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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-04-08
CONTEST A TIE.
Cottingf,am and Holding, OF Horncr's.
to DeC3aim Again.
Especial to News and Obse,

Especial to News and Observer
Oxford. April 1.-THE fourth com
petitive declaimers' contest t.erween
Co. A and Co. B, Of Horner School.
took place Friday evening in the chap
Ell OF the barracks. Co. A was repre-
scented by Cadet c. a. Holding. Of
wake county. and Edward r.. Ballou.
Oh oxford. Co. b was represented by
Arch Cottington. of Charlotte, and G..
=. DIXON. Of Aurora There were
Tour Judges and the ote was 2 tie be-
tween Cottington and Holding. Col.
j. {. Horner decided to nave the two
speak again before other judges, as
he eclamations were very fine. All
tour acquitted themselves with much
honor and the repetition is booked TO
with keen interest.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-04-08

AsheSHie, April 5.-Charies VIII
liams has brought suit axsins, the
Southern Railway Company, for
si.o00. for alleged personal injuries.
claiming that while eEnpioyGd By the
rahroad. he Was the victim OF an
accident which was nos the result OF
his Owl c~afeieSssuess
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-04-08
CONTRIBUTIONS TO FLOOD SUI.
FERERS.
Marx Nathan Sends 424.55 t. Ameri-
can Red Cross.

Marx s. Nathan, general manager Of
the Schloss theatrical circuit, has for
warded $z4.55 to Secretary Charles l..
Masee, OF the National American Red
cross, to be used in aiding the Hood
sufferers IN the West This sum is a
per cent OF the two Dces of
BILLY Clifford st the Academy last
Wednesday,.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-04-08

OFT ss''esstnrai experts has
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-02-23
Refugees Who Have Just
Reached Home Tell of the
Horrors Of the
Revolution.

i United Press Leased Wire Service.
NEW YORK, Feb. 22-Tales of hor-
rors in Mexico City during the early
days of the civil war that ragged
through the streets of that capital
were brought here today by American
men and women who had escaped at
the risk Of their lives and taken ship
from Vera Cruz
The experiences of this little group
of Americans picture the terriers and
bloody reality of the conflict. The
deliberate shooting down of fleeing
men and women, the stacking of their
bodies in piles to be saturated with
oil and burned ike great bonfires
and the hair-breadth escapes suffered
by members of the party CT refugees
form part of the narrative they re.
lated today.
/ Miss Augusta Rose, of Albany, ac.
companied by Mr.. and Mrs. George
Walsh and Miss Belle Thompson OF
/ Albany. and Horatio w. St John OF
/ Nutley. n. J.. told graphic story OF
/ the perils encountered by her party
and their eventual escape by train by
I Vera Cruz. After covering In thei1
4 hotels in Mexico City for the first
! two days of the bombardment with
bullets thinking through their window
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-02-23
IS ASKED FOR
HIS RE- IGNATI IN
Charges Have Been Filed
Against Commissioner
General Of I'm
migration.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.l
WASHINGTON, Feb. 22.-Daniel J..
Keefes resignation from his post as
commissioner general of immigration
has been demanded by Secretary of
Commerce and Labor Nagel, in a re-
port submitted to President Taft,
based en- complaints of official mis-
conduct. 1t became known here to-
night that Keefe is charged in the re-
port with having accepted transporta-
tion fors himself and his family from
certain railroad and transportation
lines. Other irregularities are alleged
by Nagel. The report has been in
President Taft's hands for several
months, together with a recommends
ticn for appointment of a successor.
Keefe was formerly president of
the Longshoremen's union and a
strong American Federation of Labor
official. He succeeded f. P. Sargent
as commissioner general in 1908.
Keefe and Nagel have been at outs
for two years over matters effecting
the immigration service.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-02-23
WOODROW WILSON
STOOD IN THE AISLE

