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F A S T E S T. :;Gl?0 lli N:E P AMP E R - I: O R T H C I R'O L l N A ' .if NIGHT EDITION PAGES TODAY l: Gie at er; Char So it e i -' -l , f - f '''is; - m Established: Daily, 1S8S Sunday 1910.. CHARLOTTE, N. C, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 16, 1914. Price: Daily 2c; Sunday 5c. THE W , ; 1 : s 66 HUERTA Will SALUTE Unless He Changes atisf action Expressed By All Offi ci a l s McLean Dictator Promises 0'- ihaughnessy to Salute The A mencan Flag In Apology Hi For The Arrest of American Biusjackets at Tampico. hiicrta Fixes One Condition. A I! Officials Happy Over Ter mination of What Threaten ed To Be A Serious Crisis House Committee Approves Course of President Wil son. IV Associated Press. a-i'.ington, April 16. Huerta has -vorri -ed Charge O'Shaughnessy to sa-!-:t in? American flag in apology for te arrest of American bluejackets at Tair.pico. . x His One Condition. The only condition attached was that American ships fire a salute in ac knowledgment. Officials close to the president said this was in accordance ivuh naval practice of nations and ac cording to precedent. OfRfials pointed out that on occa tr.; when the American navy had sa the flag of other nations as a - ; of difficulties at sea, a salute in -. c had been fired. The only question involved in Huer 's condition was whether a salute of frponse would constitute recognition ;! t was pointed out that the Wash r !; government considered recogni a matter of intent in each case and 5o;'c! not so regard an acknowledge x?r of Huerta"s salute S-ime officials declared that ques of recognition were no more in vc vc.i in the demand by the United States for a salute from the Huerta I'V.-errment than in acknowledging a from the latter. Th disposition or the administration ? understood to be to increase the na si forces on the Mexican waters some a-hat. even after the salute is fired, so -hat in such an event only part of the ;hirs now steaming south would be :.r:x., back. The news was received at the white hou?e today just as Secretary Bryan ind acting" Chairman Shively, of the :enate foreign relations cftmmittee ent mto conference with President Wilson. Oisie Mau Pass Over. - Unless Huerta changes his mind the is promises to pass over within tne rext 2 hours. With smilinc faces Senator Shive- y and Secretary Bryart came from the TP.p ImiKp rnnfprpnrp j The president has some very inter- e?r:nsr npws.-' sairl Senator Shively. Officials Encouraged. 'The situation s highly encourag- : --. -am becretarv tjryan. xnvn marie known that riisnatches from r.przp n shpiicT.Tip.scv ua uescriDea onference with Huerta last mgnt ?t "vtrv rnrrlinl nnH satisfart.orv ' and nffiicals said they were convinced that truces thp rharsp ban misunterwetea Htjoria's intentions there was no doubt nt rornniianc.fi with the American de- Hand-; would be forthcoming within next tew hours and tnat tne crisis Tlir! lip nnKKPrl ! Thp ip.xf of the riisnatches was not "aoc public nor was any formal statei , nrtii made describing thein I No orders were issued to the ships "ealv steaming toward Mexico nor s.s there anv chanse in the plans or enforcing President Wilson's de- VPr.r1 :.nmc rvffi ri q 1 c o-oun it u c their Wrc.-inoi riom that oftir Hnorta hfld ' li. I 1 . ' lUUt CL I lV I i 1. I. W fc " tonjps.ed with the aemand for apology IPri : Jl,itPrl IVip Amoncan flnff some Ot ;.!.' jps now under way might be r,fi back but certainly not be No Disposition to Temporize. H -'.as nointod nut that all adminiS- ; ;' u officials were gratified by the ' tiiat Huerta was about to yield till ('.It U . r. rt InnAfiti ffl - t f ;'u4 0! izp or delay further and that all .if Mans nr q -t inn TCnnifi rnnimu'3 ft"!ivP un(jj ajj cause for action ' "r disnatrhes from Chafse O'- ha'i'-hnessv wpm TnoHitP1 tnflav but '0th President Wilson and Secretary Br; w-n were convinced by the dispatch- 'i-readv at hanrl that. Huerta naa v'l :!'jd to the nressure from Wash- 'i'Oiiiatif. rpnre;en'tativps in Mexico 0y '' .'.d-:, orders from their home for , v - . GliAlUUS LVJ ft V 3 1 i. CL w - Had nr(icvf,,'i(.,Dt ,1.1,1 nnJ MeX ;'.'Hri- i ntlie United States had advised ,, " " apologize would be the best i. Hi: i: "ouse Endorses President's Action. I'll:. f,-,i v-. mitiPP . fso!vtTi that the action of the iTlBs!