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. PEACE HANGS IN THE BALANCE YET echoes of "war talk" are dying away in nations capital. THE ENVOYS PERSEVERE Accomplishments of the Mediators So Far, Are Unprecedented in History. Washington.?Assurances of peace, with a steady abatement of "war talk" was the dominant feature in Mexican, developments here. Atten tion still was centered on the work of the South American mediators, who reported steady progress and no dead lock between the parties. In other quarters, however, the failure of General Carranza thus far to accept the mediators' proposal ior a suspension of hostilities, caused continued doubt over the outlook for broadening the scope of the media tors' work to a settlement of the whofle Mexican situation. The report that Dr. Edward Ryan, an American in the service of the United Statee Government, was about to be shot as a spy by Mexican Fed erals at Zacatecas caused serious ap prehension through the day, but reas surances a? to Doctor Ryan came direct from Huerta late in the day. White the gravity and the hopeful ness of the situation varied from hour to hour, the South American envoys kept steadily at their work holding two sessions at the Argentine Lega tion. Their long conference with Sec retary Bryan was followed by a con ference with the Spanish Ambassar dor Senor Riano, who represents the Huerta Government. The mediators made no announcement^ It was known they were expecting * another definite development soon, which might lead to a statement later but its purport was hot disclosed. There was reason to believe, however,' that it related to the attitude of Car ran za. Summing up what the mediators had accomplished, a well-posted auth ority said it represented more actu ally done in a given time than ever had occurred in the history of inter mediations He specified, beginning April 26, and continuing six days in clusive. First, acceptance of good offices by the United States; second, acceptance by Huerta; third, acceptance by Car ranza; fourth, suspension of hostili ties by the United States; fifth, sus pension of hostilities by Huerta. A sjxth development, it was expect ed, would further emphasize what wj)s being done. The Spanish Ambassador's confer ence with the mediators was not to deliver ,any communication from Huerta, but to go over the general situation. The mediators are sending cables direct to Huerta and Carranza, and receiving direct replies. The text of the Huerta reply through his For eign Minister, accepting good offices and the Huerta reply to the armistice propocal, received were direct cables to the mediators. DR. RYAN RELEASED BY HUERTA. American Red Cross Official is 8ent to Vera Cruz. Vera Cruz.?President Huerta or dered the immediate release of Dr. Edward Ryan, an American Red Cross official, who was threatened with execution as a spy in Zacatecas. The release was ordered after urgent personal representations to President Huerta by William W. Canada, the American Consul here^ Huerta tele graphed to Mr. Canada that he did not know that Doctor Ryan was to be put to death, but that he had ordered the Federal commander at Zacatecas to release him immediately and give him transportation to Mexico City. From the Capital President Huerta promises to send him to Vera Cruz. Representations in behalf of Doctor Ryan also were made by Sir Christo pher Cradock, commander of the British Naval Squadron in Mexican t??o*Avo kr ah Qli? I.<Anol pQ rH on British Minister, and by the Brazilian Minister acting for the United States. Refugees From Puerto, Mexico. Vera Cruz, Mexico.?Refugees from Puerto Mixco who arrived on the Le land steamer Dictator and on the transport Hancock have been trans ferred to the steamship Monterrey which will take them to New Orleans. All of the Dictator's forty-three pas sengers were from the oil fields and districts about Minatitlan, state of Vera Cruz. The transports Sumner, McClellan, Meade and Kilpatrick, which brought Funston and his fifth brigade to Vera Cruz failed at day break for Galveston. Carranza Will Protect Oil. Chihuahua?Gen. Carranza is (de termined to use every effort to pro tect the immense oil properties at Tampico, owned by foreigners, prin cipally British, and he telegraphed to that effect. Agents of the consti tutionalists in Washington sent mes n U omr loo/laro