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VOL. XIII.
J. B. SHERRJLL, Editor and Publish
CONCORD, N. C FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1914
40 Cents a Month I Cents a Copy.
NO, 495.
TVaE YEAR OLD
BOYS ARE DRAFTED
taken from weepino moth
- em bt hvebta's men.,
I
An Example of How Kecmtta Are(J
- 8ecnrd for Huerta 's Amy.
Famar Boys IS and 14 Tears Old
Attending Provision Carts Wits
Their Mothers Are Seised, Aad
Amid the Wseping of Thsir Moth
ers Are Taken Off to Ba Sent to
Army. ... . -
Mexico City, Fab. 87. An example
of how Iluerta recruits for Ihc annv
was Riven today when a detachment
of soldiers suddenly &ui rounded t!mnil a letter without its being likely
market place and drafted two hun
dred farmer boys who," with their
mothers, were attending their pro
vision carts. Some are not over 12
and 14 years old. Amid the boys'
cries and the efforts of the weeping
, women to rescue theni, the "recruits"
were dragged to places of confine
ment where they will be kept nntil
Huerta is ready to use them. -
A thousand federals rushed to the
defense of Manzanillo when it was
reported that the rcDcis, witu a "p.;
tured gunboat intended to bombard
it. The rebel attack on
was continued.
EVELYN "NOT AFRAID
i. OF THE PREACHERS."
. , r, ""j n " " i.i .
Appealed Before Record-Breaking
House in AUante Last Night.
Atlanta, Feb. 27.-rTraveling in a
private car, abusing the preachers
who had criticised her, and declaring
that she was still afraid of Harry K.
Thaw, Mrs. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw ar
rived in Atlanta yesterday and ap
peared last night before a record
breaking audience nt the Atlanta
theatre. .
She acused some of the . ministers
who criticised her in the north of be
ing paid to do so by Mrs. William
Thaw. Others, she said, were-jealous
because she got more newspaper pub
licity than .they did. . 1 -. C ,
"But I'm not afraid of the preach
ers, though they eaiise me a good deal
of annoyance," she edded "The
: only person in the' world I am actu
ally afraid of is Harry, and I don't
think I will ever feel really safe until
he is back in Matteawan again.
"Even down . here in the south 1
am afraid to go out on the streets
alone for fear in some manner he has
tracked me," she told 'the Atlanta
reporters, whereat those shrewd-eyed
young men grinned nt one another
and 0gured that with"a line of talk
like that the young woman had no
need of hiring press agents to work
up interviews .for her.
She also handed tliein a line of talk
about being an ".unhappy woman
who has had more than her share of
trouble, and who is only trying to
mnke an Jioncst living for herself
nd child," ;
- 4 Honor Roll. ' . :
'. The following is the hoiiof roll for
Rocky River -Annex:
' Marquette Garmon, Leroy Oarmon,
Edna Fnny! Willie - Russell, i Zcb
Smith, Odessa Dees, Jackson Pees. I o'dock Friday, March 6th.
These pupils have been neither ab-' jj the long term schools of the
sent nor tardy for one month. county have been invited to send
' MRS. ED. ERVIN. ; representatives and the rcsponces in-
. ' - ' v idieate that there will be a full pro-
. Thooias P. Warren, of Newberti' . There will be no medal but
. may succeed Marshal Webb as chair-
.,; man of the Democratie State Com-.
mittee. Jie is one of the leading
young Democrats of eastern " North
. Carolina, andr has been a close friend
.ef Senator Simmons for a number
of years. Mr. Warren garduated from
"the State-University in 180$, sK&
practiced law since. - - .'
YOUNG MAN!
i 1 1
," Dq you expect to become a man of
standing and influence in this com- .
munity ? If so, you must accumulate '
some property! The only way .to do.,
this is to save today and add to it " ,
. each day? and iri a few years you 'will : M,
- de able to go into business for your-,; "
- self. v Make the start todaya by open-1
Ing an account with the v " - -
I CITIZENS DAIiX AIiD TRUST COMPANY
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Aa IVAAJI, liW.
A. F. GOODMAN, Tellef. :
A TAVVfl VABTV .
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We are able and willing to help'
" any young man who wishes to help
v -himself.
KAIL SACK TOUT TTP.
Train Ne- 17 Practices SS's Trick
And Rips Vf Mail Sack. .
Train No. 37 ripped a mail aatk
open at the depot yesterday morning.
