E 111. NUMBER 17.
Wil MESSAGE
■HE PRESIDENT
SpF^ijl^T PERSONALLY AP
,la.' ® BEFORE A JOINT SES
[ y B^sion of congress
Raims no government
^Tells of Affronts and Indignities Put
on United States by the
Huerta Regime.
Washington.—President Wilson an
swered Huerta's defiance by asking
congress assembled in joint session,
for approval to “use the armed forces
of the United States in such ways and
to such extent^ as may be necessary
to obtain from General Huerta and his
adiierents the fullest recognition of
the rights and dignity of the United
States.”
The president did not ask for any
appropriation of money at this time,
nor for 'authority to call out the Na
tional Guard.
The president spoke as follows:
“Gentlemen of the Congress:
“It is my duty to call your attention
to a situation which has arisen in our
dealings' with General Vitcoriano
Huerta at Mexico City, which calls
for action, and to ask your advice and
co-operation in acting upon it. On
the 9th of April' a paymaster of the
TTnited States ship Dolphin landed at
the Nturbide bridge at Tampico, with
a whaleboat and boat’s crew to take
off certain supplies needed by his ship,
and while engaged in loading the boat
was arrested by an officer and squad
of the men of the army of General
Huerta. Neither the paymaster or
anyone of the boat’s crew was armed.
Two of the men were in the boat when
the arrest took place, and were oblig
ed to leave it and; submit to be
taken into custody, notwithstanding
the fact that the boat carried, both
at her bow and at her stern, the flag
of the United Etates. The officer who
made the arrest was proceeding up
one of the streets of the town with
his prisoners when met by an officer
of higher authority, who ordered Um
to return to the landing and await
orders, and w'ithin an hour and a half
from the time of the arrest orders
were received from the commander
of the Huerta forces at Tampico for
the release of the paymaster and ills
men. The release was followed by
apologies from the commander, and
later by an expression of regret, by
•General Huerta himself.
“General Huerta urged that martial
law obtained at the time at Tampico;
that orders had been issued that no one
should be allowed to land at the Itur
bide bridge and that our sailors had no
right to land there. Our naval com
manders at the port had not been noti
fied of any such prohibition and, even
if they had been, the only justifiable
course open to the local authorities
would have been to request the pay
master and his crew to withdraw and
to lodge a protest with the command
ing officer of the fleet. Admiral Mayo
regarded the arrest as so serious an
affront. He wafe not satisfied with
the apologies offered, but demanded
that the flag of the United States be
saluted with special ceremony by the
military commander of the port.
“The incident cannot be regarded as
a trivial one, especially as two of the
men arrested were taken from the boat
itself—that is to say, from the terri
tory of the United States; but had it
stood by itself, it might have been at
tributed to the ignorance or arrogance
of a single officer. Unfortunately .it
was not an isolated case. A series of
incidents have recently occurred which
cannot but create the impression that
the representatives of General Huerta
show disregard for the dignity and
rights of this government and felt per
fectly safe in doing what they pleased,
making free to show' in many ways
their irritation and contempt.
“A few' days after'the incident at
Tampico an orderly from the United
States ship Minnesota wad arrested at
Vera Cruz while ashore in uniform to
obtain the ship’s mail and was for a
time thrown into jail. An official dis
patch from this government to the em
bassy at Mexico City w r as withheld by
the authorities of the telegraphic serv
ice until peremptorily demanded by our
charge d’affaires in person,
“The manifest' danger of such a
situation was that such offenses might
grow from bad to worse until some
thing happens of so gross and intolre
able a sort as to lead directly and in
evitably to armed conflict. It was
necessary that the apologies of General
Huerta and his representatices should
go much further; that they should be
such as to attract the attention of the
whole population to their significance
and such as to impress upon General
Huerta himself the necessity of seeing
to it that no further occasion for ex
planations and professed regrets
should arise.’
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JAMES GORDON BENNETT
l ■ A
WSp < IF
James Gordon Bennett, priprletor
of the New York Herald, who has been
111 at Cairo for some time.
HUERTA MAKES STATEMENT
HUERTA USES MINISTER OF FOR
EIGN AFFAIRS ROJAS AS
HIS MOUTHPIECE.
Dictator Says He Has Made All the
Apology Necessary and Believes
World Will Agree.
