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r A ST EST GEO PA' PER 1 O.R T,H: C A R O L ! H PAGES TODAY 9$ X me e w pipe r Established: Daily, 1S8S Sunday 1910.. CHARLOTTE, N , MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 20, 1914. Price: Daily 2c; Sunday 5c. V ; F CONG NIGHT EDITION A A N G s p isweis H ance sonal Forceful Message He Re-s views Indignities of Huerta' and Asks Approval of Con-' cress in Future Policy No iar With Mexican People! Desired. Outburst of Applaus Follows Beading of the Address j Congress Will Back the Pres-' dent In His Course Mer-j chant Ships Ordered Out fo Vera Cruz Harbor. ! i Associated Press. ! . . I Washington. April 20 President Wil-' 5:r today answered Huerta's defiance! :: ; -king congress, assembled in j session, for approval to "use the. arned forces of tiie United States to ' t; h ways and to such extent as may b- necessary to obtain from General ' rta and his adherents the fullest f : '-ornition of the rights and dignity 1 -: United States.' T:;y president did not ask for any ?.:r.rcpriaticn of money at this time nor for authority to call out the nation s' suard. There can be no thought of aggres sion or of selfish aggrandizement," de clared the president to the sober-faced 'M!f f "senator- andxepresentatives, rnoh packed the ' halfof the house. This government can, I earnestly hopo, in no circumstances be forced :r..o war with the people of Mexico. If ed conflict should unhappily come a rhs rrsult of his (Huerta's) attitude ' personal resentment towards this tcvernment, we should be fighting only rntrai Huerta and those who adhere - him and give him support or our r;'f:-1 would be only to restore to the teopje of the distracted republic the Trortunity to set up again their own t5 and their own government. 'There can in wha we do be no thought of aggression or of selfish s?;randizement. We seek to maintain he dignity and authority of the United S ates only because we wish always tr i-:p our great influence unimpair rn for The uses of liberty both in the rniied States and wherever else it kv be employed for the benefit of mankind." : resident finished readying hi f ires? at 3:12 p. m. and left the ri-.aTber amid a roar of applause and r'r c.- T'ce'-e was loud applause mostly on 'h- democratic side when the presi cer.t said he feit it his duty to sus tain Admiral Mayo. There was inter r - 'A:t applause during the remaind er c: the reading of the address. When the president referred to the use of armed forces the demo- ""at again applauded. Republican Leader Mann and Progressive Leader M.rdoek and others on their sides net joint in this nor on the ap '"': 1 that greeted the president at "h f-nd of the message. ' "-vas exactly 3 o'clock when con fcffss and crowded galleries broke a cheer of recognition a3 Speak f"C :.?.rk introduced the president. - ih nthe outburst of applause sub ? into solemn quiet as the presi in a low but penetrating voice sEoke the opening sentence of his ad- as soon as the joint session had ea this resolution was introduc he House: Resolution Offered, 'hni resolution justifying the nHfit of armed forces of the PT - v. -j in ui-uium tci Lain "8;-;'i gainst Victoriano Huerta: ; td. by the Senate and House . !.-r;i'entatives in Congress assem- the president of the United 'a justified in the employment : armed fores of the United v-i ! 0 enforce the demands upon jnhh0 ar!) iIu-rta for unequivocal t.o the government of the. Unit- this government by General snd his representatives. " H; t:f,;''inmy after returning from j'n.V!' ";e chamber, the senate went '-''- r"':'itive session to donsider the :' message. , ; ' ';ir'iomaUc gallery was crowded members of the diplomatic ' i e the President spoke. Am- - lusserand, of France; 1 of Great Britain, and Rep- c- of Austria and the Nether ' pied the front row of the - Wilson, Mrs. Francis B. r' Miss Margaret Wilson were V. ' iff. 1- j I 1-. ' ter.;; BaliFj--, j-t t uuiiist; party. tpR p PPlaus that interrupted tha VS,f-nt' followed Qis statement 'Ww f?- T.an)Pio incident showed a W hp,ru'' on tn- Part of the Huertis- ueli efore Armed Forces of uerta s Per- p p eal HIPS MUST LEAVE By A HERCHUfT i GRUZ HARBOR I Vera Cruz. April 20. Commander ! Gen- Huerta. Neither the paymaster Charles F. Hughes, chief of staff of nor any one of the boat's crew were the United States Atlantic fleet, today armed. Two of the mere were in the called on General Gustavo Maas, com- boat when the arst took place and mander of the federal troops at Vera ' were obliged to leave it and submit Cruz, and on the commander of the to be taken into custody, notwith port. and instructed them to order all 'standing the fact that the boat car merchant vessels out of the harbor, j ried, both at her bow and at her Navy Department Statement. 