of pougco iu laca uai&ucwj xcaucio au Tampico to do all in their power to protect the oil properties there and assurances that extra precuation 'would be taken to prevent damage to the properties were conveyed to Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, British ambassador. Oil Situation Grave Washington.?Gravity of the situ ation at Tampico growing out of the fast accumulation of oil from the flowing wells in the interior which constitute a great menace to the town itself, vast financial loss as a result of the overflowing of the tanks and finally the interference with neu 'tral commerce by the constitutional ists as exhibited in the firing upon the Ward line steamer Antilla at port, prompted Sir Ceil Spring-Rice the British ambassador, to confer with Assistant Secretary Osborne. SCAlt 3000 FEKT /LIT nnnv ALL MEXICO UNDER PLAN OF MEDIATION CARRANZA ACCEDES TO RE QUEST OF INTERMEDIARIES TO ACCEPT MEDIATION. ?**? riniiTiim II mil WILL diur rilammu mm United States and Huerta Will Agree to Armistice and Carranza is Ex pected To Do So. Washingotn.?The scope of media tion plans for the settlement of the Mexican crisis was suddenly broaden ed so as to include the entire range of Mexican affairs, not alone the crit ical Issue between the United States and the Huerta regime, but also the conflict between the elements of Northern and Southern Mexico which have rent the republic for many months. This signal enlargement of the med iation . program followed the receipt \ late in the day of a formal acceptance j by General Carranza, chief of the Con fltltutionaliBts of the principle of me diation, as proposed by the ambassa dor from Brazil and the ministers from Argentina and Chile. Already the United States and Gen eral Huerta had formally accepted the good offices of these South American envoys and now as a further step, General Carranza has been brought into the deliberations so as to draw every element and faction within the range of any settlement which may be i attained. Earlier in the day the mediators ' made another decisive move in asking j the United States and General Huerta to agree to an armistice by which all aggressive military movements would be suspended pending the outcome J of the negotiations- The mediators confidently expect both sides to accept the armistice proposal. A separate < proposal for an armistice as between Huerta and Carranza also will oe made, and with its acceptance all of, the warring elements throughout. Mexico as well as the American forces would maintain a military status quo. The American govern-! ment in its formal reply to the armis-1 tice proposal will stipulate expressly that any untoward act toward Ameri-. cans will be regarded as an infraction of the armistice. BRITISH FACTIONS MAY COMBINE Compromise on Question of Home Rule Now Seems Possible. London.?A compromise on the I question of home rule for Ireland seemed nearer than It ever has been before. There was a strong belief in Parliamentary circles that conferences between leaders of the two great par ties soon would be resumed. Georgia Women Endorse President I Atlanta, Ga.?Endorsement of the I coure of President Wilson in Mexico ! was given here in resolutions adopted by the executive board of the Georgia Federation of Women's Clubs and ap nrnvprt hv F! Dnrrvthv Rlrmnt T,niriar president general of the Georgia divi- ; sion of the United Daughters of th* j Confederacy, representing that organi-1 zation. The two organizations rep-! resent 30,000 women in Georgia. Fcr commending the president's actidn several resolutions were passed by the committee. Funston Takes Charge of Vera Ctjz. ; Vera Cruz.?The government of i Vera Cruz was handed over by the j United States navy to Brigadier Gen-' eral Frederick Funston of the Amerl-1 i can army with the formal ceremonu. Rear Admiral Frank Fletcher and Brigadier General Funston together with their staffs were present at the function. Robert J. Kerr, the Ameri can civil governor of Vera Cruz, in , tends to keep the city government in i the hands of the Mexican officials as i much as possible and the old system of taxation will be kept in operation. CITY AND HARBOR THE DOVE OF PEACE IS BUSY IN MEXICO _ \ , HOVERING WAR CLOUDS MAY PASS FROM NAT-IONS SKIES IN NEAR FUTURE. POSSIBLE MEDIATION SOON Tenseness Over Mexican Trouble is Alleviated by