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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-05-22
MURDER Of PARKS
A HOSTILE ACT
United States Sends Sharp Note
to Huerta.
DICTATOR MUST ANSWER.
ccnstltutionalists VIII Probably OBJ
tain Arms Through Tampico.
Dictator's Delegates De-
lay Mediation.
DICTATOR MUST ANSWER.

| Washington, d. C.-The United
Government news of the fate of Private
Parks, the American infantryman who
strayed into Mexico lines near Vera
Cruz. declaring that unless information
about him was given Immediately the
American Government would consider
that IAN unfriendly and hostile act"
had been committed in violation of the
understanding for a cessation of war
like moves pending mediation.
President Wilson and Secretary
Bryan, drafted strong communica-
ton after receiving word from the
Brazilian Minister in Mexico City that
Parks had been executed"
No mention was made in the Minis
ter's report of whether he was shot as
spy after a court-martial or whether
his body was burned, as has been per-
sistently reported to General Funston.
The American Government cabled the
Brazilian Minister to inform the
Huerta Government of the strong feel
ing G the United States in the mat
ter, directing him to make vigorous
representations concerning the Incl
dent.
The note asked the Minister to pro-
test to the Huerta Government that if
Parks were alive the failure to explain
his whereabouts was in itself an IN
friendly attitude, and that if the sol
der has been executed, as has been
reported, such execution of a man who
came into the Mexican lines in full
uniform was contrary to military pro-
cedure of civilized nations and an act
Of hostility.
No mention was made in the Ameri-
can note of the course the United
States intends to pursue in the mat
ter, but an official close to the Presi-
dent said it was one of the things
which would be held up against the
Huerta government when the final
reckoning came over the offenses COM
mitted against the United States.
The three South American mediators
had received no communication from
the United States about the Parks
incident and persons in the confidence
of the President said the affair prob
ably would not interfere with the be-
ginning of the mediation proceedings,
though it was recalled in many quar-
tiers that the United States accepted
the tender of good Offices with the
reservation that no hostile acts toward
Americans should occur while the
negotiations were in progress.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-05-22
A HITCH INEVITABLE.

The Mexican peace delegates
realize Huerta's administration
Is crumbling, and they are inter
ested in the choice of success
sor who will protect all Mexican
interests.
They will want guarantees
against conf1scation of property
by invading Constitutionalists.
They want to see set up a
stable government that will
secure worldwide recognition.
They want Carranza and Villa
eliminated from any possible
chance of succeeding to the pres
idency.
The Constitutionalists insist
that they will consent only to a
conquest Of Mexico City by force
of arms and the establishment of
their own civil government.
The Mexican delegates will on
the other hand insist upon the
selection of a man for president
who will be able to guarantee all
factions constitutional govern
ment
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-05-22
ACID EXPLOSION
KILLS TEN PEOPLE.
Four Others Taken From Debris
May Die.
BUILDING OBLITERATED
Most OF Victims Were Chemists
At Mexican Crude Rubber
Company's Plant, In
Detroit.

Detroit.-Ten men, most Of them
chemists, were killed by the explosion
of acid and chemicals in the mixing
room of the Mexican Crude Rubber
Company, on the West Side here. Four
other employees, removed from the
steaming debris, were taken to hos
pital and all may die. Two men were
less seriously hurt. The building.
one-story structure of solid concrete
and cement, was almost obliterated.
Other buildings within radius of a
mile were more or less damaged. The
loss was estimated at $4,000
Among those who escaped were John
H. Evans, superintendent, and John c.
Treadwell, manager of the plant.
Just what caused the explosion prob
ably will never be known. In the
mixing room was large vat of molten
rubber being prepared by secret pro-
cess. Without a moments warning
the building was torn to pieces. Every
man who was in the mixing room at
that moment was killed.
Masses of cement and concrete were
found several blocks from the scene of
the explosion. Nearby buildings were
battered by the hail of flying stone and
hundreds of windows broken. Several
pedestrians had narrow escapes. A
short distance from the rubber factory
was the plant of the Commerce Motor
Car Company, which was badly dam
aged
The company manufactured imita-
ton leather and it is understood that
ether and other explosives were used
in large quantities. Because of the
secret process of preparing the crude
rubber, employees were not allowed to
leave their department to enter other
parts of the plant. Few of the en-
ployes knew each other and it was
some time before the victims were
identified.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-05-22
Woman Attemps Suicide.

