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Jim OAZETTE HEWa BAB TBS MOST sJytmiv' associated pbsm bsb- r;l.e ,s TUB CABOUSAS. JJ. Weather Forecast: a a au a mm a aai w B B ni sa bb FAIR AND WARMER. 70L. XVIII, NO. 236. ASHEVILLE, N. 0., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 13, 1913. !1 T 'RICE 5 CENTS WILSON PREPARES OF LOST SHIPS i x. or T J nr. yre f Jg, jgyg ; wy. C- COLONEL GIVEN WARM WELCOME I WORD YET FROM HUERTA fl PROHIBITION IRE REPORTS NT1 HE tude in Acute Situation RECOGNITION OF REBELS Statement Not Published Withdrawal of Embas sy Expected. Washington, Nor. 13. Pres ident Wilson prepared a formal statement on the Mexican situ ation with the purpose of Issu ing It today but just before noon Sechetary Tumulty an nounced that it would be with held "for the present." No reason for the change In the president's plan was given at the White House. Just be fore the Issue of the statement wns postponed, however. Sec retary Bryan received lond dis patches from William Bayard Hale, who has been conferring with the constitutionalists at Nogales and from Charge, O'Shaughnessy at Mexico City. Whether their contents had to do with the sudden change was not disclosed. The statement was said at the White House to be Inform ative in character and It was understood that it might out line the future policy of the United States. K K K K X K It H K e By Associated Press. "Washington, Nov. 13. President Wilson today . pre pared t statement setting forth the latest phases of the situation in Mexico and em bodying the attitude of the United States. At the White House it was said the state men probably would bo given out for publication late to day. Officials close in the confi dence of the administration vere sure the president's state ment would contain some indi cation of the trend .1' ture policy of the United in the present situation. The White House permitted no announcement of the na ture of the forthcoming state ment further than it was "largely informative" and that it would be transmitted nimultancously with its pub lication to the foreign diplo nmtic representatives in Wash ington. Kcporta circulated both In Mexico Uty nnd Washington but without of nclal confirmation in all Instances thut tho United Btates might with inw Charge O'Shaughnessy and the American embassy staff from the Mixlcan capital as one of the next steps, were renewed 'and were ro g.irded with credence by some scm- poMiiit observers, "i" it la might bv format announ-.o mmt of the termituitlon of relations hetwwci the United 8iates and Ifuarta "na discussed as anothur probabil ity. Official who were asked about re port that the embassy was to be dosed declared that if suoh a step were finally decided upon by the pres ident, It should not be construed as forecasting anything further than the refusal of the United Btates to have diplomatic relations with the lluerto regime in the future. The belief existed in many quarters that the statement might also set forth plans of the United States to compose the situation through parleys with the constitutionalists, Washington, Nov. It. Proposals made to the Mexican constitutionalists . through William Hayard Hale, Presi dent Wilson's personal representative nd a final demand that the new Mex ican congress be dissolved because of Its alleged Illegality, transmitted Uvrsuajt John Uod at Mexico Clur. PROBABLE brought the Mexican situation forward another step today. Through the two unofficial envoys, Mr. Hale at Nogales and John Lind, the United States without the formal ity of addressing either faction di rectly has made another move to bring aoout a settlement of the revolution ary troubles of the southern republic. The Pinal Appeal. While Mr. Hale was presenting a communication said to embody Presi dent Wilson's Ideas and asking for definite assurances that the constitu tionalists would protect foreigners and their property and restore constitu tional government If the embargo on arms were lifted, Washington was making a final appeal to Provisional President 'Huerta, i A rejection by Huerta might involve an abrupt termination of all relations with him extending possibly to the withdrawal of American embassy offi cials. The American government Is still desirous that the Mexican revolution be settled by the contenders them selves, but the International complica tions that have arisen in connection with disturbances in all parts of the republic and the threatened tangle over acts of a new congress which this government considers Illegal, are said to have prompted the Washington ad ministration to seek definite assur ances of their purposes but some promise that they would conduct at an early date a fair and free election. Lifting Embargo Probable. Lifting the embargo on arms Is one of the prominent possibilities if the constitutionalists and the American government can arrive at a satisfac tory understanding. There Is a hope on the part of many officials that the mere opening of negotiations .with the constitutionalists and extension of moral support to their cause may in fluence not only Huerta's retirement but the choice of a provisional presi dent who would be acceptable