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Senate Adjourned at
Midnight, Failing to
Endorse Wilson's Plans
Washington, D. C\, April 21.—Ob
jection to the form of the resolution
passed by tht House last night to en
dorse the President's j)lans had pre
vented action in the Senate until to
day. and that body after a spectacular
midnight session, had recessed until
lioon to take up a substitute measure
by it* foreign relations committee.
The substitute, which administration
leaders expected to see adopted after
u brief debate and sent over to the
House for concurrence, would broaden
the congressional declaration and
•.■liminate direct reference to Victori
ano Huerta. It also would specifically
disclaim on the part of the United
States any hostility to the Mexican
people or any purpose to make a war
upon them.
Orders for actual reprisals will not
«o forth from Washington until Con
gress has voted its endorsement. The
war fleets of the United States are
nearing the shores of Mexico. Hear
Admiral Badger, commander-in-chief
of the Atlantic fleet, now crossing the
Gulf of Mexico with four dread
noughts, is expected to reach Tampico
some time to-morrow. Two of his
ships probably will go on to Vera
Crux, while two will join the vessels
already at anchor off Tampico. Seiz
ure of these two ports had been de
cided upon as the first step in the ad
ministration's reprisal program. When
Vera Cruz has been taken, a force
probably will be marched inland at
once to seize and hold the railway
trestle upon which connection with
Mexico City depends.
Departments Ready
Preparations for immediate action
upon word from the White House con
tinued at the Navy and War Depart
ments to-day. The navy telegraph of
fice had been kept open throughout
ihe night, the officers in charge busily
deciphering dispatches to In: laid be
fore Secretary Daniels upon his ap
pearance in the morning. What the
two branches of the service are ready
to do has been explained to President
Wilson at a White House conference
while Congress was in session last
night. The army and navy officers
had with them war maps and charts,
with all of the operations proposed
for them outlined in detail.
At the Capitol congressional leaders
were bustling about early to-day. ""'he
Senate had agreed to begin considera
tion of the committee substitute for
the House resolution upon reconven
ing. This substitute had been agreed
lo by administration Senators after
Acting Chairman Sliively, of the for
eign relations commlte" had conierreu
with Vice-President Marshall, Secre
tary Garrison. Postmaster General
Burleson and Secretary Tumulty, who
went to the Capitol at midnight when
word came that objections to the "in
dividualizing i«f Huerta" was about to
hold up action In the committee In
definitely. The substitute is as follows:
"In view of tho facts presented i>y
the President of the United States in
his address delivered to Congress in
joint session on the twentieth day of
April, 1914, in regard to certain af
fronts and indignities committed
against the United States in Mexico,
be it
"Resolved. That thp President is
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(justified in the employment of the
j armed forces of the United States to
enforce his demands for unequivocal
! amends for the affronts and indigni
! ties committeed against the United
1 States; be it further
j Resolved, That the United States
disclaims any hostility to the Mexican
| people or any purpose to make war
upon them."
Submits Another
i Senator Lodge, ranking Republican
I member of the foreign relations com
mittee, has submitted another substi
tute. It would declare that in view
of a state of anarchy exicting in Mes
! ico, making it impossible for Mexico
to discharge its international obliga
tions. and the unprovoked insults and
j Indignities inflicted upon the flag and
i the uniform of the United States by
armed forces there:
"That the self-respect and dignity
,ot the United States and the duty to
j protect its citizens and its interna-
Itional rights require that such a course
j up followed in Mexico by our govern
ment as to compel respect and observ
ance of its rights."
j Arrangements for the participation
Jot the revenue cutters in a Mexican
blockade are being perfected by offi
cials of the Treasury and War De
j partments. There are now twentv
'three cutters available for immediate
(operations along the Mexican coasts;
I seven on the Pacific side and sixteen
on the Atlantic.
There has been no Intimation so
[far as to what part the army is to take
|in carrying out the President s pro-
I gram. For months past to all inqui
ries as to action by the army in Mex
ico, Secretary Garrison's invariable
[reply has been "semper paratus" (al
ways ready).