ed. Governor Wilson stood in the
aisle of day coach with men, wo-
men and children packed about him.
A seat was out of the question. At
Elizabeth the crowd thinned slightly
and the president-elect got seat be-
side stranger. The train had hard
ly started when little boy stepped
up to him and said:
4 II want to shake hands with the
president-elect."
Governor Wilson smiled, shook
hands and said:
How old are you, my boy?' The
boy said he was six and just then
the governor observed the child's
mother, who was standing in the
aisle. Rising quickly. he removed his
hat and said:
take my seat. madame
She protested, but Governor Wilson
insisted and again had to stand in
the crowded aisle until more passen.
gers got off and seat became va
cant.
Throughout the trip the crowds dis
played lively interest in having the
president-elect for fellow traveller
and fellow sufferer. AT frequent In
tervals men and women stopped to in.
troduce themselves and shake hands
Except for his remark to the conduc.
tor--which was made good naturedly
Governor Wilson made no com
.plaint. but chatted with his travelling
companions and seemed in cheerful
spirits.
Governor Wilson spent the after.
noon and evening at his home. rest
ing and arranging his personal ct.
fects in anticipation of starting for
washington a week from Monday.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-02-23
THRILLING ESCAPE OF
AMERICANS FROM MEXICO

panes, they succeeded in engaging an
open hack to drive them and their
baggage to the railroad station
On the way they were surrounded
by mob of Mexicans, including a
number of soldiers, and their lives
were threatened Three American
men with revolyers jumped into the
crowd and held the natives off.
When We got on the train, we
found ourselves little better off said
Miss Rose. No sooner had il start
ed than Mexican soldiers on housetops
began shooting at the train as though
Iit were practice target All the
way to Vera Cruz we had to lie on the
floor of cur car, with bullets whizzing
through the windows
John wilkins and Austin Byrne,
New York business men, worked from
the Mexican capital together. They
drove 70 the station in bakery wag-
on, lying fat On the floor, while bullets
tore off practically the entire top of
The wagon.
Wilkins described the burning OF
about 500 bodies of non -combatants
killed in the first and second days
! fighting.
There must have been 500 bodies. :"
he said, laid as you would build up
jackstraws or cordwood The long
pile was about ten bodies high and ex-
tended for a block. Men, women and
4 children We're in that ghastly heap.
Soldiers rolled barrels of oil up to the
pile and poured the contents over the
heap. They must have used ten bar
rels of oil and gasolene Then they
touched torches to the human bon
fire and the blaze Illuminated the
whole section OF the city
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-02-23
FOR BIGGER OR
L|TTLER NAVY
Advoeay and Opponents Of Greater
81 .-orce Locked Horns in
congress in Bitter Holt
day Battle.
FILIBUsTER Is STARTED
Hobson Calls Attention to Fact That
United States Has Greatest
Coast Line in the
World.

q United Press Leased Wire Service.1
WASHINGTON, Feb. 22.-Advo--
Gates and opponents of a bigger navy
locked horns today in the house in a
bitter holiday battle, which was tie
tonight and resulted in postponement
until next week. 1t was the first open
clash Of the "big navy and little
navy congressman, who started a
filibuster to prevent the passage this
session Of the bill which provides two
new battleships
Representative Sisson Of Mississippi
started the fllibuster early this morn
ling. 1t was resumed tonight when the
house adjourned until Monday for
further deliberation.
Party lines were wiped out in the
fight. Democrats majority, it is
/ believed lined up with an almost
solid republican contingent in favor
of the increase in battleships The
test vote will probably occur late
Monday or Tuesday.
Representative Witherspoon of Mis-.
oAooApPi maui O pdSoiOhCu piCn d6diuSe
ienlarging the navy.
Wars are the result of avarice and
passion Witherspoon declared. "It
lis the man behind the gun who counts
We have 1872 great guns In our navy
more than Germany and Japan
which can fire three shots second
Isn't that an adequate navy?''
Representative Bates of Pennsyl
vania said:
. I'VE have not had to strike a blow
lin Mexico because the Mexicans know
we are prepared A note William j
Bryan may send as secretary of state
/ to Mexico demanding protection for
Americans will be respected. not be-
cause of the paper it is written upon
bu. because it is backed up by our
| battleships.'
Representative Hobson OF Alabama
pleaded for the navy increase.
we have vaster coast line ex
posed to attack than any nation in the
world Hobson declared ION it are
/ 100000 citizens and property worth
/ thirty-seven billions-in gunshot Of
water. We must defend the weaker
peoples of Central and South Amer
iica, whether we like 1t or not"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-02-23
Gets a Taste of How Ordinary
People Have to Travel
on Crowded
Railroads.

