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THE CHARLOTTE NEWS, MAY 13, 191 mm Owen REGiTES HUERTA'S BLOODY CRIES ;.. Associated Press. Washington, May 13. Asserting President W.son was more than -:noil in refusing to recognize Vic .. . i.ir.o Huerta as president of Mexico, . ,,I that the United States must not ; :i :.ack until it has established con---rational government in that repub . . Senator Owen today startled the rate with a remarkable denuncia .1 of the Mexican dictator. His - recii was an intimate history of .crta from the iinie he tore the . of power from the hands of '...iero to the present day. Through ran the color of blood and its story . :.od with murder, intrigue and vio .ve where innocent men who talk ; ;oo much went to silence behind ;ou walls and Huerta by the force arms and the impelling power of . rr imposed his will upon 12,00,000 .-r p.o. The seuitor said he rejoiced that :iat:on had been offered. Hut." he declared, "'let no mistake made. We must demand order, con--ifitlonal self-governments, and that o :i!u of sovereignty be placed in .- hands of the people of Mexico, un-v.o.- safeguards that will promise lib ;. human rights and stability of , eminent to the people of Mexico -: i assr.re cur own future peace and - . r. ity. and if necessary, we must en '.ve these demands at the cannon's :th. If wc are compelled to use force, must first pledge the United .--..tes against retaining Mexican ter 'ory. iu order to assure the world nd the patriotic elements of Mexico car unselfish purpose to promote ;vi;iation and protect human life and .appiness as we did in Cuba. Patriotic Mexicans honestly desiring peace and . ::;ee and the establishment of the ona fide self-government of Mexico by ;e people of Mexico should cooperate us." Senator Owen told again the story :: trie tall of Porfirio Diaz, the rise -:' Mauevo, and the plot of Huerta and -Six D:a. Porlirio's nephew, -which 1 to the overthrow and death of Ma Icro and put Huerta in the presi ler.t"s chair. He recited the uprising -f Carranza ,on authority of the leg s!ature of the state of Coahuila. and o'.d how Senator Domineuez dared -.enounce Huerta to the Mexican sen ile, declaring that Huerta had paci ie,l the country by extermination ir.d charging him with attempting to eep his" post by inciting a conflict i-if n tVia I'nitfwl StfltPS. The senator said that shortly after- j .-ard5 Pominguez disappeared and j .vas reDorted murdered. Then be V.d of attempts to secure an inves . Nation of his death by the Mexican cngress, and how Huerta put the con-;:-ass in jail. Whereupon." he continued, "Huerta . decree, declared himself invested, .u flsgrant violation of the constitu tion, with legislative and judicial pow. in effect, military dictator of Mex ico. Moreover he declared the con stitutional guaranties of freedom from an est for members of congress abro gated; and having thus vested him- el i with the legislative and judicial power of Mexico, he charged' almost the entire Mexican congress with se dition and treason." Senator Owen dwelt at some length on the "election" held for president of Mexico on the 20th of October, 1513. lie said that while Huerta had an nounced he would not be a candidate, he had enlarged the powers of his mi'.itarv state governors, to cover the ction machinery. Four days before me election the senator said, despite ormai assurances to the diplomats in Mexico City that he was not a candi date, election posters were sent broad est urging the people to vote for Huerta. Huerta sent instructions to r.is governors, said the senator, to return the votes favorable to him and aot to return more than a certain inrt of the precincts, thus insuring a i-oid election. This program, he said, as carried out in every detail, and th Mexican congress, discovering 'hat less than half the voting pre incts had sent in returns, declared he election void and expressed a de ;i;e that Huerta continue as provisional-president until some future time which might be fixed by con- Huerta," he added dramatically, .-till is dictator." "Of the 28 elected governors or Mexico at the time Huerta seized the governing powers." the senator said, only two at the end of the year re mained at home attending their du ties Ten of them had joined the evolution, a number had fled the j'irtrv, and one had been murdered i. a major general of Huerta, who tiVd the governor of Chihuahua on the railroad track and backed a yard en sine over him to teach him better manners than to oppose Huerta. All vacancies were filled by military gov ernors appointed by Huerta. Huerta's federal officers of the my appear to have been instructed j take no prisoners. Every captured .1icer. high and low, was put before a wall and shot, most of the common -o'diers taken prisoners were shot in like fashion and a few allowed to save :hir lives by joining the federa n-iuv Uverv member of the cabinet l am'e'd for Huerta was removed. Some r them fled the coutnry, one of them .as killed, but not one was left in the ta.unet." - During the fall of 1913 numerous e vidences appeared of Huerta trying to involve the United States in some act cf aggression or invasion. His arpose in