"FOR GOD, FOR COUNTRY AND FOR TRUTH."
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VOL. XXV.
PLYMOUTH, N. C, FRIDAY, JULY 24, 1914.
NO. 4.
DARFIANZA STATES
WAR WILL CEASE
INFORMS WASHINGTON THAT
PEACE WILL EXIST PENDING
THE CONFERENCE.
DEMANDS A SURRENDER
Carbajal Muit Give Over Uncondition
ally and All But the Medaro Con-'
spirators Are to Be Spared. ,
Washington. General Carranza in
formed the United States Government
he was ready to declare suspension
of hostilities against the Government
of Provisional President Carbajal,
pending negotiations with his repres
entative fcr the transfer of authority
at Mexico City to the Constitutional
ists. The Constitutionalist chief express
ed his views to John It. Silliman, per
gonal representative of President Wil
son and Consul Hanna and Vice Con
sul Robertson who interviewed him at
Montery. He said he would receive
the commission of three appointed
by Carbajal to discuss peace.
Secretary Bryan announced the re
ceipt of the message from the Amer
ican representative with the comment
that the prospects for an agreement
between the two factions now were
very favorable.
General Carranza la insistent, how
ever, that the surrender of the Car
bajal Government shall be uncondi
tional. It is his Intention to give
guarantees of safety to the people
generally, but t prosecute leaders in
the plot through which Madero was
overthrown.
No official information has reached
6ecretary Bryan as to whether the
Carzajal commission has left Mexico
City.
Incidentally Secretary Bryan said
that the protocol signed at Niagara
Palls agreeing to recognize a. Govern
ment set up by agreement of the two
Mexican factions would become aff
ective if a satisfactory agreement
were reached In the proposed confer
ences.
Speaking of reports that Villa had
offered an affront to Carranza by pro
moting Major Fierro and others in
disfavor with the first chief, Secre
tary Bryan said he had received noth
ing definite enough to make public.
He Intimated that while reports of
a break between Carranza and Villa
had reached him he was seeking
through consular sources to obtain
authentic information.
WILL GO TO DISTRICT COURT.
Conference With New Haven Direc
tors Was Not a Success.
Washington. Civil suit to separata
the New York, New Haven & Hart
ford Railroad Company, from Its sub
sidiary rail, trolley and steamship
lines will be brought by Attorney
General McReynolds in the United
States District Court at New York
within the next few days.
A final effort to settle the problem
without litigation ended in failure al
though the Attorney General T. W.
Gregory, special assistant in charge
of the case, and a committee of New
Haven directors were in conference
many hours.
The committee came to discuss the
tale of the Boston & Maine stock
ovned by the New Haven. : It desired
this sale to be made free of condi
tions imposed by the state of Massa
chusetts and is said to have declared
that an unconditional sale of the Bos
ton & Maine stock would Insure a
price $10,000,000 above what the New
Haven might otherwise hop to get.
Failed to Get a Quorum.
Washington. Difficulty ia main
taining a quorum In the Senate was
ascribed by Admfnlstratlon leaders
as one of the reasons for delay in
consideration of the nomination . of
Thomas D. Jones of Chicago, as a
member of the Federal Reserve
Board. "We can't muster a quorum
for a vote," said Senator Lewis of
Illinois, who is leading the fight for
Mr. Jones' confirmation. "I hope we
can reach a vote before the end of
the week." ,
Would Dynamite Court.
London. "The next bomb I explode
will be in the police courts and I
bope it will be this one." This was
parting shot from Annie Bell, mili
tant suffragette, to the magistrate at
Westminister as he committed her for
trial on a double charge of attempt
ing to destroy on May 10 the Metre
politan Tabernacle in South London
and on July 12 the old Church of St.
John Evangelist. Miss Bell enliven
ed the sitting of the court by singing
the "Marseilaise" and shouting sad
struggling with attendant.
GEORGE BJJ, HALLETT
m i ammmm
George B. A. Hallett is the man
whom Lieutenant Porte has selected
as his assistant on the projected flight
across the Atlantic In the Wanamaker
Curtiss hydroaeroplane America.