-i-m of the United States, in the Is WILL RETURN SALUTE. By Associated Press. Washington, April 16. Presi X dent Wilson, describing his ad--? vices from Mexico City as "very encouraging," told callers late to-" w.day that there was no known pre- cedent against returning a salute and that in the natural course the X United States would return a salute when fired. The president held that no rec- ognition would be involved in re '5 turning Huerta's salute and that Q when it was fired the incident X would be closed, apologies having been made for previous offenses. Mr. Wilson denied that any time during the negotiations prior to today had Huerta offered to -.'? fire any salute though some sub--'? ordinate officials did attempt to :? sound out the American govern- ment on the question of saluting the Dolphin. That was regarded X as a private salute to the Dolphin -V? and not the American flag and was declined. -The president made it clear. Z- that orders to the Atlantic and X Pacific fleets had not been -'.' changed. Xo time limit has been set for -"the salute, according 'o the pres- 1 ident, and the final word on the Huerta offer had not passed at 3 p. m. It appeared that Huerta's offer h? O woud be accepted but that the president would have ;o com- X Q ment to make until the salute X was actually fired. committee on foreign affairs of the house of representatives." Word of the promised rift in the storm clouds spread quickly to the capitol, where the house foreign af fairs committee had just adopted a resolution sustaining President Wil son in his attitude. NThe resolution will not be taken before the house unless the crisis should not clear up finally and Mr. Wilson should find it necessary to lay the situation be fore congress. In the senate and house generally there was a mingled feeling of grat ification and relief. . 1 Some officials because of their long familiarity with the evasiveness .ot Huerta, were not inclined to be too sanguine over the dispatches troni Charge O'Shaughnessy. Privately they said they would be convinced when the salute actually was fired. Others who knew of the great pressure brought upon Huerta did not question that he had seen the wisdom of yielding. These officials who knew the lan guage of the communication Charge O'Shaughnessy has been presenting were sure Herta had been convinced that if he did not yield the Amen can government would compel him to do so by force. . . The last vestige of any suspicion t, v,ovo had that the United lie may xxtt . j States was bluffing was said to have been removed by messages , from his representatives in Washington telling him that President Wilson was thor oughly aroused , and meant to force a. ;nn tn thp end. ' It became known that Huerta had been led to believe that his own statement of apology last Saturday was ample redress but when Presi dent Wilson was apprised of the sit uation he was not satisfied and de manded a salute. Under all - the circumstances, om cials interpreted "today's latest dis patches as the forerunners of a com plete settlement of the question. The Crisis Passed. It -was authoritatively, stated: that the only point remaining to be de termined was the number of guns to be fired in salute and that this would be seepdilv agreed upon. At the state, war and 'navy departments officials considered the crisis passed. As a precedent for returning a sa lute the state department turns to the case of the French consul at San Fran cisco,' who, in 1854, was taken before a local court in violation of a treaty. France demanded a salute and an apol ogy A compromise was reached by which a French fleet was sent to t- .;,-v onH . the French colors a an u muvjiow , were saluted by the American shore battery, me saiuie wa& men by the French flagship and the incident .1 A w'as cwscu. , Naval authorities generally favor the return of salutes rendered in such fash lGn a! PaiL Ul ct uauuuai 1 -f . for an affront, ,on the theory that such on amende honorable ana a Srai.c w . ... rtTwir must be met in that spirit by a proper Mnd SAW PEDRO FIGHT F REMLliT! Latest Reports Show That Fed erals Lost at Least 3,500 in Killed, Wounded, Prison ers and "Dispersed" While Rebel Losses Were Also Heavy. Presence of Velasco Was a Sur prise to Villa Had Rebel Force Shown Up At North . Federals Would Probably Have Been Annihilated Vil la Sends Force in Pursuit. By Associated Press. . ! San Pedro de Las Colonias, Coahuilt, Mexico, April 15. (via Torreon, April 16) A survey of the battle field of the last week shows that the struggle for possession of this city which en gaged