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ILUME XIX. NO. 22
PRICE FIVE CENTS
ASHEVILLE, N. C, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 7, 1914
VILTMURE ESTATE Til
w
WILL BE PRESERVED
VANDERBILT
Y
PLANNEDFUTURE
jsured Friends That if "Any
thing Happened" Provis
ions Were Made to Car
ry Out Plans
IRUST IS PROBABLY
PROVIDED IN VILL
liould Pisgah Tract Become
Part of National Park, Bilt
more Holdings Will Be
Maintained
Funeral Arrangements
Delayed for Conference
Body Probably Will be Taken To New York and Buried on
Staten Island Information Denied as to
The Future of Property.
INVESTIGATE
UBQR PROBLEM
T
GET 110 REPLY
Inquiry to Be Made Into all Answer to His Appeal to Re-
Since the news of the sudden
1 TT 1 i .
assiii"' in wasiuiurton vester-
a i -i tit t i i i i
nv oi ueorge w. vanaerDiit
as received in Asheville, the
ne question wnicn nas been
bpermost in the minds of the
ieoiilc lias has been whether or
ot be magnificent Biltmore
stiitc. wJnch he established on
be outskirts of the city a num
r of years ago will be per
petuated as an entitv. That
uestidii now seems to have
leen answered in the affirma
tive, it being stated on high
ufliority that Mr. Vanderbilt
n all probability made provis
ion in his will for the main
tenance of the estate as it now
exists for the benefit of his
Daughter, who is now just un
ci' 14 years of age. It is
noun that lie desired that the
state be continued.
Close associates of Mr. Vanderbilt
en told by him before his death
liai lie hail made provision In his
ill for the maintenance of All Souls'
Biuri'h, Hlltmore, and the Clarence
Barker Memorial hospital, both of
pfhli h in'illtutlona were established by
h'mi and Mrs. Vanderbilt, and main
blni'il by them to the present time,
friii- provision! of his will relative to
Be perpetuation of the estate are not
flown, but Ms statements to asso
Hates lu re were such as to lead them
to believe that there will be no change
In the present statu? of the estate.
The estate proper, on which Is In
fested the rive mil M m dollar mansion. I
one of the finest country homes tn the
Uiiiled stales, and possibly the finest,
whti h Includes the extensive farming
and dairying operations that were be
un by Mr. Vanderbilt, has been es
tablished for a number of yeara now.
It Is slattd by associates, on a good
I'aylng basis, for n number of years
his was not the rase, but seven or
rbhi years ago Mr. Vanderbilt began
living the estate his personal ntten
'lion and under his supervision and di
rection the business was firmly es
I'lI'llRlied. This nnnears to further In
ure Huit the estate will be perpetu
ated i
The I'lspah Holdings.
Tin extensive forest holdings of the
I'd eased here, aggregating over 100,
""ii aires and Including the famous
'Isgah forest, will eventually become
of the Southern Appalachian
" ' ' reserve. It Is generally believed
Ne::,,i iatloiis were begun on several
lllfferejll occasion In the nasi the
1 Ics than a year ago, by which
I nlted stales government hoped
Washington, March 7. Arrange
ments for the funeral of George W.
Vanderbilt were delayed today pend
ing conferences between his brother,
Frederick W. Vanderbilt and other
members of the family. Efforts were
being made to communicate with
William K. Vanderbilt, who la
abroad. It Is regarded as probable
that the body will be taken to New
York today or tomorrow and burled
on the old Vanderbilt estate on Staten
island.
Much interest centered about the
effect of Mr. Vanderbilt's death upon
his immense estate at Biltmore, N. C,
No information was forthcoming at
the Vanderbilt home here as to plans
for the future of the property and It
was not known whether the widow
would continue to make her home
there.
Mr. Vanderbilt died at his residence
here yesterday less than an hour after
he had been reading newspapers In
bed and conversing with his wife. He
appeared to be In good condition, con
sidering loss of strength from a recent
operation. During the conversation,
he asked Mrs. Vanderbilt to get him
a glass of water and another news
paper. When she returned from her
errand she found the master of Bilt
more unconscious. He dieJ within the
hour.
The immediate death cause was a
Phases of Industrial Situa
tion By The Federal
Commission.
ONE OF HEARINGS IS
TO BE AT CHARLOTTE
new Embargo on Arms
to Mexico Considered
Unnecessary.
