The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-21
TO STOP
I[[y!CAI
Zf OUTRAGES
lcle Sans Neighbor to the
~ South, Has Become
Source Of Great
Worry.
CONGRESS rs TO ACT
Carranza Has Promised to Punish o.
tenders, But Nothing Seems
to Have Been
Done.
CONGRESS IS TO ACT

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.
| WASHINGTON, July 21-Develop
ments in the Mexican situation today
were as follows:
! 1.-Senators deeply interested In
the Mexican situation planned con
| ference to discuss what congress car
do to stop outrages against Ameri
cans.
2.-The house rules committee pre-
pared to hear testimony of Ambassa
dor Fletcher recently returned from
Mexico City.
3.-Mexico informed the United
States it would do all possible to pun
! ish authors of the "odious crime" In
which John w. Correll was killed and
his wife assaulted. No further word
las been received from Mexico as to
the robbery Of American navy sailors
in the Tamest river.
After hearing Fletcher, the commit
tee was expected to decide it's course
on the Gould resolution, providing for
a special senate and house investigat-
ing committee with broad powers.
If this investigation Is ordered,
members Of congress stated, 1t will be
given evidence, to show, among other
things that Carranza's government
won recognition from the United
States through bribery and deception.
One member of congress declared
President Wilson had been given evt-
dence of Carranzas attempt to cor
rupt American officials in Mexico.
The evidence, he stated, was a
check for S25,000 signed by Carranza
and offered to an American special
agent If he would make favorable re-
port on the Carranzista group.
Senator King, Utah, who for months
has been demanding q Showdown"
with Carranza on unpaid claims of
Americans for damage to personal
property said he may ask that the for
eign relations committee be dis
charged from consideration of a reso-
luton calling on the state department
to hasten action.
The committee, Senator Lodge ex.
planned, has been unable to consider
tie resolution because of the peace
treaty. He said he would have no OBJ
lection to King calling it directly be-
fore the senate. Senator Smith, AriZ-
ona, said he expects to address the
senate shortly on the situation.
Secretary Daniels today denied
that any portion Of the Pacific fleet,
now enroute to the west coast, would
be diverted to Mexican waters. Such
reports are baseless, he said.
Complete Reorganization.
LOS ANGELES, Calf, July 21--A
demand for complete reorganization
of Mexico made Jointly by the United
States and South American republics
s the only form of Intervention which
would succeed In Mexico, Governor O..
A. Larazolo, Of New Mexico, declared
before leaving today for San Diego.
Larazolo feels that if the United
States should send military expedi-
ton across the border it would mean
long bitter war.
Information Ordered.
WASHINGTON, July 21-The for
eign relations committee today or
dered favorable report on Senator
Kings resolution requesting the state
department to furnish the following
information about the Mexican situa-
ton:
What steps have been taken if any
to press for collection of damage
claims of American citizens against
the Mexican government; the number
of Americans killed in Mexico since
Diaz retired; the number forced to
flee and the value of the property they
left behind; the number now there
and the value of their property, and
the number of nationals of other coun-
tries killed by Mexicans since Diaz's
time.
The state department was advised
today of the robbery by bandits of
the Atlantic Refining Company's oil
loading station at Puerto L.obos, Mex.
leo. of about $4,000 last Wednesday.