Gen. Maas Carries Out
Huerta's Instructions
to Protect Americans
i \ era < ruz, April -1.—General <lus-
Itavo .Maas, commander at Vera Cruz,
appeared optimistic last night and was
occupied more In carrying out Pres
ident Huerta's orders to give guar
intee.i of safety to all Americans rath
er than planning any method of resist -
I ance.
5,0C0 Men at Galveston
Are Prepared to Embark
By Associated Press •
i Galveston, Texas, April 21. Five
; thousand men. who, army officers sav.
| would be the first to he dispatched
[Should the I'nited States army l>e or
' dered Intri Mexico, were ready here
I this morning to embark in lens than
i six hours. They are the fifth brlgadff
>l' the second division, hurriedly re
called I'-om Houston yesterday by or
| ders from Washington. While the
! llfth brigade, or practically half the
(division, was returning to Galveston
j by train, four army transports waiting
there were being provisioned for a thir
jty days' voyage.
By Associated f'ress
| Galveston, Texas. April 21.—Troops
iof the Fifth Brigade, United States
! Army, under command of Colonel
| Daniel Cornman, were ready to-day
j to go on board the four army trans
i ports here at a moment's notice. The
! brigade, which is composed of the
Fourth, Seventh. Nineteenth and
j Twenty-eighth Infantry, will be rein-
I forced hy the Sixth Cavalry, one bat-
I tery of the Fourth Field Artillery,
Company E, engineers, Company D,
I signal corps, and an ambulance corps.
By Associated Press
I San Francisco, April 21.—Tile cruis
er South Dakota from the Puget
! Sound navy yard wit 260 marines
j aboard, entered San Francisco Hay at
I a. in. to-day. She proceeded to Cali
fornia City to take on coal prepara
tory to departing for Mexican .waters.
About 500 marines from the Mare
Island navy yard also will be taken
aboard the South Dakota.
Haerta Says Mexicans
Bear No Animosity Toward
People of United States
Mexico City, April 21.—President
Huerta, replying to queries from the
newspapers, said last night:
"Mexico awaits with tranquility the
developments of events growing out
of the controversy with the United
States, and in the remote case of
friction between the countries the
people of this republic will bear no
animosity toward the people of the
United States, whose neighbors they
are."
Believe Rebels Will Join
in Fight Against U. S.
El Paso, TeXas, April 21. Six
Americans, eight Germans and nine
French men and women arrived here
to-day from Chihuahua. The Ameri
cans confirmed the statement they
were instructed to leave by Marion
Letcher, the American consul. They
said Mexicans in Chihuahua held the
belief that the rebels would be unable
to remain out of the Huerta-Washing
ton complication and added that rebel
leaders feel compelled to accept the
view that the blockading of Tamplco
and Vera Cruz would be a national
matter, affecting the honor of every
Mexican regardless of political affilia
tions.
The gravest view was taken, accord
ing to report. In the cafes, clubs and
other gathering places Mexican citi
zens. practically all of whom are rebel
sympathisers, said openly that Presi
dent Wilson's course was an affront to
the Mexican nation and that a com
mon enemy must be met by a united
country.
France Is Pleased With
Action of U. S. in Mexico
By Associated Press
Pans, April 21.—The. French for
eign oilice although no official an
nouncement has been made of Its at
titude toward the Mexican situation is
understood to regard the action of the
United States with a feeling of re
lief. The French government has long
betn embarrassed by the difficulty of
protecting adequately French Inter
ests in Mexico and considers that the
liha.se now beginning must end In con
stitutional order and peace.
Americans Are Leaving
City in Small Bodies
By Associated Press
Chihuahua, Mexico, April 20.—(Via
El Paso, Texas, April 21). Consul
Letcher, on instructions from Wash
ington, is notifying Americans in this
city and other towns of the State of
Chihuahua to leave the country as a
precaution against possible unfortu
nate eventualities growing out of the
decision of the Washington govern
ment to seize Tamplco and Vera Cruz.
They will be sent Out In small bodies
if time permits, as a general exodus,
it is feared, might precipitate trouble.
