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THE F ASTES T GROWING PAPER I OR'TH CAROLINA n E CHAE MEW N I G H T EDITION iL. PAGES TODAY 99 Established: Daily, 1888 Sunday 1910. CHARLOTTE, N. C, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 15, 1914. Price: Daily 2c; Sunday 5c Rebel F orces Achieve Signal Victory atSan Pedro NEWS I An J I Sam S Uncle An Orderly Who Went Ashore to Obtain Mail Was Arrest edDispatches Were Inter ceptedCensorship on Of ficial Dispatches Other In dignities Cited. . Lively Scene at Various Points Where Battleships Set Sail Today Will Huerta Ac cede to U. S. Demand? Un less He Does Vera Cruz and Tampico Will be Seized. By Associated Press. .. ." Washington, April 15. Huerta will salute the American flag or the -Atlantic fleet will seize Vera Cruz and Tarn rico. What Iiappensafterwards de l'cda on Huerta. That is President Wilson's determi nation, Leaders in congress. with whom he conferred today agreed there was ample precedent for such action. Not only the Tampico incident but a long series of indignities offered to the United States to the conspicuous delusion of other foreign nations rep- rsgntea m iviexico nas convinced me "president and his advisers that the United States has been singled out fcr "manifestations of ill-will and con tempt." , Official dispatches to Charge O'Shaugnessy have been intercepted ty the Mexican censor, . . . . . A ship's orderly ashore in full uni form in Vera Cruz on business of the United States . was arrested and re leased while a nominal punishment Tag meted out to the local officials. These hitherto unpublished facts Tcre disclosed today in an official state merit . President Wilson told his advisors to day he stands for peace but is determ ined to force Huerta to recognize the honor and dignity of the United States. While these developments were tak ing place in Washington the ships of the Atlantic fleet of the fighters clear d from Hampton Roads and others in the Atlantic navy yards were ready to Jail before night. Men Taken From Our Ship. A development of the white house j conference was the disclosure that two of the United States bluejackets 'ar rested at Tampico actually were taken !rom an American boat. The blue jackets had gone to the Tampico wharf to load gasoline. Mex ican soldiers, after seizing the men on the wharf, boarded the American boat, arrested the two bluejackets there and forcibly took them into custody. That set in itself constitutes, in the opin ion of experts in international law, an set of war. "If it is not actually an act of . war" ?3 id a senator today in discussing the incident, "it comes very near it." Sentiment of the senate foreign rela tions committee was said to be, in 3ympathy with the present attitude of .e administration. More Ships . Ordered Out. Washington. April 15 Secretary Dan ordered the cruiser Cleveland, now v San Francisco, to steam to Mazat- an at one? ..The cruiser Chattanooga c expected to follow in about two 'eks5. . There were no developments as to Vi my orders, and it was said that troop .r-ements were not discussed at the resident's conference with congress " - n . i . . ,Jhip3 now on the west coast are the r,iier Raleigh and the gunboat An 'HPo!i at Mazatlan; the cruiser New r"-ian5 and the gunboat Yorktown ' Topolobampo: 'the armored chuis- California and the supply ship Gla '''' at Acapulco. Secretary Bryan declined today to !;-icuss tile Mexican developments be Vund saying he was in Uninterrupted 'vrnmunication with Charge O'Shaugh- :ry. . Dispatch From Fletcher. Washington, April 15. This dis-f-i'-th from Rear Admiral Fletcher at Vera Cruz dated -10 p. m., last night, n ?3 received at the navy department '('day ; .a '.--..:'. -so new development at Tampico ' ustitutipnalists have retired from vicinitv. Business resumed and Sri resumed ana Mexican gunboat 'c.j gees returned. Indignities at I the Huerta G utiere d iany Hands of overnment Progieso Zaragosa left Tampico." Huerta's Contemptuous Attitude. Washiggton, April 15. Senator: d'affaires of the United States only Shively, acting chairman of the for- upon his personal and emphatic de eign relations committee, said after , mandfji he having, in the meantime, his conference with the president that. learned through other channels that a no immediate action was contem-j dispatch had been sent him which he plated by congress butv that action pad not received. was probable in the event of a furth- "It