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Administration Decides to Take Drastic Step to Secure Ab
solute Enforcement of Admiral's Order Huerta Gov
ernment Will Be Forced to Comply
With Request Secretary Daniels Imme-
diately Issues List of Orders For
Concentration of Fleet at Tam
pico Mo Ultimatum
Yet.
Washington, April 14. A general concentration of
the Atlantic fleet at Tampico was ordered today by Sec'y
Daniels after a cabinet meeting in which President Wil
eon laid before the Cabinet the necessity for backing up
the demand of Rear Admiral Mayo that the American
flag t: "iliited by the Huerta commander.
SHIPS ORDERED OUT.
The transport Hancock with 800 marines has been
ordered from New Orleans to Tampico at once.
The torpedo flotilla at Pensacola, Fla., has been noti
fied to be ready to join the battleships at Tampico on
hort notice.
The battleship South Carolina, enroute from San
Domingo has been intercepted by wireless and ordered
lo Tampico- '
The gunboats Nashville at San Domingo and Tacoma
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at Boston also have been ordered to Tampico. .
The cabinet had discussed the sit
uation in a two hour meeting and the
general concensus of opinion was that
Hie Washington government should
insist on a salute. After the meeting
them was a conspicuous silence on
the part, of all officers and Secretary
Daniels hurried to the navy depart
ment where he prepared a memoran
'ium of naval orders.
May Issue Statement.
President Wilson- conferred with
Secretary Tumulty and reports were
"Jirent that later in the day a state
ment covering the American demand
o ra salute would be made.
The tensity of the situation is em
"hasized by the caution with which
officials guard every statement relating
o Admiral Mayo's demand for the
iiiig of the salute. It is understood
hen the cabinet met today- informa
on had been received that Huerta
rists in declining to -ccede to the
American admiral's demand, though
:' also is understood liis decision is
'ot irrevocable but couched in such
'anguage as to make it appear that
!c remains open to conviction if it
r"dii be shown Mexican honor will not
, r' tarnished by rendering "he salute.
Vaval officials are insistent that Ad-
T. ' ra 1 Mavo hp fnllv sustain- in his
'nee ot; Elfficient time for the Mexican
orei-n nffirp tn fairlv consider the
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'y some members of thecabinet.
No Ultimatum Yet.
"fficials said that while no ultima
had been issued to the Huerta gov
"pment the mobilization Oj the fleet
Tampico was intended to put the
nited States in position to enforce
,rir: should the immediate development
li;'ke it necessary.
Secretary Daniels announced that he
:'l ordered Rear Admiral Badger,;
'nmanding the Atlantic fleet, to take
ui the ships now at HampLon Roads
" Tampico at once. The transport
'aneock at New-Orleans was ordered
" take H0Q marines now there and pro
'r,(l at once to Tampico. The torpedo
1 '!lla at Pensacola was held in read
;,r --s to sail across the Gulf to join
!:" battleships at short notice.
A statement issued by Secretary
!;!niels follows: ;
"Secretary of the Navy Daniels this
: H noon r3ent orders to Rear Admiral
anger, commander in - hief, Atlanta
j't, to proceed at once with all the
s' -ips under his command to Tampico.
y-lmiral Badger is at Hampton Roads.
Al tiie same time orders were issued
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for the Hancock, now at New Orleans
with 800 ljuarines to proceed at cce
to Tampiqd. Orders were also issued to
the South Carolina, en route from San
Domingo to join the fleet Hampton
Roads, intercepting her and ordering
her to Tampico. Orders were also is
sued to the Nashville at San Domingo
to proceed to Tampico. Orders were
also issued to the Tacoma now at Bos
ton to proceed to Tampico. The tor
pedo fleet now at Pensacola was noti
fied to stand by for orders to proceed
to Tampico."
Naval officers eagerly transmitted
the orders to the fleet and there was
a scene of activity and anticipation.
The feeling that the Washington gov
ernment had determined to show
Huerta its fixed determination to in
sist on an apology and public salute
pervaded ofiacial circles.