practically the full forces of reb els and federals was the bloodiest of the revolution. The battle was at its climax Satur day, Sunday and Monday and on the last day the rebel loss in wounded alone was 650 men. In all 1,200 rebels were Wounded so seriously as to require hospital treat ment during the engagement. The reb el dead may never, be known. The federal loss was: at least 3,500 in killed, woundeo. prisoners and "dis persed." Twelve hundred regulars were captured 'by constitutionalists. .The men were, mustered into , the ebel ranks, while their officers will be held as prisoners. A number of so-called vol unteers or "red Saggers'' w:ere captur ed and executed. These men were for mer followers of Madero who are alleg ed to have joined the Orozco rebellion which overthrew him. The last day's fighting was begun with the Herrara and Benavides bri gades and General Conterras charged from the west. Generals Ortega and Hernandez attacked from the east. Failure of the rebel column assigned to attack from the north to arrive on time probably saved the federals from anni hilation. ; The assault was made by a withering artillery fire. The federals fought, from the cover of irrigation ditches and adobe houses over a line 20 miles in length but gradually the were forced, toward the center of the city. Their es cape was through the north, and once clear they turned east in the general direction of Monterey. . That was after ten hours of terrific fighting. The retreat was almost sr rout, while in the streets 500 federal dead were found. Three thousand men were sent in pursuit of, the fugitives. The presence of General Velasco who evacuated Torreon April 2nd at San Pedro was a surprise to General Villa. He learned from the prisoners that when the federal generals de Moure and Maas were driven from the town last week they sent worl to General Velasco, then at Parras, 60 miles south, that they wrere in danger of being surrounded. Velasco by forced marches succeed ed in joining them on the 10th at Beavides junction only . a . few miles from here. Later the troops of Gen eral Argumendo and Campo came up and the rebel garrison then here was driven out on the 11th. That night Villa with 5.Q0G reinforce ments and 20 field pieces arrived and begin an immediate atick which cul minated Monday in the flight of the federals. ' . . Senator Shively said it was the in ternational custom to return such a sa lute as is demanded from the Huerta government. - "If Huerta yields," said Senator Shively, "and should fire the salute to the flag, that salute, of course, would call for a return salute from the Amer ican fleet. Such return could in no way be considered as a recognition of the Huerta regime. The Huerta govern ment is a defacto government and it is the de facto government which has been asked by the United States to sa lute the American colors." . . . Officials pointed out' that last week a proposal to salute the Dolphin with the condition that the Dolphin return the salute was rejected. It was explain ed that the proposal, to salute the Dol phin was merely in the form of an in quiry from an under secretary of the Mexican foreign office; that it propos ed merely a ship's salute and not a sa lute to the American colors as de manded. Senator Lodge, ranking republican of the foreign relations committee, dif fered with acting Chairman Shively.. He contended that if Huerta's salute were to be acknowledged the whole apology would be .rendered valueless. Mr Lodge maintained that it was not a question of precedent, 1 The Crisis is . f ' . .' .' O '- .' -1 -r- '..V,.' . . V. .'.-.!., -vr-ii-inc o v"..' - r 'ift" "i r '.v r i-o r -v -;v -y, ot. WEATHER FORECAST: Forecast for North -Carolina.'" - Fair tonight ' and Friday; ? warmer Friday. Light to moder w ate vest. to southwest winds. . . J-L S O t. ', ZL. J t. ( f, T 'l f '. -U i" 't 'A"A"(k"." m HAVEN WITNESSES AGREE TO TESTIFY By Associated Press. Washington. April 16. Facing proba ble indictment and criminal prosecu tion for refusal to respond to "lawful questions" of the interstate commerce commission in the New Haven inquiry, respecting the operations ot the Billard Company, some of the recalcitrant wit nesses have indicated their willingness to testify. Joseph W. Folk, chief counsel for the commission, today received a letter from Henry Stoddard, of New Haven, representing two of the witnesses, in sisting that it was "unfair'' for the commission to invoke the criminal