? r
?
the Next Attack qf Rebels Will
i City Reported ?
?A
Washington D. C. Ha; 1?.? Now.
of the fall of JumrM uae to official
Waablncton Inn rarloiu aouro? ?
from th? secret aervice acenta at tk*
Department of Juatlce-whe ha.e been
wateWm the border, from the eo^
lector ot cuatAma at Bl Paw and Iron
the Signal Set-rice ma of ttfe arm;
The authertttea here belle re that
than a match for a considerably lar
?er number of untrained and lll-o*.
of Information as to the real romer
leal strength of t be Madero force.
The Mti of Madero's victory will
spread rapidly throughout Mexico,
and without doubt recruits win
Logical lj, with heavy reinforce
menu hit next move would he a
march on the capital itself, incident
ally stopping on the way to besiege
and capture all of the considerable
cities and towns in his path.
Tfcere will be one formidable eb
etacle to snch a campaign, thd diffl
culty of arming and supplying with
ammunition his augmented forces.
He can scarcely obtain these supplies
from Texas, for the administration
.holds to its decision, that arms can
els across the line before rocognl
tion of the belligerency of the Ha>
mm
I arms and ammunition canno{
" ? he gotten to Macro's ars^j
until he captures some seaport and
safe lines of dbmmunlca
i with it. So this question of re
cognition of Jtia bllllgerency as sum
es the first degree of Importance to
MeAero, and wit*?tt doubt through
Band! Vssusatslus. the acting head
'of Juntt here, an effort l
pected to
from the stated
Indications are that ntch a request
will not be granted, tor the present
at ISast. There is this serious ol>
jectlon to doing so; by that act the
Dias government would p* relieved
of all pecuniary responsibility for
any damage Inflicted upoli Ameri
cans by the rebel operationa. The
large American business Interests in
Mexico which hare suffered severely
by the insurrection would raise s
strong protect against the adoption
of a courso that would prevent them
from securing reimbursement for
their losses.
Another consideration Is that It
would oblige the government to treat
the Dias government precisely as it
does the rebels, in the matter of de
nying them the right to Import arms
and munitions of war, and would
subject American goods entering Mei
Ico to seizure as contraband at the
whim of the rebels without any re
? course. ??- :
Just to what extent Madero hai
benefitted by the capture of Juarei
In changing hie status in the eye ot
international law, the officials her?
are not disposed at present to de
clare.
But off-hand it Is said that <^h?
United States will be obliged to rec
ognise the de fecto control of Juarei
an International port of entry. Ij
the end he will be able to receive
merchandise' through his custom
house and collect tariff taxes.
Malls to Mexico City are uninter
rupted. Postmaster-General Hitch
cock announced today that commas'
1 cation via Laredo Is open and mail*
are moving in the usual manner.
The natural supposition would
that thM preparation* are a silent
prophecy of a great military move
ment Into Mexloi in th?,mr future.
It was by sfwdytttg the contracts of
the nary department for coal that1
-Ibr.'Tiiaidtope Same, a well-known
Bontherfc . Journalist then serving as
a Washington correspondent was
able to guess and predict, before the
official announcement, the worldnjlr
cllng trip of the American battleship
fleet during Mr. Roosevelt's adminis
tration
But theae gueeees are not always
safe. In the present case the big
contorts for army supplied do not
; neeefcmrily prove that the United;
States wll Invade the Mexican repub
There are two very plausible ex.?
planatlons which do not contemplate
the certainty o I war or even of In*
that a certain decided slghtf^
?kmm. mrni pieaefeg to thoee who are
optimists with regard to the Mexi
can situation, ?ttaohee to tbo ex ten -
One explanation la that Uncle Sam
does not intend- to be caught unpre
pared In Mexico's case, as he was In
Cuba's In the event of the necessity
or taking military charge nf the tot
tering Latin- American republic. T^e
poor equipment of the United 8tate*
army, and the confusion resulting;
from ther attempt to do in a few
weeks what la bound to be the work
of years If done properly, ipade this
coutftry the laughing Stock of the
world and ruined the Alger adminis
tration of the War Department.
