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ii 7. LAST EDITION Weather Forecast! FAIR AND FREEZING TBS OAZITTS-yBWa BAB IBM MOST XPBSBIVB 'aSBOCUTSO PBS8I BBM ,,CS IH TBX CABOUHAS. VOL. XVIII.' NO, 257." ;; ASHEVILLE, N. C, MONDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 8,1913. PRICE 5 CENTS 0 W ' M W I f til I W IPERKS SOFTLY TO SUFFRAEISTS Resident Says He Personally Favors House Committee But Declines to Send Message. NO PROTECTORATES WILSON DECLARES President Denies That U. S. Contemplates New and "Far Reaching" Policy With Prospect to Central America .. - . No Negotiation in Nicaraguan Treaty. AS NOT CONFERRED WITH LEGISLATORS lo His Encouragement is Mere ly Personal and in No Wise Offcial, He Insists. Washington, Dec. 8. President Wilson told callers today that the United States did not wish to estab lish a protectorate over any country of Central America or any other part of the globe. ' Published reports that the United States contemplated a new and far reaching policy .with respect to Cen tral. America, especially Nicaragua, brought a prompt denial from the White House, i The president ventured in suggestion that the report might have had its origin In the proposed treaty with Nicaragua outlined' eeveral months ago but he pointed out that in; the treaty the terms of the Piatt amendment to" establish Jurisdiction such as this government maintains ocer Cuba, were included at the aug- gestlon of Nicaragua. The president denied that there was any new development in the Nica raguan treaty which , still Is in the state of negotiation. CAPIAS IS ISSUED FOR D; L1UGKAY NOT TO INTERFERE WITH ELECTIONS Part of His, Stock of Liquors Unaccounted for, i3 the Allegation. President Wilson' Outlines Purpose, of Visit of State Depart ment Officials to Dominician Republic To Act Merely as Impartial Witnesses. FLOOD GUMS MORE Writes To Uncle Sam For Cheap Panama Hat Washington, Dec. 8, In the grist of pleas, recommendations and com plaints that pours down upon George R. Cooksey, private secretary of Sec retary McAdoo, therei appeared today a letter from little Lottie Lester of Seattle, Wash, It revealed a tragedy: "Uncle Sam, Panama hat . depart ment, Washington, D, C. -. , "Dear Uncle: I read In the Seattle Post-Intelligencer today that you have Panama hats ( for sale . cheap. My papa gave me a -nice Belgium hare nr-ishlncton. Doc. 8. President Vllson today told a delegation from ATnnntii American Woman's Suf- f age association that he favored tt andlng woman's suffrage committee a the house of representatives, dui ne enled their request that he send a beclal message to congress urging ihp reform. Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, president f the association, summarized briefly (heir appeal to the president to assist fhn movement either by sending a Inoelal message to congress, py vln- iluding reference to sunrage in any reneral message he might deliver or fcv using his influence to have a spe lal committee of the nouse appomiea n consider the subject "I want you ladies, if possible ana f I can make It clear to you, to ealize Just what my present 'situa ion is," said the president to the Belesation. ''Whenever I walk abroad realize that I am not a free man; am under arrest. I am so carefully and admiraDiy guaraea inui i uuvu hot' even the privilege of walking the klreMs; . .,.. -i- -. 1 "That Is. as It were, they prevent tny present . transference from being I ' On- Chesapeake- Her 1 in indikiduaj: wlthv hte-lnAa. rf -anfc't ( ---v K . end every aubject,.to being an official bunny last Christmas and I used my Papa's Panama hat to make a nest for bunny. She had eight little bun nies but she ate almost all of papa's hat and now I have to buy a new one for papa and would like to give it to mm for Christmas. Please let me know lf.you have one that will fit my papa for 3 cents as I have saved that amount" The llttlei girl enclosed a'newspaper clipping telling how the government had Panama hats for sale, which had been seized by customs officers.; . . CAPTAIN SLAIN IS BY GREW AT SEA Sloop Mary Inez Found Adrift fiy jrif a grfeat government ami' mrldentar- v. or sto it falls ut under our system bf governnient, yie? sppke.sma.i ,o p fcarty. h ' i . : - WIH Not Present Private Views. 