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4 . THE WANTS ARE READY TO SERVE YOU AN0 AT SLIGHT EXPENSE—SEE PAGE EIGHT •t Edition 43. NO. 7005 THE 3HARL0TTE NEWS. jMtest Edition " V V - v>"> CHARLOTTE, N. C.. TUESDAV EVENING. APRIl('^I9I1 PX> TPF J In Charlotte. ? ce’nt=« a Copy ra>lv~.5rf nts 5-unday Outside Charlotte; 5 Cents a copy Daily and Sunday Rebel Amy aetly Evacuated Agua Prieta , April IS.-The a ■ •I 1>« hours of \ -SI onlay in de- > quii'tly evacual- ho ni^ht. It mov- t'li (lay broke was . on. riie Mexican II M'ec. the city at no ros-istance. ■ nroached the town .. 111 oast during the , i!i siO'Vly and cau- ■ ii iniufo’’ an ambush. vriso oi' the com- svtTuniont troops on y roaclu'd the outer . nironohnients, that .... all ndoned and si;;hi. The fed- " in. utill more : \pooling at ev- ;nter a surprise, ii'hols anywhere, is’u'ii as completely wa-» no indication liiey had taken, .'ir evacuation of ,r all-day defou»e of ...I'paront. • •Miclusion seems • - \hausted iheir am- '•fce Fighting. i ,\ioo. April 18.— . ’.owin.t? a ni«ht of a; o.xoiteinent pre- the border In ' a clash between 1 f 'rt OS of Mcx- ■ 'vc.s are within a . • caoh other and ! . i tho tesumption \\ If' oairiod almo.'?t ■f rhi.^ city and that iMine moro severe '■:[ ihnv the danger o*' r !Uglas will be ' ! 'irrp.”i)s5 form the vqua Prfeta, while i'y are 1,500 fed- l.fi'ncd by the rebels ' ind Antonio Gar- ' ving 1,200 are ;.'-o if things, it is oxpocted battle to- ‘a more decisive ' yesterday. Co“'y Disrupted. i o. .\pril — 'howed the rebel ■ii.' upted. Its lead- uht and the men in :1 to have fled in dl- ■ wn individual choos- ' who ha.l assumed t*ls in A.cna Prieta - wav to the .\mer- '■ V n and surrendered • I* s troojts. He was !.\vn. He was imme- ■ cuord and held i i . (^f the American I! park. ' federal force which n this morning num- '■ men. I ieut. Col. •s in supreme com- ■ won :\Ia,i(ir Liiis ■1 ;he nirales, and ■nr'i.-co ('hia])a. for- ■ho town of MeCtez- • losse« in yester- nevcr be known. ■ in* il !he assistance ■ oiiay, stating that ' a 10 for iis own !Uing yesterday the iheii dead and Piov' correspondent ■ ofs of .\giia Prieta 'f r«jbo!s lying in iillring there were ' > - of ,' esterda' 's im.s that the fed- 1 H0(mate inlorma- occupied by flie tin towern at the ■ into sieves. ’he i)ull ring there - >ne was that of an .^fiinst the wall of ! ii4avii\ guarded by ' a lone American ' with ihe retreat- I Irauls were tied' ■ lassod .over his ioing to shoot me, il ill a teirified voice. '1 Ilf was 'I'homas Sul- ■i born in Connecti- lossod the Mexican '1 boon arrested by 1 fif a hundred dol- 'la.^ the scaflet rib bon on his arm and had been driven into the fighting line. He still wore the scarlet ribbon today. The rebels evacuated Agua Prieta because they had exhausted their am munition. This was apparent from the stories related by the one or two who did not flee and by the federals w^ho entered the town. As the rebels passed out of Agua Prieta to the w'estward one or two members of the army called across the line to^the American troops: "W e are going into the mountains and will return when we get some more cartridges.” Uncle Sam Assured. * Washington, -April 18.—Positive as surances that the Mexican govern ment will adopt a "definite restric tive policy along the border,’ and news from DouiUas' that the rebel forces have evacuated Agua Prieta, did much today to relieve the high tension under which President Tatt and member of his official family have liibored for the last few days. The aspurances from Mexico follow ed demands of fhe state department that fighiing wnich endantered Amer ican lives in the border towns must l)e stopped. That the situation is not regarded as acute, is evidenced by the faot that leaders of both the sen ate and the hotise, with whom the president cohferved prior to the as sembling of ihe cabinet today, de clared that no aclion was contem plated by congress at this time. The presir'rt»nt had extendei con- feiences with Senator Cullom, of Illinois, .ind Ropresentativc Sulzer, of New York, chairmen re^;pectively of the foreisn affairs committee of the senate and house. Follow'ing the intei view Senator Cullom - insisted that he could see no reason for in