doing this was to stir the iatriotism of the Mexican people, make them forget his crimes and in duce them to get behind hinv as a defender of Mexico against an invad ing foe. Finally, April 9. he had the impudence to arrest sailors in our riforms under the shelter of our Hag at Tampico, and march them in dcri.ion through the streets. He knew i-t-rfectly well that his private expres sion of regret was no amends to tne government ofthe United States for Vn international affront and mdig r.itv. ll 'crta desired to provoke some ; :uou that would unite oehind him the i- voluticiiary leaders in Mexico, after I.ka might obtain his peace, rely i :g i;rn the benevolence, the dignity, ?d.vthc,-piatience of the government of the United States. He has Tailed The United States should not now under any circumstances be content with anything else than the most com plete and absolute restoration of con stitutional self-government in Mexico. Hundreds of our citizens have been killed in Mexico, thousands of them have been robbed, millions of their property stolen, and all driven by vio lence from Mexico, Huerta has sought to involve us in complications with Japan, which might easily involve our nation in one of the bloodiest wars in history, if permitted to be worked out. -The president was not only justi fied in refusing to recognize Huerta as president of Mexico and in seizing e,ra Cruz to stop the landing of a shipload of machine guns and 2,000, 000 cartridges, but he would have been fully justified in deposing Huerta by military force as a bloody despot and a treasonable usurper." AUSTRIA IT ON HER! G000 TERMS WITH RUSSIA Vienna. Maly 13. One of the shrewd est members of the diplomatic corps in Vienna, when asked recently about the relations between Austria-Hungary and Russia, bluntly answered that there -were none. For past two years there practically has been no Russian ambassador at the court of Vienna. Nominally of course there has been an ambassador, but he has always found tome pretext for being absent from his post, leaving the official duties to a councillor of embassy who has carefully abstained from doing any thing. Similarly, Austria-Hungary's di plomatic representation at St. Peters burg has been almost equally perfunc tory. Count Szapary was appointed am bassador to Russia last October but up to the present has spent only three weeks at his post; his absence being vaguely ascribed to family reasons. For some time past there has been considerable tension in the relations between thetwo empires, the precise reasons for which are difficult to ex plain. The whole situation is full of complications. There are religious and racial questions involved affecting pri marily the two countries alone. Then there is the old rivalry for predomi nance in the Balkans and finally the many differences between the Triple Alliance and the Triple Entente which exert a most important influence on the relations existing between the in dividual countries in each group. Up to the time of the Austrian an nexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 190S, the relations between the two countries had been apparently quite friendly. They had made a working arrangement in the Balkans regarding conditions in Macedonia, and although it had not accomplished much, every thing was moving along smoothly. But the precipitate move of the late Aus trian foreisrn minister. Count Aehren- thal, in the annexation of Bosnia, up set everything. Tne Russian minister Iswolsky felt that he had been duped by his Austrian colleague and never fcrgave him. Since then Iswolsky has been Austro-Hungary s bitterest ene my, and since he is one of the most influential personages in the Russion National Committee he has been able to make things very disagreeable in many .respects for the dual monarchy. Indeed there is very good authority fur believing that an Austro-Russian was was very near just before the Balkan war broke out in the fall of 1912. It was only; through the strong personal efforts of the venerable Aus trian Emperor Francis Joseph that such a catastrophe was prevented. It is thought that the Emperor Nicholas was just as much opposed to a war, but he is no politician and by no means strong enough to hold back the firebrands in the Russian National committee. The personal relations between the two imperial families are of the most cordial character. It is sometimes even said that the Hapsburgs are really pro Russian. The late Archduke Charles Louis, brother of the Emperor and the father of Archduke Francis Ferdinand, the heir to the throne, was always a great friend of Russia and his sym pathies in that direction are believed to have been to some extent inherit ed by his son. Archduke Charles Louis who was the patron of the principal Austrian industrial associations and a very far sighted man, perceived the important role that commerce and industry would one day play in international relations at least twenty years be fore European statesmen had begun RUCHU STRENGTH ENS WEAK- Kl its Company i! USE OF Son! Item Express . SECURES Receipt for every shipment Fast transportation on passenger trains Ability to prove delivery Privilege of shipping