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GROWING PAPER IM NORTH CAROLINA S GHAJ NEWS NIGHT JL rl A r'eater -C-ha r 1 o.t t e' s Home1 Newspaper" 1 EDITION .,!..! Onilv. 1888 SnnHav 1910.. CHARLOTTE, N. C, SATURDAV EVENING, MARCH 21, 1914. i,inrti' , j Price: Daily 2c; Sunday 5e. W 3i ISt H - li II R:ar I II II El PAGES TODAY : "Q n ' THE WEATHER. Vnioi sts Ready Mobilization Laige Foices UNUSUALLY GOLD WERTHE - n-rlorpH tn Various ins distributed among important Troops Oiterea 10 vaiiuub unionist leadera. This was done be. TOWnS G LinU 0 StS in neaul- cause of the announcement of impend- Hr P.ffiPP Ao.tivP in arrests which the unionists con- Cobinet Members Cancel Engagements ine rung Consults Warjecretary. p of Belfast Are in a State of Suspense What Will Be the Next wove.' unionist Leaders Counsel Coolness -Fear Riots Two Compan ies of Troops Mutiny. Bv Associated Press. Belfast. Ireland, March 21. Ulster monri;1.? presented a martial as set, All the towns were occupied jv soldiers ol th-? regular army and detactments were marching along cra'.ry road? on their way to ;tr?r.Jtlien car; ison. At all the union ist centers there was great animation 'don? the "l.'U'ier volunteers." Excitement preva'is. Throwhoui tlie province a feeling f ovpitPiTiPTiT nipvailed and everybody seemed waiting in anxious expecta ion for something to occur they taoff not what. Lough also displayed considerable activity, two tcrpotio noat destroy ers the Pathfinder and the Attentive. rived there this mornin? from Kings ton and landed five officers and 150 ra C! liir lorhi-nire regiuiui ax vai- "ifeis'is ea-tlp. Troops Arrive. tithin 24 hours over 3,000 regular is, including four battalions of i'ry with machine guns and two Hies of field artillery all equipped i active service have arrived in the Tiojs towns of Ulster. These troops a fie advance guard - of a large ned force which military authori se sending to the northern prov 3ie of Ireland to prevent the aosump a of local government by anti-home tiers. & more troops are on their way o the north from the military camp ttthe Curragh and from other army Mens today. The first arrivals in fer this mornins were the com bes of a half battalion of the York light infantry which were con '?e3 from their barracks in Dublin to Belfast Lou-h on the tornedo boat itroyer Pathfinder rlnrint? thp rtishf. Hey disembarked carlv this morning sj marched to Carrickfergus Castle, 'teed military station commanding U Lough. It lies r, miles below Bel t md is of historic interest owing Jits having heen the landing place "liliam III. Grins were mounted on m i-ere tins afternoon. Orders we issued to other batteries of ar--ery to occupy strategic positions :7 lQe city of Belfast. 4'alry Brigade to he Concentrated. ii was Kenerallv f-vnontoii v.Qa tvio , - Ivll 111.1 V ih j't. br'sade wouli be concen tw I in Belfast during the week end. yaeen's Lancers and the fourth Own Hussars, stationed at t;wrra:h, were yesterday equipped 21 rtiadv to move '"""u i:ns aiteninnn tend brought; about the present crisis. Ready to Mobilize. Every "volunteer" in Ulster still stands ready for mobilization. The provisional governments "post ing house" by which letters and despatches are delivered by hand to the furthermost points of Ulster quicker than by the government post, was busy all night sending and re ceiving communications to and from unionist mobilization centers. . . A wireless station on the roof of the old town hall also was at work while some of the rooms of the fcuild ing which have been fitted with tele graph instruments for the instruction of the women telegraphers who are to take over the lines of communica tion, were filled with workers. The drug stores of Belfast have laid in large supplies of surgical and medical equipment. Unrest Among Troops. The feeling of unrest among certain section of the government troops is very strong. Some of the soldiers and the officers of the infantry battalions quartered in Ulster, including the Dor setshire regiment and the Norfolk reg iment, have openly expressed their dis inclination to take the offensive. This does not cause any surprise among civilians who generally expect whole sale defections. A significant