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A860C1ATED PRE8S NEW8 Carried by the Evening Dispatch Together with Extensive Special Correspondence. f . . - Generally fair tonight and Wednes-; - day.Httle change , in temperature. : Moderate southwest winds. a VOLUME TWENTY. WILMINGTON, N. C, TUESDAY, JUNE 23, 1914. PRICE T ESTS Will SniPPERS CARRANZA FLEES FROM HIS FOLLOWERS rrmr I it i i - ii r ' riWjr A ' -, ' S HREE CENTS. .Ill E p n n v liuun i nuii.UR" - bill! w mm- Ann inn .lMJLi TWO mi Opposed His Southern Cam paign and Wanted New Military Zone. CARRflNRA'S CHIEF One of the Two Officers Removed and Which Has Caused Much Com ment. t:i Paso, Texas, June 23 Removal of Trevino, as Carranza's chief of staff and Ysidro Pabela, acting Minister of Foreign Relations in the Constitution alists Cabinet, reported from Saltillo, was taken by the Revolutionists here today as avictory for the Villa fac tion. Both were said to have been opposed to Villa's Southern campaign and in favor of creation of a new mili tary zone, which blocked his progress until Villa insisted on continuing his advance toward Mexico City. It is predicted here that Louis Ca bera will succeed Fabela as Minister of the Foreign-itelations. Cabrera is present in "Washington . acting with the Constitutionalists' agents there. Eduardo Hay is mentioned as prospect ive chief of staff. The presence of Cabrera and Hay, near Carranza, would create different attitude on part of the Rebel Government, both intern ally and internationally, is the belief of local observers. EFFICIENCY MS ALSO IftlPORTANT Quebec, June 23 When the Em press of Ireland wreck inquiry was re sumed today. " Marine Superintendent Walsh, of theCanadian Pacific con tinued his testimony regarding the number of boats and life belts carried by the Empress. In each case the number called for by regulations was found to have been exceeded. Coun sel for the Storstad owners questioned Walsh about promotion of the system of the Canadian Pacific. Walsh said the seniority was not the only qualifi cation, but also efficiency. He denied efficiency meant ability to make trips vcrYh regularity and on time. SERVICES FOR THE LATE LILLIAN NORDICA ondon, June 23. Simple but im- ssive funeral service of the An- an Church was held at noon to- for theTate Madame Nordica, in rg'a Weigh House Church, May r, where she was married just five itV's ato to Georee Young, of New York City. Flowers were banked in profusion around the peculiar shaped coftin, altar and pillars. A large number of people attended, including many singers, with whom Nordica Penormed. FELL FOUR STORIES WITH ELEVATOR Special to FtaUiigh, Williams, hurt today The Dispatch. N. C, June 23 Newt a workman, was badly when an elevator in the Rosenthal building- fell four stories. Two others were slightly injured. Western Union Lineman W. W. Peek came near being electrocuted, wheu rePairing deranged wires. Timely shutting off the current saved his life. Widow of Inventor Dead. Jnox, Mass., June 23. Mrs. Geo, estinghouse, widow of the electrical vemor, died today. She suffered a Paralytic 3troke,last Friday. The French federation of workers ln lhe provision trade has begun an eergetic campaign for the abolition of aigat work.. . , V ISAM NOT WmM Declared John Manamaker Before U. S. Industrial Commission Today CAPITAL HAS A RIGHT TO ORGANIZE He Contends in Trying to Sup ply Missing Link Union ism Has Suffered From Poor Leadership. Philadelphia, Pa., June 23 "It's an insane thing not to recognize organiza tion of labor," said John Wanamaker today, in giving, further testimony be fore the United States Industrial Re lations Commission. He made this statement in reply to a question whether the employers should recog nize labor unions. On the general question of unionish, W anamaker said he believed labor has "suffered frightfully" in the, past be cause of poor leaders, but added that he is seeing a better class of leader ship coming up. He was asked to supply the missing link that would bring capital and la bor together. "I believe iaDor and capital have the right 0 organize," he declared, "on one side capital, there is respon sibility, and, on the other, labor, there is none. There you stop. The miss ing links, I believe, to be prejudice and misunderstanding, which must be overcome. "One of the ways to wipe out this ( prejudice and misunderstanding is to unhitch labor unions trom political. parties." Wanamaker believed the Depart ment of Labor and Commerce should be the courts' of last resort in labor disputes. CARING