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Bit (jMlle fettefc. tmm OAtwm-SM-wa sab ran mon XTKNUra AMBOC1ATKD FMMSM III irw in rum carmanaa. Weather Forecast FAIR AND WARMER. VOLUME XIX. NO. 9 ASHEVILLE, N. C, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 21, 1914 PRICE FIVE CENTS O ACTION BY GREAT BRITAIN Mmm KILLED IN HOLD-UP .1 J . 1 m w nail jtuiiuv iiWririi mRxinn Has Not Been Changed As Result of Benton Execution. HL.IV JTEELUNG IS GETTING MORE ACUTE Shot Down as They Sprang at Bandit on Great North ern Train. 3, OTHER MEN ALSO MISSING i Following Execution of Benton In Mexico Fear Is Felt For One American and Two Englishman oro AjtroresslVA At.T.it.iirtP Mmr Be Demanded of United States By British Government. London, Feb. 21. The British gov- Juarez of William S. Benton, the nnmn n I man nfivnnn inniri r . Although the tragedy hag created a l.atlon throughout the British IB Ul LI1H KU VKI llllieil L L(l CI HHKH There Is no concealment ot the ot however thnt muritar rt PrlMnh nif'PTH in MT rn iinlonn rn ower hv nianmRnT nr T n o m irnnmrn nna inn IfUBD JIUUI1U OJllIlllUI little HI 111' upon the state department at Hsmngion Dy oir ecu apring-Kire Mexico. ill in i H I H fl .rpnr Kr r. Is looking to the United States itnd has no doubt that the iu- mate ueimriniein at wasninp:- has already informed the British sWflMllt that where there are no mnii UUUBU13 in iviexico tne consuls the United States will look after The British government has no itlltlnnnllata. Members of the British government null oe a miauiKP. The Evening Standard says: "The execution of Benton empha- txHB ine mi I inni nm e irtnri i.r i., nrnwrr id ran iimnfi irnm wil ling In thts style of corruption and Threatened Villa Is Aeport. Washington, Feb. 21. White rlntlril llnrloM William O liA... ... fin' il anH lli ',.,.,! II,.. lie. ..f ..... In view of this latest reDort-tnerc . uiBiiuMUUll Ml llirr v llllf nilUMt! u await a iuh investigation oerore expressing an opinion. It was stated that Great Britain was holding aoeysnce any representations pend ing the completion of a report on the affair by the American government. Utte official dispatches to the state department containing1 Villa's version of the affair were brought to the White House but a complete ac count of the killing as personally ex plained to Aonsul Edwards Is on its way by mall. Powers' Attention Attracted. Washington, Feb. 1. Attention of world powers Interested In the Mex ican situation waa turned today upon the Investigation Into the killing n( William 8- Benton, tha British ranch man at Juarcx. Secretary Bryan nnd 8lr Cecil Spring-Rice, the British ambassador were awaiting official reports with details and pending' that development the situation apparently was un changed. Great Britain's usual attitude to ward treatment of her subjects In for eign lands surrounded tlx Benton ae with more than ordinary interest intimations In El I'osn tnat Belllngham, Wash., Feb. 21. A trail leading along the water front to a boat landing was the clue followed to day by posaes seeking three bandits who killed three passengers on a Great Northern train near here late last night. The bandits boarded the train at Burlington, a few miles south of here, and passed from the smoking car Into the day coach, tying white handker chiefs over their faces. One stood on the platform of the day coach, a sec ond stepped Just inside and a third walked the length of the car. As the "robber started to lock the door the three men sprang at him. While he shot them down the robber at the other end ' of the car began shootlnu out the light. His companion then ran the length of the car. snatching as he ran purses offered by freightened passengers. The train slowed down In response to a pull at the bell cord and the three disappeared. The victims were Thomas S. Wads worth, Vancouver, B. C, Canadian Pa cific railroad conductor; R. L. Lee. Bremerton, Wash., time clerk Puget Sound navy yard; H. R: Adkinson, Vancouver, B. C, traveling salesman. AMERICAN BAUCH ARRESTED AS A SPY nualntances for -many years Benton knew him whenv as an outlaw more ; or less accepted as part of the Mext j can .social fabric, the then bandit I crossed the Benton ranch west or the city of Chihuahua. The ranch of 100,000 acres Is considered one of the best in Mexico. It was well water ed, contained fine pasturage anil the owner was particularly proud or his orchard which succeeding bands of revolutionists cut into fire wood. Benton paid 1125.000 for it hut im provements were said to have brought tile value close to $1,000,000. It was with the assurance of this acquaintance behind him that the Scotchman' went to Villa with com plaint of the depredations Yesterday Villa, who has consistently denied that he had Benton in custody, told a reporter that Benton was armed when he made his visit. Friends of tho ranchman assert that Benton, while of fiery temper and ready to use fists, was of soner nanit anu never Known to carry a USED THIS TO GET PISS Correspondence Discloses John T. Denvir Demanded Per sonal Pass of C. B. & Q. Railway. jLAY priest in BIG MASSACRE PEACE TREATIES TO BE RATIFIED 5 LOST LIVES IN F CALIFORNIA LOOD Rural Mail Carrier Drowsed Flood Sections Draining But Rain Threatens. 