The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-11
MEXICO Still ON MAP
ALTHOUGH BADLY TORN.

senting the real sentiment Of the
Texas people. The senator took to |
the white house large number OF
kilograms received from every section !
of Texas, commencing the "watchful
waiting policy of the administration. n.
Senator Shively, acting chairman
of the senate foreign relations COM
mittee md Senator Lewis both told
the president today that they did not
look tor any serious Mexical debate
in that lody at present. TIE oppo-
nents Of the administration policy,
they said, were apparently resting
their case on the utterance OF Senator
Fall. 4
The Mexican federal officers at
Nogales notified Charge O'Shaugh>
messy through the Mexico City author
tiles that they have directed troops
in this field to be as energetic as pos
sible in protecting foreign interests
and in stamping out bands OF foraging
desperadoes which are reported oper-
ating freely there.
Geo. d. Carothers at Chihuahua
City confirmed the report that the
property OF General w. B. Snyman.
the Boer war veteran, confiscated by
order of villa, has been restored. Sny-
man and Villa, Carothers reported,
have arrived at an understanding,
whereby the British subjects rights
will be respected in the future. This
was welcome news to Secretary Bryan
because Sir Cecil Spring Rice, the
British ambassador, onally APP
pealed to this governm snt to have
Snyman's property protected and his
person respected.
An American named Byrd, arrested
4 in Tampico three days ago as a SPY.
! has bsen turned loose, according to
a message received from John Lind.
Lid on for Few Da,.S.
WASHINGTON, March 11.u Under
ia agentleman's" agreement between
Chairman Flood OF tie house foreign
affairs committee, and R representative
! iIAiney, tnsurgent,p the lid was
lclamped on the Mexican situation to
iday for at least few more days, as
ifar as the house was concerned
i,Ainey consented to withdraw temper
larily from his intention Of calling VI
to-day his resolution demanding that
4 the president produce all data as tc
measures taken to protect Americans
and other foreigners in Mexico. II
return for this agreement, Flood ar
: ranged that Ainey may produce before
!, the committee on Saturday, two Mexi
: the entire situation. Ainey thi
afternoon refused to disclose thei
r names or oivulge what facticn they rep
resent. He designated them as Mex
, leans now in New York, having dis
= interested knowledge Of conditions il
: 1.-THE republic south of the s,io Grande
!. but intimated they will give startlinl
!. information Governor Colquitt Q
). Texas has come to the aid of Aine
! and in message said today he woul
furnish him with some information.
. Hand to Hand Fighting.
1. CHIHUAHUA, Mexico, March H.
g A detailed report received today a
e General Francisco Villas headqual
t ters OF battle fought at Iona, soutf
west of Torreon says General Contr'
9 ras Durango division OF constitution
d alists routed federal force unde
;. General Benjamin Argumedo,
The fighting, says the report, Taste
q twenty-four hours and was of To
D. fiercest character at several points
n the field, the troops being engage
d hand to hand. The federals are sal
10 to have left 800 dead on the fiel
,r Two hundred of them were capture
TT The delay in the receipt Of the repo
Is was due to the fact that courier ha
,e to take it on horseback 300 llSilometel
,e to Escaton by way of Nazas.
IN Another dispatch said constit
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