The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-04-21
THE PRESIDENT HURRlES
BACK TO WASHINGTON
Makes No Announcement But Pre-
pareS Me>Sage-Spent Quiet Day
With Mrs. Wilson.

pares MeSSage-Spent Quiet Day
With Mrs. Wilson.
White Sulphur Springs. April 70.
At 10 o'clock tonight this announce
ment was made from President Will
sons room at the hotel:
The President will have nothing tol
say on Mexico tonight"
This followed the receipt Of long
messages from Washington. The
President stayed in his room and it is
believed was occupied in preparing
IN address to be delivered in person
tomorrow before a joint session of
Congress. The understanding here
had been that favorable news would
be given Out. The President pre-
pared to leave for Washington at
HIP p. m.
He Detaches Hiself.
President Wilson detached himself
ain Ost completely from the Mexican
crisis today, diverting his mind from
worry over what Huerta's answer
might be to the American ultimatum
by spending a quiet day in the COM
pany Of Mrs. Wilson I'D their two
daughters. There was little official
communication with Washington. But
one answer could alter the events as
they have been planned by the Presi-
dent and that, an unequivOcal ac-
ceptance of the American deman for
a salute, had not come from Huerta
up to tonight.
Address Congress About Noon.
Until tomorrow morning, the
President will wait for Huerta's reply
to reach him and then he will per-
sonally address Congress Q noon
asking authority to use the army and
navy to take necessary steps for the
enforcement Of Rear Admiral Mayo's
demand at Tampico for a 21 gun
apology for the arrest of the Ameri-
can bluejackets.
The only message the President
had gotten up to six o'clock was d
short message from Secretary Bryan,
paraphrasing Charge O'Shaughnessy's
brief note OF late last night to the
effect that Huerta was conclliatory
. but had not yielded.
: In No Mood For clubbing.
Mr.. Wilson is not in a mood to lister
r to contemporaries or further quib.
bling. Charge O'Shaughnessy has
E final Instructions that the only salts.
factory answer is announcement o.
Huerta's intention to salute the tias
2 with Fl gun What the United State:
will do in response has been left tt
Rear Admiral Mayo. No promise ha'
been made to fire a return salute, HUI
e erta being informed merely that if
salute is fired international practic,
will be followed by Admiral Mayo
who originally said he would &C
knowledge the salute. Realizing Their
was nothing to do but wait, the presi
e dent spent the day enjoying the noun
tain scenery
The president a hardly FINISHED
breakfast when a brief message cam
n from Secretary Bryan. "Encouragini
l. but not final,' was the description
e given Of Huerta's attitude and a brie
j. reply was sent to Washington.
To forget the Mexican situation tn
president took a stroll in the morning
r Only Mrs. Wilson accompanied hin
n On leaving the hotel they saw littl
It children struggling for possession Q
er an American flag. Finally a laughin
youngster got it away from his play
mates and raced up to the president.
He Salutcs The Flag.
"Good morning." said the little fel
low, as the president saluted the fla
ar and took it.
~ The president smilingly continue
: his walk with Mrs. Wilson. Upo
reaching the golf links, the two Sc
cret service men dropped back a dis
tance, the president and Mrs. Wilso
: walked a few hundred yards to or
of the benches at a teeing ground.
For an hour the president and Mr.
Wilson sat on the links and the
nt they walked back to the hotel. TT
nearest Presbyterian church is
Leesburg, ten miles away, and as tt
of president did not want to subject Nh
he Wilson to so long a journey religion
he worship was omitted.
During the afternoon the entiI
d, Wilson family went riding in a bucl
he board.
at When the president got back to II
to hotel he found no mesa ges or tel
,rs phone calls. Leaving Mrs. WilsG
d. and his daughters he went for a wa
in the hills, accompanied only
secret service men. Returning
shutdown. he prepared 10 go aboal
his private car with his family at
,us O'Clock. The car was due to lea
he here at 11:10 o. m. and arrive
ito Washington at 1:15 a. m.
ial Although ready to go to his priva
ar car. the PreSlOent, Oh receiving NO
in at $50 from a man IN
a message from Mexico City was
CT route to the State Department., d