North Carolina Newspapers

PRISONERS .RELEASE STATES 3IAKE FIRM hHEl) i.TEST NOTE ITHEMBXICASB. ,nd for the immediate re A 'fZ American troopers taken & ' t rarrizal. coupled witn a W'-r. that the unueu feeticona:: -n parlv statement of .'"nfthe Carranza govern- P!? graphed to Mexico City r !;lbv Secretary Lansing. fresie' .0JS that tne state p note ui 2mn, received a eommumca-nar.iu- cnvprnment t-nm the us wvm.B . ; hat the Carrizal fight .was :aus u r,ipr: to attack i fn soldiers moving otherwise e , -T.rifr personally ! bv General Carranza to Gen- Initio j v,- the inttVr com i Trpviao anu u. f'iJ -1 DorcVlinPf icated to liena. o- Qppretarv Lansing ic- f. Tor.H' rip facto government haii , crotcnipnt "as to n f P lie ci.u,ii"-- ransom , , through the usual diplomatic. ie cour; ' . nnt throueli subor uu Lin: rse of action it has determined ite military otticers. I T -v - ia T;ie Mexican ccmmuuiL-auuu flctraed, Secretary Lansing siaieb, as a formal avowal or cieiiDeraituy ostiie action against the forces of je United States now in Aiexico anu f tie purpose to attack witnout vocation whenever they move on their present position" despite Ire engaged and which is reaffirmed h tLe American rejoinder. General Carranza is required to lace himself cn record formally, and strained language of Mr. Lansing s maunicaticn that force will te bet with force. Apparently, now- ver, the Washington government is etennined that the de facto gover.n- test shall not evade responsibility Ufore the world if war is forced up-" ra the United States. Mexican Note on Clash! Or June 24, Mr. Arredondo, repres enting the de facto Mexican govern ment, delivered an official communi on to this government relative to :e clash between United States cav iry and Carranza forces at Carrizal te test of which follows : "I am directed by my government p inform your excellency, with ref late to the Carizal' incident, that U Cflief executive thrmierh t.liA lexicaa v.ar department, p-nvp nr. :ers to Gen. Jacinto B. Trevino, not permit American forces from Gen- '1 Pershing's column to advance finher south, nor to mm-e PithPr :t or west from the points they located, and to oppose new in- aflor.s of. American soldiers into Jpiwi j. .' -vau lerntoiy. These orders pe brought by General Trevino to pe attention of General PprsMnir p acknowledged the receiot of the famnnication relative thereto. On fe d instant, as your excellpnpv HS. Amorir.o e . . - vxxv.au isjrces moved east--Wile far from its base, not- fading the . above orders, and ? .eaSed by Mexican iron t state of Chihuahua. Asa 1 the counter,. several men w sides were tiiio ""U HUUUU- uU l" Aliierifan ca; tadpnw! ouiuicis . were United stat,.i t.. , Mining on behalf rt i Tr-!t. , atps vl uuiiea LanrrGnient' Secrary of ...Lansing yesterfljix- -u- uoinj 0 ... lo c-tv t ,. '""'"uon to Mex- MANDAMUS PROCEEDINGS - .f BROUGHT AGAINST CrrT. L. A. Wachter, who is engaged in the bill-posting business here- under 1 here Friday took up one end of the the name of- the- Dixie Advertising Company, has. "instituted mandamus proceedings against hte . icty : of Greensboro and the three city commissioners,-, in which he prays' the rcourt tordirect the commissioners to issue license to him to do a bill-posting business- in the city of Greens boro from June 1, 19J6, to' May 31, 1917..' The summons is returnable before Judge Thomas J. Shaw,, in, Greensboro, on July 3. 1 This is the newest chapter in the controversy which has been waged between j the, Dixie Advertising Com pany and1 the city commissioners for the last 'six weeks. The, storm cen ter is a bilboard on Summit avenue. Two of the city- commisslonersl have recently; discovered that this is; a nuisance and dangerous to travel, on account of its. being near the railroad crossing j and are determined to have it moved. The defendant contends that the. board is on private property and is securely maintained and ques tioris its being dangerous to travel. The commissioners a few weeks ago passed an ordinance making it unlawful to maintain a" billboard within one hundred and -fi-fty feet of any railroad street crossing, This "ordinance designed for this particu lar case,5 has been called into use against the advertising man, and he has twice been arrested under it. In one casej on appeal from the -Municipal court, the jury found him not guilty, despite the court's directions that a verdict of guilty be returned, if the jury believed the evidence. In May the commissioners passed an ordinance requiring persons in the billposting business to make ap plication for license to the board in session, and upon- Mr. Wachter's ap plying for license, he was refused promptly. He then , tendere:! t:.o money to the city clerk for license, and it waa again-refused. A warrant .was then issued for Mr. Wachter for doing business without a license, and this case is on appeal to the civil court. In his complaint Mr. Wachter sets out the j corporation of the city Gf Greensbord, and the provision of its charter and ordinance applicable to the billboard controversy, and also charges that he has been refused li cense unlawfully and arbitrarily, and easks the court by mandamus to re quire the defendants to issue the -license. 