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THE WEATHER Forecast for North , Carolina:" Gen-' erally fair Wednesday and Thmsrfmr I cooler Thursday, i . . VILLA REFUSES FEDERAL OFFER ' ' f - n Rebels Will Not Unite With Huerta Forces. REPLY SENT TO MAAS Similar Offers Made-to All Rebel. Gen erals Throughout Mexico Point- .." ed Refusal Made to . Every Overture of Huertistas. Torreon, Mex., May 6. Via El Paso, Tex.. May 5. The answer of. General Francisco Villa to a request from Fed eral General Maas, in command of the Saltillo garrison, that Villa join the Federals in avenging the American occupation of Vera Cruz, was deliver ed to the Federal messengers today. General Villa refused absolutely to ally himself orhis men with the Fed erals, and declared that the Huertistas had provoked foreign' intervention , for their own ends. . . General Maas letter to Villa an nounced that in addition to occupying Vera Cruz, the port of Salina Cruz had been seized by the . United States forces on April 23rd. The Maas letter says in part: I have received instructions to no tify the revolutionary chiefs that Am erican intervention in Mexico is an accomplished fact. The United States 0? the North have committed a grave cifene against Mexico by disembark ing troops in Vera Cruz, on April 21st, and by taking similar action at Salina Cruz two days later...' This: action-constitutes the intention of war, and this is the supreme moment to callnon the patriotism of all Mexicans to present a united front and l forget our diffeM ences in the intense love of a country cf which we are possessed. We can consider the enemy,only as a foreign er, who in the most.unjust and igno Ill: inner has stepped upon the holy s'oil of our fatherland. f - We therefore call upon our broth ers to raily to the common cause for the defense of the National Integrity. You could not more nobly yield your position than in the cause of all Mex ico, that we can march, together on" the invading. Yankees!" - : ..". : -:;-y.i Villa-Answers, ' - - General Villa's answerin. part fol- 10 I know that the,Clentificos, by var nous processes, up rto,tnls time, have sought to bring about North American intervention in Mexico. It Is iknown without doubt that the coming of the Americans was desired and provoked by you. The manner in - which -you have excited internal troubles land then called on all Mexicans to help fight the external troubles is clear to ail the world. ; - t . : , "General Huerta and you did not show much wisdom when tyou were converted into instruments of the Ci entificos and brought about the as sassination of President Madero, Vice President Suarez and other. Liberal Democrats, because-you' did not real ize that the blood of the heroes who started the Democratic movement in 1910, would cause a civil war that would lead to your ruin. Now, you desire to provoke a for eign war to save yourselves from the disaster coming ifrom the civil conflict. "The Constitutionalists desire to do all possible compatible with .the Na tional dignity to avoid a foreign war, but if we are not able to avoid it'we will face two enemies -the powerful stranger and the depraved .comflpat riots. ' " Other Generals Refuse. Chihuahua, Mex.. May 5. General Obregon. commanding the division-of the Northwest of the rebel army; Gen eral Pablo Gonzales, commanding the Northeast division; "General Panflla Norena, commanding the Central di vision ; General Caballero, : command ing the besieging forces tit-Tampico, and others, have refused proposals that they unite, with the Federals to repel an American invasion. ,: Governor Is Removed- ' Ei Paso, Texas,-May 5. General Manuel Chao hag- been removed ; as Constitutionalist Governor of Chihua hua by General Francisco Villa: News ot the change in executives reached the border tonight- The rmoval, is was said, was the result of an intrigue against Villa by Chao in an effort to nave the conqueror of -Torreon-. re Placed as general-in-chief of the ramy. Trinidad Rodriguez has been named Governor and General Chao has, been ordered to report at the front beyond Torreon for active service in the field, oih estro Terrazas, who has been Sec retary of State for Chihuahua, and a ciose friend of Chao, also was removed and has been succeed by Augustin La banstadt, formerly inspector of po lice. - ... , - , .... v , Chao and Terrazas ar regarded as nemg clostely aligned with General Carranza while their successors are fnends of Villa. - ' , , 1 - Constitutionalist representatives here deny that the removal of Chao indicated a strained relation between Carranza and Villa, but say it indi cates the relations between them are so close that not even a personal friendship of Carranza for: Chao could Produce a break. -, - ' - Huerta Takes Time, era Cruz, May 5. Francisco Villa, the rebel commander, may not make "is intended decent n Mexico City before the lapse of another ' three ffianths, according to a prominent bus mess man who arrived here from the capital today. The refugee- who Just uad completed successful negotiations ith Provisional President Huerta for the removal of a large quantity; of tJ1,llion from mining districts near the capital, says General Huerta is still sending Federal troops northward as '-' apparently dreads more th possi "le approach of General Villa than an fcfJvance of the Americans.. : ; - Ceneral Villa is proceeding leisurely, Sa: i the refugee, if he has the lnten Vn of moving on the capital. Both -Monterey and Saltillo are believed' in exico City to have "been evacuated v the Federals who are said to have Uen back on San Luis Postosi. - . VOL. XCIV XQ. 40. V:; :;H,'xa TOOIJ! KUMBEB 18,031. ' k: 'W m- 4::: TT TT vTTTV Isst-sr? MEDIATORS ILL MEET 1 CANADA Peace Parleying Will be Done at Niagara Falls. J . MAY THE EIGHTEENTH Announcement Made by Secretary Bryan Last Night at Request of w E nvoyaU n ited States Rep- t resentatives Not Selected. Washington, May 5. The three South American envoys who have un dertaken by diplomacy to settle Mex ico's civil strife, as well asVher na tional differences, announced tonieht that the , first ; format conference with the different mediation would be held at Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, May 18. Secretary;Bryan made an announce ment for , the' three diplomats in a brief ; statement which read as fol lows:. . I. - - "The mediators have notified the different ' parties that Niagara Falls, Canada, has been selected as the place where the mediators will confer with representatives of the different parties interested in the mediation and that the 18th of May has been fixed as the date for the conference to begin." The language of the declaration at tracted attention for although the en voys had in a note earlier said they would withdraw their Invitation for a Carranza representative unless an armistice between the Constitutional ists and Huerta forces were arranged. no specific parties to the negotiations were named in tne State Department announcement. - It later was learned authoritatively that the reason for. this wsb due to the fact that a further ef fort was being made to induce Gen eral Carranza y to send a representa tive. It was lylderstood that the medi ators had further explained their po sition' to General " Carranza and still were hopeful that .he might . be repre sented sat the negotiations, without seeking to limit his . agent to discus sion of any particular; subjects. ' Representatives Not- Chosen The .American government has not chosen its representatives. - President liisoa ani-Secretarle3-w Bryar. - aaL They are seeking to get men of train ing' in diplomatic affairs and inasmuch as it win take several days for the Huerta envoys to reach here, some of the intervening time, will be taken by the President in considering men for the mission. ' , -, , As yet there has been no formal basis of negotiation, neither the Unit ed States nor Huerta having set forth their demands- It was learned today from a high administration official that in : all likelihood the United States would not confine itself now to a mere settlement of the incidents at Tampico but would aim to bring about a solu tion of the whole Mexican problem. It is virtually certain that with drawal of American forces from Vera Cruz will not be ordered until some definite settlement of . the whole Mex ican problem is In sight. Tbft War Department continued plans for possible emergencies while the State; Department was arranging for refugee Americans who are leav ing Mexico by the hundred?. fl.w Niagara -Falls, .Ontario, was finally selected as a place to. hold the media tion conferences because it is neutral territory yet in close proximity to the United States- -. . . Developments Divided. '-' Developments in the Mexican situa tion today were divided between the diplomatic and military status. . The South American, mediators con tinued their ; sessions throughout the day and for the first