RES'jLVE hits
AT PRESIDENT
TOLLS EXEMPTION
TO BE EXPEDITED
UNRATIFIED TREATY
WITH MEXICO FOUND
Resolution Put Over For One
Day Despite Insistence
ing of Message on Pana
ma Tolls Issue.
Hearings Will Embrace All
The Main Divisions of In
quiry Recently Directed
By Congress.
blood clot that clogged arteries of the
heart. About ten days ago Mr. Van
derbilt underwent an operation, the
nature of which was not revealed. He
ports from his physicians had been
cheering and It was said on Wednes
day that he was strong enough to sit
up In bed.
Mrs. Vanderbilt, who was Miss
Edith Dresser of New York, was al
most prostrated by her husband's
sudden death. She had been continu
ously In attendance at his bedside
since the operation.
The Death Scene.
. Gazette-News Bureau
Wyatt Building,
Aro chiii crl it 1VI o hiVi 7
Mr. Vanderbilt evidently realized ! the f?"?mi8s "n; 8tfd p"bl 0 h?r"s
that his death was near, when he was j wou,ld be he1Jn.th Principal Indua
suddenly seized with a fit ot violent frlal centers beginning probably the
coughing. His physician, Dr. James i
F. Mitchell, turned to the bedside
Urged by Minister McLane in
1859 He Predicted Just
Such Conditions as Now
Are Existing.
Predicted That Repeal Meas
ure Will Be Given Right
Of Way.
. Washington. March 7. Inquiry into
practically all hases of the nation's
industrial situation with a view to
making important recommendations
to congress will soon be undertaken
by the Federal Industrial Relations
commission. In announcing that to
day, Frartk P. Walsh, chairman of
Washington, March
-State de-
ANOTHER DEMANDS
FULL INFORMATION
Washington, March 7. With the
Sims bill for the repeal of the tolls
! exemption clause of the Panama ca
nal act favorably reported to the
house and with a poll of the mem
bership ot the house and senate
showing a safe majority for repeal,
administration leaders were more
confident than ever today that con
gress would respond favorably to
President Wilson's appeal.
The next move will Be a request
Resolutions Put Over Until
Saturday Despite Insistence
of Poindexter and Jones
Of Washington.
when the first cough shook the mil
lionaire. Mr. Vandedbilt, however,
raised himself slightly in bed and
whispered the name of his wife,
"Edith." Mrs. Vanderbilt kneeled be
side the bed and put her arms about
her husband. With a quiet sigh, he
settled back in her arms and In a mo
ment he was dead.
Mrs. Vanderbilt, as soon as she
realized that her husband had died,
quietly turned to the little girl, "your
1 iamer nas leu us, uear, sue sa-iu.
the
C,
LEO. M. FRANK IS
AGAIN SENTENCED
Execution Set For April 17
For Murder of Little Mary
Phagan.
Atlanta, (la., March 7. Leo M
Frank was resentenced to death here
EIGHTEEN SAILORS
ADRIFT IN OCEAN
The Charlemagne Tower, Jr.,
Sinks Men Are in An
Open Boat.
Seaside Park, N. J., March 7. Eigh
teen members of the crew of the
steamer Charlemange Tower, Jr.,
last of March
Cities tentatively selected for
hearings Included: Charlotte, N
Greenville, S. C, and Atlanta.
The hearings will embrace all the
main divisions of the inquiry directed
by congress which include irregularity
and ; increasing production through
scientific management activities of
trades unions and employers associa
tions and the extent and operation of
governmental machinery for regulat
ing the conditions of industry, includ
ing the relations between employers
and employes.
Particular inquiry will be devoted to
successful methods of maintaining
harmonious relations beneficial to
both employers and employes.
Representatives of employers, trades
unions, other labor organizations, un
organized employe and the general
public will be heard, through whom
the commission hopes to obtain Infor
mation that will lead to constructive
recommendations. The service of ex
perts in subjects to be inquired into
have been secured by the commission
and they are now aiding the hearings.
"The commission will carefully
avoid Acting as a board of mediation
and conciliation," said Chairman
Walsh, "and will not allow itself to
be drawn Into local controversies.
