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1 'A Mtmk TBS OiZBTTS-NKWa BAB IBM MOST tXPKSBITX ABSOCU.TSD FBBSM tSB. TICS IS IBB CABOldBAB. Weather Forecast; ( FAIR AXD WARMER. , " VOL. XVIII, NO. 231. ASHEVILLE, N. 0., FRIDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 7, 1913. PRICE 5 CEN73 Jr r mm U.S. MEDDLING, HOLDSHUERTA President's Representative Goes to Mexican Capital and Proceeds to Amer ican Ambassy. . NOT ORDERED THERE ; -BY STATE OFFICIALS Maintains Secrecy as to Pur pose Much Speculation Mexican Mattres be fore Cabinets, By Associated Press. Mexico City, Nov. 7. Provi sional President Huerta '8 for mal negative - reply to the Tnited States' demand, which was discussed in detail at last night's cabinet meeting, will set forth that the United States has no right, legale otherwise, to demand Ueneral Huerta 's elimination. This statement was given out today from one of the departments of the Mexican government. Mexico City, Nov. 7. -Final stages of the natoglations between Mexico ! end the United States are to be par ; ticlpated In personally at Bhort range i by John Llnd, President Wilson's per sonal Mexican envoy. He arrived this morning from Vera Cruz. The series of delays in Provisional President Huerta's formal answer to the last note to the United States and the lack of definite . action , which ' would Indicate ilia attitude Ja the lace , of the demands have been annoying to President Wilson's personal repre ' sentative. ' It was known that negotiations had been conducted In an Indirect man ner, not following the ordinary diplo matic course and Mr. Lind's sudden appearance In the federal capital is , assumed to be due to his desire to 'bring things quickly to a clearly de fined point, Mexico ' City, Nov. 7. John Llnd, personal representative of President Wilson, arrived here this . morning from Vera Cruz. The United States embassy had not received any advices of his coming. Mr. Llnd proceeded to the United States embassy where he .will reside during his stay. He was accompanied by Captain William A. Burnside, ths United States , military attache, and Ensign John I Hill, of the battleship Louisiana, who was detailed by Rear Admiral Fletcher to act as Mr. Lind's aide. . Mr. Lind had not notified anybody that he was coming to the federal capital. The staff of the United States embassy learned the news from the morning papers. . Only one of the clerks of , the embassy wenjt to the station to meet him. The public and the Mexican offic ials likewise did not know of Mr. Lind's movements and he came into the city in a manner contrasting greatly with his first arrival here. As Mr. Llnd stepped from the train he consented to pose for several pho tographers but to all Inquiries for in terviews he made noncommittal re plies, thus maintaining the reputation for taciturnity . which he . earned on his previous trip. . . -' There was much speculation here today as to the character of the dis cussion at the cabinet meeting held last l ight. All that Is knokn definite ly Is that the relations between Mex ico and the United States were dls- ; cusned but no determinate action was taken. Llnd Acting Independently. Washington, Nov. 7. The return of John lind. President Wilson's per sonal representative in Mexico, from Vera Crus to Mexico City Is under stood here to have been made without direct orders from the national cap Hal. General Instructions given Mr. Llnd Income Law Is Puzzling The Alimony Contingent y Associated Press. Washington, Nov. 7. The alimony contingent la perplexed. It does not know Just how It will have to pay the income tax on alimony In excess of 13,000 annually that It Is paying to Its former wives. This question Is one of the many that the Internal revenue bureau of the treasury department has been called upon to elucidate. The uncertainty seems to hinge upon whether the tax should bo with, held by the former husbnnd bef-0 paying the 13,000 over to his forumr spouse or whether It shall be paid by ths Isttor. In the event of Its helm; withheld at the source the question arises u u would not be double ux by the president when the former went to Mexico allow him the great est freedom of movement and officials here Indicated that special lnstruc. tlons for his return to the Mexican capital were not necessary If , Mr. Lind thought It advisable to take that action. The latest development In the re bellion-torn nation was surrpunded by a great deal of reticence here. One official view Is that Charge O'Shaugs nessy either has received some Inti mation that Huerta is about to an swer the representations made early in the week or that O'Shaughnessy I? desirous of advising with Llnd on ad ditional steps to be taken