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IT tan OAMBTTB-NSWB BAM TBB MOST gXPSfSlVB ASSOCIATED PBMB9 8MB- net ataa Carolina. Wea&er Forecast: VOL. XVIII, NO. 238. ASHEVILLE, N. C SATURDAY AFTERNOON NOVEMBER 15, 1913. PRICE 5 CENTS r i . .." . - - ' ' ' ' - MEXICAN CONGRESS PREPARED TO MEET Huerta Shows no Sign Of !ti "edmg to U. S. Deitnds CLOSE OF EMBASSY NOT IMPROBABLE Rumored Marines Will Be Landed If Embassy Is Closed. By Associated Press. Mexico City, Nov. 18,' Senators and deputies clouted recently to form the hew Mexican congress In place ot that dissolved by Provisional President lluerta meet at 3 o'clock this after noon In their respective houses to choose temporary speakers. ' Early to day President Huerta had given no Indication that he Intended to alter his program to comply with the do tnands made by John Llnd, personal representative of President Wilson, that he prevent the organisation f -he new congress. , , - . It would be no surprise in ,nfTl:la.l circles here if the American embassy Were withdrawn. Nelson O'Shaugh ihesay, charge d'affaires, received ' a communication from the state depart- ment a Washlngtoif last juight wfciohfbeilttm -against PornrJS-Wa wasthe It is believed contained Instructions, governing his actions, , Unless the present plan Is abandon ed by President Huerta, within the next few hours the men chosen to re place those senators and deputies now prisoners in the penitentiary will as semble for a preliminary meeting with Manuel Garza Aldape, minister of the Interior, as acting temporary chair man. Ordinarily this post would fall to some member of the previous con gress. Formal Session. . Today's sessions were expected to hi confined to the formality of selecting temporary officers. - Humors of Landing Marines. Rumors heard yesterday and-circulated with additional persistency to day are to the effect that the Ameri can embassy will be withdrawn on Monday or earlier. Mr. Llnd Is cred lted with the authorship of these ru mors and with the additional state ment that marines are to be landed as a protest .against President Huerta'f defiance of the Washington gove-n-nient. ' . In that event It Is probable that Vera Cruz will be evacuated by the federals. It Is reported here that the government army commander at Vera Cm j has been instructed- In such an event to make no opposition but to withdraw his force to some point nearer the capital and there await in structions. Honor Garza Aldape, It was reported today, was still making tho efforts through the American embassy to se cure some modification of Mr. Lind's lent statement to President Huerta. He is said to have been In communica tion with Charge O'Shaughnessy last midnight : i May n Alteration of Plans. It was considered not Improbable that there would be an eleventh hour alteration of the government's plan with reference to the meettng of the congress today since It was hot re garded as probable that Washington would recede from the stand announc ed by Mr. Llnd to the effect that con Kress should not meet as ordered by President Huerta. Washington. Nov. IB. The United Htates government today awaited dis patches from Charge O'Shaughnessy in Mexico City as to the effect of ln i ructions sent him late last night by Secretary Bryan Informing coun Hollars- of provisional' President Huerta who have displayed an anxle ty to reopen negotiations,' on Just what oonditlens - this government would assent to further parleys. As the new Mexican congress, whloh the United Htates has . refused . to recognize as legally ohosen, was to convened by official order late to AWi it was expected here that defin- Its developments in the situation would materialize, Official are confident that Huerta lew realists not only that the Unit- a states Is In earnest In 4ts Inten lion U depose him, and many aooom Mlsh his elimination- by lining the embargo on arms but also that Groat Kntnln as Well as the other foreign powers have assumed more than a PMjilve attitude of acquiescence' In th American policy. CardWg Representations. Th fuct that sir IJonol Carden, British minister to Mtxioo. la com municating to Huerta Intimations of a strung character that he must ell J"lnato himself In accordance " with Aecksji aantsaUoA. t ttlJ to bo the dovelnpment upon which the situation has turned within the lost two days, Refusal to resign or present the new congress from complicating