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f I THE WEATHER. Fair and warmer Wednesday. Thurs-I day increasing cloudiness.- ' - ' t '..-.- ig l i ' '""dS .J? -wX.3 ":i5Jp VOL. XC1T NO. 2. DENOUNCE ACTION Liberal Party in England Bitter Over Result KING USED INFLUENCE Westminster Continues a Seething Caldron Over Outcome In Ulster Trouble King Aided Officers to Get Signed Papers. London, March 24.. Westminster continues to be a seething caldron over what the Liberals now denounce. as the "mutiny of the army aristo crats" against democratic government. The fact has been established from all obtainable evidence that General Hubert Gough and the other officers of the Third Cavalry, Brigade dem manded and obtained written- assur ances that they would not be ordered to fight Sir Edward . Carson's Ulster volunteers, and that these assurances were obtained largely through the personal intervention . of the king. Before they deft . London yesterday the officers telegraphed $o tneir broth er officers in Ireland that they had found support "from1 the highest quar ters" on their arrival rat Curraugh camp toaay they were welcomed by a guard of honor and related the out come of their summons to the war of fice. . The throne, which traditionally has kept out of party controversies,,, is in volved in the -discussion as it never before has been during King George's , reign or that of his diplomatic, father. The section of the Liberals who. op posed what they denounce as a sur render to a military. ' oligarchy, are criticising the king with the greatest freedom. They resent his action . in summoning ta the palace Field "Mar shal Lord Roberts who in his speeches - advised the officers ' that they might properly refuse service? in suppressing the Ulster irreconcilable. They criti cise His Majesty for dealing personal ly with Field, Marshal Sir John French, chief of the general staff, and Gen eral Sir Arthur vpagetVK commanding the forces in Ireland; who should have been dealt -with, nthey vthink. only by the secretary of state for wai,; in ac cordance with the customary official routine. - 1 . -: ' - ' ' "' More Liaht on Subject. - - The government" has- promised -to throw more light tomorrow on recent history by giving parliament; all the written communications with General Paget and officers who refused - ser vice, but how far ' the negotiations were carried on by written communi cations remains to be seen. ' : The government's two, spokesmen, Colonel Seeley, secretary of war,-, in tne House of Commons, and Viscount -Morley, of Blackburn, in the House of Lords, were confronted today by per sistent demands for explicit informa tion. They were asked as to exactly wnat assurances the government gave the military officers and whether they were written or verbal, tsotn reiuseu eo answer any questions before the papers were presented to the. Houses. If these papers disclose that the government surrendered to those who refused duty in Ulster, Premier As quith's administration will face great danger from rebellion in its own ranks. The most reliable parliamen tarian will make this statement in; the morning papers? ? '" ' -' "The labor party members through out Mr. Asquieh's administration who have been criticised by many of the rank and filo nf their party for seem ing to be decilely chained to his char iot wheels, are in open revolt, mey harp on the fact that Tom Mann was sent to prisqn for six months for in citing soldiers' to refuse-to fire on strikers when ordered and demand to be informed as to whether there ; is to be one law for aristocrats with commissions and another for. Plebians in the ranks, when itT comes to mat ters of conscience and obedience to orders." Redmond Makes Statement. John Redmond, leader of the Insu Nationalist party, in - a statement to the Associated Press today declared the question is whether the atmo- (Continued on Page Bight.) MUCH INTEREST Twenty-Four County Farm Demon strators and Other Specialists in Meeting at Fayetteville. (Special Star Telegram.) Fayetteville, N. C, March 241 The second days sessions of the conven tion of the local and district farm demonstrators for Eastern North Car olina were marked -by . interesting talks and helpful discussions. Twenty-four county demonstrators, one or two district agents and a number of other agricultural experts are in at tendance. A great' deal' of interest is being shown In the work - At the morning session, T. B. Par ker, of Raleigh, talked