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FAIR; CONTINUED COLD.
UiiVOli AX A. JNU. 16
ASHEVILLE, N. C, MONDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 2, ' "14
PRICE FIVE CENTS
as i biN STATES IN 5 COLDEST W T .1
GRIP OF BLIZZARD iUMML
ARRESTED
WIRELESS
RY VILLA DEFERS
TO CARRANZA
ORDER
TT T
In Recent Years
Experienced
iivirsu lid L ULL
OF HUMAN LIVES
ail and Wire Trn ffir Tinth
Interrupted Vessels
In Distress.
New York, March 2. Points
Li ' ix i i ii
wntii tin i " i i i i i l i ' ' i i i'
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H IM UV W 1 . K L II III? WIT 1 S (MM
!. 11 1
iiic m m mi. ecu r i over cne
Laj r "V ir i i -v
Tli POnV lT lit All 1 .c . . ( l 11 AO ir rc
ten ;iv ami were sti m Dim-
1 T -V -r i - v
ctss lodiiy. in apw i orK, Aew
Jersey and Pennsylvania lo
hreeti S and 11 inches of snow.
avers of it packed hard and
, . i . . i i a i : ...
Not in 25 years had greater
pew i'ork and environs ox
rieiKed such a storm. At
fines I lie velocity of the wind ;
reached 84 miles an hOur.
unable to make an estimate of the
probable cost of Sunday's storm.
With Its telegraph wires down, sig
nals crippled and tracks drifted high
With snow the Pennsylvania railroad
made no attempt to run a train out of
New York after 7 o'clock last night
and all Incoming trains from the west
and south arrived from two to 11
hours late. A local train from At
lantic City arrived at 4:30 o'clock this
morning, 7 hours and 5:i minutes late.
resumed early today but there was no
attempt to maintain schedules. 6ev-;
eral trains which had been "missing"
between here and New York last
night reached the city after daybreak,
and it was helieved that by midday
service would be practically normal.
Paralyzed wire service and broken
semaphore arms were given as the
principal reasons for the delay.
Telegraph and telephone companies
sent men out when the storm was at
its height last night to repair the
broken wires and other damage, nut
wire communication with New York
remained badly crippled today and It
was not expected that normal service
could be resumed for several days.
Damage In this city and the sur
rounding country was heavy.
Shipping on the Delaware river,
which had been almost completely
tjed up since early last night, was
resumed today.
At daybreak snow continued but
the velocity of the wind had decreas
ed. The temperature was 15 above
zero.
High Winds.
Norfolk, Va., March 2. High
northwesterly winds, with the ther
mometer far below freezing, swept
this coast last night and today, the
icy blasts reaching a velocity on the
coast of nearly 60 miles an hour. The
wind blowing from the northwest
caused high seas but no marine dis
asters have been reported.
The high off shore winds caused a
very low tide and made the final work
of floating the stranded British steam
ship Hlversdale at Little Island, south
of ('ape Henry, quite difficult. The
wrecking tug Rescue was today still
pulling on the Rlversdale but It has
feared that there would have to be a
shift of winds before she can be final
ly freed.
Disastrous Fires.
Baltimore, Md.. March 2. The ter-
Official Thermomter Register
ed Eight Degrees Above
Zero at Eight O'clock
This Morning.
COLDEST MARc.- DAi
FOR TWELVE YEARS
Fielding Brothers of Montreal j jj fjf fUfl(j
Charged With Fradulent
Action.
INCOME TAX RETURNS
Wave Ji'rom East Unexpected
And End Not in Sight Se
vere storm Accompany
in the Cold.
The conductor reported the storm rifle Kale that swept over Baltimore
still was raging along the coast and J last night continued this morning hut
that the snow was drifting badly. with slowly diminishing strength. Re
800 rimillmi Held Up. ports of property damage came from
Tn the Pennsylvania station 40; all quarters.
sleeping cars remained on the tracks
all night. In them were 800 passen
gers, many of whom slept peacefully
ignorant that they were not on their
way to their destinations. In the!
The steeple of the Mount Calvary
Protestant Kpiscopal church was torn
away and hurled Into Kutaw street.
Windows In houses on Hamilton ter-
Tsee, on the opposite sine or ji.ui.aw
sons waiting for the resumption of
traffic.
Trains Lost.
