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V; .4 1. , reader t make a psreaaae .Tedax, irtl otherwise , he might maU ' avetlner, r misht aot make mt all. t. k - AVHOLE DUMBER 3d,219 W 1, fri - CHEERED TO THE ECHO by coNrabiERATC Vets A''- '- - i: I MEXICAN mmmn UPON . to eOiiiliK BY PRESIDENT WOODROW WILSON POSITION OF TO SETTEE THEIR DIFFERENCES Will Insist on - Adherence of Germany to the national Laws. l. !i fa. -3 ' Hi N0 CHANGE IN PLAT c Pisident and Ambassador D; : ; r. cussed Fundamentals anyf Si Not Details. German Official Feels More HopeuL Now. v . Washington, June 1. 7- Presi dent Wilson emphasized in an in formal talk with Count Von Bern storffr th German ambaador, to day the intense feeling of the Ami erican people over the sinking of the Lusitania and other violations of American rights on .the high seas, and impressed him that the United States would insist on an adherence of Germany to the ac cepted principles of international law as they affect neutrals. : f No Annoaiiccmeats , Mader 7 . No announcements were niade after the conference which had been arrang ed at the Ambassador's request.; but it was stated authoritatively thatthere would be no change in the plan, to send in response to the German reply to. the Lusitania note an inquiry : to ascertain definitely whether the Imperial KQvern ment will abide by --'.international lav or follow its own" :rule- of -maritime "warfare- .... r Air: , ' - The note which- is. betng written by President Wilson, wilj" be -despatched before the end of the week. " ? - ' ' In 20 minutes' conversation' the Pres ident and the ambassador, exchanged views on the delicate situation which has arisen in the relations between the United States and Germany. -..Their meeting was cordial, tbeir -conversation friendly and theyi discussed- fun damentals and not details.' - Countt Von Bernstorff later told friends . that the interview- had been-satisfactory -.and that the President, has spoken ejearly and franklj The ambassador felt hopeful when he returned -to .his em bassy. He believed the report' wjjich he prepared for transmission to ; Ber lin would enlighten the .German, for eign office on the true state : of "the American government's - opinion r and pave the way to a better understand ing. . . . ' Opinion Is Divided. - . In official and diplomatic - quarters opinion was divided as to the effect of the conference. Some jtbouarbt it.wp.uld be beneficial and bring from Germany a conciliatory reply to the next Amer ican communication.., pthers .'-pointed out that the German ambassador simi larly was hopeful when President Wil son's nnte of May 13 .was; dispatcher. e or may ia was aispaicner, r he recommended several naeth-- and that ods to the German foreign office for meeting the position satisfactorily,; t is an open secret in diplomatic quar ters, however, that the ambassador's suggestions were not, followed" then and peculation was -widespread as to what influence his communication Of today expressing as it .did the "view Point of the President himself might have on his government. In view of the difficulties : which the embassy has experienced in- eom-'muni-eating with Berlin on account -of the cutting of cables,' it is -understood the President granted a request of the am bassador that the United States.1 assist him in transmitting his messages con- cerning the delicate situation that has arisen. The ambassador's report of his talk with the President will be sent 'n code through the State Department and will be delivered by Ambassador . Gerard. " .: The conference at the White House as the outstanding development, of the day in the international . situation. The President is 'understood to have 63plained the American . government's csi.tion, and to have reiterated that it - as based on legality. - It is believed the ambassador was . told that if the r'prman government could conduct its "ubmarine warfare in accordance with he dictates of humanity-, in a'way;that wuld not endanger the lives-and prop erty of neutrals, there would be no oln Jeotion to the use of underwater ,craft "s a commerce destroyer. The exercise cf the right of visit and search,'; Jiow Pvr, the President is said to have" ex plained, would be insisted on when submarines encounter -unarmed, mer chant men or vessels who do n.0X',Te--Elst capture. 