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THE WEATHER. Fair in west, cloudy In east portion Wednesday; Thursday fair. - SANTA CXAUS la In hldlnr Just around th4 corner. It' op to yon to tip the people off Utat b .will make your store headquarter. Too can talk to 18,000 of them through The Star. JELOXJ.MOEOL TOMDTGTON, IT. C, . WEDJNES PATVJMOBNING, DECEMBER 3, 1913. WHOIiE NUMBER 13,497, rITT VTTTT "Vt ,- .' I..'" j . - t . - i.. . ' I . ...... ' - i . - m is m j mm i v w . -5- . . . . Huerta's Military Governor and Commander of AU Federal Troops in North, Sends Peace Commission to Constitution alists, With; Terms of Surrender Oil Companies Re fuse to Sell Fuel to Federal Railroads Any Longer. Juarez, December 2 .- Several gen erals of the Mexican regular, army are ready to surrender, and the backbone of the Huerta dictatorship in the north bas been broken. . A - peace commis sion arrived in Juarez tonight bearing terms of the surrender. The peace commission was headed hy Odilon Hernandez and came from Chihuanua bearing "a proclamation signed oj General Salvador . Mercado, nun tao uiuuai jr -uovernor &UQ com mander of the Federal forces in all the north. The proclamation stated that the Huerta government was bank rupt ana was una Die to pay its sol diers. : " . - -";- . -; - .: . ; The simultaneous evacuation of oth er Federal strongholds in the north is believed by the rebels to be the" result of a concerted decision to abandon the whole of Northern Mexico. The peace proposals were sent by General Mercado to , General . Fran cisco Villa, rebel leader, through Fed -erico Maye ad interim civil Governor of Chihuahua State. Along with it came an appear sigt 3he for eign consuls in Chffiu&f&Pd ipon Villa to give poUce protections ; the citizens of Chihuahua City. General Mercado's proclamation read: "Under the circumstances which have existed in Chihuahua it has been deemed necessary for the; Federal trocps to evacuate... r leave In charge Federico Maye .a- person who is -not identified with- politics,, and who is therefore qualified to give full protec tion to foreigners. It is impossible to remain here-longer as there is no money with which topay the troops." The generals who ' have signified, through General Mercado their willingness- to surrender, but who never theless are fieeing t-- thei-. United States border, 'are'; S-'Wv -i-rXShi.. Generals Salvador Mercado. Pastjuat OrozcoJosera-alaxarrfMafcello Oaraveo, Jos ' Mantilla, 31az-jr Pinal, Landa. . . - ,,; , . Sought Safety by Fleeing. The peace commission- proposed to General Villa that all non-combatants wno sought safety by fleeing to the border be permitted to go without be-1 mg tired upon, and all the Federals. including zuu soldiers left on police duty in Chihuahua City, be pardoned. It also asked clemency for Federal officials, but it . thought the' Federal generals wiu seek safety by crossing the border into the United States, pos- Kiuiy near ujmaga. une peace com mission stated that before leaving Chihuahua the Federals destroyed all the postage and government revenue stamps; that there existed practically no money m tne city and that 2,000 citizens nad left with the troops, most of them being those who were rich and ?-no feared harsh ;, treatment by the itrueis. ine commission started back; for Lninuahua tonight with General Vil la s assurances that neonle. . nf classes in the city and including the . ederal police would be protected, and that he would dispatch troop's to odrnson ine place as soon as possible. Notwithstanding the action of the Federal general, Villa himself was pre paring for departure southward. He said Chihuahua would be only a Stop ping place on his : southward march, as he was determined to continue on to Mexico City. Carlos A. Heberlein f Los Angeles, Cal., a mining engi neer, accompanied the .peace commis sioners, who traveled in an automo hile by way of Ojinaga. , Without Fuel Oil. -Mexico dcy, Dec. 2. Preferring. to incur the displeasure - of the Huerta government to a very practical mani festation of the rebels' wrath, the producing oil companies of the fepub ;ic today cancelled their contracts for supplying the , National railways with iuei oil. - - , - This is regarded as one of the most serious, blows dealt the government, because