Six American women left to-night.
Huerta Letter Shows
Mexian Dictator's Plan
New York, April 21.—La Lucha, a!
dally paper published in Havana, un
der date of April 16, explains the
situation in Mexico, according to in
formation obtained in that city.
"The Mexican professor, J. Gon- j
zales," it says, "an intimate friend of
Huerta and the other functionaries of •
Mexico, has in his possession a letter
which is an actual communication
from the President of the Aztec re
public, which was written with the
knowledge of his closest advisers, that I
he will provoke intervention by the j
&ARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
I'nited States in Mexico before per
mitting Villa and Carranza to take
the capital."
English Newspapers Say
Situation Is Result of
Watchful Waiting Bungle
By Associated Press
London, April 21.—Considerable
space is devoted to the Mexican situa
tion by the British newspapers to-day.
The Manchester Guardian, organ of
the English peace party, says:
"War, should It come, would be
purely ridiculous if the stakes were
not human lives and national reputa
tions. If both sides are itching to be
at each other's throats, it would be
disreditable to them both to have no
better occasion for beginning.
"President Wilson was wrong in re
fusing to recognize General Huerta.
The resulting intervention will put
Pancho Villa in the position Huerta
now occupies. This is not an attrac
tive prospect, for Villa possesses in a
higher degree every fault that Presi
dent Wilson has found with Huerta."
The Liverpool Post says:
"President Wilson's message was
the inevitable culmination of Amer
ican policy in refusing to recognize
General Huerta."
The Daily Telegraph says:
"One of those great waves of na
tional feelings, which from time to
time sweep aside political dissensions
among Americans has gone through
out the United States. There is no
nation on earth more punctilious over
the honor of its flan, and it is merely
just fuv Americans to say that if an
insult had come from a more formid
able aggressor the manifestation of
the public resolve to have reparation
would only have been stronger and
more violent. There is, of course, no
question as yet of war, in the strict
meaning of the term."
The Globe says: *
In the declaration that the military
operations of the United States are
being taken not against the people of
Mexico but against General Huerta,
we have the root weakness of Presi
dent Wilson's policy. He undertakes
to say who does and who does not
represent the Mexican people."
Locomotive Engineers
Offer Their Services
Chicago, April 21.—Temporary
headquarters of the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers here yesterday
telegraphed an offer of locomotive en
gineers to man trains in Mexico to
President Wilson and to the Secretary
of War. The telegram read:
Woodrow Wilson, President of the
United States:
The Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers stands ready to furnish
locomotive engineers to handle
all troop trains that may be
needed in Mexico. These men
are thoroughly familiar with
Mexico and know every foot of
railroad there. They, like the rest
of us, are Americans and may be
relied on.
WARKEN P. STONE.
Grand Chief Engineer.
Not Many Patriots Here
Who Want to Go to War
The Mexican war talk hasn't thrown
this section of the country into much
of a furore, —at least there is no ram
pant desire on the part of patriots to
go to the seat of war. The Harris
burg recruiting station has not ex
perienced the rush of men to enlist
that is reported from some sections,
notably in Chicago.
According to Capt. Kobert G. Wil
liams to-day, there have been fewer
recruits since the war talk than be
fore. The district governed by Capt.
Williams enrolled about three hun
dred men for Uncle Sam's service
within a period of a year, but at pres
ent there is little doing in that line.
fLETCHEB ORDERED
| TO TIE VERA CRUZ
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i thus keep them from going to Mexico
; City.
< Mlidals declared tluit President
Wilson had ample authority for his
iaction without the approval of Con
gress.
Meanwhile both House and Senate
reconvened and the Senate went to
work on the resolution of approval of
the President's course.
OttltlOK ISSUE!) EARLY
The orders went out to Admiral
I'leu her at daybrcidi after President
Wilson and Cabinet officials had been
In conference since 4 a. m., mostly
over tile telephone.
The orders to the Admiral. It was
sahl. conferred the hroadcM authority
uopn hiiu and directing that. If neces
sary, he take the town of Vera Cruz
as well as the customsliousc. to pre
vent the landing of the munitions.