Trains on the New York Central
lines tared only little better. Points
up stale could not be reached by wire
ewrlv tnHnv itml Ihn 11 h , v. .1 1 w . 1 1 1 .if
deaths Were reported several incoming mall and passenger
I trains could not be learned. Among
others reported lost was the Twentieth
e OVrVWIlOlV III lIlO , Centnrv limited. Petween Peekskill
and Cold Springs about 11 miles
thirty broken telegraph poles are
down. Albany and Buffalo were out
of communication and New York Cen-
1,1 FruiiiD t,..ii. I I....:. r.lnta wnr..
Hundreds of telorrali oles ; reported lost.
ill New York, XeW Jrr.SOV and 1 The storm put nearly every wireless
, . . ' , station along the coast hereabouts out
Pennsylvania Were carried 'of commission and after six o'clock
B0Wn. Eighty five thousand j lasl nlgtlt communication with ships
U.L tSVil WtUJ llllMltilUlf .
waiting rooms were hundreds of per- street, were broken, and the roof of
Kitrht
iier
Tni
orai a
in some
irelv.
evrywhere in the
en was demoralized;
cases interrupted en
comnmtors on Long Island
were marooned, and residents
el' New Jersey coming to the
pity were from one to five
Blurs late.
Washington, March 2. While shift
ing, menac ing gales continued along
tlie Atlantic coast from Savannah to
Mxinc today, leaving In their wake ii
'"Id wave tha rcarhed sn far south
yet relief was promised to
la Now Jersey.
In New Jersey where the force of
the storm was most severe, many
tov us including Trenton, New York.
Jersey City and Hoboken. were in
darkness last night because feed wires
broke under weight of snow.
Liners In the outer harbor were held
up all night. Two barges sank off
Governor's Island. Both had been
torn from their moorings by the gale.
The four masted schooner Jacob .S
the rectory, adjoining the church, was
torn off. Roofs and signs were blown
down all over the city and thousands
of panes of glass were broken. At the
storm's height the Luthern church of
the Reformation caught fire and was
destroyed. The church was In the cen
ter of a thickly populated section and !at,ovp
many residents fled I" siorrn swept
The mercury In Ashevl'.le this
morning at 8 o'clock went down to
eight degrees above zero, the lowest
temperature registered here In March
since the local weather bureau was
established In 1902. It is likewise the
lowest temperature that has been reg
istered here since February 5, 1912,
when the mercury touched seven de
grees above zero. The lowest March
temperature heretofore recored was
14 degrees above.
The present cold wave Is attributed
to storms on the Atlantic coast and
came altogether unexpectedly, the
first warnings having been received
i here yesterday morning. Storms from
the east of this kind can seldom be
predicted, according to statements
from the weather bureau, and at
present there Is no Indication as to
.lust how long the cold will last. There
is no great deal of wire trouble In
the east and reports this morning
were coming tn very slowly. Until all
these are received there can be no
definite forecast.
Reports received from the west last
night Indicate that the cold wave has
not extended lar. inland: The lowest
temperature 4"as aporte' from . St.
Paul, where the mercury dropped to
12 above. At Denver it was only 3S
above, with other reports as follows.
Des Moines, 14; Cincinnati, 16; and
Kansas City, 22.
The only point that has thus far
reported a. lemperalure as low as that
in this city is Buffalo, where the
mercury registered eight degrees
the same as registered here
Chicago, March 2. J. C. and J. E,
Fielding, brothers, of Montreal, were
arrested on the steamer Matsonia.
from San Francisco for the orient, on
a charge of obtaining $4800 fraudu
lently from the Continental and Com
mercial National bank of Chicago, ac
cording to a wireless message received
today.
According to Samuel W. Jackson,
local attorney, for the Royal Bank of
Canada, the brothers left Montreal
two weeks ago. J. C. Fielding was
auditor of the Royal bank at St. I.am
bert, a suburb, of Montreal. His
brother was employed by a Montreal
Insurance broker. Two days after
their departure bank officials are said
to have found several blank drafts
gone
Only Sickness and Absence
Regardeu as Grounds for
Extension.
Will Not Permit Examination
of Benton's Body Unttf
Head of the Rebels Is
Consulted.
ORDER NECESSITATES
INDEFINITE DELAY
Washington, March 2. This was
the last day under the new income
tax law for the filing of returns on
private income for last year. Under
regulations of the treasury depart
ment, only sickness and absence are
regarded as grounds for an extension.
All those who fail to file their re
turns today are liable to fines ranging
from $20 to $10,000.
