North Carolina Newspapers

w W MM MM ' MM ^ ; M,. ' ? , 1 ImlftO ZfUUU^ . :if^' i LATKR It to eemt-offlctoHy announced Crux and aetoed Custom House rounds of ammunition and 250 1 Mexican government. Secretary ponding the passage of war reao ? \ " Ambassador Splng Rl< tttwaago train British repress forelfnere to lefTe Meeleo. Br this eften^on with uttawsdoi - . the poller of protecting forelgnt meeting this afternoon. Bene to (substitute tor wer resolution pre the letemnt of pence, vies.Pre lartee of Benmte on account of m since Clril wer. ______________________ AMERICAN * Preelftent Wilson hsa or&ered J lend aertaes end seise e ahlpmen t ., men concern to the Mexican go^s cupatlon of Vera Cru? and alio the Secretary of Nary Joseph us Dan I Department and the officers are fos L movements" of the' navy from no*rf announced without Secretary Danl 4 * * ? n. J _j? tl, V?etk Iand who with Us fleet Is especte i Mb warned by wlrelees to bewni , In forty.eight hours, possibly loss. the-United Ststca government wlU tabs posssssloD ot lbs Mexican customs koasss at Tampico sad Vers * Craa. Detailed plans to "lead marines r at these two Important coast towns war* oomplstod at a conference at end mmu^AdolraU risks and Bins, and John Und. ' _ "No orders to the army and nary will Ok Issued," was the annonnoe. ment mads aftar the conference, action temporarily being deferred until Congress acts on the Joist resolution approving the President's purpose of using the armed forces ol the United States to en(orce Its do mends against General Huerta, grow lng out of the arrest at Tsmpico ol American bluojsckets. The resolution passed the Hon? lest night by a rote of 117 to 37, at l-js # tor a spirited debate. For several hours It was coaetd ered by the Senate Foreign Rela liona Lgmmnwe. . TUB [House adjourned ui*U 1? p-clock today and Pr?aI4ent Wilson won out, retired, after bearing the the Houae had adopted the rceolu ' It Moe. . At 11: >8 o'clock the Senate receaa I pi an til 11 noon today, under ai I agreement to conalder the reeolotloi at that time. Pereone who were In tonch wltl 'the Praaldent, said the stone whicl would bo taken by the Unlted^tate "abort of war" ware of a nator n Which would not require (ormel nc tlflcetlon to tha powera In the earn eenae aa a declaration of blocked or other pre 11 u} layrtea to war. Foi etgn gOTer'nmenta will he kept li formed o(\dpvMopmeuta, howerer. The debate In the Houae brougt oat the faot that, while the Amer can nary probably would Mocked P Mexico oH Mom commerce with tt United Statee. It would not tnta fere with the paaaage to and fro < foreign Tcaaela, though cargoee dt charged on tha chore might he he] at the ooaCeam houaea. ; a MDHAOMgnaAD At t o'clock yeeterday Prealdei ,'f Wllaou dahrwred kU addraaa to Co - each wayu aad to aucb extent as mHqerta and his idbarats the falle menMAKo foltbws: ON O n House 000 Shells iral's Orders i . 4:80 y. M. that marines invested Vera ? and confiscated two million leld-guns from Gorman firm for Daniels withhold*-official news lutlon. so has announced the receipt of*. ,) intatlve In Mexico, warning all yan held diplomatic conference of all toe powers considering ire. There was a secret cabinet r Work Introduced in Senate a .. j riding for Hnhrts proposition in lident Marshall cleared the gal- proar of spectators for first time irrTTVATTDN ? Ldmlral Fletcher at Vera Crus to Ot two million .hells from a Oerirnment, which meaoa American oc> eeisure of the Custom House. els has clamped the lid on the Nary bidden yto give oqt pe\?p. AU on .will be secret. Nothing will be els' permission. ^ _ Atlantic fleet now en rants to Mexico I to arrive some time tomorrow, has 0 of mines planted at Tamplco. riano Huerta at Mexico City, which calls for action, and to ask your advice and co-operation in acting upon it . < "On the ninth of April a pnymaatar Of tha 0. S. 8. Dolphin landed At. tha lturblde bridge landing at Tamplco with n wbalabOAt and boat'a