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Come and Be With Your Friends, in Cfiariotte, Week oi Twen CHAR N H NIGHT A EDITION PAGES TODAY it Greater Charlotte's H m e M e w s p a p e r 99 Established: Daily, 1S8S Sunday 1910.. CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 5, 1914. Price: Daily 2c; Sunday 5c May tieth THE LOTTIE airanza Eliminated F i o m N ego Mediators Show by Latest Note That They Consider the Carranza-Huerta Difficulty Has Direct Bearing on Trou ble Between U. S. and Huer ta. Admiral Badger Has Special Service Squadron Ameri can Consul Reported Held By Gen. Maas Order Issued That No More Ships Clear For United States Latest Mexican News. I- v Associated Press. Washington, May 5 The text of the -. - -e ent by the South American dip : :::ats to General Carranza elimina- zz him from participation in their F;::rts to compose the Mexican situa i ?a. made public today, disclosed for first time that the mediators con fer "all the difficulties which have . r.iributed toward the present Bitua in Mexico" have a direct bearing c tie mediation program, "These difficulties." says the note, ' ::euld be the subject of considera : en in the negotiations for whose suc liisful conduct we have deemed it Indispensable to suspend hostilities." Thi3 is the first authoritative ex--. ression from the mediators that they . rnsidered the Huerta-Carranza diffi culties as directly bearing upon the issue between -Huerta and the United Si?.tes. Short Cabinet Meeting. For the first time since tne occupa tion of Vera Cruz the regular cab inet meeting today lasted less than zn hour and members said nearly tiie whole session was devoted to rou tine departmental matters. Reports of further warlike prepara tions by the federals near Vera Cruz, and. unofficial reports of the detention j American Consul Silliman at San Luis Potosi caused some apprehen sion but neither the navy nor war de partments announced any further or ders for aggressive action. It was re iterated that the American forces in tie south were sufficient to cope with any move that might be made by Huerta troops at Vera Cruz. The state department made vigorous ef forts to ascertain the facts in re gard to Consul Silliman's reported detention. Will Clear No Ships for U. S. Admiral Badger reported to the navy department today the receipt of - ord from the torpedo boat destroy er Drayton at Tuxpam that Terri-:D.-ial Minister Hacienda there had ordered customs officers not to clear or enter any vessel from or to Ameri can ports. This order, it was further reported, had been given to all ports .z the state of Vera Cruz. Americans Are Held. The Drayton also reported that 13 Americans" had been detained against tiieir will at Metlalayuca in the state or" Puebla, about CO miles from Tux ram. This information was given to r:e British consul at Tuxpam by Amer ican refugees who said the Mexican a-uhcrities gave as their reason for holding the A.mericans a desire to as-s-.re their safety. The British consul hag -vired the governor Puebla re luesting their release. Special Service Squadron. Admiral Badger also reports that is forming a special service squad :rn under Admiral Winslow. He did n ,T. indicate what ships would be em I'.oyed for this purpose. The Tacoma and the Des Moines, it was stated, cuid remain under Admiral Mayo at Tcmpico for the present. Special Mail Service. Admiral Badger reported that a social mail service between Galves '. n and Vera Cruz would be establish ?i Winning today for the benefit of I-'- array and the fleet with torpedo -oat destroyers as the mail carriers. The American wounded now under t "rat men t aboard the hospital ship f-e now number 43 and all are do v.ell. Carranza's Attitude. Representatives here of General "-trranza declined to comment on the '' communication from the media-:-: to the constitutionalist chief be- -1 saying that they do not intend . their action to prejudice in any V the settlement of the difficulties "ff--en Huerta and the United T'.:f constitutionalists are reported r- desirous that while the United ' : and Huerta solve their differ : that the campaign southward to- : i .Mexico City may continue unem- i-iised. Ti. language of the note from the i: ors leaves it open for Carranza - ' id a representative here to r with the three soutn ameuwu at any time in the future that -c ! willing to suspend hostilities. r-r'! observers think that should ; ;- '.o be taken by the constitution- - the Huerta government might overtures to the rebels wmcu( 1 latter might receive through the , i'ators. Persons here in the confi-( of General Carranza say, how- y that the only first step toward, i'-3-f he would accept would be an j kr '' r: Jncement from Huerta of his in-j to resign. i Mediation 1 1 at i ons The Situation at Vera Cruz. Washington, May 5. Overnight ad vices to the war