Every interest will be given a hear
artment officials have decided there I for a special rule to expedite tne mea
wttl be no answer made to the note! sure and it was confidently asserted
L'v .t - t ' . ,. todav that it would be given the right
recently presented by the Huerta gov -1 Qf way m thj h(juse brouKht ,n
eminent suggesting that the United by the middle 0f next week if not be
States should revoke the right to con- ' fore.
stitutlonalists to purchase arms in this j The. senate canal committee next
country. Secretary Bryan said today j week will consider what action to
the communication required no an- take whether to recommend a flat
swer, repeal or to urge the compromise diu
The United States 1s bidding its time offered by Senator Chilton authorlz
whlle the commission appointed by the mg the president to regulate tolls and
constitutionalists to investigate the : assess charges at his discretion when
Benton execution and the disappear- ever exemption is provided,
ance of Gustav Bauch makes a report. j President Wilson was highly gratl
No developments are expected herejfe(j today with the way congress had
until tnen, tnougn tnere is every oui- responded to his address or xnursaay.
look that the general subject of pro
tection of Arrierican citizens and for
eigners in Mexico will be the occasion
of spirited debate in the senate next
Monday.
Additional interest in the situation
was lent today by publication of de
tails of a proposed treaty negotiated
more than half a century ago between
BRITISH STEAMSHIP
BACKS INTO LEDGE
Salem, Mass.. March 7. The British
steamer Domingo de Larrinaga, In
n.vnldimr Paker Island, which she had
the United States and Mexico, which if j approached dangerously during a
ratified would have authorized the thick show storm early today, backed
United States "to intervene in support
of its own treaty lights and the se
curity of its own citizens whenever
Mexico may be unable to guarantee the
same, without incurring the obligation
of necessity of a general intervention
in the domestic affairs of that coun
try." The treaty had lying in the
secret archives of the senate commit
tee on foreign relations since January.
1880. It was signed in Vera Cruz De
cember 14, 1859, by Robert M. Mc
Lane, American minister to Mexico
and M. .Ocampo, secretary of state
and foreign affairs of Mexico, and
shortly afterwards transmitted to the
into Whaleback Ledge at the entrance
to Salem bay. She floated at high tide
several hours later. The vessel lost
her rudder post, punctured several
stoVn plates and was leaking when
sh came off.
With a strong sea breaking over the
ledge and some wind from the east
ward, those on board spent several
anxious hours.
To Meet II us hand.
San Antonio, March 7. Mrs. Ven
ustlano Carranza, wife of the supreme
senate by President Buchanan but it j chief of the Mexican constitutionalists
Ing. The commission will strive to put j waB never ratified by the United States ieft here last night with her two
today for the murder of Mary Pha- wnicn sank near nere are aarin in tne
gap, a factory girl.' His execution ' -en i" an open boat. The last seen
wns net for AnHl 17 of them they were going out to sea
Judge H 11. Jlill of the superior I
aside all bias and prejudice. It will
urge others to do the same in the hope
that the Industrial problem may be
studied in the light of reason.
'The open mind will be our watch
court, in pronouncing sentence, mere
ly carried out the order of the Su
preme court of Georgia, which on
February 17 approved the conviction.
Frank previously had' been sentenced
to be executed October 10, 1918 but
sentence was suspended pending de
cision of a motion for a new trial,
an appeal lo the Supreme court and
M motion for rehearing on the ap-
j peHH. J IIC IHM HI Hi':-' t'li'M is in
save tne itrf ot tne young ractory
superintendent was defeated by de
cision of the Supreme court on Feb
ruary 25.
M100 DENIES TUT
BUNKS ARE SELECTED
Statement That Eleven Insti
tutions Have Been Chosen
Declared Untrue.
In
Iho
IO IllinllaUf. I llMu, lnH.1. U..f all a.ift.
"'."llatlons fulled of consummation,
rile movement lately begun, however.
have :l national park established In
"i" Southern Appalachian mountains
W'H result in the purchase of -these
'" li for tlist purpose, according to
"'"lenient- made today from high uu
thoritlci, Heath a Great loan.
Although Mr. Vanderbilt was known
iullniately by very few people here and
jil circle of mere acquaintance was
limited In the extreme, hta lose Is felt
v-ry keenly. It Is felt that his effort
have served very gerat In the mold
upbuilding of Asheville and western
In a southeasterly direction. The ,nrj nit Ke. -hall endeavor to provide
steamer sank In 50 feet of water three-1 a forum where men representing all
factions can meet in the common pur-
quarters of a mile from shore between
Cedar creek and Forked river life
saving station six miles south of here.
H. B. Thompson of Brooklyn first
mate and three of the members of the
crew were brought ashore.
