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THE ROBES OMAN ESTABLISHED 1870. ' COUNTRY, GOD AND TKUTH SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. VOL. XLV. LUMBERTOff, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 1914. NUMBER 19. WASHINGTON DISTURBED BY CARRANZA'S ATTITUDE. Constitutionalist Chief May Regard Seizure of Vera Cruz as Act of Hostility to Nation Embargo May Be Restored President's Course Will Be Gradual. Washington Dispatch, 22d. News that Gen. Venustiano Car ranza, Constitutionalist chief, might regard the seizure of Vera Cruz by the American naval forces as an act of hostility to the Mexican Nation fell like a bombshell in official cir cles tonight. President Wilson had especially disclaimed any act of hostility to the Mexican people, particularizing Gen eral Huerta as the object of the American operations to secure repri sal for offenses at Tampico and else where against the American flag. Consequently, the Washington Gov ernment had hoped the Constitution alists would not interject themselves into the imbroglio. The Carranza letter, however, confirmed the fears of many officials that the Constitu tionalists might side with Huerta. This was the one possibility discuss ed by official circles all day as the most serious phase in the situation. Should hostility on the part of the Constitutionalist crys-talize, Army plans would be changed. There were reports during the day that the joint Army and Navy Board already had i recommended the restoration - of the embargo on arms. Action by Congress in approving the President's course in using the army and navy in view of the situation he had presented in .his message and the receipt of details of the fighting at Vera Cruz were the chief developmnts of the day. Of ficials expressed themselves as. pleased with the promptness of Rear j Admiral Fletcher's forces in taking possession of Vera Cruz and restor-1 ing order there. Future steps are uncertain. The President has determined that his course shall be gradual. No orders I have been issued to seize the customs house at Tampico. It is the purpose of the Administration to keep order ii Vera Cruz and await the full ef fect on Huerta of the first American act of reprisal. - There is every reason to believe that the railroad running inland for j 20 miles, together with a valuable trestle will be policed by American marines and bluejackets. This section of the railroad is of supreme import- j ance should future developments re-1 quire a movement on Mexico City. j Beyond the holding of Vera Cruz I and this railroad, the Washington . Government does not want to act at present, but persons in the confidence; of - the Administration admit that ac-1 tion by Huerta or Carranza at any 1 time may alter plans. ! Fears for Americans in Mexico City and elsewhere are expressed in ; many quarters. The House today ; promptly passed a bill appropriating; $500,000 to care for refugees. The! fact that nothing had been heard ! from charge O'Shaughnessy for near- ; ly 48 hours made President Wilson ! and Secretary Bryan uneasy. Early j tonight unofficial communication wit,h , Mr. O'Shaughnessy was established but apprehension has not been allay- j ed, as there is little information about1 the temper of the Huerta Govern- j nient or the people of Mexico City since the capture of Vera Cruz. In this connection a high Govern ment official made public a letter which he regarded as trustworthy which reads as follows: "I have on reliable authority from a min arriving from Mexico City that Huerta personally, with the Mex ican Foretign minister planned the Tampico incident with a view of Hrirnrinrr nn nrmpA i n t.prvpn t ion and uniting the Mexican iactions witn him." The same official expressed the view that Huerta had delayed his an. j swer to the United tSates for a sa- j lute of flag, pending the arrival of the big shipment of ammunition on i the German vessel." j Though international lawyers and j many in Congress are not exactly sure what the diplomatic relations of j the United States toward Mexico are, j whether "a state of war" exists with-1 out a declaration to that effect, or: whether the present situation mere ly is an act of reprisal "short of war," there is no doubt that relations be tween the Huerta