It was authoritatively stated that
while further investigation of the
Tampico incident was being made,
tL-f'e Tv-as a general feeling that the
demand 'of Rear Admiral Mayo
should be backed up. In the mean
time, however, it was determined that
negotiations with the Huerta govern
ment through Charge O'Shauglmessy
should proceed in order to represent
to General Huerta . the insistence of
the United States. .
Members of the cabinet were hope
ful that no further step would be re
Qed to secure ' Compliance w,tt the
American demand but they privately
admitted the .Washington govern-
was getting ready -to enforce its de
mand should it meet with resistance.
Mobilization of the fleet under such
circumstances as occurred today, im
mediately raised, in official circles, the
question of - whether the . possible
landing of marines at Tampico in sat
isfaction of the arrest of the ma
rines last Thursday would be an act
of war.
'It has been repeatedly pointed out
that the landing of any armed forces
without the permission of the govern
ment in control of the territory, was
regarded here as an act of war and
military intervention. It was pointed
out today, however, by those famil
iar with precedent, that should the
Huerta commander fail to resist any
aggressive stpes by the American na
val officers, and retire, no further
serious consequences might result as
the United States might feel disposed
not to press the affair any further.
In as much as the United States
has recognized no government' in
Mexico but regards the Southern re
public as in a state of anarchy it has
long been realized here that unusual
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CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL
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steps might be taken without using
extensively aggressive measures.
John Lind, the president's personal
representative in Mexico, who now is
in Washington, is known to have
held, for some time, the view that a
more drastic policy tshould be pur
sued by the United States in dealing
with Huerta. He is understood to
have told the president and Secretary
Bryan that Huerta would delay and
evade the issue just ' so long as the
United States seemed disinclined to
use force.
This feeling has been growing in
administration circles during the last
month in particular and President
WTilson has shown in hs talks wth
callers a fixed determination not to
temporize with the Huerta govern
ment but to insist on whatever de
mands the United States might make.
The naval demonstration ordered to
day is an outcome of the events of the
last eight months, particularly since
the contending forces in Mexico began
to disregard rights of foreigners.
There was evidence that the presi
dent was reluctant to use force in
dealing with the situation, but none
the less intended to demonstrate to
Huerta the earnestness of the . Ameri
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When the concentration of the fleet
is complete Admiral Badger will have
under hids command in Mexican wa
ters twenty odd big warships.
Admiral Fletcher at Vera Cruz now
has with him the battleship Flordia
and the transport Prairie and 600 ma
rines. Admiral Mayo at Tampico has
the battleship Utah, Connecticut, Min
nesota and the cruisers Des Moines,
Chester, Dolphin and San Francisco,
and 600 marines. The hospital ship So
lace will join him.
Admiral Badger has under his com-
hmand at Hampton Roads the battle
ships Arkansas, Louisiana, New Jer
sey, Michigan, Vermont and New
Hampshire.
In addition to those ships, the bat
tleships Georgia, Virginia, Nebraska
and Rhode Island, now at Atlantic
coast navy yards in reserve, may be
attached to Admiral. Badger's com
mand. It is expected that Admiral
Badger will be able to start his fleet
some time tomorrow and tat he will
arive at Tampico within' a week.
While Admiral Badger himself and
some of , his ships ar at Hampton
Roads, other ships of the Atlantic fle"et
are scattered among their home navy
yards at Philadelphia, Boston and New
York, where- they have just returned
from their spring target iractice. It
will 'be the work of a day t get them
to sea.
White House officials said later that
beyond the statement from Secretary
Daniels there probably would be no
comment from the president.
It was learned that Charge
O'Shaughnesy had reported earlier in
the day that the Huerta government
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Of Tine News Endorsed ' hy
FreSo Greater Charlotte Qluh
APRIL 13; 1914.
In my opinion the Young Women's Christian
Association is second to none of our city's institu
tions. Those of us who are familiar with the object
of this institution should assist in familiarizing all
the people with its scope and benefits.
The best way to accomplish this is through the
press and THE CHARLOTTE NEWS needs no in
troduction for such a purpose.
There should be a special edition of one of the
city's papers, giving complete information in re
gard to every institutios in the city, so that the pub
lie will be familiar with its object and management
in every detail.
The Young Women's Christian Association
edition of THE NEWS assures publicity for the
association and greater success for THE NEWS.