The revenue cutter Itasca reached
the scene after the steamer went
down. Tho commander of the cutter
was signalled from shore of the pre
dicament of the 18 men, among whom
is the captain, and the Itasca put to
sea to search.
New York, March 7. The steamer
Charlemagne Tower, jr., of the South
ern Steamship company, In distress
six miles n.. i.l of Barnegat, N. J.,
was reported today to have sunk In
thirty feet of wai . That report,
which reached New York by wireless,
stuted the crew of 15, under Captain
J. W. Murphy, had been taken from
the vessel.
The revenue cutter Itasca, which
was rushed to the scene yesterday had
made no report this morning.
The Itasca last night reported the
sea was calm 'and that no difficulty
ahould be experienced in rescuing the
crew. The steamer carried coal and
was bound from Norfolk to Boston.
There are two big aand bars near
where the steamer sank y
nose of finding a way out from bit
terness and strife. To accomplish this
we shall ask thoae who meet with us
at the hearings to come not as em
ployers or employes but as men b
longing to the same human family"
SUFFRAGISTS LEAVE FOR
BIRMINGHAM MEETING
Aim Will Be to Urge Adoption
Of Suffrage Amendment
In Alabama.
because of confusion Incident to the : daughters. Misses Virginia and Julia,
outbreak of the civil war. to meet General Carranza at Juarez,
Minister McLane warned that If the where he tit expected to go early next
senate failed to ratify the treaty fur-1 week. Mrs. Carranza has not seen her
ther anarchy would exist in Mexico hsuband in nine months,
necessitating Intervention. He M I -'- -v-wm wi
"I am persuaded that if the United
States declines the responsibility im
posed upon It by the adoption and rat
Iflcatlon of this convention further
anarchy will prevail In Mexico, until
It will be terminated by direct Inter
vention from some Quarters in the
federal politics of Mexico, or by an
intervention of our own. caused by
some sudden and unforeseen provoca
tion that will expose u to the respon
sibilities of a general war and a con
quest that few would desire to under
take or consummate."
The fact that this convention was
drawn up so long ago and never rati
fied removes all possibility of it ever
becoming effective now.
Washington, March 6. Senator
Poindexter, progressive introduced a
resolution yesterday calls on President
Wilson to explain what matters "of
even greater delicacy and nearer con
sequence" he referred to in his ad
dress to congress Friday as de
pending on the repeal of the Panama
tolls exemption.
Senator Swaneon asked that the
resolution go over. Senator Poindex
ter insisted, however, on the reading
of a recent interview with Senator
Thornton in which he said he had
changed his attitude on the tolls ques
tion because the president had In
formed him the repeal of the free
tolls provision was necessary to the
continuance of friendly relations with
the powers and to the success of for
eign policies.
"I think we should know what
these policies are that are so potent
as to cause a senator to change his
vote," said Senator Poindexter.
Another resolution by Senator Jones
of Washington calls upon the presi
dent for information as to what na
tions had protested against free tolls
and copies of such protests and the
replies' of the United States thereto.
This resolution, like the Poindexter
resolution went over until tomorrow.
The resolution by Senator Poindex
ter Is the first to inquire of a president
for explanation of a message to con
gress within the recollection of many
senators
At the White Houae Friday the
president when questioned about that
feature of his address explained that
he meant to say that It was very awk
ward to deal with foreign nations
which took the position that the
United States did not" live up to Us
treaty obligations. That particular
phrase of the address, however, was
widely discussed in official and con
gressional circles and many construc
tions were applied to it.
Not Afraid of War.
Declaring he was not afraid of war
(Continued on page 2)
New York. March 7. New York
members of the executive board of
the National Woman Suffrage asso
ciation left today for Birmingham,
Ala., to attend the flrt of eeveral
id.v .nrf Conferences which will discuss plana
DIAMOND GUS DENIES
I
Washington. March 7. Under a de
clslon of the reserve bank organization
commlttae all Information designed to
affect the definition of federal reaorve
districts or the location of reaerve
bank cities must be received at the
treasury department by March 9.
Although the committee haa dis
cussed the location of reserve cltlea
since Its trip through the country end
ed that additional data should be con
sidered If Died before next Monday.
