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ANOTHER PROTEST A SATA TROOPS SEIZED IS LAND ON VEST COAST MEDIATION Mexican Envoys Bxpteted to Arrive in Key West or Galveston at' Any Time, From Whence They Will ".v :A- '» _j ' >« -Proceed to Washington and on to Canada. m FUNERAL SHIP HMTANA ARRIVES Ef NEW YORK WITH DEAD SOLDIERS; Complete List of Those Kileld in Fighting Around Vera Crux—Land- ed in New York. 3522 ■miuai ■aw WARIIKE ACIlflTT i* , .. INDICATES LARNE FORCE WILL REINFORCE T^IA CRUZ SHROtERS » SESSION [ Cm OF ATLANTA TURNED OVER C TO NOBLES. OUR AIRTEFFICIENT EVERT nECADTION TAREN TD INSURE DEALTD. CHARTERED Huerta’s protest to the mediators ’that the United States had broken the armistice by landing additional ’troops at Vera Cruz was considered by the cabinet and later Secretary Bryan announced that the reply to ’this stated that no aggressive steps had been taken by the United States forces and that nothing had been •done to violate the suspension of hos tilities. The American reply was de livered to the mediators late Friday. The mediators themselves also took the view that the question raised by Huerta over the observance of the armistice could be cleared away, and that Huerta cduld be convinced that the United States had not violated In spirit at least the, armistice. The South American mediators, It w^s understood Saturday, see noth- ng on the horizon to prevent the he lming of formal procedure May 18. iierta’s delegates are expected to me to Washington from Key West •or Galveston, and arrive aboutXthe middle of next week. The possibility that they may be tendered passage -on an American warship from Vera Cruz was mentioned. T^esTdrrf^' WTT^Tn^ilnday received :*t the White House Ambassador Da Gama of Brazil, ranking member of the South American mediators, who are trying to compose the Mexican trouble. Neither the White House 'por the minister would make any -atatement, but the receipt later of a dispatch from Mexico City stating that Foreign Minister Ruiz had pro tested to the mediators that several United States torpedo boats With a transport and tender had landed a party of^Lober’s Island, eight jnlles off the coast, and had taken the light house, was believed to have been the purpose of the ambassador’s un usual visit to the White House on 'Sunday. The mediators had held an early eonferenre previous to Ihe ambassa dor’s call at the White House and thle meeting—on Sunday—Indicated developments of more than ordinary importance. No information was ob tainable from the mediators or at the White House concerning Minister Ruiz’s telegram but it was under stood a„ replf had been made. The navy department had no Information about vessels operating near Lober’s, Island. It had been reported that Huerta had ordered all lights on the coast extinguished to embarrass naviga tion, on the west coast, and the same order Is reported to have applied to the Atlantic coast, so the seizure of the light house on Tiber's Island iajght.be held to be A prec?ttttion*C7 measure to keen the lights burning thus protect all shipping along east coast where many British, ench, Spanish and other-foreign is ply. Such a precautionary measure as the taking of the light house. It Is contended, could not be oonsldered a seizure of the Island, and therefore would not Justify any charge of violation of the armistice. _ The call of the mediators on the •secretary of state Saturday night and their assembling for a Sunday morn ing meeting led to the belief that de velopments of the last 24 hours in volved something more than prelimi naries for the coming conference at Niagara Falls. It was njade plain, however, at the White House confer ence, that nothing had occurred to Interrupt negotiations. Justice Jos. P. Lamar of the United States su preme court, and Frederick W. Leh- * «nan of St. Louis, formerly solicitor, *wtH represent the United States in (the conference. 