cannot but strike any one who er defiance of this government by has watched the course of events in Huerta. - Mexico as significant that untoward in- . "Will there be a message from the'cilents such as these have not occur- president?" Senator Shively was asked. "It certainly will come to that it reparation does not come from the Huerta government for the con temptuous attitude it has taken." ; The president, according to con gressmen who talked with him, frankly discussed the situation. He announced, it was said. that, he had stood in the interest of peace about J all that he intended to stand from Mexico and that the question of war between the two governments now rested squarely with Huerta. He said be had given a reasonable time to Huerta to salute the American colore j and that while no limit of time had been fixed, yet there would be no quibbling and that action promptly would follow failure to. comply. The first steps, he indicated, would be taking possession of the ports be ginning with Tampico and Vera Cruz. "This action leads to war." said one of those present. , Senator Shively said there were many precedents for action in retalia tion which would not be considered as actual measures of war; that it is possible to . seize the custom houses of Mexico without a declaration of war. Before such an act is undertak en, however, congress probably would be consulted, he said. "There is no first class power in the world from which the United States would have stood what it has patiently withstood from poor, ungov erned, divided and embroiled Mex ico," declared Senator Shively. "It is like the case of snapping at the patient Newfoundland dog who must eventually act and teach his tor mentors a lesson." It is the expressed opinion of sev eral senators that Huerta has defied the United States in the forlorn hope of arousing the solid, patriotic cit- jzens of Mexico to the support of his tntterine - regime but it is also the opinion that his effort will fail when the remnant of Mexicon solid citizens realize that Huerta can no longer of fer them any protection; Washington, April 15 The arrest of an orderly who went ashore at Tam pico to obtain mail for the American fleet, the interception of dispatches to Charge O'Shaughnessy, the censorship over official dispatches and repeated offenses "against the rights and dig nity of the United States" ere given today as some of the causes of the dispatch of the Atlantic fleet to Mex ico in an official statement represent ing the administration views. Official Statement. The following official statement was issued today as representing the views of President Wilson and the admin istration: In discussions in official circles in W ashington of the present Mexican situation the following points have been very much dwelt upon: Many Indignities. "It has been pointed out that, in considering the present somewhat del- icate situation in Mexico, the unpleas-! spread of tropical diseases by traf ant incident at Tampico must not bejfice through the Panama canal," he thought of alone. For sometime past said today, "are rather heavy financial the de facto government of Mexico has losses through disturbance of trade seemed to think mere apoTogies suffi-' than any great loss of life. Modern cient when the rights of American cit-" medicine has so far mastered the ways izens or the dignity of the government of .checking infectious diseases that of the United States were involved, in-mariy civilized countries no great and has apparently made no attempt ' mortality is to be feared from the in at either reparation or the effective troduction even of plague, yellow fe correction of the serious derelictions . ver- and cholera. . .; For the United of its civil and military officers. States and for Western Europe the . Orderly Arrested. - greater peril is to trade because med "Immediately after the incident at ical control of the spread -of tropical Tampico Tan orderly from one of the diseases rests, first of all on the stop shins of the United States in the har- page of traffic. . . .... bor of Vera Cruz who had been sent "One of -the most interesting and ashore to the postoffice for the ships' not improbable changes m the distn mail and who was in uniform , and bution of tropicaUdiseases is that the who had the official mail bag on his .west coast of South America, particu wv arrested and put Into jail larly Guayaquil, may .send yellow i e- n,ithftrit.f.. He was sub- oy