Gen. Maas May Try to Retake Vera Cruz
Eight More Marines Killed in Second Day's Fighting Diplomatic Relations Ended
EXTRA The Omaha Daily Bee
THE WEATHER.
Unsettled
VOL. XLIII-NO. 232.
IORN1NG, APRIL 24, 1914-TWELVE
PAGES.
SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS.
EIGHT MORE ARE
KILLED IN SECOND
DAY'S JIGHTING
City of Vera Cruz is Cleared of the
Snipers After Short Battle
Early in the Morning.
HUNDRED FIFTY MEXICANS DEAD
Exact Number, Wounded Cannot Be
Ascertained.
ARTILLERY FIRE IS EFFECTIVE
Naval School Wrecked by Shells
of Smaller Ships.
FEW PRISONERS ARE TAKEN
Captured Snipers Expected to Be Ex
ecuted Without Delay.
SPANISH COMMANDER SULKY
Itefnuea to 'Take Ills Ship Outside
the nreakirater Until Second
Request Is Made by near
Admiral Fletcher.
WASHINGTON, April 13. Twelve
Americans have been killed and fifty
wounded In the occupation of Vera Cruz.
This uaa announced In a dispatch trom
Rear Admiral Badger, made public by
the Navy department at 2:45 a. m.
Eight men were killed and thirty
wounded In today's fighting In the Mexi
can city. An earlier report had put the
second day's casualties at two killed and,
ten wounded, making the total six killed
and thirty wounded.
At 3:15 a, m. the Navy department is
sued this statement:
' "Official list. of casualties of Americana
at Vera Crux April 22 follows:
"Dead:
"R. PERCY, private, marine corps.
"!. O. FRIED, ordinary seaman.
"W. I. WATSON, ordinary seaman.
"F. P. DEWWRY, seaman.
"A. S. STREAM, ordinary seaman,
jd. .A, 8MJTH, ordinary seaman.
':&Sp, DEFABIR, synner'H. mate, ttyrd
class. -j' " '
"FRANK DEVOR1CK, ordinary sea-
,Serl6uiry wounded: . . .
'H. Pulllam. fireman, first class;
Gullloan, ordinary seamant M. Fitzgerald,
sergeant marine corps; J, Peoples, pri
vate; W, Ppnkowskl. ordinary seaman!
H. J. Kapplen, ordinary seaman; W. M.
JBass, seaman; C. U Nodatek. ordinary
seaman; J. L. Bennett, coxswain: K.
Christy, seaman; A. G. Ebct, private; H.
E. Holalnger. private; H. K. Boyle,
ordinary seaman; Robinson, ordinary sea
man; J. Cantwell, no rating; A. E. Doe.
ordinary seaman; U W. Taylor, no rat
ing; F. N. Kalmers, no rating.
G. Ralney. private; E. P. Peterson,
private; J. McMillan, private; F. Manz,
ordinary seaman; C. R. Harseberger. or
dinary seaman; H. M McKcrson. boat
swain mate second class; J. U Kwaplck,
seaman; N. Schartz. ordinary seaman.
Slightly wounded:
Lieutenant J. P. Laniion. ordnance of
fleer battleship Now Hampshire; G. M.
Davidson, private; R. Shaker, private;
H. J. Reed, private; C. J. Leahy, ordi
nary seaman: C. D. Cameron, ordinary
seaman: J. F. Place, seaman; C. GIs-
burne.
electrlclan: J. a. aww,,,
man: W.
M. Schmidt, seaman, .
McCloy, boatswain's mate; J. R. Gilbert,
seaman; E. G, Rlckard eltriM;
H. Copcland. seaman; W. H. Mangles,
ordinary seaman.
Story of the nattle.
VERA CRUi April 2S.-rEarly yester-
day
afternoon
the city ot vera w
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The Weather
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Record.
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Precipitation 05 1.02
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partures from the normal;
Normal temperature s.
Excess for the day.... " 2
Total excess since March l'...,i, &s
Normal precipitation li'lnch
Deficiency for the day 07 nch
Total rainfall since March 1 2.22 Inches
Deficiency since March 1 1.30 Inches
Excess for cor. period, 1813 5.1S Inches
Deficiency for, cor. period.. 1912.. .12 Inch
Reports from Stations at T P. sr.