the situation by giving oil concessions which this government would con sider lUogal, might mean that the American government would go for ward In Its policy of morally sup porting un constitutionalists. Capture of Junrci Important. The capture of Juarez by constitu tionalists, an important port through which monitions . of war might be passed for a vigorous campaign on Chihuahua and the large cities to the south, Is expected to have consider able effect In Mexico city. The cap ture 'of Juares by Madero in his re- turning point' which brought the Diaz regine to terms and forced the flight of the president. ill FIRE T Ih Ulidia Comes into Port With Crew Exhausted from Fighting. By Associated Press. Savannah, Ga., Nov. 15. With the decks so hot that It Is well nigh Im possible to' stand the heat the British steamship Ulidia, Captain Robert Mo Clenahan from Savannah for Ham burg, which sailed at 3 o'clock yes terday, came hurriedly Into port this morning at 6:30 o'clock with a stub born fire in a cargo of cotton in No, hatch. Theo rew which under the direction of the master and first officer, H. Ja cobsen, had fought the fire all night as the slow and heavily laden freight er lought to regain a harbor of ref ugt Is worn out from tho strenuous duty, The master's wife, . Mrs. Mabel Mo-. Clenahan, was forced to leave her cabin, which Is blistered, front the heat and steam, and it was only by a Herculean effort that the fire was confined to the hatch Where It Was discovered. The big ship Is hot from stem to stern and there Is some dan ger of the fire eating Its way Ito the other sections of the hold. The ship was 40 miles from Tybee when the fire was disoovered by the first officer. The crew lifted the hatch cover" but were forced back by angry flames which curled up ward. Steam Is being forced Into the hatch by three fire tugs, the Cambria, McCauley and Taggart. The ship has a cargo of cotton and llnters of 8000 bales, valued at I175,10. Ths fire was practically under con trol at 10 o'clock. . AUGUSTUS THOMAS RECEIVES A MEDAL Presented by Acsdnmy of Arts and Loiters for Dramutlc Work. . Chicago, Nov. IS. The American Academy of Arts and Letters has presented to Augustus Thomas, the playwright, a gold medal for having achieved more In the dramatto world than any other American taking Into the work of a life time. .Names of seven new members also will be en tered upon the rolls of the organiza tion. Awarding of the. academy's gold medal for this year and lh selecting of new members were mat'e at a ses sion of the academy last night after a banquet. Brnnder Mathews, pro feuor of dramatic literature at Col uii'bla university, was r-lcted pre sident end all of the other present of ficers renamed, STEAMER BE Rumored That His Appoint ment Will Not Be Vn opposed. Gazette-News Bureau, . Wyatt Building, Washington, Nov. 15. Francis D. Winston and William 0. Hammer who have been recom mended for district attorney In North' Carolina had better study up on law before they come to Washington, acW coruing 10 a wen lnrormea man un department of Justice affairs. When they do appear before his royal high ness, 'It Is said, Mr. McReynolds In tends to ask them some questions. If reports are true the questions will be, In part about as follows: "What experience' have you had be fore the federal courts of North Sar olina, and other states? "What class of cases did you have before said courts? "What class of cases have you been employed in before other courts than the federal?" , Another rumor that has been In circulation here. Is to the effect that charges will be preferred against W. C. Hammer when his nomination comes to the senate. Just what the charges will be cannot be stated at this time. But, according to the ru mor, they will be a direct result of Hammer's opposition to A. L. Auman, Whose nomination for postmaster at Asheboro has been held up because of the opposition of Hammer and his following. "I am delighted with Mr. Jus- . Jce." sald.u&ttorney ., Genera), Mopey-. ooldg .after' a conference- with the Greensboro attorney. "I have " ' as signed him to one of the biggest cases before the department of Jus tice but I do not care to say today where he will go. "The department considers Itself fortunate in securing the services of this able attorney." -, ' Mr. Justice was here today but would not discuss his plans, further than to say that he probably would take up his new work within e. few days. It Is learned from other sources, however, that Mr, Justice will go to the Pacific coast where he will do some very important work for the government. 