Collectors of internal revenue were
recently advised to forward to the
treasury department reports showing
filed as of
A warning was sent to the hank's"! the numbef of returns
correspondents In New York. Chicago February 20, and officials were pre-
and San Francisco. The warning was I pared today to receive these reports.
received by the Continental and Com- As fast as the work can be dispatched
merclal National bank of Chicago just official will begin issuance of assess
two hours after It had paid a $4800 ments preliminary to the payment of
draft on the Canadiai bank to "J. E.
Johnston." The description of John
son is said to have fitted J. E. Field
ing. The San Francisco bank was said
to have planned to catch "Johnston.''
However, when the young man ap
peared with a $5000 draft he scented
trouble and disappeared. It was learn
ed he had sailed on the Matsonia and
his arrest was ordered by wireless.
the tax.
Yesterday the White House execu
tive force compiled a statement of
President Wilson's private income for
submission to the collector at Balti
more. The president is not taxable on
his $75,000 government salary.
GEN. HORATIO KING
IS SERIOUSLY SICK
Carranza's Dignity Offended-
Investigation Will Start in
Few Days, President
Thinks.
RELATIVELY LITTLE OF
II, S. COTTON EXPORTED
Investigation Started With
Aim of Entarging the
Foreign Trade.
New York, March 2. General Hora
tio C. King, orator, lawyer and author,
Is seriously ill at his home in Brook
lyn. He was stricken with paralysis
late Saturday night while in the
Brooklyn Academy of Music.
General King Is 77 years old. He
was decorated by congress for bravery
in action in the war of the states.
General King was president of the
Army of the Potomac society In 1905.
Pinchot Candidate.
streets In scant clothing.
One thousand barrels of whiskey
were destroyed when two big ware
houses of the Canton Distilleries com
pany at Canton, a suburb, were burn
ed today. The loss was estimated at
$100,000.
works, across the street, causing an
estimated damage of $30,000 berore
they were extinguished.
Much Suffering.
Cleveland, O., March 2. Cleveland
was staggered by another blizzard to
day by which traffic was greatly de
layed and which caused much suffer
ing among the poor. A biting gale
from off the lake raged all day Sun
day and continued today. It was ac
comnunied by snowfall and the lem-
' perature this morning was 12 degrees
above zero. All trains on trunk rall-
roads were late.
March Records Broken.
Charleston. S. C, March 2. All
Washington, March 2. Reports
showing that of the $1100.000,000 worth
of cotton manufacturers entering in
ternational markets in 1913 only seven
this morning. Other reports received j per Cpnt was bought from the United
this morning indicate that Ashevtlle
States the producer of over two-
is taring worse than any otner point of tllR wori,Vs raw cotton
in me country, nome oi me omciai , .,..., i tn denartnient of commerce
weather bureau reports follow:
Charleston, 24; Wilmington, 22; Hat
teras, 26; Charlotte, 20; New York
18; Boston, 3fi; Norfolk, 24; Knoxvllle
16; and Lynchburg 16.
The low temperatures everywhere,
however, are being accompanied by
severe winds. The velocity of the, wind
here this morning at 8 o'clock was 30
miles an hour and It reached 36 miles
once during the night. It was blowing
a 60 mile gale at Ilatteras this morn
ing: 48 miles at New York; 4 miles
at Boston; 56 miles at Norfolk; 42
miles at Bynchburg; 56 miles at Sa
vannah; 52 miles at Pittsburgh; and
48 miles at Atlanta. In New York the
cold and wind has been accompanied
by a rainfall of 2.76 Inches and It Is
still raining there, according to offi
cial reports this morning.
today to institute a thorough investi
gation with the aim of "enlarging the
foregn trade in this important branch
of American industry."
Secretary Redlield announced that
agents of the department were Inves
tigating textile market conditions In
the orient, and at the port of New
York.
Official statistics show that while
India imports annually about $200,
000,000 worth of cotton goods, only
about $1,000,000 Is received from the
United States. China imports about
$100,000,000 annually, and receives
only $8,000,000 from the United States.
To the markets of Argentina, Brazil
and Chile, the United States sells less
than $1,00,000 worth of cotton mate
rials annually.
It is further poUited out thst during
Milford. Pa., March 2. Gilford
Pinchot, formerly chief forester, of
the United States last night announc
ed his candidacy for the Washington
party nomination for Unltd States
senator to succeed Boise Penrose. Mr.
Pinchot was the unanimous choice of
progressive leaders, as set forth In a
resolution adopted at a recent confer
ence at Harrisburg.
