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VERA GRUZ IS ORDERED I
; REBELS riALLY ID HUERTA
PRESIDENT MAKES WAR
MOVE; CONGRESS DEBATES
German Ship Bearing
Huerta Supplies Is
N earing Port.
AMERICAN EXODUS
FROM MEXICO CITY
Cabinet Considering Crisis
And Congress Takes
Up Resolution.
Washington, D.C., April 21.
While congress is debating
the Mexican situation, Presi
dent Wilson has ordered Rear
Admiral Fletcher to seize the
Vera Cruz customs house and
prevent Huerta from getting
r several millions rounds of am
munition and two hundred field
guns now on a German steamer
hound for that port.
The orders went out from
Washington early today when
it becamo apparent that delay
in congress was accruing to
Jhierta 's advantage.
At noon the cabinet was in
session and so far as was
known no word had been re
ceived from Admiral Fletcher
of his action. The orders, of
fioials said, left to the admir
al's discretion when and how
to act. As there is no blockade
the American forces could not
interfere with the German
sUamer. The orders were to
seize the guns and shells after
they had lunded or to seize the
customs house to prevent their
landing and thus keep them
from going to Mexico City.
Officials declared that Presi
dent Wilson bad ample auth
ority for his action without the
approval of congress.
Meanwhile both house and
senate reconvened and the
senat went to work on the
resolution of approval of the
president's course.
Ilroad Authority
Th orders wnt out to Admiral
Fletcher hi daybreak after President
Wllion and cabinet official had been
In conference since 4 h. m mostly
over (he telephone.
The ordera to the admiral. It was
aald. conferred the broadest author
ity upon him. and directing that If
necessary ha take the city of Vara
Crui as well aa tha cuatoma house to
prevent the leading of tha munitions.
Ofttclala hare aald tha adhilral
might act In several waya He might
wait until th Oarman aUamer had
landed her rorgo unmolested and than
take the custom houae and tha muni
tion!: or whan the German steamer
comes to the port he might selie the
i customs house nnd If the guns were
landed they would rome Into pome
(ton of the American foroea That
the steamer mlKht take her cargo tn
some oiher port was a possibility of
whli h official wrrt cognisant.
Kxpett llcporl.
St. me report from the admiral was
being awaited momentarily.
Democratic senate Itaders believed
the order to Admiral Fletcher would
erve to speed up action la the senate
on the resolution to support the presi
dent's oouree. Before the senate met.
It was apparent however, that repub
lican leaders were planning to oham
plon the pn . ruble substitute submit
ted by Senator U.dge Which refers to
ths long series of outrage agalnsi
Amjifcaa in Mealco. That ha not
aeen accepted, howrr, by demoorats
of the committee and there is no dis
position on the part of the majority
to accept it. The Lodge substitute will
not be accepted by house leaders, It
was authoritatively stated early today.
The house resolution as amended by
the senate foreign relations committee
was laid before the senate soon after
noon.
A resolution accepting the apologies
already offered by Huerta as "sufficient
reparation" for the Tamplco incident
was introduced In the senate by Sena
tor Works,-who proposed it as a sub
stitute for the resolution calling for
the use of armed forces In Mexico.
When the house foreign affairs
committee met Chairman Flood said
the house democrats would not oppose
the Mexclan resolution in the senate.
War department officials aald there
was nothing to Indicate necessity for
immediate orders for troop move
ments. No unusual alarm is re
flected in border dispatches over anti
American outbreaks but such com
munications as came from frontier
towns were forwarded to Brigadier
General Bliss, commanding the bor
der patrol.
Secretary Bryan said he was In
uninterrupted correspondence with
Charge O'Hhaughnessy in Mexico
City. He gave no intimation as to
the nature of the exchanges, although
he said he had heard nothing con
cerning possible presentaltno of the
American charge with his passports.
Secretary Bryan said Just before
entering ""' cabinet meeting that
there was a general exodus of Ameri
cans from Mexico City to Vera Cruz
and that many Americans at the lat
ter place were getting aboard tile
Hard liner Kaperania.
Isuidlng Delayed.
Washington April 1. Landing of
American bluejackets and marines in
Mexico was delayed today while Pres
ident Wilson awaited congressional
approval of his purpose to use armed
forces to compel respect for the stars
and stripes from Huerta. Objection to
the form of the resolution passed by
the house last night to endorse the
president's plans had prevented ac
tion in , the senate, which after a spec
tacular midnight session recessed un
til noon today to take up a substitute
measure reported by Its foreign rela
tions committee.
This substitute, which administra
tion leaders expected to see adopted
after brief debate and sant over the
house for concurrence, would broaden
the congressional wrlaratlon and
eliminate dlreot reference to Vletorla-
no Iluerta It would speciricauy Dis
claim on the part of the United States
an hostility to the Mexican people
I or any purposo to make war upon
thehi.
