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T. F A S T EST :: G.R O W II G -I E PA P ER I I OiR-'H-G A R O L I W . i- -. 1, !!. , f '. ' v s ......... ... . - : I " 141: 1 THE CH AlfeQTH n i gh T : PAGES. TODAY 5 " Gre a t r Gha r lo tte?:8 H o rn e "N e w sp ap ei" EDITION , Established: Daily, 1S8S Sunday 1910.. Mobs Making -Anti- American De A Twelve Gmve Problems Con ft out Offi UJ Ad The. Note From Carranza Ask ing Americans to Evacuate Vera Cruz Was Subject of Hurried Conference Presi dent to Set Forth Future Policy of Government. Embargo on Arms Re-establish ed It Was Reported That Rebels and Federals at Tam pico Had United to Oppose Any American Operations. B7 Associated Press.' ; Washington, April 23. After de-j ckriug the - intention - of the United States ''to enforce reparation, when ever and wherever the dignity of the United States i flouted," President Wilson today aimed all the energies of the administration to planning or operations in Mexico. The presi dents statement, issued after a cab inet conference, in reply to the mes sage received from the constitu tionalist chief Carranza, declared "we are cow dealing only "with those vrhom Huerta commands and those v.'ho come to his support." Reply to Carranza. From dawn wearied chiefs of the ar and navy departments, Secretary Eryau and other cabinet officials, hurried from one conference to an other. At the white house the cabinet oScials with Counsellor Lansing ot the state department aided the pres ident in formulating a reply to. Car ranza. At the v.ar department Secre tary Garrison, General Wotherspoon, :'n:ef of staff, Major General Wood, ""ho has been designated to com mand the army in any Mexican oper ations, and General E. W. Weaver, chief of the coast artillery, discussed operations. Orders from the war de partment riirprtfid r nrt Sam Houston to stop all importation of arms con fined ao the Huerta forces in Pied- ras NVras. This led to a report that fte embargo on arms had been re-es- iatii:-hed at the northern border gainst both federal and constitution alists Some officials said it was probable li(J arms would be allowed to crass foe hordpr. nlthnnch tho depart ment hesitates to issue a blanket or- aer until the exact attitude of the constitutionalists can be demon strattd. The Border Situation. . The c order situation was the sub cf ail the day's war department confertnces. It was believed move n? of the army to Vera Cruz would "e suspended because of the Carranza esSE;- until hnrdpr fnnrtitlnnK Der- nutted the withdrawal of troops there, ggescions were, made that before c)" extensive army movement could be ordered the militia would have to -e i-alied out, by congressional ac- ' ;ri money supplied for the mo-"'a-iion of a large army. vVord wan received that the de-Siroyt-r flotilla from Vera Cruz had reaoi,! Tampico and another report lLhvA rebel troops about Tampico jfd ioriaed an alliance with the juti'tu. forces to withstand any at- 1 y the American forces; The de- ' -i t staff conferred as to condi- 'AX " . r .1 "A ' ..ot- gs;!j;J the next move by Admiral aciger's force Ti-nnlrt ha thf coizure ( 0? the railroad from Vera Cruz to City. Control of this road I -'i hp 5ihsnlntolT7 norpesarv it 3f f i Tt. e t0 "e made the oasis tether aggressive operations. -c iue president in his statement on gov?"21"' S Dote which nad asked this CnirCrr'tnt to witndraw from Vera 2 ud recognize the constitutional- vera c . - . mertcans Marines Today 10, IS mmisiiation iets, flatly announced that the course of the Washington government would be continued in Huerta's direction and his adherents but that the Unit ed States had no quarrel with the Mexican people as a whole. As yet the Washington govern ment does not expect open hostili ties from the constitutionalists, hop ing they will remain neutral. Carranza's request for the with drawal of American forces from Vera Cruz on the ground that it "was a violation of the national sovereignty of Mexico" and a hostile act to the Mexican nation gave the president and his cabinet -advisers much, con cern .The white, house statement wras issued to inform .Gen. Carranza that the United -States -could not recognize him or seek reparation from him as he requested but must deal with au thorities in control of the territory where the offences were committed. The fact that Charge O'Shaughnessy liad been handed his passpots by General Huerta