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She fertile fetlefc. n OAIKTTB -NMWB BAB TBS MOST Weather Forecast 18TVM ASSOCIATED PRSBS BKK IN THE CAROLINA. FAIR; MICH COLDER. )LUME XIX. NO. 7 ASHEVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, FERRUARY 19, 1914 PRICE FIVE CENTS AMMERLANDS, SAY SENATORS TO BE EXPEDITED Irman and Simmons Leave lite Holae With Assur ances That Ashboro Man Gets Job. IPOINTMENT OVER I M 'REYNOLDS PROTEST les After Bitter Fight rilson Thought Auman Affidavit "Indiscreet," He Told Senators. Gazette-News Bureau, Wyatt Building, Washington, Feb. 19. President Wilson assured Senators tmons and Overman today that he decided to appoint W. C. Hammer rlct attorney (or western North olina. The president told the th Carolina senators that he was lnced that Hammer had been indiscreet in making the Auman Javit, but that in view of Hammer's rd as a democrat he had decided name him. The president in muk this appointment is doing so over protest of Attorney General Mo- rnolds. Commissioner Harlan Says the Hearings May Conclude In Three Months. THE MAGKAYS IRE DIVORCED SO. C0EIH IS FL00M1 I - ( THOUSAND' RENDER TRIBUTE aO BACON Manner in Which Decree Was ; Downpour Starting Tuesday Granted in France Is The Occasion of Surprise in New York. He appointment or Mr. Hammer lea after a long and bitter contest. recommendation by President jn will be made over the protest ttorney Qerieral McReynolds, who repeatedly expressed his opposl- to Mr. Hammer's appointment (has likewise expressed surprise Wtfr. Hammer continued to seek appointment in the face of these ; Mr. McReynolds was In the le recently but his mission wg nor In. ther candidates were In the field the appointment originally, among Charles A. Webb of this city. Webb was removed from the race : his subsequent appointment as blted States marshal for this district. llast fall the statement was attrlb- led to Senator Overman that he Inuld recommend Mr. Hammer for ersonal reasons and his support of he successful candidate has been un- igglng since that time. He had re- eated conferences with the attorney eneral and finally took the matter efore President Wilson. In the last ays of the fight he wa supported by lenator Simmons, who expressed hlw I'llllngness to support Senator Over- nan In this matter. The fight against Mr. Hammer has been made largely on his personality. Considerable feeling was aroused over the Auman affidavit presented by him. Washington, Feb. 19. Decision by the interstate commerce commission on the proposed freight rate Increase is expected to be reached probably within three months and certainly be fore the commission adjjourns for it9 summer recess oh July 1 . This an nouncement substantially was made by Commissioner Harlan today. Com missioner Harlan said: "Recognizing Hhe public Importance of an early disposition of the prob lems before us here, the carriers, shippers and the commission are us ing every effort to bring the record on the main issues in the case may be closed and the arguments had in time to enable the commission to dispose of the questions before the summer recess." Commissioner Harlan explained that the commission had before It two broad inquiries in respect to the proposed advance: "Are the present revenues of the carriers adequate?" "If not, how may they be supple mented?" "With respect to the first of these Issues the carriers have already of fered much testimony, but their wit nesses have not been cross examined; nor have the investigations by the commission on that question been completed. We are also advised that certain shipping lntelrests will sub mit Important testimony touching the adequacy of the present revenues of carriers. In aid of an understand ing of the first question and or a propes solution of the second the MUTUALLY AGREED ON PLAN SOMETIME AGO Mr. Mackay Gets the Children Monetary Arrangements Had Previously Been Agreed Upon. New York, Feb. 19. Announce- Yields From Six to Eight Inches of Rain in 32 Hours. RAILROAD TRAFFIC ABOUT DEMORALIZED Imposing Procession Marcues To Grave in Heavy Rain Every School and Most of Business Houses Sus pended Brief, Impressive Ceremony. REORGANIZATION OF COMMITTEES Tracks Near Santa Barbara Washed Out; Bridges Torn Away; One Fatility Is Reported. Los Angeles, Cal Feb. 19. South- ment today that Clarence H . Mackay, , ern California was