: Station and State Temp. High- Rain
Of Weather. 7 n tn -.t n
-ncycniic, partly ciouay..)
Davenport, cloudy ...60
' Denver, clear M
Des Moines, cloudy ii
Dodge City, cloudy 6S
Lander, cloudy 4S
North Platte, pt. cloudy. ..60
Omaha, cloudy 61
Pueblo, clear 60
Rapid, City, cloudy M
Salt I-ake City. pt. cloudy.M
Santa Fe, partly cloudy... M
Sheridan, rain 5
Sioux City, rain 60
Valentine, cloudy 52
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U A. WELSH. Local Forecaster.
Is This
Drawn tor Th. riee oy r'dwelf.
TAMPICO ON THE QUI- YHSNw vtm&4
News of Intention of United States
Kept from Public.
MAY.O' PERFECTS-, HIS PLANS.
Head- to Take Americans Avrny In
Emergency Rebels Order People
'J'
Ilitcli into the City from
the Suhnrb.
TAMPICO, Mexico, Apll 20.-(Vla Gal
veston. An'rll ?i Otuva fm-tf nr rt
hero for the safety of- hundreds of Amer- j
leans, Including many women and chil
dren; lh'the oil campsat Topllla and othsr'
river points and Interior camps.
All these Americans are said 10 be un
armed and defenseless against attacks of
either federals or Insurgents. Many .oil
companies are directing their employes
to return to Tampico.
Notice wns. posted today In Consul
Clarcnco Miller's office that Mexico had
refused the American demands to salute
the flag and that President Wilson had
referred, the matter to congress. The
news produced n profound sensation In
the, American colony. ,
Many Inquiries poured In upon Mr. Mil
ler as to what step had been taken to
furnish protection In case of a popular
anti-American uprising.
The gravity of the situation was In
creased by the Issuance of orders today
for all American merchant vessels to
leave the river Immediately and lie out
side until further notice.
Mayo Tnkra Precaution.
It was known that Admiral Mayo had
made all preparations , for protecting
Americans ashore, but, details were with
held because the admiral wished to avoid
creating unnecessary alarm.
The first hint of Intervention It was
feared might precipitate an attack on
Americans and It an outbreak should
occur the Imperial hotel, which is filled
with Americans, likely would be the cen
ter of attack. The hotel, however easily
could be made defensible. It is near the
river and readily accessible to landing
parties of marines from the Des Moines,
the Chester and the Dolphin. The Ches
ter and Dolphin continued today clearing
for action.
HeliiforcenirutK for Rebels.
Rebels were reported this morning to
have re-entered Donaceclla and Arbol,
whero they advised all residents to re
move to Tampico. It Is believed the at
tack on Tampico might be renewed with
tho arrival of constitutionalist reinforce
ments reported near.
The federals continued strengthening
their forces'. There was a fight yester
day eight miles west ot the. city, from
which the rebels retired, bringing a tew
wounded.
American marlnea ashore tn uniform
hen- attract much attention, but so far
there has been no unpleasant manifesta
tions. City Full of Disease.
Sanitary conditions tn Tampico are de
plorable. The streets are In a foul con
dition and no water Is available except
that .drawn from wells within the city.
01 1 Many of the wells have been contaml-
nated and even this supply rapidly la
becoming exhausted, with no prospect of
resumption of operations at the water
works plan), which was disabled by the
rebels, who will resist any attempt ;o
make repairs
Smallpox and fevers are spreading.
Several cases classed In the hospitals as
"percunous fever" are said to bear strik
ing resemblance to slow fever. With the
approach of hot weather epidemics are
feared.
WhiJ
mm
;e Up Against?
SAY.' WHO'S FIGH7 IS
THIS AN WAY ?
iV BRIGADE AT
i
1, It
: !
BRIO.-OEN. JOHN
PEIlSlIINa.
Spanish War Vets
Decide to Meet Next
Year in This City
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, April 23.-(Hpeclal Telegram.)
Ringing speeches and resolutions pledg
ing support to President Wilson in case
war was' declared closed the session of
the Spanish War Veterans, In session here
yesterday. Omaha will bo the scene ot
the next session In 1915.
