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tBl OilBTTK-NEWa BAB TBS MOST Weather Forecast: RAINS TONIGHT. 'flPBHSIV' ASSOCIATED PBtBB MB- tJCB 'f rBS CA&OUNAB. Vol. xviii, no. 237, PRICE 5 CENTS ASHEVILLE, N. 0., FRIDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 14, 1913. r .,. vm in K JUT Air of Hopeful Expectation Today About Headquart ers of the Constitu ' tionalists.' COMPROMISE WITH HUERTA INDICATED Bryan and O'Shaughnessy Exchange Messages Concerning Reported Concessions by Huerta Advisors Speculation as to the Probable Retirement of Huerta. EAISING OF EMBARGO CONSIDERED CERTAIN Word from Washington Eag erly Awaited Carranza Hal Conference Sat is factory. By Associated Press. It By Associated Press. Nogales, Mexico, Nov. 14. An air of nheerful expectation was noticeable today about headquarters of the Mex lean constitutionalist movement led by Venuatiano Carranxa. Word trom Washington was eagerly awaited and rinrranza's adherents . believed the ilans of the American admlnlstra iinn when fully revealed could not fall to be of advantage to the constitu tionalist cause. ::.. It was considered virtually certain that the embargo against the shipment of arms and ammunition across the border would be lifted soon by the United States, and Carranza's officers were jubilant at the prospect of a vig orous campaign against the federals. . American property owners along the border also took great Interest in pro ,ceedlngs here. They sought further Information as to the conference be tween William Bayard Hale and the constitutionalist leader, but were fore ti to be oontent with assurances, that the result .appeared satisfactory, al though details were not forthcoming. ATTEMPT TO BE IDE TO Overturned Freighter in Lake Huron Still Unknown Vessels Lost. '. By Associated Press. ' Port Huron. Mich.. Nov. 14.--Wlth Ave big steamers given' up for lost with all on board and practically all hope given up for. three others that encountered the terrific storm on Lake Huron during the early part of this week, interest today centered again upon the identity of the overturned freighter which lies in the lake a few miles northeast of here. Weather conditions this morning Indicated that ,it would be possible for a diver to go down and examine her before night. The five steamers for which all hope has been abandoned are: The John A. McOean and the Charles S. Price, both of Cleveland the James 8. Carruthers, the Reglna and tho Wexford, all of Toronto. The three vessels, the description of which has not been so definitely deter mined are: The Hvdrus. the Argus and the Isaac M. Scott: all of Cleveland. The loss of the eight ships with all of the crews would make a life loss of more than 160. Wreckage from both the Hydros and the Argus has been washed ashore and the Scott has not been heard from since she sailed away In the storm. She was due to report In Chlcairo yes terday, It Is said. The general opinion this morning was that the unidentified overturned steamer will be found to be either the Price of the Reglna. , Conference In the early ac complishment of the alma of the United States toward Mex ico was expressed today by Nelson O'Shaughnessy, United, States charge deVaff aires. The overtures made by the Mexican minister of the inte rior Manuel Garaza Aldape, yesterday, are taken as evi dence that Provisional Presi dent Huerta Is ready to .recede from the stand be had previ ously taken. BIG GltS ON TIE SCHEDULE Washington, Nov. - 14. secretary Bryan ' exchanged messages early to day with Charge O'Shaughnessy in Mexico City about the reported con-' cessions which member' of. Provision al President Huerta's official advisers have Intimated he would make to the United States. Efforts to recall John Llnd, Presi dent Wilson's personal representative, frqm Vera Cruz to Mexico City to dis cuss the American memorandum de manding that the new Mexican con gress should not co.ivene were taken here to Indicate that the group sur rounding Huerta would suggest a compromise arrangement whereby the new Mexican congress would meet but not pass upon concessions or other measures calculated to continue Huer. to In power. Officials were silent about the in