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ciieiis VERGARA KILLED. IN COLD BLOOD TIIEIQIfllE III Ml EDITORIAL UNITED STATES BORDER PATROL BUSY DRIVING BACK MEXICANS WHO CROSS RIVER DENES THAT. .0 Ranger Captain Reports To As a Result Congressman Page fiOT-YETTIMETO v puiupr nnupv MOTIFS innnnn nnnnrn ! ... fi n h r . : President and Official Family Decide To Continue Attitude . In Mexican Situation i DEMANDS PUNISHMENT OF VERGARA'S . SLAYERS Execution of American Ranch , man Regarded As of Serious 1 -Moment and Secretary Bry an Wires O'Shaughnessy To Seek Reparation of Huerta. Benton's Body To Be Ex . amined By American . and British Representatives (Br tin tnretill Fm. Washington, D. C, Feb. 17. Two hours of discussion of the Mexican situation in all tta phases by Presi dent Wilson and his Cabinet -today . developed a unanimity of opinion that '. the, time bad.-not -yet- arrived for sy 4- change llJh!LJ?!Hco0iLy!ll.,M ton government. Though still reserving Judgment on the facta surrounding the execution of William 8. Benton. British, subject, the President and his Cabinet, tt was learned authoritatively, were Inclined to regard as of serious moment the hanging by Mexican Federals or Clem ents Vergara, an American " citizen. Jmmedlatfitstlaftei thSlJ&Wnet mt tug. SecmryBt-yan -cabled Charge O'tihaugBnessy to demand of the Huerta government the punishment of those responsible for Vergara's death. American government of why ny.r harm befell Vergara, when assurances sular representatives fharhe Try '"later; Incidentally, the memorandum clr ftattea : bf the HuerU government among diplomatic representatives in Mexico City, pointing out to the United States that the Constitutionalists were unable to protect foreigners and therefore ought to be.deprivlA-of- the I rights' to "'get arms In the United Btatea, did not reach the State Depart ment. Secretary Bryan said tt had not been .received, anj there were ln thmttttmg from high officials that the - memorandum meant little In view of the wanton murder of Versa ra. been suggested for- the protection of - - Americans and foreigners, tn . Mexico and for the restoration of peace in that country was - discussed by th Cabinet. No conclusion was reached, --aear-aa-ewld be learaed;-eeept-that-tliere should be aggressive pursuit of facts la both, the Benton and Vergara deaths. '--. a x. uaie in me aay secretary oryau conferred with' Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, British ambassador, whom he lnform- ed that General Villa had consented to allow tne body of Benton to be seen or examined by two represent atives of the American government, two representatives of the British, gov ernment, two physicians and ffie.' wid ow and any relatives of Benton who desired to accompany the party. Mr. Bryan told.. the ambassador that a special train had been promised by Villa to take the party to Chihuahua, where the body has been located and that a start probably would be made tomorrow or the next day. It had not been decided today, exactly who would make up the party,, but it is re tarded as certain that the British consul, Charles A. B. Perceval, and his secretary, George C. Carothers, American consular agent at Juarez, and Marlon -Letcher, AtnfrtcaniconTr sul at Chihuahua, will view the body along with two, army surgeons. Benton Indiscreet. m ...... t t .-in., . k tiv UCWB lliat uciieitu Villi ItMU Issued an order, requiring that Amer ican consular representatives in Mex ico be advtued of all arrests or for . elgners, was received with satisfac tion here. . Discussion of the Benton a b in an Informal way among ad ministration officials had developed the view that primarily Benton com- muiea an indiscretion in going o Villa, .With whom; it is admitted, he - - - was' to "tinfrlendly tvrma. For-Ben ton to ko into Villa's camp under such circumstances, high officials here think, was to unnecessarily risk his life. They contrast the affair with the killing of VeTKffira, who did nothing to provoke Mexicans, ; duu as an in nocent wnh,er, was kidnapped by Thus far the State1 Department has received no satisfactory advices con cerning' Oostav Kauch. Consul Ed wards reported that he saw him In the .JuareS jail February It, but that hi