1 ' . , 1 Mr. Wachter is represented by At torney Charles A. Hines, J . Ill rr 1 t t government- "Ki kefrr.P'a,eit of United , " no othe on th communicat er construction fesp,. """.diion handed tn honn "the United rodo V . June' b Mr. Nt of your 5 a forma 1 lUat 11 is tended m KUni 31 f deberately cer.u . asamst tho -"v, luiues oi Suited t-he to J ' Present position in - Hit Cii. , UttnnBtt . " Mexico, and OTont. ' aUa.ck them with " fiPrn . ""jcizis rnr -n-i-.;v. -c SAnt '""Ui sent s the lutire, notwitito. iaVoU'e no I "056 bjects nt aris thB - untnendly inten co k... 'Vernment and nBni :" . e central T; 71 and useit and th t. Stm . people p x, : Krt in s . - - I i M 1 1 nn Of rAhoi 1U" am marauders. 3 i rebel ducted u.. - meit. etore, by ereleeo f t, mand the im Kter c??0 taken Wof t1' togethe Mth ates ; , u to inform you TAR HEELi TROOPS TO GO TO THE JJOKDER AT ONCE. The understanding in Washington is that the war department will send the North Carolina troops to the Mexican j border just as soon as they are mobilized and ready, for the trip. An order just sent - out is inter preted as meaning that" all'-, state guardsmen now being gathered to gether in concentration camps will be moved -to the border as -rapidly as transportation facilities -will permit. The following order has been sent to the heads of the various military organizations: "The secretary of war has ordered department commanders to send to points designated by ' General Fun ston each regiment, separate battal ion or other separate organizations the moment it is reported by you as - - - reasonably ready for service. Or ganizations must not delay departure on acacunt of shortage in field trans portation, as this will be sent to the designated points." " In ottiey words, as Adjutant Gen eral Young reports to his superior of ficer that the North Carolina organi zation or any part of it is ready to travel, orders will be issued designat ing what point on the border the troops are to be sent to." , As things look no w,the stay of the troops at Morehead City is to be a short one. Indeed, it is possible that some of the companies may not go there at all, but will be sent imme diately to the Mexican front..- - J . HOMAS C. t'COY TO ANSWER x CHARGE OF CONSPIRACY. The United States District - court famous whiskey conspiracy, cases of Little Rock and v Jacksonville, In' which John Casper," -formerly 7 of Winston-Salem," isrsrvlng ; ,a- nine years' sentence in the federal peni tentiary at Fort ,Leaven worth, ICan sas. The matter considered here wa3 whether or not T. C. McCoy; of Asheville who-is wanted in Jackson ville jand Little Rock, should be sent to one of these places. ' McCoy is a defendant and alleged co-conspirator with Casper and others in " the big whiskey frauds. V - The matter was .heard by Judge Boyd in the" capacity, of a. committing magistrate. Following the introduc tion of testimony: and argument of counsel, Judge Boyd-ruled that the defendant should appear for trial on the conspiracy charge. ; McCoy was required to give a bond of $3,000 for his appearance at the December term of United States District court in Jacksonville, Fla. : . - After McCoy had been indicted in Jacksonville he was released by the United States commissioner at -Ashe-ville, following an investigation that lasted a week. He was arrested about six weeks ago on a bench warrant issued by Judged Boyd,, who was presiding oyer a term of court in Asheville at the time. The hear ing was adjourned from Asheville to Greensboro. i - The Little Rock indictment swas brought -before Judj?e Boyd at Ashe ville last fair and McCoy' was re leased because" the warant had not been properly certified. , ( AppeariBg as. counsel" for McCoy Friday were Thomas Settle and Mc Kinley Pritchard, of Ashevillej A. E. Holton, of Winston-Salem, and W. P. Bvnuni. of Greensboro. District Attorney Hammer was " assisted in the prosecution by Assistant District Attorney Fred Botts, of Florida. - McCoy I was - formerly - in-therave-nue service and made his headquar ters in Greensboro for several years. He is well known in this section of the state. ' TWO KIMESVILLE 3IEN t IN BELLIGERENT MOOD. James and G. S. Patrum, brothers, precipitated what is described as a tnear-riot at Kimesville Friday night, and as a' result of threats to "shoot up" that usually quiet village .were