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't .-f Y ; Keep tbm eye o the etwee) makln good autice their Ufceral ap propriations for aaTerttstagr ano. com pare tke vtlae they ' trltt tt r Jam m ilnrtlM MM il Kreater mmlaalt of eaaea. ta -rertlaer 'wUl aalc 'MnreF price. vou. xcn no. 103. WILMINGO, 1ST. C, SATURDAY MOKHIKG, JULY 3, 1915 WHOLE 39,249 HEAVY ARTILLERY FIVE VESSELS OF PREPARE TO CARE FOR COTTON CROP Federal Reserve Board Taking Active Steps. 'M n Submarines Active -. .. -.'-., - 'to- Vv,"---.- , . , .--J"! , '.Y ' , ' - . . v ---X,: .jY-" 'l-i-4. j.v, '- : ; n '. . - w n j- -'.' Y-y 1 r . , ."VV yr- -'- 'A:'; i-. . Gen eraUy fair Saturday and Sunday. " jt 1 , - . - - ' v "tfl,rf'l,"ini"1l ." r 1 . 1 . 1 1 1 i i . n iiM.if nntt. - . . ..- I' BOKIR EXPLODED III NATIONAL CAPITOL LATE LAST NIGHT AGED AND EXILED MEXICO IS DEAD FIHE IS SUDDENLY , BRITISH ARE SUNK resumed muMm :,-! : .- . V ,:: ' 1 r Off Souths Ireland. AustroGerman , Advance in a " ' Galicia and Poland . Con tinues Unchecked. .2. a; NO LET-UP IS IN SIG I Activity at Dardanelles creases; Allied LarM W Forces Gaining. London, July 2. The sudden resump tion of heavy artillery Are by the Ger mans in France is a marked feature of the .fighting on' the western front -while the Austro-German advance in alicia and Poland is unchecked and Teutons have shown no disposition to diminish the intensity of. their east ern offensive. ? - The Polish fortress of Zam'osc has been completed and Berlin claims .ad vances in other sectors of strategic importance in, the East. For weeks it has been the same story in this the atre an Ausvro-German rush, a Hus sion retreat and the end is not in siarht.' There has been during the week no official news from the British front in Flanders, but General Sir . Jan .Ham ilton, commanding the allied land forces at the Dardanelles, in his second offi-; cial dispatch of the week, records the repulse of a vicious counter-attack by the Turks Who were bent on recover-' ing lost ground south of the fortified hill of A chi Baba and the strong posi tion at Krithia which the -British for some time have been .attempting to envelop. '' The British forged forward last Mon day and the following day and the Turks after sapping and mining, launched a- counter stroke with the bayonet. This was crushed, while the French forces-operating, on the right in Kerevesdere Valley, toward " the east ; coast of Gallipoli, advanced and con solidated ground won the lffst.of June, Despite hard fighting ever since the landing on April 25, the Franco-British expedition only lately has achieved anything notable toward strengthening its hold on the tip of the Gallipoli peninsula. Achi Baba is a small Gi braltar, bristling fith machine guns, surrounded by barbed wire and ter raced with trenches. - This is the rea son why any allied progress is hailed with great satisfaction in England. It is interesting to note the tributes to the Turks' bravery and even gal lantry paid in almost every dispatch from British correspondents at the Dar danelles. At no time during the penin sula fighting have the Turks been ac cused of atrocities. The munitions measure giving David Lloyd George, minister of munitions, wide power to whip up the ammuni tions supply passed the House of Lords today and will be a statute When the king affixes his signature. British Realising Truth. There are manifold indications jhroughout the United Kingdom that the people only now, after -nearly a :ear, fully sense the seriousness of the t,war. Only a fe wmonths ago. the boast ar. Only a few months ago the boast patronage was undiminished . and the restaurant trade normal. The cabinet ministers now are urging the necessity of the most rigid economy by individ uals and school children' are being he- sought to invest in the war loan. The newspapers daily are carrying ; full paj?e advertisements of the ; war loan. Teutonic successes in Galicia, :the slowness of the Dardanelles operations, and the failure of the Allies to inau gurate the much discussed offensive" in the West are responsible for this change in public demeanor. -NAVAL ACTION REPORTED Reports indicate That Several German Vessels