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TRULL WILL PAY .
DEATH PENALTY
YOUNG MAN , CONVICTED ' OF
SWAIN MURDER SENTENCED
' . TO ELECTRIC CHAIR.
IITP
REPEAL OF TOLLS
LIEUT. FREDERICK MEARS
THOMAS RIGGS, JR.
IIILA1UUWHIIIJ
ACCEPTABLE TO ALL
TE
SELECTION OF A SUITABLE PRO.
TREASURY OFFICIALS THINK IT
MEASURE WITH 6IMMONS-NOR
RIS RIDER PASSES SENATE
60 TO SS.
VISIONAL IS PROBLEM OF .
MEDIATORS.
POSSIBLE THAT THIS ' WILL
'be. -
SOME NAMES ARE DISCUSSED
JUDGE SHAW BREAKS DOWN
SECURE DIRECTORS IN JJJNE
FAST WORK. IS EXPECTED
Htvin i i n
12 RESERVE BANKS
READY BY AUGUST 1
PASSED III
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No Agreement Has Yet Been Reach
ed The Task It a Difficult One
and Causing Work.
Niagara Falls. Ont. The crux of the
Mexican problem, the selection of a
man for provisional president, accept
able to all factions In Mexico and for
eign governments generally was
reached in a conference between the
mediators and the American and
Mexican delegates.
For more than ad hour names of
various individuals were discussed
but on none was there a semblance
of agreement There will be another
conference on the same subject. De
tails of the peace plan are practically
set aside now for the greater task of
finding the man of the hour he who
can reconcile the warring factions
and maintain peace while a constitu
tional election is held and normal or
der is resumed.
Incidentally General Carranza's note
transmitted by Rafael Zubaran, his
representative in Washington, arrived
advising the mediators that Constitu
tionalist delegates were on their way
to the mediation conference with full
instructions.
The mediator's made no comment
on the note. It contains no reference
to an armistice, on which the media
tors have been insisting and there was
nothing to show that the mediators
had in any way altered their determi
nation reached not to admit officially
the representatives of General Carran
sa unless an armistice was declared.
Some other way of dealing with them
perhaps through the American dele
gates, may be found when they arrive.
The Constitutionalist representa
tives are needed here to facilitate the
course of the peace program in its
present stages for in the discussion
of names they can be of mush servire
to mediation generally by indiratlng
who will, or will not be acceptable.
At present the mediators have ac
complished only one step in their
journey toward the pacification of
Mexico. This was the adoption of the
first protocol dealing with the trans
fer of authority from the hands of
the present regime to a new provi
sional government. r
WILSON WILL LEAD WAY.
International Fleet of World's Navies
Will Pass Through in March, 1915.
Washington President Wilson next
March personally will lead the Inter
national fleet of warships from Hamp
ton Roads to Colon to participate in
the formal opening of the Panama
canal by passing through on the
bridge of the world-famous old battle
ship Oregon as leader of the long
line of fighting craft of all nations
and then after proceeding northward,
enter the Golden Gate at the head of
the immense armada and attend the
Panama Pacific Exposition at San
Francisco.'
This announcement was made by
Secretary Daniels. Originally the
president was to go from Washington
to Hampton Roads to greet command
ers of the International fleet as they
arrived. Afterward he was to make
the trip by rail to San Francisco to
visit the exposition at some conveni
ent later date. ......
The president, however, has deter
mined now to do full honor to the ex
position by making his advent on the
Tcene at the head of an armada, the
like of which the world has never
seen.' Also he will redeem his long
standing promise to Col. George W.
Goethals to formally open the Pana
ma canal.
The president, according to the
present program, will leave Washing
ton for, Hampton Roads, accompanied
by his official family, on the yacht
Mayflower, March 5, 1915. The inter
national fleet will have been gathering
In hte Roads since January 1.
May Put in White Man.