The president told congress yester
day that he had full constitutional
powers to act In this crisis to uphold
tha nation's honor and dignity but
desired an expression of congression
al determination to use the army and
navy to force reparstlon for th arrest
of American bluejackets at Tamplco
I Order for reprisals will not go forth
until congress has voted Its endorse
ment Heels Nearlng Rhore.
fleets of th t'nltd 8lstM are
nearlng the shores of Mexlcdr Rear
Admiral Radge r wtth four dread
noughts Is expected to rch Tamplco
tomorrow. Two of hi ship probably
will go on to Vera Crua whli two
will join ths vessel- off Tamplco.
Belsurs of these two porta has been
determined upon as th first stop In
the administration's reprisal program.
When Vara Crus has bn taken a
fore probably will b sant Inland to
els ins railway trsatl upon which
connection with Mexico Cltr depends.
Active preparation for Immediate
1 action continued at th navy and war
j department today. What tha two
branches of the service are ready to
do had been explained to President
Wilson at a White House conference
last night.
Substitute Resolution.
The senate had agreed to consider
the committee substitute or the house
resolution upon convening today. This
substitute had been agreed to by ad-
mlniBtraUon senators after Acting
Chairman Shively of the foreign rela
tions committee had conferred wtth
Vice President Marshall, Secretary
Garrison, Postmaster -General Burlee
son and Secretary Tumulty, who went
to the capltol at midnight when word
came that objections to the "individ
ualizing of Huerta," was about to
hold up action in the committee In
definitely. President Wilson himself
had retired about 10 o'clock aftr
hearing the house had passed the res
olution. The substitute is as follows:
"In view of the facts presented by
the president of the United States In
his address delivered to congress in
Joint session on the 20th day Of April,
1914, in regard to certain affronts
and Indignities committed against the
United States in Mexico, be It
"Resolved, that the president Is
Justified in the employment of the
armed forces of the United States to
enforce his demand for unequivocal
amends for the affronts and indigna
tion committed against the United
States; be It further
"Resolved, that the United States
disclaims any hostility to the Mexican
people or any purpose to make war
upon them."
Another Substitute.
Senator Lodge, ranking republican
member of the foreign relations com
mittee, has submitted another substi
tute. It would declare that in view of
a state of anarchy existing tn Mexico,
making it impossible for Mexico to
discharge Its international obligations,
and the unprovoked Insults and Indig
nities Inflicted upon the flag and the
uniform of the United States by arm
ed forces there:
"That the self respect and, dignity
of the United States and the duty to
protect its cilzens and Its internation
al rights require, that such a course
be followed in Mexico by our govern
ment as to compel respect and ob
servance of its rights."
Arrangements for Blockade,
Arrangements for participation of
the revenue cutters in a Mexican
blockade were under way today.
There are now twenty-three cutters
available for immediate operations
along the Mexican coast: seven on the
Pacific side and sixteen on the At
lantic. There has been no Instruction so
far as to what part the army Is to
take in carrying out the president's
program. For months past to all In
quiries as to action by the army in
Mexico, Secretary Garrison's Invaria
ble reply reply has been "Semper par
atus" , (always ready).
Ready for Duty.
New York, April 21. The new u
perdreadnoughts New York and Texas
the two largest battleships In the
world, are expected to be on duty In
southern waters soon. It was announc
ed at the Brooklyn navy yard that the
New York, which was placed in com
mission last week, would sail for
Guantanamo, Cuba, on Sunday. The
New York haa been under orders for
some time to proceed to sea for her
"shaking down." Since the Mexican
situation became acute finishing
touches on the vessel have been rush
ed. Ammunition wnn being stowed
away on the New York and the Texas
today.
The Texas Is ready for sea duty on
short notice.
Cake on Coal.
San Francisco, April 21. The
cruiser South Dakota from the Puget
Sound navy yard with 2(0 marines
aboard entered flan Francisco bay
early today and proceeded to Califor
nia City to take on coal preparatory
to departing for Mexican water.
About 500 marine from the Mnre Is
land navy yard will be taken aboard
th South Dakota.
T
LICENSE IS REVOKED
Washington, April II. Captain
osmyn Barry of th Merchants and
Miners packet Nantucket which ram
tnsd and sunk tha Old Dominion liner
Monroe with a loss of 41 lives off the
Virginia rapaa In January, ha been
fotfnd guilty of negligence nd his
license has been ravoked.
A bosrd of steamboat Inspectors st
Philadelphia divided responsibility for
th dlatr between Captain Berry
and Captain Johnson of th Monroe,
On appeal to Captain 8ly, th In
spector commanding, Captain Berry
hist been held aloae guilty, captain
Seeiev's decision holds that th Nan
tuckt might bar seen th Monroe
nearly a mil away: that th Nan
tucket heard tha Monro whistle
and that th colUaloa could bay
bn avoided,
f
13 KILLED IH
STRIKE BRTTLI
Militiamen land Deputy Sheriffs
Engage in a Desperate
Fight With Srikers
At Ludlow, Col.
