Show u It S. S FLAG GETS NO REDRESS Desecration of Colors Flying Above Home of American Killed in Mexico City Held Heldi Act of Lawless Persons Person i INCIDENT CLOSED WITH PAYMENT OF INDEMNITY Washington Officials Accept Brazilian Ministers Minister's s 's View That No Demand Should Be Made for an Apology T TURKEY STARTS INQUIRY WASHINGTON AT April 2 urns hias- hias vv V V much the ns as desecration of tho American flap flag flying above the homo home of John B. B McManus l an American citizen cHizen murdered in Mexico co Cit City o was the ac act of Jl lawless persons acting without with with- out authority the United States government government gov gov- o decided today to make no demand for an nil apology Secretary Bryan Bryn announced limb the incident was closed with the re receipt rc rc- today of a dispatch from tho the Brazilian minister in Mexico City The Brazilian minister said Mr Bryan BIran did dill not think tho the fn facts ts in tho the caso case showed sh any attempt on the part of or oran an any of officers or authorities to desecrate t the flag and he ho did dd not nol therefore r re regard r gard It as a a. case caso where an alolu apology y should be bc asked Officials pointed out later that th the attitude was as in accord with the policy of ot the United d State States in dealing with such sueh cases In tho past Tho The payment of or the in in indemnity Ja- Ja to the tho widow of ot McManus lc and the g general expression of regret b by tho the Zapata Villa-Zapata authorities are aro held to be he sufficient reparation In the tho circum circum- m. m stances Secretary Bryan toda today conveyed ed to the Brazilian minister the tile appreciation of ot the United States government o for COl his efficient handling of the l Jc McManus lanus case Obregon lit ut Capital H. H First definite Information of the tho lo location location lo- lo cation of oC General Obregon and his army since he evacuated e Mexico 1 City to the Zapata forces Corces came today In an official dispatch from Gen General ral Car- Car rana rama to his agency here announcing that Obre Obregon on was at miles mites north of the capital and thus again menacing an any southern advance of ot the Villa army Recently it was reported that tho the Zapata and Villa forces intended to evacuate the capital and that again would occupy it H The gunboat was as toda today or ordered ordered ordered or- or dered from New ew York to Join tho the cruiser squadron at Vera Vora Cru CIU Cruz The battleships Delaware and Georgia soon will come north for tor target pra practice Uco with the Atlantic fleet J M M. 1 Dougherty an American manager manager man man- ager agel of an estate near Soledad was ar arrested arrested ar- ar rested at Puebla recently by Carranza authorities because of ef C unexplained financial transactions and has been taken to Vera Cruz Cru where Consul Canada is Jg looking after his Interests ts Turkey Seeks I Following close on the heels of the I American governments government's request to Turkey Tur k key to protect the Americans at tho the mission school at Persia Be Bey charge of the thA Turkish embassy here today here today presented t to te tho the state department a no note o ask asking Ins Ins- for an Investigation of the killing In Mexico cf or two rUt elsh subjects and the recovery ely cry of ot their bodies if Ie possible Two Syrians S Salamon Jamon Nigil and Rafael Ra Ra- fla- fla fact fael l are said to have o been executed axe exe at b by Villa VIila s soldiers the charge against them being that they had attempted to circulate counterfeit currency notes It was claimed In defense de do- tense of ot the tho men that the notes had been approved ed as genuine b by the Villa commander I In Iii II hl his note to the department flINt flied flINton on instructions from his go government nt tho the Turkish charge requested the United States to protect Turkish subjects subjects subjects sub sub- in Mexico and to ask for redress In the present cas cass J C e- reply w was wa's s made mOllo toda today to the Turkish request although h. h It was understood that It Jl would be complied compiled with Surrender General Villa telegraphed his Enrique C. C Llorente from as follows I have ha the pleasure to n advise lse you Oll that Gen Joso Jose Isabel nobles secretary of ot war under Gutierrez after a i conference conference conference con con- ference which he had hatI at with Gen Margarito Salin OS who was waR commissioned com corn by br mo me to confer conter with noble at tho the suggestion of the latter has hns surrendered to tu the convention government govern govern- ment mont and has solemnly promised to re retire retire re- re tire to private life He delivered to me four machine guns uns and all nil his tom com command torn torn- mand maJId who have been re enlisted In Inthe Inthe the th convention ranks |