de facto govern ment and the United States have been broken. . The United States will not with draw charge O'Shaughnessy unless he himself reports it advisable to do so, for the Washington Government desires to maintain as long as possi ble, a representative in Mexico City to care for American interests there. If necessary, however, arrangements may be made with some of the for. eign legations to look out for the in terests of the United States and (Continued on page four.) J CLEAN-UP DAYS OBSERVED. Much Clean-Up Work Done Town's Wagons Will Continue to Haul Trash Tomorrow and Saturday , Not Too Late to Clean Up. Tuesday, yesterday and today were ' the days appointed as "clean up days." Two wagons have been run. ning since Tuesday morning clearing away the rubbish and trash that has been piled out by citizens of the town. 'here has been quite a bit of clean-up : work done in different parts of the 1 town during these three days. To those whose rubbish and trash have not been removed by the wagons 'umished by the town The Robesonian has been authorized to say that the wagons will continue to haul all rubbish piled out on the slreets during this week. If there are yet those who have not cleaned up their premises it would be a good idea to get busy and do the stunt tomor row or Saturday. While these clean up days are not observed as they should be they play a good part in making a town, cleaner, more health ful and f.itractive. LUMBERTON MAN ARRESTED WITH DOLPHIN'S CREW One of the crew of the United States ship Dolphin which were arrested by m officer and squad of men belonging to Gen. Huerta 's Army on April 9 at tnturbridge landing at Tampico, which offense has brought things to the present crisis, was a former Lum-b-srrirt. yi JcJan'Thorndykef Lum terton is sure to furnish her part of everything going. Mr. Thorndyke's nother lives near Lumberton and is anxiously awaiting news from her ton. Run? Away Again From Same Place. A horse belonging to the Kingsdale Lumber Company, which horse was hitched to a buggy and tied to a post in front of the City Barber shop Tuesday afternoon, became frightened r.t an automobile and broke loose and proceeded to run away. The horse ran to Beasley Brothers' livery stable and started in, when the buggy wheels caught on a post, but the horse tore all the harness off and went right into the stables. The harness was torn into small pieces and the buggy was torr up considerably. The horse was not hurt. As was mentioned in a re cent issue of The Robesonian, this same horse broke loose at the same p'ace just a few days before and pull ed off a like runaway, doing about the same amount of damage. Fears Felt For Safety of Americans. Tampico Mexico, Dispatch, 22d. Grave fears are felt here for the safety of hundreds of Americans, in cluding many women and children in the oil camps at Topila and other river and interior points. All these Americans are said to be defenseless against he attacks of either Federals or Insurgents. Many oil companies are directing their em ployes to return to Tampico. Japan's Attitude Strictly Neutral. Tokio Dispatch, 22d. Japanese officials today declared the attitude of the Japanese govern ment in the Mexican situation was naturally one of strict neutrality. It was pointed out that the Japa nese warship Idzumo was now at Guaymas, on the Pacific coast, and could arrange for the embarkation of Japanese residents in Mexico, if that were necessary. To Select Time and Place for Judicial Convention. The executive committee of the ninth judicial district, composed of E. J. Britt of Lumberton, H. McB. Robinson of Fayetteville and G. H. Currie of Clarkton, will hold a meet ing in the court house in Fayetteville the 29th inst., for the purpose of de ciding on time and location for hold. .ng the judicial convention of th:s j d:.!rK'l. J'rhool Closing. There will be a concert at the clos-1 ing of the Bloomingdale school Wed- j nesday night, April 29th, beginning j at 7:45 o'clock. The public is cordial-. ly invited. Misses Ola and Lula Mae Johnson and Frone Kendell are the teachers. Trinidad, Colo., dispatch, 22d: Six mine employes dead and two missing, three men, two women and a baby reported to be entombed in a burning mine, several mining camps bufn ed and , others riddled