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All Diplomatic Rela
ed. Situation M<
ter Conference
? REFUGEES NOV
General Wood Leav
ger Ordered to I
i *
ing to Mexico C
UJa>B>HB Pi
The following wire from J. P. Tay
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Washington, D. C? April 23.?Nel.
charge at Mexico City, has been band
< ber of Americana killed In the battle
4 wounded. The indications are this m
will sat together. President Huerta, li
* four hundred thousand troops (o r til
pletely under oontrdl of the Amerl can
The vMexican representative a t Vi
It is expected, will leave the Am eric
r ??
MAY CAPTURE KL PASO. K
Senator Pall announced in the *
United States Senate this afternoon "
that he was in receipt of a telegram cl
stating that General Villa with Ave *
thousand troops were ready to dash B
across the International bridge for
the^urpoge of eapturifcg ,the City of &
SITUATION DELICATE. ftl
J. Barrett, after a conference this C
afternoon with Secretary Bryan, J(
John Llnd and the Mexican repre- tl
sentative Algara, stated that U\e B
) Mexican situation today was twice as b
delicate as It was yesterday. . j>
ALGARA TO LEAVE.
Secretary Bryan announced at d
noon that hf will give the Mexican a
representative Algara his passports, b
Algara says that he wHl leave Wash- *
Ington. Senator Shlrely, of tlhe For- e
At*, BAF8 thAt CATTAHXA'8* note Will tl
^ not change nor miter the American a
Affirm Alive policy. The 8enat? is
. now expediting a half million dollar h
hill for the purpose of aiding all Am- d
Orleans to leave Mexico. tl
REFUGEES LEAVING. R
According to a navy report there *
v are two thousand refugees from Vera t]
t Crua, Tamptco, and Tuxpan, on their C
way to Galveston, Texas. General .
Wood, late chief of the United States o
Army, expects to leave tor the bor- c
der within the next twenty-four b
hours. tl
RELATIONS SEVERED. N
This country has severe<fcsH dlplo- 1
mstic relations with President Huer- *
ta. ChArge Algara has been notified^ 1
that he will receive hie pass ports 8
this afternoon. Algara called npon 8
the 8tate Department early today 1
and stated that he had been directed 1
by his government to ask for Mb
passports. h
Secretary Daniels has wired the r
Brooklyn navy yard for t&e pnrpose b
0 of ascertaining the very earliest* mo- 1
ment when the new /snpra_dread- c
naughts, Texas aad New York, can t
L be placed in commission.
L TRUCK IS VIOLATED. v
A dispatch from-Admiral Badger 1
f states that a flag of truce at Vera c
a Crus has been repeatedly violated by c
the Mexican Federals. The city la
*9w under control. Thd handing of (
the passport* to O'ehanghriessy by
President Huerta la regarded in 1
. " . ??aMn,Rm City M, aUDOet 1
tlonal development In ?>? preeent <
Unetlon Tor It U believed to men I
e forecast of > decleretlon of war on
v tbe part of Haarta.
Tbe prareet erleta'hai arlaen-alnee
tha Maxloan troubi. beaao Uaet
4kV*(tar mltoUbt Prealdant WU
lREA
large Alga
Given Pas
8y Sect'y I
tions With Huerl
Dre Delicate toda:
With feryan and
7
V BOUND FC
?:
es For Border Wi
f
Seize Long Bridgi
)ity.
V
LSSPOKT8. ,
f'
loe to the Daily News proves of
on O'Shauglinessy, the American
od his passports. The total numyesterday
wefe twelve and fifty
tornlng that Huerta and C&ranza
i arranging, it Is stated, to raise
war. Vdra Cruz Is now comforees.
'ashlngton, D. C., Charge Algara.
an capital shortly.
I
>n and Secretary Bryin were awsk
aed and held a hurried conference
1th the-cablnet "ind high army oil]
lals. Tho army and navy are noi
waiting the next, move of Caransa.
IUTIsb QHEKR AMERICAN'S.
The paymaster toj the Britisl
rulser Base*. Albert W. Kimbei
as wounded yesterday on board hi
lip by a "sniper" ashore at Ver
rut. When the American blue
tekots proceeded to land^yesterda
ley were cheered heartily by tb
ritish bluejackets who crowded th
owe of their ships.
RESIDENT WKEP8.
Secretary of Navy Daniels has 01
e*ed Admiral Badger of the Nort
tlantlc fleet to seise the two Ion
ridges on the railroad connectln
1th Mexico City. With these bride
b In fall possession of the America
jrces. It la stated that communlca
ion can not he cut off by the Bftx:
ana. If eudbi wax their Intentloty
Secretaries Bryan and Daanlel
eld a long conference wlfh Prea
ent Wftym thla morning, and a
tie late dispatches were gone ova
nd dlscusaed. When the fact c
layer Marten's death was told t
ho President he wept.