Ollicials here said the Admiral might
net In several ways. He might wait
until the (German steamer had lauded
her cargo unmolested and then take
tile custonisliousc ami the munitious,
or when the German steamer comes to
the port he odght seize Uie customs
house, and If the gitus were lauded
they would come Into possession of the
American forces. That the steamer
might take her cargo to some other
port was a possibility of which oflicials
were cognizant.
Some report from the Admiral was
being awaited momentarily.
ENTHUSIASM IN CONGRESS
\\ hen news reached the Capitol that
the order hud gone to Admiral
Fletcher it aroused considerable en-1
thuslasm among Senators and Kepre- I
sentatives.
Democratic Semite leaders lielicvcHl
an order to the American comma inter
to begin actual operations would serve
to hurry action on the resolution to
back up the President's course.
Republican leaders were |ilnunlnj!
to champion the substitute submitted
by Senator I-iodge, which refers to the
long: series of outrages against Ameri
cans In Mexico. 'Oils was not ac
cepted, however, by Democrats.
Neither will it be accepted by House
leaders, it was stated.
The House resolution as amended
by the foreign relations committee
was laid before the Senate soon after
it met at noon.
A new resolution to accept the apol
ogies already offered by Iluerta as
"sufficient reparation" for the Tam
plco incident was introduced by Sena
tor Works. Kcpubli) an.
DANIELS \MLIj \<>T TALK
Secretary Daniels left the Cabinet
meeting at 12.20 o'clock. He was
asked about the orders to. Admiral
Fletcher.
"It would lie very unwise for me to
say anything at this time," was his
reply.
Senator Lodge opened the debate.
"In a situation of high seriousness
such as now confronts Congress, it is
well to remember the responsibility
of the Senate," he began, "the power
to declare war rests under the Con
stitution with the Congress.
"When the I'resident lays an inter
national controversy before Congress
he takes the last step that precedes
war." continued Mr. Ix>dge. "The
President might have taken further
j steps, but he has come to the body
which alone has power to declare
war. I think he has done well.
Senator Williams asked how long it
took Congress to pass the Spanish War
resolution.
Senator La Follettc replied that Con
gress took from April 11 and April i!»
to pass the resolution In 1898.
Members of the House tiled into
the Senate chamlier and crowded the
rear of the hall. Majority Leader
Underwood took a seat on the Demo
cratic side.
ARMED INTERVENTION
Senator Lodge took up the pending
resolution.
"Tills resolution uses the word
'Justify' instead of 'authorize'."
he said. "The result will be the
same. This resolution does not
contemplate the declaration of
war. The President in his mes
sage disclaimed any hostility
toward the Mexican people. Hut
this resolution carries with it
armed Intervention.
"The consequences of armed in
tervention are In many respects
precisely the same as war. But
they present a task less capable
of speedy completion; less fertile
in speedy glory of voctorles won,
anil may bring a long period of
the exercise of what would be the
police power in a foreign coun
try, Involving- vast expenditures,
great loss of life, perhaps, and
after niopths and possibly years
poslbly only the satisfaction or
feeling that we had brought back
lieace and order and liberty to u
distracted country."
Reviewing the Tampico incident,
Senator Lodge continued:
"There is no doubt in my mind
that that incident at Tampico
constituted an insult to the
American flag and the American
uniform. No nation can allow
such an insult to pass unnoticed.
• It Is Its duty to seek proper atone
ment and reparation. The form
of such atonement Ls universally
recognized. It Is a salute to the
flag of the offended nation. Hut
that salute Is a governmental
action. All party lines disappear
in the demand for amends for
such an Insult and we all stand
behind the President's demand for
atonement."
The Cabinet meeting broke up while
the Senate debate was on and Score- i
tary Tumulty and some of the Cabinet
members hurried to the Senate cham
ber to hear speeches.
"'Nothing new In the situation'* was
tin 1 way Postmaster General Hurleson
put it.
Senator Lodge resented any imputa
tions that the Republicans were "lurk
ing: in proper regard for the honor of
tile (lag."
