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HcxiwA Citx Olf-ccra nIi Over Toms end V.nt
. Tfcesrdvcs Power!;: To Control Affairs trJ II
store Order, Co Rr ar Adr.ird Fletcher ruts Phce
' Under Entire r.IZtary Ccrtrxl Fcab Felt Tcr
' 'Safety cf Anericans lleU. Pilsners AU Llcxicarj
In Verji Cruz Are Disarmed To Step Firir.j at.
. (Bv The Associated Press.) ,
Vera Cruz, April 23. Vera Cruz tonight under
martial law. Rear Admiral Frank .Fletcher, commanding
the American naval forces on shore today issued a pro
clamation to this effect, and the last opportunity Mexicans
had for handling their own affairs in Vera Cruz under
their own laws, disappeared J .
-Vv v,v;- . : Qoib!zIsStcrDeoV- :V''v;i';.::;-r''';r
V .".Admiral Fletcher and his staff determined there
" should be na more quibbling with the Mexican officials
.' . regarding the form of government, and until further
. notice residents of this port will live and be judged by mili
tary law. :The.word has gone forth that disorder and un-
rulmess in any fornr shall receive swift and severe pun
ishment. .This proclamation makes Rear Admiral Fletch
? 'er absolute ruler ashore; ? ' Vr-:.' -. -.j
v Others believed the.;, martial ' law prodamatlonrffl
open the way for more of the city and Federal employes
X to return and co-operate in restoring the local government
i, functions. Mexicans point out that these men Bow will
be in a position to explain to their friends and the ?xist
1 ing government at the capital that under martial law they
felt obliged to return to theirwortZ-riTrXCT-'
-' ' : v--;-c-'.-' Citizens.Are Disarmed, ri
v An order that all arms be turned in by residents by
''.noon today. brought to the headquarters of the provost
marshal bushels of small arms ana stacxs or nnes. T ,
.'.:;..!..',;- (crpsmmra-orkrcnc two.) ,- ' :'''
4 ' 'wMMWMiiwywyiii
TOLD BY
Americans inlTampicoWere; Rescued From
''Mobs By German Sailors One Woman
Walked Two Miles! Carrying Twd-Diys-QId
7 :)Paby; ; Fleeing; From -Grazed 1 Mexicans-?
. - Boats Feared to Fly the Stars arid Stripes V
Washinrlon, D. C, April 26. United. States Consul General
Philip C Hanna, at Monterey, reported to Secretary Bryan tonight
that he had been humiliated and placed in jail by Mexican Federal
officials ort April 22, and left behind the bars until released two days
later by the Constitutionalists, when they captured the city. '. : ;
Galveston. Texaa.
April H.Thi
:- btiiwinlx- Connecticut ... and torpedo
boat convoyi Dixit cam into port to
day, bringing tha but of tha Aaiart
ran rrtunt (rora Tampico and aar
bf dlatiictK ' . - -
"Thar mar b flva or six A ro eri
ca n atUi tn lamplco, but they would
dot- teatra, aaid Captain Joba 1.
Knapp. of tha Coanoclkcut. J'Jt aftar
tba balUaabip dropped anchor. Thcra
are four hundred and ninety refugeee
yn tha Connecticut and ST refuKeaa
on thoMJlxle. On board1 tha tfm
in Eapercnia that rama la from
if inplco but alirttt there waa three
hundred and rventy-oevea Amerl-
1 cana who had fled from Meilco. There
"are about 1,111 American refuei
held her In quaranUn on tb thipt
but their releaaa la czpeoted either
tomorrow orTuaaday. Tha atory Of
the anti-American riot In Tampico laet
.Tueaday night, whan Oermon fflcert
Our President
Editorial by Mr, William Allen White la the Emporia (Kan-
' ' - sas) Gazette; I - '.-"' ' ' ' v'. ' . '
, How well h teenu to hTarnfed it (hit wtolo
aord busincM of going to wmr how fair b h$ been bow
' patient bow tEgniSed, how infinitely gentl tnd kind. : No .
bluster, no tbroata, bo tnkker of nntldpatlon! no Ecking of
." th natioa'i chop jati tunplofoled, brkre, oft-beuleaV
bard-bended man. It u sad enough to go into war of any
kind at any time; hot it b less sad to go knowbg that erery
, hoooralU means bat been taken to keep away from war.
And this consolation President Wilson baa given at by bis :
wis, forebearing, Chrkli&a attitude before the provocation
of a foe, mad and desperate and foolkh, f , .
