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HI OAMWTTt-ltKira SAM THE MOST Weather Forecast FAIR; CONTINUED COLD. BXPtKBlTB ASSOCIATED PEMMM MEM- nca nr ram oamoumam. UXjUJWJCj A1A. JNU. 11 ASHEVILLE, N. C, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 24, 1914 PRICE FIVE CENTS aw 11 I'm. i -v- O. BEFORE CABINET Advisors Latest Informa tion of Execution of W. S. Benton. REFUTES VILLA STORY UCIB UUUbCUU JJCIIUIII W HS Mexican Subj eot-Request For His Body Meets With Silence. Washington, Feb. 24. A cabinet hbo ii an uppurLuniiy 10 uuit over th hlH off Ir nl ftdVlSArs thn InfpRf nn fir William S Hfntni hv ;pn- 04 V Uli Much Interest was manifested In ma ai tninuanua, wmcn recueu ma s version oi me air air. i nougn ence is presented controverting p. f inm i h ii icu vpri ii hi l win in 1 1 i One direct effect of the Incident, it admitted generally here, will te a IICU OLdlfS IU lilt! UUIISL1LU UUimilOLB .l mr' kt HrN niiisi iih e v m nn imp H'LIIUII. J I. in DUKKHBLCU .lit- M.II1CII- ti 'i i nrn i ct i iiihv K)r ( hi n- i r uijiici nisi nutiiK wuii viiia w iieic i.iy take summary action with respect Still No Word of ltamh. State department officials today had Officials were particularly interested ii ii, 'nn uiniifiit Tiira 111 nun u i inn wiui represenicu as conirarjieung nis previ- niiu BtattfmAnt that Tlnunh hml hffAn transferred from Juarez to Chihuahua. knew nothing about Bauch. EI Paso, Tex., Feb. 24. The at- i 1 1 , iiiiiiiii wihi was CACvuieu vl wcrn baaed on a report that he held some minor oince wnne fresiaent t-ornrio Diaz was In power. This statement was made today at Juarez nv t roneri- co Oonzalez Oarza, counselor to Uie commander of the garrison, who add ed: j "We "nave heard that Benton held several n- tall offices under President 1 ami that he was onoe mayor of n small settlement on his own estate. He,could not have held office without being a Mexican citizen and the rec ords at Chihuahua are being searched to establish the facta." Relatives here of Benton say that the deeds to his Mexican property re fer to him as a British subject and that he was always careful that there should be no doubt on this point. In the meanwhile the request of the state department at Washington for the handing over of the body of Ben ton has met only with silence General Villa has reoehred tele grams not only from many cities In the United States but from London, Berlin and Paris asking for an ex planation of the manner of Benton's death. AH the replies sent to Inquirers have given the same story of a court martial And execution. .niin-ni Found. The finding In the Imperial valley. California, of Roger Laurence, the Kngllshman who was reported missing In Mexleo, leads to the belief here that bis 'alleged companion Curtis also Is safe In ths United States. No trace however, of Harry Compton. for whom the American authorities were look ing, has been revealed. Bauch Freed, Is Story. . An Interview printed In the Bl Paso Times today quotes Villa as Chihuahua a saying that he gave Oustav Bauch. n American cltlssn. his liberty at Juares last Thursday. This statement contradict th official Information given to Thomas D. Edwards, the American consul, by Osnsrsj villa, that Bauch had been taken to Chimin hue. where his Cass was being re viewed. Bl Paso, Tax.. Feb,. 14 Efforts of America Consul Edward at Juarez to Indus th constitutionalists to turn ar to th widow the body of Wll "am 8. Benton, executed by General Villa contla ted today. Bo far th re quest ha met with no response from General Villa, and It Is reported that American oonsul t.ehr at Chihua hua will renew his plea. Umtlnue Investigation Benton'i friend, the fdral Jut.m ; mm rnoii Jutttu pearrd t ! .uedjthrnnrhoiit ( other 'ports "a many sympathizers ooni' iir attempt to ascertain D, i Com I nurd on pags t) i mj rw m m m r x ft g v m NEERO JAS. CONLEV IS FOIIIID GUILTY Gets 12 Months as Acessory to Murder of Little Mary Phagan. Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 24. James Con ley, negro factory sweeper was found guilty here today of being an accessory after the fact to the murder of Mary Phagan. He was sentenced to 12 months In a convict chalngang. Atlanta, Ga.. Feb. 24. The minor charge of suppression oi evidence against James Conley, negro factory sweeper, an trial for complicity In the murder of Mary Phagan was dis missed by Judge B. H. Hill of the Superior court at the opening of to- u.rfnn A ..... V, Ka.on unj o araoiuiii xvilAl .ucil ura" their arguments on the remaining charge of being an accessory after the fact to the killing of the 14 year old factory girl. Conley's trial began yesterday and . taking of evidence, was completed at the first session. The charge of suppression of evi dence was based upon Conley's first affidavit regarding the murder, In which he professed Ignorance of the crime. The accessory charge is based on