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VOL. LXXXI. NO. 233.
NEW YORK, TUESDAY, APRIL 21, 1914. Conjrripat, IJ14, by () Sun Printing and PvllitMng Association.
PRICE TWO CENTS.
PRICE FIXING BY
STATES LEGAL
l S. .Supreme Court Upholds
Kansas Law Iteuhiting
Fire Insurance.
THIRTEEN DIE IN
MINERS' BATTLE
Strikers Surrounded by
Militia and Uig Fight
Expected To-day.
SENATE HOLDS UP WILSON'S INTERVENTION PLAN;
BITTER OBJECTION TO ATTACK ON GEN. HUERTA;
"WAR" RESOLUTION PASSES HOUSE, 337 TO
37
rHU
MKMI.KKS DISSENT
&i.v I tension Paves Way for
(fOvernnuMit Prices on
All Commodities.
EVKX THE WAGES OF LABOR
Pissciitinp: Opinion Is That
Price Fixing Is Owner's
Solo High!.
Wamunoton, April JO. The Supreme
Court handed down a decision to-day
which three of tho court's members. In
cluding the Chief Justice, characterized as
the opening wedge to the assertion of the
right to tlx by legislative action the price
of nil commodities, Including labor. The
decision by Justice McKenna upholds the
, validity of a statute of the State of Kan
is regulating the rates of fire Insurance.
Lawyers who heard the opinion regarded
It as one of the most lmporta.it and far
reaching in Its possible consequences to
business that has been handed down since
the court's epoch making decisions In the
, nntl-trust cases.
The decision. It was pointed out, is
bound to add strength to the agitation In 1
favor of legislation fixing a minimum
nage and itlo legislation to give price
fixing powers to Government commissions.
Justice McKenna In the majority opin
ion declared that the test to be applied In
reaching a conclusion as to the constitu
tionality of the Kansas statute was:
"lb the business so far affected with a
public Interest as to justify legislative reg
ulation of its rates? And no mean a
bioad and definite public Interest."
Sew York Xtntnte Cltrd.
The .Justice reviewed the acts of many
State- Legislatures regulating Insurance,
rotubly the New York statute of 1153 and
the Massachusetts statute of 1S37 regu-
atlng unearned premiums.
"The State'." said he, "has stepped In
and tmpocd conditions upon the compa
nies restraining the absolute liberty which
strictly private companies are permitted
to exercise."
Thse are based on the interest, the
Justice said, which tho public had In the
solvency of these companies, which would
i greatly affect the wealth of the country.
o have shown that the business of
Insurani-e has very definite characters,
tics." said Justice McKenna, "within the
reach of influences and consequences be
yond and different from those of ordinary
business ot the commercial world, to pur
sue which a greater liberty might be as
wttcil "
tie pointed out that the price of in
surance was nut fixed over the counter,
but In tho council), uf the underwriters,
promulgated in schedules ot practically
controlling constancy which the applicant
for Insurance Is powerless to oppose.
Nowhere In the majority opinion, how
erer. wb there asserted a right to fix
trices In tho ordinary acceptance of the
terms. The majority of the court upheld
tU Kansas law solely upon the peculiar
(karacter of tho Insurance business, which
aad it so closely related to tho public
welfare.
The title of the case was that of Qer-
twi Alliance Insurance Company versus
Jl Lewis, Superintendent of Insurance
Ol the Statp uf IfunnnR Thfl InKllrnnei.
company Is a New York corporation, in
corporated in H79
"educed Kannna Rate 12 I'er Crat.
I'mW the Kjnsas statute the Superln-
"ndent reduced the rate tor tiro Insur
ie about 12 per cent. The law author-
i the ru sine or lowerlni; of rates so
1'flf as the rhanges were reasonable.
In dlstnt.rig Justlco Lamar, speaking
'or bin-self, th. Chief Justice and Justice
Van Devanter, s.ild .
Insurance Is not production, nor m&nu-
Iftiire, por transnortallon. nor mer.
tide The fart that Insurance Is
'"!y a private and personal contract of
W" mlty puts It on the extreme outside
'm and removes It as far as any burliness
n be from those thnt are In their nature
"bin ft ,bat th0 ,,rlce of a prlvate
wd persnn.il contract of Indemnity can
' rerulated, if the price of a choice In
"tlen can be fixed, then the prloe of
"frythlriS within tho clrolo of 1te trans
itions can be regulated.