ner negotiations but were optimistic. It "would not surprise official circles here if an announcement of Huerta's intention to resign were withheld un til satisfactory arrangements could be made for the choice of a provisional successor acceptable to the conatitU' tlonajists. While the United States might re frain from making any suggestions of Its own, It would endeavor to act as a m'edium of communication through William Bayard Hale with - General Carranza and Charge O'Shaughnessy at Mexico , City. so .that there might be an exchange of views upon various names. There was a report early today that Foreign Minister Moheno might be the man selected, though the views of the constitutionalists as to Moheno's Acceptability were not known. No Alternative Stated. , Secretary Bryan declared today that none of the Instructions to John Llnd contained any statement of the-alter native the United States would pur sue In the event of Huerta's failure to meet this government's demands for his retirement. - Mr. Bryan made this statement In response to Inquiry as to the truth of a recent report from Vera Cruz that Mr. Llnd had delivered a note to Gen eral Huerta informing him that if he had not adbicated the presidency by tomorrow noon the United States would blockade Mexican ports. The secretary declared that at no time had this government stated what its course would be If Huerta refused to accede to Its demand for complete elimination. Mr. Bryan likewise declined to say what course of action the United States would pursue if the Mexican congress is convened tomorrow In the fact of representations by this government that it will not recognize any of that body's acts as legal. Tho secretary said that thus far no foreign power had interposed any ob jection to the course the United States is taking In its endeavor, to restore order in Mexico. ' ' Reasonably Fair Weather for Football Contests in East tomorrow Is Forecast. VANDERBILT-AUBURN , AT BIRMINGHAM Yale vs. Princeton; Harvard , vs. Brown; Dartmouth vs. Carlisle; , Citadel vs. Florida. : ' ASKED Tf oO EASY ON MF' lT QUESTION Food Expert Sa,8 Committee of N. Y. Federation. of Woman'B . Clubs Told Him Local Packers Had Contributed to Expenses Authorities Sieze Foods. By Associated Press. Buffalo, N. Y., Nov. 14. The an nual convention of the New York state Federation of Women's clubs ended todays with the delegates in something of a turmoil over. an ad dress by Alfred' W. McCann of New York, a food expert. ' Speaking of the national indiffer ence which makes possible the dis eased meats, varnished ice cream and other impure food products, Mr. Mc Cann said that upon his arrival here a committee from the state federation had called upon him and asked him to "go easy on the meat question," as sums of money to assist the commit tee on arrangements had been given by the local packers. mmm- 542,903 BALES OF THE WHITE HOUSE GOTTON CONSUMED Former President Calls and Pays Respects to Presi dent Wilson.' Report of Coton Statistics for October Issued by Census Bureau. FIFTEEN PERSONS KILLED IN WRECK Central of Ga. Excursion Train De railed Over 100 Were In jured . By Associated Press. Washington, Nov. 14. Former President Taft visited the White House ' offices today. He ' came to Washington to lecture before the Na tional Geographio society. "I Just came to pay my respects, he said to Assistant Secretary For ester. "Please take my card to the Dresldent and tell him so. 1 know he is a busy man and I don't want to trouble him." President Wilson, however, directed that his predecessor be ushered in 1m mediately. The two men chatted for a few minutes, greeting each other heartily. As the former president walked out hn wan surrounded by many old friends. "I am becoming more pleased each day." he remarked, "with the dignity of a college professor's life." Professor Taft has three times paid his respects at the White House since he left office. According to a veteran employe who has kept a memotan' dum of these things, Mr. Taft there- fore has been back more times than any one else for 50 years, Andrew Johnson, he said, never called at the White House after his term expired. Grant made only one visit to be