1 Curtis and Lawrence Had Cone in Search of Countryman. Clin T71c frnnt fniCnn (', . r- i armed waa his own knowledge of his Believed tO Have Been Shot-1 'the course of the Interv.ew Ben- ton and Villa Quarreled and Benton was lost to view of his friends. Evasion and Denials. James Hambleton, one English man, and others, including reporters exhausted every means nf ascertain ing the fate of the missing man hut everywhere were met with evasions aihd denials. Consul Edwards wa the first to learn the true fact. He gave Mrs. Benton only a bare outline of the case. "I have telegraphed all details at my command to Washington,' said the consul, "and If made public It must be from there. I pledged my word to Villa not to make the de tails public." . Asked what disposition had been made of the body, Edwards replied- "I do think It will he seen on this side of the border ! Villa's sudden departure is re- REPRESENTED THAT HE WAS LEGISLATOR El Paso, Tex., Feb. 21. Official an nouncement that William S. Benton, a British subject, had been executed by Mexican rebels at Juarez Tuesday night; the adoption of resolutions at a mass meeting here condemning tho L'nlted States government for its handling of Mexican affairs; exchange of shots between members of the thir teenth United States cavalry and a score or more of Mexicans and uncer tainty as to the fate of Gustav Bauch, an American, and two Englishmen, John Lawrence and a man named Curtis, were startling Mexican devel Intimated He Would Urge In vestigation of Roads' Af fairs When the Pass Was Denied. Washington, Feb. 21. Correspond ence between "John T. Denvir,' who represented himself as a member of the Illinois legislature, and the Chi cago, Burlington and Quiriey" railroad In which Denvir demanded from the railroad a personal pass and threat ened legislative action because it was not supplied, was disclosed by the In terstate commerce commission today in a supplemental report upon the in quiry into the issue of free transporta tion by western railroads. There was a John T. Denvir in the Illinois legislature. He informed the Father Rich, Jesuit Mission ary, Put to Death When White Wolf Killed 1300 People. Senate Leaders Confident Arbi TROOPS MARCHING tration Agreement With Eight Nations Will he Ratified Today. Washington, Feb. 21. The senate today ratified tin- eight pending arbi tration treaties. Washington, Feb. 21. Senators of the foreign relations committee were confident today that the general arbi tration treaties with Great Britain, Japan and six other nations would be ratified before adjournment. Administration leaders asserted that further argument seemed useless. Those who opposed arbitration as a national policy, they said, had ex hausted their field for argument in the debate of the last two days, while oth ers who sought to amend the treaties had made their fight and lost by a decisive vote. ON CHINESE BANIDT Feared He Will Form Another Rebellion Unless He and His Followers Are Exterminate... Peking, Feb. 21. Thirteen hundred men, women and children were massa creed by the bandits led by "White Wolf," when they sacked IJuan-Chow, province of Ngan-Hwei on January 29. On that occasion they murdered Father Rice, a French Jesuit mission ary, and captured and held two other foreigners for ransom. An army of 25,000 Chinese troops is now converging on "White Wolf's" I strongly entrenched position in the opments of the last 24 hours. Follow-! garded as flight" from the storm of 1 commission that he did not sign the ing in rapid succession, these Incidents I Indignation, which was presaged In I 'letter and that it was not sent by his in Benton's; authority. I Denvir requested an annual pass for As the forenoon wore on talk of a ! himself on account of the "legislative served to bring public feeling to a high pitch and today every official agency was engaged In bringing to light further details. The official report of Benton's death eame yesterday through Thomas D. Kdwards, American consul at Juarez the interest