New Britain herald., 1916-01-14
VILLA CHlEFTAINS
 CAUGHT AT MADEIRA
Gen. Almeida Shot, Execution of
 Rodriguez Ordered

l was announced last night in dispatch
 es from HI Paso to the state depart ment, and the Mexican embassy. AL meida was shot immediately, the mes | sage to the embassy said, and sum 1 mary execution of Rodriguez had been ordered by General Gavira, command ing the garrison at Juarez.
 Rodriguez and his followers were 1 taken Wednesday by Maxine Mar quez, g. former Villa officer who sur rendered with the Chihuahua army. As Madeira is more than a 100 miles north of Cosihuirac, where the Amer jeans were killed Tuesday, it is be- lieved here that they hardly could have been concerned in the massacr
 Embassy Dispatch.
 The embassy dispatch follows:
 General Jose Rodriguez, General Almeida and several other Villa chief tains were captured yesterday by Max imo Marquez, commanding the gar rison at the town of Madeira. AL meida was shot immediately. Rod riguez is a prisoner, but General Ca vira, in charge of the constitutionalist forces at Juarez, has ordered his sum- mary execution"
 .e Lansing Warns Americans.
 During the day Secretary Lansing made it clear that the United States would expect from the de facto gov ernment evidence that the murderers had been punished, and that if proper steps were not taken, an issue might arise between the United States and the Carranza administration. This statement was considered significant of the determination of the United States to enforce protection of it's cit izens in Mexico. The secretary added another warning to Am ericans in Mex ico to leave districts where there is revolutionary trouble"
 AS to the responsibility of the Car ranza government for the murders, Secretary Lansing declared nothing would be determined until all the facts were at hand. These, it was agreed during the conference with the president, should be gathered from every reliable source.
 Intervention Proposals in Congress.
 Tn conress again yesterday, intense indignation at the latest outrage upon Americans in Mexico was reflected. Senator Lewis, democrat, introduced a resolution to authorize the sending of armed forces of the United States into Mexico. to protectE Am merican citi- zens and property He asked that 1t lie over without action for the present, and this was done without debate.
 Representative -Slayden of Texas, democrat, made speech in the House declaring the time had come for Pan American action to restore peace i'll He insisted that only the summary execution of the bandit would satisfy the people of the border states Representative Moss of West Virginia, republican, in troduced a resolution proposing to send sufficient force of the army to Mexico to capture the murdererS and the dispatch of warships to Mexican waters to cooperate with the army and remain there until the persons and property of American citizens were safe. s
 Lansing and Wilson Confer.
 Secretary Lansing explained that his conference with the president had to do almost solely with the problem confronting the state department in the matter of gaining accurate 1nfor- nation. There are no American con- suls in the immediate neighborhood of the point where the massacre oc- cured and the secretary indicated there even was a possibility that all consuls might be withdrawn from the states of Durango, Chihuahua and Sonora until complete order is re- stored. It was decided at the con- ference that information regarding the murders would be taken from any reliable source, including officials of the de facto government.
 Secretary Lansing made it clear that there was nothing to indicate that the Carranza authorities had not done everything within their power to ap- prehend the bandits and that so far, all the steps taken appeared to be satisfactory.
 Certain Analogy.
 Secreary Lansing let it be known that he considers there is a certain analogy between the situation prevail ing in certain parts of Mexico and that which prevailed in certain parts of the West during the early history of the United States. It was also pointed out that there were many in- stances where the citizens Of one country had lost their lives in another during the course of an insurrection Or of mob outbreaks which the au- thorities were unable to control and that reparation was not made, except as an act of grace by the govern ment which in normal times should have been responsible.
 In regard to the warning reitera- ted by the secretary, it was said that the state department would not point out at this time what parts of Mexico were considered safe and what parts were considered unsafe. It was the anticipation of just what happened in Chihuahua, it was said, that prompt ed the renewed warning issued shortly aff tho roonrnition of