Salisbury.-Mrs. Ethel Bell, wife OF
Henry Bell, of Berlin, shot herself in
the head with pistol while en- route
from Berlin to Salisbury on the Balti-
more, Chesapeake and Atlantic Rail-
way. Upon her arrival here she was
taken to the Peninsula General Hos
pital and upon examination by the doc
tors it was learned that two bullets
fro ma .332-calibre pistol had entered
the skull. Mrs. Bell was in such a
precarious condition that the bullets
were not probed for
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-05-22
BALTIMoRE's BIGGEST EVENT.
Star-SpangIed Banner Centennial Will
Be Greatest In Its History.

Baltimore is working to make its
Star-Spangled Banner Centennial the
greatest celebration in it's history. 1t
will open on September 9th and con-
tinuing for week will have something
going on every hour. President Wood
row Wilson is the honorary president
and Mayor James H. Preston, presi-
dent Of the Centennial Commission
while its committee are made up of the
most prominent and active men of the
city Nearly million dollars will be
spent on the parades, historic pageants
and Examinations.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-05-22
THE REBELS PLANS.

A large detachment of the
rebels, who have been campaign
ing along the coast north OF
Vera Cruz, may be sent on a
short cut across country toward
the Mexican capital.
The greater part of the rebel
army under General Gonzales
will be sent forward from Tam
pico to unite with the main
forces in a campaign against Sal
tillo.
The latest report in Vera Cruz
about Huerta is that he has COM
mitted suicide, but no more cred
enco is placed in it than in the
rumor that he has fed.
General Funston reported that
the San Francisco bridge, on the
Interoceanic Railroad, twenty
eight miles from Vera Cruz, had
been destroyed.
Another report from General
Funston stated that the Federal
commander, General Navarrete,
was in the vicinity of Vera Cruz
with 5000 men.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-05-22
MORE PosToFFIcE CHANGES
6urleson Announces List Of Post
masters In MARYLAND,

SH' ics0H NHIiouHOeS LiSI VI HOSt-
masters In Maryland.
Washington. = Postmaster General
Burleson announced the following
changes in Maryland fourth-class post
Offices:
Robert E. Brown, at Brown, Prince
Georges, to succeed William G.
Walters.
Elmer E. Gordon, Gapland, to sue
coed Clarence NJ. Clagett.
Maurice M. Marshall, at Mount Will
son, new Office.
Bayard c. Burgess, New Market, to
succeed Andrew ]. Zimmerman.
William A. Spark, Parkton, to sue
coed Jacob c. Stiffier.
Blanche H. Cecil, Prices, to succeed
John w. Cecil.
w. Stanley Amos, Rocks, to succeed
John r. Ramsay.
Jacob w. Symons, Roxbury, to sue
coed Edgar L. Poole.
John L. Iglehart, Simpsonville, new
Office.
Millar M. Kirby, Woolford, to sue
coed Mabel " Kirby.
Announcement was also made Of
three appointments under the CLASH
fed list for Maryland postoffices They
were: James r. Chaffinch, Hobbs,
Caroline county; Clarence ]. Rathbun,
Mountain Lake Park, Garrett county,
and Elizabeth H. Smith, Williamsburg,
Dorchester county.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-05-22
STATE EDUCATION
on HIGHER PLANE
Additional Regents of State
University.
NAMED BY THE GOVERNOR
A Progressive Step Taken In a Law
Passed BY Recent Legislature.
Powers OF Board Which Will
Manage the Institution.