with charges colled or prepaid Wagon pick-up and delivery service at representative points Free insurance up to fifty dollars Personal supervision of shipments by skilled employes Invoice price of goods collected if desired Examination of C O. D. shipments, if shipper so in&ruds special-facilities for handling shipments, of large value TRANSPORTATION BY BISHOP REESE DISCUSSES VITAL ISSUESr By Associated Press. Albany, Ga. May 13: Right Rev. F. F. Reese,! Episcopal bishop of Georgia, is presenting his annual ad dress to the diocesan convention this morning indulged in some yery perti nent and interesting allusions to mat ter of marked interest to the church throughout the state and the South Discussing the subject that there should be a negro bishop in the South, era. dioceses, Bishop Reese says he cannot bring himself to believe this would be the safe and wise settlement of the vexed question of caring for the colored members of the church. Bishop Reese very, earnestly advo cates the pensioning of the aged and dependent clergy. -, . ..If a woman would cut out the milli ner's expensive creations and pin a $10 bill in her hair she, would attract more attention. Chicago "News. The fellow who hasn't been in bed all night naturally lacks repose. Gift More essential than its value is the appropriateness of,-a gift. A re membrance of moderate cost is sometimes . more greatly prized than an elaborate present without sentiment.A gift of Jewelry is an expression of sentiment and cannot be discordant for any occasion. Our stock consists of the most elaborate assortment . for appropriate gifts for Wedding, Anniversaries, Graduation and Birthdays. B. F. ROARK JEWELER, SILVERSMITH AND DIAMOND MERCHANT 10 N. Tryon St., Charlotte, N. C. iifiie: a. MEANS EFFICIENCY CALL ALLISON- 2012 A certain grocer in this city advertises "Something good to eat all the time." I have something good to offer all the time, but at the present writing I have something especially good to offer. A widow has given me her place to sell worth $6,000 few days ago I offered it at $4750 today I have a price of $4500. Its going to be sold Splendid neighborhood Corner lot 50x140 Nine blocks from Square Beautiful lawn two feet above street level Exquisite maple trees in front yard Lovely ros bushes shading front piazzo Plate glass in every front window and doors Six elegant rooms, large hall, butler's pantry and bath down stairs, with ceiling 10 to 12 feet high, walls nicely papered Graceful entrance to stairway leading to sec ond floor, which has three large rooms and bath equipped throughout with fixtures for both gas and electric lights Brick foundation from ground up Screened throughout. What more could you want for $4500? CHAS. W. ALLISON 'Phone, Office 2012, Res. 1440. 18 S. Tryon. ReaL Estate Agent and Notary Public. LIST YOUR PROPERTY WITH ME Don't Have Backache, Clogged Kidneys, Spots Before the Eyes Try Famous Old Folks' Recipe. No more bone pains, aching back, headache, puffy eyes, swollen legs, of fensive urinous odors, diabetes, cloudy urine, or frequent desire to urinate. Try the following: Stop eating sweets or sugar. Get from any reliable drug gist a good-sized bottle of Stuart's Bu chu and Juniper. Take a spoonful af ter meals in a glass of water. Kid neys and Bladder will then act fine and natural. A well known authority says this is the best kidney and blad der recipe, but the only sure way is for you to try it yourself. This treat ment has cured thousands of suffer ers where all other remedies have fail ed. Stuart's Buchu and Juniper Com pound won't make you feel sick when you take it tut tones you up. Stuart's Buchu and Juniper Compound acts di rectly on the- urine through the kid neys. It keeps the blood healthy. It strengthens tho iieck of the bladder. It regulates the kidneys and does away with backache and all disagree able symptoms. If discouraged with ether medicines try this famous old folks, receipt. Be sure . you get Stuart's Buchu and Juniper, as Stuart's is properly compounded for kidney trouble. Blake Drug Co., Char lotte, N. C. to pay any attention to these factors. He knew very well that Russia would never be likely to injure Austria's for-1 eign commerce very much, while Ger many would some day ruin it. Russia, t besides having an enormous home mar-; ket to supply, has practically no great industries while Germany is constant-, ly on the look out for new markets to conquer. J Events have proved the correctness ', of the Archduke's views. Twenty-five years ago Austria-Hungary1 almost monopolized the trade of the Balkans and Turkey and Egypt. Today the bulk of the trade in these countries has gone into the hands of the Germans. Indeed the aggressive methods of German merchants in trying to capture Aus tria's commerce in the near East are bitterly resented by their Austrian ri vals. The sympathies and feelings of the two governments and the two peoples are very different from those prevail ing between the rulers. The so-called national committee in Russia is most violently anti-Austrian and is strain ing every nerve to gain absolute con trol of the Balkans. The fight is large ly a religious one, Russia wanting to