to the constitutionalists. No officials would comment on the davelopmenbi early today but upon Huerta's answer to the late communi cation depends the next stop on the part of the United States. Before actually throwing any sup port to the constitutionalists It Is be lieved here that President Wilson may make a statement citing the futile ef forts of thia government to deal with Huerta. Japan's Friendly Intentions. Tokio, Japan, Novi 1J. In connec tion with the decision of the Japanese government to send the armored cru sler Izumo to Mexican waters It If learned that Baron Maklno, the min ister of foreign affairs, Invited Georgr W. (Sulhrle, the American ambassa dor, to a conference at which th Mexican situation was discussed. This Information further strength ens the Indication that Japan m the United States are working In a. cord. It was explained yesterday thr the dispatch of the Iiumo to Mexb was merely to assure protection c Japanese subjects of whom there nt about S.00O scattered through Mcx, co. Germans Ai Warned. Berlin, Nov. 11. The German leg atlon In Mexico City today again ur gently advised the Germans resldlni In Torreon and Durnnge to leiiv. those cities on account of the expected hostilities there. The Mexican diplo mats representative had made finan cial and ofhrr arrangements for the . . 0 r nttiini, them to flopnrt. Predict! Rebel Capture of Tnxpam. iienlii. Nov. The German gov ernmcnt today considered the expedi ency of advising all German subjects resident In the Interior of Mexico to remove to the coast towns for greater safety. It Is thought probable that this measure will be aiWted : Portsmouth, N. H Nov. IS. The capture of the Mexican city of Tux pam by the rebels under General Candida Agullar was predicted I o radiogram from the United Btntcs battleship Loulslnna at Tuxpam which was picked up by a wireless station here today. Refugee on Pattleslilp. Washington. N"". 1 a Fifteen American refugees, Including Amerl aan Consular Asant Payne's daughter. two other women and four children, have been taken aboard the battle ship Louisiana at Tuxpam, according to a despatch to the navy department today from Rear Admiral Boush. Mr. Payne and others declined to leave. Admiral Boush says American proper ty Is not In immediate danger. Wheeling to Mexico. Washington, Nov, 13. The- gun boat Wheeling is en route from Vera Cruz to Tampico to Join the battle ships Nebraska and Michigan, LABOR DELEGATES Steps Will Be Taken to - Or ganize Federal Employes into Unions. By Associated Press. Seattle, Wash., Nov, 13. Discussion of prominent questions in the field of labor and reports by committees occu pied the annual convention of the American Federation of Labor here today. Among the resolutions offered yes terday was one by Domlnlck de Ales sandro, national president of the hod carriers union, calling for revocation of the charter of the brotherhood of cement workers. It Is alleged that the brotherhood has refused as ordered by the Rochester conventipn. Steps will be taken by the fedeca tlon to organize federal employes into unions affiliated with the federation. Arrangements are being made to send organizers among the men. Today was the last on which resolutions could be introduced. Secretary of Labor W. B. Wilson, who addressed the. oenvantton yesie. day, left today for Washington by way of Portland and San Francisco. OREGON WELFARE CONFERENCE MAKES RECOMMENDATION'S Portland, Ore., Nov. 13. The first state-wide welfare conference held under the Oregon minimum wage law, at the call of the Industrial Welfare commission closed lost night after a series of hearings which began Octo ber 15. Employers of women In many industries were the conferees. Its re- commendations, concerning wages of women and working conditions follow: A minimum wage for inexperienced women workers of $6 a week. A maximum apprenticeship of one year for beginners before Joining the experienced class. A maximum of 64 Hours to consti tute a working week for women. Eight-thirty p. m. to be the limit to which women must labor is) mercan tile establishments and laundries. TWO GIMPS WORKING Administration Forces and Re publicans With Hitchcock Separate. By Associated Presa Washington, Nov. 18. The six ad. ministration democrats of the senate banking committee met today to con llnue work on the currency bill they .vlll report to the senate while 8ena- or Hitchcock, tho so-called ln3'irgent k-moerat. met with the Ave republi cs and worked on a dissenting re ort. The opposing camps separated by uitual agreement and will not meet i Joint session again until Saturday. Meantime, however, they will -ex- 'uinge views Informally. The plan day wns to havo both wings agree n tho details of the bill wherever iisslble. A full committee report will be sub ' iltted to the senate, possibly Monday, mbraclng all the features of the ad ministration bill except tho few fun lamentals on which the committor Is llvlded. Qn these points a disagree ment will be reportod and they will bo laid before the sonata to be do- cldud. The administration senators will re- nort a bill for eight regional banks with practlcnlly all the other provl slnns of the