'Much apprehension Is left In diplo matic quarters as to the late of Mex ico City In case a sudden revolt ’should overthrow Huerta and permit the entry of the lawless hordes of SSapata and other undisciplined rebel Stands. Foreigners In the capital are laid id nuniber 8,000, not counting Americans, most of whom have left. Zapata is regarded as the Immediate Snenaee. The war department had not been iifllctally Informed of the arrest of ’Lieut Charles M. Malgne; a retired fanny officer, acting as correspondent -of a Washington newspaper and un- • der arrest- at Soledad. Gon. Fnnston ' reported that Malgne had gone rough the rebel lines. It was said Mexicans \that he went to ihe t In a private capacity and had can lines. | _ “ »M»W' <•( Canada, Is taking steps to have sultableTattentlon and courtesy ex tended to the mediators sad dele gates of the United Stats* sad Mw- i arrival of Following is a complete list of the sailors and marines killed at Vera Cruz whose bodies were brought to New York Monday by the, funeral ship Montana. Louis Frank Boswell of Coulters- vill§, 111.; Chief gunner’s mate attach ed to the Michigan; born at St. Louis, Mo.; age, 33 years. Barlel A. DeFabblo of Batavia, N. Y.; gunner’s mate, third class, at tached to New Jersey; age 23. Francis P. DeLowry of Pittsburg, Pa.; seaman attached to New Hamp shire; age, 21. Frank Dev orick,of AlbW IOWA; .91^0’ dlnary seaman; attached to South Carolina; age, 18. Elzle C. Fisher of Hays, Miss.; or dinary seaman; attached to ^ew Hampshire; age, 19. Louis Oscar Fried of Gretna, La.; ordinary seaman; attached to Arkan sas; age, 19. E. H. Ffohllchstein of Mobile, Ala.; ordinary seaman; attached New Hampshire; born Mobile, Ala.; age, 19. Dennis J. Lane of New York City; season; attached to New Hampshire; born in Ireland; age* 19. George Poinsett of Philadelphia, Pa.; seaman; attached to Florida; age, 20. John F. Shumacher of Brooklyn, N. Y.; coxswain; attached to the Florida; age, 24. Charles Allen Smith of Phlladeh phla, Pa.; ordinary seaman; attached to ffi’w'NBw'TgfWri"«g»‘ 2T>"'" Eric Albln Sream of Brooklyn, N. Y.; ordinary seaman; attached tC the New Jersey; age,19. Walter L. Watson of Boston, Mass.; ordinary seaman; attached to the Arkansas; bom Boston, Mass.; age, 22. United States Marine Corps. Daniel Aloysios Haggerty of Bos ton, Mass.; private Eighth Company, Second Advance Base ReglmenL Samuel Marten of Chicago, 111., pri vate, Sixteenth Company, Second A B. Regiment Edward Rufus Percy of Concord, N. H., Eighth company Second Ad vance Base Regiment. Randolph Summerlin of Wlllacoo- chee, Ga., private, attached to the Vermont. Past tW Days View Active Prep*: tions to Send More TrWeps to Vera Cruz—Funsitrh Cables He Cannot Hold Outposts With Forces He Has If Attack la Made. High tension-still marks the Mex ican situation both on the military and diplomatic sides. The war de partment has been the chief centre of activity and while no authorita tive statement was made beyond Sec- y. Garrison’s formal reply that no orders for any national troop movements have been sent,” it be came known that the administration was considering sending addltopal troops to Vera Cruz and probably would do so. This step would not he intended as ah agresslve measure but as a precaution. An evidence of the ser iousness of conditions was contained in a report Friday that two German merchant ships were about to ar rive at Puerto Mexico with arms and ammunition for Huerta. It was realized that this, if true, would pre sent an Incident similar to the arri val of the Ypiranga, at Vera Cruz, which led to the American occupa tion of Vera Cruz. The cabinet meeting brought out a general discussion of the situation. It was said- after the meeting that there was little doubt as to the send- ■ V- T ‘~- Mow Than Thirty Thousand Assem bled for Annual Conclave—One Thousand from California. i ♦• • More thah thirty thousand Nobled of tfetf Mystit Shrine arV in Atlanta for thd ihhttal conclavO. Most of them have brought their wives and families and the’ city is crowded. There are prominent men from every state in the union. The city has been transformed for the convention. By permission of the mayor and city council the local entertainment com mittee, headed by Potentate Forrest Adair, of Paarab Temple, has taken full control for the time of the whole street lighting system of Atlanta. White globes with the Shriners’ emblems have been substituted for tfir-tnp “gftrtww xTf-ttre riectrte HfchTf-Bwgrhr.