time ft became authoritatively known from them that they considered the whole : range of Mexican affairs'as properly embraced S their work. Their reply to Car ranza has made this clear, and while exempting him from the mediation for thlXie being, it still left the door open for him . to come into the ,pro- C6itlntfe wlr Department it became clear that no advance at Vera Cruz was intended unless -to repel attack, but it was known that a definite course of action had been outlined in the event o a resumption of ho&Uli Ues at Vera Cruz and the extension of the campaign toward Mexico City. In that event Major General Leonard Wood will be in supreme . command with Gen. Funston directing the ad vance beyond Vera Cruz,, and ien. Charles B. Bailey, AheilLeryi" suming command of the base at Vera Cruz. - This arrangement, however, is wholly in the line of preparedness and signifies no present purpose or being put into operation. . . ' --Congress, alter a considerable per iod of silence on Mexico, again came into 1 the- situation. .In the Senate, Senator Wppitt, of Rhode Island, in: trcuoed a resolution calling on Presi dent Wilson for information as to nub-, SlhedelSrtrthat it was the admmis tratlon's purpose to aid Gen. Vilhvto secure the presidency. : During4 a brief but spirited.discussion. Senator Lodge read from a London paper a scathing denunciation f Villa. The resolution .went over until tomprrow.. ; . President Wilson ? and his J cabinet held the regular Tuesday meeting but it was announced afterwards tnat on ly routine work had been -considered. Secretary Bryan remained after; the cabinet meeting, however, and. it was -t-A h a want nvr wit n the President the entire status of the. mH diatlon negotiauons ana paxiiuumrij the names of American delegates. The mediators' sessions continued through the day' with the discussion including the three Huerta delegates now nam ed and understood to be on their way, the United States delegates and the cutting off of Carranza. - - ' - - May be Held In Canada. . .. It Is understood ; the : negotiations were to be held in neutral -territory ; (Continued on Page Ten.) K DEFENSE-ANSWERS ElENCElW STATE'S CHARGES BEFORE JAtE " ON RESOLUTIONS WAS COLUMBIAN IN JACKSONVILLE :.rA', . - - . ; . . ,:'yv; lif:B:-. r:'.: : v ,; - ...... ..... . : Frank's Lawyers Deny Affida vits Secured Improperly. FURTHER TESTIMONY VV III be Offered by Defense Today Af- ter whiph Arflument of Lawyers Will Begin Grand Jury May Investigate. . Atlanta, .May 5. Denial of the State's charge that improper- means had been used in obtaining evidence tending to show that Leo M. Frank, the factory superintendent, was inno cent of the murder of 14-year-old Mary Phagan, was made today by counsel for, the defendant. ., Various affidavits were introduced at the hearing in the. Superior court on the extraordinary, motion for a new trial, for Frank : which the defense claimed' showed that no intimidation, attempted bribery, forgery , or-.other improper means had been used in ob taining sworn statements. . The action of " Franls lawyers fol lowed the conclusion of' the counter showing of the State against the plea of the . convicted : man's representa tives for a new trial." 'Notice was giv en that further evidence would xbe in troduced by ? the "deTense tomorrow, when, it is expected, the taking of evi dence will be concluded. Arguments of attorneys will follow- An affidavit introduced by the State today from Anna Maude Carter, a ne gro woman, charged that she had been approached by anunknown person In the county Jail an asked to put poison in the food - of James . Conley, the- ne gro factory- sweeper. The -woman said she was a prisoner afthe time, and that she was given considerable free dom in the Jail.- Conley was the chief witness against; Frank and ,'was con victed as an accessory after the murder;- ' -: ' " ' " -.. " -Detective Under Bond. , ' Superior Judge Hill today issued an order- placing Dan C. Lehon; repre sentative of a national detective agency,rnndex.$liOQOkbpnd for hia ap pearance Utecibejftrihe; Fulton. coun ty, grand jury: here-TSouCitof General Dorsey.