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1i - 1 FAST E S i p R;O Wl:IG .' N E F A 3P i N NORTH, ;..C ARO LIN A r TP THfc EE ! PAGES TODAY iiil CP Jl UM I ru A KM. EWi r eat er w s pa p e r ?9 atehed: Daily, 1888-Sunday 1910.. ftefatfte Indicate M TARIFFS J?inh-ti-nrt To D r F!i Tfl HV PflSnC I jliu J. lyniiuy ao i- illu ui iiunUd gressmg At Ton eon ARE SUSPEWDE charlo, "n. c, Tuesday Evening, march 31, 1914. NIGHT EDITION Brief Ili rn7 Dispatches Reaching ii e mat batue S'i!! Raging Constitution alists Bciisve vma wm soon , Win. Mexican Embassy at Capital Declares Torreon Has Not Faiien and Will Not Fall Recrts Show Heavy Death List. WILL FOR P.I JIIP. HEW. CABINET By Associated Press. Tokio, March 31. Viscount Keigo Kiyoura, former minister of educa tion, today accepted the task of form ing a new cabinet to take the place of that under Premiership of Count Ya mamoto which resigned office owing to the naval scandals. WIFE IIP SIESLE WANTS 0 Bv Associated Press. Juarez. Mexico. March t ltnging continue at lono.i. i'.u'ium0 formation civm iy renel officers at j;iarpz ioday. No netans ve ifmu. Rebel leaders contend that the main ..Hit. f.ir snnrmiaev was fought last week at Gonioz Palaeio where soldiers both sides Ml by hundreds in the irsnprntp conflict. tosses at Gomez I'aiacio weie so j heavy, it was said, that neitner siae ; cy Asociatea tress. ,.ir.-!iila nf ro!,p;ifinr sn dp-I New Ynrk Mmvh 51 Uonr,, cicvl termined a battle. In Torreon the fight-j bankrupt banker and merchant under h'.iildine without any open cnargeb oriuuon 01 state DanKmg, laws, is nam concentrated assaults. Gomez Palaeio was taken by after three sanguinary assaults, ac cording to the brief reports thus far received. A report that reached Juarez 'ast nisrht when some correspondents arrived from the front indicated that :he federals might have driven ilia s army back in contusion it tney naa jnown how to follow up their advan ce. Constitutionalists Encouraged. Confidence in General Villa's ulti mate victory was restored among con stitutionalist symmthizers here todav by receipt of various semi-official re ports that the rebel leader had forced Seneral Velasco's federal army to its last stand in the general barracks at Torreon. Opinions were freely ex pressed, even by army officers here, that fighting cannot last much long r and that it has continued thus far art strenuously hpoanaa i JatUe to tae dtatn ! General Villa, it is suggested, thor- ,:vhh- nnflprstands the hazard ne would run in withdrawing his forces toward Chihuahua subject to attack in the rear from the federals. General Velasco's army is in as bad a plight if not worse. It would have to cross in uninhabited desert devoid of nat ural defense to reach succor. Driven from the barracks in Torreon the fed erals would be subjected to whatever measure of slaughter General Villa :hose to mete out to them. It is believed here that the week's fighting has left the rebel army bet ter provisioned, both in arms and supplies, then it has the federals and ;hef act that repeated reports have been received that the federals are niakina thir last stand leads to hope among constitutionalists that news,- of 1 rebel victory will soon be forthcom ing. Desperate Resistance. Chihuahua, Mexico, March 31. While rebel officers are optimistic about the outcome of the battle of Torreon they said today that the ab sence of official reports indicated General Villa was meeting with stub born resistance. The tplperaTih riRiro ic aontino telegrams addressed to Gomez Palaeio :ars of General Villa but thuc far aone addressed to newspaper men has been replied to. "Torreon Has Not Fallen. Washington, March 31. The Mexi can embassy here today received the ollowing message from the foreign of 5ce in Mexico City: torreon has not fallen and the Soyernment is quite confident that it ""i "ui. mil, according to the latest reports received by the government u.u,s wwiiinuf,, -iti, O, 1 0 XI O. ill ed "as defendant in a suit for absolute storm divcrce which counsel for Mrs. Mar.e