nee then his whereabouts have been unknown. Villa denying that Bauch was In Chihuahua City. Vurther in quiry has been made. ... ... Speeches criticising the julminititra lion's Mexico policy continued today tn the House, Representative Mondell, K.:. lMi,i,H11rnn ftf Wvnmln malrtnv tYi principal speech of attack. Adminis tration leaders believe a' big ma - jortty of the Republicans tn Congress are Inclined to leave the. question In the hands of the executive department ' '" ' of the government. ' Secretary Bryan said ted ay be had no information concerning the report of Villa's confession that he ordered Benton's execution without a court martial. MARINES HELD READY FOR INSTANT SERVICE . , Aboard, I'rcpHn-d to Kali For Mexl j' ns Waters. I'ensacola, Via.. Keb. 27. The United States Navy transport Prairie. 1 with T60 marines' on board, tonight was, prepared to leave here for Mex- i. -an waters. at a moment's notice. Coaling of the vessel today was hur riedly completed and 400. marine from the naval station were added to tiie J99 alresdy on board. Several " tons tf supplies, which today reach " ' ed here-for the transport Hsncock, to . nieht were reshlpped to that vessel at New Orleans, special request being 1iuade tft.ths railroad for quick dis patch, . . , , . American's Death COLQUITT. WIRES BRYAN Asks Secretary of State What Method Should Be Followed - In Effort To Apprehend Per sons Responsible For The Murder May Make Requi sition On Mexican General (Br Uw AmotUtoA Tint ) Austin, Texas, .Feb. L 7. -Ranger Captain J. J. Banders, reporting to Governor O. B. olqultt late today, made 'the direct Charge that Clemen te Vergara, an American ranchman, was shot to death while in the custody of Mexican Federal troops, ostensibly en ruote from the Jail at Hidalgo to Fed eral" headquarters at Pledraa Negras, Mexico. Tonight Uovernor Colquitt again telegraphed Secretary, of State Bryan, asking what method should be followed in an effort to apprehend those responsible for the killing of vergara. Captain Banders' Report. -Captain- Haitdersrhr tttw report,- salitr Will advise that on the morning of February 11, nveFSderal Soldiers, an der command of Apolonio Rodrlgues, crossed the Rio Grande to an Island belonging to the United State, tak ing therefrom 11 horses belonging to Clements Vergara, carrying them to the Mexican side of the river, in passing the house of Vergara, which stands on the banks of the river on the Texas side, one of the men -wen: to - the rlver: n:-lee1-4eeigiiri;, requesting him to come s across the river, as the captain wanted to ar range with him about paying for th a. nephew .ef nTrtiro(t"Ttf side, where two men slraick nun thren blown , oa , tfat head .wiih. a pistol dragging TrtmwThrTaTtBrani big, him .oHwalg iO rWaays5i 1 a. m. he was taken from the Hi' dalgo jail and started with guards, ostensibly to Piedras, Negras, but wan hot to death after passing only i short distance. Vergara. was born na'ttm'riirl"yr"fixi and I am informed tnat' he had a pom to cross the river, signed bj Sheriff Banches, of Webb county, and by Garza Oalan." " Colquitt's Telegramf. The tfxrof Oovernor Col(iJtt' tele; gram to Secretary Bryan wliowe: ' ;"vour elegntra la answer to.tht) one sent oy me to tne i rssiueni ut received. I do not want "to- tnvadu Mexico wllK a mllltajey lor;e i .asked. your co-operation in maintaining the rights and dignity of this State anil your consent te allow me - to send Htate rangers, who are peatat officers, i In pursuit of those who are con stantly transgresnlng our laws. Agalti, I aRk the President to advise me who Ts recognlzetl 4y -liim 8-the consti tuted authority In Mexico. I repeat the inquiry and ak whom you recog nise as constituted In the State of Ntievo Leon, as 1 desire to present requUitlons to the proper authorities of that State for the surrender of fugitives,, front Texas justice, notably those responsible for the theft of Clemente Vergartts property and for his subsequent murder." The telegram expallned that this reVjueirt was based on rights of ex tradition, which Governor Codqultt claims were granted Horder States In a treaty between the United Stites and Mexico. ' . Attorney Oeneral B. V. l.eney, in an opinion given the Governor today, held