department from Vera Cruz were summarized in this statement by Secretary Garrison to day: "The latest message received from Gen. Funston came during the night. In it he reports no change in condi tions. He visited the Tejar pumping station yesterday. He reports that he is arranging for a proper defense ot the pumping station without extend ing our linet5." FULL TEXT OF LATEST NOTE TO GEN. GARRiZ By Associated Press, Washington, May 3. The text of the note the mediating envoys sent yesterday to Gen. Carranza withdraw, ing the invitation for a constitutional ist representative to participate in the mediation was as follows: "We have received your telegram in which you are kind enough to tell us that you deem it inconvenient for the constitutionalist cause to sus pend hostilities against Gen. Huerta on the ground that such suspension would only accrue to the benefit ot Huerta and in which you declare that the international conflict between Mexico and the United States for whose solution you accepted oar good offices is independent of the internal strife in that country. "We consider this unexpected statement as inconsistent with the idea which caused us to offer our good offices. We think indeed that all tho difficulties which have con tributed toward the present situation in Mexico bear either directly or in directly on the solution of the pend ing conflict between Mexico and the United States. Consequently we think that these difficulties should be made the subject of consideration in the negotiations for whose successful conduct we have deemed it indis pensable to suspend hostilities. "Should you not deem it so we would be compelled in that case to withdraw as inopportune our invita tion for the appointment of represen tatives of constitutionalists in such negotiations. We beg to assure you of our highest consideration." APPEAL GRANTE IN KILLIFER CASE By Associated Press. Cincinnati, O., May 5 Judge Ses sions of the United . States circuit court of appeals announced here to day that he had granted an appeal in the Federal Baseball League's case relative to player Killifer which was decided against it at Grand Rapids several weeks ago. EIGHT PERSONS KILLED BY EXPLOSI By Associated Press. Panama, May 5. An explosion this morning at the government of Panama dvnamite magazine resulted in the kill ing of eight persons. Nineteen others were seriously injured. The property was destroyed. The explosion was caused by a brush fire which made its way to the interior of the building. Six of the dead and most of the wounded are firemen summoned to combat the flames. A man and a woman who were watching the blaze from a dis tance were torn to pieces. The explosion in addition to oblit erating the magazine caused consider able other property damage in the neighborhood. GREAT EXCITEMENT CVER ASSAULT. By Associated Press. Pittsburg, May 5. County detec tives policement and several thous and 'steel workers today continued their search tor. tne man wuo mui dered little Florence Dove and as saulted Elizabeth Kleneck at North Braddock late yesterday. An all night scouring of the hills on both sides' of the Monongahelt river and in the industrial towns of the valley result ed in the arrest of ten men. Four of tem were released and the others will be examined by magistrates to day. They are closely guarded for fear of lynching ON LETE LIST QF RESERVE BOARD MEMBERS By Associated Press. Washington, May 5. After four months of waiting while President Wilson carefully sifted hundreds of names the financial world today learn ed definitely that the following men had been chosen for the federal re serve board which will put into opera tion the nation's new currency sys tem: Richard Olney of Boston, Mass., secretary of .state and attorney gen eral of the United States under Presi dent Cleveland. Paul M. Warburg of New York, mem ber of Kuhn, Loeb & Company, and life-long student of foreign banking systems. W. P. G. Harding, president First National Bank of Birmingham, Ala., and one of the leading bankers of the South. Harry A. Wheeler, vice president and director of the Union Trust Com pany of Chicago and until recently president of the United States cham ber of commerce. Dr. Adolph Caspar Miller, professor of finance at the University of Cali fornia, and now assistant to Secre tary Lane of the interior department, a political economist and writer on economics and finance. Secretary of the Treasury William G. McAdoo and the Comptroller of Currency John Skelton Williams will be ex-officio members of the board. White house officials declined to say when the nominations would be sent to the senate as they were awaiting today further word from Mr. Olney as to his acceptance. It was predicted by many that he would decline on ac count of his advancing years. Mr. Ol ney had. been chosen for governor of the board. The