about the va rieties of cotton calculated best to i-esist the anthraenfcse. Dr.. ,B. W. ivilgore, State chemist, spoke on fer tilizers; a number, of local- agents made reports on thfei-cover crop cam paign, while J. Latham, of Beaufort j wuuiy, and SSeno Moore, Edgecombe, failed of forage cropsi G.. W. Byars, 'i Hichmond county, and J. D. .Fletch er, of Cumberland, .on terracing and drainage; W. H.. Eaton on the type of nuich cow for Eastern Carolina, and -of. E. S. Curtiss on the feeding of f otton seed meal to live stock. - i. D. McLean, "district demonstrat t"". is presiding over the . session. Tl - : -: - - GOHGRESS EVE Mill GAILLAUXr lUTKlli OF BIG STRUGGLE GIVES Hf REIlSOS-j BUBllili Complete Plans for Taking Up Sims Bill Today FIFTEEN HOUR RULE Resolution Will be Offered Today Lim mng ueoate to Fifteen Hours Vote Will Show Relative Strength of Factions. Washington, . March 24. Congress is on the verge of the most vigorous legislative struggle that has enlivened its proceedings in many years the contest over the administration pro posal to repeal the provision of the Manama canal act granting toll ex emption to American coastwise ships. iians for taking up the Sims Repea bill were completed in the House to day and Democratic leaders on both Sides of the issue nave alisnod thoir forces and prepared their arguments. It was generally conceded that the bill would be called up for general debate Dy rnursaay and that it might be re ported some time tomorrow when representative Henry , chairman of tne rules committee, proposed to sub mit a rule to limit general debate on the measure to fifteen hours. A vote on tnis rule when reported will in a measure, test the strength of the op posing forces. Preliminary to the debate which is certain to be most spirited, special attention was given tonight by Sena tors . and Representatives to the ma jority report on the Sims Repeal bill submitted by Representative Adam- son, of Georgia, chairman of the com mittee on. inter-State and foreign com merce- This report which appeared in print ed form today, . points . particularly to tne tact tnat m reporting the Panama CanaL act during the: last Congress, tne . committee had commended uni form tolls and that the exemption for American coastwise shipping was ac complished by amendment. The com mittee nad recognized it, the report saia, long oerore any xoreign govern mpnt haA . vninpd an nnininn or ; o.nm- plaint, the treaty stipulations required Taunts Do Not D?sturb. "We are not disturbed," it added; "by. the.taunt made fona purpose; that AArepeal would be truckling and yielding I j - j j a ; l A 4. n 10 uoreign uemanus. a siiuwai utum could be hurled against any man1 or nation honorable enough to comply with contracts, or generous enougn to promote friendly relations by j accord ing respectful consideration to views of . the opposite party. -From high sources in this and other countries and from men yet alive who partici pated in the formation of the various . reanes, men wnose veracity ana ia tesrity cannot be questioned, come un eauivocal statements that the language of the treaty controlling the imposi tion of tolls was not intended to per mit such' discrimination. Even if it were a close question with the balance tendinis: in our favor, we could not accord, in a matter of na tional honor to contend or even de bate a proposition whieh involves a policy not in the interest of our en tire people, but m tne interest 01 a small sDecial class in whose favor the exemption operates against the gen eral interest of the entire people. "Far hetter to abolish the canal it self than even to permit our national honor to remain in question." Considerable Speculation. - Considerable speculation - exists as to the strength of the opposition to the rpnflai in both Houses Of Congress. Censervative proponents of the pro posed reversal of policy, -while: claim ing pti assumed maiority in both Houses admit that the opposition is formidable. It is an unusuai situa tion confronting the Democratic party in thP. TTmisfi where the President has, arrayed against him the majority lead er, . Mr. Underwood. Representative Fitzgerald, chairman of the appropria tions committee; Representative TCitohin. of North Carolina, ranking member of the fways and means com mittee, and, according to undenied re ports, the speaker of the House. Whether Speaker Clark will yield the gavel to take part in the debate is a matter causing the repeal champions nnncBrDhin