that requisition may properly be made" for Kodeiigues and the five men with him. who are charged with the selsure of Vergara. Such requisition, he held, should be upon the "military chieftain who may at this time be lo cated" In the district where Vergara was captured. Inasmuch as Vergara was killed outside of Texas, Mr liooney said, the governor could not requisition on a charge of murder, but only for horse theft which oc curred on Texas soil. VERGARA IXVESTIGATIOX. Texas Rangers Conducting Inquiry Inter Itanclimsn Hp Dethr- " tHr th. AMeeifttwl lw.i State authorities today continued their Investigation Into circumstances sur rounding the abnglng of Clemente Vergara, an American ranchman, by Mnxtcan Federals and his subsequent disappearance. The State Investiga tion centered around Palafox, Texas, the locality of the Vergara ranch, across the , river from where hew as arrested, Texas rangers are conduct' lng the inquiry: RKGINS INQUIRY. Partial IU'irccntoUve Investigating Circumstance or Benton's Ueath, El Paso, Texas, Feb. 27. Charles, Arthur Perceval, of the British Con sular service, sent here to investigate the death of William a Benton, plung ed Into the inquiry Independently to day. Oeneral Ucott late today called formally on th British visitor. - it was learned from an apparently reliable source that Ferceval dia mrt broach the subject of his miksion here, and for that reason It did not corns up at all. ' No information as to the departure of the commission to examine the body of Benton was available here to day, Consul Edwards was without advice from Chihuahua and w bending his energies toward Investi gating the case of Harry Compton. an American, said to be Imprisoned at OJlnsga. . KCHI:1 FLOATED. . British Mcairu-r Being Towed lo Dry - lox-k For Examination. - Norfolk, Va., Feb. ';7. The British steamer Sschme. whiqh stranded near Hog Island -.Sunday ' morning, wrs floated at I: SO. o'clock tonight snd is now en route to Newport News in Much of the (jschem's cargo, con sisting of wheat, etc., was loaded on barges and a big portion was thrown overboard. The vessel will go into dry-docks at Newport News to ascer tain the' damage te her bottom. Irremediable Wrong WRITING MAN APOLOGIZES Will Make All Possible Amends. Rebuked The Representative For Campaign Against Sen- . ator Overman When It Was Mr. H. A. Page Whp Had Occasioned The Editorial (By W. E. YEUKKTOX.) Washington, Feb. SJ,--RepreetK. aUve Page made public today the fol lowing telegrams with the single com. ment that the message would be self-explanatory! "Charlotte, N. C, Fe. J 7. 1S14. "To Hen. Robert N. Page. "Washington, IX C. "Substitution of your name for Henry A. In Observer editorial thlf. morning was bad blunder on my part Explanation and apology will be imuli. promptly. '(Wgned WABB H. HARRIS." '"Wainlngtoii. D. C ST, lltf J3Ftt. Wad. H. Harris. ''Editor Charlotte Observer, Charlotte. N,-C. "Tglegram received. Such" blunder Ing seems to me inexcusable: No ex planation or apology can possibly make amends for the wrong done me." ' (Signed! ROBERT N. PAGE." The occasion -of the Observer idito a letter mum sir. tienry A. rage giv ing the information that he was "pre paring to write a series of lettrs for .to.lttWB(.!i.nSrjsM!MF '.con" a3&z,w;p ator pverraan ought not to be renom inated,"' and inquiring if the .)bwer- M!st-ttie tetter The , editorltU, . which waa heedea t'age Mistake, represented t on- greymnun Robert JC. Page trisrtd ofj his brother, Mr. Henry A. lage. as having written the letter. Edit or Harris stated In his editorial that tBtrletters opposlisg Semtor Overman would not be published by the Obser ver and expreseed the hope that Mr. Page, "for the peace of the Demo cratic household and the welfare of the party would pursue . no sucb course.' slWste -.iJ erros.kSditur-4tenis tlegmpltd the mat paper notifying them that he had made the mistake of using Cbn- greamtin Page'H-nam for that of his brother and warning them against as mi tiling, on the strength of his edfto- rial, that It was Congressman Page - wfao had written the ktter to the 00- Berver- Te Make Comniencnueut Atfalreseett. Secretary Joneiilius Pintel toclay accepted the Invitation of Pavldson College to make the commencement