Vaughn Siegel said would be filed to day. It is understood two correspond ents are named. Mrs. Siegel was the widow of Geo. M. Wilde, brother of liear Admiral Wilde, TJ. S. N.. when she came to New York from her homo in Virginia in search of work. She was employed as a newspaper writer and was assign ed to write a story about the Siegel stores when they opened. There she met Siegel. She resigned from the staff of the newsDaDer and went, to work for Siegel. In 1898 they were married. Until four years ago Siegel and his wife maintained luxurious establish ments in New York, Mamoroneck and Iondou. Four vfars am Mrc . fiiocroi n-,nt abroad. Then the fact. that, the couDle it" was said," was "paying his wife $25,- 000 a year. These payments, however, are declared to have been discontinued some time ago after Siegel's affairs became involved. Mrs. Siegel arrived in New York from Paris about five weeks ago. She consulted her attorneys and they be gan preparation of the complaint against the merchant-banker. DEBATE STARTS By Associated Press Washington, March 31. All new ta-; riffs filed by railroads eliminating al lowances to industrial railroads were were suspended . today by the inter state commerce commission until July 30th with the exception of those af fecting the United States Steel Corpor ation and other iron and steel compa nies, which were permitted to stand. Approximately 4,000 tariffs were suspended. They were submitted in compliance with ihe commission's find ings in the industrial railways ease m which it was held that allowances and divisions of rates made bv trunk iines with certain industrial railways operated by iron and steel companies in Eastern territory were, in effect, re bates and should be discontinued. No tariffs affecting the industrial rail ways covered by the decision in the industrial railways that have not had their "day in court" are granted a sus pension of the tariffs affecting them. Elimination of allowances and di visions with the industrial roads oper ated by the United States Steel Cor poration and other iron and steel companies in the East were permitted to stand. That will mean that, unless the courts enjoin the trunk lines from discontinuing the allowances or the commission should give a hearing of the industrial railways case the tariffs will be effective against those of other iron and steel companies. It is esti mated by experts of the commission that elimination of such payments would mean an annual loss to the Steel Corporation alone of about $9, 000,000. - II OPPOSE TOLLS-HEM S Tl 1 BEADING QF Price: Daily 2c; Sundav 5c THE WEATHER. - $ Forecast for North Carolin; Cloudy tonight and Wednesday r"- nrV v.!-. -.1 - . cuuvvt-ifi in west tion. Moderate to brisk east and east winds por- north- CHAMP GLARK . ' II I ATM 01 1ILS0I OKLAHOMA 1 NEED BOM ULE BILL mi li Oat. iinrnr WEIGH THE HON 31. Experiments measuring the 3y Asociated Press . "t-ago, March l0r v.x-ighins an moon ar e being conducted by scien foninn r, m'ersUy of Chicago, lonanumg observation,, ..-u-u fieri ,, - "Uici SilLiQ- fferinf Lthe earth is a rigid body nnering enormous resi.t,,.. v, The effect " !th2x oV;?:111 be compared ope to dptor -results the scientists corflpadtltllat of the buu. p'stoIttIce Xpv York, March 1 a Persons whn ulAs a warning r.eS8 rir0.- through careless agaLst ca m fSS violate the law Ro4uKSt cncealed weapons, :arning Jti l!,ladei gilty to rot. Mllettos s!WacWs. sling rars rancpH t 'f's. The sen 'rom tv,l.ged frc fine of is tn ma v years and rtne month to Slur ana six raonthc! in it '-' By Associated Press. ' . London, March 31. writer a weeK 01 sensational developments in connec tion with the Ulster situation, the House of Commons today started the debate on the second reading of the hnme nils for Ireland bill. It is ex pected the measure will occupy the House for at least three days. The absence of Mr. Asquith, wno was in charee of the bill, was bitter ly complained of by the Unionists. Tt is rpnnrted from DUDim mat ne- ith is to be opposed in the