tervention, while Mr. Suher an nounced that Congress w'ould not act hastily. Mr. Sulzer thinks that thus far there has been i.o overt act in Mex ico 'suflTicieut to Varrant Interven- (iin ■\Tr Sulzer intimated, however, tha^ a plan i:? under consideration to re lit ve the danger to Americans near the border. This contemplates an agreetnent for a neutral zone from five to ,ten miles wide along t>he boundary lines. Congress, Mr. Sulz er said, would not act under any circumstances without a special mes sage ft’om ^he president. To ii'.s callers today President Taft said that his telegram to Governor Sloan, of Arizona, published today, reflected consequently his attitude. There was no intention upon his part, the president said, to intervene in Mexico at this time and the tw’o bi.g departments of the morning had strengthened him in that position. r''' * AT D. A. R. CONVENTION By Associated Press. Washington, April 18.—The vari ous genferal officers .of the Daughters of the American Revolution submitted their reports 'to the twentieth con vention of that body today, "fhe ses sion of the forenoon was taken up by these rfeports, which in nearly every Instance were presented in person by the officers; Among those to be heard were the president-general, Mrs. Matthew T. Scott, as chairman of the national board of managernent; the vice-pres- ident-general. Mrs. Miranda Barney Tulloch, in charge of the organiza tion of chapters, and the chaplain- general, Mrs. Ester Frothingham Noble. At the afternoon session an inter esting report is expected from the president-geiieral as chairman of the committee on the memorial conti nental hall. Still another report awaited with interei|t is that of Miss Anna Carolina Bennlng, chairman of the committee on revolutionary rel ics. Reciprocity Treaty Holds The Boards In Congress Today SUPREME COURT REFUSES HU NT APPLICATION Port of Do'jglas Opened.. By Associated Press. Douglas, Ariz., April 18.—At 10 o'clock this morning the Port of Doug las was opened by the United States authorities. ERSAilEXICAN SITUATION By Associated Press. I Washington, April 18.—The Mexican situation, which is fast approaching a ‘crisis in its international aspect, was Jthe principal subject of consideration at today’s cabinet meeting. With the declaration by the President and his advisers th'at no American soldier will cross the bdrder line without the con sent of congress, the administration’s next move is anxiousiously awaited, (especially by members of congress. I It seems almost certain that the (problem soon will reach the halls of congress. Interest of official Washlng- 1 ton in the situation is keyed to the highest pitch and the border develop ments brought officials of the state and war departments to their desks early today. j Every bit of information which has I been received overnight was rushed to the White House for the perusal of the President. The executive interest and concern over the matter is plainly ev- dent in the fact that every telegram received by the departments, whether official or unofficial, is Immediately ^ laid before the president. ^tion Investigation ■ ^mttee Finds Corruption In New Jersey Elections [NSURRECTO LEADER ‘Red” Lopaz, Mexican Insurrecto leader (on the right), who, with a band of 300, captured the garrison at Agua Prie^. At his side is one of his aides, a typical specimen of the warriors how battling so desperately near the border. President Taft, through the s^te department, has sent a premeptory demand to-both the Mexican'-gai^rnn«ent-af«iJ the leader of the insurrectos at Agua Prieta that battles between the rebels and the federals *must not be fought so close to the American line as to put in jeopardy the lives and property of Americans, and that the Mexican government must see to it that no such unfortunate incident as that at Agua Prieta, when two Americans were killed and eleven wounded, be allowed to occur. United States military officers along the frontier and especially near Agua Prieta*have been ordered to prevent fighting close to the American line and, if necessary, to stop fighting already in progress. ' . . Another Severe Fight Is Hourly Expected in Mexico ■'Mril IS,—The spec-| '1 ■little appointed •’‘''•iion in Atlantic | •I lop'Tted to the] ’otind there was' 1 '‘Kal voting and I iliat election! failed to do I '-liiiiatod by tliej ' "111 the testimony ;ipli!