The Mexia Weekly Herald. (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 7, 1914 Page: 1 of 4
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Mexia, Texas.
fifteenth Year.
MEXIA, TEXAS, THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1914.
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PURE CROWN LINSEED OIL
Screen Wire Cloth and Screen Doors.
Farrar
MEDIATION FOR
MEXICAN PROBLEM
| The American Government, in its
! formal reiply to the armistice pro-
posal, will stipulate expressly
thait any untoward act toward
j Americans will bfe regarded as an
' infraction of the armistice.
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Monterey has
Guajardo de
The remnara
l Saltillo, now that
fallen and <!eneral
'rtited at Aliunde:
s of Gua.jardo's
You have only 4 more days in which to take
advantage of the low prices in our May Clearing-
Sale. If you are one of the hundreds who have at=
tended this sale already you know the wonderful
values we are offering. If you have not been in, it |
will be decidely to your interiest to come during
these next four days.
Our entire line of New Spring Silks, Dress Goods, Embroideries, Lac-
es, Domestic, Percales, Ginghams and Ladies Ready-made Suits, Skirts
and Dresses is included in this May Sale at economy prices. Come and
Save.
This Sals Closes Tuesday, May the 12
Enlargement of Program Comes
with Acceptance by Car-
ranza of Proposals
for Peace.
Washington, April 29.—The
scope of mediation plans for the
set/foletment of the Mexican crisis
was suddenly broadened tonight
so as to include the entire range
of Mexican affairs—not alone the
force from Piedras Nogras- and of
the Nuevo Laredo federal garri-
son are believed to be scattered.
LEADERS IN MEXIA FOR 30 ODD YEARS'
REBELS CONTROL
NORTH MEXICO
Brownsville, Texas, April 30.—
For the first time since the pres*
eimt revolution began, Mexican
constitutionalists today were in
critical issue between the United j control of the entire northern
Staites and the Huerta regime. | frontier of Mexico divided by the
ibut also the conflict between the j Rio Grande from Texas. Four
elements of Northern and South- strategic garrison towns and 800
era Mexico which have rent the miles of rich land are included
Republic for many months. Jin the territory..
This signal enlargement of tin ; The federal garrison of Nuevo
mediation program follower the \ trol of the section this week,
receipt late today of a formal j when Nuevo Laredo and Piedras
acceptance by Gen. Carranza ..Xegran were occupied without
chief of the Constitutionalists, oil the firing of a shot. Previously
the principle of mediation as pro-1 Matamoras, opposite Brownsville,
posed by the Ambassador from j at the "mouth of the Rio Grande.
Brazft and the Ministers fronC and Juarez, where revolutions art
Argentina and Chile. jmade, were the important north-
Already the United States and U rn points under the sway of
Gen. Huerta have formally ac-: Venus; iano C-arranza.
ceptcid the good offices of tlie>> 1 he federal garrison fo Nuevo
South American envoys and now Laredo and Piedras Xegras eva-
as a further step Gen. Carranza; cualed their towns suddenly af-
.haiS been brought into the delile ter ! listed Stales forces landed
eratjons, so as to draw every ele* i at \ era Cruz. Iti ileparting I In
ment and faction within the: fecials did what damage they
range of any settlement which could .by lire and dynamite,
may be attained. j Nuevo Laredo almost being de-
Ea-rlier in the day the media- J Oroved. Then the constiitution-
D. C. Clark, the .Masonic lei
turer, is in the city again for a
few days to teach the work. You
will find him at the hall, and
reaely to give instruction in any
part of t he blue lodge work.
Dr. Will Junkin talked to a
large congregation at the First
Presbyterian ebiureh Thursday
night on conditions in China,
where he has served for the past
seventeen years as a missionary.
and took
istamce
r<
tors made another decisive move.alists marched in
■in asking the United States and j session without
Gen. Huerta to agree to au ai'- lowus around which many a
mistice by which all aggressive | born battle had raged. At
pos-
' of
st lib-
hot Is
For Making Pure,
Delicious
Home-Baked Food.
^R.PRICE'S,
^r!?m Baking Powder
makes
Fine and Wholesome Biscuit,
Delicious Cake and Pastry
HUERTA SAID 10
HAVE RESIGNED
Declared That Huerta Was Rea-
dy to Resign Week Ago on
Condition That He Be
Given Safe Conduct
to Port and Put
on Board a
Warship.
EI Paso,
\v i re l < \ss mess a <r(\
to
Texas, May 3.
purported
be sent from ChapuJtepee Castle
at Mexico City to Gen. Joaquin
Tellez, federal comananehr at
COMING HOME
Rev. J. W. Haiggard, who has
liiad considerable anxiety aibout
his sister, who was a stenograph-
er for the Railway Supt. at
Aguos Calicfntes, Mexico, received
the following telegram last night
n answer to an inquiry Monday:
''Washington, D. C., April 30..