y ,
tunited Press eased Wire Service
PRINCETON, N. J., Feb 22.Al-
though within the next ten days he
VIII become the first citizen of the
iand with s25,000 year to spend for
travelling expenses, President-elect
woodrow Wilson today put in two
nours rubbing shoulders with crowd
OF the plainest citizens and, incident
any, bearing his share of the discom-
lort of travel on an over-Ioaded train
VI DAY coac,aes that stopped at every
way station between New York and
rflncetcn, whittier he was journey ng.
wish you would tell the man who
MANAGES this road said the presi-
aent-elect to the conductor who took
MS ticket. tina. 1t is yer. badly man
aged"
Governor Wilson started for Prince
ION on the Pennsylvania train that
iet' New York at 1852 p. m. The
coaches, We're packed so the governor
ana his secret service guard went IN
10 the smoker. where a seat was
lonnd for him. His presence in the
smoke filled car caused animated cur
ioslty- but as he had to change trains
a. Newark. he didn't mind the atten-
'lon he attracted or the .ors ride In
the bad air.
but the next train was more crowd
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-02-23
STARTING UP
NEW REVOLUTION
Friends Of Madero Are Re
cruiting an Army to Stir
Up Trouble
Again.

limited Press Leased Wir Service. !
Ell PASO, Texas, Feb. 22.--
Friends Of Francisco |. Madero in
northern Mexico and in border towns
on the American side, today began
active recruiting of an armed force to
attempt the overthrow of the provis,
ional government of Huerta and Diaz.
In The towns where the troops are
numerous and loyal to Huerta, the
Maderistas are working secretly. but
actively This is the case in Juarez,
where the Maderistas count upon
nearly 900 volunteers in the garrison
turning to Madero, and in Chihuahua,
where there is strong federal garri-
son, but an overwhelming sentiment
among the people against Huerta and
Diaz.
The Chihuahua garrison, command,
ed by General Antonio Rabago, num-
bers fully 5000 of whom 1000 are vol
unteers. The volunteers are former
Maderistas and are held in check
only by the superior number of the
legal regulars.
Governor Gonzales, former member
of Madero's cabinet, and one of the
first to declare for him in the revolt
against Diaz. has started to organize
a force for Madero in Chihuahua, but
1t is reported from there tonight that
he is a prisoner in his palace, and
that new governor will be appoint
ed at once. Gonzales has urged Ma
derista officials throughout the state
to take up the cause of Madero
Durango is in revolt against Huerta
and Diaz, according to dispatches to
i day. Governor Maytorena, it is claim
ed, already is organizing an army ant
/ is getting many recruits.
Rebels here tonight say the forces
| of Salazar, Rojas and Orozco will
+ join the new provisional government
4 of Huerta and Diaz, only upon condi
tion that the provision of the plan o
San Luis Potosi is carried out imme
! diately and faithfully.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-02-23
Porfi1io Diaz, Ex-President
Can Now Come Home and
End His Days in Country
of His Birth.
MEXICO TO BE QUIET
Rebels Will Be Terrorized
Friendship Shown to
United States and Fin
al Peace Predicted.
UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. ]
lBy a staff correspondent of the

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
by STAFF correspondent of the
United Press.
MEXICO CITY, Feb. e22.- (Via Gal
weston. )-Porfirio Diaz the exiled
president of Mexico, will return to
his home as the result of his nephews
brief and successful revolution, but
the elder Diaz will take no hand In
the new government
That was the statement tonight of
j General Felix Diaz, Mexico's man Of
the hour and possibly her next ruler,
In the first newspaper interview that
he has given since hostilities ceased
and his men placed Victoriano Huerta
4 in the national palace.
I 1t was the first admission from any.
one in a position to know, that former
President Daz surely would come
back to Mexico.
Don Porfirio Diaz; my uncle, will
return to Mexico City, but he will
4 take no part, politically" General
Diaz told the United Press correspond
ent. Through his son, Porfirio Diaz
! Ir., the former president already has
cabled his congratulations to me. He
has been kept in touch daily with the
situation here. and is much pleased
that the Maderists have been over.
/ thrown.
i believe that tranquility will soon
be restored throughout Mexico. The
new administration already mas sent
emissaries into many of the rebellious
states, to explain to the disaffected
people the Intentions OF President
! Huerta and myself. believe that
when the people understand the stu
alton, they will drop their opposition
and support this government. The
1 new regime is against all the evils for
i which the Madero administration
stood
If the rebels won't listen to reas-
on, they will be forced to listen to
something a bit more harsh, perhaps,
and quickly. We intend to restore
order throughout the length and
breadth Of Mexico, by reasoning if
we can; by force of arms, if neces-
sary
AS for the Zapatists, the govern
ments policy is to terrorize them
President Huerta intends to pursue
the zapata bands relentlessly and
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-02-23
LAST CONFUSION
OF old WINTER.
Through Wisconsin While
Northwest is Also SILVER
ing Today.
PEOPLE ARE MIss1Ns
Paying Now for the BaImy Days Of
December and January With
Compound inter
i;
est.

