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. TBM OAZBTTE-yMWB BAM TBt MOBT tIPBSSIVM AM80CUTKD FRSSt IU TIC IK TBM CAXOtlllAM, Weatner -forecasts FAIR AND COLDER. ' I' VOL.. XVIII. NO. 294; ASHEVILLE, N. 0., WEDNESDAY t AFTERNOON, JANUARY 21, 1914. PRICE 5 CENTS ym Mwmm V MR II 7A II BILLS FOLLOW TRUST MESSAGE Five Anti-Trust Measures Car t rying of President's Sug f gestions Introduced . In Congress. CONFERENCES ARE HELD i WITH THE PRESIDENT Bills Include Interstate Trade Commission and General Trade Relations Measure, Sir Felix Schuster Says They Have Made U. S. Strong Competitor. Washington, Jan. 21. Five bills to carry out suggestions of Presi dent Wilson's trust message were be ing complied in congress loaay. 1 ' The-bills 'will embrace the follow ing: : . ." An Interstate trade commission with Inquisitorial powers into corpor ations and authority to aid the courts and keep big business within the law. Prohibition of Interlocking direc torates in interstate corporations, rail roads, and national banks. - Empowering the Interstate ' com merce commission to regulate the Is suance of railroad stocks and bonds. ' A bill which would define specif ically what constitutes conspiracy in restraint of trade. ,' ' . , A general trade relation measure seeking to eliminate "cut throat" competitive business ana wnicn wouia provide punishment for individuals in stead of business and make it possi ble for. firms or Individuals injured by . unlawful business restraint . to avail themselves of findings against combinations and Institute suits . in equity for relief. . After a conference last night at the White House members of the house ludlclary and senate Interstate com merce commissions went to the capl tol today with the program as out lined In mind, and revision of tenta- ' live drafts of measures already pre pared was undertaken. Senator Newlands, chairman of the committee which. will have charge of the legislation in the senate, and Chairman Clayton, Representatives Carlln and Floyd of the house judi ciary subcommittee on tru-t leglsla tion were in conference with the 1 president Representative Adamson, chairman of the house committee on Interstate and foreign commerce, which will . have jurisdiction over bills .relating to government supervision of railroad securities and interstate trade com mission, expects to confer with Pres ident Wilson today. There Is pending before this committee a railroad se curities bill drawn by himself which will form the basis for the adminis tration measure. A trade relation bill drafted' by the judiciary lubcommit ' tee and Senator Newlands and shown to the president last night may be Introduced by Senator Newlands and with other measures pending, turned over to the Adamson committee to aid It in Us work. A meeting of the judiciary commit tee will take place tomorrow, when bills relating to trust subjects will be reviewed and probably will be in troduced the following day. ' Congress ought to adjourn by June 1st in the opinion of Representative Underwood, the democratio house . leader who discussed proposed legis lation today with the president. Congressional leaders and the pres ident" want an early adjournment. Many members are eager to set back to their districts to participate In the primary and fall elections. if The president indicated that . while he hope dlhat as many of the things as possible which he recommended in his December message should be tak en .up he would be satisfied if, be sides the regular appropriation bills and the Alaskan question, legislation eould be emphasized in his trust mes sage yesterday. iAJ3 DEBATING METHODS AS TO PRISON BUREAU I Washington, Jan. 21. Members of the woman's section of the National Clvlo federation enprrtuwd indecision today as to the practical method of executing a suKirwitlon made to them by E. Btagir Whiting of New Tork for the. establishment of a foderal bu- rau of, prison nianagfumant. That . Whiting s sumjostlon was the logical solution of tho convict labor evil wu believed by the fertoratlnn rnfmbors, snd It ws rniU It would be surportod unanimously should It crystallise tri the foi'm of a resolution In ruiirrnii. WMtlng donnuni .-.1 conditions whl.-n ha aald e it In ; southern t f!rn inn convi.is r l r cf i rfl 1 ; y I1 rxit-HT-.t to co'-'. t..r. Edward Beardsley Gives Up, But Not to Officers Farmer Who Has Defied Authorities in Barricaded Farm- house For Eight Days Surrenders to Hotel Man, According to Prearranged Plan. ' Mayvlllo,' N. T., Jan. 21. Edward Beardsley who for more than a week has defied the efforts of Sheriff An derson and a posse ot arrest him, sur rendered to C. (D. Backus, a local hotel man, early today and waa locked up in the -Jail,. Backus, -who was appointed a deputy sheriff, effected the "cap ture" alone and in keeping with a plan agreed upon by Beardsley yester day. Beardsley was served with a warrant charging him with assault in the first degree in having shot G. W. Putnam, overseer of the poor of Cha tauqua county, with intent to kill. ' , Beardsley's "capture", came after eight days of open defiance of the law and his effective defense of "Fort Beardsley,", as his farmhouse strong hold became to be known, dwindled Into" a burlesque with the outlaw in the principal role. He would allow GOL. HUFF WITNESS II SPEERjNQUIRY Former Mayor of Macon Tells Of His Experience With Federal Judge Macon, Ga., Jan. 21.