Show r I o OLMAN IlM ANI 18 VI TIM Of SHOOING HOOTING G Gabriel briel Porter Dies by I Bullet Fired i ed by by Carranza Carranza Car Car- ranza Man an Report T fells of Crime WASHINGTON Jan p. p 7 Ga GaW Ga- Ga W vy briel an citizen in the employ of Ienn- Ienn l nn n. n Mex l co company panr was shot and killed by a a Mexican federal army officer at Tuxpan on December 21 21 according to advices received bythe bythe by bythe the state department today from the American consul 1 at Ta f merca v p. p t t CO TM dered to report further information n nand and i if the circumstances warranted to urge the local authorities in n the Tampico Tampico Tam Tam- Tampico pico district to arrest and th thE guilty person This makes a total of at twenty Americans Americans Ameri Ameri- cans killed in m the Tampico district b bv by Mexicans since April 7 1 1917 Eighteen of them were es of ot American oil companies 2 VICTIMS Yesterday the consul at Tampico re reported reported reported re- re ported the murder of ot F. F J. J Roney itoney and Earl Boles Bole oilmen employed ed in the Tampico fields The state department immediately instructed the embassy at Mexico City to urge the Mexican government government government gov gov- to take prompt steps to bring the guilty to Justice and similar ac action action action ac- ac tion by the department in the case of ot Porter was wa expected when the consul had reported additional information The Mexican authorities first reported report report- ed that Porter had been accidentally shot by a companion in a party parts re returning returning returning re- re turning from from a dance OFFICER IS SLAYER Investigation by the Penn Penn-Mex offU and by the American consul was said sald to have developed however that he was shot by an army anny officer Forter's Porters Porter's Porters Porter's Por For ter's home was In Fullerton Cal The Mexican government has been called upon by the state department to use every every means possible to apprehend apprehend apprehend ap ap- ap- ap and punish the murderers at of F. F J. J Roney honey and Earl Boles American American Ameri Amen can oilmen In the Tampico field Immediately upon receipt of the re report report report re- re port of at the murders of ot the two men the American embassy at Mexico City was instructed to urge the Mexican government to take prompt steps to bring the murderers to justice In Inan Inan Inart an art effort to get action also by local authorities similar instructions were sent to the American consul at Tampico The dispatch to the state department department department depart depart- ment said the two men were murdered murdered mur mur- dered near Port Ix Lobos bos and that their bodies were discovered January 5 6 The They were of ot the- the International Petroleum company and were supposed to h have ve had th the company's payroll when they were were killed d |