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Weather Forecast SXPKNUVM AMBOCIATBD PBSSt BBR riCB t TBM CAROLINA. RAIN OR SNOW. VOLUME XIX. NO. 1 ASHEVILLE, N. O, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 12, 1914 PRICE FIVE CENTS TBS QAlETTt-NKWB BAB TBS MOBT SEARCHING FOR MEX. INVADERS Mysterious Automobile Expe dition Into U. S. Supposed To Have Been Made by Huerta Recruits. SAID TO HAVE BEEN I A HUNDRED MACHINES Opinions Vary as to Purpose Of Invasion Villa Joins In Search on the Mexi can Side. El Paso, Tex., Feb. 12. Sharp eyed Tnlted States troopers searched :hrough stunted brush along the lahdy plains stretching back from the dlo Grande today for the Mexicans who started an automobile expedition from the American side of the border last night with the probable purpose of Coining federal forces south of the bor- Ber of harrassing the rebel garrison at uarez. The alarm reached General Scott in command at Port Bliss about 10 So'clock last night. Ranchers along the road near Ysleta telephoned into 'the city to find out the cause for gtich in unusual number of automobiles, some of which were covered with can vas and apparently carried boxes. Counts of the number of these varied from ten to fifty, but Inquiry it Ysleta today indicated that there rere more than a hundred. Mrs. Mary O'Nell, telephone opera- or at Ysleta, saw six of them seem- hgly laden with boxes under their Etnvas covers, turn toward the river. ley were without lights, and she bought that the machines disappear- In some of the numerous corrals in fsleta and were there unloaded.. The only soldier s6 far to have seen ny of the alleged Huerta recruits was -Corporal Kauffman of troop A., 14th bavalry. He was stationed at a village net of Ysleta. and when the alarni kunded he was dispatched to Ysleta guide other troops hurrying to that lint. He arrived ahead of the reln- rcements and lay in a ditch from tiich he says he saw the detachments ! about 15 men each make a rush lo rd the river. All night the Americans searched long the Rio Grande, but did not Itch sight of their quarry. To all appearances they had ee- iped. According to Mrs. O'Nell, Itrange Mexicans had been collecting Ince Tuesday. They came in small roups and were reticent about their business. Refugees are not uncom- non in this part of the country but Ihe number was unusual. General Francisco Villa, command- ling the rebel forces, received an in Itlmatlon of the situation at Ysleta and teent small detachments east along the (Mexican bank of the river to capture fto invaders. They did capture 10 men, but six of these proved to be harmless peons, and the other four were held ' for further investigation. Villa during the night sent out reinforcements and as they remounted he said today that i they should not have great difficulty catching up with the dismounted re cruits. General Villa said he hoped that the recruits got across the river for If the Americans captured them they would only be imprisoned while he could shoot them. The movements of the automobile constitute one of the mysteries of the night. Every road into El Paso was watched after the alarm but no pris oners were taken, although several i persons insisted that there were many j more machines and that most of them j carried armed men. There is direct : evidence of only those seen by Mrs. O'Nell. In an adobe hut which fprmed part of the corral at Ysleta American troops found a large stock of saddles which appeared nearly new. To one of saddles was attached a box full of fuses. These suggested that the re cruits. If such they really were, had in mind the destruction of the railroad Mouth of Juaret In order to delay the movement of additional rebel troop south for the Impending attack on Torreon. American cavalry officers early to day believed that one part of the ex peditions plana Involved ths capture of corral of horses nt Ysleta, about a mile from the Rio Grande, and rush them Into Mexico. It appeared this miscarried, for the rush to the other side, aa reported by cltlsens of Ysle ta, was precipitated before many of the horses could be obtained. GUNMEN HOLD UP 5 MEN AND WOMAN New York, Fab. 1$. Gunmen early today held up five men and a woman In a Broome atraat cafe near me Bowery, relieving their rlvtlma of a l sum of money and Jewela Anto nio Celcntano, who resitted the gang sters, was stabbed In the hip and side. Ills condition It serloua. After the hold-up the men ran to the street where three of them were arrested. A score of detective art starching the city for tht other. RIVERS HARBORS MliPOHUSHED Appropriations Larger Than Last Year's Because of Urgent Appeals. Washington, Feb. 12. The rivers and harbors appropriation