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The Washington herald., 1914-02-21
DEATH OF BRIToN PRESENTS
U. S. WITH SERIOUS PROBLEM

The killing of William S. Benton, a
British subject. by Gen. Villa, leader of
the Mexican rebels, has brought the
United States face to face with a grave
crisis in her Mexican policy. This was
generally conceded here last night.
Great Britain is already antagonistic
to the watching and waiting policy" of
President Wilson. The execution of one
of her subjects puts her in position to
demand immediate action in Mexico look
ing toward protection of British citizens.
The alternative is the landing Of Brit
ish troops in Mexico to take charge of
the situation. This would mean infrae
ton of the Moroe doctrine and internal
tiOnal complications between the United
States and Great Britain. So serious is
the matter considered that a Cabinet
meeting was held yesterday to discuss
the situation. Every detail of possible
contingencies was gone over and inter-
vention was said to have been freely
talked OF.
Il am informed that Mr. Benton is dead
1 can make no further comment until
know the circumstances" said Secretary
Of State Bryan
Pledge of Secrecy.
Secretary Bryan stated that he had
telegraphed George C. Carothers, a mem
DtI VI Slhtcu COllSuldT SeTN-
ice. who has recently been engaged in
special work in Chihuahua, and is now
at Ell Paso, instructing him to give out
what Information he had concerning the
death of Benton, provided in SO doing
he would not violate any confidence re-
posed in him. 1t is understood that Gen
Villa, in informing the Representatives
of the State Department of the death of
Benton, pledged them not to make pub
lie anything beyond the mere fact of
Benton's death, Whether Carothers will
feel that he can divuige what he knows
of Benton's death is not yet known here
Secretary Bryan did not last night clear
up the uncertainty and confusion which
exists as to the respective parts played
by Carothers and Consul Edwards. the
latter stationed at Juarez, in the Benton
matter. 1t was known yesterday that
Edwards saw Villa personally. while
Carothers. II was understood. was in Ell
Paso, and, in fact. first wired the State
Department that he had reason to doubt
the truth of the reports that Benton
was dead. Later dispatches from Ed
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ed many a woman
through the trying
ordeal, saved her from
suffering and pain,
kept her in health In
advance of baby's
coming, and had .
wonderful influence
in developing a love-
ly disposition in the
child
The Washington herald., 1914-02-21
Huerta suppre..es "Lind."

Mexico City. Feb. 20.-President Hucrta
has ordered the suppression of the new
comic weekly, Mister Lind" which was
filled with vulgar abuse of Americans.
Minister Alcocer told reporters tonight
that no further abuse of this sort would
be permitted. Fifteen former deputies.
who had been arrested as Madero SYM
pathizers were released from prison to-
day, upon promising loyalty to the gov
eminent.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-21
William p. Spence Dies Suddenly.

William r. Spence. fifty-hve years
old. said TO live at 7OS b street south
west. died at Emergency Hospital last
night from a hemorrhage. He was re-
moved in an ambulance from 904 +
street northwest, and as he was being
taken from the ambulance into the
hospital building he died.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-21
Lawyers Entertain judges.

Members of the District bar gathered
in the red room of the New Willard last
night to attend a reception given under
the auspices OF the Lawyers Club. of
which James F. Haden is the president.
All Ct the members of the District SUI
IRENE Court were present
The Washington herald., 1914-02-21
The New Social Dances:
By Mile. Anna Papiowa
This Dance Is a Combination
of the One-step and the
Waltz.

CThis Is one of q series of articles
especially written for this newspaper
by Mile. Anna PavIowa, the greatest
living premiere danseuse, who has
posed with her dancing partner, Law
remit Noyikon, for each ngure. The
dances to he explained and illustrated
arc those now in vogue I'm society ball.
roOmsD
The Washington herald., 1914-02-21
Valuable Gems shown.