'stern, the flag of the United -States. Washington, April 20 The navy de-,The officer who made the arrest was partment gave out this statement: ) proceeding up one of the streets ot "American merchant vessels have the tov.n with his prisoners met by been ordered out of Vera Cruz harbor an officer of higher authority, who or m accordance with the president's in- i dered him to return to the landing structions to consular officers to warn 'and await orders; and within an Amencans to ieae Mexico tor tneir : own safety."' OF ARMY GETS RUSH ORDER Houston, Texas, April 20. The sec ond division of the United States army here on a practice march began a hurried movement back to Texas City and Galveston today on orders from Washington. The fifth brigade was rushed aboard troop trains but the re mainder or tne Dig army unit, which i brought nearly 10,000 men here, was ordered to march back to the coast 60 miles. Plans were made for the fourth brigade to go aboard trans ports, although it was said no sailing orders have been received. The plan was to have the fifth, num bering nearly 5,000 men, ready for sailing to Vera Cruz by Tuesday morn-i ing if a troop movement were ordered ROUSE AND SEN ATE AGREE TO JOINT SESSION Washington, April 20. The house upon assembling immediately and unanimously passed a concurrent res olution for a joint session with the senate at 3 p. m. The senate without debate adopted the house resolution for a 3 o'clock joint" session. Not a dissenting vote was cast in the house against the resolution for a joint session to receive "whatever communication the president shall be pleased to make." It was a solemn and quiet house that stood while Chap- -Oh, God, a question Of grave con-j sequence confronts us here today R3ifl the chaplain. "A crisis which ai- lects mousauus pup i met. Impart to tne president, uis u visers and the members of this con gress wisdom, courage and fortitude that they may act in accordance withj ti.a highest conceptions of truth and, justice and right, so that civilization may be-advanced and things, which make for peace and righteousness may progress.'r The silence that greeted the prayer continued as Representative Under wood presented the resolution fixing o o'clock for the joint session. CONGRESS TO MEET AT 3 O'CLOCK r77n After confer- Counsellor Lansing of the state " de etAUnent had pointedoutto the cab gress leaders agreed on a joint session inet various precedents. Cabinet of of both houses at 3 p. m. today and I ficers said they had discussed "the the foreign affairs committees began . ug 6teps in the situation." work on a resolution. Joint Session ; J1 o - ! ,j j o t, ji t, ', .i.tfi, i ,r ,t j. , y fjt (- Presidents Message To Con gress On Mexican Situation President Wilson laid the Mexican situation before congress -today in ther.e words: "Gentlemen of the Congress: "It is my duty to call your atten tion to a situation which has arisen in our dealings with Gen. Victoriano Huerta at Mexico City which calls for j action, and to sak your advice and j co-operation in acting upon it. On the ! ninth of April a paymaster of the U. S. S. Dolphin landed at the Itur- bide bridge landing at Tampico with a whaleboat and boat's crew to take off certain supplies needed by his iship, and while engaged in loading the boat was arrested by an officer and squad of men of the armv of hnnr anr? o v-,ifv fm ho timo nf the arrest orders were received from the commander of the Huertista ! forces at Tampico for the release of the paymaster and his men. The re j lease was followed by apologias from f the commander and later by an ex i pression of regret by Gen; Huerta himself. Gen. Huerta urged that mar Ijial law obtained at the. time at'Tam I pfco : thar-brders had been issued that no one should be allowed to, land at the Iturbide bridge; and that I our sailors had no right to land j there. Our naval commanders at the nnrt Yiad not ViPPn nntifiorl nf nnV such prohibition; and, even if they ) personal resentment towards this gov had bpen the. nn lv insi-ifinhie rnnrve ernment, we should be fighting only open have been to request the paymaster and his crew to withdraw and to lodge a protest with the commanding officer of the fleet. Admiral Mayo re garded the arrest as so serious an affront that he. was not satisfied with the apologies offered but. de manded that the flag of the United States be saluted with special cere mony by the military commander of thep 6rt. "The incident cannot be regarded as a trivial one, especially as two of the men were taken from the boat itself that is 'to say from the terri tory of the United States; but had it stood by itself it might have been at tributed to the ignorance or, arro gance of a single officer. Unfortu nately it was not an isolated case. A series of incidents have recently occurred which cannot but create the impression that the representatives of Gen. Huerta were willing to go out of their way to show disregard for the dignity and rights of this gov ernment and felt perfectly safe in doing wrhat they pleased, making free to ishow in many ways their ir ritation and contempt. A few days af ter the incident at Tampico and or derly from the U. S. S. Minnesota was arrested at Vera Cruz while ashore in uniform to obtain the ship's mail and was for a time thrown into jail. An official dispatch from this government to its embassy at Mexico City was withheld by the authorities of the telegraphic service peremptor- j era Huerta and his adherents the full ily demanded by our charge d'affaires ; est recognition of the rights and digni- m person, so iar as l can learn, sucn wrongs and annoyances nave Deen suffered . to occur only against repre sentatives of the United States. 