-chief of the State legal forces In the case of Frank, said that he de sired the testimony of the detective in connection - with the obtaining of an affidavit from Rev. -C. B. Ragsdale. The minister ' asserted that, he had heard: Conley, the negro, confess the rnurder, but , he later repudiated the statement. v The solicitor general tonight would not say wheth -or not he contemplat ed asking the grand Jury to make a general investigation jp'f methods used in obtaining evidence in connection with the extraordinary motion for new trial for the factory superintendent. "Various persons have repudiated affi davits and Claimed unuue muueuce. No time has been set by Superior Judge Hill for hearing of arguments on a motion filed by the defense for the annullment of the verdict sen tencing Frank to be hanged. . Counsel for the defendant allege that it was illegal as Frank was absent from the court room when the veTdict was ren dered. REPORT TWO RESOLUTIONS Proposing Amendments to Federal Constitution on Suffrage and Na- -tion-Wide Prohibition. t Washington, May 5 Joint resolu tions proposing amendments to the Federal Constitution to extend the right of suffrage to women and for Nation-wide prohibition today were or dered reported, without recommenda tion to the House by the J udiciary committee. This leaves both propos als to the House for decision without suggestions trom the committee. The vote was viva voce and carried overwhelmingly. Representative Du pre, of Louisiana, and several others who voted against both measures in committee, said they would carry the fight to the fioor of the House. The two njeasuree immediately will be put on the House calendar. The ac tion of the .committee . enables the House 40 directly reach a vote, if suf ficient strength develops. The woman suffrage amendment provides that the right of "citizens of the United' States to vote shall not be denied : or abridged by the United States, or by any State, onaccount of sex." - It was introduced by Representative Mondell, of Wyoming, -v r ; The prohibition; amendment propos ed by Representative Hobson, , of i Ala bama, prohibits the sale, manufacture for sale, importation for sale and ex portation for, sale of intoxicating . liq uors for beverage purposes." . u - It would allow Congress to regulate the" traffic in ' liquor fpr'sacramental, medicinal, pharmaceutical or scientific purposes, or for use. in the arts." BURLESON DEFENDS ' i i 2 PARCEL POST SYSJ E M. 7'.' - : '"':-7- -i--"t --v. Declares' It An Accelerator of "Trade . Between City and Country. ' ; Washington, - May : 5. Postmaster General Burleson: defended the parcel post system today in an open letter characterizing it as an accelerator, of trade between cities and farms .and declaring its rates were, based on op4 erating costs in notn prontame ana unprofitable territory. Mr. ' Burleson was replying- to the Buff al6 chamber of; commerce, which -: recently adopted resolutions, opposing increase in the parcel weight limtu . , ' , "'. . t f " " " V LapoUette Mhafp Co - afar ' ?,i CV. f" ----- 1 , - 4:-:i' SPEAKS HIS Senator Declares Efforts Made timictete Inter-State Commerce I w w.,B. w. w.. ..... wa.w.a.jj rJ . Increase Case . , Washington, May 5 .SenatorJflKa Folette laid before the Senate iotfy what he declared was evidehc'tj ja widespread conspiracy to intimljft, coerce and control ; the Intertfe Commerce Commission, to grant t ern railroads the five per cent, f jint rate increase for which applicatijtofj is pending:, ; , " ' tr- '' ." t ftlfli.' The Senator -spoke on his bpqo; make" it a criminal offense to seaeilQ influence decisions of the f commissi He talked for more than two SMfs and produced a mass of newsjer clippings copier of letters andHle grams which found their way. tcfeae commission in which the authors! M rg ed favorable action o nthe raflt6ad plea. He declared "the conspiracy' had made use of newspaper articles, editorials and advertising; thatftpjn ers had assailed the commissions by communications demanding thjsi in crease and that propaganda hadi ijen in force for months before thtjail- ( Continued on Page Ten.)M ROOSEVELT TELLS B Interesting Details of Extd . V':-:ed-Visit -to Brazil .rfe ;: Part Geographical. m M Para, . Brazil, ' May 5. Colonel vfcieo dore Roosevelt,' in an interview" lth The. Associated Press " today on ard the steamer Dunstah, on which h had Just arrived from Manaos. gaveMany Interesting details of his - exrng trip through the wilds oBraziC1He said: - , "The expedition has proved ai&gnal success. It was undertaken origJillv for the American Museum of N'niral History. . , 1$, "Durine our trip. Georgia H. cherry and Leo C. Miller, the naturalist Col lected more than 2,100 birds annr ani mals, reptiles and batrachlariiHand fish, chiefly from regions not' hitherto traversed. bs