uie uiunwv,... isequently released and a nominal pun- ishment inflicted upon the officer who ! had arrested him but it was significant that an orderly from the fleet of the United States was picked out from the many persons constantly going ashore on various errands from the various ships in the harbor repre senting several nations. Official Dispatch Withheld. "Most serious of all, Uie officials in i charge of the telegraph office ai Mex- co City presumed to withho.d an -of-!ficial dispatch of the government of the United States to its embassy at Mexico City until it should have been I sent to the censor and his permission (received to deliver it, and gave the dis patch into the hands of the charge rea ln any case wnere representatives of other governments were concerned but only in dealings with represen tatives of the United States, and that there has been no occasion for other governments to call attention to such matters or to ask for ecologies. Repeated Offenses. . "These repeated offenses against the "Sts and dignity of the United States offenses not duplicated with regard to the representatives of other govern ments have necessarily made the im pression that the government of the United States was ngled out for man- if estations of ill will and -contempt. "The, authorities of the state depart ment feel confident that when, the seriousness and the cumulative effect of these incidents is made evident to the government of Mexico, that gov ernment will see the propriety and the necessity of giving such evidences of its desire to repudiate and correct these things as will be not only satis factory to the government of the United States but also an evidence to the rest of the world of an entire change of attitude. There can be no loss to the dignity of the de facto gov ernment in Mexico in recognizing in the fullest degree the claims of a great sovereign government to its right." Senators Summoned to White House. While ships of the Atlantic fleet were turning their prows toward Tam pico today to enforce President Wil son's demand on Huerta for a public salute to the American flag, senators and representatives were summoned to the white house to be informed of all phases of the situation that con gress might be prepared for any furth er steps. (Continued on Page 7.) By Associated Press. Boston, April 15. Fear that the op ening of the Panama canal may be fol lowed by a world wide redistribution of yellow fever and cholera which will cause great commercial loss, was ex pressed today "-by Dr. Richard P. Strong, head of the Harvard School of Tropical Medicine. Dr. Strong was formerly at the head of the government biological labora tory in the Philippines and later be came prominent through his work in combating the pneumonic plague in Manchuria "The troubles to be feared from the ver to India ana receive ASiauu emu- nf Mctmnep era by way of exchange. FEAR OPENING OF CANAL 1AY CAUSE LOSS URGE NAT WIDE PROHIBIT LEGISLATION By Associated Press. On Board U. S. S. Arkansas, off the Virginia Capes, April 15. Rear Admiral Badger, commander in chie of the Atlantic fleet, sailed for Tam pico from Hampton Roads at noon to day with the superdreadnoughts Arkansas. Vermont, New Hampshire and New Jersey. In a thick fog that overhung the bay the big ships start ed off under orders to make eleven and a half knots an hour. That speed would bring them to Tampica in seven days. Rear Admiral Fiske, chief of the navy bureau of operations', who brought Admiral Badger instructions from Washington was the last man to leave the flagship Arkansas before the squadron . steamed out. Washington, April 15. Nation-wide prohibition was-urged before the house judiciary committee today at hearings on the resolution of . Representative Hobson for submission to the states of a constitutional amendment. The committee room was crowded with , representatives of the .. organiza tions interested. Most : of the specta tors Were womeaV a large part of them representing -the: Women's Christian Temperance Union. , Representative Hobson opened the argument for his resolution, urging a favorable report- that would place the measure before the house. ''We do not propose," he said, "to argue the mer its of this question. Our position is that the question before this country is simply whether the committee and congress will give the people of the states the right to pass upon the mat ter. It matters not what the individ ual members of