r.oncem. The speaker has given no indication of his inten tions in -this regara. uue ot lug guns of opposition to the repeal in the Senate was fired today by Senator Chamberlain, of Oregon, through the inirAnPtinn nf a resolution - calling upon the secretary of war for all avail- v.l infnrmatinTl as TO tne COSL maintenance of navigable rivers and canals through which all slapping by an act passed in 1884 was guaranteed Dt!oa froo nf tolls. In a preamble to the resolution it was asserted that if the policy of tne-governmeut wil latinn tn Panama Canal tolls is to he reversed, the policy with reference to all rivers and canais aisu auuuw be changed and tolls charged all ship ping to pay the government for mainw taining-the waterways. ; . V ' ' "My chief purpose, in - introducing this resolution," said Senator Cham berlain tonight, "is to show ir as re rpji champions maintain, the toll-ex emption to American ships is a ship subsidy granted ;by . the goyernment, that it has always been the policy ot the government since to subsidize our 6hippmg. it we are going iu " our shiopina tolls at Panama, we ought to charge tolls elsewhere." Discussion In 5enate. There will be discussion of the reso lution in the Senate tomorrow, Sena tor Chamberlain planning to call it up. Senator O Gorman toaay naa reaa to the Senate a series of telegrams from various parts of the country con- gratuiatmg mm -on ms stanu agauisi toll exemption repeal. , After setting -forth the purposes sought . by the government' in the act oL 1884, the Chamberlain resolution declares: -! , :.,.--::V - Whereas, if the free tolls fcJause Continued on Page. Eight.) WTLMIKGrTQy, K. C., Feared Consequences if Let? ters Were Published. TELLS HISTORY OF DAY Former Premier Declares That He Had Not Taken Part in Any Cam paign Against Cafilaux Let ters Not to be Published. .Paris, March 24. "My fear of the conseqiuences of the publication of some private correspondence in the Figaro led to my assassination, of Gas ton Calmette," Madame Caillaux told the examining magistrate today. "I also had been possessed with the idea that5 my husband might be driv en to,commit the crime," she said, and so decided to do it myself." Fifteen ringleaders among women prisoners in the Saint Lazare peni tentiary who protested against the special privileges being aqcorded to Mme. ' Caillaux were placed in isola tion cells today. Mme. Caillaux, who appeared in a condition of extreme fa. tigue today, called impatiently for her husband, the former minister of fi nance. When he arrived at the lail a long conference ensued. - While Mme. Caillaux was beine led to the court of the investigating mag istrate, M. Boucard, she saw a group of newspaper photographers and ex claimed: "Let them photograph .me! Then I hope they will be satisfied." When placed on the stand the pris oner, at the request of the court, gave an account of her actions on Monday, the day she killed Gaston Calmette. She told first of her interview at S o'clock in the morning with Fernand Monier. chief judge of the civil tribu nal of the Seine, who told her he could suggest no legal means of preventing the publication of her private letters by ' the Figaro. Planned -Big Dinner. Mme. - Caillaux then said she told Pierre de Fouquieres. assistant minis ter of ceremonies at the foreign office. who telephoned to ascertain when she and M. "Caillaux would attend the; din ner that evening at the Italian em bassy, to arrange places -at a dinner sherrplannedr to give March . 23rd at which the 'American anjoassaaor, Aiy- ron T. Herrick and Mrs. Hernck .were to be present. The prisoner then said she made an appointment with her hair dresser for that evening, was mamcurea, visitea her dentist, then drove to the. minister of finance office and told her husband what Judge Minier had .'told her. "My. husband was . furious- sne as serted. "He exclaimed: 'Then there is nothing else for me to do except to go and break his neck." "I did not aouDt at tnat moment that my husband intended to commit some act. of extreme violence." Throughout the luncheon at home, which Mme. Caillaux described as (Continued on Page Eight.) ACTION PREDICTED To Permit Developement of Alaska's Cool Fields Legislation WiH be Taken Up Prompt ly by Sertate tAllpvv. Advance-, ..... ment In Territory -Favorably Report Bill Today. .Washington,' March 24 .Early ac tion on -legislation to permit the de velopment of Alaska's rich coal re sources was forecast today when the