-t-Local interest in the investigation of charges of of ficial misconduct against Judge Emery Speer, of the United . States , court, outhern district of Georgia, had ap parently increased, when the third day's sessions, of the subcommittee of the house oommlttee -ofv judiciary began this morning. Th uurt ' room was well filled with spectators in an ticipation, of. -the Introduction of some of the leading witnesses, who had been subpoenaed to appear yesterday but had been excused through the courtesy of the committee., . . ' '' As on the two previous days Chair-, man Webb took the lead in question ing the witnesses, although Represen tative Fltzhenery and . Volstead, the other members of. the committee, would ask an occasional question on some point not quite clear to therr. The Committee showed great familiar ity with the voluminous record, which had been compiled by Special Exam iner Lewis of the department of jus tice, who last year took more than 100 depositions In the case. Sergeant-at-Arms Williams an nounced at 10 o'clock that the com mittee had been delayed and would probably reach the court room within thirty minutes. Colonel W. A. Huff, an octogenar ian, former mayor of Macon, and credited with being one of the insti gators of the investigation, was the first witness called when the commit tee convened at 10:26 o'clock, He stated that he was 81 years of age and hud resided in Macon for fifty eight years. ' The witness stated that on August 15, 1890, all the property he possessed was thrown Into the hands of a re ceiver, the proceedings being insti tuted in Judge Speer's court. - A temporary receiver was appoint ed, and in 1902 a portion of the- es tate was sold, he said, to the state of Georgia, . the sale being -by consent. Colonel Huff had demurred at the price suggested- and a price satlstac tory to himself hud been later agreed on. The money received had been turned over to a company holding a mortgage on the property. The decree of Judge Spec" ' Imd been later modified on the first ap Deal to the appellate court, the plain tiffs being required to pay the costs accruing prior to the' appointment of the permanent receiver. A final decree of sale of the prop erty by Judge Speer had then been appealed, the lower court being sua. talned. ENDUES TARIFF AND ' lal London, Jan. 21. The United States tariff act and the currency bill were the most important events -of th year Kit' in the commercial world, according to Sir Felix Schuster, gov ernor of the Union of London ana Smiths bank In hl general review of the financial and trade outlook read at the annual meeting today. He con tlnued: . "These two measures must have far reaching consequences, for they have made the United States a more for midable competitor than ever before, not only as regards International com merce but as threatening London position as the center of international banking." Mir Felix said that he had no doubt Mitt commerce would be stimulated )y thfwi enactments snd that Great Britain's trade mith th United States jwnoui ij increaseu to mumai a 'J any one to see and talk with him ex cept the sheriff and he turned his no toriety into money by the sale of auto graph postal cards, posing for photo graphers and moving picture men. He boasted that Sheriff Anderson would never "take" him. A week ago Tuesday Beardsley shot Overseer of the Poor Putnam as the latter was about to take the outlaw's nine children to a county Institution. He barricaded the windows and doors of his farmhouse and kept the sheriff and his posse of 25 men at bay by threatening to use the children as a shield against their bullets. On Mon day he agreed to surrender today If the children were allowed to be ;al:un out of the county and he be permitted to give himself up in Mayville. Put nam, the wounded overseer of the poor, will recover. SUGGESTS MOURNING FOR W THE VOTE English Suffragist Urges Such Plan in Case Women Are Not Enfranchised. New York, Jan. 21. A vision of the streets of New York filled with a company of women In mourning was pictured for the Equal i Franchise league today by Miss ' Eva, Ward, an English suffragist, who was making suggestions to meet the possibility that women may not have the vote in 1 916. :,Her advice to go into mourning for loss of the votes created a. pro found impression. . -'-.vv- j ?What blessing it would., be not to be compelled, to plan