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ASHEVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 12, 1914
PRICE FIVE CENTS
LITERACY TEST
WILL
mate Immigration Committee j V
I twirl., tn nntain Rfistrio-
UCWUX" v-
tive Clause in The Bur
nette Bill.
HIS IS DESPITE THE
PRESIDENT'S DESIRE
tetention of Literary Test in
Immigration Bill May
Result in Veto by
The President.
"Washington, March 12. The mucu
I8CUS1-' literacy test, win remain
, Kiiniett Immigration bin when it
presented to the senate for action,
his was decided toda by the senate
migration committee which will re- j
rf tin lull favorably.
It was suggested that the literacy
t be omitted for rear or a veto Tint
e majority of the committeemen j
f not believe the president would ;
his opposition to thut feature so I
to veto the entire bill which i
ntaius much that he is known to I
,vor.
Senators Kern and Gronna of the
gnmittee reserved the right to offer
neni 1 rneiils on the floor. Senator
irn is opposed to the test.
The provision for American health
specters on immigrant vessels leav-
foreign ports, to which Italy and
foe other governments objected, was
ftangori to provide that
Immigrant j
suspected j
els carrying persons
being deportable on account of
sa may be detained after reach
k port and the suspected persons
nflned on hoard until their cases
determined.
The provision for a head tax of $5 1
is ojlanged to $fi for each unmar- i
d and $4 for each married alien.
Washington. March 12. Final con-
IttSJion of the Hurnett immigration
11 was undertaken today by the sen-
com in it i o. The discussion mi
nd upon the literary test, to which
WslnVm W ilson is known to object,
((Involved the question of whether j
le provision should be eliminated i
Mi the hill as It passed the-house.
fiore it Is submitted to thr senate.
rMemliers of the committee were in-
llneil to support the llterncv test, iv-
jiectlvc of whether it may cause u
Mo el tiie bill.
There were some indication, how
Pi that if the measure reached the
(nale other restrictive provisions
light be substituted; which would
jtfttuard Immigration and at the
Be time would not invoke ih.
IBt's disfavor.
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TOLLS CEMPTION
Washington Lawyer Tells Lob
by Committee of Contract
With Ship Builder.
Washington, March 12. That he
contracted with former Rear Admiral
Bowles, president o( the Fore River
Shipbuilding company tor $1,000 and I
a contingent fee of 54,000 to work fori
toll exemptions for American coast- j
wlseshipa In the Panama canal act;
was declared today hy Clarence W .
DeKnight a Washington luwyer, bo- j
fore the senate lobby committee.
DeKnight said he knew of no or-1
ganizeu eriort at tins time to right
repeal of the toll exemption clause j
and armed that he had written let-;
tfi'S of warning to shipbuilding com- i
panics relating thereto.
for ms service in tiehnir of the
fore niver Mnipouiioing company oe-i
fore the senate interoceanic canals
committee when the . Panama' canal :
act was undef consideration. De-1
Knight said he was paid only $1,000 I
despite the ract that the toil exemp-
tioir was included In the bill.
"Didn't you demand the $4,000 con
tingent fee from President Howies?"
Senator Overman asked.
"Yes, I did after., the bill was pass
ed" DeKnlgbt answered.
"Well, why didn't Howies give It
to you?" asked Senntor Reed.
"I think the reason was because
the bill did not go through In such a
way that the Core River Shipbuilding
company was to build some ships,
said DeKnight.
"Did vour contract call for a con-
tlno-enev whnrehv the bill was to In-
elude a provision whereby the govern
ment was to
contract for ships in
exemption was grant
case the toll
ed?" asked Mr. Reed.
"No. 1 don't think so," said Dr-
K night. "I don't exact ly jmembpiv
the contingency. 1 was to get the!
$4, nan If the bill went through a err-j
tain way. Anyway 1 know that Admir
al Howies company did not build the j
ships."