The other explanation not based
upon the certainty of an advance In
to Mexico Is that Gen. Wood is nd thej
rest of the, army staff are taking ad
vantage of the serious condition ex
isting in Mexico to get the govern
i ment to do for the army, on the
i principle of wise precaution, what In
ordinary times it seems impossible
I to secure by any amount of argu
| ment or persuasion, however elo
j quent ,or logical.
i The fact remains that whatever
' the outcome of the turbulent state of
I affairs In Mexico, the Uiilted States
?army will emerge in the best condl
| tlon It has known for forty-five yeart.
The commencement of the East
Carolina Teachers Training 8chool
? will be bald May 11-33. The com
- mencement sermon will be preached
' by Rev. Charles E. Mad dry of States
t vllle, on Sunday at eleven o'clock.
? The annual address by Hon. Jose
> phus Daniels of Raleigh, Tuesday at
10: a- m. }):!%?'> y,' . " \
Monday afternoon claas day exer
- clses win be held In the park. A mu
- sic recital will be given* Monday ev
1 enlng. Tuesday will be commence
at hi. hose In fowled allay
day afternoon. At the Una at
Mth ho wa TO years of age
rsara tiiai familiar Hgure
rnce at ke rGem theatre last night
pronounce the act of Herrman the
Great, the beat ret, Re keepe hie
audience roaring with laughter while
cbangea gad tricks,
Last njght ke was in a complete
change of program and the cross
mystery was a very bewildrenlg fest,
after being escursly tide with thlrty
<lg feet of rope to a cross, he mads
his tee ape In tea qyconda
for tonight he gives a slight
change from that of last evening and
those who have not seen him could
see be better entertained 'than vis
iting his place of amusement this
Mr. Jim Weston gave an au'o par
ty laat evening In honor of Mlssss
Anna Keys, and Mattle Clgrkaton of
Haletgh. His gnssts were Mlsaes Cal
l's Carroll. Annie Dries and- Messrs.
Clyde Stalllngs and Rlbsrt Weston,
Mrs. Chas. W. Tbomss Chaperoned
the party.
Mr. Angus D. MacUu and family
have mo Ted to the residence on East
Seednd street formerly occupied by
Mr*. Elisabeth Simmons.
of Mrfln and Pearce streets. ^
Was Rescued From Nisgrc
aract fcy a Constable
Dress Caught tm Rock 15 Feet From
Fall and Held Her Until Consta
ble With a Boat Hook Gonld Roach
Her.
Niagara Falls, N. Y.. May 10. ?
Fighting with grim determination to
end her life, Mrs. Elizabeth Hartley
of Buffalo, 60 years old, was lescued
from death at the very bring of the
cataract today by Constable Harring
ton, who faced constant danger of be
ing carried over the falls with the
struggling woman.
Mrs. Hartley, who came here, today
entered the water about, 60 feet above
the falls. Her dress caught In a Jag
ging rock fifteen feet from the brink
pf the falls. There she was hold un
til Harrington reached her with a
pike pole and hoked It into her dress.
Her arm pinioned by the terrific
current. Mrs. . Hartley ' tried to get
free from the pole, but finally, weak
ened by her struggles she became
quiet and was dragged ashore. At
the hospital where she was taken It
is, said she cannot live.
On the river bank was found a
letter and a bunch of flowers. Tbe
letter read:
"No longer to be treated ae
a thing demented."
Word received- later from Puffalo
said that Mrs. Hartley was an in
mate of the state hospital there. She
had been en parole for sever*] weeks
aad left the institution today to take
a position In a private family. 8he
had shown no signs of her mental
trouble 'for three months. I
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CAROLINA
Winaton-SaUH, May 11. ? Several
of the most lmSrtant quest Ions con
fronting ths gTOd lodge of Odd Fel
low'* in this ttip were discussed at;
.Hwo MMk)B?.Vere hsjd In the fore-!
ling called to order!
Scarcely anything,
wan dftna &'t? M Ion except hear-j
lng the reports of some of the com
mittee*. At 9.Z0 o'clock a reiess
was taken until ll o'clock, so that
the member* of the grand lodge
might attend la a body the memorial
exerdaea held At the cemetery. At
11 o'clock the grand lodge again
went into session and aeveral mat
ters of minor Importance were .dis
cussed. Past Grand Master C. B.
