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TH E F A T GROWING PAP I O R T H A R O; t I N A rp i PAGES TODAY Greatei Gia r I o 1 1 e ' s : H a p er Established : Daily, lSSS-Sunday 1910.. , TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 21, 1914. Price : Daily 2c ; Sunday 5c. 1'! S TE'S NEWS ER i4i ( . - . . A T1TT ThHT NEWS NIGHT e N " II HU111U1N fTI A TT rkTVFT TVT r 0 . ' t "t "t 'i 't 't' "t 't '' t" f" "t1 't" i""""'y,''i ii iyi ii iji iy ii nnynlVyHjny-y Qyi ' 3 evera teces Americans me Lean ing Various Fails of Mexico on Advice Lodge Opens Debate in Senate On the Resolution to Back Up President His Substi tute Severely Attacked By Senators. Large Shipment of Arms For Huerta Will be Seized After They Are Unloaded Admir al Fietcher Has Broad Pow ersMay Take City of Vera Cruz. Washington. April 21. While con cress is debating the Mexican situa tion President Wilson has ordered Rar Admiral Fletcher to seize the V?ra Cruz customs House and prevent Huerta from getting several million rounds of ammunition and two hun dred field guns now on a German steamer bound for that port. The orders went out from Washing ton early today when it became ap ; en:, that delay in congress was ac : :;ng to Huerta.'s advantage. Cabinet Meets. At noon the cabinet was in session and so far as was known no word had l:een received from Admiral Fletcher or his action. . The. orders, officials sai'i. left to the admiral's discretion wiif n and how to act. As there is no "r'ockade the American forces could pp.: intprfpre. with thfv fltirmpn Rtpnm. r. The orders WTere to seize the guns and shells after they had landed or to ?ei?e the customs house to prevent their landing and thus keep them ' cm going to Mexico City. Wilson Has Authority. Officials declared that President Wilson had ample authority for his articn without .the approval of con zres?. , - -Meanwhile both house and senate re convened and the senate went to worK on the resolution of approval of the president's course. Orders to Fletcher. The orders went out to Admiral Fiptcher at daybreak after President Wilson and cabinet officials had been in conference since 4 a. m. mostly over the telephone. The orders to the admiral, it was said, conferred the broadest authority 'jpon him, and directing that if neces sary he take the city of Vera Cruz as pel! as the customs house to prevent tbe landing of the munitions. How He May Act. Officials here said the admiral might act in several ways. He might wait until the German steamer had landed bv cargo unmolested and then take fre customs hcfase and the munitions; when the German steamer comes to the port he might seize the customs house and if the guns were landed tie? -ould come into possession of the American forces. That the steamer Kizbr take her cargo to some other per: was a possibility of which offi c ais were cognizant. Some report from the admiral was fcp;r.g awaited momentarily. Squabble in the Senate. Democratic senate leaders believed ttr order to Admiral Fletcher would ' " to speed up action in the senate c-n rh resolution to support the pres ent's course. Before the senate met, it Wan onriQ ront' rinn-avor that fo P-oiican leaders were planning to warn pi on the preamble substitute sub m inert by Senator Lodge which re? 's to the long series of outrages gainst Americans fn Mexico. That hs? not been accepted, however, by ipn:ocrats of the committee and there 5s no disposition on the part of the nia.iovjty to accept it. The Lodge sub--T ?te win not be accepted by house esders, it was authoritatively stated eary today. I ' house resolution as amended by tae? senate foreign relations commit-lp- as laid before the senate soon 8,tprnoon. , A solution accepting the apologies offered by Huerta as "suffi reparation" for the Tampico inci "os introduced in the senate by 5a.?i:cr "orks, who proposed it as a "-"'S urate for the resolution calling for of armed forces in Mexico. Report Confirmed. -iurniaistration" officials early today ccfi rntrt the report that they were scn nrr to sejze severaI million kii of ammunition consigned to '-'a and now on a German ship ;';';,-r Vera Cruz.-,l:-tl'y Minute of Delay Counts. administration officials said -it while no blockade could be or laV,fV 10 keeP foreign vessels 'from (,.,lf;i"1S cargoes without a declaration -n. 'a.r- PIoinpt occupation of Vera v' ,7 iv marines could prevent any Af V 7? If 0 ' -ir. v a 4 tott C onsmne munitions of war from being rushed to the Mexican capital. "Every minute of delay by congress counts," said white house officials. It was made plain by Secretary Tu multy that the president approved the resolution as amended by the senate for.eign relations committee, that the president did not wish to individualize Huerta because of any personal resent ment but merely to differentiate him from the remainder of the Mexican peo ple with whom the United States has ro quarrel. President Wilson opposed making the resolution too broad for fear it might be construed as a declaration of war. The language of the amended res olution adopted by the senate foreign relations committee is satisfactory to the president because it