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ediation Plan
Will Not Work
France, Germany and England
Advise Huerta to Comply
With American Demands
No Further Reports of Riot
ing in Capital Americans
Are Allowed to Leave.
Latin-American Diplomats Plan
To Submit Their Proposition
Mexican Refugees Trans
ferred to New Mexco For
Safe Keeping.
Sy Associated Press.
Washington. April 27. European
diplomats in Washington, it .was learn
ed today, are pessimistic over the suc
cessful outcome or mediation proposals
by South American governments to
prevent war with Mexico. While the
action of Great Britain, Germany and
France in urging Huerta to accept the
poc-d offices profferred by Brazil, Chile
?.nd Argentina has had an encouraging
effect upon officials here, there are
few who believe that success can
eventuate from the undertaking.
At two o'clock Ambassador de Gama
and Ministers Saurez and Naon ended
t protracted conference : as to future
procedure in the mediation proposals.
Though no announcement was made it
v as reported that no definite plan for
the next move had been determined.
Optimistic Over Mediation.
Diplomatic experts not directly con
cerned in the negotiations were also
far from sharing optimism manifest
ed tv some state department officials
in the issue o fthe tedre of good
offices. No basis on which .the nego
tiations were to go forward, once
the formal acceptance from General
Huerta had been received, had be
come known in diplomatic . circles
Tvhere the belief was prevalent that
?uch a basis had not yet been evolv
ed and that the South American en
voys would find the formulation of
:he further plans by far the most dif
ficult part of their task. The utmost
good will toward the mediation plan
Tvas displayed. It was quite gener
ally felt, however, that too wide a
jrulf now lies between the stand
Doint of the United States and that of
Teneral Huerta to be bridged by
the Pan-American mediation. It was
said by one of these diplomats "as if American diplomats have assumed
ties in Mexico City had agreed to
provide transportation for all Ameri
cans from Mexico City as far as
Soledad, the Mexican controlled end
of the railroad to Vera Cruz. It also
announced that the first train with
250 American refugees would leave
Mexico City today. The conclusion ot
negotiations in this connection was
gratifying to the president and Sec
retary Bryan as well as to the war
department officials.
Mexican Refugees Transferred. '
Announcement also was made to
day that Mexican refugees who are
being held , by this government at
Fort Bliss since the battle of Ojina
ga, would be transferred to Fort Win
gate, New Mexico, in order to get
them away from the border where
trouble may be expected.- It is ex
pected that Brigadier General Bliss
will start the movement, of exiles as
soon as possible.
Mexican soldiers and camp follow
ers at Camp Bliss number 5,000 and
some difficulty may be experienced in
procuring transportation facilities.
Activity continued at the war de
partment and the navy department
during the day, word being expected
before night that Brigadier General
Funston and the troops en route to
Vera Cruz to reinforce the naval
forces there had reached their des
tination. Efforts at mediation, however, were
the most in evidence of all other ele- j
ments in the crisis. It was reported
here that General Huerta had been
communicated with through private
sources before the mediation propo
sals were announced by the Latin
American diplomats and that they
had at that time practical assurances
from, close associates of the Provis
ional Mexican president that he would
accept their good offices.
Success of the first step toward
mediation coupled witn the apparent
effort of the big European powers to
prevent war and secure a settlement
of this problem removed from the
situation , some of the elements of
tension which has gripped it for sev
eral days.
Chairman Stone, of the senate com
mittee on foreign relations who con
ferred with the president, said mem
bers of congress generally would ap
prove of the mediation efforts.
The adding of European influence
to the generally sympathetic atti
tude which practically all the Latin-
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KE
By Associated Press.
Washington, ' April 27. President
Wilson has made a personal appeal to
John D. ; Rockefeller to bring about a
settlement of the Colorado coal strike
and end the violence which has cost
a score of lives , and large property
loss.
Mine Guaras Not Dead.