. Washington. James B. Lloyd, of
Tarboro, is slated for recorder of
deeds of the District of Columbia, if
the Democrats can priae Henly Lin
coln Johnson, negro, out of that place
and keep another negro from getting
it It has been4 understood for some
time that Mr. Wilson's campaign man
agers promised negro leaders in
doubtful states to keep a negro in the
recorder of deeds, office. Mr. Lloyd liv
ed In Illinois for several years and
has Just recently returned to North
Carolina.
Examine School Children.
Wilmington. Announcement was
made by Dr. Charles Wardell Stiles,
professor in charge of the Marine hos
pital here, that the physical examina
tion of school children of this city
won"! be continued during the sum
mer months. Lest summer several
hundred cLiU'rea were examined and
, tv;8 pr.t Vinter mental examln
t i t! r-Ttrc&L'y all t'ia sr';H.l
t' left it'' y Tfre ir s. 1 '.. -j
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Lieut Frederick Meare,' U. 8. A, It
one of the three men named by the
president to build the government
railroads In Alaska.1 He had charge
of the relocation of the Panama rail
road and was recommended by Colonel
Goethals.
GARRANZA IS LEFT
SOUTH AMERICANS REFUSE TO
WAIT LONGER FOR ANSWER
FROM HIM.
ILL-FAVORED REPORTS STIR
It Is Feared That Huerta's Men Will
Advance On United States Army
Vera Cruz.
Washington. Administration ofri-
clals would not comment on the South
American mediators refusal to wait
longer for General Carranza to ans
wer their communication suggesting
that Constitutionalist representatives
be sent to participate in the Mexican
peace conference at Niagara Fall's.
Publication by the mediators of ex
changes between them and General
Carranza's agents and the report that
the South American envoys regarded
further waiting as-beneath their . dig
nity were taken here to mean that
the door to mediation is closed on the
Constitutionalists. While the media
tors were determining to close the
deor of the conference to Carranza,
President Wilson and Secretary of
State Bryan held a protracted confer
ence at the White House. They were
in frequent communication with (he
American commissioners at Niagara
Falls and following these inter
changes, Mr.: Bryan reiterated that
mediation was "progressing satisfac
torily." '... j- ;:',
A few minutes later word came
from Niagara Falls, of the decision of
the mediators with respect to Car
ranza. As soon as he reached his of
fice, Mr. Bryan was called to the long
distance telephone and informed qf
the action of the mediators. .
"I have heard of the decision of
the mediators," Mr. Bryan said when
asked concerning the late reports from
Niagara Falls, "but there is nothing
for me to say."
The fact that General Carranza had
forwarded no answer to he latest
communication from the , mediators
had been regarded in some quarters
here for several days as an indication
that he did not intend to participate
in mediation which would require , a
cessation of hostilities against Huerta.
It was reported officials of the Wash
ington government had been well
aware of this for some time and had
bo informed the conferees at Niagara
Falls. : It was upon this information,
some believe, that the reported sug
gestions were made of continuing the
mediation in its present form.
Railroad Will Economize
St. Louis. The employes, from of
fice boy to president of the St Louis
and Southwestern Railway - (Cotton
Belt) with the exception of the em
ployes of the transportation and me
chanical departments, will be forced
to take a three days' Vacation without
pay during the month of June. This la
due, "Vice President Nelson said, to
poor business. 'Conservative esti
mates figure the saving to the road at
$12,000 during the month. The three
day furlough was decided on recently
instead of wage reduction: - t
. Aeroplanes Under Repair. ' ..
Washington. Damaged and weath
er-beaten until they are no longer con
sidered safe, two aeroplanes used by
General Funston for scouting work
along the outskirts of Vera Cruz were
Ordered with their crews back to aero
nautic headquarters at Pensacola,
Fla., for repairs. They will be trans-
portel on tba. Battleship Mississippi.