this committee may think of the merits of the case, we think they should be willing to give the people an opportunity to decide the question." . ' Representative Hobson contended his resolution, which is directed against the "sale" of liquor for "bev erage" purposes, would not interfere with state's, rights. He said that un der the proposed amendment it wofcld be possible to manufacture liquor for "use" but not for "sale." The amend ment, he said, would not interfere with the "old drinker drinking" but. would prevent the "debauching of youth." "This .proposal will simply kill the organized liquor business," he said, "and our boys will have an opportunity to grow up sober." Under cross-examination Represen tative Hobson said the present revenue laws covering the manufacture , of liquor would be repealed by the pass ing of -his amendment." He said the measure would allow any one to make whiskey for his own u,se. "I'm inclined to believe," he said, "that the present iniquitious revenue system would be killed. I believe that the system under which a jo&r moon shiner is met with a warrant and a gun, and a millionaire distiller who gives the government a fat check is allowed to go out and debauch thou sands that will be repealed." Representative Hobson said about 55 per cent of the people of the United States now are living in prohibition territory. ' Among women who appeared for the W. C. T.. U. were Airs. Mary Dye Ellis of Washington,' national superin tendent of legislation; Miss Anna (Continued on Page Nine.) JUSTBYWAYOFPASSINtt WE MIGHT SAY: THE CHARLOTTE NEWS yesterday had a net circulation of - 9 3 40 News fresh from " the wires, given to the -public while it is news, is making THE CHARLOTTE NEWS "the fastest grow ing newspaper in North Carolina." ION SHIPS SAIL FROM HAAAPT N AT IMS T 0 5i wftSS SwnnmS BADGER FLEET SAILS. By Associated Press. Norfolk, Va., April 15. The i' Badger fleet sailed from Hamp- ton Road,? at 12:20 o'clock this afternoon for Tampico, Mexico. X O.'.' O t. J j . . r, r, o ', .i , . t. Ji ' o t. U '.."-'- U The battleships Arkansas (flag ship Vermont, New Hampshire and New Jersey and the dispatch boat Yankton, will sail from Hampton Roads this afternoon for Mexican I waters. They will proceed at full speed. The New Hampshire was the first to get under way, she having sailed from the Norfolk navy yard this forenoon after the filling of her bunkers and the taking on of final stores. In Hampton Road the New Hampshire dropped anchor to await the complete preparedness for depart ure of the Arkansas, Vermont and New Jersey. Many of the officers and men of the ships this morning sent telegraphic mesagee to their wives and others advising them at borne of the changed plans of the fleet and the prospective departure of the ships this afternoon. The New Hampshire attracted much attention as she passed out of the harbor. All of the ships but the Yankton are in the usual war color of gray. The . Yankton i3 still painted white. ; The guns of all the ships immedi ately preceding their departure are in full preparedness for action should this become necessary. ; The activities in Hampton Roads today almost equalled some of the exciting scene preceding the depart ure of Rear Admiral Schley'a flying squadron from Hampton Roads dnr-j ing the Spanish-American war. To complete the hasty coaling of the battleship New Hampshire, it was necessary to work all of last night Eighteen hundred tons of coal were placed in her bunkers. Coaling oper ations started in an hour after a meissage was received from Rear Ad miral Badger directing that the New Hampshire are placed in quick read iness for Mexican service. The New Hampshire's regular crew was aug mented by a detail of fifty appren tice seamen from St. Helena, who were relieved at midnight by another shift of apprentices. Before' the vessel sailed today a detail of seamen were transferred to her from the receiving ships Franklin and Richmond for distribution among the vessels of the fleet. In addition to the other ships leav ing Hampton Roads for Mexican wa ters the, repair ship Vestal, the am munition ship Lebanon, and the naval tugs Patapsco, Patuxent, Sonoma and Ontario are hastily preparing for sea. The Patapsco and Ontario have already left the Norfolk navy yard for Hampton Roads. It is said the Lebanon and tugs would prove especially available for landing parties, owing "to their com paratively light draft, which would enable them