RENEWAL OP CONFLICT
EXPECTED ANY MOMENT
The Colony Presents Scene of
Death and Desolution
Fight Raged Over Three
Square Miles.
Trinidad, Col., April 21. Thirteen
persons were believed to be dead but
the number of wounded was unknown
when day dawned on the Ludlow bat
tlefield where yesterday 100 militia
men and deputy sheriffs fought a bat
tle with strikers. Renewal of the con
flict was expected momentarily. The
militiamen were reinforced during; the
forenoon.
The Ludlow colony presented a
scene of death and desolation today.
Soldiers declared quantities or am
munition were exploded by the blaze
that swept the colony during the
night.
Yesterday's battle centered about
the big trestle of the Colorado and
Southeastern railroad and several
dead are said o be lying along the
tracks behind which the strikers
took refuge.
Throughout the day and Intermit
tently during the night the fighting
raged over an area of approximately
three square miles. The battle field
was completely isolated by the cutting
of telegraph and telephone wires.
Fighting began early yesterday when
a militia detachment under Lieuten
ant Linderfelt started to Investigate
the caus of firing near Cedar hill.
As the day progressed word of the
clash reached officials and a relief
militia expedition was sent. They de
trained south of Ludlow and found
the strikers barricaded In the pump
ing station. At dusk the strikers re
treated along a gully back of the blaz
ing tent colony, followed by the mili
tia who swept the valley with ma
chine guns.
With the arrival of reinforcements
today Major Hamrock had approxi
mately 175 men opposed to strikers
variously estimated at from 400 to
800.
DEMONSTRATIONS
CHICAGO AT WAR NEWS
Chicago, April 21. News that the
house had passed th resolution au
thorizing President Wilson to use
armed forces to compel respect to the
Stars and Stripes was greeted with
cheer by throngs In Chicago theater
and cafes Inst night.
In one theater the new from Wash
ington waa flsshed on a sc reen aa the
orchestra began lo play "The 8tsr
Hpangled Banner " Th music waa
drowned by cheers.
A demonstration lasting It minutes
occurred In another lhatr when an
actress appeared on th stage carry
ing a large American flag. "King
America." called somaon In the audi
ence. The orchestra played America
and every peron In the houae stood
up and Joined In the singing. "Colum
bia, th Oam of th Oeean," "Mary
land," "Ths fltar-Spangled Banner",
and "Dixie" followed In rapid succes
sion end ths nudlenc gave thrcn
clliers for President Wilson
Shortly i before midnight u student
on the cafpus at Northwestarn univer
sity Lb . Hi reveille. Inalde of flv
minutes 400 ahoutlng, alnglng itudent
had piled out of their hda and formed
a pared. Th student marohed In
company formation to Wlllard hall,
th girl's dormitory and tha "ew-ede"
were aroused by th atraln of "Th
Olrl I Left Behlng Me."
Announcement was mad at the
University of Chicago lhat should war
be declared atudenta In th senior class
who enlisted and went to th front
would b given credit for u fun year's
work and would l graduated.
REBELS
FEDERALIST
THINKS MONROE
t DOCTRINE CIUSE
English Paper Says It Has
Made The United States
Schoolmistress of Cen
tral America.
DECLARES WAR WOULD
BE PURELY RiriCULOUS
Liverpool Post Says Crisis Is
Inevitable Culmination of
Refusal to Recognize
Huerta.
London, April 21. The Manchester
Guardian, organ of the English peace
party, says of the Mexican situation
today:
"War, should it come, would be
purely ridiculous If the stakes were
not human lives and national reputa
tions. If both sides are itching to be
at each other's throats it would be
discreditable to them both to have
no better occasion for beginning, j
The originating cause of the dispute
Is undoubtedly the execution of the
Monroe doctrine, which from being a i
mere notice board to Europe against
political trespassing In the new world,
has become a sort of gazetting of the
United States as the political school
mistress of Central and South Am
erica. "President Wilson was strong in
refusing to recognize General Huerta.
The resulting Intervention will put
Pancho Villa in the position Huerta
now occupies. This Is not an attrac
tive prospect, for Villa possesses In
a higher degree every fault that j
President Wilson has found with !
Huerta."
The Liverpool Post says: "President
Wilson's message was the Inevitable
culmination of American policy in re
fusing to recognize General Huerta.
States cannot cause with a mere con-
I sequent under arms and the uphold
' ing of American dignity, nor can it
i be confined to the Immediate pro
! taction of international commercial
! Interests.