CHARLES C. HOOK,
President Greater Charlotte Club.
actually had promised to fire a salute
to the Dolphin but conditioned it on a
salute . in response.
The American government, it is un
derstood, has set forth through Charge
O'Shaughnessy that it wishes a public
salute to the colors without condi
tions. No time limit for the.salut ias been
fixed or is likely to be, it was said on
high authority. President Wilscon and
Secretary Bryan, it was said, were not
disposed to -regard time as essential
but are insistent, that a public salute
must be fired.
The fact that no orders to the army
accompanied those to the :.avy was
commented upon in official circles and
the reasons generally advanced were
that to move troops to the border
might be misinterpreted by the con
stitutionalists with whom the Washing-!
ton government has no qaarrel. Send
ing the fleet to the ports held by Huer
ta has decided upon as amove that
would show- clearly the reason and
purpose of .the American action.
Secretary Bryan had made all ar
rangements to leave tonight fw Miami,
Fla., with Mrs. Bryan for a few days
rest. Developments of the Mexican
situation, howrever. forced a change
in -his plans and late today he can
celled his travelling reservations.
Mrs. Bryant however, will go.
Dutch Warships to Tampico.
The Hague, Netherlands, April 14.
The Netherlands government today or
dered the Dutch warship Kortenaer
from Curacao to Tampico to watch
over Dutch interests there.
The Hancock Plans to Sail. .
New: Orleans, . April 14.-The trans
port Hacockyith 950 marines aboard
mbtfow- aceoraihg to oMters ! or the
vessel. Orders were received today
to proceed. at once and the men who
have been at the naval station here
for several. weeks hurriedly prepared
to embark.
PARLIAMENT HEARS OF
EVENTS AT TAMPICO.
London, April 14 Francis Dyke
Acland, parliamentary under secreta
ry for foreign affairs, gave the house
of commons official information today
as to events at Tampico. He told
members how Secretary of State
Bryan at the request of Sir Cecil
Spring-Rice, British ambassador, had
"taken steps to impress the combat
ants that a most serious situation
would be created by the wanton de
struction of oil fields."
Early Story.
Latest developments in Mexico par
ticularly the demand by Rear Admiral
Mayo, backed up by te Wrhite
House that the American flag be salut
ed by the Huerta comander at Tampico
were discussed in detail today at a
conference among President Wilson,
John Lind, his personal representative
in Mexico for the last eight months,
and Secretary Bryan.
Mr. Lind's own . view: war that the
salute should be insisted .upon. The
president himself had made clear to
callers that apology to the United
States must be given for the recent
arrest of marines and that the stars
and stripes must be saluted.
Reports from Vera Cruz quoting
General Maas, the Federal pmniander,
as contending that ample satisfaction
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had been given in the verbal apology
by Huerta and that the . alute was un
necessary, were received with some
surprise here but so far as could be
learned it has no effect cj. the deter
mination of President Wilson that the
salute should be fired. It was not
known whether there had been any
official telegrams from Charge
O'Shaughnessy confirming Huerta's
reported refusal to order thesalute.
Mr. Lind's counsel at this time was
considered opportune by the admin
istration for what had seemed a small
incident is now regarded by many
officials here as possessing a grave
aspect.
When the conference was ended
Secretary Bryan and the President
went to the cabinet meeting.
No one would, discuss what took
place at the conference but it was
learned authoratively that ? thorough
investigation of the arrest of the ma
rines had been called for befo.fc fur
ther action .would be taken by the
United States. It is understood that
Huerta, while regretting the incic ent,
has pointed out that under interna
tional law the Mexican commander
acted within his rights. The Washing
ton government is seeking to learn
whether the marines wrere rmed or
committed some overt act which might
have caused their arrest.
It is believed that Mr. Lind assured
the President and Secretary Bryan tha1:
American marines never want ashore
armed and always were careful in their
demeanor when they went to Qet sup
plies. 7 i lure i ncT
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MENT BURNS
Early Morning Fire in Five
: Story Apartment Cost Lives
Of At Least Seven Persons
Many Were Badly Burned
and Otherwise Injured.
Women Jumped to Death-
Many Thrilling Rescues
Those Saved Suffered Much
From Exposure Monetary
Loss $60,000.
