er HE 1* 6 s'lwwin
l th;city is
an ad. in paper.
Established 1899
fORSYTH-STCKES '
ROAD IS GOOD ONE
, I
AU TOMOBILE PARTY MAKES
JOUR NEWUY-CONBTRUCTEO
HIGHWAY.
ON£ OF BEST IN THE STATE
Ro ad Connecting Forsyth and Stokes I
County % an Ideal Highway Which
Witt Prove Valuable.
\nnstou-Salem. —Thirty-eight high
er automobiles filled with good
roads enthusiasts, mostly representa
tives of Winston-Salem and vicinity,
made a tour to Danbury and Piedmont
Springs, each car one minute apart,
and making the run in a little over an
hour. Tin event was planned by the
Winston-Salem Automobile Club in
celebration of the completion of the
good road from the Forsyth County
line to tli* Springs through Stokes
County.
At the completion of the run the
party was met at the Springs by &
delegation of Stokes citizens, who
gave an informal reception. Follow
ing this the party enjoyed the at
tractions of the resort and partook of
an excellent supper served at the
hotel. Se\ eral of the cars remained
over nitjht, although a majority re
turned shortly after supper.
The road which now connects For
syth and Stokes County is one of the
best in the state. With hardly a
ripple In the smooth service, it is an
ideal automobile highway and there
is reasjn enough why the citizens of
Stokes should rejoice, for now they
have splendid connection witfi the
outside world. The road is sand-cclay,
perfectly smooth, wide a plenty and
in every respect as ideal a thorough
fare as any person could wish to
find. Heretofore the district sur
rounding Piedmont Springs, a popu
lar summer resort, has been almost
inacessible by from Winston-
Salem, the trip only being made at
great hazard and at the expense of
several hours time. Now it can be
made in about an hour and without
th? slightest risk or strain on the car.
It enables the farmers of S'okes
County i 0 reach the Winston-Salem
market easily and will prove a valu
able investment for both the farm
ers and lie merchants.
COUNTRY LIFE MOVEMENT.
Explained by Pioneer at Series of
Meetings at Chapel Hill.
Chapel Hill.—Rural life week had
a strong series of meetings to close
Its program. Dr. Liberty Hyde Bailey
director of the agricultural depart
ment of Cornell University, had
charge of the last four meetings. Dr.
Bailey has been the pioneer of the
the country life movement and is the
author of a score of books on it and
kindred subjects. In deflaing the
movement is not a sccheme or plan;
movement is not a scheme or; plan
It is a state of mind. The shift of
population from the farm to the city
is the result of economic laws of sup
ply and demand. There will be a con
tinuing movement cityward. That is
not the real problem which is the
creating of a feeling of co-operation
and felowship between the town and
rural sections. The two, until now,
antagonistical factions must be made
to feel an interdependence on the
conduct and welfare of the other."
In one of his round table confer
ences Doctor Bailey declared that the
school will not become the social
center. In his opinion the church
will maintain its position. This led
to a discussion of the community
church, which developed much of in
terest In the way of information and
ft wide dfflerence of views.
Girls' Dormitory Burns.
Salisbury.— The Ebenezer Mitchell
"ome at Misenheimer, 20 miles east
of Salisbury, suffered a $25,000 flre
loss at 5 o'clock when the girls' dor
mitory building was burned. This
uilding was also used for recitations
and the kitchen, dining room and the
aundry and superintendent's fcffice 1
were in it.
No One to Blame.
Greensboro.—Deputy Fire Insurance
Commissioner W. A. Scott, who Inves
tigated tho Guilford Hotel fire recently
Expressed the oplr'on that nobody
was to be blamed for it; that it was
n p of those unfortunate occurrences
jbat cannot be prevented. A. H. Gal
°way, seccretary-ireasurer of the
fonipany that leases the hotel, sent a
eck for sioo to the Greensboro fire
en as an expression of the com
„anys a PPreeiation of the good work
Done by them.