'-ormlderlnir. ther..fnr- th nntnrK nf
wihjert treat..,! nnd the reason on
"Nell the court's onlnlon Is bam el. It Is
tvlilent that the decision Is not a mere
fining urdgu but reaches the end from
r' banning and announces the principle
nirti polnis Inevitably to the conclusion
l 'he price 0f every article sold and
Price of every service offered can be
lined tiy Hlalim."
lUUlo Lamar iiunterl frnrn rVinli- nn
"iltutir.nl limitations to show while
tho eur.y days of the Colonies nrlces
'T9 (led hv law. Klnp IhR IWInrnllnn
J' 'clrpindonro "it has been commonly
f-S'pos.d that the general power In the
iie U) reoulate iirlrea was lnoonslstcnt
ith eonnimtton.il liberty."
,n toiibtltutldii. Il was wild, not onlv
lgnlzei) the rlht of nrlvate contract to
ulr property but the right to fix the
ot Its use and of Its salo.
TO drlirlli. i. in. .......... n -III... ....1,.
.... ti...iii ui fiiiivi, naiu
l.ainar, "It. to take his property,
C. there (...,. I,rt m. 1lli,.r1v nf nnntrnpl
I P'otlt of ownership if the prloe of Ita
" Hs sale g ,)xeil by law Xnat rtp
I " ll an, bute of ownerahlp."
TENT COLONY BURNED
Women and Children Home
less After Machine Guns
Wreck Homes.
FORTY PERSONS WOUNDED
Coal Diggers Driven to llills
"Gcnernl" Tikas, Strike
Leader, Killed.
TiUNlPAP, Col.. April 20. Thirteen men
are dead, more than two score are wounded '
and a reign of terror exists at Ludlow as
the result of a fourteen hour battle waged
to-day between boldlcrs and striking
misters.
luring ceased at 10 o'clock except for
desultory shooting.
At that hour the militia had sur
rounded a great body of miners In a
ravine near Savings canyon. Strikers
were rushed to-night from Trinidad.
Walsenburg nnd other neighboring camps
to aid their fellows, nnd It Is predicted
that by daylight the ilerccst labor battle
In the history of the State will be begun.
Additional militiamen are being hur
ried to tho scene. The dead Include one
soldier, eleven strikers and one non-combatant.
The big tent colony was destroyed oy
fire. The hundreds of women nnd chil
dren are being cared for by cltlzen.
"Gen." Louis Tikes, strike leader,
among the dead.
is
There have been no opportunities to go
over the dai's battleground, which in
cludes a district bound by Uerwlnd and j
Hastings on the west, Ludlow tent colony '
on the north. Barnes Station on the east
and nnneyvllle o the south, nn area of
about three gquarc miles.
About 100 militiamen directed the fire
of three machine Runs and their rifles
to-nteht upon the l.uelb tent colony.
Private A. Martin of Company A. Klrst
Itcitlinent, of Denver, was shot and killed
near Cedar Hill. Private Lewis Purcell
of Iolo Hprlnirs was shot through tho
breast during the fighting around the
Ludlow depot. He Is not expected to
live. Another soldier mm shot through
the shoulder. '
Soldier Are Cat off. I
Firing began early to-day In the hills
above Cednrhlll, about a mile from Lud- j
tow ana a miio ana a nan ironi me leni i
colony. Lieut. Llnderfelt and his detach- J
ment of sixteen men went out to Investl-
. it t i -i i.
Kiiii; ni wcic vufc uh huhi ni- iii.t.i, umhj i
of militiamen, commanded by Lieut.
Lawrence. Llnderfelt finally look up a
position south of the Colorado and llast-
ern tracks on what Is kuo-.w, as Water
Tank Hill.
Tho strikers
.... ,
entrenched themselves
along tho track and the lighting raged 1
around this point during the early part i
of the elay. A cull was hont to Trlnl- ,
dad by the mllltla for reenforceincnts and i
Itfty members of the newly organized
TrooD A were hurrledlv called toccther
ni4 snlnrtA.l iibmiHil n criftM'il treiltl W'histt
.i,.. .
the train was ready to leave Trinidad
the train crew refused to serve
After nearly sn hour's delay
Supt.
