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GENERAL NEWS NOTES OF THE DAY J I lugu.us WllUugJMsa to sign a names treaty f wilh the United States was communicated to Mr. B Bryan by Dr. Da Pena. DtlflWil minister in r Washington, a i Morgan Iark is dow a part oi Chicago. Voters * of the village bf a majority it 511 ratified i lit* „ attirmative vote in Chicago OB April J, mi fill |[ tkc i village hi the city. r Sir Maria limning Lawrence, who attained celeb «■ ritj by iiis two works, "Baeea is Shakespeare- a as ami the Shakespeare Myth.- died in London, aged 7 years. Sir Edwin for over forty years was in t Kugllsfc politic-, part of the time as member of the a house of commons. He was made a baronet in 1888. " no Taiwan. Wasli.. April 22. —A. V. Faurott. twice of mayor of Jaconia. ami recalled from that Mtlic- | three years in was placed iu the mayors chair , yesterday a third time. 1 Us majority was about sod over Key. C. F. V. Stoovcr. The election was - i partisan. Mr. Fa w celt is 83 years old. The Colorado river in Southern Arizona, is far above Rood stage, ami its banks have been washed B out for 1.011 feet. The rushing waters are a men- • ace i the entire Imperial Valley region, with ts r valuable property and great irrigation works. The s Imperial Valley canal lias been damaged already, and the situation is reported as growing mort. nerioon J hourly. I ■ "Wets" ;md "drys" came off with lionors prae- i tically evea in their second tilt of the year in llli- t oois elections held Tuesday. Jut of the forty i cities ami villages where the liquor question was a; stake twenty-one were voted "dry." patting i seventy-eight saloons out of business. The "wets" . won nineteen of I he fights, including that at Dan i iiic. the largest city Involved. There the contest t was bitter and the result close, the "wet" Majority -being 181, owl of 14.240 votes cast. Trinidad, Col.. April 22. — Thirty-three persons. » manj oi thcni women and children, are known to i in lead in the battle between strikers Bt the Lud- v lew lenl eolony and the Colorado state troops, and r the end la not yet in sight. Auother battle, more J i angninary than the tirst. is expected to occur, any I moment. Large bodies of armed striken are ■arch- ing !•• i.udbi.v from nearby points to take part i;; this second battle, Governor Amnion--, who is v in Washington, is being urged to call a sixcial ses- I -inn of the Legislature to consider the grave situa- : Ion. All of Colorado is in a state of tense ex- j citcnieiit. There is talk at a geweral strike. Washington, D, .. April 22.-Ma.jor Geweral t William W. Wotherspoon today assumed his duties s as chief of staff of the army, succeeding .Major j. Central Leonard Wood. General Wood lias been -elected to in- commander in chief of the army in j in the even thai it i- sent into Mexico. General t Wood relinquished his duties as chief of stall at midnight last night. He has arranged to leave for T is City, if necessary, to take personal command :. oi I he military operations in that quarter. General Hngh 1.. Scott, until recently in command of a | eavalrj brigade at Tort Bliss, Texas, today became v assistant chief of staff of the army, succeeding t Ueaeral Wotherspoon. The Mexican Crisis. Washington, D. C, April 22. — Events have been l moving rapidly and momentously here and in Mrs 1 leo. Acting under orders from Iresident Wilson I in seine the custom house at Vera truz. Bear Ad : miral Fletcher landed about 1,000 marines and blue- I Jackets on Tuesday from the I tali. Florida and the 1 1 ampin I Prairie. The .Mexican Federal 1 forces under General Haas did not oppose I lie landing, but opened lire with rifle and • Miiliery immediately after the American forces : bad seized the custom house. The guns of the I Prairie were then brought late play and shelled the Mexicans from their positions. Admiral Fletcher . reported to the navy department last night that he : was "holding the custom house and that section of 1 1 he cily in the vicinity of the wharves and the United States consulate. Casualties, four dead anil twenty wounded." It is asserted unofficially that 1 the Mexican loss of life amounted to 100. Desultory 1 Bring on the owtohhts of the city continued during 1 the Bight. This morning the following dispatch from Vera Cms was made public by the navy