fnr Wast Fife by . James Larkin, who, as bead of the transport wnrkprs' union, was leaaer 01 tne Ctvii-D in nnbiin last autumn. In con- hvi th strike. Mr. Larkin was sentenced to seven months im prisonment in October for inciting to riot, but was later released. Viscount Morley, Lora rresiaent ul the council, today abandoned his in tention of resigning from tne caDineu intimated in the House of Lords yes terday. . . - . , The cabinet met today ana uit strongest pressure was orougnt 10 bear on Lord Morley not 10 aau tu the difficulties of his colleague u giving up his office. By Associated Press. Washington, March 31. Republican Leader Mann told the house three questions were involved in a reDeal.pf construction and the economic polfcy involved. The economic question might be changed at any time, he said, but a decision on treaty rights mus. De a lasting one. He maintained that no construction of the Hay-Pauncefote treaty compelled the United states to charge the same tolls on its own ships or those of Panama as were levied on those of other nations. "A reading of the rules to be ob served by nations to receive equal treatment," he said, "plainly discloses that they are not applicable to the United States or Panama. "Eneland's attempt , to secure her construction of the treaty at this time is not for its present effect. It is for hP. lone distant future. If we construe the treaty according to the English claims it is sure to rise and embarrass us whenever we have war with other countries. War is not desirable but it is inevitable. We cannot always main tain peace. "Tf we aeree now to the English construction it is certain that in the future when -we have a war with Ja- nan. nr China or some other country questions will arise in reference to thpir nap nf the canal, especially as to war vessels,, and in that time of stress wa will be met with the contention hv Tnsrland. nresent ally of Japan, pr by some other country that we have nirpadv construed that treaty in such a way that we cannot protect the canal without, bringing a protest trom England or other countries which will if not defeat us in the war. "T want to treat England fairly but T hPlie.ve that under the construction nf tho treatv we have the right to do as we please in this matter and that it ic an unfriendly act or aaigiana now at this late date to insist upon any other construction. He Disappointed Those Who Had Expected Him to Assail Administration There is no Break in the Party, He Says. Calls Article in New York World on His Attitude "Scurrilous and Slanderous" Idea of Losing ihe Speakership, Does Mot Worry Him. By AsociatM Press. Washington, March 31. Speaker Clark, closing debate against the re peal, dLar,:rint-ed those who ex pected him .-j to attack President Wil son. He dw-ivlaimed any personal- is sue with tV? president, declared he believed Mr.; Wilson was actuated bv me nignesi, patriotic motives and that there -s. as no breech in the dem ocratic part v .. He argued at length against Lh ; president's contention and declared that "the amazing re quest of the president for a repeal, like the pace of God, passeth all understandfjig." He declaimed any personal issue between the president and himself; and added that If tne president h;A. reasons "which are not utterly unliable" and which compel him to maVjrthis request," he had not given itaem, to the house. He differed w.lth the president's state ment that loi; exemption was "a mis taken econo&J'r policy" but admitting ?.1??u.te on . point, pro poseA. that, dent was. mistaken InnTs view that the exemption was repugnant to the Hay-Paunceforte treaty. "We want war with no nation" said the speaker, "but rather than surrender our right to complete sov ereignty over every square foot of our globe encircling domain we will cheerfully and couraeeouslv face a world in arms." He attacked the at titude of house democrats who have led the president's fight for the toll exemption repeal. Referring to pub lished declarations that his opposition to the president was the