The committee demanded that Dr-,
Knight produce his contract
Bowles. lie said he would do
later.
with
that
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SACKING OF LAO HO-KDW
Misses Black, Attached to
China Inland Mission Have
Disappeared.
London. March 12. A dispatch in
the Central News from Shanghai
says two English women attached
I to the station of the fchlna Inland
mission at Lao Ho-Kow in the pro
vince of llu -Pell have been flsslng
since that town was sacked and burn
led by brigands yesterday.
The two women are Miss E. Black
land Miss J. Black.
Die China Inland mission Is a
1,r" iBn missionary society with head-
. ......... l I n,l.... It u'no MHMIMl .
ed iii I-no llo-Kow by five persons.
The lu lmmds, when I hey sacked the
.(ly. killed Dr. T. Froylnnd. a Nor
wegian missionary, and wounded sev
eral others. There are 17 persons
attached by Protestant missions In the
city.
'
FINKS AND BONDS IN
PITTS HENNESSEE CASE
Charlotte. N. C, March 12 After
hearing both fuctlons tell their stories
of the OleD Alpine light. Judge B. K.
Long of the stute seperlor court yes
terday afternoon sentenced E. A. Hen
neasee and W 1). Pills to pay a fine of
$100 and court costs of $500 each and
to Blve :'HOO surely Hint thry will
keep the peace between each other
and all cttlMIM of North Carolina for
a period of live vents.
The other feudists received nomln.il
fines with the exception of Hubert
and VnMev llenneKsee, voiing -sons of
K. A. Hotincuwr. who wrn- iltHcharKf-d
v it l vi. imiim uith i
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;" 2& eHCh and iul under 12000 I
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AV1AIOK JJICjS AflriH, i
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J.ifra. Palestine. March It. ISurl
Bey d'ed heer today after he and an
Otlli - Turkish army nvlalor fell Into
the na Their aeroplane broke down
nd thly had made a rapid descent to
ii
lhe water where Ihev managed to ex-
trie ate themselves from the machine
and reach shore in an i xhauatt-d ton-
id l ib, ii.
T
MQ UAMnm I CM
i uii innunudivi
Miss Richardson, Who Hacked
Velasquez' Painting, Is
Given Sentence of
Six Months.
CONVERSES WITH JUDGE I
CONCERNING HER ACT:
Indicates She Felt It Her Duty,
To Damage Picture Because
Of "Cruelty To Mrs.
Pankhurst."
I.ondi
March 12. Miss May
Richardson, militant suffragette, who j
noneuy venue
national gallery, was loaay
aenieu. eu iu wx moimis imprison-
u lent.
; tv imuoc.u.ui .iu vu
might well doubt whether the prlson-
r was in her right senses. There was,
nowever, no medical evidence to show
tnat she was a person not responsible
i for her actions.
Miss Richardson has
been on a
'hunger strike" since her arrest. She
said her act was premeditated and she
pleaded guilty.
Addressing Judge Robert Wallace,
who presided over lhe court, Miss
Richardson said:
"I am an art student, but I care
(more for justice than for art. I firm
; ly believe that when the nation has
shult its ryes to .justice and has al
lowed
i Justice
women wno are lighting for i
to be maltreated and tortured i
UOn nn ction as nunc should be
understandable.
m
mm
"The slow and premeditated mur- j msh forthwith for the use of the sen
der of Mrs. Kmmeline Pankhurst Is ! ate any evidence upon which that por
the ultimatum which has made neces- ,ton f i,is Hpeeeh wag based wherein
saiv the recent acts of her followers. is alleged to have said that It added
The nation seems to be dead or greatly ' to the1 n'easure of the people
asleep, for we women have knocked
vainly at the doors of
mniisii-rn,
I bishops, and archbishops
and
even
the king himself.
"I know that you will sentence me.
I can stand only a few months tor
Iture, hut my fate makes little differ
ence. I am really a gruteful and hup
! py woman because I have been able
j to live In a century In which Mrs.
