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Seventy Two Hours Before Duerta Declares
Actual Warfare-Two Hundred Thousand ,
, Dollars Donated For New Orleans
Navy
(Special to the Journal.)
WASHINGTON, D. C, April 24
Seventy-two hours have been given
the American citizens to get out
of -Mexico before Huerta .begins
active warfare and to give the Am-
erican forces time to mobilize and
reach the border. After three days
the blow will fall. On Monday
land forces will commence march
ing Southward across the Mexi
. can border and the troops at Vera
,Cruz will march on Mexico City.
The House today ..provided two
' hundred thousand dollars for the
New4 Orleans Navy Yr.rd which will'
enable the American ships te fco
there for repairs. The Third Regi
ment of Cavalary, now located at
FortSanT Houston.; and which led
1 the attack at Mexico City in 1847,
asked Secretary of War Garrison
to be allowed to repeat the per
formance. - - '
A message received today from
Consul Canada at Vera Cruz says
tht all is quiet there and that busi-,.
ne88 has been resumed. Proceed -X
, ings are in progress before the Su
f,tv.jrem Court to determine if the
t.fi mllltAi mmr hp ufiPii without first
being , mustered cin as volunteers.
'While this' was beings discussed,
Senator Lodge asked for a resolu
te tlon , pledging - to Mexican people
"tthat the United States will seize
t 1 Vnb land. This resolution was not
..vVifassed.
jVlany Mexicans
Are, Killed
it S f WASHING
WASHINGTON, April 24.---A, Aia-
patch filed at Vera Cruz at '4:15 this
afternoon by Admiral Fletcher, re
ports.so far one hundred and twen
ty-six Mexican killed and one hun
ired . and twenty-one wounded,
making a total of three hundred
and 1 twenty-one. . This message
also' says that. the city is quiet and
.';'. ff aujs te being, gradually straight
, v tened out.. The- report r says that
Charge O'Shaughnessy ' has ' hot
yet arrived in that city." The tracks
( leading t6 Vera 'Cruz are in bad
x shape and this, probably accounts
for the delay, fhe report also says
. that eight ' hundred refugees ar-
" Tived in Vera Cruz ""at" 1 o'clock
from Mexico City. ' ' '
The Refuge s ;
- Not Arrived
;: ''The Refugees Not Arrived. . -.
, WASHINGTON, April 24, 11:50
p. ; m. Navy officials express fear
; . that the forces of General Maas,
' " holding the territory outside, of
- Vera.. Cruz, have, intercepted Jhe
rrefugeesvtrain bearing Charge O'-
. '. Shaughnessy ' and eight hundred
'American refugees. . . There- Is. a
" conflict'' in the messages from Ad
mirals Fletcher' and Badger. The
latter reports ' the arrival of the
- train while the former, who la
nearer the grounds, says that the
. train I ! not arrived. '
Rr. Ernest Dunn returned ye. Ler-
rf.iy afternoon , from, a , prof Ofwiona
business visit to,Caswellti p , -.
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Yard
Federals Blow.
Up Buildings
Federals Blow Up Buildings
-FORT SAM HOUSTON, TEXAS,
April 2A. General Bliss reports
the following telephone conversa
tiony with Commanding officer
Laredo at 1:30 p. m: "Thirty-two
cars of Federal soldiers came into
Nuevo Laredo this afternoon and
blew up several buildings. Colonel
Crape moved ten bat talons into
Laredo. City to satisfy the citizens
and protect the bridges."
WASHINGTON, April 24.- Presi
dent Wilson, Secretaries Bryan and
Dantels and Secretary of War, Gar
rison held a conference until late
tonight. After coming from the
White House it is said that they
had been engaged in-framing a
note to the foreign powers denoun
cing Huerta and defining the atti
tude J the United States."
American Fl?g
Trampled Upon
I WASHINGTON, April 24, 10:25 a.
m. Dispatches received here from
Vera Cruz, say that the American
flag has been trampled upon and
1 that several Americans have been
, killed In a demonstration at Mexi
1 co City. Mexican clerks and stu
dents rioted the streets and ended
by stoning the American club and
other buildings owned by Ameri
cans. Huerta seized all arms own
ed by . Americans in Mexico City
' Admiral Badger has sent supply
to meet imperative heed.
Reli.ef Over Vil-
- la's Statement
WASHINGTON, .April 24, 12:15 a.
m.-TheV police - in Mexico City
joined' the students and citizens
in. -crying "down with the Gringoes.
Death to ttnevYankees." -Men and
women trampled and danced .. on
the American flag., The State Dep
artment has "chartered the steamer
Monterey at Havana to proceed to
Vera Cruz and take off -refugees.
Land : forces - leave : tonight ' from
Galveston, conveyed by the first
division of the torpedo flotilla. It
is reported Portfiro Diaz has re
turned incognito, . to Mexico . to
fight the Americans. - ,.
' -Secretary ; , Garrison - denies
the embargo lut said that jit' is
possible to stop the shipment of
arms into. Mexico without It Vet
erans of the Spanish war today
opened, recruiting offices . here,
President Wilson, Llnd and Bryan
expressed relief over Villa' .state
ment that he would not take sides
against" the Americans. The policy
now Is. to wait seventy-two hours
before any agreed action is taken.