7 S' May BrlnsrRemItM" v ' in some well informed quarters, the conference was discussed asilikely to ea3 to important results with" respect w. the general situation. -.While - the "resident, it is believed, ; inf . Vdnefence t0 his expressed policy," would Jnot, .talk "f the relations of this:; country- with ffat T3i4-.. 4- if. . I AMin rs m ntt flH9 ----- nam lu tuc voi. matt - the possibility that. a return to in "rnational law, by all the belligerents m' srht eventually be f accomplished;, by th efforts of the ' United Statesand hus pave the way for the eventual rres to" ition of peace in' .Europe, waa ' a s,estion widely current, ri 4S- V H lfi German quarters tonight lopti inism was apparent. , ' - --r - Te view was expressed- that the "rmnn reply did not purport to be a, f jH answer to theTAmerican tdemnds nrifi that if the'-United States, in. its xt note state that official Investiga won showed that the' sitania carried , (Continued on Page JJiSVJ S , IN GRAY SEND WILSON t -- aaJt WeHe Pwsident tween Nations and With Respect for American Flag Birmingham Select- as Next Reunion :v Richmond, Va.i June 2. Veterans of j the Confederacy, in reunion here today pent: the following greeting, in the form of a unanimously approved ' reso lution to the President of . the United States: " ; ' "::. .'J'-.t ' "The United Confederate Veterans in 25th annual reunion assembled at Jich mondK Va., send greetings to Woodrow Wilson," President of the United States, As soldiers who know only too well the horrors of war, and as citizens of a . re-united " country, we are glad at heart that we have at Washington a President, who strictly neutral be tween warring nations, will with wis dom and courage stand for 'all regard and respect for the honor of the Amer ican flag and a "proper"" observance of the full rights of the humble American citiaen." ,-- ; -. - . ' . ; ' : The resolution was ' adopted toward the close of the business session of the . reunion.',. Its reading , ' was . received with-tumultuous applause by Veterans who wear the uniform of gray, and who 7 later V cheered the ' name of the President again when Congressman Heflin of Alabama, declared; that Vthe defenders -Of the South .had vjeen "spared . to k see a man," J born' in. the Southland, sthe son of ar Confederate soldier, thet -President of the United States."-;'v f:-,; . r - ;The" reunion ee4ectfed; as cbmman-der-tn -chief General'ennett H. Young, of. Louisville, Ky., after a spirited con-; test, his opponent for the honor being General Felix it. Robertson;- of Craw ford, -Texas., Birmingham, Ala., was designated as the reunion city in 19 Prior to the election the delegates di rected that . message of sympathy be sent to General Young, who was kept away -by1 illness and had gone to his home in Louisville from "Cleveland, O. . In pursuance of this direction. Ad jutant General William E. Mickle sent the following telegram tor General Youns: - :; . '-- . - .-' "The conyention heard with, joy the announcement of your improved condi- tiori; - and directed me to - express the great ? sympathy felt at your confine ment which caused your absence, and the hope of your speedy recovery." Rain which-fell in torrents through out the day seriously interfered with ; the programme of events f ojr the re union -and i aroused anxiety for hun dreds of the 'aged veterans encamped at the fair grounds.' A fireworks display scheduled - for tonight at the veterans Carop-had to be postponed until tomor row nisht a.nd a floral parade which was to have occurred today will.be held tomwrrow after the military parade ... nf corner stone of a monnment to General Stonewall Jack son. At Camp Henry C Stuart, where 5,000 ; veterans are quartered unusuai precautions ' were taken. . Hundreds, however, were compelled, to remjatn