FOR THE DEPENDENT OiNtS Crest, June 23. Writh a ma-1 Hill jority of its dead buried Hill Crest, today turned ' its attention to caring for those who were dependent upon the 195 victims of last Friday's mine disaster. Relief committees have been organized to attend the imme diate needs. Search was continued for the few remaining bodies in the shattered workings of No. 20 mines. Official figures of the United Mine Workers place the loss of life of Fri day's explosion at 196. Rescued alive 41. All but eight bodies have been recovered, , TO EE LABOR IVANTS MORE KB Citizens of West Asheville File a Peti tion Chairman Travis Back From Norfolk and Talks of Rates. Dispatch News Bureau, Raleigh. N. C, June 23. A petition 011 the part of citizens of West Asheville against the Buck eye Water Co., that the water com pany be required to furnish a more adequate supply of water for this flourishing suburb of Asheville , has been filed. This water plant is en tirely separate from the Asheville city water plant, which is owned and op erated by the municipality. Under directions from the War De partment Adjutant General Laurence W. Young, of the North Carolina Na tional Guard, has prepared an offi cial estimate of the cost of the prac tice cruise that the four divisions of the North Carolina naval militia will take on the battleship Rhode Island July 6 to 20 at the expense of the War Department. The expenses ag gregate $7,f)00 and Uncle Sam will place this amount at the disposal of the Norths Carolina military authori ties to pay off the naval reserves when the cruise is ended. They em bark at Fortress Monroe July 6 and disembark at the same place on July 20. "The in in and officers receive full pay while en the cruise. Returning from Norfolk Chairman Travis, of the Corporation Commis sion, reported that the railroad com panies have advised the Interstate Commerce Commission that a revis ion qf the interstate freight rates via Norfolk into North Carolina is in progress through which nearly all, if not ne rates that are greater than the combinations of local on. Norfolk will be eliminated. He had been to Norfolk to appear at a hear ing before the representative of the interstate commission in opposition to a petition by the railroad compa nies" to be allowed to continue rates that Exceed the combination of lo cals. In view of the statement by the railroad companies the matter was not gone into. And the program to wait until the railroads have finished their revision of rates and then i there are still abuses of this sort that are sufficiently serious to make-up individual cases to be car ried to the Interstate Commission. Mr. J. W. Bailey, of counsel for Adam McArthur and Mrs. M. L. Arthur in the noted suits involving thegenuineness Of the McArthur sig natures to notes and other papers of the Neyrton-McArthur Lumber Co., Fayetteville, is authority "for statement that the verdict, rendered here a. week ago in the case of Citi zen's Bank of Norfolk vs. the Mc Ar thurs, in favor of the plaintiffs does not settle any of . these cases except the one passed upon by the jury. Upper, Type of poor peon family at Saltillo. Lower, Celebration in honor of arrival of Carranza at Saltillo. Gen eral Carranza at Saltillo. General Vantustiaiio Carranza, First Chief of the Constitutionalist army, fled Wednesday from Saltillo to seek refuge at Varedo. Representative Kent, of California, conveyed the news to Washington. A dispatch late Wed nesday night from Neuvo Laredo con firmed the story of Carranza's flight, and added that he' irould be detained by Villa's rebels, iij(illa desired it. On his arrival in Sajtillo several days ago, Carranza diyjfced ihoney to the poor peons. The -General was re ceived by thousands. BUSINESS II i into iimniiT FIELDS . Farmers Call Upon Them to Help Out and They at Once Respond. TOWN'S BUSINESS Depends on Harvesting Crop and So Business 'Men Quit Work and Go to Farms. Hoxie, Kan., June 23 Hoxie is al most a deserted village today. The men went into the wheat fields when a delegation of farmers came to the village lamenting that the harvest hands imported, from the east, had quit because of the heat. "We need help quick and you fellows must help us," they told a meeting of business men. Practically all men of the entire town responded. The loss of the harvest would paralyze the town's business. CONGRESSMAN GLASS ADDRESSES CREDIT MEN Rochester, N. Y., June 23 Congress man Carter Glass, of Virginia, spoke on the "Federal Reserve Banking Cur- Mc-jrency Law" before the annual conven tion of the National Association of Credit Men here today. A thousand delegates and many visitors are here. And that counsel for the McArthurs expect to resist the suits that have been entered and have also taken an appeal to the United v States Circuit Court in the case in which the Nor folk, bank secured a verdict from the jury. t . ' . - : . " ;'.