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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-04-23
Measure Differs From That Ii
Use During Spanish
American War.
CAN RAISE ARMY QUICKLY
Prompt Organization Of Volunteer
Troops for Use in Any Crisis
Provided For-Present
Strength of Militia.

Washington, April 21.-Prompt Or
ganization of volunteer army. fol
serviceSin Mexico, or in any other cri
sis would be provided for in mouse
bill passed yesterday by the Senate
with amendments. Sending Of the
measure to conference was delayed
by motion by Senator Reed to re.
consider the vote, but Senate leaders
said the motion probably would be
disposed of today.
The bill would revise the law under
which a volunteer force was organ
lied for the Spansh-American War In
1898. Its authors assert that volun.
teer force could be raised more quick.
ly than under the existing law; that
it would prevent the payment OF boun.
ties, would do away with short term
Of enlistment by making the term Of
volunteers the same as those in the
regular army; would obtain the neces-
sary number of men at the beginning
of the war for q long period, thus
making drafting unnecessary and
would decrease the pension list after
the war.
Anontt..er change in the existing law
would give the President, instead OF
the governors of the states. the All.
thority to appoint all officers for the
volunteer forces, requiring him to give
preference in their selection to those
who have had military training and
instruction In the regular army, ma.
tional guard, volunteer forces or mill.
tary schools.
Instead.o the volunteer forces wait,
flg to be called into service unit. all
the organized militia of all arms has
been called, 1t would permit the or
ganization of volunteers of particu.
lar arm had been put into service. An
other provision Is that the number.
and grade of officers should be the
same in the volunteer forces as in the
regular army.
The present strength of the organ
lied militia, including officers and
men, is approximately 100000. accord.
ing to the latest returns from adju-
tants general of the different states
to the Department of War; These civ
ilian soldiers are divided as follows:
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-04-23
CAN USE PANAMA CANAL NOW
United States Warships Could BE Put
Through Big Ditch, Says.
Governor Gosthais.

ranama.-Only in case Of urgent
necessity may battleships use the
Panama Canal in proceeding to the
blockade Of the Mexican Pacific ports.
This was made plain by Governor
Cocktails. He declared that II the
United States government Unlisted.
he could speed up he work On the
CucarachA slide In order t6sobtain {
4s.foot channel. He could, he said.
also demolish the Empire bridge
across the canal and tear out the rail-
way trestle ~ Paraiso
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-04-23
SENATE UPHOLOS WILSON
AFTER ALL-NIGHT DEBATE

Resolution Does Not Call for War; Is
Broader Than Original Measure
Shiveiy Upbraids the "WaitawFiIest
Who Want to Hold of for Develop
ments-German Ammunition ShiE
Reports to U. S. Fleet Commander
for orders-Foreieners Hurry From
City Of Mexico
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-04-23