Canon City, Col., April 27.-Threo
mine guaras wuo naa Deen reported as
tGEW;c9AUs OtBaiLEY ;e-U.S. EMBASSY 5- CVJARINes Th'
Tluerta is to be invited to step out
-,nd commit political' suicide and to
expect him to accept the invitation."
The conferences were resumed this
afternoon.
Washington, April 27. Conferences
of the Latin-American diplomats rep
resenting Brazil, Chile and Argentina
ho offered, their good, offices to com
pose the Mexican situation followed
quickly today assuring messages from
Mexico City that General Huerta had
agreed to the first steps in the inter
calation negotiations.
The Spanish ambassador, Mr. Ri
ano. was in early conference with the
Argentine minister, Mr. Naon, con
cerning the next move to be made
hy the mediators, and Ambassador da
Garaa of Brazil, with Chilean Minis
ter Suarez and Mr. Naon held a
lengthy conference. Mr. Da Gama
after his conference called upon Sec
re'ary of State Bryan and . a state
went was expected later in the day
relating to the next move to be made
iri the mediation. -
Soon after Secretary Bryan "--'in-'
farmed President Wilson of the ad
from Mexico City that Huerta
acceded to the preliminary steps
ir the mediation proposals, further
prc-juragement in the situation came
jf advices from Berlin that Germany,
F-cnee and Greaf Britain, had urged
K-Hita, through their diplomatic rep-r--ntatives
in Mexico City, to yield
t0 :.e American demands. When this
l' as communicated . to the president
"'- as greatly pleased.
I-ater the German ambassador, Mr.
B,-i:istorff, informed Secretary Bryan
u his government would support
mediation proposal.
ore Cause for Optimism.
Mother cause for optimism among
"'oahiagton officials were the assur-3r--s
from Admiral Badger that
tni-ouc;h the efforts of British- and
eriDan officials in Mexico, appre
hensions over American and other
foreign refugees in Mexico had been
pearly dispelled. An official dispatch
frr;rn Admiral Badger to the navy
atnment declared that the authori-
toward the mediation idea gave many
American officials a confident reel
ing that after all Huerta might be
disposed to end the present crisis in
a manner satisfactory.
Advices received from many offi
cial sources from South America indi
cate that the press and public of the
Latin-American countries . are almost
a unit in approving of the mediation
program.
Changing Events.
, Washington, April 27. Swiftly
moving changes in the Mexican crisis,
culminating in the receipt of private
diplomatic advices that Huerta, like
the United States government, had
decided to accept the good offices of
thrpfi South American powers, cen
tered interest today in possible
said, would be to deal . directly with
the arrest of the American bluejack
ets at Tampico and other indignities
against American honor. --
The first move would be the revela
tion by the diplomats of lines of set
tlement they propose. Whether the
arrest of Consul General Hanna by
federals at Monterey would add to
the task of the diplomats was prob
lematical. President Wilson 'and Secre
tary Bryan- are reported to be greaz
ly incensed over that incident. Hanna
reported he had been subjected to in
sults at the hands of federals and
kept a prisoner in the government
palace until constitutionalists cap
tured the town two days later and r e
leased him. That was after the seiz
ure of Vera Cruz.
Carranza's Attitude.
Reported utterances of one of Car
ranza's confidential agents that the
constitutionalist leader would make
no statement on the proposal of the
South American diplomats but that
"the offer is a hopeful sign and any
proposition that looks to peace is ac
ceptable to the constitutionalists"
added to hope of a settlement. From
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Philadelphia, Pa., April 27.--A large detachment of United States marines hassailed for Vera Cruz on the Ward
line steamer, Moro Castler-chartered for this purpose by the "United States ; government. ; The ..men:- were in .high
spirits and looked forward eagerly to see real fighting in Mexico. About 6,500 marines have already landed at
Vera Cruz. It has been announced at Washington that Gen. Charles J. Baileyjwill command the. American; army of
occupation when it crosses the Mexican border on the north. " . j ,: i -; - -; j
Washington, April 27.-The seizure of the United States embassy, at Mexico City by ; tWfe'deValCtrpops Js a
severe blow to the American colony in the capital, for the embassy; contained, a vast store of -guns. and ammuni
tion which ; were "appropriated by the Mexicans. "'" , ' ; , -? ; '
Declaration Society and Com
mittee Have Meeting This
Morning and Arrange IK
Official Program of the Great
Celebration Next Month. .