flood-bound today ANOTHER SUII FILED AGAINST M. C. LAUNDRY Karl L. Jones Asks $25,000 Damages For Alleged Personal Injuries. commission, us t explained at a trcentt vwoe. The -statement recited.. UwU. hearing, has also addressed certain Inquiries to carriers which they have not yet been able fully to answer." MATTER OF OF No Decision Will Be Mads Un til Data Are Thoroughly Considered. Washington, Feb. 19. With the re turn here of the federal reserve or ganization committee after an ex tended tour, interest was revived to day in the question of th location of the regional resevre banks. On this point Secretaries McAdoo and Hous ton were emphatic that there would be no decision until after they had thoroughly studied their data. They were at their desks early to president of the Postal Telegraph and Cable company, and Catherine Duer Mackay, his wife, had been granted a mutual divorce in the French courts on February 11 came as a surprise, not because it was unexpected, but because of the place and manner In which the decree was granted. For many months the couple had been living apart. Early in the year Mrs. Mackay lett her home for Paris and soon there after her husband appeared in the French capital. There were rumors of a reconciliation, then but these were denied by Mr. Mackay. It now appears that the trips were in accordance with a plan agreed upon when the separa tion suit of Mrs. Joseph A. Blake against Dr. Joseph A. Blake, the fa mous surgeon, was deemed in tne wife's favor without contest and Mrs. Blake dropped her suit for $1,000,000 against Mrs. Mackay for alienating Dr. Blake's affections. Counsel for both Mr. and Mrs. Mackay announced the mutual ru by a downpour that started at mid night Tuesday and yielded from six to eight Inches of rain in the 31! hours ending at 8 a. m. today. Railroad traffic was demoralized. In the cities the streets were turned Into mill races. Storm drains were over taxed and Irrigation canals widened into lakes. The storm brought a recurrence of flood conditions that attended the rainfall of a month ago. Railroad tracks on both sides of Santa Barbara were washed out. Bridges were torn away. Throughout the citrus belt washouts blocked trains. In some sections of Los Angeles streets were under ten feet of wate: fo ra brief period. Fire engines were requlsitiond to pump out the flooded basements of several large bulldlngi. One fatality was reported. Macon. Oa., Feb. 19. Thousands of his home people paid their final trib ute and honor to Senator Augustus O. Bacon, Georgia's senior senator, by at tending his funeral services this morn ing and continued throughout the ser vices at the grave. The final tribute to the Georgia sen ator was brief though impressive. The services were held at Christ's Episco pal church, Rev. John S. Bunting offi ciating. Headed by a procession more than a mile in length in which were representatives of the nation, state and those who admired him in Ma con, the body was moved to Rose Hill cemetery. Macon lodge of Masons, of which order Senator Bacon had been a mem ber for 40 years, said the last rites. A few minuates later, the procession resumed Its sorrowful journey back to the city. Macon's tribute to the memory of Senator Bacon was unusual. Every school, the city hall, and practically all business establishments suspended during the hour of the funeral. Heading the funeral procession this morning was a platoon of Macon po lice followed by a military detail com posed of members of the Houssars, Volunteers and Floyd Rifles. Macon's three militia organlgations. Mayor Bridges Smith of this city and members of the city council fol lowed in carriages and automobiles. Twenty members of the Macon bar association were next In order. Con federate veterans who had obeyed the commands of the senator in the sec tional war a half hundred in number, were next in line. Ten United States senators and the Georgia delegation In the house ap pointed as a committee from Wash ington to Macon, next in line, sat silently with bowed heads. Governor Slaton of Georgia and his staff followed preceding the pall bear ers chosen from associates of Senator Bacon in Macon, Several hundred Masons followed in carriages. Walked 1 3 Miles Through Snow To Be With Husband Sveral Changes May Result In Senate as Result of the Death of Senator Bacon Of Gsorgia. DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS MAY DECIDE MATTERS Sen. Stone Likely to Succeed To Chairmanship of For eign Relations Other Possible Changes. Mrs. Lee Davis of West Asheville Climbs Pisgah in Bitter Cold to Attend Her Husband, Who is 111 at Cruso. both sides charged desertion, Mrs Mackay filing suit first. Mr. Mackay followed with a contest suit. The de cree. It was stated, gave the custody of the three children to Mr. Mackay with the right to visit them accorded to Mrs. Mackay. Mutual divorces, It was explained, were permissible under French law. It was also explained that the French courts had Jurisdic tion as both parties to the suit had maintained apartments in Paris for a considerable time. In this connec tion a report was published here that Mrs. Mackay had renounced her American citizenship In order to bring the suit, but this wts not confirmed. Monetary Arrangements. No mention was made in the state ments of any financial settlement. Monetary matters were arranged, it was understood, a year ago when Mrs. Mackay signed over title to the mag nificent estate at Roslyn. L. I., to her son. This estate was given her by her father-in-law, the late John W. Mackay of Bonanza fame1. Mr. Mackay. who is in town with i A story of hardihood and endurance I The latter thought that he could make i on the part of a woman that seems . almost beyond the limits of possibility Mb that of a climb over the peaks of j l(St. PlM(ftk. in i ? inches of snow Uliat was accomplished by Mrs. Lee FURTHER PRESSED Davis of West Asheville last Sunday. The climb extended over 13 miles of one of the steepest highways In west- Washington, Feb. 19. Reorgalnx ation of several senate committees may bo necessary because of the death of Senator Bacon of the for eign relations committee. A commit tee on committees is charged with looking after such matters, but In a case as important as this a demo cratic caucus probably will be called to decide. It is assumed that Senator Stone will succeed to the vacant chairman ship not only because he is the rank ing member of the committee, but because he is believed to desire the poBt. If Senator Stone should be ap pointed then the committee on Indian affairs of which he is chairman, would be left without a head. The ranking member of that committee Is Senator Myers, but he is chairman of the committee on public lands and might not care to change. if he should, not the next ranking member is Senator Ashurst. He is of, the committee on UuU the trip to the summit of the mountain in his machine. Arrangements had been made to meet him there in an other conveyance or with horses. Mrs. Oflyjfl flfljKj t" be with her husband, so she "accoirVisafiled Dr. Oftrdner When they were within eight mller, trial expositions and probably would of the lodge it was found that the trip be glad to exchange. There would could not be made further in the ma chine. There was the alternative of ern North Carolina and lasted fori returning to Asheville, but Mrs. Davie Several Senators Indicate That They Will Follow Wishes Of President. Washington, Feb. 19. President! two of his children, has nothing to emptlon, he said today the president add to the story told by the attorneys. I had told him of various International seven hours. Mrs. Davis accomplished lnsistea tnat sne coum wane tne ais- it to reach the bedside of her husband, ta"?- 11 us ut the qUeJl0? to use horses as the road was made dan- Dr. Lee Davis, who had been stricken goroUB with ice and cru8ted snow. suddenly 111 at Cruso, about Ave miles The snow was banked In the roadway from the Vanderbilt lodge. There was to a depth o'' at least 12'lnches all the no other way of reaching him Imme- jay. it la aa , with other drifts much diately so she braved the elements of J2!E snow, Ice and cold, over a treacherous , ' road, and on foot In order to be with seve" hours f the sruelllna; tramp. nlm JJr. iavis is still so in mat ne can- t. i .... i .k., i-io. ia hoamA ill i not leave Cruso. where he is belnc Wilson pressed runner tor repeal " last Saturday while he was making a : attended and nursed by his wife. His of game. Almost any change sug the exemption clause of the Panama ' lrjp through the Pisgah section and a condition is reported, however, as be- gested would necessitate the enlln canal act in conferences today with ! caj wa Bent t0 t)t. G. D. Gardner. 