manifested disappearance. mass meeting grew but took no defi nite shape. Excited groups of Ameri can, English, French nnd German refuges who have lost their property Almost immediately General Francisco iin Mexico, or were compelled to aban don It temporarily, asserted that the San Francisco, Cal Feb. 21. While rain was threatened agi'n to day lor storm sweot southern '"nii rorni.i, yet il wa foelleved that some estimate could be made of property losses because flooded sections raid -y lieine di&ined? Scattered papers showed toOny whore J Rockwell, a eural.ma.il -arrler from Santa Barbar.t, was drowned :r. eeklng to discharge bis dutv He s t.urvlvtd by 11 children. The d". n.'g off eant;i Varharn nf Rcub'i ItatfUin, son tt a millionaire increased to five the nur.:."! of faial itles by storm reported from that vi cinity. The private car of Lord and I.ady Decles (formerly Vivian Gould) which was marooned In the town two days ago, was pulled out yesterday but advices early today re reported It stalled again pot lar from Los Angeles. Bain and wind swept over the north central part of the state. At (.eland Stanford Jr.. university he wind broke the library windows. Fearing that the great stained glass dome would follow, students of the university fled. Villa and staff hurriedly left Juarez for Chihuahua. Consul Edwards watched close at the station, hoping to atch a glimpse of Benton or any American prisoner but saw none. That there was a real court martial In Benton's case, "none on this side of he horder nretend to believe. It was f'tnowlTtnat Benton Btarted for Villa's headquarters to voice a protest against the repeated raiding on his ranch In Chihuahua by the Mexican rebels. Here, at least .the killing of Benton has wiped out whatever confidence was felt In Villa's promises. These and other disclosures In the Benton case speedily crystallized pub 1 Ic sentiment and a mass meeting of orotest took place. Former Governor Curry of New Mexico outlined the pur poses, and resolutions were adopted with a shout. They characterized as cold blooded and heartless" the assas- MEETJIEXT TUESDAY Baseball Situation Relative to Coming Season to Be Discussed. time had come for foreigners to pro test against treatment being dealt out to them. public utilities commission. Burlington road declined. A letter subs Hiuently was received by the gen eral counsel of the road written on the official letter head of the committee and signed "John T. Denvir." It said in part ; "As chairman of the public utilities 1 commission you can look for leglsla- s an argument againsi lurmer ue- vicinity of Cheng Yang-Kwan. further lay. champions of the treaties ointed , to the north jn the same provlnce. mil that to amend any of the con- ..whlte Wolf" has a force of 6000 ventions at this time would be discrim-1 bandlt8, naU ot whom are armed with inatory inasmuch as a similar treaty , mo(jeI.n rifles with France was ratified by the senate opinion is expressed here that un lust summer and renewed. ,egg the oppirUmity is 8eized of exter- Ihe decisive vote yesterday against ,mlnatlng "White Wolf and his fol any amendments was referred to as an ,,,,., lV,.. ,, r tho rehel- Tne i indication oi me UlUlty further changes. Since the revolutions began they I "on that will work hardship to your have never had such a meeting but ! company and I wish to assure you that accepted their burdens stoically. I whcn our commission gets through funics Withheld i with you that you will find your road It (s understood fimoiig liordr '""' rece.ver, for yoti cer- newspaper men that names of for eigners who divulge news are pot, to be made public for fear of consquen ces when they set foot on Mexican soil again. The fate of Gustav Bauch, the German-American charged with being a spy, Is still unknown. According to official report, he said to be held In eommunicato, but for all his friends know, he may be dead. Think Villa Killed Benton. The fact that the alleged execu tlon of Benton took place Tuesday ui ijichmiib io1l Government troops, however, I show strong disinclination to get to close quarters with bandits. inauon oi nenion, cimIB, mai m,-1 njKnt s thought to mean bv many that state department at Washington had i v,Ia.g (,onrt raartU report .as Kiv. oeisisiemiy u,,y.c.Cu ..