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Y hi ,1 rrt tAZirrs-Kswa bajs tls un fzrprsm abspcijltsd riusa bsr. vc, nt TEX 4AS0UXAS. Weather Forecast! i, v ti i 1 I . v as. I 7 FAIR BTT COOLER. V0L.XVII1. 1T0. 233.; 4 ASHEVILLE, N. 0., MONDAY AFTERNOON, : DECEMBER 15, 1913. PRICE 5 CENTS i SATIRISTS ME Till TOM MILITANT STARTS ' NO SLEEP STRIKE president Orders Investigation of Satires on Philippines . Policy at Officers', I - i I , Banquet : , ' iHOSE RESPONSIBLE MAY GET REPRIMAND Daniels Suggests to - Admiral Howard That. He Deolin , presidency of Order Of Garabao . Miss Sylvia Pankhurst Adopts This. Method in . Additon to . Hunger Strike to Force Release From Jail Young American Militant Liberated , BED DlllSil OF COMMITTEE messrs o wen and Hit Acock clash London, Deo. IS. Miss Sylva Pank hurst, th militant suffragist agitator, since .her. arrest on December 10, has adopted 'the more drastic methpd of adding a "no-sleep strike" to her "hunger and thirst strike" In order to force the prison authorities to. re lease her. She accomplishes this by walking continually. Her condition is already aggravated and her friends expect her release shortly, ; ' ' i -The police, however, plan" to keep both Miss Pankhurst and her, mother in Jail until after today's weekly meet ing of the ' Women's Social and Po litical union. , . - In the meantime the militants con tinue tneir violent taotics. The arson squad last . night burned down an until the conclusion of the case, "Washington, Deo. , 18 -President Wilson today ordered an Investiga tion by the war and navy department of the satires on the administration's Philippines policy which featured the annual banquet last Thursday of the Order of Carabao, an organization of army and navy officers who - serv in the island ' President Wilson, sug-. .ted to Secretaries Garrison- and Daniels reprimands for those responJ Secretaries ' . Daniels and Garrison nnfrred early today and called for a statement of explanation from' Bear Admiral Howard and Quortermaster General Aleshire, the highest ranking officers at tie dinner.. , - . . Secretary Daniels at the same' time .innrBstad to Admiral Howard that he decline the presidency of the order to which he -was elected last Thurs day and Informed him. that tile - song "Damn." Damn Damn, the Insurrec-, inn1'; which was sunt at the banquet. I 6uld never be sung Again, under the ! nresent administration with . Officers J jf the navy jpresent,. , Confederates and Widows to Receive Pensions From Superior Court Clerk. empty mansion near Bristol. Another party broke every window in the Rich mond police station. ' . . Miss Zelle Emerson, the American suffragette, was brought up at the Police court today charged wltb dis turbing the peace last evening in the Bow district t of ; Bast London. She entered the prisoner's enclosure with one arm In a sling. It had been badly wrenohed in thef souffle . with the police. ' The police testified that Miss Emer son had smashed a policeman's hel met with the pole of. a hammer she was . carrying. The magistrate re- manded her for a week on ball, after she had promised to keep the peace Forces Against Republican Ex traordinary Convention ; To Fight Reduced . - Representation. j ' Cause of Eye Weakness Charged to Barbershop frew York, Deo. a. The New York committee on the prevention of blind ness- sounds an alarm today by the report that more than . half of the oaseS of eye weakness among men of this: city may be . traced to barber shops. ; It Is alleged that bay rum and other face lotions -used In some shops contain wood alcohol and that the inhalation of the fumes or drons of the liquid In the eye causes serious trouble, y There Is already a law prohibiting the use of such lotions but the com mlttee on blindness has found it to be rarely enforced.; The aid of the in spectors of the hea'th has been sum. moned in the crusade to be waged for enforcement of the law Several barbers and proprietors of barber supply concerns were sum moned for ; arraignment on such charges In the court of special sessions today, following two convlotlons for similar offenses obtained : last week. BIG EO SHIPPED ID jGMtFr:::ic?:.'i Christobal Sails With Fourteen Large Mortars Artillery. ""-. I men Also' Sailed.; V The state pensi9ns for Confederate loldlers and .their widows, which Ut dUtrlbuted annually, has been recelv ed by Marcus Erwin, clerk of Superior court, and will be disbursed