Pankhurst lived and because In a
slight measure I have tried to carry
lout what 1 believe In."
As Judge Wallace was about to
pass sentence the following colloquy
occurred:
The judge:
j destroyed no
"If the picture had been
money could have re
placed it."
Miss Richardson: "Do you realize!
that no money can replace Mrs. PanR
hurst .' She is being slowly killed."
The Judge: "You have pleded guilty
and have gloried In your crime."
Miss Klchardson: "I don't say that.
' 1 think It a shame I had to consider
it my duty to do it."
The judge: "It is my duty to pass
sentence of six months imprison
ment. I recognize that this sentence
is totally Inadequate but it is the
maximum senatence for damaging
works of art. If the offense had been
dindow breaking 1 could have given
the prisoner eighteen months im
prisonment
Mis
llchardson looked III and it
was suggested In some quarters that
. the precarious state of her health had
been the reason for the taking of the
unusual course of hurrying the trial.
The charge against the prisoner
was "malicious damage to a picture." j
Injured QMM
New York, March 12. Militant
j methods and especially the latest act
of the English suffragettes In slashing
! the valuable "Rokeby Venus" were
declared today by Dr. Anna Howard
I .Shaw to be working n great Injury to
the cause of votes for women In this
country.
"In one day the militants can serl-l
nusly hurt the work of many patient J
years for us." Dr Shaw said. "I won-!
der If th'' foolish militants are ever
going to have their eyas opened to the;
futility of fo' owing their present
methods."
Iliirueil in Itevence.
Otattod, Scotland. March 12. Mili
tant suffragettes today burned to the
ground a large unoccupied mansion at
Stewiirton belonging to the Free
Church of Kcolland A message was
left stating "this Is in revenge for the
brutal arrest of Mrs. Pankhurst."
ARRANGED TO SIGN
ALASKA BILL, 3 P. M.
WM,hngton March I!. Arrange-
menti were made at the While Hon-f
today for I'resiaent wusnn to sign ine
Alaskan bill at 3 p tri. Members if
th, .nn!p house and s.
'J""" ho worked for passage of th.
bI, WT lnvllPd , b. pronl
Robbers Kill Officer.
-
Ban Jose, Cg
March II. nohbers ,
attempting to board
Houthern Pa-
clfle paeeerser trsin rron- Han rrnn-
elsro to yt Angeles hers early n-
day killed Mlrhael Uuerlc. a railroad
i oilceman, who Interfered, then f led.
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Senate Adopts Resolution Call
ing on Ambassador for
Explanation of Speech
In London.
DEFINED MONROE LAW,
ACCORDING TO REPORT
Also Said to Have Stated
English Would Derive
Most Benefit From
Panama Canal.
Washington, March 12. A resolu-
tion calling tfpon Walter H. Page, am
bassador to (jreat Britain, for an ex
planation of a Panama canal speech
which he is reported to have delivered
last night before the Associated Cham
bers of Commerce in London was
adopted today by the senate.
The resolution was introduced hy
Senator Chamberlain of Oregon, a bit
ter opponent of the repeal of the free
tolls provision in the Panama canal
act.
In Its preference Senator Chamber
lain set forth a published report of
the pruported speech.
The resolution then asked the sec
retary of state to "furnish to the sen
ate w ithout delay a copy of the speech
made by the American ambassador
and particularly that part thereof giv
Ing his definition of the Monroe doc
trine and that portion thereof in wl.lch
v, 1 niloi.d in hove mt,.,i thm tv,.
nrtilh would nroflt most I the ne
of the Panama canal, and that he call
nnon th American nmbn.qsador to fnr-
, ef ..the Tnit.-vi H'tn.Wfi Ii, the bii-ildbijj
nf the Pnnnmn onnn to know that the
British would profit most by Its use."