'I scit myself this very Wrlct' rule khen I was governor of New Jersey kind have followed It as pesldept and khall follow it as. president that I am mot at! liberty to. urge upon congress n me swages, policies whtch' have not- had the organic consideration of those lfor whbm I ara spokesman. , 'In other words, I have not yet pre- mited to ahy legislature my private views on any subject and I never shall liecause I conceive that to be part of the whole process of government, that I shall be spokesman for somebody, rot for myself. It would be an Im pertinence. When I speak for myself, J am an individual; when I am spokesman of an organic body, I am ;i representative. - j "For that reason you see, I am by my own principles, shut 'out, In the language of the street from 'starting anything.' I have to confine myself to thoso things which hnve been em bodied as promises to the people nt an election. That is the strict rule I set for myself. Fnvorg House Committee. ; "I want to say that with regard to all other matters, I am not only glad lo bo consulted by niy colleagues In the two houses, but I hope they will often pny me the compliment of con sulting me when they wanttto know my opinion on any subject One mem ber of the rules committee did come to me and ask what I thsucht about this suggestion of yours of appointing j ' a special committee of the house as i McDeriUOtt the senate has already appointed a special committee for the considera tion of woman's suffrage, and I told him that I thought It was a proper thing to do. "So that so far as my personal ad vice has been asked by a single mom br of the committee It has been given to that effect. I wanted to tell you that to show that I am strictly living op to my principles. When my prl te opinion Is axked by those who ro co-operating with me I am most Kind to give it, but I am not at 11b rty until I apeak for somebody be 1o myself, to urge legislation upon the congref." . Conflict: ng comments were forth coming from the delegates after tb reception. Dr. Shaw expressed t. vlew that the president's .interview was very satisfactory. "It was all that we could ask for," he said. "He la In favor of a com mittee of the house; that was ouf chief purpose In coming to see him," Washington, Dec. . A large dele gation of women sufTraglsts marched V! Whlte House at noon today to PMrident Wilson for a definite ex pression of his views on votes for women. ,. In coI. biting wind that whipped tnelr banners and played havoc with 'ominlne finery about 100 leaders of ine cause, who had remained here "ler their lout week's convention, as sembled ot suffrage headquarters near !, tr,'Mury',or th trniTsh to the "hlto Houae ofllres. Between lines of police and bearing ...... nuri rcDreKftfitlnv Crew Vanishes. COLDEST WAVE OF A capias was, Issued this afternoon for D. McN.' MacKay, returnable be fore Judge Adams in Police court Thursday morning, . when J. W. Haynes, who was prosecutor In the recent liquor -Investigation before Judge Frank Carter, will ask the court to enter Judgment in the case against Mr. McKay, to , which ' he pleaded guilty last Tuesday morning of vio lating the prohibition law. : ; '; This action is takW it is stated, be cause when the intoxicants were seiZr ed at his store on Pack square the latter . part of -the week, almost 30Q gallons were -unaccounted for of the amount shown in the Inventory of his stock taken when the Investigation began. He was unable to explain this shortage and the prosecution holds that he has broken faith with the courts. In ; violating the agreement made when the prayer for Judgment Was Continued, -whereby he was re quired to forfeit his stock of liquor and his license to sell on prescription, and agree not to apply for such license again. '-':- . When Judgments were entered ' In the cases in Police court Mr.- Mac Kay and the others of the defendants pleaded puilty in cases in which Judg ment was' continued for a period of three years, during. which time', the defendants : must appear before the court fro mtime to time and show that they have not been engaged in the' Il legal traffic In liquor. , This suspended Judgment against . Mr. MacKay will be entered Thursday morning if the court complies with the request of Mr. Haynes for the prosecution. . Washington, Dec $. The United States does not Intend to supervise or Interfere with the approaching elec tions in the Dominican republic. A special commission from .Washington will merely observe the election as "friendly and impartial spectators." That was the way President Wilson