Were Dunaged.. London, July 2. "A ' naval action occurred this morning off the east : coast of the island of Gothland," says Reuter's Stockholm correspondent. "The German mine layer Albatross was chased by four Russian cruisers and ran aground to escape capture. Twenty-one of the mine layer's crew were skilled and 27 wounded." German Cruiser Lost. Copenhagen, July 2 (via London, 'July 3)- The German battleship Wittels bach which is damaged, and a battle ship of the Kaiser class, with many shots under the water line from the battle in the Baltic have returned to Kiel. ;. The Politiken's Petrograd corre- . sponuent states that !t is reported that not only was a German torpedo boat sunk at Windau bu that a cruiser of the Magdeburg type also was lost. WILL WELCOME MISS ADDAHS Expected Sunday In New York From ' Peace Tour of Europe. V , r ; New York, July 2. Jane" Addams, ho has been in Europe for three months interviewing rulers and high officials of the belligerent nations In an effort In hrinff aVinnt rcta cm wl 1 1 Vt a I tendered a public welcome July 13 at , Carnegie Hall by the Women's Peace I Party and other peace organizations, fit was announced tonight. Miss Addams fis aboard the St. Louis, due here Sun day. - ' ' - Miss Addams, an announcement from ; the Woman's Peace Party says,- on her arrival will confer immediately, with i President Wilson. She will go either to Washington or Cornish, probably Monday. :..- ;-;;-!' Miss Addams left New York with 50 rArr lencan women to attend the Inter-1 national Congress of Women at - The I the trip , up me -coast. . iite manaaa i uuiso . ADijuiAi.iy. --rAuveruse- i tiuusa j. Aitssyi1". r Auveruae-.j ni?f. i ueiuiB jOiitrusn f.u -cuurt oi j sx- iw icwem iu. urejumwu unties cwi-tK-u - . v: -..7;-'-Cv. V -Y a chance. - - t . . -' '- : ;: (.:::''';;- -,-.t. 1 V--. f;--,rir t Y-Y -: MOST OF CREWS SAVED Three Steamers, Bark and a Schooner Were Character of Vessels Tor pedoed -Little Chance for Eg. . capinar -One Cargo Sugar London, July 2, Three British steam ers, the Caucasian, Inglemoor ahd Wel bury, the bark Sardozae and the schooner C. L. Tower were reported today to haj'e been sunk by German submarines in the vicinity of the Scilly Islands and off South Ireland The Caucasian met her fate South west of Lizard Head on the coast of Cornwall oh Thursday morning. While engaged in picking up her crew the Inglemoor fell a vctim to the same sub marine. The Caucasian, when the submarine opened fire, was given. full steam in an endeavor to escape. Not until the steamer was struck by several shots, one of which de molished the' wheel, did her captain surrender. The crew then took to the boats. The submarine hauled along side and fired eight shells into the vessel. A dog belonging to the capr tain of the Caucasian jumped over board and the captain plunged from one of .the boats into the rough sea and rescued his pet. A few hours later the Inglemoor appeared on the scene and started picking up the Caucasian's boats. - The Inglemoor had takemhe occupants of the small boat's on board when the submarine emerged and opened fire on her. Escape being hopeless, the crew took to the boats and the sub marine then torpedoed and sunk the inglemoor, subsequently returning to the Caucasian which was still floating and sending her to the bottom. - The crew of the Inglemoor and a part of the crew of the Caucasian were landed at Penzance but one of the Caucasian's boats, with 19 men aboard, was being rowed-toward France when tL ' . . . . crop- will-be -ftJitlrely possible and an- The commander -of he-'5arin'"?