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City's Railroad HEADS II. D. C.
Tram Left Sixth
This Morning For Raleigh, with
Officials And Directors on
Board-
Witnesses.
Toda- Tras epochal in the history
of Charlotte and the Norfolk South
era Railway and with the departure
of the first passenger train from this
eitr a: 11:30 o'clock this morning,
tiie opening of the road through from
Raleigh to the center of the business
district of Charlotte was completed.
The initial train over the new roafl
carried as passengers the high offi
cials of the Norfolk Southern and the
wen cf finances from New York and
the North who made the construction
cf the new road possible.
President C. H. Hix, '"of theNor
folk Southern, and Mr. Marsden J
Pen?; of New York, chairman of the
board of directors of the railroad,
were among the first passengers on
me first train operated out of the
city over the new road this morn
ing. Other member of the party includ
ed Messrs. W". A. Witt, general super
intendent of the Norfolk Southern;
F. L. Nicholson, chief engineer of the
road; Mr. Bradley, district superin
tendent with offices in RaleigH; JS. D.
Kyle, traffic manager of the Norfolk
Southern; T. L. Chadbourne, general
counsel tor the road, and members
of the board of directors who accom
panied Mr. Pen;- from the North to
participate in the initial inspection
tour over the completed lines. . ,
Train Pulls Out.
The train which started on the
initial run from Charlotte this morn
ing concisted of an engine and three
coaches, one day coach, one diner
siid one combination observation car
ud sleeper.
The outfit was backed up to Sixth
street near the site of the proposed
iiassenger station, and at this point
the inspection party boarded the train
for their journey to Raleigh.
, President Hix and the officials or
'ne road came in on former's pri
vate car Friday evening, reaching
Charlotte at 7:30 p. m., and Mr:
1 erry, chairman of the board of direc
tors, and his associates on the board,
arrived this morning on train No! 37
wer the Southern Railway at 10:15,
and immediately betook themselves to
the waiting train backed up to the
ftfge of East Sixth street, and went
aooara.
. event was known to only a;
People but quite a party of cit-1
: ct ere present when the train
00 s its departure, moving slowly
w the newly laid tracks cut to
aias the northern limits of the city,
crossing; tbe tracks of the Seaboard
M Southern on the route and final
'; reaching the open country on the
I,,w to Mt. Gilead.
. Rapid Work Done.
. Ia 0rder to complete the tracks ot
'j1 road from the Seaboard intersec
beyond Twelfth street to the
;pI;ot site on Sixth street, a force ot
",Jut 20u men have been engaged
whU r':!esday morning, and the- feat
"aIT Uej bave accomplished Is re
MTfcd m railroad pircles as one
lis if " of note- Tho entire track for
tin 8 rniIe Was laid in four day
ha,!' and to accomplish this required
wd work and great haste.
it., Psent tour of the officials
it ,?:r9ciors will embrace the en
ci,,"'8 cf the Norfolk Southern In
kLle the line to Aberdeen and
Sboro- Th branch line leaves the
bom rc,Jt.to Raleigh at Starr, and
Tj. ca to Asheboro and Aberdeen,
nsak Pa cy leavinS this morning will
ev Tl0 whole 3urney taking in
ery f0ol of the new rQute M weU
ovanch Iitips
offp! ---"v" unco, iuis la me nrssi
.v..:1 inspection of the entire line
that
wV133 been made by the Norfolk
-ulUnni Official- and Hropnra
Schedule December 1.
j MtuA, VVbWX kJ
learned today that the road
Vil
-a'-igurate a regular schedule
evelopmenl
Street at 11:30
Many
from Charlotte to Raleigh beginning
on December 1. r
For the present temporary quarters
will be provided as a passenger depot
near the corner of Sixth street and
"A". It is probable that a temporary
station will be fitted up in the build
ing occupied by the Western News
paper Union, the Norfolk Southern
having engineering offices on the sec
ond floor of this building.