Cardinal Kopp Dying.
Breslau, Bermany, March 2. Car
dinal George Kopp, highest dignitary
of the Roman Catholic church In Ger
many is dying of acute meningitis at
Troppau, Austrian Silesia. He is 77
years old.
Washington. March 2. That Gen-
eral Villa has acknowledged the au
thority of General Carranza as his
chief and will not permit the American
commission to examine the body of
William S. Benton until the Washing
ton government has consulted Car
ranza was the explanation made by
President Wilson today of the latest
phase of the Mexican situation.
The president told callers that the
desire of the commissioners to get
further instructions from Washington
as well as orders from General Villa
himself, had necessitated a postpone
ment, but Mr. Wilson takes It for
granted that the commissioners will
start in a few days.
Nothing Urgent.
Asked whether in view of the new
developments, a change of policy was
intended by the United States Imme
diately, the president pointed out that
a country having the power of the
United States could afford to wait as
long as It pleased in the situation, that
there was no doubt that Huerta would
ultimately have to retire and that
there need be no hesitation on the
part of the American people to doubt
that a solution would be accomplished
eventually.
The president counselled patience,
emphasizing that those who wanted
things done immediately must realize
that they might have to oontribute
their brothers and sons to accomplish
results at once, whereas If they ware
willing to wait that might not be nec
essary. The president was referring, it is
presumed, to speeches in corgress de
manding ra ileal action of some kind,
or armed intervention, which he seem
ed to deplore.
Carranza's Dignity Offended.
That Carranza's personal dignity
had been offended because first repre
sentations were not made directly to
him, was the White House view of tha
two notes sent here, and it was celarly
indicated that the president felt con
(Continued on page I)
Wlnslow, lumber laden, for Providence j records of low temperature here for
from Fernandlna went ashore on: March, so far as the weather bureau
Block Island. Her crew of nine was figures show, were broken during the
brought ashore by life savors but one night when the temperature read 23.9
other bureau reeordu made 1 man returned to Ihe ship and was degrees. The former lowest March
nd Charleston snd other , drowned. A tug lost four of ner tow reading here was 24 degrees. A great
Florida
morrow in the south and middle At
lahtie stales. lowest March tempera
H'miheastern nbicr mtron.elv mi. ., .. of barges in Ixng Island sound be- many water pipes froze and
tor-table, I tween Bridgeport and New Haven: winds made the cold acute.
The siorm's center In tho ens' hi l! eight persons aboard them were saved: lowest In Two Years.
moved utile since last night, and to-1 with difficulty.
ilu II hovered over the southern New I An unidentified schooner is pound
I agland
high
The wave Is reported as extending 19i ;. ,.iton manufacturers worth $65,-
j further south along the Atlantic coast r,oo, 000 were Imported by the United
j than for years. Killing frosts are re-! st(1J,,s
I ported as far south as Jacksonville
'and freezing temperatures were reg
istered there this morning.
While Ashevllle la suffering the
i coldest March weather recorded in 12
years, possibly longer, there seems to
1 Ha nnnaotatiml in the fact thst the
Atlanta, Ga., March 2. The tern-(mercury will have to drop another 14
perature here early today fell to 16.2 degrees before the record of winter
SHDMAKERS MONEY FOR
Unmness Conditions n the I ing m pieces on numum ... . , , l,r, ern tho limd In TTw.ro (hot norlnri ! rAftched On
were demoralized; train and wlrc'ew umunn. n
rvli e whs serloulv crinnled nnd : perished.
than two years.
February 14.
1 ft mow whs threatened In the At
Witlc states north of Virginia this af
ternoon and tonight.
Storm warnings today were flat
tering from eoHst stations from Hat-
t'T.' to East port,
New York. March 2. New York nnd
ty Is today suffering from one of
worst storms In it history. Five
th
person have been killed in far ss re-
Train Cancelled.
Snow, which did cease for a few
hours during the night, began falling
again early today. The gale formed
big drifts In the country and added to
troubles or the railroads.
Many commuters failed to reach the
city this morning owing to olippled
train service from nearby New York
and New Jersey towna Many New
" ""I milrnad traffic I tied up and Jersey trains were cancelled,
wire con- -xintcatlnn crippled. Htre-ts Fire alarm circuits in all the out
nd HrteJux, ,-overed with Ice, I lying districts of New York City were
"inking waklngAilfnciilt and danger- j demoralised.
and vehicular traffic Is almoin im-' The Western Union Telegraph oom
FKMalble. ivw trains are leaving today i pany reported that only five of Its out
"er sny of the main trunk lines for of-town wires were up. The woret of
he west and south and street car and the etorm is between New York and
"VHIed tr.ilflr In the city and suburbs , Albany, according to wire, oinciaia.