within the fair grounds buildings be cause of the incessant downpour , which has .prevailed since Monday nighti ' . . i... climax Com Today. - J-- Desite the inclemency of , the wea ther, 'v. however, preparations continue IS ONE OF MOST STUBBORN AND SANGUINAR Y OF WAR Both Sides Have Poured Reinforcements Into trie Field and Losses Are Piling Up to an Unprecedented Extent -7 Germans Making Another Effort to Reach' Warsaw. London, June 2. The battle before Przemysl, one of the most stubborn and Banffulnar,y struggles of the war, con tinues with unabated fury. Both sides have" poured" reinforcements into the fleldV'and.losses are piling up to an un precedented extent. Th Genaans and Austrians- . claim tiatome of the forte on the northern front have fallen and that on the south eas'te'rn'frofi their troops are progress; in g towards the ; railway that joins the fortress Iwith Lemberg.;But the latest Fetrograd communication says tne er n.an wno rot into one fort; were driv en out and makes no mention of the cpiureCoStryorOfrot claimed by the Teutonic allies. ' -y? r'To the southeast, simultaneously with Ihis battle, the Germans are making an other" effort to break through the Bzura Jies toward .Warsaw, but whether, this is a serious attemptvto capture the-rel-ishcanital or only a. diversion to" pre vent the Russians ,from- seeding , morf COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF StricUy Neutral in Wars Be Courage to Demand Proper : ; City Rain Interferes. for the climatic events ; of the -reunion tomorrow.; The military parade, will be held at TlT- o'clock. The "Virginia mili tia, arrived today to participate in the parade. There also arrived Governor and ' the first 'company; Governor'sfoot- guards, : crack military organization of the New England states, who will take parti in the ; parade. The Connecticut, guards were met by - the Richmond Light .infantry Blues whose guests they will be while in Richmond. ' Late today the United- States marine band gave .a concert.ini honor of Mary Curtis Lee, daughter 'Of General Rob ert. E. Lee, , and : Mrs. Daisy McLaurin Stevens, president of ; the Daughters of the , Confederacy;r,Alrs. ; Josephus Dan ielstwife of the Secretary of the Navy, and on the staff of Mrs. Stevens, ar ranged the concert , and congratulated thf leader of, the band in ; the presence of an enthusiastic throng. . ; One of the features-of -the,, day was the presentation - to - the convention of Miss.. ..Anne'- Carter Lee, granddaughter of General Robert B. Lee as the spon sor of the' South. - She was accompa nied , by Miss . Sarah Jlor'ris .Beech and Miss Ollie McLaurin, 'maids " of honor; and; chaperon.e4.vby . Mrs. . Mary . Ewell Pitcher. ----,.'' ' ; ; v Can Brings Wild Applause. .The sponsor was presented by Act ing Commander-in-Chief. George P. Harrison, and was greeted iwith a deaf-r ening outburst of ' applause. vThe in cident kindled 'enthusiasm.- f or- the old tGfe4ew,fetc peated ' rebel - yells when ueneral lee 1 wks' -prbnouaced by. General Julian S. Carr, of North Carolina, as "the world's greatest hero." " It was Lee . Day . at the convention- - . --,-: , , General . Carr brought the Veterans repeatedly to their feet with a. eulogy of 'the Confederacy. - . y "Not ;so4png. ago,;v..said .General Carr, "there were many of the North to deem us! traitors, and 'Southern treason' was the campaign cry of .those -who march ed under the folds of the 'bloody shirt'. We are yet stigmatized as rebels by some of our loyal compatriots. To the latter epithet the South has no very particular .. objections. . During the Christian erathe three grandest names in 1 political history are Alfred the Great. William the Silent and George Washington. ' ,"Technically.; the first ! of this impor tant trio -was a -j rebel. Actually a.nd legally the last two were rebels, and the last named,-greatest and grandest of ' them ' all, was a Southerner and" a slave-holder. ' " 5 Glad to be Called . Rebel. "The Confederate soldier is: perfect ly willing to accept association with these - demi-gods "and -cordially adopts the classification and we ' do" It ' With more pride and alacrity when we rein force them; and incalculably, augment their glory by adding to their, number the. Miltiades of the Nineteenth Cen turythe .world's greatest hero Rob ert K.. fee, whom" the South,: to remot est generations,; " will ' eyer esteem the nobiest" personality . mentioned in all profane history." ; . .The ' convention approved of a com mittee appointed at the last conven tion to award credit:.for designing the (Continued' on Page Eight.) PRZEMYSL reinforcenents into "Galicia, is not dis closed. ' The Germans, claim ..to have captured upwards of 300,000 Russians and an im mense amount of material ,iurin? the month of May." Despite this, tho Russ ians Tdo not appear to have slackened their resistance. . , ' ; Onthe Gailipoli peninsula the British and French lines -have been sub iscted to severe attacks - by : the Turks, all of wliich; according to a British official re port, have .been repulsed. The re, as in France, trench; warfare is being follow ed; but in this case the Allies have, the support; of their fleet; ' which J searches the Turkish Frenches' and prevents ; the Turks from corning out into the. oen-. It also supports the Allies', attacks. : ; In France, the most important; flghtr ing. ia north of Arras, where tlie Ger mans and French- are , contending-.- for possession of -the' sugar --refinery ra.t Sou chez, which both'olaim to' hold,"' and on the outskirts pf Le Pretre forest, where the battle for- the r trenches has -been continuous for weeks. ; , ' ' The latest'.vifctim of the German sub marines (.the.- British. .liner . Saidieh, sunk JntJteeNortfc Sea with seven of her . crewvV -". . '-- z -'$"'l,-y -v'i j :. Five thousand. -grixzled veterans, the remnant of iLee'?. followers, -in the his toric "Jttebei; eit yesterday voiced ap proval of, every Word- Uttered - by Gen eral Julian S.' Carr, of North Carolina-, when he deliverdthis, "Eulogy of the Confederacy" at the -Reunion at Rich mond. General .Carr. pronounced Rob ert E. -Lee "the '-world's,; greatest hero.' Confers Honorary Degree on MrV James Sprunt. i Craig S and Simmons " . . - ' - , ' " 'V-; --. i-'-'i " . '- : Jadge Palmer; Speaka on "Some Polltt- cal IdeaU Femrarlag Last Day - of . Cflmnciiiciiiiit--G4 y- ' j eraor' Addresses ClatMu -. , i Chapel Hill, N C., .June 2. The ad dress of Judge A. Mitchell Palmer fea tured the . exercises , of the concluding events of the ' 120th commencement of the Unfversltjr.of North Carolina today. His : subject was ' r "Some Political Ideals.". He extolled the advent- of the scholar and5" the ' idealist .in American politics and- attributed- to their. efforts the movement "f or Jbetter working, con ditions for labor, ; adoption of corrupt practices acts,', control, .of , liquor traf fic, and the . disintegration ; or? super vision of monopolies. -He declared that the scholar was. the idealist . in? action.1 The other outstanding "event on: the program of Commencement day i was the conferring of -the "honorary .degree of Doctor of- Laws on three distin guished North - Carolinians Mr. 1 James Sprunt, cotton ' exporter, and 'business man of Wilmington; . Governor.. Locke Craig, and Senator Furnif old -M. .Sim mons. Dr. - Charles Lee . Raper, udean of the graduate school, performed the., ceremonies incident to the conferring of the degrees. r -"..i-j. The : University awarded " 133 diplo mas all told. - The senior . class proper consisted of only 85 .memberg.; The other degrees conferred were bachelor of laws, 10; graduates in pharmacy,: Or pharmaceutical.- chemistry, 1; -. doctors of . pharmacy; 3 i. masters -of arts : and masters of. science, z& aoctors or phi losophy, 2." .The. degrees - of doctor, of philosophy were conferred - on WUliam L. Jeffreys, an instructor in chemistry, and Victor L,! Edwardsa graduate stu dent in vchemistry: u yy ' . W' ": t ; The Man gum. medal, awarded-, each year to that senior displaying the best ability as an,-6rator, 'Waa voted Claud B. Woltz, V of Dodson.