^ Thera war crowding- MEN MUCR INTERESTED *• ‘ . • ’ - In 1808 Disease Killed Five to Bullets One—Repetition Impossible Now- Every Recruit Must Undergo Anti- Typhoid Treatment—Orders Bent to State Militias. A Washington dispateh says our citizen soldiers ate vastly Improved since the war with Spain. In 1898 all was confusion and turmoil during the mobilizations. Men were march ed hack and forth aimlessly. Many wany went hungry when food was clusters throughout the heart of the city and there are electric arches and other decorative effects. The elab orate social functions Include a grand* ball In the auditorium-armory on both evenings of the, convention. There Is to be a barbecue at which tables will be spread beneath the trees for the accommodation of from 3,00Q to^B.OOO persons. The Piedmont and Ansley hotels have both been set aside In their en- 1 tlrety for the convention and Califor nia, which has arrived In four beau tifully appointed trains, a thousand strong, has engagaed four floors of the Kimball House and changed the name for the week to “Hotel Cali fornia”. The Californians are tour ing the country in the hope of attract ing the conclave of 1915 to their city, in which case It will be a feature of friction, had feeling, unsanitary con ditions. Disease killed five to bul- letrxme. The experience of Cub4, Porto Rico and Montauk Point have not been forgotten. In the sixteen years since our la^t international conflict a thou sand reforms have been inaugurated, thousand Improvements put in force. The militiamen, or national guardsmen, are to-day an alert, bus iness-like formidable organization, with little of the amateur apparent. In the last few weeks there have been few such good customers of Even lately one step forward newsdealers as the guardsmen. Eag erly they scan every edition. Of course they are not bloodthirsty, but it would bo such a satisfaction to try their mettle in a good cause. Even in the last year one distinct ■ Thg of- additional forchs, whoUM* eiDS&Ulon v , RAILWAY WORK STOPPED. /*^d t flr ei iHressel Intervention In Mexico Causes Cessa tion of Several Projects One of the unfortunate results of Intervention has been the cessation of work on several railroad projects which were progressing despite the conflict between Huerta and the Con stitutionalists. <■ Under military escort, Englneer-in- Chief Beneyton, of the Belgian capi talists who had obtained a concession to construct 3,000 kilometers of rail way line in the northern and central parts of the -repnblfe, frad'stTrrteff-mrf- from Aguascelientes to begin the work of surveying the right of way for the new roads. At the last report not more than a dozen kilometers of railway line re mained to be completed before there could be through trains from Mexico City to the city of Guatemala and be yond. It was then thought the line would be completed within two months. Bat now, it is hard to say when trains will be running. When this line is complete Mexico City business men expect to find a market jhn Guatemala for Mexican beer,' tobacco in many forms, cotton and woollen goods, drugs, paints and many other articles. For some time the two ends of the railroad at the Guatemala frontier have been so close that travellers have regularly used the lines crossing the gap by mules. The Guatemalan government has had an army colonel stationed at the town of Ayutia to advise travellers regard ing the tiilp. MAY SEND 50,000 MET. Troops Expected to Be Sen* to Mex ico at Any Tim*. - ^ $ The conversion of chartered'steam- precautionary purposes. It also be came known that Inquiries had^been made of the governors of several States to ascertain the condition of the National Guard and how soon they could be prepared for active ser vice. This Is also a precautionary measure. Indications are that If the National Guard is called on, it would not be sent out of the country, but would be used on the Texas border. The discussion on the question of reinforcing Gen. Funston at Vera Cruz has developed a marked differ ence of opinion in the cabinet Some take the view that mediation nego tlations might be embarrassed by such an act; others believe it a neces sary precaution. General Funston Is understood to have told the war de partment that his lines are vulner able at different points and that a sudden attack along the railroad would necessitate the withdrawal of forces from other points, which would be left unprotected. He has informed the war department that he will need 15,000 to 18,000 to hold Vera Cruz and outlying districts; Secretary Garrison Friday said no orders had been Issued for any troop movements, but It became known au thoritatively that contracts had been closed for the chartering of several merchant steamers and that within a day or two formal orders would be Issued. It was understood that with in two weeks at least nine transports will have been secured; Secretary Garrison declined to discuss'THe char tering of the steamers. The only