"HUT WE MUST ALSO THINK
OK THAT WHICH THE n, \G
COVERS—THE CITIZEN'S OK
THE UNITED STATES,"' HE
SAIl). "150 AMERICAN CITI
ZENS HAVE PERISHED ON
MEXICAN SOII„ 1 CWNOT IN
DKMANDIMi ATONEMENT OK
THE INSULT AT TAMPICO
OVERLOOK THESE OUTRAGES.
I CANNOT PASS THESE MUR
DERS SILENTLY BY WITHOUT
SAYING THAT. HERE IS \
GREATER WRONG TO BE
ATONED AND A WRONG
WHICH MUST NOT BE AND
SHALL NOT BE REPEATED.
"1 cannot be put in a position where
I appear to pl< k and choose between
tiie factions that to-da,v tear Mexico
asunder. I cannot join in any resolu
tion which puts the United States in
the position of preferring one murder
er and cut throat above another mur
derer and cut-throat.
NO DESIRE TO CRITICISE
"I have no desire to criticise I "resi
dent Wilson for his failure to recog
nize General lluerta. He no doubt pro
ceeded on grounds appearing to lilm
as sulHcient. I condemn as strongly as
I can the methods of treachery and
bloodshed by which Huerla readied
bis present position. But the fact that
I condemn Ids methods does not lead
me to put myself iii a position which
by distortion of the acts which we
take here, or or the words which we
utter here, would put me IM'IIIIHI Villa
—Villa who began life as a hired as
sassin and whose puthway lias been
■narked with bloodshed, rapine, pliin-
APRIL 21, 1914.
iler anil liy iinnauinlilc crimes which
lire a disgrace to the country in wliich
wc live.
"It is for that reason that the mi
nority of tlio committee on foreign
relations lias presented the substitute
for the preamble of tlie resolution.
Not one sentence can be denied. Each
Is a melancholy • truth."
The senator added that the lirst act
under the resolution would l>e the tak
ing of Vera Cruz. "We arc engaged
|at this moment," he declared, lower
ing his voice eniotlonally, "not only in
dealing with u iiuestion Involving the
gravest responsibilities that can con
front the Congress but as not often
happens we are participating hi a
great historic action. The grounds of
our a< tion here to-day will lie before
the world anil will come to the tri
bunal of history.
PROTECT AMERICANS
"If we arc to intervene In Mexico
at any point, I want to lift it up from
the level of iicrsonal hostilities and
place it on'the liroad ground of great
national action taken in the interest
and for the protection of American
lives in a foreign country and for the
nurpose also of restoring peace and
order, if we can."
Senator Sliively. acting chairman of
the committee, declared the pending
resolution was of "paramount impor
tance."
"The attempted parallel between the
present proceedings and the proceed
ings leading up to the declaration of
war in Spain Is futJle," he said. "It
is never too late to declare wnr; it
may easll> liecume tin) late to secure
peace. This action was a declaration
of war. This resolution Is a good
faith effort to preserve peace."
He said the President had not asked
Congress for "authority" because ho
di<) not wish to pursue a war. Mr.
Shively contended the Lodge preamble
would have no result but war.
"Expedition here is vital," said Sen
ator Shlvcly emphatically, "liecause
tliis is an effort to preserve peace."
"WOULD Till-: SEIZURE OF
VERA CRCZ m FORCE RE AN
ACT OF PEACE OR AN ACT OF
WAR?" ASKED SENATOR RHAN
DEGEE.
"IT WOCI » NOT BE AN ACT OE
WAR." SAID SENATOR SIIIVELY,
"IT WOUM) HE AN ACT OE RE
PRISAL. ON MANY OCCASIONS
HAS THE UNITED STATES I.ANDEI)
FORCES AND SEIZED PROPERTY
AND NO WAR lIAS ENSUED."
Senator Shlvcly insisted the true
complaint was of aets not assaults on
private persons or property but a< ts
that lind all the evidence of being
meant as insylts to the United States
government and meant to impeach
the power and sovereignty.
