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AND ONE, AND /S SUR
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eilBEITlliLB, K. r, FBIDAT APRIL », 1915.
M MBKK n
40,000 Troops Engaged
In What Promises To
Be Decisive Battle
beat StriggiB BegvR Between the
Villa asil Carranza Factions
miu BUILDS AIR CASHES
fireenville Citizens Hear treat
Orator In Interest of
National rrohibitim
Auiiouuciiii; What He Expect»> to
Do Should He Defeat The
Force* of (Jen. Ubregon South
of Irapnato
Washington, April 7—A battle with
40,000 troops enBagcd which may be
a decisive action in the war between
the Carranza and Villa factions in
Mexico, is in progress or impending
near Irapnato, in the State of Guana
juato.
State Department doKpatcheb today,
dated April 5th, said the tight would
take place aeon. That was construed
to mean Villa bad assembled a force
strong enough to meet General Obre-
gun's army and was moving south
from Torrean along the National Rail
way.
Obregon wa.s last reported at Quure--
taro, and was said to have bunt a coU
luiin against San Luis Potosi while he
protected its march with a second col
umn and a third column under General
Kill moved toward Morelia, capital of
Micboacan.
Obregon is understood by odicials
here to have 20,000 men and it is said
Villa bos gathcrel an equal number.
Irapuato is the junction of the Mexi
can Central and the National Railway
toward which Obergon's forces are ad
vancing.
Mtate Depurtnieut Summari/e-s Sitiui-
tion.
The State Department issued this
summary of the situation:
“Tho department is informed that
General Villa has announced that if he
is Buccessful in defeating the forces of
(General Obregon south of Iraputo he
will immediately open the lines of com
munication to Mexico City. The de
partment's advices indicate that
should the forces of General Carranza
be defeated in this expected engage
ment, his important strongholds will be
Vera Ouz, Tampico and Matamoros.”
Advices to the Carranza agency said
the Carranza gunboat Guerrero reach
ed Guaynias Monday night and her
conmiandcre notified foreigner to leave
as he intended to open a bombardment.
.Mobs in Gauynias and Herniosillo, the
agency statement added were looting
business houses.
Sharp Fif^htiiig >'oar Tampleo
The agency also reported that Gen
eral Maytorena faiU'd to check Car
ranza troops marching from both
north and south and was defeated yes
terday at Navajoa. Sharp lipliting
ciiiitinuos at KbMtio. near Taiui)ico.
'Ilie eli'niciit siipi>i>rtins (lemral
C.iitii’! rcz as iirovisioiKil pri siili’P.t. to
day made piiblii.- here Ihf pap'^rs i:iv
iiiir llu‘ appointuieut tty (Iiitii rrez o!
Viiscoiiceliis as .■^pei ial envoy a(
Wasliiimton. ami the ;,lalcineut pre-
.sciiti'il )).v Vascoiii'flos to Secri'tary
lirvati I'n March -4.
The suili'meiit i-eviews M.‘\ii;in af
fairs from the lluevta s with
drawal. and maintains that Gulirre:
is the regularly chdHen pri)vision:«l
president by virtue ot the Aguascal-
ienies convention. The tJutierrez sea)
of government is said to be estahlish-
«'d at Doctor Arroyo, Neuvo l.‘'Oii
from which place, the statement says.
(Jutierrez “is directing aflaii's and ha'
under his command a considerahlf
army." It adds: “President Gutierrez
That prince of prohibition orators,
•Fohn G. Woolley, and Rev. G. W.
Morrow. D. U., national lecturers for
the Anti-Saloon League, will reach
North Carolina on the tenth for a ten
day’s campaign. A partial list of ap
pointments has been arranged as fol
lows :
April lltli. Klizabi'th City and Herl-
tbrd.
April IL’th.. Washington,
April Kith.. Tarboro.
April 14th.. Greenville.
April 13th.. Kinston.
April 16th., Goldsboro.