The Proaram For Fafth Dav'.c
Shows Distinctive Events of
Note and Interest, the Grand
Climax of Events Coming on
the 20th.
With only three days more before
May day and the month which marks
the celebration of the signing of the
Mecklenburg Declaration of Inde
pendence, May 20, 1775, the Declara
tion Society and its a ;liated interests,
including the Greater Charlotte Clubi
and individual citizens of prominence,'
the society at a meeting this morn
ing at 11 o'clock went over, with the
dead by their companions last night -committee, on program for the big;
as . the result of the battle at Chandler : .wuiaiuu, me eieorauon urogram,;
between the mine guards and the strik- toe committee- consisting of Leake,
er?. came into Canon City, today. .-and .J Carra,wayri secretary,; of thaGreater,
reported to the sheriff. It w'as determiu r Charlotte Club chairman; Preston B.1
ed that one" life, that of Charles King, I Wilkes, W. R; Foreman, David Ovens
a mine guard, was the toll of the two and Mark W. Williams. The program
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uaj'b uaLLif su j.ar a ia. Let n ties were ououscu uy iuk; uuuixuitiee aiiu
concerned and that the tipple at the : adopted by the society, follows:
Chandler mine had been dynamited and j , ,
May Program, May 18.
10 Opening : Lakeview Amuaemen
Company. Closing at 11 p. m.
' 3 p. m. Opening, of Mammoth May
Carnival and Midway, East Morehead
street, rear of graded school.
4 p. m. Carolina League Baseball
game between Raleigh and Charlotte.'
7 p. m. Open air band concert, In
dependence Square. Observer balcony.
other buildings fired."
Canon City labored under-excitement
all night and 100 armed deputies com-'
posed of prominent business men of the .
city patrolled the town and its ap-!
proaches across the Arkansas river.
May Use Federal Troops. .
Trinidad, Col.," April. 27.-Many citi
zens today. openly expressed a feeling
of relief , when it was learned that
Preisdent Wilson probably would , or
der federal troops into the strike zone. '
Conidtions here had qiueted down
since the arrival pf the state troops
but the feeling between the militia and
the strikers remained at a high pitch.
The strikers have, erected a tent colo
ny on the site previously occupied by
the state militia about two miles south
of Trinidad, opposite San Rafael hos
pital,' while the military camp is now 12 m. Opening session Great Coma,
located in the identical place of the cij Improved Order Red Men.
old Ludlow tent colony. Two hundred 3 p. m. Daily opening May Car
soldiers under General Chase today nival and Midway. Closing at mid
night. -
game between - Raleigh and Char
lotte. . .
b p. m. Open aid band concert
May 19.
10 a. mi Opening Lakeview Amuse
ment Co. Closing 11 p. m.
11 a. m. Open air band concert, In
dependence Square, Observer balcony.
11 a. m. Opening session South
eastern Convention Fraternal Order
Eagles.
went into the Freemont county dis
trict where fighting occurred yester
day. . ; i
' The great financier, who owns a
large part of the mines affected by the
strike, in response to a telegram from Vance Park, Municipal band.
REBELS RENEW
liPPTOi
By Associated Press. - .
: Washington April 27.-Constitution-alists
at Tampico are renewing their
2,000 ATTEND
BAR A
CAPHILATHEA
Special to The News.
