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rHJt gazette-hews bab tbe most fXPEWSlTE ASSOCIATED FRtSS BEX. ncs in tbe cabolinab. ; Weather Forecast: FAIR AND WARMER. VOL. XVIII., NO. 241. ASHEVILLE, N. C, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON NOVEMBER 19, 1913. PRICE 5 CENTS i '.'''. ' """" HUERTA PLANS HIS MESSAGE Provisional President of Mex ico Will Submit td Cabinet Address to V Congress. ' - MESSAGE REVIEWS , . SITUATION TERSELY Congress Expected to Declare Huerta Election Null Speculation on Develop- "' ments. . By Associated Press. ; Mexico City, Nov. 19. General Hu erta planned today to submit to hi cabinet the message which he pro- noses to deliver to congress tomorrow, The cabinet meeting was called for this afternoon at which time It was ex pocted General Huerta would ask its members to go over the message with him The document la short and it is said to review tersely the most Important acts of the Huerta administration dealing frankly with the dissolution of congress and calling attention to the strained relations with the United States.. . Will Nullify Election, It Is expected congress will receive (he message without protest, thereby giving Huerta a virtual ratification of his acts. It is said the message will open a way to an immediate discussion by congress of the late presidential election. It is a foregone conclusion that the congress will declare the elec tion null. , ' : " It is regarded as possible that, the congress may name some one else for provisional president for. a period en suing until the election and Inaugura tion of a permanent chief executive, but It would bo undoubtedly ft big surprise to most Mexicans aa well as foreigners If General Huerta should not be Instructed to continue at the head of the affairs. Officials of the Huerta administra tion have been moved by two emotions since they learned that the oonstltu tlonaltsts had insisted that William Bayard Hale, the representative of President Wilson, should .show his credentials before continuing confer ences with General Carranza and his advisers. The Huerta, officials are pleased that Carranza a a Mexican is still showing a tendency to reject In terference and are gratified at what they Interpret as indications of a failure of the rebels and the United States authorities to reach a working agreement So far as had been ascer tained all the foreign diplomas here, with the exception of Nelson O'Shaughnessy, the American charge d'affaires, will attend the opening nesslon of congress. Mr. O'Shaugh nessy will not be present and it is assumed his absence is authorized by instructions from Washington. "Spain Must Refrain." Madrid, Nov. 19. Spain must re frain from taking any step in connec tion with Mexico, -declares 'today's Imparcial. "The solution of the Mex ican problem," says the newspaper, "must be left to the United States alone." Exodus Continues. Vera Cruz, Mexico, Nov.; 19. The Modus of American cltlzci from Mexico City continues. Forty per sons, most of them women and child ren, arrived here today by-tram; -The fugitives report that only a few American women and children re main In the federal capital. No Comments. . Washington. Nov. 19 White House officials made no comment today on dispatches from Nogeles saying the constitutionalists had asked William Ksyard Hale for formal credentials before pursuing negbtiatlbha. ' Indi cations were that the parleys would proceed slowly ond that ths point of Presenting formal .credentials, which fight be construed as an . act of recognition, would be "sningion had iiore fine of the p-.oses of the constl - utlonalists. ne official described, the entire, sit Uation as merely "Incubating." , IMMIGRATION STILL AT HIGH WATER MARK , By Associated Pies. WASHINGTON, Nov. 19. Imml sTatlon to the United States continued round the high water mark during September, when 209, 07 persons of all nationalities set out for the shores of this country, according to figures issued today by the department of labor. Of this army of. Immigrations J.II7 were deported for cause. American citizens returning home neiped swell the figures of the month. $0,051 of them being Included the compilations of the Inward pas - ner mnv.m.rn . k. nnnih The totnl mimw f n.r.nn. who left the intr i Q.ni.mh., 'nlim. Wed only Sg,B99. of whom 0, 899 charged with sedition, have been re 7r American citizens going abrond I leased on ball. They have taken f ths winter. i quarters at a hotel hore. SENATE CONCERNED OVER MONEY BILL With Report From Each Wing ocratic Leaders Do Not Know Just What to Dd Prob able Course of Action. By Associated Press. Washington, Nov. 19. What