by him it once. The'- pensions' are divided into classes and those who oome un der the fourth class will receive an Increase of $2 per month ever last year, all the. others remaining, at the same figures as heretofore. . There is only one soldier who draws a pension under the first class and he gets 73 annually. Four -receive pensions under, the second class, which is 80 per year;' six under. the third class at $48 per year and. 282 under the fourth class at 132 per year There are 169 widows of soldiers who reoelve pensions under the fourth class, the amount being the same as their husbands received. - ' ' Every year a large number of the uldJers die and others are granted pensions, who heretofore have not re ceived! them, ' therefor keeping the average about the same every year. When a soldier dies, if his widow makes application and . It Is passed upon favorably, she draws tils pension during her life, but at her death It topa ( . Some of the soldiers. It Is said,' do not come to 'the olty( except on the days that the pension Is distributed nd always they like to linger around for the day and talk over again those stirring scenes of, 61-'65, for those who partltTipatcd in the war of ths states never tire of telling of hat happened then. . New u York, Dec. .IB. The steamer Christobal,' operated by a government steamship company between New York and Panama,' left port , today heavily leaded with the first of the big guns to be sent to the Isthmus lor the fortification, of the canal. . The ship carried fourteen ' large mortars whose carriages are already In place at tht. Atlantio and Pacific entrances of the canal. within two weeks the guns will be mounted and ready for use. A detachment of coast artillerymen sailed with the. guns to day on the Christobal. -. The largest gun in the Panama for tifications will be a 16-lnoh rifle, Which will be installed at "the Pacific entrance. It Will bo-carried by the Christobal on her next trip about the middle of January. ' In addition to the forts at the en trances of the canal. Inland defenses will be constructed along the shores of the canal.- The headquarters for the army, navy and marine corps' on the Isthmus are at the Paciflo entrance of the canal but several posts will be maintained elsewhere, inoludlng the Atlantio entranoe. ; t Recakitrar V ,mocrat Charges Currencv Bill Author Mis- yr- ated Facts and Falsified Record Senator . . ' Burton Offer Six Amendments to Bill. . - ' BY TOMORROW MAY BE THE DIVISIONS Odds Said to Favor Conven tion Hilles Says " He Is ; Not Using Power ; ' Of Position. REBELS CLOSE KB is nil Four ( Persons " Killed ' and 34 Injured Hurricane Im : ' v peded Rescuers. Chemnitz, Germany, Dec. IB. -Four persons were killed and 34 seriously injured early , today by the crushing of a passenger train in a tunnel which collapsed during a slight earthquake. : The .train .was bound from Boss- wetn to Chemnlts. The tunnel which collapsed pierces the Harras cliffs, eight ; miles from here. The locomo tive and six cars were burled beneath huge rocks, n "', A relief party with doctors and am bulances from Chemnitz was brought quickly to the wreck by the signal men at the mouth of the tunnel who saw the collapse- and telegraphed at once to headquarters. A hurricane accompanied by snow hindered the. work 'of , the . rescuer! The earthquake , shock was plainly felt here. . . .'., Washington, Dec. IS. Such mem bers of the republican national com mlttee as bad arrived here today in dlcated almost an even division of sen. timent on the- questions of party reor ganization whloh are to be taken up in conferences beginning tomorrow. The forces opposed to an extraor dinary convention , were lining up against the proposed - reduction . In southern representation. Some, com mitteemen regarded it as probable that before the actual' work of th committee begins tomorrow ,therewill be three divisions of oplnidn; In the first will be. found th enational com mitteemen who favor the calling of a convention immediately; in the second will be those who are opposed to any convention at all and lh the third will be others who are willing; to have a national convention but who do not see any pressing need for It . The first and third groups are ex pected to Join against the second, and the- odds are saTd rto-be in favor 'of a convention': According to predictions of Chairman . JUUes. tiw convestloo probably; will thresh'. out its differences in open session wid the advocates of all proposals will- have an. opportunity to give their arguments lit public. - In addition to the members of the committee who expect to speak, Orms- by McHarg has asked for a hearing. Mr. McHarg Is understood to have prepared a brief against the right of the national oommlttee to call any ex traordinary convention..'