Late Developments of Peacemakers. Washington.?The tenseness of the Mexican situation was distinctly re lieved when the representatives of Ar gentine, Brazil and Chile, supported by pressure from all Latin-America and from foremost powers of Europe concentratod their efforts toward a pacific adjustment of the crisis. The success of the first steps to ward meditation?the prompt accep tance by the United States and the announcement of the Epnaish ambas sador that Huerta had accepted the tender of good offices?produced a feeling of distinct hope which was re fleeted not only In administration quarters, but in Congress where "war talk" gave way to a spirit of concili ation. Throughout the day the three South American envoys who have undertaken the task of mediation held frequent conferences to arrange the preliminaries of procedure. Pend ing the receipts of the formal accep tance by General Huerta, no proposals will be sub nltted to either the United States or the Huerta government. It also has been made plain that no conditions from either party as to the terms that will be acceptable aa yet has been placed formally before the Intermediaries. The president and Secretary Bryan were assqred through two separate diplomatic sources that Huerta was ready to accept the tender of good of fices and was drafting a formal ac ceptance. Pressure from Germany, Great Britain and France advising Huerta to accept the first steps to ward mediation and the approving at titude of Latin-American countries to the settlement of the controversy by Pan-American diplomacy, emphasized the world-wide influences which are working to bring about peace. IMfc r-LAU WAVfcS AI VtKA UKU^ With Hring of Salute Star? and Stripes Was Formally Raited. Vera Ctuz.?With ail ceremony the 3ring oi a salute and dress parade, the American flag was raised over the division headquarters of Rear Admi ral Frank F. Fletcher. Over the cus toms house the flag had been flying since the landing of the American forces, out until now there had been no ceremony indicating the formal oc cupation uf Vera Cruz. Huerta Takes Railways. Washington.?With the exception of the Pan-American Railway extending from Guatemala up the west coast to rnnnprtinn with n Tohonntonun mnH General Heurta now is operating with his own men every railroad in Mex ico without regard to the rights of foreign owners. He has driven away every foreigner. The last road to be taken over was the Tehauntepec Na tional connecting the Pacific and At lantic ports of Salina Cruz Coatza coalcos. This property is owned by government and Lord Cowdray. Some Optimistic Newt. Washington.?While fears over the safety of Americans in Mexico City were partially dissipated by Secretary Bryan's announcement that Huerta officials and Rear Admiral Fletcher had arranged for the departure of United States citizens from the. feder al capital. Consul Canada reported that more than a score of American refugees, among them United States Consul Sclnuitz. had been hauled from a train at Auguas Calientes, north of Mexico City and imprisoned. MINERS BATTLE IN COLORADO AT THE FORBES CAMP, THE SI KIMlMS DUKINCU ALL THE BUILDINGS. " NINE PERSONS A"E KILLED Major Lester Shot While Wearing the Red Cross Emblem and Caring for a Wounded Comrade. Denver, Coi.?Colorado's seven months' industrial conflict has claim ed another toll of nine lives. This was the verified record, divided as fol lows: At Forbes, seven mine guards and one striker dead, with two other strik ers believed to have been killed. At Walsenburg, one officer of the "militia hospital corps killed, one offi cer and two enlisted men wounded. The Forbes camp was a scene of desolation, virtualy all the 'mine buildings having been destroyed by fire. Here it was the work of only a few fleeting hours. It was about 5:30 a m. when the strikers opened their Vrwnt*. nrnmon anH aililV/IV 4X1 1U1 K>K3. IVilU bU<t> nu?uvu muw children of the camp barricaded in the mine slope, the guards responded spiritedly. After the firing had ceased the camp's assailants disappeared as mys teriously as they came, some toward Trinidad and', others over the hills in the direction of Berwind and Ta basco. Fighting at Walsenburg between strikers, militia and mine guards, last ed five hours. Major P. P. Lester of the hospital corps met his death, shot through the left breast while dressing the wounds of a comrade within 150 yards of the strikers' position. Firing ceased shortly after three o'clock. With two troops of United States cavalry in the Fremont county fields and citizen volunteers and militia on guard in Eoulder county, state officials prepared for sudden outbreaks in Las Animas and Huerfano counties, where federal troops were not expected to arrive before a day or two. The militia detachment relieved by federal sol diers in Fremont county was hastening to Colonel Verdeckberg's assistance at Walsenburg. RfWK AND DIRT IN CULEBRA But the Engineers Are Gaining on the Treacherous Slides. Panama.'