illustra tion Qf this attitude was given yes terday by the inhabitants of Enniskil len, who hung flags along the streets in honor of the arrival of a battalion of the Bedfordshire regiment. London Story. London, March 21. Outstanding features of news from Ireland today consisted. of the disaffection among regular army officers under orders to proceed to Ulster with their regi ments. The actual number of resignations remained problematical but that it was considerable was evident from the earnest consultations of cabinet ministers regarding the best means of counteracting the movement. The actual fact of this disaffection is the more discomforting to the mil itary authorities since the army is already seriously short of commission ed officers. Threats of a Crisis. Threats of a crisis in the army if a movement of regular troops was undertaken against Ulster had long been current. In some quarters it is believed the sudden marching of a limited number of troops was order ed so that the military authorities might gather an idea as to how wide spread the threatened disaffection was. Immediately after Col. Seeley, sec retary of state for war, had been in audience with King George today Col. Seeley summoned a meeting of the army council which took necessa ry steps to replace officers who had resigned. Vacancies 'Increasing. SOUTH TO By Associated Press. Washington, March 21.Record low temperatures in Virginia for this time in March were recorded today, ac cording to weather bureau figures. At Wytheville the mercury was two de grees above zero, but at Elkin, W. Va., the thermometer recorded two below zero. The low temperatures continued general over all districts east of the Rocky mountains with freezing tem peratures as far south as the Caro Jinas and the north portion of the gulf states. Persons hoping for the coming of balmy spring conditions found little comfort in the forecast for the Middle Atlantic states tqday. It was predicted that fair weather tonight would be fol lowed by increasing cloudiness Sunday and probably snow or rain Sunday af ternoon or night. It was forecasted, however, that temperatures would "rise somewhat" in the Atlantic states and the upper Ohio valley. Rains are forecasted in the east Gulf and South Atlantic states. Forecast for North Carolina: -- Rain on the coast, rain or snow in the interior tonight and Sunday; slowly rising tempera- if ture. Brisk northeast and east winds. . w 'r?'t? '4 ' v" U ? V 'V ' k 'i v i C 1 ? '4 V" '4 V i V -A" 'i f 'i? "i k" ?'4?'t? 1 Fear Riots far ha,'c not created any Ira ucuasi. , -e leaders of rh n.n ' isionai government, however, Walt , dXlf,ty lest their over" lui.'.nvers nrprinitntPi :a3tic e'iw!''0 days of idleness fcmti .C; cuu amt Kive their op- an? m ?ricn- Ulster unionist ent tn , t,jnants desire the J" ttep" Se lhe 6rst Provoca essnfVr Ldv''ard realizing the loathr0,vp:evt'ntb? an undiscinlin- ?539 troon mf,.a r,rotest asainst all citv tfi n";r' l) keeP coo1 1 outwJrn mon;5n3 Presented its Iess f All the places iti, "u t'lf-ii and in anenrd- ist lpaie..urg.?nt- request of the trie men worked Saturday closing ;k a'u V.arsr :i .i; . ... "' iti Crs,-,. . UOL emerge CraiJ n' lhe residence of 'iae ha 7 !niies ifom Bel- op 3J'u l repressive meas- LD'S COfOESS OF DELEBRTESTO BE HELD AT TR1SG KNOCKING THE PRDHIBITI Of ABS1HTHE By Associated Press. Berne, March 21. Opponents on the prohibition of absinthe in Switzer land declares that since the law went into effect the consumption of that spirit has greatly increased. They claim that the principal effect has been to give to absinthe powerful and wide spread publicity, and to introdce it into many homes where it was hither to unknown. Another effect has betn the flooding of .the market with a host of inferior products destined to re. place absinthe, which itself is smug sled in large quantities anu forms fast growing and highly remunerative illicit industry. They propose that a government mo. nopoly of the sale of absinthe should be substituted for total pronibition, This, however, is strongly combated by temperance advocates. Vila Italy to ttorf SheSB tat Torracpon TO '-BE II TOTAL ECLIPSE ON T 21, NEXT JL IKE fflOP PLATE r n n n p ni.TTn.il