a house guest of ivesi dent Garfield. Harrison called only once on President Cleveland and the latter never went back to the White House after his second term. Colonel Roosevelt on. his return from Africa, left his card as Mr. Taft was out of the city and has not been here since. HANGED FOR UXORIDE; DECLARED INNOCENCE By Associated Press. Eufaula, Ala., Nov. 14. Fifteen persona were killed and more than 100 Injured, some of them fatally, early yesterday when three coaches of a Central of Georgia passenger train left the rails at a point 17 miles south of here and plunged down a steep embankment ' The train, which consisted of five cars crowded with excurtlontlsts, was en route from Ozark, Ala., to Eufaula, where a fair Is being held. The Identified dead are: , Pomp Uutsey, aged (0, Clayton, Ala. Monroe Floyd, aged 60, Clayton, Ala. Miss Bonnie Brook, aged t, Clio, AIS, Curb Bell, Clayton, Ala. Mrs. Laura Wilkinson, Clio, Ala. Mrs. Wilbur MrLean. Clio, Ala Child of B. F. Brock. Clio, Aid. Wash McRae. aged 70, Clin, Ala. Mrs. Alto Aims, Elemvllla. Ala. - Zac p,w, Clayton, A In. , Lenn'.e Frir, nuro, Clin. AK uAa. UoJLa. BHM, Cll. ll By Associated Press. Now York, . Nov. 14. Reasonably propitious weather is assured for the big football games In the east to morrow, according to official forecasts. On several Saturdays thus far this season there have been either rain or muddy fields to mar the games. The New England, the New York and the Pennsylvania forecasts which include most of the eastern football territory all read "Saturday cloudy and some what colder," The most Important games on to morrow's schedule ars regarded as the Valo-Princoton contest at New Haven, the Harvard-Brown game at Cam bridge and the Dartmouth-Carlisle meeting on the neutral territory of the Polo grounds In this city. , Vanderbilt vs. Auburn. Nashville, Tenn., Nov. 14. Vander- bllt's football squad left this morning bound for Birmingham to play Auburn Saturday. ' Coach McGugln has de voted this week to bolstering up Van derbilt's line and building up interfer ence, for Slkes, the left half back. The squad will spend the afternoon and night at . Decatur. Citalel vs. ilorlda." ... Charleston. O. -Nov. 14. A squad of eighteen Citadel players left here this morning for Florida. Citadel plays University of Florida tomorrow; using the line up that held Clemson 7 to 8 last Saturday. S. P'S. TIFIC HOT T ED UP He said that, while the committee Drobablv was guiltless, its members were not awake to the seriousness of their suggestion. 1 Vigorous Prosecution. Washington. Nov. 14. Enforce ment of the pure food laws is being prosecuted vigorously, according to the department of agriculture, which announced today that its agents had seized a large and varied lot of ship ments in Interstate commerce on the ground that they were menaces to the publlo health. The shippers of the seized goods will be prosecuted In court later for violation of the laws. The selzers of the government agents cover a wide range of foodstuffs and commodities. Operation of Trains Between El Paso and New Orleans Reported Nearly Sus THE 2500 STRIKERS CAUSE NO DISORDER Offer of Federal Mediation Refused Strikers Being Paid of Their .Unions. ' MERITS OF LEVER BILL Davenport of Illinois Says It Can Be Used for Politi cial Medicine. LIEUT. RICH, AVIATOR, FALLSJOJIS DEATH Ascended Over Manila Bay in Hydroaeroplane with Faulty Cylinder. By Associated Press. Washington, Nov.' . li. Wide dl vergence of opinion as to the merits of the Lever bill for agricultural ex tension work in all the states devel oped at today's session of the Asso ciation of American Agricultural Col leges and Experiment stations. Dean Davenport of the Illinois State Agricutural college, declared that unscrupulous politicians would be able to use it as the greatest politi cal machine ever devised while Dr. B. T. Galloway, assistant secretary of agriculture, expressed the opinion that the bill afforded the proper solu tion for the present difficulties lh connection with extension work, which he said should be done by the state agricultural . schools. He . ad mitted that the bill might be modified somewhat before passage. Predicts Legislation of Great 1 Importance Will Be the Result. . By Associated Press. -Washington, Nov. 14. Cotton con sumed In the United States during Oc tober amounted to 642,809 bales, the census bureau announced today. Cotton on hand October 31 in man ufacturing establishments amounted to 1,072,274 bales and in independent warehouses 2,551,964 bales. Exports of domentlc cotton during1 October amounted to 1,517,838 bales; Imports were 5,872 bales. Cotton consumed Included 17,955 bales of foreign cotton nnd . 