'r, T. Carter and son, of Mt. Aairy, n M. F. Stacey and bride, of 'hapel Hill, are here. BRIDGEPORT AND 42 MENARE LOST Wreckage at Bird Rock Island Identified as ' That of Collier. l(y Associated Press. Montreal, Nov. 16. The steam cril- ller Bridgeport, sailing from Bydney, Cape Breton, with a crew of 48 and a cargo of 10,000 tons of coal, has been lost and probably all aboard have perished, according to an official announcement made today by the Dominion Coal oompany, which char tered the vessel. Wreckage found on the shores of Bird Rock island in the St. Lawrenco river told the story of the tragedy. Aocordlng to information received by the Dominion Coal company this wrockage has been identified suffic iently to make reasonably certain the presumption that the lost vessel was the Bridgeport No word of the crew has been received and. the opinion prevails that they met death In the Icy waters of ths 8t. Lawrence. Tho Bridgeport sailed from Sydney on November 1, with coal for Mon treal. She was overdue and fears hmi been held during the past 48 hours that she had failed' to weather the storm of the past week. Brown, Jenkins A Co. ot London are the owners. FIGHT IN HOTEL tOFFY John 8. Sumner knocked down and beat up Georgs B, Wilkes, a guest of the Battery Park hotel in the lobby of the hotel this afternoon. Wllko, while l out atitomoblllng, . - had . . run then had spoken lightly of ths acci dent, in. a statement make to "the morning paper. Blood flowed free; ly about the hotel lobby for a few mluute , - ' N T II REBELS TAKE JUAREZ CITY Important Port (of Entry in Mexico" Captured by Con-' stitutionalists with Small Loss. THREE AMERICANS ARE kiLLu BY Fli. Capture of City.Was Result of Clever Strategy Rebels Thought to Be Fed ' . " erals. '''., By Associated Press. El Paso, Tex., Nov. 15. Cludad Juarez, the most Important northern port of entry In Mexico was captured by constitutionalists under General Paneho Villa and General Maclevto Ilerrera early this morning with small loss on either side. Three Americans Were killed in Juarez during the fight ing. . , The occupation of Juarez by rebels began at 2:30 o'clock after the men under Villa and Herrera had reached the city In trains thought to be carry ing federal soldiers to the garrison. The rebels detrained undiscovered, placed their artillery and soon every thing in .readiness to fight. At the first volley the astounded government troops were assembled and returned the fire, engaging in a battle which lasted for two hours. Bullets fell thick in El Paso and all the residents here were awakened by the sound of heavy artillery firing. Americans were kept from the danger zone by the detachment WUnlted States Fifteenth cavalry mi, patrol duty, under Major TCwC ItlMitchle and so far ae Is known no Americans In this -city were wounded. ' Formal Surrender. : The formal surrender of the city to the constltutlonalists'was at 6 o'clock when the federal commander threw himself and his soldiers on the mercy of the victorious rebels. At once bands began playing on the streets an the town rang with "vivas" for the con querors. It was by one of the, cleverest strategies In the history of Mexico that Juarez was taken. General Villa with ' General Herrera was near Chi huahua City Thursday, reported to be attacking that town. Federal troops were rushed to the reinforcement of the - Chihuahua garrison but Villa never really pushed his attack there. By pro-arrangement trails were made ready to convey his army Into Juarez last night while all federal officers in northern Mexico believed him to be exerting every energy to take Chihua hua Leaving a small force of men there he took 7000 of his troops on board the train which reached Juarez at the time a federal troop train was expect ed. Not once was he challenged. Han of Action. Under cover of darkness the rebels surrounded the town save the river front, that next to the American bor der and concerted attack was made with the artillery doing much of the work. The federals were so complete? ly demoralized by the attack that they offered no serious resistance. Colonel Cano, spokesman for the rebels, told the Associated Press correspondent to day that he had no