-: --;-.: QUAKE IN ALASKA. - V '-r Fairbanks .aLfska, June 23. 'An earthque, tlastin fifty sec- onds;- acbpnVpan"ted by a rumbling like' thunder, occurred y ester- day,, causing considerable ex- citement. t . .. Peing Eagerly Anticipated by the Peo ple of Southport New Pastor of Presbyterian Church. Special to The Dispatch. .Southport, N.. C, June 23. Messrs. Gepige Ruark and J. Fred Smith have purchased the stock of goods of the J. J. Lauehlin Co. and will run an up-to-date dry goods store. These two young men are business men of first-class ability. Both have been with H. W. Hood, the leading ; dry goods store, for some 10 or 12 years. It is predicted that they will do a good business. Both are, popular and know the local trade. This store, with the H. W. Hood store, will give Southport two up-to-date dry goods establishments. Other merchants handle dry goods, but these two will be the only exclusive dry goods firms. Rev. A. . G. Maxwell, of Onslow county, has a'ssumed the pastorate of the local Presbyterian church. Mr. Maxwell is a graduate of' Davidson College and Union Seminary, at Rich mond, Va. He is a young : man of splendid ability. He serves not only Southport, but a group of churches in the country. .,,t The coming of the editors Friday is the principal topic of conversation here now. They will receive a cor dial welcome. If they recover from the Dutch supper Wednesday night, they will have an opportunity to try Southport scuppernong wine at the luncheon here Friday. This week there is night firing at Fort Caswell. It is an interesting sight to watch the glare over against the Eastern sky. Shipping eight miles out has to be on the lookout 1 during the target practice. RERELS CAPTURE ANOTHER TOWN Aboard Cruiser California Mazat lan Monday, June 23 The Constitu tionalists Army of General Alamillo has captured the city of Zapotlan, Ja lisco State, ninety miles south of Guadalajara, according to information received here today. The occupation of Zapotlan is regarded as an import ant step in the campaign against Gu adalara. ARRESTED AS A spy BUT NOW FREE Mexico City, June 23. Gregorio Alcarez, the Filipino servant of Cap tain Rush, of the battleship Florida, who had been 'missing for several weeks, turned up here last night and! left today for Vera Cruz, accompa nied by a representative of the Bra zilian legation. The Filipino was ar rested by Mexican troops near Vera Cruz, charged with being a spy. BASEBALL REJECTED EOR OLYMPIC GAMES Paris, June 23Baseball was today rejected as one of the sports at the Olympic games to be held in Berlin in 1915.'' James Sullivan, head of the American delegation, made a request, but the President reminded him it "was necessary. In order to have baseball considered an international sport, , six countries should play the game." Senate Passes the Bill. iWashington, June 23.The Senate today passed a bill to allow Confeder ate and Federal soldiers to take fourth-class postoffice examinations regardless of age. - .-V , Making Arrangements 'For Agents of Rebels ani Fed erals to Get Together " - UNCLE SAMpLfP SATISFIrS&jffiH CHOICE! Delicate Question to beSettled By The Two Factionsr-- Mediators to TakeUpOth er Matters. ' - " Niagara Falls, June ; 23 -American and Huerta delegates today were mak ing arrangements for informal confer ences between representatives of a General Carranza and General Huerta, at which it is hoped an agreement will be reached on the individual to be Provisional President of Mexico. De tails were lacking and depended on travelling arrangements of the Consti tutionalist delegates; now en route here from Mexico. On the delegates, from two Mexican factions themselves, will rest the bur den of selecting the man of the hour, the task which deadlocked the media tion conference' and nearly disrupted it'last week. By turning over the deli cate question of the personnel to the Mexicans themselves for' settlement, the mediators and American delegates alike feel temporarily relieved. There can be no charge of foreign dictation, the mediators think,' for the American Government, it is understood, stands ready to recognize' whoever is agreed upon hy the two' Mexican delegations. in