Mr. Woolley was reclaimed from
the curse of drink over twenty-tive
years ago and since then has conse-
cated his great power and ability t j
the temperance cause. For many
years, he was the leader of the prohi
bition party and. in I'JOO, was nomiat-
ed by this party for I’resiednt of the
I’nited States. For the past live yeais
he has been a national lecturer for
the Anti-Saloon l.A!ague and. as such,
made a campaign of North Carolina
in 1912. He has spoken to more peo
ple on the temperance subject than
any other living American, his audienc
es sometime reaching from five thou
sands to ten thousand.
Dr. Morrow has been in the anti
saloon league work for ten years. For
several years, he was Superintendent
of the Michigan Anti-Saloon League,
but because of his splendid ability as
a campaigner and pulpit orator, he
was called into the work as a nation
al lecturer. North Carolina will be
delighted to welcome these distinguish
ed vistors and will hear them gladly.
Information has been given us that
the river measured K!.4 feet this morn
ing at 8 o'clock.
will at the tirst opportunity re-as-
semble the convention of Agausi-iU-
entes, and before that legal body he
will offer to resign his power, in order
to leave the convention free to elect
as president any nian who may answer
to the necessities and rights of all of
the Mexican people."
Keinforw Itenieeers of Miitani«ro>i.
IJrownsvilh'. Tex., April 7—After ton
days waiting, some of the rcinl'orce-
ments expected by the Villa troop.s for
the siege id Motomoros arriveil out
side that (■it\ toilay. These reinforce
ments were the advance guard only
the main forre eonsisting of cannon
still heilisr dela.ved hy lack ra.lni.id
facllitSes.
!n Maianierii" .-■i|nads cd’siddier,--- are
t'i!i!y a! WiirU en w!ia! apf.i'a'-. h'
additioniil i!('r"’><e.
''Is’xican 'Iin<"> tii'en Month In l’n>
S' i'.es
I’l I’.-i.'-'i). Anr. T I'lnni-iseo ):^. ijai ro
V'iila'.s si‘i-retary d' tinanei'. l;as de.
eieed that all mining jiroperties w:ll
lie given but i."ie iiii'iitli of ura‘ e al'ier
March "1. in whieh t'l pay thier ta.xe.:
M'he Mexiian mining laws eall for
confisi'ation <d all mines an v. liii h the
taxes are not paid.
A committee of mining men will lav
I complaint before the Washington
State Department this week, revardin.i.’
what they consider danger of iiltiniati-
confiscation of all foreign owned pro
perty in Mexico.
LITILE NEWS
FeOM lATTlE
Russians Have Grossed First Ranye
of Moyntain in Carpathian
Fight
FRENCH Oil lie OFFENSIIIE
.All .ittempt Is Beinif Made To Force
<Jermans To Give I’p .S«, .HIchlel
ItelK^iinN Re^in Sonic More
(■round
1/ondon. April 7. -Carpa*:iian;< in
the east and hilly country between
the rivers Meuse and oMselle in Fra.ice
continue to be scenes of sanguinary
engagements but little or no ■ e- s is
forthcoming of tho progress of the
battle.
Kxccpt in Uzsok Pass, where the
Austrians are ottering stubborn i’e-
sistance, the Russianrsaca'ds ein sh
sistance. the Russians are said to Irive
crossed the first range of mountains.
It is asserted they are now maneu
vering to get behind the A’lsrri) Ger
man holding Uzsok.
Thr- Austrians admit the londition
bad.
Tha .\nstrians also are .ightiii.^: ’.n
IJuowina. but this is a secondary
operation. Engagements in Northern
Poland also appear unimportant
Iletween the Meuse and Mo ;elIe ihe
French are on the offensiv, attempt
ing to force the Germans ti giv>> ip
St. Mihiel. The German offlciai re-
poi's claim all French attacks were
reoi.J.sed but a .semi-official starement
from Berlin says that accordi i.: to "a
prearranged plan the eGrmai out-
post.-i retreati-.l from UegnievUie an(’.
Fey-Pit-Ka.v’
T’.te .►ielgia s have regaim d some
ground ihev i> s* in Flanderti, b'lt e'.f’'’-
whei j there i as been no uiange in
iho V'e;’.:
In Africa Ceneral Ilotha's i'nion of
South Africa forces continue their
victorious march along the railways
but thus far have not overtaken the
main Germany army.