Officers elected wore: L. H. Warner,
Geneva, department commander; Frank
F, Heels, Norfolk, senior vice commander;
1m M. Travis, Omaha, junior vice com
mander; Fred Ludden, Lincoln, Inspector;
Frank L. Dlnsmofe Teoumseh, Judge
advocate; Robert P. Jensen, Omaha, sur
geon; W. H. Underwood, Omaha, chap
lain; Frank H. Thomas, marshal.
It was voted to send Frank I. Ringer
to the national encampment at the ex
pense of the organization.
ERSHING TO COMMAND
BRIGADE ORDERED SOUTH
SAN FRANCISCO, April 23.-The Eighth
brlgado under Brigadier General John J.
Pershing will go from San Francisco' io
j the, border. The brigade comprises tho
i Sixteenth Infantry, Colonel George Ii.
Hell, the Sixth, Colonel James M. Ar-
rasmlth, and the Twelfth, Colonel Richard
M. Rlatchford. '
The Sixteenth and the Sixth w?re ready
to move within the hour. The Twalfth,
near Pola Alto, might have to return here
for full equipment.
California Mllltla Sent to tlorUrr
LOS ANQELKH, Cal.. April 23.-Fo'ur
companies of the Seventh regiment. Call.
turn iiMiuiiBi viumi m una a inacnine
gun platoon, mobilized early today for
service at Calexlco, the border town, op
posite Mexican, lower California, and the
strategic point for protection ot Irriga
tion water system ot Imperial valjey.
The force, which numbers about 250 -man,
will leave tonight
8
wiv.. - v- . .mat
OFFER PRISONERS SAFETY
Mlnrrtf-Offer tt? EscWMen arid
Womeit Out of District.
STATE TROOPS ARE EXPECTED
Their ArrlTal May tie i Sltrnai for
neflrinnlnar or Another Illoody
riRht Striker In nn
Italy Mood.
nULLETIN.
TRINIDAD, Colb., April 23.-A long
distance telephone1 rtessage from the
Emolro mine. whrn tmtn lwtitv tr
' thirty men. women and chlMi-m hv
I been imprisoned for twenty-four hours,
I said that a party of strikers approached
mo mine shortly before noon today and
offered the prisoners a chance to sur
render and be conducted safely out of
tho strike district.
E. N, Snyder, a union organizer, who
telephoned the mersage, said that all the
captives wre believed to be alive, al
though no algns of life had been observed
during the morning. He said the last
shots from tho mine were fired about 6
o'clock last evening.
Snyder admitted hat both entrances to
tho mine had been blocked by dynamite
blasts, and that the fan was out of com
mission. He said that there was no
danger of suffocation and a party of
miners was on their way to rescue the
prisoners.
TRINIDAD, Colo., April 23.-With the
toll of yesterday's fighting still unknown
three mining properties burned to the
ground, others reported destroyed, the
fate of thirty refugees of the Emnlr
mine who took refuge In the slope still
In doubt and a rapidly Increasing number
of armed men still active, the situation In
southern Colorado today was more crit
ical, than at any time during the strike.
Eleven are said to have been killed
yesterday In the flghtlnK npar Arullar.
and a score are reported missing. Prop
erty damage Is estimated at 1200,000. The
.'Continued on Page Three.)
Vera Cruz Prepares for
Coming of Mexican Soldiers
VERA CRUZ, April 23,-MaJdr Smedley
D. Butter of the marine corps was dis
patched on outpost duty with a detach
ment of marines to a position a few miles
beyond tho western limits of the city on
the railroad. They took a light field
piece with tbem. Many ot the men were
drawn from the Panama battalion for
merly commanded by Major Dutler,
The city was prepared throughout the
night for an attack by the Mexicans.
Captain Rush, acting under the orders ot
Rear Admiral Fletcher, continued tn Im
mediate command of the garrison.
Wltli the exception of the tramping of
detachments of sailors and marines there
was seare'ely a sound In the city, but
occasionally a sniping shot wan heard
from the suburbs.
While the landing parties from the
American fleet were engaged In patrol
Ing the city the war vessels were coaling.
Their crews are short-handed, but the
men worked with a will.
Bulletins giving details of shore hap
penings were posted and all on board
were cheered by the reports that the
bluejackets and marines had made a
splendid display ot courage and deter
mination, although most ot them had
DECLARATION
MAAS TO MOVE ON
VERA CRUZ WITH
FRESH FORCES
Federal General Plans to Retake
Port Now Held by the United
States Naval Forces.