r nil i mi iu I II U III U w i I . w I a SftIS THORMTON By Associated Press. Berlin, March 21. German astron omers are already taking a lively in terest in a total eclipse of the sun that occurs August 21. The city of Hamburg is fitting out an expedition at its own expense ,and Prussia will give assistance to an expedition head ed by Professor Miethe, of the Tech nilogical Institute in Charlottenburg. A nilTTlhpr fif flOTTn n n oolrnnAmnfn will attach themselves to American expditlons. Professor Miethe's expedi tion, which will be chiefly for the purpose of making photographs of the eclipse will go to the island of Alsten, far up on the coast of Norway, where thepathof totality first touches Euro pean continent. The Hamburg expedi tion will make its observations in Russia. It is understood that the Rus sian astronomers are making exten sive preparations for facilitating the work of the American and other for eign expeditions by having the proper astronomical calculations worked out jfor each important point in the path or totality. Mod Importan Battle Oj The Entiie Revolution By Associated Press. Brussels, March 21. The Union of International Associations composed of some fifty. international associations, professional, scientific, technical, be nevolent and political, has decided to organize a world's congress to meet next year at San Francisco during the Panama exhibition. It appears from a communication received from San Francisco that 202 various congresses have already been announced. The union's idea is that the world's con gress should be made up of delegates chosen by the national and internation- al congresses which will assemble in San Francisco. No effort has yet been made toward' a program. By Associated Press. ' v rl t Washington, March 21. A North !-Carolinian has .Written a suggestion to Secretary Daniels as a possible solu tion of the problem of reducing t!;e cost of armor plate for big ships 6f the navy. ' ' Colonel Marcellus E. Thornton, , of Hickory, N. C, asserts that- arrior plate can be made from cotton wj:lch would be "superior in efficiency to any metal armor plates that can ttf; de vised by any process." Colonel' Thorn ton did not outline details of his "plan in the letter to the secretary. E. C X 1 ERED WITH ATTENTI N ABDUL HAM ID IN CRITICAL CONDITION. ITALIANS EXPERIMENT WITH AGRICULTURE IN COLONY OF TRIPOLI By Associated Press. Rome, Ga., March 21. Agriculture is proving so successful in Tripoli, the new Italian colony in Africa, that the government expects to see soon a great deviation of the usual emigra tion to the United State sin favor of the onnortunities near at hand. The Italian soldiers in Tripoli, with the By Associated Press. London, March 21. Abdul Hamid, deposed as Sultan of Turkey five years ago, is said to be in a critical condi-' fatigue of war past and the most ur tion. according to a despatch from ' epnt roads built, are experimenting Constantinople. He has been ill for some time. with various kinds of agriculture to learn what is best adapted to the soil. Miss Starr Found Not Guilty. Already immense tracts which have By Associated Press. hitherto yielded only thistles are Chicago, March 21. Miss Ellen' green with the promise or aDunaani Gates Starr, joint founder with Miss crops, the government having dis Jane Addams of Hull House, today tributed thousands of bushels of grain was found not guilty of interfering among the Arabs on the condition that with the police and resisting arrest. Miss Starr was accused of obstruct- According to reports the number I mg the police in connection with the '31 an set Pm,-.:, .. ""I'd in noifl his Ha... . Jil l Pq,,o5 -.. ry, th , r ,'l'-rry. the Earl . . been a' - risers is .:' glared "ut;. The, Martial within Cantain official , m town hall of ;!:i0aal Eov'. TlarterB o the ,11. Imn " has been de- i . 