Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-05-19

MEXICAN C0NsULs AT
Ell PAso FOR CONFERENCE
Partial Returns Of Census Of Am.
orleans in Mexico Are
Received.
Washington, May 1s.-While await.
ing reopening of diplomatic discus.
sion with Carranza and results of tho
military campaign against outlaw
bands. the United States government
is considering further measures for
protection of American interests In
Mexico. Several consuls from the In.
terror Of Mexico ordered to the bor.
der by the state department have
arrived at Ell Paso for conferences.
which are expected to result in rec.
concentrations to the department In
the interests Of the American lives
and property across the southern
boundary. Coincident with the gath.
ering of the consuls, the state depart.
ment announced today partial returns
of the census of Americans in Mex.
leo recently ordered. 1t was stated
officially that the American colony at
Mexico City now numbers about
1900. Reports from other points in.
dicate that there may be less than
5000 citizens of the United States In
all Mexico
The consuk' conferences between
themselves and with Gen. Funston
and other military leaders are expect.
ed to result in concerted steps to
further safeguard Americans and
their property. s
Whether the question of effecting
removal Of Americans still remaining
in the bandit infested regions will
be considered was not disclosed hero
officially. 3s4F
Will Come to Mashineton.s
Consul Letcher OF Chihuehua City
will come tQ Washington safter the
border conferences to make a detail.
Ell report to- the state depzftn1ent.
The rescue OF Jcsse Demeer and
his negro cook, Monroe Payne, cap.
tured in the Glenn Springs raid, Of
ficially was confirmed during the day.
State department dispatches indi-
Gated that the strike Of Mexican rail
way employees was spreading. Shop
employees at Piedras Negras were re.
ported to have gone on a strike, pre-.
venting movement OF trains from the
south since May IA. 1t also was of.
ticially reported that railroad em-
employees in Guadalajara struck, May
Is, and that Aguas CalieTites was cut
off from railroad communication be.
cause of the strike
intantryman 10 Shot.
Sergeant Harry Furman. a member
of the machine company of the 23rd
Infantry was shot and killed on Mex
lean soil, mile and half east ct
Juarez, today, by Mexican cuslDms
guards.
Gen. Gavira, Juarez commander.
and other Mexican officials, say Fur.
man crossed the international bound.
ary, in an intoxicated condition and
fired on the customs guard before he
was made the target of their fire. The
shooting first was reported by Gen.
Gavira to Gen. Bell at Ft. Bliss. Gen.
Bell detailed Maj. George D. Moore
and Capt William B. Graham OF the
Goth Infantry to make joint investi-
CATION in company with the Mexican
military Judge and two officers named
by Gen. Gavira.
This investigation disclosed that
Furman, while searching for stray
horses, rode horse upon strip Of
Mexican soil left north Of the Rio
Grande by the shifting Of the river
bed. He was armed with > pistol.
American army men admit that he
was not within his rights in pene-
trating Mexican soil.
His pistol had been recently fired.
two chambers being empty.
Gen. Bell said tonight that he had
no evidence to show whether Furman
or the Mexicans fired first. Gen. Bell
will report the matter to Gen. Funs-
ton.
Regiment in Mourning.
The entire 23rd regiment tonight
mourned the death of Sergeant Fur.
man. He was one Of the most popu-
lar men in the regiment, being its
crack uldCulHo gun OpcI0tUts du0 2t1s
around athlete and a splendid horse.
man.
The idea that the Sergeant could
have been intoxicated Is doubted BY
officers and enlisted men alike. It
was said that after he had left to
round up the stray mules, he had rid
den the most fastidious horse n the
regiment over the hurdle, feat he
could not have accomplished, it was
if he had not been per.
fectly sober.
Furman was serving his second en-.
listment. Gen. Gavira's soldiers Wit
messed the shooting. but made no At
tempt to return there Of the Mex
leans.
At Camp Totten tonight, 1t was said
that, while shots we're heard, nobody,
witnessed the tragedy.
Gen. Trevino today announced his
plan of campaign against the villa
forces. The bulk of Gen. Ignacio
Ramos brigade has been moved from
the Escalon district to Uminex, from
which point they will cooperate with
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