Craig Will Address Camp.
ron* / ViK - Governor Cr »te has ac "
i ed an invitation to deliver an ad
♦L e . SS . at ie opening of the summer
ln ng camp at the foot of Sunset
• ouiitani July 6 when students of
T ? l ! s Southern colleges and uni
"'i" V, '*H gather at this city to re
ve instructions ln moderrn methods
Warfare from the Army officers,
hk e , rnor ra te will be escorted from
fa, ?° L3l to tlle .encampment by
tt * ' y TT Troop Kof the Fifth Regi
«ntt / Ln ' ted States Army, and the
8 of the camp will be the treat
w. .
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ring the Festival Week—July 9-15, wi h Miss Hallie Gassaway, reader.
PROGRESSIVES NO PARTY.
Candidates Cannot Get Names on
the North Dakota Ballot.
Grand Forks, N. D., June 27.
The Progressive party of North
Dakota has fallen short of the
number of votes requirtd to qual
ify candidates for a place on th€
general election ballot. Under
the law, party candidates must
have 25 per cent of the total vote
cast for its gubernatorial candi
date in the last previous election.
West Hickory Locals and Personals^,
West Hickorv, June 29—Mr
and Mrs. C. L. Putman, of High
Shoals, were here Saturday and
Sunday visiting their son, Luther
Putman.
Dr. Forest Hicks was here Sat
urday visiting his parents, Dr.
and Mrs. J. J, Hicks.
A large crowd was present at
the ice cream supper in the Ivey
mill park Saturday evening.
Music was furnished by the West
Hickory Band.
Mrs. J. E. Ser.ter went t
Long Shoals Saturday to visit
her parents.
Little Verncn Bolick died Fri
day r-venii.g. Whooping cougl
and pneumonia were the cause o
his death.
ToJd Cook and two sons, of
Globe, are here visiting his bro
iher, Rev. W. N. Cook.
Miss Gertie Smith, who has
:n t n quite sick witn pneumonia,
s gettipc better. „ •
Mrs. Doshie Baker and rive
children, of High Shoals, are
spending several weeks here for
their health. They are stopping
with Mrd. Baker's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. B. Abernethy.
Misses Claudia and Ola Elmore,
of Granite Falls, spent Saturday
and Sunday here with their sis
ter, Mrs. Fred Locke.
Misses Fannie and Ada Coffey,
of Granite Falls, spent Sunday
here with their aunt, Mrs. Katie
Poovey.
Misses May Brown and Myrtle
and Floy Arney are visiting re
latives and friends at Sothside
and Charlotte.
Miss Kitty Allen, of Valmead,
spent a few days with her cousin,
Miss Donnie Matherly.
Ruffin Wilson, who has been
in Tampico, Mexico, for some
time with the U. S. Army, is here
at present visiting his sisters,
Mrs. C, Craig and Miss Annie
Wilson.
Republicans Nominate Ticket.
At the Republican County Con
vention in Newton l£.st Saturday
the following ticket was nomina
ted:
For senate—Chas. A. Jonas, of
Lincolnton.
For legislature—Jonas Hun
-s'icker, of Conover.
For clerk Superior Court—J. T,
Setzer, of Hickory.
For sheriff—John A, Isenhow
er, of Conover.
For register of deeds —H. E.
Sigmon, of Hickorv.
For treasurer—W. A. Rein
hardt, of Newton.
For coroner—Lee Harbinson.
of Maiden.
For surveyor—T, L. Bandy.
For county commissioners—J.
Wilfong, D. E Sigmon, Osborne
Brown, John F. Holler and W. S,
Stroup,
Will Stephenson, a negro want
ed in Charlotte for killing Sarah
Walker, another negro, last Fri
dry morning, was captured near
the Shuford cotton mill Monday
by chief of police Lenlz and de
puty sheriff Gilbert of Statesville.
The negro when caught had a
revolver and a razor on his per
son. He talked of the crime; ad
mitted doing the deed, but said
it ail seemed as a dream to him.
He was taken in an automobile to
Statesville and there turned over
to Charlotte officers.
Invigorating to the Pale and Sickly
The Old Standard general strengthening tonic,
GROVE'S TASTELESS chill TONIC, drives out
Malaiia.enrlche* the blood ,apd bu Ild» upthe «y£
teia, a true tonic, For adult* sad children, 909
HICKORY, N. C.. THURSDAY. JULY 2, 1914
West Virginia Joins Dry States.