Mexico City.—Portillo y Rojas, min
ister of foreign affairs, announcing it
would be impossible to agree to the de
mand of the United States that the
flag of that country be unconditional
ly saluted, gave out the following state
ment:
“On the 9th of the present month,
between li and noon, a boat without
an American flag and with nine ma
rines and one officer landed at a point
palled ti?e Beach of Iturbids In Tam
pico. Col. Raymond Hinojosa, who has
charge of defending that point, de
tained the marines and officer - apd
conducted them to the presence of the
general who had command of the fort,
Ignacio Morelos Zaragoza.
“It should be remembered that at
tliW time the port not only was. undgt
military control, but was withstanding
an attack by rebels.
“General Zaragoza immediately and
without even investigating the case
but the marines and the officer at
liberty', placed Hinojosa in prison and
sent an apology to Rear Admiral Mayo,
the commander of the American fleet.
■ “We thought the incident was closed,
but unfortunately, this was not so be
cause Mayo sent to him some time af
terward an ultimatum wherein he ask
ed that a second apology be presented
to him by the staff of the chief of the
for General Zaragoza, that the Ameri
can flag be hoisted at a public place in
Tampico and saluted by twenty-one
guns and, besides the severe punish
ment of Hinojosa, stipulating that all
this be done within twenty-four hours.
“The time was later extended when
diplomatic parldfs were begun between
the sub-secretary of foreign affairs in
Mexico, the minister being absent at
that date, and continued until now.
“The president of Mexico, when in
formed of the case, ordered another in
vestigation of the facts and the pun
ishment of the guilty officer if it were
proved he was, blameworthy. He also
authorized the minister of foreign af
fairs to express regret on account of
the incident. When he became aware
the American government supported
the request of Admiral Mayo relative
to ■ the salute of the American flag/
which had not been insulted, he pro
posed to show his good will toward
the American people, though he did hot
think such a request was just, propos
ing that the flags of the two nations
be hoisted and salutely reciprocally
and simultaneously.
"The American government did not
agree with that idea, but insisted on
Rear Admiral Mayo’s request, giving
assurance that according to interna
tional practice the salute would be re
turned by American cannon after the
salute to the American flag.
Indiana Farmer Kills Wife.
’ Boonville, Ind. —Throwing his wife,.
Mary, 42 years old, against a hot
stove in his ’home- here, Wiljiam Fol
som, 52 years old, formerly a pros
perous farmer, fired two shots into her
heart, killing her instantly. Then he
inflicted three wounus in his own
breast, none o, fwhich,, dpc.tors say,
will prove fatal. The shooting occur
red from his wife's denial of infidelity
made to Folsom, it is said, and her re
fusal of his demand that she surren
der her wedding ring.
IRWINTON, WILKINSON COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 1914.
NATIONTHRILLEDBY
MHECISION
DEFIANCE OF DICTATOR CAUSES
STIR IN NATION CAPITAL
LIKE MAINE DISASTER.
STIRRING SCENES ENACTED
Many Believe That He Plans to Turn
Over Government to U. S. So
Order Can Be Restored.
Washington.—Only one event in
American history is comparable to the
thrill that shot through Washington
when Huerta refused to do homage to
the stars and stripes, barring, of
course, the circumstances and cli
maxes that preceded and marked the
Civil war. The blowing up of the
Maine in Havana harbor in 1898 is the
one comparable event, and this epochal
occurrence heralded as the “daring
deed of a designing dastard,” occasion
ed no more patriotic fervor than did
the announcement of Huerta’s defiance
of President Wilson’s ultimatum.
Washington had been on edge for the
announcement, but Washington was
much in doubt as to the nature of the
denoue’m'ent. The speculation caused
by the doubt increased the sub-surface
excitement, evidences ,of which were
manifest in all parts of the city among
all sorts of persons.
Although the Mexican situation and
the president’s unyielding position
were topics of talk before and after
church services, in the hotels, on the
cars, in the club and everywhere else
in Washington, the center of activity
on the eventful day shifted at intervals
from the white house to the state, the
war and the navy departments, just
across the street.
And when “the story broke” the
scene at the white house was full of
vivid theatricals. A bride and groom
from Jersey City had dropped in to
pay their respects to Secretary Joseph
P. Tumulty. They found him 5. the
midst of history making business'? sur
rounded by 200 nervous newspaper cor
respondents. But with' his capacity
for handling persons and pleasing
them, the secretary made the bride
and groom, Mr. and Mrs. James Dolan,
perfectly at home and he never lost
step with the march of stirring
'.events. .