Senate public lands committee agreed to report favorably tomorrow the ad ministration .leasing system bill in amended form. With construction or a government railroad already author ized leaders in Congress propose to remove restrictions as quickly as pos sible, so that development of the coal ands may be well under way by the time the road is in operation. As nerfected by the Senate commit tee the leasing system hill would pro vide, for the leasing or mining rignts only for indefinite terms. Under the bill 5,120 acres in the Baring river field and 7,081 acres in the Matanuska field will be reserved by the President to be mined bv the government 'wnen in his opinion the mining of such, coal becomes necessary- oy reason oi an insufficient suppyl of coal at a. reason able price" for the navy and, govern ment work "and for relief of oppres sive conditions." f - , r r The bill proposes -that the-unreserv ed lands be surveyed . into forty-acre tracts or multiples thereof, the maxi mum being fixed at 560 acres for; any tract, v These are to be leased to com petitive bidders, not more than one tract: being included in any lease. Tfaiirnarfs would- he Drohibited from acquiring under the act a greater coal supply than needed for their own use. The total average oi conungous and which one person or corporation might hold, in the discretion ot the secretary of the. interior, won ia De fixed' at 2,560 acres, and consolidation of small contmguous noiaings - wouia be permitted if the total area involved were within that figure. - " v The bill seeks to prevent mter-iocK- ne interests in- leases, by forbidding any person or interest to take or hold anv interest as a stocKnoiaer or otner- wise in" more than one lease and pro vides that any interest held in viola tion "of 'that ;proviso shall be forfeit ed. -: - IV iSSDAY MQIBCNXN'Gr, Durham Fare Loss Estimated at One Million. DUKE HEAVIEST LOSER Flames Raged Unchecked for Three Hours in Heart of :6usiness Dis trict of the Tobacco Manu facturing City. (Spe'cial. StarfTelegram.) Durham, X.- C.. March 24; Stocks of two additional stores,' were, ruined by water when fire, reviving, tonight, broke out in the basemefat of the Car-. ton-Hackney -SeedCvCo.' -The fire spread, to the ad joining building occu pied by the iBirdt?pehuxU3rocery Co. The flames soon were suppressed but the stocks, werje ruined- r- This makes senteen .business houses destroyed blsidea : a hundred or .more offices ruiifed. -; -Estimates Stand at a Million. Durham, NI -C, arcii!324: Firs which originated shortly before last midnight and raged; ; unchecked for three hours, did damage estimated at $1,000,000 in the center; o the busi ness section here.' The breaking of a water main -hampered the work of firemen, and for a time the entire downtown section of thef city was imperiled.- ? , ' An entire block of business build ings, including the.' five-story struc ture owned by" pdie Drpake tobac co manufacturer, was, destroyed ; and buildings in an. adjoining block' great ly damaged. A heavy ivind'added to the difficulty of checking ;e' confla gration. ' ' " '.. . ...1 " : Aside from the $200,000! loss of the Duke building individual lasses were in most instances, less than $50,000. Many offices m the larger. ; building were swept by the flames, -and a doz en stores of ;various sorts , destroyed withi their: stock. iTixe -total Joss ;vlo-day- wad-said-tobilHlf -covered-by-insurance, i - Start of the Fire, The flames originated on - the sec ond story of the Duke building. Ac cording tol the best information avail able the point of origin was near, the elevator shaft. The fire first was dis covered at 11 o'clocic. Firemen . had been at: work but' a few minutes when a water main- burst, depleting- the pressure so that the fire apparatus was practically useless. - Before ,the break could be repaired - flames thad ascended the elevator shaft and were, leaping, from the fifth floor of the building. Carried by the wind' the fire rapidly spread in a northwesterly direction Before it was checked, after 2 o'clock this morning, practically the entire block had been destroyed .and several buildings m another greatly damaged. Patrolled by Militia. A company of militia today patroll ed the burned district to prevent loot ing. Thousands or dollars worth or property, rescued from the burning stores, was piled in nearby streets. An investigation of the cause of the fire was started today. The' heaviest losses were to owners of buildings. Many merchants were able to -rescue a great part : of their stock but ' occupants of offices : in the Duke building lost many valuable.rec ords - and equipment of various sorts. Several law libraries were- burned. Among the heaviest losers ' were Brodie L. Duke, building, J $200,000; Warren Bryant; building. $50,000; W. J. Christian,, building. $50,000; A. E. Lloyd, hardware stock, $50,000. . Business in Durham Suspended. (Special; Star Telegram.) v . . Durham. N. C, March 24. -Practically all business was suspended in Durham today on account of the dev astation of the-business district by fire. 