craw to "h* "W v^f. in?lint ' needed bjr hla ahlp, and while engaged In loading tha boat, wan arrested by an oBoar and a aqaad at man of tha army of Oenaral Hoerta. "Neither tha paymaater nor any ona of tha boat's crew waa arm ad. Two of the man war* In tha boat ' whan the arrest took place and ware obliged to leave ifaad aabmlt to b ' lng taken Into custody, notwlthattnd' lng the fact that Ms boat carria#. . h/tth ot her how and at her stern. the flag of the United States. "The officer who made the arrest was prooeeding up one of the streets > of Ch^ town with his prisoners when - met by an offloer of higher authority who ordered him te return to the - landing and await orders, and within - an hour and a half from the time of the arrest orders were received > from the commander* of the Huerta . forces at Tamplco for the release of t the paymaster and bis men. The re lease was followed by apologies from the commander and later by expres I alon of regret by General Huerta a himself. '3^ 7 J. a "General Huerta urged that martial law obtalped at the time at Tamil plco; that orders had been Issued that b no one should be allowed to land at s the Iturblde bridge; and that our e sailors had no right to land there. - U. 8. OFFICERS NOT NOTfFIBD. s "Our naval commanders at tho a port had not been notified of any *- nueh prohibition; and. even If they i had been, the only Justifiable course open to'the local authorities would it have been to request the paymaster I- and his crew to withdraw and to le lodge a protest with the commanding te officer of the fleet. Admiral Mayo r- regarded the arrest as so self rlous - an affront that he was not a- satisfied with tho apologies affered, Id but djoarided that lie flag of the United States be saluted with special ceremony by tl>o military commapder of the port, at "*he incident can not be regardn elais trivial one, especially as two le of the men arrested were taken from In the boat Itself, that Is to say from ly territory of the lgnoranoe or arroal ganee of a single officer, at "Unfortunately, it was not andno ty lated^csse. A series of Incldenti * NGTC WKATHBI WASHINGTON N RDER! tingled out, and might b? ring led out with Impunity, tor slights and affront* in retaliation for Its refusal o recognise tha pretensions of General Huerta to be regarded as the :onstitntional provisional president ef the republic of Mexico. APOIOGIK8 NOT 8UFF1CIMNT. "The manifest danger ot such a situation was that sudh offenses might grow front bad to worse until something happened of so gross and Intolerable a sort as to lead directly and inevitably to armed conflict, it was accessary that the apologies of General Huerta and his representatives should go much further, that tfcpy should be such as to attract the attention of the whole population to their significance, and such as to Impress upon Qeneral Huerta himperfectly safe In doing what thsy pleased, making free to show In maqy ways their lritation and contempt. MAIL ORDERLY ARRESTED. "After a few days after the ln(Continued on Pmgo Four.) r. dim I \mm ffrn UUI1U11IU 111 1111 : ISM ? .... An unique feature in connection with the prodoehon of The Leopard's Spots at the Ne# Theater, Saturday. April 15, la the fact that Thomas Dixon, Jr., th? youngest son of the famous author of the Leopard's 8pots and The Clansman, Is playing the leading rojV. ' Mr. Dlxofe, la a' graduate of Princeton University and incidentally the youngest leading man on the stage. Judging from reviews of critics all through the South he has mastered the art of acting and poeeeeses the mental and physical equipment to become on# of the greatest actors. in GIVEN BOWL DRY RICE of tho clever waitresses at Hotel Louise this morning bit upon qulto a' novel *ay in which to announce to the diners at the breakfast table there was a bride and groom present In the room. As stated elsewhere in today's paper, the Rev. J. D. Waters, and Miss Carnelia Marcuson, of Belhaven, were