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V..r-J rhilea Wcrlc, Speak
' Press: Ir.ta Service ;
t-iel M tw In -S mmtl
' lMirha.ni, April fa. Thousand of
Ihirban-i people today watched an
Mher thousand of the delegate to the
Carer and rhllathea convention pi
" -sde th ml etreete oC tha city this
' Ifternoo. Led by three hands, tb
mFiher or th organise eunoay
, school classes mad ft wry impressive
. i . - parade. They aaerrajad for nau an
hour, tha Baracaa la on aactlon and
- lha rhllathea t another aectina.
Both war led b y a band. ' The parade
i t retched tW Btajvr Wy Mocks and
aaa a ad t apaetacsiar tea
. tores mt tha aewveetl, which la aow
. . m araalon la IHtraam.
Kvto-y Chan Utilised.
; Every aaeesjau d tha eaavaaAaa up
-te the Urn hae wta atteaded toy
- t peeked bowaaa, Kverv church In 'tha
ctty I why woe -brown open la tha
flataca and PhllalHea. la Buet of
" i ha ctt" cherchea tha Barare and
-. , Milhuba elaaaaa - vara - taught hy
, , nam at tha laadlnii workers In tha
I , Mate . tn awry church thara waa a
f k 'nnray Mim-f taa leeera-ia-ire
warn. .Father Marshall Hudson, pre
. . aidant aad founder of tha movement.
. aad Hkai Hertria Hero, vtoe-pre-,
aidant f tha World Wide Phllatbaa
, j ' eraaai-Mm, epk at lha Fire Bap.
r. M and Trinity Methodist churches
' ' thla afternoon. A crowded bouse
-r -heard Miaa Heron Jtt .Trinity.-: 8 ha
' told tha wamsn present something
, . about tha trapertant aaatntiala of tha
wort la tha eouatry,
- Ftthe Hadaaa Mim Intrant. r"
Phaa Hadwa apnha ta tha ataa at
tha r'krat UaaUat ehurah. lia mada
ft talk ftlaaa; raralalacaat Unaa, tatU
Uf aoaaothiait about hia ant vlaioa
at tha tdaa at raintoa a.a In tha
arcaakard Sunday arboo) laaaa of
tbta ratry. Coma af his frlanda
told atn Uudana that a aaa ft foal
tor baatac aarh aa Idaa aa thkv but
taa louadvr a tba work atatad thla
, . ifiarBua that hit ambition along thla
...(Una bad aaen raaltsad.
Claaa to bapor If baktaary.
, - Taatarday ba aatllaad. aad briefly
, aaaka of aa avaaf alb-al work that la
belnar btapaad aut for tha Baraoft
r la aaa uf lha aauntry, Tha plaa la
. ... for aath tUrara rbua la tha aouatry
to iaa frvia aa ta Tt for ft naUva
- muaaaary In aoraa af tha other landa.
. Theaa anMoaarlca will kaap la diraet
' ad, Mraaaal Vf h- with- ilia , olaaaaa
, WhairnUi tb(tdrlilr work
. ' by wVlilng ha claaa aaarterly lat
' ta. 'Tb ptRtura of tba ratialonary
' will ftlaa ba.plarad la tha baU of tha
,v Baraca. ataaa, Mr.,Hadao oraad tha
. , rrpxranttiva af tba rhuaaa at tha
, -, church thla aflfrnooa to put thb) icat
; j tar op to their ckaaea at noma, and
' Mad la tha cbek for thla fund Juat
. aa aoon aa tha literal ur la aent out
. Dr. Irabi reMca,
Dr. paanla. of Charlotta, tat presld
1", ' ln at all af tha tanaral ateetlnca af
; -tha barara t thla convention. ba
caaaa of tba auddea lUnaaa of Proat
dent Taluia, ir. Daaaia la vloa-pra
idant of the Ptata oraanliatloft,
. Att llMd Mawpa, , 1 "
All of tba deleatea bar bean lakeei
cara of. aad, while there waa tome
aoafuaioa aa account of tha larrtnaaa
' of tba crowd, aad becauat aa man
. af thorn arrlrad li tha city on tha af
tarnaaa) trains, all of them war local.
' ad tax ataht Today ether arrtved.
, and atUI more are expected la tha
- dty for tha Anal mattinai aa liopday
aad Taaaday. Tha paopia of tba aity
aawta ta tha reorue nt tha home eom.
wittea yaeterday aftaraooa. and.thay
v atlll bar offer for bonea for tha aaw
" . arrivota laat alaht til tad ragtater.
' f ad. and thla mraln two hundred
e bor aam In,
Or. Waller Bnrftka. ' '
1 - At tha Academy af Muete thla aran
k l, ("t a anaaa mealing or tiie two oraa
sisationa ta bains; addrraoed by br.
n a Waller, of AarlHa Ppeah
' I ' Ing tha tubject of Tna Cbrkatan
Li 4'hallrnna," Vr. Waller made a plaa
- tea miaaloaary wort in ait partswf tha
v world. 11 Informed th member of
. .. lha orgaaiard Vuaday arhool elaaaaa
that while It waa ft great thing te
' alody tha Elbla aad ! work In their
' ' boiwa chnrahoa for taa aalvatlna of
men. tha great work of the world far
'., Ood eauld not ba dona anleea tha
- worker at hwaaa wera willing to
. eauip lha worhara'tai tha foralgn
PeMa. - .......
j Tww iMaVra In AMiraena.
b) evening the fhihvtheaa mat at
- wora again addrind by Mbw Heron.
- on Vaeing tha let." At tha aame
hour th Be ram rlaeee met at lha
Beaond BaptaM abarcb and war aV
JV dreaaed by rathar Muaaun. Ha apoke
n 'The l ower to Hearb Men." Both
of theaa Meatlaga wera attended by
'. opacity bouaea.
. Tba atuate for tba roaraattana la ftl
ao ana af lha Interesting featurea. A
big Barara-fhl lat hea choir la being
dieted by Mr. W. It Overton. In ad
. , d li Ion la tha choral Work ft aumbar
, . ! the aelaiata of the city are making
k, thla part af tha convention rary at-
: traatlva. 1 . , ..