-r' lCTz: - which sunk the Welbury was delighted when he learned she carried a cargo of sugar. After the ship left Cuba it was discovered that some one had painted inside the vessel's forehold the words: "You have a cargo of sugar for Eng land but you will never, get Ihere". . The crews of the Welbury, Tower and Sardozen are reported saved. PRESIDENT EXPECTS GERMAN NOTE JULYS Will Return to Washington to Consider It Spent Yesterday Studying European ' Situation With the Possibilities of Peace Has Reports of Colonel House. Cornish, N. H., July 2. President Wilson today received information from Washington that Germany's reply to the last American note on submarine warfare might be expected about July 8 and he intends to return to Wash ington July 9 or 10 to consider the note with Secretary Lansing and oth ers of his cabinet. Word to the President today that Washington officials are not deeply dis turbed over the sinking of the steam er Armenian and unless new facts de velop in the official investigation now being conducted the sinking of the vessel is not expected to complicate negotiations with Germany over sub marine warfare. The President is hold ing himself free, however, to take up the question with Germany if any American rights are found to have been infringed on. ' 'The President spent most of today studying the general European situa tion, including the possibilities of peace. He had before him confidential reports of Colonel E. M. House, Ambas sador Gerard, Secretary Lansing and others. He as been gathering these! reports for several months and is now taking the opportunity offered by free dom from minor worries to go over them, and familiarize himself with the foreign situation. He will be 'given additional information about the pos sibilities of -peace in Europe soon after his return to Washington. Washington, June 3. Secretary Lan sing indicated today that he does not expect that German's reply to the lat est American uulc lesamiug me uu- sitania incident will be transmitted :Jn - til July 4 at least. According to Ber lin press advices, the answer now is before Emperor William at army head quarters., A delay until nex week. Will4 brtna-.ua ne u ' l, a" iu8wu . ' xt TT : from Cornish, N. i. -. - ; Newport News, Va., July .2. The New York and Porto Rican Freight steam J er -Mariana constructed -ihere, . will leave tomorrow morning for New York to beturned1 over to her owners. Speed and enduranco tests" will be - made on . ..-' .... . - rft - n I HARDING ASKS VIEWS Wants Information' from Reserve Agents as to Best Way 'p Protect Cotton Farmer la I. Vent of Poor Market -Conditions. Washington, July 2. The Federal Reserve Board has decided to take eve ry possible precaution to prevent a re currenpe next fall of conditions such a sconfronted the South last year as a result of unusually large cotton crop and the shutting off of a large part of the European market. The board has appointed a commit tee with W. P. t3. Harding as chair man to determine ' the best way in which the coming crop may be taken care of. Although no one on the board pretends to be able to forecast accu rately the next cotton crop, members think it will not be more than 12,000, 000 bales. Last yearns production was slightly more than 16,000,000 bales. Mr. Harding has written a letter to the Federal Reserve agent of each of the four Southern Federal Reserve Banks asking for information and ex pressing the belief that with -large sur plus reserves in the banks there is every reason to expect that, the next crop can be taken care of without diffi culty. He also noted that the domes tic demand for cotton is increasing. Mr. Harding's letter adds: "The committee believes that ar rangements should be made to assure producers of cotton of the co-operation of merchants and bankers in the proper handling of the crop. "In this connection attention is call ed to the estimate by the Department of Agriculture that the South now has a warehouse capacity of 9,664,000 bales. Improper use is made of this capacity and of the loanable resources of the banks, including both members and non-members of the Federal Reserve system, a gradual marketing of the other danger of a repetition "of last year's conditions will be averted. . "The writer, as chairman of the board's committee, - would be glad to have your views on this subject and is anxious to secure your co-operation in formulating plans to reassure and pro tect the .farmers, merchants and oth ers interested in our cotton growing industry." FORTY NEW DENTISTS LICENSED BY BOARD Names of Successful Ones ! Announced by Dr. Hunt Announcement of List Made In Ashe ville La.t ?Tight Two of the New Dentists Are Colored, One Wilmington Alan. (Special Star Telegram.) Asheville, N. C, July 