Vera Cruz, Mex.-The United States
nag flies over Vera Cruz.
The customs house, the American
consulate and a part of the foreign
quarter are in possession of the Amer.
lean forces.
But the occupation of the port was
not accomplished without the loss OF
American lives.
{ Four Americans bluejackets and
marines, were killed by the fire of the
Mexican soldiers and twenty fell
wounded
Mexican loss IS not known, but
It is believed to have been heavy.
One report says 200 MeXicans were
killed.
The water front. the customs house
and all important piers, including
those under the terminal works from
which extend the railroads to tine cap
ital, have been occupied All the ter
ritory around the American consulate
is strongly patrolled and detachments
hold other sections of the city.
Offered Stubborn Resistance.
The Mexican commander, Gen. Gus
tavo Mas. offered a stubborn resist.
ance to the American advance, and
for many hours there was fighting in
the streets.
Rear Admiral Fletcher. in command
of the United States warships. pre-
"a l., of IL a
demand, through the American con.
sui. w. w. Canada, for it's surrender.
General Mas promptly declined to
accede to this demand, and shortly
afterwards ten whaleboats were sent
or from the side of the transport
Prairie loaded with marines.
Landed Before Noon.
These boats effected a landing in
the neighborhood of the customs house
before noon. A few minutes later
Capt. William r. Rush of the battle.
ship Florida, who was in command
Of the operations ashore, brought his
nag In.
4 Captain Rush's men had already
taken up their positions. They num-
bered $50 bluejackets from the Flor
ida, 800 marines from the Prairie and
65 marines from the Florida.
Later these we're augmented by q
detachment from the Utah.
The coming OF the American forces
was not heralded by any great excite
ment, but small crowds gathered to
watch the landing.
Soon the bluejackets and marines
marched through the streets leading
from the water front and along the
railroad yards. Others proceeded tc
the American consulate, while still
others were deployed along the ap
proaches to Central Plaza, in which
General Mas had concentrated hii
men.
The Mexieans Fired First.
These maneuvers were effected
without opposition. but suddenly Gen
eral Mas challenged the advances
with the first shots-a volley fret
rom point three blocks from ths
marines and two blocks south Of tbs
main plaza.
The marines replied Immediately
but the action ceased In q moment
There Was \ lull for ten minutes and
tken another brief exchange from thu
west End Of Montesinos street. wher'
! federal outpost was stationed.
The Traasports 0uns Awake.
At 1880 the firing became genera
IA Ct / O'Clock the gums q the trans
yoet Prairie went into action.
Prior TO this = detachment q blue
jackets from the Utah. holding tn
aaound betWstn the coasulate and tn
water irout opsas4 With two Of thsi'
tAree.inch guns. The dFst shots frou
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-04-23

those pieces were directed against
an ancient tower which once served
as lighthouse,
This was occupied by Mexican
sharpshooters.
Lieutenant Commander Buchanan OF
the Florida ordered that 1t be de-
stroyed. /
Five shots brought the old Benfto
Juarez tower down.
Hold Up Americap Refugees.
Vera Cruz, Mex.-The second Sec
ton of the morning train from the
City~of Mexico filled with refugee
Americans and special train OF
refugees have both been held up
somewhere salong the road to Vera
Cruz, PRESUMABLY by General Mas.
Telegraphic communication with
the City of Mexico was cut. -
It is assumed that the railroads are
also cut.
There are several hundred Ameri-
cans in the City of Mexico. including
the charge d'affaires, Nelson O'Shaugh-
messy, his wife and child.
Mexicans here protest vehemently
against the suggestion that the pas
sengers on the stalled trains may be
badly treated.
Shipping Americans.
Washington, d. C.-Admiral F1etch.
er reported to the navy department
from Vera Cruz at 10 O'Clock p. m.
that firing still was in progress.
There was no mention of further cas-
ualties. The report said:
Shipping continues nearby houses.
No additional casualties"
A lm:ral Fletcher announced his in
tention OF holding the customs house,
consulate and cable Offices. Appar-
emily he has made no effort to clear
The town of Mexican soldiers or to
take possession of more territory than
has been, occupied.
General Mas Disappears.
Washington, D. C,-This dispatch
rom Vera Cruz was made public at
, a. M. by the navy department;
1T is reported that commandant
General Mas left Vera Cruz in a car
'iage, that his family followed in an
,ther carriage, and that he had not
,een heard from since.
THE Mexican troops were turned
Dose to act as they pleased, few, il
my, officers remaining
Congress UphoIds President.
Washington, D. C.--The senate at
}: 40 o'clock in the morning by vote
If AZ to So rejected the substitute
Mexican resolution proposed by Sen
tor. Lodge 1t would have based the
Justification of the use of force IN
Mexico upon the general conditions
here-instead of upon the Tampico in
,ident alone.
An amendment proposed by Senator
1allinger "justifying the President In
he use of force to protect American
citizens in Mexico" as we'll as to de-
nand reparation for the Tampico In.
cident was defeated, 43 to 40.
The senate at 1921 o'clock by vote
Of 70 to 13 passed the administration
resolution declaring that the Pres
dent is justified in the, employment
If the armed forces Of the United
States to enforce his demands for
,nequivocal amends for the ahronts
md indignities committed against the
United States" in Mexico.
An amendment by Senator La Fol
cite to provide that after the sub
ueatiou" of Mexico the United States
should retire from that country. leav'
ing Mexico and every portion OF 1t
@ its own people" was voted down,
IA to 80. -~
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-04-23
MARINES TAKE
VERA CRUZ and
k|tt 200; FEAR
FOR AMERICANS