'Crews of wreckers were hard at work all day in tearing down the standing walls of wrecked buildings. Fire, smoulding all day, tonight lights up in several places, but the firemen have the flames under control. The original estimate -of one million - dol lars loss is not changed. It is esti mated that more than 60 per cent of the damage is covered by -insurance. O ITT LI UE S .Congress is on the verge of one of the most vigorous legislative strug gles in its history. The -committee will report the Sims resolution to- re peal the provision m the Panama ca nal Act giving freedrom. front-tolls to American coastwise shippingatoday. The- fire which destroyed ,a whole city block at Durham early yesterday morning did " damage . amounting to $1,000,000. Mme Caillaux declared- her . reason for killing the -editor of the Figaro was tear ot tne consequences snouia he publish certain personal letters which he had threatened to print. Early action on legislation-: to per mit' the development of Alaska's rich coal resources was forecast m the Senate "yesterday when the Public Lands committee agreed, .to favorably report the administration leasing sys tem bill. The Senate will not wait for the House to take initiative action on the ahtr-trust legislation: Villa s forces are sweeping on to ward Torreon. An unconfirmed report reaching the border late last night was to the enect tnat tne federals had -surrendered. , Money on call steady 1 3-8 to 2 per cent; ruling rate 17-8; closing 1 7-8 to 2; time loans wreaker. Flour firm ly held. Wheat steady; No. 2 red 1.05 1-2; No. l: northern Uuluth 1.03 1-4.- Corn steady . Rosin and. Turpen tine steady.-.: Spot. cotton: quiets mid dling uplands 13.50; golf 13.75.';' MABCH 25, 1914. SENATE HEN DP TRUS Will Act Before the House Completes Bills t)N TRADE COMMISSION Will Have More Power According to Measure Going Before the Senates-Hearing Will be Re Opened Thursday. VV ashmgton, March 24. That trust legislation, long under consideration by., committees in both branches of Congress, will be considered - in. the Senate independently of House action was practically assured today after a meeting ' of the Senate .inter-State commerce committee.- The committee i3 drafting a single bill to embrace all features of proposed regulations to supplement the 'Sherman law. It is probable according to Sena tors particularly interested in the pending-legislation, that the Senate will take up the subject for general debate before the House committees have completed the bills upon which they have been engaged. Senator New-lands,- chairman of the Senate com mittee said tonight that no part of the proposed legislation will be re ported from the committee until all features, have been embodied into one bill and he predicted that this measure would not require extended debate in the Senate. - . , Ignoring the revised House bill to create an inter-State trade committee the Senate commerce committee has prepared as the keystone section of the proposedanti-trusf bill a measure "which differs materially from the House measure. lt proposes 'a com mission of five instead of three mem bers and would extend to the commis sion more? authority than does the House bill. For one thing, members of ! the Senate committee insist th$t the -commission should have author ity to inquire on its own initiative into alleged.'