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VOL. XXIV.
PLYMOUTH, N. C, FRIDAY, JULY 25, 1913.
NO. 4.
AMERICAN EAGLE
TO STRETCH WINGS
PROPOSAL FOR PROTECTORATE
OVER NICARAGUA FORECASTS
NEW POLICY.
PRESIDENT FAVORS PLAN
Senators Divided on Proposition.
Sensation Is Created in Diplo
matic Circles.
. Washington. The . proposed new
Nicaraguan treaty, virtually establish
ing an American protectorate over Nic
aragua, which Secretary of State Bry
an urged before the senate foreign
relations committee with the consent
and approval of President Wilson in
augurates a vastly important new pol
icy for this government in relation
to its Central American neighbors.
It will ultimately establish, the Unit
ed States as Lord Paramount of the
western hemisphere, and' has led to
the suggestion that Mr. Bryan has
abandoned his anti-imperialist views.
The matter has become the absorb
ing topic of. diplomatic and congres
sional discussion.
While official utterances have not
been given of the purpose of the
administration to outline a general pol
icy toward Central America, members
of the senate evince a growing convic
tion that the principle to be applied
to Nicaragua is one that the Wilson
administration would be glad to see
extended to the other Central Ameri
can republics.
Members of the ' foreign relations
committee who were present when
Secretary Bryan unfolded his plan con
tinued to assert they. could not dis
cuss the new development. The orig
inal Nicaraguan treaty has been the
subject of open discussion among sen
ators. This compact did not go fur
ther, however, than to guarantee the
United States exclusive canal rights,
and naval base site, in exchange for
a payment of $3,000,000 in gold.
The later project to extend a vir
tual protectorate over Nicaragua, has
assumed the character of an interna
tional policy, which members of the
senate are discussing with emphatic
expressions of opinion. It is believed
that Senators Clarke of Arkansas, Bo
rah and some other influential mem'
bers of the foreign relations commit
tee wlil take the general attitutde of
opposition toward the Bryan-Wilson
plan; while Senators O'Gonnan, Bur
ton and several others are known to
favor many of its essential points.
NO FILIBUSTER ON TARIFF
G. O. P. Senators Say They Will Not
Delay Measure.
Washington. Republican senators
have served notice uoon their Demo
cratic opponents that there is to be
no unnecessary delay of the Under
wood-Simmons tariff revision bill
While the sharp tongue of Republican
criticism and dire prediction is to oe
loosed throughout the tariff debate, the
Republican do not plan to add any gen
eral filibustering tactics or to at
tempt to hold up final action on tariff
revision.
' This Dolicy has been partially out
lined in the opening speech of the
Remiblican ODDonents of the admlnis
- tration bill, in colloquies on the floor
of the senate and In private confer
ences among senators. Within the
next few ; days a series of vigorous
attacks are to be made on the general
principles of the Underwood-Simmons
bill, following, out the lines of Senator
Cummins' sDeech.
The general denunciations will be
followed by concerted attacks on cer
tain schedules, where the Republicans
insist that the new measures will mean
ruin to American industries. The
Democrats are prepared to meet all
the Republican arguments
Engineer Cuts Throat. -
Decatur, Ala. Pinned beneath an
overturned locomotive, Huston Flem
ing, an engineer, put an end to his
torture -bv cutting his own throat
when spectators othis plight refused
his request to kill him. Fleming, with
Floyd Hamlin, an air Inspector, was
testine a new locomotive in the Louis
ville and Nashlvlle yards when it was
hurled from the tracks by a switch en
gine and overturned.
Storm Ravages New Orleans.
New Orleans. Five persons were
nurt when a severe electrical and wind
storm struck Spanish Fort, an-amuse
ment resort on Lake Pntchartraln,
blowing 25 feet cf transom from the
theater roof down upon the audience,
extinguishing the lights and causing
nandemonium. A bolt of lightning
struck and fired a tank containing 20,
000 gallons of oil across the river In
AtnesvIlle.Uhe property of the Tex
aa Oil coniDanv. The loss will ba
about $25,000. Lightning damaged and
the electric light plant in Algiers.