it is likely to bring about early suspension of all railway traffic, which would interfere greatly with military operations and strike vitally at the commerce of the country- Most fii the oil used by- the railways is pro duced in the coast region of Tampico and southward. This territory is over run with rebels, directed for the most part by General Candido Aguilar. In spite of General Aguilar's assur ances to Rear Admiral Fletcher , that t he cil properties - would not be i. mo lf sted, representatives of the compa res have been given to understand that further sale of oil to the govern ment railroads would be regarded as too great a manifestation of friendli ress to the Constitutionalists' enemy. Demand on Companies. . The oil companies action in acced 'ng to what practically amounted to a demand, is considered not at all dis pleasing to the Mexican railway, which iue property of a British corpora tion, as the cutting of the line from" Tampico to San latis Potosi had de voted nearly all shipments ; to - Mex ico over this line from Vera Cruzand 'cently the management of the Mexi can railway was warned that its. line vould be cut if it persisted in moving oil- ' .-r: , . 7, . Practically all the locomotives. have teen using oil for some years and the s;arcty 6t coal will make a return to that fuel difficult. If the Mexican rall vay also isbarred-from the use of 3l. and it is-assumed that it will be, even ordinary -passenger traffic be tv.een the capital and the coast may hecome irregular. Rear Admiral Sir dhristopher Cra ioek, commanding tne British cruisers ;n Mexican waters, fc called ; on -President Huerta this afternoon. He .was accompanied' by theBritish - minister, Sir Lionel Carden, and on his . return to the legationr "expressed" himself , as "'ffhly pleased at his reception. , OFFER TO SURRENDER . "The ; British - admiral also called on the-Amerlcan charge d'affaires, Nelson O'Shaughnessy." Evacuate Guaymas. Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico, Dec. 2. The- evacuation of Guaymas, under taken today by the Federals, was well under .way -tonight, according to ad vices received here. The Constitu tionalists made, no effort to check the embarkation of 'Federal troops on gun boats which will take them to Mazat lan or Manzanillo. ; :Kebel officers beyond Guaymas re ported the Federal artillery dismount ed for shipping. . Stole Villa's Money. El Paso, Texas, Dec. 2. Juan Me dina,1 ehief of staff to General Francisco- Villa, is in the El Paso jail charged ' with bringing stolen property into the State. Officers said they made the arrest on information from Villa1 himself that Medina had not ac counted for $14,000 'in cash. Medina denied that he had taken any of Villa's money. TFleeing for America. Juarez, fMex., Dec. 2. Fleeing over the desert and pursued by" rebels, sev eral thousand, including some of the richest families in Northern Mexico, who deserted Chihuahua City in a re cent rebel attack, tonight were report ed to be nearing the United States border. ": Among the refugees is Luis Terra- zas. head of the Terrazas estate, who is said to have with him five million pesos which he withdrew from tne Chihuahua . banks. Other wealthy families are known to have left the city. The caravan was described as being more than a mile long. At the head, with an escort of Federal troops Is Gen. Zalvador : Mercado, Huerta s deposea jkvernor of Chihuahua btate. Details of the evacuation of Chihua huaCityarid 'the exodus of the resi dents -were -ferooght ,tQ Juarez in .offi cial dispatches' from ,,dc:Mye whoas-appTJlntetrv! fttexti&?Kl&H. -Ix k'i-,: :.- "For -almost three weeks, says the account. Chihuahua, with its . 35,000 citizens, had been cut off from com munication ; many deaths resulted from illness caused by semi-starva- tion. .Rumors of the proposed attack on the city increased anxiety. - Give up city. A citizens committee finally was appointed -to ill upon Gen. .Mercado and ask him to surrender to the reb els. After delay, Gen. Mercado decid ed to flee. Those who wished to go were given notice to gather their pos sessions. Early on Sunday, after the surrounding country had been recon noitered, the exodus began. Gen. Mer cado turning over the portfolio of State to Senor Moye, who was to no tify Villa that the Federal troops for mally surrendered. Governor Moye issued a proclamation declaring the capital rebel territory. . The route to Ojinga, which the ref ugees were reported to have taken, is (Continued on Page Eight.) DAUGHTRIDSE SETS DEATH DATE Cieve Daniels to be Electrocuted Feb ruary 20th for Killing Jim Dun negan Public Acts Out. (Special Star Correspondence.) Raleigh, N. C, Dec. 2. Acting Gov ernor E. L.. Daughtridge today fixed February.