The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-22


Ramsey, F. L., Galveston. Tex, shot
by stray bullet during bombardment.
Bland, Allis. printer, hit by stray
bullet in Mexico City.
Marsh, - beaten by bandits near
Yago on April 9.
Hopkins, A. A, deputy United States
marshal, shot in knee while enforcing
neutrality laws at Naco, Ariz., March
Is.
Chariot, Robert, wounded while
watching battle across the border from
Naco, Ariz., March "a.
Parks, John, ear cut off by bandit
Won Brands. Carlos, mining engi-
neer, shot at Durango June IS by reb-
els.
Stepp, H. W., shot through leg at
Durango, June Is, by rebels.
Gilmore, Silas F., struck by three
bullets during bombardment of Mexico
City in February.
Roberts, Fred, wounded during the
bonn bardment
Roberts, Miss. Bertha, daughter of
Fred Roberts, wounded during bonn
bardment
Umfleet, Allen A, private Troop G,
Fifth cavalry, Z. S. A, seriously
wounded by rebel bullet while pa
trolling border at Nogales, Ariz., on
March 13.
Specific Instances.
Here are some specific instances.
details of which are in the hands Of
the officials of the department Of
been challenged:
l. During the twenty-four hours Of
CRITICALLY sanctioned freedom accorded
lc the rebel troops by General Tomas
Orb1na after the capture of Durango,
on June Is, hundreds of women and
girls were outraged; Americans were
rCthlessly shot down or thrown into
prisons; stores and homes were sacked
y-r,I,r II
preme. NJ. A. Leach of San Francisco,
eye; witness to these OutrageS, journey
ed to Washington and gave COM
plete detailed and vivid account of the
atrocities to Secretary of State Bryan.
2. Drunken bandits, posing as pat
riots of the rebel army, descended
upon the home of Frank Ward, an
American, near Yago, in Topic terri
shooting Ward in the back and string
ing an American neighbor named
Marsh up by the neck and binding him
hand and foot, four of these savages,
the tortured Marsh i'll treated Mrs.
Ward. Then, from the roof of the
looted home, an American flag was
torn down, spit upon and trailed in
the dust.
3. Through T. d. Edwards, Ameri-
can consul in JuareZ, the state depart
ment was advised on July % of threats
tic kill all the Americans. including
settlement in retaliation for the death
of two of the rebel bandits.
4. Mexican federals in the state OF
Durango, according to Associated
Press advices on August Is were
shooting all prisoners taken, regard |
less of nationality. o. V. Seifert, a
man, was quoted as authority
for this information.
5. From Tampico, Washington has
received an official report that early |
this month Matthew Gourd, an Amer |
lean farmer, dashed to tree, was COM |
PEELED to witness the most dastardly |
outrages upon his two daughters, II
anG 80 years of age, by bandits.
6. Since Francisco L. Madero. |
president of Mexico, was assassinated |
murder and pilage have prevailed |
from the Rio Grande to Guatemala.
Z. United States citizens who were
on this side of the border in Texas and |
Arizona have been shot down by stray |
bullets from the rifles of federal and |
rebel troops engaged in conflict on
Mexican soil.
8. Statistics compiled from consul |
lar reports from Mexico show that the |
lives of 10000 Americans are imperil- |
ed in the southern republic: that the |
S1,057,770,O0O of American invest |
deprecated approximately so per cent |
md that Americans and American cor |
porations have suffered a property loss |
Of $150,0O0,0OO.
Situation Is Acute.
Los Angeles, Aug. 22.-Believing |
the Mexican situation so acute that |
he should be in his seat at Washington,
Senator Works left Los Angeles today. |
He said he should remain in Washing |
ton until the end of the special ses- |
sion of congress although when he re-
turned to Los Angeles ten days ago |
he planned to remain here until the |
beginning of the regular session. Sem
ator Works favors President Wilson's
policy and declared that Intervention |
should be the last resort of the
United States.