TWO HISTORIC RELICS
MIk?. " si e;s is
fymh' Jl m i $
During the current celebrations o f the hundredth anniversary of Com
modore Perry's victory on Lake Erie the center of interest naturally is
his flagship Niagara, shown in the photograph as it appeared after being
raised from the bottom of the lake. While Perry was waiting with his fleet
at Erie, the very wagon shown below was toiling overland from Dela
ware with his ammunition. , n ' , -,
U: S. REPLIES TO JAPAN
AMERICAN REPLY TO LAST TWO
JAPANESE NOTES ON CALI
FORNIAN CONTROVERSY.
Believed This Country Has Said Last
Word Regarding California
. Land Law.
Washington. The American reply
to the last two Japanese notes on
the California alien land law was de
livered by- Secretary Bryan to Am
bassador Chinda, who at once cabled
it to Tokio. As in. the case of the
preceding notes, contents of-the lat
est one were withheld from publica
tion. There is some expectation in offi
cial circles that the delivery of this
last note will conclude the negotia
tions on this subject between the two
countries, for the present at least, if
not altogether.
It is declared that the American
reply to the various points of objec
tion to the California legislation has
been made so complete as to remove
most of them from the field of dis
cussion. Even in cases where the
Japanese contentions have not been
manifestly completely negatived the
expert diplomatists are said to have
so framed their responses as to re
duce the points to clear issues which
probably can be adjusted only on the
basis of judicial decisions.
The result has been reached' through
the exchange of five notes, the nego
tiations beginning May 8 last, with
the originar protest by Japan against
the projected alien land-owning act
by the California legislature. This
elicited a reply from Secretary Bryan
TURKS INVADE BULGARIA
Turkey Intends to Occupy Lot of Bul
, gar Terirtory.
London, Englafid Both Turkey
and Roumania are rapidly pushing the
occupation of as much Bulgarian terri
tory as possible, not ostensibly with a
view to permanent occupation but in
order to procure for themselves a
weightier voice in the final settle
ment. King Charles of Roumania has gone
to join his army headquarters, the
Turks have occupied Luleburgas, Bu
nar'Hissar and Visa and are march
ing toward Kirk Kilisseh. The Greek
army has occupied Nevrokop.
Arm of Law Found Man at Last.
Louisville, Ky. Richard Allen, aged
58, said to be a prosperous farmer of
New Madrid, Mo., Is in jail here, and
will resume his journey to the state
penitentiary at Frankfort to serve a
two-year sentence pronounced upon
him twenty-six years ago for killing
Deputy Sheriff Charles Tucker at
Liberty, Ky. After his conviction
twenty-six years ago, Allen escaped
from the jail at Liberty and had not
been heard from until recognized re
cently in Missouri by relatives of
Tucker.
OF THE WAR OF 1812
EUROPE PRESSES UNCLESAM
WANTS HER TO DECLARE INTEN
TIONS IN REGARD TO MEX-t
ICAN CONDITIONS. j
i
Situation Is Intolerable for Foreigners
and Revolutionary Conditions
Exist.
Washington. Administration offi
cials admitted that the situation in
Mexico and diplomatic inquiries over
Europe as to what the attitude of
this country would be toward , its
neighbor on the south were engaging
their deepest attention.
It is stated that European diplomats
stationed in Mexico have sent to their
respective governments identical notes
in which they declare that the position
taken by the United States "with ref
erence , inexicu . tuuu 4Tsmcretary had made a long address de
revolutionary conditions and su-ggSTT J
ing that the representatives at Wash
ington of the respective European
countries be instructed to request rec
ognition or that the United States as
sume responsibility for affairs here.
Mr. Bryan declined to say what the
policy of the United States govern
ment would be toward any European
representations, but intimated that a
pronouncement on the situation might
be expected in a short time.
GEORGIA URGED TO EXHIBIT
U. S. Commissioner Tells Legislators
Appropriation Should Be Made.'
Atlanta, Ga. T. Sambola Jones of
Louisiana, commissioner-at-large from
the United States of the Panama-Pacific
exposition to be held at San Fran
cisco, Cal., in 1915, addressed the gen
eral assembly of Georgia extolling the
merits of the great exposition and of
the Panama canal and urging that a
proper showing be made by the state
of Georgia.
