Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, April 23, 1914, Page 1

hvmnter_, amf}'ifty Wounded . it 5. . BRITISH BLUEJACKETS CHEER ON MARINES of British Cruiser Wounded Aboard Ship by Mexi- «can Ballet—Entire City s Strongly Patrolled and Quiet Previils-Carranza Clainis United States is not Justified in Invading Mexican Territory—Invites Suspension of Hostilities and Withdrawal of Troops—Creates New ‘Washington, April 23—Twelve Amer- feans nave boen wounded patch from Reat made public at 2.45 a. m. Yera Cruz, Cruz at noon toda; States forces. ¢ Rear Admiral Frank F. Fletcher has taken up his headquarters at the Ter- The ‘entire city Is strong- Iy patrolled and quiét prevailed’to- night. Rear Admiral Fletcher is now minal hotel. in command' of ' the Jand_operations, while Rear Admiral Badger, mander-in-chief of the Atantic fieet, has brought his flag into the harbor on the Minnesota. After the general advance ~began this morning, Mexican snipers :on the roofs put up a stubborn resistance. There was one brisk action, thé guns, of the Prairie amd Chester In, in -Silencing a heavy fire. from fhi naval college, sheils from the finally shattering he. walls. & number of Mexi terday is.estimated at 430, wi nded. The My o ot ~wourided ot boar . ShiD The British bluejackets croy the bows and vociferously - che ithe American marines as they proceeded in shore for the land, ~ ' = The flags on the Essex and fortress San Juan de Ulua were half masted when the dead were carried to: the boats. 7 % Rear Admiral ‘Budger: has not yet decided wheth, to proceed to Tam- Pico, and it is believed his departure Wwill' be delayed. - An indication of this fs found in the fact that his. flag- #hip has entered the harbor. Major Smedley. D. Butler, with ma- rines_ from the Prairie, made a sartie up the railway for a comsiderable dis- tance this afterneon. Rear ' Admiral = Fletcher's composed as follows: Chlef of staff, Captain Harry Mcl Huse: adjutant - gereral, Cominander Btone: quartarmaster, Liculenant Commander Edward C.'Kalbfus: bri- de engineer, ~Naval Constructor ichard D. Gatesoo ordnanc cer. Lieutenant Alb hen: alde and secretary, Lieutenant George McC. Courts: aldes, Fnsigns Dood and He: sev: Drigade surgeon, Middleton, S, Elliott; brigade commissary, Paymas. ter Chy 3. Peoples. 3 Names of the Wounded. In the fighting today the’ casualties up to noon on the American side were I Percy. marine, fatelly wounded; K, Cristy, I. G. Benvett. A Puliiam, C. C. Novdse % i, wounded. Cruicar's Guos Protect. Bliejackets. Rear Adrais: Vet T ut $.30 o'eloc i the me ordered a geenarl moverpent fo- e ocoupation of all the D, A iunm of bluejacicets ad- yanced a 2éd uncompleted ricat plece and nuval college. When b 3 the walis of the e Lervifl; fle fire Waus poured in -t rom the roof and (he ieiackets were halp- _ against Ahe staf is killed - ang, .50 in the oceupation - of. Vera Cruz. This was announced in a’dis- Admiral ‘Badger April 22.—Six Americans killed and about thirty wounded mark- ed the compleie investment wf -Vera y Dby the United Prairie cisco opened with their five and six- inch guns and shattered the walls. The Dbluejackets reformed and advanced against the fire, which had diminish- ed_greatly. By 10 o'clock there was only desul- tory firing from the inshore side of the tower. made their way along the waterfront to the_ southern end of the town and cleared several streets, but the snip- ing from houses continued at inter- vals. ‘utldings on the outskirts with six- inch shells, firing over the heads of the men ashore, and . showing almost [perefct -marksmanship. How Main Plaza Was Taken. The general movement from all the positions taken yesterday began in the direction of the main plaza. The marines under Lieutenant - Colonel ‘Wendell C. Neville moved to. the southward along. parallel -streets to- wards the center, while the marines commanded by Lieutenant Arthur B. ting, of the Arkansas, were order- I from their positions east of the center: towards the plaza. The/ two forces swung forward with a rush for g distance of three blocks. gun and_Tifle fire was Dby shell fire from the of, the Prairie and Chest- ps_guns supporfed _ the ‘clearing the roofs to_the dropping s in"ad- and east, ocoasionally & few ‘hundred yard ashi vazce: f i Buchanhan’s men under direct com- | mover forward to a position one block mand of Lieutenant Guy W. O. Castle directly east of the plaza. Other de- tachments - occupied positions to the north and west, Both marires and Dbluefackets gragged light field pieces, but there was little work for them. There was absolutely no organized | resistance. but