READ THE ELKIN TRIBUNE $1.00 YEAR E ELKIN TRIBUNE TRY AN AD. IN THE ELKIN TRIBUNE SURE RESULTS \ )L. 2 Elkin, N. C., Thursday, April 2,1914 No. 51 \1LLA SV FEDERALS F CTOR: LEE bi bv eii tl; a I fv b o W' t.' '2' b,. tn •fe." U li; lo: )!■ *11 ( le^ a< 1 I': ' ¥ ,0 fuarez, March 27.—A message led 5 p. m. at Gomez Palacio, ned by General Villa said he 1 concentrated liis forces to ce his way into Torreon and re to join Herrera and take )reme command. )fflcials here declared that the eirals attempted to escape m Torreon and were driven k. Hererra with his own gade and part of Zaragosa’s .2Cade, all veterans, arereport- :o have entered Torreoii from east, four thousand strong , to have fought their way m house to house until the I ring on the northern fringe he town was taken, together li most of the business dis- t. GOME7, PALACIO TAKEN, oinez Palaico, Mexico, March -The four days’ fighting, in- ling three*desp_erate assiilts ■,he rebels, were crowned to- when General Villa moved the city and established Iquarters on the side of the n looking toward Torreon, lin three miles of the goal of campaign. :ie final, deciding assults was ’ vered yesterday, and was ;eded by bombardment, after 3h the infanti’y and cavalry led into the streets, sneral Villa does not know >wn loss, except that it was 'y. Veterans say that no e furious battle was ever .;ht in Mexico. . 11a, with his characteristic •gy, began preparations to •>fi on Torreon and ex]iects 1^ perate with four hundred ers to attack from thc^ast. 'henewspaper correspondents ■e permitted to enter the city h Villa. leneral Velasco defende'^ j.he 'n with great bravery. /ree lis generals, Pena, Ray U*.J and aya, are reported killed. Gen- lOcaranza is reported serious- wounded. CONFLICTING KEPORT. Vashington, March 27.—Com te defeat of Villa and the con- iutionlist forces before Tor- >n was reported to the Mexican bassy here today in a dis- .ch from Senor Portillo Y. ias, minister of the foreign lirs. iinister Portillo’s dispatch itirming an earlier one from Mexican consul at El Paso, ;s the constitutionalist forces re decisively repulsed and yen back several miles from It ir positions of vantage. ILLA SAYS HE HELD LARDO. uarez, Mexico, March 27.— leral soldiers at Torreon last tht failed in a ten-hour fight to . ake Lardo, according to a tele- an received here today signed aeral Villa. The telegram 3 dated Gomez Palacia. Lardo . manufacturing town in the lurbs of Tori-eon. AT .'ACKON TOKKEON UNDER WAY. . uarez, Mexico. March 27.—If tl: irmation given out at military iG ' dquarters here today is cor- V 'fc, the rebel attack on Torreon s under way today. It was ;tai:ed that General Herrera had ;ap :ured the Torreon bull ring in he northern edge of the city. 'ei: eral Angeles was said to be I'" '.:cting a heavy artillery fire on Federal garrison from the MASS OF liUMORS. larez, Mexico, March 2t.— ut ofthe mass of rumors and Tl' lonfirmed reports of the re- il of fighting around Gomez al icio received hei'e yesterday nig county man sen tenced to die April 24th for wife THE HAMLET VERSION. Hamlet, March 28.—A bold bandit entered the express car on the Seaboard limited train No, 2 tonight about 7 o’clock, as the train was leaving Columbia, and overpowering Express Messen ger Freeman, forced him to open the safe and taking the contents. BANDIT PULLS CORt). This was done within the city limits of Columbia and the bandit pulling the bell cord which caused the train to slow up sufficiently for him to escepe, Messenger Freeman was inter viewed on the arrival of No, 2 at Hamlet and stated that as he was checking up the shipment from Columbia, just after the train left the station, he was ordered to hold up his hands by the bandit. KNEW HE MEANT BUSINESS, He does not know how he enter ed the car but supposed he enter ed while the car was being load ed at Columbia. The bandit at the point of his pistol forced Freeman to open the safe, taking the contents which was in a large canvas sack. Very little was said by the bandit, but from the manner he handled the pistol the messenger knew' he meant business. ROBBER WEARS MASK. Freeman says the bandit wore a black mask and was a man of medium size. The officials of the express company here advise that they are unable tonight to state the amount received by the bandit but in any event the amount will be small. Railroad detectives and officers at Columbia are working on the case, DEPUTIES GET STILL, Statesville, March 27,—Deputy Collector M, P. Alexander, Mr. J, R, Alexander and Deputy Sheriff Gilbert, of Statesville, ac companied by Sheriff Sprinkle, of Davie county, deati-oyed a big illicit distillery plant hi Yadkin but when he extinct. Death in-an instant. The funeral s< the Friends ch Plains on Frida.i Mr, R, K, Ma! practically all place. He was ived life was