Doit'a Fear For Dardanelles.
Constantinople, April 7. — Via The.
Hague and London, April 7.—“1 am |
fonvineed the Dardanelles cannot he '
forced. The brave condvict of Ihe
Turkish troops in the recent opera
tions permits me to conclude fh' ( al
though the allies u.se every means at
their disposal they will be tinahle to j
achieve their purpose." 1
Thus spoke Melimed V. Sultan ofj
Ttirkey and First Cauiph of the Mnp-*
leni world, today in an audience grant
ed to (lie .'\.ssoi inted Press cori esi)irid
• lit. The Sultan throughout the aii.lN
> ni'e cxpri'ssed the greatest ( onfidei i ('
ill Tiir'-Vs -ibilily to witlii- ta’nl the ep
.'-hincht of the* alll'-d foree . r.r ! fo'
lowed will) liei ii interest a descrii.t Ion
of the allie:-' operations ol aMre'i
ag.iinst the Dardanelles I'urts. ‘. iv ''i liy
the eorre^poiidetlt of ll’.i' d
Press who acted a-* spoke-ina'i ti r
!|iu I* \h<' had liei n aeonied ihe an li-
SiilfiMi Sniile>i
Man.- ,n -its nlntel h> tn.' i or
respoiileiii. I.iought to the Sultans
face s.itus ot . atisfactioi. j-
tion an 1 anniscpmnt. V’> the cor-
responder,, [.ad been aldi'/' 1 : ' make
ii linst/ ji'!r«ai when K-it ■ lUat'ie
wiis r“H • le I 1 V the alli-‘i shells ap-
IH-ared (o ! «• td '■peci.^tl >'jtere*>*
. H. L Machine shops at
firlsBouth is Complete
loss by Fire
Portsmouth, Va., April 7.—Fire to
tally destroyed the machine shop and
blacksmith shop of the Seaboard Air
Line Railway in this city last night,
entailing a loss w’hich will probably
reach 1300.000, covered by insurance
to the extent of $250,000. How the
fire luid its origin could not be as
certained last night.
Shop Men Fight Fire I
'When the firemen arrived theyjUs
lound the shop force of fire fighters
already engaged in combating their
spread to other buildings. All hope of
saving the machine and blacksmith
shops and the erecting department
had been given up. but a thick brick
protecting wall did finally halt the
progress of the flames into the erect
ing shed. It is well, too, that the
flames were stopped by this wall, for
in the shed when the fire broke out
'viTe a dozen or more valuable loca-
raotlves undergoing repairs
The clectric current conno(!ted with
the shops lighting system was cut off
shortly after the fire started, for fear
that falling wires might injure the
firemen. The failure of the Burrent
ntade is impossible to take the loco
motives from the erecting shed. The
tran.ifer table, operated by electricity,
could not be handled at all. and con
sequently. tho equipment had to re
main in the buring structure.
The firemen succeeded, behind thi'
protection of tho brick separative
wall betwen th machino shop and
erecting abed. in preventing the
spread of the fiames into the latter
department.
In less than half an hour alter
the fire broke out the roof on the
big structure fell in. leaving only the
side walls standing.
May Send Work to Haleigh.
The loss of the machine shop and
the blacksmith department is a se
vere blow to the shops, whure work
was already being carried forward in
a curtailed schedule. It will throw
possibly 200 men out of employement,
and aside from that, obliterates prac-
ticajly tho most important depart
ments in the shop nystem.
Kmergency repair work on the
equipment of the road will have to he
trans'Vrred to one of the othe' shops
(d the line probably to Raleigh.
The fact that an independent fire
fighting system, with powerful pumps
on the ground, had been installed at
the shops aided materially in confin
ing the flames to the big structure in
whhh they origninted The shop’s
':y<tem with the aid of the eity fire
men did effective work to that end.
