"
ana to tppwr on th* Mexican horlm
u the notion of the Pnn-Amcri?
r???bIlH mny bring reunite. H
H tooOjft,&t.i|^nnro! Huerte hnn
HnHli iU?**HiUMe?e to (bo offer
of med lotion by Argentine, BrOlll
nod chile, to bring nboat nn nmlcnMn
nttMncnt between the United
Stntee nnd Mexico. The nbore lnformntlon
Mi communion tod to the
city last night and tie tmb?mjor
transmitted the neve to the three '
Pen-American representatives "The
teanenese at the Mexican situation I*
US (really relleeed by Hoertas .llHag
k Meanwhile, however, both the ar
"? ** ? 7 ?" coaUnetog their
eCette to care for ret?gcs and per
footing the machinery of the army
and nary for any unexpected turn
of events which might arise
DAMIhM. IM IIITIf.
"Thlagl leehe very mnrh better
today." said secretary of the Ngly
Joeephus DanMe. "We are cettlnf;
Americans eat of Mexico This it
[ , the Important (Magnew." ' fi ~
mn rAMUcsno.
The consensus of opinion In Latin
'America, mid a statement given out
by the Pan-American Union, seems
to be that the action of Argentine.
Brasll aad Chile In la many raepects
the most sfenlAcant end far-reach,
lag event In the history of the American
Republic# since the declaration
of the Monroe doctrine. SJ .
^COWORKHB TONES DOWN.
War talk In Ooogrees has been
supplanted by a'nplrtt of conciliation
peudtag the mediation negotiations.
I mm ere ?uu surface >m>. rnost1y
along political lines, but the ony
dereurrent of gossip, which has
' grown Into c formidable sentiment
I tow extreme measures has now elmoat
practically disappeared.
It su Quite generally tall, how.
erer, Urat too wide a guilt now ties
between the standpoint of the OnlI
' ^'?ad 8tatea and that of Qenoral Huerta
to be bridged by the Pan-American
mediation. It waa said by one
of these diplomats, "as If Hearts is
to be Invited to atop oat and commit
political suicide?and to expect
him to cocept the lnrltaUon."
Thoee who "ere participating In the
. conference of three me^tlatprs efc
plained the exact status of the uego.
ttattoos op to this lime aa follows:
The Spanish snfbaaaador's adTlcea
from Mexico CKy are such as
ts warrant him In stating that Oen^
ctal Hearts "bad acceptsd tha proW
poaala of good offices. The embassa^
dor la now awaiting the formal and
W offloUl acceptance, sad nntll this Is
rcentred the three medletora will not
begin their formal sesalonr
e ; Pkliglms. Chap hare been In.
feb formed by Honor. Malno, of Oaaeral
MA Huerta-s purpose and are holding
tbetr line of procedure when the Teems!
acceptances ere In hand.
It la stated those who are nader.
P taking exercises of good offices do
part as to condlUoas one way or the
i for scroomont. I
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luation Hap Been Distinctly
at Brhtain and France Ad-1
it Step-Toward Peace.
VY NOW HALT
tailors and Marines Have
d Than Were During The
General fFunston Now In
can aide that Hnerta be eliminated,
or a claim on the other side that he
be recognised, aa well as the Tarnplco
flag incident and the Vera
Cms situation?remains to be devolWaahington.?European
diplomats
In Washington It ira* learned
rvnwiuv pwwiuwm; over iuo
successful outcome of mediation pro- ,
pocals by South' American govern- ,
meats to prevent war with Mexico.
While the action of Great Britain.