opening is UWM By Associated Pres. Muskogee, Okla., March 31.Mary Scott, a negro woman who killed Lem uel Peace, a young white man, feunday, 6y driving a knife into his heart, was taken out of the Wagoner county jail early today and hanged to a telephone pole. The mob overpowered the jailor, threw a rope over the woman's head and dragged her out of the jail. A knock at the jail door aroused the sleeping jailer, alone in the of fice. A voice outside said an officer was there with prisoners. The jailer opened the door and faced 12 revol vers. He was bound quickly and his keys taken from his. The mob pulled the screaming wo man from her cell, tied a rope about her neck and dragged her to a tele phone pole, a block from the jail. An hour later the sheriff cut down the dead body. The county attorney has started an investigation of the lynching. FREIGHT BATE REVISION FOR SOUTH CAROLU By Associated Press. Columbia S C TaroS " 1 r, - W, A.AM. WA A . lir.llQlUll of freight rates as affects shippers of South Carolina 13 expected by trunk lines operating in this state, accord- IrifT irk rptiirnc rf to ?1 ra A fRs;1f the railroad commission in reference 10 cnarges or discrimination in favor of North Carolina and Georgia points. The proposed adjustment will include revision by the interstate commerce commission of rates from the east to souinern points ana a revision by the r.a U.,uAv.- -- - ' " m tb.s Ktat? di3-n-'.iiuata la lVror of North Carolina and Georgia snipper. fiipH with the railroad commission, are held by Secretary Darby of the com mission to be tacitly admitted in una return of the railroads to the complaint. DEATH OF WILLIAM CHURCHILL OASTLER. Last Day of Gual tmggle O v e i T o I I s Question S fflESTIGATIi GAR BEET IN SR- UUTRY By Associated Press. Washington. March 31. Invettiqa tion or the sugar beet industry in the Unjted Stales has been begun by the bureau of corporations to determine whether the industry has been injured by the new tariff. Investigators expect to finish their work in, about two weeks. I III tnlt llll LAIS OFF U By Asociated Press. New Yore, March 31. The Erie Railroad, through A. J. Stone, general manager, today announced the en forcement of a general retrenchment order Including a reduction In the clerical force, wage cuu and lessen ing of working hours to aid. accord ing to the statement. In offsetting; de clining revenue. About 6,000 men have been laid off since December. "Usually at this time of the year we Increase our maintenance force gradualy until we get to tbo maxi mum In the middle of the summer but we will not do that this year," Mr Stone said. "We now have' about IS.00'1 fewer men at work than at ihe height of our maintenance work last summer. Our retrenchment M shown better by the fact that we arc putting on less men than in laying them off. While we are anxiouslv b. 'Td.Tn3v'i".r.ia A'U. PittPbum: Pa.. Lj.rtU 31. Retrench ment on the Pennsylvania lines went was extended today with the an nouncement that ten passenger trains were to be taken off the rittsourg, Port Wavne & Chicago Railroad next Sunday, six of them suburban traina. Shop forces also are being reduced. By Asociated Press. New York, March 31. William rivMfciii cinQtier noted as an engin- Viiuiou.i. - , .nn a .niloptor and connoisseur III I K III trn 1 1 1 r- I 1 I W i :- llll ( 1 I It- I1I11C CCI ullU Mr " d Chinese porcelain. 1916," the speaker declared he had died yesterday of heart disease at ms (Continued on Page rsiine.) home nere. GIAL Y. W NOT SO E AGING IQUR TODAY; TBE To Cover Wide Scope of Women's Activities A WHOLE COVEY y 01 those '"uruns in havins;V,'.:?ced were charg- , - ui ) luiatoa of th v y d with avttfeof business. Mr C. T5. Webb of Statesville who io n nrnminent official of the National Junior Order of American Mechanics, i in the r.itv today and will be pres ent at the lecture on immigration, which Mrs. Julia T. Ross will deliver tonight at the court house. OF POSTMASTERS r . Mnm.h 3t. Congress man Webb today recommended the appointment of the lonowmg iui 1110.0 LCI O, a0 . amination and they win prouamy uC appointed: Drexel, C. S. Berry; jranuefi j, W. Mackie; Shernll's ora, . vv. Tfr.r,wr.