married in the Chris, tian church last evening, and after the wedding, repaired to the hotel where they are now guests, When the bride and groom were assigned their places in the dining room this morning Mrs. Waters ordered her breakfast and when it arrived, lQ and behold, it was simply a bowl filled" with dry rice. Of course, astonishment depicted itself upon the ooaff tenenees of the newly wedB and several in the room were noticed' to smile. The happy groom 'whispered to his good wife to keep mum, as he Would fix things. Running his hand in his pocket he %xtr acted a silver dollar and secreted It carefully In the bottom of the bowl. Whether the waitress got the dollar, is not known, but doubtless she did, for usually In such eases woman's curiosity must seek the foundation of things. , MEETS WITH MRS. HOYT. The O'Henry Book Club meati with Mrs. John Keats Hoyt. at hei horns, corner of Bridge and Second h streets, Thursday afternoon, at 4:8< 1 o'clock. All members are oordiall] ' invited to be present. i . ? GREETING OU) FRIENDS. Ex-Lieutenant Governor Prandi D. Winston and the new destrict at ? torney for the Eastern district o l North Carolina, in bara today (raat ' Ini bit many frtanda. Tha goyarno 1 -f'~- ?- > \ v IN Di ^5 v-V<- ^vy* - ^. " ?JL . A*' V I: Fair tonight tad Wed a e?dnj. Pro?t . C. TUESDAY AFTERNOON J 5 LAIS NEW CHIEFS OF UNr - ' 4$ v-|N ^ r t I HI -? .j brigade of cavalry at El Paao, Tax., wit eral Wotherspcon's assistant. I First Annual Meet Division Pv (Special to The News.) i Greenville, N. C? April 20.?The >a first annual meet of the northeast dlvlsloh of Pnbllc High schools, if which was held in Oreenvllle pi East Carolina Teachers' Training School. c was a great success. It was an occasion of great significance. There are thirty-seven high schools in the j division, many of whioh were represented In some of the various teats'. 1 4n the preliminary contests, held ( in the morning, ten boys entered for ( places In the public declamation cool ( test -and nine ftlrla for the recitation ' contest. Those chosen for the public contests In the evening were: Declamation: Thad . Eure.Gatea- 1 ville; Ohed Bastello. Aulander; R. 1 S. Underwood. Mt Pleasant; Le Roy Anderson, Wllllamston. Of the nine J girls, who entered the preliminary contest, the following were chosen for the pnblio contest: Misses Gladys ?arly, Aulander; Leah Grant, ; Rich {Square; Eslle Respaas, PanteTYn lav Unnnlns TtT1111 a v. mt U? ' Thad Enre, GateBville, won the declalmer's medal and Miss Elsie Respass, Pantego, won the medal In the recitation contest. y In the spelling match, Dewey Topping, of Pantego, won the medal tor the best spelling and M1b4 Ruth Freeman, of Mars Hill, vu given a Webater'e College Dictionary, for-the second beBt speller. A large audience from Greenville was present at the ooi^est which took place in the auditorium of the East Carolina Teachers' Training School. Resident Wright, of East Caro. llna Teachers' Training School, presided and Mr. Jerome, secretary of the district, announced contestants. President Wright and Mayor James made talks expressing the\r appreciation of the event of the day, their pride of being the most of the first occasion of the kind in this part of the 8tate and extending a gracious and cordial welcome to the young people. i Mr. H. H. McLean, chairman, dn ! behalf of the committee, expressed his appreciation for the genuine old ttme Southern hospitality extended to them by the people of (freeni vllle, and the Training School. Mr. McLean was formerly a principal of | the Washington High School. > The High School girls were enr terta*ned by the Training School, and the boys In the homes of the people of Greenville.. The High School committee havI tug the meet in charge, was compos. - Mot H. H. McLean, Farm vllle, f chairman; J. T. Jerome, Wllliamston, - secretary; L, L. Hargrave, Battle r boro; E. A. Thompson. Gatasvll'.e; f J. B. Thorns, Aulander. The local . committee