bill carry tng $43,000,000 for waterway Improve ments throughout the country was formally made public today. Chair man Sparkman of the house rivers and harbors committee will report It to the house In a few days and press for Its speedy passage. Last year's river and harbor bill carried appropriations aggregating; about $48,000,000. This year's appro priations are larger than was at llrst contemplated because of the urgent appeals of advocates of waterway ,n provements from various parts of the country. The bill in addition to the large i number of appropriations for continu-1 stocma to the middle Atlantic terri lngwork already In progress in many' anJ ra,n to th(j f gta,es states, provides for many new projects. ! The sum of $13,400,000 Is provided 1,1 western New York the lowest for developing the East river and re- temperatures noted in ten years were moving Hellgate and other ledges there that threaten navigation In New York harbor. Other projects include the purchase of the Chesapeake and Delaware canal between Chesapeake bays for $1,300,000, and its develop ment to accommodate ocean com merce, and a $7,000,000 appropriation for improvement of the Mississippi from Its mouth to Rock Island. The bill does not provide for the nrmiosed waterway from the Delaware i bay to New York upon which the war ; department had adversely reported. , The project is part or me uoimaw fM several years. scheme for an intercoastal waterway , The water froze 0 tast thflt flrr. from Boston to Beaufort, N. C. Both j men were fprced to leave thelr ladders the arrny engineering board and the an(J work e,ltirelv from (ne ground rivers and harbors committee agreed at ft f,re whjch damai(1 n manufac that the time was not yet ripe for an i turlng bullding on Haverhill street, appropriation for the proposed water- Hampers Fiionnn. , way. . , . . Syracuse, N. Y., Feb. 12. Two ho- Many soutnern rivers ina imi. received appropriations ppropriaupns unuer me , bill, both for .immediate use ana in some cases larger authorizations ror i total prpjects where me worn win re- quire several years iur tumij.citvii. Those affecting North Carolina in cluded: Virginia and North Carolina In land Waterway from Norfolk, Va., to Beaufort, N. C, Inlet, N. C, $800, 000. Waterway from Norfolk, Va., to the sounds of North Carolina, $3,000. North Carolina Cape Lookout har bor of refuge, $300,000; Beaufort Har bor, $6,000; Beaufort Inlet $10,000: Morehead City harbor $2,000; Meher rln river, $1,000; Roanoke river, $2,000; Scuppernong river, $33,800; Fishing creek, $1,000; Pamlico and Tar rivers, $18, COO; Bay river, $1,000; Oontentlna creek, $2,000; Smith's creek; $2,000 Neuse and Trent rivers, $37,000; Swift creek. $500; Northeast Cape Fear river, $25,375: Northeast and Black rivers and Cape Rear river above Wilmington (open channel work) $13,000; Cape Tear river above Wilmington (locks and dams) ML- 000; Cape Fear river at and below Wllmlngton, $115,000; Shallotte river $1,000: Bennett river, $6,000:; Deep creek, $5,400; Newbegun creek, $5,- 000; waterway from Pamlico sound to Beaufort Inlet, $4,000; New river. Including waterways between New river and Swansboro and between Beaufort harbor and New river, $28, - 500. North Carolina and South Caro - Una Lumber river, $3,000. UTTERS ARRESTED FOR MURDER OF MR. KRAFT Apprehended Man Admits His Name But Denies He Did Killing. San Francisco, Cal., Feb. 12. John B. Koetters, wanted In Chicago for the murder in a hotel thert of Mra F.mma Kraft of Cincinnati, was ar rested here today. A woman with whom Koetters had been In partnership In the operation of a lodging house revealed his iden tity to the police. The man admitted that ht was Koetters, but denied that he waa con cerned In the murder. Chicago, Feb. 12. An Immediate effort will be made to return Koetters to Chicago and have him placed on trial for the murdor of Mrt. Kraft, th police said today. Unconscious and In a dying condi tion, Mrt. Kraft was found In her hotel room on November 14, IflZ. Sh had b'rn mortally wounded In the head. Sh waa reputed to be wealthy and robbery waa believed to have been the motive of th crlm. Several days befor th murder Koettera, who waa known aa "Hand noma Jack." and Hn. Kraft reglattred at the hotel aa man and wlft. INTENSE COLD IN THE EAST Low Temperatures Center in N. Y. and New England Another Disturbance Is Headed this Way. SEVERAL TOWNS HAVE ' ' COLD WEATHER FIRES ' Firemen Suffer Keenly While Fighting Outbreaks Fam ilies in New York Are Rendered Homesless. Washington, Feb. 12. With an area of biting cold centered In New York state and New England early today a second disturbance was pre paring to sweep northeastward from Texas that