. -ELOQUENCE OF CLENN ' c
, - CAPTURES RICHMOND
I'oraara Xorth Carolina Covrrnor
Oprwa Pruhlbltloa Campaign In Old
iMMWIahNi Yaeterday. 7
Mmi l Am km tm at m i a I ''
Rlehmead, Va4 April It. Oaa of
th moat remarkabl demopstratloni
axn la thai city In many a year wa
wttnrawd at tha Academy af Musle
5 thla afternoon, when former OoVornor
. Kohert a Ohan, af North Carolina,
fired tha opening gun for Htate-wlde
problbltloa in Virginia.- With char
- MrtrrUrtlo eloguenoe Oevernor Qlend
pleaded with tha cittern of tha Old
Dominion to dowa tha whuikey fraf.
' rw-e. and thua put aa and to an evil
that waa threatening lha Ufa of a
, arret patloa. Again aad again . h
i aa applauded by the audience, which
parked tha bouaa front pit to top.
meet toiler?.
Quoting from atalletlca, ba told of
the bundreda of thouatnda of men
and women who die aanually froro
tha curee of dHnk. Ha alao told of
the. milllnna and mlllluai of .dollar
that go Into tha maw of thla nam.
erooa avn. i ; ..
i " Not Mailable. ; ,
If tha root OOlce Department In
end m bar live alligator from the
pe.roe poet, thoe who ipect to hlp
trrnptne, rattleenakea, and WlldcaU
t'-iat y ara probably doomed to be
e.ifpointrdj Hoon loat.
Ed;tcr CS.orcnc3 Pes
WVa
On Commencement Ceca-
. JYentaorth. Apr , JlKrlday
marked an epoch' In tha educational
hletorr cf Ifbcklngham eounWtJ For
aaantbj,. tha. caui.ty cuanmaaoamam
has' bean looked forward to avith
eagerneea by the pupils of the rural
arhoots and sine th .epaninc sr tn
lalttlri..thrr:.y, . Jrr
work prerartefIT i " ffW
tor cariincataa. - ,
TlunYouiur Oratora. . ':
Tha axerclaaa began at ten o'clock
with a contest by aeven boya, all
from the elemenUry grades.: A
medal waa alvan In this conteat by
tha lalon Warahauaa Company, af
Baldavllle. Thai waa won by Mr.
Otla Haialen. of Willi meburg lawn
ahlp, Oroora achool. Tba medal waa
delivered by Prof. Frank H. Curtis, af
tba ItetdavUla Hemlnary.1 Tha young
i who participated la tba aontast
wera carefully selected rrom ma
d UT rent township and ahowed won
derful oratorical ability. Prof. Cur
tta waa eery aampllsaantarr ad them
In hi prearnUutoa apaacb. , ;
VomtXf mwllina toatTr
Nett came the etiunty wide spall
in conteat participated in by an
teatant chosen in ft preliminary son.
teat bald la aaoh. township several
weak ago. rive contestant rrom
aarh townaHla wera In tha county
otmteet. Th eounty Board of Ed.
cation gave geld medal to tha win
ner In this Content, which was Miss
Olli Rmall. of bwaepson villa town
shin. Hharoa . arhool. f ror. w, a
Andrawa af tba Keldevflle lly school
preaeatad this medal, frof. Aadrewa
hart talk m preaeatlnf thla medal
waa very complimentary of tha train
ing tha aontealaata had' received In
their respective arhoola
Mr. I'd fa Mtral Batterrnmk
Tba faatur of lha day waa an ad
dree by Editor Claranc Vo; of Tha
tTogreeelv r trmer, of Kaielf a,- Mr.
Paa cboaa U hi suhjeot "Kurai bat
termeat or What ia being doag m
rural aaotiona of North CaruHna aiana
aduoatlonaj Unaa." Mr. foa waa
given tba vary closes attaatlon and
spoke for i mlnulv. Mr. fan wa
iotrouoa by rrof, utokaraon. o
addrasa dllvrd In Book Ingham
eounty for sometime baa beta liaua4
to with ao much InUreat. , . -. .
mrta in Kpratna .
After an adjournment af one hour
ana a naif tha crowg reaaMiabiea ta
wttaaaa tba girls' aantast. Aa In tba
boys' on loot seven contestant wera
chosen - from ,th elementary ml a
oi tno puoua seaooia ar tna ainerent
townahlVft A gold medal was Uad
give in-this aontaat and ,'ha prasen
tetlon was by Mr. Thorn K. raust.
ouparintenaant ar Uulllura oounty
aohaola. Tba succeaaf u , contestant
was M las Branson frloa, of Now
net Ml lownahlp. Bdusatloa baa oar.
tainly not bee loot sight af la Hack
in sham publla schools accardtng to
tha way theaa aeven girl aoquitlad
thmelvea In that eontaat.-
, Modal fop aobolarahlp. I .
Tba Wachovia .Loan and Tract
Cojnparty ( .Wlnatrvalrn, tgava ft
medal Ha ba preeeated aa tha boy or
gin wno, raaaa thai pit seat, average
gradw upon - th eom plot ion af. tha
elementary grade. Thla waa wan by
Mia Marian auitfleld, mt Williams
burg town eh Ip. . Attorney- E, H.
Wrenn. of Beldsvllla, , preaented this
msdal to Mia atanfleld. It b) vara
complimentary of taa . work being
dona In Moklnghaot public achoola
i or Dana outaioa or taa eounty to
becom so tntaraatad aa ta ,oftr ft
mada i .
Thla la tha third annual eounty
commencement " held '. In thla county
and ia ft marked Improvement aver
tna iwa previoua one, no tor year
haa public gathering af any kind
drawn uch a large crowd af paopl
toaeiaer in me oouary. inaa cam
meneeaiMta haya been tha magna af
bringing closer together th rural
arhoola af tha aounty aod they ara
all working aow upon' on common
piano. Tba great improvement in tha
warklnf aut of tha rural acuool aya
lent and taa splendid . ao-opcration
which baa been brought about hi due
at tba work af the efficient eounty
superintendent Prof. U N. Htcker
aa with lha a'd af bis splendid body
ot teacher.