any new clothes for six months," said Mrs. Howard Mansfield. "It would give us a rest from shopping and dressmak ers." , - Mrs. Davis Johnson thought it would be hard work to get the 150, 000 of the rank and file of suffragists to wear mourning for any length of time. . , C APT. RICHARD BOAZ OF VIRGINIA IS DEAD New York, Jan. 21. Captain Richard B. Boaz a Virginian, who re tired a year, ago after an ' eventful career as a steamship commander. died yesterday at his home In Brook lyn, aged 71 years. Possibly the most notable o fsev- eral heroic deeds in which Captain Boaz participated was his rescue of three hundred passengers . and the crews of the Meridla and t headmiral Farraguet when those steamships col lided May 12, 19111.. ' Captain Boai In command of the Hamlton of the Old Dominion Com pany received a, wireless distress call fro mthe Merdla the night of May 11. When he reached the wreck scene the next morning- the Merlda had sunk and the Admiral Farragut on the decks of whlc hthe passengers and crews of both vessels were hud dled, was settling rapidly. Every per son was taken aboard the Hamilton. SULZER WITNESS AT JOHN DOE INQUIRY New York, Jan. II. William Sulzer former governor, now an aseemDIy man, was the chief witness cited to appear this afternoon at the resump tion here of the so-called John Doe Inquiry Into the political graft, espe cially as concerns New York state road construction. During the period before and after his removal aa gov ernor, Sulzer ' made many charges against his enemies hot he did 'ot take the stand at the Impeachment proceedings and his appearance today was the first under oath. It was said that District Attorney Whitman In sisted that the witness sign a waiver of immunity. SEVERAL AVIATORS EMPLOYKI) TO SiEARCII FOR SUBMARINE Plymouth, England, Jan. 21. Ser vices of several aviators have been enlisted In the search for the British submarine "A-7," which with her crew of eleven disappeared on Janu ary It during maneuvers In WhlUs and bay. A number of hydroaeroplanes at tached to the British navy left today for Whltesand bay. ALFIIFT) HE OltO MAKES NEW POCKET BILLIARD RECORD Tampa. Fta., Jan. 21. -Alfred De Oro, champion pocket billiard player. In running the second block of 200 balls of a six hundred ball match for the title of the south with Frank Oar row of Texas, made a ner yorld's re cord run of 74 bajls. , The former mark of III balls was made by Do Oro In New York a tow weeks SfO REBELS PREPARING TO GO SOUTHWARD Villa Concentrating His Forces Along Railroad to North . Of Torreon. Chihuahua, Mexico, Jan. 21. Or ders were issued , by Francisco Villa today for a concentration of rebel forces along the railroad north of Tor reon to prepare for the march south ward. Rebels scattered In the state of Durango and Coahuila and the garri son in Juraez were ordered to join those at Chihuahua, Jiminez and Santa Rosilia. . Evidences have multi plied that the federals at Torreon will try to check the rebellion at that point. Torreon. is now the northern most federal stronghold in the heart of the republic. The federals hold that if the revolutionary movement rrom the north 'is to be . stopped at all It must be halted there and that the loss of Torreon to the -rebels would leave the way open for Villa's advance to Saltl Ho, Monterey, San Luis Postosl and cities .near, the tapltal. . . : Villa said that he was not lnclulned to believe the federals would evacuate Torreon. He therefore ordered to be concentrated all rebels who might he spared from- the surrounding coun try. Within ten days, he said, his available army for the campaign would number ' 15,000 well equipped soldiers. 3enerai '; Villa expects per sonally to lead , the campaign. The rebels are already within striking dis tance of Torreon, They occupy Lerdo and Gomez Palaclo, - Important su burbs. . The capture "Of Torreon by, the rebels would leave two routes open to Mexico City. One would be direct ly southward through Zacatecas and Agua Callentes. The other would be eastward through Saltlllo and Mon terey, then southward through San Luis Postosi. As an indication of his intention to head his troops arid also as an In stance of the summary manner in which he appoints Important officials, General Villa while preparing to take the train fpr' -Juarez today turned to General Miguel Cfcao and said: "Gen- eraf Cbaa you are nowovernor" of the state of Chihuahua and I leave everything in your hands while I go at the head of my troops to dethrone thje usurper of our liberties." U.S. REPLIES TO J IRE UNSATISFACTORY According to Statement About Alien Law Made by Jap-1 ; anese Ministre. Tokio, Jan. 21. Japan regards as unsatisfactory the replies made by the United States to. her protests in con nection with the California alien land ownership legislation, according to a statement made today by Baron No buakl Makino, Japanese foreign min ister. : . - - , . , . - "Japan .recognizes the necessity of elaborating other plans for the solu tion of the question," he stated in his annual address to parliament "The nature of these plans I am as yet un able to report." 