J. II. Abrams of the Colorado and South-, launders at tho port had not been notl
ern took charge of tho train with .Master ' "ed of any such prohibition, and even
Mechanic Itoach as engineer and Ues- I lr 'hey hud been the only Justifiable
patcher Willis as fireman. course) open to tho local authorities
It wiui 6 o'clock when the reenforce-1 WUU,J huv" t0 ctueal the pay-
j.... .., .. ,, . ......... i master and his crew to withdraw and
Utiles utiruineu a oiiuil uini.iui'ti iii:iu-
the Colorado and Southeastern crossing, '
formed a skirmish line and began ad.1'
vanclng upon Ludlow. Under a heavy fire'
S.:.' hy nnahy naZ T'
Ludlow station, where they entrenched
win.. x . .1.- ..u ..,
themselved tn bleul freight cars. J
llllllel llltltllf IIiiIIiIIiik,
A siruns uouy 01 neriKers
h a. en-,
trenched In the pumphou.-o .1 short dis
tance north of the Ludlow station. This
building wus lltfially riddled by tiro from'
rlfiee. 1
Under cover of darlenets thn strikeie
retreated to an arroo at the rear of the
tent colony, where late to-night tney re
sisted the approach of the militiamen, who
gradually closed In upon them. Strikers
who entrenched on the north side of ll.ik:
Inirs Canyon fought a small dntaehmeat :
of mllltla from Cedarhlll.
Ill feeling has existed since the be- 1
ginning of the strike between the strikers I
and the mllltla. Yesterday during a ball
game between Trinidad and Ludlow !
Strikers live militiamen who were watch-1
lug the game- were bet upon by a crowd j f
or Sinners wives. i.i-niitm 111 me it-ill
colony succeeded lu getting the soldiers
away without Injury. j
The entire district Is In a fever of ex- I
rltement. Even In Trinidad, fifteen miles !
away, citizens are taking steps to protect
themselves. At Koprls, Segundo and Mur
ley special precautions have been taken
in anticipation of an attnek by strikers
FLEET AT TAMFIC0 TO-MOHROW.
Drill of Mart lien lni'rens-e
Ahniiril
the Arkntimis,
From Tub Sun's spcelnl corrcipomciif
rtth the lee-t.l
AnoAftu U. S. B. AiiK.tNSAS, via Key
West, Kla., April SO. The drllla of tho
shore forces of marines aboard Admiral '
Kadgcr'n flagship havo been lurrenHod 1
and the men uro begging for assign
ments to tho landing pnrtteti. 1
Admiral lladger expects to recrlve In-1
structlons from Washington to-night.
This division of the licet will reach
Tamplco early on Wednesday.
ORKKN 8 T It I I' li HOOTCH
now in NON.iuiKiiii.Ani.rj iiom.iss.
ANUIICVY UaiJKIt ft CO., UdlnburKli, .Idv.
Text of Two Resolutions Pending in Congress
Itcxoliitlnn Thnt the IfHt: passed.
RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN CONGRESS
ASSEMBLED, That the President of the United States Is justified in the employment of the
armed forces of the United States of America to enforce demands made upon Victoriano Huerta
for unequivocal amends to the Government of the United States for affronts and indignities com
mitted against this Government by General Huerta and his representatives.
.Substitute Itr solution, in the Senate.
WHEREAS in view of the fact presented by the President of the United States in his address
delivered to the Conjncss at the joint session on the twentieth day of April, 19M, with regard to
certain affronts and indignities committed against the United States in Mexico.
RESOLVED, That the President is justified in the employment of the armed forces of the
United States to enforce his demand for unequivocal amends for affronts and indignities com
mitted against the United States.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the United States disclaims any hostility to the Mexican
people or any purpose to make war on them.
QUARREL OF D.
BUT WITH
Dictator 3lust Ifecojnize
tights and Dignity of
This Country.
Washington, April 20. President Wil
son's message to Congress was as
follows:
"Ukxtmemkn or the Conchess: It Is
my duty to call your attention to a
situation which nan arisen in our deal
ings with Gen. Victoriano Huerta nt
Mexico city which calls for action, and
to nk your advice and cooperation in
acting upon it.
"On the 9th of April a paymaster of
the United States steamship Dolphin
landed at the Iturblde Bridge landing at
Tumplco with a whaleboat and boat's
crew to take off certain supplies needed
by his ship, and while engaged in load
ing the boat WjUUtXE&itea by an officer
and squud of men of tho army of Gen.
Huerta. Neither the pnynmnti'S- nor
i any one of the bout's crew was armed,
i Two of the men were in the boat when
the arrest took place and were obliged
1 to leave It und submit to be taken Into
custody, notwithstanding the fact that
tho boat carried, both at her bow and
at her stern, the dag of tho United
States.