Tl a navy drartmnt t--tk steps tr
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OUT OF MEDIATION
Elections of Directors In All Classes
Are Being Made Rapidly by the
Member Banks,'
Washington. Treasury Department
officials were still of the opinion that
It would be possible to have the 12
Federal reserve banks in operation by
August 1 although they say the do
mand for money to move crops has
not been such as would suggest any
great strain to be relieved by the
reserve banks.
Practically the remainder of June
will be required for the election of
directors of the Federal reserve
banks. Banks which are to become
members ef reserve banks now. 'are
balloting for directors of the A and
B classes. Each reserve bank will
have three directors of . class A and
three of class B all named by electors
selected by . the various member
banks. Three directors of class C
are then to be designated by the Fed
eral reserve board and must be men
with banking experience.
The organization committee has
not made any call upon member
banks as yet for the initial one-sixth
of their subscriptions to the capital
stock of the reserve bank to which
they wish to belong. Such a call
hardly would be made until after the
Federal reserve board is confirmed by
the senate and takes up its work in
Washington.
Much detail work awaits the Fed
eral reserve board after it assumes of
fice. Secretaries and assistants to
the members must be selected and a
complete system rf reports for the
reserve banks must be worked out.
HOUSES PASSES REPEAL, 21671.
Long Bitter Fight Came to End After
Brief Debate in House. -
Washington. The , long and ; bitter
fight In Congress came to an end when
the House, after brief debate and with
out the formality of a conference, ac
cepted by a vote of 216 to , 71 the
Senate amendment specifically reserv
ing all rights the United States may
have ; , under , the Hay-Pauncafpte
Before ending the contest by con
curring in the Senate amendment,
the House voted down 154 to 108, a
proposal advanced by Representative
Moss of AVest Virginia 'to attach to
the repeal a flat declaration of the
right of the United States to exempt
its vessels from tolls and of the sov
ereignty of the United States i Over
the Canal Zone. . t
There were flashes of heat in-the
debate which characterized the orig
inal consideration of the measure.
Representative Underwood, the Dem
ocratic leader, although voting for the
Senate amendment, said that Congress
should! never have made this "un-
American surrender," and called the
amendment "Ineffective and negative."
Republican Leader Mann, who had
vigorously opposed repeal, supported
the amendment, declaring it left the
entire question of the right of this
country to be determined in the fu
ture.
Fined For Wearing Extreme Dree.
Richmond, Va.Ethl Marcuson 19,
of Winston-Salem, N. C, was fined $2
by Police Justice Crutchfleld for ap
pearing In the streets in an extremely
low-cut, clinging "silhouette" pink
silk dress. "It was so hot yesterday,"
was her only comment.
Celebration Postponed.
Petersburg, Va. Plans for the cel
ebration of the fiftieth anniversary by
local Sons of Veterans of the famous
Battle of the Crater, July 3, were
abandoned. No reason was given for
the decision. i
. 106 Degrees tn Petersburg.
Petersburg. - Va. All records for
June were broken here when a tem
perature of .106 was recorded. '
Famine at Vera Crux,
Washington. News of a threatened
famine among - inhabitants of Vera
Cruz and vicinity set the telegraph
wires to work out of the department
of commerce and Secretary. Redfleld
has received assurances that Ameri
can merchants soon would have large
uppliea of food on the way to the
Mexican port to be sold at moderate
prices. The shipment will go In Xree
of duty If officials here can arrange it
Secretary Redfleld's telegrams were
addressed to . commercial organiza
tions. Inspect Naval Militia Organizations.
Washington. Lieut C S. McWoor-
ter, stationed at the Norfolk (Va.)