incarcerated in ' jail and Saturday facfcw Justice of the Peace Collins on the charge of an assault and drunk enness. ,r"-i," -- It seems that the two brothers be came infuriated over being discharg ed from the cotton mill at Kimes ville, and after one of them had pro cured a pistol1 they we'nt to the mill threatening to shoot Superintendent White. ' A crowd gathered around the belligerents and it is said there was much talk of a threatening na ture. In - some manner ,the revolver in the hands of one of the Patrums was discharged, the b'ullet narrowly-missing a child. Some one telephoned the sheriff's office of the trouble, and Sheriff Stafford and Deputy -Phipps hurried to Kimesville by automobile. When the officers arrived the trouble had blown over, though.it was s feared there might be another outbreak up on the return of the Patrum broth ers, who had gone away from -the mill. After a short search the men wre found in a body of woods near by. Both men were drunk and prac tically helpless when placed under arrest. They " were ; brought to Greensboro-and committed to jail. At the .hearing before Squire Col lins Saturday morning both defend ants were adjudged guilty The ex perience cost ; James. Patrum $18.50 and G. S. Patrum $13.50. Goldsboro Machinists Strike.' The big machine plant of Dewey Brothers in Goldsboro .was forced t6 shut down Friday on account of a misunderstanding between the. man agement and all of the" machinists, including several of the vapprentice boys. They held a short conference put. on their coats and walked out. The trouble, it is said, grew out of the management working ; a non union man. The workmen belong to that the government of the United States . expects an early statement Irom your government as to the course of action it wishes the govern ment of th& United States to under- the machinists' union and would not stand it has determined iipon, and stand for it.- It : is rumored that ah that' it also expects ? that this state-'effort wil be made by , the manage ment be made through the usual ment to Secure a new force, with tfie diplomatic channels, and "not through -exception.: of the f dreman, : wher did AMERICANS YERE TRAPPED TWO TROOPS OlP CAVALRY PRAC " TICALLY. "WIPED OUT-BY, THEMEaCAS.V . The two troops .or the tenth cav alry under ..Capt.' Charles T. Boyd, practically were wiped but by the at tack cf .the'; -Mexican forces under Gen" Gomez At Carrizal, Juqq, 21, ac cording to vindications given in a fragmentary freporf- received - by Gen." Fiinston from Gen. Pershing. Gen. Persliing's 'message - stated that seven survivors in all including those who ajriyed last night, . have reached 'the jmaih column. : All were enlisted meit but the report did not say. whether there were iion-commis-' sioned' off ic?fe among them5 A : Accordingstd he stories of the survivors, abutlined in Gen. er shing's report, a . mounted force of Mexicans mfde a charge from the fiank of the'KAmerican- troops at the conclusion o$aparley between Capt. Boyd and Gti. Gomez at the same time that a Machine gun opened fire from the f root La'sr G en. Gomez reach ed his lines';;i:?v I " , ' V-'-. .'M-.' ..Capt. Boyji had ordered his men to dismountlSisthe machine "gun opened fire iid the combined effort of the -Mexid&n garrison of Carrizal, which had alinost surrounded the lit tle" Americatif orce under cover of the parley ogt iy Gen;; Gomez to discuss ; wftefier Capt. Boyd should oe allawed'"'"i.wthrouglf'tJe town; stampeded. tf'e.viiorsesV V - -r No detaiJijeye'"'niade known to Gen. Pershing '0is toU whether " the Mexican: chaieias checked. -' " .. . ' .Fate. Of Men Sealed. ; With their""; mounts gone, caught without miai-fof escape, ringed about on. three sides -with the fife of an overwhelming f orce, the fate of cated Captain Boyd's men from' the trap. Tne reports from Mexican sources place the number of killed, including two off leers- at' from 12 to 40. It is reported 17 were taken captive into Chihuahua ".y. The reports from General Pershing stated that the stories of the surviv ors were confused and did not ; con form in all details with the report made by. the first arrivals from the battlefield. Gen. Pershing reported That there was a scene oi wild con cision when the Mexicans opened fire and their. cavalry' charger.. The strag glers" apparently .were cue off in an effort of ( apt. Boyd to intricate his men from the jaws of the trap wliich was'closing on his command or fled before the outcome - of the battle could be learned. ' : The accepted percentage of wound ed to those killed in modern "warfare would piaco the wounded at from -f to 0 at ti.e lowest estimate. Tlie strength of the two troops, G and K, is not known here but ii is-estimated that they cr uld not exceed 13 0 men. alowiug for those Dick' and