?Rock and dirt are still moving down the Curaracha slide into the Culebra cut, but the engineers who have been fighting the treacher ous slides in this vicinity are at last gaining upon nature. Fears that the opening of the canal, set for January, 1915, would have to be postponed in definitely have been growing less each day, for the dredges and steam shovels have been taking out the dirt and rock much faster than it slid into the canal. The Culebra slide, just to the south of the Cucaracha trouble, is entirely at rest, and it is hoped it will remain so; but the canal engineers will watch this treacherous hillside with some anxiety as the rainy season approach es. Breaks are already showing far back from the canal prism, and these may indicate a movement which might any day precipitate tons of crushed rock and dirt into the canal for the tireless dredges and steam shovels to rpmnvfl Rebels Salute American Flag. Eagle Pass, Texas.?General Murgia, with about twelve hundred Constitu tionalist soldiers, marched into Ple dras Negras, and took 'formal posses sion of the town. With him were 325 prisoners, five canonn, 1,800 rifles, five machine guns and 300,000 pounds of ammunition, taken from the federals at the battle of Allendale. Tables had been erected on the plaza and the sol diers were feasted by the women of the town. Shortly after his arrival General Murgia issued the following statement: "All Americans and other foreigners will be given absolute pro tection to their lives and property in aoll territory under my control. I want the Americans to feel that we are, as always, their friends, and do not intend to be drawn into the plots of Huerta." Steamer and 20 Men Lost Duluth, Minn.?Reports from the life-saving crew at the head of the lakes make it practically certain that the steamer Benjamin Noble, with her officers and a crew of twenty men, was sunk in Lake Superior, off Min nesota Point, in a violent storm. Life belt, hatches, spars, oars and other wreckage were picked up afterwards. Great anxiety is felt here for five ves sels headed for this port. All of them are overdue. No word has been re ceived of these vessels. Meanwhile the storm has turned into a blizzard. Japanese Snubbed Huerta. Washington.?The Japanese govern ment, it has developed, was asked and declined to act for the Huerta admin istration through its diplomatic repre sentatives in Washington and its con suls in the United States prior to Mex ico's application to Spain to perform this mission, which was accepted. While the Japanese embassy declines to confirm the report, it is known to be well founded and to have given great satisfaction to President Wil son's administration as a significant expression of Japan's friendliness. Bandit Gets $4,000 From a Texas Bank Houston, Texas.?Long distance tel ephone information from Willis, Tex as, said a lone bandit walked into a bank there, and at the point of a gun forced the officials to tnrn over to him over ?4,000, with which he escaped. 48 Mexicans Escape Detention Camp. San Diego, Cal.?Forty-eight Mexi can prisoners in the army detention camp at Fort Itosecrans escaped at night by digging a seventy-yard tun nel under fences and barbed wire en tanglements. KIDNAPER IS CONVICTED WALTERS IS CONVICTED OF KID- I NAPPING FIVE-YEAR-OLD > ROBERT DUNBAR. He Is Found Guilty Without Capital 1 Punishment?Appeal to Be Takenj T ? upeiuusab, JUil.? UUIUJ, nriiui/ui. capital punishment," was the verdict J returned by the jury in the district | court trial of W. C. Walters, itiner- i ant tinker, charged with kidnaping < five-year-old Robert Dunbar. Under i the laws of Louisiana the verdict is < equivalent to life imprisonment. i The verdict legally determines