PLAIN. DELIBERATE ASSAULT
"It was a plain, deliberate assault
on our uniform, 011 all our navy stands
for," said Senator Sliively, referring
to the Tnmpico incident.
"The situation In Mexico is had
enough. No one will dispute that. But
here we are engaged in an effort to
avoid going farther than is necessary
and at the same time to impress upon
those In authority that the dignity of
the Cnitod States must be respected."
Senator Sliively said those who had
been "clamoring for Intervention" had
not thought of the danger to the thou
sands of \merlcan citizens in Mexico.
"I say it Is a marvel, in view of the
character of that people, with 60,000
Of our citizens there, thnt we have
escaped without a great number of
casualties." he declared.
Mr. Shlvcly referred to the Lodge
preamble.
"This proposed preamble would
transform this resolution into a decla
ration of war." he said. "If we are
to make a declaration of war—then
let us nuikc it. Let us not engage in
the snivelling pliuriseclsni of < iting
facts which justify war and instant
war and then adopt these resolutions.
Are we in the same breath to declare
half a dozen reasons why war should
be declared 011 Mexico and in conclud
ing the resolution declare our purposo
not to do so? There can be no ques
tion as to what the natural effect of
that preamble would he If addressed
to any great power of the world. All
the recitations of the resolves would
he idle."
Senator Sliively said that Senators
who were anxious for war may well
wait until "this resolution is tried as a
means for peace."
Senator John sharp Williams, Hom
ocrat, tlion took the floor in supiHirt
of the committee's resolution.
"The time may come," lie said,
"when war over a mere punctilio will
not be IKISIS for war. Hut to-day if
the President had overlooked tld* in
sult to the Hug he would have been
condemning from every hill and valley
in the United States. Therefore, with
the world semi barbaric, semicivilized,
I must support the President. I don't
want to kid any Mexiians.. I don't
want any Mexicans killing me."
"SHALL HE H AH OX HUERTA"
The Lodge substitute. Senator Wil
liams said, was a declaration of war
against Mexico and the Mexican
people.
"I want," said Senator Williams,
"this resolution to be so worded that
the world shall know it shall be war
on Uucrta until either Huerta salutes
that liag or lluerta becomes an Amer
ican prisoner or Huerta dies."
A wave of applause swept the gal
leries.
"The sergeant-at-arms will clear
the galleries," directed the Vice-Presi
dent. About a hundred men imme
diately were removed.
"Huerta hus studiously endeavored
to insult the President and the gov
ernment of the United States. It Is not
a matter of injury or property, or life,
it's a matter of Insult to the honor of
the Hag;. The President sounded the
right keynote—Huerta. The House of
Representatives struck the keynote—
| Victoriano Huerta. And when I vote
j for these resolutions 9 db it with the
hope that the Senate In conference
will insist on naming Huerta the in
sultiug party.
"If war shall follow these resolu
tions the civilized world should know
that It is war forced by lluerta. And
'if war shall come it should be war
j against, not the Mexican people, but
against Huerta."
| Senator Williams added that he was
willing'to enforce respect for the flag,
| but when that was done he believed
1 the United States should get out of
Mexico. "If you once get b;to Mexico,
|it will be the hardest thing In the
world to get out of there again," he
said. "I am for the <-ommiltcc. resolu
tion because if this assassin, this trai
tor, this brute, who Is now In author
ity in Mexico, should salute the llag
before we go Into Mexico we would not
have to go. Under the Lodge resolu
tion we would have to go."
(/. of P. Men May Fight
if Guardsmen Are Called
Philadelphia, April 21.—Several
hundred students of the University of
Pennsylvania will be compelled to go
to the front if the National Guard is
called out for service in the Mexican
trouble. Many undergraduates are
members of Company H. Third Regi
ment, N. G.'P., and about 300 others
are members of National Guard or
ganizations at their homes and are
attending the university on leave.' If,
as expected, the Pennsylvania and
New York guardsihen will be the first
commissioned for service, Company H
will be among the leaders In the
movement to the Mexican border.