2. New dentists licensed by the State Board of Dental Examiners, as announced by Secretary F. L. Hunt, of this city, today, are: Ellis Leftrage Edwards, Sparta; Frank Hicks Underwood, Roseboro; James Arthur Blalock, Four Oaks; James William Brown, Woodlawn; Warren Frank Yates, Chadbourn; Wil liam Theadore Ralph, Belhaven; Lau rence J. Davenport (colored) Wilming ton; James Norris Sturdistan, Marsh ville; Chas. Blanchard Simmons, Spar tanburg; Solomon Brantley Bivens, Marshville; Chas. Thurston Almond, Andrews; Avery Giles Holmes, Jr., Council; Walton H. .Mosely (colored), Charlotte; Ben Hill Webster, Madison; Hugh Mebane Tarpley,' Spartanburg; Everette Glenn Salmons, Boone; Alfred Mark Schultz, Greenville; Edgar Mc Millan, Hendersonville; Edward Ru dolph Warren, Prospect Hill; Henry C. Carr, Wallace ; Lois Eunice McKeown, Stanly; Grover C. Haynes, Cliff side; Arthur Albert Lawrey, Arden; Walker J. Payne, Axton, "Va; Brantley Ingold Newsom, Salisbury; Bollin Lee Millner, Rockingham; Richard Carlisle Weaver, Weaversville; Conrad Lucius Inman, Mt. Airy; John Raymond Edwards, Cary; Neil Kelly Currie, "Vineland; James Hutchinson, Marshall; Howard Lee Williamson, Cerro Gordo; James Gladstone Crutchfield, Guilford College; John: Farris : Williamson, Clinton ; John Rpbinson Secrest, Unionville; Clarence R. Hutchinson, Walnut Cove; Wilbur Nesbitt Scruggs, Rutherfordton; Frank B- Netherland, Asheville; D. F. Keel, and ,T. A. Campbell, addresses 'not given. Pitv TAn .Tnl-u- 9 TV,. im probabiUty of a fourth trial of Dr. B. Clark Hyde on the charge of murder Ing Col. Thomas H. Swope. was in creased today by the announcement of Mrg o. Swope, Lstef.-of, the late Kansas City philanthropist, that 1 the Swope iamuy woum give no rur ther financial assistance to, the prose Icution : -HOLIDAY MONDAY July the 5th, Monday, being a Holi day, there will be nd business transacted-by the banks of this city on that day. THE WILMINGTON CLEARING Public Reception Room on the East Side of the Building Wrecked NO PERSON INJURED Detonation Heard For a Mile and Attracts Excited Crowds to Scene Washington, July 2. A tremendous explosion, believed to have been caus ed by some kind of bomb or infernal machine, wrecked the public reception room on the east side of the Capitol building shortly before midnight to night. No one "was injured. Officials . believe that the explosive was placed by a crank who desired toJ create a sensation. Visitors were al lowed in the rboro during the day and a tinted machine might have been left without attracting attention. Superintendent ,Wood, of the Capitol building, summoned Uy panic-stricken watchmen, maae a hurried investiga tion and then telephoned for an ex pert on explosives. Until the expert has made his report no official statement concerning the incident will be made public. The building had ben closed since dark and there was no one in it but the watchmen-, and telephone switch board operators. Watchman Jones on the floor below at the East entrance said he was blown from hs chair. The report could be heard for a mile and in a few minutes a crowd of ex cited people had gathered. J.n the mean time lights hadben switched on and excited officials were rushing back and forth on two -floors of the great build ing. '- -l" After the first rumors,: of a bomb. some of the inveStgators concluded that the blast had been caused by spon taneous combustion in a gas pipe. The sides of the wall were torn out, how ever, and all the pipes apparently were intact. There had been no gas fixtures on the Senate side since an explosion ocurred there nearly 20 years ago, it was sad. A strong odor ; permeated the build ing, but none seemed able to detect what it was. No trace could be found of an explosed bomb or of anything else which might have caused the ex plosion. Superintendent Wood said he had ex amined the structural features of the building and found there was no dam age except in the mmediate vicinity of the reception room. While some officals thought the ex-1 5losion was the work of an irrespon sible crank with no other end In view than a sensation, others seriously sug gested that it might have been per petrated by some