under hie Instructions. Cabinet Meets. V The cabinet met today for the first tlmo in several weeks. All the secre taries except Garrison and Wilson and Attorney General McReynolds attended. It was understood that at the Instance of the president one or two members who had planned to be out of the city cancelled their en gagements to attend. The latest news dlnpatches telling of John Lind's return to Mexico City were taken Into the meeting and Secretary Bryan car ried a large envelope of state depart ment dispatches. Under orders from Rear Admiral Fletcher, commanding the squadron In the Gulf; of Mexico, the battleship New Hampshire is steaming to Vera Cruz from Tampico. " With her ar rival eight American men-of-war will be assembled off Vera Crux. ' Officials here gave no reason for sending tho New Hampshire. Admiral Fletcher gave the order without instructions from the navy department. The gunboat Annapolis arrived to day at Santa Rosalia, Lower Califor nia, where she is guarding at the re-' quest of the French foreign office a band of French colonists. Italian Opinion. Rome, Nov. 7. Commenting on the Mexican situation today the Glor nale d' Italia says: - . , a , "The horizon is dark over Mexico. The situation is becoming tragic. In tervention is unpopular and Is not de sired by the United States, but it Is difficult to avoid, as Provisional Pres- Idfltlt Ull.H. nlll nn. .1,1 fl ' ' - ' ' l "Hf 'mvv"''- -: MACHINES COLLIDE FOUR OCCUPANTS ARE CRUSHED TO DEATH i ; By Associated Press. Los Angeles, Nov. 7. Four persons were killed and several were Injured early this morning near here when two automobiles collided. A seven passenger touring car packed with men and women ran into a smaller machine and overturned, - crushing four of Its occupants to death. The dead are: - ERVIN CHAPMAN, owner and driver of the larger car. MISS VRIDB ELMORE. ' W. R. SANDERS. HARRY B. CURTIS. The occupants of the smaller car escaped serious Injury, SYNOD MEETS Representatives of Reformed Presby terian Church of South Ga . ther at StatesvUle. By Associated Press. .' StatesvlIIe, N. C Nov. ,7. Repre sentatives of every Presbytery of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian syn od of the south, consisting of Arkan sas, Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama, Virginia, North ' and South Carolina and Mexico, are attending their J 10th annual , session here. The opening sermon was preached yesterday by Rev. Dr. William Hunter of Little Rock, following which the synod was constituted by the election of new officers. - Rev. Dr. John H. - Stlmpson, of Chester, 8. C, moderator, was pre sented with a gavel made from a log of the first Associate Reformed Pres byterian church built In Iredell coun ty, then Rowan, 160 years ago. Accepts Invitation. By Associated Press. Washington, Nov. 7. President Wilson has accepted the Invitation of the Gridiron club to attend Its dinner on December 18. ' The president has attended only one banquet since he was Inaugurated a previous dinner of the Gridiron club, composed of I newspapermen. - on the same amount unless it Is con ceded to be an expense properly de ductible from the Income of the alimony-payer. While no official announcement bin been made It probably will be decided that the tax shall be paid by the reci pient and that the payer will be cred ited with an amount as expense, prop erly deductablo from his income. Thus would ths double tax be avoided. It will cost the government about M, 000,000 to collect the Income tax In the opinion of the treasury official-. Congress already has made available 1100,000 to collect the tax during the remainder of the fiscal year to June 10 next , ' ' JUDGE CARTER OUTLINES Wl Indicates Just What He Pur poses Doing in Cases Against The Three Druggists. 400 OR 500 WITNESSES WILL BE SUMMONED Refuses to Set Date of Trial- Says It Will Take Weeks to Make Investiga tions. The trial of the. cases against the three druggists, F. H. McMullen,' D. MacN. MacKay and Penrose Baldwin, who were arrested yesterday upon bench; Warrants t signed by Judge Frank Carter, Bitting as a committing magistrate, in which they are charged with illegal traffic in whiskey, will probably not come up ' until after Judge Carter returns from Marshall, where he goes Monday to hold court for two weeks, according to a state ment made by Judge Carter this morning in Superior court The attorneys for the defendants, Jones & Williams and W. P. Brown, were in court and ask J for a date to be set for the hearing of the cases. This Judge Carter refused to do, be cause, as ha states, it will take at least two weeks or perhaps longer to investigate the records of the railroad and express companies and the files