'Baron Makino's declaration that "no answer whatever" had been made by United States to Japan's third pro test presented in August was the sig nal for an attack on the government by several members of the opposition who alleged that too much reliance had been placed on the good will of America. - ROPE. STEAMSHIP RATE BE All Companies Represented at Shipping Conference Ex- cept Hamburg-Am. Paris, Jan. 21. When the North Atlantic Shipping conference met here today hope was expressed that moans would be found to avoid a destructive rate war among the bis steamship companies. All companies in trans Atlantlo trade were represented with the exception of the Hamburg-American, which is holding out for ap In crease in Its quota of steerage pas sengers which under the present pool ii 41 per cent as against the North German Lloyds 87 per tent. . - The view prevailed that the com panies would . hold together whether the Hamburg-American did or did not Join the agreement. Aviator Killed. Ulnlch. Jan. 1 1 Sergeant Si hweia r, a German military aviator, was killed here today by falling with bis aroplne. - Schooner Crew Rescued By Hetpic Life Savers Every Man Takr . Wrecked Vessel With the Breeches Buoy-r -ers Worked Repulsed Again Chatham, Mass., Jan. 21. Through the heroism and unflinching effort of life savers using the breeeches buoy. Captain" Hart and his crew of seven men were rescued today when the New York two masted schooner Gen eral Alderbert Ames was wrecked oft Monomoy Point. The Ames, 450 tons net, was bound - from St. John for Philadelphia. The schooner struck before daybreak on Bears Shoal about 200 yards oft shore. The .life savers In' their surf boat were driven back and the beach gun was brought out. The only knoll where the apparatuss EXPLOSION KILLS E 1 Powick Pavilion at Ottawo is . Wrecked Extent of the Disaster Unknown. Ottawa, Out, Jan. 21. Four per sons were known to have been killed and several injured 1 nan explosion to day which wrecked Powick Pavillion a huge cement and steel structure at the exhibition grounds. In the con fusion that followed the explosion it was impossible at first accurately to ascertain the number of killed, and it was feared that some may have burn ed in the debris. Many prize holders and cattle at the big winter fair now underway perish ed. The accident was caused by the explosion of the heating plant, ' EXlRLEi: SLATED FOR FEDERAL POSITION North Carolinaian Will Be a Member of International Joint Commission. Washington, Jan. 21. Former Gov ernor Robert B. Glenn, of North Car olina, mentioned for interstate com merce commissioner and other Im portant posts In Washington, s now to be slated' for the internatiopal joint commission. The commission Is composed of Former Senators Gardner of Maine and Turner of. Washington, both democrats, and Former Representa tive James A. Tawney of Minnesota, republican. It is understood that either Mr. Turner or Mr. Tawney may resign and that Secretary Bryan will recommand the appointment of Gov ernor Glenn to fill the vacancy. Con. flrmation by the senate is not neces sary. . ' Raleigh, Jan. 21. Former Gov. ernor R. B. Glenn, In a letter to the editor of The News and Observer last night, announces that under no cir cumstances will he be in the race to succeed Senator Overman. He states also that President Wil son had offered him one of two places and that he' had accepted a position on the international boundary com mission, his Information being, that the commission will be Issued on or before March' 1. 1 RING LEADERS OF STRIKEJf ARRESTED General Railroad Strike in Por tugal Broken Normal Service Restored, ' Lisbon, Portugal, Jan. 21. Two hundred of the ting leaders of the general strike of railroad men in Por tugal were arrested today by order of the government. Warrants against 409 others were issued but the men evad ed capture. 1 The strike, which was declared on January 14 has been broken. Many' at ine men nave resumed work and pnesenger service has been restored almost to normal. t . . 