Germany and France In urging Hu- '
Mia to aocept fie good offices proffer,
ed by BraaH. Chile and Argentina
baa had an encouraging effect upon
officials here, there are few who believe
that success can eventuate from
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At I o'clock yesterday Ambassador
do Gama and Ministers Suarez
and Noan ended a protracted confcrcnco
as to future procedure In the
mediation proposals. j
Though no announcement was
naderlt waff reported that no del- '
nlte plan for thie next move had beon
determined. :1
MEDIATORS CONFER
The Spanish ambassador, Mr. Rlano,
was In early conference with the ,
Argentine minister, Mr. Naon, con. ,
oernlng the next move to be made by ]
the mediators, and Ambassador Da
Gama, of Brasll, with Oil lean Minister
Suares and Mr. Naon held a j
lengthy conference. N
ALL INTERESTS APPEAL
TO UNITED STATES.
j Washington.?Tba Navy Department
yesterday received a request
from oil interests In New York with
property in the Tamptco oil district
that an American force be sent to
rescue one hundred employes now on
oil lands about seventy-five miles
southwest of Tampico.
MOItB THAN SPANISH WAR.
Washington.-;?A larger number of
Amerioan eallors and marines have
been officially reported by Regr Admiral
Fletcher as killed and wounded
In the first three days of Amefi-.
can Investment of. Vera Cruz than'
were killed and wounded In the navy
and marine corps during the entire
BpanlalLAmertcan war. - ;'J
NORTH CAROLINA READY.
Raleigh?Adjutant General Young
said that all companies of three
iNtkHfli Carolina Guard regiments
'heard from had reported a minimum
strength of 58 men for aervicfe at
once. The North Carolina Gilardt
It Is said, Is ready to enter the service
as a unit.* - . ,
H1TERTA MUST (JO.
Washington.?8inee the announcement
of the acceptance of the mediation
propoeals by this government
there have been misunderstandings
as what the original agreement a? to |
good offices involved. I
The fact la tWht no formal conditions
have been made, but In informal
conference* at the White House
boforo tha acceptance of the offer
of mediation, participated In by members
of the Senate and House end
othrfr government officials. It Is clearIjr
uuderrtood that wh? > .Og.
might be reached upon whldb the
mediator would be ??ked to .tlpuUto
terras of negotiation this government
no formal stipulations of this kind
WEATHER: F?
WASHINGTON i
WAR
in
Jrown Building Caught Again
-Thla Time It Was Gutted
Losa to Building and Stock
Will Aggregate #1K>.
It look* as u ttbo Brown store
building on West Main street end
Decupled b7 D. r, Sawyer, groceryman.
la determined to go up In Samoa
anyhow. Yesterday afternoon between
S and"*?*'o'clock tbe building
was first discovered to toe.on fire for
the third time. The blase was first
een In tbe roof. The alarm was
quickly given and She department
responded promptly, especially the
volunteer hose auto track.
building was gutted as the departmeat
was determined this time to ar
ttugutsh for all ^very vestige of the
blare. The building has been aflre
three times -within twenty-four hours.
The damage to'the bonding will
aggregate several hundred dollars
and Mr. Sawyer who occupied it.
places his damage of yesterda/ af-1
ternoon to about $60. He carried
no Insurance.
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CHAIR 61
Beaufort county aow ha# jweatyolne
composing Its cbaia-gang. engaged
In working the public roads.
Of this number one Is white. Twe
were added to the list yeetorday. '
The gang Is now working tfbe pnb.
lie roads near Plnetown, N. C.. and;
the camp la located within the corporate
limits of that town.
Mir
-% nnmniunn
burnt
NOW SHORTLY
It Is expected that within the next
few days all the material for the addition
to the Beaufort County Tobacco
Warehouse will be on the ground.
The addition proposed will be 80 by
150 feet, which will make the warehouse
300 by 80. ' ( '
In addition to Increasing the capacity
of this warehouse the stockholder*
proposed to -erect at least
150 stables for the use of the farmers.
Every tndloatlon points to a
great tobacco market for Washington
the coming season.