l3st have come ces will be at h at White rlO o’clock, ill had spent s life at this Uut sixty years of age and hat^ebn twice mar- sCorrena Jones, cfcnty who^lived ried, first toM of Davidson only a year afir the marriage Miss Minnie J les was his se cond wife and pthem were born five children alfof whom are here except one sai, Mr, Arthur Marshall, of Tinoxville, Tenn,, who will arri veto night, 'vLI''' For many yea’sMr. Mai^iiMl has been one of V'*' 'J®®* known citizens of this Vounty. Some years-ago he terc^s:-^ active part in politics and murder. Governor Craig’s rea sons for the commutation follow: “When the defendant commit ted murder evidently he did not realize what he was doing. He is old and broken down in mind and body. The jury, when they returned the verdict, recom mended mercy. The commuta tion is strongly urged by .fudge W. J. Adams, who tried the case. Solicitor George W. Wilson and a large number of other good cit izens in many sections of tlie State. Humane administration of the law does not demand that he be put to death, but rather punishnientoflifeimprisonment.’ Raleigh, March 27.—Though announcement has not come from the governor’s office, J. L. -Bolejack, the old white man of Mecklenburg, who was convicted several weeks ago of murdering his wife, will not be electrocuted, 'Bolejack was .sentenced to die April 24, It was brought out in the trial that he was a drunken, insane degenerate at times and tho the State made out a perfect case, it was known all the while that he stood even chance to get life imprisonment. The old man has been writing the governor lettei’s for clemen cy and has been unable to sleep or eat for thinking of the day of execution. Governor Craig will in all probability announce the commutation of the sentence to day and will give' i-easons for it if he acts officially,” I^nder.son, March 29,—Thirty- five horses belonging to the Parham Supply Company were SPRING FLOODS ARE ALARMING Collector and gauger for se^ was a member commissioners several years a csfcr'.'a''as' Deputy toveleeper and feral of t ley’s adminis tratio master for five of t ernis. He ! board of s city for nd dujng McKin- was post MISS TYLER CALLS AT WHITE HOUSE TO PROTEST. Washinston, March 27.—At tired in an old-fashion poke bonnet, Miss Mattie R. Tyler, aged seventy, grand-daughter of former President Tyler, called, at the White House today to plead with President Wilson to con tinue her as postmistress at Courtland, Virginia, which post she has held seventeen years. She says she supports herself and sister on the salary of six hundred and fifty dollars, but that now a “clique of Virginia politicians” is trying to deprive her of her position. Recently Postmaster General Burleson, on the recommend ation of Representative Holland and other Democrats, presented the name of B, A, Williams and his nomination was prepared to day for transmission to the Sen ate. Miss Tyler heard of it and came here to try and prevent be ing ousted. She did not see the president, but left !i. request for an en gagement which will be grant ed. years He was coujnted fgood busi ness man and| wasi;>nce worth considerable pa’opert. He found ed the Banne'r Maufacturing plant and ope years. The family 1; who this dark hor them atthesu husband and : News. rated, t for some as a hot of friends sympatl:^ize them in rand|iourn with iden pssing of the father—Mt. Airy D u KM Hudson roasted to death tonight in a Hre that destroyed the company’s stable and all contents. The fire was discovered about 9:30o’clock and the firemen work ed hard to save something. The stables filled with five car-loads of ha.y furnished an exceedingly inflammable material and the horses were burned before the firemen could give any help. The exciimeut was intense for a time. The company’s stables wei-ein the heart of the city and it looked as if the firemen would have trouble holding the blaze within the walls of the burned building. The Parham company ran its business between the walls of two other big firms and the sub stantial -material pi’evented a spread. One small frame house was almost destroyed, but the damage was not great. No cause is assigned for the fire. It damag ed but little of the adjoining pro perties. county Wednesday. The plant had not been in oeration for several days and thwtill proper had been removed, bt the brick furnace, eight unusially large fermenters, a “beer veil,” bar rels, etc., were in tieir places and showed signs of laving been used considerably, lis believed by the officers that naiy gallons of liquor had been nade at the plant, and it was evidiit that the operators expected to resume operation later. Tb‘ still was located in a dense hicket an,d Avell concealed. double LIFE OF LATE IRON KING BROUGHT TO LIGHT, Louisville, March 26,—The double life of Louis