The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-13

Intervention Ia Mexfco as q result OF
the massacre found no response at the
State Department, or White House
No orders have been given looking 70
q movement on the part OF the Ameri-
can border forces or a concentration
of the naval forces OF the Msxiean
coasts The Atlantic fleet en- route 70
Guatanamo for winter maneuvers mas
received no orders. Secretary Daniels
said tonight, to detach certain vessels
and proceed to Mexico, and no such
orders were in contemplation.
At the same time army oncers IN
the War Department apprehend posi-
BILE trouble on the present people IN
Texas and other border States, when
the bodies of the slain Americans are
brought across the border.
Where these bodies now are the
State Department has not been adj
vised.
Text OF Representations.
As given out by Secretary Lansing
tonight the official text of the repre-
sensations sent to Carranza through
Consul Silliman, at Queretaro, were az
follows:
Consul John r. Siilman: On jan
uary 10, c. r. Watson. chairman of
the Mine and Shelter Operators Assoc
citation. of Chihuahua, and general
@anager of the Gust Mining Company.
with fifteen of his associates, all rep
lresentatiye Americans, while en- route
from Chihuahua to their mines at Gust
were taken off their train forty miles
west of Chihuahua City by bands OPP
Grating under the direction OF General
villa, stripped naked and deliberately
shetland killed Their bodies are be-
ing brought to Ell Paso.
ut Is stated these men were muir
dered because they were Americans.
and were killed in accordance with the
general policy publicly announced re-
Gently by Villa. This atrocious act
! occurred within a few miles of Chi
huahua City in territory announced to
be In control of the Carranza forces.
The villa bands roaming about In west
! ern chihuahua publicly threaten all
Americans with death and destruction
of their property. Following the &C.
cupation of Chihuahua by Obregon's
| forces. many Americans returned to
IChihuahua to resume operations with
the consent OF the military authorities
of the de facto government
Demand Pursuit of Villains
urgently bring the foregoing to the
attention of General Carranxa and re-
| quest that he order Immediate efi-
cient pursuit, capture and punishment
! OF the perpetrators OF the dastardly
crime above mentioned; also strongly
urge the Immediate dispatch of ade-
ouate forces to the various mining
{ camps in the State of Chihuahua
REQUEST to be informed of action
taken.
The oficial list of the killed as a.
! naily given out at the department con
tanned only fifteen names, as compared
with the seventeen announced in press
dispatches from FL Paso. but 1t is
thought possible that later advices may
give additional ones
The list follows:
| c. r., Watson, j. w. wallace. NJ. b.
| Romero, Thomas II. Evans. c, n. Prin-
! gle. NJ Anderson, r. u. Mediation.
Charles wadIeigh, T.. l.. Robinson,
/ Alex. Hall. g. IL Newman. r. II. Sim
! mons, A. Couch. Fl. c. Haze and j.
Adams.
Debate I'm senate.
The debate in The Senate began
after Senator Sherman introduced mas
resolution calling on the government
TO demand that Carranza give assur-
ances to protect American Hfes and
property, and in event Of Carranza
/ failure to furnish such protection, to
intervene. The Sherman resolution
! had no sooner been referred to the
Foreign Relations Committee than
Senator CALM ger. Republican. arose
and read the following telegram that
had just been received by him;
4 ''Keene. n. H., Jan. IL,
/, Hon. ]. H. Gauinger,
i Washington. d. c.
( where Is my son, Thomas t.
/ Holmes, sole survivor OF recent Next
can outrage Please do everything
| possible to locate him.
L. w. HOLMES"
/ IT simply read this message" add
h, ed Senator Gallinger. ito show that
the horrible outrage recently commit
ted in Mexico is worthy of the atten-
I tion. nor only OF the Congress OF the
| United States. but of the executive
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