to do with the two ourrency reform bills now being completed by the two fac tions of the senate banking committee has begun to give serious concern to senate leaders. Both bills, one repre senting the administration views and the other the work of the republican committee members and Senator Hitchcock, probably will be ready for the senate before the end of this week. - As the committee is evenly divided there can be no formal report upon the mass bill which passed the house; and neither of the new bills can be offered OF GAME LAWSjSPOSSIBLE Pot Hunters Not Prohibited From Shipping Through Parcels Post. By Associated Press. Washing-on, Nov. 19. Evasion of the game laws through the agency of the parcel post now Is possible, tut Postmaster General Burleson today re plied to Interrogations of indignant officials of several states that congress had placed no restrictions on the de partment as to accepting game. Tnis condition, the . state game wardens fear, will nullify in great measure the state laws framed for the protection of wild life. . Postmaster General Burleson point- d out that- under the law the post- bfflce department could not discrim inate ; In the aooeptance of packagns that conformed with the department s regulations. Postmasters, therefore, were compelled, he said, to accept game for shipment when the regula tions were observed. "This does not, however," he added, "operate against the right of any state official to proceed under such stato laws against parties violating them. except that the officers of the depart ment In the discharge of their official duties aa required by law and the reg ulations are not to be interferrcd with." Many states prohibit the shipment of game from their territory with a view to put an end to "pot hunting. 50,000 TRACHOMA GASES IN SOUTHERN STATES Dr. Savage Says , Disease is Prevalent in Mountainous Soctions. By Associated Press. Lexington, Ky., Nov. 19. There are 60,00 cases of trschoma among the mountaineers of southern states, ac cording to estimates presented to the B6uthefrt Medical association hers to day by Dr. O. C. Savage of Nashvllls, Tenn, Dr. Savage declared ths dis ease Is more prevalent In the moun tainous districts of Kentucky ahd Tennessee than In other parts of the country and that It Is destroying the sight of persons of all ages. John D. Rockefeller recently had established a, fund to light the disease. 'the section "of medicine of the as sociation devoted two hours this morning to a symposium on malaria. The section of surgery heard a num- , ber of papers. EVAS ON delayed until At noon almost the. entire mem exact assur- bershlo of ths asoclatlon visited 1 Jsmea B. Haggin's Elmdorf stock farm. . Papers -on the treatment of malaria were read by Dr. W. t. Thayer, Balti more; Dr. W. 8.' Leathers. University of Mississippi: Dr. C. C. Bass, New Orleans: Dr. R. H. von Ezdorf of Mobile, and Dr. H. H. Shoulders of Nashville. Dr. C. W. Stiles of the United States public health service, read a paper on the method of discovering whether a person has eaten food contaminated with human excreta. Before the surgical section Dr. E. Dunbar Newell, Chattanooga, pre sented a paper on "some Interesting surgical cases." Maderos Released. By Associated Press. Vera Crus, Nov. 19. Evarlsto and I Daniel Madero. relatives of ths late 1 President Francisco I. Msdero. and I Uindro Agulla and his son, who ' have been confined several weeks In i'ths fortress of San Juan Ulucn. of Currency Committee Dem as a substitute, with the endorsement of a majority of the committee. Bolh factions of the eommittee are anxlou to obtain whatever advantage there is to be had before the senate and it will probably be agreed to return the house bill without a report and submit th two new bills simultaneously as amendments. Effort 8 will then be made by some of the republican members to have the senate consider the currency bill by item so that each side will have a chance to advance its amendments anil have them voted upon as the reading of the bill progresses in the senate. VAST THRONG PAYS IT5 LAST TRIBUTE Hon. W. T. Crawford Laid to Rest ' in Waynesville Ceme tery Yesterday. The funeral services over the re mains of Hon. William T. Crawford of Waynesville, who died suddenly at his home there last Sunday night, were conducted from the Baptist church yesterday afternoon and interment was made In the Waynesville cemetery at 4 o'clock. The services, both at the church and at the grave, were possibly the most impressive ever held In Haywood county, and the great throng of people who gathered for this last rite in honor of the deceased was a glowing tribute to" hh career. The magnificent, floral offerings' expressed ltrjt small way- thaetrnr-of-Krie r his innumerable friends and sorrowing relatives..