Charleston, W. Va., June 28.
State-wide prohibitiDn of the
•iquor business in West Virginia
becomes effective next Tuesday
midnight. It brings the total
number of states in the prohibi
tion column up to nine.
With West Vireinia added, the
list will be: Georgia, Kansas,
Mississippi, North Carolina.
North Dakota, Oklahoma, Tenne
ssee, West Virginia. These nine
states of total prohibition terri
tory, plus the local no-licence
jirea, make up 2,132,726 square
"miles in which 46,029,750 persons
or nearly 50 per cent, of the
country's population live accord
ing to the latest figures of the
prohibition leaders.
The 92,000 majority with which
the people of West Virginia ac
cepted the dry proposition was
relatively the largest ever given
by any state. It was approxi
mately 2 to 1 for state-wide sup
pression of the liquor business.
It was a surprise even to the pro
hibition forces, who were indebt
ed largely to the determined
stand which many of the large
employers took in favor of their
cause.
Je s: Robirs jn.
.Tp re Robinson was p. son of
David Robinson who was a son
of pioneer JRobinson. He
was raised in Catawba county not j
far fromjne Lincoln county line
lsi« faifa*T* _ the 1
Robinson grave yard on the farm
where he was raised Samuel
Blackburn who married Amanda
Shuford became the owner of a
part of the Robinson farm.
Jesse Robinson married Cas
sandra Sherrill of Lincoln county
now Catawba. He lived on the
south side of Jacob's Fork river
in the Mull settlement two miles
south of the Burke county line on
the old Lincolnton road.
The children of Jesse Robinson
and wife.
Johnson married a Miss Chap
man.
Aaron Robinson married a
daughter of Solomon Koyle.
Pink Robinson never married.
Louise Robinson married Jos
eph C. Lattimore of Cleveland
CoUnty « • , T-V -J
Eliza Robinson married David
H. Peeler of Cleveland county.
Mr. Peeler is a very old man and
lives at Rutherford College in
Burke countv.
Sarah P. Robinson married
Lewis Frank Warliek of Catawba
county. Sue a daughter of Frank
Warliek married Dr. Johnson of
Hickory.
The wife of Jesse Robinson
died. He then married Polly
Clay of Catawba county. They
were the parents of Elmina who
married William Chapman of Ca
tawba county. Jesse Robinson
died in 1864 in the 79 year of his
age. Cassandra Robinson died
May 27,1838 in the 55 year of her
age. Mr. Robinson and his first
wife are buried at Trinity 'Luth
eran church in Lincoln county.
J. H. SHUFORD.
Catawba Boys Chosen Delegates.
Flake C. Myers of Hickory,
France Little of Maiden and Er
nest Setzer of Newton have been
commissioned by Governor Craig
to represent Catawba county at
the convention of the members
of the Boys' Corn Clubs of the
United States at the Panama-
Pacific Exposition next year.
These bqys are members of the
Boys' Corn Club in Catawba
county. It is understood that
they will have to bear their own
expenses to the exposition but
a special effort will be made to
get them a very low rate.
How To Give Quinine To Children.
FEBRILINE Is the trade-mark name given to an
improved Quinine. It is a Tasteless Syrup, pleas,
ant to take and does not disturb the stomach
Children take it and never know it Is Quinine.
Also especially adapted to adults who cannot
take ordinary Quinine. Does not nauseate nor
cause nervousness nor ringing in the head. Try
it the next time you need Quinine for any pur
pose. Ask for 2-oance original package. The
name FEB!UIINK is blows is bottle. » cent*.
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Miss Allie Craig, of Clinton, is
visiting triends in the city.
Miss Rose Martin visited Miss
Jane Ewers in Shelby last week.
Rev. J. G. Garth jeft Monday
evening for* Union City, Tenn.,
to visit relatives.
Miss Mattie Magill, of Chester,
5. C., is visiting her brother, Mr.
J, R. Magill.
Miss Agnes Pugh, Of Salisbury,
is the guest of her sister, Mrs.
George Watson.
Mr. and Mrs, S. E, Killian will
leave Monday for Blowing Rock
where they will spend a month,
Mr. S. E. Killian has leased his
house at Blowing Rock to Mr. C.
