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Gome and PAGES TODAY THE CHARU3TTE NEWS-Established; Daily IMS-Sunday 1910 fHi. E ENING CHRONICLE Established; 1905 M Webb Wins Over Pieston in Pnmaiy McRae to Senate Freeman, Hutchison, Renfrow, Matthews All Receive Ma jority Votes For House Convention Will Prboably De cide. Sheriff Wallace, is Renomina ted by Good Margin The County Commissioners and County Education Board. Practically complete returns from every precinct in the county show the following in Saturday's primary: Webb carried the county for con gress by a vote of 3,053 to 1,724 for Preston. For the state senate McRae was nom nated having received 2.492 votes to i .170 "for Brenizer and 970 for Justice For the house the vote stands as fol low?: Freeman. 2,900; Hutchison .US9; Matthews. 2.734; Renfrow, 3. 451. All four received a majority. The usual custom in such cases is for the convention to declare the three high est the nominees. For sheriff. Wallace was renominat ed, having received a majority over fill as foll&ws. Wallace, 2.640: Coch rane. 1.017: Hunter: 300; Johnston. S02. For coroner Hovis was renominated by a vote of 2.7S1 to 1,702 for Sikes. For county commissioners the vote Is as follows: Berry hill. 1.437: Brad ford. 2.S15: Garrison. 2,175; McDon ald 3.055: McKee, 1471; Newell 2447; Parks 2.252; Phillips. 534; Rhyne. 1, 3 15; Smith. 1.S30; Stroup. 1.015; Sus lar. 2.'V2; McDonald. Bradford, New ell and Parks received'a majority. Mes srs. Garrison andSustar, the next high t, will contest in a second primary for the fifth place. For school commissioners the new board defeated the old board, as fol lows: Beard. 3,069; Flmderburk. 2, S52; Hen-dersor. 2.SU4: Hutchison, 2 Pll; Morrow 2,517; as against Ardrey, 1.S31; Estridg-:, 1,735; Reid. 1.977; Watt, 1.CS0. . For solicitor Wilson carried the county, over Hunter, incomplete re turns, by 1,3?3 to 7S0. For tax collector. District No. 1, Mayes defeats Barnhardt by S3S to t vfj v J1 . . For tax collector. District No. 2, J. W. Hood was nominated without op position. The following county officers were fcoiniuated without opposition: Moore for clerk of court; Stinson. treasurer; W. M. Moore, register of deeds; Wal ker, surveyor, and Withers., cotton weigher. The state ticket also received a unan "nnous vote. For constable Charlotte Township Austin and Garrison were nominated The primary in Charlotte and Meck lenburg passed off quietly yesterday afternoon. The returns were arriving irom some of the county precincts by t p. m.. the city returns being some what later. The results showed that Mr. John A. McRae was iar in the lead for state enutor and that Congressman K. Y. Webb had received also a handsome majority in his fisht. The appeal ances wore at a late hour that the present school board would be defeated. Other candidates wpre holding their own in some, sec tions and losing in others. The detailed story ot the county vote U shown in the taoular returns printed in The News today. Crowds at News Office. The official returns were received at The News building on Church street and hundreds of interested voters, and e. number of the local candidates were on hand early in the evening to get the returns. The various precincts were some what slow to get the vote counted in many instances 83 that it was late before the final outcome was fully known. Th service supplied by The News v.ms as prompt as it could be made nd there was evident satisfaction on IV part of the crowd at the manner in which the sreat task was bandied Tho primary election closed in the county at C p. in., and in the city at & IJefo're the polls closed the crowds were beginning to gather, and tne Lumber increased steadily. The whole Sower floor of the building was turn, ej over to the political hosts, the tele phones and all things that could help iem know the result of the Primaries in the state, county and township. T h a keenest interest here centered :n the outcome of the race between ;".c two' factions among the candidates rcr the hoard of education and in the -ogressicnal race, with tne nomina Uon of county commissioners next in -pneral interest. ' Ti lame vote accorded to J. a. Kal was quite gratifying to his friends iUThereC,wa also a large degree of ;nteret in the three-corner 1 race -for sheriff it appearing at a late hour that Sheriff N W. Wallace was holding his j-n. The primary as a whole was (.Continued Ti Be With 7 H N Ti il TTT JLJOLJld 66 A SWEEPING VICTORY Wns Overwhelming Victory Over Preston in Yesterday's Primaries Has Big Majority in Mecklenburg County Tremendous Lead in Other Counties of District. Incomplete Returns Show Webb Vote in Mecklneburg 3044 While That of. Preston Was 171 6 Reports From the Dis trict. Returns up to midnight from the counties of the ninth district, while incomplete, showed a tremendous vic- t tory for Congressman E. Y. Webb. S According to latest returns all coun ties heard, from at 1 o'clock, Webb had carried the. district with heavy majorities in almost every case. Mis majority in Mecklenburg was 1.32S. The total vote of the county was: Webb, 3,044; Preston. 