31,257 bales of linters, ion growing states was z.a.o. uaiua, , . . h undertaken and in all other states 269.275 bales. ., 4h 2no resolutions already Cotton on hand in manufacturing I t th, -nnventlon and re- establlshments October 31 Included! . . I, one bv George 61,482 bales of foreign cotton and . resident of the Interna- 49,877 bales of- linters. In cotton l, , ,,,, Pr.Bmen' and As- growing states manufacturing estab-1 . t . Tynlnn of Amerieal urging the . By Associated Press. ' Seattle, Wash., Nov. 14. President Samuel Gompers, speaking at a ain- Iner last night, referred to tne con vention of the American feneration jot Labor now in session here as '.n.-h woiHnir" He Dredlcted that Consumption In cot- j u.gtolatlon o tar reaching importance U. D. G. CONVENTION IS DAY BEHIND PROGRAM Delegates Tryiug to Make up Time to Be Ready for Adjournment. By Associated Press. Manila. Nov. 14. C Perry Rich second lieutenant of the Philippine scouts. United States army, was killed today in a fall with a hydroaeroplane Into Manila bay, The accident was due to a faulty cylinder In the motor. Lieutenant Rich discovered the defect before he left the ground and at first determln ed to abandon his flight, but he after. ward repaired the cylinder, and as cended. He had risen to a height of 200 feet and was making a preparatory trip around the fleet before starting on his intended flight over the vessel, during which he made attempt to dr jp a bomb on one of them, when his motor again broke down. Eleventh Army Victim. Washington. Nov. 14. Lieutenant Rich, was .born In Indiana in 1883. and was appointed to the Philippines scouts in 1911. He is the eleventh aviator to die in the work of the United States army and navy. In aviation accidents of ail kinds the world over since 1908, 414 have met death, the toll for the present year to date being 195. S. P.R1 STRIKERS ARE RY ' By Associated Press. Rawlins. Wyo.. Nov. 14. J. War ren JenKins, wire muruercr, hanged at the state penitentiary here this morning at t:46 o'clock. Death was almost Instantaneous. Tne last words the man spoke were: . "I did not kill my wife and I do not know who did." ' . The murder occurred at the Jen kins home in Cheyenne, April 14, llt. . CITRUS FRUITS FREIGHT RATE IS DECLARED UNREASONABLE By Associated Press. Washington. Nov. 14. Freight rates of IS cents a hundred pounds, car load, and 35 cent less than car load, on citrus fruits from points on the Caloonahatchee river, Florida, to Jacksonville for shipment north, to day were held by the interstate com mere commission to be unraonable. Kate- of n na 14 cent respectively llshments there was on hand 576,139 bales and in all other states 496,135 bales. Cotton In Independence ware-l houses Included 2 872 bales of for eign cotton and 38,108 bales of linters. In cotton growing states In Independ ent warehouses there was, on hand 2,- 497,799 bales and In all other states 54,165 bales. Imports were! From Egypt 2,119 bales; Peru 1,419; China 751, and from all other coun tries 1,083. Exports werei To United Kingdom 614,064 bales; Germany 466,625; France 279,469; Italy 64,2(2, and to all other countries 204, K08. Active cotton spindles during Octo ber numbered 30,833,024, an Increase of 803,291 over Oetober 1913. Those In' cotton growing ' states numbered 12.071.651 and In all other states 18, 761.872. Washington, Nov, 14. The supply and distribution of cotton for the dis tribution of cotton for the two month period ending October 81 was an nounced by the census bureau today as follows: Total supply 9,647,440 bales; stocks at beginning of period 1,698,438 bales; glnninga 8,036,814 bales, and net Im ports 12,188 bales. Distribution consumption 