ARANZA'S NOTE SURPRISE.
When the President read the not
f General Carransa, In which he di
lared that the seizure of Vera Cri
y ths American forces was a violi
Ion of the national sovereignty c
[cxico and inviting the United Stat*
o suspend hostile operations an
rlthdraw Its forces, was a shock 1
be chief executive. Carranr.a ale
uggests that the constitutional^
overnment should receive demanc
or reparations of offenses comml
Cd by Huerta. 1
President Wilson Is wornout an
tas refused to take his accustom*
est notwithstanding the advice <
ils physicians that this Is essentia
["he army chiefs are now conferrlt
in the proposed border operations
PSHAUGHNSSSIi SAFE.
Communication was establish*
rtth Mexico City yesterday afte
loon. O'Shaughncssy Is sare and tl
<itf Is quiet, but business demorall
id.
"The city Is completely In the htaj
>f Che federal government.
. A tralq^ left yesferday efterno<
tor Vera Crus with foreigners i
ioard and will be escorted by f?
?r?is. lv
SEIZURE NOT ORDERED.
Secretary Daniels said late yesU
day that no orders had been glv
to seise Tamplco and that Rear A
miral Badger'a Instructions were i
sufficiently broad to take the custo
/ A-; -' ' I
INGT(
WEA1
WASHINGTON
DYTC
' ; -ira
sports
\rfan Today
a Have Been Severy
Says J. Barrett AfLind.
>R GALVESTWi
thin 24-Hours. Bad
?
as on Railroads Go
V r
arose. Further steps In reprisal havt
I not been decided upon.
I NO BURDEN TO UNITED STATES
iaai me united BUtoa could fl
nance a war with Mexico and scarcely
(eel It. Is the -view authoritative!)
expressed In Washington.
The government's finances art con:
sldered to be In excellent condition,
sldercd to be In excellent oonditton.
It was said no plans for raising
money yet had been .considered, a<
current appropriations (or the navj
and the army. In the view of offl
clals would be snfflclent for presc
ent needs and as It would cost nc
^ more to maintain the fleet in Mexicar
waters than In the United States.
It has been estimated a beer and
stamp tax weald loarease government
revenues by. at least $100,000,
a 000 a year. Imposition of sumr tax
es would have to be made by Cons
gross.
R ARREST OP MARINES A PLOT.
That General Hnerta deliberate!)
y planned the arrest of American bluee
jacketB at Tamplco and other of6
fensea against the United States witl
a view to bringing on armed inter
ventlon and uniting all the Mexlcar
r- factions behind him was the sob
h staa??_Df letter received by a higt
g government official yesterday fron
g an authoritative source in Mexicc
I. City.
n BADGER ORDERS FLO
TIM.A TO TAMFICO.
RqarAdmiral Badger reported
yesterday that he had ordered th<
13 torpedo flotilla from Vera Crus t<
j~ Tamplco to reinforce the Des Moines
which was left there when the othei
* vessels were withdrawn to Vera Criu
if
O FEAR FOR SAFETY
OF AMERICANS.
Grave fears are felt here for tin
safety of hundreds of Americans, In
? eluding many women and childrei
9' In the oil camps at Toplla and othe
12 river points and interior camps,
rj All these Americans are Bald ti
5 be unarihed and defonseless agalns
53 at tacks, ot "either Federals or insur
gents. x
? Many ojl companies are directlnj
their empjoyes to return to Tamplco
st a.
I, HUERTA NOT TO GET GUNS,
t. Disposition of the guns and am
munition on the German vessel Ypl
id "-canga, held up at Vera Crus whe:
,d Admiral Fletcher took the port, wa
arranged between Secretary Brye
[), and 'the German ambassador.
,g The captain of the. vessel beln
unaWe to secure clearance papers a
Vera'Crus will return the cargo t
its former owners In Germany, a
though Huerta had paid In advanc
r" for the munitions.
,ie
t. REBEL. CHIEFS SILENT.
Douglas, Arts., April 23.?Const
dg tutlod^nst leaders here refuse to tal
for publication concerning develo]
menu at Vera Crus.
an ' "I do not feel at liberty to e
4 press myself until General Carrani
has issued a statement," was tl
way Francisco 8. Ellas Sonofa* bo
def spokesman for the constitutions
*** (Continued on Page Four.)
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d" It's Rnrtfll tn WMhtaHttom Furklot.
FINE LOT OF COUNTRY HAM i
1CT He. por pound. E. K. WILLIS.
HUH
)N Pi
mi: Fair lonlf ht G?aU? wladi.
N. C. THURSDAY AFTERNOON
WASH
OXFORD
I
I 1
Four of the runners ,o#-X)ifo|
; ilty of Pennsylvania In a relay race oi
A. N. .8t Jackson, G. M>Sproule, D. 1
WILL SHUT- -"
IS III1
mm
Gilbert C. .White, of Charlotte, N.