1,716. In Gaston. Gastonia. May 16. Returns from Gaston county, except from two boxes, give Webb 2,200; Preston 417. Webb Sweeps Burke. .M Ox .canton. May lo. Early : indica tions tonight shew that Webb has carried every township in Burke coun ty Hia majority is estimated at be tween eight and nine hundred. Pres ton only received 24 votes in Mor ganton township. The voting was heavy in all the townships. It was conceded long before the polls closed that Webb would carry the county by a lare majority. Cleveland County. Shelby. May 1G. Cleveland county gives Webb 2,945; Preston 278. Hot Springs and. three other pre cincts in Madison county gave Webb 145; Preston 43. WHITMAN TO MAKE HOT FIGHT 01 BE G K E R (Sy FRED J. WILSON, (United Press Staff Correspondent.) New York, May 16. Satisfied that the confession of the gunmen who slew Herman Rosenthal, voiced from the witness stand by "Lefty Louie's" Lillie the French doll of the East Side "will force Charles Becker to tes- tifv in reuudiation of charges that he forced Rosenthal's murder, District At torney Whitman tonight marshalled his 1 forces for a terrific attack on the man fighting to escape the electric chair. Becker's chief counsel, Martin T. Manton will not admit that his client will testify. He will not admit that the story told by Mrs. Rosenberg is true. He will not even admit that the story of the gangster's widow hurt the defense, but Manton is proba bly the only one who heard that story who will not declare that it struck Becker deep in a vital spot. District Attorney Whitman believes that its corroboration of "Bald Jack" Rose's story practically destroyed Becker's hope. He feels certain that Becker with all to gain and nothing to lose will face a grilling on the stand in a last despairing struggle to stem by his own voice the current of fate that seems hurrying him to doom. Whitman, with Becker on the stand and at his mercy is certainly savagely to attack. To this he will be spurred by personal anger. The counsel for Becker, fighting desperately to discred it witnesses for the state, have all but charged Whitman and his assist ants with conspiracy to railroad Beck er to the chair. Not only will the record of Becker as related to the Rosenthal killing alone be laid bare. Every act of his while he was a police power will be put under the microscope. Evidence of this came today when the district, at torney summoned to his office former Police Inspector Haynes and Inspector Leahy both intimately familiar with the secret history of the dark places of WEBB Your Friends, in Chaiiotte, Week T j Greater CHiaiJo tie' s - Ho CHARLOTTE, N. C, SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 17, MYSTERY AS TO EABOUTS OF H U E R T A Various Rumors Are Afloat One Report Has it That Huer- ta Has Taken a Warship and, Fled Another Declares H im To Be On a Periodical Spree. When Crowds Heard. Report that Dictator Committed Sui cide Conditions Became Se rious Absence of Huerta! by hls wlfe wno became uneasy rm n.-ui; m tu. when her husband did not get home From PUDllC PlaCeS fOr Three from his store at his usual Saturday Days Causes Many Reports.! ni&nt nour' which w&s a nttie after Vera Cruz, Mexico. May 16 General 12 o'clock. She waited until a little Huerta is believed to be seriously ill after 1 o'clock and determined to go in Mexico City. Though the extent .to the etore a short distance - from of his illness is not known, he is her home to see what was keeping confined to his home, and is known ! her husband. Lying in the dark al to have suffered a cerebral attack while: ley way about half a block from her riding in his automobile Thursday I home she etumbled across the form evening. He had been drinking and of her husband lying face down had just left the; Globe cafe "when; ward on the ground. She instantly stricken. . gave the ajarm and the police patrol General Huerta has not appeared in, wagon, with Assistant Chief of Po- pubhc in Mexico City for three days. Stories of the confusion and conster nation prevailing in the capital as a result of the success of the rebels at Tjirapifo and Tuxpam and rumors as to the dictator were brought, here today