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VOL.' LXII. No. 105 ;f: - Ids' toay.:: fes;--' . . , ; U UVw'M. v. m ."This Action Taken After The U. S.' Made An QbY v. jection To Landings Huerta .Writes : -'ci ,To Mediators Army And Navy Are Mak , ing Preparations To Get Into i 'Action '"7 - C " (Special to the Journal) - T ' j WASHINGTON, May 9. Danger '! 'rnmnlications in the Mexican ;situa- x ,tion by landing ' amunitions sof war at Puerto, Mexico, from two German , ' ship have been averted.- ", V ,.,v -:v . ,s Secretary Bryan announced tonight 'C 'that he had received a. message from VOnsui uti!riuft"S", i i in,, which he stated that the arms had J 'been returned to the ships and that they t had orders from he owners to take them out of Mexican waters. , v -, s-t gr. I uAnM itt Havana ; Just what President Huerta has de- ' cided to do- or what steps he will now take in regard1 to meadiation. . , It is Relieved that he ; has sent a message to 'the' mediators 'stating ijiis plans. This has not been made public at tms time. ' - The Spanish i Ambassador, Rano, '-who is acting for Huerta,, today "made v several calls on the mediators and at ''p. 6 o'clock" conferred - with - "Secretary - Bryan. - A ' ' ." The French , Embassy tonight re ceived a report stating that. Consul Sillman at-Saltillo, .who, had. pot . boeol heard fro-n for several days and be " y jjcvcu Jiv- us'u . . : . . Although all the officials are talking ' peace,, the army and navy are making active preparations for war, , C.' sealed" order may,- send MORE TROOPS. V' (Special to the Journal) . r.ATVFSTON. Mav'SL. Coming in 1 .fonneetion with the announcement .'. - j., '.'.4 v : - .1 V " T3 ..1.V ', iirtit .lire an, ' 4 - S"wv .v.j. J i - pointed to , relieve General Carter "iiere, would take" active-charge of the '".second division : of r-thei United Mates ":army -" here "today, thes commanded; ing of two large steamers by the gov- , eminent . led , to conclusions t among id- ...... J -ar ny -oiucers vuoi i v - O'ihere will be "ordered, . to embark for ' Vera "Cruz within? the next. few hours.: ; Yi Indeed, if r. was -unofficially, stated .to " , night that orders to be ready to embark .'.promptly had already been received. There were sealed orders awaiting General Bell upon his arrival. It was i'-f learned that thes pertained to move ment m irouiih. -fj(: The s"team?rs! commandered - today ' " re the Mallcry liners Denvej antiCc?! y - '- orado, both ' passenger vessels plying 'between New York and Galveston. , These with- the transports Kilpatrick, Meade," Sumner and McClellan and "" 'Saltillo, City -of Tampico and -San V", Marcos' already chartered by th gby ierment, would be sufficient to convey - the remainder .of-the second division, ' consisting of the Fourth and Sixth 'brigades, mountain artillery and a ; 'part of the Fourth Jield artillery and " Sixth cavalry, to Vera Cruz withthe 1 , necessary equipage. Transports (are " fully provisioned and the a!tillo leaves tonight for Vera Cruz with a full mon " -th'j supply of provisions, for' the-sol- dicrs. ' " i- Torpedo boats are here to convey the transports and soldiers to Mexican ports. Major Noble, who will have - 1 charge of the sanitation workr left for . Vera Cruz today. EMBASSY CLrr.'l II IN GRAVE I. IL - (Special to t' f WASHINGTON, I Antifi, a clk aii 1 i . ' aa e" ' y i i Journal) i v 9. Louis D' ' r of .the ' Cisy end ( f i ir ' ry t i i 1 ' re OKI C:VV. POST COMUITS WEALTHY CEREAL MANUFAC- .TURER FIRES BULLET INTO - HIS , BRAIN .'V' ' a ' "(Special to' the Journal) i SANTA BARBA, CAL., May 9. C, W. Post, a multi-millionaire and manufacturer of Postu n,' and other cereals committed 'suicide in this city today. v, -The suicide used a thirty-two calibre revolver" and fired the bullet into his brain. - When found, life, was extinct. ..Mr. Post had been in ill health for some months. ; Recently he underwent an operation and this was not success ful as he ; had expected and despond ency is believed to have been the cause of his