^T^Stop
Agwr
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Brigadier General Funs ton
Front Administration I
10,000 MEXICA
It la Rumqred That Prtsu
eign Provided He Can
Washington, Dy C.?Dlapatcht
tram Brlgndier-aeneral Funston o
the altuatlon nt Von Crux won tb
abject ot > long conference at tb
War Department last night betwoe
* Secretary Qarrtxon and Major Oet
oral Wlth'erepoon, chief of ataS c
the army.
' > It waa eald Qeat^al Funaton ha
naked tor lnatrnctlona in rlew c
the hostile atutnde of the Mealca
army near the city.
TUN THOUSAND
MEXICANS NRAR.
Marller In the day the general ha
reported that the'^marlcan ontooal
at Vera Cruz were beingwatched b
Mexicans and there were more tha
f% ten thonsand Mexican troops en cam i
ed In the vicinity.
MKOTABON PROGRESSES.
The mediation plans of the Boat
American envoys who are trying t
straighten out the troubled aflali
of Mexico went steadily forward yei
terday. and while there were no foi
mal sessions the mediators confei
red daring the afternoon and fb
next step In their proceeding.
The United 8taiee. the Huerta go'
ernment and General Carranza ai
I? expected to name their delegates, i
reqnested by the mediators laj
night, within the next day or tw<
The delegate tor the United Stat*
has not yet been selected, hut H tx
came known today that it would n<
he an* PC the officials eieeeLy id eat
' > ' fled with the government. As tt
three South American envoys are a
credited to the United States th
government does not wlUh to nan
a government offldal to deal wit
them, but to have an outsider wk
would deal with them without re
erenoe to their' official relations 1
the Ualtftd States. This has elimli
* ated Robert L- Lansing, counselh
of the State Department, and in gei
oral all other government official
to wmbh of John buku Moor.
John Llnd.aad Henry White, alreat
mentioned, ere now added thoee i
Richard OIney, former' eecretmry <
eUU;~Dr. David Jnyne Hill, formi
nmbuendor to Oermnsy, end Hanoi
Taylor, former mlnleter to Spain. Tl
Huerts delegate la expected to I
MeKaomtu mscc a
OV VETKRAX
9 Jackaon villa, Pla., Hay 4 All tl
railway traiaa and eoaat eteamere a
.riving here daring the peat tweat
four honre hare brought delegation
et rliMora to the annual national r
anion of the United Confederate V<
erang, which la to he formally ope
od In thla city Wlednaaday. It la oo
Sdently expected that by tomorre
at noon twentyjive thousand rli
tore wll the hen to attenrthe gat
erlng. They oome from erery eOctli
of the South and Include, In addlU<
to the eoldjera who won the gra
hundreds of the danghtera and ?o
of yeterana.
, Large reoepUon commltteee tl
stationed at the depots end etaai
boat pier, to welcome the arrive
and eeooct them to their qnartei
To aoeommodate thla multitude g
to the utmogt.' while avety avallat
capacity of tbs hotela la being tent
rooming houee hee bona celled In
renalettlonn. Many of Abo vlelto
k ' are fludlug quarters in thVpamp ai
" hundred, of other, are being ent<
< tallied in prlvata homea
V# For moro than atz montha the I
em commltteee hern diligently be
preparing for the reunion. Pub
building., bnalneae houu. and re
A denote throughout tho city have bit
eomed out In gala attire In hon
of the occaelon. Though the regal
prooondlnga of the reunion will c
begin until Wednesday there will
Ig bl eating tnpe and other taatni
to tahe up the time art the rtelu
WHOM BKLHAVKN.
Mr. T. R. Wallace, of Balhar.
N. C? arrived In the rlty thl. mo.
tng via tho Norfolk Southern trail
[ASHI
ft. m ,
a.
i i . i."
'dines
Operations
ist The Enemy
; .
Has Asked For Instructions
Official*.
m ARE NEAR
lent, Huerta Is Ready To ReLeave
Mexico Safely.
is Francisco de la Barra, new Mexican!
n minister at Parle, bat nothing define
lte has been heard from Mexico City.