idea of the num ber killed and wounded on both sides. He said he did not believe the loss was heavy. Refugees from Juares began to flee over the International bridge Into El Paso soon after the firing, though the exodus this morning was much smaller than other times when the city faced un attack. Many citizens In Juares were unable to reach the safety of the American side because of the suddenness of the attack and because to traverse the street after tho battle had begun would hafe been dangerous. ' The Americans in Juares wore grouped at an American hotel near the Jefetura and a rebel guard was placed to pro tect them. Americans Watch Fight. Newspaper men were not allowed to cross into Mexico this morning. Both Mexican rebel soldiers and United States cavalry refused, to allovs any person to go Into Mexico, though all who soucht refuge from tho city were permitted to cross Into, the United States. Hundreds of people of El Paso gathered at safe distance to watch the flushes from the night battlo. Manv of them were on the Pioneer pi una and created a small panic among the onlookers. Splinters of glass from broken windows showered upon them. Bl'LLETIJf, MUs Stevens I'. I). C President. ew Orleans. Nov. 16. Mrs. Daisy McLaurln Btevens of. MIsslKslppl wos unanimously elected president genera! if the United Daughters of the Con federacy at the convention here to day, as the only other candidate, Mrs. Nathan 0. Ella of Virginia, had with drawn from the race. Mrs. Cornelia I'lranch utone of' Texas was . unan imously elected honorary , president SETTLE STRIKE S. R, Ry. Strike Situation As sumes More Hopeful As pect Mediation Pos '' sible. ' ONE PROPOSAL IS REFUSED, HOWEVER Federal Board of Mediation Confers' Commissioner Hange Goes to New Orleans. By Associated Press. New Orleans, Nov. 15. The strike situation here today assumed a more hopeful aspect, due to the expected arrival of Assistant Commissioner Hangor of the federal mediation board, Washington, When advised of statements credit ed to President. Kruttschnitt that the company was willing to meet the joint committee, William Christy, chairman of the Brotherhood of Lo comotive engineers in this district, declared this was what the unions had been urging all the time. He said Mr. Hanger had assisted In settling similar differences , on the Pacific coast and predicted an early settle ment of the difference between the unions and the company. One Proposal Kcfused. Houston, Tex., Nov. 15. One of two pea e proposals in the Southern Pa clflc strike was refused by strike leaders here today. They refected Julius KYuttschnltt's offer to confer Brlththe-lCederal unlon board.pn the. ground that It was an evasion-. Presi dent Wilson's move for mediation re mained as the only apparent hope for speedy settlement. Mr. Kruttschnitt's offer was to dis cuss with a representative committee of the strikers the question of Inaugu rating a system of dealing with con trovcrsies through a joint committee representing all union organizations involved. Not one act of violence today had been reported on the 2400 miles of Idle track. In Houston the men appeared .to be remaining In their homes except for b few officially designed pickets. Th' railroad expected to operate 14 pas senger trains today, manning them mostly with its own officials. New phases of the -67 grievance forming the men's demands continue to come to light- President W. B Scott of the Sunset-Central system said this forenoon: "A number of the alleged grievance: relate to matters that have been con sldered and disposed of or dropped; yet now they are resurrected for th obvious purpose of making It appear there are a great many differences, An official statement from union headquarters, after noting that practi tally all of 1912 was consumed in negotiations over a working1 agree ment, said: . "The committee had reached a set tlemen of all but a few questions wher Mr. Wald, assistant general manager came into authority and set aside al that had been done and began all ovei agnln." Washington, Nov. 16. The federa board of mediation and conclllatlo conferred here today on plans to brin about a resumption of traffic on th Southern Pacific railroad pending settlement of the strike Some an nouncement was expected later. ITIfiMMEf GETS ROAD SENTENCE In Police court this morning, with Substitute Judge H. B. Stevens pre siding, Troy Evans, the young whit