-oxiniately two at ions and one ' hat tho testimo- ■ “S hoard has " Ihe i)roper offi cers of Atlantic county for legal pros ecution of the offenders and the com mittee says, it is assumed that these officers W'ili do their duty. “ It is stated in the report that the officeholders ‘in Atlantic county were required to contribute to the republi can 'campaign fund and the commit tee further states in the report it j® satisfied that “the misconduct and corrupt jon herein before set forth whether or not it was in obedience to the instructions of the leaders of the political party in power in Atlan tic county -at least could have been prevented by them and to that ex tent they are chargeable with the responsibility therefor.” By Associated Press. El Paso, Texas, April 18.—Desultory firing that began shortly after 1 o’clock this morning and continued in diministing frequency throughout the night has put the city of Juarez in a fever of excitement in anticipa tion of an insurrecto attack today. It was thought at first that the in surrectos were driving in the ^federal outposts with the intention of an im mediate assault on the city, but as the night wore on the firing dwindled to a few scattered shots and it wis apparent that the assailants had withdrawn, the sound of sliots becom ing fainter as the firing line moved west. Juarez is ready for an attack Troops and artillery, are posted in readiness and the town is practically cleared of non-combatants, who have crossed into El Paso. Members of the revolutionary junta here, however, express doubt regard ing an attack at least for two or three days. Last night it became known authoritatively that between 1,600 and 2,000 insurre;tos w’ere at Bauche, 17 miles south of Juaroz awiting reinforcements from Casas Grandes over the Mexican Northwest ern Railroad, which is under control of the insurrectos. This force is un der comniand of Raoul Madero, a brother of the commander-in-chief. Whether this morning’s engagement with the federal outposts was with the advance guard of this force Is not known. Americans Are Safe. San Diego, Cal., April 18.—O. ’Henry Ravage, of this city, to whom the AtoCTicans at Alamo made, their first appeal a few days ago, received a re assuring tele,gram in regard to them from Secretary Knox. The dispatch reads: “Consul at Ensenada reports that he has talked over the telephone with American residents at Alamo who state that all Americans are un harmed and have provisions for ab^ut two weeks, but cannot leave the town. No Official Action. Washington, D. C., April 18.—After a conference with President Taft, Chairman Cullom, of the senate cora^ mlttee on foreign relations, announced today that no meeting of his commit- Attempt toMurdet Italian Labows Bj' Associated Press. Danville, 111., April IS.—News reach ed here this morning of the second attempt in two days to murder a crowd of Italian railroad laborers employed by the Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad near Villa Grove, lil. Early Sunday morning a stick of dyriamite was placed under a car in which they were sleeping and the ex plosion badly shattered it. At about the same hour Monday morning there was anolher explosion which threw men from their beds, broke window glass and did other damage. It is believed Greek railroad labor ers are responsible for the explosions. BY Associated Press. Colr.mhbus, O., April 18.—The su preme court today refused the appli cation of Prosecutor T. Hunt, of Cincinnati, to file a petition in quo w'arranto against Judge Charles J. ] Hunt, ,of Cincinnati, with regard toi the trial of George B. Cox, the Cin cinnati politician, in this court. i Prosecutor Hunt charged prejudice j against Judge Hunt and the circuit court held against Hunt and he ap pealed. Cox after many legal entan glements got his case before Judge Hunt for trial on the charge of per jury. Many Cotton hills S hut D 0wn tee to consider the Mexican situation is known of here at this time. Accord ing to Senator Cullom, the president was quite optimistic today. The sena tor said he could see no reason for intervention at this time. No Repetition of Agua Prieta. Washington, April 18.