The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-01-12
WILSON IS CONCERNED
OVER TURN OF AFFAIR
1t Is Feared That the Out
break Will Furnish Occa-
sion of a New Attack on
the Administrations Pol
icy in Recognizing Car
rama Government

| Washington, d. c.. Jan. l2.-Secre-
tary OF State Lansing to-day telegraphed
General Carranza calling for prompt pun.
ishment of the bandits who executed
seventeen Americans near Chihuahua
Monday. Through Eliseo Arredondo, the
newly appointed Mexican ambassador,
it was arranged to bring the bodies from
chihuahua to Juarez to-day by special
train. Official dispatches from Chihua-
hua to the state department to-day said
that the bodies arrived in that city last
night.
AT the White House and at the state
department there was unconcealed anxi-
ETY. over the situation and concern that
the latest outbreak in Mexico might
be made the vehicle for further attacks
by the opposition in Congress upon the
administrations foreign policy and its
recognition of General Carranza.
Secretary Lansing's only announce
ment was that the United States would
look TO General Carranza for satisfac
ton The question of what steps the
United States will take depends upon
the development Of the facts II was
pointed out that the Americans had been
warned since the United States decided
to recognize Carranza to leave the states
of Sonora and Chihuahua, then regarded
as Villa strongholds, but in spite of the
warnings more than 600 Americans still
remain In the district.
Conditional Intervention Proposed
in Senate.
As soon as the Senate assembled, SEN |
ator Sherman, Republican, introduced |
proposing intervention in Mex I
leo by the United States and the six Pan /
American nations which have acted with
it in Mexican affairs, unless General Car.
arnza complies with the demand to pro-
tect foreign lives and property
FL Paso, Tex, Jan l2-Seventeen per-
sons, all believed to have been Ameri-
cans, were killed by Mexican bandits
Monday after being taken from Mex
co- Northwestern train 80 miles west
IF chihuahua City, robbed and stripped
IF their clothing, according to message
received here last night by H. G. Myles,
British vice consul here, from British
Jonsul Seovell at Chihuahua City
The train on which the Americans i
we're travelling from Chihuahua City to 4
Jusihuiriachi, chihuahua, carried thou {
ands of dollars in currency and large /
quantity Of supplies sent by the Amer i
can Smelling and Refining company to I
is mines in Cusihuiriachic. [
1t is believed here that all of the IS {
american mining men known to have
een in chihuahua City were on board
he looted train. +
Thomas M. Holmes, the only known
urvivor, stated, however, in his brief
elegram giving the first news of the
aid, that he counted only Is Americans
AIKEN from the train.
A message received late yesterday by I
flicials of the Mexican Northwestern "
abroad from officials at Chihuahua City g
I
Holmes watched his companions be-
lg stripped by bandits. They then or .
cred them to march toward the west. y
olmes escaped in the darkness. a
"ln a few minutes he heard shrieks ~ !.
followed by fusillade of I,
iots from the direction taken by the :,
mericans and their captors." =
1t was said at the Mexican consulate 2,
st night that no report of the killing y
W uttn W A1EutTal AhI- rr
MA because it would be useless" -
A verified list of American mining
en- in chihuahua was prepared here
ON records of Mexican passports is
ed. This list contained Is names and
the message places the number taken ~
ON the train as IL it is presumed
e remained in chihuahua. The list
lows: =,
c. r. Watson. maneger and large ~,
ockholder in the smelling company, r.
d w. J. Wallace, T. II. Evans w. n. 81
,mero, Maurice Anderson. r. p. Me- -,
,tton. A Couch, f. L. Robinson, G. w. w.itb
,wman. Thomas r. Holmes and - ~
omb. all Of Fl Paso.w. A. Pringle.l ~
n Francisco; Alex Hall, Douglas. Ari- cee
la; Charles Wadleigh, Jack Jass, r. NJ,
Simmons. J. Adams and J. Jones. -,
in
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