specifically disclaims any -purpose of making war on Mexico. The administration ex: pects the house to accept it promptly. House Win Concur. When the house foreign affai-s com mittee met Chairman Flood said the house democrats would n.ot oppose the Mexican resolution in the -d form adopted by the senate foreign relations committee. At 11:20 a. m. no word so far as was known had been received here as to what action ReaV Admiral Fletcher had taken. , Americans Fleeing. Secretary Bryan ' -said just before en tering the cabinet meeting that there was a general exodus of Americans from Mexico City to Vera Cruz and that many Americans at the latter place were getting aboard the Ward liner Esperanza. Huerta Playing for Time. Many officials declared they leh- Huerta had been playing for time merely to get in the large shipment of arms which Admiral Fletcher has been ordered to cut off. May Take City of Vera Cruz. Administration officials pointed out that the president had ample author ity for his action without the ap proval of congress and that immediate action had been impertaive. Momen tarily officials expected dispatches from the. admiral announcing he had taken the customs house and possibly the city. No Orders for Troop Movement. War department officials aid there was nothing -to indicate necessity for immediate orders - for troop move memts. No unusual alarm is reflected, in border dispatches over r iti-Ameri-can outbreaks but such communica tions as came in from frontier towns were forwarded to Brig. Gen. Bliss, commanding the border patrols. Secretary Bryan said he was in un interrupted correspondence with Charge O'Shaughnessy in Mexico City. He gave no intimation as to the nature oX the exchanges, although he said he had heard nothing concern ing possible presentation of the Amer ican charge with his passports Lodge Opens Debate. Washington, April 21. Opening de bate on the resolution in the senate Mr. Lodge declared: "In a situation of high seriousness such as now confronts congress it is well to remember the responsibility of the senate. Neither peace nor war can be made without the consent of the senate. The power to declare war rests under the constitution with congress. ' "When the president lays an inter national controversy before congress he takes the last step that precedes war," continued Senator Lodge. 'The president might have taken further eteps but he has come to the body which alone has power to declare war. I think he has done well. With congress in session it was right that he should take no further steps with out consulting congress." Senator Lodge recounted the leg islative proceedings which led tip to passage of the Spanish resolution and senator "Williams asked bow long it took congress to pass that.- "It took much more than one day, replied Senator Lodge. Senator LaFollette stated congress took from April 11 to-April 19 to pass the resolution in 1898. After - an argument with Senator Williams over the attitude of s dem ocrats in congress as to the Spanish war resolutions, Senator Lodge took up the resolution. , . "Thifi resolution uses the word jus tify,' instead of 'authorize,' " he said. "The result will be the same. This declaration of war. The president in resolution does not contemplate the his message disclaim e4 all hostility -toward the Mexican people. But thia ounds resolution carries with it armed . in tervention. "The consequences of armed inter vention are in many respects precise ly the same . as war. But they present a task less capable of speedy comple tion; less fertile in speedy glory of victories won and may bring a long period of the exercise, of what would be police power in a foreign country, involving, vast expenditures; great loss of life perhaps, and after months and possibly years, possibly only the satisfaction of ' feeling that we had brought back peace, and or der and liberty to a distracted coun try." After reviewing the Tampico in dent Senator Lodge declared: "There is no doubt in my mind that that incident at Tampico con stituted' an insult to the American flag and the American uniform. No nation can allow such an" insult to pass unnoticed. It is its duty to seek proper atonement and reparation. The form of such atonement is universal ly recognized. It is a salute to the flag of the offended nation. But that salute is a governmental action. All party lines disappear in the demand for amends for such an insult, and we all stand behind the president's demand for atonement." The cabinet meeting broke up while the senate debate continued and Secretary Tumulty and some of the cabinet members hurried to the senate chamber to hear the speeches. "Nothing new in the situation," w-as the way Postmaster General Burle son put it. . Senator Lodge resented any impu tations that the republicans were "lacking in proper regard for the honor of the flag." "But we must also think of that which the flag covers the citizens of the United States," he said. "One hun dred and fifty American citizens have perished on Mexican soil. I cannot, in demanding atonement - of the ' in sult at. Tampico overlook these out rages. I cannot pass thefie murders