-20th as the date for the elec trocution of Cleve Daniels, a Durham county negro, to die for the murder of "Jim. 1 Dunnegan, whom he shot to death on Glendale avenue last Spring. Daniels was convicted, at the May term of the court and appealed to the Supreme -Court which recently con firmed the conviction. The evidence showed that a crowd of negroes were ' gathered on a Sun day morning and Daniels picked a quarrel with Dunnegan, declaring that "What it takes to kill you, I have got it." - Dunnegan was shot twice . and died on "Monday. Governor Craig tried to get the cer tification of the animation of convic tion before he left for Hot Springs. He had hoped to relieve Acting Gov ernor . Daughtridge from the disagree able duty of fixing tne date ior a aeatn sentence.. It is expected that there will be an effort for commutation to life imprisonment. .- v Two Charters Granted. --The Secretary of State granted charters today for two new corpora tions: The Clodfelter-Cade Furniture Co.. - Winston-Salem, capital $20,000 anttrorized and $7,000 subscribed, and the Southeastern Land & improve ment Co., of Rocky Mount, capital $25,000 authorized and $2,000 suoscriD- ed by J. C. Daughtridge, S. Haywood and P. R. Ashley, for a general real estate development business. Commissioner Graham Back. Commissioner, of Agriculture Wl A. nmham -is back from Louisville where he attended the annual meting of the Association , of Commissioners of ' Ag riculture for tne soutnern sstates. ne presided as president of the associa tion. He is preparing now for the an nual meeting of the State Board of Agriculture, whioh convenes tomorrow here. At this meeting he will present his annuaL report" of the activities of the State Department and make rec ommendations as to the scope of . the work for the next year.- - . New Public Acts Printed. The State printers have gotten out the printed' volume of the public acts of tne recent special session or ine Legislature.- it makes a volume or 122 pages. r v , . General Walk-Out May be Called in Indianapolis. Teamsters Attack Negro Scab Who Attempts to Drive Dray Through City Other Rioting, But - - Nothing Serious. Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 2. A;move: ment for" a general strike in. sympathy with the .teamsters -and-; chauffeurs'' strike. ,was. started at a meeting of the teamsters' union late today. -Definite action was deferred until tomor row, to allow union officers to confer with leaders -of the Central Labor Un ion. . , - . - "' ; The strike, which was. started Sun day midnight, was marked, by its first fatality today. When a crowd; inter fered with an ice wagon, in charge of six men on wnom special powers had Deen conferred and began throwing bricks and trying to prevent the wag on moving, the special officers fired, iiouu xjk: vy id, a. uegiu, auu wounding four other persons, one fa tally. Another crowd was fired upon today by William Whorton, negro, when the wagon owned and driven by himself was attacked. Jack Long, a teamster, was wounded in the right leg. : Whorton was arrested. There were several other minor disorders,' but no others were seriously injured. Tne. police continued . making nu merous arrests. Among those taken in - custody today was Henry Fried man, a prominent labor and political leader and wealthy. . He was charged with interfering . with an officer. A proposed parade of strikers did not 7 materialize. Mayor Wellace, , as soon as he heard of the plan, ordered the police to stop any attempted :dem onstration. According - to employers of - team-; sters, more wagons . were operating today - than yesterday. Thomas. J .Warrell, general organizer 6f the un Jon, contendfirihat the union ranks-arerjjgg;- numijjg nnu hbu iuai inure, wan . ouuu men are still out. " - '. J While . food Supplies are still plen tiful, as retaiL merchants anticipated