Two of the cabinet veterans,. men
used for years to all the stress and
storm of public life. Secretaries Bryan
and Daniels, the one a campaigner of
unparalleled powers, the other an edi
tor of many battles, found themselves
so upset and troubled over the turn of
events that they could not deal with
the throng of newspaper men and con
gressmen waiting to hear the new's. So
upon Mr. Tumulty fell all the brunt of
that labor. He moved in and out of
the conference room, serene and with
unshaken poise, greeting his friends
by their first names and dropping what
bits of information he thought avail
able in advance of the publication of
the official messages.
“The president sent a simple mes
sage to Bryan, telling him to inform
O'Shaughnessy that this government's
terms are unconditional,” remarked
Mr. Tumulty to a group of newspaper
men.
“It’s a fine note, brief and full of
the real American spirit.” As the cor
respondents hurried to put this fact on
the wires, he called out after them:
“Won’t that help the headline writers
in preparing to lay out this story?”
Emperor Joseph Sick.
Vienna. —Emperor Francis Joseph is
suffering from catarrh of the bron
chial tubes, according to official an
nouncement. This has resulted in in
creased temperature and loss of sleep
through fits of coughing, but his
strength and appetite are satisfactory
and the emperor continues to attend
to state business.
Searchers Give Up Seal Ship as Lost
' St: Johns, : N. F. —After two weeks’
unsuccessful search for the missing
sealer Southern Cross, the steamer
Kyle returned to port. The Southern
Cross, with her crew of 173 men finally
has been given up as lost.
Indians Want to Be Free.
Washington.—A large majority of In
dians believe they should be given
their property and made independent
of the Indian bureau of the govern
nMtt| This' expression of opinion was
damped by Secretary Lane, it was
announced, as the result of letters he
sent to representative Indians in the
country, asking them questions con
c^rning .phases of the Indian problem.
The letters. wef&' sent to three In
dians at each of the more than a
hundred reservations and agencies, the
men being the most intelligent.
Schedules of Trains Leaving Macon, Ga., Via
SOUTHERN RAILWAY
PREMIER CARRIER OF THE SOUTH
N. B.—The following schedule figures are published only as information and are not guaran
teed.
NO. 2 SOUTHBOUND. ROYAL PALM—TRAIN DE LUXE.
12:35 a. m. Macon to Jacksonville and all points south.
NO. 1 NORTHBOUND. ROYAL PALM—TRAIN DE LUXE.
3:40 a. m. Macon to Atlanta, Chattanooga, Cincinnati. Indianapolis, Chica-
go and all points north and northwest.
NO. 24 SOUTHBOUND. KANSAS CITY FLORIDA SPECIAL.
1:10 a. m. Macon to Jacksonville and all points south.
NO. 23 NORTHBOUND. KANSAS CITY FLORIDA SPECIAL.
4:10 a. m. Macon to Kansas City, St. Louis and all points west.
NO. 14 SOUTHBOUND. OHIO FLORIDA SPECIAL.
2:20 a. m. Macon to Jacksonville and all points south.
NO. 13 NORTHBOUND. OHIO FLORIDA SPECIAL.
5:40 a. m. Macon to Atlanta, Chattanooga, Cincinnati and all points north.
NO. 7 NORTHBOUND. LOCAL STATIONS BETWEEN MACON AND ATLANTA
7:35 a. m. Through sleeping car to New York. Day coaches.
NO. 16 SOUTHBOUND. LOCAL STATIONS BETWEEN MACON AND BRUNSWICK.
10:50 a. m. First class day coaches.
NO. 15 NORTHBOUND. • LOCAL STATIONS BETWEEN MACON AND ATLANTA.
4:30 p. m. First class day coaches. Sleeping cars.
~ NO. 6 SOUTHBOUND. FLORIDA SPECIAL.
1:30 p. m. Macon to Jacksonville and all points south.
NO. 5 NORTHBOUND. FLORIDA SPECIAL.
2:35 p. m. Macon to Cincinnati and all points north.
NO. 8 SOUTHBOUND. LOCAL STATIONS BETWEEN MACON, HAWKINSVILLE
4:15 p. m. AND HAZLEHURST.
For further information write J. S. BLOODWORTH, T. P. A., Macon, Georgia.
J C BEAM, J- S. BLOODWORTH,
’ Asst. Gen. Pass. Agt., Trav. Pass. Agt,
Atlanta, Ga. Macon, Ga.
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