The departure of the handsomely
equipped train with new ' engine and
Pullman cars this morning was wit-
ngsfi.d J;jujcaisid&
were attracted to the spot where the
train stood in waiting for the arrival
of the directors from New York city
over the Southern railway.
The announcement of the opening
up of a regular passenger service
from the Sixth street station through
to Raleigh completes the chief aim of
the road as regards this city and in
the formal establishment of the new
schedule the hopes and long entertain
ed interest of the people of Charlotte
will be realized.
The departure of the train this
morning marked a notable moment in
the industrial and general develop
ment of this city. The coming of this
railroad into Charlotte has lens been
heralded and much has been said of
the long-expected event which tran
spired this morning and which marks
the conclusion of the great task of
building the road from Raleigh into
the center of the city of Charlotte.
The inspection tour will probably
cover several days, as the train will
make the side trip to Asheboro and
Aberdeen, and it is the desira of the
officials to give the chairman and
members of the board of directors am
ple opportunity to view the entire
property, particularly that part whicn
has been newly constructed from this
city to Mount Gilead and other points
immediate between Charlotte and Rai-
iisHEiER
H FIRE-MI
By Associated Press.
Cape Race, N. F., Nov. 15. The
Spanish steamer Balmes is one flra in
the North Atlantic and her passen
gers have been transferred to the
Cunard liner Pannonja, according to a
wireless message received from the
Pannonla today.
Tho Balmes is a freighter of 2,345
tons. It is believed that she carried
a few passengers. - She sailed from
New Orleans October 26 for Galves
ton, from the latter port to Havana
October 31 and Havana November 6
for Cadiz and Barcelona, Spain.
The Pannonia is due in New York
on Sunday from the Mediterranean.
The message received by the operator
here made no mention of the crew of
the Balmes.
SUFFRAGETTES INVADE
WASHINGTON.
By Associated Press.
Washington, Nov. 15. Suffragist
sympathizers swooped down on . his
toric Lafayette Park and the vicinity
of the white -house and state, war and
navy offices before daylight today
armed with quantities of chalk and
covered sidewalks and street, pave
ments with "Votets For Women." i
By Associated Press.
New Orleans, Nov. 16. Mrs. Daisy
McLaurin Stevens, of :Iississippi, was
unanimously elected president general
of the United Daughters of the Con
federacy at the convention here to
day, as the only other candidate,
Mrs. Nathan D. Ella, of Virginia, had
withdrawn from the race. Mrs. Cor
nells Branch Stone of Texas, was
unanimously elected honorary presi
dent general.
SAYS DEATH LIST
IS ONLY TEN.
By Associated Press.
Savannah, Ga., Nov. 15. General
Superintandent Johnson of the Cen
tral of Georgia Railway, who is at
the scene of Thursday's wreck on
the Clayton and Ozark branch of the
board, wires the general manager's
office here tha tthe report of 22 dead
telegraphed from Clayton yesterday
is an exaggeration. Superintendent
Johnson states that the death list is
only ten. This is an official report
made after two days investigation
and the Central officials declare it is
undoubtedly correct.
LOST VESSEL IDENTIFIED.
By Associated Press.
Port Huron, Mich.,
Nov. 15. The
mg in .Lake Huron a few miles north
east of here since Sunday's great
storm was today definitely identified
as the Charles S. Price. A diver is
said to have learned the name."
Steamship Ulidia
Reaches Savannah
With Cargo Afire
Savannah, Ga., Nov. 15. With the
decks so hot that it is well night
impossible to stand ' the heat the
British steamship Ulidia, Capt. Rob
ert McClenahan, from Savannah for
Hamburg, which sailed at 3 o'clock
yesterday came hurriedly into port
this morning at 5:30 o'clock with a
stubborn fire in a cargo of cotton in
No. 3 hatch.