was composed of Mr. Hefk bert E. Austlth Misses Bailie Joyner . Davis and Miriam McFadgen, and , - ^ ULY , Wttt portion. ' X#*' SPRIL 21, 19B. IDING TED STATES ARMY ' Jp J ^^HMH K. j Bb ft Wotherspoon (right) becomes chief qedlng Major General Wood. At the f, ftt present commanding the second be called to Washington to be Geni/ :!Northeast bhc High Schools til of tbe faculty of the TrsJntng ichooL ^ The judges of the declamation and ecltatlon contests were Mayor Jamej Greenville; Miss Mary E. Jenilns, member of the faculty of East Carolina, and Mr. Hoy Taylor, supirlntendent of Greenville Graded School. In tho afternoon was held a most hteirestlflg track" meet In which-20 jontestants took ^>art. A large and mthuaiastlc crowd witnessed the1 iventsa la the crowd was the entire itudent body of E. G. T. T. S. Mr. Wilbur Card, physical director of rrlnlty College, had charge of the track meet. The score of the winners Is follows: Running high jump, 5 feet 1-2? hod Coetello, Aulander. ""Running broad jump, 18 feet 7 In. ?Ohed Costello. Standing broad jump, 11 ft 3.4 in. [.eonard Flanagan, Farmvllle. Shot-put (12 lbs.)?Leonard Flanagan. 30 feet 3 1-4 in. j Hammer throw .(12 feet)?Leonard Flanagan, 86 feet 3 1-2 in. Polo vault, 8 feet 8 1-2 in?A tie between Leonard Flanagad and Rob. ert James, of Bethel. 220 >ards dash?Claude Smith, Robersonvllle, 26 2-5 seconds, 100 yard das^?Rufua Lily, Gatesvllle, 11 2-5 seconds. A similar medal was.awarded each receiving first place. The farmville High School won the silver cup, which was given to thh school winning the greatest, number of points. Out of a possible 72 points, Farmville won 24. The meet was an occasion of great interest and profit to participants, visitors, town of Greenville and the Training school. Children Love Washington Park. loir 1UISFEI GO TOGEIH % JTbM morning between 10 and I) o'clock a collision between the auto mobile of Dr. 6. T. Nicholson and i city transfer on Main street causei some excitement. Fortunately no on was hurt, only the damage to th< transfer waa the odtcome. Dr. Nlch oleon attempted to turn his auto an< in doing as the transfer and machtn want together. The rear right whes of the trausfor was smashed. It's Restful In Washington Park. A'/r'"v' MAB I S. COURT I IN BR SHORT TIRE District Court Convened Here R This Morning With Judge H. G. Connor Presiding. No Criminal Cases Tried. The April term ' of the United Btat-^Court tor the Eastern district ^ of North Carolina convened In the United States Court Houso here this -jorntng at 11 o'clock with his honor. n Judge H. O. Connor, of Wilson. N. C., presiding. District Attorney F. ,, D Winston, ot Windsor, N. C., rep. resented the government. The ses- t slon lasted only a few hours, as ^ there were no criminal cases on tho docket for trial and no Jury was ? summoned. The business of the court was taken up In hearing several motions, o DFJ.IVF.RF.il I I/UU1 1 U1IUU t SEBIM TO ! BATH SCHOOL j j Rev. J. C. Caldwell, preeldent of k the Atlantic Christian College, Wll- p son, N. C., spont Sunday evening and ( part of yesterday In the city en ti route to his home from Bath, N. C-, c whore on last Sunday morning he de- e llvercd the commencement sermon K before the Graded School of that n town. The sermon was delivered in 4 the Methodfst church. On Sunday t i evening Dr. Caldwell preached In the c Christian church, this city, to a large r and appreciative audience. Dr. Cald- i well ranks among the first pulpit ora- q tors of the State and his coming to * Washington is always hailed with e pleasure. ^ ; HISIIIL I nnn TniiimiT run lunihni The "Peerless Minstrels" at the Nc?