The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-04-19

rines will encamp there, ready .ol
duty in Mexico should the neceesi''
arise.
Three hundred additional marines
from Mare Island barracks also wliA
be placed aboard the collier Jupiter
a. soon as the South Dakota reaches
port. Ths present plan is 70 seho ene
vessels TO San Diego at the same
time No further orders have been
received here for the cruiser Cieve-
land which came out of dry dock 70
day and until there is declueu
change in the present situation sne
will not leays here until April 70. !,
All Leave But Fifty.
NAVY YARD, SEATTLE, wash
April 1S.-The armoured cruiser South
Dakota under command of Captain
w. w. Gilmer. sailed at l o'clock Ills
afternoon with Colonel JOS. w pendie-
ton, u. S. Nj. c., his staff and de-
tachment of 1875 marines, The war
ship has been ordered to San Fran
cisco to await further orders.
The removal of marines from Brem-
erton leaves but one officer, Captain
sH J. Hirschinger and fifty men to 90
all guard duty and man the post
Orders were also received to work
three full shifts on the cruiser ALBANY
so that she may be put in readiness
for action as soon as possible.
Talking with Villa.
TORREON, Coahuila, Mexico, April
1S-A conference that is believed 70
have a bearing on the Tampico incl
dent and the difficulties between the
JTniter States and General Huerta
which followed it, was held mere 70
day between General Francisco villa
and C. H. Hamm, q. s. consul at Du-
range Hamm arrived here under IN
structions from the state department
but he refused to discuss his MISSION
The five Americans who were cap
tured by General Ortega when the
con stitutionalists troops captured san
Pedro last Monday night we're brousht
to Torreon today 1t developed that
instead of being American newspaper
and, magazine men, as they had stat
ad the men are filbusters who had
been travelling with General Velasco's
army operating machine guns. They
admitted they had said they were
newspaper men to save themselves
from execution. They have offered to
ioin Villas army.
shot Two Internes.
FORT BLISS, Texas, April 1S.-The
/; two Mexican federal prisoners who
were shot by sentries of the TWEEN
| tieth Unit I'd States infantry here last
night are being held tonight for court
martial as soon as they have recover
! ed from their wounds. Jesus Pal
Iares. volunteer soldier in the com
mand of General Ynez Saiazar WAY
| shot through the hip and abdomen
/ when hi attempted to escape from
| the reservation where several thou
sand Mexican federals are interned
/ Almost simultaneously Jose Zarco,
MEXICAN federal private! was shot
through the hip and left hand by an
American sentry when he began te
destroy property about the camp.
/ conferino with carranza.
Ell. PASO. Texas. April 1S.-lt wa
stated tonight by an American beiiev
ed to be in position to know. ina
the United States government ma
been in communication with Genera
. yestuiano Carranza for week In re
. gard to the stand he may take :
case the United States should D
, forced by General Huerta to tax
, drastic action in the Tampico affair
There is no confirmation OF this an
, the foundation OF the oriciaPs stare
ment cannot be ascertained.