on de tached "service. With 'ory seven fur vivors reported as arriving at the main column, the nur. ber of those jtccountevLfcr at least apeculati'vely " pitifuly" small.' ' ; STATE HOSPITAL PROBE HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN. The investigation of the manage ment of the Central Hospital for the Insane terminated Friday with an admission by counsel for the prosecu tion of the charges against Supt. Albert Anderson and the - manage ment of the institutiojn ; that they had failed to make out a case. . .' v : This admission -came when; at the conclusion of -evidence J or the de fense, a call was made for argument by the prosecuting counsel ,They wanted time to get three more witnesses, whose , testimony it was insisted could be only cumulative, and Chairman Aydlett wduld not hold the case open. They wanted Alexander Webb, chairman of .the board of internal improvements. Mrs.. Duvall and Mrs. Strickland; formerly connected. with the institution. Counsel :., - for the.v prosecution, Douglass & Douglas and Mr. Ashby Lambert, admitted that they had failed- to make any case and with drew the ; charges thus bringing to an abrupt close the bearing which ; it had - been -thought would require at least andther-dayr;:::-i.-;ff';;v GOVERNMENT WILL AID DEPENDENT FAMILIES; The United States government PRESIDENT'S PLAN FOR USE - . OF THE GUARD APPROVED. -Legislative, approval of President took' steps Friday to provide for de- j Wilson's use of the naticnal 'guard pendent families of soldiers who re-r in vthe Mexican crisis spond to the call for arms when the,; most unanimously by tho houso FH house by an almost unanimous vote ! day 'In adopting a resolution declar- passed the Hay resolution, providing 1 ing the existence of an emergency for an appropriation -of $1,000,000 "and giving the president a frre hand to draft as . federal soldiers all guardsmen willing to " take-- the re quired oath. - The senate-is expected to concur. HIV 1COU1UUUU merely authorized the president to vixen, i. guaiuaincu w ii en ever in nis opinion an mVrgency exists wh'.ch demands the use of troops in addi tion to the regular army."" As soon as the final vote on the resolution - had been taken it was sent oyer to the senate, where it . ar rived iust as adi taken. It was referred to the mili tary committee with the announce ment that unanimous consent would be asked to consider' it. A proposal to authorize the presi dent to draft members of the naval miiiia in time of emergency-also was introduced v in the house today. It introduced in the house. It was . . . . auacnea to a naval militia pay bill and would give authority for en rollment of naval militiamen as "na tional naval ' volunteers" whenever: the President should see fit to call on them. . : . - to be used to take care of families "whose bread-winners, are called to arms, .The bill provides that $50 a month' shall be ."paid' .to such families as come under the above heading. Furthermore, the house amended the army bill so that the term of en listment of national guardsmen will not extend to longer than three years j from" the time they enter the federal i service. ' The Hay resolution &s orig- j ihally drafted" would have .compelled J state militiamen to remain in the.1 service as long as the authorities w;ant them. Representatives Claude ! Kitchin, Webb, Page, - Doughton, Stedman and Godwin, also a num ber of others, got together and had the resolution amended' so that the men who are now leaving their homes for the front cannot be com pelled to serve more than three years, and-' their term , of enlistment with" the federal forces shall expire immediately after the present emer gency is over. . ,"V. : The step taken to - provide for the families of men ' called" upon to leave their homes fojr the. front is the first action of the kind -ever taken by this government. It is sure to have the effect - of flooding the re cruiting offices vith men who desire to enlist, but up to thi.v time have felt that they could not do so in jus tice to thei: families. The only n;en to vote against the bill were Huddle son, of Afabanra, and Meyer London," the socialist, of New York. London does not believe in war atid.Huddle- the little, detachment is. believed by lson objected to the anoronriation he officers hemtpyave. been sealed: It cause he said that its passage would is-feareqithfttihe. most stupen- exclude sons and grandsons of Con dous luckaclted; desperate valor, federate soldiers from receiving:.anv jould haYefatedCaptairf Boyd's henefit- from thfi hill hv -rnneriti Af 'a law 'passed "soon after the civil war which excluded forever Confederate soldiers or their heirs from receiving pensions or bonuses from the federal governmnet. : Chairman,. Hay, -himself avson of a Confederate