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The loss oyhe Mexican garrison was not officially known here tonight, bul casjestimated at 200 killed. : This was the; first step in the programme of reprisal by the United States gainst the JHuerta -government, for the arrest of American bluejackets at Tarhpicd, andjother. offenses "against the rights and ignityof the United States." vk - ' It was the first Cfash .between f orcespf the United States and Mexico sincfe'jtffe'lr evpjutydn fytofa joifiin thg Southern Rspubr problem.: :::"-ZT'' vV-'V-" Though 'fibti'ng hkd nof ceased jLt a late hour tonight,' Rear Admiral Fletcher iiad warned the Federal commander that he would use the big gunsof the American fleet if his men did not I iiup iiiiiig. , me illlCHLiUl fend thfm;flv: - " The Unitedltates intends to present. The sHuieio the flag, be satisfactory-reparation It J '.. apology, as velf as a. salute,' and a guarantee that the rights and dignity of .the United States would be respected can alone cause a withdrawal of -the -American 'forces.- While American marines and blue jackets were fighting, the Senate debated ihe whole Mexican situation before crowded galleries. Thy'oint resolution That passed the House support ing the Presidlni'sVoposal to use trie army and navy to obtain reparation waVh.eing debated in the Senate at midnight, with prospect of ari all-night session. ' " ' . , Many Republican Senators wanted the resolution boradened to authorize steps'lo obtain reparation for all offenses commit ted against Americans h Mexico. - ' . . y v The admmistra.tiori Senators fought this as tantamount to a declaration oifwaf, saying the United States had no quarrel with the Mexican' people, but with the Huerta government, controlling a small portion of it. ' The President.went ahead on'the authority of the-executive in accord with;precedentr because he believed-an emergency existed. He gave Rear Admiral- Fletcher authority, to secure the Vera Cruz customs house, to prevent the landing there to day by a German merchant vessel of a big consignment of arms and ammunition for the Huerta government. Secretary 'Bryan conferred with the German Ambassador, Count Von BefnstorfTV and it is. believed the influence of the German government will be interposed to prevent the consign ment from landing elsewhere in Mexico and complicating the situation- -thehip carries 1 5,000,000 rounds of ammunition and two hundred rapid fire, guns' and thousands of rifles: ' Conference. With Secretaries. ; The President? -isdnferi-ed -with the Secretaries of War; State and Navy early tonight. J Na' army orders were issued, but Rear. Admiral Badger was ordered to Tniplc.' where "another customs house-inay be 'seized, v jhe President intends to act slowly to fsrce Huerta i-to yie'ld "and hopes td avert war. With : the taking: of the Railroad for a few iles inland: from vera Cruz, and the to'custqms hous-es- it is believed'Uo, other aggressive steps will be tafcen.' lany ofacials admit that, off ensi ve' iction by :Huerta may draw the v.:n f-rCe3 ito a Continued at Ten -Federals Reported Retreating. four killed and twenty wound Uiucii lu uic umy iu uc - -H -- '-' take no offensive steps for the which Huerta xef used,. will not is understood a declaration: of) . ':.;-. . : 1 the army and navy,; du uu have cone oui w ownc .v.- - were worked over ai rae uepartments Sfrinethe night and tne wireieas. the c5b1?Said the elegrapnarried scores rer ssss-L Newspaper bulletins were eag eriy air riieht- Cabinet meiuuci "f" thei? desk after midnight and the ex ecudve machinery of the. government was adjusted to the" Mexican crisis O'Clock Last HHI"I;I"I"I"I"I"I"I"IvH' STEAMER IN HANDS . OFr ADMIRAL FLETCHER. vera Cruz, April". 