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VOLUME XVIII. NO. 308
ASHEVILLE, N. C, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 6, 1914.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
EX. CROESUS
SEEKING WORK
un enormous income xiea
Up, Alberto Terranzas Is
Compelled to Work For
His Living.
35 TO 40 MILLIONS
umu iH&e xiiuu im ce uays
To Travel Boundaries of
Domain Confiscated
. By Rebels.
El Paso, Feb. 6. His Immense In
nli.ei Alhurt.. Toitq7(iu if the, f..milv
iiuat: name in iviexico in a synonym
sek a means of livelihood.
This information, as nstnnnrilne in
MPXi(n flrifl i, l,u,u the hrT"Hni- i a a
m nr news; nr rneiret ee nv
Vanderbilt would lie. in the United
razas expects to buy or lease a small
arm wnen ni 0:1 n mnvA ti ...
Mlit. He is nnp or IhdKp vvhn anno ni
nil until tn nni ilit.. ;.- ,1 .1
"t do not mind groins to work; It
bv n ' K erioa inine lie nil n fi
remarks tor nis prouiginty witn money
nns iikii (i diirv phiiiiteri; ,,r which
have been written on two continents.
The Terrazas fortune was founded
by Don Luis Terrazas now an octogen- :
arian refugee In this city. In land
gTnnts from President Juarez and
Porflrio Diaz. These holdings have
bc;n augmented constantly until now,
as train schedules are In Mexico, it
would take a passenger train three
days to travel the boundaries of this
domain.
1, .ImlnliAB nm Til.,,-,. -niilnu
south to Jiminez and west to Cnsns
Grandes. On it are towns, hamlets. .
1 n All
mines, factories and fertile farms. All
this was the property of the seni o
Terrazas and his three sons, Juan, now
In tho city of Mexico; Latls, Jr., held at
Chihuahua as a hostage by the rebels;
and Albirto until the rebels declared
the whole estate confiscated.
Beginning with the revolt of Fran
cisco Madero more than three years
ago the soldiers of northern Mexico on
either side of that and succeeding
revolutions have practically lived on
the Terrazas fortune. Immense sums
were contributed by the family to
favorite causes or were extorted by
the enemy.
A recent instance was the million
dollar ransom demanded for the re
lease of Luis, Jr. Je was Incarcerated
at Chihuahua but declined to contrib
ute until he was taken out, beaten
with the flat of a sword and a noose
placed around his neck. In thlR pre
dicament he contributed J590.000, all
the ready money at his command. He
was then permitted to Join his family.
The additional ransom now demanded
is 250,OOO, but it Is believed that Gen
eral Villa prefers to hold him as a
hoslnge to deter other members of the
family from financing a new revolt In
the north to harrass the rebel rear
army on Us march to Torrcon.
llow much money tho elder Terra
ins has on this side of the border Is
not known but his intimates say It id
comparatively little. He, like his sons,
always had an anchor to windward In
the way of investments in the United
Slut's but heavy expense have greatly
diminished them. Alberto, it la said,
would not acct aid from his father's
reduced atore, preferring rather lo
fight his battle with his ovrn hands.
When he and wife, and their children
hoarded the train the only servant In
the party was an old nurse.
SULZER 10 ELABORATE
HIS RECENT TESTIMONY
New York. Feb. l.--In compliance
with th truest of William Hulxar to
elaborate his recent testimony, Dla
triet Attorney Whitman was prepared
today to Place the former gpvarnor on
the stand at the resumption of the
John 4oe graft Inquiry. '
Hulitr has placed In Whitman's
hands letters bearing upon the mo
tives behind his Impeachment and the
manner in which It was brought about
Hulirr has insisted he was led to un
derstand from h leaders of his party
that there would be no Impeachment
If hs would stop his Investigations of
graft.
BUt Treasurer John J. Kennedy,
who appeared rsesntly before the
grand Jury with other members r1
the canal board of ltll Is to b que
rimed ini.av jn public. .The Jury
railed them to tesUfy In regard to the
.Btewart bids on contrscts which were
rejected after James C. Stewart had
(declined to submit to a demand for
Hl&O.OOo In that coiinecbon.
Q'SHhUGHNESSY is
NOTMNGEB
Reports That Everything is
Quiet Since Lifting of
Embargo by President.
Washington, Feb. 6 Official reports
today from Chare O'Shaughnessy In
Mexico City said he had experienced
no danger of any kind since the lift
ing of the embargo on arms. He re
ported everything quiet in the capital.
To Remove Subjects.
Berlin. Feb. 6. The German min
ister to Mexico today requisitioned the
German steamship Yplranga for the
of German subjects from
Tampieo.