rash act. Memorial Day To Be Observed Here AN APPROPRIATE PROGRAM HAS BEEN PREPARED FOR. . THE OCCASION. ' Today is' Memorial Day and it is to be Observed in New Bern in a fitting manner. The exercisis are to be held in Griffin auditorium at 4:30 o'clock and Hon. Sheppard Bryan of Atlanta, Ga., son of Judge Henry R. Bryan of this city, will deliver the Mem; orial address. program has been .pre pared for the occasion: 4:30 p. m. At Griffin .Auditorium. Music Peoples Concert ' Band. -i , Prayer-Rev. E. C. McWhorter. Hymn i"Jesus Lover of My Soul" ;; Introduction of speaker By Chief Marshal S. .R. Street. .Address By Hon. Sheppard Bryan. Presentation of crosses of Honor. 1 ' Rules read by Mr. S. M. Brinson h Crosses presented by President . of Chapter.' Choir "Tenting Tonight." ' " " Order t of March.. ' Peoples Concert Band. Naval Reserves.' - Chief Marshal S. R. Street. '.Assistant Chief Marshals -H. K. Land, L. S. Wood, M. D. W. Stev enson and T. J. Rftberts. New Bern Camp of Veterans under command1 of Lieutenant Commander James W.- Biddle. ' - Sons -of. veterans, . under co nmand of T., G. Hyman. - Speaker .rand Chaplain. Choir .. ? : ' , " Daughters of . the Confederacy. Children of the Confederacy. '; School children. ; , 4 t Citizens.. r At The Cemetery., Choir "Guard Around the Tomb." Placing' .flowers on , the- ' mound, , by daughters and Children - Benediction By Cjiaplain. x Taps.' . , t , ' -. i .Music (at graves)"Thy; Will; Be Done." 1 - ; Coca Cola BottHng Company Make ' i a '.f ' Improvement.' .ii A . few" weeks ago the : Cota 'Cola Bottling Company installed an-Auto- matic Crowning . machine, and Bince that time their business has increased to such an extent that they fincl that thW nlant isinadeauate for thedemand of their trade. Another of these mach-1 ty-three miles from, this city was com- heno, Minister of Commerce and" In ines has been .ordered and will be in-.' pletely destroyed by fire .today, ;A,dugtry Jn the cbinet of President Hu stalled this week. : I he capacity f;oi these ' machines are seventy two bot tles 'each per- .. minute. In addition :- tj this . iprovement the company has erected another story to the building, which is; Used as a syrup room. The walls of this.story are made of glass surrounded by screen ' v, t'virj plenty of light and at the " tii m:;' 'tig the room absolute ly 1 jiiuvf. . : . iay: ' ii y yf iiC t NEW BERN, N. Ct SUNDAY,. MORNING MAY 10, 1914 Great Hole Torn - Of Mexicans Photo copyright, 1914. by American : ilk t iCT , isfef ; w HEN the American forces attempted to take Vera Cruz the grentei part of the resistance from the city came from the Naval Academy, ' where many of the defending forces marie their stanl. (inns of the Chester find San Francisco-were trained on this bui'din. with' what V good effect the picture testifies. Many After the United States forces lauded.; outside the building. Mount Aetna Violent-More Than Hundred Killed Earthquake Follows The Eruption And The Inhabitants Of Fourteen Villages Are Terror Stricken " (Special to the Journal) ACIREALE, CICILY, May 9. With Mount 'Aetna emitting dense clouds of smoke and poisonous gases, terror has striken- the refugees from more than a dozen towns in its locality, following the eruption of the volcano and the subsequent earthquake today. The volcano has 'for several days been "threatening'', and afew minutes after the eruption there was a violent earthquake. A hundred or more per sons are known to. be dead and more than a hundred are missing and it is believed that they were Suffocated by OFF OF JHE lPi PROPERTY LOSS HEAVY BUT. f,NO LIVES WERE LOST . , (Special to the 'Journal) ,. ;'. MARYSVILLE, KANSAS,' May .9. The tpwn of Wey nore, located twen- ueiay in. iw furniug , tu, w uk caused the flames to gain' such' head way that the fire companies were u n able to cope "with the blaze after they had arrived at the point where the conr ilagration started. -r - . - i The property. loss is heavy! but so far as is known, no one was injured.