642,809 bales', exports 2,448,160 bales and stocks at end of porlod In manufac turing tabllshments 1,072,274 bales; In Independent warehouses 2,651,984 bales and held elsewhere 8,032,243 bales. executive council to ward establishing a party. take steps to national labor WM. F. McCOMBS HOME WITH BRIDE Says ne Does Not Expert to Take Publlo OHIc e; Has No Taste For It. By Associated Press. New York, Nov, 14. William F. McCombs. chairman of the demo cratic national committee, came home from Europe on the steamship Mau retanla today with his bride, former ly Mlva Dorothy Williams er wasn Intrtnn. whom he married In London. When asked about the possibilities of his accepting appointment as am bassador to France he salflf "I have no taste for publlo service and I do not expect to take public office." , HAZEN HYDE TO WED AMERICAN COUNTESS By Associated Press. New Orleans, Nov. 14. Nearly , an entire day behind their business pro gram, delegates attending the conven tion of the United Daughters of the Confederacy took up the detail where It was left off yesterday with an ap parent determination to leave a clean slate when adjournment comes Sat urday. Today's entertainment provided for an automobile ride. The general officers and delegates will attend the laying of the cornerstone of the Beauregard monument this afternoon, after which there will be a reception nt the Country club. The Louisiana division will be hostess at an Infor mal reception at the Soldiers home, Will "Bs Paid until Strike Is Settled or They Get Other Work. By Associated Press. New Orleans, La., Nov. 14. Begin nlng today striking engineers, firemen conductors and trainmen of the South Paclflo who walked away from u mm sells HIS GROVE PARK ROME Butler Amendment Probable. By Associated Press. Patnn Ho u ire. La., Nov. 14. When (he constitutional convention called to By Associated Tress, t Paris, Nov. 14. The engagement has been announced of the Countess LoulAe de Uontaut-Blron, eldest daughter of Jdhn O, Lelshman, for merly American ambassador to Ger many to James Hasen Hyde. Mr. 11 yds was formerly a prominent In surance man In New York but he has lived In Paris for some years, W. F. Randolph has sold his home and about Ave acres of land on Sun set Mountain to E. W. Grove. Mr, Randolph has purchased the house at the corner of Cumberland and Mag nolia avenues from Mrs. Susan H, Brown. This transaction- was made through the Western Carolina Realty company, and the purchase prloe was $5,000. - Mr. Randolph and his family mov ed Into their Cumberland avenue ho'ne yesterday. . Mrs. J. D. FLETCHER IS KILLED BY BULL By Associated Press. Raleigh.. N. C, Nov. 14. Gored through the head by an Infuriated cow, her clothes nearlytorn from her body. Mrs. J. D. Fletcher, sixty years of aan. wife of the United States Farm demonstrator, mot a horrible death The i late yesterday afternoon at her home wedding will take place within a few weeks. 1 Countess IxjuIb do Gontaut-lllron's devise ways and means of refunding n.alden name ns Martha Lolnhman. Her hunbsnd rtlea in i-ans in Decem ber, 1907. Her younger sister, Miss Nuney Irishman, waa married to the Duke of Croy on October Jl at the slates 111,000,000 Indebtedness resumed work this mSrnlng It wt expected tho revised Hutler amend mont would be rouortod before ud- six miles from Durham. Mrs. Fletcher was found lying In the- door of a stabl bv her son and nephew, who stopped to Visit her on their way home, her bonnet on the Inside of the cow's stall, She was In the agonies of death and died a few minutes later. The suppo ultlon Is that Mrs. Fletcher went Geneva. Pwltteriand . I the stable ta da the mllkln dlsor today their Jobs last night will be entered on the rolls of tholr respective unions for "strike pay," Union officials say the men will be paid In this manner until the strike Is settled or until they find employment elsewhere. Everything was quiet about the yards In Algiers during the early hours, Five deputies were on duty at the oompany's yard at Avondale, the western terminus of the Southern Pa clflo ferry, Officials say their duty is to guard company property, By Associated Press. Houston, Tex, Nov. 14. No der had been reported