the < identity of the boy taken from Walters 1 at the time of his arrest and legally i clears a mystery that presented many ] unusual phases, including ti*. utjility 1 of a mother to IdenUfy her own son. It means that the youth claimed as ] their son will remain in the home of 1 Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Dunbar here, where 1 he has been since the arrest of Wal- < ters more than a year ago, and that i Julia Anderson, now ill in a New Or- i woo micfolrftn Tuhon chn ICaliS IJWO iuiatuuvu tfuv? testified at the trial that the oby was her son. A single peal from the courthouse bell announced to the populace of Ope lousas late in the afternoon that the jury had reached a verdict after de liberating since eleven o'clock in the morning, at which time Judge Pavy had concluded the delivery of his charge and the jury had retired. The day had been one of intense excite ment. Sheriff Swords had placed guns in the parish jail in order to be pre pared for any emergency. Walters was arrested April 20, 1913, nearly eight months after Robert Dun bar disappeared from a fishing camp on the banks of Lake Swayze. At the time of his arrest he was accompanied by a boy who Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Dun bar had identified as their lost child, but who Walters claimed was Bruce Anderson, son of Julia Anderson. REBELS CAPTURE MONTEREY Huerta Has Lost His Last Stronghold in Northern Mexico. Washington?The federal strong hold of Monterey has at last been captured by the Constitutionalists, ac cording to a report from the American consul at Nuevo Laredo. He says in formation has reached him that Mon terey was captured. All was quiet, he reported, in Nue- ] vo Laredo, the fires having died out, i leaving the business section of the i < town in ruins. < Chihuahua.?The taking of Mon'e- ] rey was celebrated here with band j concerts and the ringing of bells. Gen- ' eral Antonio Villareal was appointed j governor of the state of Nuevo Leon, j of which Montere^ is the capital, and ' Nicefaro Amerano was made mayor of j tho city. \ Sheriff Shoots Opponent. < Rome, Ga.?As the result of a per sonal encounter due to political dif- 1 ferences, Sheriff W. G. Dunehoo of < Floyd county, shot Deputy Sheriff G. - W. Smith, who is at a local hospital 1 in a critical condition. Dunehoo was : immediately taken into custody by < Coroner John Miller, and his son, Hen- i ry Dunehoo, who is said to have taken s part in the affair, is also under ar- * rest. Dunelioo was a canaiaaie ior ic election, and Smith was on the oppos- '< ing ticket, headed by J. R. Barron, 1 another deputy. 1 Convicts Injured by Explosion. t Macon, Ga.?Three negro convicts were seriously injured here by an ex- ' plosion at the scene of the bridge work ( at Seven Bridges on the Houston road, j Tom Patterson, serving a forty-year j term, from Jefferson county, who was packing powder in a hole, will lose , his eyesight and will be otherwise j badly disfigured. Marshall Wimberly, ( a life-termer, from Houston county, j and William Warren, serving a six- ] year term, from Bibb county, were < both badly burned about the fac& j 18 Persons Injured in Railroad Wreck | Raleigh, N. C.?Eighteen persons were injured, some of them painfully, ( though none fatally, it is believed, i near Wilson, when two rear coaches ( of the Atlantic Coast Line train No. t 48, Wilmington to Norfolk, were de- ] railed. t It Japan to Participate in Canal Expo, f Tokio, Japan.?An official announce- r ment, issued hy the government, says <| it has been definitely decide dthat Ja- t pan will participate in the Panama-Pa- \ cific exposition at San Francisco. \ TOLLS HEARING IS ENDED HEARINGS ARE CLOSED ON THE PANAMA CANAL TOLLS QIJESTION. ' Big Fight on Repeal Will Be Made on the Floor of the Senate. v Washington.?Hearings on the bill do repeal the free tolls provision of the Panama can^l act were closed, and ?e senate canals committee will be ;in consideration in executive session af a report to the senate. The com mittee was said to be about evenly iivided for and against repeal. Chair nan O'Gorman thought the executive deliberations might last some time, but it seemed practically certain that i majority will favor some sort of re port so that the measure may be brought before the#open senate soon. Senator Simmons, who has been prominent in