21. The Hamburg , steamer Ypiranca 4 moved to port this afternoon h and signalled the United States x i i A 11 i i , self under Rear Admiral Fletch- A i er's orders. .The Ypiranga will stand by tonight and the captain 1 S L t A- 1 1 uas given uis wora luai ne win ij. tance tomorrow. - The Ypiranga sailed from . Hamburg March 28 and Havre -31. She is. 4,907 4- tons -net" register. v passioned' debate. UlUiaateV passage oty, the resoltrtloiwTOeo: Jbyri thfli 4 omgri-"fe mtipns committeewas vir tuaiiy eonceaeu' Tne -wouse naa - re ce&sed "until 10 o'clock in the morhing to await theiSenates action:4 ' - Meagre reports of the : engagement at Vera Cruz had filtered to the Capi tol .when the Senate resumed its ses- J9 ,ff - ft Mng of the cuV; became the text of the. talk, mentioned in hush- ed voices, and greeted with a solemn silence: throughout the Senate cham ber, packed, to suffocation. " ' , ! -Full Quorum of House. A 'full fltinruni nf fho Hniicp niT Rah. resentatives crowded the rear, ofhe Senate hall. Secretary of State Bry an himself often referred to in debate, Secretary of War Garrison, Secretary of the Navy Daniels, Postmaster Gen eral .-Burleson, Secretary of the Treas- ury McAdoo, sand Secretary to the President Tumulty, :sat about the chamber. ' - They listened eagerly and hekf ywhispered conferences as the discussion progressed. The diplomatic gallery was filled witb, : members of the foreign corps witb- Ambassador Spring-Rice, of Great Britain, at their head. '""The Republican side of the Senate",' led "by Senator Root, demanded that the "''Justification" proposed in the res olution" for a movement in force against Mexico be founded not on the Tampico incident, but on the long se ries, of-outrages against American citizens and -their property including the outrages- where constitutionalists control. ' . Senators Reed and-James vigorous ly defended the committee resolution' declaiMng' the Insult to the flag at Tam pico Justified - all that, the - resolution provided for. - v As-the-night woreon,and Senator after' Senator demanded an , oppor tunity to- be heard, the atmosphere in the : chamber grew- more and more tenser Senator Fall made a lengthy plea-? for a campaign that woujd cover thevlength and breadth of Mexico. " Vera Cruz, April 21. Vera Cruz to night Is1 ip the hands of forces from the United States warships, but ; the occupation i of the port was not ac complished without the loss of Ameri can lives. - ' I. " --i Four Americans, blue jackets and marines. -were killed by. the fire of the '.Mexican soldiers, and 20 . fell wounded."? The Mexican" loss, is ; not known, - but it is believed to" have" been heavy.-'. : ' '' " '; ' The; water front, the customs house and all important , piers, i including those - under" the terminal works from which' extend the railroads to the cap italhave been occupied. - All the ter ritory around the American -consulate is strongly; patrolled and detachments hold other- sections -of the city..." ;N ' The-Mexican commander,-Gen. Gus tavo' Maas,- offered a stubborn resist ant to -the -American advance. and for nlanyr hours there was1 fighting in the streets." Toward nightfall it was reported -that the main - body of' the Federal garrison was in retreat to the westward.- ' ' ' -v'-:;.-i,:''0,-: Rear . Admiral Fletcherrcommanding the -,United i States ' warships, prefaced his-1 occupation, of . the port by a de mand.' j;hrou?h the American jconsul, W,VW. Canada, for.;its surrender. Gen. Maas -promptly declined to accede to this demand; and shortly "af terwards ten whaleboats were sent off from the side of ! the, transport --Pratrle -,loaded with marines. ,v These boats effected a landing in the neighborhood of , the . customs house before -noon, and a few minutes i later Caot.Wiilliam R. Rush,' of the bat tiesnip u ionaa; wno 'was '-in command of v the. operations ashore; brought - his flag in. ' - ' . . - ' ..--...' .' - TiXi Hundred- Men "Landed.1, 'r - '- "!rt??dy h?d talv-' Fifteen Members of -Troop B, 10th Cavalry, fifeW. WERE ACROSS lllE LINE Another Detachment Left for Scene to Jnvesrtiflinteneeling' DisplayetiReportfStiise- quentfy. 'Denied. "; Douglas, Ariz., April 21. A special to the Douglas Aria., international, from Tombstone' ay s news reached there today that 15 members -of Troop B, lOthJ cavalry erejrbeing 7held . by Constitutionalist; roops; at a point just below the "border between : Naco and ' Hereford, Arizl ;: . v : . Theriroops, who rere on. border pa trol, wandered l acrbss , . the line last night without being aware of the fact. It is . reported ey:eredrro'unded and taken- prisoners y -a large rebel detachment. Trqppr l Vlpth Cavalry,' left Fort Huachud: loday to Investi gate. . r ' -'4- r:- . Report ieDenied. ". ; Bisbee, Ariz., :'pnl;lA; denial that any United States sdt.diers had, been : captured- by iMexican; ConsUtu tionalists . below the .border near Naco was issued tonighCfcyCoIv. Jota tC (5re8hani. commanifter-Jjt' ithe'f AmeTir fcan--,sb'lHers. aFo"muaaica, Arizt' -: . Mexicans- inMass ; IWeetmsr."