-. r .'- -i ';- The sen-Ices at the church were conducted by Rev. J. D. Arnold, pastor of the Methodist churci, who officiat ed In the absence of the pastor of the church. ' He was ayslHted by: Rev. R. A. Sentelle, Dr. George W. Wharton Rev. M. F. Moore and Rev. C. Ander son, these ministers representing every Protestant church in Waynesville. Music was furnished by the combined Choirs of the Baptist, Methodist and Presbyterian churcheu. The Haywood County Bar association was officially represented by George H. Smathers. The members of the association and a large number of attorneys from all over the section and state acted as honorary pallbearers. The active pall bearers were: Capt. Allen Howell, George H. Smathers. W. T. Lee, W. J. Haynes, Dr. R. L. Allen, Mayor Clyde Ray. Postmaster T. L. Green and Capt. W. J. Hannah. At the grave, where a great throng tinri rnthnrnil. the casket was ODened for a short while and those attending the services were allowed to pass and view for the last time the remains of a man who had been so generally known and highly honored and re spected. j In further memory of the deceased, who was one of the leading citizens of western North Carolina, one day will be set aside at the next term of Hay wood Superior court for. the purpose of conducting memorial services to him. . ... GOETHALS MAY BECOME N. V. POLICE COMMISSIONER By Associated Press. New Tork, Nov. 19. Reports that Col. George W. Goethals would be asked by Mayor-elect John Purroy Mltchel. who Is now on his way to Panama, to become police commis sioner of New Tork has brought special advices from Panama quoting Colonel Goethals. When asked. It ha would accept such a post Colonel Goethals replied that no overtur'e had yet been received by him and smiling-1 ly added: "Should the offer be made ma I have my answer ready." CHARLOTTE COMPLAINS OF RATES ON CA8T IRON PIPE By Associated Press. Washington, Nov. 19. Ths city of Charlotte, N. C, and the Charlotte Shippers and Manufacturers associa tion today filed complaint with the Interstate commerce commission against ths rate of IS a ton on case Iron pipe used In water and sewer system work, The rate from the Vir ginia point named to Atlanta and Au gusta, Ga., is $3.25 a ton, and Char lotte complains this Is discriminatory. ALFRED BROWN WANTS TO . HWIM THROUGH CANAL By Associated Press. Panama, Nov. 19. Alfred ' Brown, a member of a New York life saving corps, has. arrived here with ths hops of being the first man to swim fram the Atlantic to the Pacific ocean through ths canal. He arrived here yesterday and proposes tq start ths swim as won as he obtains the necos sary prnnlsslon to go through the locks at either cud of ths cant I. A BURNING SHIP WERE RESCUED Tlat.t.lAarrin Trnn i Tlrilrn Rnvoa ! People on Scotsdyke When Fire Breaks Out. London, Nov. 19. The British bat tleship Iron Duke effected a timely rescue of the 30 passengers and crew of the steamer Scotsdyke while the steamer was burning in the English channel early today. The steamer, bound from Mediter ranean ports for Sunderland, caught fire oft the island of Wight shortly after midnight. : The blaze started in a deck cargo of grass and spread so rapidly through this Inflammable ma terial that the crew was unable to stay its progress. It attacked the ship's bridge and several lifeboats, which were destroyed. Owing to the heavy sea it was Impossible to launch the few remaining lifeboats. The panic stricken passengers and the crew were forced to retire to the stern of the steamer., . The battleship Iron Duke fortunate ly was carrying out trials in the chan nel during the night and when 'the burning steamer was sighted sailors from the warship put off in boats to the rescue. The fore part of the steamer was a mass of flames when the boats' reached the scene and the helpless persons aboard were huddled together aft. The Iron Duke played her search lights upon the stern of the doomed ship while the rescue crew took all hands oft safely. EAT Six Men Were Injured in Blast Thirteen Escaped With-, out Injury. By Associated Press. Acton, Ala,, Nov. 19. When searchers ended their work this morn ing 24 bodies had been removed from Acton mine No. 2 of the Alabama Fuel and Iron company here,' the scene yesterday of an explosion. Six men were injured and 13 escaped unhurt. All ' parts of the mine have been explored. C. 11. Nesbitt, chief mine inspector for Alabama, here to Inves tigate the explosion, had not decided this morning whether it was caused by dust