FEDS AND REBS WILL UNITE
Join Forces to Resist Taking of
Tampico by Americans.
EMBARGO ON ARMS RESTORED
Troops on Border Ordered to Hold
Up All Shipments.
WILSON ANSWERS CARRANZA
Chieftain is Told Operations Are
Not Aimed at Nation.
MUST DEAL WITH THE FACTS
nrpretslm Mrnanrrn Am Directed
nt Ilnertn, Those Whom llo
Commnnds nnd Those Who
Come to Ills Support.
VERA ORUZ. April 3.-General Gus
tavo Maas, tormer Mexican commander
at Vera Cms, was reported today to he
Intending to move against the city with
strong reinforcements brought up from
Pueblo
WASHINGTON, Apill 23. American
marines and bluejackets today gained
possession of breastworks three miles In
and from Vera Cruz. This position Is on
the rallroM to Mexico City and has been
In the possession of Huerta sotdtcrs since
the United States forces took possession
pf th city,
Mexican Faction Unite.
WASHINGTON, April M.VOVil fctichVa
the Va.f department hore today that th
constitutionalists and the ltucrtalatn at
.Tanipliio have united to oppose nny
American operations.
Reported movements of Mexican troops
In the neighborhood of Juarez here today
dovclopcd tho fact thnt the State and
War departments aro anxious to secure
information as to tho whereabouts of
General Paucho Villa and his force of
constitutionalists. Villa was last heard,
from In the neighborhood of Torreon,
but Amerlcnn authorities have lost track
of his movements.
Kxrltempiit nt El I'niMi.
EL PASO. Tex., April 23.-Four. troop
trains ana one train loaded with horses
ara ammunition are sold to havo left
Chihuahua last night for Juurcz, across
tho river from hie. The rorces, It Is
said, are commanded by General Torlblo
Ortega. Tho news was telephoned to
Colonel Hatfield, commanding at Fort,
Hllss, and ho sent tho Information with
a request for instructions to tho War
department.
At Juarez every effort was mado to
conceal news ot the trains. Tho bare
facts ns given, however, wcro coaxed
from an apparently authentic source.
Colonel Hatfield received orders to re
store the embargo on arms and ammuni
tion consigned to Mexico, and It was put
Into effect by Zach L. Cobb, collector of
the port.
Great Kxvltrment In Kl I'nso.
Foreigners aro reported flocking to the
railroads in Mexico bn their way to the
United States.
There were seventy or more refugees on
this morning's train from Chihuahua and
the special carrying American Consul
Hamm of Durango and a large body of
foreigners from that city la due here to
night. General Carranza's reply to Secretary
Bryan caused greater excitement hero
than did the taking ot Vera Cruz, for It
was Interpreted to mean war between
(Continued on Pago Two.)
gone under fire for the first time.
During yesterday's fight at the Naval
academy while the Prairie was shelling
the market place, whero the Mexican
snipers had taken refuge, a .Mexican wo
man came oui of a building adjoining the
market, passed along tho exiiowsd rmm
and entered the Naval academy, around
wiwcn tne aliens were falling. The crews
of the Prairie's boats, which were com
ing ashore, stopped shooting until she
disappeared. Afterward they reopened
their flro on the market place.
The federal garrison yesterday evacu
ated Pledras Negras and camped about
ten miles below the city. This morning
a captain and three privates returned In
an armored automobile. Their work of
destruction In the railroad shops and
yards on the Mexican side attracted the
attention of the American patrol. When
the captain and his men approached the
Mexican end of the bridge with several
packages under their arms American guns
were levelled over the International line
and the Mexicans were ordered to with
draw. They obeyed and after dynamiting
the railroad switches In the yard de
parted southward.
OF WAR NEAR AT HAND
Nutshell News of the
Mexican Embroglio
Fnnston tn t'nmninnil,
WASHINGTON. April 23. -Brigadier
eGneral Frederick Funston has been as
signed to command the brigade ordered
to Vera Cruz from aGlveslon.
More Triiopa for llordcr.
WASHINGTON. April 23.-Three regi
ments of Infuntry nt San FrancUco and
Mm iirltllorv nt Fiirt lllUv. Kan., were
ordered tonight to report to Brigadier
General Bliss for service along the Mex
ican border.
llrlsnilr of Infantry for Vera t.'ra.