—Consul Vera Cruz telegraphs
Miss Claudia Haiggard left Mex-
ico City evening twenty-eighth
for Puerto, Mexico with number
other refugees.—AV. J. Bryan.
Sec ret a rv of Stalte."
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military movements wouhl he sus- places, it. was announced, busi-
pended pending the outcome ofjuess will be rapidly resumed and
the negotiations. The'mediators | normal conditions restored,
confidently expect both sides to
accept the afcistice proposal. A
Besides the four large town®,
the rebels also hold on the bor-
der' Las Vacas, opposte Del l i".
San Ygmacio, in the cattle coun-
try below Nuevo Laredo, Cuerrc-
acceptance all of the warringjro and Mier. Small garrisons
elements through Mexico as weilJ,hold each town except Piedras
American forces wouldj Negims, where Murgia has 1200
status quo. men. There is no large federal
separate proposal for an armis-
tice between Huerta and ( arran-
za also will be made and with its
No Alum
No Lime Phosphate
TRACK MEET
as the
maintain
a military
NORMAN'S
Saturday Special
One lot of figured lawn 10 and 12 l-2e values 7 l-2c
One lot of Ladies Slippers Values up to 2.50 48c
I
WATCH THIS SPACE EVERY WEEK
Bayh
r
On May the Pith
versity will give her annua1 :i-
terseholastie meet. This will fol-
low by one week the state inter-
collegiate meet, al- > i'ulcl at Bay-
lor, and so the i vick and field
will lie in the v -r.v best condition
possible for i
forman/ces.
A fourte -ii
will be the tr :
winning the
handed CUT) wi
the wiuni .. v
hr.'id- :nie cun
i-.l breaking per-
*
icli loving cup
• ' for the school
i a large triple
i! he rwarelced to
.lay t am and a
L'O' to the indi-
vidual point w :.r • r. In addition
■ i this, gold, -i'ver and bronze
m ' sis beari: , the Baylor Coat
of Anus ar .'fi red for the win-
ner- in each events
All th • expense of-giving the
meet will be borne by the Baylor
Athletic Association and the
gat i
receipts will be split
among the competing teams ac-
■ • I i? ■ to the miles traveled and
the number of men. on the team.
Plains are being inaele to ac-
comodate a large number of ath-
letics, and coming as a climax
to the iuterscholastic season and
on a fast track, many state rec-
ords arc expected to fall.
This means that she was among
the party of 42<j who were let
out by the villain Huerta only af-
(.<uaymas, Sonera, saying thatjter the British minster had de-
Preside-nt Huerta has re-signed j manded it. and who traveled
UIl-
•satuyday night, was inter
by the constitutionalist wirele
station at Cruz de Pieelra, Son
ra, a short distance from(
mas, today. The wireles
sage did not state who ha<
ihoseui to succeed Huerta.
The cons*itutionalist c*unmand-
er at Cruz de Piedro,telegraphed
this information to General Car-
ranza at Chihuahua.
epted
uay-
liies-
l.i cell
eler the valiant escort of Tweedie
and the British flag, after Huer-
ta haul refused to give an escort:,
3Lss- Haggard was probably
among those who narrowly es-
caped death at Agiwis Calient es
last. Sunday. It wdl bo sonie
days betore she will arrive, home,
and Mr. Haggard expects to have
her come by for a few days visit
enroute to her home at Hillsboro.
J. I. Brown lias moved his The new fixture:
family back to Mexia. Mr. mers State Bank
Brown will manage the compress an*l they will! be
the coming season. right awav.
tuav
put
the Far-
• arrived
in place
CARD OF THANKS
I. wish to sincerely thank the
good people of Mexia for their
expressions of sympathy and
for the beautiful floral offerings
on the occasion of the funeral
of my husband. Such testLmoni-J
als from old time neighbors help [
to heal the wound of a grieving
heart and will ever be cherished
by me
Mrs, B. W. Jackson.
THE
NETTLETON SHOE"
F O R M E N
The style shown here
is a vicT oxford on the
"composite" last — a
straight toe model,
with instep, waist and
heel, cut two widths
under regular meas-
urement. An excel-
lent titter for low in-
step and narrow feet.
PRICE
IN STOCK SIZES 6 TO II
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WIDTHS AAA TO E
Gene Sinclair
GOOD SHOES, HOSIERY TOO
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Houx, N. P. The Mexia Weekly Herald. (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 7, 1914, newspaper, May 7, 1914; Mexia, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth292254/m1/1/: accessed June 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Gibbs Memorial Library.