or gas. SULZER ADMINISTRATION OF CHARITY ATTACKED By Associated Press. Buffalo, N. Y Nov. 19. Former Governor Sulzer's administration of the charitable Institutions of New York state was . severely ' arraigned here today by Professor George A. Lewis, a former member of the board of parole for state prisons, who was chief speaker at the annual state conference on charities and correc tions. .Sulzer's efforts at "reform by dynamite" declared Professor Lewis, had uprooted and negatived the care fully thought out plans of years. '"The streams of ' progress toward orderly, systematic development of methods," said Professor Lewis, "in the admlnl'tration of our public char ities, our reformatory and penal In stitutions Is sluggish and Intermit tent at. best.. The blighting evils fol lowing upon the injection of factional fury Into the management of public Institutions have had, a vivid presen tation In the meteoric passing of .the recent governor. Reform by dynamite has been the order of the day and one sensational raid has followed another In bewildering succession." INDICATIONS TROOPS ARE TO REMAIN ALL WINTER . Texas City. Tex., Nov. 19. Prepara tions Indicating that ths second divis ion of the United States army will re main here all winter were begun to day. Tents were walled and re-floored and stoves Installed. Hundreds of soldiers began digging a sewage sys tem. The big army cdty here Is en tirely under canvas. One of the pur poses of the mobilization It la laid wos to produce army life under field con ditions as nearly aa possible. CALIFORNIA REPUBLICANS DISCUSSING SITUATION j - San Francisco, Nov. 19. Republi cans .from all. sections of ths state met here today to discuss plans for solidifying the party preparatory to the 1914 elections. It was not plan ned to take any action toward ths selection of a standard bearer for ths party, btu one of ths subjects to be discussed was a statewide public cam paign through the press and means of committees.. The meeting was called by ths republican state central committee. 150,000 Y ORKERS FACING IDLENESS Entire Garment Working Industry in, New York May Be Tied Up Within 48 Hours as Result of Strike of 350 Firemen. By Associated Press. New York. Nov. 19. One hundred i and fifty thousand clothing workers In j New York city face idleness within 48 j hours because of the strike of a single ' union of 350 men. Every man in the. union has quiet and unless the strike ' is broken or the men return to work ' the entire garment working industry of the city will be tied up. This as sertion, the strikers claim, is corrob orated by the employees association. The striking organization is the cloth examiners and spongers union. L J. Stone of Erie . Tells of Loading and Shipping of Hard Coal. By Associated Press. Philadelphia, Nov. 19. The first witness to testify today in the inter state commerce inquiry into the coal freight rates and practices of the an thracite carrying railroads was A. J. Stone, general manager of the Erie Railroad, who described the method of loading and shipping hard coal from the Wilkesbarre-Scranton dis trict to tidewater at New York har bor and to Buffalo for the Lake trade. He presented documents requested by the commission. These related to op erating statistics, train schedules, car rying capacity of freight and coal cars and hauling power of locomotives. Mr. Stone also described the meth od of unloading coal at its terminals at Edgewater, N. J., and Buffalo. He was asked to give this Information so as to permit the commission to deter mine the coast of handling and haul ing coal. In order to obtain comparison of costs Mr. Stone described at the re quest of the commission the method of hauling freight other than coal. The trend of this class of freight, Mr. Stone said was westward rather than eastward. Mr. Stone also gave similar Information with relation to the New York, Susquehanna and Western and the Wilkesbarre and Eas ton railroads which are controlled by the Erie. The Philadelphia and Reading rail road's handling of anthracite was then taken up, J. E. Turk, superin tendent of the Shamokin division, be ing the first official called. He said that 15 to 0 per cent of the coal con centrated In the Shamokin division from 40 colliers goes west and Is turned over to the New York Central road at Newberry Junction In Central Pennsylvania. The other 80 or 85 per cent goes east to Pennsylvania points or to tidewater at Philadelphia. There are many adverse grades in his divis ion, he said, the Incline in one in stance being 250 feet to the mile. EXAMINATION DATES OF P. M.'s ANNOUNCED Dates For Fourth Class Offices North Carolina