Buaulbtu Art XoUbte.
Boactal mention ehould ba made nf
lb dlfterent school aablblta dlsDlav.
ad at tha eomman cement. Tba work
m art of aevaral fourth gradea would
do credit ta pupila who ar farthar
advanced. Tba pHe rn tbeee aa.
hiblu war won by Fleaaentvllle.
Went worth and ' Lennoa Castle
schools. -.
una hundred and twentv.flva eaa.
tlflcftted war granted ta pupila who
bad Snlthed th atemantary gradea
af tha county achoola Theaa eertift
eaten will entitle them ta entrance In
any high achool in tha county.
npicnaio music for th d waa furs
nlahed by tha Kaeera. Blind Band of
High Point. Thla waa also one of tha
great drawing aardi of tha day, . .
rwarra tutom iToftrme.
The following Ibrurae will "ahaw
soma of the prorreaa being mada by
lha rural achool of Rockingham
county: The vain of achool proper
ty In 1114 waa lit,; now the Us
able value la ttlMIt -Tb amount
paia taa taacnera In lift waa 11101:
In lilt, lll.ltt. In 1M4 only on
special tag district had been aathb
llshedi now there are ; it. Nina
aohool houara were built taai year
and mora than that number ara aa
peeted ta ba erected tba coming year.
An effort ta being mada now ta es
tablish central farm Ufa achool and
n win prooamy aa located near Want
worth, as It la bear tba center af tha
county. -
EKATOR ALLEN COOP FARMER.
Mill Klve Man Making ame Fat.
- - . "T1". "torn.
, ISh-UI te ta. Sen tad otaemt.l -',.
Mandrrannvilla. Ar,-4t a a...
T. a Allen, of Mill Klver, on of th
moat (uooeaeful farmers and v cattle
feeders ia tha eounty, while In tba
city thla week talked Interestingly of
tha Industry which h haa been grad
ually developing for several years,
but upoa which he recently spent
, ior caiua aarna, ailoa, etc
Hi made tha laat ahlniMMft . Mt
tla last weak. havinr f,ii.Mil m
ateera during tha past year. Before
euuuing n oarns auring tno past
year he fattened about forty cattle
each fall and winter. - In arreting
barna and allot broator Allen took
oalna to are that lhav fliud tha
quirementa found necesaary by pa at
Mpariencea and . they wera arected
with the view to convenience. Neaj
tha stables ha hna ft large gaaolln
pump, for furnishing the animals
with water, which la conveyed to tha
eta hie through ft cement trough.
Th manure hi ao small Item tn
connection With , the fattening of tha
cattle, slnoa eVnator Allen laat year
saved shout lot loads, valued at
about 13.000, all of which he da
posited on his Mills Rlvar farms. .
Tv.cr.ty-Tv.3 cf C: r::3 Cf
ferpd v;:i.C;r.t Fcr C:c.:l-'
? C -rc:s
RUHAL LirZ A TEATJ.T.E
Drs. TnrS.:t:n and , Ciley,
CraJsaiTi end K,rs : f..CiCim
: ran in gcnicrcnea-r-rc-i-
. tics is snapm. up in joran;8
""; (By H, WUTTCftS.)
; Chapel Hilp AprU H-Two noUbU
anlargameota ,ar le ba asaaciaud
arttb the approaching aessloa of tha
University Summer School.. ' Twenty
two of tha courses offered tha teachers
af tha ttate can b so appropriated
aa t aount for the Baoheloa, of Arts
ana Master at Arte aegreea, aaa a dis
tinct ltural Ufa Week will ba ob
served. . , ..
Theaa two ftddltloiid Ir'tha 111
program of tha summer school con
stitute forward-looking movements In
tha Ufa of a arhool for teacher, al
ready noteworthy for Its tang conn
unuous record or acnieveroenta. Ui-
reoior xh. w. walker, wnoaa lata an
bouncament deaorlbes fully tha en
larged sphere of the school, consider
these departments aa a. , further
strength-giving tonls to a achool thai
has had a phenomenal growth In bum
bera, from thirty-eight students In
HOT to tOO students In If II. .
. Teachers, auperlntendenta and oth
are deairina to secure deareoa of A. R
and A. M., can avail themselves of the
Hreairtwn Bourses ao deatrned. Un
dergraduates aaa secure collate credits
or rrom three ta four Hours during a
single, session, while graduates of
standard college caa secure an A. M.
degree for four summers' study.
aaawr ox nnni aawa.
Tha rural Ufa department will take
on tangible working shape during the
approaciung summer aaanton. , ab
agricultural department will be eon
ducted under taa guidance of Dr. T.
E.' Turlington, ef tha, Farm-Life
School of Craven county, Courses In
egriaolture. nature study, botany aad
agrtaalturat : ahemiatrw will reoelve
due attention In thla department Tha
week devoted to the benefit of rural
Ufa workers and high achool teachers
will om June .11-17, Inclusive. Dr.
Liberty H Bailey, of Cornell Unlver
ally: Clarence 1'oc, editor at the Pro
gresalv 7 Farmer; Commisglansr - af
Agriculture W. A, Graham, and Mrs
Jan McKimmon. ot Raleigh, are ex
ported to take part In th rural life
uonrereneea, - -
Uood.Natnred Political Rivalry.
Orange eounty politico la gathering
working enthusiasm. The entry of ft
number of oandidatae into the field
promisee aevaral two -cornered scraps
oi food-natured rivalry. Chief inter
est seems to ba centered on the sena
torial campaign. Ea-Repreeentatlv
jean t. Johnston and Attorney Prank
Nash ara both sssking tha olnce. Mr.