SCHMIDT DECLINES TO
AUTHORIZE AN APPEAL
Says He Is Satisfied With
Death Sentence and Is
Ready to Die.
New York. Feb. ti. Hans Schmidt,
convicted yesterday of the Harder of
Anna. Aumuller, wan seemingly con
tent today and declined to permit his
counsel to appeal. Schmidt will be
sentenced next Wednesday to ijie
the
electric chair. The verdict, ren-
dered
Uttic more than two liours
afk r the jury had retired, seemed
glial relief to the former Driest who
. . .
hod sa; thvoutfh ilia JLi..twftl.4ftsfiaai
if In a dae. When the words were
spoken a light came In. ; iVlimidt's
eyes and he smiled. He saemed to
have prepared for the verdict. Since
his arrest on September 14 he has
refused to be shaved or to have his
hair cut. He has worn a handkerchief
n DU 0f a collar and his appearance
,. .
has been unkempt
As he stood before the bar yesterday
to heur the verdict Schmidt wore a
clean silk handkerchief and for the
llrst time since the opening of the
first trial he had combed his hair.
Schmidt ate a hearty supper after
his return to the Tombs, and Imme
diately afterward went to bed and fell
Into a sound sleep, it was when he
was awnkened by his counsel Alphone
0, Koelhle that he declared he wanted
no appeal.
"I am satisfied with the verdict, "
'said Schmidt. "1 would rather die to
day than tomorrow. I notify you that
I do not wish you to appear further j
In my behalf and that I will not In any
way assist you If you try to take the
case to a higher court. I would do
nothing to prevent the fate that I
know awaits me."
The murder of Anna Aumuller was
one of the most horrifying New York
crime history.
Schmidt was a priest attached to St.
Joseph's church. Ho took the girl to
a flat he had fitted up. He confessed
that on the morning of September '1
last he went to the house and while
she slept cut her throat, then dis
membered her body, cutting it Into
nine parts. The-te he disposed of In
the Hudson river.
FIGHT IN ICY WATERS
Small Boat Crushed, Three
Men Die With Specta
tors Helpless.
Chicago, Feb. 6. Hundreds of help
less persons lined thn shores of Lake
Michigan last night watching tho fu
tile fight against death of three men
whose boat had been crushed by Ice
floes. Onco the men gained a large
block of Ice to which they clung until
they slipped off. Then, encouraged by
the cries of oheer from the spectators,
who were unable to render assistance
of any kind, thn men fought on, and
gained another Ice cake where they
clung until, numbed by cold, they slip
ped back Into the water and drowned.
Thn victims were William F. Can
nell, keeper of a water works Intake
crib; Stephen Varley and a man nam
ed Wilson. Thn authorities said today
thsy would Institute an Investigation
Into the mysterious errand that Im
pelled th perilous trip In a small,
boat. At first it was supposed Cannell
had attampted-tn take a physirlsn to
the crib to attend his wife. loiter,
however, two women were taken from
the erlb In a pollen boat Thsy sold
and his companions had gone
ovlslona,
BIW WINTER OPPOSITION TO
AGAIN REIGNING
Severe Weather. Appears in the
Northwest and the Middle
West and Toward the
Gulf States.
TRAINS ARE REPORTED
STALLED IN BLIZZARD
Predicted Cold Wave Will
Reach States on the At
lantic Coast by Sun
day Morning.
Washington, Feb. 6 Biting winter,
bringing with it .the llrst severe con
ditions of the season! appeared in the;
upper Missouri valley, the ' plains
states and aa far south as the north
em counties of Texas today.
A.t points in Montana the mercury :
reached a minimum of 4- degrees be
IqW zero. In Texas there were sharp
drops in temperature.
In western Nebraska several trains!
were reported stalled in the blizzard. ,
The Wiather bureau predicted to- I
day the roll wave would reach the j
Atlantic states by Sunday morning. j
In South. I
Washington, Feb. G. A severe cold I
wave overspread the central, southern
stales today and was pushing eastward I
with Indications that it would reach I
northwestern Forida and the eastern
most ol the southern states Saturday.
Thunder storms were reported in
the south.
