The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-14
AT LEAST TWO MORE
! AMERICANS PUT TO
DEATH YESTERDAY
F ears Expressed That Many
May DC klIlcd Ecfore They
Reach Safety -~ Congress
Hears Strong lnteivcnuon
Speech

Washington, Jan. I3.-ihe
State department retI eu " al
tonlghi ina tno Oh shia .. sc4.-
ctaiS, Who are sap ostsi TO ,.a,c
been Implicated tiic MASSAGE
OF the eighteen American, near
tnihuahua, nave Decn taacn, one
OF them alive ana the usIsef ,Ae...,
with Il number of u.c.r co.n-
panions. Inc state. A. ll:,rtisse..e
dispatch, winch camc rom RI
Paso. said that General JIse
Rodriguez has sseeia .a iasrca anu
t.enerA .Aln,cfd:, kiA.e4I ~ Car
tddza's representatives.
The dispatch TO the State HE.
partment aid not Indicate the
part which ,iiesc two generals
arc supposed to have taken in the
numbering of the Americans, but
i'm Mexican quarters here II was
learned that they arc the two
villa leaders who were in control
OF the territory In which the
murders took place. The dispatch
did not say how many of the fol-
lowers OF the two generals were
captured.
The two were taken at MADEIRA.
which is more than one hundred
miles from the scene Of the pmr-, ID
tiers.
Secretary of State Lansing issued
this afternoon another warning H..
Americans TO get out and stay out Of
la wless sections of Mexico.
The warning issued following the
receipt of official confirmation of tina
OF another American citizen by
Eillista bandits sixty miles west Of
Santa YsabeI where Mondays mas
Sacre occurred, and likewise follows
ing a renewal of assurances TO the
secretary of Eliseo Arredondo. Car
lanza's amba ssador designated to the
L nited States, that the Carranza gov.
eminent would live up TO its assur-
ances given AT the time of its recog-
aition
While feeling in Congress over
Mexican outrages continued today 10
grow In intensity, the President still
with the situation through the Car
ranal government.
Al both the White House and the
STATE Department it was apparent thar
eyerNt hing possible was being done
TO stand off any action which would
FORE the government into armed in
Again today the fact was
emphasized by the President. as Wen
as the State Department officials that
the americans who were murdered at
Chihuahua had been warned not TO
enter Mexico.
Resolutions again were introduced
and speeches were de-
livered indicating deep feeling.
Go Mt Their Own Risk.
In isuing his warming today Secrs-
tary Lansing said:
II would again urge Americans to
keep out OF all sections of Mexico
where lawless conditions still exist. Ii
go into such territory they
take their chances.
Secretary Lansing said he would adj
dress a new set of instructions to
American consuls in Mexico reiteraf-
ing those of last October, which d.
rectcd the consuls to employ riders,
II necessary. to carry to Americans IN
areas the warning TO re-
turn 10 the United States.
Tho secretary did not specify in his
the sections where "iawless
still exist. He said Amer
ians must use their own common
sense in the matter. The department.
however. has received word that be-
sides the area in western Chihuah ua.
where the recent murders occurred,
the states of Durango and Sonora are
also in the dangerous zone.
Ampa ssador Arrendodo, in a state
nent issued tonight from the Mexican
referred to the killing OF
the Americans as ''regrettabie, de
plorabie" andNtatrocious," but. as was
The case with Secretary Lansing. he
placed blame on the victims for fall
Ing to heed warnings to keep out OF
dangerous territory.
Mr.. Arrcdondo admitted subsequent-
IS. however, that these Americans held
permits from the Carranxa military
authorities for use within the Carran-
"a lines. but added that these permits
had been asked for by tho individuals.
and were issued with the disfinct un-.
that they were mot Soing
outside the lines. The state Depart
ment. he declared, had no part in the
securing of theseN permits
Up to a late hour tonight uesthek
The state Department nor the A4xt.
san embassy had rscetved conhrnsa1toN'
Of thu reported maeeecre NJ n<tSA4
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