-. Chairman Hilles said today that ha was not at tempting to use the power of his posi tion for either contention and holds to the view that it is a question, to be settled by a majority of the ; com mittee. - . Washington, Dec... 15. Verbal hos tilities , between Senator -. Oweh In charge of the currency bill and Sen ator Hltohcock of Nebraska, the only democrat, who has stood out against thd administration measure, broke out again in today's currency debate. At the conclusion the senate, on motion of Senator Hitchcock, struck from the record references to him printed as a part of Mr. Owen's speech last week. Senator Hitchcock charged that Senator Owen, in revising- his speech. had withheld the original copy made by senate reporters, and had inserted sentences and paragraphs which were a "misrepresentation of faot as well as a falsification of the' record." . Senator . Owen said he had placed insertions in the record to make his meaning clear "following senate cus toms." He expressed his willingness record, but immediately read it into the record anew, lth another attack on Senator Hitchcock for his course In connection with the currency bill. Senator Burton today presented six amendments to the bill. One would prevent the use of the new currency as cash reserves, and another would eliminate the power . of the federal reserve board to suspend the reserve requirements. ' Th eothers proposed minor changes. 4 . Senator Smith of South Carolina made a brief speech supporting the bill. He declared that the measure would replace the present "inflexible, artibary currency," which an elastic medium of exchange. - Senator Vacdaman of Mississippi presented telegrams from Mississippi bankers protesting against govern ment control of the regional banks if the. banks were to supply capital for Impossible to Tell Whether Advance Will Result in ' t " ' Battle or Drawn " 1 1 Seige.. , , REPORT ISSUED OF FLETCHER DISPATCHES to have the matter srtrtoken. from the the system. Chicago Headquarters Of B eg gers Association ." Chicago, . Dec. 16. This city ,1s the headquarters of a national association of beggars, according to officials of the ' police department Lieutenant James V. Larkln of the detective bu reau last' . night - announced that the organization maintains a school In' one of the poorer neighborhoods of the west side where recruits are taught thet ricks of the trade.. . ,"The Gay Cats" Is the' official name FIFIEFJ HUB IN 1913 of the organization, say the police, Although headquarters are in Chica go, "camps" are said to be maintained in other large cities of the country, Methods ot deceptions are part of the curriculum of thet raining school, according to the police. Recruit are taught how to "make up" as cripples and invalids. ? They are shown the use of' acids in making healthy hands and arms appear scalded. ; HIGH SCHOOL 6Tt7)IlT3 . . USARN TO BOXD iMiATS A ship-building slip Is maintained la connection with the hlKh school at h Pedro, Cal.. where, under the Practical instruction of a nautical ar chitect the students lenrn how to "aft Clasirt in t).at-biljln and marine commrrro nutkn trli.g to the harv and aboarfl nhlp to . study hlp-oonstructlon, rriKlne-ariion, anil th rharnctor of the ra.rtf.Kn. Klilp P'ng law In also part of the course. FAST WORK ON TRYON 7 . AUTOMOBILE ROAD Special to The Oaiette-News. ,, Tryon, Deo. IS. work on tne au tomobile road that is being built from Trvon td Kutherfordton is progress ing' very fast and it is stated that about SO men with as many teams are engaged on the Job. The work is be ing superltended by Will Olgn, an ex port road engineer; and J. D. and J. F. Blankership have charge of the ac tual construction of the road. It Is expected that. Tryon will be visited by a large number of winter tourists when the holidays are over and preparations are being made to recleve them. . W. V; Swann, for IS years superin tendent of the Tryon Hosiery mills at Lynn,- has" resigned, owing to '-ill health:' " - POLICK SAY CIALZAHO WAS VICTIM OK THE IlLACK HAND PHACTICftLLr DECIDED TO BEimitUEBTS President .Thinks Georgian ; Eminently Qualified to -;. : Stay in Office. 