today outlined informally the mission of state department officials now on their way to San Domingo. . President Wilson made it clear that the United States used its good offices in persuading the revolutionists to lay down their arms on the promise that everything possible within .interna tional right would be" done by the United Htates to insure fair elections. The United States government de cided to send some observers speaking the language of San Domingo to , act as 'impartial witnesses but not as referees or officials so that In case of dispute it would have persons to turn to' for , impartial testimony. It was SEASON H TS TOWN unofficial, even to the extent of not de siring recognition from the govern ment authorities of the island. The protest from San Domingo, it was ex plained at the White House today, was founded on the belief that the United States intended a supervision of thel elections and now that the notion has been dispelled by the state department the administration here Is confident there will be no objection to the pres ence of the American observers. Women Speak. Santl Domingo, Dominican Repub lic, Dec. 8. Women as well as men were speakers today at an immense mass meeting in favor of "free, and legal elections" In the Dominican re public. The meeting was held In the public square here under the auspices of the independence party. Perfect order prevailed. , . . A protest against the supervision of the elections by American commis sioners was put In circulation for signature by the audience. Twenty People Are Drowned Near Brcokshire, Texas, in Floods of Brazo3 River. COLD WEATHER IS CAUSE OF SUFFERING Plans Formulated For Ex tending Relief to Flood f Sufferers on Appeal , For Help." - : pointed out. that the commission was i j- ).; i ,vi , 1 Efitire N, Yi Police Force Lookin g for Young Woman Thermometer Registers 17 and .Ifee Weather MaiLProm-. A ' ises No Relief. Norfolk, Dec. 8. Captain Jame E. oyster sloop Mary Inez, Is believed toiw,lnter Btruck A.shevi1If I1"1 niht' and have been robbed, murdered and his body cast Into the waters of Chesa peake bay.- The sloop Mary Inez has been found abandoned and ashore on Guynn's Island, Virginia, and Captain Marks' son was today In Norfolk ask ing the police to aid in the apprehen sion of ; his father's supposed ' mur derers. The son found on the sloop blood stains, which led to the murder theory. It is believed that the body when cast Into the water was weight ed with a ballast rock found aboard the vessel. Captain Marks was In Norfolk one week ago today and de livered to local oyster packers a boat load of oysters. He received a check for some S215 and. cashed thisi hav ing the money on his person when he left Norfolk on the Mary Ines with a new crew, which consisted of one or two negro men. The names of these are -unknown. There was no sign of life aboard the Mary Inez when she was found ashore on Guynn's Island, f REPORT nil Found Guilty of Impropriety Make No Recommendations. . The coldest wave of the . present this morning the Official thermometer of the local weather bureau registered 17 degrees above zero. That tempera ture alone would not have been so bad, although it follows t long spell of extremely warm weather for ihe season of the year, except for the bitter wind that came with ft. There was a gale blowing all night and this morning at 7:40 o'clock Its velocity was 36 miles an hour.. The weather man does not hold out any hopes of warm weather this week, as he says that reports this morning show temperatures below th freezing point all over the United States, ex cept at a few points along the const. The cold wave is attributed to a severe storm that has passed up the Missis sippi valley' and over the great laker, and relief is not expected soon since the conditions are so widespread. MUST SELL FOOD AT PtAGEcPRIGES Such Is Order Made by Villa to Dealers in Northern I Mexico. ; New York, Dec. 8. Every police man in Greater New York had In structions today to look out for Misa Jessie McCann, the 23-year old daugh ter . of Robert McCann, a wealthy wholesale grover, who disapeared on Thursday last as mysteriously as did Dorothy Arnold. Miss McCann left home Thursday morning ostensibly to go to a home for destitute children where she did volunteer work as an instructor. Since that time all trace of her has been lost, although a friend of the family, reported today having seen