Johnston repreeented Orange eouaty
in tna LeglaJature four years ago and
ia now a practicing lawyer of Hills
boro. while Mr. Nash baa long been
ft member of tha H tils boro bar. The
Oeolelon and recent publla announce
ment of Uaorge C. I'lcksrd that ba
would stand for reelotlon ta tha
House of Representative, from Or
ang make twe-eoraared affair of
tha aontast for thla office. K C. Pat
terson, a farmer of Chapel Hill town
hip having sometime ate announced
hia candidacy. 'Rsgieter af Deeds John
Laws, sheriff R. d. Bain, Clark ef
tha - Court Charles fMrayharw and
Treasurer H. L. Parriabj will anonunt
ar no opposition, unleaa oandidatae
naratoior anannouneea come rortu.
Orang aounty primaiiaa are -held aa
usually early this year, tha data aa
Ing May It. The convention nomas
Uh II. j . . . . - r. i-.
On TemDaranca. -
Rev. U. L. DtrlnsneldL ef Ralelth.
A seta tan t uperintandont at tba North
Carolina Anti-Saloon League, eonducta
services in two of the village churchea
today. He preached al the Baptist
eharch thla morning and will sneak
at th Methodist church this evening.
"Bearon aad peisure Law Makes Blind
Tlgera Oo. The Webb Law "If aha
Jugs Go! ' Publto Sentiment Say
Drinking Moat Oo! National Frohibl
lion l Coming" are the topics adver
tised for presentation by th temper
anoe minister. Y "
" Jarauaraa Joaraal a Gift.
Tha University of North Carolina
haa been preaented with a full set of
tha Journal of the Imperial Univer
sity, Toklo, Japan- by Dr. Bhosuka
Sato, exchange professor to the United
States for lllt-llli. Dr. Sato's visit
to North Carolina la pleasantly re
membered ' by both University stu
dent! aad oltlMna of Charlotta, where
be visited on his North Carolina trip.
Dr. John H. Latane. Professor ot
Hlatory of Jobnd Hopkins University,
waa visitor to Chapel HU1 Tuaaday,
delivering ft lecture on the subject ef
the Monroe Doctrine to the etudents
of the University.
WEEKLY nWANCLMi , RKTUfW;
New Tors, April It Tba stock
market'a views on all other subjects
ware materially modified thla weak,
where they were not totally obeeurad
by tha eventa In Haaloov
speculative conjecture waa unable
to measure tha possible effects na the
duration and extent' of the trouble.
On the day following the capture of
Vera Crua the market adteaoed.
owing largely to tba hormat tmputee
of professional speculators to take
ojutck profits by covering ehoita.
Renewed weakness . follownd ma
tursr consideration. Tha principal
effect on tha New Tork market' was
by Indirection by Paris and London
sailing bare, prompted by tba heavy
involvement or tna-foreign markets
in- Meaioo's Usances.
A calm view waa held of tha mora
direct coneeauencee. Diveraloa ot
publto and legtalatlve attention from
efforts at business regulation waa re
garded as a poaalble t art or of benefit
to the markets. Jltlmulation' of da
maad by military consumption was
can va seed for Its likely lielpful effect
The Jump In wheat waa aa e tarn pie.
Tna prospect or government bond
1 note Issues caused frwh reeerva In
making capiat commitments. Thla
waa an Influence on the price af
bonds In gensral and on plana for
Snanclng maturing requirement. -
mo neip, against , tna QCDreealon
from the Mexican alt nation came
from other sou roes. . In the steel
trade tha drying up of new bualntss
continued. Suspension of ooal
traffic piled up idle freight "rare.
Commercial centers reported little ia
illative te bualneea In aplte of promie
Ing amp proapecte and easy money
marketa. Busata'a gold hunger lift
ed foreign exebanga to tha gold eg.
port level Tha rata decision aa a a
vtviag influeaca almost dropped aut
of consideration. , - "
! j One.)
: 'i: ; r': :,-t i
aaJ ,. v even a
5' ', . r : i :. z uct v ;a I
tcfi.:: '. to w..: '. i head v:art.r;.
Many ; -xlczn c:.icb's have r.--port.-l
t ir w ;::.?' jjness to rcsun;;
th;ir l . s, f or.icc under the n
pcrv! ' i cf f j Amerlrsns. 1h?
Amc;' : i oC'-a's named to
to a' t h tha s. -erviIon of Vm
munici;;.l -government are:' Com
mander H. O. Stickney, of J the
Prarie, crrtain of the portj Fhct
Surgc;.i T. VV. Spratlinir, Uhltarv
Inspector; Commander U. P. jSelf-
ers, of . the Arkansas, provost
marshal;" Commander John M.
Llv. .f S!ith Carolina, ii-
4 Roberto. Diazi mayor of Vera
Crua, bas agreed to reopen bis of
fice an J it has been arranged that
public schools shall be re -opened
tomorrow.? . :J '. ; V;.
. Can't Rescli Raf see. ,
, EfTorts of Rear Admiral Fletch
er, supplemented by those of the
British commander, Rear Admiral
Sir-Christopher Cradock, and the
French and German Consuls and
private citizens to bring about the
departure from the interior of ail
foreigners who wish to leave, are
beine; continued enerretica.lv. but
we nope ot getting out more than
a smai part or those left, ts dimin
ishing hourly. ' , - , 1 r
. : Mm Tamri Uo Roti. V
Federal General Maas has es
tablished his headquarters at So
leaau, 10 miles rrom vera Cruz,
and his mcnare tearinr up the
railroad tracks. The gap between
Tejera. the. water supply station,
which is guarded by the Americans
and Soledad, has grown and it Is
now a nara task tor refurees to
get themselves and their' baggage
across tnc open spacs.
newu. will Iluta.