added an acute as pect to the situation but has been more or less expected. Citizens ot the United States will be looked af ter by one or two of the other for eign legations. Secretary Bryan said the withdrawal of the charge d'af faires did not necessarily mean war. Reports that Mr. O Shaughnessy had reached Vera Cruz were not cred ited bv the state department. It was stated that he had not had time to reach the coast. The department said that from 800 to 1,000 Americans were in Mexico City. Senator Shively, acting chairman of the foreign relations committee ot the senate, conferred with the presi dent about noon. Afterwards he eaid that the aggressive policy in Mexico would not be abandoned. (Continued on Page Thirteen.) UGHNESSY- ALGARA Mill E By Associated Press. Washington, April 23. Charge Al- gara of. the Mexican embassy, after conferring with Secretary Bryan to day, said he had tormaiiy aemanaeu vi?q nnssnnrts and exDected to re- 0?T,-i- thpm late today. Ke said he would leave Washington tonight and probably would go to Europe. AiP-nra. said that no foreign repre sentative here had yet been designa ted to handle Mexican affairs dui mai the oituation would probably be turn ed over to the French embassy. Washington, April 23.Charge Al gara of the Mexican embassy would when informed early to- dav that Huerta had handed passports n'Shanehnessv in Mexico City. It was expected the charge later would notify the state de partment of instructions to leave the post here. - ' ',',, Officials here stated that Mr. Algara ni,teHi would ask this govern- ment for his passports before leaving Washington. Whether me y"" would be granted was said to be prob lematical owing to non-iuguiuvu the Huerta government. O'Shaughnessy to Leave. -' Washingtop, April ; 23.Nelson O'Shaughnessy, the American charge at Mexico City, has been handed his passports by General Huerta and is preparing to leave Mexico City. Huerta's handing of passports to Charge- O'Shaughnessy was regarded as a most sensational development m ?he station as it. was believed to forecast a declaration of war on the part of Huerta. The giving of passports to a minister or charge d'affaires .in most cases, though , not invariably, has preceded a declaration of war. PASSPORTS .GIVEN 01 CHARLOTTE, N. C., THURSDAY PEKING, APRIL Fl oc&m rest F dent Statement O n . Carranza No LETS IT BE KNOWN THAT UNCLE SAM WILL NOT CHANGE PRESENT POLICY WILL NOT LIKELY RETIRE FROM VERA CRUZ UNTIL SATISFACTION IS HAD FROM HUERTA CANCELS ALL ENGAGE- MFMTfs TO DFVflTF FNTIRF AT- I TENTION TO MEXICAN SITUATION. Washington, April 23. President Wilson issued the following comment on the Carranza statement: "I wish to reiterate with the greatest earnestness the desire and intention of this government to respect in every possible way the sovereignty an dindependence of the oeonle of Mexico. "i -:--:' "The feeling and intention of the T goyernmerit iit this matter are not based upon politics. They go much deeper than that. They are based upon a genuine friend ship for the Mexican people and a prof ound interest in the re-establishment of their constitutional system. "Whatever unhappy circumstances or necessities may arise this object will be held steadily in view and pursued with consistent purpose, so far as this govern ment is concerned. "But we are dealing with facts. Wherever and when ever the dignity of the United States is flouted, to in ternational rights or the rights of its citizens invaded, or its influence rebuffed where it has the right to attempt to exercise it, this government must deal with those actually in control. It is now dealing with General Huerta in the territory he now controls. That he does not rightfully control it does not alter the fact that he does control it. We are dealing, moreover, only with those whom he com mands and those who come to his support. With these we must deal. They do not lawfully represent the people of Mexico. In that fact we rejoice because our quarrel is not with the Mexican people and we do not desire to dic tate their affairs. But we must enforce our rightful de mands upon those whom the existing authorities at the place where we act do, for the time being, represent." After issuing this statement the President cancelled the day's routine engagement to devote his attention to the Mexican situation. Mecklenburg Declaration Society Endorses Mexican Policy Of Administration