informal co'nfer'erices -Sn" all itner- nal questions will be discussed, coun sel of American delegates and media tors being given when sought. On In ternational questions, the mediation board will continue its conferences. Results of the two sets of negotiations, it is hoped, ultimately will be incorpo rated into the pact effecting a cessa tion of hostilities and opening the way for complete restoration of peace. Hope Rekindled. Washington, June 23. Hope for restoration of . peace in Mexico through diplomacy was rekindled in Administration circles today by the outlook that the Constitutionalists would send delegates to confer with Huerta representatives at Niagara Falls through the American dele gates. There was a distinct air of optimism apparent here over expec tations that the mediators might be able to announce late today, or to morrow, the personnel of the Consti tutionalist delegation and the gen eral purposes of the informal confer ences. LIBERAL PARTY LEADER TO SEE WILSON New Orleans, La., June 3. Fresh from a visit to General Carranza, Fernando Calderon, a leader of the Mexican Liberal party, is here today en route to Washington to confer with President Wilson and Secretary Bryan. Not as a representative of Carranza, but as a leader of the Lib eral party. It was stated that Cal deron would be a go-between for the Constitutionalists in whatever ne gotiations he might be a party to. UTAH COMES. BACK FROM MEXICAN WATERS New York, June 23. The officers and men of the battleship Utah, sun burned by their long stay in Mexican waters, attracted much attention on the streets today, when they came ashore from the vessel which arrived last night. Three months overhaul ing will be given the Utah, ficers and men will be month'a leave of absence they had no shore liberty Cruz. The of given a because at Vera New York, June 23. Yale and Princeton having each scored a base ball victory in this year's champion ship series, came to New York today to settle the question of supremacy on the Polo grounds. A large crowd was in attendance when play began. 'site I : 'fll: Important Bearing of Supreme Court's Decision Made Yesterday. II For Shippers to Proceed Against Rail roads For The Old Rater 1 Charged. - Washington, June 23 With the. Su preme Court's decision sustaining the Interstate Commerce Commission's (nr ter mountain jate orders, the way is open for shippers to recover' sums estimated, in the , aggregate, as high as ten million dollars from railroad who have been charging the old rates while the case was being fought through the courts. Reparation, if any and the amount, will have to be dft cided by the commission, in separata actions. , SLAYER OF HUSBAND GOES TO INSANE ASYLUM Portsmouth, N. H June -23.V-Mrs. ' j Mary Folsom.'Of Somerville; Ma., who. shot and killed her -husband near Exeter last Saturday,, was committed to tne State- 4nanftrsrrital- -at.- C!hn- cord today for, ojaaet'ttan; :6f mental condition.. . She said she shot her husband because, .she loved him and did not want: him. tb. marry, an other woman. L Washington, June 23. That distri bution throughout the country of benefits of the Panama Canal will rest with the Interstate Commerce Commission and not - with the trans continental railroads is one of the conclusions being drawn today from the Supreme Court's decision in the intermountain rate case,' in which, af ter nearly two years- of - consideration, the court upholds the orders of the commission by unanimous opinion. MARCH OVER OLD ROOTE HAS STARTED - Philadelphia, June 23. About one hundred and fifty members, Sons of the American Revolution, today start ed in automobiles from Independ ence Hall on a pilgrimage over the route General Washington took in 1775, when he journeyed from here to Cambridge, Mass., to assume com mand of the Continental Army. GOING AFTER MILLION MEMBERS A YEAR Chicago, 111., June 23 "Add a mill ion of names a year to the Sunday school rolls", is the slogan of the four thousand and four hundred delegates to the International Sunday School As sociation convention, jwhich opens to night, with all evangelist denomina tions represented. HAS HOT CHANGED VIEW, SAYS DANIELS Washington, June 23.- Secretary of Navy Daniels said today, x when the Cabinet assembled that Turkey's pro--: test against the gale of the battle ships Mississippi A-and Idaho ..td Greece had not altered' his view, nor that of the Administration- in fayor of the sale. 1 - WON'T SITUATION V.i i'J n .I;;'-'-r.. i-t: J-
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