Aiiiiloglr
.Vol Siinicli'iil.
"Tno "Ulcer who made the arrest was
Proceeding up one of the streets of
tho town with his nrlsoners when met
,
oy an oiucer oi nigner autnority, who
ordered him to return to the landing !
" "''.'. ...... ui.i an nour
am' " lullf from 1 10 ,""'- " " '
iiiui'ia nriu l rteivru iroiu llie Colli- i
inunder uf tho Huertlsta forces at
,mi.i,., e- ,i, ,......., .., .........
mBtl.r an(1 mcn T)lf, rvk..lfc was .
fn!!mvn,l l.v ni...ini iv i !
mander ami latKi- hv nn ,.v .,r..ul,i ,lf '
reirret bv Hen. Hiiertu hlmNnif I
-acn. Huerta urged that martini law I
obtained nt Hi., urn- ., T,mi, .. '
eirlafa Kail Vw.a li.i.imJ I. .. i
.....v.o ..-.suvii uiai no one,,!,. ,lm.,u.. , . ,. .,.. ..
Miould bo allowed to land at the Iturblde
rr, r,'L r?LrJiH
, . .
J"'01,," T,' ,i C0",m'nJ-'
"',,,, " v, ;' ... . ,
niiwi
- "
- ;;," VholV
ly. l"l",tary ''ommander ot the port.
Tho Incident cannot be regarded as
- 1
A MUPIPAW PTJCinPlvITC deadlock that had resulted over thn Tarn- ,
MiUlUUnn nDOlULfUij Intro Incident, and this vsas the first In
. n tlmatlon the general public had of tint '
ART? Q A PC CAVCUIIPPT A situation.
niiJJ uni ju, uni u iiuuinn,
Dictator Issues n Order to Pre
vent Aets of Hostility
to Colony.
siet inl Calilr Dettntrh to Tnr Sev
MIIXIPO flTV. April SMI The See
relary of State ;ave nut nn insiiranee
from President Huerta looilKht that
Amerlran In this elty are safe.
The Huerta statement goes nn .In
snyi
! desire In make It plain In the
American people tluil, iirrnrdlng lo
the olllelal report Irom the com
mander at Port Tnmplro rerelred by
the Mexlrun Oinernment. there wns
no Hug In llie limit which landed and
whose rrevr was detained. I fear
President Wllsnu has been misinformed
nn this point and thut he will Inform
the American Congress that the bout
curried the Hug,
"In fart, the American ting has noth
ing In do with the ease, nnd I desire
the Amerlruu people fully lo under
stand lids."
Mkxico Cirr, April 20. Few Mexicans
hero knew before this morning of the
crisis that threatens their country, Tho
inuruiliir papvi'e canted accounts ot tho
S. NOT WITH MEXICAN PEOPLE,
HUERTA, WILSON
i u trivial due, especially as two of the
men arrested were taken from the bout ,
itself thut is to say, from the territory
.U.. IVI.I L'l I 1 1. .. . l !
Ui till! IJIllll-M .i.lil'O, UUl 1I.1U 11 PIUUU
by Itself It might have been attributed
to tliu Ignorance or arrogance) of a.
single officer.
"Unfortunately. It Is not an Isolated
case. A series of Incidents have re
cently occurred which cannot but cre
ate the Impression that the represen
tatives of Gen. Huerta were willing to
ko out of their way to show disregard
for the dignity and rights of this Gov
ernment and felt perfectly safe in doing
what they ple-nsed, making free to show
In many ways their Irritation and con
tempt. "A few days after the Incident at
Tamplco an orderly from the U. S. S.
Minnesota was arrested at Vera Cruz
while ushoro In uniform to obtain the
ship's mall and was for a time thrown in
to Jail. An official despatch from this Gov
ernment to Its embassy at Mexico city
whs withheld by the authorities of the
telegraphic service until peremptorily
demanded by our Charjre d'Affalrea In
person. So far as I can learn, such
wrongs and annoyances havo been suf
fered to occur only against represent
atives of tho United .States.
"I havo heard of no complaints from '
other (Jovernments of similar treat
ment. Subsequent explanations and for
mal apologies did not and could not
alter the popular Impression, which it
Is possible It had been the object of the
Huertlsta authorities to create, that
the Government of tho United States
wuh being singled out, and might be
singled out with Impunity, fur slights
and affronts In retaliation for Its refusal
to recognize tho pretensions of Gen.
Huerta to be regarde-d as the constitu
tional provisional President of tho Re
public of Mexico.