-"?;5 Eagle . Pass, Texas, April 21,- At a mass meeting of Mexican citizens in. Piedras Negras today, 500 volunteers were organized and armed, to resist what they called " the expected inva-' sion of the United States. ' Federals occupy Piedras "Negras. . The rmes that were issued are the same guns that were taken from the Federals at .'Ojinaga by the American troops. ; They were recently brought to Piedras Negras aah returned to the commanding officer. , rt-- Consul Blocker has ' reeuested all Americans not to cross the river. Sev eral street meetings were held m Pie dras Negras today, and threatening speeches .were made against Ameri cans. One speaker aeciared that . it the United States, intervened in Mexi co every American on - Mexican soil would be killed. - A large . shipment of ammunition was received by the American troops here today.' At present these include one regiment, of infantry, one battery of field artillery and one troop of cav alry in -Eagle Pass, with several troops of cavalry-patrolling the bor der within a few miles. BLEASE1RRIS0II EPISODE CLOSED Summer Gairip WilKi Not be Held at Isle of Palms. LETTER FROM BLEASE South Carolina Governor Told That H is Position Cannot be Under-'-'f stood by These in Au--'; ' thority. . , Washington, April 21. Secretary Garrison today, concluded his corres pondence with Governor Cole Blease, of South Carolina" over "the- ; revoca tion of orders "establishing a summer maneuver.; camp for State' militia and regular troops ' at the Isle of Palms. Failing to receive . a respbna- to his prvu'demaiwuupOT,,'? Governof" Blease, . Secretary Garrison -yesterday announced that the" maneuver.: camp to be attended by the militia of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida;.wouldibe v held . 'outside-.-of South Carolina; 'Iater he rieeeived "a long1 letter frombvernor i Blease to which the following reply - was sent today:- . --'':-' : . I cannot" understana or wnat .you complain . or why you indulge in '' sus? picions ; and imaginations concerning a matter that . is entirety . iree anu clear. .Ali communications ? between! the division of militia affairs and the are ; held with the adjutants general. There,was. nothing done; g&r ent case - that f was , not m aexoruance with the custom and strictly. in-TteenM ing with courtesy 'and propriety. x : "it ftRpTTiR tn ma to De nnrortunate tt..t'Ti "imnoiiBii iiort t this matter being- treated in the cus- tcr'rv-.war: but since you did. I had Twenty-Six Are Dead, Includ ing Women and Children. FIGHT MAY BE RENEWED Reinforcements Tor the Strikers .. Ludlow, Colo., Forecasts Renew al of Trouble at Any " 'Moment.- - . s Denver,, Colo,, April 21.-A knowtf death list of 26 men, women and children and . a . maximum possibility of 50 dead as a result of the battle at Ludlow Monday between (State troops and striking coal miners' :rousedv offi cial Colorado tonight to a high .'ten sion. . " '' "' ' -v'. :'' ' ' Squads' of armed - men from Fre mont: county, and from near Denver joined to t reinforce-the 600 or more strikers now. at Ludlow" presaged re newal, of armed violence' at ahyriio ment. - ' ' y 1 - 1,- 'r The discharge of tour trainr brews of the Colorado & Southern Railroad for refusing, to, take' trains of soldiers and ammunition- from ? Trinidad V to I Ludlow caused talk of a strik0 vby' en-. giheerg arid train men. - " . ' Admihistration' j ofllcials .waked -.the session of : the legislature to hroVide funds- for the State militia and' meas ures for dealing with the situation; Late tonight it was" the' urgent de sire -t of Administration officials - that the extra - session be called : for. in it they professed to see the : beginning of an end to the labor dispute; v...i : Toil of the Battled r : Trinidad, Colo; April 21. :With sev en identified dead, in Trinidad morgues and . 