silently by without saying that, here is a greater wrong, to be atoned and a wrong which must not be and shall not be repeated. S "I cannot be put in a position where I appear to pick and choose between the factions that today , tear Mexico asunder. I can not join in any resolution which puts the United States in the position of preferring one murderer and cut throat above another murderer and cut throat. "I have no desire to criticize Pres ident Wilson for his failure to re cognize General Huerta. He no doubt proceeded on grounds . appearing to him as sufficient. I condemn as strongly as I can the methods . of treachery and bloodshed by which General Huerta reached his present position. But the fact that I condemn his methods does not lead me to put myself in a position which by distor tion of the acts which we take here or of the wrordi5 which we utter here would put me behind Villa, Villa, who began lire as a hired assassin, and whose .pathway has been marked with bloodshed, rapine, plunder, and by unnamable crimes which are a disgrace to the country in which we live. "It is for that reason that the mi nority committee on foreign relations has presented the substitute for the preamble of the resolution," 'asserted Senator Lodge. "Not one sentence can be denied. Each is a melancholy truth." Mr. Lodge said the first act under the resolution would be the taking of Vera Cruz. "We are engaged at this moment," Senator Lidge declared, "not only in dealing with a question involving the gravest responsibilities than can con front the congress but as not often happens, we are participating in a great historic action. "The grounds for our action here to day will lie before the world and will come to the tribunal of history. "If we are to interene in Mexico at any point, I want it on broad, suffi cient grounds ; I want to strip it of any personal character; to lift it up from the leel of personal hostilities and place it on the ground of great na tional action taken in the interest of and for the protection of American lives in a foreign country and for the purpose also of restoring peace and order, if we can." ' Shively Speaks. . Senator fchively &aid the pending resolution was of "paramount import ance." "The attf mpted . parallel between present proceedings and proceedings leading up to the declaration of war with Spain is futile," he said. "It is neer too late to vedclarew-ar; it may easily become too late to secure peace. That acticm was a declaration of war. iThis resolution is a good faith effort to preserve peace." He said the president did not ask congress for "authority" because he did not wish to pursue a war. . Mr. Shively said that the Lodge preamble would have no result but war. , ' "Expedition here is vital," said Sen ator Shively emphatically, "because this is an effort to preserve peace." (Continued on Page Nine.) R - TT If "T" ft 11 uerta THREE WOMEN SENTENCED TO DEATH. By Associated Press. Trinidad, Colo., April !;0. & Three women and a number of i'r children possibly ten, were smoth- ered to death in the fire that i'- swept the Ludlow tent colony last night, according to a statement given out at union headquarters. The party had refuge in cave. " The statement is confirmed at the military camp at Ludlow. STRIKE 0 Bv Associated Press. Trinidad, Colo., April 21. Thirteen persons were believed to be dead but the. number of wounded was. unknown when day dawned on the -Ludlow tat tlefield where yesterday 100 militia men and deputy sheriffs fought a battle with strikers. Renew-al of the conflict was expected momentarily. The militiamen were reinforced dur ing the forenoon. The Ludlow colony presented a scene of death and -desolation today. Soldiers declared quantities of am munition were exploded by the blaze that swept the colony during the night. ,. .: - ,. ... . ' . - . - . . Yesterday's battle centered about the big trestle ? of the Colorado '& Southeastern Railrdad and several dead 'were said to be lying along the tracks behind 'which the strikers took refuge. Throughout the day and . intermit tently during the night the lighting raged over an area of approximately three square miles. The battlefield was completely isolated by the cut ting of telegraph and telephone wires. Fighting began early yesterday when a militia detachment under Lieuten ant Lynderfelt started to investigate the cause of firing near Cedar Hill. As the day' progressed word of the clash reached officials and a relief militia expedition was sent. They de trained south of Ludlow and found the strikers barricaded in the pump ing station. At dusk the strikers re treated along a gulley back of the blazing tent colony, followed by the militia who swept the valley with machine guns. With the arrival of reinforcements today Major Hamrock had approxi mately 175 men opposed to strikers variously estimated at from 400 to 800. PRESENTED T SUPREME COURT Special to The News. Raleigh, N. C, April 21. The oil painting, of the late Jospeh Harvey Wilson, of . Charlotte was presented to the supreme court today with fitting ceremony, being the gift from George E. Wilson, of Charlotte, son of the de ceased and his sister, Mrs. Charles E. Johnson, of this city. It was a distin guished cjompany that gathered for the ceremony. The presentation address was by Hon. Frank I. Osborne, who portrayed eloquently the personality and career of Mr. Wilson. The painting was accepted by Chief Justice Walter Clark. 