The definition attributed to the am
bassador was: "The Monroe doctrine
simply meant this: 'That the United
States would prefer that no European
government should gain more land in
tho New World.' "
Senator Chamberlain asked for Im
mediate consideration of his resolu
tion. It was granted by unanimous
consent and the resolution passed
i w-lthout debate,
VANDERBILT WILL
iwm FILING
Estate Estimated at $50,000,
000 Mrs. Vanderbilt Gets
Greater Share.
New York, March 12. The will of
Oeorgo W. Vanderbilt, who died on
Friday In Washington .was to be filed
for probate late today. The estate, It
Is said, is valued at about jr.0,000,000
It Is said that the will Is In Mr. Van-
derblt's handwriting and that it Is re
markable for Its brevity. Only a few
lines, it Is said, will cover the actually
Important parts of the document. The
greater share of the millions was said
to have been left to Mrs. Vanderbilt
SIX BLOCKS OF PORTLAND
WATER FRONT WIPED OUT
I Portland, Ore.. March U. Six
'blocks of Portland's water front were
1 wiped out by fire which started early
today. The loss Is estimated at sev
eral hundred thousand dollars. The
steam schooners Cilcket and Olenroy
were burned. '
FOREST CITY WOMEN
WISH NEW ORDINANCES
Ipectal to The Gazette-News.
Korest City, March It, Following a
meeting of the women of the town
Friday afternoon the mayor and board
of aldermen were railed Into extraor
dinary seaalon Haturday afternoon to
ronslder a (eneral oleanlng up of the
,own "nn n"w orninances Amonr the
thmas th. women a.ki for the
i exiei.mon or ins wiipr mains io ine
! grided schonl building, the removal of
trash and rubbish from the street and
back Iota, the provision of an Inspector
earh month the hack yards, stables,
etc., and a curfew law.
i ins issi reuueei nj me woni.n io
keep the children from the streets il
night waa probably the moat delicate
matter broached.
HE CHARCES
iPIIHlCT CICPCi ,
noniii j i jiloll
Material For "At Least Fifty
Indictments" Against Sie
gel and Vogel Given to
Grand Jury.
FRAUD ALLEGATIONS;
OUT ON $25,000 BAIL
That They Accepted Deposits
Knowing That Their Bank
Was Insolvent Is One
Of the Charges.
New York. March 12. What the
district attorney's office described as
"material for at least fifty indict
menis" alleging fraud against Henry
Siegel and Crank E. Vogel, president
and vice-president, respectively, of the
Siegel stores corporation, who were ar
rested yesterday on three indictments
and are now at liberty under $25,000
ball each was placed in the hands of
the grand Jury today.
Assistant District Attorney Arthur
O. Train said that as many indictments
as the ends of justice seemed to re
quire would he found against the Merchant-bankers.
The indictments already found
charge violation of banking laws and
grand larceny in making false state
ments to obtain credit. The grand lar
ceny indictment is based only on the
affairs of the Fourteenth street store
of this city, and the Henry Siegal and
company private bank conducted in
connection with It. "The affairs of
the Fourteenth street store," said Mr.
Train. "Are typical of the affairs of
other Siegel enterprises."
Conviction on the Indictment charg
ing violation of the banking laws in
that. Helgel and Vogel accepted de-pemtts-
She'll "tirey knew the hahR" to be
Insolvent is punishable with a term of
from one to live years imprisonment
and a line of $5000. For the grand
larceny charge the men may be sen
tenced to 10 years in prison and lined
$10,000.
District Attorney Whitman said that
statements of the two secretaries cm
ployed by Siegel formed the basis of
the grand larceny indictment. The ,
testilled that false statements were j
prepared for merchants and bankers:
that liabilities were turned into assets i
and that approximately $2,500,000 of.
money deposited in the Siegel private
bank was placed Into the retail busi
ness while it was losing money.