four other men, it is under stood, have all accepted. While Mr. Wheeler is a banker, he has had an intimate connection with the indus trial and commercial world. Mr. War burg has made a life-long study of German and French banking methods and knows American finance first hand. Mr. Harding is regarded by the president as an unusually able man of broad views and remarkable ability. Dr. Miller is a trained economist and a student of finance. Appointive members of the joard are to devote all their time to the board's business. Their salaries are $12,000 a year. The law creating the beard provides that none of its mem bers "shall be an officer or director of any bank banking institution, trust company or federal, reserve bank nor hold stock in any banking institution or trust company." The board is authorized to ex amine the affairs of each federal re serve bank and each member bank and to require necessary reports. The board must publish weekly state ments of the condition of federal re serve banks. COL. LDCKETT REACHES TRINIDAD Trinidad, Colo., May 5. Col. James Lockett, commanding the eleventh United States cavalry, arrived here this morning to take command of the federal forces in the Colorado strike fields. He immediately went into con ference with Major W. 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'4$ 'n-wl. i"i" ;r"i."i 't i r . - '. , , , r -i . - .--i r'r -t-'t ANTIBLEASE DELEGATE.S E CHOSEN By Associated Press. Columbia, S. C, May 5. I irst test of strength between Governor Cole L. Blease and United States Senator E. D. Smith, candidates for the Unit ed States senate at the forthcoming state primary, was furnished by the democratic conventions held in every county of the state. Latest reports from the conventions indicate that the anti-Blease forces won a sweeping victory and "will send practically 300 delegates to ' the state convention to be held in Columbia May 20, while less than fifty Blease delegates were elected. Senator Smith was elected a dele gate to the state convention from Lee county, while Newberry county, the home of Governor Blease and Fred H. Dominick, assistant attorney general, gave neither a place in the represen tation. The question of primary reform will be given consideration at the state convention, according to reso lutions passed in many of the con ventions. About half of the counties approved the policies of the national administration. SKR1ES By Associated-Press. - . New Orleans,' May 5. Mexicans did J not even except Nelson O'Shaugh- nessy, former American charge at Mexico City in preying upon Ameri can property after the fall of Vera Cruz. Practically all of the baggage of Mr. and Mrs. O'Shaughnessy was stolen from the special train provided for the party. The former charge arrived from Vera Cruz today on the gunboat Yankton and will leave tonight for Washington. Shown a dispatch from Vera Cruz saying he had submitted to Washing ton a list of names of Mexicans who might take charge of the government in the case of the downfall of General Huerta, Mr. O'Shaughnessy said he knew nothing about it. He refused to discuss the Mexican situation in any of its phases. Steamer Went Aground. By Associated Press. Calumet, Mich., May 5. The steam er George S. Baker, bound from Ashe land to Erie, with a cargo of iron ore, went aground on Sawtooth . reel in a dense fog today. Her crew ot twenty-five were taken off. The Bak er, owned by the Pittsburg Steam ship Company, is one of the largest vessels on the Great Lakes. The bot tom of the vessel is badly torn. M 0 BAGGAGE STOLEN w Story GEM. DURYEA MURDERED BY RIS SON Fired Seven Bullets Into the Body of His Father Last Night When Arraigned Dur yea Said He Had Received a Spiritual Message From Geo. Washington. Shows Signs of Being Stark Mad When Arrested But La ter Becomes More Compos edDead Man Was Million aire Starch Manufacturer. By Associated Press. New York, May 5. In a cell in a Brooklyn police station, Chester Dur yea, who early this morning fired sev en bullets into the body of his father, General Hiram Duryea, millionaire starch manufacturer, killing him in Ctntly, talked incoherently of the events leading up to the shooting and gave evidences of being stark mad. While talking he dug his finger nails into the palms of his hands until they bled. He said he shot his father when he received a "spiritual message from George Washington." In a saner tone he added: "I was the .best friend my father had. I loved him dearly. If he were here now he could explain the whole matter. I really don't know why I shot him. I had made up my mind before shooting father that as soon as he was dead I would turn the auto matic pistol upon myself and end my own life. I fully intended doing that while I was firing at my father. Af ter it was over though, an impulse came over me and I decided not to kill myself. I wish