- The" Bingham medal, given for excellency ; in debate, was awarded - Samuel C. Pike, - of. Trin -ity. . The McNeill prize, voted to that student writing-tbe.best paper of the Sand Hill section- of North;v Carolina went to --B. B Holder;' .of . Candor. : Three young ;ladies .received, degrees at . this, commencemenjt. Miss -Rachel Lynch and Miss '. Alma" Stone, both of. Chapel Hill,f were-presented -with degrees.- of -bachelor-of , arts. Miss Mar garet Berry, : of Chapel Hill, was pre sented with . the derefe ot bachelor of laws.-'!- ' :' - t - . - - The graduating exercises - were --conducted in Memorial hall.. The,' time honored custom!. of, a processional march 'from -.Alumni.; 5 building ;;. to- .'Memorial hall was abandoned QrJ. account of " te downpour ' of rain that prevailed all the forenoon, The music:', was furnished : :by- DOn Richardson'SLorchestra,.. of : New w'Tork City. -v-This- orchestra .hejd v'fortb .at Wilmington ,last Vsummef.5. and .-. will again tour : the ; State-nx.t?Pctober; y ; V Governor Locke. Craig, made the. ad dress to' the graduating class." He call ed the young collegians 1 to ' a -life of duty, and ..re.gpinsiblUts: ito home,ahd State, informing them - that the .: great acts, of humHy;aTV?tbt ofcn f facttistf. ed.by. selfish .-purposes 'or " hope of per sonal reward, '. ' .-i . ' V " '' ?: -' Jttdge -Palmer's ' Address. ! ; y. The subject ' of 1 Judge.V Palmer's tad-dress- was-''$me-.PoHtieal-Ideals."-' De claring that .!the 'Spotlight .now rrevea;iH the Idealist In? pomi&s.? Jti$s r-Palni'er proceeded toj reyie; he- pastwlfeiKtie scholar.; was 'content ,toallow; theman" who had' a ihiKd5 f6r 'businssto 'em ploy it Ththe .business of ,the govern-, ment. . Theh,appi'ness-, of. . themasses was of little .concern ,,to ; the scholar;, his own - happiness ? was- in the - wealth , ol science, - artiid vllterature.Aj r"--.-;; The results of ; the non-partiqipatlon ot: the 'scholar were ' inevitabJe.,?The commop- welfare TsufTered n. tlie : granting- of special privileges. Men ' deyoteVi toe the accumulation : ot . wealth vf bund in the"iunwatehf uiness "of; -the '(seholar the opportunity to ; exploit -the-; people -. v.;; ; mrnitisuAd on P-ae -Eieht-.v-.J;A ' HVERlWSAm NEW r MEXICAN WmMMgeMiMMMsed U- 1.". Fcrmer Mexican DictatorGives Concerning Message; to Factional Leaders From Pres : ident Wilson----Comments by O fficials of All Fac- tions on Presidential . New Tork, JTun.e. 2. Ge.neral jvVicto riahb Huerta, former, provisional presi dent tf,of. Mexico, yalfter he . had. been shown' President Wilson's 'rtote" regard ing; the situation in Mexico today, through A. Z.' Ratder, ' in -whose, off ices at,No, 61 -Broadway he makes his. head- quarters, issued the following Signed statement: . , . . ;'i :yi,-r As a ' foreigner, en jovine the 1 hosDi- tality . of a . foreign country, I should not ' -criticise n'or - even- discuss 'state ments of the government or officers of the- foreign; country I live in. But I may- saytlis: ; t".:. '....; ' : Anyi foreign country that is sincere and honest . in .its endeavor to 'help our nation would 'Commit the oiggest blun der by giving its moral support or-assistance to, any person or faction y '"Such - actions, instead"-of r bringing the results desired, would result in the opposite direction. . : .?"The Mexican nation, as a whole.-will never., accept any such party - even if it ; would .only be suspected that that party received any help from a foreign couniry. " V . ' Wilf-Not Stand for It. HGur people -will -never -stand for any government inspired; by -foreigners no matter how humanitarian,, or noble the motives of such foreign nations appear to be," ' ' '-.-.:; :. ' U '?.-Gea.eraV-;Villas representative in New X0.rk city, Francisco Urquidi. said he was much pleased with; President Wil son's ' new ; Mexican policy. v : ? yfTbiftjUs flT; ;SejQprUr.ifiiidi said after . readjmg-i.th;a!-PresidenS'' nouncement t.rHhe Mexican -leaders. "That Is rju8t what we expected" from President Wilson.: Tp .. be perefctly frank, I -might say triat we the Villa people have ' tried," oh mo're' than one' occasion. to do just what President Wilson has ; suggested. Carr'anza, however.