B. Morrison, of Statesville, for a
boarding house.
Miss Sallie has re
turned to her home m Kinston.
after a visit to her siiter, Mrs. E.
A, Herman.
Mrs. Ferninand Forthman has
returned to her heme in Pennsyl
vania, after a visit to her daugh
ter, Mrs. J. H. Shufeifd.
Mr. Victor Coffey; of Rufus,
was a caller at the Democrat of
fice Tuesday, He Ims a tempting
proposition in the local ads.
Mrs. Super has returned to her
home in Baltimore, after spend
ing the winter with her daughter,
Mrs. F. B. Ingold.
Mrs. W. K. Martin, Miss Mai
tin, and Roy are visiting Mrs.
John Hartsfield on Twelfth Ave
nue,
The many friends of Miss Es
ther Ransom will be glad to learn
that she continues to improve
after her illness at Blowing Rock.
Elder D. W. Pool will preach
at the West Hickory graded
school building next Sunday at 3
p. m. Everybodyfcordially invit
ed to come.
Mrs. Springs, of Charlotte, is
the guest of her daughter, Mrs.
J. L. Springs, Mrs. Ebeltoft, of
Shelby, is also a guast of Mrs.
Sp-ings.
Mrs. J. H. Hatch and little
IMihs Elizibeth, oJhMtCall, S. C.,
are spending softe time with
Mrs. Hatch's brother, Mr. George
Hall.
Mrs. Willis Bagby and children
have returned to their home in
Georgia, after spending some
time with Mr. and Mrs. E. L.
Shuford.
Mr. and Mrs. Claude West
came down from Asheville to
spend a few days with Mrs.
West's parents, Mr. and Mrs. C.
C Bost.
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Bost, Mr.
Cecil Bost, and Mr. and Mrs.
Claude West motored to Blowing
Rock Tuesday for a few days
visit.
Mrs. Donald Mclver, of Ocala,
Fla , is the guest of Miss Amelia
McComb. The many friends of
Mrs. Mclver alwavs gladly wel
come her to our city,
Mrs. S. H, Jones, of Longview,
has been spending a week in
Newton with her sister, Mrs.
Reitzel, and other relatives. She
has been sick but is better now.
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Medlin and
their guest,. Miss Henderson,
spent several days in Asheville
last week. Miss Henderson has
returned to her home in Georgia.
Mrs. Robert Ervin and daugh
ter, Miss Jessie, of Lenoir, and
Miss Nannie Ervin, who is en
route from Philadelphia to her
home in Morganton, are the
guests of Mrs. W. B. Menzies.
Last Friday evening a severe
wind storm swept the Baker's
Mountain section. . Trees were
uprooted and, t rye and wheat
standing shocked in the field was
blown down and scattered over
the ground. But little rain and
hail fell.
Messrs. J. R. Reese, John Bo
lick and Rev. J. P. Price were
the first gentlemen to report cot
ton blooms this year. Mr. Reese
and Rev. Price both had blooms
June 27 and Mr. Bolick brought
us one that had opened June 29,
But on returning home Mr, Bo
lick found one that had already
bloomed and fallen off.
During the electric storm last
Friday eyening the barn of Mr.
P. C. Hahn near this city was
burned together with two cows,
a quantity of wheat, some hay,
cotton seed and other things.
Mr. Hahn suffered severe burns
on his hands in trying to save his
stock. The loss was heavy, only
partly covered by insurance. The
' public sympathize with Mr. Hahn
in his loss.
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ATLANTA ASKS AID
FROM CHARLOTTE
SUGGGESTS CO-OPERATION IN
BRINGING THE EXHIBIT
SOUTH.
CHARLOTTE W&NTS IT ALSO
Committee of Textile Exhibitors' As
sociation Will Visit The Cities to
Ascertain the Advantages.
Charlotte.—le Charlotte to secure
the half-million-dollar exhibit of Amer
ican texile machiery next year?
The question is being viewed from
a new angle here owing to the pres
ence of two Atlantians who came to
ask Charlotte's co-operation in ob
taining a decision favorable to tie
South in the first place, the choice
then to lie between Charlotte and At
lanta, or other Southern cities.