? CARRANZA WONT YIHLD.
n Rafael Babaran, personal repret.
sentatlve of General Carransa, arrlvlf
ed here yesterday and la arallable
as the Carranza delegate, although
4 his particular mission In coming from
,f Carranza Is still to be announced,
n and it Is not yet definite that Carre
nsa will go to the extent of naming
a delegate to deal with the media-'
tOT?
a When the delegates of the three
B parties arrive it is expected the mej
dltaors will be ready to take up the
n crucial Issuer between the United
,. States and Huerta at least, and If
possible between Huerta and Carransa.
Whether a plan of adjustment
h can be worked out Is still an open
o question, even In the minds of the
-a mediators. They expect the delegates
from the three parties to asfm
slst them to get together on some
middle ground. The mediators will
continue to be the main body formulating
a plan of settlement, as the
r- delegates from the three parties will
e arrive will have no plenipotentiary
is powers and will act merely as advls.
* er* v ,
s. It became definitely established
m yesterday that Oeneral Carransa
would not agree to the request of
>t ths mediators that he suspend mljiL
MIT OBMMtOM mil Hnnrt. yindie
lug the mediation proceedings, and
c- ths envoys have been advised of this
Is decision. It has been^hpparent for
ie several days that Carransa intended
h to push his army southward, but it
10 was not until the last twenty-Tour
f. hours this was communicated as a
lo finality. It Is said tills will have no
i. effect on checking the general plans
>r of mediation, which will go steadily
a- forward.
s. Close associates of Carransa whs
e. have now arrived here, shy that nc
ly mediation between them and Huerta
of Is possible and that any more on the
of part of the three mediators to inor
elude in their progress a scheme foi
is the general adjustment of Mexican
le affairs will be regarded as being out
>e si'de the sebpe of their labors.
"SUES OF
i lEsior
i; Eifii
h
J* J- A. Sullivan, of Wilming
_ ton. N. <3.. who la assisting Rev. J
j,
Q8 M. McKenzle in a series of meeting!
at Chocowlnity, was in the city thh
re morning shaking hands with his nn
a- merous friends.
U the meetings' began last Wednes
t. day' and will continue until Wed
tie nesday of this week and possibl:
le longer. There were four good serv
Bd ieos held yesterday an ad at the af
to ternooh service the orchestra of thi
rs First Baptist church here attendei
ad and rendered delightful music. Al
jr- the services 'were well attended.
10- MEETING rum FOR CONUKKRK
?d Wichita. Kane.. Mar ? ?a .Uta
lie wide gathering ta being held here to
it- dar In the Interest of She Internetloc
>0- nt dry-forming Congress and the In
or tornntlonnl ooll-products exposition
ar which will he held In this elty li
lot October. This meeting la nttendh
he by Dr. Henry J. Waters, preslden
as of the Kansas Agricultural Collet
iff and the dry-farming congress; by th
International hoard of governors c
the leongrnsn; by Oov. Oeorge ti
Hodges amO^by many other we
>n, known members of the board Intel
'0- eatad In making a auocees of the dl
f event in October.
NGT(
WEATHER:
___________
WASHXNGTO
SIX ESSES
DISPOSED OF
fUffl
City Treasury Wu Enrlchet
To The Amount of Thirty
Dollars. Two Indicted Foi
Retailing. Three Drunks.
Major Kugior at the city hall thl
morning disposed of several casei
Those tried wer<^
Nettle Grllfin, drunk and disorder
ly; fined $10 and cost.
Charles Fuhsber, drank; fined $1
and cost.
Will Diggina, disorderly conduct
I fined $5 and cost.
Henry Carter, retailing; not gull
ty.