to run close in shore and send men to the beach in ship cut ters and steamers. The battleship Delaware will not be able to get away. She will be at the navy yard for repairs and overhaul ing until July. FEAR THE KITE HAS MET DISASTER. By Associated Press. ' St. Johns, April 15. Fear that the Kite, the smallest steamer in the seal ing fleet, has met with disaster, was increased today when the steamer Eagle, in a radio message reported sighting wreckage consisting of a ship's hatch a plank and some oars, 170 miles off here. Owing to" stormy weather the Eagle was unable to pick up the flotsam. : It is now believed this wreckage and that sighted on Saturday by the sealer Bloodhound, did not come from the missing steamer Southern Cross, but from the Kite, which carried a crew of 65. y - " . -5.0 . ' t ', ifii,wc ' f ' ? "" ' '4 k" WEATHER FORECAST: Forecast for North Carolina. Generally , fair tonight and Thursday. Cooler tonight near X the coast. Slightly warmer Thurs- day. . - - .- v x Loss of Life on Both Sides Is Gi eat-Over Three 1 hou sand Men Killed Or Wounded NO TRACE OF MURDEROUS INCENDIARIES. By Associated Press. Louisa Courthouse, Va., April 15. Determined posses are assisting Sher iff A. L. Walsh " and Deputy R. E. Trice of this county, in their search fo rtwo murderous incendiaries wno cut the telephone wires at Green Spring depot shortly after midnight and then robbed and set fire to the general merchandise store of W. R. Dunkum and shot and killed V. J. Hall as he hastened to the scene. The store and contents were valued at' about $7,500. BRITISH SCHOONER MISSING. By Associated Press. London. April 15. The British schoo ner Grand Falls from Harbor Breton, N. F., for Oporto, has been posted at Lloyds as missing. J. B. Ivey & Co. Offers Enthu siastic Statement of Approval Consider This Edition a Highly Valuable Advertising Medium and Wants Space Reserved. Set Forth " Sound Reasons Why it Should Appeal tc Business Men New Home of Association Has Quick ened Interest in Y. W. C. A - Work Everybody Predicts Success For Special Edition The 'special Y. WT. C. A. edition of The News, to be issued in May by the ladies connected with the local Young Women's Christian Association, is be ing more widely commented upon day by day. Press Commends Idea. Numerous papers of the state have made special mention of this project, as it is something new in North Caro lina journalism to turn a paper over for a day absolutely to women to edit. Not only will the ladies have charge of the paper on the date of issue, but they will make it what it will be. All Predict Success. Many expressions of approval have come to The. News for deciding on this special edition, and everyone predicts that it will be an unqualified success. Added interest to association work in the city; has been stirred since the magnificent new home has been built. Later on a membership campaign is contemplated, and by thoroughly fa miliarizing the people of the city with the various lines of association work, this edition will be of great service. This benefit alone is worth the effort to the local association, aside from the funds raised by the edition to be applied to local association work. Many Women at Work. Numerous ladies in this and many other cities are now busily engaged preparing special articles for the edi tion, and the advertising board is on the eve of an energetic campaign for business. Business Men in Line. Will they succeed? The business men are answering that question themselves, for without exception those, seen by The News have heartily and unqualifiedly given the project their endorsement. The tremendous circulation assured for this special edition adds to its value as an advertising medium, and progressive merchants are not slow to recognize this point. . J . Ivey's Endorses It. Here is what officials of .'the ;well known firm of J. B. Ivey & Company had to say today with regard to the forthcoming edition: "Almost seventy per cent of the buying done' in the world is done by women. "The Y. W. C. A. edition of The Charlotte News will centre the atten tion of every woman hereabouts (and the men, too, no doubt), on this spe cial issue and as ; the women do most of the buying Ivey's believe this paper will be a good advertising medium and take pleasure in commending it. "Apart from the business side . "One of our most worthy Charlotte institutions is the Y. W. C. A. and that it gets a goodly share of the profits