early among the 2500 skilled employes of the operating department of the Southern Pacific railroad lines be tween El Paso and New Orleans who . went on strike last night. Aside from two transcontinental trains said to be en route reports Indicated general suspension of traffic. Just before the walkout went Into effect an offer of government media tion was received at union headquar ters last night. The employes lead ers replied that the only possible way to avoid a strike was for the railroad to meet the federated committee of ' the four unions Involved the engi neers, conductors, firemen and train men. Such a conference had been the main point of the railroads objec tion during negotiations. The company today was said to be preparing to install strikebreakers with the aim of restoring passenger train service at least. Places for housing such employes are said, to have been arranged at different points along the Sunset lines. . ' - - ' President W. B. Scott of the Sun set-Central lines defended the road's attitude today, pointing out the ob ject of one of the employes grievances that against the making of efficien cy tests at experienced places as de signed to insure greater safety of life. The employes' 67 complaints , in volve demands for reinstatement of many engineers and others reclared to have been discharged' In violation of contracts ; alleged excessive imposi tion of demerit; assert that many re ports and other information are re quired outside of company time and ask regulations of lay-overs away from home terminals. Some of the more Important griev ances In the words of the grievance committee- are: "Complaint against letters of a harsh and threatening character from subordinate officials. ''Dlscontinuence of moving engines In trains under tteam without en gineers. "When new runs are established In passenger service officials should con fer with local committee as to the as signment of men. "Request that men be allowed to report for duty by telephone. "Complaints of crews called later than 9:30 a. m., and required to do local work after dark. "Protest against method of reex amination of men on eyesight, hear ing and color perception. "Claim for $3.76 rate for firemen. "Protest against the reexamina tion of conductors and engineers on train rules and mechanical reexam ination of engineers." . The question of wages is Involved only In that ft Is claimed the con struction of existing contracts by the company curtail the , rights of thai men. , ENGINEER INJURED WHEN TRAINS COLLIDE REPORT ON MONEY BILL An Attempt Will Be Made to Get Committee Together Tomorrow. Washington, Nov. 14. An attempt to bring the administration currency bill into the senate Monday or Tues day will be made by the administra tion democrats of the banking com mittee. Both wings of the committee were In session today, Senator- Hitchcock and the Republican members In one room, and Senator Reed and the other administration supporters in another. An attempt will be made to get the committee together for a Joint session tomorrow with a view to agreeing to report on Monday or Tuesday. The antl-admlnlstratlnn senators will probably oppose an early reooru Southern's Palm Limited and Local Train Go Together at H axel hurst, Ga . By Associated Press. Macon, Ga., Nov. 14. The Southern Railway's Palm Limited, Chicago to Jacksonville collided with a local train at Haslehurst, Ga., early this morning. Engineer Pair of the through train was the only person seriously Injured, his leg being broken above the knee. The passengers on both trains were considerably shaken up, but none were Injured to any extent. The local train waa In the siding waiting for the through train to pass. The switch had been left open and th southbound train crashed Into tho local. The wreckage was quickly cleared away and both trains continued on to their destination. Freight Advance Suspended, By Associated Press. Washington, Nov. 14. Advances U the freight rates on cotton seed oil ranging from I to T cents a hundred pounds from New Orleans, La, and similarly located points to Ohio river crossings and destinations north he been suspended by the Interstate commerce commission until Varch Is.