—Definite as surances have been received by Pres ident Taft from the Mexican govern ment that affairs like that at Agua Prieta will not be repeated. An nouncement was made at the white house that Mexico has given assur ances of a definite restrictive policy on the border. Would Keep Americans Back. Washington, D. C., April 18.—An at tack on Juarez, Mexico, is momentarily expected, according to a telegram from Thomas D. Edward, United States consul there, received at the white house today. Mr. Edwards reports that he has asked Colone Sharpe to keep the Americans from crossing the Rio Grande during the battle. Bankers in Summerville. Charleston, S. C., April 18.—'fhe an nual convention of the South Carolina Bankers’ Association will open tonight in Summerville, anMnformal prelimi nary being the entertainment today at the famous Pinehurst tea gardens by Dr. Charles IT. Shepard, .the owner* of the estate! Secretary of the Treas urer Franklin MacVeagh will deliver and address tomorrow night. The dele gates will come here.on Thursday for an excursion by steamer around the harbor and other entertainment. Pres ident W'ilson G. Harvey of Charleston, will preside at the business'sessions. To Attend Directors Meeting. By Associated Press- Qolumb'a, S. C., A;^ril 18.~Edwin W. Robertson leaves this afternoon fpf New York to attend a meeting Thurs^ dafy of the board of directors of the Equitable Life Assurance Society, of w’hich he is a member. The committee on nominations Is expected to report a candidate for president, vice Paul Morton, deceased. Airship Company. By Associated Press. Columbia, S .C., April 18.--“To manu facture and deal in aeroplanes,” is the purpose of the Dillon Aviation Compa ny, chartered today with 125,000 capi tal, J. D. Manning being president. This is the first company of the' kind in South Carolina. By Associated Press. Fall River, Mass., April ,18.—Many cotton mills in this city were s-hut down today. Work will be resumed next Monday morning, but it is possi ble that most of the coarse goods mills will continue on a short time schedule, probably closing ""hursday night and reopening the following Mondaj\ Some of the companies, however, will con tinue on full time. Other Mills Curtail. Burlington, Vt., April 18.—The Chace Cotton Mills will be shut down next Tuesday night and will remain so until business improves. Stricken While Bowed In Prayer By A*^sooiated I’k.ss. Greensboro, April 18.—Rev. Dr. W. M. McFarland, pastor of the Metho dist church at Mebane, had just an nounced the text for his Easter ser mon and was kneeling to offer pray er when his congregation was start led to see him suddenly fall from his pulpit to the floor of the church. An examination showed that he had been stricken with paralysis a»d though medical aid was given by physicians present he died without regaining cojisciousness. Dr. McFarland was a well known Methodist minister and had served a number of charges in the North Caro lina Conference among them being Raleigh and Wilmington. The deceas ed leaves a widow and two children. TEXT OF TRE fARNIERS' FREE By Associated Press. Washington. April —Canadian re ciprocity again w^as the subject of debate in the house today, the third day of the discussion and originally planned to be the concluding day. It will not be, however, for when the house convened Chairman Ijnderw'ood, of the ways and means committee, de clared so many appeals for more time had been made to him that the debate must be prolonged at least another day. “I do not believe that we can coty elude the debate before Thursday, ’ said Mr. Underwood. “Mr. McCall,” he continued, “on the republican side, to whom I have alloted five hours of my time, has not yet spoken, nor have any of the republican supporters of the bill. Their arguments alone will take up the greater part of a day and Mr. Dalzell has nol yet si)oken. There are others on both sides who wish to speaiv and I will close the debate. I see no chance of getting the bill to a vote before Thursday at the earliest.” Mr. McCall of Massachusetts, was ready today to take uj) the debate to answ’er some of tlie arguments made against the bill by his party colleag ues. Representatives Hinds, Fordnej, Lenroot and Crumpacker. The senate has adjourned until Thursday. 