OtTene-rs MIkIk llceonif Worse.
"The manifest danger of such a situa
tion was that such offences might grow
from bad to worse until fomethlng hap
pened of so gross and intolerable ,t ort
as tn lead directly and. inexltably to
armed conflict, It uas iiece.-sary that
ino apologies of (Jen Huerta nnd his
representative. should go much
fur-
""'r. tliat they should bo such as to
, ,ract. tllR'tte,u '"n of who1" ,onu
"" "'ir siKnincancii nnel such as
to Impress upon Gen. Huerta himself
furtlll,r ,.-', """ ,
,. there:
fore, felt it my duty to sustain Admiral
Mayo In tho whole of his demand and to
Insist that the flag of the United States
should bo saluted In such a way as to
Indlcatu a new spirit and attitude on
the part of the Huertlstas.
........ .. tt,i... vi-,i, iiiir-ii.i nun re-
fused, and I have come to ask your
httcli a salute Gen. Huert.i has re-
approval ami support I
approval and support In the course I
now purpose to pursue.
i nis eiovernint'llt run. I Mrnitst v
"
, , .?."'" ' 'exico.
.iirii 11 11 1111 ri ru 11 iMTriTn it xv urn
to accept the test of li.-t own Constltu-!
,0 t hns no S0Vcrnment. Gen.
r.irelgn Minister rortlllo outlined in .t 1
statement thn position taken by ilcn. 1
Huerta In the controwrsy. At the same
time Gen. Huerta's order to refrain from
nets of, hostility or unfriendliness to I
Americans wn made public. Your cor-'
respondent did not see any evidences of j
I hostility manifested In the streets, al- .
1 thoii'th everywhere In the city the trouble
with Washington was the subject of dls- f
e USHloll. I
1 Pxcept for brief cunimenta of approval
on the attitude taken by Gen. Huerta. the
j newspapers refrained from attacking the
I Unit I'd States,
I .'I mptiii (ul said thut Gen. Ilue.rta has
I Klven pi in. r of his (Usciitmn and loyally,
I and added that "a peupte, llko a man,
snoillil preter (leain to etlsnonor
t!l 'ills refers to the Tamplco Incident
as an Infamous reason for war.
Foreign Minister Portillo gave out to-
day some nf the tcnrrnspondejire between
Gen. Iluerln nnd Washington eiver tho
Tamplro incident. In the course of one
note tlellveied to Charge O'Shaiigliuessv
Minister Portlllu after reciting the evonts
at Tamiilfo as viewed by tho Huertu Gov-
ei iimeiii. s.tiii - 1
"I think It will suffice for your excel-
lency to know these facts tn order to hit
I kind enough to telegraph to the American
Consul at Tamplco and to Admiral Mayo
. to thn end that thev wlthdiuw their de-
1 1.. nu ...11 l....l.l.... ...l....l.A. l...i.
, comn within the attributes of those fune -
tlouarles or whether the ultimatum la or
ll.tili.in, un, niuiuui iiiUIIIUH tiit-nn,- ii.-j
is not In conformity with International
law, Ita substance lacks Justification
after the satisfaction given by the com
mander In chief at Tamplco and Col,
lllnojosa's punishment."
TELLS CONGRESS
Soli1 Villi
-Will
of This Govern
ment Is to Help South
ern LV'imblie.
Huerta has set his power up In the
city of Mexico, such tu It Is, without
right and by methods for which there
can be no Justification.
"Only part of the ronntry K nndrr
his control. If armed rontllrl should
unhappily eonie ns a result nf his at
titude of personal resentment tuward
this Government, we should he Dint
ing only (Jen. Huerta und llune who
adhere In Mm und glee Mm their sup
port, and our object would be only to
restore to tho people of the distracted
republic the opportunity to s't up
again their own laws and their own
government.
Hope tt'nr lis -Not the qnrallen.
"Rut I earnestly hope thnt wir Is
nut now In nuestlmi. I bellete thnt 1
speak for fhs American people when
I a) thut s do not dtlre to control
In mi 5 degree the affair nf our sister
republic.
"our feeling for the people of Mex
ico Is one of deep and genuine friend
slilp, and everything that ue havu so
tar done or refrained freim doing has
prece.Ied from our detslre to hell) them.
not to hinder or embarrass them.
"l'n U'imiI.I .,.t ..'l-V. In ..V.I...I... t.