oration there a May 18, He will speak on Monday morning. Shortly afterwards he will address the Char lotte public schools at their closing exercises. While In Charlotte he will be the guest of the Greater Charlotte Club. He will be the honor guest, May 20, t the closing exercises of the College of Charleston, Charleston, 8. C. I nablc To Kee Rcdrtel.l. " Representative Godwin was unable to see Secretary Red field today about his complaint againNt United States fish Commlasioner Hugh M. Bmlth, but has an engagement for tomorrow. It was Cabinet day snd for that rea son also Senator Simmons and Mr.' Godwin failed to see Secretary Mc- Adoo regarding the resignation of B. V. Keith. CtrllecMr nf Customs for North Carolina. Mr. Keith said dur ing a visit here several months ago that he was ready to resign any time the Department desired to name a successor to him. Walker Taylor RerwtnniewIcidLj Col. WaUcer Taylor, of WUmingto. has been recommended by ftenatoV Hi mm one for the Collectorshlp. No trouble in having mm named within the next few days is anticipated. 8en- ator Blminona.ls toaklnw nu fiHort to have Keith removed, but is acting on quit any time. Me una Mr. (jodwln will call on Mr. McAdoo tomorrow to see if Keith la ready to vacate. Same Postmasters. The Postofflne Department will send In the names of E. S. Yar borough for postmaster t Duke and V, G. Pleas- ante- at Rowland in the next list to tiunWbrte-Heuae. The Treasury De partment Will cUiu&ahe' deal for the Townsend site for the Lumberton Federal building In the next few daya InteresUits Hearings Ekpected. Representative Godwin will call a meeting of his committee next week to consider his resolution of Inquiry Into Republican otflce-holding In gov ernment departments.- He confident. ly expects to hold hearings at which much Interesting Information will be sought North Carolina visitors her today Included Xk A. Anderson, of Fair Bluff, ' and James A, Hartness, of Statesvllle. . Mr. and Mrs. Fred A. Woodardj -of Wilson, who have been iouse guests of secretary and Mrs. Josepnus lan lels for several days, left today for home. : - " Wade It. Cooper, the Washington bank president who made sensational charges against a Washington Judge yesterday, won his suit today out of which the charges against the Judge grew. The miit wss a bank fight over control of the institution. WKBH OFFKH3 AMENDMENT. Deprive Retired Officers Who Act a Agents oi i-ay. BJ ft Aawditad tnm.i . Washington. D. C, Feb. 7. Rt tired army officers who act as agents of any manufacturer or dealer sell lng supplies to the government would be deprived of their retired pay un der an amendment to the army ap propriation bill Introduced today by Representative Webb, of North Csro- lins, and adopted by th House, am bate on the bill was still In -prog rea when the Hows adjouraed, MiIts .'' -.cm if Tbee pMurrs shvi one tiaiant tource ( trnuide aluiu liic ilcxliMn iiritflpij-iwrrsrs-frmn-borh -rt1 tir the Mexican ImbrogMf are driven back srroxs tlw t',1,) 1 1 rondo h mounted (rooi)i-is wlnnevcr caught on t'nllvd Htote soil. Noncumttatants often ford the Hlo Omnrte with all their t't-lniiRinicii m tno btvclis of little burros and are passed by the border patrol. . EUINATE BOMD ISSUE 'FOR 'ALASKAN RAILROAD! Conferee beciil on tSS,4MH.0HI to He HH-iit on Government Ktibv prise To Come trom Treasury. IE Um Awidilfd rnu.) W'aahlagtonJXXl-Jieh. f. Pac tical agreement was reached late to day by the conference committee on the Alaskan Railroad . bill. Senate coiif ereei i"i i' cc?. tried' the "House 8 me n d- meut eliminating provision for a bond Issue to finance th projwit and fixing the amount to "be spent at I36,iM)v0i Instead of 4.00,000. Tho money will- be appropriated from the Treas ury as needed. There remain only some matters of phraseology to settle and it was announced that , the con ferees Would he ready to report the bill for final action Monday. PANAMA COAL BlfSlNtStisT" Miner Want Government to Handle It Exclusively. . fBr tto Anwiaud rrM Washington. D. C, Feb. 27. Con gressmen frcim Pnnqsylvania. Vlrglnittf west Virginia and . Kentucky today &Fkett Coiourl Uoethala to urge the government to handle coal supplies exclusively,. t the J'atiumtt Canal.