1 ij Wllfton Invited. FOUR RS HURT I Alexandria, Va., Jan. 21. President linen will be invited to participate la the Waahingtnn anniversary cele bration here Fi-bruary'Jl when there will be a purndo under the simplm of the George Washington birthday association ' , , Unflinching in Icy Wa- and Again by Surf. could be anchore dwa sfortunately directly oposlte the standed schooner. The combined crews of the Mono moy and Monomoy Point Life saving stations,- working waist deep in the icy water, fired four shots before get ting a line, across the Ames. The first man ashore from , the schooner told the life savers they must hurry as the masts were snap ping and it was feared that the vessel would go to pieces at any moment. Captain Hart, the last man to leave the Ames, was safe on the beach within half an hour. SUES USE (in in; ma ii S3 Action Against Owners of Liner by Son of Passen ger Who Died. New YorR, Jan. 21. An unusual suit for damages against a steamship company for burying the body of a passenger at sea was filed in the Su preme court today by H. Blair Finley, son of Clement B. Finley, a retired mining engineer of Tennessee, who died on the Uner Minneapolis on July 2 last. The plaintiff says that immediately after his father's death the employes of the lien took charge of his prop erty worth $750, which "greatly ex ceeded the coat of notifying the plain tiff of his father's death and embalm ing the body." ' y ' ' ' The complainant says that the body was. embalmed and carried on the vessel until July 6 when it was cast into the sea "within a few hours of this port. ' - . Finley asks for $3000 damages. ; TRAVELERS BANK OF ATLANTA IS CLOSED Atlanta, Ga., Jan 2.1. The Travel ers Bonk of this city failed to open its doors for business today. Affairs of the Institution have been taken in hand by the state bank examiner of Georgia. The bank was organized about two years ago with a capital stock of $200,000. Its deposits are said to be less than amount. The in stitution was not a member of the local clearing house association. After spending $4 on the Panama Canal you surely ought to know something about it. Do you? COUPON Save itibr , 4y Frederic Gazette-News I Colonel Coct DAMAMACAMAT Colonel Goethals soys: "Accurate and Dependable HOW TO GET THIS BOOK On 'account ot the education value and patrlotlo appeal of this book, The Gazette-News has arrangsd with Mr. Haskln to distribute a limited edition among its readers for the mere cost of production and handling. - It Is bound In a heavy cloth. It contains 400 pages, 100 il lustrations and diagrams, an index, and two maps (one ot them beautiful bird's-eye view of the Canal Zone in four colors), IT 18 ACTUALLY A $2.00 VALUE. ' Cut the above coupon from six consecutive issues ot the paper, present them with E0 cents at our office, and a copy of the book is yours. Fifteen cents extra if sent by mall, OUR GUARANTEE: This Is not a mbney-maklng Scheme. Tte Gazette-News will not make a penny of profit from this campaign. It has undertaken the distribution of this book solely because of its eduoatlonal merit and whatever benefit there Is to be derived from the good will ot those who profit from our offer. The Gasetto-News will cheerfully refund the price of the boolt to any purchases who is not satisfied with it '. Present Six Coupons of Consecutive Dates niTOiX ( l-NTS KSTR, IF KD.NT Y MAIL OF Tl GET RELICS Secretary Garrison Directs Re- turn of Duelling Pistols to , Children of Comf eder- . t . ate President. , ACTION ADVISED BY . ATTORNEY GENERAL Weapons Have Been in Custo dy of the War Depart- . ment Nearly Fifty ' Years. ' Washington, Jan. 21. Secretary Garrison today directed the return to the heirs of Jefferson Davis of two duelling pistols, a double ' barrelled- pistol and appurtenances seized by f union troops near tne close ot uiu , civil war. Mr. Garrison took this ac- I tion upon receipt of an opinion from a . .. ... . rinnaul McB Avnrilda thnf. the president ' of the Confederate states had never been legally deprived of his ownership of the property and that all of his rights in it had been restored to him by President John son's amnesty proclamation. The pistols which have been in the custody or- xne war uepai iiuent xui- nearly fifty years will be turned over to Joseph A.. Hayes ; of ; Colorado, whose wife Is Jefferson Davis' eldest daughter. The shawl and raglan be longing to Mrs. Davis and said to have been worn by Mr.. Davis when he was captured, were not included among ( the articles for which .Mr. Hayes ask ed, but it is presumed they, will be re linquished if the Davis Tieirs request them. In his opinion to Secretary Garri son 'Attorn cV. General McReynolds said: --'..-., .... .--- "It may- be said that none of the decisions discusses a state of facts nrantaAlv simitar tn tha nrenent asa but the -principle, to be 3erived from them is sufficient, ' namely, where property ot a : disloyal person was seized by the military forces of the government during the civil war,, and no such proceedings by way of for feiture, condemnations, sale, etc., were had concerning it aa would suffice to divest his title or any portion of it and transfer it to third persons or to the United States, then and in that event, a subsequent pardon restores to him his plenary title and right of possession. Such is the present case. As stated at the outset, no condem nation proceedings were ' had under . , .(Continued on page 9) . ... . a Copy of ( J. Haikin Wednes. Jan. 21 l J 2 . t ll.t.i I
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