Sir ChristoDher Cradock: throush
Sir Lionel Cardan, who haa returned
charge of the British Embassy at tha
capital, a urging president Huerta to
permit the departure, ef aU foreign
ara irons Mexico city, aad It la con
sidered possible that one. or two more
trains, at least will ba permitted ta
pan tnrougn. nut there appears a
fair chaaoe that those who have fal
Ian under the displeasure a Huerta
and are In tba custody of bis foroe
will pa Held. t ri
Lieut Frank J. Fletcher, of the
batUaahlp Florida, ta la charge of
tba train which Is being ram frera
Vera Crua to the break la tha road.
and on every outgoing trip tha trala
carries a email detachment of armed
mart, la addition to a machine gun.
Tha tram haa been within eight at va
rloua tlmea of outpoata ar ecoutlng
parties ot Gen. Mass force, but aa
tar there haa been ao hostile act. , .
We Intimation haa bean received
that Huerta, proposes- to release the
Amertcaaa, aoma of tnam women and
children, held at Cordoba. Ortsabe.
raenuea. Aguaa-caiiontaa ana otnsr
place -..,.! ;
Former rail war men. Amarteaaa
and a lew iteglcaas. Including noma
Of the omcere of the National Hall
way system who were dunbararad bv
Oaa. Huerta, have offered their ser
vices to near Admiral Fletcher for
any use be may aaa fit te make ot
tbom, ..-.'. v
- . Ask ta Head TraJna. - -
A eommualcatlon baa bean aant ta
Oen. Maaa, asklag htm to permit th
operation, of trains from the south
over the Vera Crua . and Isthmian
Road for ft brtf time that alsilcaaa
here who dee! re ta reach that part
ot the eouatry shall have the op
portunlty to do aa aad that. Araerl.
cana leolated la that dtstrlct'may be
fat aut ! . " " ' - . .-
' The consulate Is receiving upward
of lid tolsgrama ft day through the
State Department aad from Individ
uats. - asking for 'information- at
American residents. Consul Canada
haa created a special bureau ta make
such investigations and to answer
telegrams. - . ..
wtrra Ara noriM,
Both the Navy and State Depart
ments are eager for official new aad
tha fleet and the consular officer have
been overwhelmed with order to keep
the department edvtaed of even
minute details, Thla efflclal Informa
tion, added te tbe mass of private
meaaagee and tba anormoua volume
af preaa matter filed by thirty or
mora ncwarjaner corrosrtondentft haa
resulted In so "ctoggbig the three
cablea sending aewa to tha Outside
World that ltd ' traaamiaslna, axoept
with many hour delay, la virtually
impossible. Two more correapond-1
enu are eald ta ba on their way hare !
with tha aoldiar tranaporta, aad a
tew more are coming from New Tatk.
Voaa l ev fcrarcex ' t
Tha food supply problem must be
relieved aoon. aad for thla reasea
piass are being made to opea th
Alvarado Railroad, a abort Una run
nlng south Into tba garden aad poul
try district. Tba restaurants have aut
dowa their list to soup, ft- piece of
meat and eoffee, and ahargee have
been Increased. Tha . hotels are
crowded and the refugees are finding
difficulty In securing auartrra.
Metlraaa Lack Aaaannnltlow.
Na material ehange baa been made
tn the disposition of American forces
within the city ar aa the outside liaee.
Maicr- wmeOler- C- ButW . suU la tn
command Of the line betweoa the ally
aad Oen. Mass foreea. The Mexi
cans ara believed to be abort of am
munition.
A battalion ef marines ander Cant
U M- Qullck, of tha Arhanaaa, at
guarding tha water works at Tejera.
Theaa men have reported no appear
ance of the eaamy. Lieut Bellinger
mada a ecoutlng trip today In a hydro
aeroplane over tha Antigua and bah
Francisco Unaa; , . ' - v
Up tha piaaent. Consual Canada
ascertains that - aa American la big
consular district haa been even In
Jured since - tha beginning of tho
operatlona, although many are held
by tha Mexlcana and threete of axe
eutlon have bean made. '
Krugvea Ktlll tVwmo.
tVlreleea reporta ta Rear Admiral
Badger etate that no disturbance
have occurred In tha coast towns.
Tha American Hawaiian liner bake
tan arrived today from tMerto Mexico
with 1 IT American refurees. Moat
ef them came from plantaiioaa la the
sugar districts aad abandoned almost
everything when they received ward
from tha eoneul Ja.dvtalng tbam -to
leave.. i .-'. N
Tha steamer Mexico will nrobebtv
sail tonlaht tor Galveston. She will
carry refugee of all natlnna, includ
ing those from the Dakotan, The
liner Monterey still await Rear Ad.
mlral Badger'a Instruction to pro
cead la. port to Ihe south. The
i'i... : i'" titji'it eiitiHW!,' "in
'ier i .i i. I,,
9 1 1 i ih,i is,
.J tug
b,a e ra au "r I win
Cohirra suj piy ships
11et llrj t Informed. .
. ' n y of th enir'neertng for" and
mini rve l.feti kept aborj nhn.
vry v tor from nioie la fc fi ana
" i...!' taa news?" as be cltmlis the
r -nHWity., The fla '. prepares anl
u.rtiritmtra aopiea ot tha correspond
ents' reports to tho rest ot ths fleet.
Kcretary of the Navy Daniels
cabled to Bear Admiral Vadger today
part of the j-xt of tha correspond
encs between the diplomatic repre
eontatlvea of lirasil, Argentina and
C hile and Secretary Bryan, regard,
ing the offer ot the good offices of
these eolintri.es for mediation between
"e L'litlrd .as e-1 Mexloet. . A
er
me.
. ConerasKOver Rofageca.
Admirals Badger aad Fletcher are
concerned over the refugee aituatlon.
If tho Influa ot refugeea, who are
unwilling to proceed to the United
Slates, aontlnuea the accommodations
bera aoon will be overtaxed and thla
may .hamper tba militia operatlona
to some extent--' All refugees, ther
fore, ara being advised to take the
Brat ehanca te proceed to Galveston.