An illustrated lecture on gems and
precious stones, by Douglas 3. Sterrett,
of the United States Geological Sur
vey. drew hundreds to All Souls
Church. Cathedral avenue. last even
ing. Mr.. sterrett exhibited many val
liable specimena
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carried from Juarez for chihuahua this
gorninr villa had repeatedly told
friends of Benton that he had not
been arrested and was not hello IN
Tuarez-" To Representative George =
Carothers. of the state Department
who. at the solicitation OF behton :
friends, had made An inquiry at tne
Juarez jefatura on THURSDAY, NlS
said no harm had befallen Benton anu
he was not under arrest.
..Tried Before Court"
FREDERICK Gonzales Cara. legal ad-
,-isar Of Col. Fifela AviIa, CHIEF OF inc
Iuarez garrison. claims that ben'oII
T,as found guilty before military
court of conspiracy against vita -,
..Renton's case was tried before a mill
tarv court of which Mai. Jesus NJ. houIi
guez was president, and he was Lou .,H.
~, 81 drawing a pistol. provoking the
commander and insulting MINI
Cenor Gonzales Cara today. There were
several witnesses who testified TO TINS.
THE other members of the court "hicn
hoe haen regularly formed to try such
cases were Adrian Aguirre BenaNioes'
legal adviser to the president OF the court
and Mai. Manuel Gloria, prosecuting az
torney. 1t has been a rule OF the court
when politicaI cases are brought before
the punishment of the man. Inc HliiI-
tary commanders o. the town nave noun
ing whatsoever, TO do with the court nor
it's findings, except TO turn over all prls-
oners arrested to the court for 1t TO take
action.
Charged with Conspiracy.
Benton was proven to be conspirator
AGAINST Villa. and so paid the penalty
Foreigners should not mix up in Mexican
politics We have always granted every
privilege 10 foreigners, and so our enc
mics have secured the service OF foreign
ers in these conspiracies. because it has
always been easy for the foreigner to gain
audience with the officials OF our move
ment."
Plans were developed here late this
afternoon for the holding of monster
mass meeting in Cleveland Square to pro-
test against the execution OF Benton
Former Gov Curry, of New Mexico, was
to have been the speaker, but the police
refused to sanction the meeting Mayor
c. E. Kelly was approached, but refused
absolutely to permit any permission. he
said:
such 2 meeting might tend to riots
and I have instructed the police TO pre-
vent it whatever the cost may be. Should
you hold your meeting in a hall. no at
tempt will be made to stop it, but / will
order a sufficient force Of police there
10 prevent riot"
When il was seen that the mayor and
the police intended to be firm, the crowd
The Washington herald., 1914-02-21
HohIer Reaches Vera Cruz.

Vera Cruz, Feb. 20.-Thomas 3. Hohlcr,
charge d'affaires of the British Embassy.
who is to relieve Ambassador Garden, ar
rived today and proceeded tonight to
Mexico City
The Washington herald., 1914-02-21

Pupils of Mckinley Manual Training
School and their parents made merry last
night. The auditorium of the school. at
Seventh street and Rhode Island avenue,
was filled to its capacity when "Pinafore"
was cIeverly produced by a number of
pupils.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-21

wards convinced the department OF Ben
toms death.
Immediate steps to learn the circum-
stances of Bentons death were taken
nv the State Department. United states
Consul Edwards, at Juarez. was tele-
graphed to file details OF the eAecution
at once.
Order for Report.
Sir Cecil Spring Rice. the British Am
hassador was a visitor at the STATE De
partment yesterday TO investigate the
Renton affair. He is said To nave urseu
the utmost expedition in clearing up the
mystery and to have clearly intimated
that Great Britain looks to the United
states for the safety Of British subjects.
Details OF the killing will be immediately
Unmarried to his government as soon as
received here.
Protest against the Incarceration OF
Benton by Villa was conveyed To sec
rotary Bryan yesterday by the Brltish
Embassy. Consul Edwards was imme-
diatelv instructed to intercede in the
Britisher's behalf. According to news
reports. these instructions came too
late. Benton having been murdered on
Tuesday.
Oricials here are in doubt as to the
future course Of the United States. II
is understood. however. that this coun-
try will undertake to demand salts
faction from Villa II Benton was killed
by his order.
Mnyfiower 10 Mexico.
II is admitted here that the killing
OF Benton is more serious in point OF
international Importance than would
have been the execution of an Amerf-
can Already scores of citizens of the
United States have lost their lives in
Mexico, with only an admOnition forth
coming from this government.
The Benton affair brings forward
powerful country to demand more strin-
gent mea sures to insure safeguarding OF
foreign lives and capital. Behind Eng
land in the demand will be ranged Ger
many, Spain. and other powers with
large interests in Mexico.
The yacht Mayhower left Washington
Yesterday for duty in Mexican waters.
carrying on board Capt. Harry Mel.
T. Huse. assigned to duty as chief of
stan under Admiral Fletcher. and the
wife and two daughters of Admiral
Fletcher. Admiral Fletcher has not had
a DAYS vacation since assuming COM
mand of the American squadron in Mex
lean waters and il was at the sugges-
ton Of Secretary Daniels that the I'M
usual privilege was accorded the MEM
hers OF his family of making the trip
to ioin the admiral on board a naval
vessel
The Washington herald., 1914-02-21
fMefner's Friend
in Every Home
Comfort and Safety Assured Before
the Arrival OF the Stork-