Edwards, of Raleigh, offered a reso
lution to change the time of meeting
from the second Tuesday In May to
the third Tuesday to May.
The abject of the change Is to avoid
Memorial day exercises. The mo
tion requires a constitutional amend
ment and cannot be acted upon un
nest year.
At this junctuer the election of
officers was gone Into. W. H. Over
ton, deputy graad maater, of Durham
mam ??? ;
PUBLIC SCHOOLS THIS EVENING
,1 n<m>Kr...
b.I.'l vr n- - 1 , ?
'o Begin Promptly at 8:30. The Exercises of the
Graduating Last Night Much Enjoyed? Hon.
'? O. H. Benson to Deliver Literary Address.
The commencement exercises of
the graduating class of the Washing
ton Public schools for the year 1911.
took place at the public school au
ditorium , this city, last night at 8:30
^o'clock. A large number of irlends,
relative^ and others of the graduat
' lug class were present?the avditor
| Km being veil filled. The platform
xwas decorated In the class colors. All
tho members of the graduating class
occupied seats on the stage and Prin
cipal P. Q. Bryan announced the pro
gram of the evening. Every number
was much appreciated by tho>o pres
ent.
The class to graduate this year
numbers fifteen, their names 1 eing as
follows:
Enoch Spencer Simmons.
Elisabeth *wlillam Bright.
Minnie Dorette Stllley.
Anna Claire Hodges.
Lilllft Lee Freemkn.
Maud Leroy Hodges,
Martha Peaeloa4 Latham.
Bessie Katherivl Latham.
Margaret Dudley Melllhenny.
Prank Wateort McKeel,
Oscar From m el Cordon. >
Beverly Moss Blount.
Frank Herbert Glbbs
Ernest OdeTl Harding.
William Henry Morgan.
The exeroleee of the evening open
ed with a chorus. "Recessional,"
rendered by the school choir, after
which the address of welcome was
made to the audience by Enoch Sim
mons the president of the class for
'? i'V - ? ? ??-'
Mr. Simmons bids to beoome an
orator. Re speaks with ease and
grace and his words were couched
la choice English After the addreea
of welcome had been made Mies Min
nie Dorette Stllley read thd clue ht?
mu &? &?&
deputi trand uttr without oppo
. ? >* ,: ;?z 45 ,1.
Tb?re vers three candidates for
trend warden, the Initiative oBce
that lead* to (rand Baxter. V. L.
Shlpman, North Carollaa cc^Wle
?loner of labor and prlntlu. of Bal
???*; K Kendal], 01 Shnlbjr. a aan
prominent In encampment circle*, the
Millar branch ot the otlipc. wit John
*. Wlnaum^afcBB^ww,
all nominated.
The majority of the rote? were
c??t la favor of Mr. Shlpman apd his
election was made unanimous. B. H.
Wood ell, of Raleigh, was unanimous
ly re-elected gsaad secretary to Mn?
for his 27th oonsecuUTe term. B J.
Jones the veteran Odd Fellow of the
state, was re-elected ao serve his 57th
term as grand treasurer. The ap
pointive officers have not bepn Riven
out yet.
Mr. P. H. Williams, of Elisabeth
City past grand master and now,
grand representative to the sovereign
grand lodge, was elected trustee of
the Orphan Home, at Ooldshoro, to
succeed Charles. F. Lunadcn cf Ral
eigh. who died December SI. J?If.
Marcus W. Jacobl, of. . WU mission,
was re-elected trustee of the Orphan
Home to serve five years.
t During the afternoon the delegates
want On a trolley ride eve* thtedlly
as the guests of the board of trade.
Late this afternoon several Odd Fel
lows of the city chartered a large au
tomobile and took the class from thei
Odd Fellows' Orphan Home on a spin!
through the city, and out to the Chil
dren's Home of the Western North)
Carolina Conference of the Metho
dist church.
At the afternoon session Raleigh
was selected as the place for the next
meeting. There were no other Invi
tations.