C., consulting engineer for the~fclty
; of Washington, arrived here last eve. a
i nlng via the Norfolk Southern. Mr. ?
. White U here for the purpose of _
i looking over the plans and spec! flea- I
. tlons forv the contemplated Improve- I
i ments to the water and electric |,
plants and also tbe Installing of scw1
ers.
i Mr. .White states that bids will be
> submitted to the dlflerent contractors
within the next ten days at "the
outBlde.
innDAT cunuf ^
biuitti onun
WILL APPEAR i
! HERE SAL|
to
3 The Leopards Spots, the latest play 1
4 from the pen of Thomas Dixon, au- p
" thor of the Clansman, will be pre. p
sented at~the New Theater on Satur5
day evening, April 25. This play is
now in Its thirty-third week of unqualified
success and bids fair to run
into the late spring. Mr. Dixon has
q a capable cast of actors who have
Q been together since the Loopard's
8 Spots opened their tour at the New
? Wells Theater, Norfolk, Sept. 16.1918.
g Thegfrr goers who desire to %ee
A a'good play acfed by an excellent
0 cast should not miss this opportunity.
[i The cast and production is guarahe
leed to be tlTe same that has played
. all the large cities of the South. '
PRESIDENT WIL B0N AS PAN.
Washington, D. C? April 22.? ,
* President Wilson will toss the first ,
baH to P4t<fher Hay Collins at. American
Lpague Park this afternoon, ,
K" when'the Washington team plays its
ta Bret game on the bfome grounds with
16 the Boston Americans. President
r- Minor, of the Senators, haa given
X' President Wilson Pass Book No. 1
' for this season. , '
GRANULATED SUGAR 4 1-2 PKR
pound in 25 lb tots or more: small,
^ er quantities at Ic. per pound. R.
K. WILLIS. A- 4-Il.ltfc
VILY
APRIL 23, 1914.
ACRC
RELAY TEAM INVADES
^fl y* - ^Hflfl
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i 1 fl u
KttiSSjBiiSr^i-ffWTiirf-wiOTri^
A nnlrnmHii fn.liiiH Ift
1 tour miles.4* In this photograph the
i. Gaussen and N. S. Taylor.
RESOLUTION GIVING 1 ILL \l T
TO PRESIDE
Tho following Is tho resolution at
the President tie fullest authority
tion:- v
In view o(the facts presented b y
In his address delivered in Con gi
day of April, 1914, In regard to cei
mltted against the United States
Resolved, That tho President 1b
f6rces of the United States
equivocal amends for the affronts
the United States; bo if1 further,
Resolved, That the United States
Mexican people or any purpose t6
asm
HE BAPTIST
CHIME PI
a rare u-eai awaits an tnose woo
ontemplate attending the First Dap1st
church this evening. Mrs. Goodow
will lecture under the auspices
f the Woman's Christian Tcmpernce
Union and no doubt a large
umber will be present. This aftcroon
at the home of Mrs. O. U. Car.
lalt, Mrs. Goodnow made a short,
ut Interesting talk to the union. At
he meeting this evening the gencrai
ublic has & cordial invitation to be
resent.
.BEAUFORT COUNTY ROY *
ABOARD THE FLAGSHIP *
William Chapln, son of the *
1 late Dr. A. B. Chapin and broth. *
' "er of Mr. John W. Chapin. Au
' rorn, N. C., Is on Rear Admiral *
1 Badger's flagship, the Arkansas, *
' now In Mexican waters, serving *
' his country as Beaufort county
' citizens always do.*
GOLF TOURNAMENT BEGINS.
Atlantic City," N. J., April 23.?
rhe annual spring golf tournrment
of the Atlantic City Country Club began
today, an<i eighteen holes quail,
flcatloa rounds will be played by all
entering. The first and second
rounds of match play will take place
tomorrow, and the third and final
rounds on Saturday. All rounds will
consist of eighteen holes.
Til)Area Lore Washington Park.
FOX RIVER BUTTER, PRINTS OR
tub, 86c. per pound and fresh eggs
16c dosen at E. K. WILLI8.
4-21-tfC
)SH
AMERICA
r America to compete with the I
Englishmen, from left to richt
V
HOR1TY
XT WILSON UY CONGRESS,
lopted by Congress bestowing uj
In dealing with the Mexican sit
the President ot the United Sto
ress In joint session on the 2
'tain affronts and Indignities cc
iii Mexico, be it,
justified In the employment of 1
to cnfqrce ills demands for '
and indignities committed agal
V
disclaims any hostility to , i
make war upon them.
HOVEL PIECE
nil
IS MIL
Washington's business inter
still on the up-grado and -show!
progress is being made alon
lines.