42. O r O i - . ,.-1, o '-C o e. .j;, "vf 'i ? tf 'j F V ', v 'j C- 't V k ' 'i - "fi" 't v" '.V T v" V 7Vi vT -J " 'ir X NATIONALS ORDERED OUT. x h -is- By Associated Press. i'? Washington, April 21. Charge O'Shaughnessy at the direction w of the state department had ad- Ki X vised the foreign diplomatic -i; body in Mexico City to have their nationals leave Mexico. riiw -i " ' ' i it v ,--2v" v i"i . iT ' ? -4r -t . -ir"f'.i" "W"iV"f " r 'v r -i r " "W "t r ' r r 't r i-v u v- i WEATHER FORECAST: Forecast for North Carolina: Fair tonight, possibly .light frost in low places in central and west. portions: Wednesday, fair, w-armer in interior. , Moderate northeasterly winds on the coast. -it V.7r "7 i " i C'a' " "V T V" '("K,Wf'(".,',,5f'(ir TERRIFIC B&TILE IN COLORADO w i mm Ition Be Will GRPT. BERRY FOUND G U 1 LT Y OF NEGLIGENCE By Associated Press. Washington, April 21. Captain Os- j;:myn Berry of the Merchants' and ;;" , Miners' packet Nantucket wThich ram med and sunk the Old Dominion liner Monroe with a loss of 41 lives off the Virginia capes in January, has been found guilty of negligence and his license has been revoked. NINE KILLED B! GAS EXPLOSIO By Associated Press. Maoun, Sask., April 21. Investigation-into the cause of the gas explo sion which wrecked a local hotel yes terday, killing nine persons who were m the dining room was begun today So suddenly did the floor and walls of the dining room collapse and sink into the basement that few persons in the room escaped death or injury. Most of those who perished were pin- rnel beneath the debris and burned al j most beyond recognition, j It is believed the seven persons in 'jured will recover. MORE POSTMASTERS. ! By Associaed "Press. u 1 - Washington, April 21.--The president today nominated these postmasters: Georgia Nellie B. Brimberry, , Al bany; W. M. McElroy, Norcross; Johnnie B. Roddenberry, Thomasville North Carolina O. G. Nicholson, Maxton; N. R. Pool, Clayton. UNIVERSITY STUDENTS READY TO FIGHT, By Associated Press. New York, April ; 21. New- York University students cheered Dean Stoddard for several minutes yester day When he said that he knew "all the students of the Universiay stood ready to give their lives Tor the country if. needed in its defense." "The students of this University need no urging to do their patriotic duty," said the dean. "I feel confident that the management of our govern ment is in patriotic hands and I feel sure that the students here before me will sustain the honor of this gov ernment by every means in their pow er." The Mississippi Sails. By Associated Press. Pensacola, Fla., April 21. -The bat tleship Mississippi with .'six hundrei marin s aboard sailed this morning for Vera Cruz. The warship also carried four aviators with their Ijydro-aero-planes. The tender Dixie departed last night for the Mexican port. BAILEY WILL C0I1N0 FIRST BODY OF TROOPS; By Associated Press. Washington, April 21. Brigadier General' Charles J. Bailey will com mand the first body of troops if any are sent to Mexico. He will , leave for Texas City within a day or two to organize an expedition. Major General Wood, v.-ho wijl re linquish his office as chief of staff at 12 o'clock tonight, will be in supreme command of all the troops and will follow General Bailey within a few days, if action comes. General Bailey is now stationed at Fort Totten, N. Y.,' in command of the North Atlantic coast artillery. MAHONEY DID NOT WANT A LAWYER. iBv Associated Press, j "New. 'York, 'April 21 Michael P., ! Mahoney, who attempted to shoot j Mayor Mitchell last week and wound- led Corporation Counsel Frank L. Polk was arraigned today to plead to an indictment charging him with at tempted murder in the first degree. "I don't want any lawyer," the pris oner insisted, but Judge Maulqueen assigned counsel. It is likely that Mahoney will be committed to an institution for- the j criminal insane, and 200 Fi Held Many Mexicans Think National Honoi at Stake EWS WAS BREETE IITU CHEERS Chicago, April 21. News that the house had passed the resolution au thorizing President Wilson to use armed forces to compel respect 'to the Stars and Stripes was greeted with cheers by thorngs in Chicago theatres and cafes last night. In one theatre the news from Washington was flashed on a screen as the orchestra began to play "The Star Spangled Banner." The music was drowned by cheers. A demonstration lasting fifteen min utes occurred in another theatre wrhen an actress appeared on the stage carrying a large American flag. ' "Sing America," called some one in 1 the audience. The orchestra played , America and every person in the ! house stood up and joined in the singing. "'Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean," "Maryland," , 'The Star Spangled Banner" and "Dixie" follow ed in rapid succession and the au- dience gave three cheers for Presi-1 dent