1 wo Drowned At Asheboro By Associated Press. Greensboro, April 18.—Wade Auman and Worth Farlow, aged 21 and 7 years respectively, were drowned at Asheboro late Sunday afternoon when "a boat in which they with two other companions, w^ere rowing cap sized. The p*ty had just pulled out from the bank of an old mill pond w'hen in some manner the boat was tilted, all being thrown into the wa ter. Parties on the bank succeeded in saving two of the party, one being pulled from the water by an oar which was proffered from a res cuer standing on the edge of the water and to which he clung until safe. The bodies of the two victims were recovered from the water with out difficulty.V Both the Auman and Farlow families are prominent in business and social circles in their communities. FELL FROM AIRSHIP ' TO SUDDfeN DEATH. By Associated Press. Versailles, France, April 18. —Captain Carron, of the French , army aviation corps, fell with his aeroplane from a height of 250 * feet today and was crushed to death. LIST BILL NEWS BUREAU, j Congress Hall. (By H. E. C. BRYANT.) Washington, D. C., April 18.—Upon the passage of the Canadian reciproci ty bill the house will take up the farmers’ free list bill, which reads: Be it enacted by the senate Sad house of representatives of the United States of America in congress assem bled, That on and after the day follow ing the passage of this Act, the follow ing articles sliall be exempt from duty when imported into the United States: Plow'S, too?h and disk harrows, head ers, harvesters, reapers, agricultural drills and planters, mowers, horse- rakes, cultivators, threshing machines and cotton gins, farm wagons and farm carts, and all other agricultural imple ments of any kind and description, w’hether in whole or in parts, including repair parts. Bagging for cotton, gunny cloth, and all similar fabrics, materials or cover ings, suitable for covering and baling cotton, composed in whole or in part of jute, jute butts, hemp, flax, seg, Russiajj seg. New Zealand tow, Norwe gian tow', aloe, mill waste, cotton tares, or any other materials or fibres suit able for covering cotton; and burlaps and bags or sacks composed Xvholly or in part of jute or burlaps or other material suitable for bagging or sack ing agricultural products. Hoop or band iron, or hoop or band steel, cut to lengths, punched or not punched, or wholly or partly manu factured into hoops or ties, .coated or not coated with paint or any other preparation, with or without buckles or fastenings, for baling cotton or any other commodity; and wire for baling hay, straw and other agricultu ral products. Grain, buff, split, rough and sole leather, band, bend, or belting leather, boots and shoes made wholly or in chief value of leather made from cattle hides and cattle skins of whatever weight, of cattle of the bovine species, including calf skin, and harness, sad dles, and saddlery, in sets or in parts, finished or unfinished, composed whol ly or in chief value of leather; and leather cut into slioe uppers or vamps or other forms, suitable for conversion, nto manufactured articles. Barbed fence wire, wire rods, wire strands or wire rope, wire woven or manufactured for wire fencing, and other kinds of wire suitable for fenc ing, including wire staples. Beef, veal, mutton, lamb, pork and meats of all kinds, fresh, salted, pick- led, dried, smoked, dressed or undress ed, prepared or preserved in any man ner; bacon, ham, shoulders, lard, lard compouhds and lard substitutes; and sausage and sausage meats. Buckwheat flour, corn meal,. wheat flour and semolina, rye flour, bran, middlings, and other offals of grain, oatmeal, and rolled oats, and all pre pared cereal foods; and biscuits, bread, wafers and similar articles not sw'eetened. Timber, hewn, sided or squared, round timber used for spars' or in building wharves, shingles, laths, fenc ing posts? sawed boards, planks, deals, and other lumber, rough or dressed, except boards, planks, deals and other lumber, of lignum vitae, lancewood, ebony, box, grandilla, mahogany, rose wood,” satinwood, and all other cabi net