one desiring to de monstrate his disapproval of some of the policies of the American govern ment. It was apparently there was no intent to destroy life as it is generally Known me room is empty at nigm. The doors of the capltol were closed immediately after the explosion and no one was permitted to enter while the investigation was underway. While the origin of the explosion had not been explained, some reports in cir culation said it might have been caused by a bomb. Reports said the windows in the re ception roorri had been blown out, that (Continued on Page Eight.) COME FROM ARMENIAN Officials Satisfied There is no Danger Meager Details Bear Out Press Reports That Vessel Failed to Heed Ger man Commander's Warning. Washington, July 2. The State De partment had not received up to late today a complete or a comprehensive report concerning torpedoing of the British steamer Armenian with a loss of American lives. Tile delay was un derstood to be due to the garbling in transmission of a long report for warded by Consul Armstrong at Bris tol, who interviewed survivors. State Department officials directed that this message be repeated at its place of origin. Such details as were understood, it was said, failed to heed the Germans warning to stop. Facts concerning the action of the submarine after the'vessel finally came to a stop are sought to iearn whether opportunity was afforded the Amerjl cans. to be saved, v " Press dispatches have satisfied high officials that there is no danger of com plications with Germany over the in cident. , i ' HOLIDAY MONDAY July the 5th. Mokiday, bing a Holi day, there will be$ no. business trans acted by the bankslf of this city on that day. THE WILMINGTON CLEARING 0 COMPLICATIONS TO Governor Who Saved Frank on New Honeymoon "' ''"'"" ,,iMLIJI,.L.- J flit 1 I & r-t i m &P - 58: jj I &k nii 1 M Ex-Governor Slaton and Ex-Governor Slaton of Georgia, who commuted the sentence of Leo M. Frank to life imprisonment, arrived in New York with Mrs. Slaton a few hours after his term of office in Georgia expired. They said they had come .on a new honeymoon, since neither had had much time during the. last fifteen years to take a rest. 'I would have felt like an assassin if I had allowed Frank ' to be exe cuted," he said. "There is a " grave doubt in my mind as to his guilt being established by legal and credible evidence, and it was my duty to act as I did." SAYS BECKER HAD NO PART IN MURDER "Absolutely Nothing to Do With It", Says Webber. SCHEPPS HAS SECRET Said tq Have . Declared He . Knows the Secret That Would Clear Becker and Would Tell Whitman, If Asked New York, July 3. Bridgie Webber, one of the three self-confessed ac complices in the plot which resulted" in the killing of Herman Rosenthal, the gambler, has said, according to his attorney, that Charles Becker "had absolutely nothing to do with the mur der"'. Becker faces death in the elec tric chair on July 26, unless the Fed eral courts intervene. A' statement to that effect was made today by H. T. Marshall an attorney. "Beckar," said Mr. Marshall, 'had ab solutely nothing to do with the mur der of . Rosenthal. Bridgie Webber, when he employed me as his counsel at the first trial, admitted this to me, and said he and the others were per juring themselves in order to save their skins. When Webber told me that I told him to get another lawyer. "From that time on my mouth was sealed. I could not speak because of professional obligations. But had I not been convinced of Becker's innocence I would not have aligned myself with the lawyers in his defense at the sec ond trial. I never would have entered the case had I not known from what Bridgie Webber told me that Becker was deliberately 'framed up by Web ber, Harry Vallon, Jack Rose and Sam Schepps." Schepps Claims to Know Secret Sam. Schepps, on whom the state re lied during the first trial of Becker to corroborate the testimony of Rose, Vallon and Webber, was quoted today as saying he held "the secret of the Becker case," and was willing to tell Governor Whitman. "Whitman can get the secret for, the asking' Schepps was quoted as say ing;. "The story is so clear any one will believe .it, but as for . proof say, do you want that I shall go so far as to bring Becker back to Broadway and me take his place in the electric chair? I hung myself enough in ths case and there'a-nothing doing any more". "Thef secret", to which Schepps was quoted as having referred, is, believed to be what was said at a recent meet ing', between Mrs. Charles Becker and Rose in , Schepps', jewelry store. Other developments in the case fol lowed, 1n rapid succession. These were that ji Marshall rntenc -; to go ' before Wife of Georgia. "The mob that raised the outcry against the commutation of sentence did not consist of representative citi zens of Georgia. They were the riff raff, the nfen arid boys who are being supported Jby their wives. and mothers. "On theother hand,- there are some excellent- citizens - who asked why I interfered with '- the mandates of a Judge and. "jury." They "appear to have forgotten that the constitution is the supreme law- of the State- and that its clear mandate to the conscience of the governor s in a , case . of doubtful guilt supersedes the judgement of the court." IS United States is Not Taking Any Chances. KEEP HIM FROM MEXICO Precautions Taken to Prevent Him FrirtB Creating Disturbance. Talk of His Re-arrest on Extradition Request. Washington, July 2. The United States is determined ..that General Vic toriano Huerta. shall not re-enter Mex ico from American territory while he may constitute .a factor for the dis turbance of the political or military situation. By just what means Huerta is tot be, held has not been determined. He now is at liberty on bond And will be given a hearing July 12, when the Department of Justice will endeavor to press its charge of neutrality viola tions. Meanwnile department agents are keeping" Huerta under surveillance. Emphasis .was laid in official quar ters today on the possible re -arrest of Huerta as a result of a formal request for extradition received yesterday from the .Villa governor of the state of Chihuahua. Should the government fail to prove that Huerta is guilty of violating American neutrality or decide to withdraw its charges, high officials pointed out he could be re-arrested and held for 40 ua.ys without bail pending receipt of evidence from the Villa au thorities. At the end of the '40-day period Huerta would be given a hearing and discretionary power would be exercised by the Secretary of State to follow or ignore the Federal commissioner before- whom extradition charges might, be heard. Talk jfi Deportation. Some talk was heard today about a possible deportation of - Huerta- to Spain Assistant Attorney General Warren, of the Department "of Justice, conferred with ' Secretary Wilson, of the Department of Labor, and Com missioner General Caminetti.of the Im migration Bureau, on the subject. Of ficials generally, however, doubted that any statute could .be , invoked to war rant deportation. In the event Huerta finally is freed it is expected government agents and the military authorities will keep him under watch and prevent his return to Mexico. Officials think , he . would ' pre- HUERTA DENG CLOSELY WATCHED General Pornrio Diaz Dies in Unpretentious Home in Paris. WIFE AND SON PRESENT Resigned as Master of Mexi can Government Four Years Ago. Paris, July 2. General Porflrio Dlaa, former president ' of ' Mexico, died here early tonight. General ' Diaz's wife, Senora. Romero Rubio Diax, and their son and the latter's wife were by hi side when the end came. General Diaa . began to fail rapidly about three weeks ago and, while his death was not unexpected, owing to his advanced ag& and recent falling health, the crisis came suddenly this afternoon. Porflrio Diaz, Jr., and his wife were hastily summoned and ar rived at the bedside only a few mo ments before the end, which came at 7 o'clock tonight. Colonel Diaz, in announcing the death of his father, said that he was unable to state the nature of the malady but expressed the opinion that a compile cation of diseases due to advanced ago was the cause. Two tragic circumstances marked the death of the exiled ruler. Owing to the troubled state in Mexico-'it has been judged impossible to send the