the strike, and stocked up their stores liberally, the accumulation of garbage is becoming a serious question. , No garbage had been collected- in the city since (Saturday. Fifty . business men with horses, were sworn in as the citizens cavalry today. -They volunteered to assist the mounted police. Thomas J. Farrell late today ad dressed a mass meeting of the strik ing teamsters. He declared he would ask for a general strike to protest against the shooting of the five men toaay and the treatment of the strik ers by the police. Tf organized labor will get together and all stand together we will put the city in darkness as a protest to this slaughter." Farrell said. "The Gov ernor and. mayor will be appealed to for protection, but if these executives ao not insure us justice then I am 8ure .it is up to the laborer to get that justice mmseir. GITY DELIVERY AT LUMBEBTDH Prediction That Service Will Soon be Furnished Wilmington Fight is Waxing Warm Now. . Special Star Telegram.) Wasttington, D. C, Dec. 2,j-Repre-sentative H. L. Godwin saw today that he believes he will be su ccessful in his efforts to secure free city deliv ery for Lumberton. Mr. Godwin re turned to Washington yesterday,' and immediately began to look after the Lumberton proposition. While the mat ter is not definitely, settled, it is safe to say: that the service will be furnish ed within a short time. The - fight for , collector of customs to succeed B. F. Keith at Wilmington is getting warm. M. F. H. Gouver neur, a friend of Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo, closely Identified with the Woodrow Wilson Club of Wil mington and backed by a large num ber of men who claim they do not be long to the ''machine," is being push ed for appointment by his friends. About the only thing against -Gouver-neur, according to report, is that he is not the choice of Senator Simmons, who must be .reckoned with before a' selection is made. It is said also that Col. Walker Taylor, one of Wilming ton's : leading citizens, - an excellent gentleman and in every way Qualified for the, job, is favored' by the senior senator, -jt is believed, too, that Sec retary McAdoo will not insist unon any man whom Senator Simmons does not want; Hence it looks like a pretty safe bet that Colonel Taylor will land when it is decided to ask for the resisr- nation of Collector Keith. .' . Minor Matters. Senator Simmons has selected for appointment to the Naval Academy N. P. Pittman, of Fayetteville, as prin cipal; Daniel C. -Martin, of Asheville, first alternate, and Lewis M. Cotchett, of Wilmington, as second alternate. Major Stedman has secured the tem porary appointment of J. B. Gerrin ger, of Alamance county, as a special employe in the revenue service. Representative Pou will make a rec ommendation for postmaster at Smith field within . the next . ten days. For mer Sheriff A. M . Sanders, : Sam Honeycutt, Miss Alma- Eason and O. R. Rand; Sr., it is said, are candidates for the job. . - . v ' P. R. A. . , FIERCE: FIGHT FOR DESPERADO OVER No Sound Comes From Gas Filled Mine. MINERS LOSE 51,000 A DAY DesperateMexican May Still Be Alive in :-. Depths ; of Shaft Deadly Fumes Still Being Poured Into? Works. .:-. i. . , Bingham, ! Utah,f Dec. 2 No sound since last' night has -come ' from the UtahAper rwine- in which. Ralph Lo pez, . desperado,, ? is ' confined. Tpday the exits: exeept: that .'in:- the lowest level, "were; sealed with . double 7 bulk heads, and tonight it was Relieved the gas-fliled mine; had. become the fugi tive's tOmo: . . ?:vfrifi.; , Th$ watchfulness oirevfinlsheriils and more tnan 200; deputies: .who ex pected . Lopez to. break: farliberty. - was relaxed although the number of guards was not lessened. - . -The .crowds, of miners which has stood awaiting venegeance since two of their number were killed in the underground . battle on Saturday dis- I persed tonight. They felt satisfied that tne Dolsonous nimes Dour in e into tne mine 'since yesterday, had done their work. However, the . jaunty Mexican who killed a ; fellow countryman be cause of .a . woman's favor, , and subse quently -five peace officers, may be alive. His one chance-. was . to have sealed himself up in sozfle distant slope against, the invasion of the gases. : Overcome by Gas. : Before erecting the outer bulkhead in the -main tunnel late:today, -six men went to the' inner bulkhead 300 feet from, the Soutlt to examiae it-. Short ly after : one of Jtheir. number stagger-.; ed out overcome' by the gas that -has leaked through" the partition. Depu ties rushed inside and carried out the other five,f all of 'whom aad dropped within the-tunneL They 'were reviv ed, but it was striking testimony of the dead lines . of the gases that filled the mine.