with bullets, less lhan 200 militiamen and compa ny' guards confronting an army of striking coal miners estimated by strike leaders at more than 400 this was the situation when the sun set? on the third day in the.oSuthern Colo rado laboi war. Subscribe for The Robesonian. SIX AMERICAN'S KILLED j ABOUT THIRTY WOUNDED Complete Investment of Vera Cruz by United States Forces Story of i he Fight. V era Cruz Dispatch, 22d. Six Americans killed, and about 30 wounded marked the complete invest ment of Vera Cruz at noon today by the United States forces. This morning Mexican sharpshoot ers on the roofs put up a stubborn resistance. There was one brisk ac tion, guns of the Prairie and Chester assisting in silencing a heavy fire from thenaval college. Shells from ttie Prairie finally shattered its walls. The number of Mexicans killed yes terday is estimated at 150 with many v ounded. The Mexican loss today is net known, but it is thoughtto be heavy. The paymaster of the British cruis er Essex, Albert W. Kimber, was wounded on board his ship by a "sniper" ashore. The British bluejackets crowded to the bows and vociferously cheered the American marines as they pro ceeded in shore for the landing. The flags on the Essex and fort ress San Juan de Ulua were half masted when the dead were carried to the boats. Rear Admiral Badger- has not de cided whether to proceed to Tampico, pnd it is believed his departure will be delayed. An indication of this is found in th fact that his flagship has entered the-harbor. ReaV Admiral. Fletcher at 8:30 o'c'ock in the morning ordered a gen eial movement for the accupation of all the town. A bluejacket column advanced and passed the uncompleted market place and naval college,. When '.hey leached the walls of the college a trrific rifle fire was poured in all directions from the roof and windows. The blue jackets helpless to return the tire against the stone walls scatter ed. The Prairie, Chester and San Fran cisco opened with their five and six inch guns and shattered the walls. The bluejackets formed again and advanced against the fire, which had diminished. By 10 o'clock there was only desultory firing from the inshore side of the tower. Battalions of of blae jackets had made their way along the water front to tlje southern end of the town, and cleared several ;treets, but the sniping from houses continued at intervals. The scout cruiser Chester pounded buildings on the outskirts Vith six inch shells, firing over the heads of the men ashore and showing almost perfect rnarkmanship. The general movement from all positions taken yesterday began in the direction of the main plaza. Ma rines u ider Lieutenant Colonel Wen dell C. Neville moved to the south ward along parallel streets toward the center, while marines command ed by Lieutenant Commander Buch anan of the Florida and Lieutenant Commanoer Arthur B. Keating of the Arkansas were ordered from their positions east of the center to wards the plaza. The two forces swung forward with a rush for a distance of three blocks. The machine gun and rifle fire was suplemented by , shell fire from the smaller guns of the Prairie and Ches ter. The ships' guns supported the movement of clearing the roofs to the south and east, occasionally dropping a shell a few hundred yards in kA vance. There v as no org?nized resistan 'e but frm the beginning of the ad vance a tmart rifle fire came fron defenders on housetops which invari ably drew a ncvc.;iess fire from the advancing parties. The machine ?u'is sounded their "tap tap" in all qjn in ters, and Ar.ii-. ian sharp-shooter;, ported at street corners and otnor points of vanta.ee p'eked off any rnan w'vo appeared them acting suspic iously. Lumberton's .v- to Fire Truck Will e fhipped About May 15. Mr. J. P. Townsend, chief of the local fire department, received last right a letter from the American Li Francp Fire Engine Co., advising that present indications are that ship ment of Lumberton's auto fire true!; can be made about May 15. This will be about a month beyond con tract e rne? but the company rather congratulates itself on that, as many of its recent shipments were over twe mt.nths late. Mr. Townsend has re ceived many inquiries of late as to when the car would be shipped "ind this letter fiom the company