- hotitv f1 T ,. TTfl.vnaer: Stack- house, Henry Stackhouse; Paw Creek, T.'M. Beatty; Hot springs, xnoiuaa Frisbee; Minneapolis, R. Z. Burleson; Caesar, Andrew Bracken; ueuwuuu, Thad C. Ford. ' ' , Congressman Page recommenaea the appointment of J. E. Muse Carthage as postmaster, . a presiden tial office. He also recommended the appointment of the following fourth class postmasters: ' . Cooleemee, Jacob C. Foster;. Denton, J. L. Varner; Franklinville, Louis F. Sentriss; Gibson, Wm. Z. Gibson. 'J A J c.a u. who ve sterday resigned as V U ) WWWi, J - o.itich crrtarv of war. and was succeeded in that position by Prem- ier Asuw. himself. (By Mrs. F. C. Abbott, Editor-in-Chief of News Special Y. W. C. A. Edition.) THE EDITORS of the special Y. W. C. A. edi tion of THE NEWS, which is to be issued in May, intend to make it a paper of wide interest instead of devoting it only to the work of the Young Women's Christian Association. The association will be' pictured in all of its varied activitiesthe work of the National Board and its field committees; the work of the city as sociation, including educational work, the social life, the boarding home, the girl's work, athletics, clubs and classes all will be covered fully. Our own extension chapter will tell the secret of its success and will explain the work the girls are doing. There will be articles on mill village work, student work and the work in the. foreign field. The Woman's Club work is to be edited by a special committee the D. A. R., the U. D. C, the Colonial Dames and the various book clubs are to be represented. There will be articles on the Old La dies Home; The Humane Society; the Associated Charities; the Hospitals; the Graduate Nurses As sociation, the College Club, the Alumnae Associa tions and the Equal Suffrage League. The Special Edition will tell where Charlotte . and Mecklenburg county stand in educational af fairs and in civics. - Library work will be written up. There will be articles on literature and music ,and household and health notes.' There will be social notes and notes on fashions, and a page de voted especially to men and their interests. The editors of the Special Edition feel sure that the paper will receive wide patronage. TEAM REPORTS 51. "Washington, D. C, March "D. L. Probert, Gen. Secretary, Y. M. C A., Charlotte, N. C. "Heartv congratulations on splendid run, couldn't do better my. self. . w. J. liiv 1 a. Washington. i. C. your In An Atmosphere of Tense Ex citement House Takes up the StruggleGalleries Packeo Champ Clark and Others Speak Today. Administration Leaders Are Confident They Will Win by Safe MajorityHumphreys aSsVS and Roast Ly Associated Pres. Wahir.gton, March :i.-.a aa at. ii ;n,:U Vton(!acce oa lb floor 1 iLrong of anxious spectators suS J tne houe has Eddoia la ib r? On the rmgram fcr fpechs were n"SMl. Cn,'Wh PPOl lo U)f llTn. CovlnSton for the aainlstra leaders on both Ide, -orkea fever frhly cn the floor and cloak rooms acJ the wnips reported several changes in he linkup, although ihey ?nn3 balanced. Administration supporters cocfienUy claimed ih retaJ o-jld lass by a majority cl Lxu CO iO c. Cbterg and applause greeted the on cnlne of 1 ho Hi- . n , , . . respnuuve Humphreys, reput'icin of Uiisuington. declared that ' bi-t '.r'aa lajusi Ice the great and patH 4 fpcak er of this hcu&e wbuld I'iy be .or".' P)ing the white houfe." ihe R.nerie Joined the 2.