First steps were taken to place uni
yersity and collegiate education in
Maryland on higher plane when Gov.
,ernor Goldsborough, in compliance
with an act of the last legislature, ap.
pointed six regents, one from each
Congressional district of the Mary
land State University, an institution
created by cooperation of the several
colleges and professional schools of
the State. The regents appointed by
the Governor are:
Fred H. Fletcher, Cambridge, First
district
Robert Garrett, Baltimore county,
Second district.
William p. Ryan, Baltimore, Third
district.
Sylvan H. Likes, Baltimore, Fourth
district.
Oliver Metzerott, Prince Georges
county, Fifth district.
John E. Edwards, Cumberland, Sixth
district.
The several regents will serve diff
ferent terms-two, four and six years.
Under the law they must not be
affiliated with any existing education
al institutions in the State.
These several institutions repre-
scented in the Board by the following
are named in the act:
James Alfred Pearce and James w.
Cain, Washington College.
Robert Moss and Thomas Fell, ST
Johns College.
Randolph Winslow and Philemon
H. Tuck, University of Maryland.
Thomas H. Lewis and Joshua w.
Miles, Western Maryland College.
William F. Lockwood and John w.
Chambers, College of Physicians and
Surgeons.
Joseph H. Branham and Frederick
Crowthers, Maryland Medical College.
Edward c. Bixler and j. Walter
Engler Blue Ridge College.
The governing board of the Uni
versity will be its board of regents,
which shall consist of the Governor
of Maryland, ex-officio; the Comptrol-
lCA Vi Tic 1lcdSuly, cA-Ou1ClO, lHG
State Superintendent of Education, ex-
officio, and the six regents named yes
terday by the Governor. The Board of
Regents will elect provost, who will
be the executive head of the Uni
versity. He will be ex-ofIicio, a men,
Der of the Board of Regents; the Gov
ernor will be, ex-offcio, Chairman of
the Board. The Board shall have
power to choose from among the men,
bers vice chairman, who shall act in
the absence of the Governor
The university is authorized to enter
into contract with any educational in
stitution or hospital created in the
future, and to affiliate this institution
with the university. The board Of
regents is required to provide for a
closer relation between the high
schools and the colleges affiliated I'M
der the charter granted the State Uni
versity by the recent legislature, as
well as between the colleges and pro-
fessional schools constituting the uni
versity.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-05-22
ACCEPT NO FAvoRs.
The Mexican Delegates Decline To Be
Uncle Sans Guests.

Washington, D. C.-Huerta's media
ton ENJOYS, Elguero, Rodriguez and
Rabasa, have fatty refused all
courtesies proffered by the government
of the United States. After much hest
tation and many conferences prompted
by insistent offers from American gov
eminent officials, the Huerta trio, in
Guiding the inscrutable Rabasa, with
his great round, black goggles, made
1t plain that they would pay their own
way and care for themselves all the
time they are in this country.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-05-22
PORTER cHARLToN's CASE.
Must Stand Trial For "Unpremeditated
Homicide"

Como, Italy. = The investigating
judge has dismissed the charge of
generalization, and has ordered Porter
Charlton, the young American ac-
cused of killing his wife and throwing
her body into Lake Como, to stand
trial for unprecedented homicide. .
Charlton is chatting at the delay in his
trial, which will not be called until
late in the autumn.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-05-22
PREACHER GOES TO PRISON.
White Given Six Months For Anti
Rockefeller Demonstration.

New York.-Bouck White, Harvard
graduate, author and socialist preacher,
was sentenced to six months in the
workhouse for having disturbed the
services at Calvary Baptist Church on
Sunday night. John d. Rockefeller
and his son are members of this church.
and White had entered the edifice with
number of followers as a protest
against the Colorado mine strike.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-05-22
TWO WEEKS IN
AN OPEN BOAT
Only Four Out of Fifteen Persons
Survive.
A TRAGEDY OF THE SEA
Two Weeks After They Had Left the
Doomed Steamer, the Third Of the
Boats In Which the Crew Had
Left Is Picked Up.

Halifax, N. S.-A brief wireless mes
sage received here told of the dis
covery by the United States revenue
cutter Seneca of the missing third life
boat of the Leyland Line Steamship
Columbian, which was destroyed by
fire in mid-Atlantic two weeks ago.
OF the Is men who scrambled over the
side of the Inflated liner into the third
boat, only five were alive when found
by the Seneca.
The other IL had died from ex-
posture, and their bodies had been cast
into the sea. In the boat were Robert
Tiece, Oscar Kendall and Ludwigsen,
fireman.
Complete Exhaustion.
All of the survivors were in state
of complete mental and physical ex-
haustion as the result of their terrible
experiences in the open boat at sea.
This was reported to the Revenue Cut
ter Service here in a relayed wireless
dispatch from the captain of the
Seneca. The report stated that the
Columbian's boats had been picked up
in latitude 1925 and longitude $3.50.
Those rescued were the chief officer,
two seamen and a fireman. These
men were in a terrible state of ex-
haustion when picked up. Half-crazed
from thirst, hunger and exposure they
presented an awful sight when the
Seneca reached the side of the little
craft The men were helpless, being
scarcely able to move hand or foot,
and their voices had failed almost to
a whisper
Only Four Left.
That these four of the Columbian's
men are living is almost a miracle.
They had long been mourned as dead
and when they are able to talk freely
of their experiences they will have a
terrible story of the sea to tell the
world. Short of provisions from the
outset, they had practically nothing to
subsist on, and one by one they sue
cumbed. Gradually the human burden
of the boat became lessened, IL of the
men having died and their bodies con-
signed to the depths.
How They Died.
When their short allowance of bis
cult and water had failed they main
tanned life by chewing boot leather and
the few stray crumbs of hard tack
Rain water served them when their
water cask went dry. The first two
days after drifting away from the
flaming Columbian they saw three
steamers, too far away to be signalled.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-05-22
TRAIN KILLS AuToIsTs.
Three Meet Death In Crash Near
EdWardsville, III.