from the very begin- i ning of the arvance a smart fire came ! from the defenders on the housetops | whicli _invariably drew a merciless {‘fire trom the advancing parties. | Good Work of American Sharpshoot- e ! The machine guns sounded their “tap tap” in all quarters and Amer {can sharpshooters, posted at street corners- and other points of vantage, | picked off at will any man who ap- |-peared . to be acting suspiciously. CARRANZA'S ANSWER TO SECRETARY BRYAN Claims United Stat Not Justified in Occupation of Mexican Territory —Invites Suspension of Hositilities and Withdrawal of Troops. Chihuahua, Mexico, April 22—Re- ing to atelegram from Secretary van at Washington, General Car- ranza today telegraphed that the Unitew " States is not justified in oc } cupving Mexican' territory, “The invasion” saye the letter, “will { drag us (Mexico) into an unequal war with dignity, but which until today we desired to avoid.” The unofficial translation of of the letter follows: nited States Consul J. €. Caroth- ers: In.answer to the message of Mr. Secretary. of State Bryan which as j communiceted to me through - you, Please tramuswiit:to the said Mr. Bryan the ? Battalions of bluejackets had | The scout cruiser Chester pounded | the following note addressed to Pres- ident Wilson. = “Awalting the action of the Ameri- can senate on your excellency’s mes- sage directed to sald body, caused by the lamentatble incident which occur- red between a crew in a whaleboat of the cruiser Dolphin and the soldiers of the usurper Huerta, certain acts of hostility have been executed by the naval forces, under command of Ad- miral Fletcher at the port of Vera Cruz and in tht face of this violation of national soverelgnty which the con- stitutionalist governor did not expect from a government that had reiterat- ed its desire to maintain peace With the Mexican people, I comply with the duty of elevated patriotism in direct- ing thiy note to you with a View to | exhausting all honorable means before two friendly nations sever the pa- | cific relations thta still unite them. Arraigned Huerta. “And the Mexican nation, the real people of Mexico, have not recognized as its executlve a man who has pre- tended to lsunch a blemish-on lts na- tional Integrity, drowning in blood its free institutions, consequently the aots | of the usurper Huerta and his accom- | plices do_not signify legitimate acts of sovereignty; they do not constl | tute real public functions of interior {und exterior relations and much less {do they represent the sentiments of the Mexlcan nation, which are of co- | fraternity .towards the American peo- ! ple. |/ “The lack of representative charac- ter of General Vivtoriano Huerta as concerning the relations | with the United States as well as with Argentine Republic, Chile, Brazfi and Cuba, had been clearly estabilsh- {ed with justifiable attitude of these nations who have refused to recognize the usurper in this way lent a valu- {able moral support to the noble cause I represent. “The usurped title of .the president of the republic cannot invest General Huerta with the right to receive a de- | mand for reparation on the art of thg | United States nor_the right to grani |a satistaction as due., “Victoriano Huerta is a culprit who is amenable to the constitutionalist government today, the only one under | the abnormal corcumstances of our | pation, which represents the national | sovereignty in accord with article 128 of the political constitution of Mexi- co. The illegal acts committed by t heusurper Huerta and his partisans and those which they may yet perpe- trate, be they of an international character as those which recently oc- curred at the-port of Tampico, or of 2_domestic character, shall be tried and punished witii fnflexibility ~ and ‘promptaess. by the’ tribunals. of . the constitutionalist government. ‘Acts of Huerta Not Suffisient Justifi- 3 cation. “The igdividual acts og -Victorlano Huerta never will be sufficient to in- volve the Mexican nation in a disas- trous war with the United States, be- cause—there is no solidarity whaiso- ever between the so-called govern- ment of Victorlano Huerta and the Mexican nation, for the fundamental reasons that he is not the legitimate organ of our national sovereignty. “Moreover, the invasion of our te ritory and {he permancy of your forces in the port of Vera Cruz or at viola- tion of the rights tht constitute our existence as a free and independent sovereignty and will drag us into ar unequal war with the dignity but which -until today we desired to avel: Seizure of Vera Cruz Offensive. “In the face of the real situation | through which Mexico traverses weak, i more so than ever after three years of bloody strife and compared Witk the formidable power of the Ameri- can nation ‘in_considering the acts mmitted at Vera Cruz as acts high- offensive to the dignity and inde- pendence of Mexico and contrary to your reiterated declarations of = not desiring to sever the state of peace and friendship with the Mexican na- tion of ths rights that constitute our Tesolution of the American senate which has just declared that the United States does not assume against those exacted by equity, for the desired end which may be con- considered as satisfied. “It not being on the other part, the usurper who, in all cases should have the right to constitute a reparagion, 1 interpret the sentiment of a = great majority of the Mexican people, which so jealous of its rights and re- ectful of foreign rights, I invite you solely to suspend the hositile acts al- ready initiated, ordering your forces ! | of Mexico | London, 285 o committed to war Appleby Suits’ Adjustsd. ; London, April 22.—An amicable set- tlement was reached today in . the counter-suits betwe . Dr. Erpest Vil- Mers Appleby, forme: lectuter at the Uniyersity of Minnesota, and Baroness | May de Pallandt, an American woman. to evacuate all places which they hold in their power in the port of Vera Cruz and to formalate before the constitutionalist government which I represent as constitutionalist gov. ernor of the state of Coaruila and firs: chief of the constitutionalist army, the demand on the part of the United States for the acts which originated at the port of Tampico in the security that the demand will be considered in a spirit of elevated justice and com- cilation. “The constitutionalist governor of the state of Coahuila and first chiet of the constitutionalist army, Secretary Bryan’s Letter. The letter from Caranza was in- spired by the following to him from Secretary Bryand: “The preeident does not desire any. resolution that could be construed as anthorizing him to engage in war; all he asks and all that will be given 1s a resomution declaring that he is justi- fled in using the armed forces to com- pel redress of a specified Indienity. He has been careful to distinguish °be- tween ‘General Huerta and his sup= porters on the one side and the rest of, thy: Mexican people. oh " the glies “He hasi reiterated his friendship for the ican people and his desire | them for themselves a wernment. ‘The tak- the eustoms house Vera Crus was made T by Huerta's re- Wr reparations for the American sailors | The constitutionalists are reported in | the newspapers as standing aloof from the controversy. This is & very prop- er attitude and we hope that they wil! not misunderstand the president’s po- sition or miseonstrue his acts.” CARRANZA'S MESSAGE CREATES NEW CRIsIS. ! Presidint Wilson Was Awakened at 130 This Morning and Telephoned War Office. ‘Washington, April 22.—General Car- ranza’s note to President Wilson, given below, declaring the, seizure of Vera Cruz by American forces a vio- iation of the national sovereignty of Mexico, inviting the United States to s hostile operations and with=- Graw its forces, and. muggésting the' constitutionalist * should receive demrands for of offenses committed by Huerta, stir- Téd ine Mexican ‘situation to a new and acute crisis late tonight. "Phe opposition to the Ameérican gov- ernment’s action, coming’ from an un- expected quarter, after the Washing- ton administration had hoped for an attitude ‘of nentrality and passive ob- servation from - the constitutionalists, Dbrought the government face to face with possible hostility from the great Dbody of Mexican forces lying in prox- imity to the southern tier of the United States. The knowledge that Carranza, while refusing to make common cause with Huerta, might be disposed of his own initiatiVe to resent: the acts of the American government made the prob- ler: admistedly more grove than it has ever been. A few minutes later Secretary Gar- rison and Secretary Tumulty left the conference, entered a waiting auto- mobile and drove away, As General ‘Wotherspoon ~ and Mr. " Breckenridge left, the general stopped in the: tele- graph room. President Wilson ~ was awakened about 1.30 oclock and talked over the telephone with Secretary Tumulty at thé secretary of war's office. War Spirit in Indiana. Indianapolis, Ind., April 22.