boy from Yancey county, who wa charged In three cases of larceny, drew the only road sentneco Imposed one year on the county roads and an order was entered by the eour granting the board of county com mlRsloners the right to hue out tn defendant. Evans was arrested sev eru days ago, In a boarding house or, North Main street, complaint havlns been made by scvernl of the boarder that they had been missing things from their rooms. Judge Adams held the cases open until Clerk Krank L. Condes tould write to tho authorltl of Vunceyi county, the former homt of the boy, arid find out about his past record. This answer was re eulved yrsterday and said that the boy's parents were thought of In their neighborhood, but that the boy did not stand so well. Judgment was suspended In two of the rases and tho sentence of one year Imposed In the other. Mottle Hurd was taxed with the costs for assault. - Pink Morrison, charged with aban donment, was adjudged not guilty. Trwn "Jrusks'', want flu4 todatc. ORDER IGNORED BY FERGUSON AMES BEAR ON CHAMPIONSHIP Several Close Football Con tests in South Scheduled Today Interest Is Intense. By Associated Press. Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 15. With sever close struggles scheduled for the i day, football Interest throughaut the south this morning centered on three names Vanderbilt vs. Auburn at Birmingham, Ala.; Georgia vs. Geor gia Tech at Atlanta, Ga,; and Vir ginia vs. Georgetown at Washington. Two drew especially close attention because of their bearing on the S. I, A. A. championships; the third the contest at Washington because two strong teams were pitted and be cause of ancient rivalry. Other important games scheduled were: Alabama vs. Tennessee, at Tusca loosa, Ala. North Carolina vs. Wake Forest, at Durham, N. C. Sewanee vs. Kentucky, at Sewanee, Tenn. . Tulane vs.- Southwestern, at New Orleans. Washington and Lee vs. West Vir ginia, at Charleston, W. Va. South Carolina vs. Davidson, at Davidson, N. C. Florida vs. Citadel, at Gainesville, Fla. Clemson vs. Mercer, at Macon. Mississippi A. and M. vs. L. S. V. at Starkesville, Miss. . ' ,. , ' "Eastern Games. '-KeW York, a . v J15-Prlnceton and Yale, today staged the football game 1n which most Interest In the cast centered. ' Outside of the Princeton-Yale game chief attention centered in the Dart mouth-Carlisle game here. Other prominent games In the east today included: Amherst vs. Williams, at Williams Army vs. Villa Nova at West Point. Cornell vs. Lafayette, "at Ithaca. Harvard vs. Brown, at" Cambridge. John Hopkins vs.J Western Mary land at Baltimore. Lehigh vs. Haverford, at Haverford. Navy vs. Penn State, at Annapolis Syracuse vs. Colgate, at Colgate. Trinity vs. Rutgers, at New Bruns wick. Washington and Jefferson vs. Pitts burgh, at Pittsburgh. West Virginia Wesleyan vs. Beth any, at Buckhannon. FIRE; PASSENGERS SAFE The Balmes Burning in North Atlantic According to Wireless. By Associated Press. Capo Race, N. F Nov. 15.--The Spanish steamer Balmes is on fire in the north Atlantic and her passengers have been transferred to the Curiard ilner Pannonla, according to a wire less message received from the Pan nonla today. The Balmes is a freighter of 243" Ions. It Is believed that she carried a few passengers. She sailed from New Orleans October 26 for Galveston, 'rom the latter port to Havana Octo ber 31 and Havana November 6 for Cadis and Barcelona, Spain. The Pannonla Is due In New York on Sunday from the Mediterranean. The message received by the operator here made no mention of the crew of the Balmes. Anti-Slavery Law Passed. By Associated Press. Manila, Nov, 15. An anti-slavery law was pamed today by the Philip pine National" Assembly after a heated lebate. Tho measure, which was framed by William II. Phlpps the Insular auditor, i e-atllrms the old - Spanish statutes against slavery and incorporates the American laws. Tho vote In opposl Hon to the enactment of the measure was small In spite of the warmth of the discussion. White House Reception. By Associated Press. Washington. Nov. 15. Pretty young women of tha congressional et early toduy flocked to ths Con tresslonal club to greet Miss Jessie Weodrow Wilson, the White House brld-eleet. The reception was follow d.by a buffet lui.cheon. More than twd hundred of the younger women it the senate and house clrclss were DresuB. Refuses to : Recognize Juris diction of Judge