w'oods. Sewing machines, and all parts thereof. Salt, whether in bulk or in bags, sacks, barrels, or other packages. ^ The caucus that accepted this lis.t passed a resolution binding democrats to keep them from voting for any amendments. This was 'done, it is said, to induce representatives from sugar producing districts to tal^e part in the caucus. If this be true. Repre sentative Kitchin dropped into a repub lican trap Saturday. Mr. I^Follette, of Washington, asked him if he would vote for free sugar; he answered in the affirmative. It is the purpose of republicans to offer amendments to embarrass democrats, and sugar will have its turn. OF P. 0. DEPARTMENT News Bureau, Congress Hall. Southern League Game Postponed. Memphis, Tenn., April 18.—Memphi.s- Nashville game postponed on account of w'ct grounds. (By H. E. C. BRYANT.) Washington, D. C., April 18.—A thor ough and searching inquiry into the ad ministration of the postoffice depart ment is demanded in a resolution intro duced in the house yesterday afternoon by Representative William Schley Howard, of Georgia. He charges intimi dation of postal employes, coercion, and uniiecessary surveillance. Following the meviting in Speaker Clark’s office on Saturday of the nine chairmeh of the conunittees on expen ditures in the nine executive depart ments. it was- given out that, these committees would' institute inquiires into the methods of republican house keeping during the past 16 years. The committee on expenditures in the postoffice department met this morning at the call of Chairman Ash- brook and after conferring for about an hour decided they did not have authority under the rules of the house, known a» rule 42, to do more than inquire into expenditures. Chairman Moon, of ‘the house com mittee on postoffices and post roads, was asked if his committee would go into this subject. He repiled that no investigation would be inaugurated in the absencg of specific ins-tructions from the house. Upon the receipt of this information Representative Howard introduced his resolution. It cuarges inefficiency and incompetency to the head of the post- offiec department; demands to know if railway postal clerks have been de nied the right to organize for mutual protection and to affiliate with the American Federation of Labor; and directs that the increase In the num ber of poa-tal inspectors and private sleuths be probed and the purposes for which used, be inquired into; and, finally, asks for information as to the report that the head of the postoffice department has attempted to cripple the rural free delivery service and refused to follow the instructions of congress embodied in appropriation bills. The resolution directs that the com mittee have authority to compel the attendance of witnesses and the pro duction of books and papers. The action of the committee ouj expenditures in the postoffice depart ment has led to an inquiry as to wheth er other similar committees will be re&tricted and circumscribed in the investigations they are to make. A^ resolution by Representative Hamlin, of Missouri, is now pending, which proposes to extend the authority con ferred under rule 42 and to confer the powers and privileges covered in the last paragraph of the Howard reso lution on all Investigating committee.'* charged with the duty of probing the executive departments. Father’s Murderous Mania. By Associated Press. Youngstown, Ohio. April 18.—Pearl Rlckert, aged 8, and Raymond Rickert, 7, died today from injuries inflicted last midnight by their father. Grant G. Rickert, making six lives the toll of his murderous fit of insanity. Rickert took his own life by shooting after he had killed his wife and daughters j Charlotte, aged 11, and Helen, aged 15.' His son Edwin escaped from the; father, who had struck him on the: head with an axe, and will survive. Two Firemen KiMed. By Associated Press. Brussels, Belgium, April 18.—The city hall at Schaerbeek. a suburb of \he capital, together with its priceless works of arts, including notable paint ings, was.destroyed by fire last night. Tw'o firemen were killed during a desperate effort *to save some of the contents of the building. It is be lieved that the fire was of incen*, diary origin. ^ i