The crew which under the direc
tion of the master and first oflicer
H. Jacobsen, had fought the fire all
night as the slow and heavily laden
freighter fought to regain a harbor
of refuge is worn from the strenu
ous duty. The masters' wife, Mrs.
Mabel McClenahan. was forced to
leave her cabin which is blistered
from the heat and steam and it was
only by a herculean effort that the
fire was confined to the hatch where
it was discovered. The big ship was
hot from stem to stern and there was
some danger of the fire eating its
way into the other sections of the
hold. No. 2 hatch was very hot and
smoke slowly forced its ' way from
the battened down hatches.
The ship was forty miles ffdm Ty
bee when the fire was discovered by
the first, oflicer. The crew lifted the
hatch cover but were forced back by
angry flames which curled upward.
Setam ia being forced into the hatch
by three fire tugs, the Cambria, Mc
Cauley and Tagart.
The ship has a cargo of cotton and
linters of 8,000 bales valued at $175,
103. The Ulidia is owned by Joseph
Fisher & Sons, of Newry, Ireland.
The damage will be several thous
and dollars, fully covered by insur
ance. The fire was practically under
control at 10 o'clock.
PROMINENT CITIZEN OF
ML AIRY DIED TODAY
A telegram to Mrs. Willis T. Wil
kinson, of 711 Hawthrone Lane, this
morning announced the death, in
Mt. Airy, of Mr. A. H. Merritt, an
uncle of Mrs. Wilkinson. The tele
gram was sent by Mr. Haywood Mer
ritt, and said: "Father passed away
at 11:30 last night." Mrs. Wilkinson
left this morning to attend the fun
eral , service.
Mr. Merritt was -a great friend or
Capt Thomas Haughton and Capt.
Fred Nash, of this city; also of the
late Dr. Joseph Graham. He was a
ma nof like nature to these, his
friendsupright, honorable, true and
revered i a noble Christian gentle
man. Tbe funeral will be held tomorrow-'
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t'? Unsettled tonight and Sunday,
w probably local rains; warmer to- w
night in southeast portion. Light 5$
to moderate winds, mostly north- -!?
) east and east.
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HUERTA ISSUES
STATEMENT DF
DEFIANCE
Definite Developments in Situ
ation Are Expected to Take
Place Today Washington
Awaits Advices From The
Storm Center.
ENGLAND JOINS IN
URGING HUERTA'S REMOVAL
In Late Afternoon Statement
Huerta Practicallv Makes
Peaceful Settlement of !
Trouble Impossible Willi
Maintain "Dignified Attitude
Towards Washington."
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HUERTA MAKES PEACEFUL i
SETTLEMENT IMPOSSIBLE.
By Associated Pres.
Latest dispatch from Mexico -
City.
Mexico City, Nov. 15. "In view X
of Venustiano Carranza's repudia
tion of any form of mediation by
or alliance with the United
States Provisional President X
Huerta can do no less than join -.'?
him in his expression of patriotic &
sentiment and maintain unaltered
his dignified,: attitude toward
Washington."
This statement was made at
"the national palace today. It ap
pears to cast extreme doubt upon
any renewal of the negotiations X
between Mexico and the United
States, according to the view tak
en by well informed persons here, w
They declare that it tends to sub- X
stantiate the belief that no hope
is left of an amicable adjustment.
By Associated Press. :
Washington, Nov. 15. The United
States government today awaited dis
patches from Charge O'Shaughnessy
in Mexico City as to the effect of in
structions sent him late last night by
Secretary Bryan informing counsell
ors of Provisional President Huerta
who have displayed an anxiety to re
open negotiations, on just what condi
tions this government would assent
to further parleys.
As the new Mexican congress, which
the United States has refused to rec
ognize as legally chosen, was to be
convened by official order late today,
it was expected here that definite de
velopments in the situation would ma
terialize. Officials are confident that Huerta
now realizes not only that the United
States is in earnest in its intention
to depose him and may accomplish
hi seliminaton . by If ting the embargo
on arms but also that Great Britain
as well as the other foreign powers
have assumed more than a passive at
titude of acquiescence in the American ;
policy.