In thousands of American homes there
In bottle Of Mothers Friend that has aid
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english SUBJECT
KILLED BY VILLA

CONTINUED FROM FACE ONE.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-21

Paris, Feb. 9.-"Alfonso de la Barra,s
statement that he raised a IS, 100000 loan
In Paris is false" was the statement to-
day at the Banque de Paris ct des pays
has. He didn't get a cent here and
the July interest on existing Mexico
bonds won't be paid II Huerta continues
appropriating customs revenue for the
maintenance of his government" The
statement was also denied at the foreign
Office 49,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-18
A FAMOUS DUEL.
DR.. B. F. Wards Story Of the Meeting Be-
tween Major Belo and Captain
Cussons.

Several weeks ago DIR. b. +. Ward
wrote an article for the Commercial
Appeal, and one of the statements in
his story brought to the mind of the
editor the fact that Oh the occasion
of tho death of Colonel a. FL Belo, edI-
tor of the Dallas and Galveston. Tex,
News. DIR. Ward wrote n remarkable
story of n duel between Colonel Belo
and Captain Cussons, both officers of
the Confederate army.
The duel was fought during the last
days Of tho Confederacy. There had
been battle, and after the battle was
over there was criticism, and this
criticism was resented. Certain officers
in one regiment, having no personal
ment, took up the matter, and there
was an exchange OF notes. Then ap-
pointmentss were made for two meet
ings.
description OF the meeting between
Colonel eBlo and Captain Cussons
written by DIR. Ward twelve years ago.
was a piece OF writing that Is a model
both in style and In what newspaper
men call news reporting.
DIR. Ward tells every material fact
but there is 80 much color in the story
that the narrative is truly n word pic
ture painted by one In the evening of
life and using the colors of an October
sunset. 49,
Colonel Iselo was remarkable man.
When the war was over he was frail
in body. being weakened by wounds
that would have killed. ono with less
spirit. Without money md without
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-18

friends he went 10 Texas, but a char
acter developed under the fire Of four
years was an asset greater than all
the wealth that men in the battle of
lifc usually have at their command.
The two great newspapers in Texas
arc monuments to his energy. Their
spirit is his spirit. AS Journalist
Colonel Belo never listened for the
trend Of public opinion and then fol-
lowed It, He tried to ascertain what
was true and what was best, and re-
CARELESS OF who differed with him or
from him, he stood firm in the advo-
cacy of his convictions
His influence in Texas was not i'm :
mediate. He did not accomplish the
victories OF the demagogues or the OPP
portunist, who wins quickly If he wins
at all, but gains little In the perma-
nent upbuilding Of the forces for good
IN his community. Colonel BeIo's re-
wards were slow but sure, and his ac-
compllshments were therefore lasting
and though dead more than ten years
his work lives.
The story OF the duel, however SO
splendidly written by DR.. Ward. will
give the reader a clearer insight into
| the spirit of those times and Into the
character of tho men than all the writ
ing one might to-day do. 1t Is as fol-
lows:
May. 1901.
To the Commercial Appeal:
Notice I'm your yesterdays issue of
the death OF Colonel a. II. Belo, the
well-lnown editor OF tho Galveston
News, and mention of the fact that
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-18
JUDGE 7. S. GARRETT
DELIVERS ADDRESS

The cornerstone of the Confederate
Monument to the soldiers of North
ampton was laid Wednesday, afternoon
with appropriate Masonic ceremonies,
Hon. John II. Wilkins. master of the
lodge at this point. presided, and Rev.
w G. Foster. of the Lower Northamp-
ton Baptist Church. offered prayer The
exercises were had on the platform ar
ranged for that purpose close to the
foundation. The box in the corner
stone most appropriately contained n
roster Of all the Confederate soldiers
of Northampton County as far as could
be secured at this late day, there being
nearly 200 OF them. There was also
deposited copies of the Eastern Shore
Herald. telling of the efforts of the
people of Northampton to rnise funds
for this monument, also data of the
Harmanson-Wes Camp of the Confed-
crate Veterans. and Of tho several
chapters OF Daughters OF the Confed-
eracy on the shore"
Following these exercises the adj
dress of the day was delivered by Judge
IT. S. Garnett. He was introduced by
Stanley Scott In fitting language.
Judge Garnett spoke as one who knew
the cause these efforts represent. and
his most interesting address follows:
Judge Gnrnett's Address.
My Comrades, Ladies and Gentlemen:
We are assembled to-day with one
performance of a duty which. among
all faithful people, has ever been deem
ed sacred.
The time. the place and the occasion
are most impressive More than half
a century has been buried with the
past since this court green was the
scene of busy preparation of war. The
clash of resounding arms, borne upon
every gale that swept from the West
ern Shore awoke responsive echoes In
the homes of old Northampton. and
here her sons, answering the call Of
our mother-Virginia--m ready to
meet with their lives. their fortunes
and their sacred honor, the momentous
question: when shall we be free?"
1t may be generally known. though
not even yet fairly appreciated, that a
full regiment OF EasterneShoremen vol
untteered to defend Virginia from In
vasion,, and enlisted as Confederate
soldiers In our second war for inde
pendence. They were known as 1.-THE
ThIrty-ninth Virginia Infantry, and
under their gallant colonel, Charles
Smith. of Ingleside. were carefully
drilled and prepared for the field.
Tho utterly dcfcnseless situation
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-18
The Clou ds OF Gray.