BLOODSHED ENDED
CARRANZA STATES
REBEL CHIEF SAYS HE WANTS
TO ENTER CAPITAL CITY
IN ORDER. 1
CRITICISES' NEW LEADER
v. m
Says Provisional President Carbajal
la Too Weak to PreeeFve Order
Without More Assistance.
Monterey. Fighting and bloodshed
Is over in Mexico, if the plans an
nounced here by General Venustiano
Carranza. first chief of the Constitu
tionalists army go into effect. General
Carranza declared his main object
now would be to conduct negotiations
for the Constitutionalists to' enter
Mexico City and estabish their govern
ment without further disorder, ahed
dine of blnod or damage to property.
How these negotiations would be
arranged Carranza declared he had
not yet determined. He was unable
to sav at this time, whether they
would be conducted through the Ar
gentine, Brazil and Chile mediators
or direct with the Federals.
Unconditional surrender, however,
will be the only condition on which
these negotiations will be successful.
Carranza made that plain to newspa
permen who talked with him. . He
declared that. the "reforms for which
Constitutionalists fought must be ob
tained at whatever cost'
"The resignation of General Huer-
ta and the substitution of Carabajal
In itself will not cause the Constitu
tionalists ot compromise, on a single
point, the principles upon which the
movement was founded," declared
Carranza. ,
"If the government . machinery
through which those ends may be ob
tained is not surrendered voluntarily
by the party of Huerta, they would
be obtained by force.
Because of the effort to make the
installation of the Constitutionalist
Etwernment a peaceful one, Carranza
said it would probably be a month
before he entered Mexico City. He
stated that he did not believe that
Carbajal was strong enough to han
die effectualy the reins of power pass
ed over to him by Huerta, if the latter
had left the republic for the Island
of Cueracao, as was reported here
from the United States.
Carranza said he thought Carbajal
or any man in the civil life would
find the situation most difficult and
he exDected that the new president
would open negotiations with htm at
once. Telegraph service with. Mexico
City would be resumed at once, he
announced.
Atlanta Get University.
Atlanta, Ga. Atlanta was selected
as the seat of the University to be
established - east of the Mississippi
River by the Methodist Episcopal
Church. Soutr, at a meeting here re
cently of the Education Commission
appointed by the General Conference
of the Church to choose e location for
the proposed Institution. Birming
ham. Ala., and Hendersonville, N. C,
were second contenders for the Uni
versity. The vote selecting Atlanta
was announced as 12 to 2. Hender
sonville, N. C, and Birmingham, Ala.,
CONGRESS RESIGNS
HOPE OF Ell
ADMITTED NOW THAT ADMINIS
TRATION WORK WILL STOP
ADJOURNMENT UNTIL FALL.
BUGABOO OF THE SENATE
The Anti-Trust Program is First on
Docket and Then Comes the Bank
ers' Confirmation.
Washington. Members of Congress
who are standing valiantly by the Ad
ministration in the effort to complete
its legislative program despite the
approaching campaign, while admit
ting they are weary of legislative du
ties and anxious. to get home to. their
districts, have resigned themselves to
the conclusion that there is little hope
fo radjournment before fall.
Both houses of congress already are
having trouble In rallying a Quorum
for the transaction of business, but
the party whips are keeping constant
ly at work "bringing members who
have left town back to Washington
and they hope to expedite what busi
ness remains as rapidjy as possible.
Some Senators and Representatives
are permitted to go home from time
to time to look after-their political
fences, but it is the aim of the Dem
ocratic leaders to keep a quorum pres
ent at all times from now on.
Again the chief business of the
senate will be to press the anti-trust
bills, with a hope of getting a real
start in the general debate on the In
terstate Trade Commission bill and to
complete the revision of the Clayton
bill and the Ray burn Securities meas
ure in committee so that they may be
submitted to the senate. The Clayton
bill ready and Sena-tor Newlands,
chairman of the Interstate Commerce
Committee, hopes to have the securi
ties bill perfected soon.
, At least six weeks of discussion on
these tni3t measures is contemplated
In the Senate.
There still remains the probability
that the three bills will be consolida
ted into one. If that is done the- leg
islative task may not be prolonged.