-.- - k . . .. ..- . Thet gases tonignt were -fling gene- est - level of the r Thousands of. pounds or wet gun powder were consumed : to generate what is known, and feared by miners as "black damp." Sulpher. coal tar, formaldehyde and black oil were the chief ingredients used m. addition Two hundred men are out of work in the lowen level as a result of the smudging operations. The ?-operators are said-to be-suffering a: net loss of more than $1,060 a day. They announced, .however; : they would gladly, remain idle, a month; in order to Brmg aDout tne ueatn oi uo pez. BAPTISTS OF STATE PASS GOAL SET FOR THE YEAR. (Special Star Telegram.) . Raleigh, N. C, Dec. 2. Rev. t Livingston Jonnson, correspond ing secretary of the Baptist A State Board of Missions, report JL ed that the full $50,000 pledge 4 made at the last Baptist State Convention for State, missions 4 is fully raised. 4 Over $8,000 came in today 3.from churches and Individuals, making more than the $50,000" 4 The convention meets at Shel 4. by next Tuesday. OXFORD TO 'COMPETE. ' 0 In Relay Races at University of Penn svlirania.' Philadelphia, December- Oxfotd ttti i vAmi v. will nfnd a team from Ens- land to compete at the annual relay races under tne auspices or. tne uni vcraitv nf Pennsvlvania here next April. A . letter was . received today accepting an invitation to paruci- rioto There are three men on the Oxford team capable of running a mile in less than 4.20. , OUTLINES President Wilson told Congress what" he wanted to in a message of a little over 3,000 words yesterday. The usual Presidential message is over 20.000. - , . .Delegates from -all the States and especially from the Southern: States are headed for Washington to attend the convention of, the ' National Rivers and Harbors Congress. , A general walk-out is expected to day in -Indianapolis in sympathy with the striking teamsters in that city. The defense in the -case of Dr. Craig, c.barzed with murder, will try to prove that the dead doctor committed sui cide. The Democrats of tne senate put m operation yesterday their drastic pro gramme for the passing of -the cur rency bill. , Thei House yesterday debated for several hours the bill introduced, whioh if nassed would cause the Unit ed States to agree to the. international year's, holiday from naval building. Friends of the bill promise its. passage ty Friday of this weefc. T carters of :.the suffragettes in ses sion in Washington had to submit to a new constitution being written. They feared the adoption of the one present ed by the committee would bring; on i revolt, resulting in a militant .organi zation. - -:.' New York markets: spot cotton quiet; middling uplands 13.50; gulf 13.75. Money on can nrm h io d per cent.; ruling rate 5 3-4; closing bid 4 12 to 4 2-4. Wheat firm: No. 1 Northern Duluth-97 1-4. -Gorn firm 85. Flour ' steady. , Rosin qui. Turpen tine easy. - v WILSON REITERATES POLICY AS TO MEXICO In Address to Congress, the President Presents No Programme for Trust Legislation Will Later Address Special Mes sage on that Subject Variety of 'Others Touched. MESSAGE BRIEF AND NOVEL IN STRIKING CONTRAST u Utterance of a Statesman, the Verdict of Republicans and Democrats Alike. IS SIGNIFICANTLY APPLAODED Democratic Leaders, Including Clark and Underwood, Enthusiastic in Comments on Message and - Recommendations. Washington, December 2 . Presi dent Wilson "laid before Congress to day the legislative ambition of the Democratic .administration. For ex actly. 