Rare Treat
In Store For
The Citizens
Hhe baccalauiyte _pennon before
the graduating clap* of tho Waahlngton
Public Schools wtU be delivered
Id tho achnol eudltortum next Sun
day evening at 8 o'clock. The
preacher will be Bev. J. C. Caldwell,
president of the Atlantic Chrtatlan
College, Wlleon, N. C. For thla eervlea
all the reapactlva chorcbee ol
tho city will cloaa their doora on
Sunday ovanlng and their oongrega
Hone attend The mualo WD! be for
nlahod by the mepoctlye cholra oompocod
of about slaty votcae There
w 111 be a rehearaal of the choir tomorrow
night at the echool audlto
rinm and all the members are nrged
Tho commencement aaerclae. el
the aohoola will take place Waduee
day. Thursday and Friday. May 4. 1
It ?&<** tonight. W<>.Iiim4m pi
CLOU
wins
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COURT 111 4
Win Be rtr Pmlod of.Two
Weeks, First Week Belnfi
For Criminal Cases. Four
Murder Trials on Docket
TTie ant torm of Beaufort Coon,
ly Superior Court W1U coureno In
I the Court Houoe tlMa city, beginning
nut Monday, and will Da tor a term
of two weeks. Tha drat week will
be for tha trial at criminal cam
and the aecood week for clrlL Judge
Garland 8. Fartuaon, of WaynaaTitle,
N. 0., will prealde and Bolleltor Ehrlnghans,
of Bllmbatk City, will
proaeeuto the State docket. There
are tour murder caeca on tha docket,
betas State to. Joehue W. Mllle;
SUte tu. R. H. Mllea; State va Bill
Branch, and State re. one Alexander
the leak two defendant! ore colored.
The oonrt promisee to be one of the
tersest held In Beaufort oOunty In
I renrm.
Lightning
Next ToRJR.'s
For Fires
Exhaustive Inquiry has establish,
ed the fact that lightning ranks next
to railroads as a source of forest
Ares. Forest officers say that the
tamreasln* care with Are on the part
of the railroads and the public generally
tends to make lightning the
largest single contributing wwffle. C
This statement represents"* change
of view from that held lees than a
decade ago In this country, when
forest journals gravely argued
Whether lightning caused forest fires,
though it was known that trees were
the objects most often struck. Trees
are said to be ofteneet struck simply
because they are so numerous, and
extending upward they shorten the
distance between the ground and
the clouds; further, their branches In
the air and roots well Into the earth
invite electrical discharges.
While certain treee are said to
Invite lightning, and others to be immune
from stroke. It seems to he a
(act that any klpd of tree will be
struck, and the most numerous tree
pedes in any locality I* thr one
most likely to suffer. '
Other things being equal, lightning
seeks the tnllest tree, or an isolated
tree, or one. on high ground. A deeprooted
tree Is a better conductor
than a shallow-rooted one, and a tree
fall of sap, or wet wttfc rain. Is of
coarse a better conductor than a
dry one.
Lightning seta fires by Igniting the
tree Itself, particularly when it Is
dead, or pertly decayed and ]$unky.
or by igniting the dry humus or duff
at its base. The forest soil, when
dried out, ignites readily, because
it is made o^partly decayed twigs
and leaves, and/it can hold a moul,
dering fire for a considerable period.
U la probable that most ef the lightning-set
fires start in the duff.
In the mountains of Southern California,
Arlsona. and New Mexico,
there are likely to be each year S
number of electrical disturbances
known as "dry tfounder storms."
They come at the end of the long
dry season, and being unaccompanied
by r*in are very likely to start many
serious dree. For this reason the
forest setwise has to keep up its
flMjSlSfilu!' fire fighting strength ia
these regions until the rains are tally
established. In (he plans and or.
ganisatlon for fire fighting the service
le particularly to catch these
unpreventable lightning-set Ires at
fee time they Mart.
WENT TO GREENVILLE.
Drs. D. T. Tayloe, JoShua Tayloe
and B. M. Brown went to Oreenville
tlila morning Tin .utomoMle, ?? "'
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Those Attending The University
Summer School
Can Secure Degrees - of
Bachelor of Arts.
(Br 8. R. Winters.)
Chspel HU1, April 1* In Its rearty
Announcement to tho teachers of
the State the University Summer
School carries the information that
hereafter students in the school successful
in required courses of study
can, secure decrees of Bachelor o!