18 missing and reported dead the" toll of yesterday's battle " between State troops and strikers at and;hear Ludlow probably will reach 25; Among those reported . missing are . four wo- men and 13 children, believed to have been suffocated by the fire that de stroyed the strikers' tents.. The list of !. known injured - consists Of: three soldiers brought to .Trinidad tonight. Trinidad tonight was h6rrofr$trick en : by reports of the number of .wo men, children and non-combatants who lost their lives in the fight and in the fire that followed. ; -. : ' ';; "They were trapped Without a chance 9f escape," said John MLen non, president of District No. 15, Unit ed Mine Workers of America; ' - Major Hancock tonight denied the report that the Ludlow tents Were set on jfire by the militia. He alBO . reite rated that the fighting was precipi tated by a band of Greek 'Strikers un der Luis Tikas. i:' vS. The soldiers were driven, oiif "' of their camp by bullets, according- to the officer. Later, he said the- strik ers attacked Lieut. Linderfelfs de tachment. - :' ,. ;- 4.-;--r:'.V4?''-' ':. Union officials issued no statement. More' than: 200 women and children refugees from the burned colony are being, cared for tonight in Trinidad. The hall of the Trinidad Trades Assembly has been turned into' a tem porary dormitory and hospital." Many are suffering from burns and-in juries.' A force of armed strikers, estimated at 600 or' more, is intrenched in 4he hills north , and east of the ruinff of the tents. Two hundred militiamen are stationed in and about rLudlow i ' - i, More Ammunition:4 H A new supply of ammunition -is said to have been received by both; militia men and strikers. . : '.. - ytr The troops with four machine guns aretsaid to ; be preparing - to inoVe on the .men in the hills. . .,'." ' . James Fyter, killed during' the fight ing -late yesterday, has been- a promi nent union figure. . i -vli f - Others know to be deajjrare':'-'? : s A -Martin, private, Company; A, TJen. ver:. two foreign-born strikers, a brew ery worker of Trinidad, ! ahd .i Frank Snider, aged 12, son of a. striker Lud low. .; ' . , ' '.,: .. '' '-.-..:'. i.-gfVv; Among those, missing and reported dead are Charles Costa, a stfikervlud low ; Mrs . Charles Costa and -a.: two children: Mrs., Frank Pedrino and two children f Mrs. Nick Melasov.it ch arid j seven ,cnnaren, ana. jvirs. -jnevaseana two chuaren- ' -'J'J'A : . .AWired President Wihton; ;: Denyer, Colo.v April 21 .r-E Doyle, secretary and treasurer of di s trict No. 15, United Mine -Workers of America, f today wired President; .Wil son, Colorado's: Senators ;andt-Repre-; sentatives and members qf .the House committee which investigated the .Col- "Striking miners and- families and burned to death at LUdloWj CMp. iwino eniarAa wit.h -machine ' sMSL-rid- died tents of striking miners, and set fire to ten- colony- Four men. three omw. ui..,vuyv... v, Kir',7r'r uses uniforms and ammunitiottvorthe commonwealth to destroy tne lives, . qi workers ituu mmmco., Ho-.wif. ;w frTMTielled to "calronVvoiunxeers ?m the name of humanity to defend .these h-'-less persons unless Bom?.tr:rt -.is authority1 asked f overbf mtP now ih: WaigttoaTO Debate on Resolution to Give r Armed Force in Mexico is Heated and Crowded Gal leries Listen to Speeches foreign (Ambassadors -and Members of House Present. '" Washington, April 21. Ah "air of, ex citement -and grave concern pervaded the chamber when the Senate re-convened at 8 o'clock tonight. The crowd ed galleries and the floor were alive with the .news that four American marines had been killed and twenty wounded in the taking of Vera Cruz. The? big, crowd of spectators sat in silent: attention as the' roll was called On the floor the Senators gathered in little groups and (Jiscussed the meagre reports printed . in extra ' editions of the' 'newspapers. Scores - of '- House members - were oil the Senate floor joining in the excited gossip. Senator 'Root-opened the night "ses siofc. with a speech. ' : "I shall not prolong this debate," he said; 'for I believe that whatever action we take ought 'to be taken, to- ay; x asm :s.nQuiq jm nq i turinef ju j mt : .