a girl answering her description In Wall pearfed dased. The girl's father is a personal friend of Mayor Kline and has appealed to the mayor to exped ite the police in the search. EXPECTS QUICK ACTION E ' Washington, Doe. 8. The house lobby committee concluded its work today by passing upon the revised text of its conclusions as to testimony regarding Representative McDermott of Illinois and other principal figures In the house investigation. Democrats and republicans signed a report which is said to hold Represen tative MoDermott guilty of impro priety ot conduct, but makes no re emendations. Representative McDonald of Michi gan today completed a report agrer-ln; to the committee statement of facts but embodying dissenting conclusions and recommending legislation f ir lcb bylng. The reports will be presented to the house tomorrow. President Does Not Think It Will Be Long Delayed in Conference. "I am positive that there Is no ro mantic reason back of Jessie's dis appearance," he said today. "Had there been she certainly would have sent us some word before this because she would have known our anxiety, and it certainly would not be charac teristic Of my daughter to cause her family any suffering. On the other hand she has never suffered in the least from any mental or nervous trouble and the Idea that she be came lll and wandered away unwit tingly doe not seem to have the slightest fact to bear it out." . , . Another Mlssintt. .' Mabel Vera Moulton, 16 years old, fivaa also-x&pactedVirdgxlng today..-: She had not been seen since Deceber 3. when she left a Broadway department store where she worked, to meet her mother uptown. . ' Jaurez. Dec. 8. As a means of placing the Mexican rebel territory on a normal basis, General Francisco Villa today issued an order that all foodstuffs shall be sold at prices usually obtained in times of peace. Stores in Chihuahua and other rebel cities are required to sell goods at prices named by Villa. j The rebel leader said that if mer chants attempted to advance his prices he would confiscate their prop erty. Train loads of provisions are to be shipped from aJurez to the most famished citizens of Chihuahua. Unless the federal troops who de serted Chihuahua unexpectedly turn up and resort to guerrilla warfare the northern part of Mexico will assume a semblance of peace through the open ing of the railroads. Villa has been on the alert for a possible attack by federals and his pa trol of the 22S miles from Jaurez to Chihuahua has been in the nature of precaution. It was reported that Luis Terrlazas, the wealthy land owner, had paid to have the federal army escort himself and other civilians to the border and that federals after reaching the bor der might attempt to retreat to the state of Neuvo Leon. SAYS GROWN PRINCE HAD HAND IN ZRBERN CRISIS Socialist Deputy Says that He Sided Strongly with the Soldiery. HOUSE VOTES TO TAKE PART IN NAVAL HOLIDAY Washington, Dec. 8. Senate changes In the administration cur rency bill, so far, will not cause any protracted discussion when it goes to conference with the house. In the opinion of President Wilson. With administration leaders he hopes tor passage by December 20 and smooth action In conference that will permit the usual Christmas vacation for con gress. Senator Swanson, one of the admin istration supporters on the banking committee, opened the debate today, generally analyzing and endorsing the measure, which he declared was the best. remedy under present conditions. He urged prompt action and praised the president highly for Insisting upon currency reform. The present rystem of mobilizing reserves In New ork Mr. Swanson arraigned, saying it was responsible for "trusts and monopolies." ' NEW II.WKV KtUMJtOS J'LXL SHAKl'LY I KTOHF.lt nearly every New York, Dec. . Sarnlngs of the New Yoi. New Haven ft Hartford railroad system, which have dwindled steadily for many months, fell off severely In October, as shown by a report which appeared today. For that month the decline In net corpor ate Income was' $883,000. For the first foyr months of the fiscal year there has been a decrease In that Item i.t 1X152.000. On the stock exchange me wonivn tramped off heiided I today the stock declined 2". points Dr. Anna Howard HHaw, Mih, Jin- j to US. within a small fraction of Its (CoM'n'jxl on pas,. .) I low moorrt. STEAMER DAMAGED RV COLUHION WITH DREDGE Newport News, Vs., Dec. I. -With her bow crumpled In the American steamer A. A. Raven arrived hero this morning and reported having collided bows-on with an Unidentified government dredge In Delaware river late Friday night. A survey woe held this morning and the damaite estimated at about 115,000, all above the water line. . The Raven was bound from Philadelphia to New Orleans with n cargo of Christmas goods. Thee will be transferred to another vriwel here. ST M REACHES ATLANI STATES Passes From Great Lakes to East Freezing . in the Gulf States. BerllnDec. 