>''iyor Hope called at the shops
I'ir.'ig the pre'j-e>-■ n, the lire, ami
had severa' nh.-*Uitte n;-,! -olt ■;‘ ii as-
sitrncd to dntv there -.t "le >iiU'st of
Seaboard ofP-iais. Tle'V v.'i re place !
en duty for t'l ■ tun :io.'. (>r g”i>rdii'K
•".■'l>ist inc 'VI T.' I.’;;-,, s in Other ile-
I.artments from rp.irl.s ;r.>!n iin- r:.i
. > ' h , . ;..-d I -to I tear 1 > .n d
;;ll p.■'-.-.O’' ■ w I ■■ ii id r.r >■ , 1 . ■
t!i r'. Th'.; w:; ihe I'l !' ■■ a.
n I ,\r\ \\ e "I
Aldermen Purchase Fire
Motor Truck For The
City of Greenville
OFFICERS FWD
fRlerestlng SessioD Held at
Mimif IMPORIANI MUriEIIS
Result Ttie Latter Receives
Pistol Rail Ihrough (lis
Stomach
ONE OFFICER m SIIQi
A pistol du>i ill which Police Ofh-
cers lirewcr and island had as their
adversary tho notorious criminal
• Jim” lirown came very near result
ing in a serious fatality this morning
about 10:30 o’clock. In the rapid fire
and exchange of shots biUween the
officers and the desperate ni'gro law
breaker ()flicer Warren lirewer receiv
ed two wounds, one taking effect in his
left .“fioiikjer near [he collar hone and
the other a slight llesh wound on the
first linger of iiis riglit hand. As a
lesiilt of Ihe negroe's sudden madness
he now lies in jail with two bullet
wounds fro;ii the pistol ■!' .illiee,-
lirewer.
",lim" Urowu is not an unfamiliar
name with ofhecrs here but has been
considered a violent and dangerous
tiegro for a long while. It was only
a few months ago when his son Wil
liam Urown, about whom today’s trou
ble arose, resisted offlcer Warren
Morgan when the latter went to ar
rest him for riding a bycicle on the
side-walk
It was at this lime that W’iiliam
ran away in order to escape arrest
by the officer and he had not been
seen any more until last night when
he was spied entering his father’s
house down near the river. The of-
f.cers were on the alert and early i!\is
morning, about .^•:i0 Pol:'-'» (Mlic.-r
Bland and Krewe; went do'v i with a
search warrant. The young Hrown who
was there with his wile took lo the
river upon h' aring i'.e offic s coining
True 10 suspicion a large oiianiity of
whiskey was found in Urown's lunise.
Th(> whiskey was taken and oflicer
lliand and lir'wer together with
Chief- of-Pidiee Smith, si'Oi started to
the river to look for the >ounger
Ifrowii. Chief Siiiilh n niainel a* the
wharf and Hrrwer and liland took
alter tile iieLiio b> the canoe r.Mie
and V ere soon on his trail 'ihe,''
soon mi l ■•.liin " I’.ruwii. the I'alhi r.
,:i's! a I'ltle ah.ad of them aiul direct
n lli.ni and the hind.ini; id'
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(ii;‘!c 'ii ■ ' ( ‘1(110 in
!>ai!;i-\ Ti.\.. \pr. '■ ’1'.. ■ .ai. i ' vn
ers of Texsa.. inOni'tu-lied by u ■ K’um-
.!■« mar’,el I'l; li^.'.t i-attl< . are piaiin
ingto taKe I'D i-aille ciu’-in^ on a
hi’-'i'i'r .‘■■ale t'i;in ever ''Mire. The
rtduetion in cotton aor.'t'gc the c. ni
■'ng sen.'^oi' V "I lie a hi.; boom to ihe
cattle Midi' I:; throughout Ihe state,
it i-i predicte I The oi tpui is e\-
neeted lo di'c'di- iluring the next year.
IMooded caiili Is being brought into
the state, and ii'fention wiM I.e paid
lUoie eloselv t(i ’ locdjiig.