- . , . . h ..... personally 'hot his visitor during their quarrel. The disagreement, the court martial and the execution, all In part of one day, Is thought to be too rapid ng true conditions in Mexico ana declared that "at the present moment oqr government is harboring General ; Vnez Salazar, who has committed out rages against our people," as well as for legal procedure across the river. Villa's sudden departure is also con- : talnly are violating the laws of the ' state in a great many respects and wc know it, but have gone along and been friendly with you; but inasmuch af ! you are Inclined to he so diplomatic I in your statement that you would no; ; like to violate the custom you have I Indulged in.' I feel inclined to think ', that a little resolution with respect to i a committee for a thorough investlga ! tlqfi of your gross negligence with re : gards to your methods of procedure will be well to adopt at the next meet ! ing of the senate." i The report of the commission says ' in part: "Although opportunity for a full ex planation was afforded Mr. Denvir. it I wus not forthcoming, and we deem It j our duty to make this record of the ; matter. It Is well to add that our in vestigations of the records of other carriers at Chicago show that many I FIVE CHILDREN OF A LUMBERMAN ARE SEN THEODORE FLEES BURNED TO DEATH FROM CAPE HAITIEN; Ashland, Maine, Feb. 21. Five of REBELS ARE ROUTED the six children of Joseph Smart, a j lumberman, were burned to death I cape Haltien, Haiti, Feb. 21. Seiia when their house at Eagle Lake was , tor Davilmar Theodore, rebel leader, deaii oyeU by fire early today. and the members of his slaO.ed. toiln v J from Cape Haltien. The city was later DIAZ LEFT' HAVANA , oc curred by the government troops, W A TTwri TJTTIT'T TTC3T A O The rebe! army was routed yesterday. J! AAKXKU Tne gtrpets of tne cHy ar patronei by American marines. New York, Feb. 21. Felix Diaz who helped bring about the downfall of Madero, but later had to flee from INDIAN APPROPRIATOIN Mexico arrived here today from Ha vans. He declared that he had no Intention of allying himself with Car- i ratlia and Villa and declined to discuss I Washington, Feb. 21. Notice was what plans, if any, he had for regain- received by the senate today of the Ing power he once had. Friends who I passage of the house Indian approprl accompany him said he left Havana i atlon bill carrying $9,61B,737. The because he feared the hostility of the ; measure went to the committee on' Huertlstas. who had already made one Indian affairs. The bill shows a re attempt to kill him since he fled from ; duction of $2,165,12" from estimates v era Cruz. i of the department of the interior. BILL PASSES HOUSE h.ea? "f a bandit band In northern ,glderpd , (.nnePtlon wlth th,8 thpory. j requests have been made In the past Mexico. Villa was denounced In strong terms. The clash between cavalrymen and j Mexicans occurred last night shortly after Captain Harry Cootes had re- ! reived word that fillburters might at- j 'Ml 1 ' I IU I uflu "no ' .. ... . .hanging a few shots In hich two Mexicans were wounded the other In- j truders escaped. El Paso. Tex.. Feb. 21. William S. Benton of El Paso. Scotchman, sub ject of Great Britain. Is dead. That was confirmed by Uenersl Pancho villa and was officially conveyed to the widow here by United States Con sul Edwards of Juarez. Mystery surrounds the report of the death. William Benton, a cousin of the dead man, confirmed the re port "Consul Edwards told Mrs. Ben ton." he said, "that her husband was for free transportation for the use of John T. Denvir. There will be a meeting of the other i stockholders of the Asheville Baae- Enaliahmen. friends of Runtiut'i I ball club on Tuesday night, March unheard from. Increased the tensity of the situation One outcome of (he situation which was thought more probable, waa ex pected to be a warning by Great Britain to her subjects In kfexlro to ee Isolated places and retreat lo localities where they court! plate themselree under the protection of the British nag cuaslng the coming season -will be taken up and several matters of In terest to tho club will be passed upon. It Is also the purpose of the officers of ths club to have Manager Louis Cook present at the meeting and give him a chance to moe the stockholders and fana who may be pressnt. Mana ger Cook la due to arrive here nert . . wees, annul npgnrwivi, ' ' i ' ' i i the list letter received from him by PREPARES REFERENDUM T, M rjCkt. secretary of the club 11 Is expected that Manager Cook will ON AMTT TRXTRT RTT T.H h11 acquainted with a large msjorl- At vol BAKAajty of tM baseball enthusiasts of the 'lly In foi e he goes lo Mars Hill col Washlngtoa, Feb. H, A committee j lege to take clmrge of the baaaball of the chstnbi r of commonx of the! learn of that school. dead In Juarez. The consul said villa had. confirmed this but said that Vil- At l i ..... Ha. mulra titVlln la nao ... 