28 minutes the President stood before the assembled Senate and House in the chamber of the latter and read his first annual message. Ap plause punctuated important utter ances, and when he had finished there was an : enthusiastic demonstration, with handclapping and cheers. ; Briefly; the President outlined a pro gramme for social Sustice and the gen eral ' welfare of ' the Nation, and pro claimed tne: aspirations of the. United States for mternational amity and the maintenance of constitutional govern ment in all America. With close, almost eager attention. members r of the two . Houses listened, and- time and again tne leeisiators themselves - gave vent to their enthu siasm along, with . the crowded., gal "Brief and Novel Stri Who "Contrast Less than 3,000 words long, the mSs1 sage was One of the briefest and most novel of Amencan state papers a marked contrast, as presented by its author today, to the hitherto lengthy documents, averaging 20,000 words or more, droned through by a ; reading clerk to an inattentive Congress- , There was another contrast conspic uously apparent. President Wilson had read three messages before? on the tariff, the currency, and Mexican af fairs. The first time he addressed a joint session in person, early in this term, there was an atmosphere, of stiff formality, applause was liberal, but perfunctory, and there was an in definable air of precedent being broken or a centtiry-oid custom neing reviv ed. Today the President's reception was warm, almost uproarious as he concluded his reading. Later, Republicans and Democrats alike' pronounced the message as the utterance of a statesman. Even ReDublicans Like It. "I like the idea of the - President coming before Congress," said Repre sentative Mann, Republican House leader, "and .reading a short message, pithy and to-.the point, in tne mam liked the message today. I think ev erybody will recognize it as the. utter ance of a statesman, regardless of whether he agrees with its . details Significant Applause. . Of ' particular significance was ; one outburst of applause regarded - in the National capital tonight the unmis takable approval that greeted the President's remark: . ."There can be no certain prospect of peace in America until General Huerta has surrendered his usurped authority in Mexico." Among: those who would discuss the message in Congress there was a gen eral endorsement or tne aamimsira tion policy toward Mexico. i The scene of today's function was much the same as on the three pre vious occasions when President. Wil son has addressed Congress galleries crowded with men and women of im portance in public affairs, members of the cabinet, the diplomatic corps and the White House family. - ; - Democrats Enthusiastic. -Democratic leaders were enthusiasm tic in their comments on the mess'age and its recommendations. They itKed the emphasis placed by the President on the need for early action on the currency for dealing with monopoly t.hroneh anti-trust legislation, the mv DortanCe of rurar credit legislation to benefit ; the farmers, the recommenda tions ' for government construction of railroads m Alaska the development of the Nation's, resources by a conser vation policy, alike acceptable to - tne States and the Federal authorities, the enactment of employers' liability leg islation and the selection ofyPresi: dential candidates by the primary sys tem. ' ' ' - . - .' : The suggestion of the President that party conventions as at present consti- tuted be aoonsneo won striKing ap- ninnfte.; . As .Mr. Wilson declared, tnat the party convention should be held only to ratify the verdict of preference primaries, and that the personnel ' of the conventions should be, ; for the most part, chosen from those members of Congress and Congressional nomi nees upon whom would devolve the duty of carrying out platform pledges, there was' a wave of hand-clapping in which Secretary Bryan and: members of the cabinet joined: .?- w. "Statesman-like Speech" Clark, '' "It was a 'fine -statesman-like speech," said. Speaker Clark---.afterward r. "covering points that T - have been agitating for years, particularly Presidential primaries." r -; vi think," said : Representative .Os car W. Underwood, "the President's message, was the address of a broad statesman,, covering, tne scope joe. tne necessary legislative action for this session of Congress. It was in accord . v with the principles and policies of our party as declared at Baltimore and . have no doubt it will meet with favor able action by the House of Represen tatives." , For nearly all of the legislation out lined In the message; the ground work nas been laid, and the