was in reply to a letter written by Mr. Towrsend on the 16th inst.. It was stated in Monday's paper that the new fire alarm system is now being installed. Lumberton wi'l soon be in better shape than ev-?r before to fght fires. The Robesonian does Job Printing NOT MANY CANDIDATES Town Politics Quiet .Names Must he Handed in by Tomorrow Night, j It seems that folks are not run- j ning over each other to get intt the i town political field. All who wish to j enter the race for any office must' hand written notification to one of j the managers of the primary between j now and tomorrow at 6 o'clock p. m., ) so if you expect to be In the race you I must act quick. j The only names handed in to the ; managers up to this time are: tor mayor, A. E. White; for town com missioners, W. S. Wishart, T. L. Jchnson, J. D. Proctor and D. P. Walters. Since the above was put in type Mr. R. C. Birmingham has announc ed that he is a candidate for commis sioner . LIST OF THOSE KILLED IN FIRST FIGHT Following is the list of Americans killed in the first fighting at Vera Cruz on the 21st, as cabled to Wash-; ington by Admiral Fletcher: PRIVATE DANIEL ALLOYSIUS HAGGERTY, 100th Company, Second Advance Base Regiment, United States Marines. Next of kin, father, Michael Haggerty, Cambridge, Mass. PRIVATE SAMUEL MARTEN, lfth Company, Second Advance Base Regiment; father, Mayer Marten, Chicago. GEORGE 'POINSETT, Seaman.-U. S. S. Florida, born April 10, 1894; William Poinsett, father, Philadel phia. Enlisted at Philadelphia. John f. Schumacher, coxswain U. S. S. Florida, born December 5, 1889, Brooklyn. Isabella McKinnon, Picther. A Fisticuff Between Liveryman and Traveling Man. Ben F. Taylor, a traveling man with headquarters at Wilmington, and H. M. Beasley of Lumberton mixed it up on Elm street, in front of Town Eoiid Pros.' store, Tuesday morn ing about 9:30. Mr. Beasley, who with his brother conducts a livery business on Fourth street, asked Mr. Taylor about a bill he owed him (Beasley) for a drive, and Taylor struck Beasley, after which Beasley dealt him a blow that sent him hur riedly toward the pavement. Just as Taylor was getting back in shape to do business Policeman S. D. Strain arrived on the scene and pro ceeded to stop the conflict. Nothing but plain fists were used and nobody was "kilt" or much hurt. They went immediately to Recorder Rowland and submitted. Judgment was suspended on payment of cost on both sides. A Department of Religious News. The editor of The Robesonian has ' received from Miss Mary Livermore of Red Springs the following letter, which explains itself: j "Would there be room in your paper , for a new department, a column or half column of religious news? I am county missionary of the Baptist church and find so many county peo ple taking only your paper that it has occurred to me that such a plan j might do great good." j Miss Livermore's request has been gladly granted. She has been ad-1 vised that The Robesonian will be glad to assist her in reaching the peo-; pie in the noble work she is doing. Remains of Victim of Lowry Gang Re-' moTed. i The remains of Col. F. M. Wishart, ! who was killed by Steve Lowry, a member of the Henry Berry Lowry j gang, during the month of May, 1872,! were moved yesterday from the old i cemetery near the Seaboard station to ; the cemetery near the county home. ; Further Delay of Union Passenger Station. It looks as if the delays in the un ion passenger station matter are go. mg to be long and many. As was mentioned" in a recent issue of the Robesonian, the Corporation Com mission ordered that beginning May 1 Lumberton should a union passenger station, based on exceptions .