'Washington, Dec. '15. President Wilson has practically decided t- Re appoint Judson C. Clements of Geor gla as a member of the . Interstate commerce commission. He will soon announce the names of those to sue oeed the late John IL Marble and Charles A. Prouty. The lattor will be come director of physical valuation. Persons close to the White House say the president not only did not wish to interfere with the composition of the commission which la hearing the application of the ; eastern railroads for a five per cent Increase In frelttht rstes, but notwithstanding Mr. Clem ents" advancing years, believes him eminently qualified to continue In office.. AWAKENED TO n WITT. VI i T n T-T5 rno,T cn i Tl ritUburgh. Pa.. Deo, IS. Frank Clnliaro died In the hospital at Brad dork, Va., early today another victim, the police declare, of the bliwk hand feud thiit has been wsufd In the sub urb for almost a year. - The shootlns offiirred within a fw feet ot a bln'K Imiirt nninler throe months aro. The ,,.,,..,,n nua Ma Drndeciwior, es- CU)t!il. Charlotte, X C, I "l oy the crying (,f n. e i t""nan It. It. Oo.lfrry T l '"Vr.l at 8:.10 y.-.v... lf bud cut I rr ! WVWll.H i:K:::, ... 1 of licr n' k. A r rft f? r , . ; ' .r , '1 tr U , a 'n. Mo- h city it- ' Vl.i NT WILSON'S HLT) H "IM.IXi VI UV NKT.I.T" Ir.ntrr . t :: W-MKhlnston. I". 15. President ,.'...... ii with a cold, was ilr'nrrd t,.l;iy to be "(lolnf nleriv. i.ii-ni r.-tinl.d In his m ,,,, I.'. ..rk f..r the fi-t t... 'n v . ,1 .- , dtc'ntlnit n ti ..tn l'.-r C I'1' The ire." , but took DECEMBER HASKI1ALL IV ST. PAUL, MLVNESOTA Rt. Paul, Minn., Dec. 15. Nearly jooo men, many of them In shirt uleeve. yesterday wltneMed the (Irst nme of outdoor bBseball ever plnyed in this city after December 1. Bov. rini in inn cuyi prnminant cHlrens, liK'liKllng Mnynr Keller, particlnnti'd In the l onteet and the itate receipts were ed li d to Ht Vsul's "community ChrltlKn" fund. All of Victims Were Unskilled ' Players 12 Killed by the Pitchers. I';niip IlMlrce, Vtitps M.'ii 1 for th A : noun A t.i 11 t ? a V a.-,..: '"1. Dec. 16. 1-dv.srd H. f-.r two yeiirs sn innidre "rlMin BMot'lntlon, Iihm nn- 1 I tl TIK-nt fl-'tltl tlliK.- 'i n"-iit"d n iidlHIiim wiUi'lmri'd ' i Work Dcfrins Tonight, Informal conferences between com mitteemen marked the day, but the real work will begin tonight when the entire' committee will be guests at dinner of Chairman Hilles. All fac ttons are expected to have a clearer understanding of the situation when It Is over. If the committee deoides tomorrow to call a convention, it is highly prob able that there will be some discussion of how best to feduce southern rep resentation In future conventions. The renubltcan . congressional , committee has drawn up several tentatlce plans for presentation to the national com. mlttee. . ' ' The plan which has met with great est favor In the congressional com' niittee proposes four delegates at large from each state and a number propor tionate to the republican vote cast in the election of 1908 in each congres sional district . '' The plan was discussed today with favor by some of the beat known men on the committee. : They pointed out that since the election of 1901 there had been a census and a congressional reapportionment; that many , states had been a census and a congressional reapportionment J that many state had not the same number of repre sentatives now that they had In that year and that in other states demo cratic legislatures had made reappor tionments. Aj&ew proposal growing out of that nlan was made by several eommltlee men.. It proposes four delegates at large from each state, one from each congressional district and one addi tional delegate from each ' congres sional district where the republican votes cast bore a certain ratio to the total yoe. Southern commltternen objeot to such a compromise plan. , COTTON CONSUMED IN NOVEMBER 4S2.B90 BALES 1. , Washington, Dec. IS. Cotton con sumed during November-amounted to 48J.694 running bales compared with 476,111 balsa In November last year, the census bureau announced today. Cotton on hand In manufacturing es tablishments on November ro eggre Kted 1.4H,90 httlos, compared with 1,141,012 bales bmt year; and In Inde pendent warehouses 214, 107 bale compared with M10.715 bales last yeur. 1 , Imports ' during November were 0K3 equivalent 600-pound com pared