Arts and Master of Arts. Twentytwo
of the courses offered by the
school will count as credits to stu.
dents seeking academic degrees. Undergraduates
con secure college credits
<*f from S to 4 hours during the
session, and graduates of standard
colleges can secure the Master of
Arts degree for four summers' study.
Other than {he usual subjects taught
thesa topics will receive due emphasis
during the oomlng Summer
Sdbool, agriculture, nature study, bo
tany and agricultural chemistry.
.These regular class-room subjects
will -be supplemented by the conduct,
lag of two conferences for the benefit
of the rural life workers, a solid,
week being devoted to particular rural
life study. Indications are that
the Bummer School session beginning
Jane 16 and ending July 29 will be
a significant one. It promises to go
; forward another notch in both
growth of numbers enrolled and
Achievements accomplished. Director
N. W. Walker notes that for a period
of seven yearn the growth of
the enrollment of 500 in 1912.
Representing the Nerth Carolina
Aatl-Saloon Loague, Rev. O. L.
8tringfleld, assistant superintendent
of the temperance organization, occupied
the pulpits of the village
churches Bundsy, speaking in the
Baptist church 8unday morning and
in the Methodist church at the eve.
nlng service. A placard hgaring
these dazzling sentences announced
the coming of the temperance ministers:
"Search and Seisure Law
Makes Bllhd Tigers Go! The Webb
Law Makes Jugs Go! Public Sentiment
8aye Drinking Must Go! National
Prohibition is Coming."
Dr. John H. Latone, professor of
history of Johns Hopkins University,
In an address this week to University
students, advocated the retention of
I the Monroe Doctrine, advancing the
| opinion that there wm no reason for
l the repudiation of the doctrine. The
I Baltimore College professor outlined
! three safeguards upon which the
Monroe Doctrine justified its continued
existence, protectorship over
I L&tln America, opposition to European
possession, and the demand
that governments within this area
must be republican principle.
CftBAREIflT ~
ELKS' IRE
ONJflY 1S1
The cabaret billed for the Elka
Home on the evening of May 21 fo
the benefit of the Public Library btdi
fair to not only be a unique affair,bu
one of interest as well. There wil
be fifty tables presided over b;
Washington's beautiful young ladiei
end delicious refreshments will t?
eerved. J
The young men should get bus
at once and engage their teats aa tb
outlook la that they win be at
premium. One of the features o
the occasion will be a continuous pe
formance. A gala time is expecte
and Should be generously patronise
as It is for a worthy oauae.
NSAAS COMPLETION.
The *^0in# of *r*
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ONE OF BEST ~
COMEDY CO S
ICW1ATHE
Bartle* Musical Company In
First Performance Gave a
Creditable Act Audience
Present Were Delighted.
That the citizens of Washington
always appreciate a good, clean and
np-to-date show waa fully demonstrated
by the hearty applause given
the Initial performance of the Bartleg
Musical Comedy Company at the
New Theater last night. This clever
company of artists presented an act
from start to finish that was laughable,
hlgb class and one In which
to please and satisfy the most fastidious
critics. The comedians are
"there with the goods," keeping the
audience convulsed with laughter all
the while, while the lady memberr.
must be complimented on their singing
and appearance. Especially pleas,
ing was the singing of the Empire
Quartet. Their stunt was such as
that they received several encores.
Another feature was the harmony
singing of the entire company- It
is indeed a laugh every minute from
the rising of the curtain to the fall.
The management has engaged the
Bartles Musical Company for the entire
week and it ia announced that
there will be an entire Change of
program each evening. The show is
composed of ten people, all of whom
are certainly artists In their role. A
large audience greeted them last
night and no doubt it will be repeated
tonight As usual first class movies
will precede the vaudeville.
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As the Dally News goes to press
the High School teams of Washington
and New Bern are trying conclusions
on the ball diamond at Fleming
Park, West Third street. Quito a
large number are witnessing the con.
teet. We go to press too early to
gtvo l^e result of the game. Both
teams aro strong this season and no
doubt an exciting contest is being
waged.