of the druggists. When asked by the attorneys who would represent the state in the hear lng and Investigations, Judge Carter said that he had asked City Attorney S. "G. Bernard to get this authority fxam thetaayor and .board of alder-; men, but that'll they did not see fit to do this, he would prosecute the cases himself. He gave notice that he would call upon the city: authorities today ; to designate Frank Conder, clerk of the Police court, to make an examination today of all the prescription files of the .drug stores, whoso managers have been arrested. . When Informed by at' torneys that Mr. Conder does this ev. ery week, the court said that he un derstood such was the case, but that he wanted the Investigations made to day, for reasons of his own. . City Attorney S. G. Bernard was in structed to select three or four men to act as auditors for the court In ex amining the railroad and 1 express companies' records and said that these men must be competent and willing to do some good hard work. Judge Carter Btated that he knew it would take a long time to examine the records as far back as two years, but he wanted it done, and "it would be done."' He Intimated that probably BOO or 600 witnesses would be summoned to testify at these hearings, that there would be no end to the number of witnesses who would be brought Into court. S.G. GENTRY FINED 111 In United States District court yes-H -terday afternoon, Judge James E. Boyd held 8. C. Gentry, a member of the petit Jury from Cherokee county, to be In contempt of court for ap pearing In the court room In an intox icating condition and fined him 110, besides dismissing him from further Jury service at this term of the court. Gentry had been excused In the morning from' Jury service and was placed on the list of talesmen. , At the afternoon session It became necessary to place one or more of these on duty and Gentry's name was called.. He was sitting outside the bar and had some difficulty In finding his way in. He was not an sure nf his feat u ha I might have been, either, and Judge Boyd immediately recognized his con dition. In Imposing the fine and dismissing the juror from service, Judge Iloyd made a few remarks concerning such SCtlons. He said that one or two wit nesses at the present term have not been entirely guileless of Intoxloants, and that for a juror to appear In the court room drunk his opinion has been sadly shaken In the "rumor" that Ashevllle Is a dry town. Those In the court room considered Gentry ex tremely fortunate in getting off with out Jail sentence. - . Chauffeurs Rrcexlo. ' By Associated Press. 1 ' Nov: York,- Nov. 7. Nearly 1000 taxlcab chauffeurs decided at a mass meeting early today to accept an eleven hour work day as offered by employers, thus receding from their demand for a ten hour day, to enforce which thoy threatened to strike. The men formerly worked 11 hours. ATTEMPT IS MADE TO E t MjiiraiiE, en War on "Blind Tigers" Said to Be Responsible for the ' . Attact ' By Associated Press. . Macon, Ga.,' Nov. 7. An attempt to assassinate Mayor Miller S. Bell of Mllledgeville was made' at 3 o'clock this morning when an unknown 'per son went to the "residence of the mayor and fired. three shots through the win dow, Into the bed occupied, by Mr. Bell. . One bullet passed within two Inches of the mayor's head. . A reward of $1,000 has been offered by citizens of Mllledgeville for the capture of the would-be assassin. The vigorous war conducted by Mayor Bell on the blind tigers of the city is said to be responsible for the attempted assassination. . By Associated Press. Stockbrldge, ; Mass., Nov. 7. Dr. Charles McBurney, tho New York sur geon, died suddenly at his home to day, at the home of his sister In Brookllne, Mass. Dr. McBurney , returned from , a hunting trip in Maine last Saturday. He had appeared In his usual health until this morning. Dr. McBurney, after a practice of nearly 40 years in New. York, retired to his country es tate here In; 1907. During his resi dence In Stockbrldge he had been an enthusiastic follower of out-door life and sports. . , j.' .. -Dr. JklaBurney-as born at Roxbury, Mass., 68' years-ago. He was a grad uate .of Harvard college and. of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of New York. During his professional life he was connected as visiting or consulting surgeon with many ' New York hospitals and for- a time was professor of clinical surgery at the College of Physicians and Surgeons. . When President McKinlcy was shot in 1901 Dr. McBurney was called from Stockbrldge and took. charge of the case upon his arrival in Buffalo. New York, Nov. '7. Dr, McBurney had already acquired a considerable reputation' as a skilled surgeon