--2r- in by the V. & C. S. and acted on by the Commission without notifying the S.A.I.. ruthorities -jl exceptions. This being the case the Seaboard, has filed exceptions to that order and the Cor poration Commission has agreed to give that road a hearing May 8. There seems to be no doubt that Lumberton will at some time have a un'on passenger station, but that will be when the S. A. L. and V. & C. S. railroad companies come to some agreement as to the maintenance of the station. Everybody is ready to ac'mit that Lumberton should have a union passenger station, and it looks like a shame that some agreement cannot be reached. BLOCK ADERS BOUND OVER. Tyson and Marsh Give Bond For Ap pearance at Federal Court Large Crowd Atttended Hearing Before Commissioner Kinlaw Tuesday Evidence Damaging. Charley Tyson and Worth Marsh, the two men arrested Saturday when two large stills were captured just r.ross Robeson line in Bladen coun ty, an account of which was given in Monday's Robesonian, were given a preliminary hearing here before U. S. Commissioner W. H. Kinlaw Tues. day. Tyson was bound over to the Federal curt under an $800 bond, snd Marsh under $200 bond, which they made. They will be tried at the spring ter mof the. Federal court, which convenes in Wilmington, May 11. The evidence was that the officers when they found the 90 gallon still, which was about one and one-haif miles from Tyson's house, decided to hide and wait for two hours and see if somebody would not arrive on the scene, as things looked to be in readi ne to begin; that in about 20 minute Tyson came up and stopped at the still, having with him a six-shooter shot gun; that when the officers com manded him to give up he leveled that gun a frightful looking gun it was on the officers and commanded them to stop, and tried to get it to go off, but because of being nervous he failed to shoot, to the delight of the officers, as the- gun was loaded with the'biggest of buckshot. , The officers leveled their firearms on Tyson, who 7ave himself up, and after handcuffs had been placed on him the stills and fixtures were taken to Tyson's home and further search led to the discov ery of another still near his house in his hog pasture. A worm was found about his house, also a still cap and two gallons of "white lightning" were found under his barn. While the officers were at Tyson'strome- Worth Iarsh, a nephew of Tyson, who lives with him, arrived and on being asked if he knew anything about the stills he denied all knowledge of them, but later acknowledged that a still had been run near Tyson's house. A man by the name of Barfield, who lives near Tyson, testified that he had been with Tyson to the still three times and that Tyson told him the still was his, and threatened violence to the man that reported him. There was a large crowd in attend ance at the trial, which lasted several hours. The law firms of Mclntyre, Lawrence & Proctor, McLean, Varser & McLean and Johnson & Johnson of Lumberton and J. S. Butler of St. Pauls represented the Government and '.he firm of Britt & Britt of Lumber er appeared for the defendants. HOW THE ORDER WAS GIVEN Story of How President Wilson Or dered Customs House at Vera Cruz to be Seized. Following the story of how President Wilson ordered the cus tom? house at Vera Cruz to be seiz ed as told in a Washington dispatch. . The President had gone to bed Monday night after having read his message to Congress. The Senate was debating- the joint resolution to approve the use of the Army and Navy, and the President had deter mined tc withhold action until the osoiution passed. At 4 o'clock Tues day morning, April 21, Secretary Bryan received a cablegram from Con.-:ul Canada telling of the ap p reach of a German vessel with a tr-j-mendour cargo of ammunition for Huerta. Trains were in readiness to tush tne arms to Mexico City. Mr. Bryan telephoned Secretary Tumulty, ho awakened the President by tele- phi. As Seretary Tumulty was explaining the situation. Secretary Daniels called up and was put on the same line. He too, had a dispatch rbout the ammunition. Rear Admiral Fletcher had send a wireless tha' 15,000 000 rounds of ammunition and ?.'0 machine guns would be landed frcm the German vessel by noon that day. The President listened in si lence. ,-Wh?t shall we do?" asked Secre tary Daniels. "Tell Fletcher to seize the customs 'rouse." replied the President without h-itation. "Good night," said the Secretary. In a lew minutes wireless dispatches were on their way to Rear Admiral Fletchei. He received the mssage at 10 a. m., and an hour later Ameri can marines had landed and taken yossessior of the customs house. Th? ammunition will go back to its ship pers in Germany. Burned Himself Out of Prison. The guard house at Red Springs was burned Tuesday morning just be fore daybreak. There was a negro in the house, and as he was seen after it was burned it is