I had carried out my original intention." Before his arraignment in court, Duryea became violent and beat on the doors of his cell with his bare knuckles. " When Duryea was arraigned he ap: peared more rational. He said he had no attorney but wanted one so the examination was postponed until Thursday morning. L. G. Duyea, his cousin, said that .the Duryea. Jamily naa oeuevea ror some time that Unes ter was mentally unbalanced. Ches ter s mental condition, said the cous in, was due to overstudy. For two years, he said, the prisoner had been constantly engaged in the study of a formula by which he believed the pro cess of the manufacture of starch could be revolutionized. An Early Story. Hiram Duryea, 81, retired million aire starch manufacturer and briga dier general of the civil war, was kill ed today at his home in the Bay Ridge section of Brooklyn by his son, Ches ter Durea, aged 4. Seven shots were fired by the son into his father's body. The killing occurred cn the porch of the Duryea home where father and son were in the habit of sleeping About 1 o'clock this morning Chester Duryea slipped from his cot into the house and secured an automatic pis tol and a magazine rifle. Standing near his sleeping father he fired first from the rifle and then emptied the revolver. Chester Duryea would give no reas on for killing his father when taken in custody. Servants told the police he had been acting strangely. Five yeaj's ago he showed signs of mental trouble. Chester Duryea was admitted to practice law and had intended to take up the legal business of the starch company of which his father was head. Domestic trolbles that culminated in his being divorced by his wife in 1903 discouraged him in this ambition. Although servants' sad that there had been no quarrel between General Duryea and his son before they re tired for the night an overturned ta ble, a broken -screen and books soat tered about the floor of the spleeping porch led the police to believe that a struggle had preceded the killing. FIGHTING fiT T ft M P I C D CONTINUES By Associated Press. Washington, May 5. Firing con tinues daily at Tampico between con stitutionalists and federal forces ac cording to a report transmitted from Admiral Mayo by Admiral Badger today. "'Heavy guns were heard yes terday morning. 'The steamer -Cama-guey, which has arrived at Vera Cruz from Tampico reports that Mex ican federal forces at the latter port were reinforced by 1,500 men last week. . . THE OZARK TO KEY WEST. By Associated Press. , Norfolk, Va., May 5. The' monitor Ozark, flagship of the submarine flo tilla, will proceed to Key West after taking on supplies and 57 men from the receiving shop Franklin. . The collier Brutus sails from Hamp ton roads today with coal for the fleet at Vera Cruz. The Illinois is expected to arrive here May Sth for ammunition. Mexican Federals Are Said lo Have Mined Ve?a Cmz Railroad ERATE EUM OPENS By Associated Press. Jacksonville, Fla., May 5. With the arrival of General Bennett H. Young, this morning, the first day of the cele brations attending the Confederate re-union opened with a swing and rush that betokens a lively week. Gen eral Young was met at the Union station by the mayor, Van Swearing en, and escorted to his official head quarters at the Aragon hotel. 'Max Morganthau has been appointed his bodyguard and will look after the com fort of the aged commander during his stay in the city. As Mr. Morganthau was a former sparring partner of James J. Corbett the general is safe. Troop A, Forrest's cavalry, 146 men ranging in age from 66 to 82, arrived today and were wildly cheered as they marched to their headquarters in the camp which extends through Dignan and Springfield parks in the heart of the residence section of the city. Fully 30,000 persons arrived yester day and the morning trains are pour ing thousands into the city. Sixty thousand strangers are expected by night and fully 100,000 by tomorrow noon. The first meeting of the week will be held at 4 o'clock this afternoon by the Confederate Memorial Association at Morocco Temple and the Sons of Veterans will begin their sessions to night. For the first time in the history of Confederate reunions the great par- rade of veterans will not be afoot. Au tomobiles will be provided for all and the bands will be hauled in auto trucks The route of parade is over three miles in- length - and . the veterans ; are too old to walk longer. ' ' , . READY FOR LIZflTI THE GUARD By Associated Press. Washington, May 5. -Instructions governing a possible mobilization of the national guard were mailed to all militia officers throughout the coun try by the war department today. The instructions cover particularly finan cial operations incident to mobiliza tion and methods of securing railroad transportation. Local United States disbursing officers throughout tne