1 have heard of no complaints from Oiner governments of similar treat- Subsequent explanations and t""L' formal apologies did not and could ENT- WILL ILE STORY By Associated Press. Washington, April 20. "The presi- dent will tell the whole story at the 'capitol at 3 o'clock," said the secre taries as they passed out at- the con clusion of the cabinet meeting. It became known that they consid- ' A rYn vera Aisrara'c latest commun- ication as containing nothing new. PRESTO 'TELL 1 l3 government in jyiextcan situation . i which it is possible it had been the object of the Huertista authorities to create, that the - government of the United States was being singled out, and might be singled out with impun ity, for slights and affronts in retalia tion for its refusal to recognize the pretensions of General Huerta to be regarded as the constitutionalist pro visional president of the republic of Mexico. "The manifest danger of such a sit uation was that such offences might grow from bad to worse until some thing happened of so gross and intoler able a sort as to lead directly and inev itably to armed conflict. It was neces sary that the apologies of General Huerta and his representatives should go much further, that they should be such as to attract the attention of the whole population to their significance and such as to impress -upon General Huerta himself the necessity of seeing to it that no further occasion for ex planations and professed regrets should arise. I, therefore, felt it my duty to sustain Admiral Mayo in the whole of his demand and to insist that the flag of the United States should be saluted in such a way as to indicate a new spirit and attitude on the part of the Huertistas. "Such a salute General Huerta has refused, and I have come to ask your approval and support in the course I now propose to pursue. "This government can, I earnestly hope, in no circumstances be forced into war with the. people of Mexico. Mexico is torn by civil strife. If we are to, accept the tests of its own constitution, it has no government. General: Huerta has set his power up in the citv of Mo.virv Aivh.as . it -is. without right and. by methods for which there can be no justification. Only part of the country is under his control. "If armed conflict should unhappily Come as a result of his attitude Of to him and give him their support, and our object would be only to restore to the people of the distracted republic the opportunity to set up again their own laws and their own government. "But I earnestly hope that war is not now in question. I believe that I speak for the American- people when I say that we do not desire to control in any degree the affairs of our sister repub lic. Our feeling for the people of Mexi co is one of deep and genuine friend ship, and everything that we have so far done or refrained from doing has proceeded from our desire to help them and ont to hinder or embarrass them. We would not wish even to exercise the good offices of friendship without their welcome and consent. The people of Mexico are entitled to settle their own domestic affairs in their own way and we sincerely desire to respect their right. The present situation need have none of the grave implications of interference if we deal with it prompt ly, firmly and wisely. "No doubt I could do what is neces sary in the circumstances to force re spect for our government without re course to the congress, and yet not exceed' my constitutional powers as president; but I do not wish to act in a matter possibly of so grave conse quence except in close conference and co-operation with both the senate and. house. I, therefore, come to ask your approval that I "should use the armed forces of the United States in such ways and to such an, extent as mav be necessary to obtain from Gen ty 0f tne united States, even amidst the distressing conditions now unnap- "pily obtaining in Mexico. "There can in what .we do be no thought of aggression or of selfish ag grandizement. We seek to maintain the States and Jrenent will employed for-the benefit of mankind. back up th'e Resident," declared - Speaker Champ. Clark here early to ' dav. "There will be no division be- j ''S THE DAY IN CONGRESS. By Associated Press. Senate: ' Senator Chamberlain introdued a bill to appropriate $50,00,000 for na tional defense and other