when In 18S9 he published an essay on "Ex perience -With Operative Interference in Cases of Diseases of the Vermiform Appendix." The essay brought him recognition from the whole world and for many years his colleagues jocu larly called him the "father of ap pendicitis." , :". His essay created the first general recognition of .the disease and estab lished a means of diagnosis and a character of treatment . and gave to America admitted prorlty . and pre eminence in that treatment. The prominence which he gave to the symptom of localized tenderness, now universally known as "MMurney's point," brought a ready means of di agnosis and undoubtedly led to the saving of thousands of lives... t.: ., INTOXICATED PRISONER EXPERIMENTING WITH ALCOHOL, HE ASSERTS By Associated Press. New York, Nov. 7. The ordinary routine of the all-night court was broken early this morning when one of several prisoners arraigned on charges of Intoxication begged to be excused because his drunkenness was part of a scientific experiment he was making to determine the effects of alcohol. The prisoner was George L. Dolbert, who said he was a physician. "I have been a student of alcohol Ism for the past 20 years," he told the court. "And I did this just to as certain what the feelings are that ac company a state of Inebriation." Magistrate Breen accepted the plea and discharged the prisoner upon con dition that he should conduct any further experiments at home. ITR5IFn PRESIDENT TAFT HAS $150,000 IN SECURITIES By Associated Press. New Haven, Conn., Nov. 7. Former President William H. Taft holds secur ities valued at 1150,000, according to lists filed with the state treasurer in responso to the demand that govern ment, state, municipal and miscella neous bonds subject to a state tax and therefore exempt from local taxation be registered. This list la wholly out side the federal Income tax registra tion. The state receives a two per cent tax on this list of securities. To Mark Battlefield. By Associated Press. Washington, Nov. T. Representa tive Byrnes of Tennessee has Introduc ed a bill to locate, map and mark the field of the battle In the war between the suttee fought near Nashville De cember IS and It 1 8 -4. Ha would have constructed drive wnys there and appropriate 110,000 for the expenre of the work. CESMIHf, SURGEON, IS DUD CHL1LT Oil ME! BILL Administration Forces Will Make One More Effort to Unite Committee Democrat. FAILING, WILL TAKE MEASURE ON MONDAY Report Embodying Principles of Administration Meas ure Will Be Made by Minority. 1 By Associated Press. Washington, Nov. 7. With the ad ministration currency bill extensively amended by a coalition of republicans and democrats In the senate banking committee, administration, forces to day planned to make one no.e at tempt to unite the committao ('en fl orals Democratic leaders decid id to day- that unless a bill meeting tho approval of the administration is ready by Monday a caucus will be called, the measure taken from the hands of the committee and mid9 a democratic caucus bill. Senators Owen, Hollis, Pomerone and Shaf roth, who have stood stead fastly by the provisions of the admin Istratlon bill In the face of overwh jlm ing votes of the coalition, will prepare a report which embodies the princiol"s of the administration bill, no m itter what the action of the democratic publican combination in control mby be. ' After this report is complete-!, It will be submitted to the other, demo crats on the committee, Senators Reed, O'Gorman and -Hitchcock, who have consistently voted with, the republi cans-. - If these three democrats or two of them decline to support the admln istratlon bill in the face of strong pressure from the White House the caucus call is expected to go forth. Administration senators contend that the changes written into the bill so far in the committee completely alter the theory and purpose of the measure as originally framed. Enough democratic senators have petitioned Senator Kern, the majority leader, to call a party conference to Insure such a meeting. Mr. Kern has notified all t-bsentees to return to Washington. The senators who have petitioned for the conference want to have the democrats of the banking committee Instructed to bring out a report on the bill at a certain time. BY Before leaving here this afternoon for Raleigh, Governor Locke Craig authorized the announcement In The Gazette-News of the appointment of Michael Schenck of Hendersonvllle as solicitor for the Eighteenth Judicial district' to succeed A. Hall Johnston of Marlon, who tendered his resigna tion a few days ago. There were a large number of applicants for the vacancy, and for this reason the se lection of Mr. Schenck will