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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1914
Page
1
American ships and marines storm Vera Cruz in a two day battle that seals control of the city. Casualties run high on both sides with about 150 reported dead and many wounded, while prisoners are taken as streets show signs of heavy bombardment and firefights from the naval academy to market quarters.
Washington Senators Fall of New Mexico and Sheppard of Texas wrote the president offering their services in operations against Mexico. Senator Weeks of Massachusetts had volunteered. Senator Fall offered to resign to go to the front. Senator Williams of Mississippi urged appointing his son Robert Webb Williams a second lieutenant in the volunteer service. All offers were sent to the War Department.
War department prepares to send three armies into Mexico. Funston leads the first brigade from Galveston to Vera Cruz with five artillery companies, while Major General Wood awaits command. Water famine threatens Vera Cruz as supplies are distributed for a 165,000 man field, with plans for 300,000. Volunteers called for 60,000, aiming for 250,000 total, as border forces and state troops are mobilized to replace regulars. Reports of mobs in Mexico City threaten Americans. Villa shows friendliness toward the United States. Nuevo Laredo burned after federal evacuation. US troops exchange fire with Mexicans guarding bridges. Three more American dead at Vera Cruz increase toll to 18. Carranza’s demand for withdrawal rejected. Wilson asserts we deal with Huerta’s forces, not the Mexican people, as diplomatic relations with Huerta’s government are severed.
London Tid-Bits reports a brutal fight in South America between a strong Irishman and a Black opponent. A timekeeper mocked Pat with a running countdown while urging him to retaliate. Pat rose after eight seconds, then knocked his foe down. The timekeeper declared the bout over with a racial insult.
Secretary Garrison argues the six vice-admiral bill will improve diplomacy though navy work unchanged. A Brown anecdote shows a man who quits idle work to walk after considering his passage on a canal boat. London teachers win a strike for a minimum $500 annual salary.
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