Huerta WHI Necotiat Says Uri
: official Dispatch ,;-
.1. (Continued from Page One.) ".
can diplomatic corps were called
in during the day by the three en
voys of peace and informed of
the r-nvnvV hnn - '
Announcement af plana necessari
ly t dependant aft Qen. Huerta firpt
rapiy. . -
' ' v ' 1 Haerta- May AeotM. , 'I
'.Wall posted member cf the diplo
matic corps were af the op U-ion te
night that Huerta. would accept tha
proposal of good offloea and that tbe
acceptance, Is principle at 1-aet,
would not ba long deferred. They
pointed aut that It would be dlffoult
and elmsot ungracioua for him not ta
consider aoon ft meadly tender, com
Ing from countrlea largely of big own
race and language.
-Baa rotary- Mryaav waa visited at Ilia
bom during the day by the peace
envoye. Mr. Bryan afterwards com
municated tta nature to the White
neuae. t ., -.
Keports rrom tba east and want
coasts of Mexico. Irom , Admiral
nearer ana iiowara. laanaeitveJv.
dsacrtbad energetic afforta, not only
of tho American navy but German
and British vessels to assist refurees
in leaving..: . .
;Td CMBdala Are) Occupied.
, Bacrstarlca Garrison bad Denial
conferred early about the rank of
offloora wha will be tn Chary af tha
joint operation or ta - army-1 aad
aavy arobad Vera Crua. War Do
partmoat official bualed themselves
with preparations for Possible eali
for voiuataara under tb new voloa-
taar miuua law.
1 7 ;r:"7' CgMft Uaea Oat -.-"-T-t-'
Admiral Badger wired that comma'
rtlaatioft between Vera Crua and Meg
Ice City waa-Irregular i that aa out
post of Mealona Federal eight mile
away raiuae to reran it linemen to re
pair tna aaoia. Later tonight the
cable waa reported repaired. '
wnua a break la communication
between Vera Crua aad Mexico City
wlU embarrass the eroding of m ra
ta by tha three South American
diplomatr to their representatives In
Mexico City, thara la another Una af
communication.' via Sailna Crua and
raetno coast oabla, wnick can be
utilised in tha emergency. . 1
Aaha Kefug-jea' Rdease.
Becrvtary bnraa reluested tba Bra,
slllan Embassy to endeavor through
tna Bra allien legation la Mexico City,
wnien ra in caarge ar Amartcaa la
taraata la Mexico, to obtaia tha r
of aoma thirty American raf.
ugaaa, reported by American Consul
Canada as having bean taken from a
tram at Aguaa uaiientee, aorta of
Mexico Ctty. and bald by Msxloan
eoldlere. Tha tnformalloa that they
werp held waa brought to Vera Crua
br Alfred Doe it, manager of the
American Smelting and Reflaina
company worka at-Aguaa Calient-,
wh aaid the Americas wera taken
from tbe train by Federal troopa, aft
er aaing threatened by a mob. ,
Uratisit and te-vaaa Aid.
Rear Admiral Howard, at Maaatlan.
reported ta tba avy Department, de
nying a rumor that Ouaymaa bad
. k. &M . i - , ,
w;n v- AnivrKaii iwva, fl.
aid the guabeata Tork town and New
Orleans ware thorn. He reported, too
that the steamer Glacier had aalled
with II American., th English steam
er ciurtaaa bad left Ouaymaa for
Manaanlllo'wHb refugeea. and that the
oerman govern meat bag chartered
the Mexican atnamer Masatlaa to take
all mfn ra ss . . .
Bee re La nr Daniels laler aald all
Seemed tutet on tho wast coast. Ha
baa given ordera that the care of
refugeea shsll ba awnaldarad of first
Importance in tbe movement ot tbe
fblpa tn tha Pacific. i .
- Ma Maea tVoa Tampkva. .-';
I Rear Admiral . Mayo, at Tampico.
that It had beea difficult for- him to
get Information about conditions In
the city, all hia vessels having been
withdrawn ta th roadstead. Dis
cussing Rear Admiral Fletcher
geciaratiaa of martial law, Secretary
pan mis aaja srery errert bad bean
made ta restore order. under civil
municipal authorities.
Rear Admiral Fletcher cabled un
der date ot le p. m, laat night, a
loiiowa: . f . .. .v v !,.--'.'"
"Agala confer d with mayor and
local offlclala ralallva the renewal of
I hooting at our man and Informed
tbam that It had o stopped And that
ardera bad been given for extreme
measures t ba taken tonight if ft
Single shot ta Braxli also of tha proc
lamation reoulrtntr everytne in Vera
Crua ta band In all weapons befor
II o'clock tomorraw (Sanday) under
sever penalty.
Trop OrtVr awnrai, ;
" looretary Oarr'aoa aald ba would
aot reveal tbe ordera to troopa ea
route to Vera Crux until thalr arrival;
that the Brat battalion, of tha fourth
eld artillery which could aot ba ao
eommodated ea tha transport which
sailed last Friday, bad gotten away
today on tba transport Retina, and
that tha rest wcUld go auo oa th
an Marcos.
KisMwUaaf Ufa Safer.
' While tha beginning of peaaa par
leys did aot effect War and Navy
Department acttvltlea ta planning for
aby eventuaUUra which might result,
yet U. did Introduce ft hopeful feeling
Into tho aituatlon. - AemlnUrtraUoa
oBlclal thcmeelr . feared Huerta
would aot listen to peace proposal
aow, but there waa a unanimity of
feeling that tha period af negotiation
would be ft life raver for American
trying to reach points of safety,' .
Ante-tram to rlettss. ,
Incidentally, tha proffer by Braxli,
Argentina and Chile, ef their goad of
Aree and Its prompt Brreptaare by the
I nlted Htatee are reaarded. la offlclsl
and dlphttaatto circles, aa aot Ice to
tb woria that ttatiuna of Uia bemls-
h. .........
-; 'AditrJ. . .'. . . .... ...