WASHINGTON, April 23.-A brigade of
Infantry and somo artillery wilt be dis
patched from Galveston to Vera Cruz to
co-opcrato with the navy there.
Rmhararo Restored,
WASHINGTON. April 2I.-Secretary
Garrison announced al 9 p. m. tho em
bargo against shipment ot arms Into
Mexico from tho United States had been
restored.
St. I.nuln tn Sail.
SEATTLE, Wash., April 23.-Ordera
were received nt. tho Puget Bound Navy
yard tonight for the cruiser St. Louis to
nail Immediately for Mazatlan, Mex vis,
San Dlcgo. Tho St. Louis will leave at
8 o'clock tomorrow.
Artillery Goes to nnrder..
SAN FRANCISCO, April 23.-The Sixth
company ot the Coast artillery statlonod
at the Presidio here, left last night by
special train for tho Mexican border.
Thirty-Five Knllst nt Norfolk.
NORFOLK, Neb., April 2S.-(SpecIal Tl
egram.) Lieutenant Hart ot Schuyler,
under orders from General Hall, la In
Norfolk assisting In enlisting men for a
company which will bo part of the Sixth
Nebraska regiment. General Hnll has In
structed officers here to enlist 108 men.
About thirty-five men enlisted today.
American NmrltrrN Will Close.
NEW YORK, April M.-fhe American
Smelting and Refining company an
nounced hero .today that It had ord6red
all Its mines and smelters In Mexico
closed down. Instructions were sent to
all American employes to leave Mexico
mmedlatcl )V. . '
Rebel Junta Drnlrn Movement
nr. PASO. Tex.. Anrll 23. At 1 o'clock
this afternoon the rebel. Junta hero dented
that troops were moving on Juarez from
Chihuahua. It said tho report wo prob
ably due to the fact that Villa left tor
Juarez to visit Mrs. Villa.
Troops Ordered to Bonier.
SAN ANTONIO, Tox April 23.-A11
available troops at Fort f'm Houston
wero ordered out for border f)atrol serv
Ice late today. Battery B goes to El
Paso and cavalry troops to Eagle Pass,
Laredo and Brownsville.
Mirirett Ordered to Front,
WASHINGTON, April 23. Brigadier
General Hunter Liggett haa been relieved
from duty us president of the War col
lego hern and assigned to command the
Fourth brigade at Texan City, to take ef
fect not later than Mar 1. Colonel Bui
lard. Twenty-sixth Infantry, as senior
officer of tho brigade, has been tempo
rarlly In command,
Brigadier General Montgomery M. Ma
comb, lately In command of tho military
forces In Hawaii, succeeds General Llg
gett as president of the War college here.
nrmli fiunrds American Interests.
WASHINGTON, April 23. Secretary
Bryan announced today tint arrange
ments had been made with the Brazilian
government whereby the archives of the
American embassy In Mexico City will
be turned over to tho Brazilian legation
In that city. Mr. Bryan made this an
nouncement after a conference with Am
bassador Oagama.
llnnilrril nebcin flench Jnares.
JUAREZ. Mcx.. April 23. Four hundred
rebel troops from Chihuahua arrived here
todav from Chihuahua, bringing the
strength of tho local garrison to 900 men.
Two hundred more of Villa's personal
tcr,H will arrive with their chief this
evening.
HoBtllllleH Cease at Slonterey.
BROWNSVILLE. Tex.. April 23. Hos
initUa between the Mexican federals and
constitutionalists, fighting for the pos
session of Monterey, largest city of north
ern Mexico, have ceased, according to
reports here today, and leaders ot tne
twit con ferred under a flag of truce on
the situation existing between the United
States and Mexico.
illolis at Mexico City.
NEW YORK, April 23. A dispatch re
eelved early this morning from Mexico
City dated last night said that mobs wero
forming In the capital for an anti-Amen-
can demonstration.
Mixlniiiiii Try Wreck nrldo-e.
EAGLE PASS, Tex., April 2J.-Aftcr
dntrnvlnir all machinery In railroad
shops, blowing up railroad switches and
rnmnvlnir Instruments trom the tele
graph office In Pledras Negras, Mex.,
early today, a party of Mexican federals
was nrevented from blowing up the Mex
loan end of the International bridge when
the American border patrol arrived.