'truant - Ann - ru nm ftw s 07uu other r,. cuu' ucu- " 11 m it ar, "av" oeen maaen after be- of vacancies is rapidly increasing and it eeems possible that all regular regiments in Ulster may have to be replaced by fresh troops as both men and ofl&cers have expressed disincli nation to take the offensive against men with whom they have been fraternizing. This momentary shifting of the im mediate crisis from Ulster to the army may give the peacemakers their desired opening. The return of Arthur J. Balfour, former Unionist premier, to London, has given heart to the advocates of a compromise. He and Premier Asquith have served long years side by side in the political field and understand and appreciate one another. Premier Asquith and Andrew Bon ar Law, the official leader of the oppo sition in the house of commons, whenever they have come into con tact have given embittered displays of partisanship. Tt was thouent. m many quarteio today that if the government would consent to give tne counuws ui li ster perpetual local option on the question of home rule instead of com pelling them to come under the Dub lin parliament at the end of six years a way out of the present difficulty would be opened. The nationalists al ways have contended that the Ul stermen would be glad to join the home rule scheme once it had been demonstrated that their fears of un fair treatment was unfounded. , King George is taking an active part In the negotiation. "Liberalism will not flinch one Inch before the arrogant and Insolent plague of Toryism," was the - mes sage conveyed today by Chancellor Lloyd George to a meeting of liber als at Huddersfield. The chancellor was talking about Uleter and the (Continued on Page Nine.) waittress' boycott of restaurants. SCOTLAND IA0D MiLHUA UNACCESSIBLE it is returned wnen me crops are gathered. At Azizia the harvest of barley has been multiplied forty times, and at Sosfa medical herbs and potatoes are being grown with great success. YOUNG TROITT PEACE PRIZE IN By Associated Press. , Rv Associated Press ' - . i .1 TT". 1 1 1 1 T w nreenscoro. iuarcn a.. vv imam Jen nings Bryan Truitt of Elon College, namesake of Secretary oi &uue uryan beomin? as great tor st night was awarded first prize of tS SSbld f aa the Ps m5?CTe tne 5 offered cy the North Carolina SertaSiCT2S P-ce Body to tte lt tt has been practically closed to all ex- "fTLiot Pt" R li p cepi vnuBB wnu yrtu Buw &uuie Davidson College, won second reason for desiring to visit it. The Jr: OL museum has never been opened to the Prlze general public, but ' it has not been difficult to obtain admission. Now a permit must be secured from the se ond commissioner of police, and the visits can only be made on one of two days in the week. During the past year it became quite the rage for society women to obtain permits to view the grewsome relics which the place contains, and com plaint was made that the museum was being turned into a sideshow for the gratification of the morbidly curious. Some of the relics are decidedly ghastly, and these are displayed with a lads of reserve which according to the Scotland Yard authorities did not make fixed parties of visitors de sirable. Besides the implements used in the commission of famous crimes, perhaps the most interesting exhibits in the place are death masks, former ly made of every criminal executed in England. By Associated Press. Paris, March 1. Madame Caillaux, the assassin of Gaston Calmette, was showered with attention today. Her friends and acquaintances having partly recovered from shock caused1 by her act are now showing interest in her fate and hundreds of them have written to her or left cards at the gate of Saint Lazare prison. She re ceives a huge bag of letters in every mail as well as flowers, fruit and books. Madame Caillaux passed the great er part of the forenoon answering cor respondence, reading the newspapers and conversing with her husband and her little daughter. Watchfulness of the prison wardens and the attendant nuns which had been called forth by rumors of the prisoner's intention to commit suicide, has now relaxed. Madame Caillaux gives no indication of being morbid or depressed. She now has three cells, one of them serving as a bed room, another as a dining room and a third as a work room. All open into the same corridor, whicS is inclosed by a finely meshed wire netting. SECRET COURT MARTIAL FOLLOWS DUEL. CHARLOTTE LOST DEBATE HERE BUT WON INCAPITAL CITY Charlotte lost in the High School debate in Charlotte last night but won in Raleigh. The contest here j was between Greensboro and