The American .Red Cross station
at Vera Cruz was. fired on this morn
ing but it is believed that this was
through a misunderstanding. ,
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NEW BERN, N. C. SATURDAY MORNING?XpRIL 25, 1914
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In the first Picttire is seen General George Barnett, rec ntly appointed Com
mander of Marines; In the second picture is seen (1) Rer Admiral Badger
(2) Rear Admiral Howard (3) Rear Admiral Mayo (4) Rear Admiral Fletcher.
In the next picture is seen -Rear Admiral Victor Blue, chief of the Bureau of
Navigation, the last picture shows marines at El Paso.
S1" ; y"85? " jf WAS PH OT OF A BOAT
Tss' f , " p1 FatallyJShot While At His Post
SSSZZS'7 " J mtfl O SS M ' House.
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W 1 t 1 illil " I l)ani,'l" t,u' """y "' li,'a,h ','f
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ELECTRIC ill CAUSES
II LOSS OF
LEFT BURNING IN WILMINGTON
STORE WITH SERIOUS; .
x 1 RESULTS.
WILMINGTON, , April 24.-Aij
electric- iron, .left with the current on
last night, is ascribed as the cause ot a
blaze in Miller's, Every-woman's store
this morning which ruined a $15,000
stock of ladies goods and did about
$500 damage to the-building. vThe
stock and the, building are said, to be
fully insured - - 'i1,1-
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HIE MEN BEHIND THE GUNS
k; The department responded to an a- if IDPlKll A TfllWM "flDV" I
The department" responded to an a
larm sent in at 6.;0S a. m., reaching the
scene in a marvelously short time. They
found the place swirling in flames, and
filled with a black cloud of smoke. With
in IS minutes the fire was under control.
The stock actually burned amount
ed to very little.' but owing to the na
ture of the goods the smoke and water
completed tlie &yrk started by the
flames. :"!$' '''.
Mr. Miller saidUoday that he will
not conduct.' ' since every
thing is too much damaged to offer
for sale. " He Is; of Vthe Opinion thatJme dry. .
stock damaged i was .worth about $15,
000.' ...! ".!;.':; ' ' ' ' '.
Mr. Miller says he will secure an en
tirely new stock of goods and be ready
for business again within a month.-
SO SESSION .OF POLICE COURT
, v 1 YESTERDAY. C ?'
There being n6 cases on docket there
was no sessioht'irolice-court yester
day afternoon, f-'- - ' ' .
JUDE BARKDALE IN MECKLEN
BURG REFUSES TO RE
NEW LICENSE.
CLARKSVILLE, VA., April 24.
Judge Wm. R. Barksdale, sitting in
the Circuit court here today, refused
to renew the license for the sale of liqu
or in Clarksville and this town will be-
inere is great reioicing among ine
friends, of temperance" at this victory
The dry .leaders have been working
earnestly and quietly for some time
and "presented to Judge Barksdale nu
merous sigVecl petitions not only from
.Clarksvilla but ftom other- sections
of the country urging him to decline
to grant the, license for another year.
A - number bf ' attorneys appeared in
favor of the license, but the Judge was
influenced by what he believed to.be
f he sentimeat 'of a majority of the peo
n-
THE WEATHER
PARTLY
CLOUDY
FIVE CENTS PER COPY
10 TELL
OF HIS FATHER'S
UNTIMELY DEATH
Veteran Journalist To Relate The
Story
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iKHe 'a --hi ni;l on.
l)rhimi I hem, in
i)l New Bern, a !ia i r re Imal was
Mill Irolll eW Hill! 1 .1 tl ! 11 er 1 . ,11 .
Il purpose w.is i c.irr m i li.it tow n
any ivm-romliat a ai who dein-d in
go, and liring away ans who would
leave I he desolated town. 1 u ,w a
passenger. The Imat carried .1(1 sol
diers with two howitzers and a number
of citizens. Lieutenant Colonel .Ic
( lie.-ney was in command.
Arrives in Washington.
" I he lioat arrived in Washington
just before sundown, lied up to a
dock, and the commander and ( it i
zen.s aboard conferred with the offi
cials and others of tin town, stating
the objects of their visit. L er t liing
was apparent K amicable -o the boat
dropped down the Pamlico river, op
posite I lill's point, and anchored for
it he tiiylit, with the u in ler-i a ailing"
Itliat we were to come up c.uiv next
morning and liac a final conference.
"We steamed up the river a- soon
as the sun was up. li a bright
morning and breaUlasi was to lirr
served as soon as we r.-ached the
wharl. The soldiers were idling around
I the lower decks, with guns stackc
land unloaded no one dreaming of
j anything by a peaceful reception.
But one thing was forgotten in the
hurry of departure up the river from
Hill's Point that morning. The flag
of truce, by some oversight, had not
been lmisted, was invisible.
"On the upper deck of the steam
er wrc McChesney and the other
officers, and several ccivilians inclu
ding myself. Mr. Daniels was the
pilot. I think, as we left Hill's Point,
he went into the pilot house to get a
better view of the approach to the
town.
15 17 Fire Opened.
"All at 'once, when the boat touch; ,
ed the wharf and before the hawsers...
had HpAn ntf-arhivi frrt tho niloa a mucL
etry fire was opened upon us through
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pie, and as a result of his action the
Clarksville saloon was closed. ' "
, This makes the entire county of
Mecklenburg dry- with the exception
of jthe dispensary 'at Boydtont , vs
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