his testimony at the trial of Leo. M. Frank, who was convicted of the murder' and sentenced to death. This testimony, reciting that Conley helped to dispose of Mary Phagan's body after she had been killed by Frank was read at the trial yesterday. Attor neys for Conley argued today that these alleged acts of Conley were not accessory to the murder. Frank Motion Filed. Attorneys for Leo M. Frank, under death sentence for the murder of Mary Phagan, today filed In the Supreme court of Georgia a motion for rehear ing of arguments of Frank' appeal for a new trial. The appeal, filed after a ew trial had been refused by the Superior court, was denied by the Su preme court February 17. Two Jus tices dissented. In their motion today attorneys for the convicted factory- superintendent hold that certain ground submitted Inland six feet deep. fractlcally all the their appeal were not fully considered by the court, and present arguments In support of this contention. depdbteoIefuse to lei vessel South African Labor Leaders . Say They Will Not Land At Gravesend. Gravesend, Eng., Feb. 24. Nine of the ten labor leaders deported from South Africa on January 27 after the general strike had teen broken up by the government declared then- in tention of refusing to leave the ship when she arrived here today. They said they would remain aboard until the steamer returned to South Africa. Mr. Bain, general secretary of the trades federation of South Africa, aid: "We were pressed on to this vessel against our consent We do not In tend to leave It until we land again in South Africa." Arthur Henderson, a labor member of parliament and other British la bor leaders went out on a tug down the Thames to meet the deported strike leaders from South Africa, but th captain of the steamer refused to! allow anyone to come on board. Both parties contentedthemelve for th moment with singing Tho Bed Flag" Secretary Bain gave out a long statement ropnuntlng the event which led up to the strike leaders' deportation. It declared hundreds of people ho been arrested Indiscrimi nately during the strike for no crime whatever. Leader of th movement, It asserted, Riirrendered only to avoid bloodshed when a military officer hud threatened lo attack the trade hall In Johannesburg. The general strike of all trades In south Afrlc wa declared on Jan uary II. Premier Botha' govern ment desponded with a proclaim Mon of martial lw railing 600, noO men to Ih colors. There wa some dis order In Johannesburg umi Pretoria but after a few days th strike col lapsed. Oh January 27 the leaders of ths movement were taken oeorefly on board steamer for transporta tion to England I Zam Washington HumsII of tin itrol. 24. Captain bntlleihi rtnuth Csro- Una at Port Au Prlnr reported today Ihat President Zm .r's forces an- rd to control the situation talaml and that oulet I Au Prlnc and all COLD CAUSING MUCH SUFFERING Zero Weather, Following in Wake of Blizzard, Increas es Discomfort of Poor And Homeless. TRAFFIC PARALYZED IN MANY SECTIONS Numerous Trains Are Snow bound Work of Removing Drifts In Middle West Cities Giant Task. New York, Feb. 24.- An inch pf Bnow was dumped lost night on the heavy blanket left by last week's storms but the snow quit falling early today with the thermometer at 10 de grees above zero. Several thousand men worked all night sweeping snow from car tracks and street crossing. The drop in the temperature drove hundreds of homeless men to tho municipal lodging house. Most Severe of Season. Columbus, O., Feb. 24. With ther mometers registering from one to ten Bremen to Lloyds today explains the most severe cold weather or the season. The weather bureau recorded 5.8 Inches of snowfall here, while-In many parts of the state the blizzard which abated late yesterday left from '12 to 20 Inches of snow Railroad officials said It would be late today before the trains would be able to come near operating on schedule time. Some trains were an nulled. 42 Dejrrees Below. DolgeviMe. N. Y., Feb. 4. The mercury dropped to 42 degrees below zero he re today. Digging Out Drifts. Indianapolis, Feb. 24. With the thermometer at 1 degree below zero Indianapolis and practically the en tire state today began digging out of the snow drifts In many places flvo interurbun tracks still were snow bound. A few trains arrived thls.1 morning after being stuck In snow drifts since yesterday morning. Trac tion officials said they hoped to have the majosl y of their' lines clear by nightfall. Intense Suffering. Cincinnati, O., Feb. 24. Coming in the wake of the blizzard which raged from Sunday night until last night, zero weather caused Intense suffering In Cincinnati and lower Ohio today. Trains from the north and west were reported from one to four hours be hind schedule time. Reports of Suffering. Kansas City, Feb. 24 With gradual restoration of transportation facilities and wire communication