threatened to bring snow recorded, At several points the mer-! . . . - curv reached 34 Delow zero, in sorapi"": J"us",rl" parts of eastern New York it was the winter's coldest day with tempera- j tures ranging at 30 and 37 below j zero. In several towns (here were the j usual number of "cold weather" fires ! and firemen suffered keenly In fight- i inr the nut liren ks. Rtn Vol. 15 A miiek drnn in 1 ,, ,.ij . tnrt ,iPETees below zero. I tht, 'lowest' )()lnt reached in this city j ,ehi four Btores and flve dwellings destroyed bv fire at Harrlsville. j,, v iast night causing a loss of $100.000 . lntense coId hampered the efforts of the firemen. Water turned intn Ice almost before it fell. The temperature was 20 dgrees below zero. The Kenwood hotel, one of those destroyed, was a well known resort for Adlrondacks sportsmen. 50 Families Homc'lina. New York, Feb. 12. With the ther mometer within a few degrees of zero, 50 families were driven into the streets early today by a fire that burned out) one five-story apartment building ad-i joining it. Neighbors collected clothing for the refugees and Charles F. Mur phy, leader of Tammany Hall, who passed the (ire scene while on his way home from a banquet provided funds to care for the homeless, a score of whom were Injured. The property I i1)Ha lH estimated at $100,000 Extremely Cold. j irtca, N- Y- l,'el)' ,2- Extreme , temperature prevailed In central and ; northern New York, today. Tupper j luke and Lake Clear junction In the Adlrondacks. renorted 38 degrees be- j (ow zeroj utte thermometers regis- tered 20 degrees below. Below Zero. i New York, Feb. 12. The official I mercury In New York, driven far downward In the second severe cold snap of the winter, dipped one below 10 at 7 A. M. today and was still mt the .en. mark hi 10. 22 Degrees Below. Schenectady, N. Y., Feb. 12. Ther-i Tht! trial begun yesterday. Against mometers here registered 22 degrees j the contention of the plii'ntl'f, coun below zero today. sel for Senator Gore charged the suit ; was a result of political conspiracy, 28,000 LONGSHOREMEN jthat It whs th senator who wa AnnTinun mA rTIT) TTT TO UK,JJKJSU 1U IKIxVJCj York. Fen. 12. A strike of New 2 8,000 longshoremen to begin Monday was ordered today by the greater New York council of the International Longshoremen' union. The trouble arises over the refusal of the Berwlnd White Uoal company which supplies practically all of the trans-Atlantic steamship company, to pay the longshoremen more than $60 a month. The longshoremen assert thst they have agreements with 17$ other com panies to pay $60 a month. The coal company, which employ about $,000 longshoremen, refused to treat per sonally with the union officers. The union Is hopeful that the company will give In hefort Mondsy. INFANT OKTAMTY IN N. Y. HAS SLIGHTLY DKCHKAHKD New York, Feb. II. Infant mor tality In New York city hat decreased In the last year from 10H.I a thousand to 101.0, according to the report read . . -. -fc. M of th Babl' Welfare association. Never Qaarrrlrd. New York. Feb, it. After l years of marrUd life Mr. and Mr. Theo- dore Tuttl. of 8pnk. L I., said at houa of representatives today cancelled according to an announcr thalr anniversary celebration ytr- j adopted the hudgat which provide an ment at the executlv office because day that In all Hit year Ihey nvr I appropriation of MLOOO.OOO apread the preeldeiit waa ordered by his phy ! had quantlvd. He la 17. and aht ,M. SIMON ML LYNCH HEAD Tut M DltllCTC DIP PnillPEDM mil uniumdid uio uunuuii. u mi Says Purpose of Amendment To Submit Home Rule Bill To People Is to Tear Up Act. WOULD BLOCK BILL THREE MORE SESSIONS Sir Edward Carson Declares King's Speech Is Confes- i sion Bill Failed to Fur- nish Solution. London, feb. 12. Whether home1 rule for Ireland should include Ulster again was the center of interest in house of oommons yesterday. Sir John Simon, the attorney general, attacked the unionist amendment to the reply 1 tn the Ulmr's sneech. The amendment declared "that It would be disastrous for the house to proceed further with j the government for Ireland bill until j the measure nan oeen suunuueu . 1 , .... I I rtf (!. ,...,i,,tfv to I rhe attorney general said: "The real purpose of this amend ment Is to tear up the parliament act. Even in the event of a general elec tion returning the liberals to power it would mean a new parliament and the house of lords would be free to block the home rule bill for another inrep sessions. Sir Edward Carson, head of the "provisional government.