The fact that Sir Lionel Carden,
British minister to Mexico, is communi
cating to Huerta intimations of a
strong character that he must elminate
himself in accordance with the Amer
ican contention, is said to be the de
velopment upon which the situation
has turned within the last two days.
Refusal to resign or prevent the new !
congress from compuicatiag the situs:-1
tion by giving oil concessions which
this government would consider ille
gal might mean that the American
government would go forward in its
policy of morally supporting the con
stitutionalists. The capture of Juarez by constitu
tionalisms, an important port through
which munitions of war might be pass
ed for a vigorous campaign in Chih
uahua and the large cities to the
South, is expected to 'have concider
able effect in Mexico City. The cap
ture of Juarez by Madero in his rebel
lion against Porflrio Diaz was the
turning point which brought the Diaz
regime to terms and forced the flight
of the president.
President Wilson went to the golf
links early today and Secretary Bryan
came to the state department early
to await dispatches from the MexiJ
can capital.- f
New Congress Meets;
Mexico City. Nov. 15. Senators and
deputies elected recently to form the
new Mexican congress in place of that
dissolved by Provisional President :
Hurta met at 3 o'clock this afternoon
in their respective houses to choose
temporary speakers. Early today Pres
ident Huerta has given, no indication
that he intended to alter his program
to comply with the demands made by J
John Lind, personal representative of
President Wilson, tnat he prevent tne
organization of the new. congress.
May Withdraw Embassy.
It would be no surprise in official
circles here if the American embassy
were withdrawn, Nelson O'Shaugh
nessy, charge d'affaires, received a
communication irom the state depart
ment at Washington last night which
it is believed contained instructions
governing his actions.
Unless the present plan is abandon
ed by President Huerta within the next
few hours the men chosen to replace
those senators and deputies now pris
oners in "the penitentiary will assem
ble for a preliminary meeting with
Manuel Garza Aldape, minister of the
interior, as acting temporary chairman.
Ordinarily this post would fall to some
member of the previous congress.
Today's sessions were expected to be
confined to the formality of selecting
temporary officers. Monday is the day
fixed for both houses to meet and re
vise the credentials of their members.
Tis business will probably occupy two
days at the most. Since few contests
are expected the temporary organiza
tion should be effected in time. Official
returns of the recent election show
that all deputies and senators, had been
elected unanimously.
On Wednesday both houses of con
gress are expected to elect their per
manent officers and appoint commit
tees to notify President Huerta and
the supreme court of the formal open
ing of congress. The first regular ses
sion for the transaction of business
is expected to occur in the afternoon
of November 20. On that day it is
anticipated that President Huerta will
personally deliver his message to con
gress reviewing the events since the
dissolution of the previous congress.
Rumors-heard yesterday and circu
lated with additional persistency to
day are to the effect that the American
embassy will be withdrawn on Monday
or earlier. Mr. Lind is credited with
the authorship of these rumors and
-with the additional statement-that--ma
rines are to "be landed as a protest
against President Hu'erta's definace of
the Washington government.
In that event it is probable that Vera
Cruz will be evacuated by the federals.
It is reported here that the govern
ment army commander at Vera Cruz
has been instructed in such an event
to make no opposition but to withdraw
his force to some point nearer the cap
ital and there await Instructions.
Senator Garza Aldape, it was report
ed today, was still making the efforts
through the American embassy to se
cure some modification of Mr. Lind's
last statement to President Huerta.
He is said to have been in communi
cation with Charge O'Shaughnessy
last midnight.
It was considered not improbable
that there would be an eleventh hour
alteration of the government's plan
with reference to ttee meeting of con
gress today since it was not regarded
as probable that Washington would
recede from the stand announced by
Mr. Lind to the effect that congress
should not meet as ordered by Presi
dent Huerta.