Char- lotte, the respective high school de-' baters being: For Greensboro, W. M. Boyst and W. G. Johnson; for Char- lotte, Robert Boyd and Alernon Gil- lis. Charlotte had the affirmative and Greensboro the negative the query being: "Resolved, That the constitution or North Carolina should be amended so as to allow the initiative and re ferendum in statewide legislation." The judges were: Paul C. Whitlock, C. T. Durham, and Dr. R. F. Line back. In Raleigh the debaters were, for Raleigh High School. Hermas Steph enson and Lester Seligson; for Char litte, Alex. Gallant and Richard Young. Queens College was the scene of the local debate. The big auditorium held a large and interested audience. Mr. Boyd, for Charlotte, and the af firmative, lead off.vIIe argued that the time had come for the addition of something to our system of govern ment that would finish it and thereby prevent the constantly pressing en croachment of the monied aristocra cy, thereby restoring sovereignty tc the people. Thto, ho said, the Initia tive, and referendum would supply and that its need would become more and more manifest by reason of the great industrial awakening that la just ahead of the state. This would be a great preventative. Mr. Boyst, for Greensboro and the negative, followed. He contended that the initiative and referendum were contrary to the fundamentals of a government founded as a republic; that ourp resent system has been highly successful; that the initiative and referendum was a principle of pure democracy and that all such democracies had failed, and that un der . ourp resent system the people ruled. Mr. Gillis for the aflirmative ar gued that the Initiative and referen dum was a constructive measure; that it would uplift the etate politi cally in that they would serve to dig nify the laws; that it would uplitt the people of the state educationally and that the principle could easily be made effective. Mr. Johnson for the negative ar gued that the proposed amendment embodying this principle would be impractical for it would be cumber some and expensive; that there 'is jio demand because there are no domi nating bosses or money Interests con trolling the state. Rejoinders by both sides were per mitted after which the Judges retir ed. It was nearly midnight when they rendered their decision, the vote be ing 2 to 1 in favor of Greensboro. "Torreon Will be Mine in a Week"That is the Only Statement Villa Would Make in Answer to All Question Expected to Start at Any Moment. Force of 12,000 Rebels Reach ed Outskirts of the City With out Encountering any Se rious Opposition Villa's Troops in High Spirits. By Associated Press. Constitutionalist Headquarters. Yt-r-mo, Durango, March 21. Gen. Pan cho Villa with hi 12.000 rebel sol diers about Torreon today hs pre pared to hurl the first sht-11 into trenches of the resisting federal array under Gen. Refugio Valasco. It will be considerd the mo&t important bat tle of the cowtitutlonallKt revolu tion. Full of confidence. Gen. Villa has transmitted his energy to bis subordi nates. Refreshed by a night's leci after their long hard march through the desert from Mapiml and Bertn illlo. Villa's soldiers rprang to their Aork with enthusiasm. The beginning of today saw ttt , -ebcl army stationed on the outskirts or the federal stronghold, a position they tad gained "without resistance and with scarcely the sound of a shot to check their nrenaraHnni for an assault. Within Torreon all wan comparatively quiet and none In th reoei camp knew what preparations Gen. Velasco was making to repel tne attack. Speculation as to when th hMn Will begin was rife lodav amntic th soldiers and the civilians who bad followed the rebel leader outh from Chihuahua but Villa answered all In quiries with the prediction that "Tor reon will be mine in a week." 19 Officers Executed. Brownsville. Texas. March 1 Nineteen officers were recently execu ted in Santiago. Tlatololro nrUnn in- order of President Huerta, according to private advices received In Matta- moras. Tne reason for the executions was'said to have been that the officers were punils of General Feline. An?ele one time professor in the Mexican mil itary academy and now in charge of General