-' of Ulster, sal'1 Never before in a speech from the throne has a statement of such un paralleled gravity been made In ref erence to the domestic relations of the fellow citizens of Ireland as were mad by King George yesterday. "The ufords out into the king's moutn try tne caoinrt ministers are a condemnation of the home rule bill and a confession that it has utterly failed to furnish a solution of the Irish question. There is small wonder jn view of this confession that the government snirKS me mea oi leaving the decision to the voice of the peo- I pie." MRS. BOND TESTIFIES OF CORE'S ALLEGED ATTACK : parlors are considered the finest in the , south and represent an investment of She Says She Mst Senator at;75'000' Hotel at His Own Suggestion. Oklahoma City, Feb. 1!. Mrs. Mln nla K Hum) todav ave her version ' n district court of what occurrod at a Washington hobd March 24 last when it is alleged : he was attacked by United Slates Senator Thomas P. j Gore. Mm. Bond, who U seeking to 'recover $50,000 damages, charged that she was seized by Senator Gore I while dls usbIiuc with him the pros I pects of her husband, Julian Bond. j securing a federal appointment. She ' deelurnl i h.-n she met the senator nl his suggestion. swieu mil umi lv inti miA ronu i - r , iin(.r. been suinmonel l y the deft-nse and ' nhnnf the sumo number !.v the nlain- i tiff iif the Inner T. R. Ilnhnrtann Jamea Jacobs and Kirby 1'ltzpatrlrk, numy's leading news aatociatlon; the all of Oklahoma, will be called aa emperor, James W. Gerard, the Am eye witnesses to tht alkKitl occur- j erlcan ambassador and to the may rence. 'or of Berlin. The majority of the Jury are fur- BVral replies were received, mers anil all comparatively young among them one from Mr. Gerard I men. In politics six declared them- selves to be democrats, five member! of the progressive party and one a ' socialist. STAND Alt!) OIL COMPANY MAKF.S IAN TO CHINESE i Peking, Feb. 1$. The Standard Oil company today made a loan to the Chin government In return for oil! concessions which are described at very Important AmiKWtr to Prisoners. I Lisbon. Portugal, Feb 11. A bill I i extending a general amneatv to all political prisoners In Portugal except .. . . A 4-1 1 i. ... I laid befor the Portuguese parliament tomorrow by the cabinet. Navy Expansion Toklo. Japan, Feb. II. The Japan Itigver five year for tht expansion of jlht navy. f Is President of Southern In- vestment & Amusement Co. Chartered in Florida And Georgia. CAPITALIZED AT $250,000; WITH $100,000 PAID IN The Organization Perfected at Jacksonville Saturday Controls Number of Big Theaters in South. Information was received here yes terday afternoon from Jacksonville of the organization there last Saturday of the Southern Investment & Amuse ment company, incorporated under the laws of Florida and Georgia, with an authorized capital stock of $250,000 and $100,000 paid in. The company controls a number of the largest and m)est theaters in tht- south, located in Jacksonville, Atlanta and elsewhere, it is stated. The officers of the company are: S. A. Lynch of Asheville. presi- dent; A. J. Sherrer of Philadelphia, vice-president; D. J. Prince of Jack sonville, secretary; and John T. Alsop of Jacksonville, treasurer. Just before leaving on a business trip for Chicago last night, Mr. Lynch was asked by a Gazette-News reporter concerning the organization of this big Corporation and he confirmed the de tails of the organization as received from Jacksonville. Mr. Lynch stated that the company now controls two of the biggest theaters in Jacksonville and will Immediately begin the erec tion of a third, to cost between $30,000 and $40,000. Mr. Lynch also stated that bis con I nectlon with this new investment anil amusement concern will In no way effect any of his interests in Asheville, Richmond, t'olumbla and Augusta Mr. Lynch began his careej- In Ihe theatrical business here about live years ago when he took over the Gaiety and Palace theaters. Since that time he ha-H developed the amusement business here on a scale tnat was never before known in the city, open- ' lng the Princess and Galax, moving picture palaces; and the Majestic, the popular vaudeville and moving picture theater. His success here has been equally In other cities, and about a year ago he took over the Montgomery theater In Atlanta, together with the billiard parlors operated In connection with It. Both the theater and the EXCHANGE VaiRELESS Press Messages Sent by Atlan tic Communication Co. 4000 Miles. New York, Feb. 12. Wireless press messages between Germany and the United States were exchanged for the llrst time today by means of the Say ville, L. 1. station of the Atlantic Com munication company. (in the in VI! it lull O f the COmUailV - - - - nructlcallly all of the New ork , newspapers and the Associated Press sent messages of greeting to the Her- lin newspupers, the Wolf bureau, Ler- which reutl: "The more Germany nnd America know each other the greater will be their friendship. The great achieve ment In wireless communication win 'Immeasurably help to promote knowl- edge ami friendship. The Sayvlllle station which sent the messages Is about 4,000 miles from the Nouen station, 25 miles from Ber lin, which picked them up and sent the repllet PHINCE OF WALES I'LANS I SIT TO INITIO!) KT VTES Ixindon, Feb. 11. Th Prince of Wale will visit the United States In 1H after a tour of the British em- ..I .1 ,,, I.. nnillinliiu, i ..I .... drafted here today. IV.