VISITORS TO THE CITY.
Among the visitors to the city today
are Dr. L. H. Schubert, Aurora;
J. H. Davenport, Acre; D. U. Ma f
tin, Royal, N. C. They returned to
their respective homes on the afternoon
train.
THREEfk'-EAR-OLD STARTS OFF
TO WAR.
Salisbury, April 28.?Declaring
that he was going to the Mexican war
Wayne Duttera, a 8-year-old son of
Rev. and Mrs. W. B. Duttera, of
( Salisbury slipped off ^rom his home
and was found by an officer as he
was in the act of boarding a southbound
passenger train at the depot
yesterday. He asserted <hls deter,
mlnatlon to help fight for Uncle Sam.
' although he did not complain when
r taken in charge by Policeman Thomp6
son as a prisoner of war. # He wa?
1 returned to his parents.
1
y HAVE MOVED,
s Mr. R. J. Dillon and family hav<
i moved from Market street betweei
Main and Second streets to one o
j the Orleans residences on Qladdei
0 street
a
1 And the Lis Nine Hundred.
r The principal difference between a
i cat.and a lio is that a cat has only
^ nine lives.?Mark Twain.
FIRST OF AEARON.
Robert Mitchell, colored, seems 1
be the champion tomato raiser of thl
^ section. This morning he was el
" hlblting' a bush upon which wei
fourteen full grown "Little Gianl
tomatoes,
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Triad Before Recorder Yesterday
. Afternoon Far Accosting
Nurse at Hospital.
H. Aldrldge Sent to Roads.
Thomas Bell, colored, who acooet.
ed Miss Barnhlll, one of the nurses
at the Fowle Memorial Hospital,
Sunday morning between 1 and 2
o'clock, a full account of which appeared
in the Dally News yesterday
afternoon, and who was shot at by
the nurse fire times, was given a
hearing before Recorder W. B. Windley,
at the City Hall yesterday afternoon
at 3 o'clock. Bell was found
guilty and the judgment of the court
wsb that he serve a term of twelve
monthb on the public roads of the
county. ? ,'J!
Moses Staton was before the recorder
upon the charge of an assault,
being bound over from the
Mayor's Court yesterday morning.
| He was attached with the cost.
Herbert Aldridge, colored, who
halls from Dragaw, was indicted for
the larceny of two suits of clothes
and a pair of shoes from the commissary
at that place. He was ad.
judged guilty and sentenced to the
roads for a term of elfM months.
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The Lyric Theater had a record,
breaking crowd last night with standing
room at a premium and the management
is to be congratulated on
the high class pictures spread upon
the curtain. There were three reels
of movies that interested and entertained
all during the evening.
There will be entlro change of the
pictures for tonight. This popular
play-house under the new management
is sustaining its well earned
former reputation for first-class per.
formances.
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III HERE
The full program for the Memorial
day exercises will be announced
through this paper within the next
few days. The main exercises of the
day are to take place In the New . i
Theater at 10 o'clock, Saturday, May
9, and, the address will be delivered
by Mr. R. V. Taylor, of Mobile.
Ala. After the exercises in the theater
have been concluded the parade
will form and march to Oakdale
, cemetery, where the graves of the
veterans will bo decorated and the
, stones recently purchased by the
Daughters of the Confederacy suitably
dedicated. The parade will then
re-form and march back to the arj
mory on Market street, where dlni
nor will be served.
[ The stones to the number of US
i have arrived and will be placed at
the graves of all Confederate soldiers
in Beaufort county. great
day Is anticipated.
MAKIMG PREPARATIONS.
All the delegates to the 8tate
Federation of State Women's Club
which te to meet tn Fayettevtlis on
? May 4 are now making preparations
18 to attend. It is expected that sew.
f eral will attend from here. The
" O'Henry Book Clsb here recently
L" Joined the federation. Quite an Interesting
meeting Is looked for.
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