..v "UM.i. ..u. 1..,, ... i.ii.a(;
good otllces of friendship without their
welcomo and consent. Tile people of
m arm conseni. 1 He people or
are entitled to ettle their own
Ic affairs In their own way. and
Mexico
domestic
we slnceiely desire to respeet their
right. The present sltiiutiem need have
none eif the grave Implications of In-
terfi rencn if we ileal With It promptly,
tlrmly and wisely.
"No eloubt 1 could do what Is neccs- I
sary lu the clreuintauces to enforc
respect for our Hovernnient without re-
course to the ( eingriss and yet not ex-
ceed my constitutional powers as Pre-"!-
dent, but 1 do not wish to act In a mat
ter possible of so grave consequence
except In close conference and coopera
tion with both the Sennto and House.
"I, therefore, come to nk your
approval that I should nt Hie armed
forces nf the United Mates In such
nays nnd tn such an extent ui may
be neceary lo obtain from (len.
Huerta nnd his nilherents the fullest
recognition of the rfchts and I'.lcnlljr
of the United Mates, eien niiild
the itlstresstnii' cemlltlnns now un
hnppll) obtaining In Mexico.
'Thero can In what we do o :io
1 thought of aggression or of selfish a;;-
rS'i ttrllT-iimiin t W.. tti,il t. rttn tt.t I n thit
States' only becadse we wish al.ays ,0
I Wp our e.i. Imluenc.; ..nuinia.red for
rttirnltv nn,i niif hftfttv nr t!u. Ulilful
1 im iimus ii niiorix' iv.nn in ne n 1 in
Statew and wherever else it may be cm
. ployesl for the benelll of manklml."
VERA CRUZ REFUGEES
TAKEN ABOARD LINERS
Steiinier With A iiitmiiiitioii for
retlerais Units Trii on Hrit
ish Admiral's Ad iee.
)itclal Catle Ptstnitci to 't'n.: r.
Vmu Cnuz, April iO,Tlin Aine..c.m
consulate heie has no definite tnformn
, tlon as to what ship of th Atlantic
tiattleshlp ileet are coming here,
1 Thero Is a lieiieral feeling here that
something serious Is about to happen, but
j there nro no disorders. The citizens are
nenavinsr aumirauiy unn uu uua-ni eiiue-
1 Ing l going on.
, Gen. Gustavo M.mss, military Gov-
emor of Vera Cruz, has received explicit
Instructions to preserve order hero and
I not to nllow any demonstrations what-1
ever. j
1 Mighty-seven refugees are new she I eini
on the Ward liners Mexlio ti d Mspe r-'
ana. Must ot these are wane i-
The oil steamer Kl Xorrii, whhh inMv.d
heie to-day, had on board IGu.OOD ruuiuls
of ammunition consigned to thn Federals
at Tamplco. Acting on the suggestion of
Hear Admiral Sir Christopher Cradock,
commander of the lirtttsh Ileet, the cap-
. i.itii ,il t.M , ic.tr. .1 tu Iim Aintu.i!il fm. ,
i uh,i i' ... . i" .... n.. n. n- i-.. i n .. .t...
1 taking this e'arffo to Tamplco. as
thought his ship might be relied by
he
the
American fleet off that place if their coir.
manders knew what ne hnd aboard
The American naval authorities to-day
requested Ocn, Maasa to order all Amer
ican merchant vessel out of the harbor.
I
Majority of Senate Foreign Relations
Committee Refuses to Sanction
Measure Aimed Personally at
the Dictator and Not
at Mexico
PRESIDENT GREATLY WORRIED
Entire Campaign Programme. Including Order co
Fleet to Blockade Gulf Ports and Concentra
tion of Troops on Border Ready to Move
South, is Stopped by Opposition.
Washington, April 20. The Presi
dent's plans for the InmntllMte blockml
lti nnd M'lzure of the Mexican gulf
ports hate hei'ti lield tip Mini the Wash
ington Administration Is greatly em
barrassed as the result of strong oppo
sition in Coiijire'ss to the tvoliitlun in
support of the President's programme.
The House after a long wrangle In
whloh the President's move against
Huerta was bitterly attacked voted Xl
I to that the President "Is Justliled n
(the employment of nrmed forces ngalnst
i Huerta."
I The resolution ndopteM by the Hou-se
i was as follow
"Itcnolval. llv the Senate and House
of lteprese'htatlves lu t'ongre.? nsseni
blest, that the President of the I lilted
States Is JustltUnl In the employment
of arined forces of the I'nlteel Slates of
America to enforce demands ujxm Vic
toriano Huerta for unequivocal amends
to the Government of the United State"
for affronts and Indignities committed
ngalnst tills Government by General
Huerta nnd his representatives.