' The good God, who knows ail and watches over all
" and sees all, and directs all, was in our beartrr V ?
we knew, when as a nation wa chose this great, serene ; VA,? !
to wed as.
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LllliML LAV
REFUGEES
HMJG TM.1PIC0
and aailora went to tb .rra of the
American retugeea and oacorted aver
twenty woman and children aboard
the German crulaer Dresden, waa told
by refaceea'on their arrival today.
(Mllcera of the battieahlp Connecticut
aid that only tor the aaaietanc of
the German en I) ore ther -would hay
been undoubtedly bloodbd. ( - '
rwexa KInttnK.
It waa a little after t o'clock Tuea-
, i' Mexican eoldier
tacked bp an official notice from the
. ...p.. iiiu, etaunc that the
American offlcera had Ian led at Vera
Crui and appealing to the Mexican
to take no arm and defend thnir
country.". Th newa nprmd- qulokly.
ntM Mexican were anea running
here and ther anl word waa tent by
.merauara to the refujeea to aaaem.
. 1 Continued on pare two.) '"
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Tinaicca Bljlozits to f.Us I:.tcim:ditilss ia t!i?
Ttoat!-iTiIs
FroposiUoa ofj
Demand ms Entire EiIn;::t!o3.;:
jiouricedjate tonigHt'that he fiad received private advices from Mex- V
;ic0rGit Huerta had accepted the offet of :ATgeri-
4ina, Brazil,' and Chile'to use their good off ices to bring about ah ami
cable settlement of the difficulty between the United States and Mex-
I This afternoon, thoUgh' unofficial, was accepted as authentic by
the Ambassador, wh6 expects to be prepared to place General Hu-
crias iormai acceptance oeiore me representatives oi me mree oouin
vmucuuiii voiuiuje luinouow -1
r Washington,'!. Cv April
fiiacKcnirj in'jprerrf.uortcr.Mwa3 the pint c i Jfv
day's cevdcpmcrv3 inthe llcxican' crisis.41 ir.-.-ym
;i .-President Wilson, hopeful, though not confident, that
War may be averted through the efforts of Argentina,
Brazil and Chile, conferred with SeCTetery Garrison, ap
proving orders for the joint jurisdiction of the army and
navy oyer Vera Cruz and vicinity 'when Brigadier-General
Funston, who will be in command there, arrives tomorrow
to reinforce Admiral Fletchers forces.
Tension Is
-Tension over the, one phasejofthe situation which
niay at any moment upse, peace '.plans the safety ,of
Americans in Mexico City and other Interior pointswas
partially relieved by the announcement of Secretary Bry
an that, through the. British Embassy here, the- Huerta
officials and Admiral Tletcher had arranged for the safe
departure, of Americans from the Mexican capital and the
free exodus of Americans from Vera Cruvr r -v
r British OSdal Aids.'
.Thomas B. Hohler, first sccre
tary of the British- legation -,h
Mexico Qtytaklnj'a triinload of
Mexicans from Vera Cruz to' Mex
ico City, informed Geqeral .Huerta
that the American forces were not
restraining Mexkaniiroro Jeay.
in there and was assured that
DATfGERTO
JIany More-Added To Those Arrested and Thrown Into
,. Prison For Probable Execution By Brigandish Sol-
diers of Huerta Populace Inflamed By False News-
r paper- Stories -.' - r . ' " , - ,
Vera Cruz, April 26. Circulars threatening American business
houses are being distributed in the streets of Mexico City. , The hand
bills' call on the populace to destroy the concerns listed. , Some of
the American stores whose names appeared In the circulars already
have been-looted. Another list being distributed Is that - of - Mexi
cans managing some of the American stores. - " ' -
, v Print Imniory Storlea. - . -V;' J . v-.L:;,::
Newspapers are publishing stories that the American foTces at
Vera Cruz are killing women. : J V : . -
Other stories printed by the newspapers say that France, Germany,
Great Britain and Spain have declared war against the United States,
and that American battleships have junk several ships flying the flags
of those nations. Mexicans also are told that the Mexican army has
invaded the United States and that the negroes in the Southern States
have risen and are assisting the Mexicans. . v b . -
Rankura Ondct Amrt. V
It la Sported here' that K. M. Van
Zandt, tha prealdent and aU the true-
t-a and omeri of tha American Club
of Mexico CUr re onder arre aa
ar all official of the Mercantile
Itanklna Company and, the Mexican
City Hanklnr Company. The oinoera
of the banklnir InrtltuUona were ar.
retail becau of their refusal to con
tribute money to. the Meilcan gov-
rnmanL - .