by refugees from the capital, all of whom expressed the belief that the reign of Huerta was near the end. It was reported that the dictator was ill, but his continued absence from the cafes and the abandonment of his au tomobile rides about the city has caus ed many to doubt this report, Rumor3 are growing that Huerta has fled to ward Manzanillo where the plans to board a foreign warship. There are mnay things to bCar out this rumor but it is possible the mystery may be explained by genuine illness or by the fact that the old Indian has disappear ed one bouts.' of his pexlodical. drinking One of the developments considered i s weii-Koerately lay in wait tor -significant vita-lhe-nimot nf-Huer'-j him an.-4 attacked him Wlththe in ta's disappearance-is tbe-recall of GeiiUenticHt-oftakin-eral Maas from the vicinity of Vera; This theory is borne out by the Cduz. Maas is a close relative of the. fact that only about,. $2. was found dictator and one of his most trustc d of-1 on him, while there"1 was- practically, fleers. If Huerta had planned to seek; none left in the cash drawer at the refuge through Vera Cruz, Maas would store. It is believed that the rob have remained here -to assist his en- hers imiist have got then between try into the American lines. $250 and $300 from the man they It is also declared that some of the vaylaid. members of Huerta's family are nowj The iron pipe, with which Mr. at Guadalajara, which is on the road to Swain was evidently struck with was Manzanillo. about three feet long and about an The request of the opening of theMncn in diameter. There was only Niagara Fallsconfcrence from Monday until Wednesday Is believed to have been due to Huerta's disappearance. The delegates expected to receive in structions from the dictator on their arrival la Washington, but his contin ued absence is understood to have made it impossible for acting Minister of Foreign Affairs Ruiz to furnish them with any information of the" position they will be expected to take. The absence of the dictator from his usual haunts for three days resulted in widespread rumors that he had committed suicide. As soon as his illness became generally known, demon strations against him became more open. Indicating what has long been known that it is only the dominating power of the old Indian which keeps the people about him in subjection. Rebel sympathizers drove openly through the streets In cabs throwing out Carranzista circulars. Crowds eag erly grabbed the revolutionary litera ture without being molested by the police. Even the soldiers did not inter fere until it was learned that the ru mors of suicide were erroneous. The ripidly growing menace then immed iately ceased, and though missing from the cafes and the boulevards, and known to be unable to be about, the power of the dictator still cowed those who would overthrow him. Oliver Hueffer, correspondent of the London Express, arrived here today after being arrested and deported from the capital. "It Is impossible," said Hueffer, "to send reliable news from the capital. One of the members of the Huerta cab inet told me that they did not want Journalists from the outside world in the city. " 'The local papers are enough,' the cabinet minister told me." Four newspaper men are still held in jail in Mexico City, Hueffer said. He talked with Editor Miron, of the Im parcial, regarding the imprisonment of the correspondents and iMron ex plained the fac tthat they had been jailed by saying: "The government requires hostages to guard against the further dissemina tion of American lies." THE WEATHER. Washington, May 16. North Carolina, South Carolina and 6 Georgia: Generally fair Sunday and Monday. Moderate east i": winds. ;": X Virginia: Fair and moderate : temperature Sunday and Mon- - it day. AND EVENING CHRONICLE. MTZWmwm GRQGER RQ8BEDAMD UMDED ON WAY FROM STORE With a gaping wound m the side of his head and the iron pipe on the ground beside him with which he - - JLJ: store at the "Corner of Mint and the Southern- Railway track, was found perhaps fatally injured. this morning a few minutes after 1 o'clock near his home in the Third Ward, and be tween Mint street and the Southern Railway tracks. The wounded man was discovered lice Elliott, Sergeant Pitts and Pa trol Driver A. B. Moore, were on the scene in a few minutes. The wound ed man. was found to be still alive and was rushed at once to the Pres byterian Hospital, where Drs. C. M. Strong and J. C. Montgomery made an examination to ascertain the ex tent of his injuries. The circumstances surrounding the tragedy 'at once to the police that robbery must have been the,. motive of those who attacked Mr. Swain. He ran a successful grocery and was known to have usually a pretty good sum of money at the store at the closing hour on Saturday night. It was also, his custom, it is said, to take the money home with him on leaving the store on Saturday night. 