- I I 'rs. Samuel ' Brinson, T were visitors int the city ' , " : v ' '.;" -' - "a Saf,7oOii returned from ! 'y afternoon, where 6be c t' a vi.iting friends. n Rendezvous y Warships Guns Press Association. Mexicans wore killed in this hi:illlnc American blue jackets wre r-nfiorwd Becomes the poisonousy gases. A thousand soldiers, assisted"Jby the police are now engaged in removing the dead and injured from the villages where the worst damage was wrought. The villages of Linera, Cosentini and Stenenerine were completely des troyed, entailing a loss ot millions of dollars to property alone, outside of the personal effects of the inhabitants. It was in these villages that the loss of life was the heaviest. Appeals for aid for the striken refugees are being sent out and help is being diven them as rapidly as possible' ' KILLED SELF RATHER TNAH SERVE HUERTA !'.;.. r- : -. .' .'...'.,... ... ...' . " '. ..-.', v . . 1 MINISTER'S . RESIGNATION RE FUSED, HE' TAKES OWN LIFE WITH PISTOL. (Special to the Journal.) 'A, , iVera Cruz, : May 9. j-Querido Mo- erta, committed suicide by shooting last night at Mexico City, according to a dispatch received from the capital to day ;by ! Presents a Iqcal Spanish news paper, t The report has" not been "con firmed from any other source. : The El Present e dispatch' says ' Mohenof- killed himself because his resignation had not been accepted by Huerta. ' ; ' ..,','",' V.. ii '.. " i-i-i-fj 'V, Miss Xeonora Greenbaum' who has bt . n speeding a.few days in Washjng t" i visiting Mr. J. K. Hoyt, returned home yesterday afternoon. Former New Bernian Killed In Tennessee B. A. Newland Met Death Yesterday In A Railroad Wreck In State of Tennessee Well Known Here. A telegram received in this city yes - Biddle. terday afternoon told of-the death' in I After leaving New Bern, Mr. and a railroad wreck in ' Tennessee of B. A. Newland, a former resident of New Bern. Mr. Newland, while a resident of this city was connected with the Atlan tic and North Carolina Railway Com pany, now the Norfolk Southern and during his stay here married Miss Lizzie Biddle, a sister of ex-Sheriff E PROGRAM FOR BIG CELEBRATION AEROPLANE FLIGHTS AND HORESE RACING TO BE CHIEF FEATURE The T w.r Coming Celebration, which will taki j .'-re at New Hern for four days and lour niglil.s the last week of this nonlh or some time in the nonth of June has already attracted state-wide interest. The program arranged for the four days is unique. Nothing like it has aver been pulled off in North Carolina before. Never in the history of North Car olina has an aeroplane raced an auto mobile. All arrangements have been made for this race. A Buick car, stripped for the occasion, will be driv en by E. H. and Ben Williams, exprt machinists of the New Bern Garage. Hundreds of people in this vicinity have already taken advantage of the opportunity that is now being offered by the leading l.cal merchants to see the Home-Coming Celebration. Spend $10.00 in cash and they will give you free a fifty cent adults ticket .Spend $5.00 in cash and they will give you a twenty-live cent ticket. Two childrens tickets may I e exchan ged for an adult ticket. Bodies of Marines To Arrive Today AMERICANS KILLED IN MEXICO ARE TO REACH NEW YORK WASHINGTON, May ). The ar mored cruiser Montana bearing the bodies of the 17 sailors andniarin.. killed during the occupation of Vera Cruz U clue to arrive in. New York harbor about 1 o'clock tomorrow after noon. Memorial services at which President Wilson will voice the tri bute of the nation, will begin at the New York navy yard at It o'clock Monday morning. Arrangements, for the services had not been finally com pleted earlv today. The bodies will be landed at the Battery Sunday afternoon where they will be placed on caissons and lie in state until Monday morning. At 9 o'clock under military escort will march to the citv hall and thence across Brooklyn bridge to the 'navy yard. President Wilson wil leave Washing ton by train Sunday night. Secre tary of the Navy Daniels will