Senate Pnsae Relief Resolution,
WASHINGTON, April 23,-The senate
late today, after considerable debate,
passed the emergency resolution, giving
President Wilson $500,000 to be used tn
his discretion for the removal of Amer
ican dozens from Mexico. The resolution,
which passed the house yesterday, will
go at once to the president for his signature.
ALGARA ASKS FOR
HIS PAPERS FROM
SECRETARY BRYAN
Mexican Charge de Affaires Adds to
Acutenesi of Situation by De
mand for His Passports.
BItAZILLIAN EMBASSY TO ACT
Americans in Streets Are Threat
ened with Violence.
CHARGE IS GIVEN PASSPORTS
I'Shaughnessey May Be Unable to
Leave as Intended.
PLAN TO SEIZE THE RAILROAD
Attempt Will Be Made to Keep Line
to Capital Open.
MILITARY COUNCIL IS CALLED
Attitude; of Carransa Mar Make En
tire Chance lu Plan of Military
Operatlonn Neceoaarr
Mar Call Mllltla.
WASHINGTON, April 23,-Charge Al-
gara, after conferring with Secretary of
State Bryan, said that he had m&da
formal demand for his passports and ex
pected to receive them late today. He
said he would leave Washington tonight
and probably would go to Europe.
Algara said that no foreign representa
tives here had yet been designated to
handle Mexican affairs, but .that the sit
uation would, be turned over to .the Bra
zilian embassy.
Secretary Qf Stato Brvun, Just betota
going Into conference with the president.
said that Charge AUrftaWMIM vera
bring prepared In tho Stato department
and would, bo delivered, to him lata today.
O'SBaatfhnessnr Gives Passports.
Nelson. OlShaughhtsay, the American
charge d'affaires at Mexico City, has
been handed his passport by General
Huerta and la preparing to leave Mexico
City.
Huerta'a handing of passports to ..arge
Q'Shaughncssy was regarded as a most
sensational development in the situation,
and It was believed to forecast a declara
tion ot war ori the part ot Huerta. Tho
giving of passports to a minister or
charge d'affaires In most cases, though
not Invariably, has preceded a declara
tion ot war.
Charge O'Shaughnessy telcgrapi. the
State department, under date ot Wed
nesday night, as follows:
"Having been glyen my passports. I
am leaving tomorrow night or IQrlday
morning."
The message was given out at 3:30 a. m.
The fact that Charge O'Shaughnessy
had been handed his passports by Gen
eral Huerta added an acute aspect to
the situation, but has been more or less
expected. The Interests of the United
States will be looked after by one or
two of the other foreign legations. Sec
retary Bryan said that the mere with
drawal of the charge d'affaires did not
necessarily mean war
Private advices reaching here today In
code from Mexico City disclosing that
Americana there were In danger, have
been communicated to government offi
cials. The dispatches were from a source ot
unquestioned trustworthiness and bore
thodate of today, set forth that mobs of
Mexicans were forming for anti-American
demonstrations; that Americans on the
streets had been menaced and threatened
with violence and that they wero con
centrating at the embassy for mutual pro
tection. The State department haa been ad
vised that between 800 and 1,000 American
citizens still are In Mexico City.
The last message from Charge
O'Shaughnessy said he expected to leave
Mexico City tonight or tomorrow morn
ing, but that by no means would he go
to Vera Cruz today, It was stated by the
department.
Plans to Seise Iload to Mexico City.
It waa learned early today that the
Navy and War departments had made
plans for the early seizure ot the railroad
from Vera Cruz to Mexico City. A recon
r.oltering party has reported still Intact
two bridged on the railroad, one ten
miles and one eighteen miles .from Verj
(Continued on Page Two.)
The National" Capital
Thursday, April 33, 101-1,
The House.
Met at noon.
Debate on naval appropriation bill te
sumed. Representative Sabath. Illinois, eulo
gized the Jew In the army and navy In
calltlng attention to the death ot Samuel
"Martin" Mlsenberg of Chicago at Vera
Cruz.
Merchant marine committee considered
seamen's bill.
Mother Jones, Colorado strike leader,
testified before mines committee.
The Senate.
Met at noon.
Appropriations committee reported fa
vorably bill appropriating 150O.C0O asked
for by the president to get Americans out
of Mexico.
Former Senator Foraker opposed repe.il
ot Panama canal free tolls provision be
fore committee on lueroceanlo cajuils.