With zero temperatures or lower as
far south as the Kansas-Oklahoma
border, the weather bureau predicted
t;,t,ay ,hat the coU1 ,vavc would over-.!
fi r.eirl thn ...tut- null atateo I lu. m w 1 , 1 1
Mississippi volley and the lower Onto
valley In the next 4 hours and wouiu
reach the Atlantic coast states from
Florida to Maine by Sunday morning,
Denver, Feb. 5. Severe winter con -
ditions the -first of the season pte-1 roaster general. Mr. Van Antwerp de
vafled ihroughout the Rocky mount- clared that the Owen bill would only
aln region and the northwest today, j paralyze exchanges in the United
Northern Idaho had zero weather the , states and leave those In Canada and
first time this winter. Towns in north- i Europe free to carry on business. He
ern and eastern Montana reported spoke of the provision which would
temperatures of forty below zero. Tile! bar from the mails any newspaper
severe cold delayed trans-continental : containing a report of stock exchange
trains. transactions.
Denver had its coldest weather of
the season, the mercury reaching five
below zero.
Cattlemen fear little loss because
the cold wave was preceded by only
a light snow fall.
Still Fnllinjr
Kansas City, Mo., Feb. 6 The cold
est! weather of the winter struck
Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma and
Northern Texas today. A biting north
wind with sleet enmo with the cold.
cany in me aay tne temperature
reached zero In many parts of Kansas
and Western Missouri and still was
falling. Ten degrees below zero wan
registered In northwestern Kansas.
At Hutchinson, mall carriers car
ried torches to thaw out frozen locks
In mall boxes.
lo Texas.
Dallas, Tex., Feb. 6.-rSevere Winter
weather, tho first of the season, over
spread the southwest today.
In the Texas pan-handle tempera
tures dropped to zero. In Oklahoma
snow aeeompanfrd the extreme cold
in Vernon. Tex., the temperature feii
from 52 degrees above to 18 above
ejero In three hours. Fort Worth and
Dallas hud freezing weather.
Traffic Demyed.
IJncoln, Neb., Feb. 6. Railroad
traffic was delayed In Nebraska by the
blizzard that swept through the state
last night. In western sections several
trains were reported snow-bound. Tho
temperature was six below zero here.
STORY Of PERSECUTION
BY THE BLACK HAND
Results in Acquittal of Italian
On Trial For the Murder
Of Gangster.
New York, Feb. t. Carrfiinl I.'.cen
zlata, on trial for murder, told a story
of black hand persecution to a Jury
today that resulted In his acquittal.
Licentiate shot and killed Lugl Olor
dan$ In Hester street on November
14 last. i
He tsstlflrd that for a year he had
bsen followed by ' Giordano's gang.
that gangsters had shot him four
times and that ofire they had planed
a bomb In hla brolhur'e ators. On the
fay of the shooting, he said Giordano j
;, ci listed hi mon the street end de
manded "the money" mentioned In
n black hand lstter.
other witnesses testified that Glnr-
dano's friend removed a revolver
I from hla poukal after h hud fallen.
THE OWEN BILL
Governor of Stock Exchange
Tells Senate Committee It
Will Do Mere Harm
Than Good.
"BILLIONS OF STOCKS
WOULD BE WITHDRAWN ' '
"Would Paralyze U. S.
change and Leave Canada
And Europe tc Carry
Oh Business J'
Washington, Feb.
-Y.
Yan !
Antwerp, a governor of the New York
stock .exchange yesterday told senate
banking committee that the Owen bill
for government regulation of stock
exchanges would do more harm than
good and that enforced incorporation
would destroy America's primary
market place. The disciplinary power
of the New York exchange over Its Hons to his landing force were to pro
members based upon ".just and eqult- teet Americans and all foreigners,
able principles of ti ed.'," he said, was i DaVilfnar Theodore, wljp proclaim
a stronger restraint than could be led himself provisional president her
provided by any law
that to incorporate
would transfer the power
merit Into the courts wher
reviews would displace the
powers of the governoi
Mr. Yan Antwerp
declared if the
exchange were to adopt regulations ot
the Owen bill thirteen billions or
stocks and thirteen billions of bom's
would immediately be withdrawn
from its lists and the exchange would
cease to be a market importance
He added, however, .Unit the listing of
securities and thai irgiiiiiznUpn, cap -
i Utilization and'' flotation of securities
was a matter of government regula-
1
The stock exchange
rule against
; manipulation, he said, was more
; sweeping and was administered In
j far more effective manner than any-
1 thine that could be done by the post
If congress may exclude from the
mails newspapers containing perfect
ly truthful (although prohibited) re
ports of transactions upon an ex
change.'' said he, "there Is no n ason
that I can see why congress rannit
similarly exclude newspapers contain
ing comments on the doings of the
minority political party or any other
matter which the majority of con
gress might wish to withhold from
the public, it is a mistake to suppose
that we
; here in
of the stock exchange are
ippositbm to anything that
you may do to help us or to help the
public with which we deal."