There was considerable discussion
of the club plan of Initiating newi
men Into the order. It was finally j
agreed upon and adopted that if a'
lodge electa to membership ns many (
as five men, it may take them In at
greatly reduced rates, provided 'they
set the -permission of <!ie grand mas
tar. _T
tory. This was a moat enjoyable pa
per and evoked continued applause
from every one.
Enoch Spencer Simmons wine the
English prize essay and next on the
program be read hta essay, his sub
ject being "Calvin Henderson Wiley"
? North Carolina's first superinten
dent of public schools. This prize is
presented by Prof. Harry Howell, late
superintendent of the Washington
Public schools to the member of the
graduating class who submits tbe
best English essay at commencement.
This year Mr. Simmons was ?he suc
cessful competitor. His essay was
heard with pleasure and profit by all
present. It was well written.
Misses Elizabeth Bright and Min
nie Sillley favored the audience with
a piano duet. It was much compli
mented. ,
Writing the class prophecy this
year was allotted to Miss Bessie I.A
tham and' that she performed the task
well goes without sayihg. Frotri the
very first prophecy to the last the
audience were kept laughftig aa this
bright yortag lady told tbe future of
her classmates.
Ope moment she was ta Japan,
another moment she had discovered
her presence in Sunny France and
then the hearer was told of the gov
ernor'* chair in' Raleigh and shown
the footlights of some noted theatre
tu the metropolis. The paper was
alcely written, well express and
Miss Latham la deserving of much
praise.
HIs8 Clslrs Hodges wins the John
H. Small history prise. This prize
Is a gold medal awarded to the mem
ber of fete graduating class v ritlng
tbe best paper on ?o?s historto
??sat of Eastern Carolina.
HqOfW chow U k*r thame "fltatoffc
MB cm
HHIV ?
Daniel SUde Indicted For Who?
sale Robbery Here
WHS t SLICK THIEF ?
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DuM Slade. Colored. ApproprUtel
to His Own Use tteveral Hundret
Dollar* Worth of Property Uelosg
li| to the Southern Furaitan
Daniel Blade, colored, wan arrest
ed by tbe city police for wholesal?
robbery yesterday. He Is now In Jal
awaiting his preliminary hearing be
fore the recorder which will profc
ably be not earlier than Monday
Slade It between sixty and seventy
year* of age and has been In the efli
ploy of the Southern Furniture Cora
pany for over a year. No one wouU
have ever thought this ante-bellun
negro could have appropriated jsc
much to his own use without detec
tlon.
Mr. Oden, the <"Tnanager of th<
Southern Furniture Companv, re
ceived Information that Sla^e had
one of the bent furnished homes in
his section of the city. He uectded
to send a representative to investi
gate.
The report received by Mr. Oden
was that everything needed In I
first class home Slade posoesBed
This Information was given to th<
police and the result was that Sladl
was arrested by the police and 1?
now confined In the common jail ol
Beaufort county.
The property he appropriated t4
his own use can now be seen In the
city hill? lower floor.
It consists of matthfi, stoves,
looking"1 gtaases, rugs, comforts cot4
:halrs, carpets, shoes, suits of cloth
?8 and numerous ^ther articles to the
nmounP of severs? hundred dollars.
No one suspected this aged colored
man for the time, being. He was a
trusted employe and had the confl
ience and esteem of Mr. Oden. He
resided In Fowle's Alley and was en
joying his property until he had to
give an account. The sequence la
however today a sadder but' wiser
man.
The property stolen amounts to
several hundred dollars.
Edenton." it certainly was h very
valuable paper ? containing histori
cal events that few citizens know.
The essay will not doubt be i ubllBh
ed.
Enoch Simmons presented tc th?
audience the class will. This woi
another amusing paper. The wrltei
in the name of his claasmntes willed
everything from a lead pencil to th?
entire school building to their suc
cessors. lie als.-> paid his :cspect?
to the members of the faculty In s
jocular way and'to his classmates se
riously. The class will was enjoyable
and interesting all the way through
The exercises of the evening closed
with a sextet, "Kentucky Babe" bj
six male students. Their singing wai
fine and they were encored I ut ow
Ing to the lateness of the hout dl<f
not respond.
This closed the evening exorcises
Tonight the graduating pxerclsej
proper will occur at 8:30 o'clock
Every one In Washington should b?
present.