prove all The- more gratifying to his friends in the district. The new appointee is about 15 years of age and for several years has been prominent In the section among members of the bar and In political circles. He was at one time mayor of the town of Hendersonvllle and has held other local offices. He Is very highly thought of In his community and is considered by all who know him to be emlnnently fitted for the office to which he has been ap pointed. , , Mr. Schenck Is a son of Hon. D. Schenck of Hendersonvllle, who for a number of years was division counsel for the Southern railway at Greens. boro. Several years ago he married the daughter of Dr. C. Few of Hen dersonvllle. He Is a leading demo crat and a member of the Episcopal church. He enjoys one of the larg. est practices of any' ymnyr lawyer of western North Carolina, :belng-attor ney for the Southern railway and other corporations. INTERSTATE COMMISSIOJT CONSIDERING GLASS RATES By Associated Press. Bt Louis. Nov. 7. -Chlet Examiner Brown of the Interstate commeroe commission began hore today a hear ing on the rates on plate glass from St. Louis to Mobile, Ala. Complaint has been filed by a St. Louis shipper that the Mobile A Ohio railroad has enforced a 6000 pound minimum on glass shipments. It Is chargod that under this ruling an 800 pound ship ment pays the same tariff as a (000 pound ehipment, or, MS, which Is more thsn the glass Is worth. It also Is charged that the shippers are re quired to load and unload the glass. MICHAEL SGHENGK NAMED AREXfYINGTO SET TLE STRIKE S WILLIAMS AHE MARRIED National Democratic Chairman and Young Society Wo man Wed in England.. By Associated Press. London, Nov. 7. William F. Mo- Combs of New York, chairman of the democratic national committee. and Miss Dorothy Williams, daughter of Col. and Mrs. John R. Williams or Washington, D. C, were married to day. The ceremony took place in the Roman Catholic chapel of St. Peter and St. Edward, Palace street, West minster, and was performed by Father Bernard Vaughan. The bride was attended. Charles Woodruff Halsey of New York, s classmate of Mr. McComba at Prince ton, acted as best man. .: A distinguished congregation gath ered in the chapel, including Walter H. Page, the United States ambassa dor, and Mrs. Page; Myron T. Her rlck, United States ambassador to France, and Mrs. Herrlck; the Earl of Craven, the Countess of Craven, formerly Cornelia Bradley Martin of New York; the Earl of Suffolk, the Countess of Suffolk, formerly Mar guerite Hyde Letter; the Earl and Countess Of Derby; Earl Curzon of Keddleston, Mrs. C. W. Halsey, Major Colin P. Campbell and Mrs. Camp bell, formerly Nancy Letter; Mrs. Richard Townsend and Mrs. New house. . .' ' , : . A wedding breakfast was given at the Rltz hotel after the ceremony. T FOR ATTACK, HE SAYS General Gives No Informs tion as to Identity of Men Who Stabbed Him. By Associated Press. Havana, Nov. 7. -General Felix Diaz was arrested here today and ac cused of shooting Pedro Guerrero, the young Mexican wounded by a ballet during last night's altercation in the course of which Diaz was wounded slightly. General Diaz is said to have handed the revolver to one of his companions after he had shot Guerrero and serl ousiy wounded him. Guerrero was the man who had stabbed Diaz with a knife. His condition Is serious. Havana, Nov. 7. General Felix Diaz recovered his composure today at the hospital to which he was taken for surgical treatment, after he had been wounded in the neck In the at tack on him by Mexicans last night. All that Diaz could' tell about the incident was that he and his com panions were listening to the music played by a band on the Malecon promenade when the electric lights were suddenly extinguished and he was attacked. He asserted that he was entirely unable to account for what afterward happened. His wounds are not serious. Madame Dias Informed. Paris, Nov. 7. Madame Porflrlo Diaz learned today of the attack on General Felix Dias. She said Gen eral Porflrlo Diaz would be greatly shocked by the occurrence and she would break the new to him as gent ly as possible. Madame Diaz declared that her husband would not say anything for publication as he was- determined to follow resolutely the rule he had laid down for himself not to give any In terviews. JAP'S MURDER MAY CAUSE A TONG WAR 1 By Associated Press. Fresno, Cal., Nov. 7. Y. Yenamona, a Japanese, was shot and killed last night, presumably by Chinese tong men. ... Yenamona and other Japanese were arrested In King's county last month charged with having killed and robbed a Chinese merchant They were re leased for lack of evidence. When the trio came to Fresno yesterday two of them appealed to the police to be lodged In jail until tbey could arrange to leave the country.