FEDERALS AGAIN
TRY TO CROSS
MERfGAM BORDER
the president, declared he had turned
over his interests in Colorado to hi3
son, John D. Rockefeller, jr., whom he
would ask to co-operate with Chairman
Foster of the house committee on
7 p. m. Daily open air concert. In
dependence Square; Observer balcony.--..;
. 8 p. m. Business session Southeast-
P.m r,nnventinn Fratomal ClrAor
Mr. Foster to New York today to talk f !' .
with the younger Rockefeller.
depends whether the federal . troops 9 T?T?$ W display,
hir.y, hovo hPn jiVp1 for hv n Rid conducted by the International Fire
works Company, of Jersey City, N.
Jr., one hour of. entertainment. Aerial
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council improved Order Red Men,
By Associated ' Press.
Durham, .April 27.-1-The. State:.'. Ba: Laredo, -TexasAprir 27:-Retreating
courses iuai migut uo yuuu aiiacK on.me cny, accoramg to a ais-; raca-Pniiatnea convention convened, tederaia -wno . Durned isuevo Laredo
attempt at amicable settjlemei One tch from Admiral': Mayo -, received ! for: today sessions: in the1 First leav
line that representaties of Argentine, at the navy department.today. i.,r-. . , . -:. t . Vi L -:-"a "i
nn0 anH Rrazil mieht follow, it was ThA American rnnsiiT at Tamnipn" tistand Trinity Methodist churches, ang the border in.a, state of. nervous ex-
display and set pieces. , Continuous
firing. Carnival- grounds, East More
'head street.
J t MAY 20.
10 'a. m. Arrival of Thomas R.
Marshall, vice- president of the Unit
ed States, and Mrs. Marshall, accom
panied by Governor Locke Craig,
tne dispatcn continues, , "is1 now on
board the Dolphin -with the consulate
force on the Des' Moines. The North
Dakota has arrived ; at Tampico and
general conditions are reported as un
changed.". - ;
An Appeal Sent in.
. Washington,: April -27.--The ' nayy
department today received V a request
from oil - interests in ; New York with
property in the. .Tampico oil district
that an American , force be :sent t.o
rescue one, hundred employes now on
oil lands about 75. -miles southwest
of Tampico. The request-; states that t ;.
respectively.. More than ;two , thousand uectation, . due to. the sMrmishrag. with
delegates are in attendance.
The; principal address,, of' the. d ly
the American border patrol ' here and
attempts to dyn.anite the international
was delivered before 'the Baraca b7''-bridge..A':rmo?.tpdayt)i'at! the fed-
General a. b Koyster- ol Oxford. -His rais had been repulsed in an engage-
subject - was . Moral . btanaard tor . Ba
racas." ' ' ' ;'.;'.. ' ;
The Baraca this inornirig sent r-' a
ment with United States troops . at
J,nnera'"'prove gTqundiess.Itxwa3 also
the rebels;nea"r Cameron." Redoiibled pa
large basket orlcarRa-tioaa-tothePhH by
- - - --- -- - : th rebels near Cameron "Redoubled oa
aiueas. . . . . .- , . ,.
Asheville and 5 Winston-Salem
contenders 'for next
ftrol. guards areTBein maintained at all
year's meeVmg!P0j,:;r---i
r.lov. . f rta-mhonHnT, .. " , Ddrsca-rni whim r rgm vndnouc.
latc . tlx tun; .cumihwvu. .. . - .
which have been asked for by. all sides
of the controversy, will be sent to the
strike zone. ,
"Nothing that has happened in Mexi
co," said an officer today, "comperes
with the awful things that have oc
curred in Colorado. The public mind
has for the moment been centered on
Mexico and has not observed the great
domestic struggle between the miners,
strike breakers . and tne militia in
Colorado."
Senator Thomas of Colorado, ennferr Mrs Crate and ths envprnrvr's staff.