thing he would say was: “There is no contemplated aggressive move ment at this tlmfe." This Is in line with the attitude of other high officials of the administra tion, who contend that the sending of reldforceraents to Gen Funston Is not an agresslve act, and does not violate the arrangemqnt for a sus pension of hostilities. The fact that the army officers had recommended the sending of at least 50,000 to 60,000 men to Vera Cruz became known generally In official quarters. A number of officials ad mitted that the administration, was confronted with the problem of de ciding whether its military activities would be limited to protecting the forces already at Vera Crux or a suf ficient number ef men would be placed In readiness at Vera Cruz for a ffyfng expedTtTon to Mexico City In ease the Huerta regime collapsed and Irresponsible bands threatened the lives of Americans and other foreign ers in the capital. Pheparations for dispatching rein forcements to General Funston at Vera Cruz, should such a movement become necessary, went forward very steadily Saturday, work on 12 trans ports to carry troops, horses and sup- There are two parades, one Tues day morning at 9 o’clock forming an officially escort for the Imperial- po tentate and members of the imperial council from the hotel to the place of meeting. The second parade Is at 8 o’clock Wednesday evening. In this parade not only members of the pa trols and bands, but all the Shriners as well will take part, wearing full evening drees with red fezes. The Tuesday parade-will be three or four miles long. The Wednesday night parade will be seven or eight miles long. There will be between sixty and seventy-five bands playing at one time In these pageants. . EySEY..JSSfWitJBftJL . The first OfM days fodowfaf mobilisation will *e spent hy tbo * leal staff Is weediflg out tbs “snfit" who will not, howevef, bo relieved from terries. They will form s of the garrison from which will bo drawn additional men-as they ore re quired ot the front. Route marches, manual and mus ketry drills, kit Instructions, and the like will occupy much of the time, all of which will make toward an Im proved efficiency In the command b? the time the division takes the field In fore*. Supervising ’ the whole scheme of things in the preparation will be the staff of inspector instrne- tors of the regular army, who, as a comparatively recent innovatloa, were detailed to service with the Na tional Guard. . With these officers wfll toil the reg ular army sergeants who in all prob ability, will be assigned to aid in “polishing" the citizen troops. Whatever the difference of opinion among the regimental and subordi nate commanders here, and among higher officers of the regular army ■etsire^iir^" sible campaign In Mexico, all of the New York officers are determined that there will be ho repetition of 1898 In the engineering of their part. That Is why the windows of all the armories have been twinkling until long past midnight every night, of * late. That Is why the enlisted men have been offered all manner< of In ducements to put In time at extra drills. That Is why recruits have been drilling In greater numbers than heretofore. The guardsman is not-an alarmist; neither does he pursue the even tenor of his way and wait for summer manoeuvre time, to come around each year. He also has been maintaining the attitude of “watch ful waiting” and to use bis own term, “henls there.” Surface indications at National Guard headquarters are that every- « ALL NEWS CENTIRED. Mexico City Correspondents Have Hazardous Job. — For some time the life of the for eign newspaper correspondent in Mexico City has been a hazardous one. Several have been reported de ported and the minister of foreign relations, Senor Portillo y Rojas, has repeatedly Informed them In more or less pointed fashion that they must send out no news favorable to the rebels. Of course he did not put it that way exactly. He simply accused them of sending out false reports which were Injurious to Mexican peace. Here is one of his warnings: This department has proofs that th» correspondents of foreign news papers in this capital are sending re ports which are false and which are favorable tcHhe rebels and Injure the government of the republic, where fore this department reminds them for the last time of the resolution pt December 27 of last year, which says: "The government has noted with profound displeasure that certain for eign newspaper