It tu aa incoming sack and the con
tents were Mattered along the track
for a considerable distance. Only a
fear days ago train No. 38 ripped a
sack open and scattered letters to the
fonr winds. .
t-ven luouga urn c-u.uern n.iiy
atHTB avi nun u y luiu uiiiutciii
consideration to stop its trains her.
it looks as if il m in lit regulate the
speed through the city limits so that
the mail sacks would not be ripprd
open. ' . -
Concord citizens, under the pre
cut plans of operating trains, which,
by the way, is a direct violation of
the agreement made with the city
last year when the matter of stopping
the. trains was under consideration,
cannot ride ecrtniu fast trains, but
it is becoming so that they cannot
to take a flight with the birds by the
mail pouch being ripped up on ac
count of the high rate of speed Ihc
trains maintain through here.
PLAY NEXT WEEK.
King's Daughters to Present a De
lightful Drama at Opera House,
Next Thursday, March 5, a drama,
Tl4 mi Ilia Wnlnrs " will hp III .'-
iSented at the operi, house, under the
fM of KinB.g Daughters, by
home u,ent T1)eranll, js a sweet
and touching story with enough of
human life portrayed to make it interesting.-
The characters are as follows: Pi.
Harlem, principal of Rrecnlafe Sem-
inary Mr. Clarence Norman.
Hrr. Uarlem. l.is son-Mr. Prn-
ker.
Fred Hastings, Bob Winders, pu
pils Mr. Mack Buchanan and Mr.
Robert Ridenhour, Jr.
Jonathan Wild Butts, town consU
ble Mr R. E. Ridenhour.
Lucy Harlem, the Doctor's daugh
ter Miss Nell Herring.
Mrs. Loring, housekeeper Mrs
R. M. King.
Dilly (picked up from the streets)
Miss Maggie Hendrix.
Plan to Change . Athletic Rnlea.
Maw Vortr Fh 97-Vfora than
ordinary interest is manif este. jn 0?e
annual -meeting ta-1o ncld-in lh'
city tomorrow by the" Intercollegiate
Association of Amateur Athletics of
America. It ls 'exiietted that sever
al important amendments , to the cori-
stitution and by-laws' of the associa
tion will be adopted with a view to
increasing thai' desire for participa
tion in competition and enconrasiiis
keener interest and enthusiasm for
athletics among college students.
The most important of the propos
ed changes is the suescstion to add
a fifth place in each event in award
ing the championship cup lor tne an
nual track and field meeting, accord
ing five for first, four for second,
thiee for third, two for fourth, and
hone for fifth paces, a total of fifteen
points for each event instead or elev
en points five three, two and one,
which has been the method in vogue
since 1898,
The Speaking Fest.
The annual .."Speaking Fest,"
held under the auspices of the Lentz
and Lanier Societies will be held m
rwri Kihnol Auditorium- at eight
speaker will strive to npliold the
onor 0f big school. Ten cents will
be charged at the door.
( :
District Attorney Hammer desires
to kee nis office in Asheboro. Why'
not it jg bis old home. Webb was
-Wmiitted to move, the marshal's of-
nce te his home town of AshevilUv
ATT it . VtV VAWM
VUAO.'D, VwAWAlXaX VHBlfi
JOHN FOX, Asst. Oaahlsr '
LIQUOR CASE.
Ada Parker, a Negro Woman, Flood
$60 for Sailing lienor.
Ada Parker, colored, waa convict
ed on the-eharge of selling Bqnor at
the police eourt this osornicg. There
was a gathering at Ada's house- lat
evening and it concluded by a fight
and cutting scrape.. After the amoks
of battle had cleared away Willis
Iloldbrooks, a colored woman,. who
had received a sizable gash on' her
arm and shoulder with a sharp Instru
ment judged to be a "raaiar," told
Policeman Fitter that she had pur
chased a pint of liquor from the
Parker woraau.
At the trial this morning Ada pro
test id that she was innocent, declar
ing that there had been- no liquor t
her Louse "iiee Christmas" and b
sides she could not secure enough to
drink net to mention selling any.
She. waa lined $50 including the
cost by Police Justice McConnelL
The fine was paid.
MAPS READY.
8howing Survey of Union Strati for
Proposed Permanent Pavement.