RESCUE VESSEL'S CHEW
WITH BREECHES BUOY
gchooner Benedict Ashore on
N. C. Coast High Seas
And Winds Prevail,
I delegate to several republican nation;
al conventions. He had an cxtt-nslvo
Norfolk. Va., Feb. . -The threw career as a newspaper man, having
masted schooner Helen H. I'i nedlct. been owner and editor for n time of
Captain Torrev. from Perth Ambov, N. tin- "ort Jarvls Dally I'nlon unci of
J., to Fernnndinu. 11a., in ballast, went the Trl-Weekly Union. He was nlo
shore In thick wiather lost night one the foupder of a prominent rami
and a half miles south of the Nags Journal, the New York Farmer.
Head life saving nation, which Is; The deceased entered the hole)
about 00 miles south of Cape Henry, business about 2,'. years ago. having
Her crew were today being taken off bulll the High Point Inn In New J. r
10 tbs breeches buoy, the-saa being too ey at that time, t-ater he became In
rough for the launching of life boats ! t crested at Southern Pines, liming
by the life savers who went early la) the Plnev Woods Inn. At the time of
asslstnncn of Captain Torrey and his his dentil he was owner of Oak Hull
Imperilled crew. Three of the crnwat Southern Pines, as well ns of the
had been landed at 11 a m. The Hotel St. John nt Hendersonvllle. The
Henedlct Is reported In good condition latter will he conducted under the
but leaking. Weather conditions, how- present name by his son. Leon' St
aver, are most unfavorable. With the John, who has been connected with
wind blowing 30 miles an hour from his fnther In the management of the
the east and a driving rain, the work hostelry.
of rescuing those aboard the Benedict I The deceased Is survived by the wife
was inado quite difficult. Captain Tor-, Mrs. Mary St. John, one daughter,
rey has naked the Cnlled States rave-; Miss Mnry Ioulse: one son, l,eon: two
nuc cutter service for assistance and j brothers, Stephen arid George, of Port
the cutter Onondaga Is being dls- Jarvls: three sisters. Ella St John,
patched fiom this port. Mrs. Amelia Goldsmith of Port Jar-
Thc Benedict, whb h hulls from New VH and Mrs. Alonzo Stryker of South
Haveh, Conn., Is a vessel of 97 tons cm Pines.
register. She was built In Uuth, Me . ,
fn ISM, and Is owned by the Henedlct. H:TOIt ll ovs CONDITION
Mason Marin- npany,
Prrsldcnllul Chef Dead.
Kansas City, Mo., Feb I. ln J.
Gsstnnr who was held chef at the
White House under Presidents Gar
field and Arthur, died at his home here
last night. Gaston wns born In Paris
87 years ago. After leaving service ut
the White HoDuse hu came west.
PIIIPUIT
7E HAITIEN
Co .ander of Nashville Lands
ou Men to Protect The
Lives and Property of
Foreign Residents.
THEODORE APPEARS TO
BE LOSING CONTROL
Ex-Reports Express Apprehension
For Safety of City No
Organized Effort to
Expel Foreigners.
Washington,
Feb.
out
ti Rioting and
in Cape Haitlen
pillaging brok
yesterday to such an extent that Com-
mander Bostwick of the gunboat I
Nushvillc landed M men lo protect !
lives and property pf foreign residents
Commander .Bostwick acted atihe
request of foreign consuls. Instruc-
le pointed out fore his defeat at GfenOivves at the
the exchange hands; of the Zamor brothers, is try
ver of govern- Ing to set up a government at t ape
judicial Haitlen, where ho retreated. Accord
irbitrary ing to Comander Bostwlck's report he
a ppi ars
to be losing control .of his
forcer.
latest ri
sell oT the
at Port Au
henslon for
However, hi
orts from Captain Rus
jattleship South Carolina
Prince expresses appre
tho safety of the city,
reports no organized ef
1 the foreign naval frees
city though hir.earlier
fort
policing tin
, messages indicated dlMA tysfactlQh
among native generally over the pres
ence of the sailors and marines.
CHARLES ST. Jffl OP
Prominent Hotel Man of Sec
tion Succumbs to Attack
Of Heart Failure.
News was received in the city yes
terday afternoon of the death of
Charles St. John of Hendersonvllle.
Mr. St. John, who came to this sec
tion two years ago and purchased the
Gates hotel, having since operated It
as 'the Hotel St. John, had been in ill
health for some time but his Condi
lion had mil been considered of a very
i trerious nature
Heart failure was the
cause of his death and Hie nd came
very suddenly. The deceased was si
years old. Funeral services will be
held In Hendersonvllle tomorrow af
ternoon at 3 o'clock and the remains
rill likely be shipped to Port Jarvls,
N . Y . . foi interment.