The Atlanta representatives hre
Mr. W. R. C. Smith, president of the
W. R. C. Smith Publishing Company,
and Mr. L. L. Arnold, editor of Cot
ton. The Smith Company publishes
the Southern Engineer, Soutnern Ma
chinery and Cotton, and Electrical
Engineering.
President Hook of the Greater
Charlotte Club and local cotton men
have been working for several
months with the obect of securing the
mammoth textile exhibit for this city,
since it would bring thousands of cot
ton mill men here from all sections of
the United States. And the simul
taneity of time and identity of place
of meeting of the American Cotton
Manufacturers' Association adds en
hanced interest. Mr. Stuart W. Cra
mer of this city is president and Mr.
Clarence B. Bryant of this city is sec
retary-treasurer of the latter.
After a conference between Messrs.
Smith and Arnold on the one hand and
Mr. Hook, the latter announced that
Charlotte would have a proposition to
submit to the commit.tee.
The argument made by the Atlan
tians is that the first thing to do is
to convince the committee that the
South is the logical place for this ex
hibit, since this is the off-year be
tween the two biennial times at
which it is regularly held in Boston.
The Charlotteans saw cogency in this
. argument and agreed to co-operate in
this effort.
The exhibit will require 120,000
feet of ffoor space. Tais can be se
cured in the new building which is
to be erected on West First street by
the Piedmont & Northern interests.
Between 1,000 and 1,500 machinists
and demonstrators would be required
to care for the machinery. Cleariy
this would be about the higgest thing
that ever hit Charlotte. There was a
paid attendance of over 2,000 persons
during the 1914 exhibit held in Me
chanics' Hall, Boston.
STATE GOOD ROADS MEETING.
Association Has a Big Opportunity
Says P. H. Hanes.
Winston-Salem. —"The approaching
convention of the North Carolina
Good Roads Association to be held in
Raleigh early in July," said P. H.
Hanes, "is one of greatest importance
and the next few years present a field
of operation that will mean much to
the development of the state, and an
opportunity for this body to accom
plish things in the way of road build
ing.
"The Coast to the Mountains High
way, the link of permanent roads that
will connect the traffic of the east
with the mountains on the west,
which was suggested two years ago,
has been given great impetus in this
section of the state by the recent ap
propriation of $30,000 by the Federal
Government to aid in the construction
of a highway from the Guilford coun
ty lirfe through Forsyth, Davie and
Iredell counties to the Catawba coun
, ty line. These three counties will
within the next year expend $125,000
and more in making this one of the
| most model stretches of good roads
in the state. The promptness with
1 which these counties have acted and
the merit of the route selected for
, this stretch of 79 miles of good road
| have attracted nation-wide attention.
To Build Prireries.
Warsaw. —A committee appointed
1 by the Board of Trade has been solic
iting subscriptions with which to
i build two prize houses to care for the
tobacco crops. This matter has met
with favor among the people who have
' been asked to take stock in the pro
' ject, and several hundred dollars have
' j been subscribed. It is the intention
5 1 to make this a stock company, anS to
J have *thesfc houses ready to care for
t the crops this season. Although the
, size and capacity of the buildings
- could not be learned at this time.
r
Durham Farmers Favored.
Durham. —Durham County farmers
t now believe that with a fair season
. the remainder of the summer they
3 will not be in such bad shape as they
t first feared. The crops in the eastern
section of the county are especially
' good. The tobacco is fairly regular,
j and where there has been a neces
sity to replant the farmers have been
s fortunate in getting a second stand.
The rains have been followed by
i weather that has been unusually warm
1 and the result is that the tobacco hai
grown rapidly.
Democrat and Press, Consolidated 1905
STATE ITEMS] j
OF INTEREST TO ALL NORTH
CAROLINA PEOPLE.
Guilford Hotel Burns, 1 Dead.
Though the property damage was
not so greE.t, fire in the Guilford Hotel
at 4 o'clock in the morning furnished
to Greensboro people the most thrill
ing seene they have witnessed in
years. The results may be summed
up as the death of H. J. Collum of
Philadelphia, a traveling salesman,
the serious injury of Fireman Ed
Greason, slight injuries to two or
three others and considerable dam
age to dining room, kitchen by the
blaze and damage to the rest of th
hotel from smoke and water.
