been notified of any such prohibition, and, even if they had been, the only just flable course open to the local authcri- ties would have been to request the paymaster and his crew to witndraw and to lodge a protest with the com= manding officer of the fleet Mayo regarded the arrest as so serious aa affront that he was not satisfied With the- apologies offered, but de- manded that the flag of the United States be saluted with special cere- mony by the military commander of the port - . Not a Trivial Incident. “The inetdent cannot beiresarded as a trivial one, especially.as two of the men arrested were taken from the boat itself—that is to say, from the territory of the United States; but had it stood by Itself, it might have been attributed to the ignorance or arrogance of & single officer. Unfortunately, it was not an isolated case. A seriés of in- cldents have recently occurred which cannot but create the impression that the representatives of General Huerta were willing to go out of their way to show disregard for the aignty and rights of this government, and felt per- fectly safe In doing,what they pleased, making free to show in maay ways their irritation and contemp! “A few days after the incident at Tampico an orderly from *he U. S. S. Minnesota was arrested at Vera Cruz while ashore in uniform to obtain the ship's mail and was for a time thrown into jafl. An official despatch from this government to its embassy at Mexico City was withheld by the au- thorities of the telegraphic service un- | til peremptorily demanded by our | charge @affaires in person. “So far as I can learn, such wrongs | and annoyanco have been suffered to | occur only against representatives of | the United States. T bave heard of no complaints from ocher governments | ! of similar treatment. Subsequent ex- planations and formal apologies did not and cculd not alter the populac impression, which it is possible it was was the object of the Huerta authori- | ties to create, that the Government of the United States was being singled out, and might be singled out with impunity, for slights and affronts in | retalfation for its refusal to recognize | the pretensions of Gen. Huerta to be | regarded as the constitutional pro- | visional President of the Reublic of | Mexico. | Situation Might Grow Worse. { “The manifest danger of such | sitnagion was that such offences might { from bad to worse until some- a ing happened of mo gross and in- | tolerable & sort as to lead directly | and evitably to armed conflict. It ‘was necessary that the apolizies of General Huerta and his tives should go much further, they ghould be such as to attract the attentfen of the whole population to their significan Joint Session Yesterday. Admiral | NO MONEY APPROPRIATION IS SUGGESfED the United States in Such Way uM-ybeNecunry—dDoe-njntSeekAufiwrity!oC&ll Out National Guard—Says that if Conflict Should Come We Would Fight Only Huerta and His Adherents, Not | mecessity of seeing to it that no furth- | er occasion for explanations and pro- | fessed regrets shoult arise. 1. there- | fore, felt it my duty to sustain Ad- miral Mayo in the whole of his demand |and to insist that the flag of the United States shoud be saluted in such a way as to indicate a new spirit and attitude on the part of the Huertistas. % T “Such a salute General Huerta has refused, and I have come to ask your approval and support in the course I now propose to pursue, Hopes Not to Be Forced Into War. “This Government can, I earnestly hope, in no _circumstances be foreed ‘lntoku.r with the people of Mexico. Mexico 1s torn by civil strife.” If we are to accept the tests own eonstitution, it has no government, General Huerta has set his power up in the City of Mexico, such as it is, ‘without right and by methods for which there can be no justification. Only part of the country is under his control. If armed conflict should un- happily come as a result of his at- titude of persanal resentment towards this government, we should be fighting | oniy. General Huerta and those who ad-. here to him and give him their sup- port, and cur object would be only to | Testore to the people of.the distract. { ed Tepublic the opportunity to set up again their own laws and their own government. Genuine Friendship For Mexico. “But T earnestly hope that was id not now in question. I believe that I speak for the American people when I'say that we do not desire to control in any dgeree the affairs of our sister republic. Our feeling for the peopla of Mexico is one of deep and genuine friendship, and everything that we have so far done or refrained from doing has proceeded from our desire to help them, not to hinder oriem- barrass them. ~We would no wish. even to exercise_the zeod o of friendship without their welcome and consent. The people of Mexico are en- titled to settle their own domestic affairs in their own way, and we since-, ly desire to respect their right. The present situation need have none of the grave complications of interferenca if we deal with it promptly, firmly, and wisely. “No doubt I could do what s nee. essary in the cimcumstances to enforce respect for our government without recourse to the congress and yet not exceed my constitutional powers as president; but I do not wish to act in a matter possibly of so grave con- Sequences except in close conference and co-operation with both the senate and house. I. therefore, come to ask your approval that I should use the armed fosces of the United States in such ways and to such an extent as may be necessary to obtain from Gen. Huerta and his adherents the fullest Tecognition of the rights and dignity of the-United States, even amidst the distressing conditions how unhappily obtaining ir- Mexico. “There can in what we do be no | thought of aggression or of seifish ag- | grandizment. Wé seek to maintain the dignity and authority of the United | States only because we wish always to | keep our great influence unimpaired | for the uses of liberty, both in the | United States and wherever else 1t |may be employed for the benefit of | mankina.” | It was noticed that the President | money at this time, or for authority | to eall out the National Guard, of its | ADJUTANT GENERAL COLE SAYS GUARD IS READY. Could Be in Camp at Niantic Inside of 24 Hours. New Haven, Conn, April 20.—Aajt. Gen. George M. Cole of the Connecti- cut National guard, who was a_guest tonight at the banquet of the Second company, Governor's Foot Guard, said Tegarding the Mexican situaton: “No orders have been received yet, but the guard is ready at a minute’ notice, and could be in camp at Nian- tic inside of 24 hours. There, of course, the states’ responsibility ends.” Steamship Arrivals, Cadiz, , April 13.—Steamer Montser~ rat, New York. London, April 20—Steamers Anda- nia, Boston and Portland; Minnewse ka, New York. Plymouth, April 20.—Steamer Krom-~ prinz Wilhelm, New York for Bre- men. Liverpool, April 19.—Steamers Tani~ sian Haltfax; | Wtk Frascools, New! orkc. Gibraltar, April 20.—Steamer Tace- nia, New York for Naples. Civil War Vets Offer Services. Lowell, Mass., April 20—An offer of their services for swch war duty as they are able to perform was made to President Wilson today by the old | Sixth Regiment assoclation, composed |of survivors of the contmand which was {opposed by the Confederate sympath- izers on its march through Baltimare, | ‘April 19, 1851. The veterans aiso | adopted Tesolutions of continued lay- |alty and swpport for the government, | Maxico City Tranquil. Mexico City, April 20—President Huerta , replying to queries from the newspapers, said tonight: and in the remote case af friction be- tween the countries, the e of this Tepublic will bear no tow- ard the people of the Uited States, whose neighbars they are.® 5 Chaplain Ready to Go to the Front. Boston, April abaplain public was wiling to €0 to the from representa- | again in the crisis. He was that | speaking at a ‘e Tem- perance Untan meeting, “The veterans o not want & war, but If thers is one, and such as to im- they will go to the fromt if meeded, . Press upan General Huerta himself taeho meid, !