-is -vry,haT.d.hear4edrnan." ''The military mastery;, of Mexico, Senor " Uruquidi said;' " would1' " depend much on; a' great battle tioy being wag- ed . around Leon, northwest; Osf Mexico j City, - This battle between Carranza and Villa troops,, he .said, had been in progress for eight days. VILLA AGEKCrX PLEASED Statement Given'' Out at Washington i Says Villa Will Listen to Message. - Washington, .Jun 2l After reading President Wilson's' statement'. Enrique Lloren.te, head of the Villa agency here, issued ' the following:' - ". . ;.-"T-he. ; .convention : . government of whose . military forces . General Villa is commander-in-chief was' ereatfediin the yery spirit" in . which President Wil son's declaration -was' written;but -unfortunately many of; those - who1' have undertaken to support and maintain that government failed in adherence to theirs pledges.; - Sincerthen" General Villa bh humerous- occasions 'has signified a desire to reach - an-ccord with those who aVe opposing- him,.eyen -expressing a -Willingness 'to entirely eliminate hinif elf -from the- situation; should ' oc casion seem so to demand. ... General Villa certainly will give the most serious, -attention and pracfigfl.gw most serious, attentive and practical consideration to any friendly sugges- According, to f the National y'y Crop Bulletin.' Cotton Throughout, the' Belt in Splen did Condition Other Crops' Doing " .' WellGood '. Wneat Yield in -V.s- Southwest Promised. -.,'"-: ;-V: : - i-'- . y . 1? Washington,: June. 2 -The;; cotton crop is -Iky splendid: condition 'throughout pra?ctlcaliy the, entire 'belt;; theDepart ment of Agriculture's .national weather and- crop builetirt, tissued today, : indi-; ifes;;v "'j -' .- 'x-y- : yy'y y.-y ;; y ."Precip itatibn - sufficient j for ; present needs -occurred in'; practically, all;' por tions of -the - cOtton belt;" says "the re Tt, ;and the ; cropis ; nowj; making satisfactory growth. '.Tbe -.late planted in Texas . is "coming: up arid, a good stand Is noW- reported. ' Cultivation. ' is" proceeding- satisfactorily " excent : in por tiOhs of Oklahomti; Arkansas '.and .spme of the, more, eastern: sections ..where ; the soil ;cbnUnues.ftoo . wet' and; the; fields a.r.bemmg 'gfrassy.; ;- Corn :in the; South.; has bpea. greatly benefited by war.m' weather .arid .-'rains and rgood 'yields of winter wheat in TeVas with improved, prospects in; oth er? sections of..to.e".South lare"r'eported. Truck, crops" in, the .South. bave. improv ed but ; rains ., came I too vla.te,1 16 heJp "much" t iii'i portions of ' tie' - Middle Gulf SOUTHERN CROPS IN FIRST GLASS SHAPE U' '"':v -- ' ' ' . f -' - Out Statement in Nvv York Commiimcation. tion reaching him. from President Wil son whose unselfishness, of purpose he well understands and fully appreci ates." . -' ' .; SIX AMERICANS WERE KILLED Captain , on Veaacl Jnst From Tamplco x' ; - . Fears General Massacre. j Houston, Texas, June 2. Captain Os car Lane, of the 6teamer Winifred, from Tampico, which docked : here to day, says he ."positively knowsof six American " citizens who were killed near Tampico in the -last few days." Four, he said, were assassinated from the river bank,' while in boats and two were shot in a pumping" plant. John Smith, an engineer for theJ Cast Coast Oil Company,' he said, was assassinated in a row boat last Saturday. He add ed that he feared a general uprising and massacre of, Americans . in or hear the Panuco Oil fields. HAS KO RIGHT TO INTERFERE Villa Conaul at El Paso Briefly Ref era to Wilson's Communication. El Paso, Texas, - June fi. Francisco McManus, Villa consul at El Paso, made the following . statement relative to President. Wilson's note: -: "Except to emphatically state that I do not ' in - any way recognize the' right of the United States to interfere in the domestic affairs of -Mexico, I have no statement? at this time to make re garding the "Wilson note. iJJatttJhowe.rthjt - foreigners and , Meic8,a3i::'hi have gbiffe about their; iegitima.te. pursuits In -territory controlled .by General Villav have received ' protecfion." -. . i v : JTOTE - VBRT NATE." -A Is the Idea of Prominent Mexican at y.'