Mr. Jones emphasized the fact that
the South would be the main recipi
ent of any good that may and will be
derived by the completion of the Pana
ma canal and stated that every South;
ern state would answer to the roll call
in 1915 by an adequate exhibition of
their products; and that Georgia by
virtue of her high rank among the
states should have an exhibition which
would be representative of her natural
resources.
Inez Milholrand' Married.
London. Miss Ine Milholland, the
New York suffragist, was married in
London to Eugene Boissevain, a weal
thy Dutchman, whose home is in Am
sterdam. Inez Milholland is the daugh
ter of John Milholland, a wealthy New
York lawyer, and is herself a practic
ing lawyer with offices in the financial
district, New York. She has been
prominent In woman's suffrage work
since her graduation from Vassar. She
has appeared in her professional ca
pacity in legal cases affecting the con
dition of working girls.
U. S. BLUEJACKETS
ATTACK SOCIALISTS
SEATTLE HEADQUARTERS OF SO
CIALISTS AND INDUSTRIAL
, WORKERS SACKED.
A RIOT FOLLOWS SPEECH
Secretary of the Navy Daniels Had De
clared There Was No Place for
Red Flag In This Country.
Seattle; Wash.' A party of United
States marines and sailors from the
reserve fleet, most of the sailors wear
ing the . name bands of the 4 cruisers
Colorado and. California, started to
"clean tup the town," as they expressed
it, by attacking Socialist and Indus
trial Workers of the World headquar
ters '. "';
A second party of men from the Pa
cific reserve fleet attacked the big In
dustrial Workers' headquarters on
Washington street, in the southern
part of the- city. The contents of the
buildings were dragged into the street
and a bonfire made of them.
A provost guard ,of fifty men from
the fleet was hurried ashore in cut
ters to arrest all the.-men ashore.
Secretary of the Navy Daniels was
dining on the curiser West Virginia,
the guest of Admiral Reynolds at the
time rioting began. , .
About a' dozen sailors, all young,
were in the first wrecking party that
got under" way. They were aided by
several members of the Washington
naval militia and by a hundred civil
ians, who had made most of the noise.
Waving United States': flags the storm
fig party swooped down on the cart
news stand of Milard Price, a Socialist
orator, at . the .intersection of Fourth
avenue and West Lake boulevard, the
busiest night corner of the city. The
cart was broken to splinters in a mo
ment, and the big stock of Socialist
papers and magazines were -torn, toss
ed Into th street and jumpea upon,
' -'SofrotaWr)an1el of the:Na.w DeDart
ment addressed a banquel given at the
Ranier, club in his honor, and spoke
in eulogy; of the American flag ana
took occasion to praise the attitude
of the mayor of Boston, who stopped
a red 'flag parade. '
"The red flag has no plaice in this
country," he said, "and believers in
it hav no nlace in this country. A
mayor who does not enforce the law
against the red .flag ,is not fit to hold
office, and people who believe in the
red : flag should be driven from the
country." - ' "
Mr. Daniels then passed "on to eu
logize President Wilson and closed his
address amid great cheering. Ills rsd
flag remarks occupied only, a minute
and those who observed him closely
say that'he had no intention of mak
ing-them apply locally. ; However, word
was passed about the street that the
voted to the. two flags and had urged
that all believers in the red flag be
driven out of the country,
HEAT WAVE-STRIKES SOUTH
Reports of Deaths-aViid of Prostrations
Come From Many, Cities.
Atlanta, a. The heat wave under
which the southwesf has'sweltered the
last few days pushed the mercury to
97 degrees in Atlanta, making a rec
ord for the year. The minimum
through the day was 76 degrees, higher
than it has been this year.
Reports from points throughout the
south Atlantic states indicated intense
heat from Virginia to Florida. The
highest temperatures were recorded in
Georgia towns. No deaths were re
ported. r At Macon, Ga., the mercury topped
104, the highest ever recored there.
Street thermometers at Augusta, where
there were five prostrations, registered
107 1-2. The government thermometer
said 99. . .
Charlotte reported 101 degrees, the
hottest In twenty-five years. The max
imum at Jacksonville was 95. It w-as
93 ;1n Savannah.; At Columbia the
temperature was 99. ,
la Knoxville there were six heat
prostrations. In Indiana there were
six deaths and numerous prostrations;
in St. Loui3 three death 3 were report
ed and as many prostrations; Louis
ville had five deaths and three pros
trations, and from many other cities
Wilson's List Has Many Republicans.