Mr. St. John came of a
nd family of Port Jarvls
son of the late Charles
distinguished politician
distinguish -and
was a
Si. John, n
if the state
who served as presidential elector,
i oiigressman and Internal revenue col
lector, lie was also president of tho
Port Jarvls National bank. Ills son
iwus also quite prominent In the politi
cal circles of his city, having served as
postmaster at Port Jarvls and eg a
sl, To III MICH IMPKOtl li
Washington. Feh. (I. pnator Be
con's condition was i. ' to ho much
Im proved today His temperature
hail fallen almost to norma' and Urn
attending physicians nrr hopeful that
he will soon be able to resume his
; duties In the senate.
- Senator Slone of Mlssorul Is also
I better.
PAN - SLAVISM'S
E
JAPANESE PREMIER
ASKED TO RESIGN
I
Admiral Fujii Commanded to
Committee Hara Kari Be-
cause of Navy Scandal.
San Francisco, Cab, Feb. 6. Pre- j T ... n
mier Vamamoto of Japan was invited Charged With Inciting Re
today to resign by a delegation from belllOn Against AUStTO-
the province of Fukuoka because of
scandals arising out of naval contracts, I Hungarian Gov't,
according to cable advices received i
here by a Japanese newspaper.
The delegation iext visited Rear
Admiral K. FujII and demanded that
he eonimit hara kari because of his
alleged connection with the so-called
frnfr rnswi Members of the uarty
nim of having received money
from the Japanese branch of the Sie-
mens company of Germany which has
supplied various kinds ot apparatus i leaurr 01 me ran-ou; movraicui in
for new batileships. j Itussia, when the trial was resumed
At Si big meeting yesterday in Tokio j today at Marmos-Sziget of 94 Ruth
(he same advices say, a resolution was ; enians charged with inciting rebellion
adonted impeaching the cabinet. The J against the A ustro-Hungarian govern-
speakers Included prominent parlia
menlary leaders.
REPEAL OF TOLLS LI
IE
Provision of Panama Canal Act
Befcr Body as Adminis
tration Measure.
Washington, Feb. 6. Repeal of the
tolls provision of the Panama canal
law was before congress today as an
administration measure.
Although a repeal of the section
which would give free passage to
American coastwis" ships involves a
practical repudiation of one of the
plunks of the Baltimore platform, yet
administration leaders were sure of
prompt action in the house and began
lining Up their forces In the senate
where the hardest fight will come.
Some democrats there are avowedly
In opposition to the president's wish.
A repeal will dispose of Great Brit
ain's protest that the provision is in
violatione of the llay-Pauncefot
treaty,
Think of an ocean liner be
ing swung through the Pan
ama locks at the touch of an
electric button!
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'Russia Will Not Demobilize
Army Until Her Flag
Floats Over Carpath
ian Mountains."
STATEMENT ATTRIBUTED
TQ PAN.SLAVIC LEADER
In Trial of 94 Ruthanians
Budapest, Hungary, Feb. 6. "Rus
sia will not demobilze her army until
the Russian flag floats over the Car
pathian mountains."
This was one of the startling state
ments attributed to Count Vladimir
Bobrlnsky, president of the Russian,
constitutional conservative party and
men!.
Duliskovics, a. detective called to
give evidence of Pan-Slavic activities
in Hungary, quoted the sensational
in rase from Count Bobrlnsky. "I got
Into touch with Count Bobrinsky," he
said, "and the count entrusted me
with the task of enlisting the ser
vices of educated Ruthenlans who
were to join the Russian Orthodox
church, and after having been trained
were to return to Hungary to push the
Pan-Slavic propoganda among their
compatriots. Count. Bogrinsky gave
me $1,0011 to induce a deputy in the
Hungarian parliament, to interpellate
the government on the petition of the
Eluthenia na
Count Bobrlnsky, a member of the
Russian duma. was called to the wlt
. ness stand, where he emphatically de-"
nied that he e"er made the Incrimin
ating statement attributed to him. He
admitted acquaintance with Dulisko
vics but said his confidential agents
had warned him against the detec
tive. The court gave Count Bobrlnsky
permission to return to Russia when
he had concluded his evidence.
The trial has been in progress since
December 29. The principal defend
ant is Father Alexius of Mount Athos.
Great political interest has been
aroused by the proceedings, as It is
alleged that the seditious movement
among the Ruthenlans was promoted
and financed in Russia and that It was
curried out under the guise of a prop-
iganda to convert the peasantry into
j th
orthodox church but with the ul-
timate object of enticing them from
their allegiance to Austria-Hungary.
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