President plans to speak . further to Congress, with re lation to anti-trust' reforms v' ; Alaskan railroad legislation now is before .both Houses, a workman s compensation act has been favorably, considered, in each .House and bills on the other im portant subjects are in a position to receive immediate attention. Immediate Fruit. The declaration for legislation to provide for primary elections for Pres idential nominees without the inter vention of nominating conventions bore immediate fruit in the House. Representative Rucker, of Missouri, chairman of the House. Committee on Privileges and Elections, tonight be gan framing a bin -to cover an tne President's suggestions. He win -.intro duce it immediately with a view to get ting action by his committee before the Christmas holidays if possible. In terest in this recommendation , was n anifested in both Houses. Several bills of this character have been intro duced, in the Senate, and advocated on the floor by Republicans and Progres sives. The Mexican situation. President Wilson dismissed with brief comment, re-iterating the sentiments he ex pressed in a special address to. Con gress upon the same subject some time ago, and expressing the belief that the ;H.uerta.' government siowiy. was crumbling and that the United States probably would not be obliged to alter its policy of waiting. Anti-Trust Programme Later. No programme for trust legislation was presented, further than mention of the desirability of an early amend ment to the Sherman law "to prevent private monopoly more effectually than it has yet been prevented, and an announcement that the President would later : address a special mes sage to Congress dealing solely with that subject.. , PrinciDle Features. . Building Of Alaskan railways, which the President endorsed; the need for concentration by the Senate on the pending currency bin. .which -he em phasized; urgent necessity, of -rural credits legislation; self government for Porto Rico and Hawaii; ultimate independence for the Philippines; a policy of "common council and confer ence" between the Federal govern ment and the States on the conserva tion question, and a revision of the system of primary elections, were the other principal features of the Presi dent's address. For details of the government's business, the President referred Congress to the annual re ports of his cabinet officers. v Mexican situation. The message opened with this com ment on the Mexican . situation : - There is but one cloud upon our horizon. That has shown itself to the south of us, and hangs over Mexi co. There can be no certain prospect of peace In America until Gen. Huerta has surrendered his usurped authori ty In Mexico;, until it is understood on all hands, indeed, that such pre tended governments will not -be coun tenanced or dealt with by the govern-' ment of , the United States. We are the friends Of Constitutional govern ment in America; we are more than its friends, we are its champions; De cause ittno other way can our neigh bors, to whom we would wish in every . a.' mm way to make proor oi our trienosmp, work out their own development in peace and liberty." , - .The President observed that the power and prestige of the Huerta gov ernment was rapidly cramming and added: "We shall not, I believe, be obliged to alter our policy of ; watch ful waiting." " . , For Primary Elections.; Mr. Wilson presented a suggestion that legislation be promptly enacted providing for primary; elections throughout the country, at "which the voters of the several parties "May choose their nominees: for the Presi dency- without; the - intervention of nominating conventions." . ' , i. Party i -conventions, .the -President urged, 'should be retained "but only (Continued on Page lght.) HOUSE DEBATED NAVAL HOLIDAY Hensley Resolution Up for Discussion. , , AUTHOR LEADS THE DEBATE Shall, the United States . Join With Other .Nations in Year's Rest From Building Battleships ' is the Question. , Washington, ' Dec. ' 2.