Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-15
SECOND BATTLE
near PARRAL
IJnverified Report Of An
other Fight With Mexi-
can Citizens.
5UNEASINESS FELT
FOE CAVALRYMEN
Major Tompkinsi Small Squadron of
I Men May BE in Danssr-Minins
Companies Receive Reports Of
z Enormous Damags to Properties by
Mexican Mobs in ParraI District
4 No Word From Psrshing.

Washington, April Estate depart
ment dispatches today refer to an un-
corf1rmed report Of q second fight at
Parral. r. sa..,.. Ty..
General Funston today te1egraphed
the war department that he had not
heard from General Pershing for three
days. Secretary Baker said General
Funston was urging General Pershins
TO rush report ON the Parral incl
dent. a. s@se.
ii was believed the silence Of Cen
erai Pershing was due to inability 70
ret information. General Funston has
3 been in communication with othec au :
thorities In close touch with the ao-
yanced expedition, but had asked Gen
era Pershing to report oftener II pos
sibae. s: IA,
Secretary Baker said he still was
awaiting g. report OF the conference
between General Pershing ana Gen
erals Herrera and Gutierrez
Diplomatic Situation Unchanged.
secretary Lansing pronounced the
Mexican situation unchanged TO-DAY In
any aspect. Unless q more grave sit
now believed to exist there was moth
S,nr - indicate q change might be ex-
pected soon.
q <sacretary Baker said General Fun
sion had net heard from General Per
shinr for three days. This caused no
Suneasiness. however. for General Per
stinK has reported only when he had
fmportAnt communications.
~ time passed without official In
xormatfon II the fighting at Parral OF
ncinla are inclined to doubt that the
], ,clsph vae a. serious as - first de-
N S,c rss.ns /: sh. carran.. government
seeks fo propose. limiting any reSjpGO-
4 Gal troop movement across 's&r3 border,
shedi much light on the diplomatic
ta,s1xle which preceded Carranza's sug-
xeatipn that tho expedition be recalled.
q ~ the time the de facto govern
r,ent sugxested that no expeditionary
I force should exceed 1000 cavalrymen
ana NOT cross a dead line. there were
seyeral thousand American troops OF
MI arms in Mexico and they were 200
miles or more south Of the border.
Would Bar Arms Shipments.
Representative Rodenberg. republt-
ean az Illinois, today introduced q
resolution prohibiting the shipment OF
arms and ammunition Of war into.Mex-
Len 1T was not discussed and MI
Rodenberg later issued statement
I crfticising the administration, saying
that Carranza has given abundant evil
dence OF his "treacherous character.
Recruiting Progressing. 5 5
Results Of the thirty days recruit
inx for the additional 10000 men re-
Gently authorized by congress. showed
1S,801 applications and acceptance OF
1887 recruits. During the last nine
days San Francisco led with ss1 appli-
4 eafions ana 101 acceptances.a Chicago
was second with 447 applications and
so men accepted, and New York third
with 100 applications and So accept
ances
Reassurink advices from American
consuis In touch with interior Mexican
points led officials to hope that there
Is now little danger that news OF the
recent fight at Parral would arouse re-
sentiment among Mexican people.