Washington. A large number of
nominations of consular officers will
be transmitted to the senate soon.
The list will include many of the
names contained in the slate which
failed of confirmation at the close of
the Taft administration, it is said this
list will be the first demonstration of
the purpose of President Wilson to
continue the application of civil serv
ice principles In the consular service,
as many of the officers named for pro
motion are either Republicans or of
unknown political affiliations.
NEWS OF NORTH CAROLINA
Short Paragraphs of State News That
' Has Been Condensed 'For Busy
People of State.
Lumberton. While a number of boy
employees of the Dresden Cotton
Mills were bathing In Lumber River
recently, uue ot inem, named Todd
was drowned. Efforts to recover the
body had been in vain at last report.
Spring Hope. Mr. Dave Lester, of
this place, died as a result of a mule
kicking him. Mr. Lester was "snak
ing" logs for J. J. Sanders. The mule's
feet got out of the traces, when Mr.
Lester whipped him to make him get
back in the traces. The mule kicked
with fatal effect,
Goldsboro. A telegram from the
chief of police at Plymouth states that
a man answering the description of
W. H. Gibson has bean arrested In
that city and will be held until Mr.
Hales and an officer arrive on the
scene from this city.
Newborn. Fire of unknown origin
but believed to have been caused by
rats igniting matches, visited Orien
tal, a small town a few miles below
Newbern recently and caused damage
estimated at $70,000. The blaze orig
inated in the store occupied by the
Hooker Grocery Company and spread
from that to the dry goods store of
John Rachid.
Wilson. George Whitley, who was
shot from ambush ner Bailey while
returning from church accompanied
by a young sister was unable to attend
the preliminary hearing before J. H.
Fulghum, J. P., which wa3 set to be
heard at Bailey several days ago. The
hearing was postponed until August
6th and will be held si Middlesex be
fore Recorder F. H. Brooks. .
Greenville. Considerable time and
attention are being devoted by the
people of this township to the bond
election which is to take place next
Tuesday week for the issuance of
$50,000 bonds for the construction of
good roads. The voters seem to be
pretty evenly divided on the subject,
although it is a fact that both sides
are claiming a victory by c big ma
jority. - "
Raleigh. The corporation commls-
sion made an order requiring the
Southern Railway to put Into opera
tion on and after August 1, an addi
tional passenger train between San
ford and Mount Airy; to leave San
ford 5.: 40 a .m. and arrive at Mount
Airy at 11:50 a. m. returning to leave
Mount Airy at 3 p. m., and arrive at
Sanford at 3 p: m.
Greenville. Work will begin in a
few days on the additions to the
Teachers' Training School here. It is
exp-ected to have the buildings com
pleted by the opening of the fall term,
but they are not expected to accommo
date the increased atendance already
booked for the coming academic year.
Interest runs high in the. coming elec
tion for road bonds so high, In fact,
that It Is said that doubtful registra
Wasbjington. Local business mem
have, become interested in the sub
ject of good roads for Washington and
Beaufort county. These gentlemen
have during the past several days
raised about $600 by private subscrip
tion, and expect to build two or three
miles of sand-clay road for demon
stration purposes hoping to' stimulate
interest and co-operation among the
citizens of the county and show the
benefits resulting in! a business way.
. , Wilson. At the September, 1911,
term of Wilson superior court Judge
Cooke sentenced John Morris '(son
of one of Wilson's wealthiest citizens)
to eighteen months on . the roads for
recklessly shooting In town and hold
ing up a prominent citizen . at the
point of a rifle. Morels served but a
few weeks of his time when he took
long chances and shook the" road dust
from his feet. : For some time he
scouted around nearby towns and fin
ally located in Emporia, Va.
Wilmington. In view of the recent
speech of Mr. A. J. Maxwell, clerk of
the corporation commission, before
the North Carolina Retail Merchants'
Association at Wrights ville Beach, ad
vocating state-aided boat lines as a so
lution of the freight rate problem,
which has created considerable inter
est throughout the state, the public
will no doubt be interested in the rec
ord of the report for the yast year. Its
advantages to the state arid facilities
at hand.