purposes. Arranged to meet in joint session at 3 p. m. with the house to hear Pres ident Wilson's address on the Mexican situation. House: Arranged a joint session. The McGillicuddy workmen's com- pensation bill was ordered favorably reported by the judiciary committee. Foreign affairs committee arranged for a meeting immediately after Pres- :dent Wilson's address. - and Asks TREN.G. STATE fi Special to The News. Raleigh, April 20. Adjutant Gen eral Young of the state guard says practically" all the companies of the guard, infantry, cavalry coast artillery, naval militia and medical and other corps have signified their readiness to enlist for Mexican service. He ex pects a general order for mobilization of the national guard, including North Carolina to be issued most any time now. The North Carolina guard has about 3,000 men and while the min imum for field service is 5,168 this means that just as soon as the order comes from Washington to Governor Craig for the state guard to mobilize there will begin the enlistment of ad ditional men up to the minimum war strength. GARRANZA AND VILLA CONFER By Associated Press. Juarez, April 20. Conferences be tween Carranza and Villa began at' Chihuahua today, according t- an offi cial report received here. It is understood among rebel officials they will take no part in opposing the United States over the Tampico inci dent unless rebel territory i3 invaded. As To State's Rights To Regulate Rates By Associated Press. Washington, April 20. The right of the state tp regulate insurance rates was settled today by the supreme court upholding as constitutional the Kansas fire insurance law of 1909. Chief Justice White and Justices Van deSranter and Lamar dissented, claim ing that insurance was a private con tract with which the state had no right to interfere. Justice Lamar declared 'that the decision upheld the principle that the state had the right to fix the price of every article on the markets. Justice McKenna, for the majority of the court, declared insurance had become so clothed with a public in terest as to distinguish insurance from ordinary business and to classi fy it with the business of running a hotel or a railroad. Gunboat Reaches Key West' By Associated Press. Key West, Fla., April 20 The gun boat de Luzon and the tender Yankton arrived here early today for coal and provisions. Both will proceed at once to Mexican waters. Rate Cases Go Over.. By Associated Press. Washington, April 20. None of the important pending rate cases was: de cided today by the supreme . court. GRESS WILL BACK OP PRESI DENT SAYS CLARK tween the president and congress on that question. And the whole country will stand behind the president as well as congress." The speaker, how- ever, expressed hope of anding peaceful solution of the situation. Washington, April Secretary . 0 to h1 eyent of hostilities with -Mexico, Major General Leonard Wood, chief of staff of, the army, would command the American forces. READY SERVIGE 1J.1EN.10D Ttf COMMAND AMERICAN FORCES for Approval in Full Text 0) Note Wherein Hueita Re jused to Meet Demand ATTITUDE OF MEXICAN PRESS Mexico City, April 20. Newspapers of the Federal capital today restrict ed themselves- to brief commont on the statement given out by the for eign minister, devoting themselves chiefly to expressions of approval of the attitude taken by the Mexican gov ernment. El Imparcial declared that General Huerta bad given "high proof of his discretion and loyalty." and concluded: "A people! ike a man -hould prefer aeatn to dishonor. El Pais said: "The Tampico incidents as a reason for war are infamous and as a basis for the assertion of right are ridicu lous. . It adds: "In these solemn moments serenity is the only hinge that can save us, but should the time come to show ourselves patriots it is indis pensable to unite in facing death and sacrifice with the valor of justice.." BOATS ARE ORDERED 00T By Associated Press. Pensacola, Fla., April 20.Orders were received early today directing the flotilla of 20 torpedo boat destroyers here to put to sea this afternoon, meet ing Rear Admiral Bafdger's fleet, in the gulf and accompanying it to Tampico: Officers said the destroyers with two tenders were ready to depart. hTe reference was to Huerta's pro- By Associated Press. Vera Cruz, Mexico, April 20. This city continues very quiet. Communication by launch with the American war vessels lying off the port was rendered difficult today by a 'stiff norther. U. S. Troops Ready For Quick Movement By Associated Press. Chicago, April 20. All United States troops remaining in the central di vision, about 1500 cavalry :.nd six bat teries of field guns, are ready to en train in twelve hours, it was stated at headquarters here today. In spite of the large number of applicants at local recruiting offices, the officers in charge have accepted only the few men required to fill vacancies caused by discharge of men who have com pleted