with 41J ! lt yeur. Es imrts during November were 1,061.114 running bales, Compared wllh 1,714, X7 bales In I'll. Cotlon snlriillm n'tlve during No vember numnnreil n,4T,7SI. ( com- Attacking Forces Have With drawn From Tampico Damage By Villa May. ; Be Mare Good IIVI EES wwmi "lilSfi JFiElln 28 Date Decided on at Meeting ' Saturday Other Matters Discussed Chicago,' Dec. 15. Fifteen persons were killed while playing DaseDaii during the 1913 season, according to figures compiled and published here today. Three of tl deaths .occurred in this city. 5 - ; Twelve of the victims were killed by being hit In the head by the ball direct from the hands of the pitcher. Foul Hps were responsible for the other three deaths. The report points out that all of the players killed were unskilled in the game and that none of the major league players received fatal Injuries. Following is a list of the fatalities: , May ,18 B. Parrot Chicago. May 23 V. Faught Cozad, Neb. May 28 J. Brushkwlts, Baltimore. 1 May 80 F. Greenwald, Holland, N. ' June 1 C. Brown, Chicago. June 3 W. Wiggins, Kearney, N. J. June I P. Bmith. Anacostea, Wash. June 2 F. C. Whlttemore, Jr., New Haven,, Conn. ' . . Jane S J. Q. Gillespie, Chattanoo ga, Tenn. ' June 18--R. K. Black, Charlerto. Pa. "" . June 17 J. Whetsone, New Or leans. '', June 28 M. Ruth. Jasonvllle, Ind '. June 28 F. W. Reed, Harvey, Ills. 1 June 23 M, MoCoy, Chicago. August . 30 U Roberts, .Phlladel phla. Pa. ',. The members of the Ashevllle Bar association, which held a meeting Sat urday afternoon In the office of the olerk of Superior court decided on December 29 as the date for holding the annual banquet of the association and a committee was appointed to ar range for the event. i It Is planned to make the banquet one of the best yec held by the asso ciation and a committee will be ap pointed to ask SCenator Luke Lea of Tennessee and Secretary of State W. J. Bryan to be present It is under stood that Senator Lea will spend the holidays here with his family, at the cottage In Albemarle park that they leased sometime ago, and it was an nounced ' from Washington several days ago that Secretary and Mrs. Bryan would arrive In Ashevllle next Friday to spend the holidays here the guests of Fred L. Seely at the Grove Park inn.- A oommlttee was appointed, to ar range with Governor Locke Craig in regard to appointing three Judges to hold the terms of oourt the first of which will convene here In January. A Hall Johnson, Fred Sales and Gilmer Welch were admitted to the association as new members. Several matters of a minor nature were trans' acted at the meeting. FIRST GOVERNMENT :" FUR AUCTION IN U. S Limited Number of Seals and White and Blue Foxes May " , Be IUUed. 1 Lue'ti. 1 1 with nr. 8O,073,f.7 In Novvinlmr WILL BAKQUET TONIGHT Members of the Buncombe County Medical -society will enjoy their annual banquet fct the Battery Park hotel to night. Preparations for the event which is always a banner one for the medical profession here, have been going forward for some time and It Is annnnced that the banquet, will be1 bitter than ever before. Dr K, W. Calloway, O. H. Tennent and.Paut H. Ulnger compose the committee on nr rangements and they have been work ing hard to make the event mere unique end enjoyable than( ever be fore, t It Is understood that there will be several prominent physicians present as fluent nf honor on this occasion, although the names of speakers, and the reepnnw.s to toasts aligned to them, liuve not been announced, fol lowing the cuatom of th soclnty. The program te slways a source of much plmiatire on account ef the novel man ner In which it Is complied, ,snd no I nun in mi"i". inn ... It befoie th ImiKjiietni IMinWl, . St Louis, Vo., Dec 15. The first government fur auction ever held in the United States will take place here tomorrow. Scores of buyers from Eu ropean and Canadian markets will at tend the sale. Japan, England and the United States have entered into an agreement to protect fur bearing animals. limited number of seals and white and blue foxes, therefore are permit ted by the United States government to be ' killed in Alaska. , Heretofore th skins from these animals were sent to London to be sold at auction Jid the finished products were return d to the United States. Th department ' of commerce re cently ruled that seal' and fox skins which were the property of the gov ernment should be sold hi this coun try. rtelng the