- violations by corporations of the anti-trust laws instead of await ing directions from the President, At torney General, or either House of Congress as : provided in the House bilL . . .v v : Today .the Senate suh'cotnmft renewed consideration 01 tne language of provisions to be incorporated in the anti-trust" bill which "would - prt hibit forms of holding companies held to be injurious. . This it was . said, would differ materially from the sep- arate bill .to regulate . holding compa: nies recently introduced in the House. Other features of the Senate bill will include provision prohibiting certain forms of interlocking directorates and regulating the issuance of railroad se curities. :. Hearings on the anti-trust bills will be re-opened Thursday by the House Judiciary committee at the request of Representative McCoy to allow Wil liam H. Ingersoll, of New Jersey, a watchmaker, to discuss price fixing. No other witnesses will be heard. E Further Testimony , in Rate Increase Case , v.. , Inter-State Commerce Commission Is sues Official Statement Rail-' roads" As! MoreTime" i' ? S'hoW' Ca'usel' 1 Washington, March 24. An official announcement issued today by the Inter-State Commerce Commission in dicating the likelihood of the taking of additional testimony in the-Eastern ern advance rate case as late as April 22nd, was accepted as making it quite certain ;. that a decision of ' the case cculdj not be expected before some time in May, at the earliest, and prob ably not until a short time .be'fbre the commission adjourns for the Sum mer, late in June. : . rThe . railroads have requested the committee to afford them opportunity to present additional testimony as ! to their need of increased revenues; and also to ; offer evidence in rebuttal 'of the- testimony, introduced by thosef op posed to- an ; advance in rates. The commission announced that ; it would begin to take the additional testimony on March 30th and 31st and that., if necessary ' the 'hearing would: be com pleted on April 20th,- 21st- and 22nd. As Clifford -Thorne. chairman; of , the railroad commission of Iowa renre- sen ting eight Western ' States in op-' position' to the proposed advance,? is to - present1" his views on March . 30th and 31st, it is hardly possible that the hearings can be concluded until late in April. :--1-: - -:;. . ' : J :.-:. . ,: Those in intimate touch with the procedure of the commission-regard it as likely therefore, that the case can not be .argued until some time in May. After the hearing of .testimony shall have been concluded, a , reasonable time ordinarily it is 15 or-20. days- will be given - for the submission of briefs by counsel for the roads. These will be followed by briefs by .counsel for the opposition. After . the briefs have been submitted a time, extending X.. 1 ...111 V. ytjiiiiiys over cveiiti uajo, win uo taken up in oral arguments. - -v I , .. 111 , ... Greensboro. N. C.. March 24. Pres ident Fairfax Harrison.- of the South ern ' Railway, will be i a guest of , the Greensboro chamber . of commerce Wednesday evening. . -- DECISION BATTLE STILL RAGING ") IN AND ARO UND TOR&EON Report Current in Juarez That Federals Had Surrendered is Not Confirmed -Wires to the Front Hot With Official ...... , t Messages and News of Fighting MeagreSeven Hundred Federals Are Said to be Killed. Chihuahua, March 24. An oftlcial dispatch received at 5 P. M. today says fighting continues fiercely at Go mez Palacio. -. The rebels are said to have captured the stone railroad round house and to be fighting from it. The rebels claim that the Federal dead number 700. No report as to their own losses has been made pub lic, but it is learned that they have at least 80 wounded. . Juarez, Mexico. March 20. Roseate rumors and "official" reports of the onward sweep of Gen. Francisco Villa and his victorious rebels- kept this city in a state of gratified excitement today,, but the optimism was dashed somewhat by the receipt of an Asso ciated Press dispatch from Chihua hua, -quoting an official dispatch say ig that fighting continues at Gomez Palacio. It was, announced officially in the course of the morning that the city, three miles from Torreon, was taken last night at 9 o'clock, and that Gen. Villa had ordered supplies Bent there direct. ,' Next came word that Gen. Eugenio Aguarrez Benevides had captured two Federal cuartels in Torreon itself. This information was conveyed in a private telegram from Col. Trenivo, ope of Benevides staff officers, tn his brother in Juarez. At this there -was further joy, but it was nothing to the excitement occasioned when Gen. Manuel Chao, military governor of the State of Chihuahua, and now in this city to greet Gen. Carranza, received a' private report that Gen. Velasco, Federal- commander at Torreon, had surrendered. Gen. Chao accepted the report, with reserve, however, and telegraphed to Gen. Villa asking for confirmation or denial. After two hours, he had re received no reply. The dispatch from the