—The war spirit was aflame in Indiana to- day. From the most notable figures in state politics to the residents in the smaller towns came offers of assist- ance to Governor Ralston should, there be war with Mexico. From every city and town in the state wherein nation- al guard companles are stationed the work of recruiting for the guard was golng forward with vieor. Bluejackets from Lake Bluff, il Chicage, April 23 —With drums beating and with flags fiving, 187 blue- jackets from the naval training sfation at Lake Bluff, north of Chicago, left today for the east, Where they will ba assigned te ships. The youngsters were eager to o to the front. The office of the Mexican consul was erowded today with Mexicans seeking = passports to their own country. Hurry Orders for Ordinary Seamen. Newpert, R. I, April 22.—Hurry or- ders receive dby wireless from Wash- ington tonight resulted in the despaich { within three hours of 115 ordinary sea- | men and coal passers to Boston, where | they will be assigned to the battieships | Virginia, Georgla and Neb which are to leave tomorrow for Mexico. Another draft of 1 men Wi | Boston toda | Castine. | Marines Ch | Portsmoutn, April 22 —Sev- eral thousand people lined the street { tonight, cheering and waving flags, | when & derachment of 113 marines { marched from the navy yard to the railroad station en route lo Philadel- phia for Mexican service. The men in command of Capt. James But- They were headed by a band nayal collier ~ Leonidas sailed i for Boston, where ammunition | will be taken off before she proceeds | to Mexico. New Lecturer at Yale New Haven, Conn., April 22—It was | announced at a meetng of the Yale graduate faculty today that Prof. Frederick E. Farrington of Columbia university had been appointed lecturer 1 educatioff at Yale for next vear. He | will carry on the work which has been | conducted this year by Professor | Moore of Hartford. It was also announced that Charles D; Hine, secretary of the state board of education, will give a special course of lectures. in education during the next university year. Against Sectarian Apprepriation. Boston, ~April 22—After a _sharp three hous debate in which Romaw Catholle educational and chariatble ifk stitutions sere warmly defended the house today by a vote of 13¢ to 87 re- jected a proposed amendment to the State constitution prohibiting the ap- propriution of public money for sec- tarian purposes. | ‘government | mens { over | ed permission Strikers Resort “to Dynamite 200 MILITIA MEN .CONFIONTED BY 400 STRIKERS A~' LUDLOW FIGHT AT CLOSE RANGE Several Mining Camps Riddled ~With Bullets—Six Mine Employes Dead and Three Missing, Yesterday's Toll “Trinidad, Col, April 22 _H. B, King of the Empire mine, tonight telephoned that the attacking party was throwing dynamite into the slope of the mine, ‘where between twenty and thirty men, ‘women and children are said to have taken refuge. Six mine employes dead and two missing; thres men, two women and a baby- reported to be entombed in a urning mine; several mining camps destroyed and ethers riddled with bul- lets; thau two hundred militia- men and company guards confronting an ermy of striking coal miners esti- ‘mated by strike leaders at more than four hunrded—this was the situation when the sun set on the third red day in the southern Colorado labor war. The list of dead on the side of the coal operators as the result of the day’s fighting, as near as could be es- timated, was as follows: ‘Willlam Waddell, superintendent of the Empire mine of the Southwestern Fuel company. John Church, engineer of the Em- pire mine. Unidentified . miner, kilied at Fm- 0. David Donovan, carpenter at the Delagua mine of the Victor American Fuel company. Fred Dougherty, guard at Delagua, founq dead in the hills late today. Carl Johnson, employed at Delagua. Felix Gongales and Joe Chavez, guards at Delagua, still were missing and were supposed to be dead .some- where in the hills above Hastings can- yon. A’ persistent but unconfirmed report had it that J. W, Siple, manager of the Empire and Southwestern mines of the Southwestern Fuel company, with two women, a baby and two men, had been sealed’ in the Empire mine, which then had been set on fire by strikers. Strike leaders tonight asserted that | one of their fighting men had been killed during the day’s battle and that only.two had been reported wounded. ‘According to the reports received by the military authorities, the fighting at Agutlar, which foilowed that at Dela- %m participated in by the same of strikers. . Guardemen Retreated. The firlog at Delagua ‘began soon atter Gaybresk, with a clash between fAfteen guards’ and a. large body of miners. This fight occurred m the Dills a mile or more from the camp where the guards are declared to have gone' to meet the approaching strikers. There was hot. fighting at