. Sew' Orleans -Cause Reaction. New Orleans, ; June... 2. : Heriberto Barron, widely known Mexican attorney and founder of the Mexican democratic party, who recently came to New Or leans on a . special mission ' for General Carranza, in a statement tonight com menting on the warning of President Wilson, said he considered the issuance of the note "very unfortunate." Mr. Barron declared it would complicate the Mexican situation , by encouraging "reactionaries and conspirators," and that it might delay restoriation of peace. PLANS TO CONTINUE WORK OF CONFERENCE For Better Relations of All Kinds In the . . ; Americas. ' Washington,-June 2--r- Plans to con tinue the work begun .by the recent Pan-American Financial - Conference through permanent,; although unofficial, committees were announced today in a statement by Secretary McAdoo of the Treasury. The Secretary expressed con ldence that"practical - results of the most . advantageous sort to the United States and '-all the countries of South and Central America, would follow the conference. y JAIL DELIVERY FAILS THREE MEN ARE KILLED Lone Man Attempts to Release Brother From 1 Lockup. Shot Jailor, a Policeman and is Him ' self Shot Miami, Florida, Scene of Tragedy Brother Sen tenced to Death. .s Miami. Fla., June 2. Three men are dead as the result of an. attempt to day to liberate from - the - county jail John -Ashley, under sentence to be ex ecuted June 18 ; for the murder of a Seminole Indian.. The dead are B. H. Ashley, brother of the condemned man; Wilbur W. '; Heridf ickson, ' jailor, and J. R. Riblett, police' officer. B., H. Ashley attempted the jail de livery alone. ; He went to the jailor's home, called Heridrickson to the door and shot him" ; dead. Before Ashley could gain, an entarirce , to the prison, however, two policemen arrived in re sponse to Mrs Hendrickson's . screams and Ashley fled. - r. :: -, , The fugitive tried to commandeer a motoreycle .for , a dash to the country but before the driver could get the ma chine started- Officer ,Riblett arrested Ashley. The prisoner drew a" revolver and shot the officer twice. The police man returned the fire once, and Ash ley died from thewdund' after being taken to jail. Riblett died; in a hospi- If Not, United States Win "De- ; cide What Means Should be Employed.' 99 TO BRING ABOUT PEACE IlUi Declares This Government Does Not Want Anything ! for Itself. But Would Save Mexico from - Devastation - Washington, June Z.- President WH-. son, In the name of the United States government, today publicly called on. '.Ji' all factions in Mexico "to accommodate their differences' and set up a govern ment that, can be .accorded recognition. " Failure "' to unite in a' movement to bring peace, to Mexico, ."within a short tinie,''it was' announced in a stated ment telegraphed to Generals Carranza, Viila,r Zapata arid others, would ; ; con strain the United States to "decide what means should be employed" to save the people of the southern re public "from further devastations of in ternal warfare. " V " " Everywhere in. official and diplo- matie quarters and among Mexicans o " varied'ieaning the . statement was in- . terpreted a; meaning -that the United btates would bring pressure to bear first to unite the factions in the choice , Of a provisional -president, and failing " to bring all elements together; would give its: active support to those ele mentswhich did agrete.i ' '- 1 Ultiiriate intervention was considered possiblebut' only if .a" hopeless con-v dition i. of. anarchy " followed with no remedy from within.