11 s the theory of .the police that someone who knew. Mr. Swaints hab- one blow made with the iron pipe, the police believe, though it was al most impossible to tell exactly what condition his head was in owing to the fact that it was literally covered with blood. The house where Mr. ,b wain ana m HOI ins wire live is 10 me rear oi xu tnat tkjs thing should occur." Garibaldi gin house, jiist beyond Envoys Well .Informed'. Vance street. The alleyway 1-ading Diplomats pointed out that as a re from Mr. Swain 'c, home to his store suij 0f the frequent conferences lie- is very dark and an Ideal place tor a iootpad or a sana-uagger 10 xuin. and lie in wait without being-seen- . The police have no clue as to the identity, or practically none. They immediately began an investigation last night to see if late . visitors to the store saw any suspicious carac ters around the store and it is hop ed to pick up a clue from the source. . : There hi thought to be very slight chance of the wounded 'man's recov ery. - ' Lancaster, Pa., May.16.-The general conditions in Mexico. From represen synod of the Reform! Church in the tatives of their nations in the north United States today set aside $250,00iJ and from sources controlled by the to aid foreign missions. This action . state department, they have now corn was taken on the recommendation of ' Plete knowledge of the exact territory the foreign mission board of the church i ueld y constitutionalists, and they m m CHRONICLE READERS MAY ENTER "SONG. AND STORY" GAME. To the large circle of Evening Chroniole readers who have joined THE NEWS' family, a cordial invitation is tendered to participate in the "Song and Story" picture-puzzle contest which this paper is conducting. One Thousand Dollars in gold prizes will be awarded to those who sucessfully solve the larg est number of a series of puzzle-pictures and any of our readers is welcome to enter .and win Iff one of the prizes. g An entire week is left for submitting an Jg swers, which gives7 abundance of time to those g who decide immediately to participate, g Complete instructions for playing the inter g esting game and the full series of 70 puzzles will Iff be given free, with the two handsome books gf which all participants should have. The price of ,g these two books is $1.10 oyer the counter or $1.20 by mail. m e e w s p 1914. THE EVENING CHRONICLE Consolidated May 8. 1914 Price: REIGN OF HUERTA AS DICTATOR IT AN EH ui He May Choose Between Safe ty in Europe and Death Be fore the Guns of the Consti tutionalists It is thought the Mediators Will Agree That Huerta Must go. Significance Attached to Sign ing of Bills Raising to Em bassies the Legations in Chile and Argentine Media tors are Well Posted on the Situation. (BY. JOHN E. NEVIN.) Washington, May 16. General Vic torian a Huerta may choose between safety in Europe or death before the guns of a victorious constitutionalist army. But he will have to make the choice. Hi.3 reign as dictator of Mex ico is about to end. No matter what the ultimate result of the mediation conferences that start in Canada next week whether they suggest that Car ranza . or a commission shall succeed Huerta it was -already a certainty toiyght that the mediators will agree that Huerta must go. All Agree That Huerta Must Go. Simultaneous with the arrival here today of Huerta's commissioners this sentiment was echoed throughout the entire diplomatic corps. Ambassa dors and ministers who are in com plete touch with the situation passed the tip along. They would not talk about it for publication. But they called attention to the deep signifi cance of President Wilson, at the very moment th-at the Huertista commissioners- reached-tlie1-. city,- signing the twin bills raising to,. embassies the legation -of lUe-" UilliJHl ' A tatUHV'lxl Chree Mediatory who will try to end for ' vail time the " Mexican rule of blood shed stood by - his side as he sighed'' the- measures. They empna sized by their presence their belief that a united North and South Amer- ica win in the future dictate the ar-? fairs of . this continent. Standing, looking the bewhiskered Suarez and the almost boy-like Naon squarely in the eyes, he said. "Let me say how gratifying it is that it should fall within my time that the long-deserved recognition of the full rank and. sisterhood of your two countries should have been