A. C. Anderson, drunk; fined $1<
and cost.
fflftYlinTOF
SIP. COURT
DIET T0DA1
Tha Xtav lawn nt PasnferlL-OaisB
ty Superior Court for a term of tw<
weeks convened In the county cour
house this mornings at ten o'elocl
with Judge Garland 8. Ferguson, o
WaynesTllle, presiding and 8ollcito
Ehrlnghaus, of Elizabeth City, prose
cuting the state docket. There ar
thirty-nine criminal cases on th<
docket for trial, four of which ar
for murder. The first week will b
devoted entirely to the tVial of crim
lnal causes and the second week t
civil.
Judge Ferguson made an ezoeUea
the" grand Jury this raort
ing and was listened to by a larg
, number. His honor is one of th
most popular Judges on the bench an<
his coming to Washington iaodway
hailed with pleasure by both tb<
membors of the bar and the litigants
GUEST OF MRS. OORHAM.
1 Mrs. Henry Baker, of Oreenvilh
is thc"gue8t of Mrs. John Goi
hapf-at her home on West Mai
* Ttyeet.
1 New Carpet
Is Placed
In Churc)
r *
The Payno Memorial Prosbyteria
church la Nlcholsonvllle has bee
greatly Improved of late, especial!
the lnteriof. The pews have .bee
treated to a new ooat of paint au
t'l^e ladles have just put down
very handsome carpet.
I This chutch la going forward a
1 the time, and is accomplishing muc
| good In that section of the city.
ATTENDING FEDERATION.
Miss May Belle Small has gone I
Fayettevllle for the purpose of a
g tending the State Federation <
Womans' Clubs In that town th
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pITpeble
; * BP SUNDAY
E III PLY10UII
?? / *
News reached this dty yesterdi
of the death of Mr. H. Peel at *
' home In Plymouth. N. C., after a
n illness of a week or more from pnei
J monia. Mr. Peel was about 61 yea!
1 df age and was the father of Mr
John W. Oden, of this city.
? The deoeased at the time of b
,f death was engaged in the manufa
I tare of buggies and was one of PI
II mouth's prominent and popular ell
' sens. He was a consistent msmb
ol the Christian rfhurdb. The fune
al took place In Plymouth today.
)N Di
Cloud7 tonight ud ^"0" TiMdar
n n. c monqAy afternoo?
I Mr. Carl Gcwfrgh. Formerly C
r With This FlperWar CorPapers.
In *ro ShlnnUhea.
Mr. Carl Qoei^h. who Jtor several
L months was irfjljtllor of the Daily 0
News, la now atfb| as war corree
pondent on the iMexlcan border for
several Texas.*pBprs. After leaving (
S this paper, Oossft went to Harllng- h
ton. Toxas, he has since re- g
; sided. Blnoe tip has been on the u
border he *M Ml In several sklrm- I}
- iBhee and to ftj. pleasure of his
friends here, hejocaped unhurt bojh *
) times. He ?tp#ta to get ln Huer. D
.la's country lnipnother week or so. h
The foUowing# vrtire Waa received a
from him todaw which will be read p
with Interest byJUs friends ln Wash- t<
"Am on Meffoan border as war y
correspondent MrTexas papers. Have g
been in two tlfciiljrtiee. bat got off tl
safe both time). Expect to get in t!
the heart of M#c!co In another week r
' lift TO ;
i THE PROGRAM !
; J LYRIC;
e . . 13
e In addltloh-tp the regular proe
gram, three < rt?U of excellent pic - q
. tares, therLofla theatre has secured 1 \
~0 Mix Helen FT?dwlnn. the Veet Pock- t
et prima donna. This Udjr oomes ,
t hl(hir recoWMgded and It wU^be ,
e The picture program for tonight con- 8
e slsts of " Thief's Heart," a two reel f
d Pathe Freres feature production and r
% a "Masked Mixnp," a Lubln comedy.
0 The prices are the*aame, 6 and 10c. t
i. . c
MR. 8. O. PEGRAM. t
Mr. Samuel C. Pegram, of the firm B
i, of Pegram and Watson, hardware, c
r- is confined to his home In Washing- {
n ton Park/ suffering from-an attack v
of tonallltls. His condition Is re- j
ported to be some better today, ^
which will be gratifying to his
friends.