'ng much improved. I subject for caucus adjustment, congressmen. He talked with Senator . - Kern, who said afterward that f the senate first would dispose of the ar- bltratiorf treaties promptly and prob- j ably take up the tolls question soon ! thereafter. Although Mr. Kern voted for ex-1 then have to be settled the question as to who should succeed him. If Senator Myers preferred to give up his present chairmanship for that of the committee of the public lands committee, on Indian affairs. Sena tor Smith of Arizona, the ranking member of the public lands commit tee, probably would succeed him. Ho is now chairman of the committee on Irrigation and reclamation of arid lands. Senator Lane Is the ranking member of that committee anil ho new J8 chairman of the committee o.i forest reservations and protection CONFIDENT ALASKA BILL WILL BE SIGHED SOON Mrs. Mackay is still in Paris. ' , Clarence H. Mackuy Is 40 years of age. He Inherited nearly $30,000,000 Another big suit was filed In the office of the clerk of Superior court day beaming with optimism regarding j t om his father. Since he came into the financial situation of the country, j his patrimony 12 years ago he is said They declared they found on their to have doubled the worth of the tpur a practical unanimous! sentiment i Mackay properties. He married Cath among bankers and business menlerlne Duer In 1898. She Is the de- that the new currency law would hen-jscondant of an old Knickerbocker eflt business conditions, and further-j family and the social prominence she more, that the measure was a great ! gained through her beauty and step In advance. I charm as the mistress of the Mackay Secretary McAdoo expressed the fortune wag added to by her ability as hope today that the new system would : a writer, and her interests in soclolo be In operation before next autumn gleal and educational problems. For but said that If It should not be the years after the marriage It was looked resources of the treasury would again upon In society as an Ideal one and phases of the question which were j not before the senate when the I Panama canal act was passed. Friends measure Passed Both Houses of the administration claim he will """ be among the administration sup-1 porters. House leaders, It was understood I today, desiro some announcement or message by the president before re- j versing themselves on the tolls ques-, tlon, so as to tie able to make clear to their constituents that International Authorising Construction Of Alaskan R'y. this morning by Karl L. Jones be placed at the disposal of the busl-the two took a leading part In the akalnat L. U Ing business as the Oreer, trading and do-' neis Interests of the country. Mountain City, I-aundry. In which the plaintiff seeks JOHN DENNIS LEWIS to rocovsr tha sum of IJ6.000 tor QQN OF REVOLUTION" personal Injuries alleged to hare been received while the plaintiff was In Philadelphia. Pa., Feb. 1. John the employ of tha 'defendant. Dennis Lewis, who claims to be the It Is aetjo ifi In the complaint that 1 only real "son of the revolution" In the plaintiff was employed at tha j the United States celebrated hla 7lrd time of the alleged Injuries, October I birthday at his home here yesterday. . ltll, as a driver of a lundray Lewis was born In 1841. at which waa-on bv the defendant. It Is fur- i time he says his father was It yean ther claimed that the plaintiff was directed and ordered to drive a "wild, reckless, ferocious, dangerous and unmanageable horse" to the wag on, and further that the defendant knew or could have known at the time tha nature of the horse; that the wagon was unsafe and defective and the hameei used on ths horse was defective; that these things were furnished the plaintiff by the defend ant to be used In his dally work, col lecting laundry for the defendant On October , ltll. It Is claimed by ths plaintiff, that he wss driving along Charlotte street, In ths dis charge of his duties as directed and ordered by the defendant, when the hoist ran away, overturned the wag on and threw the plaintiff nut, caus Ing hla legs to bs mangled and crip pled and that he had to be taken to the Mission hospital, whers one limb was amputated between the knee snd 'Hleh It la . l.lmed Ih.l th. .rHH.nl old. The latter was born In 1761 and was It fears old when enlisted in. the continental army In 1771, according to Lewis. i Iewls was horn In