Navy Yardwas designated by Secre
tary Daniels to inspect the naval mi
litia organizations of North Carolina
at Elizabeth City, Hertford, Plymouth,
Washington and Newbern. The inspec
tion is to determine whether the mili
tia organizations are sufficiently arm
ed, uniformed end equipped for actios
duty 83 a preret.sii:tt for part;..'
t'- i 11 t' 3 ( -".J a":.'?nt cf r
Thorns Rlgge, Jr la the third ap
pointee to the commleslon to build the
government railroads In Alaska. He
la an' engineer of the coast and geo
detic survey and was one of the engi
neers on the Alaska-Canadian boun
dary commission. '
HITCH IN PLANS
OF
FLAT DISAGREEMENT AS TO
WAY PROVISIONAL PRESIDENT
IS TO BE SECURED.
THE UNITED STATES OBJECTS
Unwilling That Man Named by Gen
eral Huerta Should Succeed Him
In Presidency. 1
Niagara Falls, Ont The . United
States is unwilling to extend recogni
tion to a new provisional president If
named according to the method pre-
cribed by the Mexican delegates
which. is that General Huerta would
appoint as minister of foreign affairs
the man who is agreed on here to
bead the . new government ' The
Washington administration contends
that if General Huerta is permitted to
name the foreign minister, Who by
constitutional succession' would be
elevated to the presidency even
though the selection be made here,
such an act would be construed as
recognition of the Huerta government.
On this issue ,the mediating pleni
potentiaries came to a flat disagree
ment For , more ihan two hours' the medi
ators and American delegates argued
in vain and it was apparent when
the conferences ended that what hith
erto had been considered a matter of
detail suddenly had developed a snag.
The Mexican delegates had . not dis
cussed the point at any length with
the mediators when the latter took it
up. with the Americans. Although the
three South American, diplomats ar
gued strongly from the Mexican view
point there was good reason to believ
that the Mexican delegates would not
insist on this arrangement if they
found the United States absolutely de
termined against It.
One Mexican delegate insisted that
the Mexicans regarded the form of
transition - as a technicality which
could be dispensed with if the Ameri
can government' found, it impossible
to agree to the method suggested by
the Mexican delegates. ' , i
The mediators ; contended with
vehemence that the forms of the
Mexican Constitution- should be pre
served. The American delegates are
understood to have pointed out ; that
the 'Constitutionalists certainly would
not agree to ; a . plan of , transition
which legalized Huerta's status., Also
the American government; it was de
clared, could not extend what would
be tantamount to recognition if Huer
ta actually appointed his own suc
cessor. Senator Ribot New Premier.
Paris. Senator Rlbot definitely ac
cepted the French premiership and
announced the composition of his
Cabinet. It differed from the unoffl
clal list issued recently. Senator
Rlbot also will be Minister of Justice.
Deputy Theophile; Delcasse decided to
take the Ministry of War. Senator
Emile Chautemps becomes Minister of
Marine Instead of the Colonies, which
office remains vacant for the present,
and Deputy Joseph Noulens who was
slated for Minister of War, withdrew.
O. M. W. Spragua May Be Appointed.
Washington. Prof. O. M.' W.
Sprague, professor of banking and
finance, of Harvard University, was
among the men prominently discussed
in official circles as a probable ap
pointee tto the Federal Reserve
Board. It is generally known t?at the
President and Secretary McAdoo are
anxious that New England shall be
epresenteJ ca tbe ttcur-J, end Pro-
MEDIATORS
Fight For Repeal Dates Back to 1912
When Great Britain Made A
, Protest - '- ,
Washington. Repeal of Panama ca
nal tolls exemption for American
coastwise shipping, passed the Sen'
atq by a vote of 50 to 36. The meas
ure now goes back to the house, which
Is expected to accept the Simmons-
Norrls amendment specifically reserr
ing'all rights the United States may
have under the Hay-Paunoefot treaty.
The passage of the bill after a
bitter struggle that has lasted for
several months was regarded tonight
as another victory for President Wil
son. Although 13 Republicans came
to the aid of the 37 Democrats who
voted for the bill on final passage the
president Initiated the movement In
his party for repeal and It was behind
him that many Democrats who voted
aye" lined up on the last, test '
"There has been no certain prom
ise from the White House that the
President will sign the fall with its
qualifying amendment but there has
been no declaration that he will veto
it and party leaders in the senate
were vlrtualy certain be would ap
prove it Eleven Democrats, led by
Senator O 'Gorman fought the bill
to the end.