+ United Press Leased Wire Service.1
MILWAUKEE, Feb. %. Railroad
traffic is seriously impeded, telegraph
ic communication is most precarious,
street car and interurban lines are
practically at standstill and lake
shipping is tied up as the result of
I the storm which for twenty-four hours
has been sweeping over Wisconsin.
Reports from throughout the state
tonight said the storm, which abated
during the early morning hours, had
been resumed with shift of the wind
and that railroads and telegraph
companies were preparing to cope
; with the worst blizzard in years.
Meager reports from several towns
tonight reported persons missing but
lit was impossible to confirm the ru-
mors.
In the Northwest.
| ST. PAUL, MINI, Feb. 22.-With
! telegraph service almost entirely cut
OF and with all passenger and mail
trains from one to ten hours Tate and
I freight traffic paralyzed, the north
west today weathered through a bit
ing blizzard that swirled in huge
drifts across railroad rights of way,
4 playing havoc with schedules and
tprostrated telegraph wires.
Two persons are reported missing
from Minneapolis and are believed to
have perished in the blizzard, as they
\ were known to have ventured into
i the storm, and searching parties up
Ito a late hour tonight had failed to
/ find any trace of them. Erling Strom,
ia years old, son Of Carl Strom, left
/ his home on a trip to Rice Lake, a
suburb Of Minneapolis, and Mrs
i Clara Opia, whose relatives say she
! is slightly demented, has not put in
an appearance since leaving her home
last evening in the height of the bliz-
zard.
Y Reports from Duluth tonight said
d that a gale blowing fifty miles al
4 hour throughout the day had swirled
9 a foot of snow that fell on the level
i into huge drifts against the wind
breaks and in railroad and street car
cuts. Snow plows sent out by the
railroads were able to make but. little
showing in the face of the continuing
4 storm
4 Other points on the iron range sent
in reports of similar conditions and
many cities and towns in northern
4 Minnesota were completely isolated
no communications of any kind sbeine
able with the outside world
4 Albert Lea, Mimi, reported the
heaviest snowfall of the winter.
1 According TO report from Mankato
Mimi. the first snowfall in eight weeks
covered the southwestern part of the
state with blanket of two feet ant
practically blockaded traffic of ever,
kind. .
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-02-23
President Taft and Noble In
dian Chiefs Gather on the
Hill to Break Ground for
Memorial.
NEW MONEY PASSED OUT
Last Trip to be Made by the
President Before He
Steps Out of the
White House.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.E
NEW YORK, Feb. 20. On the high-
est point OF land around New York
harbor. hillock rising well above
Fort Wadsworth. Staten Island and
commanding fine view of both up
per and lower bays, President Taft.
sthe great white father" and thirty
of the noblest Indian chiefs alive,
gathered today to break ground for
the erection Of the magnificent ma
tional memorial to the American red
skin
The ceremonies were simple but ex-
ceptionally impressive, the group OF
famous warriors, clad in native dress
and war paint, forming picturesque
background The president spaded
up the first shovelful OF earth after
making a brief address, in which he
said in part:
For two centuries, the North
American Indian has had right to
be treated, not as a relicsof prehis-
torjc man, but as an existing force
with great and immediate aud direct
influence upon the settlement and de-
j yeiopment of this country by the
white races 1t is appropriate there
fore that this race which controlled
North America for centuries before
the white man came here shonId have
a memorial in this great sea entrance
to the North American continent
Chief HolleW-horn Bear a full
blooded Sioux and one of the chiefs
who led the Indians in the Custer
massacre, was spokesman for the red
warriors. His oration was translated
!. by Major James Mclaughlin. Indian
author and inspector of the interior
department. The chief made a digni
fled picture as an orator and his
speech drew many gutteral eyclama
tions of assent from his fellows. He
said in part:
TO the end of our days we will en-
courage our children to listen to the
advice of the white man We ash
lin to join us and help us get out Of
the wagon-rutted trail we have beer
following for SO many centuries We
thought that when the white mar
came he came as visitor, but we
found he came to rule us We sec
NV that he was fated to come and
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-02-23
Wilson to Panama.