. ed at the white house today and all Vice presidential salute of 19 guns,
jthe members , of the Colorado delega- 10:15 a. vn. Official escort of vice
jtion congress kept in touch with the presidential party from railway sta-
i situation. ' tion to celebration headquarters ' by
John D., Jr., Refuses to Talk. ' Arab Patrol of Oasis Temple, Ancient
New York, April 27.-John D. Rocke- Arabic Order Nobles Mystic Shfine.
feller, jr., spent the forenoon in 10:30 a. m. Dress parade by Arab
conference with his personal attorney, patrol complimentary to the vice
Starr J; Murphy. He refused to com- president in front of celebration head-ment-
upon the perosnal appeal made
j by President' Wilson in an effort to; u a' m -Official escort of vice
.0ULfettlement 0f tQe C0i- , Presidential party from celebration
headquaraers to reviewing stand in
Dr. Geo; -E.:, Dennis, president city
the mexi 'are .well -armbut. unable-to
rot n tno Amfirinan shins .becans of smallpox - to . Dr. .- Haw ley, s . care Satur-; l.....-"-,, wvfiJ- twq.
get to the; American ships because of ; Ttvre at tSe ne ' he" 1 tresureV-FMlaife10niiif; Miss Mat
nghting between constitutionalists and . Tney are at, tne pest bouse. tie Hyndman; Miss Safa1i -. Watson, Mrs.
federal troops about .Tampico. j ' ' "' -r- , ' A. V.Bennett;. Mesdames M.E.v Hall,
- ' V . iMkrs$ M.
New i ork, . Aprn z i . vv ora irom '
the woman missionaries of theMeth-'
odist Episcopal - Chnreh. stationed : in '
Mexico about wrhom some anxiety was
felt, was received today by the board
of missions of. that church in this
city.
WEATHER FORECAST.
Forecast for North Carol f na :
v.,-,-- Jl.. iraiiersoa.. iMieses reti.Mi . naiuici,
t t'f j Jane? Gibbs, " -Mary -w; Pag 'Hena
) Coleman,. Nell ;-Engel, . -Myrtle
Martin;. -. ; Cprnires ; s.mitn. . v. Messrs.
w PTed ' Sawyer, cj w: ;Anaerson,v c jum-
mitt Rollins, J.iW. Murray X,T: Chris
topher, Gi C. vSioane,H.-'B:rMcGee, E.
rado coal strike.
. Garrison Not Consulted.
Washington, April 27. Secretary
Garrison said today he had not been
consulted as to the sending of troops
to Colorado to handle the mine strike
situatin." It was stated at the depart-
J ment, however, that if troops were or
' dcred to Colorado by the president a
detachment would be sent from the
tw troops of the Twelfth cavalry now
at . Fort ' D. A. Russell, at Cheyenne,
Wyo. i
.w ers. except - f air , near the - coast. -?
Misses Harriet L.s AyreiS, Blanche.; Gentle to" moderate " shifting "$H V.Henderson;-' J.; H.-HaIlW L.Little,
Betz and Dora B. -; .Gladden will sail winds. r 5 : : , - : X , J; "A. Carter, ;D. - A Mmcy. v ;
tonight from Vera Cruz for GaLves- . - - - . ' - - - Also 'a; large .delegation; from Gas
ton. - -v - t - ' -. .-.-. : . -
Submarine Flotilla Sails.
By Associated Press. '
Norfolk Va., April 27. Accompanied
by - the monitor .Tonapahr'as tender,
the submarine Flotilla, D-l, D-2, D 3
and E-2 . sailed . today for . New York,
iLeutenant" Causey' commands...
Vance . Park by the Arab. Patrol.
11 a. m. Grand parade headed by
Mammoth float of historical character
symbolic of "Queen Charlotte" and
typifying the patriotic spirit of the
occasion. .
Band.
Coast Artillery .Regimental band,
Cavalry, Marines. National Guard
Provisional Regiment. Troops fron
North and South Carolina.
Band.
" Municipal section. Floats from
cities and towns in, North and Soutn.
Carolina.
Band.
Fraternal division various organiza
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