any collector, and'isiany representing' species hitherto unkt awn to science - - ? - "The most Important part of-bur trip was geographical, in the flot ation of an unknown river, w&5 wave nut on the map a river nearlyff,000 miles long, the existence of wiuttt is upper part of its course was iiferly liTiilnnmun t- anv.hnrtv PTPPnt tbo ' OTllH Indians along its banks, whilVthe lower part was jtnowu to icjiiB ber meh only. . - . ' l "The river takes its rise in th5high uplands of the western part rt1 Ithe State Of Matto Grosso, Just nQ'tfti. of the 13th parallel of south la titud and between longitude 59 and 60 wt of Greenwich. - :"i t . "We embarked ? in latitude Hf de grees 35 minutes. The river raljjwith many doublings and twistings, most due , north finto the river . Merla, where its entrance was at abotf five degrees 30 minutes south latiii e. "We were 60 days in canoaf, In latitude' seven degrees souths w pass ed the last rapids and reacha-i the steamer when we. were but thpjr-six ; "In latitude ten degrees 50. mantes south, we struck' the moutn ot-r! Dig affluent, flowing from the righiand latitude nine degrees 49 minutesjputh we came to the mouth of anoth Jr, big affluent flowing from the left. sj&l : "The Duvida river, in point ; fet 3 vol ume, is like the Rhine, the Elbe mi the Hudson, but Js too much brok?3S by rapids to be. navigable, except $i th lower parts- In about seven d-6gree 30 minutes ' south latitude, it-TJoins another river, practically theame size . flowing ,from the right. J. k -"From about 11 degrees 4,8 nwiutes to ten degrees '48 minutes -; spufjb? lati tude, the course of the Duvida; al most an unbroken series: of -kapidB there being no clear day'e Xrunvfith out rapids. This was. the hanTart of our Journey. r . ' lit v v' . "Two sets of the rapids were tl the bottom of the- canyons where tb - rlv eii clove - Its way through mofatain 3'Of the seven' canoes with.whJhl Ve started five were lost- in 'the jrsiJids. One of our men was drowned ard .two others,: including Kermit, narrciH es caped death byTdrowning.', v ;t "Under the strain, one mai!went mad. . He finally murdered one f; his comrades and fled into the ftlder ness. " ' 1 -"We saw' no Indians, r but VSwlce heard them. , While Colonel Rttdon, the- chief of t the Brazilian , mJasion. was out alone hunting, his do&j was b-niai hv nrrAn-K. The " dOK's'sj death- probably- saved Colonel .RondonV iife. 1 . nan a severe , uout-ut ioyjjj while working around a canoe the rapids bruised my leg wmu ufuiup ed into a bad abscess but I a now practicaUy all right." s MLi II toJn- mm . - k. m mjm m. a 1 - : - . -s ?r?nnv;v t?fij?e . nM Mf imnortan Ition of the tax of twenty-five. National Cotton Conference , ; Votes oh. Measures. ADOPTED BY COMMITTEE Second Day's Session of National Body Favorabry Acts Upon Resolutions : Adopted by Executive ;'-V Committee. v - - f" " . Augusta, Ga., May 5. Favorable ac tion was taken late today by the: Na tional Cotton Conference on all the resolutions adopted by the executive committee during ,its two days ses sion here. The. resolutions were sug gested as tending to improve present conditions, both in the spots and fu tures cotton trade throughout the country . Among the resolutions of ttm tive committee, approved by the en- xire . conierence, was - one recommend ing several changes in Representative A. F. Lever's cotton futures-bill, now pending in- Congress. , .The conference instructed the chair man to forward a copy of the resolu tions to Representative Lever. A com mittee was appointed to confer with him and to assist in having the bill passed. . -:' ..- Recommendation that all the ex changes: adopt the government stand ard of classifications and that the gov ernment adopt the international stand ard agreed upon at Liverpool last year; was; approved. ' The recommendation to have all. cotton statistics, receipts, etc., computed from August 1 to Au gust .l,1 instead of from September 1, also was approved. . W. C. Lawson, of Waco, Texas, called attention of the organization to what he termed an unfair rule enacted last October by the Bremen Cotton Exchange. This rule, he stated, al lows the receiver in . Bremen 100 days to determine the extent of Interior damp, -After delivery. ' ..v. .