Preliminary arrangements are be
ing made for making a 'permanent
pavement on South Union street from
the Lutheran Church to the Gowan
Medical Company's office. The pave
ment wil be of bitulithie or some
other permanent pavement.
City Engineer Long has made a
map of the street showing the dis-
tances and property owners. Any-.body
ah .... nf AAM
one desiring one of the maps can se
cure same from Mr. Long at the city
hall.
Alderman C. A.' Cookt chairman of
the Street cor mittee, stated that the
city hoped t I ceiu the work earjy
ir. the spi ins, II is estimated that
the work v.ill require from two to
three months' timo. :
Mr. and Mrs. Clinton M Powell En
' tertain.
Kannapol'.-i. Feb. 27. Mr, and
Mrs. 01inU.i M. Powell entertained
with a tea at their home in Kannapo
lis Thursday evening in honor of Mr.
mill Mrs. E. E. I-adec, a recent bride
and groom. The .table had for its
center decoration a lovely cut glass
vase of, pink carnations and ferns.
At the bride's place was an exquis-
basket of valley lilies tied with
Dink ribbon, while favors if Dink
cutfnafi&hB Wrc 'plaird for the ather
guests. The place cards - were quite
unique, being toasts written for the
occasion by a friend of the hostess
at her former home- in Georgia. Cov
ers were laid for the following: Mr.
and Mrs. E. E. Ladee, Mr. and Mrs.
Clinton M. Powell, Miss Nell Haynos
and Dr. H. lETauble.
Brown University 150 Years Oil
Province, R. I., Feb. 27 Brown
University reached its 150th anni
vehsary today, having been incor
porated February 27, 1764. The in
stitution was incorporated as Rhode
Island College and continued its ex-
istnncc under that name until 1804,
when the name was changed to
Brown University in recognition of
liberal benefaction received from
Nicholas Brown of this city. Plans
are now being made for an elabor
ate celebration of the 150th anniver
sary to take place next October.
four hundred, of the leading univer
sities of the world will be invited to
stnd representatives to the celebra
tion. Jury in Noted Case Is
Agree.
Unable to
Raleigh, Feb. 26. The jury in the
case of 'Citizens Bank of Norfolk
against Mrs. M. E. and Adam McAr-
thur, involving the genuineness of
the signatures of the defendants of
the $25,000 note held by the plaintiff,
is unable to agree and is being held
together by Judge Connor- until
o'clock tomorrow morning, by which
time he hopes a verdict will .have
been reached. - The jury took the
case at 4 o'clock, and at 7 o'clock
reported inability to reach a Verdict
1 1 Iredell County Boy Dies By His Own
Statesville, Feb. 26.--Tragie death
bv his own hand was the fate- of
Willie Austin, the 10-year-bld son of
Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Austin, who liv
ed in the . manufacturing suburb
known as Diamond Hill, a mile east
of town. -About 8 o'clock last night
the - boy picked up a pistol which
he sunnosed to be unloaded, the
weapon' was discharged and the bul
let entered ms rignt tempie, resnit
ing in his deaths two hours later,
Meeting . of Progressive Democrsta.
Richmond,1 Vr., Feb. 27 delegates
from many parts' of "Virginia assem
bled here today to take steps to form
the , State Progressiva Democratic
League. : The objects of the propos
ed organisation will be to secure the
initiative and referendum, reform in
the primary election law and other
so-called progressive measures, eee
rnfarv af State William J. Brya
Has accepted an. invitation to ' ad
dress the eonferenee tomorrow night.
. vv - 'lias in w a aaa mam ' '
. - ft4iiu Kiotinc at Litoon.
Madrid. -Feb. . 27. A report of
am nn lifttln at Lisbon- and 6the
Portugoeee eitiet is confirmed hf pub-
litf sUtements at the bpanisa depart
ment interior office. II to reported
that practically state of anarchy
Villi ACCEPT THE
TOE CFFO OF VIILA
ENTIRE BENTOff XT8TERT TO
BE CLEARED.
Villa Haa Constated flat American
Army Surgeon ami Mrs. Bentoa
May View Benton's jUdy, Which,
He Sayt Positively is Bnrisd in the
Cemetery at Cktt'ialtu, Offered
to Furnish Special Train to Send
Yhent There".""
Washington, Feb. S7.-r-The State
Department received a telegram from
Consul Letcher, at Chihuahua City,
saying that Villa had consented to
have an American army surgeon ac
company Mrs. Benton, to view Ben
ton's body. In explaining that he
believed that the entire Benton mys
tery will soon be cleared, Secretary
Bryan said: ",; ;.;'.