PELLAGRA ENDS LIFE
IN SPARTANBURG.
By Associated Press.
Spartanburg, S. C, Nov. 15. Made
desperate by suffering, William M.
Meares, a pellagra victim, last night
committed suicide here. He was a
carpenter, 52 years old.
By Associated Press.
Montreal, Nov. 15. The steam col
lier Bridgeport, sailing from Sydney,
Cape Breton, with a crew of forty
two and a cargo of 10,000 tons of coal,
has been lost and probably all aboard
have perished, according to an official
announcement made today by the Do
minion Coal Company, which charter
ed the vessel.
Wreckage found on the shores of
Bird Rock Island in the St. Lawrence
river told the story of the tragedy.
According to information . received
by the Dominion Coal Company this
wreckage has been identified suffi
ciently to make reasonably certain the
presumption that the lost vessel was
the Bridgeport. No word of the crew
has been received and the opinion
prevails that they met death in the
icy waters of the St. Lawrence.
The Bridgeport sailed from Sydney
on November ! with coal for Montreal.
She was overdue and feara had been
held during the past 4S hours that
she had failed to weather the storm ot
the past week., . .' ; -
Brown, Jenkins & Company of Lon-
aon are tne owners. , i
SHIP LOST
WITH CfiEffl
OF FORTY
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Swp) ise
d
The Death List is Said to Have
Been Small Three Amencans
Weie Killed-Significance
Of This Rebel
Victoiy.
By Associated Press.
El Paso, Tex., Nov. 15 Ciundad
Juarez, the most important northern
port of entry in Mexico was cap
tured by Constitutionalists under Gen
eral Pancho Villa and General Macle
vio Herrera early this morning with
small loss on either side.
Three Americans Killed.
Three Americans were killed in
Juarez during the fighting.
The occupation of Juarez by rebels
began at :30 o'clock after the men
under Villa and Herrera had reached
Ihecify.'" trains thoughY to' be car
lying Federal soldiers to the garrison.
The rebels detrained undiscovered,
placed their artillery and soon had ev
erything in readiness to fight. At the
first volley the astounded government
troops were assembled and returned
the fire, engaging in a battle which
lasted for two hours.
Bullets Fall in El Paso.
Bullets fell thick in El Paso and all
the residents here were awakened by
the sound of heavy artillery firing.
Americans were kept from the danger
zone by the detachment of United
States 15th cavalry on patrol duty un
der Major K. E. L. Mitchie and so
far as is known no Americans in
this city were wounded.
The formal surrender of the city
to the Constitutionalists was at 5
o'clock when the Federal commander
threw himself and his soldiers on tbe
mercy of the victorious rebels. At
once bands began playing on the
streets and the town rang with
"Vivas" for the conquerors.
A Clever Strategy.
It was by one of the cleverest strate
gies in the history of Mexico that Jua
rez was taken. General Villa with
with General Herrera, was near Chi
huahua City Thursday, reported to be
attacking that town. Federal troops
were rushed to the reinforcement of
the Chihuahua garrison but Villa nev
er really pushed his attack there. By
prearrangement trains were ready to
convey his army into Juarez last night
while all Federal officers in northern
Mexico believed him to be exerting ev
ery energy to take Chihuahua.
Leaving a small force of men there
he took 7,000 of his troops on board
the train which reached Juarez at the
time a Federal troop train was expect
ed. Not once was he challenged.
The Town Surrounded.
Under cover of darkness the rebels
surrounded the town save the river
front, that next to the American bor
der and a concerted attack was made
with the artillery doing much of the
work. The Federals were so complete
ly demoralized by the attack that they
offered no serious resistance.
toss Mot Heavy.
Colonel -Cano, spokesman for the
rebels, told Tbe Associated Press cor
respondent today that-he had no idea
of the number killed and wounded on
both sides. He said he did not be
lieve the loss was heavy.