Mexican Soldiers Fight From
housetops. Transport Shells
City and Routs Enemy Who
Resist Stubbornly. Four Sea.
men Die. Huerta's Men Hold
TrainIoad of United States
Refugees.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1914-07-22
DE MAYAGUEZ

Ell sabado tuvimos Ell un barrio rural
de este Municipio, un crimen de sangre
No bien la noticia vino la ciudad Sc
lie dio matiz politico Sc movie la cosa
en- tai sentido ;pero, no hubo intromision
de csc bacilo" pestoso .. . Lo que hubo
fue que Rafael Corporan y Sinforiano
Rum,no estaban harmonizados amistosa-
mente debido a una diferencia habida
entire ellos por intereses.
Discutian cinco cuerdas de terreno,
de las que cada cual alegaba ser su due
no, y como consecuencia de esa discu-
sion, ocurri6 el crimen que os voy a des-
cribr
En- el barrio 'Naranjales en- la ma
mana del sabado. a las / 80, encontra-
ronse Rafael Corporan Sinforiano
Rum, entire unas malezaS del indicado
barrio, y ocurri6 que Corporan hiri6
con machetc su contrincante, produ-
ciendole tres heridas graves. Una Ell ell
cuello, una EN- la cara. lado izquierdo
que lie tumb6 la oreja, y otra Ell el bra
70 izquierdo Ademas, parece que can
sado del llso del machete, sac6 un revol-
yer le dispar6 en- terra cuatro tiros,
dejando cadaver a su adversario.
La yictima hizo algo por su defensa,
porque el matador, aparece con una he
rida. tambien de machete, sobre el HON
bro derecho, que le hizo ingresar en- el
Hospital
Era el muerto es el matador. corpu-
lentos mulatones, de 10 mas quemado de
la especie. propicios al uso de machetes.
ben por exigencias del instinto . porque
10 necesitaran para el uso de los campos.
FL senior Fiscal el Captain Silen y el
Clerk Soler. Sc constituyeron. bajo re
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1914-07-22

circulado una hoja suelta frmada. por
: Varios Republieanos llamando la
atencion al pueblo republican,, para
que no asista 4 las funciones del Teatro
Yagiiez por ser Maym6n UNIO-
NISTA.
La hoja no tiene pie, pero todo Maya
giiez conoce de donde sale. Las impren-
tas Sc descubren por los tipos, los Ii
pos de esa imprenta son conocidos.
Sc ha denunciado al repartidor de di-
chas hojas; y yeremos 10 que resulta.
pues hay quien piensa que no solo hay
en- esa hoja polftica, sin6 intereses en-
contrados.
CorrpSnonSal
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1914-07-22
ATENCION SENORAS :

Quadroline, un elixir para mujeres. Para
dolores, neuralgia 8 congestivo debe to-
marse por algunos dlas. Restablese ell es-
tado normal. Botellas grandes pequehas.
De venta en- todas las boticas y droguerias.
Davis & Lawrence Co. Nneva York
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1914-07-22

clio Hover, Ell ell sitio del crimen Y des.
pues Gle largas horas Gle trabajo regresa-
ron, con el tango al cuello. con las pri-
meras lnvestigaciones en- cartera.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1914-07-22