- A resolution was adopted express ing disapproval of the Bremen ex change rule. r', :- The special committee of three on domestic apot . transactions will ? re port tomorroirj teduc4 cents a contract to five cents a contract. This, it wasstated; would make the burden of the tax fall upon the dealer-and not the producer: ' The committee also desired the v ap plication vof the bill as set forth in section three to De amenaea so as to apply to any resident "In - the United States" instead of "of - the United States." This, it is understood is to make the provision applicable to trans ient traders- The widening, of : the , scope of the sixth section of the Lever hill regard ing tenders of cotton under contract was requested. -r It also .was agreed that section eight of the bill, determining what are bona fide spot markets, under standards established by the Secretary of Agri culture should be changed to read as follows? ' -"Provided that selection of , places which form, the basis of quotati ons shall be left entirely within the discre tion of the ; Secretary of Agriculture." ENGLAND WILL RECONSIDER Great Britain Will Likely Take Part " In Panama-Pacific Exposition r After All. London, May 5. The British gov ernment will reconsider its .decision not , to participate In the Panama-Pacific Exposition at San Francisco and. probably will decide that Great Brit ain sjhall officially be represented at the fair in a distinctly modified form. Premier Asquith today received a deputation from the House on the question representing more than one half of the members and promised to submit their views to the cabinet. '. The sugestion of the deputation was rthat the British government erect a special governmental pavilion which would serve . as a rallying point for British subiects'.from all parts of the empire. Mr. Asquith Intimated that4 this .proposal, which would be In the nature, of a complimentary acceptance of the -invitation to participate with out committing v the government to Much; expenditure, would commend it self to the cabinet ministers. SMITH WON SWEEPING - ' VICTORY IN CONVENTIONS. Over ' 200 of Poeclbte 300 Delegates i r Favor Present senator. V Columbia, S.; C, May 5. Practical ly complete reports tonight from the conventions held in the forty-four "counties of - South Carolina yesterday indicated that the supporters of Unit ed States Senator E.. D- Smith would have a large majority in the Demo cratic State Convention here on May 20. W-4v ' ': v Unofficial reports place the number of delegates who are .avowedly sup porting Governor Cole L. Blease, in his contest-.for the Democratic nomi nation -i for United States Senator againstSenator Smith, at between 40 and 60 while between 250 and 275 delegates are - said to be opposed to the , Governor. t - . Resolutions favoring primary reform were adopted by most of thelcounty conventions . and it Is considered cer- tain that action on the matter will be taken .by the - StatetT'convention. n addition to adopting a platform, the conventioa will set a date for a State wide ' primary - for - the nomination of State candidatesand a candidate for the Federal Senatorship-. - Thirteen Survivors Rescued From Open Boat. OTHERS ARE ADRIFT Those Rescued Suffered from. Severe Cold and Exposure in Open Boat for Forty Hours Search .Made for Remainder. On Board Steamer 4fraconia, via'Sa ble Island, May 5. -Thirteen survivors of the British steamer Columbian, bound from Antwerp for New York, which caught fire at sea Sunday night, were picked up today, by 'the Cunard Franconia bound from Liver pool for Boston. In the boat with the survivors was the body of " the chief steward, Matthews. . ' Another boat containing the chief and second officer and 17 men was still adrift. The Franconia cruised in search.; Those aboard the Franconia are : James Drohan, wy-eiess operator; An tone Elast carpenter lvar Iverson, boats waiiTs mate; - Unguse Prinze, Jens Jensen, A. Belnick," quartermasr ter; Gustav Sehnbdrh, " donkey man ; Thomas Connor. Jurl Lei and Arthur VBrantik, able seamen-; Antonia Cor- denese and Bennett 'ROther, firemen and Frank Wedekind, mess ' room steward. The survivors suffered terribly dur ing 40 hours v exposure in open boat. Their condition was so grave that it was impossible to get their story for several hours after-they were, picked up. . . , Orders to! Abandon Shlo. The Columbian caught fire Sunday-1 when J00 miles- south of -Cape Race. Capt. McDonald' ordered' the' wireless operator; James DTp-hah,. to . send out calls for assistance, but a series of explosions put the wireless out of commission. , It; soon - became evident that the crew .could not ; control the fire and. the