1, 1.,,'
r'sl’ !
him lo
•I' 11' Dili
, .1 u I'll l'.\ the Ili-:' 'cuir r<--
. ’ ■ .1;: I ! I !e- ^ hoidin.',
resi :;t: 111 w le n a -!>e,i
, li’ -• and • iiati hi d I’.i.:
i-- (Kiek. i \\ e. riand ;imi
ruled, told him lo le;ivi' iiis
tile I anoi'. When wi told
insider hinisidf under arrest,
11' I I'Sid Iiis pistol and lus first fire
Iwa- lh(- beginning id' the exchange of
liids. 1 i ri'd live times and Hlainl
'car titiics. I was hit first in th>' left
shoulder ind next <in finccr of niy
right hand. We emptied our guns
before the negro fiiiisheil firin.g. I
think I fired the two shots that took
'■fTi-rt on Ihe negro, one in the
>ew Fiuniture, Ktc„ Ordered i'uriha>
ed For The Mayor's Oflice. Citj
Klection to He Held on First
.Monday in ilune.
The Hoard of Aldermen niei iii,-'
night and took up the business of thcii
regular meeting of last week al whicis
t ine they niet ;ind adjourned on ai
couiit of the District Ctmvention of
Odd Fellows being in session her«
Several important matter were brought
up and passed upon last night. The
•Mayor and Ihe entire Hoard w.-re pr<
sent.
The first matter lo be taken up b'
the Hoard was in regard to the list
ing of taxes by Capt. J. .1 .Liiughing-
buuse. The report of the committee
was called lor, whereupon Capt
l.aughiiighoijse askiMi lo be hoard . He
requested that the Hoard rescind it--
former action. .\t the end of the dis
eussion it w;is moved and carrienl h\
vote that he be relievt-d of 191.'
tr.xes and that he be required to pa>
the taxes due from the year PU4.
The .Alotor Fire Truck proposition
ne-xt l ame up and Fire Chief Overton
and several citizens made short talks
in favor of the purchase of a truck
.-V committee of three, consisting of
Aldctrmen Hardee, Smith and Filing
ton was appointed to investigate and
purchase a motor truck if their judg
ment so directed them,
Mr. L. W. Tucker appeared befon
the Board and asked for an appro
priation of ^fiO.OO to help defray thi
expenses of a dinner for th(> Old Sold
iers at the celebration on the lltb of
May. A motion to this effect was
made and carried by a unanimous vote.
The sum was later raised $2.'i.OO mak
ing the total $75.00,
The reports of tho Regular l ommit
tees were next called for. The Financ.-
Committee filed a report and the sam.-
was adopted. 'Ihe Water and Uighl.
Ordinance, Cemetery and Market Com
niittees had no report to make.
The report of the Purchasing Coiii
inittee stated that chairs ha*l b«;eii
I ordered for the Mayor’s Otfice. Thi
j committee in its report also reconi-
! mended tho purchase of a desk for the
Mayor and suggested that the Mayor'.^
OfTicc be renovated, A motion was
made and carried as to the pureJiase of
the 1 hairs and the desk,
■Mdernian lOlliiigton suhni;it' ! liiiit,k
forms for repcuts to be mad- bv the
City Manager, It was tiiovi i and
carried that the blanks ,^ub . ;:i' d ii.i
■ I red :'i
(•'ontiiuied on Page Two)
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la-, .
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,»dept(’d aiid tii: I ll.>'v be
lli-> otliee of ’ City i
..ihn-.v .till' !'::■• Man: :.■■ ;
* 1 .'i. eit.
T!;e Puri ba'ini; ('i'laniii
thorize.l to pureha.-i' ;t o;i'
i:'i>wer for the cemetery, :
level, and sp'.'ayers fur
? Iirinkler.
.Mderman 7.. P. VatiDyke was ti;-
poin’ed a I'ommittee of one to repre
sent the Hoard on the Public I.ibtary
Committep.
Mr I'riley wa.s elected pdliroinnri
to till the vacanty caused by Ihe n-
siguiition if Mr. Clark, his electict»
to date from April 1st. The Purcha>^-.
ing CommiHeo was authoriziid to pur.
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