Accomac county, Virginia, and Is a veteran of the war Of the states NOMINATIONS MADE FOR PAST MASTERS Washington, Fsb. II. The presi dent has nominated these postmas ters: Alabama Oscar C . Thlgpen, Hurte boro. JTlon4la W. M. Piatt. Arcadia. Ixiuletans Ada A. Smart. Lsss vllle. P. Otis Brousaard. Abbeville; nihil, Hroussard, New Iberia. Mississippi II. M. Hrni, Montlcsl- inessee Frsnk W. Latts, Dlere- T . J . Welch, Savannah glnle Msriha L. lee. Fortrssi u H. Klnsell Winchester: ' k lileputanta; Otorgs N. Keedvllle. more serious activities that their posi tions opened to them. KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS HOLD TWO MEETINGS New Tork, Feb. It. Knights of Pythlaa In 7000 communities of the continent were slmultaneouely cele brating their golden Jubilee today, while In Washington were gathered (700 delegates for the opening of the annual convention of the s upreme counsel of tha order. Chief among the events on today's program was the address of Secretary Bryan, himself the past chancellor of the Lincoln, Neb., lodge on "fraternity aa exemplified by the order of the Knights of .Pythlaa" The appearance of Edward f. Kim ball and Allium D. Van Derveer, the two surviving members of Washington lodge No. 1, was the signal for a dem onstration In the convention,. No Tidings From Klnro. Washington. Feb. 19. Administra tion leaders were confident today that before the end of the week President Wilson would sign the bill authorizing him to build a thousand miles of rail road from an Alaskan seaport to tap the coal fields In the Interior. The measure has passed both branches of man talked with the president, and , """" although both voted for the exemp- 1 forf nce on house unandmsnts. tlon. they said they would change! ,As psssed by he house las t night, their positions because they believed j 230 X he "ll'wou'd a"tho;'fr. fnrin niillrv reonired It Konir . iiu"v " Shlvely of Indiana took the stand. circumstances had arisen requiring a ( change. Representative Underwood, It Is un- I derstood, while still believing In ex- : emptlon, will not organize any oppos- t it Ion to the president in the house. Senators and Simmons and Over-! TRI ST ATE MEDICAL SOCIETY CONVENTION Wilmington, N. C. Feb. 19 With more than a hundred physicians In the railroad wiih tir. nnn noo to he nnnronrliileil from the treasury and In his own dis cretion to have the line operated by the government or leased to private I contractors. The senate bill proposed a bond Issue of 140,000,000 to bo re deemed out of Alaska's resources to flnanoe the projmt. Sentiment In the senate Is strong for the bond Issue, while In the house Representative Fitxgerald's proposal to have the money taken directly from rm h. tZZLtm-Z .-a ! the United H tales treasury was adnpt- o. .... ,u. ,.. - ed by a vote of 18 to 17. Conferees the Tri-State Medical association con vened here yesterday with welcome addresses In behalf of tha city, county medical society and commercial club, the response In behalf of the visitors being by Or. William Wsston, presi dent of th" South Carolina Medical society. Tne opening session was fea tured by the annual address of Preat dent Southgale Ielgh, of Norfolk. Va., and technical paper by doctors, H. A. Royster, Raleigh; Robert C. Bry an, Richmond; A. B. Knowlton, Co lumbia; and A. O. Branlxer, Charlotte. In the afternoon members of tha as sociation were guests of the local en tartalnmsnt committee for a trip the harbor on the steamer I said they believed that no dlsasr-e- ment as to method would long delay action. PRELIMINARIES TO POOL ARRANGEMENT Norfolk. Va, Feb. II. No tidings have yet been received here from tha five masted schooner Klneo. of Bath, Me., from Port Arthur to Providence, about R. I , which was yesterday reported , Wilmington and rest night at the Klks I In distress snd rapidly taking water! club they were intmalned ni n re- Bff the Hatteras coast. The revenue caption by ths New Hanover Medical tlnental shipping companies has been cutter Onondaga la still at saa searuh- society. Ths sessions last through Id- called tor Uila purpose on Fbruar jlng for the Kinso. jday, ' . ' ijls, London, Feb. 11. Conferences among the representatives of Ham burg-American, the North Oerman Lloyd line, the Red Ptar and the Hol land American teamshlp llnea opened bar today. 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