Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-04-24
TWENTY-FIVE WOUNDED IN
FIGHTING AS LINES ARE
EXTENDED.
MOVEMENT TO TAKE SAND
HILLS BRINGS MORE VICTIMS
Because Of Fear Of Attack by Mexieans
Badger Takes Outlying Positions
Revised List Of Dead and Wounded
in Early Encounter at Vera Cruz
Other News.


ger reported to the navy department
that three more men had been killed
and twenty-five wounded in the fight
ing at Vera Cruz yesterday.
Secretary Daniels last night gave the
news in this statement:
Admiral Badger wired last night
that he landed the battalion from the
Minnesota, Michigan and South Caro-
lima yesterday afternoon and that the
landing forces now ashore totals about
$500 men. The Minnesota, Chester.
Prairie and San Francisco are lying
IN the inner harhor.
Admiral Badger reports that as a
result of desultory firing, which con-
ttnued about the city, three more
American sailors were killed and about
twenty-five wounded"
The Dead.
D. J. Lane. seaman.
E. H. F'rohEchstein. ordinary sea
man.
r G. Fisher, ordinary seaman.
The landing party now occupies a!
the city continued the statement,
and outposts have been stationed on
the sandhills in the rear. who have
been engaged in constructing defensive
works.
All Work Is Stopped.
Admiral Badger, who is IN command
on shore. is making every effort TO in
duce Mexican municipal authorities TO
resume their duties and take UP the
early administration OF the city. He
reports negotiations fairly successful!
so far. All work in the city IS still
stopped and no business is being trans
acted.
The public service utilities have
stopped because the employees refuse
20 run the eventual risk to themselves
Of -esum;ng employment
Very little food supply has been
coming into the city and II is thought
that in few days the question Of feed
ing ire people Of the city will become
paramount, and that Il is possible the
United States will be called upon 10
furnish food. The water supply also
is causing some anxiety.
THE Mexican forces are disposed
along the railroad line and. while Ad-
7n!-al Badger reports the Tunor that
they are preparing 10 attack, he adds
that he doubts II this Is true. and
expressed his belief that any attack
can be successfully resisted.
The tugs Pa,apsco and Patuxent
arrived today at II o'clock. The Nash
vile arrived a. the same time. but
proceeded down the coast later"
List Of Wounded Thursday.
Admiral Badger reported the fol-
lowing as wounded in Thursdays de-
sultory firing:
George J. soden, gunnar's mate, sec
ond class, Warren, Mich.
Fred II. Frtdth, ordinary seaman;
1856 North Gratz street, Philadelphia.
W. c. Keas, chief turret captain:
IS Bacon street, Hillsdale. Mich.
R. E Lee. ordinary seaman, 21s
West Twenty-afth street, New York
City.
Edward Carl Walters, seaman; 1902
Mount Pleasan, street. Burlington
Iowa. Next Of kin, Vincent Walters,
same address.
r. 0. Jams, seaman: so7 Iowa ave-
nue.. Nuscatine, Iowa. Next kin.
mother, Hanna JAMS. same address.
Walter L. Hawk. boatswain's mate.
first class: st. Louis, Mich.
T. Y. Bishop, boatswsin's mate, sec
ond class: Winona, MINI.
J. L. Harris, seaman; Tracy City,
Tenn.
Claude c. Wilcox, ordinary seaman;
Irving, Mich.
s. ]. Everett, 2s1 St. Cloud street,
New Orleans.
Henry P. Nagc-orski, pirate. L. 8.
NJ c., Baltimore, Nd.
Ensign Paul Augustus Stevens from
Delaware.