the fight for repeal, .said :he committee might report the bill with an amendment which would de clare in substance that the United States waives no rights over the ca ial. Others suggested that, owing to the Jivision in the committee, a report without any recommendation what ever could be looked for. In any case ;he big fight on repeal will be made on ;he senate floor, where the debate is expected to last several weeks. The hearings of the committee be jan April 9, and continued without in ;erruption until later. Scores of wit leases were heard, and many argu nents, economic and legal, were pre sented. Joseph N. Teal, of Portland, Ore., >n behalf of the Portland Chamber of Commerce, and other Pacific coast rade organizations, protested against ie repeal. R. H. Phillips of Kensing ;on, Md., expressed the opinioh that he proper Yankee way for the Demo :rats to get out of a bad hole the iepublicans had placed them^in was to :xempt all ships passing through the lanal from one coast of North or Soutn Vmerica to the other coast F. A. Jones, member of the Ariiona state corporation commission, said hat the inter-mountain country was ust as much interested in free tolls is the Pacific coast President Dod son of the Pensacola chamber of com nerce, favored repeal of tolls exemp Jon. Villa and Carranza to Be Neutral. Chihuahua Mex. ? Revolutionary leadquarters here denied that rela :iona between General Villa and Gen jral Carranza were strained, in proof >f which a friendly telegram from Vil* a at Juarez to Carranza was exhib ted. The railroad from Monterey to Tampico is being repaired and the de teat of a federal force at Santa Cata ina, south of Monterey, is reported. The rebels captured 300,000 cartridges, 250 rifles and one field oiece. accord ng to the report Vera truz Is Under Martial Law. Veruz Cruz.?Definite instructions !rom Rear Admiral Badger, comman ier-in-chief of the Atlantic fleet, to all American non-combatants to leave Vera Cruz by the steamer Mexico were posted at the consulate and other conspicuous places. The order stated, n terms that could not be misunder stood, that all must be aboard the ship by four o'clock in the after loon. Many objected to the order, ind especially rebellious were the vohien whose husbands are still In :he interior. American Consul Thrown Into Jail. Washington.?President Wilson and Secretary Rryan were greatly incens ;d at receivin ga dispatch from Con. ml General Philip C. Hanna, .at Mon ;erey, Mexico, announcing that he lad been subjected to insults and in iignities by Mexican federal officers uid kept a prisoner in the govern" nent palace from April 22 until the Constitutionalist forces captured the .own two days later. The consul re sorted that mobs led by feder?j offi cials tore down al,lthe American flags n the city and trampled thei*. Mountain Batteries Sent to Vera Cm* Galveston, Texas?Three batteries >f mountain guns from the Fourth field irtillery sailed fi;om here for Vera Jruz on the chartered steamer Satillo. Vccomranying the guns were 325 men, [1 officers and 23 animals. This ar i'.lery command was the second sec ion of Brig. Gen. Frederick Funston's orce to get under way for Vera Cruz, rhe first section comprising about 3, 100 infantrymen, is due there some ime later in the week. The artillery vill arrive about the middle of tlia veek. OF UNITED STATES BUREAU ANNOUNCES CALOULA. TIONS OF DEPARMENT& EXPERT. ' '-A\ '' ' k j " OVER 98,000,000 PEOPLE '.\4 ' 2 . Figures Show Increase of Nearly Seven Million People in Last Four Years. ?k Washington. ? Continental United States now has a population of more than 98,000,000 people while the coun- V try with its possessions is peopled t with more than 109,00o,000 persons, the census bureau announced. Cen* sua experts have calculated that the puy uiauon 01 conuneniai umiea States on July 1, 1914, will be 98, V 81,324, against 91,972,266 on April / 16, 1910, when the last census was V taken. For the United States and ^ Its possessions they estimate the pop ulation this July will be 109,021,992, compared with 101,748,269 in 1910. Estimates for cities under 100,000 >i have not been announced., Among the cities for which esti mates of 100,000 population or more. ? '_.