BOARD OP EDUCATION. J
The County Board of Education is
In monthly session at the court house
1 today.
m iigl
mis #i
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o *
t- Mr. W. D. Swindell, the "old reliable
hotellet" lias again engaged In the
I* hotel business at 8wan Quarter, N.
C. While his building Is not quite
complete It la ready for guests. Mr.
Swindell for years has been a prominent
figure in Hyde couhty and his
reputation a# a hotelist is far-reaching.
His table always abounds with the
clfoloest of good things and no guest
erer leaves his roof without -expressing
high appreciation for the servIice
rendered. The town of Swan
Quarter la to be congratulated upon
the fact that Mr. Swindell has again
embarked In a business for which
he is so well staled.
y COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
P* The Board of County CommissionP
era met la regular, monthly session
Q' at tha court bonse tbia.momiag tor
fB the transaction of business.
ARB INDISPOSED.
' The friend, of Mrn J, T. Kllllniec"
worth and elao bar dattlhter. Mlaa
w- Minnie, wlU recret to leern ot their
Indiapoeitton et their homo. They
1 ore wished * ipeedr reeomrr.
r- . ^Subscribe
ta the Daily Newa
lip^PPIel
VILY
probata* *ko?*n.
I MAY 4, 1914
nr
PASSED SWAT
SH AFT.
>ne of W??h 1 rigton* Honor* d
CltlzeDa. Was Great Sufferer
Funeral Took Place This
Afternoon at 4 O'clock.
Another odi of Washing ton's honred
citizens In the person of Mrs.
Dhn If. Gasklll. passed away yesurday
afternoon at 5 o'clock at her
ome on Bonner street after a Hairing
Illness. For the past fourten
months she has been practlcalr
an Invalid, and for the past ten
eeks has been confined to her bed.
nrlng all her suffering shf was not
eard to murmur nor complain?reIgnatlon
and submission to the 8ureme
Arbiter -was constantly wrlim
lndelllbly on her faoe.
Before iher marriage thirty-three
ears ago she was known as Miss Auusta
Burbank Latham, daughter of
tie late . C. and Elisabeth J. Latiam.
When the end came she had
Bached her sixty-second milestone
nd passed away with the consciousess
of duty ^rell performed. She
laves a devoted husband and two
ffectionate children, Alex G. Oasklll
nd Miss Annie Gasklll and one
rother, Mr. A. C. Latham, of Bel
aven, <N. C., to mourn their loss.
Mrs. Oasklll wis a consistent and
jyal member of the Presbyterian
hurch and for years one of Its leadrs.
She -was also trne. tried Conederate
and when health permitted,
raa one of those women always in
he forefront to make the last days
f those who woje the gray their
>est and brightest.
In 1852 the deceased first saw
tod's handiwork. While born in
Washington she was reared in the
own of New Barn. From girlhood
he counted her friends as legion?
he was loyal to- every trust comnltted
unto her and what she did
he did well. Her going has cast a|
tall of sadness "over the entire com-j
nunity. Peace to her ashes.
The funeral was conducted from
be-residence this afternoon at 4:30
ttlock by Rev. H. B. Searight, pas.
or of the First Presbyterian church |
ind tho Interment was in Oakdalcj
cmetery."' The following were the]
tall-bearers: George E. Buck man,
V. B. Morton, Stephen Fowler, Moses
r. Fowler, Z. M. Potts and Br. D. T.
rayloe.
Pictures For
First Half
New Theatre
For the first half of-this week the
Mew Theater will run only motion
rtlrtiires. This house had a musical
:omedy company booked for. this
creek as usual, but on Saturday they
received a wire that half of the girls
srlth the troupe had stopped, so that
they could not play this "house this
creek. As It was too late in the week
to book anything for the first half
of the week there will only be motion
pictures for Monday and Tuesday
nights. Prices 10 and 6 cents.