At 12:30 o'clock this morning the
.Senate adjourned without taking nuy
action on the resolution. Hitter oppo
sition In the Senate Committee on Tor-1
elzn Itelatlons made it apparent thnt
the resolution favored by 1 Ue President
could not Ik report eel favorably.
After the Administration had usd
.n'.m' ..ffi. t l.i Lii'lni, ill. in It I in Inln
line and had failed a substitute) re.so-
lutlon was unanimously reported to the
xenntn at 1:10 tint nioriuncr. reauinc :lh 1
1 follows
"U'ln.i-.tii. it. 1 I, .11. 11 tlin tnula til a.
uiui 1. m ll ..in v .in iii.m l
w.ntrl by the President ot tho United
Slat(.s , ,,,. uMresH delivered to the,
,, . . , , , ,.u '
"f"' , J ') " - -0th
v "f AI'r"' 1914- wllh regarel to eer-
tain uf! runts and indignities committed
against the United States In Mexico;
n, ,nli;;l. That the President Ik lustl-
lied 111 the I'lnpioymenL of the a . ii'f.i .
furi'es of the Unitetl States to ciitoivc
his demand for unequive.cti! ameniis fur
.in routs and mdlgnitie- .nuu'.'ed
.iiilnst the Unitrd States.
'Hi' it further Itr&alvul, Vuae '.not
United States dUelamn any hisiilii to
tho Mexican people or tu purpose to
maku war on them "
To Meet at Noon To.it.
Obje-ctlon was mailo to the Imtneii! nu
consideration of this resolution b Sen
ator Llppltt of HhoJe Itlund, and U,"
Senate finally consented to adjou.-t. until
12 o'cloca noon, v.Vn the o.iisil'u1
resolution probably will he passed. The ',
Administration has accepted the Ir.evl-j
1 t.i.in and t-ivon its
viusen: to thi. sub
... , ,,,
Servitor Ixide
f-m'iti4i'ttK
..f
sened notice, however, that the prn-
ble ..von o the substitute, resolu ,0,1
ten. m. uiirMnii.rtf u- nnin ft r ' 1 nmi
and lie offered the following tor a pre
iLinblo to the substitute resolution:
"That tho stat.i ot unrestrained Mo-
lence nnd anarchy which exists in Mex-
n,n ,i,..r ..f .iimlinrlieil Mini nn-
tiuulshed mui.lt.rs e.i American cltUens
and the spoliation ut their property lu
that country, the impossibility of be
curing piotectl.in or redress by diplo
matic methods In the absence of hew
J fill nnd effective authority, the Itiiibd
I Ity of Mexico to discharge) Its Interna-
I tlonnl obligations, the unprovo'iteil tn
, dignities Inflicted
uniform of the
upon thn Hug ami the
fnlte.I State bv the
Lliltid State. bj
. iirmeel forces in occupation 01 large,
' I"l,'tr f,f Meh;an territory have become
Intolerable, ' ' " '" ! pot'i tnm the Seu.te Cuin-
"That the N'lf-respect and tlignltv of!'".' " " l'ili:n Itelatlons The s in
the United States and tho duties to nr.. -i ;;;."'J "" -""atur llliedicoci- of N, .
tect Its citizens an.l Its international j j," .s;illMor'.'!arle.'t''r'i;a;i"Ln,a
rights require that such a course be fob Wi' t li.-t tat. to li.irrv back and
lowed In Mexico by our Government as' Help -ae the situation
Resolution Held
RecesSS Taken
U ell.S ,T.i
Airll :'l Tuek..i)
wt UH, Hulla WMrft;llng ovir the
resolution lu support of the President, the
Senate Committee on Foreign Itelatlons
wuh having an Inharmonious meeting yes-
I 1n. 1.. liln.l I.ium.1 ilnnpu
1r f.l.'t, at
( ji.itiuj ,.. ., vi...... ....i.,-
the llrst meeting ot the committee, whloh
' laste d tw j hours, it was practically deter
mined to amend the resolution a dratted
by the Auniliiistratiun and reported to
h House.
to compel ic&pei't and observance of
It. rights."
This unexpected opposition lu Con
gress wus a blow to tho Administra
tion. It haa been accepted as evidence
of a lack of enthusiasm over the Presl
dent's campaign against Huerta us an
individual. The present emb.irrjssng
situation was being contrasted here to
night with the spontaneous and ununi
mous support given to President Mc
KInley when he called upon Congress to
act Just before the Spanish war.