leave on board the Mayfllower at midnight to jcin the Montnna at sea and escort her to New, York. THE RAILROADERS "WALLOP" THE MARRIED MEN In an exciting game of baseball at Ghent : Park he Railroad Team de feated . the ... Married Men by a.score of 6 to 2 - yesterday afternoon.; Spencer and Harker. comprised the battery for ; the ? visitors while Willis, Tolson and Barnes did the pitching and receiving "for the Married Men. The next game will be played Wed nesday between, the Single , Men and the Ghent jTeam. - PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. , The ' services' today will .. be con ducted by the pastor at It a m and 8 p. m. Strangers are cordially invitad. Sunday School and Bible Classes at 3:30 p.m. , . FIVfc CENTS PEk COPY Mrs. Newland moved to Oneida, Tenn., where the former accepted a position with one of the railroad companies whose lines pass through that city and they have made their home there for the past six or seven years. Genuine regrert is felt over Mc. Newland's untimely demise. E TO BE SOUTHERN RAILWAY MAKES PREPARATIONS TO EN TERTAIN VISITORS. (Special to the Journal.) Atlanta, Ga., May "."Shrine Park,' the city on wheels where hundreds of Shriners who come into Atlanta over the Southern Railway for the great Shrine convention. May 10-13, will make their homes was today appro priately dedicated by Potentate For rest Adair of Yaarab Temple, and the proper Arab rites having been perform ed, is now officially ready to receive its guests. No effort has been spared to provide at "Shrine Park" for the Sons of the Desert who w ill make their homes there, every comfort to be found in a modern hotel. Complete arrangements have beeen made for providing cars, light, water, and ice and for proper sanitation. The tracks on which parked cars will stand have been arranged in pairs with paved electrically lighud walkways be tween them. At the entrance to the park a car has been provided in which will be placed an information bureau with telegraph office a;ir! 1 cal and long distance telephones. Batl ing facilities have been provided by lilting up two cars each with six shower baths and dressing rooms. The sirlai'e Viet wet n tracks has been swept as clean as a par lor floor and the entrance to thepark has been elaborately ile.orated with Shrine colors and , mbleni-' and af night will be brilliantly lighud. Many tem ples in addition to slernine in their cars have arranged to have their meals ser ved in lining cars. Space for .parking ISO car- has been provided by the Southern Railway at "Shrine Park" and additional cars wiil be parked near (he Atlantic Terminal Station and track- which have also been provided with all conveniences. CHICKEN THIEF CAUGHT Vllefted Hen Roost Desecrator In Tile Toils ll:!!-V'V I l.'irp ,'t 1 . f-olnri'tl M'.w.hounrl iver to the ik xt term ot Superior Court by Mayor Bangert yesterday aft moon, under a justified bond ot fifty dollars for stealing chickens. People have be?n nvssing their chick ens for some time but wire unable to get sufficient evidence for conviction until yesterday morning. Captain Bryan -made arrangements Nwith a merchant in town to . buy all the chickens from this man that he could. Fridy morning W. H. Hancock notified the officers that he had lost two chickens during Thursday night and Captain Bryan got busy and found the chickens. . Mr . Hancock identified them as being the ones mis sing from his coop, and the afore men tioned , merchant in possession of the chickens identified Hargett as being the man he. bought therdi frbm? ' ., Captain Bryan has three more' chick ens that have not been claimed and the owner can secure same by identifying them. " ' ' . ' ' , ' . - WAR DEPARTMENT REQUISN . TIONS M. & M. STEAMER. Baltimore,: May 9.-rThs Merchants and. Miners ; steamer . Dorchester t has bean tequiwtioned by tke: Wbr Depart ment tojdanry troops and munitions of tya lot Mexie.oand was transferred: to the govtfnptent at . Norfolk) today.
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