house bill. The republl enns and Senator Hitchcock will argue thatt he number of banks be reduced to four and that the banks be publicly owned and government controlled. Brokerage Firm Suspends. Dy Associated Press. New York, Nov. IS. The suspen slon of H. B. Hnlllns & Co., the bank Ing and brokerage firm, was an nounced on the sftiuk. exchange this afternoon. REPORTS Buenos Ayres People Show Enthusiasm Toward U. S, at Banquet Given for fievelt. NATIONAL HYMNS OF BOTH COUNTRIES SUNG Roosevelt Defends Monroe Doctrine in Response Talk Women Throw Flowers. By Associated Press. Buenos Aires, Nov. 13. Enthusiasm toward the United States was shown at the banquet, given here last night In honor of former President Theo dore Roosevelt and the distinguished visitor himself was warmly welcomed. The national hymns of the United States and of the Argentine Republic were sung In a spirited manne'r,' while hundreds of women In the galleries threw great quantities of flowers down upon the floor of the banquet hall as part of the applause which followed Colonel Roosevelt's speech. M. Freers, a number of the house of deputies, who delivered the speech of welcome, referred to the visitor as "the defender of the integrity of the Americans," and after paying him the tribute of having entirely dispelled any feeling of suspicion that may have lurked among the Lf-tln-Ameri-j can countries of the friendly advances of the United States he said: "We will be Justified in calling him the great pacificator." In his reply Colonel Roosovelt' de- I fended the Monroe rioctrjnfo .cyplain- ing mat it was not an international law, but a policy of the United States for all America. ' He said times had changed since the adoption of that policy so that Argentine was now a great modern nation which needed no protection and he added: I hope that the example of the Argentine will be emulated by all the other Latin-American republics ani that they will al accept the Monroe that they will all accept the Monroe policy." , The former president entered Into explanations of the United States In Panama and Santo Domingo and his audience manifested its approval. When he concluded with the expres sion of a fervent hope that lndependr ence and peace should always exist throughout the new world, the women in the galleries threw down their vol leys of flowers, while the applause of the men on the floor continued several minutes. The minister of foreign af fairs, Cesario Carrera, the Justices of the Superior court and the members of the diBplomatic corps were among the guests at the banquet. s AT U.D.G. LStonewall Jackson Chapter Hostess at Luncheon to Chapter Presidents. New Orlean., Nov. 13. The pro gram of the business session today of ihe convention of the umtea uaugn tcrs of the Confederacy, included re ports of the treasurer-general, corre sponding secretary general registrar general, custodian general of crosses of honor, and representatives irom state and territorial divisions and chapters having no established divis ions. The Stonewall Jackson chapter was hostess at luncheon at the country club to chapter presidents and somo of the vlaitlng delegates. Later In the day Mrs. Eduui d Carl Schnabul, corre- yuondlnit secretary general, was noa less at a reception to general otlloura and division presidents. GOVERNMENT AFTER UNION CHAUFEUR By Associated Press. New York, Nov. 13. The United States government continued today Its round-up of union chauffeurs charged with conspiracy to retard the opera tion of United Ktutes malta In connec tion with the recent strike. W. J. Simpson und T. 11. Kennedy were ar rested' early today In Long Island city. This made nine arrests and more were expected. Seven prisoners were taken yesterday. Including Patrick Johnson, president of the union. Investigators for the government said they had learned the' strikers had threatened to use dynamite In their efforts to thwart mall transportation by non-union men. Thes trllje was broken by the prompt employment of strikebreakers. Thot who walked lout war not taken back. Lind Receives No Reply to Note Asking ' Answer to Demands Made by Wilson, SPECULATIONS AS TO LATE DEVELOPMENTS Close Friends and Associates of Huerta Assert He Did Not Get Note. By Associated Press. Mexico City, Nov. 13. An official notification was published here today under yesterday's date ordering those Mexican senutors and deputies who were elected on October 20 to assem ble (luring the afternoon of Saturday, November 15, in their respective houses In order to effect their organ ization. Mexico City. Nov. 13. Provisional President Huerta this morning gave no Indication that he intended to ac cede to the American demand that he prevent the newly-elected Mexican congress from convening. When John Lind, President Wil son's special . Mexican envoy, early yesterday sent a notification to Huer ta that the United States government would have no further parley with the Mexican government unless the provisional president replied to the American demands by 6 o'clock last evening he also indicated that the United States government must in form the members of the diplomatic corps of its action in respect to the