largest fur market in th United States, 8t Louis awarded the auction. OJlnaga, Mex, Deo. , IS, Only Americans with spe cial passes were permitted to cross into Mexico today bocause of the closing in of the rebel forces and the prospect of an attack on General Mercado's 4000 federal troops garrisoned here. Whether the ' advance of the rebels will result in an immediate battle or a prolonged siege ' Is impossible to tell. OJinaga, in the opinion of military men, is virtually impregnable, i The town,, about which the federals have, a built strong fortifications, Is on top of. i a plateau which rises abruptly 60. feet : from surrounding ground. The river forms a half circle around it on the east and north while on the south rises a series of hills, all of which mav . be commanded by artillery located on. the plateau. ( t ; , There are three points from, which an attack might be delivered. Two of these are ra'ther difficult to man euver cavalry across so that the other would be useless, as the rebels wilt rely mainly on cavalry for the Jffonse. The natural . opening, for an -attaek' -would be along the river Tiank to. the: southeast , - . .5 - The Importance of the ultimate re sult here lies in the fact that should -the . federals win they then would be In a position to attempt to recapture Jaurez, opposite El Paso, Tex. - If the rebels win, General Fercado's forces either would have to 'surrender or cross into the United States. ' Rebels Cease Firing. Vera Crux, Dec. 15. Firing has ceased this morning in the vicinity of Tampico, the Mexican rebels having roll ft el alHll.ntli, annM 4k. .vw..vu c.uv.ivy. (.u BVU1U (.1119 UUJlllIlU uus cannunaoe or me reaerat gun boats. ' .. . . ,. -. This was the report sent here bv wireless today from Rear Admiral Frank F. Fletcher, commander of the American war. vessels in the Gulf of Mexico.- The distance to which the rebels. had withdrawn was not stated. Military men here regard it as probable that the rebels discontinued firing on the outskirts of Tampico, pending the arrival of artillery from Victoria. . . Washington, Dec 15. The latest messages from Admiral Fletcher re garding the battle between Mexican federals and rebels at Tampico were summarized In the following state ment made public by the navy depart- ment: . A dispatch from Admiral Fletcher on boar dthe Taooma. dated 3 p. m. Saturday, December 13, advises that me connirauonaiuns nave snut ore m water supply of the city. At 10 p. m. he advised that H. M. ' S. Hermolne was in the river carrying the flag of Rear Admiral Craddock. , "Writing at noon on Sunday, De cember 14, Admiral Fletcher advises that conditions have not changed and that the Ward line Morro Castle has arrived. . There is a north wind blow- lng and until the weather moderates It will not be possible to transfer . refugees to the steamer. He advises 1 that the constitutionalists have with drawn from the immediate vicinity of Tampico. . , t 'At 1 a. m., December IB, Admiral Fletcher advises that conditions have not changed since he- sent hi last despatch," ' ' -' , ', - Brigadier General Bliss, command ing the United States border patrol, reported to the war department todny that he had reason to believe that any losses to foreigner In Chihuahua City caused by General Villa's Mexican rebel troops would be mado good. General Bliss added that General Carrsnsa, th head of the rebels, had dispatched an agent, Felix Bonimer field, to Villa with despatches direct ing respectful treatment of foreigners and if necessary would ' visit Villa himself. Inasmuch as there has been dlffl- culty in communicating by telegraph with Chihuahua City, American Con sul Edwards at Jaures has sont a mes senger by automobile to get details of events there from Consul Letcher. Until a report is received from th latter no formal comment to expected. here. LEArra on rvxxi ten KTOIUUs TO 1119 DKATH New Tork, Dec. IB. Dere Hall, de scribed as a lawyer of Detroit Mich either leaped or fell ten stories to his deeih today from a room In the hotel Marie Antoinette. He was about yeare old. His body was found by BTvanta In ,a court yard. emixkxt prrrvB and 1 BOTAXPST HA rASKFJ Taeorha, Wash. Dec. J5 Rer. Tlnn hen D. Nevlus, D. TX, S1 ynrs ni l. who founded more than SO KpUcnrr ! churches In th Paeiflo northwest fi - ! J.ere yesterday. H was a botm. and a plant tinmed 111 Ms honor. H e "Ncvluela AlehHmeensI'' Is - -n -tenlvely in England. i ! il o" l'"l