Beginning Tuesday the task of mak
ing the elections will be taken up In
earnest and It la understood will be
federal reserve board before April 1
Secretary McAdoo today made pub
Uo the following statement:
"The tatemant publlahed this
Wall Street Man Contends that
He Never Married Plain
tiff at All.
the life savers were eerlouely handl-;fr enjrancniaing me women ul
capped in launching their boats. One south.
waa finally launched but was upset In the party were Mrs. Mary w.
and the life savers waded ashore. Bennett, secretary. MUa C aroline
The captain of the Tower and the Rut-Ree. vice president, and Mrs.
seventeen men took a long boat. It Jamea Ildlaw. auditor of the natlon
waa ao overcrowded that they were 1 organization. Other membera of
..f,,.i.i n in, ,ii,, nn ih fir. i i,, -the board will join the parly In
ml hiinn round nntslde hnnlm the Washington
turbulent sea would aubalda. Bnow president, will alao attend the conrer
waa falling It grew thicker about I encea
a. m. today and the long boat waa losti The suff regies WW gl '.er In Bir
from view. mlngham March and 10. The exeeu-
When laat seen the men were ioltlve board will go from there to At
rold thev could not uae the oara and lanta. tieleastea f mm ' all the aur-
completed In time to allow Praaldant therefore could not control the craft, i rounding atatea will be In attendance year before he grew tired of her and
Wllaon to name the membera of the I Unleaa found by the revenue cuttera or i at the eeveral conference. Immediate left her "because her hair waa turn-
some steamer u is isareu nere an win im oi ini --'
perlah. tlon of woman suffrage amendments
The self-balling boat of the Barne-!ln Alabama.
gat life iavlng atatlen haa bean out I
of commlaelon for the laat three weeks TPTATJ OF UNEMPLOYED
wiiiiiii iriiana aim ma mvii i in i
New York, March 7. Augustus H
Hall "Diamond Uue" of Wall street
I whose alleged common law wife la
Mlea Jane Addams, vice suing him for separation in Supreme
i court, denied that he had married the
plaintiff with a kiss or that ho had
I married her at all .
The stock speculator, whose rel
Jtlone with F.mma Hall admittedly
; extended over a period of twelve
North Carolina. Wain, i hi. nk... f i morning that the reaerve bank or-
hls connection with the section, how- ganliatlon committee had determined
upon eleven banka and had designat
ed certain cities aa headquartara for
auch banka la mere fabrication. The
Jr, he waa a man widely reapected
r ni church affiliations and phllan
nroplc work. Hta Dhllanthroolea were
not publicly aired, but the few who!
new hlra Intimately were able to
now In a general way of their extent.
la stated that he waa never known
o refuse a requeat for aid that ha
knew to be without uelflahneaa.
The deceaaad waa a member of the
("lry of All Uouls' church. Hlltmore,
nd took an active part In the work of
(Continued on page
committer haa reached no conolualon
whatever on thla aubject and In order
that the country may be prepared for
a recrudescence of auch statementa
therefore go In aearch of the helpless
long boat.
I.erman Actreee Dead.
New York. March T. Mlaa Ru
ing white," aaid that after he waa
Introduced to Mra Everaon, aa she
was known then, they went to a rea-
taurant for dinner and when they re
turned to her home their relations
beaan. The aerond day, ha testified
she told him she waa In poor clrcum
stances, and he agreed to get her
hTaw York. March T. Hearing! In Jewelry out of pawn. From that time
the caaaa of the 10 folHrwera of Frank o... he testified, they lived together
Tnnnhiim Industrial Workers of at various placea and not once waa
ihr. World nmnlirt of the unemnlov-1 the aubleet of marriage mentioned
HAVE BEEN RESUMED
ilieinla lKfrie Oermsn. a nonular ed were resumed today. At the rate bet een them nor did Mra. Kverwnn
mm dealrn to ur that any statements actress of SO years aco, who wis "ini of progress made veaterdav when two ever aak him to marry her
purporting to give the views or opln- , In Augusta, Oa.. died Thuradgy at tl.e of the prlaoners were sentenced to the, Previous to thla teallmnny Mr. Car
lone of the committee In advance of
their formal ennnuni ement are whol
ly tinauthorUed and absolutely apec'u-latl.c."
Actors Fund home In staten leUml.
Wie waa the daughter of O. C Oar
man. said to have been the original
Impeiaoimtor of "Unci Tow.
workhouse. II will take eeveral week pentrr. Mrs Halle cnunael. Iniro
to dispose of all the raaea. duced fervent love lettera from IU
Tantienbuum haa elected In remain , Hall In which he declared hlmaetr as
lln Jail. belng very ruuih In love with her.
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