country would be supplied with funds to move the militia. OLE WORM Washington, May 5. Fearing intro duction into the United States of the pink boll worm" the department of agriculture today announced that it would hold .hearings here May 15 on proposed new quarantines against the inseet. Three distinct restrictive measures are under contemplation one to limit the entry of foreign .'lint cotton to the northern states; one prohibiting shipment of foreign lint cotton from northern states to the south, and one to restrict importations of lint cotton from any foreign coun try. The inconvenience the measures would cause mill owners department experts say, would be insignificant compared with the disastrous effects that would be brought about should the pest establish itself in the south. Ravages of - the insect in Egypt amounted-in 1913 to 'more . than all other cotton insects combined. In severed cases the yield was reduced fifty per cent. "To keep this insect out," the de partment says, "the barring of cot ton seed has been found . insufficient. For numbers of infested seed are usually found in lint. Since the cot ton fields of the south are adjacent to many of the southern cotton mills the danger from this infested seed is very great. Steamer Reported Burning. Boston, May 5. Further , word ot the burning steamer sighted 300 miles south of Cape Race yesterday by the steamer Seydlitz was anxiously awaited in shipping circles today. Meagre wireless dispatches from the Seydlitz and the Sable Island radio station indicated that it had been im possible to learn the name of the ves sel. As the seydlitz could see no sign of life on board it was hoped that the crew had been taken off by some other vessel. (WE NJC KSQ N ' MOB ilfj 1 KEEP P I i OUT War Department Hears Thai the Railroad Tracks From Vera Cruz to Mexico City Have Been, Mined Prepara torv to Utter Destruction. Mines Are Said to be Half a Mile Apart and Ready to be Fired if United States At tempts to Invade Mexico City. By Associated Press. Washington, May 5. Information came from Vera Cruz to the war de partment today that Mexican federals had mined the railroad tracks from Vera Cruz to Mexico City preparatory to utter destruction of the road in the event American forces attempt a march on the capital. No confirmation had been received of reports that the San Francisco bridge on the Inter-Oceanic Railroad had been damaged. The mines are reported to be hall a mile apart and Mexican soldiers have been detailed to touch off the fuses should hostilities eventuate. These preparations and the throw ing up of defenses which are daily making the position of the Mexican federal troops stronger are known to be a source of worry to Gen. Fun ston. It is understood he would wel come orders to start for the Mexican." capital. Admiral Mayo at Tampico has in formed the navy department that he would have no trouble in taking Tam pico with hie present forces and it was learned today that he has more than once hinted in his dispaches that it would be advisable to take such action. He has now under his command in addition to his flag ship, the Des Moines, two cruisers and a torpedo boat fleet of nine. GREAT WOMAN'S fj FAYETTEVILLE By Associated Pres. Raleigh, N. C, May 5. The twelfth annual meeting of the North Carolina Federation of Woman's Clubs, will begin in Fayetteville, N. C, tonight, Miss Adelaide Fries of Winston-Salem, the president, presiding. Federation has a membership of over 3,000. In addition to the election of officers, the question of reform in woman's dress will be considered. Suffrage is hot a part of the program. . The sessions will continue through Friday. OLNEY DECLINES PLAGE RESERVE Ml By Associated Press. Washington, May 5. Richard Olney has addressed a letter to President Wilson declining the governorship of the federal reserve board. Nine Will Be Named? Washington, May 5. While offi cials here declined to discuss the de clination by Richard Olney of the ap pointment as governor of the Federal reserve board, it is known that they are in search of another New Eng land man to fill the board. It was re ported as likely that W. P. G. Hard ing, president of the First National Bank of Birmingham, Ala., who has been appointed a member of the board, would be named as governor. . EH SUE PRISONER OF GEN. IAS By Associated Press. Washington, May 5. Alarmed by unofficial reports that acting American Consul John R. Silliman at San Luia Potosi, Mexico, has been a prisoner of General Maas, Mexican federal commander, for two weeks, the state department today sent urgent tele grams of inquiry concerning him ad dressed to the Brazilian minister in Mexico City, Consul Miller at Tampico and Consul Hanna at Monterey. Silli man's regular post was Saltillo but he was transferred to San Luis Po tosi in the present emergency. . UB MEETING Ifl 1 CAN 1