acorded. You so thoughtfully and graciously of fered to show our common interest in 1 the peace and righteous government of America that it is particularly fitting! tween the mediatorsh and Bryan the! president realizes tneir views. Mucn has been communicated in these con- ferences that has been withheld from the public. Consequently the declara- tion that the mediators "had -a common interest . in the peace and righteous government of America" was believed to be no idle phrase, but a declaration of principle that will be reflected from the meetings at Niagara Falls next week. The mediators during the last 3 hours have received at first hand ex- 1 haustive information regarding exact CIS of May NEW 99 a per And Flags Tn? ing rrom nuuaing On Trade have been told that commerce and trade in all of that section is to be re sumed. They also know actual condi tions in the south. They are said to be convinced that the declaration of the rebels that they will be pounding at the very gates of Mexico City within a niontjb. is not an idle boast. And with that knowledge in their . possession they have framed the proposition they expect to make to the commissioners when they begin their labors in Can ada. The Parks Incident. Fears that the murder of Private Parks, now considered certainly dead: might cause complications that would compel American reprisals . against Huerta, have been considerably allayed today. Secretary Bryan explained that his demands on Huerta for an" explana tion do not predicate aggression if it is admitted that Parks was slain. Huerta has promised the Bra zilian minister in Mexico City that there will be an investigation of the entire circumstances surrounding Parks' disappearance, until that prom ise is either kept or rejected this government will take no further ac tion. Arms for the Rebels. I There is to be no obstacle inter-1 posed by the government to Carran za getting arms and ammunition through the port of Tampico. As a re sult of conferences between President Wilson and Secretary Bryan it is un derstood a decision was reached that no attempt will be made to hold up ammunition now at Havana are expect ed to be shipped across the gulf next week. And there is also a strong pos sibility .that ammunition purchased just before the embargo was restored on shipments across the Texas border and now . stored at New -Orleans, Gal veston, Charleston and New York will be. started for. Tampico by. water. ' Constitutionalist agents in this city confirm the report that Carranza has 5,rriVprt flt an understandine with Za ico City, that Zapata will raid the cap ital and loot and rob is without foun dation. He will make no forward move ment, they claim, until it is in conjunc tion with the victorious rebel force3 advancing. an tne capital from the north These sources also insist that much of the alarm over impending riots m Mexico City originates from sources in sympathy with Huerta which would benefit by American intervention. That the Mexican commissioners to the Niagara Falls mediation conferenc es did not ask for the postponement of the sessions from Monday to Wed nesday developed late tonight. At the dinner at the Spanish embassy they were asked why they had taken this action and to the surprise of all pres ent they indignantly denied. They sug gested that this action might have been taken following a request from Dictator Huerta. As a result of this suggestion the belief that Huerta has decided to eventually eliminate himself received fresh impetus. That the Huerta commissioners do not believe they possess plenary pow ers was also revealed at tonight's gathering. They admitted that their authority rests entirely on oral state ments by Huerta and an "open to ar gument" official credential. As a result there was considerable doubt wheth er thev will be able to accept any proposals from the mediators that are not "O. K.-ed" by Senor Algara, the former Mexican Charge d'Affaires, who is now in, Canada. .GiFEREK REPUDIATES VAN DERGILT Oklahoma City, Okla., . May 16. Vanderbilt University is no more a Methodist institution. By a vote of 152 to 134, the general conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, "late tonight-severed all con nection with the institution. This vote was on a majority committee re port in favor of such action. Previous ly a vote on the minority report to continue the present' control result ed 144 to 151 against. GOETHALS GIVEN WIDE AUTHORITY IN ZONE. Washington, May 16.