- Colonel (inethals sutigested that tl ouestlon lay with Congress and not Canal Zone officials. The members from the col tStntes are pressing the appropriations committee, ;, of , h House to have the sundry civil bill provide that only American cost shall Leu sed, and Representative Ed monds hss a bill pending before the Interstate commerce committee to car ry out the ideas jirged today. FORMKK PKKMI4JT TAT JirMilKS WITH WlbSOX. Mottnd A MI t W hit rIIoue Wihw lst MaiH-li. Washington, D. t. Feb. 27. The President and Mrs. Wilson today had as their luncheon guests. Former President Taft, .Senator Root, of New York, and Miss Muliei Boardman, di rector ef the American Red Cron. It was thdfesecond time the former fres Irtent had taken lunch with President Wilson.lnce Inst March. He came to Washington to appear before, the Mouse judiciary committee to urge stmpitncation of reaerai court ; pr cedure. , THROWS TlttMI OFF TU-USi. Wisconsin" CoiilnHor" MiiMt Serve Hrntence in PeulU'nUnry. Lancaster. Wis.. Feb. ' 17-r-Harry French, of lrroeie. a conductor on the Chicago. Hurlington and Qulncy railroad, today was convicted here of manslaughter in tne intra negree at the conclusion of hla trial for killing Edward Mtirphy. a 'tramp, who was thrown from French's train. The con viction carries a penalty of from two to four years In the pnltentiary. The Jury held that the (Conductor had no right to 'put a man off a moving train. ' -.- -v;.-. woman mcrdi:rkr. Sew York Woman twnvk-teti of Pois oning Husband. - (IU tta jumkWhI Vrtm.1 IJttl Valley. N. X.. Feb. 37. Mrs. Cynthia Kuffum was found guilty to night of murder In the first degree in having poisouea ner nusoana, wtu Us Hurt man. llecmncs Candldete for Clerkulilp. Ballebury, Feb. 3 7 Former County Treasurer 1. R. Nichols, of Rowan countr. announced today that he will be a candidate for clerk of Superior Court tn the next election, opposing 3. F. McCubblns, the ncumbent, for :s?f" --vr -i-'"" .... x - r'r " " (k J " '-.''-. - m 3kaSwy f K r'.4 l-Mtxtd'AN forcmn3 kit) CftANCE TO TEXAS : g-O.S.TROOPER.S CHASING MEXICAN DESERTERS BACK ACROSS RIO 6RMDE IT - rnn puini mm.' iti N .1 Mr I IU w wHiai ..wm w "' T. PROCEDURE Former President Taft Heads Delegation Appearing Bef ore House Committee FAVORS .CLAYTON BILL Representing American Bar Association, Head of That Organization Tells Commit- 'tee Xawyirs Are Practically a Unit For Simple Rules of Practice In All Courts Hj Hie AuMdttnT i'ltw.i Washington, D. C, Feb. 27. -An ap peal for simplification -of court proce dure to facilitate the administration of justice toda'y was made to the House Judiciary committee by a dele gation of noted lawyers, headed by former President Taft. Speaking as president of the American Bar Ahho c'ation, Mr. Taft siild lawyers of the should -govern in nil courts, Pedcral and Stale, and he strongly urged pass age of a pending bill Introduced by Representative Clayton, chairman of the committee. The Clayton bill would empower Ihe Supreme Court of the United States to lay "down rules for the con duct of common law practice tn Fed eral district courts, as It has already done In equity procedure. The proce dure of Stales, where these courts are located, now governs them, and to day it was pointed out that usages and rules of procedure built up by the leg islatures of the various .states have obscured the purpose tit law in Intri cate mum oi technicalities that have nerved particularly to protect ' men of wealth from prosecution. Kngllsh Justice Rapid, , Mr. Taft said to the committee that there was nolhing-ki the Constitution to prevent administration ef justice in the United States with the same dis patch that marked English cturt business. During the .discussion the former president departed from specific con sideration of the pending bill and dealt with the popular outcry against the judiciary, as It is now constituted. He believed, he said, that th Federal court system was the bulwark of American liberty jSnd that appoint ment for"' life was' fundamental In maintaining' that .'system, but he ad mitted that defects had arisen, all of which he thought could be cured by legislative enactments such as that before! the committee. A study of this subject, he suggested, might be made by a paid commission, with the approval of the Supreme Court. Referring to the Investigations of several Federal judges nor In pro gress. Mr. Taft declared It was a wholesome thing for Congress to exer cle this power. Judicial Families. "I think It is an admirable thing," he said, "for these Judges to under (Continued on Page Two.) .XT-r . . :r 7, Vi 1 4 " , GETIICi TCAtiCr.'