order to abandon, the ship was given. The .men left the Colum bian in two boats' Chief Steward' Mat- L the Ws was ih charge of .: the first ; boati FTttin 'kAeif Mnikfn WM-itfMM r4Wh - wtXirt An ojBmifeQ4 dense inoke,Uhat 4 surrounded the- burtiing vessel the other- boat was not visible and the steward's' boat finally drifted far from- the ? scene. ; Of . their . suffer ing and of the fate of the chief-stewr ard,' Matthews, the men could eay lit-, tie when they were brought on to the decks of -the Franconia. Food and sleep were matters of first conside ration, and although sympathetic pas sengers were ready with offers of as-- sistance to the shipwrecked ones, Capt. Miller, of the Franconia saw to it that they were $rst given the re quired rest. Having learned that another boat with 15 men probably including Capt. McDonald, still was missing and sup posedly adrift, Capt. Miller ordered the Franconia . turned about on a searching cruise- No trace of the second boat had been obtained late tonight. - Carried No Passengers. New York, May 5. The steamer Columbia, which the Cunard liner Franconia tonight reported burned at sea, sailed from London, on April 16 for Antwerp and thence on Aprid 23 for New York. . ' . The Columbia is a cargo vessel and is not -believed to have had any pas sengers on board. . .She was of 5,088 tons gross registry, 442 feet long, was built at Belfast In 1890 and was own ed by F. Leland & Co.,. Ltd., of Liver pool. The Leland Line is controlled by the International Mercantile Ma rine Company, with offices in this city. The Cunard Line late today re ceived a wireless message from the Franconia which read: '. "Rescued 13j survivors .and Chief Steward Matthfews, who is dead, of the steamer Columbian, ' Antwerp. Chew suffering from exhaustion, said to have been in-- boat for 40 hours. Co lumbian caught fire Sunday night and almost immediately .,a series of vio lent explosions occurred. tThe wire less apparatus was destroyed. "One other boat containing the chief officer and second officer and 17 men Is adrift The Franconia is making diligent search for it." , It developed tonight tht the Co lumbian was running under charter by the Phoenix Line with offices in Antwerp, having been borrowed from the Leyland Line for this one voyage across. v A. MackayPentz, a member of the firm of Sanderson. & Son, local agents of the Phoenix Line, tonight estimat ed the number of the - Columbian's crew at between 45 and 50. Of these the Franconia. reported having saved 13 alive and the body of another, while 19 were said to be in the boat still adrift, making a total of 33. ' There were no passengers, -Mr. Pen tz, .said. The steamer had a mis cellaneous cargo. He estimated its value at between $200,000 and $300, 000. . ' The IFranconia ' stopped - searching for the Columbian's missing life boats tonight and is on her way to Boston where she. expects to arrive at mid night Monday, according to a' wire less which reached.the office of "the Cunard Line here. . The - steamships Manhattan and Haverford are steering for position . to search for the . life boats... . :;f:; . ' . '-;iv- - Carried No Passengers. " s Boston, May 5. The v mystery sur rounding, the identity of the steamer on fire In the westbound; trans-Atlan-. tic steamer lane, south of Sable "Is land, for; 48 hours was solved tonight when wireless messages from the Cu nard liher Franconia told of the burn ing of -i the freighter Columbian, and the' rescue of 13. of her crew from a small boat - TJie death of Chief Stew ard -Matthews, whose "body the sur vivors had In charge, and the dlsan- pear,ance of ;a second boat; in which were 19;.men, including the -first and second acers. also were reported. : - FUBNI&HED ROOMS .VtfAJfTlSB. ."; .r.'.' .-.:.Sv - ' ;- A newly married eonpto In thli city will search tomorrow's Star for citable rooms' to begin boaso-beepinff.. This Is a straight tip. if yon need M, Twenty-Fourth; Annual Re' union of Soldier -Boys.' , ; ' EXTENSIVE PROGRAMME Hundreds of Boys In Grey Arrive Tn Florida Metropolis parade Ev ' ery Day During Reunion ; . Memphis In 1915. Jacksonville, Fla., May 5. Some of the veterans who; wore the grey in the War. Between the States gathered ; by the hundreds in Jacksonville to night preparatory to the .. opening of the twenty-fourth annual reunion of the United Confederate Veterans here." tomorrow. . , ; Housed in .the . tents of Camp kerby Smith, the veterans recalled again the :v stories ot Chickamauga and Mission- v ary Ridge,- of Gettysburg, and the Wilderness and a score of other battle fields of the conflict between the North Vr : and the South. ' - , .; Two allied organizations held meet-.. . ings today and tonight. The Confed erated Southern., Memorial Associa tion met this afternoon and the Sons of Confederate Veterans held its meet ing tonight. 