close range for a few minutes and then the guards retreated toward the camp, the pursu- inig strikers at their heels. The strik- ers reached the crest of the canyon directly above the camp, then rushed for the mine butlding. Mine company reports deciared that in this rush dy- namite was exploded by the attacking party. > A party of militlamen, hastily sent from Ludlow in steel cars, reinforced the guards, and after heavy fghting the strikers were driven back. Snortly afterward a party of strik- ers appeared in the Aguilar district, separated from the Hastings-Delagua canyon by a high range of hills. - The assailants of Delagua in the meantime had vanished In the direction of Agui- lar. The attacks on the Agullar mines followed. Trinidad was a scene of temse ex- citement tonight. The saloons had been closed by order of the city coun- cil, but throngs of men still congre- sated on the streets. Labor headquar- ters were jammed with strikers, mostly aliens, and the crowd overflower to the isdewalks. Many women and children from the Ludlow, tent_colony were in Trinidad, cared for by union sympathizers. Throughout the day steady streams of strikers passed in and out of the morgue, where lay the bodies of sev- eral victims of the Ludlow battle. Entire National Guard € Denver, Col April branch of service in the Colorado Ni tional guard tomight at 10.50 was ex- pected to entrain - for ~Trimidad at once. lieutenant Governor Stepher. R. Fitzgerald issued a call for a spe- cial session of the state legislature to finance the mainienance of the militia in the strike zone, to meet in Denver on or before May 4 YALE 18 FORMING TROOP OF CAVALRY. Three Hundred Men Have Signed En- stment Carde. New. Haven, Conn., April 22.—Pre- liminary steps were taken tonight for the organization of a Yale troops of students ng meeting whic by “Don” Markle, a substitute on_last years football team. . Threc hundred of those present signed en- listment cards. The men are the pic Tsity, many being promi- soc and in athie son_of former Mayor Seth Low, New York, was one of those who yuld enlist The meeling was addressed by alry officers of the Conneoticut tional guard. was presided nent Inspect Steamer For Government Ser. vice. Boston; April 22—The quartermast- er's department of the army request- today to survey the steamers Bunker Hill and Massachu- setts {o Cetermine their possibilitie: as iransports. It is estimated that their carrving capacity could be in- creaséd to 1,500, Cornecticut River Still Rising. Hartford, Conn. April Twenty. two feet, and still rising, was the freshet record in the Conrecticut river at the highest mark of the present season.. The steamer from New York was forced to pass several landings without stopping on the way up the river, owing to'the docks being submerged. Offers to Raise a Gresk Regiment. Boston, April 22—An offer to raise a regiment of Greek-American citizens veterans of (ie Balkan war, to fight for this country, was made today by Timeyenis, newspaper, 1 Wilsen. @ leiter to. President attended a | editor of & Greek | April 2,1 S IR aged 77. s John N. Faling, of East N, 3, 36 years: old, died of hn%fiun While Angoing. 5 Fire_destroyed the plant of Nelson Morris & Co., at Peoria, Iil., causing a loss of $400,000. Major-Ganeral W. H. Cotton, ‘inspector of the Canadian mili! in Almonte, Ontario. o Shady Nook, a summer hotel Newfleld, Maine, was entirely troyed by fire. Loss $80,000. Thers, were 1865 deathe in Now York city last week inst 1,587 for the corresponding week last year. Inspector John D. Herislhy, con- nected with the New York Fofice de- @artment for 37 years, was retired. The Rev. C. W. Stoever is a_candi- date for mayor of Tacoma, Wash., against former mayer A. V. Faycet. Charles S, Pie noted logician mathematician and " philosopher, at Milferd, Pa. He was 74 years old. The Dominion Savings building, the chief structure in London, Ontario, was destroved by fire at a loss of $800,000. Max Unger, of Houston Street, New York was sentenced to 20 years in state prison for planning the robbery of a turniture store. On account of dullness in busines 111 brokers of the London Stock Ex- change will not renew memberships for the current year. A secret indictment of 198 counts was returned by the grand jury that had before it the affairs of the Henry Seigel Co. of Boston. The 63d session of the Wyoming An- nual Conference opened in Bingham- ton, N. Y., with Bishop Joseph Perry elphia presiding. Constable Dennis Wyckoff, of Somer- ville, N. Y, celebrated the €8th an- niversary of his enlistment as a vol- unteer in the “Mexican war. Representotive Henry of