'.f The Amnloan srrcry; wu U ..' ndJ
Bhd aifatiemrt mude ta ro n Am.'
tivxn: Club. Three Other, jlmncan
atur wra looted. ' .' '
Ti .VM-ntf cnUki'p- - " ') J en.
t . inttnKlheicreoneiru.H.n.nKUi",'
altbiih the buroluf nuJ
.''if A F rill
u .u vuawkJ
Bess' V.'S: I.::ni::rtalTM Accept
Unitca C!:i:J Uiiicli Tiil FrcMly
1
r ;
2S. Hope fofpeice yet no
Believed.
. v
Americans consequently would be
allowed to leave the capital as
they pleased. Admiral Fletcher's
declaration martial law at Vera
Cruz was approved by officials
here, who realize his difficulties
with jiousMop sharpshooters and
concealed enemies. TWhile elF
ATtlERICANS
aielnwjrfMaji
lootlnr la hold In check by the police.
More American Imprtmmcd.
Mora than thirty Americana, an
tempting to leave the country In rr
ponee to the warning Itemed by the
American Mtate Department, were
taken from a train at Axuaa Callentea.
aoecrdinK to advice received today,
andimprlaonedtntheacmfwypjpbmhmb
and Imprlaoned hi thejmielter Of that
iW a ' ' ' .... -f
iemen -ihoeellifipripimed I TUntrt)
'J-svn. i'nite4 .8lat Clinaul at
Aiuoa Cailenteat .Nothin'a la knownH
iera aa t the fate of the refuReea.
f OTCnn i-r mil,. w
f-PTrt ro rcnirjtrwj til
-111 !)
j ea-piuU
wt,t,ih..l rat d abort flliance Irttm
Vera Crut, develuped lb Uct hat th
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" i " "i tnr B.i'i'i xr" iii"aririi"nr
keme measures be taken to,
enforce iDjctlWytt- Crui no
further steps of ar rression will be
taken while peace plans are being
considered. ' V
"The Brazilian Ambassador and
the ministers from Chile and Ar
gentine, who have undertaken to
solve, the Mexican problem by
diplomacy, were In conference
most of the day., ; ,
V No Reply Froia i Ihierta.
: They had not received a reply
from General Huerta through the
Spanish Ambassador here, who is
caring for Mexico's interests in the
United States, as to what he
thought of the tender of good of
fices accepted, by the American
government but the, three diplo
mats were confident,: they said,
that General Huerta would ac
cept
Acceptance of good offices is
in no way binding on either party
to agree to any conditions, but It
opens a way for discussion of pro
posals of mediation, . .
i Members of the - Latin-Ameri-
(Continue on page two.)
Federal have an nut poet only elcht
milca away. Incidentally tha attempt
almost coat tha Ufa of th Haemtan,
Mendoaa. .
Th Pederala captured tb llnemanJ
ana atooa nim up ror execution, nut.
on aaaurtnf hi captor of hla loyalty
to th Mexican, he Induced them to
releaa him. Returntne here. Men
doea revealed the presence of tb
Mexican fore to th American of
nctala,. . . i " '
Mendoxa I an employ of th Mexi
can Cabl Company. " "v-
CON8VL C.tX.Ui.l CONFtRM.t
Many
Antrrkf ne Held
Mexico.
Waehtnginn.
D. C. ATSrll II.
American Conaul Canada haa notified
tha mate Ipartment that many
American refua-rea bar been taken
from train end Imprlaoned at Aauaa
callentea by Mexican eoldier. lieaidea
Americana, tha conaul report, other
foreigners have been detained, moat
of them iuiYlns been cmployta of the
(meltera at AguU Callentea.
rroteet agaln th action waa mad
1 Consul Canada by Alfred " Doerr.
prealdent of th A me ri cen Smelting
and Heflnlng Company, who succeed.
ed tn reaching Vera Crni from Aaurs
ex-altente. , Th Mtate Department
herlhrough th BraxlUaa Ambaaaa.
dor. has aeked that the American cl
tiaena Imprlaoned be released.
1 POTATO BCCS PESTROY.
tVareel They . W UI Kat Vp Yonng
Plants In Track Ih'Ii.