Provost Edgar F. Smith declined to
say last night whether or not schol
stic credit would be given to student
volunteers, who might sacrifice their
university work in order to enlist In
the inilltla or volunteer armv
Auditor General and
State Treasoer Move -
That Writ Be Quashfl
The attorneys representing the Audi
tor General and State Treasurer to-day
tiled u motion to quash the Highway
Department writ of mandamus Issued
against the said officers, upon the
ground that the writ was not brought
at the relation of the proper partv
under the requirements of Section 1 of
the Act of June 8, IS9S,
The Auditor General said that th*
difference was largely a legal question
and not a subject for clear explanation
In a general interview. The Auditor
General, however, called attention to
the fact that the former action for
mandamus had never been pursued, and
said that the claim of the State High
way Department that the defense to the
writ by the Auditor General, who vm
In that case the only defendant, was
technical was "pure and unadulterated
bosh and no good lawyer would give
» r ®P ea tlng It." The Audi
tor General further said that If It was
either a technicality" or a "political
decision to refuse to do that which V.
!v.^ atson, „ or Pittsburgh, and former
Attorney General Todd had advised
should not be done, then he not onlv
' but wished to claim credit
for lalsing such a technicality."
.ii r-nher said that there were but
three things the matter with the pres
ent writ: First. It was not brought by
the proper parties; second. It was not
based upon the facts, and third it was
not in accordance with the law if"
said that really ho was not a proper de
fendant in the case for the reason that
(!,(„ /i f 0 Assembly provide for cer
things to be done by the State
Highway Commissioner as pre-renula
-1 any action on the part of the
had been done? 1 ' n °"° ° f W^iCh th,n «"
City Families Represented
in Army and Navy at Front
• 't al^lsblfr fsmlliob are represented
In both arms of Uncle Sam s service
at the Mexican front.
Aboard the Arkansas, Rear Admiral
Badgers flagship, speeding toward
Tamplco, Is Edward Clifford Kalbfus
son of Dr. Joseph Kalbfus, the State
Game Commissioner. Mr. -Kalbfus is
a lieutenant commander and on the
staff of the flag officer. Mrs. Thomas
H. Lowe, daughter of United States
Commissioner Leroy J. Wolfe, and
wile of Lieutenant Lowe, of the Twen
ty-eighth Infantry, at Galvesto, Texas
In Mexico City are Mr. and Mrs
Richard Grey and her sister, Mij
Mary Kerr Blaikie, is anxiously awailt
lng word of her safety. Mr. Grey is I
a Mexico City businessman.
Brigadier-General Bailey
to Command First Body
By Associated Press
Washington, D. C., April 21.—Brlg
ad'er-General Charles G. Bailey will
command the first body of troops, if
any are sent to Mexico. He will leave
for Texas City within a day or two to
organize an expedition.
Major-General Wood, who will re
linquish his office as chief of staff at
12 o'clock to-night, will be In su
preme command of all the troops and
will follow General Bailey within a
few days if action comes.
General Bailey is now stationed at
Fort Totten, N. Y.. In command of the
North Atlantic coast artillery.
Cornetist Has Crossed
Continent 50 Times
Edward Weber, cornetist, who for
32 years has been identified with cir
cus bands will remain in Harrisburg
this season. Mr. Weber stated to-dax
that he has had enough, having been
all over Europe with the Buffalo Bill
show and having crossed the Amer
ican continent fifty times.
Mr. Weber is a son of the late Pro
fessor William Weber the veteran or
chestra leader and a brother of Fred
Weber, leader of the Commonwealth
Band.
Foreigners Are Leaving
Mexico City For Vera Cruz
Vera Cruz, April 21.—A large num
ber of Americans and other foreigners
are in their way here from the capi
tal to-day. The regular train is be
ing run in two sections and a speciu
train is also en route. Everything re
mains quiet in this section.
TO STAND RY KEISTER
Members of the Friendship Com
pany last night decided to .stand bj
their president, Daniel L. Keister
Delegates from the Friendship Com
pany will ask the Firemen's Union t|
reconsider their action at a meetif.,
at the Allison Company's house Tues
day night, in which they decided t(
give the head of the line to the Yor!
division.
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