Philip Ewald, the late iron master, was brought out here today in, he he^'' ^ of the suit brought l/\' fvj-olden seeking to establish'^ »er dower rights to Ewald’s estate. Al leging that she was the common law wife, the woman asks for half the personality of the widow’s interest, approximating two mil lions. Witnesses for the plantiffl testi fied to many eccentricities of the late millionaire. They stated that lie shunned ordinary notice, and was scarcely known here, al though operating a large iron foundry in this city. He seldom left his office except in a cab, Por purposes of secrwy, wit nesses said Ewald purchased a large mansion next to one in which he installed Ellen Golden here, which he left vacant. HOOK WORM SPECIALIST HURT IN AUTO ACCIDENT. Anderson, S, C,, March 29,— Dr, Floyd Rogers, who is con ducting a hookworm campaign in Abbeville County, sustained a fracture of his collarbone and three ribs, while the muscles in his left arm wei’e badly lacerated, when his automobile turned three somersaults as he was nearing Williamston, In the car with Doctor Rogers were Mrs, Rogers, who was a Miss Anderson of (Jaffney and who was married to Doctor Rog ers one week ago, and aMr, Polk, Mrs, Rogers was scratched on the face, but is not seriously hurt, Mr, Polk, who is Doctor Roger’s assistant in the hook worm work, has a bad scalp ind, With Doctor Rogers at the wheel, the automobile was round ing a sharp curve when he lost control. The machine turned over three times, practically wrecking it. Doctor Rogers had been running a car for only a few days, and this ma.y account for the accident. New York, March 28. Si)ring floods have set in through tho valleys of the State. Much prop- ei-ty damage hns lieen i-eported. Warm weather of the jiast few days has melted much of the heavy snow which fell early in the month and this with a steady ^ rain thi-oughout the night has swollen all the stream.s many of which are out of their banks flooding the lowlands. At Troy the Hudson river has assumed flood proportions and with the water rising rapidly merchants along the river front are removing goods to safer places. Amsterdam . repoi'ted part of the bridge which spans the Mohawk river carried away by high water and ice cutting off the southern section of the city from the main ]iart of the town. The Cliemango and the Sus' quehannah rivers are overflow ing into the lowlands about Bing- hampton. At Syracuse, Onon-"" daga creek is flooding miles of territory, Ithaca and Schenec— . tady also report flood conditions beyond usual spring freshet marks. At Schenectady the Mohawk river has flooded the lower streets. Ice is jammed against the biidge connecting Schenec-' tady and Scotna and it may go out before night. There is also ■ a heavy ice pack against the Erie canal aqueduct four miles east of the city. The Redfordbridge has already been carried away; Thtt^ river ii^.rising i-apidly. . mjflSON RIVER RISING, river is rising rapidl.v here. Dwellers along the river front are moving to places of saf- ety. A'STEADY DOWNPOUR. Binghampton, N, Y. March 28. —A steady downpour rain all night increased the gravity of the flood situation heie. Early this morning the Canango river broke over its banks, flooding a residential section of the city. The Susquehanna rose to a point which imperiled the entire cen tral section of the city. A heavy rain continued today. HUNDREDS MAROONED Chicago, March 28.—Several hundred persons today were ma rooned in their homes in Chica go heights by a flood varying from two to seven feet in depth that submerged a low part of the suburb. Rafts were used to carry in food and bring out sick persons. Clogged sewers failed to carry ofl* excessive rain water, Columbus, Ohio, March 28.— With the Great Miami and White water rivers raging, the Scioto climbing a foot an hour and the . Muskingum and Licking rivers out of their banks along the low lands, anxiety was felt during last night of a recurrence of the disasterous floods of March 25- 28, 1913. A cessation of rainfall followed by colder weather early today has checked the rise of all the streams mentioned. Dam age so 'far reported has been con fined to the southeastern section of the State, where bridges have been washed out. Pittsburg, Pa,, March 28,— Flood stages were reported from the upper Alleghany river toda.v because of melting snows and last night’s heavy rain. At War ren, Pa,, it was- rising rapidly and much damage had been done.-' Trolley and railroad lines were reported in trouble and a number of factQjfies had shut down. The local weather bureau declared that this water would likely bo taken care of in the stream furth er South and only 20 feet was predicted for Pittsburg two feet under the flood stage. There is no flood in the Mou- ongaheta and no immediate pros- sect of one.