supposed that h burned himself out. That is a danger ous way of getting out of prison. BRIEF LOCAL NEWS ITEMS. Special in.vtTg of St. Albati'a iTodge No. 114. A. F. & A. M. thia evening at 8'clock for degree work. Mr. J. McDonald, manager nr.d pharn.a"iH el the McDoia'd I rug Co., purchased a Ford uto yesterday frcm Mr. H. II . Ande--son. . Mr.F.P. Grey and family moved yesterday from Pope house, Walnut and Second streets, to a house belong ing to Mf; L. T. Townsend, Walnut and First. Messrs. J. S. McDonald and L. R. Varser will attend the State Ba-raca-Philathea Convention, which meets at Durham Saturday and lasts through Monday. It was Mr. G. G. Allen who suc ceeded Mr. P. A. Gwaltney as su perintendent of the Dresden cotton mill instead of Mr. G. G. Hall, as statd in Monday's Robesonian. Mayor A. E. White left Tuesday evening fcr Winston-Salem to be with his mother, who is very ill. A wire message leceived yesterday aftrnoo.n stated that her condition was unim proved. The Sunbeam band of Ten Mile Baptist Sunday school will give an en tertainment next Sunday at 11 a. m., and Mr. Frank Gough of Lumber ton will be present and make a Sun day school address. The public is in vited to be p.resent. Mrs. Orren Flowers, who lives in East Lumberton, has a home made quilt that has been in use more than 00 years; a thimble that has been in use 200 years; and a home made bonnet that has been worn at least 70 years; and all these goods are good as new up to this writing. One thousand copies of the consti tution of North Carolina as it now stands and pages showing the propos ed amendments, ' have been received by Register of Deeds T. N. Higley. Any person wishing to do so can call at Mr. Higley's office in the court house and obtain a copy for the ask ing. "Jack," a dramatization of a nov el by Paudet, will be shown in four reels at the Pastime theatre next Mon day afternoon and evening, this be ing the .-necial fenfire for that djy, an I t'.o tdditional n els will be run. These :-penal features vfanager Wi.h art j.-- ru ining once a week are draw ing )a:-ge rowds to t' c Pastime. Beginning May 1 the merchants of the town most of them, at least will close their stores at 6 o'clock p m. All who are hard to fit or suit rhculd remember this and make it a point to begin their afternoon shop ping early in order not to make the salesmen and salesladies feel like they are the most annoying persons n the whole country Mr. A. W. McLean returned Tuesday from Hamlet, Laurinburg and Rockingham, where he spent sev eral days on legal business. While at Laurinburg Mr. McLean visited his uncle, Hon. Hector McLean, who suffered a stroke of paralysis while attending Presbytery at Carthage ome two weeks ago. He reports the condition of Mr. McLean much im proved. Rev. Dr. W. B. North, pastor of Chestnut Street Methodist church, who left Monday evening to go to Charlo:e for treatment for his throat, stopped over in Laurinburg Monday; night on business with his brotherMr. Jim North, became very ill there and had to postpone his tri to Charlotte. He returned home yes terday morning and hopes to be abie to go to Charlotte tomorrow. Mayor and Mrs. E. V. Mc Dan el of Fi irmont are among tho vi;i tors in town today. Mr. McDaniel served as mayor" last year and at the town primary held Monday rihi he was icnominated by acclamation. Since Mr. McDaniel has been mayor of this fast growing Robeson town a power plrnt has b-.-en installed 'juite a bit of sidewalk paving has been done, and things have been booming in many 'ways. While returning from Orrum, where they attended the annual con cert given by the high school at that place Friday night, two young or single Lumberton sports lost their way and spent most of the night wan dering on "The Gallant Old Broad Ridge" trying to find their way. The two alone know "how come." They arrived in town in time for a late breakfast, and although they agreed that the concert was all to the good, they would not say they enjoyod the trip. Scotland, Robeson and Bladen Post masters. Among the postoffice appointments riadc yesterday at Washington were the following: Shannon, Geo. I. Klarpp; Pembroke, A. A. Thagard; Tar Heel. Jas. McK. Robeson: Lau. ; Hill. J. II . Obrien.
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