correspondents are devoting their attention to the trans mission abroad of false reports which rebound to the Injury of both Mexi cans and of foreigners resident in this country, and for this reason, said correspondents are warned to change thefr conduct, since, otherwise they wfll be considered as pernicious foreigners and expelled from the na tional territory according to Article 38 of the federal constitution.” ships Into army transports and anp- ply .carriers^ moved rapidly at the plies being poshed, hut no warlike army pier at Galveston Saturday. In! development occurred. The military formation Is that 60,(H>* troops may 1 apparently is being held back in be sent to Mexico at any time. Army leash .tp avoid embarrassing the me- officers expect to make a time record dtators In converting the freight ship Color ado Into a floating stable to carry horses. The newly chartered steamship Denver was unloading freight Sat- A threatening cloud disappeared from the diplomatic horizon when the German steamer Kronprinzessine Cecellte, reported to be carrying arms and ammunition for Huerta, return itoo at Nls Huerta’s del 'Galveston wit receiving States Falls. The ites at Key West or the next day or two itlos. hut what the urday, but will be turned over to the ed to Vera Crus, with discharging her government Sunday. The snpply|War stores at Pnerto, Mexico, an! It carrier Saltllla Is expected to sail. was announced that the munitions jftHMhT, BtehUw KfiFA Cp» Gen manept camp sufouik . to Germany. The possTHUty either Times do change. The A, B. C.’sjof a seizure or blockade of Puerto, are taking en a new meaning'. ) Mexico, or of an act. perhaps Inter- pretable as a violation .*f I he military existing conditions had not been de-'staus quo. In favor of Huerta, tbeve- termlned. It s'not certain whether, by was eliminated, they will land at Key West or GaLj The War Department en Saturday ita preparations for amy Americans and British Killed.* KHUng of two British and two Amerfoan mine officials by Mexican Federate near Guadalajara was re ported to the British embassy at Washington late Saturday night. Negro Killed by Officers. “Babe” M. Chapman, a negro of Good water, Ala., was riddled wth bullets Friday by officers while re- stating arrest on a murder charge. movements, Including -the- reinforce- ment of Gen. Funston at Vera Crns, shobld necessity arise. Twelve trans ports were arranged for and men were working night and day to con vert the chartered merchantment to accommodate soldiers, horses, guns must promlsd to submit to anti-ty phoid innoculation. This Is applied at intervals of seven days for three weeks. , “We can not compel guardsmen who enlisted prior to last November to undergo the treatment,” said a surgeon general of the. State militia organizations recently. “But any one who does not want to be Inoculated may not expect to be enlisted now. I would like to make It plain that only one-tenth of one per cent, of the men who were treated were incon venienced for a few days by pain. There has never been a. death as the result of this treatment. And it has been shown in the regular army that inoculation la absolutely neces sary to Insure men against such disease as Incapacitated our troops In the Spanish War. When the trouble with Huerta be came acute preliminary orders went out first to the adjutant generals of the militia In the Department of the East, which comprises twenty-one states east of the Ohio and Missis sippi Rivers and the District of Co lumbia. These states reported *70,- 513 enlisted men and officers as ready to take the field to the general staff at Governor’s Island, in New York harbor. They comprised six divi sions. * - Most formidable of all was the New York contingent, which amounts to a division and a few regiments over and which ranks- highest In tha ra- pbrts of recent Inspections of State militias delivered to Washington. As an evidence of high efficiency the New York guard division has been incor porated as a part of the First Field Army, the other divisions of which are regular troops. The New York adjutant general reported 16,528 men. When the guard is called upon to mobilize in time of war the first move Is to rush the engineers to the camp site, where water pipes are laid, tent streets are marked out and arrange ments are made for the disposal of .refuse. Right after the- engineers come the medical corps, which looks out for sanitation, and the signal corps, fully prepared to equip the camp with telephone, telegraph and temporary wireless outfits. The com missary department is meanwhile busy buying horses and mules and contracting for foexj supplies. The arranging of trains and trans ports is partly Ip charge of the com manders and partly under Hie direc tion of tb.