For tonight they will have a three
reel feature picture. An Acrobatic
aim. One that is sure to please. On
Wednesday night there will be a
play entitled "An American Citisen,"
presented by the "Paint and Powder
Club." of New Bern, N. *C. Prices,
B5, SO and 76c. These tickets are
now on sale at Wjorthy & Btherldge's
drug store. From what we can learn
this will be one of the best plays
aver presented by a home talOnt
company.' For the last half of this
week ti o New Theater will have
vaudeville for the amusement of
theft patrons.
CITY ALDERMEN.
The Board of City Aldermen will
meet at the City Hall this eonlng.
All the members are requested to
be present.
VISITORS TODAY.
Charles P. Aycock, Pantego; W.
H. Whitley. Bonnerton. W. M. Butt,
Bonnerton; W. 8. D. Eborn, Banyan;
T. H. Hodges. Old Ford; H. Churchhill
Brag*"' Chocowinlty, are visitors
to Washington tbday.
if. BMfal t? Wuhtatto. M.
V; M,
NEW
Annual Sermc
Graduating
City I
TRIAL OF TREASURER SMITH.
Newark, N. Jr., May 4.?The trial
of Raymond E- Smith, secretary and
treaavrer of the wrecked Roaerllle
Trust Company, waa opened here today.
Smith pleaded to twenty-five Indictments
Involving about $70,000
of the defunct bank's funds. Twenty V
of the Indictments are for misdemeanor
and five for embezzlement.
MEETING POSTPONED.
The meeting of the church aid society
of the First Presbyterian church
which was called to meet at the home n
of Mrs. 8. R. Fowle this afternoon el
at 4 o'clock has been postponed un- ^
til tomorrow afternoon at the B&me c
hour. This was done on account of
the funeral of the late Mrs. J. M. 81
Gasklll. *
mm I
SWAN QUARTER :
IRIS WEEK
?
-v I
The.Washington district confer- v
once of the M. E. church, South, will a
convene in the town of Swan Quar- v
ter next Thursday afternoon and will A
be preened over by Rev. J. T. Gibbs. S
D. D., the presiding elder of the dis- n
trict. The conference will embrace e
next Sunday. There are twenty-two t
pastoral charges in the district and
with the clerical members and the 1
lay delegates present the town of I
Swan Quarter will entertain at least b
one hundred. I
Tho good people of Swan Quarter t
for weeks have been actively en- t
gaged in preparing for the confer- 1
nee. A handsotae new brick church s
building has just been completed. \
Everything points to a very proflla- i
bio session of the conference.
c
TRUE UILL6. <j
Tho grand jury this afternoon \
returned true bills in the caw* I
of State vs. R. 11. .Miles and i
Joshua Mills for. As yet the o
defendants have not been ar- f
raigned. This was the report ti
Just before going to pressfl c
? g
Littla Palls. N. Y., May 4.?Jean l
Glanlnl, charged with murdering his
former school teacher, ' Miss I.Ida, l
Beecber, was put on trial today. Doc- c
tors wW have studied the photo. j
graph of Gianinl, who criminally at- i
mtjvcu iu? iwuuer ueioiu rauracniis I
her, of the' present danger which J
threatens the entire country unless I
the feeble minded and dS&eneratev j
of the Qlanlnl type are taken care!
of by the states In which thoy live.
Medical men Who have made a study
of the various types of degenerates
agree that segregation is the one solution
to this problem. t
HOME
BREAKS OUT
IS NEW BERN
Fire broke out in the town of New
Bern shortly after midnight last
night. The,blase started in a readyto-wear
garment store on Polllck
street and the delay In sending in
the alarm allowed it to gain considerable
headway. The store In which
the Are was discovered was consumed
and other business houses in the
same bloak were threatened, among
them being D. 8. Jarvls, J. O. Dunn
ft Co., the New Berk Journal and
others. The Ndamage ?wlll exceed
ten thousand dollars.