* Theatre last night exceeded the expectations of the most sanguine for the performance was in every way ono to please and captivate. The high record they have attained elsewhere was adimrably sustained In their opening production for the week. Nothing but the highest praise Is hoard today on the streets of the "Peerless Minstrels," all of which Is Justly deserved. They measured up to the standard and far beyond it?In that?that the act is clean; nothing said or done to offend or wound. The Jokes are catchy, the songs good, the acting 1 flrat-clasa. Seven people compose the cast; all of whom are artists In hbir line of work. Tfee company will give an entire change *bf program eseh night and this evening will present "Chl'Jh.od Days," a roaring musical comedy which bids fair to be witnessed by a large house again as was the case last evening. In addition to the vaudeville act the management as usual will present np?to-date motion . pictures. * The New Theater tonight ought to be a ^ mocca for pleasure seekers. NOTICE, t __ 1 There will be a convention of the 6 Democrats of Beadfort couffty In the Court House, on Saturday, May St, * at 11 o*?Joek. This convention Is for 3 the purpose of sending Delegates ta * the State and District Conventions. '1 By order Democratic Executive Committee. Beaufort county. LINDSAY C. WARREN, 4 *Ito5-SS-c, Chairman, ft 5]'^^ ;V y-vv,-m A SURPRISE #*. "?J ev. J. D. Waters and Miss Cornelia Marcuson, Both of Belhaven Married at Christian Church by Rev. R. V. Hope Rev. J. D. Waters, pastor of the hrlstl&n church, Relhaven, N. C.. nd Miaa Cornelia Marcuson of the ame town, but formerly of Richlond, Va., were united In marriage t the Christian church, this city, ist evening at 8:30 o'clock. The eremony was performed by the pasor. Rev. Robert V. Hope, the life>ns frlerid and schoolmate of the room in the presence of only a ew friends. The wedding was somewhat df a urprtse to tfhe friends of the conple ere, and, too, in Belhaven, as Mr. Vatera and Miss Marcuson took the rain at Belhaven yesterday bound or Washington without acquainting heir friends there as to their intenlons. The bride and groom are now a. Mini... tj li njlntol Inn 1 sa tin! 1 ect to be here until Thursday, whea hey will return to BeHiaven, /their uture home. The bride is one of Belhaven's opular young ndles and sinoe her esidence there has endeared herself o a large number. The groom. Rev. . D. Waters, Is well and favorably :nown In Washington, as he was isstor of the Christian chureh here rom 1899 to 1902. For one year ie was State Svangellst for his hurch. Resigning this position he ntered the Kentucky University, raduatlng from the Biblical departnent In 1906. For three years he lid pastoral work In Kentucky and hen acoepted a call to the Christian hurch, Harrisburg, Pa. From Harlsburg he returned to North Carolna, and has been pastor of the * ^ christian church at Bethaven, where lis congregation is now engaged Ui irectlng a 815,000 church. Both he bride and groom have, the best vlshes of their hosts of friends, for jvery happiness. In which this paper sladly Joins. CORRECTS . A NOTICE Mr. Editor: Allow me space to make a correction of an Impression 1 produced Sunday morning by an announcement. In announcing the lecture at the Baptist church for Thursday night by the 8tate secretary of the W. C. T. U., I Insisted that all la- * ? dies attend, producing the impression that it was a. meeting for ladies only. This, I learn,Us a mistake, that it will be a meeting for the general public, both men and women. My impression was received from a talk with the president of the society who was sufficiently Pauline in her theology to believe that women should not speak before mixed audiences, a view which, if adopt- * ed by all our women, wonld be a blessing to the world. This good since Informed me that my Impression was wrong as to this meeting. REV. R. L?. GAY, Pastor First Baptist Churc}i. x Subscribe to the Dally News. * Ifl CONVALESCENT. * The many friends of Miss Mamie Cooper will be pleased to learn that sho is convalescent from her Illness of several weeks past. BACK FROM ORKKN VTLLK. Mr,. W. J. Rhode, lad no, Ronald. who haro bona rMtla, her Meter, Mra. William R. Jobm. la OreeoTitle, N. C.. returned home ft*terdaJ afternoon.