Up from warm Southland's skies.
Which slow forget their smiling charmS
In rank on rank. behold arise
Vast walls OF dull gray clouds.
swarm
or mighty warrior. God hath sent
'Gainst Northern mountains battle BENT
with furious lightnings arm'd
Their massing squadrons fight thefH
way
'Ga!nst rocks and crags unharm'd
Thro' many contest. but they sway
A force unequal TO their task
By thrust OF rock deep rent, 4
Until their mists they dissipate,
Or raining diamonds useless spent
To clothe with verdure rocks SO great,
Their mighty columns pass from view,
Lost In the deeps OF overriding blue.
Deep as that azure seems.
Ills but the nothing Of thin air,
The realm OF formless, lifeless dreams.
Which but sembled being near.
A zone eternal cold save for SUNG
rays.
Which. cloudless. as helrs fires would
blaze.
Gray clouds of sombre mien,
Which seem'd to mortal sight as lost,
Gave. by their life blood. living green
To hills and Wales, which else all life
had lost.
And tho as mists they broken pass'd
away.
Shall give earth life again. those clouds
of gray.
THE OLD GRAY DOCTOR.
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rhe Woman nf 1851

lhc woman OK 1901.
How deep the calm her presence brings
: To all who meet her In LIES fields:
She sweetly smiles and softly sings,
And healing balm her least touch
yields.
But. tbs as with the edelweiss,
Which blossoms where no song birds
lit,
Amidst gray rocks so child by ice
Their silence rs deaths touch Is felfs
No other flowers here find place
To yield their incense or endue
Tho solemn snow shroud's mystic graoa
With winsome form or lovely hue.
She, too. will sometime fall asleep,
Her head contented on his breast;
While myriad mortals ages weep,
This fow'r which LIES vast desera
blessd.
Yet few will ever understand
The depth and breadth OF her dean
heart
Which never faird to guide her hand
Nor dream she lived from life apart.
THE OLD GREY DOCTOR.
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lie Linz Bros. building now stands.

the Linz Bros. building now stands. a
few years afterward he moved over to
Elm street. between Murphy and Lamar
streets where he was in the paint bust
Rose. president OF the Hudson Roe Mo-
tor Car Sales Company and vice-presi-
associated with Mr.. Shields in the fall
or 1854 ana they continued In the paint
business under the firm name OF X.
Shields K CO. until June. 1905. when
they sold out to the Texas Glass and
Paint Company. Since that time Mr..
Shields had been in no active business.
ing, OF the death OF Mr.. Shields. said:
FL had known Kane Shields about
thirty-hvc years and esteemed hin, as
very dear friend, He was n kindly.
genial and truly Christian gentleman.
Ia his death man of moro than or
binary moment has passed away.
the most important events in the
worlds history. Let us go back lit
tie more than half n century, and to
Charleston, $. C.. where Kane Shields
was reared. It was in the spring OF
1861. South Carolina had seeded from
the the :, Union. The fortitisations of
General i. q. r. Beaurcguard, or the
Confederate army, had greatly
strengthened them all. except Fort
Sumter, out in the bay. still occupied
by Federal troops under Major Rob
ert Anderson He had also constructed
other fortifcations, among which was
u HOdtluS battery at the emu OF sui
livan's Island. near Fort Moultrie. When
his State seeded, Kane Shields. then
in the first flush of young manhood.
enlisted in the cause of the South. He
Joined the artillery, and his battery
manned the floating battery. NeRotia-
lions for the surrender of Fort Sumter
having been begun by General Beaure-
gard on Thursday. April II, and con
tinuing until 800 o'clock Friday, April
IL, but without avail, Major Anderson
was notified that In one hour the Con-
federate guns would fire on Fort Sum
ter. At 1910 a. NJ. the signal gun was
fred from a mortar in Fort Johnson.
from the battery at. the end of Sui
livan's Island directly at Fort sum.
ter. Kane Shields pulled the lanyard
that fred that shot. The War Between
the states had opened. That shot, fired
in the early morning of April II, 1851,
sounded around the world and its echo
reverberated through the four years of
the old battlehelds of Palo Alto, i'll the
last engagement of the war near
Brownsville, Cameron County. Tex, Col
onel John s. Ford commanding the Con-
federates.
Kane Shields was an extremely mod
people ever heard him speak OF this
episode In his life, or OF himself in any
way I do not believe any man ever
heard him utter an unkind word Of
any one, but on the contrary. he al
ways had kindly concentrations for
others. Nor did his right hand ever
know what his left hand did. Yet he
did many things and much for the
good of others, works the Father noted.
In him his nieces and nephew found a
father and with him n home his pres
encc ever enlivened"
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KANE SHIELDS FIRED
FIRST CIVIL WAR SHOT