Wilson. Shortly before midnight a student on the campus at Northwestern Uni versity blew" the "reveille.. Inside ot five minutes 4,500 shouting, singing students had piled out of their beds and formed a parade. The students marched in company formation to Willard Hall, the girls' dormitory and the co-eds were aroused by the strains of "The Girl I Left Behind Me." Announcement was made at the University of Chicago that should wrar be declared students in the se nior class who enlisted and went to the front would be given credit for a full years' work and would be grad uated. TROOPS READY TO BOARD TRANSPORT. Galveston, Texas, April 21. Troops of the fifth brigade, United States army, under command of Col. Daniel Corman, were ready today to go on board the four army transports here at a moment's notice. The brigade, which is composed of the fourth, sev enth, nineteenth and twenty-eighth infantry, will be reinforced by the sith cavalry, one battery of the fourth field artillery, company m, en gineers; company D, signal corps, and an ambulance corps. The full bri gade numbers approximately 4,700 of ficers and men. BRYAN TO CONFER WITH FOREIGN MINISTERS By Associated Press. Washington, April 21. Secretary Bryan asked the foreign ministers to confer with him at 2:30 p. m. It was generally accepted that he would ad vise them ot the Mexican situation in detail. - BLANQUET SAYS MEXICAN RESERVE! Y BE CALLED By Associated" Press. ' , . Mexico City, April 21. General Au reliano Blanquet, the Mexican , minis ter of war, asked today whether the reserves wrould be called to the col ors, replied: - . "In due time, if it should become necessary, they will be so called,' as will everv citizen in Mexico." MA Up ! Rebel Sympathizers Think Wil son's Policy an Affront to The Mexican Nation and Should Be Met By A United People Carranza Will Con tinue Revolution Regardless of International Complica tions. Consul Letcher is Urging Amer icans to Quietly Quit The Country Many Are Leaving Grave Trouble is Feared What Will Rebels Do? A Conference With Federals is Reported., WILL WARDING ELEMENTS UNITE? By Associated Press. :-: Laredo. Texas, April 21. It was authoritatively reported here today that two federal offi cers from, the Nuevo Laredo . garrison, bearing a flag of truce, -ii: went down the; river yesterday to pariev with, rebel officers. i'f Consolidation of rebels and feder X als against the United States -;::' was said to be their object. Chihuahua, Mexico, April 20. (Via El Paso, Texas, April 21.) Consul ; Letcher on instructions from 'Wash ington is notifying Americans here and in other towns of the state to leave the country as a precaution against possible- unfortunate eventu alities growing out of the decision of, the Washington government to seize Tampico and Vera Cruz. Work Proceeds Quietly. They will be sent out in small groups if time permits, as a general exodus, it is feared, might precipitate trouble. Refugees Reach El. Paso. , El Paso, Texas, April 21. Six Americans; eight Germans and nine Frenchmen and women arrived here, today from Chihuahua. The Ameri cans confirmed the statement that they were instructed to leave by American Consul Letcvher. Attitude of Rebel, They said Mexicans in Chihuahua believed the rebels would be unable to remain out of the Huerta-Wash-ington complication and added that rebel leaders feel compelled to accept tho view that the blockading of Tam pico and Vera Cruz wrould be a na-' tional matter affecting the honor of every Mexican regardless of political affiliations. ' - Carranza Assist. Letcher, they said, was endeavoring to get the Americans out without at-, tracting undue attention and his fi'-'' forts in this direction were being as sisted by General Carranza. Villa and Carranza Confer." Most of the latter's conference witt Gen. Villa yesterday, they asserted; was devoted to consideration of the . Tampico incident and it develop ments as affecting the rebels. The. gravest view was taken, according to report. A Grave View Taken. In the cafes, clubs and other gath ering places Mexican citizens, practi cally all of whom are rebel sympa thizers, said openly that President Wilson's course was an affront to the Mexican nation and that a com mon enemy must be met by a united country. - Meanwhile there was no definite announcement of policy by Carranza, the -Americans reported, adding that it seemed to be his purpose by si lence to imply the truth of reports that he would continue with the iev olution regardIes-3 of foreign complica tions. This they said . in view of the excited talk in the cafes and , else where deceived nobody. , . In El Paso prominent rebel sympa thizers were, .unanimous so far as. they could be questioned in the view that, not Huertaalone but the nation- al honor was at stake. London,-April 21. King George and Queen Mary and Sir Edward Grey, for eign" secretary, left for Paris today to pay a state visit. Their, majesties crossed the English channel from ' Dover to Calais ' on board the royal yacht Alexandra convoyed by British and French warships. ; S:. ' i: ''; -V'rftti ... .;' i 'mm
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