to points i completely Isolated yesterday came more detailed reports of suffering and Inconvenience than accompanied one of the worst storms known in the Missouri-Kansas regions In a half dozen years. While demoralized wire condi tions were improved greatly today yet officials said it would be several days before normal order could be re stored. In Blizzard's Grip. Nosh - Nashville, TeriV Feb. 24. vtlle was In the grip of a blizzard early today. The temperature was 16jpbllcon of Yadkin county, protested degrees above zero. vlgloi ously to the attorney general, Seven Inches of Snow. an(1 w L Clements, of Greensboro, Pittsburgh, Pa.. Feb. 24. With j expressed bis opposition in a letter temperatures from one to five degrees below zero this entire section today experienced one of the few bright days since the advent of winter. Hun dreds of men were digging the city out of the seven Inches of snow that fell yesterday and largely Incre, ed forces were sent out .to clear railroad track. WOMEN PARTICIPATING PRIMARY ELECTION Play Important Part as Candi dates, Voters and Election Officials Chicago, Feb. 14. Woman voters of Chicago cast their first ballot today at the primary election for the nomi nation of aldennanlc candidal. A candidate, as voters and a elec tion officials they played an Important part In the election. Name of lght woman candidates appeared on the ballots. More than 700 acted a Judges and darks. Hundreds had been offi cially designated as watchers and Were at the polling plari s early. Tne womenkcenterea moat of their attention on $e m ward, comprls- , Inc th hualne ssrllon. where Miss Marton Drake wa the nrugiVHsiv parly candidate . If nominated Mloa lh"ak will oppose Alderman '"Hath: . house John" J. (. uughluu for liv(lwn. GROUNDED VESSELS In MORE DANGER; qm Severe Storm Makes Saving of Sachem and Riversdal-3 j Very Difflcut. Norfolk, Vs.. Feb. 24. With a se vere snow and wind storm raging on the coast the British steamships Sa chem, ashore near Hog Island north of Cape Charles, and tho Rlversdale, stranded near Little Island, south of Cape Henry, were today In more dan ger than at anytime slnco they struck one on Saturday and the other on Sunday last. The wind at the Virginia , Ulrica loin iijirnuuii wan mowing oe- tween 36 and 40 miles an hour from the northeast and the seas were run ning high. The Sachem, which lies on a bar two and a half miles from shore, exposed to all winds. Is In worse con dition than the Rlversdale, which lies well up on the beach In a less treach erous position. The crew of the Sa chem, which Is a Furness-Wlthy liner, bound from Boston to Newport-News and Norfolk to finish loading for Liv erpool, are still aboard the vessel but they today asked the wrecking tugs I. J. Merritt to stand well by the ship. This was because of the severity of the storm and bad position in which the Sachem lies. There is quick sand! in the vicinity of the Sachem's posi- j tlon. Some years ago a steamer was i ashore near the same point. Wreckers were at work upon her In fair weather one day and the next day a storm came and the ship went to pieces, the wreckers barely escaping with their lives. The tug Virginian is awaiting to carry out from Norfolk a large barge for the unloading of the Sachem's nouneed by many the largest and cargo with the view to lightening her. most successful affair of jts kind ever Bad weather, however, Is delaying the held In western North Carolina. Ev departure of the Virginian and the j erywhere he appeared he was recelv barge. ed with great enthusiasm and ap- The Rlversdale's. cargo of lumberjplau.se and met many hundreds of is being thrown overboard and saved on the beach. The Rlversdale lies in almost the same position as did the Belgian steamer Antlgoon, which lumber laden, struck on the Little Is land coast in December, 1906. IS Protests Against Ashboro Man Read Before Senate Judi ciary Committee. Gazette-News Bureau, Wyatt Building Washington, Feb. 24. Jwork done during the past two years, j The senate judiciary committee today ! The report of Mr. Breese went into reported favorably the nomination of detail of the organization of tho an-I W. C. Hammer of Asheboro for dls- i soclatlon here two years ago, for trict attorney for the western district, what purposes It was organized and1 Mr. Hammer will be probably con- j Just what has been accomplished firmed at the next executive session j since then. The report dealt at length; of the senate, No further opposition i with the various work done by the as-1 to the Asheboro man Is anticipated. soclatlon, the securing of a great In Senator Overman, who has hcen crease In the travel through this si -c- j acting as chairman of the committee tlon, the decision of the government! for nearly a year, road to the commit-) to establish the military training! teo all of the protest against Mr. j camp here and said that