Aver tuvimos TN dia de marco poll
tlco; nos obsequiaron las huestes con
una no interrumpida serie de petardos,
y con ellos, el repulsivo grito de "paia-
ra republicanos; y, lque come ell ra-
ton? unionista.
No tienen que envidiarse ambos par
tldos NADIA en- ESQ de vociferar; es I'm en-
tuslasmo el que palpita, raya no Ell gri-
terra. Antes simbolizaba la hueste de
la Union, ell silencio y la compostura !;
pero, ahora estan parejos. IIa venido
tanta 'pichicha del otro mar, que ell
oleaje Sc ha encrespado, por igual
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1914-07-22

La progresista Sociedad Los 500"
que no tiene reposo Ell sus iniciativas en-
pro de los intereses Gle Mayagiiez rer-
Nose aver en- su nuevo local. situado
frente la Plaza de Colon. donde estaba
Ell "Centro Espanol' anteriormente.
Sc volvo a tratar sobre la question del
asfaltado para llevarlo a efecto. cuanto
antes. Pero, viendo como duerme la
Empresa del Tranvia de Mayagiiez, sin
dar un golpe sobre la installation del
acumulador tan decantado creo. Y
ojala que mi pesimismo fracase que ell
asfaltado tarda. Tarda. 4 pesar de que
encanta yer el entusiasmo con que ira
bajan determinadas cifras de Los 800
FL senior Feliu Sc excuse de su enco-
mienda con el Comite Gle Agricultural,
Industrial Y Comercio, para entender Ell
el asunto del Ferrocarril Secundario.
eXponiendo causas que le impidieron
l dDd.JdI 1 tlD, OlIttlO HtLUdT tI tSlt
semana.
Felix Medina Gonzalez, que tiene
arrebatos de titan present6 el proyecto
de regular una casa Acord6se, ademas
que Sc citaSe al Comite de Propaganda
y Publicidad para que active sus ira
bajos Yo, por mi parte. miembro que
SOY de ese Comite, y por la parte del
BOLETIN, que coopera conmigo en-
pro de Los 500, no neeesto la cita-
ci6n Estoy en- el hemiciclo, que dicen
los ret6ricos', deseoso dc que Maya
gjiez Sc levante de ese letargo Iastimoso
en- que lie ha colocado la polltca. co
mida de fieras.
Una Comisi6n formada por el senior
Bernardo ARIZONA el senior Jose More
da, Sc encargaran de adquirir el mobi-
liario de la Sociedad Hay quien cree
que puede conseguirse gratis
Las miselias humanas. cmden Ha
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1914-07-22

Las miserias humanas, cmden Ha
The Holly chieftain., 1914-11-20
GEN ERAL.

Official figures from thirty-four Of
the thirty-nine counties in Montana
show 31,249 votes for women suffrage
and 2S,s3s against.
Two libels, involving $4,000, were
filed in the federal court at Boston
against the North German Lloyd liner
Kronprinzessin Cecille.
Trustees OF the Ohio AntiSaloon
League at a meeting in Columbus
voted unanimously to begin immedi-
ately campaign for the adoption Of
a statewide prohibition amendment
to the constitution.
The Chicago Union stock yards and
the packing houses, scrubbed and dis.
infected after nine days of quarantine
in the government and state fight
against hoof and mouth disease,
opened for business.
The advent of Montana and Ne
vada to the ranks Of suffrage states
was celebrated by delegates to the Ma
tional American Woman Suffrage AS.
sociation, which opened its annual
convention at Nashville, Tenn.
Optimism for the outlook in the
financial. industrial and commercial
world was expressed In reports and
addresses at the opening session at
Philadelphia Of the convention Of the
Investment Bankers Association of
America.
Constitutionality Of the California
anti.prize fight amendment adopted
at the recent election as part Of the
states penal code will be tested, 1t
was announced at San Francisco, on
the ground that 1T is class legisla-
tion. The measure allows amateur
four.round boxing matches.
The Holly chieftain., 1914-11-20
ORITiSH war MARSHAL sTRIcK.
EN- WHILE VISITING INDIAN
TROOPS IN FRANCE.
ROSE TO HIGHEST POST
sPuRNED SOCIAL HoNoRs AND
SPENT TIME TO IMPROVE
CONDITIONS FOR MEN.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
London.-Field Marshal Earl Rob
erts died in France from pneumonia.
A telegram from Field Marshal Sir
John French. commander of the Brit
ish expeditionary forces on the Con.
tinent. apprised Earl Kitchener, secre-
tary Of state for war, of the death of
England's great soldier. The telegram
read:
II deeply regret to tell you that Lord
Roberts died at o'clock this (Satur-
day. evening""
Field Marshal Roberts, who was
colonel-in-chief of the Indian troops,
had gone to France to give them his
greeting.
Soon after his arrival he became Sc
riously Ill. He suffered from a severe
The Holly chieftain., 1914-11-20
SPORT.