'One thing that promises to delay
the trust program is the difficulties
which have arisen over the nomina
tions of Thomas D. Jones, of Chicago
and Paul M. Warburg of New York
as members of the Federal Reserve
Board. The senate seems still to be
deadlocked over the confirmation of
Mr. Jones, administration champions
of the Chicago man are still holding
back a vote in an effdVt to win oyer
some of thefr colleagues who oppose
his confirmation. The report of the
minority of the Banking and Currency
Committee , who favor his confirma
tion, has not yet been submitted and it
mnv he several davs Defore It is
ready.
SERIOUS BALLOON ACCIDENT,
Frenchman, Thrice Winner of Grand
Prix, Injured.
Paris. The balloon Toto, a con
testant in the Grand Prix race, crash
ed into the trees of the Tuneries uar
den injuring the pilot, Georges Blan-
chet, and his aide, Duval, and caus-
Ine a nanic among thousands of spec
tators. Several were slightly injured
in the rush many women fainted and
others were overcome by escaping
eas.
The cordage surrounding the en-
velon befran to give way when the
Toto had ascended 150 feet. Blan-
chet and his aide were bowing their
adieus and paid no attention to .warn-
in e shouts by spectators.
The basket, with the two men
clinging to it, dropped into a cluster
of trees and struck an iron picket
fence. Blanchet's injuries were minor
but Duval was injured internally
Blanchet was the winner of the Grand
Prix on three previous occasions.
, Thrashed Editor Five Minutes.
- Stuttgart, Germany. Two social
Democratic women invaded the office
ofThe Schwabische Zeitung and for
five minutes thrashed the editor be
cause he bad maligned women in an
article in his newspaper.
All May Pass Through.
Vera Cruz. Lieutenant Colonel
Izunza, ' commanding the Federals at
the gab in the railway, announced
that a proclamation had been issued
at Mexico City granting all persons
belonging to the socalled revolution
ary forces permission to pass through
the Federal lines. The only condition
imposed is that they shall not carry
arms. Colonel Izunza said the new
administration does not recognize the
existence of a revolution and consid
ers all Mexicans on a general footing
as citizens. -
MRS. THOMAS G. PATT0N
One of the motrt attractive and pop
ular women In the congressional set
at Washington la Mr. Thomas Godney
Patton, wife of one of the representa
tives from New York city. 8he Is
spending the summer at Monmouth
Beach, N. J.
IA RESIGNS
PRES. OF REPUBLIC
CENTRAL FIGURE IN MAELSTROM
OF MEXICAN POLITICS 13
ELIMINATED.
CARBAJAL TAKES OFFICE
American Troops Will Remain at Vera
Cruz Until Carranza Offers Gen
eral Amnesty to Nation.
Mexico City; General Hlctoriano
Huerta resigned from the provisional
presidency of ths Mexican Republic
and bis resignation was accepted by
the Benate and chamber of deputies
by a vote of 121 to 17.
Francisco Carbajal then was ap
pointed president and took the oath
of office at the joint session of the
deputies and senators.
Hureta's resignation was submitted
through-the department of foreign
relations. It was read in the house
and was greeted wih cries of "Viva
Huerta." It then was referred to the
joint committees of Gobernacion. Af
ter brief consideration the commit
tees reported accepting the. resigna
tion in the following terms:
e
"Article 1 We accept the resigna
tion presented by General Victoriano
Huerta as president ,of the Mexico
United States.
" Article 2 We call Licentiate Frn
cisco Carbajal, minister of foreign re
lations to assume the presidency."
A ballot was taken and the joint
session approved the report.
President Carbajal proceeded to the
national palace under an escort of
presidential guards, and all alon the
way was greeted; with tumultuous
cheering.
The galleries of the chamber of
deputies were packed before the be
ginning of the session.
Intense excitement chaiacterized
the gathering and at the close of the
reading of Huerta's resignation the
deputies and spectators broke Into
loud and continued applause.
After the acceptance of Huerta'3
resignation, a commission was ap
pointed by the president of the cham
ber to escort Senor Carbajal to the
floor of the house. Seaor Carbajal
soon apeared in front of . the cham
ber, passing through files of soldiers.