Commencement Tonight
At 8:30 promptly tonight v.'lU oc
cur the closing exercises of the Pub
11c Schools In the auditorium. Th<
following la the program:
1. Song. Soldiers' Chorus?Choir
2. Invocation. Rev. H. B. SeirigW;
3. Introduction of speaker, Hon
John H. Small.
4. Literary Address, Hon O. 0
Benson, Washington D. C.
5. Piano Duet. II Trovatore, Mlss?
Bonner and Pope
6. Chorus. Jolly Students, School
7,. Presentation of picture, a fclf
from the Woman's Betterment Aaso
elation to the school, by the presi
dent. Mrs. B. O. Mom Its seeajl
ance by Mr. Simall, chairman of th<
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P
riiftfuwwiwii
*. Bri?f roport of run ro
(continued on Pa?* Peur.) i
Exercises Lsat Nlfht and Those
Conducted This Eveataf
I GRADUATING EXERCISES
"* *?????? *y Much toUor.*?
Ttxy Will be CiMlaiM TU, |r
Place Monday Night, Iter
' ?Wm
The commencement exercises of
.oolored public schools for Wssh
exceptlng the graduating ex- f
took place last night sad
will be concluded tonight. The e*
llVJl much enjoyed &y sll
t. This school under the su
of Ptotemor Deris is sd
with rapidity and ia a credi*
not only to Washington but tLe ool
wmm&am.' -j I
i*il The graduating exercises will take ?
place on Monday, May 16. Her, F.
9L J. Mashaw will preach the MT
mon to the class and Prof J. H.
Branch of Raleigh will make the lit
erary address. The program of the 3
program ?f the graduating ?xerclsefi
were published in thl? paper yester
day. .
The teacher of grade IB is Katie R
Truman In this department Is
rolled one hundred and twenty.
the second grade Lavenla Hud
son la teacher. 'She has seventy-two J
on the roster.
, In the fifth and sixth grades there
afftiJifty-fire enrolled with E. J. .!
Jones as teacher. This grade girts
practical lessons in aewlng ere ry
t^Tedpesday during the sessl Jn. V. 'J
The serenth and eighth grades la j
str*cted by the principal A. O. Dfr- j
the domestic science depart- I
it all the teachers of the school
volunteer their services. This (to-'
partment is one of the features of
this progressive Institution. There
are twenty one enrolled in this de
partment.
The fourth grade Is preside! over
by Josie B. Saunders. Thirty are en- j
rolled. In this department, besides
their regular studies the pupils do
qnlltlng, make napkins, handker
chiefs. etc.
Third grade. Flcfra Peyton, the
teacher Ib doing excellent work In J
baskets and mats. There are seven- :
ty enrolled.
In grade I A Dollle Keys is the *|
preceptor. Forty-five are lnrolled. j
The total enrollment of the color- j
ed school this past session was over S
four hundred ? being not quite as
many as was on roll last year. The
present quarters for the school Is to- , j
tally Inadequate and also needs re- J
pairing.
Professor A. G. Davis, the prlnct-Jci
pal deserves much praise for the fine 1
record the school has made this year. .1
The exercises last night were wlfc#ffl
nessed by a large number. The con-.^J
eluding program occurs this evening 'Ja
and the graduating exercises Mon<
day night. 7A\ Invited to.r>e
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SUPERIOR COURT !
STAR'S MONDAY
Civil Casee Tried for One Week Be
1 H
ginning Next Monday. , +
| The May term of Beaufort couaty
Superior Court will begin next Mon- ?
day with His -Honor, Judge O. H. j
'Allon of Kinston, presiding. The j
entire week will- be devoted to th< ;
trial of c!vll causes. On the fo.-loW
ling week the Hyde county superior 4
jrt will be held at Swan Quarter, j
Then the Beaafort county superior J
court win be held for a term of three |
weeks for the trial of civil enttM
Judge Allen has presided orer the 'j
curta f this cunty fr several Q
and Is vary ppular with u rpeopls.
. 1 ? vj|
It might Mm 4tff?rent at <
ruuee, hot after all I* aid that 1
*JB | m torn am* of
I (otM of