sta tute against his. clients. He felt that "in all justice" the points in issue ought to be threshed out in a civil pro ceeding. His clients, it was pointed out, did not wish to be placed under the stigma of an indictment -:. and rather than suffer such humiliation would give their testimony under protest. Evidence of the recalcitrancy of the other witnesses was presented today to the federal grand jury, v Chief Counsel Folk said .what the commission wanted was the testimony of officials and stockholders of the Billard Companjpandiviitimated that iu Hie event oi meir agreement .iu itss tify might not be -indicted. Mr. Folk explained that, once the indictments had been returned a com promise through which the testimony of the recalciterant witnesses could be taken, would be difficult. It was ex pected that indictments might be held up until tomorrow pending efforts to reach an agreement satisfactory to the commission. WHAT FLOOD PREVENTION WILL COST IN NEXT 25 YEARS By Associated Press. Chicago. April 16. Flood prevention and drainage projects will require the expenditure of $500,000,000 in the next 25 years, according to a report prepar ed by Edmund T. Perkins, president of the National Drainage Congress,who left today for Savannah, Ga., to com plete arrangements tor a drainage con ference there next week. The report places the labor items at 50 per cent of the total and the estimate is that the profit to the country through reclam mation plans will be from $30,000,000 000 to $40,000,000,000. PROTEST AGAINST REPEAL OF CANAL TOLLS. Bv Associated Press. -New Orleans, April 16 The- New Orleans delegation to appear before the senate interoceanic canals com mittee at . Washington to protest against repeal of the Panama tolls exemption will leave this city Satur day night on a special train, accord ing to announcement made here to day. Chambers of commerce at Gal veston, Houston, Beaumont, Gulfport, Mobile, Pensacola and Appalachicola have been invited to send representa tives. . SIEGEL AND VOGEL . , PLEAD NOT GUILTY. Bv Associated Press. "New York, April 16. John B. Stanchfield, counsel for Henry Siegel and Frank Vogel, partners in the fail ed stores and other business enter prises in this city and Boston, notified district Attorney Whitman yesterday that his clients would not .'change the pleas of not guilty entered ; week ago when 14 indictments were returned against them , charging grand larceny for receiving bank deposits when in solvent. EfiS STRIKE By Associated Press. Union, S. C, April 16. Eight hun dred persons were thrown .t of, em ployment here by. a strike of the weav- ers at the Buffalo Cotton Mills near" here. The weavers allege a reduction in wages. Officials of the mills deny that there has been any reduction. Mr. C E. Hutchison,- of . Mount Hollv. was a Charlotte visitor today. Business and shopping brought him J to towr , " - ' BUFFRLD MILL 1 WER LOST with mm AND G RE The Charles K. Buckled is Dash ed to Pieces in Gale Cap tain Hardy and Wife and Eight Members of the Crew Perished Crew Lost , All Control of Ship. Futile Efforts Made to Render Assistance But High Seas Made Work Impossible One Man Rescued But is Prob ably Fatally Injured Many Watched Efforts at Rescue. By Associated Press. New York, April 16 Captain Har dy and his wife and probably six members of the crew of the schooner Charles K. Buckley, from Jackson ville for New York, perished last night when their lifeboat was wreck ed after the Buckley had been hurled ashore by a northeast gale near Long Branch, N. J. The schooner became unmanageable early last night. She first struck the beach near Seabright, N. J., then the wind caught her and swept her down the coast where she appeared to break in two. . . Her cargo of lumber kept her afloat, though a great mass of it was swept away. . .. - ' - Life savers rigged up searchlights on the beach and shot line; after: line toward the vessel. -Because of" the breakers it was impossible to launch a boat. A great crowd stood on the beach watching the spectacle. Several lines 'fell athwart the schooner but those on board were helpless or drowned and with the exception of the lone survivor made no attempt to seize them.' -. The schooner is a total loss. One seaman named. Atchison, who re mained on" the deck of the Buckley was rescued soon after midnight by being virtually shot across the bow of the schooner from the shore. Atchison got twisted ,up in the breeches bnoy line and