The chance Of Jimmy Clabby and
Jimmy Gibbons making an appearance
in Madison Square Garden in New
York are slim, unless Promoter John
son is willing to come across with
$4,000 guarantee.
Colorado Springs, combining an at
tack that was the fastest and at the
same time the most powerful ever wit
messed on Washburn field, the Tigers
at Colorado Springs downed Denver
universtty's team by 81 to z.
School Of Mines let loose the prize
football sensation Of the Rocky noun
tain conference at Union park in Den
yer, when 1t beat Colorado University,
6 to 2, in game filled with old.fash-
ioned football and much failure at the
new style.
The Denver Country Club held its
annual meeting and banquet. The din
ner was served at the expense Of the
"drys," whose forty golfers went down
to defeat before team of equal num-
ber representing the "wets" on the
club links in Denver.
With Governor-elect George C. Carl
son of Colorado as the guest Of honor
of the day. and with Governor Edward
f. Dunno Of Illinois as one of the
many other notables in attendance, the
Illinois Chicago game at Urbana, ILL.,,
was the big battle in the Middle West
in point of picturesqueness as well az
in football Importance.
The Holly chieftain., 1914-11-20

chill Thursday and pneumonia rapidly
developed. His great age, eighty-two
years, initiated against his recovery,
the crisis in the disease coming
quickly.
The news of the death of Lord Rob-
erts came as an entire surprise to Eng
land. The veterans devotion to the
interests of his army, his hard work in
this connection and his seeming good
health had been the subject of COM
ment since the beginning of the war.
He was the most popular military fig
ure In Great Britain and a national
hero without rival In the affections of
the people.
Despite his years. he had never
ceased hard work since his nominal re-
tirement, and, as he had often re-
marked, he lived rigidly abstemious
life that he might preserve his strength
for the service of his country.
During the last five or six years.
when the German war cloud had been
growing, he prosecuted an active cam
paign to persuade the nation to adopt
compulsory military service.
Field Marshal Roberts worked day
and night for the welfare of the SOL
diers from the outbreak Of the war. He
took the greatest interest In the Indi-
ans and issued an appeal for funds for
their wounded and sick.
The government, 1t is expected, will
offer a tomb in Westminster Abbey or
st. Paul's, for the empires foremost
soldier.
Roberts OF Kandahar. Pretoria and
Waterford" as Field Marshal Lord
Frederick Sleigh Roberts was known.
sums up briefly the career Of the noted
soldier whose death has plunged the
empire into mourning.
Scion of a noble Irish family. Lord
Roberts was born in 1892 in Cawnpore,
India. where his father. General Sir
Abraham Roberts. was serving.
It was in the Indian service that the
gallant and efficient Irish soldier
achieved his first and lasting fame. It
was In South Africa, in his later years,
that this was supplemented and magni.
fled by his achievements In Great Brit
aims victorious campaign against the
Beers.
But, II 1t was as field marshal and
earl that Lord Roberts was formally
known, 1t was as "Bobs" that the men
Of the ranks knew him, loved him and
greeted him. In their estimation. and
in that of the admiring public, which
appreciated and applauded his gallant
services for his country, no name
could fit him better than this diminu-
tive OF his family name-and q word
meaning "hero" In Hindu.
The Holly chieftain., 1914-11-20
FOREIGN.