st. Louis.-Three persons were kill
ed at Kaufman, ILL.,, IL miles east of
Edwardsville, H., when an automobile
in which they were riding was struck
by a Toledo, ST. Louis and Western
train. Stuckwisch was a bookkeeper
in a mill at Marine, Ill. With his wife
and brother-in-law he had started for
an automobile ride to Jacksonville, Ill.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-05-22
BOMB THROWN INTO HOUSE.
Three Women Injured and One May
Lose Her Sight.

Kingston, N. VA bomb thrown
mysteriously into bedroom occupied
by Mrs. Darwin Hinckley and her two
daughters exploded and seriously in
jured two of them. One of the daugh-
tiers, Violet Winchell, escaped unhurt,
but the other, Rena Hinckley, was
badly hurt, and Mrs. Hinckley received
injuries which may result in blind
ness.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-05-22
NINE VICTIMS NOW.
Engineer Smith, Of the Steamer JEFF
ferson, Is Dead.

Norfolk, Va.-Assistant Engineer H.
B. Smith died here of injuries received
in the explosion in the engine-room of
the Old Dominion steamer Jefferson,
off Cape Henry, Monday night He
makes the ninth victim. Chief
Engineer Portlock is in a serious con-
dition here.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-05-22
WHOLE FAMILY is MURDERED.
Mother, Brother and Sister of Politician
Found Dead BY Neighbors.

Ironton, ,Ohio.-Mrs. Matilda Massie,
70 years old; her son, Harry, 50, and
her daughter, Mary, 80, were found by
neighbors dead, apparently murdered,
at their home at Greasy Ridge, rs
miles north of here. The dead are
mother, brother and sister of W.
e. Massie, prominent Democratic
politician and State taxing official. A
farmland is said to be missing.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-05-22

The real estate of the late Senator
Edward E. Goslin was sold at auction
at fredericksburg.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-05-22

DR.. R. P. Blackstone, 81 years old
died at his home, River Springs, st
Mary's county.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-05-22

Governor and Mrs. Goldsborough en-.
tertained at dinner the members of the
Court of Appeals.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-05-22

The State convention of the knights
of Columbus will be held next year at
Cumberland.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-05-22

]. Fred Sponsellor. cigar manufac-
turer, of Williamsport, committed sui
eide by shooting.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-05-22

DR.. Richard Pinckney Blackstone, of
River Springs, died at his home. He
was so years old.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-05-22

Homecoming business men decided
to take up the proposition of Thomas
Dugan, of Indiana Pa, for the location
of glass factory at Homecoming. One.
half of the proposed issue of the $50
coo stock was subscribed. A commit.
tee composed of Samuel Bradley, Nose
Bear. Lloyd burst, Duncan r. Sloan
George d. Campbell, Lorraine Eisen.
berg, Arthur Price, Aleck Sloan and
James B. McAlpine was named to in
stitute 10 days stock subscription
campaign
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-05-22
FOR SCHOOL SAVINGS BANKS.

New York Children To Be Made
Thrifty and Wise.
New York.-To make school children
thrifty as well as wise, the Board of
Education here has adopted a resolu-
ton providing for the establishment of
savings banks in the public schools.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-05-22
The Latest GleanIngs From All
Over the State.

Cyrus F. Flock was elected president
If the Frederick county school board.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-05-22
MARYLAND NEWS
IN SHORT ORDER