5 Neither organization transacted business of importance. : Park Trammel!, Governor of Flor ida, and Van C. Swearingen, mayor of Jacksonville, formally will, welcome ; the' veterans at their first meeting to- ' morrow. . Sessions of the reunion will continue until Friday when the meet ings of the two allied organizations V will" end." . ; -. The first parade of the reunion will be held tomorrow afternoon and will include the sponsors and maids of hon- or from the various Southern States who. were sent here as a tribute of honor to the veterans. A paraie of the Sons of Confederate Veterans will be helds Thursday and on Friday the . veterans' parade will be held. " Alabama's division of - the veteran's will return to the State of Ohio to- i morrow night a. battle flag which was :a.ntn red from one" of Ohio s jeKiments ; Lin the- historic conflict. ' Governor Cox ; : or Ohio,- wm accept une return or me. . colorsu f tVarious divisional.;, meetings:? and- soda! -'even tsalSo are oh the pro-vii f gramme for' tomorrow; , x .rr?: "- vine Ot me r largest . aeiegatiouB i-o k arrive today for the reunion was from Memphis, Tenn., which city is seek ing the 1915 reunion. . - ' ' Selection of - next year's meeting ; place and election of officers for the coming- year: iwll be made by the v veterans on Thursday. LIEUT. STATON RECITES f EXPERIENCES AT VERA CRUZ. V In Letter to Parents - at Tarboro Brildge Firm Sued. - (Special Star Correspondence.) Tarboro, N . C . , May 5 . Dr. and Mrs . L., L .. Staton have received a letter from their son, Lieutenant Adol phus Staton; of the U. S. S. South . Carolina, telling- of his experiences at Vera Cruz when. the marines were at- ... tacked by the Mexicans. In this. let- ; ter-he states that the "snipe" shoot- V ing did the killing, and this was con fined at the tim eof the attack to the tower t which -was destroyed by the , Prjtiri - Lieutenant Staton states further that the marksmanship -was perfect by the gunners - of the ' Prairie. Ha also stated that order, was being re stored among' the natives who from, the first expected the same treatment , tha the Mexicans dealt out when they captured, a town. . L.r E. Everett, who was badly In jured while ; endeavoring td bring! a ' raft of logs down Tar river by coming in contact with a rppe stretched acryes the river where Austin Brothers, of v Atlanta,' are building a new bridge, known as Sessoms bridge, has brought suit against the bridge firm for $2,000 , and has attached money due said firm , by the county . - . ' KERN AND SMITH. CONFER WITH WIL80N , Concerning Plan Formulated by Them for Adjournment of Congress. . . . -;. , ... -; v ..-v . : - Washington, May, 5. What they say may do to help toward an early adjournment of Congress will be told , to President Wilson tomorrowby Ma jority Leader Kern, and Senator Smith -of Georgia, members Of the steering committee. "- ' . . ,. . : (Senator Kern Is hopeful that ad journment can be taken by July 10th though- many others do not believe v: pending bills can be, completed before August . -. .. -.. y '. - . v . " - Richmond, i Va.;1 May , 5. The ; mar riage of Miss Belle Willaf d to Kermit Roosevelt -will take place in Madrid, June 11th,' according to a definite an nouncement in a cablegram from Am bessador Willard, received today by friends ere. - , '.: ' v; '' .'....,;-' - Eccles,:jW.vVa.;May 5. Bodies of 154 of the 174 men who lost their lives on April 28th,: by an explosion in Mine -No. 5, of the New River Collieries Company,. had beem recovered tonight.. The Columbian carried no passen gers, i - . ,-' .' When the number of missing was represented by those said to be in the second boat was uncertain tonight-Estimates by officials of the Leland and Phoenix lines placed the number of the crew; at between 45 and. 50. The ' messages, from the Franconia told of Only 33 men,' represented by-the oc cupants of the two 'boats. - It was thoufhtt noRsible that there was a third hot, commanded by Capt. . McDonald, of the 'Columbian mm -..n 'I V i! il 'it ; . f- :- r. f. (1 I ' fi ItV
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