The Senate was weary with Its
long grind of debate, Its weary
watching for an attempt to gain a par
liamentary advantage and by the time
Vice President Marshall put the ques
tion for the passage of the bill the
oratory bad died down, the chamber
was quiet - and the vote was taken
with but little excitement.
Up to the last minute no one in
the senate was postlve a vote could
be taken. As It became more and
more , apparent however, thrat no
amendments could pass and that the
leaders expected to sit through to the
finish, the temptation to make long
speeches ceased to be attractive and
several votes were taken toward the
end without a rail call.
The bill will probably be sent to
the house at once and can be taken
up immediately If house leaders de
sire. The evident temper of the sen
ate to defeat th bill unles amended
Is expected to hav wight with the
house and Democrats anxious to put
an end to the matter as soon as possi
ble are expected to demand early
action.
Those Favoring . Bill.
The vote In favor of the bill fol
lows:... " ' '
Democrats Bankhead, Bryan! Chil
ton, Clark, -Arkansas;. Culberson,
Fletcher, Gore, Hitchcock, Hughes,
James, Johnson, Kern, Lea, Lee,
Lewis, Martin, Myers, Overman,
Owen, Pittman, Pomerene, Saulsbury,
Shafroth, Sbeppard, Shlvely, Sim
mons, Smith,' Arizona; Smith, Geor
gia; Smith, Maryland; Smith, South
Carolina;. Stone, Swanson, Thompson,
Thornton, West White, Williams
87.:- ., r " . ' - ;
Republicans Brandegee, Burton,
Coit, Crawford, Gronna, Kenyon, Mc
Cumber, McYean, Nelson, Norrls,
Root, Sterling, Sherman 13.
Total 60.
Those Against Bill.
.Democrats Ashurst, Chamberlain,
Lane, Martine, Newlands, O'Gorman,
Randsdell, Reed, Vardaman, Thomas,
Shields 11. - '
Republicans Borah, Brady, ; Brls-
tow, Burleigh, Catronf Clapp, Clark,
Wyoming; - Cummins, Dillingham, Du
pont Goff, Jones, LaFollette, Lippltt,
Page, Perkins, Smith, Michigan;
Smoot Sutherland, Townsend, War
ren, Weeks, Works 23. . ;
Progressive Poindexter.
Total 35.
Georgia Cotton Mills Destroyed.
Dublin. " Ga. Fire ' destroved , the
Oconee cotton mills here, causing an
estimated property loss of $150,000
partlaly covered by insurance. ,
Vote on Prohibition Expected. '
Washington. Nation-wide prohibi
tion will be voted on by the bouse
within four or five weeks, according
to nredlctions made at. the capitol af
Tier the rules committee had postpon
ed until July 1 action on a special rule
to. provide for Immediate considrea
tlon of the proposed Hobso'n . amend
ment Members of the committee de
clared they would consider and prob
ably report the Cantrell rule resolu
tion In July. J ; The committee's ac
tion followed 'a day of stormy confer
ences between groups of congressmen.
Safety At Sea. 7.':,,-i'. .
Washington. The convention adop
ted by the recent London Conference
on Safety at Sea was ordered reported
favorably to the senate by the foreign
relations committee. The committee
Inserted in the convention a reserva
tion preserving the rights of the Uni
ted States to impose on vessels in
American waters such higher stand
ards of safety and such provisions for
Vr. fcealih r 1 comfort of rape
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Dramatic Momenta Marked Conclu-t
alon of SensationalMurder Trial
' - ' Just Ended at Charlotte..