PoMponed Until February. In By Associated Press. Washington, Nov. 19. Examina tions for appointment as fourth class postmasters, the civil service commis sion announced today, will be held during January In Delaware, New Mexico, New Hampshire, Vermont, Florida, Virginia and Wyoming. The examinations will be conducted In those postoffices in which the present Incumbents were not appointed under the civil service regulations. . Announcement also was made that the proposed examinations in North Carolina In January had been post poned until February, the exact date to be announced soon. RUSSIAN CROWN PRINCE IN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT Ey Associated Press. London, Nov, 19. The Imperial Russian crown prince, Alexia Nlchol alevltch, who has been an Invalid for many months, was thrown from an automobile In which he was driving today with a sailor attendant, accord ing to a dispatch from St Peters burg. The little prince escaped with only a few bruises. ' Praises Navy. By Associated Press. Brunswick, Ga., Nov. 19. Frank lin D. Roosevelt, assistant secretary of the navy, was the guest of honor and principal speaker at the annual dinner of ths Brunswick board of trade hers last night In his speech he extolled the progress made by the American navy In the past 10 years snd drew a comparison between the war vessels of today and thosa In use In 1891 In ths Bpsnlsh American war, . DESCRIBES TRAFFIC METHODS Every yard of cloth converted Into clothing In New Yolk passes through its hands. The members examine, sponge and press the cloth as it comes from the mill and pass it on to the garment factories. The factories are now in the midst of the busy session and it is said the supply of cloth on hand Is sdant. The strikers demand an increase of wages averaging 15 per cent and a reduction of ten per cent in working hours. They rejected all offers td compromise and refused to return to work pending arbitration of their demands. s SENT MEXICO Received Peremptory Orders to Proceed to Vera Cruz ' Last Night. By Associated Press. Bridgetown, Barbados, Nov. 19. The British cruiser squadron in West Indian waters last night received per emptory orders to proceed to Vera Cruz and the vessel sailed at mid night. The British cruiser squadron con sists of threo armored cruisers, Suf folk, Lancaster and Berwick, and is commander by Rear Admiral Sir Christopher Cradock. His flagship is the Suffolk. . . . The three cruisers are of the same type, displacing 9,800 tons each. They each carry an armament of fourteen six-inch, eight 12-pounders and three pounder guns . . .When the British cruisers Suffolk, Lancaster and Berwick arrive at Vera Cruz a very powerful fleet of war vessels will be assembled in the Mex ican gulf. The American battleships Louisiana, Michigan, Rhode Island, Virginia, New Jersey, Nebraska and New Hampshire, the cruiser Tacoma, the gunboat Wheeling and the scout cruiser Chester alone compose a for midable squadron. To these have been added the German Bremen and' the French armored cruiser Condeme. On the Pacific coast of Mexico are the American armored cruisers Cali fornia, Maryland and Pittsburgh and the gunboat Annapolis. The German cruiser Nuernberg also Is on that side and the Japanese cruiser Idzumo is on the way there. TALKS OF RESULTS OF L Prof. Bingham Thinks West Coast People Likely to Be Disappointed. By Associated Press. Worcester, Mass., Nov. 19. "The inhabitants of the west coast of South America are likely to be disappoint ed In their belief that an Immense prosperity Is about to come to their shores," said Professor Hiram Bing ham of Yale, In speaking of the re sults to follow the opening of ths Panama canal, at the Clark univer sity conference on Latin-America to day. I "At ths earns time," he continued, 't'helr ardent optimism will undoubt edly arouse them to greater economic efforts. Ths psychological effect on the business men of ths United States is likely to lead them to believe that the canal has opened to them a new market In regions heretofore Inacces sible. If the economic and geo graphic foundations exist for such an extension of trade, then the future has In stors for us many wonderfully attractive features, if, on the other hand, sufficient broadj bases do not exist, a crash Is bound to follow. 