de- ] partment: "it is reported that Commandaat-General Maas left Vera Cruz in a carriage, that his family followed in another carriage and that he has not been heard from since. The Mexican troops were 1 111 ncd loose 10 act as they pleased, few, if any, officers remaining." The white bona* gave out the following slate- 1 stent this afternoon: "Dispatches received from : Consul Canada al Vera Cruz at 1:10 p. 111.. an- 1 _ V— nonnced that the American forces are now in com- 1 _k possession of the city: that apparently 110 i VfBtalilics occurred among American and foreign aPWon-eombatanta and thai firing had ceased, except r for occasional picket shots." Rear Admiral Badger landed more marines from the Atlantic Heet this morning and the United Slates forces proceeded to take the entire city. While the orders of the president were being carried L mil to the letter, it was made apparent in confor- I cine at t he while house that the United States would f "sit tight" ai Vera Cruz and that no further steps of pacification will be taken at this time. For the present it was declared on high authority that the forces at Vera Cruz would held the city to convince Huerta thai this government means business, and no action is to be taken at Tampico unless there an- retaliatory actions on the part of the Huerta government. That American troops have landed al Tampico was admitted this afternoon by Secretary of State Bryan. When asked if marines had entered the city the secretary raid: "Yes. 1 think so — but you had better ask the navy department. I think it is better for all such information to come from one -•1. iee." Secretary Bryan was then asked if the Mexican federals resisted the landing of American Hoops. •■] dont waul to discuss that." he replied. Secretary of stale Bryan appeared worried about Charge OShaughncssy and cabled him to report about conditions in Mexico City. The secretary was sure, however, that if anything had happened to OShaughnessy, oilier legations in Mexico City would have, through Iheii home government, informed the I sited Stales. The last message from Mexico City came from l he American consul late Tuesday fore noon. Consul Canada, in a dispatch to the stale department this afternoon, said he had so far been unable to establish communication with the- A marl-• an embassy at Mexico City. He said a house 1,, house search was being made through Vera Cruz ami many arrests of armed Mexicans were being made. General Gustavo Mass, commander of the port. snd his soldiers have disappeared. It is reported I that they have tied to Boledar, a town northwest ■•! Vera Cms, win re the Mexican and luteroccanie Railway effect their Junction. Io prevent the delivery of ammunition reported : en route to Salina Crux, Mex.. 01, a Japanese merchant vessel, orders today were sent Bear Admiral Howard, in command of the Paeifte Beet, to send the gunboat Annapolis, bow 11 AcapoJo, and the armored I ■miser Denver at Corinto to Salina Urns for this ; purpose. Both vessels have large complements of [ marines aboard anil it is possible that the scenes ; 1 Vera Crna may be re-enacted at Salina Cms. Salina Craa is iin Pacific terminal of the Tehuan lepee railroad, which connects directly with Mexico . » City. Djs|Misji ion of the Willis and ammunition in the • _ k mreo of the Jerman vessel Ipiraagoa. which was W held up ai Vera Cruz when Admiral Fletcher took ; I the port, was arranged " *1 * conference between 1 I Secretary of State Bryan and Ambassador von ■ Bernstorff •! Germany. The captain of the vessel. ■ being unable to obtain clearance papers at Vera 1 I in/ w.il return the cargo to its former owners in 1 I tiermany, although the Huerta government had paid 1 I in advance foi the munitions. Coat of transporting " the cargo to Vera Craa and return must be borne by r 1 lie consignors of the munitions. This arrangement t is in accord with inlernalion.il precedents covering - -iieh Incidents. II, aria has requested the United States to with ■ haw Kelson OShaiiBbuesK.v, American charge daffaires at Mexico City. This was stated here early v today oa good luthority The war department received todaj hundreds oi 1 requests from towns along the border where no o troop-, an- stationed asking for protection from a; ta.ks which thej feared might result after the spread of the news among the