Texas in- troduced a resolution’ to _investigate methods and practices of business on cotton and grain exchanges. The steamer Tenadoras. of the United Fruit line, arrived in New York from Colon. making a record of five days and nine hours for the veyag.e More . than 500 employes . of the furniture fattory of Hey Bros, & Wakefleld Co., at Wakeflel Mass., Went on strike for higher Milton Greenbaum, = New York po- Doy, ST e e g i e on_tite - | ‘ment ‘Wénor roll was &'m days About twenty ! registered mail pack- ages were s¥lzed by a bandit who held up ‘a2 United States mall car of a Southern Pacific train at Los An- geles, Four robbers after cutting of. the town of Phillipsburg, Mo., from wire communication, blew the vault in the :‘-rntx'era‘ State bank and escaped with 3,000. * | While playing oh the fire escape on the fifth floor of his home In the | Bronx, N. Y. Percy Rimmer, five years killed. A war demenstration occurred when 100 students of the Lawrence college at Appleton, Wis, paraded the streets with a band velling “Avenge the flag.’ A Ralph W. Tidrick, of the American United Presbyterian_mission station- | ed at Deleib Hill, Sudan, died from injuries received when he was at- tacked by a lion. Maurice Costello, of “movie” fame, was held in $500 bail in Brooklyn on a charge of assaulting Charles Hardy a flagman employed by the Brooklyn rapid Transit Co. The house judiciary commiittee re- ported favorably on the McGillicuddy bill providing a scale of indem for government employes killed or in- jure din line of duty. August H. Miller, an engineer, was placed on trial for manslaughter in connection with the collision of New Haven Railroad trains at North Ha- ven, in which 21 persons were killed. Captain Osmyn Berry, of the steam- er Nantucket which sank fthe Mon- | Toe off the Virginia capes with a { loss of 41 Tive was found guilty | of negligence and his license was re- voki BOSTON CHEERS FOR DEPARTING MARINES. Thousands Witness Entrainment of Men For Service in Mexico. Boston, April marines from company of the barracks at the Charlestown Navy vard leff toda join the regiment that ie being a sembled at Philadelphia for service in Mexico. Thousands cheered the sea Roidiers s they departed fromi the vard and arother great crowd at (he South Station thundered its farewell when the men eutrained |~ Tomorrow, it~i¥ “expecied, the bat tleships Virglifia, ~ Nebraska - and Georgia. under comimand of Rear Ad miral Beatty. will sall to join the fleet in Mexican waters. Not since the world's serfes base- ball games have such crowds congre- «wepaper Row (o Waich the buletin boards. Lower Washington street, between State and Milk streets, was almostimpassable at time dur- ing the duy and mounted trafic of- | ficers detailed to keep the thorous- | fare open. 5 | Al over | the city’ flags were “flving ! from business honses and pri Tes- idences, recalling the days of the war with Spain._when the national colors were displaved on every of Blectrician Gesburge of the hattle- ship Florida in the first fighting on Mexican soll. brought the conflict. home, as both men belonged in suburbs of this city. Haggerty, whose home was in Camburidge, will Fublic funemml attended by i coived a telegram of sym from Becretars Daniels. The m“‘.?‘e fol- own : “Heartfelt sympathy extendtd to you on the losx of vour son at Vera Cruz 1914, His patrietic courage Dlaces his. yame on the honor of our eountry’s 2 old,” fell to the pavement and was| to | “Proportion to th ILSON'S FUTURE PLANS UNGERTAIN Had Hoped that Constititionalists Would Remain a Neutral Faction nes1 SURPRISED BY ATTITUDE TAKEN BY CARRANZA at ; 4es-| Should Rebels Join With Federals in Hostilities Plans Will be Changed—Purposes of Government to Await Effect of Seizure of Vera Cruz Upon Huerta—Volunteers for Ser- vice in Mexico Will Not be Called for Unless there is a Formal Declaration of War by Congress—No Orders Have Been Issued to Seize Tampico—Seaman Eulogized in House—$500,000 Appropriation for Care of Refugees. Washington, Aphil 32—News that General Venustiano Carranza, consti- tutionalist chief, had regarded the selzure of Vera Cruz by the American naval forces as an act of hostility to the Mexican nation fell like a bomb- shell in official circues tonight. President Wilson had especially. dis- claimed any act of hostity to the Mex- ican people, particularizing General Huerta as the object of the American operations to secure reprisals for of- fense at Tampico and elsewhere against the American flag. Consequently the Washington gov- ernment hed hoped the constitutional- ists would remain silent and not ir terfect