bring all the Balkans under the sway of the Orthodox church and to force the Roman Catholic part of the popula tions, as well as the Musselmans to acknowledge the supremacy of the Rus sian church. It is this which explains Russia's hostile attitude to. King Fer dinand of Bulgaria, who has remained a Roman Catholic although he permit ted his elder son, Prince Boris to join ; the Orthodox church. Russia would j never consent to gratifying Catholic Ferdinand's ambition to become ruler of the Balkans. So far from tending to clear up the complications in the Balkans the re cent wars have left the situation more complicated than ever. Count Witte, the Russian statesman, re cently declared that only the first act in the great drama has yet been played. Now is the interval between the acts. How long this will last nobody knows perhaps a year, perhaps only a few months. One important result of the Balkan conflicts is the change in the attitude of Roumania towards Austria-Hungary. Up to a few months ago Roumania was always looked upon as being the friend of Austria. Military strategists, indeed, in considering Austria-Hungary's strength usually added Roumania's five army corps. But in the negotiation over the treaty of Bucharest, Russian diplomatists cleverly contrived to place Austria in an unfriendly position towards Roumania. . Count Berchtold's efforts to secure a revision of the treaty in the interests of Bulgaria gave great offense to the Roumanians who have always been very jealous of the threatened supre macy of that country dn the Balkans. Roumania's geographical position com pels her to rely either upon Austria- Hungary or Russia. And if the dual monarchy is going to side with Bulga ria, Roumania will have no alternative but to turn to Russia. But here again dynastic views must be taken into account. King Charles is a strong ruler who has always been friendly to Austria and neither he nor his ministers are likely to be greatly moved by popular outbursts. They are convinced that a,close union with the Triple Alliance is the surest way to de fend their country against the over whelming might of Russia. But wheth er King Charles' successor will take an equally strong stand against public opinion is another question. From the violent tone of the arti cles recently published in the semi official journals in St. Petersburg, Vienna and also in Berlin, it might be imagined that a great European was was inevitable, but happily this view finds no support in responsible quar ters. The truth is that several compara tively small things have occurred re cently to excite much irritation be tween Russia and Austria-Hungary. Austria introduced very vexations pass port restrictions on the frontier which caused much annoyance to Russian travelers Galicia is said to be swarming with Russian spies while Russian Po land is overrun with Austrian secret agents. There has been a series of espionage trials in Vienna where the accused have been shown to be in the direct employ of the Russian military attaches, and contrary to the usual practice in these proceedings no at tempt was made to keep secret the name of the foreign country impli cated. Many thousands of, Russian roubles are alleged to have been spent in trying to corrupt the poor peasants in Galicia. while Austrian spies have been doing their utmost to persuade the Poles across the Russian frontier that they would be much better off under Austrian rule. There have been other things, too, of importance. Russia has been spend ing large sums in increasing her mili tary forces in "Poland along the Ger man and Austrian frontiers and also is building some hundreds of miles of new - railways for strategic purposes. It is believed that France is urging her along, having made her a large loan upon the understanding that most of it would be spent on armaments. And just now the Russian minister of the navy has ordered that no materials be bought for Russian drydocks or private shipbuilding yards, from eith er Austria-Hungary or Germany. This action is the more serious as the great er part of such material is purchased outside Russia. But in spite of all these things no serious person talks of war. In fact none of the powers interested are really ready. Russia wants to complete her railways and to increase her army sufficiently to repress the revolution which would certainly break out at home immediately war was declared. And Austria-Hungary is just now changing her army from" a three years' to a six years service which means a considerable dislocation of military forces. And so it is generally agreed in the most competent quarters that after all the peace of Europe is in no im minent danger. BR TEfflS DEATHS Mrs. Mahala McArthur. Chester, S. C, May 13. Mrs. Mahala McArthur passed away at her home on Columbia street at the age of 87 years Monday. The funeral services were held yesterday at the Associate Reformed Presbyterian church, by the pastor, the Rev. D. G. Phillips, D. D., and the burial occurred in Evergreen cemetery. Mr. R. A. Stone. Statesville, May 13 Mr. Rufus A. Stone, a leading citizen of Concord township died Sunday. The funeral was held yesterday at Trinity Meth odist