"Villa's offer seems perfectly
frank. He says positively that Ben
ton's body is buried in the national
cemetery at Chihuahua and offered
to furnish a special train to convey
fi Rantin ti -anr.be t, t 'i ti , nt, i?
thin anil twn renrMpntstivcs nf the
British government, all of whom
may be physicians, is desirable. The
will be disinterred and every
nniwirt 1, til I V ftimictlAfi fnr ite nlm.
opportunity furnished for its exam
ination and indentiflcation. Consul
Letcher haa been, directed to notify
Villa of the acceptance of his offer.
General Scott will select the Ameri
can surgeons and the body probably
ill. he examined in the near fu
ture."
Because , the body has been buried
twelve davs officials- are doubtful
hethcr an inspection will show much
much in the decomposed condition in
Inch it must be. Villa action has
materially cleared the air, today.
Secretary Bryan is very", mn'eh more
hopeful that international complica
tions will yet be averted.
The mystery of the fate of Qustav
Kauch seemed even mord impenetra
ble todav, following a report from
Consul Edwards at Juarez.
Villa Eulogizes President Wilson.
El Pase, Teaas, Feb. "27. A 'Chi
huahua dispatch said ttirtt ' Villa -tiri
discussing the Benton esse, eulogized
President Wilson, saying that he re
garded him as one of the lew great
rulers of the earth. "x
NO MARINES GO IN
TO MEXICO" WILSON
President Says the Sending of Arm
ed Forces There Would Mean
War.
Washington, Feb. 26. President
Wilson today took the position that
fni fliA Unite!. St.&tpR In Mmri mArinAB
V H1U1CU vx h.ij Willi lu,u
r; nf th. '
governing outhorities there would be,nnS lb"n?', . . i
an act of war. He declared empha- . w.eib condneted the
tically that permission never had
been sought either of General Huerta
or General Carranza, and indicated
clearly that no request of that char
acter would be made in the near fu
ture. .The President also announced
American Government toward Mexi-'
co had been decided noon.
w.MM P.h iformAr
President Taft lunchconed today as
" i . '
iru est of President and Mrs. Wilson.
This is the first time since the Harri
son administration that a President
and his predecessor in office have
dined together at the White House.
Mr. Taft condemned the recall ot
judges and the decisions before the
bouse eommitte in urging tne simpii-
fteient and belived the judiciary is
said an impeachment threat is suf
ficient, and belipving the judicary ts
full bf good, strong meara H:lsvor-.
ed s life tenure of judges saying
election weakened the judiciary,
Congressman W. S. Hammond, the
only ' Democratic representative
from Minnesota, is oeing.nrgeo ay
his friends to enter the race for the
Democratie nomination for governor
of his State to succeed (Iovernor
Eberhart.
1 Money in the bank
means Independ-
ience. Why' not
I start
navinc . to-1
- - - . , v- aV
day r :'Miri:-
4 per centtf J onl
- DepoIL ,
:The:
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NEW VERSION OIVZN OF
TEX KXLXJNO OF BENTON
According to New Version Benton
Waa Trapped in Villa's Heed
taarters and Murdered.
El Paso, Tex-, Fsb. 26. A new
version of bow William S. Benton
met his death at Juarez, especially
differing from, the one official ac
count given by General ilia, and be
lieved by Benton's friends and coun
trymen tn he sutbentic, haa reached
here.
According to this new versiou,
hich is said to come from Villa,
Benton went to Villa's office in Jus
res and abruptly entered the latter 's
qnartera' without a formal invitation.
Villa at once recognized Benton as
sn old enemy dating back to times
prior to the insurrection, and slip
ping behind bis visitor, barred the
door. Benton, they said, did not
reach for his hip pocket or make
any menacing motion and neither did
be use abusive language or give ut
terance to threats, but began to com
plain strongly about repeated rob
beries of. his ranch and wanted to
know when he would be allowed to
return to it without further molesta
tion.
Then, according to this version,
Villa, pretending to walk to the
door, slipped behind Benton and felt
his hip pocket in which he found s
revolver. Holding Benton, he imme
diately called in 'his gnards and plac
ed bim under arrest, charging him
with attempted murder. Benton was
then locked in another room and later
he asked for a personal interview.