$T':rT in DRAYMAN'S Trunk t.liutbflli City police Arnwt ' Negro IhiiiiI Willi More Than Leg) Quantity or ' I liquor. (Sprrttl to Ttw Kei M. Wwwwr. examined a trunls which was being hauled by a. negro drayman yesterday afternoon and found that it contained -eight sllont tt Htmr fBetfUftlt- hait been shippeil as baggage. The drayman. tiHmed fatten, could not give a very straight account as to the owner of the mink and he was arrested as being the Owner of the whiskey. The case has been con tinued against him to give him time to lind the owner the trunk. 1111,11(1 timers have lined almost every means of getting whiskey into Elisa beth City and escape the vigilance of the police depart ment and the police a blind tiger have turned this trick feel elated In making this discoverv on them lefor. ORDERS THe'INTERLOCKER Corporation Commltsloti A:Lm Safety Device For Pembroke Junction. - The . Curtuout-tlutt t 'rfnliin yes terday made "an ordeT that the ea ikibt'I Air l,inc amrthe Atlantic Crast MtiP railways install 'an Interlocking switch at Pembroke .) unction. A recent wreck at that place moves the commission to taUe up this mat ter and urise ita completion. Two years prlur to the recent collision at this place, a wreck war-rallied by a dense fog. ,&jtd several passengers badly hurt. Kadi railway has offend ed in a wreck and each will be al lowed u ooumbuMi. to the coat, The order provides that, the plant be completed within ninety days be- M PJSIUSTENDFNTS ADJOI RV. jWj?neral lOducatlon lloaril Discussed at ' Final hc-tslim Yesterday. ., tlfj tin Aawx-iitait PM. Richmwid. Vu.. Feb. 27 The De- partmejt ,u HiiperlrHeniiiuitK of the Nalional Kducatlon Assocation. In ses sion here, held Its tinal Session to day, discussing the- work of the gen eral education board, led byWallace Huttrtek nd Abraham Flexer, of NeSi' l'ork, and rural schools, -led by El wood. P. Cubberley, of Htamford Uni versity,, and Edward C. Ulllott, Uni versity of Wisconsin. Many delegates tonight have gone home and others are leaving rapidly. AFTER MACHINE OCXS. Federal Sni!llilMrn Ready to March on Konora When Iietterted. " (Ily tlw iacgttwd rem I " Dogulus, -ArlK.. Fet 27. It Was learned today thal Mex-leans identi fled with the Huerta contingent have been negotiating here for the, pur chase of two machine guns. Huerta sympathizer here say sev eral hundred former Federal soldiers, supposedly deserters from Ojada's comana, wno retain their . Federal sympathies, have a secret erganisa tion ready to take the... field when Northern Hoitom is stripped of de fenders by the ir'h to Chihuahua, aotiii:k dry victory ProlilblthmlHtH of (ive, Oregon, Win .. Case In Court.. . . . (Br Um Aill t'mw.1 Sulem, Ore., Feb. ,27. Miss Fern Iloblxi, private secretary to Governor Oswald West, today said another vic tory for Oregon mSibltlon forces had been won, -when she received word that the Union, county court on March 4 would declare the town of Cove "dry." Miss liobbs previously was In strumental in closing the saloons at CopgerfltML . - Colquitt Says His Efforts Were Only To Protect The Lives of His People CHARGES EFFORT TO MAKE - HIM APPEAR RIDICULOUS Texas Governor Declares U. S. Government Gives Him Scant Encouragement In His At tempts To Co-operate In En forcing The Neutrality Laws Along The Border Scores Federal Officials For Alleged Failure To Act IB; IM Aoodilad fm) Austin. Texas, Feb. 37. Governor O, B. Colquitt, of Texas, today issued ths following statement: !Tbe Associated . . Prws dipatcbo -from Washington, referrin : to nv telegram-tif -yesterdar" addressed t the President " concerning condiUon on the Tsxaa-Uexican border, make the following statement: ' ' . " 'A similar situation arose in Tex in February, 191 1, and February. 