The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-23
NEWS FROM THE FRONT
N MEXICAN REVOLUTION
Torreon is Cut OF.
[ BY a United Press staff correspond

MEXICO CITY, March 25.- me
Mexican government has no apology
to make for the execution OF l49
mutineers at Jojutla,' declared Cen
eral Banquet minister Of war today,
in discussing with the United Press
correspondent the investigation which
has been made into the wholesale
slaughter ordered by General Castro,
following revolt of his conscripted
soldiers.
General Banquet declared that the
government had investigated the exc
cution Of the mutineers and declared:
Investigation by the war department.
showed that General CASIO did exc
cute 149 traitors. The proof of ef-
fectiveness of this action is that
Jojutla is now quiet and habitable.'
Torreon is now cut off from Mexico
City. The last reports received here
declared that foreigners were hurry.
ing from the besieged city to the
town of Tlahualilo, twenty miles
west. At the request of Secretary
Bryan the territory about Tlahualilo
has been declared neutral zone.
Nine Bodies Hanging.
EAGLE PASS, Texas, March %
Nine bodies of rebel soldiers today
still swing in the trees across the
Rio Grande whsre they were struna
up when federal troops returned to
Las Vegas which they had evacuated
three days before and killed the ,rebel
garrison of fourteen men.
If o'Shaughnessy Resigns.
WASHINGTON, March 23.-Prac-
tical admission that the resignation
OF Charge d'Affaires O'Shaughnessy
at Mexico City may be development
OF the not distant future, e-,upled with
the declaration, that If he does quit it
will be solely because Of illhealth,
was feature Of President Wilson's
talk today The president denounced
|as absurd, reports that O'Shaugh-
messy was disgruntled at his treat
ment by the administration, and lauds
him as having handled very trying
situation with credit to >rmself and
the United States
The president also said that the
Vera Cruz conferences between John
Lind and Mexican Foreign Minister
Rojas were productive OF no real plan
for a settlement of Mexican affairs.
If Villa wins at Torreon, he said, the
only result would be renewed pre-
cautions for safeguarding American
citizens in Mexico City, or other
zones Of possible combat.
Refugees Arrested.
WASHINGTON, March 23.-Fifteen
| armed Mexicans attempting to enter
the Unitsd States across the Rio
Grande at Zapata, Texas, were seized
by the border patrol and are now
being held prisoners according to a
despatch today to the war departm snt
from General Bliss at Fort Sam Hous-
| ton. The Mexicans declared them
selves to be refugees seeking to es-
cape from rebels at Gurrrero, oppo-
site Zapata. The war department Will
/; take no further action in rsgard to
the Mexican refugees now being
guarded and cared for in Texas,
should the court order release IN
! the habeas corpus action now pend
ing. Secretary of War Garrison today
! said the department haG no interest
in the habeas corpus deportation OF
Mexicans and if ord ared released, 1t
would be up to the immigration
authorities.
A wireless to the navy department
TODAY from Rear Admiral Fletcher at
Vera Cruz said that conditions were
changed til Sre and at Tampico.