In this talk, it is said, Villa claims
that Benton confessed to him frank
ly that he had intended to do hiai
harm, and Villa then admitted that
he immediately ordered Benton shot.
Apparently there was not courtmar
tial or trial. Xone was mentioned
bv Villa and his questioners did not
ask him the direct question, believinu
it disposed of by his statement that
he himself had ordered Kenton s exe
cution.
MEETING OF TEE
TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION.
Held at the Central School Auditor
inm Last Saturday.
The - Teachers' Association met in
Concord graded school building last
Satttrdav.
TUv. W. alhneht ..conducted
the devticialTeiaea and, Jifter
ward made a -few remarks to the
teachers oar. the greait-rwork in which
they- ate engagedr i s .
An. essay on . "The Life of Charles
B. Ayeoek" wns-rcad by Miss Maude
Cook, o the Kannapolis school,
' A paper by Prof Vanhoy kas very
fine. His subject was "The Greater
Work of the Teacher," and his idea
was to.makc the subjects taught
more practical and that the teacher
should see that a pupil is able to use
the knowledge he gets from the text
books.
We hope Prof. Vanhoy will allow
his paper to be printed in I ne limes
recita
tion on "Every Day Problems in
Teaching," and every one seemed t
enjoy the discussion of the ideas
gained from the lesson. .
Dr. Bikle was present- and from
time to time gave us bita-of his ex
perience in the many problems the
er has to solve. We hope the
I Doctor will be present at every meet-
I ing;
The meeting was well attended and
Superintendent Lippard is- to" be cou-
lonftilalaH nn the success OI tne iniru
meetinz- of the association.
MRS. ED. En VIA,
Secretary.
SECOND 38 BAN INTO
TEEEE TREIGHT CARS
Open, Switch 200 Yards from Passen
ger Station, With No Light Burn
tot' Greensboro News, 12th.
,'The second section of northbound
Dasseneer train No. M, tne c
Y ork and New Urleans kimiiea, was
was wrecked here at 11.37 o'clock
Inst night when the engine ran into
an open switch 200 yards west of the
passenger station and crastica into
three cars of southbound freight No.
177, from Pinner's Point. The train
waa due in Greensboro at 11.06 p. m.
and was 31 minutes late. It was run-
nine- at onlv about seven miles an
hour, however, having stopped at the
coal shute a quarter ot a mile away
and being near the passenger station
Fireman Ellis Davis, negro, or
Speneer, who Was on the Bide next
to the freight, had a narrow escape
when several pieces of flying timber
came throueh the front window oy
his head. One piece was 20 feet long
and missed him by an inch, lie was
thrown against the water tank . and
received slight injuries on his left
hip. -No one else on the train was
scratched, not. was tbere much of a
jar felf in the Pullmans at the rear.
EiKineer Harry wmore, oi open-
eer: -the moment he felt the engine
swerve from it track, threw on all
the, emergency he had, which proba
bly saved a gr.t disaster and pos
sible death. '
Mr., Will Kesler will arrive this
evening on train No. 7 to visit his
brother, Mr. C. W. Kesler, on South
Union street, who has been confined
to his room, for two weeks on ae-
ED. McINTTRE ARRESTED.
Alleged Sender of Infernal Machine
Which Injured Agent Bnsbee Ap
prehended in Marietta, Oa.
The following dispatch has
sent out from High Point:
"Chief of Police
d a telegram today that K.I
Intyre, wanted here, had been arrest-
ul k CI :at w t.
") oucna t. .wausot.. at
Marietta, (ia. Mclntyre was -oin-i
under the name of Ed. Hill. He is!
-.outr-u iui an ussf-:i: lu- e vc-ii
uiuiimit uo oy Ht'ini i, : mi i
machine" by exprew,. nlii.-h i-xi,l ,!.., i
for an assault here several months
ago by sending an "infrrnil ma
chine" by expnss, which exploded
here at the Southern Express office
nearly killing two men. Also for
using the I nited States mails unlaw
fully. 'The infernal machine was inlcln -,-
ed to a High Point young lady, win,.
11 is said, had refused to receive Me.
Intyre's attentions.
'Chief Ridge was asked to forward
at once a photograph of Mclntyre,
who is being held by the Geomia olli-'
cers for indentiflcation."
