Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-14
House Committee Hearing.


'IIo-Sa foreign affairs committee today
J and showed them colored views OF Next
can atrocities.
s---,r do not want to take sides In the
matter. but 7 would like to say that u
me United States has claim tnere' !.
. .duxhf to take peremptory measures 70
'.scpiiect it," he said. Il am toid oS
:..oreirn diplomats that the United States
never made but one peremptory cialin N
It's recent history. That was IN me
.aRaisuli matter, when Theodore kooseVeit
ss:iid, We want that mans pody-
AIR Neely's views were for the most
,..,.s,rt portrayaIs of dead men. AS q mem
''ster of the committee Whispered, ne
ifr,k pictures of every corpse IN MEXICO.
- Piles of dead Mcxicans i'll fields pies OF
q: .orpses in tho streets. piles OF bones,
:: hurning piles OF Mexican dead and other
:" UNPLEASANT details of the Mexican Val
" ere shown to tell the committee Wha'
MIR, Nicely called 1.-The truth about Mex
sico.'' 4,
.. III Frego Baca OF New Mexico. once
r. ndidate for Congress. appeared De-
q fore the committee and praised the NON
a,esty and intelligence of the Mexican PEG,
Die who are supporting Huerta; re sa.t
10 knew Villa well, and added ina.
,arranza was SO afraid OF villa thal ne
would not sleep with him. -,,,.
&. Amid laughter, he said that VIA
never bought cattle. but sold them; ne
spoke well Of Benton. the Enshsn'iflli
-. Benton Not Braggart.
Mr. gaca said every man he knew
smoke highly OF Benton.
Isn't il fact" asked Chairman
Flood that Benton was walking
around the streets of Ell Paso saying
that lie was going to arm himself and
go to Villa and tell him what he
ethought of him.?
NO. sir" replied Baca, II never heard
Of any such thing.
The witness said Villa was a pahdlt
ana always would be.
Hes a born anarchist. isn't he sug-
cested Representative Sharp of Ohio; he
looks it,
The witness agreed. He said he had
counsin, J. j. Baca- native OF New
Mexico. who went to Juarez to attend the
races there He wore big cowboy hat,
which Villa. passing. along the street, did
not like because it was an American1s1n.
and Villa had the cousin thrown into
Jail.
Says Gustav Bauch Was Shot.
Baca said the cousin was in cell
with two Others including a German,
named Gustav Bauch. that all three were
sentenced to be shot and that Bauch and
the other man were taken out one day
6nu mat t0G ueSsIu tHe SuVtS disu
a scream and had never heard anything
of them since. j. j. Baca was released
later.
Baca said the first person Pancho Villa
Killed was a girl who repealed his attempt
TO assault her: that he then took 10 TIE
mountains and killed ten or twenty PEG
pie before the revolution started. He said
that one of Villas officers had Il ranch
adjoining Benton's. and that this officer
probably was the cause of the killing of
Benton.
why did Benton go over there asked
Chairman Flood
Everybody goes to JuareZ to the horse
races he replied. No effort was r1ade
by Benton's friends to dissuade him from
going to see Villa. Benton carried no
pistol. | have that from very reliable
friends. Benton Very quiet, gentle
mannered man. much like a minister.
Why They Are for Huerta.
Benton came to FL Paso because it
WAS unsafe for him in Mexico, and
then he went back and bearded the lion
in his dem suggested Chairman Flood.
Yes was the reply.
Mr.. Baca contended that the Mexican
people supporting Huerta do so not
because he is the best man, but that