The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-12-06
american Consular Agent I'M
mediateIy Goes Home on De-
livery From Puebla Jail.
NAY HAVE GIVEN BOND
Mexican Newspaper Reports
That Check for $500 Was
Received at Jail.
vry,co ASSEMBLIES WAR PLANS
,.,ov Air Service Chief Tells Congress
Sional Committee Mexico Has Gath
cred Staff OF German Pilots.

cred Staff OF German Pilots.
| Washington, Dec. 5-Consular Agent
t.nlins was released from Jail at
p,obla Mexico last night. The Amer
tom embassy at Mexico City reported
.s,s m the state department today and
.Inost at the same time news dis
rgtches from Mexico City said Jenkins
r-as released when. a check for five
z,,ndrad dollars was deposited with
civl authorities at Puebla. Difference
j. ranorts seemed to raise some doubt
os 10 whether Jenkins was released.
1-ncopditionally as the United States
demanded or on bail as. Mexican Of
fcials had said he could be.
Every effort was made here today
"a check on the report received by a
Mexico City newspaper that Jenkins
was released after J. Salter Hansen
had deposited five hundred dollars. The
state department said it did not know
Hansen and stuck to the position that
the release was the result of it's de-
mand.
Every since the arrest of jenkins
LITTER has been quoted as expressing
his determination to have it out with
Mexican officials without depositing
cent as bail.
Although Jenkins said in one in
stance he would not like to see inter-
vention. as he thought it possible to
handle the Mexican situation .withou.
Il. he said in one letter it was the
general feeling that I" Mexico will make
one of her usual insulting replies"
Houston. Tex. Dec. 5-General J. T.
VOTERS commanding the Texas cav
aiary, with headquarters here today
received advices of a raid by Mexican
bandits on a store eleven miles south
Of Zapata, county seat of Zapta
county, Texas The bandits fled
across the border. The report was
teephoned by W. NJ. Hanson, a captain
in the ranger service who is serving
as special examiner for the senate in
yestigation committee,
zapata, Tex. Dec 5-Mexican ban
dts last night raided the Claireno
ranch on the American side of the
Rio Grande eleven miles southeast of
here. escaping with provisions from
store on the ranch. -. 4
The number of bandits in the raid
ing party was not determined. but they
were reported heavily armed. The
| oay person molested was the store
keeper whom they bound and gagged
before Iooting the store.
Washington, Dec. 5-Mexico has "a
war type airplanes modified at Chi
huahua City alone and is obtaining
addiuona! planes from Germany, ac
tording to war department information
gwen 10 the house military committee
today by Brigadier General Mitchell,
chief Of operation of the army air
service. The department. also has in
formation, General Mitchell said that
ioTmeF pilots in the German army are
arriving III Mexico for service in the
alTny air forces there.
Inc president today sent to the
senate, in response to a resolution
'a9Pted last June. a report from Sec
'v'aFy Lansing that 927 citizens of
youhtrIes other than the United States
1ad been killed in Mexico since the
g'Fthrow of Porforio Diaz More
.aan one-third of those killed were
Chinese.
me report supplemented one re-
| S ihdoe TO the senate on the num-
Vi Americans killed in Mexico.
AeAcan and coal situations and
matters were discussed today
meeting of President Wilson's
which continued for two and
Ill hoars. but none of the DEPART
's' heads would make a state
..' : "hen the meeting adjourned.
49,. 9'ary Lansing who called the
9h and presided, said there was
-. '-'.is 10 be given out, but conceded
-'eAican problem had occupied the
attention for part of the time
u the session was given over
r.. NiScussion of the coal strike and
@dinlnistrator Garfield and Di-
s- General Hines. of the railroad
Inc. present ioF
=. 1oFelgn relations committee will
,c.-+ until Monday to receive the
ss, o the senator's on the presi 4
Deo,- news OF the Mexican question
.t .oi 10 have the matter delayed
AIR.. Aoose was reached by the COM
~ after Secretary Lansing had
esss,,,. mat the president had not been
es--'F1 esan. IN the present diplomatic ex-
lsnl.s, with Mexico regarding the
Vs.. .'sdlately after arrangements
Fan de for the conference, Senator
On ~, ossan assembling the evidence
savo -IeR his charges against Mexican
5sso. representatives were
sess sod preparing an abstract for
'ailon to the president.