He entered and as he walked to the
platform the deputies stood. Speaker
Manuel Mercade then administered
the oath.
More New York Divorces.
New York In one borough of
Greater New York Manhattan 540
absolute divorces were granted dur
ing the six months ended June 30, as
against 373 during the same period
last year. These figures were made
public by the county clerk.
Enormous Wheat Sale.
Chicago. Twenty railroads from
the South and Middle West poured a
continuous , stream of grain into
Chicago, setting a new record for a
single day's wheat receipts here. A
total of 1,153 cars representing 1,250,
000 bushels were received. Approxi
mately $1,000,000 will be paid the
farmers for the day's shipment. The
enormous receipts exerted no in
fluence on the market, however, a
decided increase In price being re
corded instead cf the decline which
might have been expected to follow
in inoi
ill! TWO WEEKS
WASHING TREATS WITH ZEPATA
TO LEAD HIM FROM RE
BELLION. WANT CARABAJAL TO RESIGN
And New President Is Willinfl to Olvs
Government Into Hands of Gen
eral Carranza Conditionally.
Washington. Every Influence and
diplomatic agency at the disposal of
the government is, working for imme
diate peace in Mexico; V ,
The administration Is convinced
that, with the elimination rf Huerta,
the factions in Mexico wil be drawn
together quickly. To assure restora
tion of normal condltons without fur
ther bloodshed, officials, here are
exerting themselves to smooth the
way for a new and stable administra
tion which shall be recognized by the
powers. ,
Not only is" the American govern
ment at this moment counseling Gen
eral Carranza to arrange with Fran
cisco Carbajal, Huerta's successor, for
the peaceful transfer of the govern
ment at Mexico City to the Constitu
tionalists, but It became known the
administration is Indirectly In com
munication with Zapata, leader of
the revolution In Southern Mexico.
Zapata has 24,000 men, and though
most of them are poorly equipped
they would constitute a serious men
ace to a new government if they re
mained in revolution. Zapata who
demands .agrarian reforms, made com
mon cause with the Constitutional
ists and obtained supplies from them
with which to fight the Huerta gov
ernment. It is not known yet, how
ever, whether he will lay down his
arms in favor of Carranza.
The United States ia using its in
fluence through friends of Zapata to
bring him into harmony with the
peace program and an emissary from
General Carranza Is now on his way
to confer with him. f
These activittes on the part of the
American government result from a
desire that when the Constitutional
ists are installed In Mexico City and
comply with the conditions prerequi
site to formal recognition, there shall
be an end, to reVolution in Mexico
with its ever-threatening Internation
al aspects.
Carranza has been Informed that
he must conduct his triumph tem
perately; that an amnesty for politi
cal offenders be declared and the
rights of the clergy and other foreign
ers who have suffered, especially
Spaniards, be given due respect
STRIKERS DEFEAT GUARDS.
Pitched Battle Near Fort Smith, Ark.,
Between Hundreds of Men.
Fort Smith, Ark. After a pitched
battle between several hundred strik
ing coal miners and their sympathiz
ers and 100 guards stationed at the
Prairie Creek mines of the Mammoth
Vein Coal Company near Fort Smith
which ended in the rout of the
guards, tipples of three mines were
destroyed by fire and dynamite. The
property damage is estimated at $200,
000. So far as can be ascertained 'ao
one was kiled or seriously wounded
in the fighting, which began shortly
after day breakand continued until
late in the day, when the mine guards
retreated after their ammunition was
exhausted.
Rioters held possession of the mines
for several hours, wrecking the plants
with torch - and explosives.
County officials went to the scene
late in the day, but before they ar
rived the attacking party had dis
persed. The rioting was a culmination of
a series of disturbances which have
occurred at intervals since the con
tract with the United Mine Workers
was abrogated last March and an
nouncement made that the properties
owned by the Bache-Denman Coal
Company, but leased by the Mammoth
Vein Company would be operated on
an ."open shop" basis.
