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Show WILSON MEETS Mexican Situation Topic at Conference With President ZAPATA, Tex., Dec. 5 Eanditi Ia3t 1 night raided the Clareno ranch on the American side of the Rio Grande, eleven elev-en miles southeast of here, escaping with provisions from a store on the ranch. The number of bandits in the raiding raid-ing party was not determined but they were reported heavily armed. The only person molested was the storekeeper, store-keeper, whom they bound and gauged before looting the store. All provisions in the store were taken. tak-en. The bandits packed them on several sev-eral horses taken from the ranch and then crossed the R-o Grande again into Mexico The ranch is cwned by Se-j Se-j rapio Vela of Laredo, Tex. No clue to the identity of the bandits had been ob tainrd up to noon today. ASHINCTON. Dec. 9. President' Wilson will see Senators Fall. Re- j publican, New Mexico, and Hltchcoi k. Democrat, Nebraska, today to di- UBS the Mexican situation The foreign relations' committee will ; not meet until Monday to receive the report of the semuors as to the prcsi-1 dent's views on the Mexican question j Decision to ha- the senators visit i the White House was reached by ihej committee after Secretary Lansing had' told It thai the president had not been i consulted fh the ilip'roumiie exchanges': with Mexico regarding ihe Jenkin-case. Immediately afte r arrangements were made for the conference, Senator' Fall bean assemh'ing the evidence 00 which his charges against Mexican government representatives were based and preparing an abstract for presentation to the president The senator plans to take all the evidence to the White House so it will be available avail-able for the president should he ask for it. Senators Fall and Hitchcock were named a committee yesterday by the senate ioreign relations committee to. confer with the president to seek his' views on Ihe resolution of Senato: Fall requesting that the president sever sev-er diplomatic relatins with the Mexi can government The Hitchcock sub-slitute sub-slitute proposing that congress assure the president of its support should he decide to break wilh Mexico also will be presented io the pre.-jdent. Senator Hitchcock, it was learned at the White House, communicated with Secretary Tumulty laic last night regarding the conference and said it was not necessary that the president see the senators immediately, but the president decided to have the conference confer-ence today. The senators will go to the White House after the president' cabinet has held a special meeting at which the .Mexican situation will be discussed dis-cussed The meeting was called to-daj to-daj bj Secretary Lansing vho spent nearly two hours before the foreign t elation.-, commit tee yesterday discussing discuss-ing ihe Fall and Hitchcock resolutions and the Mexican question generally. The request of Senator Hitchcock that the president see the senators, was referred io Mrs Wilson and approval ap-proval of the conference was given by Rear Admiral Grayson, the president's personal physician . |