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Pah-American Mediators 3ti
h"'Ft "> in Washington. Huerta
' ' Release American Prisons
MAY NOW STOP I
Provided Assurances Are Give
Uprising Against Amer
Pleased At The Outlook
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Washington, D. C.?Already tho us
Unltad States and Oeneral Huerta I
have formally accepted the good offl- ??
oee of the throe Sooth American en- <*
U rofu, and now. It la aald, as a further bo
atop. General Caranta. chief of the c0
m?ElailniiaUmi, haa been brought th
Into the dellberatlona, the object beIng
to draw erery element and fao- Rl
tion within the range of tyu settle,
meat which may be attained. ko
SCOP# OP MEDIATION. fo
The aeope of mediation plans for he
the settlement of the Mexican dials nc
haa been suddenly broadened so as va
to Include the entire Mexican af- ca
talre?-not along the critical laaoes in
between this country mid the Huerta in
regime, hot In addition the conflict be
between the elements of northern of
and southern Mexico which hae rent po
that republic for months past.
ANOTHER DECISIVE MOVE. to
The mediators have made another 11
decisive move in that they hate vw- **
quested President Wilson and General
Huerta to agree to* an armistice
by which all the aggressive military u
operations would be suspended pond- *<
lag ike outcome of the negotiations, th
The mediators are more than confl- h|
dent that their offer will be accepted, th
A separate proposal for ahnlstloe be.
* tween General Huerta and General 7t
Carransa also will be made by the th
mediators and this If accepted, all **
of the warring elements throughout ?
Mexico, aa well as the American b<
forces, would maintain, a military
atatus quo. w
AMERICA'!. POSITION. y
TkU gOT.rnmbnt no doubt In Ita p
formal reply to tho artnl.Occ propo- !l
Ml will stipulate expreasly that any '?
untoward act toward. Amarlcana will *'
ha rogarded aa aa ufractlon ol the al
I - voys have been la session all day. w
The surmise ts that some definite acttoa
aa to their conelaslons will be ,?
given publicity within the next few P
days.
PRESIDENT DELIGHTED. 11
The news of the acceptanoe of a
General Carransa to the peace plans 11
have greatly pleased both President u
Wilson and Secretary Bryan. Tbelr B
hopes of a broad and satisfactory adjustment
of the present crisis has ?
been raised to a degree of confidence *
which the president and the secretary U
v.- of state have not hitherto enjoyed.
EXODUS COMPLETE. h
The news from Tamplco Is to the
effect that the American exodus. ^
which began April 23, is now practi- f
cally complete as sixty refugees left ^
that point yesterday on the oil ^
steamer Canfield. This brings the fl
total number of Americans leaving v
there for American porta up to 3,270. c
There are a score of Americans still fc
In Tamploo. They are being shelter. ^
ed in the homes of American friends
along the Pariuco river and are not j
thought to be In any danger. t
MBWi SALUTE ,
UNITED STATES FLAG.
General Murgia with about MOO j
Constitutionalist doldiers, .marched
Into Pledras Negras yesterday and ,
took formal posssssioo of that town. t
He had 335 prisoners, five cannon,
1.S00 rifles, five machine guns and
Ififi.OOO rounds of ammunition taken
Vtom. the federals at the battle of
V AUeode. The soldiers were feasted ,
by the women of tha town. General
! Murgia gave out tha following aUtement:
All Americans and other for.
elgnera will bw given absolute promotion.
I want the Americana to
feel thst we Ire always their friends
and do not Intend to he drawn into
the plots of Hnerta. We have with
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list ice And %
xican Rebels *
. *OT.
? tea
I) Holding Secret Sessions
NO
Rehmctanly Agrees To
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ULt WARFARE r
in ]
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300 prisoners, none Qt whom hare ties
en executed and will not be. Con- was
1 Blocker has reopened the Amerl- the
n consulate. When Old Glory was the
isted to the top of the pole the 1
nstltutlonallst soldiers marched to ins
e consulate and saluted the Stars hot
d 8tripes. witl
raimsn.