11 S. when border trouble caused, (Jovernor CektHitt te declare he-mhtht-'-' send Tersi rangers Into Mexico, elih-i rr to present uriog Into American' . territory or protect Americana.' "And sgain the Aaeocfated Prew' favernor Holanm ordered four com-' ' pgiiiee of milniu to Wmwnsvlllr. tlte . War IktfkrtnM?RA telKiajr.Al. UenweJl. . Hteever. then in command for the " department of Texas, 'under no eir ctimxtancea permit their croasing the river except under-specific orders of the Secretary of war. KayN NtHtcnicnU t'ntrae. "The Htalements minted atMive are vuau4iVttly..uU'.-4twfH!. a 4iey,! lei:e that t hno threatened to sei,l rangers or Hiat militia Into Sle- ico. :. . . ''.', -.. "1 did pem'! a teiBrarr) In 11! tn 4-M Veewirfent-esking r-tr,i"t-i "pTn-ent lius.. Mnxniia. -r.v..t.,.i.i--m - -erat i.iliier. at Jurex fu,ni h(i,t::ia Into 1.1 Paso, TejiHd, and thus emti.ii-. geiing the lives of Texas people. And stated that if ths Federal govern ment Hd not take eteps to protect lb Texas peyi,le that I would. And I ttfiv Hiuh, 4.. n, !,(.,.,., wl tu r.i f-.ufu Htr inai purport. "I know that I had no authority . to invade .Mexico and was not foollvn enough to in&k tch a threat, ri.it, If the SiaicSHii Wiioa oli theff Blue -and shot down Texan, the tilate nt Texa oerliiinly would have the right tu have afforded these Texan ull Uia prttectiin that could be iuwfully given them. Mcik-aiitt Ocmaml Mtiitey. "In February, ll, after the Amer- -lean consul at Matamoroa had tele graphed to the captain of the Ranger company at HrttWiiBVilleftfid alao to the county judge and sheriff of Came ron wanly, Texas, regarding the threats of the Mexican troops againat Americans in Matamoros and their demand ror jzb.boo by a given houi of the nighu thee public oCllc.lal called upon me to protect the peo ple of Texas living In Brownsville. ' "ReuoKiilKing It to be the duty ef . the Federal government to afford thta protection, I communicated the tele gram received - from tttr captain of -the militia Company at Brownsville to Oeneral Steever at Fort Ham Hous ton, Nan Antonio, Subsequently, when a requvat came lo me from the county judge and BlierHf of Cameron - seat thereof, appealing to me to pro- . tect-the people of that vicinity against disorder In Matamoros and prooabht violence in Brownsville, I immediate-1;' ly called up General titeever and read to him Hie telegram of the county judge and ciherllT. . Acts On Una Initiative. . W.'l-,. .akt!d- . (.ieuwal-n- iit4Mwe.-lf .n b. could nnt send Federal troops , to Brownsville'' to give the protection which the county judge and, sheriff saked for. At that time the nearest Federal troops to Brownsville were at Fort Mclntosh.near Laredo, Which is approximately 286 miles from Hrowjidville by rail. He addressed me over the telephone, that In pur- 7 suance of my request for better patrol on the Mexican border, he had asked the War eDpsrtment's permis sion three weeks prior to this time to send troops to Brownsville, but that his request had not been acted upon. Whereupon, I advised Oeneral Stiv er that the situation at Brownsville and Malamoros , seemed daugcrou.. and that I would undertake to give the protection myself. "I then called the Adjutant Gen eral of the State of Texas to my olllt-e and directed that two cavalry and two Infantry companies of the Texas National Guard be Sent to Browne-' ville without delay, by special train my determination being te defend and protect theoto of this State, whom I considered the nationai gov ernment to be neglecting. Slot to Croaa Border.. - "It was never my Intention to order or permit-the Texas trotps to go be yond the borders of this Kta,te. "The telegram of the ctp.uiln of the National Guard at Brownsville stated that the American comuil had communicated with him by telephone, and asked If the American consulate was attacked if he, the captain of the Texas Rational Guard, would crwa1 the river and give him and the con sulate protection, ' The , American , consul afterwards denied making tbi request but ; the matter la one of veracity between him and the captain of the National Guard t-'itd the county judge snd sheriff of Cameron county. u "Having been called tipon by the , county Judge and sheriff for protec tion, It was my duty to send troops to their aid. and 1 did so without waiting to' Inquire into the quetiUub (Continued tta Psg Three.)