By Associated Press.
Boston, April 14. Seven persons
were killed, 16 seriously injured, and
families, totalling 75 individuals,
were endanger ed in a fire that
wrecked the Melvin, a five story bi-ick
apartment house at Commonwealth
and Long avenues in the Allston dis
trict early today.
Nearly all of the suites were
kitchenette apartments in which the
occupants were trapped as the flames
raced through each story. Men, wo
men and children were standing on
window ledges shrieking for help
when the firemen arrived. Some
reached the ground by crawling along
narrow copings to fire escapes. Oth
ers .managed to reach small bal
conies in front of the house, from
which they were taken down on fire
ladders.
The dead:
Mrs. C. L. Shackford.
Mrs. H. E. Beniis.
Mrs. F. C. Beharrell, sister of Mrs.
Bemis. '
James Raymond Power, Mrs. Pow
er and their infant son.
Miss Mary Conners, Mrs. Power's
r:aid.
Boston, April 14. Seven persons per
ished in a fire which wrecke the Mel
vin, a 5-story apartment house at Comi
monwealth avenue and Long avenue,
in the Alston district early today. It
was feared that one other occupant of
the building vho was missing several
hours after the fire also had been
burned. ,
Marty Narrow Escapes.
Many others among the 125 persons
living in the house had narrow es
capes and several were painfully
burned. The loss was $60,000.
Mrs. Bemis" sister, Mrs. F. C. Behar
rell, and Miss Eileen Hazel are missi
ihg.' The unidentified body may be one
of them. -
. Mrs. Shackford and Mrs. Bemis met
death by jumping, one from the
fourth floor and the other from the
fifth. The bodies of the other victims'
were found on the fifth floor, two hours
after the discovery of the fire. All had
been suffocated. "
The fire started in the basement
near a waste paper, chute . and the
flames shot rapidly through the chute
and an elevator well. Miss May Boyd
living next door, was the first to see
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Harry ThauisPetiiion
For Writ Oj Habeas
Coipus Is Gi anted
the fire. While another neighbor rangj
in an alarm Miss Rovd rushed into!
me Durning Duiiaing ana rang tne
bells in all the, suites.
Many were able to escape by the
stirways. Others used the fire escapes
in the rear until flames made this
impossible. Firemen carried a num
ber of men- and women down stairs.
Several persons jumped from upper
floors into the life nets. '
Trapped on the fourth floor Mr. and
Mrs. Clement F. Rogers and Mrs.
Robert Adams hastily fashioned a rope
from bed clothing and let themselves
down to the ground.
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By Associated Press.
Augusta, Ga., April 14. Former
President William H. Taft, Masons
from the Temple-Noyes Lodge, of
Washington, and citizens of Augusta
today united in paying tribute, to the
memory of the late Major Archie .Wil
lingham Butt, . aide de camp to , two
presidents of the United States, wrho
lost .his life in the Titanic disaster.
The occasion .was the dedication of
the handsome Butt memorial bridge
of the. cits,
canal at Fifteenth and Gre
eene streets
HALLMAH TESTIFIES
AS TO OITES
Special to The News.
Raleigh, X. C, April 14. Mr. C. W.
Hillman, rate expert for the state is
testifying today before the special rate
commission. He insists that the method
of railroad companies in dividing
freight and pasenger business cost in
division between inter and .ntrastate
freight business and of ascertaining
which are local trains in freight serv-
t
ice all are on average basi3.
As to the Southern Railway Com
pany, Mr. Hillman insisted thr.L proper
differentiation would show that instead
of rates in the Justice act cutting rev
enues to. a ruinous basis of less than
two per cent there would, in fact, be an
ample revenue through toe Justice
rates.
WANT RESERVE
MITTETOGIYE FACTS
By Associated Press.-
Washington, April 14. The senate
today adopted without further discus
sion the Hitchcock resolution calling
upon the Federal Reserve Bank organ
ization committee for arguments of va
rious cities for the location of reserve
banks and for the findings of the com
mittee in making its selections.
By Associated Press.