IN 5HURl URDtR
The Latest GleanIngs From All
Over the State.
Cyrus F. Flock was elected presiden
If the Frederick county school board
Governor and Mrs. Goldsborough en-
tertained at dinner the members of tn,
Court of Appeals.
The real estate of the late Senator
Edward E. Goslin was sold at auction
at fredericksburg.
DR.. r. P. Blackstone, 81 years old
died at his home, River Springs, ST
Mary's county.
The State convention of the knights
of Columbus will be held next year at
Cumberland.
j. Fred Sponsellor, cigar manufac.
turer, of Williamsport, committed sui
eide by shooting.
DR.. Richard Pinckney Blackstone, of
River Springs, died at his home He
was so years old.
William T. P. Turpin, former State
senator from Queen Annes county,
was stricken with paralysis at his
home, near Centerville.
Harry Bender, 20 years old, of Port
Deposit, was killed by a freight train
on the Columbia and Port Deposit Rail-
road at Port Deposit.
William T. Turpin, former State Sen
ator and former State immigration
Commissioner, is ill with paralysis at
his home, near Centerville.
|. L. Price was elected president of
the Wicomico County School Board.
The Court of Appeals adjourned
until June "a.
Secretary of the Navy Daniels de-
livered an address at the Founders
Day celebration at Jacob Tome Insti-
tute.
AS result of a decision by Judge
Harlan, at Belair the number of
saloons at Havre de Grace were re-
duced by FIVE.
Andrew ]. Cummings has been ap-
pointed to a committee authorized by
the Maryland legislature to confer
with Virginia committee on Potomac
fisheries.
The Board of Commissioners of Den.
ton has reorganized under the new
charter by electing ]. Benjamin Colgan
president and William S. Grouse treas
urer.
At the annual town election held at
Rising Sun Charles S. Pyle, John M. |
Sterrett, Norville c. Brown, Louis
Ryan and Eli T. Reynolds were re-
elected town commissioners.
Richard Hawkins, charged with set |
ting fire to the home of William NJ |
Magruder, at Goshen, Montgomery
county, was committed to the Rock
vile jail
Drs. G. H. Brown, ]. H. Billingslae, |
James Watt and ]. F. B. Weaver, of |
Carroll county celebrated the fiftieth |
year Of their active practice in the |
medical profession.
At the annual election held at Fed |
eralsburg, Henry F. Stowell, H. B. |
Messenger, ]. Walter Noble T. Fred
Brown and Joseph P. Patched were |
elected town commissioners. Stowell !
for 10 years.
The Montgomery county commits |
sioners have appointed John A. Gar
rett and DR.. Otis M Linthicum to enter |
into agreements with Washington hos
pitfalls for the care and treatment of |
INDECENT sick from that county. The |
legislature appropriated $4,000 a year |
for the purpose, limiting the allowance |
for each patient to SIPS day.
The convention Of the Bishops |
Guilds of the Protestant Episcopal |
Church of Maryland was held at An
napolis Thursday. Bishop John Gard |
ner Murray, of Baltimore, was among |
the delegates, who were entertained |
at luncheon by the Guild of ST. Anne's |
Church. In the evening the Girls |
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-05-22

William T. p Turpin, former State
senator from Queen Anne's county,
was stricken with paralysis at his
home, near Centerville.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-05-22

On the charge of taking his wife
across his knees and spanking her
with pine board Benjamin Irwin was
tried by Justice Ankeney, who SEN
fenced him to rs days Imprisonment.
Mrs. Irwin testified that when her hus-
band returned home from days fish
ing angry because she had spent the
day with neighbor, he called her a
liar. struck her on the arm, and then
put her across his knees and spanked
her.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-05-22

Harry Bender, 20 years old, of Port
Deposit, was killed by freight train
on the Columbia and Port Deposit Rail-
road at Port Deposit
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-05-22

William T. Turpin. former State Sen
ator and former State immigration
Commissioner, is i'll with paralysis at
his home, near Centerville.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-05-22

Drs. G. H. Brown, ]. H. Billingslae
James Watt and ]. F. B. Weaver, OF
Carroll county celebrated the fiftieth
year of their active practice in the
Ledical profession.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-05-22

|. L. Price was elected president of
the Wicomico County School Board.
The Court of Appeals adjourned
until June "a.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-05-22

The Montgomery county commits.
sioners have appointed John A. Gar.
rett and DR.. Otis M. Linthicum to enter
into agreements with Washington hos.
pitfalls for the care and treatment OF
INDECENT sick from that county The
legislature appropriated $4,000 a year
for the purpose, limiting the allowance
for each patient to SIPS a day.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-05-22

Richard Hawkins, charged with set
ting fire to the home of William NJ.
Magruder, at Goshen, Montgomery
county, was committed to the Rock
vile jail.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-05-22

Secretary of the Navy Daniels de-
livered an address at the Founders
Day celebration at Jacob Tome Insti-
tute.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-05-22

The Board of Commissioners of Den.
ton has reorganized under the new
charter by electing J. Benjamin Colgan
president and William S. Grouse treas
urer.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-05-22

At the annual election held at Fed
eralsburg, Henry F. Stowell, H. B
Messenger, ]. Walter Noble, T. FREQ
Brown and Joseph P. Patched were
elected town commissioners. Stowel
already has served as commissioner
for 10 years.