body home with all the ceremony which would have befitted one of the figures of Mexican history, and fur ther Colonel Diaz, Ja., has tried in vain to inform, his sisters, Senora Ig nacio De La Torre and Senora Rincon Gallardo, now in Mexico, of their fa ther's death.' Not less tragic, perhaps, is the fact that no" one of those whom General Diaa . raised . up as hjs assistants In governing (Mexico and who prospered and grew rich in the shadow of his greatness were witlf-hlm when he died. Jose Yves de Limantour, former Mex ican minister of finance, is in London; Francisco De La Barra, former provi sional president of Mexico and holder of other important positions, and Guil lermo De Lahda, former governor of the Federal district in Mexico, are in Diarritz, France. Scarcely any one out side the family knew of the seriousness of General Diaz's illness or that he was in Paris. - i The letter with which General Por flrio Diaz announced, on May 25, 1911, his resignation from the presidency of Mexico after having been master of the country for 35 years gives in his own words an. interesting glimpse of his remarkable career. It reads: "Sir: The Mexican people who gen erously have covered me with honors, who proclaimed me as their leader during the international war, who pa triotically assisted me in all works un dertaken to develop Industry and the commerce of the republic, . establish its credit, gain for It the respect of the world and obtain for it an honor able position in the concert of nations that some people, sir, have revolted in armed military bands, stating that my presence in the exercises of the su preme executive power is the cause of this Insurrection. "I , do 'not know of any fact imput able to me.. which would have caused this social phenomenon, but permit ting, though not admitting, that I may be unwittingly culpable, such a pos sibility makes me the least able to reason out and decide my own culpa bility. Therefore, respecting as I have always respected the will of the peo ple,, and in accordance with article 82 of the Federal constitution, I come before, the supreme representatives of the nation in order to resign, unreserv edly, the office of constitutional presi dent of the republic with which the national vote honored me, which I do with the more reason jsince, in order to continue in office,, it would be nec essary to shed. Mexican blood, endan gering the credit of the country, dis sipating its wealth, exhausting its re sources and exposing its policy of in ternational complications. " Ihope, gentlemen, that when the passions which are inherent to all rev olutions have been calmed, a more con scientious and just study will bring out in the national mind, a correct judg ment, which, when I die, I may carry graven on my soul as a just estimate of the life which I have devoted and will devote to my countrymen." The revolution led by General Fran cisco I. Madero, Jr., had brought about the aged President's reported pledge early in 1911 to resign his office in a bargain for peace, but on May 24, the J day on which the resignation was ex pected', It was not forthcoming.. Riots occurred that day in Mexico City, dur ing which ' many persons were killed. The national palace was stoned by mobs shouting "Viva Madero!" and de manding to know why Diaz did not re sign. The next day he read his let ter of resignation to the chamber of deputies. A large majority voted aye; the other legislators rose and bowed their affirmation as their names- were called. The minister of foreign affairs, Francisco Leon de la Barra, was Im mediately chosen provisional president and Diaz, of whom for 30 years all Mexico had stood In awe, left the capi tal, secretly tne,,inext aay, to emoarit at Vera Cruz yfbr' Europe. Since then he had lived virtually an exile in Paris (Continued on Page Six.) HOLIDAY MONDAY July the 5th, Monday, being a Holi day, there will be no business trans acted by the banks of this city on that flav , THE WILMINGTON CLEARING HOUSE 5f, ASSOCIATION." -Advertise ment. - - -v II ft V: V i- "-Op. ---,:f -X. :s.'-jt:--c&i-- ii'- . '. , -. 1 'H .. . :-s .....
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