themselves in the imbrogiio. Secretary Brvan had not received the text of the Carranza letter up to & late hour tonight but indirectly was acquainted by one of the constitu- tionalist representatives here of the substance of it. Carranza pointed out that the seizure of Vera Cruz would be regard- ed as a hestlle act by the Mexican people and that it was adviable for the United Staten to withdraw its troops from Vera Cruz just as soon as was practicable. Carranza agreed with President Wilson that Huerta did not represent ‘the Mexican nation. but on the other hand, feared the Mexican people might be inflamed and drawn into a. conflict which would make them sacrifices to the usurpations of Huerta. General Carranza described the con- stitutional succees, saying that Huerta Was slowly being crushed and that the cltgitugonalins dodn would be in ion of the Mexico City govern- ‘ment. ‘When they triumphed, he . pointed out. ample reparation wiuld be made for all offences. In the meantime he wished the United States to take no steps which would excite the Mexican populace. The note, it was admitted by many officials, was capable of a _friendly construction. but there was some doubt expressed that the subordinate offi- cers under General Carranza might not be so conservative. Apprehension over this situation was manifest in many quarters. Pleased ¢ With Admiral Forces. Should hestility on the part of the constitutionalists crystalize plans | of the army will be changed. There ‘were reports during the day that the joint army and nav board already ! had recommended the restoration of | the embargo on arms. Action by con. gress approving the president’s course in using the army and navy In JVXQW of the situation he had pre- : sented in his mtssage and the receipt of Wetails of the fighting at Vera | Cruz_were the chief developments of { the day. Officials expressed them- | selves as gratly pleased with the promptness of Rear Admiral Fletch- 's forces in taking possession of Vera Cruz and restoring order there. Future steps are uncertaln. The president has determined that his course shall be gradual No orders have been issued to seize the cus- toms house at Tampico. It is the purpose of the administration to keep order in Vera Cruz and await the full effect upon Huerta of the first act of reprisal by the American gov- ernment. There is every reason bo believe that the railroad running inland from Vera Cruz for twenty miies and a valuable trestle will be policed by American marines and bluejackets. This section of the railroad s of supreme importance should future de- velopments require a movement on Mexico City. Beyond the holding of Vera Cruz and this raliroad, the Washington gov- ernment does not want to act at present, but persons in the confidence of the administration admit that action by, Huerta or Huerta or Carranza at any. time might alter completely the plans. $500,000 For Care of Refugees. | Fears for Americans in Mexico City i 1 Fletcher’s | shown, the present situation is mere- ly an’act of reprisal “short of war,” thero is no doubt that relations be- tween the Huerta de facto government and the United States have been broken. Will Not Withdraw O’Shaughnessy. The Unitsd States will not withdraw Charge O'Shaughnessy unless he hem- self reports it advisable to do so, for the Washington government desires to maintain as long as possible & representative there. If necessary, nowever arrangements may be made with some of the other foreign lega- tions to look out for the interests of the United States and transmit such communications s may be necessary to_the Huerta government. Volunteers for service in Mexico will not be called for unless thers is a formal declaration of war by com- gress. This was announced in_the house today by Chairman Hay of the house military affairs committee. Movements of the navy were continu- 4 today. The navy department feels that a sufficlent force of marines is o nthe way to take care of the it~ tion not only at Vera Crus, also at Tampico, If the order is given: for the seizure of the customs house there. “Until we recelve a complete report from Admiral Barger about. the situa~ tion at Ver Cruz” said Secretary Dan~ iels, “we will have nothing to sa® about Tampico or other steps.” enator vely, acting cbairmas - of the foreign relations ‘Wwho also spoke of the Wi ent’s intention to roceqd slo % hoping that its successive acts of reprisal might force Huerta to yield: and avert war, SEAMEN EULOGIZED IN' HOUSE. 3 Words of Praise for Men Killed at Capture of Vera Cruz. Washingtonj April 22.