' lame and In some Instances sus
pended. Not Since tha hllftiril nt 1 lit
HIGH WIND HERE
111
line went down, Including the As
sociated Press wire of The Uaxette
News. Rallwsy traffic was Interferred
with, especially malls from north and
east. Schools were closed on account
of the cold.
trees- below
recorded since the establishment of
ihe local bureau.
Htlll another consolation thst may
be felt by residents and visitors here.
who are doubtless harboring murder
A forty mile gale did some damage nU9 tfMnKm against the weather man.
Ashevllle today. Many telegraph i in thot the latter, together with hi
j assistant, Hre able to live only in the
workroom tnis morning, wnere rsnui
tors and fires under easting pots eom
hlne to make the temperature heer
ahle. They are compelled tn answer
Innumerable telephone calls, 1n the
front offi'-e and rome back shivering
to their den. Some of the things that
are said to them over the telephone
11 the
1906, it was Just six de-
zero here, the .-.oldest , Man Who Mended Winters'
Shoes Remembered Him
In Will. .
hlch old residents nolnt to as ths
"rt In the city's history has a gale
snow resulted In so much suffer-
with i
's run was
mree weeks
the third storm in
In Newark a short-circuited wire re
sulted In a fire which ate a bad hole
In the stands of the International
League ball park.
Worst In Many Tears.
Philadelphia. Pa.. March I Phlla
delnhlana arose today to find their
A milk famine was most feared to- city held fast by 1 one of the woret
dy because of the suspended train billiards that has struck this aeetlon
'rvlce in New Jersey and New York In many yeara Suburbanites were.
obliged to dig through snow banks
Nine and one-half Inches of snow drifted fence high and traffic on most
J"l yesterday, and when It stopped a of the surface car line wss sus
"n aale set In. The temperature panded. Conditions on steam mde
"ropp-d many degrees, freeslng aluati to outlying sections were Mttle better,
""u,""" ,h' covered the streets land thousands' of persons were tate
i.r i "n'y hlf th ,now fro,n ,wo reaching their place of employment
i '-vious storms removed from prlnel- ' while others did not get to the city
in'cni f ly cleaning depart- at all.
r-a t t o7 1'w Brobl"n today. Al- Railroad traffic between here and
sn.'J m"-M, hve been spent In Ner York, which was completely tied
removal work, officials went I up the greater part of last night, was
Will Visit Pope.
New York, March 1. Cardinal
Farley Is planning a trip to Rome
shortly after Easter to make his ad
Itmlnla visit to Pope Plus X and sub
mit to the holl see the report of his
archdiocese. This will be his first visit
to Rome since his elevation to the
cardlnalate. .
Navy Rill Reported.
Washington. March 1. Ths naval
appropriation bill carrying $ 1 J9.H4,
$31 for two battleships, six torpedo
boat destroyers ml other small craft
has i.een reported to the house. The
two battleships are to cost $I5.A00,-
000 esch and will be
yards by contract
possibly make them shiver
more.
FIRE IN 8SATNT IOUIB
DDKS S2A0.0O0 DAMAGE
Bt. Louis, March I. Fire early to
day destroyed the four story build
Ing and stork of the Louis P. Aloe
Mor.'rr.-y, Cal., Match 1. When
i Hubert Bonis Stevenson vlslled this
old Bparlsh town many years ago lie
'was hard up and his shoes were
mended and remended by George
i Berthold, the village cobbler. The two
became c hums.
As Stevenson became famous Bert
hold prospered somewhat financially,
blossoming Into a ahoeHtiire proprie
tor. He left In his will a provision
for a monument to the man was was
his friend. The remainder of his es
tate was left to his two clerks.
The courts somehow expunged
from the will the provision for the
monument but the clerks who receiv
ed the entire estate tndny announced
otlc-aJ roninanv and damea-ed the 'that they would commune at tenst
stock and building of the Alexander ! as Berthold set aside and the menu-
As accurate as arith
meticyet as interest
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Washington. March 2. RecrrtHfy
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of Mr. Bryan's peace treaties. The
convention provides that all questions
arinlng between the two cnuntrt
of which cannot be settled by diplomacy
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