The alteration of tho resolution by
the Semite committee and tho Ibni op
position In the upper House of Con
greeis was caused chlelly by the Presi
dent's attempt in the original rtseniiion
to direct the power of tho United State
solely against Huerta as an Individual,
while calling upon lum to perform an
act which could only be done bj i lit
Government of Mexico Members of
tho Senate, Including mna of the
Democrats, Insisted that the resolution
was too personal and te,n-eentni .1 step
in the President's campaign aguiiit the
Mexican dictator.
Soene Republican objected, too, to
the tie-e of the word "Justliled" Kvuti
they contended it would comma tiiem t
an Indorsement of the I'reM'K.it - e-ntire
Mexican policy.
In tnc comprom.fc tuat n..u now
ever, was retained.
There was cverj indication when the
. dunlin .'.illf.il n...l lj..ti;ki ,1
-
amble introduced "o Senaior
l.oeig
iiiiiusii ueiuii auu uiui ineie niigu. ne
further euibarwsln,,' elelay in tut- Pres-
lti , it
. '"nt Ii,sw M "I'"
Hons Into eif.vt .it once Senator ltoi i
, , ' . " " , '
stlll"l M .senator Lodge .1 111J ot ier
nyl0,aM of forelBll ...latum, in insisting
upon the elimination nf i.U personal
reference to Hjiert.i In the resolution.
T!.e defeat of the Administration was
1 all the mote marki d b'v.iu-e t'.e - 1 1 -
Hun w.i' drawn b Preuleiit W.is.in pel
soiu.'lj .ird sen: tu C'liigre' for ,nlnp
t (on
1 iiiilltilct I'ltlll If.'lllrtl,
I u tier, the Ditch . urred in 1 ongresa
pltinB were under ' for tnr despatch
of ortlers to the A 1 eruan var vesseh
1 In .Mexican watei.s in e-lose in on th
porLs 0 r.i Crtii and Tamplco, solzn
jtheni and c.unlilisli u blockade.
I Orders also were waiting to be esent
out to the army along tl.e Mcxlrnn bor
dr. eapcc.Mlv nt 3.ile e;ton. to prepare
Iteoif fc:- embarkation to the Mexican
Gii.C p.srt Tlw Secretary uf War nnd
, the siee retary of tie N.n .'. .Majur-Gen
Wood, Chief of S.alV ul llie Atliiv, ftnd
ineist of tint bureau chiefs from the Navy
1 and War depjrtnient.) Im I g.itherea ut
I tn" White Hoiice ith t.ieir tn.ius and
- ;
I
.i.ti th. Pi.:.dintV
. . w h.O) w -re fo
,. liier.illt li.
I illgi es 1 .11. lit I, ll
nil 'lit gel iie!"'.np, at
'I he etpjiusit 101
a la.-li uf !c 'W.i.i j
i ;V u and wnen tin . ., fer
"H""'".'! it was win, the und, 1
.Mundiiig tiiiu no orders would I) issued
' l,' rll,,,,r Wi,r "r Ip.u.m.rt
until the tltuatlon on Capitol lib. b.,,1
cleared.
The Piesiilcnt ami nil lil-.i nelvirers
weie plainly .e.in.eei ,ui. 'ne upposl
t let ts thai had del elupetl They teareHl
that it would lliltned'atelv be uicepttd
by .1 huge Ji.irt ul the Mexican people
as justiucatlon lor ti e i tatement thn
1 ,n" Piesident lacked tin mipporl of th
l'""""""y '" cnilllJ.l.,::i that lie ha.l
, nndenaUrn .ig.unsi Huerla.
shuiih lit fiv ml.Inigl : the Preslden
( la. 1 ne vot . in ,nu- able to t.m:. ,
Up in Senate;
Until Noon Today
livery member ol thn commute n drew ,i
draft of a it subitum himself and in t'.wo
case, It iva said, the name of Huerta i.m
eliminated and the resolution ws made.
broader so as to refer to t.ie Mexir.er
Federal Members of t.ie em .inlttee ar
gued thai in tin original resol itcn Piesl
dent Wil.iun uni -I'lgitd llutr'a j: as
un Individual I'hey said that at. ji ,i.
dividual Huerta 1 alnady dune ail t
c mid to n aliti a r i 1s, f e t'. t l t