their enlistments. The First Cavalry Illinois National Guard notified division headquarters today that it was ready to'move at three days' notice. Through the Aero Club of Illinois a dozen -of the best known ;.viators in America have notified the army chiefs of their readiness for service. AMERICANS IAIARNE By Associated Press1. Vera Cruz, -April 20. All American and other foreign women have been asked by Consul Canada to take refuge on, vessels now in the harbor, prefer ably on board the Mexico of the Ward line and the Esperanza which has been chartered by the United States navy. ; WEATHER FORECAST: Borecast for North Carolina: Fair, colder tonight. Tuesday fair. Moderate winds, mostly v westerly. X Mexican Official Makes Public . Statement Setting Forth At titude of Huerta Government ; With Regard to Demands Made By American Govern ment For Salute to Flag. Huerta Brought Matter to Crisis by Flatly Refusing tc Comply With Demand Wanted Uncle Sam to Sign Protocol This Was Refus ed. Mexico City, April 20. Portillo y Ro jas, minister of foreign affairs, in an nouncing that it would be impossible to agree to the demand of the United States that the flag of that country be unconditionally saluted, gave out the following statement: "On April 9th, between 11 and noon, a boat without an American flag and with nine marines and one officer land ed at a point called the eBach of Iturbide in Tampico. Colonel Raymond Hinojosa, who has charge of defending that point, detained the marines and officer and conducted them to the pres ence of the general yho had command of the fort Ignacio Morelos Zaragoza. "It should be remembered that at this time the port not only was under military control but was withstanding an attack by rebels. "General Zaragoza immediately and without even investigating the case" put the marines and the officer, at liberty, placed Hinojosa in prison and sent an apology to Rear Admiral Mayo, com mander of the American fleet. ."We thought the incident closed but unfortunately this was not so because Mayo sent to him sometime after wards an ultimatum .wherein he ask ed that a second apology be presented to him by the staff of the chief of the fort, General Zaragoza: that the Amer ican flag be hoisted at a public placrj in.Tampico and saluted by 21 guns and, besides, the severe punishment of Hinojosa, stipulating that all this be dene within 24 hours. "The term was later extended when diplomatic pourparlers were begun be tween the sub-secretary of foreign af fairs in Mexico, the minister being absent at J.hat date and continued un til now. "The president of Mexico when in formed of the case ordered another in vestigation of the facts and punish ment of the guilty officer if it were proved he was blameworthy. He also authorized the minister of foreign af fairs to express regret on account of the incident. When he became aware i that the American government support ed the request of Rear Admiral Mayo relative to a salute of the American flag which had not been insulted, he proposed to show his good will toward v the American people though he did not think that such a request was just, pro posing that the flags of the two na tions be hoisted, and saluted recipro cally and simultaneously. "When the American government did not agree with that idea but insisted upon Rear Admiral Mayo s request, giv ing assurance that according to inter national practice the salute would be returned by American cannon after the salute to the American flag, th'-ij was not accepted by President Huerta, who insisted upon his proposition. "Then the American government de termined that pouparlers be brought In an end by the final decision of Presi dent Huerta within a term which ex pired" at 6 o'clock tonight, announcing that if by that time he had not agreed to the salute of the American flag as requested the affair would be pre sented to the American congress for decision. "The Mexican government, believing that the salute in question was of no importance unless previously and for mally agreed upon by both sides, pro posed the signing of a protocal and th minister of foreign affairs presented last night a draft of such protocol to the American charge d'aff aire s, Nelson O'Shaughnessy. . "O'Shaughnessy answered that h must consult his government; that ho would advise the minister of the na ture of this answer and this afternoon he communicated to the minister the fact that his government did not ac cept the idea of a signature of any. protocol whatever but wanted an uncon ditional salute of the American flag. "The Mexican government refuser, feeling it had done all possible, in view of the friendly understanding be tween the two governments and believ ing the acceptance of such an imposU tion would be equivalent to yielding by. Mexico to humiliation. The Mexi can government is confident that the civilized world will find its conduct has been wise and temperate, that it has (Continued on Page Five.)