and that nothing goes to out side promoters, as is the case in or dinary special editions, is another ex cellent reason why this store will use extra space in this Y. W. C. A. ed'tion 'J. S. IVEY & CO." iJ.C, A. EDITION IS ENDORSED fill MERCHANTS Villa's Men. After Seven Days of Desperate Fighting Final ly Triumph Over Combined Forces of The Federals Al though Greatly Outnumbered. Federals Retired in An Easter ly Direction Villa Took Sev en Hundred Prisoners Fed erals Destroyed Maderc Property Before Leaving Account of the Battle. By Associated Press. Juarez, Mexico, April 15. Defeat o the combined federal forces by the rebels at San Pedro de Las Colonias, Coahuila, with federal losses estima ted at 2,800 killed and wounded and 700 prisoners and a rebel loss reported at 650 killed and wounded T is regard ed here as the culmination of the bat tle of Torreon which was begun on March 21. When General Velaso, federal gen- eral-in-chief , evacuated Torreon on April 2 his army was practically in tact and the retreat enabled him to join reinforcements which had failed to reach him at Torreon and to that extent the evacuation was a success ful maneuver. In any event Velasco, after his retreat was much stronger and more dangerous than before, for at San Pedro' he had with him the columns of Generals Javier de Moure, Benjamin Argumedo, Emilio P. Campa. Mariano Ruiz, ; Carlos Garcia Hidalgo and Joaquin Maas, a total of twelve or fourteen thousand . troops. While, desultory fighting began almost ae soon as the federals left Torreon, General Villa " gives the duration of the battle... proper . as .six days, cul minating with the flight of the federals last Monday. The federals are reported to have retired eastward in the direction ol Saltillo and Monterey, having, it is thought, repaired the railroad in that direction before the battle. The federals destroyed the market building, a; hotel and property of the late President , Francisco . I. Madero before retiring. . An Earlier Story. Villa's rebels have defeated the uni-. ted federal armies of General Velasco, General Maas, General Hidalgo and General de Moure at San Pedras de Los Colonias, 40 miles east of Tor reon, according to aavices last mgnt to General Carranza at Chihuahua from General Villa at the front. In the face of vicious fire from the federals General Villa repeatedly, hurled his. numerically inferior forces at the government front for six daya of terrific fighting. That Villa's. tena- cious leadership finally succeeded in driving the defeated federals from the city to which they had applied the, torch before evacuating was paid for' dearly, was gathered from reports re-( ceived here. General Villa in his oti nciai report iu uis tuiei euueu wiuj the remark: . t "My only regret is that 500 of troops were wounded in today's (Mon day) assault. I hope that the great sacrifice of human blood will b foi the welfare of our country." 1 It was argued that if 500 of Gem eral Villa's soldiers were incapacitated in this one charge the previous fight ing must have been heavy and the loss of life greater even than that afi Torreon. Reports stated the federal? lost 3,500 killed, wounded and pri3om ers. Villa reported 700 prisoners and the casualty of, battle to the federals therefore is estimated at above 2,- 500 ' : ; The success of General Villa and his men in driving back the forces which had reinforced the retreating Torreon garrison under command of the Federal General Velasco was re garded here as the final struggle for the complete possession of Torreon and the hewing of a way through the canon country toward Mexico City. Rebel officials and sympathizers were exultant today when news of the cap ture of San Pedro was apparently con firmed.. - , Federal " sympathizers in- El Paso however, were . silent in thei-v hope that Villa would be seriously checked at Saltillo or some other stronghold between Torreon and Mexico City. Villa's army of not more tha 1LV 000 was : pitted against approximately 15,000 in the forts at San Pedro. SENATOR CLARKE WAS RENOMINATED. By Associated Press." Little Rock, Ark., April 15. United States Senator J. P. Clarke was renom inated in the primary by a majority of 212 over Judge Kirby, according tc an announcement today by the. dem ocratic state central committee which has completed a canvass of the vote. Supporters of Judge Kirby an nounced a contest , would be carried before the democratic tion. , staje conven y.