Boyd in Bankruptcy Case. MAINTAINS COURTS ARE OFEQUALDIGNITV Clash etween State and Fed eral Court Result of Andrew , Company Litigation. Judge G. S. Ferguson of the Supe rior court of Cherokee county has . refused to recognize the orders re cently Issued by Judge James E. Boyd of the United States District court. ' appointing a permanent receiver for the 'Cherokee Tanning Extract com pany, and ordering tthat the tempo rary and permanent receivers ap pointed by the Superior court, . tho bank of Andrews and all other parties having funds of the mankrupt com pany to' turn all money and property of the company -over jto the receiver of the United States court. Judge Ferguson admits that the courts are of different jurisdiction, but maintains that they are equal dignity, and on this ground he refused to allow tho orders of the District court to bo carried into effect. He has been fol lowed in this stand by A. A. Fain, permanent receiver for the Superior court, and the Bank of Andrews. . A report to ; this effect, dated No vember 13, has been submitted to Judge James E.' Boyd by Vonno L. Gudger, the permanent receiver nam ed by him; and Judge Boyd has sign- , ed 'an order citing Mr. Fain and the Bank of Andrews to-appear before him In chambers at Greensboro on the morning of November 2 and show cause, Jt any. tfhy the order of t-he court shall not be put In effect In the meantime they are restrained and -enjoined from disposing of any of the property of the company or of tha fund of $11,274.29 held in the Bank of Andrews. In his report, Mr. Gudger states that hie went to Murphy November 10 and immediately presente'd to him the or ders of the District court. : The latter refused to grant the request that the property of the bankrupt company be turned over to the new receiver. Mr. Gudger said that he gave notice then that he would appeal to the state Su preme court but within a few minutes asked and was allowed to withdraw this appeal, as he did not want to appear in the light of recognizing the jurisdiction of the state, courts In the 'matter. Receiver vs. Receiver. Following this action, Mr. Gudger eports that he made demands on Mr. ?"aln the permanent receiver of the Superior court, and J. Q. Barker, tern- ' jjorary receiver, that the property bo turned over to him. The latter Is al leged to have said: "I refuse to do to. Mr. Marker, it is stated, exhib ited a receipt for all the properties of the company that had been in his possession, this receipt signed by Mr. Fain. . Mr. Gudger then went to Andrews and made similar demands on the Bank of Andrews, through the cashier. The latter, asked for time to consult his attorneys the name of one of whom Is given as Dlllard and aftor this consultation, Mr. Gudger was re fused the demand. Then Deputy Mar- - shal McElroy arrived and served tho papers of the District court on tho bank, the demand of Mr. Gudger was repeated and was again refused. Sub- . sequently the papers served by tho deputy marshal on Mr. Fain and Mr. Barker, and tho second demands of Mr. Gudger were met with t!he same refusal as formerly. While in Andrews, Mr, Ouilewf states that he received from E. Sttne the keys to the plant of th company, went to the plant and posted copies of his orders at the door and had a talk with both the night anA day watchmen. These men recognlsset his authority and agreed to follow hla authority and agreed to follow hla In structions. They were then told by ' Mr. Gudger that Mr, Stlne would act as his agent and that they were to follow his orders. Second Demand. Mr. Oudger states that he and Mr, McElroy went to Murphy to serve the papers and make the second demand on Mr. Fain and Mr, Barker. They found the latter, but the former had gone to Andrews and they Immediately drove back to that point. They found him at the house of the night watch man, and Mr. Gudger charges that ho was trying to secure the services of the watchmen, as In the later con versation the watohmen remarked to Mr. Faint "A I told you a while ago, I will oontlnue for Mr, Oudger," BUFFALO GNAT 19 NOT A CARRIER OF PELLAGRA By Associated Press. ' Spartanburg, 8. C, Nov. It. Th Buffalo gnat, described as a carrier of pellagra, has been aocused falsely, according to Dr. J. F. Slier of the Thompson-McFaddsn pellagra com mission, who returned today from an InveaUaraUon tour la Ps I
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