The fortress at San Juan de Uloa J?ct
town for oenturles as possibly the cloi
uleet prison on the American, has w*!
on ordered by Admiral Fletcher torI
>w at Vera Crus to be completely 1
cated at once. When the AmerL 1
na occupied Vera Crus there were su?
this prison, which Is constructed cou
the form o< a little Island In the
u*>or, some 400 prteoners, most P?*
them confined for political pur- A
see. Three hundred of them hate Vlll
ready been released or transferred ^
other prisons, but there remain
10, and now these men are to be re- "lc
aead or seat elsewhere. - waj
Washington.?An armistice In the *
fflculties between Ununited States no
id flfexko has been asked of this had
>vernment and General Huerta by by
ie South American entoys, who ed
ire undertaken to avert war the
trough mediation. tali
Ambassador De Gama, of Braxll, ere
isterday notified Secretary Bryan sen
tat this bad been determined upon sub
i the next step of the negotiations, 1
id that General Huerta also had Vei
ion advised. - anc
The proposal for an armistice was adc
>mmunicsted to President Wilson co
om the 8tate Department by telebone.
Although no announcement fro
as been made, It was tentatively tab
arned that this government would int
:cept tbe conditions provided aseur- PE
aces are given that, in advance to
halt In military operations, there
oud be no uprisings against Am- wit
rican citizens or other "untoward" len
icidenta, which might prevent the
aace. '? mo
W,hen Secretary Bryan was aslrod set
ite yesterday about the request for Ca
a armistice, he said: "I assume Me
lere will be no hostilities during the hu
ledtatlon." Dr
XLKASE AMERICANS. wl)
Vera Crus.?Commander Tweedle Sei
f the British cruiser Essex, who bu
ent to Mexico City several days ago ere
j intercede for foreigners held in sui
tie capital .returned here late yester- th<
ay and reported that his mission
ad been successful. coi
President Huerta, Minister of tlo
7ar Blanquet and Foreign Minister bn
'ortilloy Rojas assured Commander
'weedlo they would release all Am- en
rican prisoners and that all Ameri. thi
ans desiring to do so might leave gti
ia Puerto Mexico, but that trains m]
in which they would go would not go
ie provided with esoorts. ar,
fEXICANS ESCAPE. ce
San Diego, Cal.?Forty-eight yo
Mexican prisoners In the army deten- co
ion camp at Fort Rosecrans escap d
last Tuesday night by digging s fe
ro-yard tunnel under tenets and w]
jarbed wire entanglements. bs
Foorteen of them have been re- M
aptured. nf
EMBASSADORS EXPRESS 8YM- (b
PATHY.
Washington.?Secretary Bryan
eras called upon hy Ambassadors and
Ministers of European as well as ^
South American oountries. Among u
the visitors was the French smbassa. h,
dor. M. Jusserand. who expressed
the warm sympathy of his country
in the cause of mediation. With the Ql
exception of tbe three Booth Ameri- f(
can countries, no power has taken
any official action, although the Eu- i
ropean diplomats are doing their at
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WEATHER: 1
WASHINGTON
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t to further the came of peace,
lr Cecil Sprlng-Rloe, the Brltle
jassedor, also wee one of Soon
Bryan's caller*, hie. purpose b<
to report the reaults of the ii
lew held Monday In the Mexlcg
Ital hy Sir Lionel Carden, tb
:i*h minister, with Gen. Huerti
Lionel strongly impressed upo
general , the opinion of h!a ow
eminent that he should prompt!
?pt the good ofBoes tendered t
three South American republic
OTHER MEDIATORS SUGGES1
ro snggeetlon has been made I
r government looking to the a
Ion of medlatora representing aa
ar governments than Braail, A
tina and Chile in the settlemei
difficulties with Oeneral Huert
Mexico, Secretary of State Brya
lared yesterday.
Is refused to aay how far th
>s toward mediation undertake
the three Booth American dlpli
a have progressed,
he army and nary yesterday 001
ted to execute succeeding chaj
i in plans to jnwt any eventual
, but interest In their movement
overshadowed by that evinced i
work of the representatives c
South American republics,
he three peacemakers are gathe
*11 possible information froi
i American and Mexican sourci
i the aim of reaching some mlddl
untf* from which they may nr<
their next more which might ii
le asking the Huerta and th
Bhington governments to set ov
ns on which they would procee
mediation.
f that line were followed It wi
tested the diplomats speedll
Id develop whether eolation _?
situation by peaceful means wei
Btbl^k
i report today that Carransa an
la, the constitutionalist leader
agreed to remain neutral In dea
b between Huerta and the An
an government "so long as thei
l an encouraging development,
lews that American Consul 8c
tz and 110 other Americans' wl
> been detained at Aguas Calient
federal soldiers had been relea
and are safe in Mexico City <
lr way to Vera Crus, is a relie
ig feature of the tense sltuatic
ated by previous reports that ct
s of the United States had be<
ijected to persecution.