'The more cautious the American manufacturer and capitalists ths lesr he will loss In time and mnney and the less ths west coast will loss In reputation, and good prospects. The opportunities on ths west coast are chiefly concerned with the develop ment of mines of copper, tin and nitrate, and aa compared with ths great riches t of ths Andes, ars relatively of small Importance." Schmidt Trial Postponed. By Associated Press, New York. Nov. 19. After having been called for trial today ths can of Hans Schmidt slayer of Anna Aumul ler was put over by consent of both sides until November It. . BRITISH PUN OPENING PIN T WARNS OF Former Forester Tells Conser vation Congress Water Power is Being Secured by Few. ADDRESS IN SUPPORT OF FEDERAL CONTROL Chief Forester Graves Dwells on Activities of Service and Assistance to Settlers. . By Associated Press. Washington, Nov. 19. Gifford Pin chot, chief forester of the United States, leading champions of govern ment control of water power rights, scored In the National Conservation Ing before the convention the minor congrcss today and succeeded in forc ity report of the committee on water power rights. , With former Secretary of the In terior, Walter L. Fisher in the chair, former Secretary of War Stimson, who joined with Mr. Pinchot in the minority report yesterday, moved for a change of the rules that the water power question might be discussed from the floor. Scores of delegates who favored the majority report which would combine national with state control with less restriction on water power grants protested. Mr. Fisher ruled that a motion to suspend the rules was not debatable and It was : carried amid loud cheers. Mr. Pinchot read the minority report and thereby opened the general debate. Senator Burton of Ohio champion ed the policy of strict national con trol of all water power rights and urged the delegates not to get into an "unseemly squabble between state rights and national control." "It Is Impossible," said Senator Burton, 'that state control should ade quately solve this great national prob lem. In this matter we are conduct ing no crusade against capital but there must be a recognition of the danger of monopoly and a desire to provide for public welfare In the use of this great national assembly. Washington. Nov. 19. With the declaration that the water power of the United States was rapidly passing under monopolistic control, Gifford Pinchot, former chief forester of the government, told delegates to the National Conservation congress today that stern methods must be adopted to offset the tT.Jency. His addrt-ss was accepted by some of the dele gates as a defiance to those who are said to seek the loosening of federal control and an extension of the reg ulatory powers of the individual states. "If the public rights cannot be recognized without a conflict," said Mr. Pinchot with emphasis, "then we shall have to fight, and If we have to fight, now is the time." Henry 13. Graves, head of the Unitr ed States forest service, and E. A. Sterling, director of the American Forestry association, also were on the program. Each discussed the nation al forests and methods for their pro tection. Mr. Pinchot declared that the de velopment of water power only under proper safeguards was the greatest necessity In the whole water power situation. He quoted figures collected by the federal bureau of corporations and the National Conservation asso ciation intended to show that concen tration of water power control had nearly doubled In the pasr two years. Concentration of Control. "In the last seven years," he con tinued, "the concentration of control In the 10 greatest groups has In creased about seven times faster than the total of all water power develop- ment in the United Statea If this Is not monopoly In the making, where can It be shown. Commercial power to this degree In political power anil there lies the greatest danger, "Ths control of any source of me-' chanlcal power carries with It control over ths Industries which require tho power, as the rapidly Increasing dom Inatlon of water power Interests over electric light and street railway com panies well Illustrates. "Under these circumstances we find that ths control of the water power business, Ilka the control of ths oil business, the meat business and ths anthracite coal business Is passing Into a few strong hands." Mr. Sterling told of ths strides be ing mads In the art of private for estry In the United State. This he regarded as of gratifying importance because of Its affect on ths futura timber supply of the country, Forrater Graves Address. Washington, Ntoy. 1 9. Henry 8. Graves. United States) forester, spoke before ths National Conservation con gress In session today, dwelling par ticularly on ths present policies of ths government In respect to the activ ities of ths forest service. Referr ing to the attitude of ths present ad (Continued tr page I) MONOPOLIES
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