. (Bpntai m Tka Kn tm IM n l
Mount Olive. April J Judging
from reports frm moat all parta of
th anrroundlnc trucking belt, th
farmer are beginning to realise that
they are going to have quit a dim
cult tak to keep the Irish potato bag
from doing serious damage to present
growing crop of potatew , Almost
lieniy th time -, th potato peeps
rhrouffh tha around, it la Bald: tha in.
ect hhnwjr up- from somewhere and
beglps to eaVand the-laylng of count
ieaa thooaanda of egg, which meant
that.- before the, plant attain touch
eixa they ;wlU. bg literally covered
'ilth eth. yoaag peta ..,. -
I praying -tae potato with .pari
greea is generally th moat effective
way of. destroying- th pest. - '
::Iti;:l.J.yir iip
l!L'V . UlWt. tt I'M,
Do Not Wait For Larger
v , None Larger
A FAYETTEVILLE"
Notifies Colonel Redman That
More Than Enough Men 7
r Have Volunteered v
. In rcapona to a telegram from W.
C Rodman, of Waahingtoh. N. C,
colonel of th Second Kegiment of
North Carolina troop, th militia
company of FayettevUI last night
held a meeting for th purpoee of re
cruiting th required minimum of men
for the company, which waa fifty,
ight More than twtoo that namber
war present, and practice My . every
man In th company volunteered hla
aervtc, and nnounced that he Waa
ready and willing to go to tb front
when th orders ar issued.
Th following telegram Was sent
back to Colonel Rodman:
"Orders received. Company assem
bled. Caa report with men requlrod.
Awaiting your further order.
y "A. T. MURCHIHON. .
"Captain Company P. '
No order bad been Issued to any
company In th State calling them
out for sorrlce, nor hag Adjutant
Oeaeral Young received any order
whatever from th War Department
at Washington City. However, In o
der' to have hla companies ready for
th AeM, General Young yeaMrday
wired hi colonel to notify their cap.
tain to have aU th companle re
cruit at least aa many aa fifty-eight
mem which la tha minimum nunilmr
required tn any company.'- The high
t number of men In any company li
on hundred and eight. 1 .
Tb f'ayettevill coin up. n ' had
Store than enough Volunteer for th
maximum strength of th company. '
POTATO BCG& rEAREP.
Tbcy Ilav Attacked Tender. Plants
at jrty Stag. .
Warsaw, April !. Conaidarabla
anxiety - la ' being expressed by the
farmer" of thia section on account
of tb potato bug attacking - their
crops so early la their growth, while
similar report coming from Mount
Olive, Calypso, and other - polnta,
aeem to Indicate that their fear la
prevalent throughout this section of
th tracking belt of tha State. Tha
tracker state they have seldom
known this peat to attack tb crop at
eurh aa early stage. . and that th
results cannot be stated at this time.
Tbeee - bug are gnaerally conjuorod
by th us of Pari green and other
poisons of a similar nature, but, ow
ing to th tendernon of th plants,
this means of extermination caa hard
ly ba used, and they ar in a quan
dary aa to what anean to employ. ,
PlRR AT WARSAW T'-'"'
Two Mory DwcUln Burned. Wlttl a
Loss of MjMMX
Warsaw, April A flr of un
known origin comglctely destroyed a
two-etory resldenc valued at $!.
ulonglngt Jme FueseM. of Bow.
den, her tonight, and but-for th
timely work of th fir department
ever I other residences Tfould also
have been destroyed. A family named
Williamson, wb resided In th resi
dence left bom about eta- o'clock to
visit friend tn another part of th
town, and. tha flr . broke out while
they war away, and waa beyond con
trol before at wa discovered. . A
houee adjoining, and belonging to 1
V. Bt caught under the ihlngle.
and a small damage waa don before
the Br department discovered it
This blase waa quickly extinguished
though. The destroyed resldenc waa
partially covered by insurant, -but
ther waa nona on tb furnishing.
"' TO AIS8IKT IN REVIVAL.
' Rev. i. T. McCTacken, pastor of
Central afethndlst church," will leav
today for South Rocky Mount, wher
he goa to. assist Rev. J. B. Thomp
son la a revival meeting which began
ther yesterday. Mr. McCrackea will
be eut et th city for about ton days,
and will not be able t ohil big pulpit
next Sunday. H ba arranged for
preacher to hold hla services, and
ther will be exercise both morning
and night as usual. -
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NOMINATION BALLOT ,
To enter th Contest. All oat tb Coupon and sand to th Contest '
Department, Each contestant la entitled to an aomlnaUoa good for.