"Charlotte. "I'm awfully sorry for
you," sobbed Judge Shaw as he spoke
Jhe words of death to Charles T. Trull
at 6:40 o'clock after the final page in ;
the tragic chapter of his trial for the
murder of the late Sidney Swain had
been written In the court records of
this county. The young man was sen-
tenced to be electrocuted August 14
between the hour of 6 a. m. and 4 p. 1
m., for his mrlme.
V Following the announcement of the
jury's verdict in the morning at 9
o'clock, the court had designated the
entire day for the counsel of the de
fendant to do what it could do to off
set the outcome of the deliberations
of the Jury. It was a task too monu- 1
mental for human capacities and the -three
men who have tried to stand v
between the iron hand of the law and
the life of this young man fell back
aghast before the work that was laid
out for them to do. They could not
stay the majestic movements of the '
law, the inevitable consequence of the
court's proceedings and while they .
tolled laboriously and fought tactful
ly aad gave up hopefully, they failed
to find a flaw upon which the court
would onen un to thm th avenun of
opportunity for saving the life of their
client. , .
With many motions swept away by
Judge Shaw and no further ground
left upon which the counsel for the
unfortunate youth could plant Its feet
in behalf of his life, the court called
upon Trull to stand up. The ' de
fendant sprang from his seat at the
call and faced the bench. He was
unflinching. His face showed a sick
ly pallor. In appearance he was trans
lated from an Impetuous youth of the 1
first day's trial to a wrecked piece-of
human flesh. His eyes were sunk and .
hollowed, his color was hideous; his
countenance was pallid; his hair was
wrecked with perspiration, but his
nerve abided. It never left him. He
was as cool and - composed as any
man in the congested corridors of the ,
court house. He spoke without trem
or; he was unsupported so far as
friends and relatives were involved.
No man whohad lifted a voice for
him was near except bis lawyers.
His step-father was not in court. - V
.." FIGHT FOR ROAD MONEY.
Overman and Simmons Do Not Intend
' , to "Let Money Slip, ,
Washington. Senators Overman
and Simmons are going to the mat
with Fourth ; Assistant Postmaster
General Blakesfee. They will meet
him In Postmaster General Burleson's
office and discuss the $10,000 that he
says Davidson county cannot have
because it has not met the require
ments of the law,-and which he now"
threatens to turn over to some other
State. . - .
"I do not intend to let that money
leave North Carolina if I can pre-.
vent it," said, Senator Simmons. "I
told the Postmaster General the oth
er day, in the presence of Senator
Overman and Charles M. Thompson
of Davidson county, that Blakeslee
was trying to find an excuse to take
the. $10,000 away from our allotment.
Mr. Burleson said he would not let :
him; do it." . .
' It looks now as if the Forsyth-Davie-Iredell
project would get the
310,000 that Davidson has lost. This
will make : $30,000, for that . road.
Those counties bave offered to put up.
the rest of the money for that $100,
000 project if Uncle Sam will give
them $30,000. , .
Both Senator Overman and Slm-.
mona are. in fighting mood."
'! Make Final Arrangements.
Wilmington. At a meeting of the
committee of local newspaper ' men
and the entertainment committee of
the Chamber of Commerce held re
cently, final arrangements were mado
for the entertainment of the editors at
the annual meeting of the North Car
olina Press- Association which will be
held here June 24 and 25., When Sec-,
retary of Navy Daniels arrives he will
be met at the station by a special car
which will take him immediately to
the beach, where he will, speak the
same morning. . , ;- ':.
Lewis Has Good Cotton.
Lewis, originator -of the now famous
Lewis long-staple cotton, has taken
me measurement oi me ueit'ii ui ui
cotton stalks on June 10 each year. '
On that data this year his highest .
stalk was 13 Inches.. Last year in
the same date the highest stalk was
10 Inches. The lowest It has been at
any time within the IS years waa
about, six years ago when the tallest
sUik was r; 'y six and one-fourth
I. i' - 1.'. !"r. Lewis says he tst
& t -. i ' I t i tMs vear.