—George Poin- sett of Philadelphia, the seaman on the Florida killed at Vera Cruz yes- terday, was eulogized in the house to- day as the “Worth Bagley of the Mexi- can trouble.” Representative Moore of Pennsy | nta, in calling attention to the fact that Poinsett was the first man killed in the intervention in Mexico, de- clared that “whether we have entered upon this war wisely or unwisely, we have at least demonstrated our wis- dom as & pation in being prepared for war” ‘These we must bave and maintain in times of peace as in times of war,” sald Representative Moore. “Deplos- ing war as we do, we must yet find the men to go to war when our safe- ty, dignity or honor as & people are at siake. We must beve a Dewey for Manila, & Schley for Sentlago, but in additlon to these, farther down the ranks, we must have a Worth Bagley, the ensign, and a George Polnsett, sea~ man, to sacrifice their lives for us.” Tribute to Daniel A. Haggerty of Cambridge, Mass, ons of the four Americans killed, was paid by Repre- sentative Districk of Massachusattey who spoke of vaiiant services rendsre: district In all the na~ Philadelphin, April 22—t is hard to lose a son, but it's glorious to know he gave up his life for his country,” was the father's comment today when officially notified of the lkilling of George Poinsett, a 20 vear old seaman of the battleship Florida, at Vera Yesterday. £ A letter writien by the young man’'s mother is now in the mails, addressed to him, in which she cautioned him to “be careful and don't gat burt.” DOUBLE MURDER IN BRIDGEPORT TENEMENT, Trouble Started Over a Woman— Murderer Caught With Revelver in Hand. Bridgeport, Conn., April 33—A quar- rel in @ tenement house in the Hun- garian section ended in a double mur- der tonight when Mike Farkasdi shot | and other parts of the troubled re- | public_are expressed in many juart- ers. The house toduv Prompiy pass- jed a blll appropriating 3500000 to cave for refugees. The fact that not-h ing has been heard from Charge | O'Shaughnessy for neariy 48 rs made President Wilson and Secreta: | Bryan verv uneasy Early tonight { unoMcial communication with Mr. | O’Bhaughnessy was blished buf apprehension has not been allaved, as | there is little information abput temper of the E Tia governmel the peopls of Mexico City since | eapture of Cruz. Tn this connection gh govern- ment official made public a letter frem @ friend whom he regarded. as trustworthy, which read “I have on rellable a man arriviog Huerta personally foreign minister planned Tampico in cident with a view of Dbringing on intervention and upiting the | Mexican faction with him. The same official expressed the view that Huerta had delayed hi ansker to the United States for a salute to | the flag yending the ival of the | big shipment of ammunition on the { German vessel Secretary Bryan said today that the status of Charge O'Shaug] v and harge Algara was unchanged so far as_he knew 1 Charge Algara has had, however, no- | tification from his government thai he may leave when he doems it ad visable. This 18 regarded as possi- bly. ferecasting Huerta’s giving pass. ports to O'Shaughnes Though international lawyers and maky in congress are not sxactly sure what the ‘diplomatic re’ations of or the the | { mean to kin; ana instantly kilted Julins Csosi and | his wife, Rose. Semuel Greenbaum, | who owns the building, rushed uo- | stairs, unarmed, after hearing the ! shiots, wrenched the smoking revolver from Farkasdl's hand and then march- lea ni mto the Third police e e e witor: chamreat ot Soek | degree marde | “Greenbaum’s capture of the alesed | | murderer was dramatic. After reach- {ing the top of the siairs and forcing | the @oor of the room where the shoot- ing oceurrcd, he saw both bodies on the floor, de2d, with Farkasdi stending | over them, revolver still in band, and , with the smoke curling from the mus- e ‘Give me your gmn or Tl shoot™.; shouted Greenbaum, as he reached for Mis hip pocket. Woile Farkasdl stood hough in 2 st Greenbeum ward and wrenched the re- n his hand. 1t was stiil ne -cartridge. Both the murdered persons had been Shot through the heéad. At the police station Farkasdl is said ‘to_have made a complete confes- sion. He i a brother-in-law of the dead man. The trouble is said to hava started over a woman. Farkasdl is salq to have declared that he did:not he only meant o fright- n tiie couple. The revolver was pur~ chased Quring the day. - Steamship. Arrivals. Trieste, April 15—Steamer Belve- dere, New York. the United States towards Mexico are —whether “a state of war’ dxists without a declaration to that effeet. or Whether. as many precedents have er Wilhelm der Grosse, mnmm% S