Mr. Collum lost his life on the
fourth floor, while in search of a fire
escape or other means of egress. He
had left bis room and lost his way in
the hall, going into another room,
where he was found dead under the
bed with his head buried in a pillow.
When he was rescued by a porter and
carried to the ground, efforts were
made to revive him, but he did not
breathe again.
Newspaper Men Meet.
With a large attendance of promin
ent newspaper men from all parts of
the state, the forty-second annual con
vention of the North Carolina Press
Association opened its annual session.
There werfc a number of interesting
features of the opening day of the
convention, Included among these be
ing several suggestions brought out
by Judge George Rountree of Wil
mington in his address of welcome;
the annual address of President Clar
ence Poe; address on the constitu
tional amendments by Attorney Gen
eral T. W. Bickett of Raleigh; ad
dress by President E. K. Graham of
the University of North Carolina, and
others. The visitors were welcomed
in behalf of the local press and the
municipalities of Wilmington and
Wrightsville Beach by Judge Rountree
of Wilmington.
Asks Charlotte to Help.
Is Cnariotte to secure the half-mil
lion-dollar exhibit of American textile
machinery next year? The question
is being viewed from a new angle
here owing to the presence of two
Atlantians who came to ask Char
lotte's co-operation in obtaining a de
cision favorable to the South in the
first place, the choice then to lie be
tween Charlotte and Atlanta, or other
Southern cities. The Atlanta repres
entatives are Mr. W. P.. C. Smith,
president of the W. R. C. Smith Pub
lishing Company, and Mr. L. L. Ar
nold, editor of Cotton. The Smith
Company publishes the Southern Engi
neer, Southern Machinery and Cotton,
and Electrical Engineering.
Collector Sets Speed Record.
Deputy Revenue Collector M. P.
Alexander of Statesville made a record
trip to Davie County to destroy an
illicit distillery, driving 38 miles in a
machine and putting the plant out
of business within the short period of
four and a half hours.
NORTH CAROLINA BRIEFS.
Rowan County farmers have enjoy
ed a remarkable' wheat yield. There
is no report of specially large output
on a single acre, but the crop as a
whole turned out extraordinarily well.
Local millt are buying thousands of
bushels oaily. The wheat is dryer
than freshly-threashed wheat has ever
been known here.
Heat at Kinston was so intense
that a cement sidewalk on North
Queen street bulged several inches,
asphalt in a crack between two
squares being made to boil by the
sun's rays. The high temperatures,
ranging around 100 for three days,
gave dspressed social and business
life, and number of people are pre
paring for the summer exodus to the
mountains and seashore.
"The approaching convention of the
North Carolina Good Roads Associa
tion to be held in Raleigh early in
July," said P. H. Hanes, "Is one of
greatest importance and the next few
years present a field of operation that
will mean much to the development
of the state, and opportunity for this
body to accomplish things in the way
of road building.
A committee appointed by the War
saw Board of Trade has been soliciting
subscription with which to build two
prize houses to care for the tobacco
crops.
That tije Southern Railway realizes
the importance of maintaining a road
that can meet the approval of the
public is demonstrated by the fact
that 100 nen have been added to the
construction force on the branch of
that road between Mount Airy and
Rural Hall.
Lester French, aged 25 and married,
was blown to smEfll pieces at Granite
Quarry near Salisbury. He was
powder man for the American Stone
Company and was preparing to prime
exploders, preparatory to loading in
holes in the granite, when a quantity
of explosives near him went off.
Extensive town improvements are
being made and in a few months Mor
ganton will in several respects be
right up with the larger towns.
Work was commenced on the installa
tion of a white way along Main street
and in front of the court house square.
Many letters have come to Gov.*
Locke Craig from Old Fort urging
that the road across the mountain oe
built immediately instead of that part
of the road from Old Fort east. The
people of Old Fort and all of West
ern North Carolina are greatly inter
ested In the construction of this road
over the Blue Ridge.
3 " : r\ -T-.
rHIS is a live town.
Advertise here and
get busy, -o- -o- -o-
CM WANTS
TIME TO CONSIDER
HAS REPLIED TO THE INVITATION
TO ENTER INTO AN INFORMAL
CONFERENCE.