about! Hammer. Tho protest of Henry A. $30,000 had been svent in carrying on I Page led the list. Other protesting tho work of the association during j were J. 11. Holloway, a traveling salesman of Louisburc,, who wrote 10 I the president and attorney general; . two letters from Thomas J . Jerome. of Salisbury. F.dward L. Green. re- : to jvir, Mclieynolds. TBI NATIONALIZE OIL LANDS Report Current That They Are To Be Transferred to Lord Cowdray. Mexico City. Fob. 24. A plan for i,..ii,m,iii M of nil th nil iimria in Mexico la to be forced through thelrnrt hundreds of people who were at next congress, which convenes on meeting. He was taken for a April 1. according to an admission drive over the city and the golf links, made today by tjuerldo Moheno. head Tho directors of the association went of the new cabinet post of commerce to their rooms In the Electrical bulld an Industry. ling, whem many matters of business Senor Moheno says he presented thowT attended lo. plan while he was yet m member' of T,u Hqnot. the chamber of deputies. , At the banquet nt Grove Park Inn The report Is current hre that It "tut ISO people from every county la the Intention of the federal m,v- In western North Carolina were pres- emmenl to transfer the oil lands to Ird Cowdray for t,V,00,OflO sold after they have been nationalized (Vmunlttoe Pnoars Naval BUI. naval Washington, Feb.- 14. The bill prog sum for bgt yar was flnall piuuied upon oday by th house iwvi oommli'ee. The administration pla PRES. HARRISP" THE SOUTH R.nilwnv JcVeniitiiTia Tloriinte r Possibilities of This Region And Whole Territory Of the Southern. GROVE PARK BANQUET IS GREAT SUCCESS More than 15Q Dinners Present -Meeting Held in the Afternoon at the Asbeville Club. Ashevilleians and western North Carolinians turned out in large num bers yesterday afternoon and evening In honor of the coming to this city of Fairfax Harrison, president of the Southern Railway company, ana his party, which included some of the most prominent officials of the road, President Harrison made two public addresses while in the city yesterday, the first at the Ashe lie club, where he addressed the members of the Greater Western North Carolina asso ciation and the public in general, tnat is as many as could get in. Later he was the principal speaker at the elaborate banquet given at the Gr6ve j Park inn last night, which was pro- i people while on his Visit to the city After the return of the varty from ; North Carolina illustrates what may; The British government has in.uk Hendersonville and Waynesvllle, yes- (Continued on page 7) led the good offices of the United terday afternoon, where they had gone to meet the citizens of the towns and tu see the attractions of those places, they were taken to the Manor, Where the entire party were gil.s.s nl luncheon of Thomas Wadley Raoul. After the luncheon, the party was es corted to the rooms of the Ashevllie club, by Mayor J. E. Rankin, Frank M. Weaver, president of the board of trade and H.-W. Plummer. chairman of the executive committee of the Greater Western North Carolina osso- elation. Here a large number of peo- pie from all sections of western North Carolina had gathered to near tne ad Id ress of Mr HarrUont The meeting at the club was called ! to order by W. E. Breese, Jr., presi dent of the association, at 3:30 o'clock. He made a short talk dealing with the work done during the year land stated the purposes of the osso- I elation submitting his revort of the the vast two years. Mr. Breese then presented Mr. liar-, rlson, who spoke only for a few mm-1 utcs, stating that he had already ap-! pea red twice that day In this section and would speak again at night at the bamiuet at Grove Park Inn. He referred to the great interest that the late President Flnley always took In the softh and especially In western North Carolina and declared that he proposed to carry on the cooperation given by the Southern toward the up building of this section of the state. He referred to the fact that co-operation Is the best way for a community to get along and that a long as It was done tho section could not help but prosper. He declared that the Southern wanted the good will of the people and their confidence and that they propose to Justify this good will. Than Mr. Beese called on Mayor Rankin, who In a few words extended to Mr. Harrison the welcome or the city and stated that he -.u glad to welcome the man who Is at the head of the railroad company that means so much to this sectlpn of the country. The meeting aojournea arter me mayors loinrcs ana air. lllirriHOII nt. It was one or the most elaborate banquets ever given In this city. On every aide the color scheme of red was carried out. lights draped with rd. red carnations hanked on each table and a red carnation at eaoh 'plate. y The banq.uet was opened by Mr Breese, who called upon Rev. It. N lWllcox of Henderaonrllle for the hi i;Vot'Blon After this Mr. Breese ns. od H. W. Plum-r to set as tnastmaa ter. Mr Plummer m'.dr splendid jnddr lii present lor; the president. CONTENDS U. S. IS RSPONSIBLE lle referred to the wonderful growth of Asneviiie and other town in w.