7,.,' , Jton' arrest was brought to his alien- the details except In official dl- Mon u WM gaM M ,he emb(UJHy thttt patches to his government. ... the action of the state department had IPenton wes executed lusooay n gm , n Krutjfyln,,y p rompt arl(1 thor. Talking with a reporter over the telephone. Consul Edward? made a remark: "I have officially reported Benton dead because his death was officially reported to me. Personally, I may have my hopes and my doubts. will sav nothine ' more." Investigation Ordered. Washington, I'eh. 20. Secretary Bryan, after a cabinet conference, ordered an immediate investigation of the killing of W. 8. Benton, the Eng lish ranch owner at Juarez, Mexico. In comnuinlcstlnr to the Brlttsri ambassador the news of Benton's death. Secretary Bryan added that he ! had ordered a thorough Investigation, j Pending that there Is every disposi tion on the pnrt of officials not onlv of th state department, but also of the British embassy, to maintain a Judicial attitude. Ft.cts so far developed have been (Jucenstown, Feb. 21. Fourteen reported lo the British foreign office j savers were drowned when they went by Ambassador Spring Bice, who has ! out from Kethard to rescue the crew been moving energetically since Ben-1 of the Norwegian bark Alexicit. driven IN DROWN IN TRYING TO i i RESCUE CREW OF BABK i Life Savers Lose Lives in At j tempt to Rescue Men on The Msxico. l'nlted fttat wlda refer? 'Ion's trust mads at a't ThfM nave K. O Hhi reperr tne a nation tlnletra submarine Missing. Hiroshima. Japan. Feb. 21. A Jnp 1SS siitamnrlnr attached to ths pro icted rrui.ier Hfrado haii been ffllas- Naval n ui et with diss d have I rl after a trial in Juarez by a military court of which Krederico Oonxales Uarse was the bead, according to what appears be a correct version of the affi. . M charge against Benton was mat he was Implicated In a plot to take Villa's Ufa. Villa left f6r the south yesterday. Last Horn Tuesday. Benton was laat seen alive In Juares Tuesday morning. He was go ing to Villa's home and said ha waa going to "tell villa wnat ne tnougnt of him," for the manner In which hs ranch, "L6a Remedlo" In western Chlchuahua, had been looted by rebel soldiers. Instructions had been sent by tha American state department Thursday to Consul Edwarda, It waa reported, to see that no harm should come to Benton, the orders being sent at the request of tha British ambassador. The warning, It now appears, came too late. It Is supposed that Villa's defense will be that the man waa shot be cause he entered Villa's office and started lo draw a gun, although the cousin says Benton did not go to Juares armed. Benton had been In Mexico for about 16 years lis was about il yean Hint. m and Villa haw been sc- oughly r. N. Not Bcsponillile. It was pointed out that the Ameri can government cannot be held re sponsible In any sense for Benton's death, While the state department haa undertaken to extend protection to Brltlsn subjects In Mexico where necessary, this has been done entirely by courtesy. The situation of the British In Mexico Is precisely the same as that of Spaniards whom the United States tried to protect In the face of threats of wholesale killings, and for the failure of Its efforts It cannot le gally be held responslbls. Although It will bs for the British foreign office to deride what shall be on the rocks near the Haltee Islands. Wexford, last night. Two lifeboats an swered the distress call of the Mcxu o. bound from Uiguna. Mex., to Fal mouth. The first to reach her was stove in. but the life savers were able to scramble on board the wrecked Mexico where they remalned all night. When the crew of the bark and the life boat men landed safely on one of the Islands today they found that the second lifeboat had sunk with her crew of M men. ASHEVILLE POST OFFICE TO BE CLOSED MONDAY Next Monday, February 21, will be done after Investigation establishes the I observed as a legal holiday by the facts In the Benton case, the under-1 Asheville poatoff lee. All windows at standing Is that one Immediate result the poslofflre will be open from to will be formal warning by the British M o'clock In the morning and will government to all Its subjects In the then be closed for the remainder ot country occupied by the constitution-i the dayThere will be only one de allsts immediately to repair to places i livery of mall by city carriers, while of safety. tha rural carriers will not go out on 1 ithalr routes at all. All patrons along i Threej Killed In Wreck. ths R. V. 1). routes, however, Insy 1 1 j secure their mal al the office by rell- Roms, Italy, Feb. II. -Three pas-! 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