Villa's rebel's artillery. By Associated Press. Metz, Germany, March 21. A "secret court martial of Lieut, von Lavalette Saint George, of the 98th infantry regi ment for killing Lieutenant Haagc in a duel on February 26th, began here today. Nothing , of the trial will be made known except the verdict, the president of the court having decided that the publication of the evidence would be a menace to military discipline. NO BILT UNIVERSITY IE SETTLES News Advertising Facts In C. W. Allison's adver tisement today he says: "Two weeks ago a party gave me his home to sell been trying to sell it for over a year. I advertised it in THE NEWS and sold it this week.". 'NUF 'CED. By Associated Press. Nashville. Tenn., March 21.The Ten nessee supreme court today decided the case Involving the control of Van- derbilt University in favor of the Uni tversity board of trust and against the college of bisnops or the soutnern Methodist. church. The court held the board of trust to be a self perpetuating body. GEORGIA FARMER KILLED. Calhoun, Ga., March 21. Dead from gunshot wounds, Sid Chapman, a young fanner, was found at daylight today on the doorsteps of his sister's resi dence here, where he had temporarily made his home. Chapman's sister. widow, and her two raughters, who slept in the house last night, told au thorities they knew nothing of the killing. A coroner and sheriff are inves tigating. COTTON OIL CI DIVIDES ITS LINE OF BUSINESS By Associated Press. New York, March 21. Lines of bus iness conducted by the American Cot ton Oil Company will hereafter be divided and placed under the control of these allied companies according to an announcement today by R. F. Mun ro. president. The business of refining and selling cotton seed oil will be con ducted by the American Cotton Oil Company Itself; the cotton ginning and the cotton seed oil milling and fertilizer business will be conducted by the Union Seed & Fertilizer Com pany. a subsidiary and the manuiac ture of large soaps and the like by the N. K. Falrbank Company, another subsidiary. The company denies that the reor ganization has any connection with re cent reports that the government had asked it to correct Its affairs and rays that the new arrangement Is for the purpose of affecting a "more simple organization and a more effective carrying on of the company s bust ness." Bad Fire in Toledo Garage. Toledo, O., March 21. Twenty-four automobiles and furnilure valued at $50,000 were destroyed and a porter perished in a fire that broke out in a garage here today when an employee attempted to fill gasoline taaks by the lleht of a torch. H. C. JONES CHAIRMEN QGRATICEX.COM. Hamilton C. Jones was elected chairman of the county democratic ex ecutive committee today to fill out the unexpired term of W. F. Harding elect ed to the judgeship. Other names put in nomination were J. A. Bell and Plummer Stewart. Two ballots were taken. Result of first ballot: Votes cast 27. Jones 12. Bell 10. Stewart 5. Stewart's nam was withdrawn by D. B. Smith, who had put him In nomination. Mr. Smith requested that Stewart's votes be cast for Mr. Jones. The result of the second ballot was: Votes cast 26. Jones 15. Bell 11. On6 man did not rote. Jones wag declared elected by temporary chair man. F. R. McNincb. Capt. John A. Parker stated that ho was the man who did not rote. "I move said he that Mr. Jones election be made unanimous, by acclamation. This was done. The chair appointed a committee consisting of D. n. Smith. L. H. Robinson and 'Squire Hood to wait upon Mr. Jones and a&k blm to present himself and take charge of the office to which he bad been elected. Mr. Jones' appearance was the sig nal of an outburst of applause. Hi speech of acceptance was in splendid spirit, breathing deep appreciation ot the honor; landing the democracy ot the nation, state and county. The full text will be given In Sunday's News. Mrs. J. C. Tate and children bare re turned from a stay of four weeks In Chicago, guest of Mrs. J. V. A. Weaver. 51 r. Tate's sister. Mrs. M. C Tate, mother of Mr. Tate and Mrs. Weaver, who is In Chicago with Mrs. Weaver, will not return to Charlotte before late iiimmr or flL
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