-the republic. " ' - lsidenfir Statement. - i-' The President's statement pis' as -fol- " ' ' ary coirditidhS-bBve existed" in -Mexico. The purpose of the revolution was to rid Mexico of .men who ignored- tha constitution -; of - the. republic :ind. used their power in contempt of the rights; of its people ; . and with these purposes this people of the-. United States in stinctively! and generously sympathized. But : the leaders of the revolution, in the very hour -of their success, have disagreed,--and - turned their arms against one another. "All professing the same objects they are nevertheless unable or unwilling to ' co-operate. A central authority- at Mexico .City is no sooner set up than it' is undermined and its authority de nied by those who are expected' to sup- -port it. ' ' Mexico ' is apparently mo nearer' absolution- of her - tragical troubles thap she was when the revolution - was first kindled. And she has been swept by' civil - war as if by fire. Her. crops are destroyed, her fields lie unseeded, her work cattle are confiscated for the 'use ; of the armed factions; her people flee" to the mountains to escape being drawn into unavailing bloodshed andno man seems to see- or lead the war. to peace and .settled order. There is no proper protection either for her own citizens or; for the citizens of other nations resident,. and at work within her ter- '. ritory. Mexico is starving and without a government. America Wants Nothing. "In. these circumstances the people and government of the United States cannot .stand indifferently by and da nothing to serve their eighbor. Theyv want nothing for themselves in Mexico. -Least of all do they desire to settle her' affairs for her, or claim any right to do so. But neither, do they wish to see' utter ruin Come upon her and they deem it their duty as friends and neigh bors to lend any . aid they properly can to any instrumentality which prom ises to be successful in bringing about a settlement -which will embody the real objects " of. the revolution consti tutional' government and the-rights of the people.; .Patriotic Mexicans are sick ' at heart and cry out for peace -and -for every self-sacrifice that may be neces sary to procure it. , Their people -cry out for' food and will .presently ; hate ' as much as . they fear every man. in their country or out of it, who stands . ' between them and their daily bread. "It- is time, therefore that the. gov- m. e . . n. j - t-... .. . . . ernraeni ox uie umieu siaies snouia v ' i frankly state the policy which to these : ( I ,y extraordinary circumstances it becomes ? - t i. i ' do what it has not hitherto done or felt -at liberty to do lend its active moral support to some man or group of men; r:x if such' may, be fund, who, can rally the suffering people of Mexico to their support in an effort to ignore,, if they cannot - unite, the warring factions of a the country, return to ; the constituion of the people , so long, in abeyance, and . set up ; a government at Mexico City which the "great powers of the. world can recognize, and deal with, a goy-. -ernment with' whom the programme of - i the revolution will be a business and "hot merely, a platform. , - Promises Further Action. "I therefore, publicly arid very sol emnly call upon the leaders of factions in Mexicot toact together and;to act promptly for the relief and redemption : of their prostrate country. I feel it -to be my duty to tell them i that if . they ' cannot accommodate : their differences and unite for this great pur pose within a short time, this govern ment will be constrained to decide .what, means should be, employed' by the United States in oroer to help Mexico save ; herself . and .serve her people.? Orders for the American troops along the border to co-ODerate with th Rt Cross in getting food supplies to starv- C,; il- r-j ing Mexicans probably will be issued at S j .l?r ; (Continued on Pcce Fia-hti i' r - i f1! 1 It '5 1 ""ft 5 !H 1 1 , ' 1 '?) '' ' Ukhl hi Si mm i w fM'i 1 Zi i h r h ft 1 IS ' 1 i f i if - ?4l r t i i 'I I r f - If y " ' s 1 It , t t k Ji 111' 'F "'if rI "4 t Ml J P I t I' ..I t " I in a- f -4 f . At I - ' i4 mi1 ry. yytyl " ' " i i 3 f a i f -yy itf'iu i J V 1 f f
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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June 3, 1915, edition 1
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