The President, White House, Washington, D. C. The Mecklenburg Declaration Society of Charlotte, North Carolina: descendants tenhurs- Declaration of Independence promulgated May 20th, 1775, our first declaration of independence, and the citizenship of Mecklenburg bounty, m regular meeting assembled, heartily endorse your action in defending the honor and dignity of the flag and respectfully urge you to plant the American standard it there. F. BREVARD M'DOWELL, President. WILL INCIDENT END WITH VERA CRUZ? By Associated Press. Washington, April 23. Senator Shivley, chairman of the foreign re lations committee, was asked if he saw anv possibility of ending the Mexican difficulty with the Vera Cruz J tt i;A o t Vi a saw a. incident, ne iiu - possibility but was not optimistic. tnons or To Emhassv F Killed in Vera i e April 23rd, 1914. of the signers ol the Meek upon Mexican soil and keep WEATHER FORECAST: Forecast for North Carolina h Partly cloudy tonight and Fri day. Moderate to fresh northeast winds on the coast. -ii 'i r - r '4 t r ' " w u r 'a t i k-wwr' 23, 1914. mm or trat Cruz J J -.1 r- V - - O'-O'--V- f, r. , i f. 3 CONSTITUT!ONALIStS MORE FRIENDLY. By Associated Press. Washington, April 23. Sscre- X taries Bryan and Daniels were called to the white house late to day. Prior to the conference Mr. w Bryan had communicated with a repesentative of the constitution- -? alists and it was repoted that indications had been received of a more friendly attitude on the i'? part of the constitutionalists than X that expressed in the Carranza note last night. San Antonio, Tex., April 23. Headquarters of the Southern division, U. S. Ar my, received instructions early this morning to at once re-establish the embargo on; anus aim ciiiimuiiiiiuii iu Mexico. This statement was made at Fort Sam Hous ton. No Official Announcement. Washington. Am-il 23.-Ofncial an nouncement of the restoration of the embargo on arms at the Mexican bor der has not been made here but in hieh anthoritv it was stated the order had been sent early today to stop all consignments of arms and ammuni tion for Mexico. The report from. San Antonio that such an order had" been received was not doubted in official circles. Order From War Department. "San Antonio. Texas. April 23. The order. came from the war department and wass issued here early today. At denartment headquarters Lieu tenant Colonel J. W. Heard, adjutant general said enforcement of the order would be commenced just as soon as troops on the border could be notmea. Stop All Shipments. Washineton Anril 23. At the war department it was reported that the officers at Fort Sam Houston naa been ordered to stop all shipments of arm a coTisisrned to the Mexican Federal troops at iPedras Negras, across the border. Acrnrdins to information given out at departmental headquarters the em bargo is. operative at all points along the. border within the connnes 01 uie denartment, but officers would not dis cuss its .details. Both federals and constitutionalists ' control Mexican ports of entry opposite this jurisdic tion. . . . TTYiTnprh'at.elv uDon receipt of instruc tions from the war department, re establishing the embargo, Brig. uen. Tasker H. Bliss, commander 01 ine thom dp.nartment. sent telegraphic orders to all border, points in the de partment that could be reacnea Dy such means, notifying officers m com mand to intercept all shipments of munitions of war intended for im portation into Mexico. In a short of time the embargo was operative over a stretch of more tnan . ituu miles from the mouth of the Rio Grande at Brownsville to the California-boundary line. It was stated at department headquarters that the patrol along that stretch has an aver age strength of about 10,000 . men. N TROOPS ORDERED OUT FOR PATROL SERVICE. : By Associated Press. : - San Antonio, Texas, April 23. All available troops at Fort Sam Houston were ordered out for- i'? border patrol service late to- day. Battery B goes to El Paso X and cavalry troops to Eagle Pass, Laredo and Brownsville. LmUHiibu M re-lished Price: ions in Mexico City Protection Battles. Capture Of Vera Cruz Cost Twelve merican I rprfi q aw n IIL.Ui.LU IS II U FEDERALS RT H j T1PIC0IITE Washington, April 23. Word reached the war de partment today that consti tutionalists and Hueristas at Tampico had united to . op pose, any. American, opera tions. Washington, April 23. Private advices