Subject to Ruiesv of The News and ,Qlteryir.4 Must be re
ceived at The News and Observer ofice by May 10th. v -
nhara stand "for Uho . BlUmiit t
American questions by Amerkana
r blnlinuu Are llrmjMxl. '
. Tlln.Amnrt.a dlDlomsUSt look
on the mediation proceed lnr a of
far-reacblng Importance. They be
lieve that tha South Amartcaa re
nnhllna acied in' aim-are rood will to
the Halted Ptatea aad In sympathy for
Mexico; and that they were prompiea
to make thalr proffer wholly disinter
estedly la an effort to maintain "the
cordiality and unloa which tway
have surrounded the relation ef the
gevernmeiia ana pmp i
........ :. Uoa4 Morai tlfact. , ,
The Joint action ot th government
af Braxli. Argentina and Chile, It was
learned today had Its inception on the
occupation, by the United States of
Vera, Crux. It I pointed - out that
their action was snureiy vcioniarT.
Whither thalr efforts succeed er not
Officials aanorally believe the moral
Offset win na trmnoou inroognoni
tba wbale or Latin-America.
; OtHewa Ara Notified, !
. Tftdav tha mediators were la con
ference formulating plana, which ar
tentative antll Huerta repllee to the
communication forwarded last night
The mediators found their colleague
In tho Lfttin.Amerlean diplomatic
corps deeply gratified at tba attitude
assumed by tha United State, through
its prompt acceptance of tba media
tioa offer. Mew ef tta acceptance
wa. cabled immediate! to even aoutn
and Central Amerioan capital. - Tha
taia DaMrtmsnt alaa Botlfled Amor
lean ambassador and ministers af
the - Inception -af the, nstotlatlpris.
titowof Terrors Told ByRefu
-v'Oeer Fleelno.Tampico;',
. (CBtlrtued frere Page One.).
bis in central alaeaa. , ' After' dark
crowd (warmed the Plaaa, where
flary spaachea ware dellvared and pa
- . a u,. '
and "Death to the Or! n toes. H cried
the crowd while tba rafugsas barri
caded themselves la tbe Bouuiern
Hotel ' Stoaea ware -- thrown and
windows amashed. Then It waa that
Capt Von Kohler of tha Oerman
cm leer Dreedea sent ft tame note to
General Karat ot. - command of tha
port at Tamcica. that if ha could not
atop tba rioting that "I win at to It
aeraoaftiir that it i atoppag.
Afob Acaln aVwixis,
Within flfteea mlnutea. efllosra ot
the Connecticut aald today, th Mexi
can ruraioa appear eo on tna streets
aad tbee row ptsperaad. Two hour
later another mob appeared. Ailing tha
atroeta In front of the Southern Hotel
Aa attempt wss maftav to batter dowa
tna aoera or tn notou in wnicn mere
were assembled mora than. 11 men.
women and children Ojily thirty ra
fugeea had arm to meet any attack.
uennaa aauora Kaacaa.
A detachment of ftolloa broke VP
tbe crowd and .early on Wed need y
morning, while it waa yet dark
Oerman officer with ft eouad af four
tailors from tna iwoeaen, went ta tna
relief of the beleaguered refugee and
escorted eighteen women and chUdraa
to the Dresden. In that little band
was a woman refugee who bad walked
two mllee from the Panuco district
with ft two-day -old . baby In her
arma,
RaO TJadaff Otbev Flata,
On Wad need ay morning tbe general
transfer of American refugees from
Temple was oo mm need and the
Amerioan yacht Wakiva and Wild
Duck, under foreign colore, brought
th refugeea dowa the rlvar to th
Amerioan wamhlpa. Tha Wakiva
took dowtj th Amartcaa flag and
hoisted the English color, while the
yacht wild Duck flaw the Oerman
nag. Refugee paid tha American
flag would have surely been fired
upon. An Enxllah officer waa nut
aboard tha Wakiva from tha British
warship Hrrnoln to aid la th trnae
tar of refugeea . ...
Firing waa heard tn Tampioo laat
Friday when th Connecticut aalled.
Refugee aald they-expected that the
Mexloana would destroy their bornee
arter tooting ana that tha all Held
tank Would be set afire. .
TOWN OFFICIALS RENOMINATED
Maxtor. Apparently fa Wei latlsficd -
- to voto uw Bonds.
(BjiaH m TW Mas aaa WW')
Maxton. April tl.rAt a town meat.
Ing held Friday night, the following
war nominated for office . for ths
coming year: For aaeyer,: McKay
McKJnnon; for town commissioner.
U U Metilrt. b, R. Klrkpatrlck. J. B.
McCallum and C. bf. Burns; for water
commlsaionera, T. O. Evans, J. O.
Baldwin and B. S. Ramea There
wa no contest and all af ths wi
renomlnatlom except that A H. Cur
rie, wh wa oa last year's beard of
oommiaslonera, drcllned a renomlna
tioa and C M. Burns was selected In
hi stead. Ths election will tak place
the first Monday In May, at th aame
time when the two bong Issue will
be voted on, on of I20.00 for
new achool building and the other for
the earn amount t pay off tba float'
ing indebtedness ot the town, which
o-rrr sis.eat. and ia aatead water
and eewer line.
OFFICE GOES BEOGIXG. . .
V ' PMM -"
Bancnenbo Vnaban a OH Till E.
amlnrr Under Torrvwa Pyatroa.
(Hpnta hi TM K-eaeae Vmmrm.t ,
AahavlU. April tl With a bait
Hundred candidates seeking va
rtoue offlce to ba filled by tba Bun
como county voters, Clerk at the
Superior Court Marcus Erwtn la able
to boast of patrons re which h can't
dispense, public office with elements
tor wnK-a mere ta no candidate. Clerk
Erwln has not yet been able -to In
due any member of the tocaU bar
to assume tbe duties of examiner of
land tKlea, pravided for under tha
Torrena aystsm and which pay fa
ot fl for each service rendered. Clerk
Erwln state that although tb lob
has been tendered to many of the
Aahevtlla attorneys none of them hss
shown a desire to perform th duties
oi tno omre. ... . .