Chicago, April 14. Jack Johnson,
negro pugilist, ' today was granted a
new trial xn the Mann act charges
under which the negro was sentenced
to ' a year in the penitentiary and
$1,000 fine. The United States court
of appeals reversed the decision oi
the lower court on certain counts in
Johnson's indictment. -
WEATHER FORECAST:
... Forecast for North Carolina.
Rain tonight, warmer central
portion; Wednesday - partly
-? cloudy. Moderate to fresh south- .
--east to south breezes. '
TO
BUTT
MAJOR
JACK JOHNSON
GETS NEW TRIAL
Daily 2c; Sunday 5c.
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Aldrich Hands Down
Decision in Noted Case
Refuses to Discharge Thaw
From Custody, However,
Until Plans Are Made to Car
ry Case Up.
United States Supreme Court
On Appeal Will Finally Pass
On Case Reasons Why
Judge Decided in Favor of
Thaw's Appeal Next Step
May Be Long Deferred.
By Associated Press. . ,
Concord N. H. April 14. Harry Ken
dall Thaw's petition for a writ of
habeas corpus was granted by Judge
Edgar Aldrich of the United States
district court today.
The court said however that no or
der would be issued for the priso
ner's discharge from custody until ar
rangements had been completed to
take the case to the United States su
preme court on appeal.
Thaw's petition for admission to
bail the court left undetermined, tak
mg the ground that it would be more
appropriate for this to be passed upon
by the supreme court.
. The result of the decision is that
Thaw's guardianship and condition will
be unchanged for the present; but that
his petition for a writ of habea?
corpus will go to the highest court
in the lajvd with a decision of the
lower court in his favor,
v " The Decision.
The decision discusses exhaustive!?
Ithe. various pb ases . ot the - case.., pre- ,
sented m tne united states court, con
eluding:
"My conclusion is that constitution
al right of extradition for crime does
not reasonably apply to such a situa
tion as this, where the right of con
trol by demanding state resides in a
decree of custody based on insanity
and where its papers upon their face
negative the idea of personal criminal
responsibility. It is further thought
that it would involve forced or fiction
al reasoning to make a flight of the
character of the one in question the
kind' of a flight contemplated by the
constitution as a basis for extradi
tion. "It results that an order will be
made sustaining the writ and the peti
tioner be discharged from the extra
dition process under which he w'as
held at the time his petition for ha
beas corpus was brought upon consti.
tutional grounds.
"It has been understood from "the
beginning that which ever way this
case was decided by me it would be'
taken to the supreme court.
"Therefore no formal order will be
made either sustaining the writ or dis
charging the petitioner until the ag
grieved party has had an opportunity
to perfect its appeal."
History of Case.
When Thaw entered New Hamp
shire last September after deportation
from Canada he was arrested. His at
torneys petitioned for a writ of ha
beas corpus, this acting as a stay to
extradition granted by Governor Fel
ker. Later Thaw applied for bail on-the
ground that conspiracy to escape from
Matteawan, the alleged offense on
which extradition proceedings were
based was bailable. Counsel for New
York state opposed the motion, alleg
ing Thaw's mental condition would
make his freedom a menace.
Reciting facts as to Thaw's petition
for bail and the report of the commis
sion upon hi3 mental condition the
court says:
As to Move for Bail.
. "I have no doubt of the right ol
the court - to grant bail under the
circumstances of this case; but as the
question is an interlocutory one ol
which the petitioner has the right tc
avail himself at any time and at any
stage of the proceedings and as the
case is about to go out of the control
of this court and into the supreme
court and as supreme court rule 34
has an important and perhaps a con
trolling bearing. upon, the question. 1
am disposed to leave the motion for
bail undetermined without preju
dice,". The court says the report of the
commission, supplemented by his own
observation . at the several hearings
satisfied him that any supposed danger
to the -community through Thaw's
liberty was so remote as not to war
rant, his being deprived of bail upon
that ground-
"I am not at all certain that I am
not denying a plain right and doing
the petitfoner an injustice by leaving
lhis question undecided," he saya.
Thaw's case the court finds to be
that of a person sought to be extra
died under the constitution because
he had fled from guardianship custody
based upon the verdict of a jury that
he was insane.
A Novel Case.
"The case is a novel one," com
ments the court, "and requires the
utmost caution as the power of ex
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