-Widest author ity i nthe punishment of" against against the law in the canal zone has been conferred upon Colonel Goethals by President Wilson. In an executive order today the governor of the Pan ama canal is empowered to grant par dons and reprieves for offenses against the laws and regulations and to com mute sentences and remit fines. He al so maly establish a parole system and prescribe regulations for the employ ment and welfare of the prisoners in i.E Twentieth SUNDAY EDITION Daily 2Cl SUTldaV 5C Bunting aie And Iiyon (Red, White and Blue Lights on the Great White Way Add Their Patriotic Tints to the Decorative Effects of the City For Celebration Week! Atmosphere of Excitement Ushers in the 20th of May Week Which Brings Vice President Marshall as Cele bration Orator, and Thou sands of People to Charlotte. The one hundred and thirty-ninth anniversay of the signing of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independ ence, May 20, 1775, the first declara tion ever made in America freeing the colonists from the yoke of Eng land, will be celebrated this week in fetyle of such magnitude that thous ands, or peouie will be brought to the city to participate in the celebra- -tion. Three days are to. be given over la celebrating May 19; 20 and 21. , Vice President Marshall will deliv er the address on May" 20 in Vance Park. This enet.is in itself, sufficient to load all incoming trains. Celebrat tion enthusiasm is already abroad. There is a spirit an atmosphere of excitement, that has given stimulus to all things civic for a week. Every body is restless with anticipation ot the! big celebration and all plans and projects are interpolated with: "Not until after the 20th." ' City in Gala Attire. Trade, Tryon and ; intersecting streets in the up-towni district are flying ' bunting and flags. From the tiragoifeaott-,.4;0.p f'-thertirhall to the , smallest shop on the Great White ' Way; 'the-celebration is told of in the tri-colores - of American Independence, ' and here and there the word "Wel come," is displayed in big letters. Tri-Color Lights on Great White Way Great beauty of effect . has been "wrought at the suggestion of city electricians and building inspector, ; R. P, Connelly, in adding red lights and blue lights to the white lights ot the White Way. The lights were tried Friday night. The effect was beautiful the red, white and blue globes being fairy-like in loveliness. Mr. Connelly yesterday finished putting in the tri color lights 16 reds and 16 blues 100 power Watt Mazdas at the inter section of Trade and Church; 16 at Tryon and Fourth, 8 at Trade and Caldwell, eight at Trade and Col lege. Charlotte's patriotic spirit will be told in the big globes of the 'White Way through all the nights of cele bration week. Happy idea it was in Mr. Connelly! The final plans for the Twentieth have been completed with the ex ception of a few details which neces sarily can not be arranged until the last moment. The gay flags' and bunt ing artistically arranged on streets gives the city the gala appearance befitting the celebration. The office of the Mecklenburg Dec laration Society in the Selwyn ho tel has been a busy place for weeks , past, with the consultation of com mittee and the conferring of chair men who have the preparations in charge. , The arrival of the carnival heralG the man with pennants and badge yesterday added to the spirit of an ticipation of the big day. Pennants on walking canes with the name "Charlotte'' and a hornets' nest on them, were bought by many on the streehs. Vice President Arrives 10 A. M. Vice President Marshall and Mrs. Marshall will arrive at the Southern passenger station in their Special car attached to train No. 37 at 10 a." m. A detachment from the Fifth Artil lery Company, Capt. W. R. Cox com manding, will fire the vice presiden tial salute of nineteen guns, an nouncing the arrival of the distin guished guest. The Arab Patrol or the Oasis Shrine in their brilliant uniforms will be the official escort to the vice' president. Lieutenant Hud son C. Millar, of the Fifth Artillery Company, has been appointed by Governor Craig as personal aid to the vice president and will attend him during his stay here. The vice presi dential party will be secorted to cel ebration headquarters at the Selwyn hotel to await the forming of the. parade on East Morehead street at Dilworth. A detachment of the Fifth Artillery will also be detailed to meet Gover nor Craig and his etaff at the Sea board Air Line station on the nighl of the 19th. They will fire a salute in honor of his arrival and will escor' him to his hotel. The governor an( his staff will be part of the officia welcoming delegation at the Southen station on Wednesday morning i if) l H t ji: I: f s. . 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