Associated Press staff correspondent at Chir;ia-? hua had something of a dampening effect on the spirits of the rebels and it gave rise to alt; manner, of conjee: tures. jit s was:4he?first direct news telegram of the day, but It was argued that .the official -report -quoted via it did: not" necessarily disprove'previous reports of lighting inTorreon, or. even that Villa did 'not actually have Go mez -Palacio in his possession- last night. a ' :. . ' The report might mean, it was con jectured, that- the , Federals as a part of the general battle, might have re turned to Gomez Palacio and renewed the fight, while other forces were en gaged jn Torreon, three miles away. Conflicting Reports. Laredo, Texas, March 24. Conflict ing reports of i-the battle between Mexican Constitutionalists and Feder als came to Laredo today from the isolated scene of yesterday's engage ment near Guerrero, 60 miles south of this city on the Rio Grande. Heavy losses on both sides were indicated. An official Federal dispatch given out in Nuevo Laredo claimed Gen. Guardiola repulsed the rebels after nine nours ngnting and tney tooic with them in retreat five wagons load ed with wounded, besides leaving many dead on the field. It was said many Constitutionalists deserted and fled to the United States during the fighting. - It was admitted Guardiola withdrew to San Ygnacio after the reported re treat of the rebels. His loss in killed, captured and wounded was given -as 60 men. Constitutionalist reports were con flicting, but all claimed a substantial victory. The capture of Guerrero, which had been held by Guardiola, was a feature of the reports. It is- regarded here as probable that both sides retreated with no material advantage. About 1,500 men were engaged on both sides. Gen. Jesus Carranza and Antonio Villareal com manded the Constitutionalists. BRYAN ADVISES FATHER NOT TO LOOK FOR SON. Eatonton. Ga.. March 24. Dr. J. Q. Nolan, of this city, who has asked the State Department at Washington to investigate the death of his son, Dr. Frank Nolan, at Tampico, Mexico, and who has considered going to Mexico himself to investigate, tonight receiv ed a telegram from secretary liryan advising against the journey. The message read : 'American consul at Tampico wires that body of son can not be exhumed until expiration of five years. Advise strongly that you ao not go to Mex ico." Meagre advices received here are to the effect that Dr. Nolan died March 6th, after a brief illness. The father of the dead man desires a full investigation to determine the cause of his son's death. It also was desired to bring the body back here for bur ial. - - Little Known at Washington; Washington,: March 24. With the beginning of actual battle on a com paratively large scale in Central Mex ico, army officers here find themselves deprived of a much desired opportun ity to : study the campaign through trained military observers on the field. Since the United States has not accorded political recognition to either Federals of Constitutionalists, there is no way by which American officers -can be detailed to view en gagements as in ordinary wars. . All that was made known officially to officers on duty at the War Depart ment of yesterday's important mave ments in the neighborhood of Torreon was contained in a brief dispatch from an American consular officer that the Constitutionalists had captured three towns in the neighborhood of Gomez Palacio. There has been no exhibition of real strategy at any time in this Southern campaign or, indeed; since the begin ning of the present revolution, in the opinion of general staff officers. - In the opinion of experts here, Gen. Vil la's -successes- so- far has been- found ed, solely upon his ability to 'inspire WHOLE NUMBER 13,513. his soldiers with desperate courage. Secretary Garrison today suggested to Gen. Bliss, in answer to the latter's telegram, respecting the disposition to be made of the score of Constitution alist soldiers driven across the Rio Grande by Federals yesterday near Del Rio, that it would be wise to keep this party separate from Federal sol diers detained at Fort Bliss. Ainey Resolution Today. The Ainey resolution calling on the President t for information regarding the protection of f feigners in Mexico probably will come up in the House tomorrow. The foreign affairs com mittee is expected -to. report the reso lution adversely. Secretary Bryan will appear before the ; Senate - foreign relations commit