-or la a r -.;r.d of arlav crrent?tivo HunrrrvA 4-4V - - th egoiiuc Al bitsndtrini;" ct ice ad uitnistration in the Mtcl-an sii-atloa. The admni'tmtlon. Kpresntatv Humphrey declared.had been lirpo&ei upon "to carry out the International confidence game by which Japan ani F.r.gland hope to secure use of the ranal wituout competition." Administration leaders planned, to secure a vote on the bill before ad journment tonlghL Opponents of the bill pre pared to make the most of their single opportunity to amend IL A carefully drawn motion to recommit the bill lo the interstate and foreign commerce committee with Instruction, to report it back amended was fram'.d. Representative Doremus, of Mlchi ga.n leading the democrats opposed to the bill, was to present the motion, thus overcoming scruples of demo crats who might object to supporting a proposition advanced rrom the repubii. can side. Provisions of the motion to recommit were carefully kept secret. The Galetries Jammed. A tremendous crowd the greatest the house has seen In recent years, Jamm?d the galleries today to bear fin. al debate over the repeal of Panama tolls exemption. People had been wait ing in lle for hours. Just after daybreak rhen Jaalton rleanlne un tho calleries they were amazed to find two women and a Hardwood Forest No. 10, Brazil. "D. L. Probert, Y. M. C. A., ..r..n rorintfo nppilffhtM at I man spatfd for a Ion wait until coonu the news. Put Charleston and Mobile "You'll have to get out of here now. in the Anan:as cluo. they said, "or we win nave 10 oc yvu "THEODORE ROOSEYEVI. In until ine gancnea aio icbij vj- ened at iu ociock- The above telegrams wew read at "Lock us in." said the waiting one thi V. M. C. A. dinner tu . morning 1 ana itcKea in w.j end created some inter wn.m piaces 01 Tacuis 5-J'nv rassed oway as tre "joUo'' Dt'.ring the waiting hours the crowd rfilized. The diners wo.iM rather made itself at home. Some brought hve rttten a telegram from Mobi'.e newspapers and books. One gray-hair, wn- that a the.? white iur.h ..r-r- ed woman brought her knitting LuncU. ut;o?i had becomr n-eu.l:w cf tbo boxes, roiik botUes and pop bottles TV C A they ial decldt-d no o were piled on the gallery rail, an Im- lrn In the men of other town. minent danger to legislators below, un. - rie repot t today vms not as encur- til doorkeepers forced their removal. aein" as the one yer.t.-day. ice Kepreseaiuo SaihrJ mar have bUa the cause of and RepresenUtive Keating, democrat. rMt:h .MoUmscored but not a, favored the bilL So did UepreaenU, many nnintS were bOU?aC m. I live oiajutu. ; - ' man points ere resentative Kent of California, lade- rtpv . 1 . 1 , V. . V n nr. illirt Committees. Captain,. romi penaenu J" ..wt A. uuram ii. Cu.Fr - H Anderson... 1-2 1 Representauve copirj ui iuw S 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 23 24 27 30 31 n Willis Brown .... 30 1 H Ross 40 Frank Crowell .... 9 1-2 U. W. linen, j 1.. W. V. W. E. R. 27 1-2 24 1-2 2 12 Cooper of Wisconsin, republicans, spoke for repeaL Representative Pow. ers of Kentuck. republican, spoke against iL Representative Alney. republican, ct Pennsylvania. opposed the repeaL While he spoke, luncheon time arrived and lunch boxes, crackers and sand wiches were brought forth in the gal Ieries. In the speaker's gallery where Mrs. Clark and Miss Genevieve Clark and a party of friends were seated, contents of a large lonch box were di vided. Various members were given a min ute apiece to extend their remarks ic the record, and the remaining repub lican time was then given to Leader jMann for the first big speech of tas day. , P. Player .. W. Bayles R. Younts .. W. Rhyne.... J. Smith .... II. Bell 30 C Sismon F. Marr M L. Garner .. 30 J. F. Gordon 20 A. J. Beall A. D. Myers & J. M. Long 20 Roy Spoon 20 A. L. Faul 31 1-2 J P. Lone. Jr.... 2 1-2 Th teams 5. 9. 10. 19. 22. 25. 26. 2S, n no .4 11 AA nnt rpnnrt -,JA JIaIU U V,A . . . j Diuc Z1Z . . I . . - .. Rejs 23J 1-- pomis.1 uucaio. a. x., Jiarcn i. .egoua- tlons Detween tne uouia voupiei Total 523 points. Works and its striking employes were resumed today. The workmen Desiaes The score of yesterday was 1122 agreeing to return to work in an open points. The number of points today Ehop are willing to work on short brings the total up to 1643 points. Tlie time provided all strikers are rein boys have not reported yet and they stated without prejudice on account of will brins the total up higher. lun'jaa filiation. Try to Settle Strike. ? 'i 'A.
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