HO PRAYKR MKRTINC.
On account of the delegates arriving
here Wednesday evening on their
w^y to the district conference at ,
DM;n Quarter and who are to be entertained
by the members of the congregation
that night there will be
mid-week prayer meeting service at
the First M. E. church this week.
No. 5J
'
m To
1 Class of
*uhlic Schools .
: r iH9
delivered By
Dr. Caldwell
Last Evening
' ? ??4
fas a Great Effort and Heard
By a Large Audience. Attractive
Program Carried
Out
Taking as Ui theme. "Wist re
ot that 1 must be about my Paters*
Business," Rev. J. C. Caldwell,
D., president of the Atlantic
hristlan College, "Wilson, N. C.? devered
the annual commencement
ermon to the members of the gradating
class, numbering tlilrty^one of
io Washington Public Schools at
be auditorium last night. For the
oc&slon all the respective churches
f tbc city closed their doors and
he consequence was that the audi
orium was packed, many having to
save for failure to secure seats.
Upon the front seats were seated
lie membors of the graduating class
nd upon the rostrum besides the
peaker of the evening, Superlnten.
ent C. M. Campbell, Jr? Rev. J. T.
Ilbbs, D. D.. Rev. R. L. Gay, Rev. H.
I. Searlght, Rev. R. V. Hope and
lev. E. M. Snipes. A large choir of
olcea from the respective churches
Iso occupied seats on the platform
rith Mr. E. H. Harding, pianist. R.
L. G. Barnes, vlDllnlfct, and Messrs.
letby Jones and Pat Foreman, corlellst.
Superintendent Campbell was
aaster of ceremonies and announced
he evening program.
Tbe exercises opened with the
Lymn, "All Hall the Power of Jesus'
tame," which was followed by the
cripture lesson being read by Rev.
I. L. Gay. The prayer was offered
>y Rev. II. B. Searlght. The choir
hen rendered an anthem: "Praise
fe the Lord." The commencement
ermon was then delivered, Dr. Caldrell
being presented by the supern
ten dent.
Dr. Caldwell from the very first
aught the attention of his large auiience
and held it until the last
vord had been spoken. He applied
lis text to the task in life and made
t appear that Christ was an apostle
>f Culture and that he lost His life
or the sake of saving others. Traced
he sacred history from the beginning
if all the noted biblical heroes and
howed wherein tlfey. too, lost their
Ives and subsequently found it.
Running all through the matchess
discourse was a decided thread
if eloquence and this mixed with his
irgument and the attractive manner
n which the sermon was delivered.
nade it one of tho beat heard In
Washington in years. Dr. Caldwell
poke without manusiript and with an
>ase and grace seldom seen. It was
l great effort delivered by a great
nlnd. The city schools were more <
:han fortunate in securing this giftid
man of God to address the graduating
class. The speaker made a
ieep and lasting impression not only
upon the members of the class, but
the entire audience.
Dr. Caldwell has been at the head
)f that great educational institute for
Lhe past several years and he knows
tow to speak to those who are about
to cast their lot in life.
Immediately following the disburse
the choir rendered another
inthem, "Wagner's Jubilate," after
which the congregation Joined the
shoir in singing the hymn, "The
Spacious Firmament on High." The
benediction was pronounced by Rev.
E. M. Snipes.
Be'oro adjournment Supt. Campbell
announced that on Wednesday
evening the John Marshall Debating
3ociety"^wlll have their annual'
iebate for the C. G. Morris medal;
rhursday night the graduating t^lass
will have theiw- usual exercises and
an Thursday evening the graduating
exercises will take place and the an- ,
nual address delivered. The public
Is cordially Invited to all these exercises.
ATTENDED SERVICES.
Mr. H. T. Stewart, night foreman
at the Havens Oil Company plant attended
religions services at White
Plains yesterday. A large number
were present from different motion*
of Beeufort county and elsewhere
IN THE CIT*. j
Mr. D. D. Harrison, of Yeatesville.
N. C.? Is here today.