Express Agent Busbee at the local
office opened the machine and was j
one of the men that came near bi'Ui ' '
killed by the explosion. Mr. Busbee ja f,ose """h on the Texas authori
was at that time agent at High Point. ' tics, (iovernor Colquitt's defiant at
The package containing the machine ' tilude has several times threatened
had been in the High Point ollice for I
sometime and Mr. Busbee was pre- j involve the national government. The
paring to senll it along w ith nuiner- j State Department ollicials intimated
ous other packages to a sale of un-,llat the Texas situation has its in
delivered packages. The manner in ' spiration in political motives.
which it was wrapped indicated that ;
it was a package at' value and nccod-
ing to the custom of the company
wuu such packages, Mr. Busbee at
tempted to open it when the explos
ion occurred. He was seveielv ii..
jured and spent sometime in n hos
pital undergoing treatment.
Petition for Bolejack's Pardon
Charlotte Cbserver.
Addressed to Governor Lock..
Craig and asking that the sentence
of death in the electric chair im
posed upon James L. Bolejack,- wifa
murderer, be commuted to life im-.
pnsonment, a petition was in circa-jt
lation in the law building and court
house yesterday which was bein,'
largely signed. This petition did not
ask for any definite term of years
but simply that the old man." who
-was sentenced to die Friday, April
24, be eottrmuted 1o Tmprisonmetil
for life. There were four pages of
names late in the afternoon and more
n;ere being added all the time. Th -signers
included many of the moat
prominent people of the city.
Says Texas Will Protect the United
States.
Washington, Feb. 27. Keprcscnta -
tive Slayden, of Texas, referred to
the Mexican situation in a speech in
the House today, ridiculing the "war : Washington, Feb. 26. Secretary
scares" as pleas for an increase ofliii van tonight telegraphed Governor
naval and array appropriations. He ; Colquitt, of Texas, that the sending
sarcastically said that Texas would 1 of the state militia into Mexico to
cheerfully undertake to prolect the apprehend those responsible for the
United States should Villa attempt i hauiting of Clemente Vergara, an
to invade it. "Every year we arc ' American citizen, would involve a re
terrified by the fear of war in a move sponsihility which the federal gev
to create more army oflicers and so- ernment alone was in a position to
cial conquests," he asserted. 'assume.
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Just in. Norway Mackerel are the
best. Try them.
Barrel Finest Loose Pickles, lust
opened.
Fresh Case Premium Hams in Today
Big Lot T. J. Shinn's Home-Packed
Tomatoes and Beans
They beatthe Northern Goods as all
,"v are aware
1 !
Other Specials always on hand in our
Grocery Department;
LQUHTS
DEFIANT ATTITUDE
THREATENS TO INOLVE GOV
ERNMENT IN TROUBLE.
The State Department Officials Inti
mated That the Texas Situation
Has Its Inspiration in Political Mo
tivesKeeping Close Watch on
Them. Endeavoring to Complete
Arrangements for the Inspection of
Benton's body.
Washington, Feb. 27. Interest in
Mexican affairs centered on Chihua
hua 1'iiy today. There Special Agent
( air and others of the State Depart
ment and Consul Letcher are en-deavonn-
to complete the arranire-
"!'"t fr inspection of Benton's
body by the American armv sure-eon
and liritisli Consul Percival. Mr.
.Pereival remained without fear of
death.
The State Department is keeping
eases of serious trouble which would
TEXAS GOVERNOR SAYS
HE WILL GUARD TEXAN 3
In Message to Wilson He Asserts
State Sovereignty aa to Mexico.
Austin, Texas, Feb. 26. A request
to know "whom the United States
Government now recognizes as tho
constituted authority in Mexican
States bordering on the Rio Grande, ,
went forward late today to President
Wilson from Gov. O. B. Colquitt of
; Texas
Hie request was made for the
purpose of demanding the surrender
the "abductors and. murderers
! of Clemente Vergara, a Texas citi-
zen, executed by Mexican federals.
Then apparently answering the
quesiiuu himself, the Governor asked
consent of the United States "in
view of the condition of revolution
and anarchy in these border" 'SToteV
to send Rangers across the Rio
(I'riuide in pursuit of the lawless ele
ment of either faction when they
cross into Texas and commit crimes.
"I insist. Mr. President, that
Texas as a sovereign State is entitl-
'ed to the protection of Texas citi-
1 zens on the border from an unbear-
1 able condition like that which now
'exists." concluded the message,
1 Bryan Wires Colquitt
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