-hlcni llaa Vltl Washington, Feb. II. President - Wilson s engagement for today wero atrinn in stay li. hla room to recover a1 from a cold. VIEWS DIVERGE ON TRUST LAWS M LIS A BE Inquiry Into Monroe Disaster May Result in New Navi gation Regulations. ! Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 12. Inquiry i into the collision between the steam ships Nantucket and Monroe off the Virginia cosat where 41 lives were ! lost probably will lead to changes in the regulations for the navigation of coast wise vessels and also to the adoption of rules increasing the ef ficiency of the wireless operators so as to assist commanders to ascertain the proximity of other ships during foggy weather. I During the examination yesterady of Captain E. E. Johnson of the MOO- roes In the trial of Captain Osmyn Berry, commander of the Nantucket, charged with negligence, the Monroe captain said that operators do not nl- j ways answer question from other! ships with relation to their position. The local steamboat inspectors are In-1 quiring Into the wireless situation and expect to put the surviving operators of the two ships through an ex haustive examination. It is expected the trial of Captain Berry will last several weeks. Repre sentatives from shipping Interests all along the Atlantic coast are watching the proceedings. Testimony in the case is expected to be an important factor in the damaBe suits that have been tiled. Corrects Testimony. f'aptain Johnson, resuming the wit ness stand today, corrected his testi mony of yesterday when he said he judged the Nantucket by the sound of i her whistle in the fou was about 376 leet off the starboard bow of the Monroe, After reiiectiuu he said he judged the distance was about one , I, I foot VotoTfi.v He lt:t1flnri pg suw thp-,n0m of ,hp Sm; tucket's lights 340 feet away In sea board bow. He changed this distance to 30 feet. ! Under international rules a vessel meeting another on the starboard bow must give the other vessel the right of way. Under this rule the Nantucket should have kept her course and speed. Captain Johnson was aunable to say whether the Nantucket kept her course and speed in the fog. Two Shocks Felt. Plttsfleld, Mass.. Feb. 12. 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A law of maximum production at minimum cost which operates in favor of well or ganized independent manufacturing i concerns of medium size is the govern- ing factor in the trust problems Sec retary Redtield declared today in opening the discussion on trust legis lation before the chamber of com merce of the United States. Secretary Redrield did not touch upon any of the bills pending in con gress. He declared that great manu facturing trusts had not suceeded in eliminating independent manufactur ers in any line. The greatest return upon investigated capital was paid, he said, by those independent compa nies in competition with trust organi zation. . . Illustrating the law of production, he pointed out the unseen factors of cost which grew out of any attempt in increase the output of a given shop. Washington, Feb. 12. Sharply di vergent views upon the administra tion's antitrust legislation program were expressed today at the second annual convention of the chamber oi commerce of the United States. Sec retary Redtield of the department of i commerce was the first speaker, j I'or purposes of debate the conven- . , I... I, ;,.,.! HUH IIUBaill uiyiumi me atiuj'... into these general heads: Concentration of Industry in the United States. Should holding companies be abol- t ished ? What should be the rights and priv ileges of private parties'.' What should be the functions of a : federal interstate trade commission '.' j Is trust form of organization In- I dustrlally effective? I Vigorous opposition to the tenta tive antitrust bills on the ground tha insufficient study hdd been given th uiijei i w di. vun..rti uj r i cuui h n , li f,,rniee nresirlpnt (if the Amrri I.J . n. 1 I... i . ... . . i . . .. i . . i I, can Telephone and Telegraph com j pany. 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