Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-01
Officials at Capital Count
Time Impatiently Until
Reply Arrives.
RODGERS UNINF0RME ED
Special Agent Fails to Make
Any Mention of Nature
of the Note.

| Washington, JltEy Developments
/ here in the Mexican crisis were at
standstill again today while the United
States government waited impatientiy
Carranza's reply to the note sent last
Sunday.
Messages received at the state de-
partment from Special Agent Rodgers
at Mexico City made no mention OF
the Mexican answer. Mr.. Rodgers SO
far has been unable to forecast the ac-
ton of General Carranza. The only in
timation reaching here have been
/ through diplomatic and private dis
patches indicating that the de facto
government was preparing to stand by
its attitude of hostility toward United
States troops across the border.
Upon his return from New York
President Wilson went over all the adj
vices at hand. After today If it should
| become necessary for him to address
the congress he would wait until We'd
nesday as both houses will adjourn
over the Fourth of July.
All dispatches to the state depart
ment today continued to show progress
in the military preparation for any
eYentuaiities on or beyond the border
Recruiting for the regular army in
creased more than 100 per cent dur
ing the week ending at noon yesteF-
day following an increase of more than
so per cent the preceding seven days.
The war department reported that
increments of the California and Illi-
nois national guard entrained for the
border last night
Restore Property to Yanks.
Efforts of the Carranza government
to restore American property seized in
Mexican states were reported to the
state department by Special Agent
Rodgers. He said some of the gold
and silver bullion recently taken from
Americans at Manzanillo had been re-
turned and that Coahula authorities
were restoring many stolen horses and
cattle.
Mr. Rodgers also reported the pub
location in the Mexican City press yes
terday of the American note of June
20 with memorandum commenting
on and criticising it by Foreign Min
lister AguiIar.
Eliseo Arredondo, the Mexican am
bassador designate said he had re-
ceived no new adyices from his gov
eminent.
House Passes Hay Bill.
The Hay bill appropriating $1,000
600 for dependent families Of national
guardsmen called or drafted in tho
present emergency was passed by the
house today The bill, which now goes
TO the senate, allows not exceeding $50
a month to the dependent families in
the discretion of the secretary OF war.
Representatives Small. democrat,
North Carolina, and James, republican.
Michigan. were the only members to
vote against the bill, which passed POT
to :.
Refugees Flee Mexico.
Arrangements were made by the
state department today TO have an
army transport take home 165 PortnA-
Rican refugees from Mexico brought
TO New Orleans by American Consul
They had been employed in
the Yucatan sisaI fields.
About 300 American refugees gath
cred from east Mexican coast ports
the naval transport Sumner. which has
arrived at Vera Cruz, according to a
report to the navy department re-
ceiYed today.
Treasury officials were today figur-
ing the treasury's net balance Cor tfyA
fiscal year which ended last midnighA \
to determine whether bond issue will
be necessary TO care for the e2traor-
binary expenses OF the Mexican crisis.
There ID an agreement among adj
leaders TO ask congress
to authorize such bond issue in the
event the ordinary resources Of the
treasury and the additional s2l0.000,-
900 expected from the administration
revenue bin are not sufficient
Expenses incident To the Mexican
emergency already provided for or es~
timatfI approximate 1926. 900 900.
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