Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-04-29
MORE AMERICANS
 IN CORDOBA JAIL Forty eight Others Arrested Yesterday, Making Total
 of 84 Imprisoned. FATALLY BEAT TEXAN Reported at Vera Cruz That E. F.. Anderson Was Beaten to
 DeatI-Find Garrison
 Starving to Death.
FATALLY BEAT TEXAN
(BY N. A. JENKlNS)

Vera Cruz, Mexico, April 2S.-News has reached here that forty-eight Americans have been arrested by the federals at Cordoba, making a total of eighty-four who are now in prison there.
 An unconfirmed report says that six of the Americans imprisoned there have been taken out and killed Admiral Fletcher and Counsul Canada have taken steps to have this report investigated.
 E. F. Anderson, of Texas, manager pany is reported to have been killed at Cosmolopam, about sixty miles south of Vera. Cruz, by a mob thai went to the hotel Cosmolopan las Saturday night to beat him to doatf because he was an American. The re- port is unconfirmed.
 Soldiers Replacing Marines.
 General Funston came ashore to- night and had long conference with Admiral Fletcher It was arranged that the troops of the Fifth brigade should gradually replace the marines and blue jackets, the infantrymen taking positions along the outer lines as fast as they can come ashore. The landing of the troops was begu.1 under blazing sun of the hottest day that has been experienced since the occupation of Vera Cruz by the Amer jeans.
 Three hundred mules and horses from the Fitzpatrick were the first to come ashore. The decks of the trans ports were crowded with khaki clad soldiers who joked with the crowds of Americans that had gathered to witness the disembarkatiOn.
 News of the mediation by Argea- ceived here and caused great unce:- tainty. General Funston, upon land ing today, received orders from Wash ington, the nature of which he de- clined to divulge. He says that his present force is not large enable him to do more than occupy Vera C.'uz He does not know whether more troops are coming, but informs thai there will be no advance On Mexico City at present.
 Funston Fathers Girl.
 Before taking control of the situa- tion, the general. wrote several dis patches to Washington, and one-no the least interesting to him-to his home. This latter dispa::h was ir reply to one which he received yes. terday, informing him of the birth o daughter.
 The American flag was raised ever the famous old Mexican fort of Sal Juan de Ulloa today. Tonight are army takes over the entire admin istration of the town.
 The overdue train from Mexico Cit! bringing more refugees, the non-ar rival of which caused great anxie:! early in the day, came in this even ing with more than 100 Americans aboard. The delay was due to thu lack of competent engineers, tine ba' condition of the road and the grea precautions taken to insure safety. When the American troops tool possession of the fortress San Jual de Ulloa today they found that tt Mexican officers and their wives an children had been subsisting for tel days on one bowl of beef soup pc day. Four hundred and fifty prisoner had been getting nothing whatever t eat for the past two days. The prs oners and tn garrison of 160 me were actually starving to death.
 Each battleship is now supplyin l one days rations to the sufferers.