8. The hand of the German crown prince was at work in the recent crisis In Zabern, AlBace, ac cording to Dr. Georges Weill, a sof clalist deputy In the imperial parlia ment. Speaking to his constituency of Metz today Dr. Weill said: "The crown prince sided strongly with the soldiery and visited the im- nerlal chancellor, Dr, Von Bethmann Hollweg, on December 3, the day on which the chancellor made the unsat isfactory speech in parliament which resulted In the passage of a vote of non-confidence In th egovernment. "The chancellor's hazy references on that occasion to the emperor's antl military orders were undoubtedly due to his desire to reconcile the wishes of the German ruler and his eldest nn." Lieutenant Baron Von Forstner of the 99th infantry, the Instigator of the trouble between the soldiers and the citizens of Zabern, told friends today that he was "as good as retired from the army." BELGIAN AUTOMOBILE RACING PILOT SHOT Resolution Passes Urging Pres ident to Co-operata in Churchill Plan. Washington, Dec. 8. By an over whelming vote the house today passed the Hensley resolution requesting the president, so far as he can do so, with due regard for the interests of the United States to co-operate with the suggestion of Winston Churchill, lord of the British admiralty, for an Inter national naval holiday of one year. The resolution expressed It to be the opinion of the house that Mr. Churchill's suggestion offers means of "Immediately lessening the enormous burden on the people and avoiding the waste of Investment in war mate rial." A motion to recommit the resolution made by Representative Moore ot Pennsylvania, who led thg opposition, was voted down by 184 to 40. Mr. Moore's motion carried with it a sub stitute requesting the president to use his inuence to consummate an agree ment with all nations for suspension of a naval program for one year, but containing no reference to Great Bri tain or to Winston Churchill. Bryan, Tex., Dec. 8. Reports hcr today tlmt probably two thousand ne ' grooa and Italians have drowned . In the thirty mile levee district could not be confirmed. The reports were based on an estimate made by land owners In tlie district of the number ' of their tenants and their total num ber of known rescued or those still marooned. - ., v Houston, Tex., Dec. 8. Ninety-six persons were known to have perished up to noon today in floods that have swept through several sections of Texas. Twenty-five of those drowned last night or early today were in ter ritory where warnings have been post-, ed for several days. . The crest of the flood today was nearing the gulf In .the Brazos and Colorado rivers, f , ; Houston, Tex., Dec. 8. Twenty per-. sons are known to have drowned near? Brookshire, in Waller county, today in the Brazos floods. .' Brookshire is about 60 miles in an air-line from the river's mouth and marks approximate- ly the position of the flood crest .to day. : ..;. .: .'y; Houston, Tex., Dec. Cold weath er that set in during the night added to th.e discomfort of thousari4af f- -ugeee in- south- Tex f5o-'tejrtttrj1' Throughout the water bound districts of the Brazos and Colorado rivers flood victims waited in trln houses and trees for rescue boats tovtake them to concentration camps on the levees that remained above the tide. While the Brazos crest reached the gulf on Saturday, yet its fair today was slow and the territory along the river 100 miles up from the grulf ex perienced a record overflow. This seriously delayed rescue work. Addi tional fatalities were reported. To day's dispatches . placed the estimate of the drowned at about 98, Plas for Relief. , St. Louis, Mo Dec. 8. Plans for" extending relief to the flood sufferers of Texas were formulated at a meet ing of the executive committee of the Business Men's league here today. The meeting was called yesterday on the receipt of a telegram by Mayor Henry