PANAMA, Feb. 22- President Por
ras is delighted with the news that
Mr.. Wilson will VISIT Panama i'm
mediately after the extra session OF
congress in Washington adiourns
AS the Panama canal will be opened
during the administration of Mr.
Wilson. the Panama officials are anx
ious to have him here.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-02-23
vreeman Is a Wonder.

limited Press Leased Wire Service. /
PRINCETON, N. J., Feb. 22-After
making an almost clean sweep Of the
events in Sle gymnastic champion.
ships at Princeton today, John G.
yreeman, a junior from Railway, N.
j., threw in for good measure sen.
sational balancing trapeze act. He
captured the individual championship
with a total of 63 points. F. C. Rob
erts, freshman, was second with
Al 2-3 points. The juniors won the
class championships with the seniors
second.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-02-23
EXILE WILL RETURN
AFTER BEING BAN|SHED.

show no quarter. Federal troops will
be sent after them Immediately and
they will be exterminated, as outlaws
If they. continue rebellion
General Diaz expressed the warm
est friendly feeling for the United
States and its people He said that
the first aim of the Huerta govern
ment was to protect Americans and
all foreigners and their interests.
The situation tonight in the state
of Mexico admittedly was most grave.
Zapatistas carried on guerilla war
fare in dozen spots within short
distances of the capital, burning
houses and carrying off stock
At Amecameca, village thirty
miles from Mexico City, fierce battle
wa fought between detachment OF
federals and band of several hun
dred Zapata bandits. The troops
whipped the guerillas after an hours
fighting and drove them off, but the
government had no assurance that
these particular Zapatists would stay
whipped, and even so, there apparent
ly were plenty more where they came
from
Late this afternoon ANOTHER band
of Zapatists threatened the town OF
Chalco. twenty-five miles from here.
which has about 1000 people. Presi-
dent Huerta hurried detachment or
soldiers to the place. and the bandits
disappeared without putting UP
| fight.
Sonora Madero and the wife OF
| Pine Suarez. the deposed vice presi-
dent. today obtained an audience with
| President Huerta in behalf of their
/ imprisoned husbands. Sonora Mad
ero did the talking. after the presi-
dent had granted an interview, and
explained that the women we're not
pleading for their husbands so much
as that they wanted to learn from an
official source what the government
intended to do with the men, thus rp-
& lieving their awful suspense.
President Huerta treated the wonf-
ell with the greatest kindness and
! consideration and assured both that
I Madero and Suarez should suffer no
bodily harm. He said they would be
safe from death or cruelty and
would be tried in strict accordance
with law
Sonora Madero and Sonora Suarez.
seemingly greatly heartened, depart
ed with a semblance of cheerfulness.
apparently trusting to the word of the
new president
! From high authority tonight The
! United Press correspondent learned
that Francisco Madero is III no dan
ger of losing his life Foreign Min
lister De I1abarra won his point in
4 the cabinet argument over Madero's
! fate. 'Fhe deposed president will be
/ locked up in some safe place until his
passion has cooled down When his
! hct blood has had chance to be-
come normal, Madero will be tried
with due process Of law
About 100 members of the local
police have been imprisoned because
of their known affiliations with Ma.
deristas and their fate is problemati.
I cal
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-02-23
THE WEATHER.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. I
CHICAGO Feb. Weather fore
cast:
Illinois: Fair Sunday; Monday
cloudy, probably rain or snow.
Missouri: Increasing cloudiness
Sunday. probably followed by rain or
snow by night and on Monday.
Iowa: Cloudy Sunday probably fol
lowed by SHOWS in southern portion
Sunday or Monday morning.
Local Observations,
Feb. Bar. Their. Wind With !
90 a. m.29.97 % SW CYdy
% Z p. m.3O.13 % W Crdy
Snow for the past "A hours trace.
River above low water of 1864. 1
foot tenths
Change In "a hours. rise 4 tenths.
Mean temperature, "a.
Lowest temperature, %.
Highest temperature, 81.
Lowest temperature last night. 80
Wind 40 miles per hour from s. w,
9:10 a. NJ.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-02-23
OF to the Border.

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