Mexicans that Vera 1 111/ bad been seized. It Is said, however, that no new orders would be issued until a general policy v had been defined. Reports reached the department t f,-., ,1 the border that General Villa had said for-, it iei-. would be protected. Mexican Charge dAffaires Algnra credited to the e United States, has !,,,,, instructed by Huerta to request • - his passports from Secretary Bryan. Reports reaching official circles that Carransa and d Villa were about to join with the Huerta govern 1 men I to make common cause against the 1 nited ■d Mates caused Juan r 1 rquldi. secretary in rhargi e • 1 he Mexican constitutionalist agency here, to ,. dan.. ,,. ttii— statement: "Sensational reports that t Ci-icT.it Carransa and certain of bis subordinates .s ,,1 ,. sinned an attitude hostile to the policy of .r President Wilson are absolutely without founds 1 officials at Tokio declared that the attitude of if the Japanese government in the Mexican situation n is naturally one of strict neutrality. More than BOO American rcfugcci left Mexico 0 Pity on iwo special tr:-. iiis yesterday bound rot Vera Crna and today il became known that one ,. train had been held up somewhere along the route The supposition is that the retreating federals Is under General Maas are responsible, and it is s I f B r a i * „ i r «■ a as t a " no of | , - B • r s J I ■ i t i i . i t » i v r J I v I : j t s j. j in t :. | v t l 1 I : I 1 • : I . : 1 1 1 1 ] 1 : 1 1 i I feared thai, being angered at Ihcir defeat, the Huerta troops have Heated them badly. this rail-load is the only one from Mexico City to the coast a ! and terminates at Vera Cms. should General ll .Maas appropriate the cars for his own flight to the Mexican capital, as seems likely . the Americans will have to continue the rest of the way on foot through a haul country moat of the way. unless relief is sent them from Vera Cruz. Telegraphic communication with Mexico Cily is cut. so no word |o the refugees w ■hereabouts can he had. Mexicans in Vera Cruz protest that no harm will befall the Americans fleeing to the COaat unless they are attacked by * outlaw bands over which Huerta has control. The Senate at :.:21 oclock this morning by a vote 72 to 13 passed ihe "administration resolution" . dec hiring that "The President is justified in the ■ employment Of the armed forces of the United * Stales to enforce his demands for unequivocal amends for the affronts and indignities committed against ihe United Slates" ill Mexico. The resolu lion specifically disclaims on the part of the United States any hostility toward the Mexican people or J any intention to make war against them. The *J final vote came at the close of a stirring all night session, marked by hitter debate. Several Republi- cans fought to the last to broaden the resolution ■ so as to direct it against all indignities offered the ; United Slates in Mexico, while others opposed it. Al! of the thirteen negative votes were east by 1 Republicans. As adapted, Ihe measure is a substi- tute reported by the Senate foreign relations com- 1 niittee for the resolution adopted by the House 1 Monday. It eliminates Ihe name of VictorhUM t Huerta. The Senate al 2:40 a. 111.. by a vote of i 17 10 35, rejected the substitute resolution proposed t by ffcnatnr Lodge. It would have based tin- "justi- 1 ficatkm" of the use of force in .Mexico upon the 1 general conditions there Instead of upon the Tain- 1 pico Incident alone. On the Lodge substitute the vole followed party lines closely, the Republicans 1 supporting the Lodge proposal and the Democrats i voting against it. The onlv deparlures from this 1 rule were Senators Brislow and I-i Follette. who voted with the Democrats against the substitute, s Both of these senators voted against the final resolution and against all propositions which looked to the perfection of the resolution in accordance wilh the administration plans. An amendment proposed by Senator Gallinger "justifying the president in ihe use of force to protect American cilizens : in Mexico" as well as to demand reparation for the Tampico incident was defeated. 4: to 40. An amendment by Senator I.a toilette to provide that after Hi •subjugation" of Mexico the United Stales j should retire from that country, leaving Mexico and "every portion of it to its own people." was voted dowii. 