® engineers—the old Wsap- pers and miners. Not all the National Guard goes to Mexico on the first call. In New York State, for instance, a. fqrce of 5,000 to 10,000 men will be toft be hind at the armories, which will be transformed Into barracks. Even with these discarded, the enlistments have not been so rapid that the divi sion would be np to requirements. Next to the snpply corps, the bus iest officers In the early hours of the mobilization period are those of the medical staff. There are many men. who, althongh physically fit In civil has been for some time, an under current of vigorous activity, and the air Is surcharged with suppressed ex pectancy. It would be bad form for these officers, however, to display any undue Interest but the receiver la always kept handy. Daily the more exuberant regimen tal, squadron, battery, and company commanders go there seeking the lat est reports, and while nothing can be learned of the conversations that take place In the inner chambers, these men almost invariably come out smil ing and with a confident light In their eyes. Far be it from them to look for trouble, yon know, but It’s a long time since ’98, and they have a lot of young material in their commands who spend much of their time read ing the newspapers and the balance of their time, figuratively, “champing at the bits.” \ ADOPTS ARMY ARMISTICE. Huerta Forces All Government Em ployees to Drill. As a war measure Huerta has been forcing all employees of the Mexican federal government, together with employees of public utility servicss and the older students of the publlo schools, to drill In "volunteer” com panies. -• , While the better paid employees submitted willingly, there was much protest frem Others wnd one serious riot Id the Plaza de Vlllamll had to be dispersed by fusillades from the police pistols. The demonstrators occupied coaches, from which they dived to escape the bullets. Most of them disappeared In the vast crowd, though a great number was arrested. No one, so far as known by those sending the dispatches to Washing ton, was hit The employees of the ministry ot gobernaclon, who are close to Huerta, submitted with good grace to devot ing Saturday afternoons to drill exer cise under the 'direction of Major Car los Farfan, chief of stuff to the itin- slter of Gobernatlon, In the patio of the mlnisterlo. and supplies. Orders to the Fourth and Sixth Brigades at Texas City, the remainder of the Second division, to be ready to reinforce Gen. Funs- Ilfe, are not capable'ot withstanding the rigors of a campaign under condl tions which might be expected to pre vail in a country where comforts can ton at any moment, were given, but, be measured only by. the degree of ef- flclency with" which the cronHftei FLOOD KILLS KIVK. Five Western States Affected by Bad Flood Sunday and Monday. Latest reports from St. Lonll say that the Galeans flood which swept western states Sunday night and on Monday caused the death of twelve -persons and the loss of property valued at several million dollars. The flood affected the states of Okla homa, Iowa, Illinois/ Texas and Kan sas. The number reported dead by states Is as follows: Oklahoma, three,' Iowa, two; Illinois, two; Texas, two; Cansas, three. Tha damage dome to the fruit trees was heavy, caused tn most part by the destructive hail storm which followed the flood. patch. He declared no measures were contemplated, Sunday the preparations were eon- field base. The hostility of the Inhabitants, which could be expected In a If exlean tinned. There also seems to bo seme campaign, will render the mainton- doubt as to the Intention of the Kron-; anew of ttnes of eommunloattoa a prlnzesslne Ocellie. It has been matter of considerable’ beaard and later reported that ehe landed the difficulty, and the army at the Croat, Might kava to See Hnebeade Killed. The wlvee of Richard Ratcliffs, aged 45 and hit eon, Jamoa, aged 24, sew their hnebeade Instantly killed early Saturday morning near Thacker, W. Va., when the two men were caught between passing trains Huerta Tuesday oablegrammed to Senor Rlano. the dor at Washington, that ■eutativee at ence wonld be RodHgneg,