Refugees continue to aurlve
ra Crus from the Heetta caplt
1 flmclal trains today picked i
litlonal foreigners between Me:
Cfety and the coast,
rhe transport Hancock was se
m Vera Crus to Puerto Mevlco
:e away refugees arriving from t'
erlor by the Teh uantepee railroa
ACE ADVOCATE SENDS
MESSAGE TO CARRANZA.
Washington.?After a conferen
;h Secretary Bryan Dr. Henry 1
Tuppor, special commissioner
\ International Peace Foru
de public the text of a telegri
it from Washington to Qenei
rranza at the headquarters of t
xlcan constitutionalists at Chlht
a. No reply has been receivt
. Tuppor said, to the telegra
Ich was signed by himself a
aator Morris Sbeppard, of Texi
t he has been informed that Q<
ils Carranxa and Villa will i
ne the attitude of "neutrals"
j present situation.
The telegram said: "Permit us
lgratulate yon on the co-opei
n of the United States in yc
live struggle against the usurj
d for constitutional liberty. T
emies of freedom are hoping t!
a unselfish purposes of tb"e Unit
ates will "be misconstrued, but (
isses of the American people (
lidly behind President Wilson a
e looking to yon, your brother o
rs and your loyal followers to pt
ur glorious cause to immediate s
ss."
John Llnd joined Dr. Tapper's c
rence with Secretary Bryan, al
tiich Dr. Tupper said he would p
hly see President Wilson later,
plained that hie standing in
gottatlons with the constitutloi
is still la' unofficial.
STOCKHOLDERS* MEETING.
The regular annual meeting of
ockholdere of the Bank of Wi
igton, W?u?hlJgton, N. C., will
sld at it* banking house. It o'cl
oon. on Thursday, June 4, If
?r the eleetlon of directors, and
ther business properly coming
?re the meeting,
ilfuy 1. 1914. .
-8MW B. ROSS.
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^ Last evening at the home of Mr
Wash Ireland, this city, at $ o'clock
l(j Mr. John D. Aldridge, of 8outl
Creek, N. C.. waa happily united la
,1- marriage to Mrs. Amanda E. Fodrej
a. of Hobucken, N. C. The eeremon;
re waa impressively performed in th<
presence of > few friends and ac
qnalntances of the oouple.lir Record
,0 er William B. Windley. After con
M gratulations and beet wishes hat
s been showered upon the bride an<
>n groom they repaired to the boarding
y- house of Mrs. M. T. Bradahaw, oi
,n East Main street, where they spen
U- the night. This afternoon Mr. am
fn Mrs. Aldridge left via the Washing
ton and Vandemere train for Soutl
at Creek, the former home of thi
al groom, where they expect to speni
up a week as the guests of. relative
U- and friends. They will return b
Washington for the purpose of mak
nt lng it their future home,
tc The bride Is one of Hobuckon'
he popular and attractive women an
4 counts her friends as legion.
The groom is well and favorabl
known all over Beaufort county. H
ce is a brother of Mr. T. D. Aldrldg*
LI- of South Creek .and ever since hi
of majority, has beenenergeu^ra^^l
m, terprlslng. No citizen of the coun
m ty, who has recently become a ben
al diet, has more wishes for happlnei
he than he.
a? The Dally News wishes Mr. an
>d, .Mrs. Abridge every Joy that wedde
m, li?e bestows.
iuoulu
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5 WIT FBI
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^ The High School baseball team <
^ Rocky Mount will cross bats wl
. the local hlgha tomorrow afternoc
Qc_ at Fleming Park on West Thi
street. The game will be called
on 3:80 o'clock promptly. The fir
game between the two teams recei
r0> ly played at Rocky Mount, was w
by Rocky Mount, the score being fo
the 10 flTa' The ,ocaIs ar? det?rmln
ial_ to turn the trick tomorrow aft<
noon and it behooves all the rots
and baseball fans to be on hand a
help the home boys in their effo:
the to down the visitors. An excitl
contest la looked for.