THE TEXT OF HIS REPLY
Wants to Have Consultation With Hit
Generals Before Announcing Medi
ation Policy.
Washington.—Gen. Venustiano Car*
ranza, first chief of the Mexican Con
stitutionalists, has replied to the invi
tation extended for participation by
his agents in an informal conference
with representatives of General Huer
ta and the United States concerning
plans for a provisional government to
Mexico, asking that he be given time
to consult with his generals.
General Carransa, it "Was learned
here, informed the mediators Inl'his
latest communication that because of
the plan of Guadaloupe under which
he was chosen first chief of the Con
stitutionalists, it would be necessary
for him to confer with his associates
before entering such important nego
tiations.
Acceptance of any proposed provis
ional government to succeed Huerta,
he said, necessitarily might require
some change in the terms of the
Guadaloupe plan and this could not
be done without the consent of va
rious military leaders In the Constitu
tionalist movement.
General Carranza is said to have
assured the mediators he would ■has
ten the proposed consultation with his
chiefs. Some of the Constitutional
ists representatives in Washington
still insist that General Carransa has
been influenced to look With favor on
the proposal to confer wKh the United
States commissioners and Huerta
representatives. Others, however, are
not so certain of this outcome and
they insist that, whatever happens,
the military campaign against Huerta
will be pursued with renewed vigor
toward Mexico City, with Aguas
Calientes, San Luis Potosi and Quere
taro as the next objective points of
the revolutionists armies.
Many perplexing elements have de
veloped iL the situation, however,
among them being the apparent dis
agreement between Carranza's agents
here over the recent break with Villa
and the publication of the statement
attacking General Angeles, authorized
by Alfredo Bracefida, General Car
ranza's personal aide, who came to
Washington from Saltillo for this pur»
pose.
HEIR TO THRONE KILLED.
Arch Duke Francis Ferdinand antf
Wife Victims of an As
sassin.
Sarajevo, Bosnia. —Archduke Fran
cis Ferdinand, heir to Austria-Hun
garian throne, and the Dutchess of
Hohenbe/g, his morganic wife, were
shot dead by a student in the- main
street of the Bosnian Capital, a short
time after they had escaped death
from a bomb hurled at the royal auto
mobile. The two were slain as they
were passing through thp city on their l
annual Aisit to the annexed province®
of Bosnia and Herzegovinia.
The archduke was struck full in the
face and the Princess was shot
through the abdomen and throat.
They died a few minutes after reach
ing the palace to which they Were
hurried.
Those responsible for the assassina
tion too kcare that it should prove
effective.
Prinzip and a fellow censpirator, a
compositor from Trebinje named
Gabrinovch, barely escaped lynching
by the infuriated spectators. They
finally wore seized by the police. Both
are natives of the annexed province
of " T erzegovnia.
Negro Excursion Train WrecdiJ.
Hookinsville, .Ky.—Two trainmen;
were killed, one perhaps fatally in
jured and many negroes hurt when a
negro excursion train on the Louis
ville & Nashville Railroad, was
wrecked by spreading raite three
miles south of Trenton, Ky.
. .Paris—Frank Moran, of Pittsburg,,
who was defeated on points by Jaclc
Johnson here in a 20-round bout for
the world's heavyweight
ship rested today at his camp. John
son also remained at his training
quarters, nursing a badly swollen,
hand. He received many visitors,
Johnson attributed his injured fist to
the fact that he wore for the first!
time four-ounce instead of five-ounce
Johnson has agreed to fight,
Sam Langford in October. For this
battle he will receive $30,000,
lose or draw.
Murietta Returns to Laredo.
Laredo, Texas. —Lieutenant Colonel
Murietta, commander of the Consti
tutionalistss garrison at NUevo La
redo, returned to his command after
a trip to Monterey to welcome Gen
eral Venustiano Carranza on his re
turn to that city. A broken axla
which ditched the Monterey train de
layed Murieta's arrival until 2:30
o'clock In the morning. Notwith
standing the hour elaborate plan*
made fcs celebrate his return were
carried. The engineer of the light
ytent was arrestee. _ j
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