Constitutionalists Will Not Last
Havana. The former Mexican min
ister of commerce, Querido Moheno,
prior to his departure here for New
York, via Key West, said Huerta's
resignation was no surprise to him
and expressed the belief that a con
stitutional government would be
short lived. "Within ninety days,"
ho added, "the people who are now
shouting aproval will cry leata to the
revolution. In six months Huerta will
be the most popular man in Mexico,
because the Latin raco always pities
the fallen and opposes the powerful."
STATE BANKS ARE
VERY PROSPEROUS
REPORT SHOWS INCREASE IN
RESOURCES AND DEPOSITS
OF THE BANKS.
AGGREGATE OF $89,236,595
The 420 Banks Under North Carolina
Corporation Commission Show In
crease in Year of $7,084,365.
Raleigh. North Carolina's 420 state
banks, which are under the direct su
pervision of the North Carolina Cor
poration Commission, show in the
summary of their xconditon at the
close of business June 4, just issued,
by the commission, an aggregate of
$89,236,595 resources, an increase in
resources for the past year of $7,034,
365. The aggregate capital stock is
$11,276,418, a gain of $449,450 for the
year. The surplus fund i3 $3,625,279,
a gain of $647,000 for the year. The
total deposits at this time is $62,448,
272, a gain of $3,713,451 for the year.
The saving deposits aggregate $13,
993,717, & gain of $1,376,611 for the
year.
AGREE ON ANTI-TRUST BILL.
Senator Overman Gives Assurance
That N. C. Towns WiU Not Be
Disturbed.
. Washington. The senate $J53iiary
committe has agreed upon an anti
trust bill. The Clayton bill has been
practically rewritten. North Caro
lina manufacturers and others who
employ labor will be interested to
know that the labor unions and farm
ers organizations have been "legal
ized," but the provision which seemed
to permit the "secondary boycott"
and the picketing of private premises
by strikers have been stricken from
the measure.
Senator Overman has received
many letters protesting that prohibit
ing interlocking directorates would
cripple towns like Charlotte, Gastonia,
Concord, Salisbury and the like. Sena
tor Overman does not think this will
interfere in any way with any legiti
mate business in North Carolina. "I
want to assure the men who engage
in manufacturing, banking or other
legitimate enterprises that the inhac
tion against interlocking directorates
will not disturb them at all," said Mr.
Overman.
Two Needed Charters Granted.
Raleigh The Builders Exchange
of Charlotte, Ind., is chartered with
E. L. Jones, R. N. Hunter, L. G.
Crouse, H. F. Hanna and E. H. Clem
ent incorporators. The corporation,
without capital stock, is for the pur
pose of advancing and promoting the
interests of Charlotte, encourage and
protect the building and manufactur
ing interests of the city and suburbs
and facHtate dealings among mem
bers of the trade. There is also a
charter for the Asheville Heal-Seekers
Association, chartered without capital
stock for providing friendly attention
for worthy tuberculosis patients,
funds for their needs and a sanato
rium for the care of patients with
small means and the indigent. The
incorporators are D. A. Pressley, W.
P. Harvey and J. H. Williams.
Shelby Adding to Water Supply.
Shelby. Patronage of the local wa
ter plant, municipally owned, has out
grown its present capacity and an ad
ditional filter plant is being installed
at a cost of $1,500. At times the wa
ter supply has run low and the sprink
ling of streets was abandoned for sev
eral weeks, but in less than 10 days
the new filter will have been installed
and the supply will be ample to meet
the requirements of the city for years
to come.
Congressman Will Endorse Clark.
Washington. Representative Pou
has called a meeting of the North Car
olina delegation to endorse Judge Wal
ter Clark for the supreme court of the
United States. .All of the Tar Heels
will go, some cheerfully, but others
reluctantly.
Gen. Wood Visits Camp.s
Asheville. It was an eventful one
at Camp Grove, the military instruc
tion camp of the War Department at
the food of 'Sunset Mountain, General
Leonard Wood, chief-ol-staff of the
United States Army, his aide, Captain
Frank McCoy, and Major Russell, of
the Signal Corps, arriving at the en
campment. General Wood is making
an inspection of the camp and the
rifle range and will return to Wash
ington at once. Major Russell ia
here to deliver lectures on "The Use
f the Signal Corps i Time of War