1000 VOTES .
v i hereby aomlnat - - '
UrJ. MRS., OR MISS......... ..........
- Strt Ka.. ...,.........'.. .......DUrtrlct Ko....M..
PottofOc. ,,..,,,.
Sign'
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Add
Only on nomination will be credltsd ta sach conteetant. Undr ne
circumstances will th nomination nam be divulged. ,
riiin in
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Offers of Extra Votes, Fcr
Will Be Made
V
YOUR CHAKCEISKOV;
EXERT YCUr.ScLF'fJOV
250,000 Extra Votes Fcr Every
$30 Worth ofKcwSi::r;?
tions Until VMtX A;r3
; 30th Trsfs Is Tha Mc;tlm
: pcrtant Period of Th3 Cen
: test Do Net Kes;ta3 V.z
Th8 Moments Are Cc!:n
Candidates Make Th2c;
cf Them . ; 1
Today tb Hat of nominee in The"
News and Observer content again apJ
pear and U will Jj noticed that hun
drad of name have been droped
from th rolls. This la rather dlsoon i
esrtlng but th fact that those whd
ar tlll among tha nominee ar maM
Ing little) prograea la moat surprising.
Of course rule number vntan may)
have some bearing upon tha voting
of a very few but tt cannot apply t
mora than a very, very amail , per J
oentag of th candidates. '
The' opportunities offered widet
awake, energetic paopl by Th News
and Observer In North I Carolina
through this contest ar remarkable.
A mora generous distribution of gift
could scarcely bo devised and yet thm
smallest number of really energetio
candidate ar developing In thia con
test than any similar enterprise hag
attracted 1n year Never Wore, in
fact haa The New and Oberwrr mad
uoh magnificent ormr and .reowved
uch acattertng. support. ,
Automobiles, veal estate, planon.
dutmnnda -and - eth-r handsome anl
aneful awards make up tha I'nt ft
fre gifts. Nothing la asked, fur th
gifts except free votes. The large
number of reader within thia clty'g
limit, alone make th gathering ol
vote very aay for ', those j whoaa
searchll' systematic. Aa yet. very fer
neve w. kj 111 .u at wtmire iu. flwju I rw mi
har of th costly awarda '
Home eectlons of the state ar rep
resented by nomination, but th real
contestants ar so tew that their
core look lonesome In tha long linn
of figure. Thoee who hav taken hold,
of tb campaign In a businesslike spirit
ar to b congratulated. LJtU op
position haa developed so far, and th
course seems perfectly clear. Those
who hav not taken advantage of th
opportunitiea ottered them ar nrgedi
to do so quickly. Th . campaign .M
Just beginning, aad Is not aa yet unJ
der full headway. R la time to begiiW
right now. The length of th eours
I short and a few day tost might
mean a Utile more notion to make up.
Toa can secure high valu In return
for th efforts you make In thia Voting!
campaign. Thar I ao reason why4
yon should not enter and obtain thW
moat costly motor car In th list of
ight. It I certainly worth strong
(Tort to obtain. .. ;
Tb Chalmers automobll to on ofl
th moat popular car In th Stat.
A stock ear may b seen any time so
th garag of tha agente In Ralelgb.
A abort tlm age a contestant wa
beard to mak this remark! 'Well. D
am aftar on f th smaller awarda."!
Th chance ar that on of th small
est of th award will go to this ran-,
dldate, for th spirit manifested wis
such that th attending effort will bW
correspondingly small. It a little mtJ
fort will capture a amall award, a lit-)
tie more effort will return far better
valua, J
At Midnight April SOth. ' j
At 11 o'clock, midnight. April tstrs
th offer of li0.(0 extra vote fori
club of it) In new aubecrlptlona wlltl
clue, j Those who should enter th
campaign and hav not don so shouldj
use thia offer especially. Send in youri
nam at once and tak advantage od
thia offer. Those who must us the,
malt to reach this offlc are entitled
to recognition It th postmark on thn
letter shows It waa mailed befor the?
expiration of th tlm aa given. r
VETERAN TENDERS SERVICES.
Tboaa Wbo Foaght rbalard Willing
to l mn.tr neivara, .
(SeKtai T,JIot m4 inm l .
Ashevllle, April If .Provisional
DlvUion Commander John A. Quffey,
In command of th camp of th
H pan Inn-American war veteran la
thia Stat, today tendered the aervlce
government tor action la Mexico,
,.., Btata. a
Dat......
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