church. Six children survive him, viz: Messrs. James and John Stone of Anderson, Ind., Mrs. Walter Sharpe, Mr. Carl Stone and Misses Jessie and Nannie Stone of this county. Dawson, Ga., May 13. Stonecastla Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution of Dawson, has sent a floral offering of red and white roses and magnolias, tied with the national colors and resting on a United States flag to be placed on the casket of Randolph Summerlin, the Georgia boy killed at Vera Cruz whose body was expected to reach Willaiooche, today. topped Her Pain at Once A well-known physician and chemist, a graduate of the Johns-Hopkins Uni versity of Medicine, was experimenting recently in the laboratory of one of the hospitals of New York. He had just add ed the last two ingredients to a. formula for the treatment of aches, pains, etc., such as one has when he sprains his back or arm, or when he had rheumatism or neuralgia. He thought he had perfected a combination that would dispel yain almost instantly. Just as he had finished his work a doctor came in and reported that a patient in one of the wards was suffering agonies with rheumatism. "Take this is in. and rub her with it," eaid the chemist as he passed a bowl containing his preparation to the doctor. Without any urging the doctor did as was suggested and in a few moments re turned and said: "Dr. , yon have a wonderful preparation there. We gavei Mrs. a rubbing with it and withini ten minutes the pain was entirely gone and she was sound asleep." 1 : This preparation, is now obtainable at drug stores and is known as PAN GADAY. It comes in metal tubes. You merely rub a little of it on the sore spot Rnd it acts like magic. It is absolutely harmless. It stops pain, because it is readily absorbed by the skin and pene trates to the affected spot instantly. U Every doctor who will analyze it, or ho happens to be familiar with wnat It contains knows that the medical jour nals have had much to say about this new form of healing and that physicians everywhere now recognize the superiority of this method to every other known to rthem for quick and lasting results. . If you suffer from aches or pains of any kind, and get a tube of PAXGALAY lt any drug store for 25c. and try it; N-ou'Il be sure to keep a tubo of it in th Siouse hereafter. Made by Curts Chem Seal Co., 117 East Twenty-fourth street, iNew York. Special Ho The News. Salisbury, May 13. Today is being observed as Memorial Day by the Confederate veterans of Rowan. The exercises were held at the city graded school and a feature of the occasion was the presenting of a portrait of General Lee by the local chapter of Children of the Confederacy through their leader, Mrs. Margaret Bell, to the city, school. Music was furnished by the Salisbury band and there were songs by the children of the school and a talk" by Col. A. H. Boyden. The local lodges of Knights of Pythias have framed a cordial invita tion to the Grand Lodge to hold its 1915 meeting in Salisbury. Salisbury and Spencer Woodmen of the World have combined to have a double ceremony at the Chestnut Hill cemetery next Sunday. They will unveil a monument at the grave of a deceased member and decorate the dozen or more graves of Woodmen in that cemetery. Rev. C. A. G. Thomas will be the orator of the day. The case against Floyd Alexander, charged with complicity in the murder of Preston Lyerly at Barber's Feb ruary 24, which consumed the greater part of yesterday was taken up again this morning. The state rested its case before adjournment yesterday after using practically the same evi dence which convicted Sid Finger last week. Finger as a witness for Alex ander was put on the stand and took all the crime upon his own shoulders, telling how he alone visited the store, killed and robbed Lyerly and set the fire which consumed the body. FREE-ABSOLUTELY-FREE A limited number of very unique, ornamental and valuable pres ents. Every student that buys a life scholarship in INCORPORATED before May 25, 1514, gets one. AN EXCELLENT POSITION FOR EVERY GRADUATE. Write for particulars. CHARLOTTE, N. C, RALEIGH N. C. "Look before you leap," quoted the Wise" Guy. "Yes, when a fellow is thrown on his own resources he should be sure they are there," added the Simple Mug. INSURANCE CASE GOES UP. Washington, May 12. The supreme court today granted the request of the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York for the review of the judg ment for $30,000 against it in favor o fthe estate ' of C. L. Wiggins of Florida deceased. The company claimed Wiggins procured insurance on his life for thi3 amount fraudu lently and that the federal courts cf Florida erected in holding that the knowledge of a medical examiner and insurance solicitor should be regarded as the knowledge of the insurance company. ODORLESS THE REFRIGERATOR THAT NAMED ITSELF. We purchase Odorless .Refrigerators in car load lots, giving you a large assortment in which to make your selection, also giving you the advan tage in price which is no higher than others. We have hundreds of satisfied customers Why Not You? SMITH-WADS WORTH HARDWARE CO. 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