W. Kiel, from the mayor ot LaG range, Tex., appealing for aid. The telegram stated that the vicin ity was In urgent need of immediate financial assistance. It estimated the damage to LaGrange and the vicinity at 1500,000 and said the city had no railroad communication, ' SCHMIDT'S TRIAL FDR Lawyers Enter Plea For In-' sanity Without Consent Of Client. Washington, Dec. 8. The storm that was over the Great Lakes yes terday has passed to New England, leaving shifting galea on the lakes and the Atlantic coast, rains in the Atlantic states and snow in the Ohio valley and the lake region. Temper atures have fallen decidedly over the cast and the south and It Is freezing today as fur south as the Interior of the gulf states. Predictions are that the weather will be generally fair tonight and Tuesday east of fhe Mississippi river except that snows are probable to night In northern New England, the Interior of New York, and on .the lower lakes. Temperatures will be lower tonight In New England and It Brussels, Belgium, Dec. 8. Camille lenatzy, the Belgium automobile rac ing pilot, was accidentally killed In a forest near here today by the editor of a Brussels newspaper. Both were members of a hunting party on the game preserve of a wealthy friend. Jenatzy had been racing since 1903, when he won the International cup race In Ireland. He took part In the Vanderbllt cup race In October. 1905, but did not finish. In tho Vanderbllt race of 1906 he finished fifth. SAYS EMPLOYES' FAMILIES MAY HIDE ON PAS8ES Pittsburgh, Dee. 8. George Baiter, speaker of the Pennsylvania house of representatives, today Issued a state ment In which he declared that the publln utilities act enacted by the late legislature and Inforco January 1 next does not cut off free transportation from the families of railroad employes will rise Tuesday In the region of the In this state and any action In that Great Lakes and the Ohio valley, direction by the railroads was volun Frost Is experted tonight as far south tary on their part The Pennsylvania as northern Florida. ..'... railroad recently Issued an order by . Storm wo minus are displayed onwhlrh the. families of It employes, th Aliunde Coast from Kastport to ; from president to section hand, were Hatter and on the Great Ijikea, prohibited free transportation. ACCUSED OF MURDER OF PARENTS, IS SILENT Augusta, Mo.. Dec. 8. Fern aid M. Eldridge, arrested yesterday In con nection with the death of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William It. Eldrldae, whose bodies were found In their par tially burned home at West Gardiner, persistently refused today to discuss the case. An autopsy has been performed ti duy and preparation were mado for an inquest later. The police claim to have discovered In Eldrldges lodglnas evidence that the young man contem plated suicide. New York, Dec. 8. Hons Schmidt, I one time assistant rector of St, Jos- ! unK1. Vm i r f Vi m-tta ranA nn trial tn- day for the murder of Anna Aumuller, a crime which he confessed after por tions of the girl's body had been washed ashore last September by the Hudson river. His dnfese of Insanity was made by his lawyer without his consent. The district attorney charges that Schmidt la shamming Insar Ity and that his plea to be p remitted to expiate hi crime In the electrio chair Is Insincere. EXI'LOSIOV OF GASOLINE TANK VERY' DISASTROUS AVIATOR NARROWLY ESCAPED DRWNING Chattanooga, Tenn., Dec. 8. Mra Fred A. Krsuse, wo drowned: her niece, Rosa Wilson, aged i was burned to death rnd several other were In jured late yesterday when a pleasure launch wa burned near th dam at Hale' bar on the Tennessee river. Several member of the party are In the hospital at Hale bar, sufTorlntr from shock and exposure. The fire was caused by the explo sion ot a gasoline tank. Bodies of the victim have bee received. San Francisco. Dec. I. Silas Chris tofTerson, the aviator, narrowly es caped death by drowning late yester day when his hydroaeroplane plunged almost atralght downward from . height ot 2000 feet Into Han Francisco boy. Chriatofferon was strapped Into the seat of the machine and when it struck the water It overturned, leaving th aviator head downward beneath the surface, He unbuckled th four strap that held him, and after being ubmergd for more than a mlnut cam to the surface again. He wa taksn our of th water by llf aver, 11
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