The refugees from Juarez began to
flee over the International bridge into
El Paso soon after the firing, though
the exodus this morning was much
smaller than at other times when the
city faced an attack.
Many citizens in Juarez were una
ble to reach the safety of the Ameri
can side because of the suddenness of
the attack and because to traverse
the' streets after the battle had begun
would have been dangerous . The
Americans in Juarez were grouped at
an American hotel near the Jefeturaj
and a rebel guard was placed tp pro
tect them.
Reporters Barred.
NewsDaDer men were not allowed to
cros3 into Mexico this morning. Both
Mexican rebel soldiers and . United
States cavalry refused to allow any
person to go into Mexico, though all
who sought refuge from the city were
permitted to cro3s into the United
States. - ..
"Hundreds of people of El Paso gath
ered at safe distances to watch the
Completely
By Stmi-
y Rebels
flashes from the night battle. Many oi
them were on the Pioneer Plaza near
the postoffice. At one time bullets
struck buildings around the plaza and
created a small panic among 'the on
lookers. Splinters of glass from brok
en windows showered upon them.
Maj. Mitchie in Command.
Major R. E. L. Mitchie, adjutant to
General Hugh L. Scott, commanding
the United States troops on border
patrol here, immediately took com
mand of the United States troopa
when the fighting began. He threw
uul yriuuis o Keep people oi r.i rasu
back cf the danger line. Street cars
were hurried from the barns to Fort
Bliss to bring additional soldiers to
the border. Among these was the
15th cavalry which arrived here yes
terday from Fort Myer, Va., Fort Lea
venworth, Kas., and Fort Sheridan,
Ills.
One bullet broke a hole in the White
House window in the heart of El Paso
at 3:30 this morning. The White
House is but half a block from the
postoffice on Pioneer Plaza, near al!
the hotels. The plaza was full of
people when the bullet struck the
plate gass and broke it.
American Killed.
One of the Americans killed during
the fighting was Charley Sergerson, an
automobile man of El Paso. He was
killed in ( his car. Two other Ameri
cans who had not been identified were
killed in a raid on a gambling house
A band of forty men, supposed to be
rebels, held up the gambling house.
Fighting was resumed .at 7 o'clock
near the Juarez race track bu the Fed
erals soon were in flight.
21 Reported Dead.
Major Cervero Maresa, commanding
the rebel detachment guarding the in
ternational bridge placed the total
numbr killed in Juarez at twenty-one,
seventeen Federal and four Constitu
tionalists. Three thousand rebels took part in
the capture. A troop train was made
ready to be sent to Suaz to bring in .
the 3,000 or more constitutionalists
who stopped there.
Exonerates The
Buffalo Grant
By Associated Press.
Buffalo knat, described" as a carrier of
pellagra, has been accused falsely, ac
cording to Dr. J. F. Siler of the Thoinp-
son-McFadden pellagra commission,
who returned today from an investi
gation tour of Panama. Dr. Siler was
accompanied on his trip by A. H. Jen
nings, government entomologist, am1.
Dr. Louis Sarnbon, head of the Lon
don school of tropical medicine who
originated the insect theory.
The trio found much pellagra bu
were unable to connect it with ths
presence of the gnat
SUFFRAGETTES HURL
HAMMERS AT JUDGE.
By Associated Press.
London, Nov. 15. Women hurled
hammers at the judge of the Londor
sessions court at the Old Bailey to
clay wnen he sentenced Miss Rachel
Peace, a militant suffragette, . to lfc
months imprisonment after she had
been found guilty by the jury of set
ting fire to a mansion at Hampton-on-Thames
on October 4.
A crowd of women had gathered
in the court, room and frequently in
terrupted thep roceedings. On the
pronouncement of the sentence they
riot only threw hammers at the judge
hut smashed a number of windows
and -jiasg doors. Four of tne dis
turbers were arrested after a hard
strugsJR with the police.