reaching here today in code from Mex ico City disclosing that Amer icans there were in danger have been communicated to government officials. The despatches; wliich were from a source of unquestioned trustworthiness and bore to day's date set forth that mobs of Mexicans were form ing for anti-American de monstrations, that Ameri cans on the streets had been menaced and threatened with violence and that they were concentrating at the embassy for mutual protec tion. PLAN TO SEIZE R A I L R 0 AD AT VERA CRUZ By Associated Press. Washington. April 23. It was learn ed today that the navy and war depart ments had made 'plans for the early seizure of the railroad from Vera Cruz to Mexico City.. A reconnoitering force -has reported still intact two bridges on the railroad, one 10 miles and one 18 miles from Vera Cruz. Officers at Vera Cruz reported these bridges must be protected if Vera Cruz is to be a base of further operations because they could not be readily rebuilt if destroy ed. .' ' - I When Mr. Algara reached the o ce of the Mexican embassy this morning he said he did not know exactly when he would ask for his passports, but probably would do so today. MERICMG J MEXICO CITY ARE !M PERIL Daily 2c; Sunday 5c Lives Fifty Marines Were Injured in ' the Fighting Which Precede ed the Complete Occupation of Vera Cruz Many Pris oners Taken. It Is Estimated That 150 Mex icans Lost Their Lives-- Graphic Account of Yester day's Fighting for Occupa tion of City. By Associated Press.'. - v - Vera . Cruz,.,iApri1l J3-heu.clty ,6L Vera Cruz was in undisputed posses session of the American invading forces early yesterday afternoon. Al though there was no organized force used against them anfi the sniper? were less in evidence than at any time during the fighting, twelve American were Killed and some 50 wounded. 150 Mexicans Dead. While the Mexicans suffered mor severely the number of their casual ties has not been ascertained but th . best estimate obtained by Captain Florida, indicated that in the engage , ment of Tuesday and Wednes. day their dead amounted to about 150. No person knows how manj Mexicans : feu wounded as large pari , of them were hidden by frieads. Bodies in Street. In the streets about, the plaza Wed nesday afternoon lay 15 or 20 bodies a majority of them attired in citizens' clothing. Some of the men evidentlj had been dead since the engagement of Tuesday and the tropical heat mad ' their immediate disposal imperative. When the city was taken. th& Ameri can marines were ordered to advance carefully and search every building for men bearing arms. Scores of Prisoners. Scores of prisoners were taken, most of them protesting that they were- not guilty of any unfriendliness whatsoever toward the Americans. Ac customed as the Mexicans are to their own contending forces ...hootins . im-' mediately all prisoners, the oaptured men could not believe that they would receive less drastic treatment at the hands of the Americans. A Spirited Action. The mort spirited action of Wednes day was the taking of the naval acad emy. Aside from that fight there waa no definite organized opposition en countered by the Americans. A hot fire was pouted into the marines irom tne -naval college which for a time held them back but a few shots from the cruisers Chester, San "Francisco - and Prairie tore gaping holes in the stone walls and silenced the rifle fire of the Mexicans inside. . The .jejacketa then were enabled to proceed with " their task. ' Big Guns Wrought Havoc. A squad of soldier s continued to give considerable trouble to the Amer icans from the battered Benito Juarez tower. After they had been silenced and moved from the tower it was dis covered that they had continued fight ing for lack of ability to do anything else. The shells from xhe warships Tuesday had torn awa the stairway in the .-tower.-and -the man had been compelled to remain in it. At 10 o'clock Wednesday morning the Americans were m undispitea possession -of all the city except the southwest quarter in which the bar racks are. situated and a few cutlyinv, districts. , , (Continued- on Page Eleven.) TORPEDO BOATS SAIL FOR TAMPICO. By Associated Press. Norfolk, Va., April 23.-The torpedo boat destroyers Cassin, .... Cummings, Parker and Benham sail at noon today for Tampico, via Key West. . a i ft'- V: & 'j Si. ' ';T'' t 4 I? , r. r "if" or v V I it'1. at ' ' fe. ti' f- s i f .. . v i i f