Mr.. Shields was born in Pennsylvania
Seventy-Hve years ago He moved with
his parents to Mobile. Ala. He served In
the Civil War. and Mt the close OF tho
conflict he came to Dallas and opened
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-18
was said about 175 prisoners vera

will call the names OF as many as
I can remember who were in the
charge, and who can also verify my
Yates. Dallas Slusher and Albert Bow
ers. who still survive: John II. Finn,
John Shenk and John p. Mauck (Gens
eraD. have passed away. They all acs
quilted themselves nobly-H NJ.
Stricken. In Loudoun Mirror.
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AUTOGRAPH LETTERS BouGH1.

Hishest price paid for Autograph Lotterd
Of Famous People. Wanted in Partioulers
Letters OF "Stonowall' jackson. Albert SldA
ney Johnson. j. L. b. Stuart Geo. u. Pickett.
Turner Ashby. Robert f. Leo and JEFF Davis.
p. F. MADIGAN. SOL Fifth Ave, New York.
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PnEc Soldiers First In Gettysburg.
Now, wish to make some statements
though / shrink from publicity. Just
before we arrived at Gettysburg our
Company L. was put In the advance
or the battalion. 1t has been stated
enter the town. That Is even SO. Ten
or twelve men We're given me to go
in advance, and We did 1t not slow. We
was held by militia. Such running
was hard to equal. Some we're on
horses. but they were mostly nfoot.
One fellow dropped his coat, which
had in It n combination knife, which
I carried with me through the war. 1t
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1914-06-04
Even Most Chronic Sufferers
Find Relief After A Few
Doses Are Taken

Backache, urinary disorders, and
rheumatism, are caused from weak,
inactive kidneys, which fail to filter
out the impurities and keep the blood
pure, and the only way on earth to
permanently and positively cure such
troubles, is to remove the cause.
The new discovery, Croxone, cures
such conditions because it reaches
the very roots of the disease. 1t
soaks right into the stopped up, in
active kidneys, through the walls and
Innings; cleans out the little fltering
cells and glands; neutralizes and dis
solves the poisonous uric acid sub
stances that lodge in the joints and
muscles TO scratch and irritate and
cause rheumatism; it neutralizes the
urine so it no longer irritates the
tender membranes of the bladder
and cleans out and strengthens the
stopped up, lifeless kidneys SO they
filter and sift all the peisons from
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1914-06-04
sleep Disturbing BLADDER WEAKNESS ~~ \
BACkACKE RHEUMATISM, QUICKLY VANISH

the blood, and drive it out of the
system.
SO sure, so positive. so quick and
lasting, are the results obtained from
the use of Croxone, that three doses
a day for few days are often alb
that is required to cure the worst
case of backache, regulate the most
annoying bladder disorders, and over
come the numerous other similar
conditions.
1t is the most wonderful prepara-
ton ever made for the purpose. It
is entirely different from all other
remedies. There is nothing else on
earth to compare with it. 1t is SO
prepared that it is practically impos-
sible to take it into the human syG-
tenn without results.
You can obtain an original package
of Croxone at trifing cost from any
frst-class drug store. All druggists
are authorized to personally return
the purchase price if Croxone fails to
give desired results, regardless of
how old you are, how long you have
suffered. or what else has failed to
cure you,
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