was dragged from the deck into the seathing sea. Life savers on shore ran with the. line, dragging Atchison upon the beach more dead than alive. He was rushed to the Monmouth hospital in the automobile of a wealthy shore resident. Both ot Atchison's shoulders and one leg were broken. He is not expected to live. : Besides Captain Hardy and" his wife it is . believed . that at least six men, members of the crew, went down when the lifeboat failed to weather the waves. . The Charles K. Buckley was heavi ly laden with lumber." She was a three masted schooner of 430 tons. Her home port was Newark, N. J. The lost number ten Captain H. G. Hardy,' his wife and eight men. The critically "injured survivor is Emil Martinson. - NEWSPAPER MEN TAKEN AT SAN PEDRO By Associated Press. Torreon, Mexico, April 16. Five newspaper men, said to be Americans, assigned to the federal troops are re ported to have been among the prison ers captured at the battle of San Pe dro de Las Colonias early this week. Upon receiving this information Gen eral Villa sent a newspaper man with his own forces to investigate with in structions that, the prisoners be treat ed with every consideration and sent to this city. -' ' SHIP-WRECKED CRRW PICKED UP. By Associated Press. Montreal, April 16. The ship-wrecked crew of the Salnte Anne, a French fishing bark lost about -00 miles east of the Grand Banks, was picked up by the steamship Minnesota, said a meagre despatch from the steamship New York received by tha government Gulf signal service department - to day. - ! , ; ' " Vincent Astor Improving. By Associated Press New York April 16. Vincent As tor's condition continued to - improve, it was said today at the country hfcme nf ' fianw Miss Helen Dinsmnrp JL I"'1 ' 3 - ( i Huntington. - . . - - sen N Now at Chicago Boosters Wilt Arrive Here This Alter noon URGES NEED DF WIDE PROHIBITION Washington, April 16. Prohibition ists before the senate judiciary com mittee continued arguments today for submission to the states of a constitu tional amendment barring the liquor traffic. Dr. James Cannon, Jr., super intendent of the Virginia Anti-Saloon League replying to Senator Borah's re marks that the prohibitionists would h'ave to convince senators that the amendment would be the most effec tive way of fighting the traffic, de clared no one could tell positively how far reaching the amendment would be. "My experience is that the federal government does not enforce its laws out my way," said Senator Borah. Dr. Cannon argued that prohibition had become a national issue and that when such a large proportion, of the people desired to "vote on, the question jt was the duty of congress "to afford them that opportunity. He contended it was for the people and not for con gress to decide whether the method would be effective. Senator Sheppard, democrat, of Tex as, contended .the -state method of dealing with the problem was ineffec tive.' " ' "Should we leave liquor entrenched in 'a single state it would only be a small number of years- until the whole battle would have to be fought over aaain." he asserted. ( Representatives of the German- American alliance, and Simon Wolf for various Jewish organizations, got permission to address the committee in opposition to the amendment. MENT OF SDL ZER ILLEGAL? Albany, N. Y., April 16 The state court of appeals met today to listen to argument on the, legality of the im peachment and removal from office of former Governor William Sulzer. ! The proceedings, instituted by Mr. Sulzer in an effort to have the United States supreme court pass on the validity of the impeachment were brought against William Sc'-mer, state comptroller to compel him to pay the former executive the salary of gover nor from the date of his removal. Mr. Sulzer has drawn an assemblyman's salary from the state , in the mean time. A peculiar feature of the action is that the judges of the court .of ap peals who Were members of the court of impeachment are asked to set aside the verdict for which they voted when Mr, Sulzer was removed from office. In his brief opposing the Sulzer re quest Attorney General Carmody argued that the courts of the state have no right to review the determina tion of the court of impeachment and that Mr. Sulzer abandoned tne omce of governor by acquiescing in the inrlirment of the impeachment court and accepting the office of assembly man Alexander S. Bacon, in , behalf of Suiter, raised nractically all the. ques