congress by midnight. May Close Embassy. ! Mr. Lind left Mexico City last night and is now" In" 'Vera Cruz. Nelson O'Shaughnessy, charge d'affaires of the United States legation, awaits In- struction3 from, Washington. It is generally believed that Washington ! will Instruct Mr. O'Shaughnessy tong ar nS marvelous manhood. And close the embassy or to turn it over to the legation of some friendly power. All speculation as to the future, however, is tempered by some doubt as to the state of affairs nt the na tional palace. Representations were made late yesterday to both . John Lind and Nelson O'Shaughnessy that In reality Huerta had not been ap prised of the demands from Wash ington. This appeared to be substan tiated by statements made ut the gov ernment offices early today. Huerta Not Visible. It was declared that Adolfo de La- Lama, Mexican minister of finance, himself had engaged in tho search for Huerta and up to a lute hour had not succeeded in finding him either at the national palace, at his family home or at any of the places where he was accustomed to go. - Early In the evening many persons here had regarded this absence as a ruse on the part of General Huerta to avoid tho receipt of the notifica tion from the United States, but there seems to be reason to bellevo that his country and the United Mates ar rived at the point of rupture In their relations without the knowledge of the provisional president of Mexico. Close friends and political asso ciates of General Herta appeared earnest as lute as midnight In their assertions thatt hey could I not find him. It was suggested In some quar ters that the provisional president had run away. This suggestion, how ever, was received with skepticism. Speculations and AHHiimptlons. It In assumed here by many of those familiar with the situation that the logical course to be pursued by the United" States will be to recall Nelson O'Shaughnessy today unless General .Huerta reappears upon the scene and frankly yields all the de mands of Washington. It Is thought In official quarters thnt should thU occur It would be followed soon by some act on the part of Washington which would be tantamount to reeog nltlon of the belligerency of the rebels. PELLAGRA SUFFERER ATTEMPTS SUICIDE Mrs. Jo.Hopli Prb'o Kloxhed Her Throat Seriously Had Tried to I'olwm Herself. Sppelnl to The Onzette-News. ' Forost City, Nov. 13. Mrs. Joseph Price, wife of Joseph Price, who lives between here and Ctroleen, lies criti cally HI at this time from an attempt at suicide Monday night. Mrs. Price was missed from her home about midnight Monday, and as a result of an Investigation was found In the yard with, her throat seriously cut. Dr. IIhTVUI of Caroleen was Immedi ately summoned nnd was forced to use about 20 stitches In tho operation. About one weck ago Mrs. Price at tempted suicide by drinking liniment. It is said that the victim hm been very despondent since she learned one year ago that she was afflicted with pellagra. Before Anti-Saloon League McMullen of Tampa De calres "Independence of Alcohol' LANDS ROOSEVELT WILSON AND BRYAN Insists That State-wide Prohi bition Must Soon . Give Way to Nation-wide Prohibition. By Associated Press. Columbus, O., Nov. 13. Speaking before the national convention of the Anti-Saloon league here today Daniel C. McMullen of Tampa, Fla., said In part: "We are going to write here a sec ond declaration of independence. And in the language of that immortal doc ument of 1776 we shall charge as a basis for our course that King Alco hol, whom we are renouncing, 'has Blundered our seas, ravaged our coasts and destroyed the Uvea of our people, and appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions do in the name, and by the authority of the good people of this nation, solemnly publish and de clare that these United States are and of right ought to be free and Inde pendent. "From the exalted position of a man twice president of the United States comes resentment in thunder ing' tones at. the accusation of being an excessive user . oc lnioxicaums drinks, and the people of this country rejoiced when Theodore Roosevelt proved beyond doubt that the brewer an(j distiller had no part in the mak- the case has been strengthened by the fact that we now have a president who with that good old fashioned Presbyterian sense of fidelity to duty, has banished the wine cup from the White House, and God grant that it is banished forever. "And no less are we encouraged and inspired by having a man a real man as secretary of state. Since I was a boy, I have admired the cour age and purity of purpose of William J. Bryan, but In no position during his eventful life has he measured up to a higher standard of Individual manhood and statesmanship than when ho discarded alcoholic bever ages from diplomatic banquets. "But more significant than the at titude of a former president, a presi dent or a secretary of state, Is the magnificent vote by which congress declared Its independence of the liquor lobby and passed the Webb- Kenyon bill. That was the most stag gering blow ever given the liquor In terests of this county. "We have tried to regulate tho bus iness but It Is ns hopeless