Since the Torrena system of reals-
terlng Isnd titles went Into effect but
tw Buncombe county sellsrs . have
asked to be acquainted with Ita pro
vlatona and in each Instance, the in
quirer baa filed bis deed under ths
old aystem. - ,
Music ot co urea la a fin thins, but
It Isn't ths singing; b that produce
th money. .
.... ?. . . . . . . . . .
Nil MUTE
The Itinerary of National Lec
turer of Tho Ar.ti-Sdloon :
Z('4 League ef Arncrica :
Rev.' Sam Small, noted throughout "1
the country, the national lecturer of
tha Antl-8aln League ot .America,
la to speak' at aeventoea .plaeea In
North Carolina.- Hia subject will b
"Natlon-Wld Constitutional ProhU
bltloa." His Itinerary lor North Car
olina bv as follow:
OastoVla, Wsdnasday Uay Mth, t
f m., Baptist church.
Meoreavllia. Thursday May 11, I p. .
wu, Msthodlat church. i
Winston-Salam, Friday May II, f
p. m., Flrat Baptist church, ,,- ,..
Saturday. May II, I p. tn. !
Durham, Sunday May; J. I p. m
Trlnlty ehurch. . j - ,
Raleigh. Monday May SI, I p. rru
Cdentoa Street M. E. church. -
Wilson, Tuaeday May If, I a. m4
Flrat Baptist church. : .
Rocky Mount, Wednesday May J7
I p. m., Methodist ahurch.,.
New Ber-t, Thuraday. May Id I M
tn., Methodist church. '
Wilmington, Friday May SI, I P
aa.. First Baptist churchy ; t ,r. ;
Saturday. May 19, p. m. 9 .
Oresnaboro, Sunday May II, t P.
Preehytertan church. ' ' .
. High Point, Sunday May tl. t 'pu
m Methodist church.
Fayettevilla, Moadar Jliaa 1, t Pa
Ba., Flrat Baptist church,
Rockingham, Tuesday Jun I, p
m.. Methodist church- ,
Monro,' Wedneeday 3w t, P
Bt Presbyterian church. - :':-,::m'.
- Hickory. Thursday June 4. p. m ,
FTaebytertfta church. . ' . '..
Concord. Friday Jun I. I p. m
Methodist church. . u i , ,
; Saturday, June t. I p. m.
Charlotta, Sunday June VI P. m
Flrat Baptist church.. , ,
LA CONCERT AT v
V TABERNACLE CHURCH
-
Sunday aV-hool to Hav
Entertsrns
. moot on Taredsy Night'
of TliM
Week-Praarva , Moatbar-a
-Kext Sunday. , - - '
A Vtctrola concert will be given a
th Tabernacle Sunder achool room '
tomorrow night for tbe benefit of th
member of the Sunday aohool aad th
Invited public Thar will be abo. ,
lutely no charge, and th public lrf ,
general la cordially Invited to be pro .
sent. Soma of th masterpieces of thai
treat singers will ba played on tb
Instrument. Including aevaral eelee
tlons that are favorite with Madame '
Kadskl who It to sing here next'
month. " . 1
On next Sunday tha Sunday achool '
will ebawrve Mother'a Day, as R will ,
also b observed la churchea through
qt tho ftatioa. Aa effort will be made
to have tha mother and fathera of) .
all of tha Sunday achool scholar
preeeat at tbe time, and special lnj
vltatlona have been sent to. themJ ;
Thar will be special musle, and the) -old
oat will ba sung. .
LXAOXU BB.1D OOMpia
Mrft Heath of Xew York, to Vsdt Wll :
mmgioaa, - ,
Wilmington. April Id. Mrs. Julian .
tieaia. oi nw I org. national pru
dent and. founder of the HouseurivesT i
League, will arrlv in Wllmintton orl -
Tuaaday. and will spend several days'
here aa th gueet ot th local House; ...
wtvse Laaguo. During her visit Irt
tb city shs will . addrees a poblla
meeting. She la on her way to New
Tork from Chicago, where aha wool
as Hew Tork State delegate to that
National Conference on Marketing m,n
running credits, jiaid April 14th to)
lTth. From Wilmington she will ad
to OoldaborO) where aha pill organ
lie a branch league. V . . . -
Th National Housewives Leatud
waa founded thro year ago and I
haa grown to be na of ths moat in)
iluential organisations In tn country
la upholding law which sJTart foodt
tupplle. the family health, tha x-s
ef living and In. eerurtng advanced
legislation towards thee and.
"from roRcaciv trip- . 4
Mr. W-A. Grahaaa Clark Back Frotal
apaa laa tutat,- -
nO ft visit bom after another xa
tensive trip . in government aervicd
Mr. W. A. Oraham Clark, ao ol
Chief, Juetloa WaUar Clark, special,
agent of the Department of Com
mere and Labor, la In the city. ,
Mr. Clark haa Just completed hid
second tour at ajpaa and China, raj
turning from this around the world
tour through . Siberia and Russia
Four Tears ate h visited ataxic and.
tha South American Statea and two
yeraa aa japan and China. . . .,
Ce4 Work by th United rana '
Hlokory Democrat. , " ' '
it ta encouraclnL- to note tha s-ooil
work being don br tbe United Farm!
Woman la this county, notably In th
Kllltan aad .Pleasant Grove school
districts. At Kill lan school houa .,
theaa good women bav cleaned oil
the ground and sowed crasa nlota '
and planted flower bads, which add
muoh towards making the achool ait
attractive place one where our boya .
and girls will love to spend their tlm '
during ths school term. And aot only '
this, they ar planning to meet on th
school grounds once each month, on
Saturday afternoons to play game
and hava a pleaaant social fathering,
at the aam tlm adding to their at ore v
of knowledge In ways that will mean '
much to ths future welfare and ud ,
building of the community. It M
hoped that this movement amortaj the '
wome will continue to grow until It i
reaches svery section of tha county.
as much benefit can be derived br
becoming a member and It will b aa
added Impetus to ths advancement of
our county which la already noted for
Ita prcrremiveneira and tha bin la
UUactuaUty at Ita closes,-- -
I