Contributions at Honolulu to the
Belgian relief fund totaled $4,000.
The Reichsbank 1t Berlin took &C
tion to check the flow of German loans
frcm abroad.
Monday. Nov. 23 was fixed ~ the
date for the evacuation OF Vera Cruz
by the American forces.
sweden's enthusiasm for war. which
was marked two months ago. has
waned. Today all she desires is to be
left out Of the conflict.
: 1t was declared officially ut London
that the western entrance Of the Shat
el Arab river. known as the Baden
pass, was now clear and that steamers
were passing freely.
Premier Asquith will ask parlia-
ment's sanction for 100000 addi-
ttonal troops. bringing the total to g.
100000 men. The government intends
to issue 4 new war loan of 1900, ,000,-
900.
The alleged shooting Of five Span
iards by German soldiers at Liege and
the bombardment Of the Spanish con-
sulate at Rheims were the subjects of
lively debate In the cortes at Ma
drid.
King George and Queen Mary were
greatly shocked by the news that Field
Marshal Earl Roberts had succumbed
to swift attack of pneumonia while
on the front in France, whittier he had
journeyed to see the Indian troops, of
whom he was SO proud.
A mysterious person, known under
the names of Horst, Won der Goltz and
Bridgeman Taylor. described as a ma
jor in the Mexican army and suspected
of being German spy, was remanded
in London police court on the charge
of failing to register as an alien
enemy.
Among the prominent persons serv-
ing at the front are Count Boni de
Castellane, who is acting as an inter-
prefer, and his brother, Count Jean
Castellane, who is lieutenant aviator.
Prince De Sagan and Prince Murat are
attached to the motor transport serv-
ice, according to Paris advices.
The Holly chieftain., 1914-11-20
NachlNs ordera.

An old Irishman. long desirous Of
ofacial dignity. was finally appointed
marshal In q parade on Memorial day.
Veterans. bandmen and school chill
dren were lined along the streets of
the town patiently waiting the signal
to start.
Suddenly Mike. ON a prancing charg-
er. dashed up the street After in
specting the dignified procession he
gave his horse a quick clip. Then.
standing up in his saddle, he yelled
with a voice filled with pride and au-
thority:
Ready. now! Every one OF yez.
kape shtep with the horse!"-Every-
body's Magazine.
The Holly chieftain., 1914-11-20
WASHINGTON.

The next session of Congress opens
on Monday, Dec. 7th.
American rule in Vero Cruz, which
was established April 21, after sharp
fighting and the loss Of nineteen ma
rines and bluejackets, will be termi.
mated on Nov. %.
New rules to balk attempts by for
eign secret service agents to obtain
American passports for use abroad
were in effect through an order signed
by President Wilson.
Government receipts from ordinary
sources were nearly $2O,OOO,OOO less
during October than for October
last year. Customs receipts were off
about $14.000,00O and internal revenue
nearly $6.OOO,000.
More than 100000 annually will be
saved to railroads operating west from
Chicago through the discontinuance,
Jan. /, Of the hotel timetable racks
and the distribution Of 100000 fold
ere annually by this means.
An unofficial list Of representatives.
elect to the next Congress was COM
pleted by South Trimble, clerk of the
House OF Representatives, and sent to
the public printer. The compilation,
not finally verified, but printed for in.
formation Of Congress, gives: Demo
Gratis, 233: Republicans. 1893; Pro
gressives, z; Independents, 1; Social
lists, 1. Total, 435.
Intoxicants were a contributing
cause to the Colorado strike war. and
the war itself was responsible for the
recent prohibition victory in that state,
Mrs. Adrianna Hungerford, president
Of the Colorado Temperance Union,
told the session OF the Women's Chris
tian Temperance Union In Washing
ton. EVERY county concerned in the
strike went dry by an overwhelming
majority" Mrs. HunRerford said.