-iSt:. v -'L-. '..i. .i '.r lenaj;oj5kKom-Dege;ine::ir V Sfr ? Ceeit f Spring-Rice e la.tne Hdioiomatie aneryi ; Regard fdr president. ( Senator Root said the foreign i rela tions committee resolution, . while omitting the name of Huerta made it plain that it-was directed against him- He expressed the ''highest regard for the President and - the highest conn dence in his purposes." . "But we are not asked 'to express bur confidence in him," he continued. "We are asked as al part -of our duty here, to declare a certain course of action in certain conditions to " be 'justified.' We are .called on to do our duty to the hundred million people of this country and our . duty to. the civile ized world - , The-' resolution, Senator Root said, called for forceful armed compulsion of the. de-facto government of a friend ly nation to make amends ror an in suit to the flag of this country." "We cannot justify this." he con tinued, "on our confidence in the Pres ident. . We must justify ourselves be fore the conscience: of the people 01 our country and before the eyes of the civilized world.- What is that justifi cation? Mark you. I do not say there is no justification. I ask what it is " . . Senator Root reviewed the Tampico incident as THe avowed "justification" by the President. He said the inci dent was an "insult to our flag." "But sirs' he said, "amends .were immediately made. The otneer wno made the arrest was himself arrested. The commandant at Tampico apologiz ed and General Huerta also, apologiz ed-' -These, amends-were not sunicient to 'the commander of the American battleships and he demanded a salute to the flag." k : Senator Root said he agreed that he amends were not sufficient as com ing"'" from a de facto government," al though they would have been sufficient coming from an individual. .A, dis pute arose," he saw, "as to tne aetans of further amends the customary and usual incidents surrounding such a salute-" . - "This was the matter in dispute be tween this government and the de facto government of Mexico and this ia the iustification upon which the resolution now before the Senate is .-"Thia iustification. it seems to me, is painfully -inadequate. If this is all that there is between the governnjent and the poor" harried people of Mexico, it is painfully inadequate-. But is this all? .,,:.,..-:- .... ' "" Not Worth the Sacrifice. 'tWe- learn- that Vera Cruz has fal len: that four American marines lie dead; -that . 20 lie suffering from the wounds. - Is there nothing else but this dispute in the number of guns the form and ceremony of a salute to just ify the sacrifice of the American lives? "Deeply as the President desires to limit the scope of his action the maintenance of peace all history sug gests - that once lighted, the . fires of war Mnnnt. he Quenched at wilk It is war in, its essence that we are to" vote to JustLiy tonignt. wnat me re sult' of these incidents , no man can tell. Men will die men, dear to us will die because of the. action we are to take tonight. " American homes will be desolate, American children will go through life fatherless because' of the action we wilLtake tonight, and when they turn" back the page to find why their fathers died, are they to find that it was about the number of, guns er the form at salute? -.-, ' ; 5 "We. the- representatives of Vthe. great- democracy that- prides itself be fore the worlds that .democracies can be peaceful and just Js there no justi fication; that we ean lay before the world, before .the f judgement' seat of history, except a dispute about the number or guns Senator r Root - asked what woul 'CirT-.t Authority to President to Use or German port- He said that any such dispute could be settled by peace ful negotiation's..., v ' "If this dispute Was all,": : he said, "there should be no difficulty in reach ing a peaceful conclusion, i ' "If this be, all, how can -we -justly, in our arrogance, our present attitude, toward bankrupt, weak. . despairing ' Mexico, if this be all? -But that this ' is not all. It is not alK There is mat ter, of justification. - And . the Senator . from' Massachusetts has sought to lay it before ' theSenate in . his substitute for the preamble of the resolution. . "Lying 'ibehinid1 the insult to the American flag are the lives of Ameri cans destroyed,- Americans- reduced to poverty' because of the destruction of -their property, except through respect for the American; , flag,' the American -uniform, the American governments It : is that that makes necessary, the de mand that public respect be-: shown', the flag of the United States. . . ' .. v; ,4 "ProcteQt "American fcitl?ens. , - -There 1$, our." justification - ft' -a justificatiott; lying "not.