High Point. Plans are being form
ulated for a big celebration at the
completion of the Coler road to High
Point. The occasion will be within
the next six weeks and the celebra
tion will be sufficient to bring thou
sands of people to the city.
Wilmington. Mrs. Eliazbeth Van B.
Nichols, divorced from the late Allan
B. Nichols in New York five years ago,
and since that time a leader in Wil
mington social circles, has been In
dicted in three cases charging the em
bezzlement of $15,000 from an old
friend, Mrs. Helene P. Lemassena, of
Pftiladlpehia.
HUERTA REGIME
GBOillGSHffl
REPORTS OF CONTENTION AND
STRIFE REACHING WASHING-
TON DAILY.
A COLLAPSE IS PENDING
A Statement is Issued By President
Wilson at This Time to Clear Up the
Published .Misrepresentations. To
Guard American' Interests.
Washington. -r Reports of conten
tions surrounding the Huerta Govern
ment in Mexico have put Administra
tion circles In an attitude, of keen ap
prehension toward the situation there.
Advices which officials believe to indi
cate that the.strife between the Huerta.
regime and the, revolutionary elements
is nearing a poin where some definite
conclusion is to be reached. -
Information of this situation was
permitted to become known and was
coupled with the authoritative state
ment that the United estates was mak
ing no additional naval or military .
preparations. Reports of impending
collapse of the Huerta regime are be
ing talked over freely in official cir
cles though no official of the Adminis
tration will permit hi3 name to be
coupled with them. . All information
made public was with the stipulation
that it should not be represented as
reflecting the views of the Adminis
tration. . . ' ; '
Meanwhile President Wilson is
awaiting the coming of Ambassador
Henry Lane Wilson, hurrying North
from Mexico City to make a first-hand ,
report of conditions. His reports will
be compared ..with those JPresldent
Wilson has reecived from other
sources.
Secretary Bryan who has cancelled
some of his lecture dates that he
might return to Washington, will par
ticipate in the conferences.
Ambassador Wilson w,as at Havana
at last report, and an indication of the
desire to. hurry him to Washington was
seen in a request by Secretary Bryan
to Surgeon General Blue of the Public
Health Service to expedite the Am
bassador's passage through quaran
tine at Havana and Key West.
. Proposal For Protectorate.
Washington. Strong support has
developed In the senate for President
Wilson's new policy of protection and
supervision over Nicaragua. An Infor
mal poll of, the committee on foreign
relations indicated that the treaty pro
posed by Secretary Bryan will receive
endorsement with a safe margin "bf
votes and come into the senate with
the backing of influential members of
both political parties. It became
known definitely that the proposal
does not bind the United States to any
obligation for the outstanding debts of
Nicaragua. ' t 1
Motoring Women to Storm Congress.
Washington. Scores of suffragist
laden automobiles are hastening to
ward Washington bearing, petitions to
congress for a constitutional amend
ment granting universal rsuff race and
by theVenil of this week leaders of
the national woman suffrage associa
tion said these automobiles would be
numbered by. the hundreds. The sen
ate and house are to be stormed by
the motoring women July 31. Already
a number of state parties of women
are on their way here awheel.
Earth Shocks Felt in Germany..
Berlin. Besides the sharp shocks
of earthquake felt throughout Wur-
temberg tremors were experienced all
over" Southern Germany .extending J
from Strassburg by ways of 'Frankfort
to Munich in Bavaria" an A far as
Zurich in Switzerland. Many persons
were thrown down in the streets and
nunareas ran in terror ouc ot tneir
nouses. At strassourg me seismic re
cording instruments were put out of
business by the violence of the distur
bance. Calamity Will Come Says Smoot.
Washington. Republican Senators j
continued to bombard the Underwood-1
Simmons tariff bill. Senator Burton of j
Ohio expressing the assurance that it .
would fail in its purpose to lower tha
cost of living and Senator Smoot off
Utah, in an address branding it as?
"the most injurious tariff measure ever?
taken up for consideration. "This!
bill,," said Senator Smoot, "13 a pari
tisan.and sectional measure, the out-t
come of secret caucus methods such a
never ruled before in the Senate c.
the United States. f