Mr. F. E. Mayo, proprietor c
Coco-Cola and soda water bo
works, East Water street, has
Installed one of the nioat coir
and up-to-date soaking machine!
seen in this section. It must b?
to be properly appreciated. Th
vice is made for the purpose of i
ing and sterilizing bottles an
capacity la 1.4 00 dozen witlil
space of ten hours and it doc
trick much belter and moro
oughly than'the old way by
Tbo machine is called the "Twer
Century Simplex Bottling Mac!
It is a great piece of mcchanisn
its Installation shows that Mr.
Is d-termined to be abreast
the times.
INDIANA NEEDS DOCTOIt
Indianapolis, Ind.. April 23.clty
health board will hold cxa
tiong today and tomorrow for
j cants for appointments as inl
at t'ie city hospital and city d
j nary for the year beginning J1
There will not be enough grad
from Indiana medical college!
year to fill the positions.
BOXING NOTES.
New York. April 13.?Jim (
the "Dublin Giant," will tackU
man Jim Flynn here tonight.
Hudson, Wis., April 23.?-At
gast Is matched to box Johnn
man here tonight. The hand
was feared would keep Ad out
game until June la entirely we
so sure is he, of Its good sti
Ad has signed for another sc
the 18th.
f ' :?
NS |
3RDER
A10T1ER SIT
TO BE' ADDED
I TO HE. 1
WII1I1 1
90 JTS j
Contract Let Yesterday For
Improvements. Will Have
Eighty Guest Rooms. Latest
Devices Will Be Installed
I Decided improvements are to be
made to the Hotel Louise and the
prospects are that within the next 90
days Washington will have one of
the most modern and up to date hotcls
in this section of North Carolina.
The contract for tlhe improvements
was let yesterday by the owner, Mr.
M. T. Archbell, to Mr. 8. F. F owler.
oi hucrj mount, n. g., wno ib to
begin work just as soon as the ma.niver
lerjai can DO placed. Mr. F. K.
' ar*' Thompson drew the plans, which are
attractive and inviting.
22T I For sometime the question of tmproving
the Loulr '-cs been serious*
I ly considered, due to the fact that
the hotel accommodations here have
been totally inadequate. It will bo
,0n gratifying to know that tangible
uaBtope
aro now under way.
Another story is to be added which
will make a four-story building.
This will increase the capacity of
tho hotel to eighty rooms. The additional
story meanfi that twentv
rooms will be added, seventeen of
nst which will be equipped with private
batihs. This will make the hotel pro^
vlded with thirty rooms which (have
private baths and fifty with hot aift
cold running water. *
? An electric elevator will be instell
cd, which means quite a convenience
to the guests. A private telephone
exchange is to be Installed from tho
office connecting with each guest
room. This exchange will also have
direct connection with both the city
and long distance telephone exchanges.
The lobby and entrance to the
Flf Lou,f,? to remodeled in such
L II a manner as to allow more space.
Sill an<* ventilation, and the entire
l*** building throughout will be renovated,
refurnished and made to offer
. conveniences and comforts equal to
est Is
those hotels in towns much larger
i that tlvan Washington.
B a'1 Washington needs more hotel accommodations
and tho proprietor and
if the mrinRpement realizing this fact are
tiling determined to place this growing
; ^list town on the map with Its sister
iplote towns so far a8 hotel accommoda'evcr
tions are concerned. The improve!
seen mpnfa |A ihn I.ntil?o will r./>Tr>T?1at
e c*0" ed by September 1, if not earlier.
Moan* Mr. T. P Bland, of Rocky Mount.
^ 113 Is the proprietor of the IjOuIss, and
u * Mr. J. A. Tucker, manager. Under
3 their suocrvlslon and guidance this
tl,or" well known hotel sustains a most
hand. envjab|e reputation throughout
itleth Nortb Carolina,
lino."
1 and PAY POM? TAX.
Majo unless the citizens of the county
*lt-1 pay their poll tax by Friday week,
being" May 1, they will bo debarred
from voting In the next election.
S* Thosp who have not paid their tax
?Th" should see to It that it is done at
mina- %
once.
appll- km
torne8 HERB TODAY.
Ispen- Mrg Warren Oodley, of Yeatesu*y
** Yille. N. C., was among the welcome N ?;J|
mated vl8jtora to Washington today.
8 ______________
KNIGHTS OF TEMPLARS
IN STATE MEETINGSan
Franctyco, CaL, April IS.?
Coffey, The annua| conclave of the Grand \
1 nre.' KntKht. of TempSaru of California
will oonvene in this city today. More
1 ??' than 60 ,Ut* eommand#r1?*' rtrt>m"
'whtch MntI,If 8'000 members, will particlJV"4
BUCID BACON ?0O. POUND
" ' alicod boat lit. pound: boloma
? o? ttoHfi lie pound. *. X. WID