- in- V?ctoriano t Tne,-universai'onaue'0ri:fauaips inr, : , Itfexicoa'nd thei real object tov be at- r talned is not the gratification of pef-'v8 - "i sonal pride; , it is, hot- the satisfaction . of v a government or ! an admiral,-, it is the desire of the United States to pro-. . , - tect Its citizens unaer these conai-V'i ; tions.". . ' , Tension in , the chamber increased - as Senator Root, in a voice that sank . lower and lower, reached his conclu-. . f ) sion and pleaded. for greater justifica- i I tion. than a mere "dispute over the : , formal ceremony of a salute" for the - , use of force. r " - -i " "If. we omit from this resolution that 4 we. are -'to pass here tonight," he said,"' - "the matters included in- the substi- tute preamble, we :omlt-the real rea- . , sons behind the action. On the facts in the resolution' as reported by the - committee, wewould be everlastingly, J wrong. On the facts in the substitute -v.; we could rest before the.worjd and , , before history, secure-" ,- ' ' ' - : As Senator Root took his seat' a sign - swept 'the chamber and 'was lost in ' , a chorus ?of whispered comments, that.: ; .. was stilled by the gaveFor senator Lewis in the chair.. As it subsided ., t Senator Reed took the floor. Secretary Bryan heard, most or sen- ator "Root's! speech., ' . Secretary McAdoo reacnea tne sen- : . ate chamber just as Mr-.Root ended. r Secretary Lane also was present. . ; Reed's speecn. Senator Reed begau: "I say with all respect to the Sehatof froni New York" ; , that it is not a contest-over the nura- ;" ber of guns; it Is-over aJ much graver- v question. ' . '. "The numoer or guns nrea uuaer certain circumstances isjanswer to the , uestion of whether - a proper apology i ' has been made or not. - This is the first , .. notice to my knowledge that the de. falcto -government haa . msuitea our flag." - . . ,. Senator Reed declared tne uniceu. States was not a "land thief " ana Assprtert that Mexican- territory. was in no sense the object of the Nation's ' action. . ' - - The President of the United States . is charged with a great responsibility. He hopes that the hope -of. peace is not yet gone. He asks for; jusnnca tion and in reply to that reuest be meets a demand that we make a gen eral declaration' of war," . yj . . Postmaster General Burleson and Secretary to the President Tumulty entered as Senator Reed - spoke- In . the gallery two soldierk in,uniform'at- ' tracted the attention Of the other, spec tators.'' .,'..: - ; ' ".- - ... Mr. President, canwe. not' .vote; said Senator Reed ' in v conclusion. They are dying down, there Tn iwex- - nn alroailv' 1 ' ..'':. ' :' .1:. :.'- "Pin . wo nnt car 'We are not Dib- . blfhg about sentences,. butcan we not r say that we stand with; President Wil- son for justice hy the" authorities in ' Sudden Change in Conditions. Senator Weeks. . of Massachusetts, ; said that- unless the resolution; were changed materially . he v;would vote against it. .'- ' Jf, L am, , nowever, . emDarrasseu. .uo.. said, "by a change in the conditions. from the time we met this morning to tonight?' .-. . - ; "We are now tn is -, very - minute m ; a "vni nf war " said the Senator; ana I assume that every. Senator and citi- ten of this country1 expects to uphold , the 'hands of' the government." . ! --. "The resolution now before the Sen-, , ate ought to have beeft passed yester day," said Senator Jones, who took the . noor next. uou uueu. -. be 'able to say that- the. Congress of , the United. States ;stands, behind he , President - "They asked on the oer, here today if we had taken Vera- Cruz.1. ' ' "In God's name were- we to' stay, afioat there in the water .while' they S5!?t that is t 1 -' - "
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