tions submitted by Sulzer's counsel in the court of impeachment. Taking up the question of Mr. Sul zer's relinquishing his claim to , the governorship by becoming a member of the assembly Mr. .Bacon's brief held that this case cannot be classed with thoBeJn which a man deliberately abandons office : by accepting another. "Governor Sulzer was v ousted," the brief continued. "He did nothing will ingly. If he had not left the execu tive chamber and the executive man sion the clubs of policemen and the bayonets of the national guard would have put him. out." ' - ' Mr. Bacon contended the court of impeachment was limited in its juris diction? and that its acts can be re viewed by the state and -cderal ju diciary. - '- - 1 " -Arson Squad Busy Londonderry,, Ireland, Ap til1. '16. A suffragette arson squad burned a large residence here today. "Apply for, dam ages -to. Sir Edward .Carson" was on the placards they left behind them. T IMPEACH An End Delegation From Association ol Commerce From Windy City on Tour m of South,: Will Be Welcomed by All Profes sions and Branches of Busi ness. . Warm Welcome Will be Exten ded by Queen City Biuid ers' Exchange Prepares Wel comeReception Tonight at 8 O'clock at The Selwyn Hotel. The delegation of 35 members of the Chicago Association of Commerce, who are making a tour of the South, will arrive in Charlotte by way of the Southern railway this afternoon at 4:15 o'clock, coming here from Greens boro. They will be met at the Southern station by a committee chat has beer appointed by President C. C. Hook, ol the Greater -Charlotte Club. In choos ing the committee, Mr. Hook endeavor, ed to choose persons identified, as nearly as possible with the same profej sions and branches of business as those composing the Chicago party. The committee will be headed by Mr. Hook and will be composed of the following-named Charlotteans: Mr. F. C. Abbott, Mr. J. E. Hammer ly, Mr. C. L. Watl, Mr. J. I-Carraway. Capt. "A. J.' BrenizerV Mr! He riot Clark! son, Dr. C. B. King, Mr. C. L. Smith, MivH. M. McAden, Mr. J. M. Renfrow, Mr. H. A. Murrill, Mr. Robert Glasgow Mr. Victor L. Stephenson, Mr. C. A. Williams, Mr, E. 0. Anderson, Mr. Rob ert W. Barnett, Mr. R. "H. DeButts, Mr. C. O. Kuester, Capt. J. A. Par ker Mr. G. H. McDonald, Mr. E. G. Gidley, Mr. M. B. Hood, Supt.-H. P. Harding, Mr. T. M. Shelton, Dr. R. L.- Gibbon, Mr. L. G. Berry, Mr. W. S. Creighton, Mr. W. R. Foreman and Mr. James A. Houston. The Chicagoans will be escorted up town at once and taken on a tour through the business part of the city. They will spend about an hour and a half in this way and, after a luncheon, will be tendered a reception in the lobby and reading room of the Selwyn hotel. The entire downstairs front por (Continued on Page Two.) E REDUCING GOST IF LIVING By Associated Press. Chicago, April 16. Recommenda tions for establishment of a nation wide oreanization to reduce the cost of living by improving methods of farm production, . marketing ana co-operation, were Dresented today to the sec ond national conference of marketing and farm credits. Establishment of a school of instruc-. tion to train managers of co-operative organizations and an expert service corps to advise with farmers wero recommended. - TRI-STATE WATER AND LIGHT ASSO. MEETS Rv Associated Press. Atlanta, Ga., April 16. Scientific, and practical business problems In volved in the management of water and light plants were discussed at the opening session here today ofi the fourth annual convention of the-Tri-State Water and Light Associa tion of -the Carolinas .and Georgia. Scores of members, representing every section of the three' states were in at tendance. -The "meeting will last until tomorrow night. ' The annual address of President A, J. Sprolee was the principal fea ture of the morning session. Includ ed in the afternoon program were addresses by H. S. Graves, chief for ester . of ; the federal department o' agriculture, and M. F. Coun, of Phil . adelphia. . , Robbery On Main Ctreet. By Associated Press. Southington, Conn., April 16. Thre. highwaymen robbed George Kulus or Main street early today a id "scaped tc the country after a running fight with the police. Scores of residents in the vicinity were awakened by the firing and women and children , ere in a panic. MOV It' 11 1C if. .. I- be if. 4" - . i, v.- - i J 1 If i b " ' if.1 ,- I ': w. .rv. 1 1 if:'- I. !i : I- .J . r..: it;' 'a icciutnt is sustained by uie asknowledgmeiii.