44 to .!!. Today the house concurred 1 the senate resolution without a roll call and at : Iwo oclock President Wilson approved it. Tlie volunteer army bill, which would provide for the organization of the militia of tlie various states as a part of the government military establishment, went to conference today, having been passed by Ixith houses of Congress. The measure passed the Senate on Monday, but was prevented from going to conference until today by a motion by Senator Reed of Missouri to reconsider the vote. Just before the Senate adjourned early today following a day-and-night debate on the Mexican resolutions, Senator Reed withdrew his motion on account, as he cx-1 1 1 ss.-ii it. of the "emergency confronting the nation." It is believed that Ihe bill will be quickly agreed to by the conference and rushed to Ihe While House for the Presidents signature. The measure would provide for the prompt organisation of a volunteer army for service in Mexico or in any other ciisis. Informal discussion was heard on the Senate side of the Capitol today regarding an emergency appropriation 10 provide for the national defense. bin the leaders contend that the time is not yet i.nite ripe for such action. At the outset of the Spanish war Congress rushed through a 50.000,000 appropriation for an emergency fund for the unlimited unconditional use in the discretion of Presi- li nt McKinhv. Senator Chaaaberlala of Oregon already has introduced a bill to provide a 0,000,000 emergency appropriation. Chairmen Martin and ritagerald of the Senate and House appropriations 0 ininittee respectively declared that an emergency appropriation was unnecessary yet, as there were plenty of men and vessels and equipment now in Mi xican waters. Both, however, said that when the time came there would be no delay in providing the necessary funds. This is the strength of the Mexican army which the United States troops will face 011 tlie battlefield if war is declared: peace strength -107 generals. 6,236 officers 40,332 men. war strength — estimated at from 50,000 to S4.000 of all ranks. The army consists of 30 battalions of infantry. 18 regiments of cavalry. 1 regiment of horse artillery, 2 regiments of field artillery. 1 regiment of mountain uinis. etc. Kach artillery regiment consists of four batteries in time of peace, raised to six in time of war. The national guard is practically without training or organization and would be hard to mobilize. Mauser rifles 1 1001 models are used by regular Infantry and cavalry, but the reserves use Ihe old Remington 1893 model. The artillery is fairly well equipped with Schneider-Cami quick-firing guns. Recently the Mexican government made heavy purchases of guns, chiefly rifles, in Japan. Most .if the ammunition used is made in Mexican arsenals. The navy is almost a negligible feature. Until July. IMS. then were five guntioats. One of these was destroyed recently by the Constitutionalists in the harbor of Gajmai At a mass meeting held iu Iiedras Negras. Mexico. 500 citizens were organised and armed to resist what they call the expected invasion by the nited States. Governor George W. I. Hunt of Arizona an nounced thai as soon as permission was received from the war department he would order the Ari zona state militia, consisting of lioo men. to guard the irrigation levees south of Yuma. These levees arc pari of the system which supplies hundreds of thousands of acres of land iu the Imperial Valley of California. One thousand boxes of ammunition and t wenty-tive machine guns consigned to the Mexican federal commander at Vera Cruz were removed from the Iteamer Monterey at Havana by orders from New York. The consignment will be deposited in the Cuban government powder magazines. F.l Pas*, Tex.. April 22. A general exodus of Americans from .Northern Mexico set in today. Sixty terror-stricken refugees from Chihuahua and Dnrango arrived in Jnarea and hurried across the Rio Grande. A few Germans. Frenchmen and Spin lards were among the refugees ,n the American employes in the mines are reported en route here, anticipating that the Constitutionalists will unite with Huerta against the United States. Ambassador .Tusserand of France, il is understood. will act for Mexico in Washington after Seaor Al-gara. charge daffaires of the Mexican Fmbassy. leaves today.