as the evangelization of the devil "Prohibition by county local option has served to arouse the people and check the progress of a business that means to ruin this nation If it can, but local option Is only border warfare as compared with the great struggle Just ahead. "The fight for statewide prohibition is bound to give way sooner or later to the alignment for the broader con test of nation-wide prohibition." DEFIED BY II Mrs. Haverty, Proprietor of Taxicab Co. Not Intimi dated by Employes. By Associated Press, New York, Nov. IS. Mrs. Cath erine Haverty, who for four years has been conducting a taxicab business left without a head when her husband died, defied her f 0 striking chauffeurs today by sending out her cars with 20 non-union drivers. She derided even to ride herself on the front scat of the first car out of her garage, notwith standing that she believed the strikers contemplated violence. Anticipating trouble the police ar ranged to give Mrs. Haverty and her non-union men ample protection. Mrs. Haverty asserts that her late husband aided with money and advice the cre ation of the union that Is now threat ening to ruin her and which she de clares has depreciated her property from $160,000 to 150.000. She was 111, she asserts, at the time her agreement with the union expired on November 1, and the union would not agree to wait a few days until she might be able to discuss terms. Over Hundred Sailors Have Lost Livese Six Vessels Sunk in Lake Huron. 29 BODIES TOSSED T " UP WITH WRECKAGE Reported Sinking of the Mc Gean Latest Disaster Heavy Fog Settle on '. IJ Lake, By Associated Pressi ; "T Port Huron, Mich., Nov. IS. Re ports of more missing vessels came In this forenoon but great fog banks had settled down over Lake Huron and the secret of the number and Identity of lost ships and men In the recent storm on Lake Huron was far from being revealed. THhe latest disaster reported was that the steamer John A. McGean of the Hutchinson Steamship company of Cleveland had sunk. The report came in this forenoon. Including the McGean, six ships may be on the bottom of Lake Huron and a hundred or more sailors are al most certain to have been drowned. Up to this forenoon 29 bodies and wreckage of all descriptions had been tossed up on the Canadian shore from Point Edward, opposite here, north to Goderich. Lifebelts, lifeboats and water soaked cargo bore evidence to indicate that the steamers Regina, Charles S. Price, Wexford and James Carruthers were probably at the bot tom of the lake. The bodies of two men who sailed on the McGean are said' to have been picke'd up today below , Sarnla In' the St. -Clair river.-- The fteatner-piorsed-up here at 2:10 Sunday morning and nothing had been heard from her since then when the reports came In this forenoon. Wreck Unidentified. Although marine men in this local ity were still firm in their belief this forenoon that the overturned steamer near here was the Regina, the latter's owners were insistent to the contraryt They claimed that their boat had a marked bow as the result of a collis ion. The bow of the partially sub merged vessel was said to be smooth and undamaged. Report of Ghoulfl. .Identification of but four of the bodies washed ashore had been made up to this morning. Reports wero current to the effect that ghouls had been busy and that the frozen bodies had been robbed of all that their clothes contained which might lead to Iden tification. OF L. & N. ST. LB' Interstate Commission Starts Inquiry into Roads Finan cial Operations. Py Associated Press. Washington, Nov. 1J. Tho Inter state commerce commission' today began an Inquiry Into tho financial operations and relations of the Louis vllle & Nashville Railroad company, tho Nashville, Chattanooga & Ht, Louis railway and affiliated lines. The Investigation ordered recently by the senate Is expected to disclose whether thero be any. Interlocking ownership of the stock, bonds or other securities of the roads; whother competition between the lines In tha same territory Is being maintained; whether competition Is prevented by agreements entered Into among the roads; whether the roads tnvolved In tho Inquiry have subscribed or ex pended money to prevent other roads from entering their territory, or to maintain political or legislative agents or to Influence public senti ment In favor of the plans of tha several lines; and whother the law ' Is bolng violated with respect to the Issuance, of passes. No time has been fixed for hear ings, but the commission will begin at once the collection of data bearing upon tho Inquiry nnd later will an nounce -thn tlmos and places of tha formal proceedings. EMPLOYER AND OFFICIAIg . . ARK PREPARED FOR 8TRIKJ3 By Associated Press. New Orleans, Nov. 13. Both em ployea and officials of the Southern Paelllo railroad apparently are pre pared for the threatened walkout to night of one thousand engineers, con ductors, firemen and trainman In tha Algiers yards, across the river from New Orleans. Union officials today appeared to believe no conference would be held and that the strike would take place tonight at T e'oleofcv
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