>j are made as of July.l, 1914, are the i. -.i: following: ; s Birmingham, 166",154; Loe Angeles, 438,914; Oakland, 183,002; San Fran cisco, 448,502; Denver, 245,523; Wasjf ' ington, 353,378; Atlanta, 179,292; Chi cago, 2,393,325; Indianapolis, 259,413; ft] Louisville, 233,114; New Orleans, 361,- ); 221; Baltimore, 579,590; Boston, 733,- ;. 802; Detroit, 537,650;; Minneapolis, 343,466; St Paul,- 236,766; Kansas v'lly, 281,311; St. JLOUlS, 734,667; Omaha, 133,274; Newark, 389,106; Al- *.j; bany, 102,961; Buffalo, 454,112; New York (including) 5,333,537; Bronx borough, 529498; Brooklyn borough, /' . 1,833,696; Manhattan borough, 2, 536,716; Queens borough, 339,886; Richmond borough, 94,043; Rochester, 241,518; Syracuse, 149,353; Cincinnati, 402,175; Cleveland, 639,431; Colum bus, 204,567; Dayton, 123,794; Toledo, 184,126; Portland, Ore., 260,601; Phil adelphia, 1,657,810; Pittsburgh. 564,-, ,> 878; Reading, (103,361; Scranton, 141, 351; Memphis, 143,231; Nashville, . $ 114,899; Dallas, 111,986; San Antonio, < 115,063; Salt Lake City, 109,530; Rich- ' ? mond, 134,917; Seattle, 313,023; Spo kane, 135,657; Tacoma, 103,418; ..Mil- j waukee, 417,054. Estimates of the population of the united States on July 1,1914: Alabama/2,269,945; Arizona, 239,-. 053; Arkansas, 1,686,480; California, ' K; 2,767,895; Colorado, 909,537; Connectl- ' r cut, 1,202,688; Delaware, 209,817; Dis trlct of Columbia, 353,378; Florida, 848,111; 'Georgia, 2,776,513; Idaho, a 395,407; Illinois', F,986,781; Indiana, 2,779,467; Iowa, 2,221,755;. Kansas, Le ^ 784,897; Kentucky, 2,350,731; Louisi* ;; ana, 1,773,482; Maine, 7<*2,787; Mary- - land, 1,341,075;" Massachusetts, 8,605,- $ 522; Michigan, 2,974,030; Minnesota, 2,213,919; Mississippi, 1,901,882; Mis- - < sourl, 3,372886; Montana, 432,614; Nebraska, 1,245,873; Nevada, 98,726; .% New Hampshire, 438,662; New Jersey, 2,815,663; New Mexico, 383,551; New York, 9,898,761; North Carolina, 2,? 339,452; North Dakota, 686,966; Ohio, 5,026,898; Oklahoma, 2,026,534; Ore gon, 785,239; Pennsylvania, 8,245,967; Rhode Island, 591,215; South Carolina,, 1,690,015; South Dakota, 661,583; Ten- ? nessee, 2,254,754; Texas, 4,257,854; TTi-v JU cio. VJn. -S tllfiUO, TUiUivui.. ? ** -?.j ginia, 2,150,009; Waf ngton, 1,407,. 865; West Virginia, 1.S32.910; Wis consin, 2,446,716; Wyoming, 168,736. . ? Admiral Badger Praise* Sailors. Washington?High praise as accord ed Rear Admiral Fletcher and his of fleers and men who participated in the occupation of Vera Cruz in a gen eral order issued by Rear Admiral Badger, commander-in-chief of the At lantic fleet. Admiral Badger report ed the order to the Navy Departments t ' The occupation of the city of Vera Cruz, Mexico," it read, "commenced i on the forenoon of April 21, 1914, by * the Naval forces of the United States, having been successfully concluded.'' The commander-in-chief desires to congratulate Rear Admiral F. F. . Fletcher, U. S. N., in command of the United States naval forces on shore, ' -J and tie officers and men of the land I in? forces and of the cruisers for 4 their gallant conduct The gallantry and expidition of the officers and men engaged In this enterprise undertaken on the spur of the moment and in the face of adverse conditions was in keeping with the traditions of the ser vice, and should the cool-headedness of the bearers of the stars and stripes. "The commander-in-chief wishes to congratulate Rear Admiral Fletcher < on the perfect working of the plans perfected by him in anticipation of* , just such an emergency. The orders for action came with unexpected sud denness and at a time when the naval i force off Vera Cruz had been reduced < I by the exigencies of the service much . X below its usual strength, but there was no delay. The landing was un I dertaken immediately with the means at hand ard before the ax-rVal of the < re-enforcing vessels the customs bouue and that portion of the city essential to its occupation we^e occupied. "For the subsequent measures and negotiations taken to restore to ;ho city its ordinary routin of busluess and pacify its inhabitants Hear Ad miral Fletcher and his officers and men deserve great high praise. High est honor is accorded to those who * gave up their lives gloriously in the yprv'ce of the country and the sympa thy of the whole fleet goes out to their sorrowing relatives and.friends. fn the occupation o fYera Cruz, the N'avy and Marine Corps have carried out successfully and well the duty re quired of them."