-st-1 ern -1 North Carolina during the last few yearg saylng tnat the growth was flue principally to tne tourist diisi- i ness. That one great reason tnat mis section offered such great advantages to the tourists, other than clftnate. was that it was only 24 hours from over sixty million people, 60 per cent of the population of the entire coun try. He referred to what he termed the wonderful work done by the Southern In- educating the people to understand the wonderful wealth that Is theirs in the south. He declared that western North Carolina and the Southern, so far ns that part which serves this sec ion's concerned, are absolutely inter dependent on each other and that their Interest are mutual. Several short addresses were made by the following men, all of whom are members of the association and whose guest Mr. Harrison was: C. H. Ray, president of the Waynesvllle board of trade; Rev. It. N. Willcox, president of the Greater Henderson ville club; T. T. Baliinger of Polk county; Guy Roberts of Marshall; C. C. Buchanan of Sylvia and Mr. Bolick of Polk county. Mr. Plummer called upon Col. S. H. Cohen for a few words and he ex pressed his deep appreciation of the meeting, of the fact that he was pres ent and said that great work had been done during the past two years, and believed it would be even better in the present year. Mr. Breese then read a long tele gram from B. W. Grove, who stated that it was impossible for him to be present at the banquet, but that hia wanted to express his heartfelt good wishes deep gratitude to the man who has been placed at the head of the Southern. He declared that he be lieved that the nation was entering upon an era of substantial and unfe verish prosperity. Mr. Harrison delivered the principal address of the evening. He said: The present prosperity of western i j ,., . g U. S. WHITE SLAVE ACT ' HELD CONSTITUTIONAL ! Washington. Feb, M. Constitution ality of the federal white-slave act was again upheld today by the Supreme court in the Wilson cases from (Chi cago. The point whether the law is limited to commercial vice was not involved. Oyster Tax Law Annulled. Washington. Feb. 24. The Mary land oyster tax law of 1!)10 has been annulled as unconstitutional by the Supreme court. The law authorized the collection of a tax of one per cent a bushel upon an oysters unloaded from vessels and not for further shipment by water. Why does beef -steak cost less in Panama than in Chi eago? This book tells why. 2 COUPON a Save it for Gazette-News Colonel Goethals says: I Ay Freo'eric J. Haskin AaW ml "The IsiHM I sf - . 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The Gasette-News will cheerfully refund th piii of th i-oog to any purchase who la not satisfied with It Present Six Coupons of Consecutive Dates KlrTBr'N CKNTB KXTHA IP MuST BY MAIL . , , Manchester Guardian Makes Sharp Comment on Grey's Statement Concerning Benton Case. INCONSISTENT WITH POLICY OF PRESIDENT Thinks U. S. Cannot Deny Nation's Right to Defend Interests and Refuse De fense Itself. London, Feb. 24. Sharp comment is made by the Manch :Ser Guardian today on Sir Edward Grey's statement . In the house of commons yesterday in regard to the killing of William S. Benton at Juarez by General Villa. The newspaper asks: "Is it not mere Inl.nvlnp- with unnk in SHV that In such a case the United States has no responsibility? If that were so the Monroe doctrine would be a mere In strument of international anarchy, whereas the whole tendency of Pres ident Wilson's policy has been to make it a force of order and good government. If we are not responsible then the United States is. "We certainly do not wish to drhe the United States government into In tervention, but it cannot deny to other powers the right of defending their interests and at the same time .refuse to defend them itself." I Aid of V. S. Asked. Statei government to urge that there shall he no interference by General Villa with its inevstlgation into the death of, William R. Benton. The in vestigation Is to ' lie made by "har1e Perceval, British consul at Galveston who has been ordered to Juarez, i'oji mil Perceval hns been instructed Ic supply the most complete reports db talnable. For Imposition Building. Paris, Feb. 2 4. The chamber of deputies today voted an appropriation of $400,000 to provide for official French participation In the Panama Pacific exposition at San Francisco. Senator Smith Sick. Washington, Feb. 24. Senator lioke Smith, of Georgia, Is confined to his home with an attack of grippe. a Copy of Tuesday Feb. 24 "Accurate and Dependable"
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