WASHIKOTON BOY TO FRON1
j, Fred R. Corrowoo. . eon of I
' lot* T. C. Corrowon, wotl *no'
^ her*, loft Kuton. N. C.. yootard
with eighteen othora for Phllodelpl
to lota tho Untied Btotea forooe t
doty la Koxloo. To neo hta exyr
ton: "To mala tola tho dimity
righto ?f tho Halted Btotea flag"
AILY
Cooler.
iN APRIL 30. 1914
AT'N
THEATRE3ar1tes
Comedy Company
U SAINT
DEPOT ECC
lUMIiliOO
mwrn
"Colonel Bullets" Is surely a side
splitting comedy act and the Barties
Musical Comedy Company pre'
sented it last night at the New Theater
to a good audience. As was expected
the company again delighted
as has been the opinion of the thea.
tser-voers since, they opened their
" engagement Monday night. Messrs.
j Ernest Linwood and Joe Rolley, as
j the blackface comedians, kept the
, audience In a continuous uproar all
* the time. As Impersonators of the
t sons of Ham they are pqf excelj
lence. The'entire company last night
were good and those present were
j in their praise. Not only was the
a act a good one, but each and every
g member fitted their part creditably.
a The singing was excellent, especially
0 the male quartet, which always
brings encores.
Tonight the "Hotel Saint Recka
less" will be on the boards. Miss Myr
d tie Bartles and Mr. Linwood will sins
one of the late songs entitled: "Lasi
y Night was the End of the World."
e Mr. Llnwood will, in addition do s
5 mnologue stunt, which is reputed t<
B be one of his verj| best A grea!
performance Is looked for and thos<
attending will be amply repaid.
iwmm
man
an h ii
Mr. W. 8. Frizzle, one of Or
Lodge, A. F. & A. M.'s loyal and en
thualastic members has Just receive!
a picture of the Masonic and Easteri
* Star Home, located In Greensboro
N. C. Judging from the picture 1
3' must be an ideal spot. The hom
Is (or the old worn-out MaBons. Th
,n "home was opened last March an
there are now ten inmates, all o
whom can be seen In the plctun
The building contains twenty-elgt
sleeping rooms, one of which is fui
,n nlshed by Orr Lodge. The homo I
ur worth about $50,000 and now has a
indebtedness of 910,000, which tt
v~ Masons of North Carolina are no
" endeavoring to liqudate. Of th
nd amount Orr Lodge here has pledge
itself to contribute $100 and M
08 Friaxle is now busily engaged in th
undertaking and he la meeting wl
great success. All the Inmates
J* the home are happy and content?
he The building and grounds is sure
wtt a credit to Worth Carolina Masom
ay ;
,U IK THK CITY.
lor .
**" Dim Chorle, Hmku of 8
nd my ond WolHo? Olbb?. of Both,
c? or* In th* City todoy OB bullae
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Another good audience
ent at the Lyric Theater last night
and tin usual the evening's program ed
was pleasing and satisfying. All Nor
durlpg the present week this play- vcn
house Las bevo !ibc-rallT*patronlzed.
Tonight the management offers three
reels of motion-pictures that prom- P?8*
lse to be ontertalnlng and enjoya. at '
ble. Sweet Singers" in two Drreels
will bfe the feature. This pic- ^,Vl
lure hps captivated and delighted *l'n
wherever it has been shown. The cl *
other picture advertised will be; T
"What Came to Bar Q." This Is re- at 1
puted to be a laughable and amus- b,ui
ing picture. No doubt but what a day
large number will seek the Lyric E?*!
again this evening. The management rlSlJ
is to be congratulated upon the high
class nroarams they aro Riving. I*'8
mim is s
LIST HIT TO I
PIT MS
As tomorrow Is the first day of J
May all those citizens residing In Bon
the county, who fall to pay their poll reir
tax will oe debarred from casting a g5
vote la the next election. Those win; .