veteran, assured the house that the bill "would not affect any man or men whose family was dependent. He assured the members that the Southern families 'would share equally with v 11 other 'sections, of the country. : VERA CRUZ IS THRONGED WITH AMERICAN REFUGEES. The streets of Vera Cruz are thronged with American refugees seeking quarters in the different hotels and rooming nouses." Many of i them will occupy benches or walk the streets . at night, because the most available quarters were occupied long since. w , A special train of eight box cars, 1 carrying Americans and their bag gage, arrived in Vera Cruz after be ing on tlie road for nearly 36 hours. The train was in no way molested by Mexican officials or the populace" while en route. - . - - United States Consul W. W. Can ada has advised the state department of trouble at Del Carmen, a port orr the east coast of Mexico, and in'' re sponse to his call the gunboat. Wheel ing" was ; sent to Del Carmen. The Wheeling took off betwene 30 and 40 Americans. : All Americans at Puerto Mexico were ordered to .board, the ships in the harbor,, . . Depart Villa's Wife. El Paso, Tex., June 24. Mrs. Francisco Villa, formerly Miss Luz Jova del Torres,' arrived here yester day, saying she had come from Ha vana, and was-deported tcluarez by city Vpolice. ' As she was escorted to the Rio Grande international bridgevshe car ried her yearold son Francisco- Vil la, Jr., in her arms. -' ' - "I don't mind beingdeported," she said. "I was on my way to' Chi huahua City to see my . mother,- and f don't intend to leave Mexico again. I don't like America or Americans." PIG CLUB BOYS HOLD AN INTERESTING MEETING. of the An interesting meeting boys' pig club of the county was held in the rooms of the Chamber of Commerce Saturday morning and was" attended by 45 .of the 60 mem-, bers of the club. " Announcement was made of the prizes offered in the stater-wide contest and also a number of special frize3 to be com peted for by the members of the Guilford county club. A number of business concerns in Green shorn and High Point have off erd premiums to be awarded at the Central Carolina Encouraging talks were made to the boys by : Mr. T. E. Browne, who has charge of the pig club work in the state; Mr.- E. H. Anderson, the county demonstration agent;' Mr. F. C. Boyles,' cashier of the American Exchange National . Bank; Prof. Thomas R. Foust, county superin? tendent; of schools,' and Mr. Garland Daniel, secretary of the Central Car olina Fair Association. Orange County Family Feud. Lonnie Allen is in Watts hospital at Durham, in an extremely , preca rious condition from the effects of the perforation of a load of No.- 6 shot and Bunn Wilson is under a $50Q bond as the result -of a family feud among Orange county farmers that terminated in a fusilade of fire arms that narrowly averted the wercking of three lives. The affair occurred Friday afternoon at the home of Bunn Wilson, who resides in the southern extremity 7bf Orange county. The wife of Lonnie Allen had left him and gone 'to live with her brother, Bunn Wilson, and as a sequel to a series of threats, Allen told his brother-in-law that he was going to see his wife or die in the at- tomnf HTs InirnlA - ,- iy - ' us ctcicu xi is suii w Here upon Mr. Wilson emptied a load of shot into the abdomen of his assail ant. Allen shot twice in the mean time, the last ball from his rifle go ing wild as hgSMl to the ground. The stray bullef grazed the neck of his wife, who was standing In the door way. -; .- The unfortunate duel .had its ori gin some thirty days ago when the wife of Allen left him and went back home to live v She claimed that ' her nusDana was a heavy drinker and treated her badly.' 30,000 MILITIAMEN ARE . . ALREADY IN CAMPS. More than 30,000 of the 128,000 national guardsmen of the depart ment of the East, comprising. .22 states east of the Mississippi nd District' of ' Columbia, were in mobi lization camps Saturday night, six days after the call was issued, ac- South America May Intervene. coraing to ine. report rorwaraea to The' Chilean government has been ine war aepartment oy Major Gen- in active telegraphic communication . ral Wood, commanding the depart with the governments of Argentina, I ment: Of this number Massachu Rra7il Ecuador and 'the -United ' setts .contributed 8,000 and New Jer- .. T 'i.'r-'1'':;':., " states regarding the possibility of in- sey, 5,000. ; : MT i S .-North Carolina will have approxl lang firm Of U M. Ammen & Co., terve5tlQn: 1 -r 'matelv 3.000 troops mobilized with- toNorthern'tions to onus u -u. v.- - - : - . taking is on a business pities. trip .subordinate militaV commanders..' not ; take" sides with the machinists; , l?113' J : - :Z:Z . .: - ttou of tne Mexican situation; i in the next few days. , :