"The further responsibility will de
volve upon the United States of tak
ing such steps as may be considered
necessary for the permanent protec-
l tlon of those Interests of govern
i ment as will Insure the greatest de
gree oi orueny me. i tie civinsuiion
Of Mexico would have a beneficent in
fluence throughout the world."
The Dally Telegraph says: "One of
those great waves of national feeling
which from time to sweep aside poli
tical dlssentions among Americans
has gone throughout the United
States. There Is no nation on earth
more punctilious over the honor of
Its flag, and It Is merely Just for Am
ericans to say that If nn Insult had
come from a more formidable aggres
sor the manifestation of the public
resolve tn have reparation would
only have been stronger and more
violent. There Is of course no ques
tion' aa yet of war. In the strict moan
ing of th term "
Th Olohe ays:
"In the declaration that th mili
tary operations of the United States
are being taken not against the peo
ple of Mexico but sgalnst General
Huerta we have the root of weakness
of President Wilson's policy. He un
dertakes to ay who do and who
does MM represent the Mexlnan peo
ple. That laa pretention to which
there la no other Issue than annexa
tion or a protectorate aa valid aa that
now exercised over Cuba."
INDIAN BASEBALL
PLAYERS' CASE UP
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Cincinnati, April II. Director of
the ClnclniiHtl biiselill club were to
meet loday to decide on action In
the ense of George Johnson, the Win
oefingo Indian, who Jumped t o the
Kans City Federal.
President Herrmann ald Johnson
Would not be permitted to com back
to Cincinnati even If th muttor waa
taken to coui : and decided I', favor
of Cincinnati. II declared n direc
tor would probably decide lo nk for
n Injunction In prev.it Johnson
froai playing with t,. Ksnsa t'lty
club snd also seek tn hav th court
pas upon the legality of his contract
With Cincinnati.
ESPOUSING
Repel Invader Is Cry
In North Mexico
Say Refugees.
LEADERS CONFER;
CARRANZA SILENT
Rebel Sympathizers to Make
Is Belief, Although Chiefs Are Non-OommitaL Nati
onal Honor at Stake Say Juarez Constitution
alists as They Demand Action Against
The United States.
El Paso, Tex., April 21.
Six Americans, eight Germans
and nine Frenchmen and wo
men arrived here today from
Chihuahua. The Americans
confirmed the statement that
they were instructed to leave
bv American Consul Letcher.
They said Mexicans in Chihua
hua believed the rebels would
be unable to remain out of the
Huerta-Washington complica
tion and added that rebel lead
ers feel compelled to accept the
view that the blockading of
Tumpico and Vera Cruz would
be a national matter affecting
the honor of every Mexican re
gardless of political affiliations.
Letcher, theysaid, was en
deavoring to get the Ameri
cans out without attracting un
due attention and his efforts in
this direction were being as
sisted by General Carranza.
Most of the latter 's confer-
nece with General Villa yes
terday, they asserted, was de
voted to consideration of the
Tnmpico incident and its de
velopments as affecting the
rebels. The gravest view was
taken
"Affront to Mexican Xatlon."
In the fafes, clubs and other gath
ering places Mexican citizens, practi
cally all of whom aro rebel sympa
thizers, said openly that President Wil
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Common Cause With Huerta,
son's course was a naffront to the
Mexican nation and that a common
enemy must be met by a united coun
try. Meanwhile there was no definite an
nouncement of policy by Carranza, the
Americans reported, adding that it
seemed to be Ms purpose by silence to
imply the truth of reports that ho
would continue with the revolution
regardless of foreign complications.
This they said in view of the excited
talk in the cafes and elsewhere de
ceived nobody.
In El Paso prominent rebel sympa
thizers were unanimous so far as they
could be questioned in the view that
not Huerta alone but the national
honor was at stake.
Soldiers patrolled the Mexican sec
tion of this city last night but there
was no disorder.
Notified to Leave.
Chihuahua, Max., April 20. (Via
El Paso, Tex., April 21.) Consul
Letcher on instructions from Wash
ington Is notifying Americans here
and in other towns of the state to
leave the country as a precaution
against possible unfortunate eventual
ities growing out of the decision of
the Washington government to seize
Tamplco and Vera Cruz.
They will be sent out in small
groups If time permits, as a general
exodus, it is feared, might precipitate
trouble.
Quiet at Vera Crux.
Vera Cruz, Mex., April 21. A large
number of Americans and other for
eigners are on their way here from
the capital today. Everything remain
quiet in this city.
The American war vessels have not
changed their positions.
Vessels Out of Harbor.
Vei.i. Cruz, Mex., April 20. Com
mander Charles F. Hughe, chief of
staff of the United States Atlantic
'fleet, today called on General Gusta-
vo Maaa, commander of the federal
I troop at Vera Crur. and on the com
mander of the port, nnd Instructed
them to order all merchant vessels
out of the harbor.
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