J <8 8
have not gottled their poll tax should
[ fi.ni
do bo at once as the time Is now j
short. ! Qt I
the,
BRO. EDITOR r
WAS VISITOR *
HERE HI
Mri
J Thi
Mr. and Mrs. Edward L. Clark, of inv
1 Greenville, N. C., motored to this bel
> city thlB morning and are spending wai
t the day. Mr. Clark Is now editor nal
! of the Greenville Reflector. Severai did
years ago he \tas a resident of Wash- am
ir.gton, being in charge of tbe C. T. ba<
Man ford store, and was also con- wa
nected with the firm of Suskiu & tr{,
Berry (or a while. His many friends j
were glad to see him. Mr. Clark tur
thinks that in all probability the Pol. tce
lard murder case will bo submitted as
to the Jury either tonight or early jntj
tomorrow morning. This trial has an<
been iu progress for a week in Green- er
I vlllo. of
hei
I CARLOAD OF CRATES. on<
The Arm of F. E. Mayo & Co., are, q6(
receiving today a carload of Coco- py
r Cola oates. a
4 r??? ho
^ge8d irk o
! being done "
\ tin lois
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w Street Commissioner W. H. Mc,8
DeVett stated to a News representa,d
tlve this morning that the citizens
r" were responding nobly to the request h(
,8 of the city scflons and are making f?
erery effort to clean their premises. ^
Not only are the white citizens doing n
' this, but the colored residents as ^
_ well. The commissioner says he nev- b
"y" er saw the like of trash and garbage ^
being placed on the streets for the E
city drays to haul away. This Is a ^
* fact worthy of commendation. The
work should not stop until erery j
N lot la Washington la thoroughly
renovated. 4
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DENS
;w PASTOR 1
OF CUBES
BLED \
P*?t?r of the
returnthls
raortmff^i the Befbaren
folk Southern train from Belha.
and Swan Quarter, where he lnled
the Rev. E. Q. Anderson as
.or of the Presbyterian churches
Jelhaven and Swan Quarter. Rev.
Summerlll, of New Bern, was to
e assisted Mr. 8earlght in the
-Ices, but was detained on account
he death of one of his members,
'be Installation of Mr. Anderson
Jelhaven took place Tuesday eve?
and at Swan Quarter Wednesnlght.
There were good congreIcus
ut both points and Mr. Seait
enjoyed h's visit Immensely.
Restful In Washington Park*
I-YEARW -I
Mis
Mill
Irs. Eliza Cordon, who resides on
mer street, Is one of Washington's
mrkable women. Although over
years of age and very deaf, sho
till active and agile, so much so
t those much her junior wonder
her activity and bope that when
y reach lier age In life they will
as much so.
'or years Mrs. Cordon lias been
iding at her home all alone. She
forms unassisted all her house(1
duties, washes her own linen,
,ts all her fuel and attends to
chores.
L few afternoons since one of her
ghbors was sitting on his front
ch conversing with his daughter
en all at once his attention was
ectod to some one on the roof of
*. Cordon's engaged In patching it.
b house is two stories. A closer
estigation was made and lo and
lold this aged lady of 85 years
b hard at work with hammer,
IS and shingles fixing a leak. She
the work within a short while
1 was then seen to make her way
rk clown to the ground and she
s not slow in accomplishing the
:k either.
Mrs. Cordon for over a half ceny
lias been one of the city's earned
citlzeus. Her mind Is as clear
a bell, her step active, and it is
Iced a pleasure to sit at her feet
1 listen to her experiences of othyears.
Although in the evening
life and with husband and all
r children, with the exception of
9 Mr. J. D, Cordon, who resides in
argla, passed away, she is still hap,
and light-hearted. She is surely
remarkable woman. This paper
pes she will be able to pass many
>re milestones on life's Journey.
CHOOLIAS j
CHOSEN IIS \
MARSHALS
The Washington Public Schools
ive selected the following marshals
>r the commencement exercises
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of
ext week: Chief marshal, Willie
ohnston. Assistant marshals, Bl- * .j
ert Weston, Justus Randolph, Jesse
Poolard, Etta Lee Campbell. Gladys
dlaworth, Margaret Handy and Bdaa
Wills. The graduating class this
ear number* thirty-one, being the