The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-03
Always WAITING FOR
| OTHER FELLOW TO MOVE
exhumation Of Benton's body. It is'
stated attempts at this particular end

stated attempts at this particular li eliu |
OF the Mexican situation has ceased 10
give the administration apprehension.
Sir Lionel Garden called upon the
secretary Of state today. He was ac-l
companied by Sir Cecil Spring Rice
the British ambassador and the thrse
and Senator Shively acting chairman,
or the senate committee on foreign
relations, conferred at length. BotM
British Representatives refused tatlyl1
to make public any Of their discus
sions with Bryan and it was learned
that the British government has
cabled instructions to both, foreidding
them TO give out information OF any
sort on the British position in the
Mexican controversy, particularly with
regard to the Benton case.
Garden refused to discuss his trans
fer from Mexico City.
Still Lingering.
Ell PASO, Texas, March S.-Great
Importance was believed to attach to
ths conference scheduled to be held
| today at Nogales, Mexico, between
General Venustiano Carranza anu'
George c. Carothers, special agent OF
the state department.. Carothers left
here last night and was due at Noga-
lies, Ariz. before noon.
His mission is secret, but there is
little doubt that it refers to Car
ranza's r.scent refusal to negotiate
4 with the United States government
regarding the execution of Wm. 8.
4 Benton, British subject. It Is un.
q dsrstood one of Carothers objects
Il will be to inducs Carranza and his
! cabinet to come by rail through Amer
! ican territory from Juarez, reaching
J; Chihuahua more rapidly, and hasten
!. ing a solution of the Benton problem
LIT Is understood Carothers carried
1 with him assurances OF thu Unttee
d States government that Carranza ans
i his party would be gfyenA safe conduc
q either from Naco or Nogales Mexico
Ito Juarez and would not be molestet
i by military or other American on
i cials charged with enforcing the neu
II trality law. Members OF the join
I British and American commission
named to investigate Benton's dealt
) still linger hers Marion LetcheI
4 American consul at Chihuahua vii
: probably remain here until Carothers
!. mission is concluded
: Stock Market Scheme.
[By United Press staff correspond
ent.
=. MEXICO CITY, March 3.-Wil
!. rnmors that the United States woul
! recognize the Huerta governmer
within forty-eight hours sprea
through the capital today and finall
: were traced to financial cause. Al
:, parently somebody, as yet undisco
= cred, tried to manipulate the loc;
money market by the repor..
q An extraordinary amount of Amer
"a can bank drafts in circulation in Me
,f Iico City attracted attention. lnve
m litigation led to the disclosure that tt
flotation of the bank drafts was
70 connection with the report that Pre-
Ia ident Wilson had made UP his mir
20 to recognize Huerta. The source
ID the rumor was not to be learned b.
T.. 1T was definite and persistent. II
to inexplicable situation wholly upset Il
ed capital money market and banke
lv were at their wits end The foreis
office refused to comment on the sit
:. alton and Nelson O'Shaugnessy, Ame
:. lean charge d'affaires, could not
-. count for It.
MI Carranzista here today told t
al united Press that General Villa do
ill not mean to attack Torreon. He sa
be that Villas feints around Tore
th were mere bluffs to force the feders
IN. and draw their fire. When Villa
,d- ready I'd strike, he said, he will alta
ire Great Guadalajara, which is only t
OF hour journey from Mexico City Tn
XII outpost captured, Villa would imm'
be. lately move on the capital.
When the rebels bombarded MAJ