- Yenamona, who slain within an hour., It- Is feared the' killing will lead to retaliatory measures and a prolonged feud between the races. i Smith Appointed, By Associated Press. Washington, Nov.- 7. President Wilson today nominated William Walker Smith of Ohio to be secretary of the legation and consul general at Santo Domingo. Governor Relation Meets With Employers and Strikers in Effort to Reach Agreement, INSISTENT DEMAND FOR SYMPATHY STRIKES Strike of Car Men in Rcihmond Is Precipitated by India napolis Situation. v By Associated Press, Indianapolis, Ind Nov. 1. Confer ences through which It was hoped to reach a settlement of the strike of the employes of the street railways of Indianapolis were held here today between Governor Ralston and repre sentatives of the striking employes and employers. Through the public utilities com , mission the company submitted a proposition for the settlement of the trouble to the strikers last night. ' The strikers, it Is said, rejected the terms and submitted . a counter proposal which was discussed in conference with the governor today. Robert I. Todd, president of the Inidanapolis Traction and Terminal company, declared that tnq company was ready to run the street cars the minute Governor Ralston gave the word. It was not , believed that the r state militia, called out ' yesterday, would be used to operate the cars but only to preserve order. Sympathetic Strikes Possible. President William G. Beattie of the Central Labor union said today that union men In Indianapolis Insisted that sympathetic strikes be called. . "Insistent demands are being made upon me from many sources that I call a general walk-out," Mr. Beattie said. "I hope that It will not be necessary to take such action. I ex pect, however, to take up the matter with other officers of the Central La bor union today, at which time It will be given serlouB consideration. The 2000 soldiers of the Indiana national guard militia are quartered In the armories here. Keeping the militia In Indianapolis is costing the state more than $2000 a day, officers said. Hopes for Settlement. Governor Ralston announced today that the militia would remain In Its present quarters as long as there was a prospect of settling the controversy. "I am very hopeful of having this , trouble settled by arbitration," said the governor, "and as long as there Is a possibility of bringing this about I shall not place the troops in control of the city." The governor yesterday and last night was trying to bring about a set tlement of the strike through the pub- lio utilities commission, which is act ing as an Intermediary. The recogni tion of the union seemed to be the bone of contention between the strik ers and street car company. Everything was quiet on the streets this morning and there was no demon stration of any consequence mpde against the troops durln the night. Proposals Submitted. Neither side being satisfied with proposals for settlement of the strike made by the other, Governor Ralston drew up a statement and submitted It to the labor leaders and the traction officials. The proposition In brief provides for the outside labor leaders to cease their activity among the employes of the company; that all employes who have not engaged In acts of violence will return to their old positions with the eompany; that the operation of the system be resumed at once; that after 80 days the company will con sider any grievance from Its employes and that If no mutual adjustment can ' be made It shall be referred to the publlo utilities commission, the deci sion of which will be final. RICTfMONn CAR MEN STRIKE: AUTHORITIES FEAR TROUBLE Richmond, Ind Nov. 7. The Rich, mond street car service was tied up this morning by a strike of motor men and conductors, but there was no disturbance In the early hours of the strike. The men demand Increas ed wages. Interurban cars continued In operation. The Richmond car lines are a part of the Terre Haute, Indianapolis and. Eastern system, and It la said the strike at Indianapolis precipitated the walk-out here. The car company an nounced that an effort would be made to operate the cars later In the day and the police are Dreparlns for trm,De i The employes have been dissatisfied with their pay for some time and have made demands for Increases which have been refused by the company. The mn have been receiving 1$ to 23 cents an hour, those having been with the company four years or mors receiving the higher wage. When frying meats, fish, etc., sni the stove becomes greasy, sprinkle: salt on the spots, as soon ss the frv lng Is done, and rub. The stove wl l be clean from grease.