tee tomorrow to discuss estate Depart ment, matters, but it is understood there has been no arrangement for a conference on the Mexicon situa tion. - - - Governor Colquitt's offer of a re ward of $1,000 for delivery upon Texas soil - of five Mexicans suspected as murderers of Clemente Vergara has caused State and War Department of ficials serious concern, for interna tional complications. The right of the Governor to offer a reward for apprehension of a fugi tive is , not denied by the officials. But in this case it is feared that the offer may lead, to an attempt to kidnap the Mexicans and . bring them into Texas, which would - violate the extradition treaty between Mexico and the Unit ed States and afford the Mexican gov-, ernment ground for a demand for punishment of the kidnapers with all kinds of. legal entanglements. , Further reports on the incident near Del Rio. Texas, where Mexican Federals fired acrosfTIhe Rio Grande at American troopers "say more than 500 shots Were directed at the sol diers,' to whom fleeing Constitutional ists surrendered.' GODWIN EXPLAINS THAT SIXTH DISTRIQTV MIX-UP Thinks Correspondent Had Columbua ; : . (Special Star Telegram.) .1. Washington, X .f&T? M arch ' 24 Representative Godwin explained thsv mix-up over' the report sent out from Dunn -lhat the time had exnired for candidates, to file for Congress, in the. Sixth district, by calling attention to a recent legalized primary law enact ed, for. Columbus county, which fixed March 12th as the last flay to file no tice of their candidacy for office. Mr. Godwin says he has been notified that no one has filed against him in Co lumbus - and perhaps this is the way the Dunn correspondent got mixed, up. Mr. Godwin says the district execu tive committee meets tomorrow and of course nothing could -be-done before that' time. The matter is in the hands of the committee and they will make such arrangement as is felt necessary. CAROLINA PHYSICIAN A SUICIDE IN WASHINGTON. Dr. Oliver Kinsey, of Klnsey, N. C, Ends Hie- Life. (Special Star Telegram.) Washington, D. C, March 24. Dr. Oliver Kinsey, 28 years old, of Kin sey, Cherokee county, N. C, commit ted suicide in the bathroom at a stu dents' boarding house here this morn ing by inhaling gas1 and swallowing., a quantity of poison. ' He was dead when two of his friends opened the ' bath room door. . ! It is believed that the physician's mind had been unbalanced from wor ry. Dr. Kinsey had received an offer from the county authorities of Kings ton, (N. Y,,. to fill a medical positton there, it is stated, and be also had thought of entering the public health service,- but was unable to decide which, position he preferred. ' R. P. Steddone, a brother-in-law of " Kinsey, called at the- house and ar ranged for the remains to be taken to " an undertaker. Dr. Kinsey was a graduate of Johns Hopkins University. . .; ENDORSED BY MR. DANIELS Proposed Progressive (Mass ; Meeting. V Foremost Thing a State-wide ' Primary for All Parties. (Special Star Telegram.) . - . Raleigh, N. C, March 24. In a per-. ya:r sonal letter just received! here, Jose- . ' ., phus Daniels North -Carolina- Demo-, j ! t - . cratic National Committeeman '. and " ; '. ; - :: Secretary of the Navy,- heartily: -en- "C:-; r dorsed the proposed progressive mass' -..';;;-v.' meeting of North! Carolina' Democrat : . and gave leave for the following to be ; ' . . : said as coming from- him:'" . rh x .;;:; ; "In my conversation with the -PresI dent with respect to thia ' movement J ' - V ) he heartily endorsed the effort to put ' ,. ' ') North Carolina in harmony with the -' ; ?V movement manifest all over' the coun-' '-"''VJ- iry 111 ueuau ui measures calculated. -Jf-Jl. i to improve the condition of the peo- ? i ' I nle. He expressed surprise that -TMni.K . - :i Carolina had not' been a leader in UiUVVCJ B Mr PanrAlu unlH - fnrthoi" f M ij": r i is that we should work on .these pro gressive ideas whichlhave stirred oth-v er States. The foremost thine ia a State-wide primary for " all parties to be held on a common : day. j Th should replace the hybrid system we 'l :" now have in operation.. -: 1 4hink we' should stress that tremendoua'y .We ought to be. certain that we get that ; this year, and as : many other; good things as possible, including the pro- : posed amendments to: the - Constltu- . tion." . '.''L. ' ". ' it -J:-' V
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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