-The ; House for hours today debated the Hensley resolution to commit the United States to the Winston Churchill plan . for an international year's holiday in; naval construction and tonight the. advocates of the project predicted pas sage of the resolution by late. Friday. Consideration of the matter will be resumed Thursday. The idea of sus pending naval construction for a year, first proposed to the British parlia ment by the First Lord of the Admir alty, has since been commended by leaders of all parties in the American Congress, and by the President. Ma jority Leader Underwood 'said on the floor of the House today, the resolu tion proDably would be passed unani mously. - . Representative . Hensley, of Missou ri, author of the measure, in urging its adoption, pointed out that only 2 per cent of the United States revenue is devoted to the benefit of agricul ture while 60 per cent goes to defray the cost of past wars and to prepare for future wars. He declared that all over the country ,ther e was - going up the cry of high cost of living, while enormous expenditures were being made for military7 and naval purposes. America Must Lead. -' -- Representative Foster, of Illinois; said the time had come ' when the United State should take the lead of. all the world nations in the movement for. peace, to- lift the burdens from thei people and to leave the settlement; oH(?. differences to arbitration. . v' -Representative Moore,: of Pennsyl , vania insisted that the. pMposed ac- . tion would inject the spirit of "no bat tleships," into consideration of r the ' Navy Department's recommendation for the construction of two battleships this year. Mr. Hensley replied that his resolutidn was a proposition dis tinct from the navy recommendation. Representative Decker, of Missouri, suggested that a year's . naval holiday . ' might be extended indefinitely. Representative ; Hobson, of Alaba ma, said he preferred the upbuilding, of the Atlantic fleet1 as a means of .attaining-a world equilibrium and as- -surance of peace; Representative Bartholdt, . of Mis souri, pointed out that with an inter national agreement for a year's naval holiday, the relative strength at the end of a year wojild be the' same " among nations and that meantime the United States would save $50,000,000; Great- Britain $60,000,000 and Ger many $30,000,000. ,. Congress in Session in Wash ington City Many Delegates Attending Southern States Especially Well Represented- Special Trains." : Bring Crows. Washington, , Dec' 2. Delegates from many States, particularly those of the South and Middle - West, were pouring into Washington by special trains . tonight for the ' 10th annual . convention of .the. National Olivers and Harbors .Congress which begiris a two days' session tomorrow ' . . President Wilson will "not address the opening session as, had been plan- , ned, but has designated " Secretary Bryan to speak for him.-On account of the pressure of business attendant on the opening of Congress, the Presi- -dent has cancelled ,' this and. several other local speaking, engagements. . rne nrst day s . programme, besides the welcoming address , by , Secretary Bryan, includes addresses by senor D. Dagama, the ambaseador f rom Bra zil; John D. Hazen, minister of ma rine 'and fisheries of Canada;" Rome. Go Brown, of Minneapolis ;- Represen- -tative Small, of North Carolina; Sena-' tor Fletcher, of Florida; . Senator Clarke, of Arkansas, and Representa tive Burgess, of Texas; the annual re port and address of Senator Ransdell, of Louisiana, who is president of the - mvers and Harbors- congress, and a reception in -honor of Vice-President and Mrs. Marshall , and Speaker, and Mrs. Clark. . , : Arrivals, tonight included Mississlp-' pi delegates who intend to press for some river improvement to alleviate the flood condition and who came . with delegates from ' Houston. ' New' Orleans, Birmingham., and-. Atlanta, one special train t from Chicago brought delegates fro- , at city and points surrounding Lake Michigan. With the Ohio valley Improvement Association, on another'. - came dele t gates . from Louisville and Cincinnati , and other points on the Ohio river. . : One session of the convention was'. to be devoted to river : improvements on the Atlantic and Gulf . coasts. Governor Glynn, of ; New York. Sec retary Garrison and many other offi-' ' -cials have been Invited " to- take part. several uovernors - have sent repre ' sentatives. ,. - ' IE RSANDHARBORS i ir ?! ' I I 1 4 i "
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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