Additional indictments alleging that
the two men accepted deposits when
they knew the bank to be insolvent
may be based upon testimony of Indi
vidual depositors. Every deppit ac- .
cepted by the bank for a period of j
over a year, it is claimed, can he made
the basis of a separate Indictment.
LOST FOR TWELVE HEARS
CLUE'S BODY IDENTIFIED
Remains of Laborer Said to
Be Those of Former
Chicago Attorney.
Chicago, March 12. Dramatic se
quel to the mysterious disappearance
of Horace Greely Clarke, prosperous
Chicago lawyer and board of trade op
erator, from a lake boat twelve years
ago took place in a morgue at Cudahy,
Wis., today when tho body of a rail
road section laborer was Identified as
that of Clark'. The lawyer disap
peared from the boat on June 28.
1 ..
He was travelling with his young
bride. A country-wliit searc'. for hlni
wus unsuccessful and finally it was
decided he bad fallen from the steam
er and drowned. Clarke's sister, a
Mrs. Carson of Iowa City, made the
lder"'lcatlon. An accidental over
dose of a drug had caused the man'B
death, physicians said.
Mrs. Carson could learn but Utile
about her brother's atranne disappear
ance, rieemlngly he had lost his mem
ory. He had been In various parts of ,
Wisconsin for years and was known at
Cudahy as "Harry Harrle." For years
he had been a drug user.
FOURTEEN BODIES SO
FAR ARE RECOVERED
St. lotils, March !2. With the re
covery today of Ihree more bodies
from thr ruins of the Missouri Ath
letic club, destroyed hy fire Monday
'the total brought from the debris
reaehed fourteen. Ten bodies have
neen ineniinro. r roin twenty in imr-
ly more sr. supposed to be bulled In
the wreckage and aearcti for them Is
J being prrused.
' RE troops
GO TO
KELLEY TELLS OF
E
Unemployed Were to March to
Washington to Force
Congress' Attention.
Bali Francisco. Cal., March 12. The
report on the condition of the unem
ployed at Sacramento soon will be
made to the federal industrial rela
tions commission by Harris Weinstock.
who interviewed "General" Kelley in
the Sacramento jail Wednesday. His
object was to have Kelley explain the
assemblage of his "army" and suggest
remedies for the situation.
"Kelley," said Weinstock, "im
pressed ine as a man of considerable
mentality. His arguments are well
founded from the view of the unem
ployed. 1 asked him why the army
was going to Washington, explaining
that the commission's report on the
situation would lie awaited by congress
before action would be taken.
"He answered that the committees
of previous years had their reports
shrived and that unless he was there
with a force of men to back up this
report it stood a good chance of being
similarly treated.
"Whether the members of the
'army' are honest, hard working men
out of employment or petty criminals
arid toughs I cannot say now."
Sacramento, Cal., March 12. De
tectives of Sacramento county are
searching today for a camera box
containing dynamite said to have been
sent from San Francisco to one of the
leaders of the "army" of unemployed.
camped across the river, which it was
said was to be used in blowing up one
of Sacramento's fire engine houses. It
Is reported the feeling of the men
has changed but little against what
they claim to have been unnecessarily
brutal treatment by firemen and dep
uty sheriffs when they were ejected
om the Southern. Pacific. Band lot.
Monday.
Negotiations to rid the county of
the "army" w-ere resumed today.
Armory Broken Into.
Woodland, Cal.. March 12. The
armory of company F., here was
i broken Into early today, supDosedy
by members of the unemployed
! "army." Twelve rifles seveortl hun
ored rounds of ammunition were
i taken. The militiamen are camped In
i Sacramento.
At the men's sendee to be held to
night at Trinity church, the Rev. W.
R. Dye of LIncolnton will preach.
These services are especially adapted
for the men of the parish and all are
cordially invited to attend.
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BORDER
Two Regiments Moving to the
Mexican Line For Patrol
Duty at Request of
Many Texans.
VERGARA INCIDENT
CAUSES UNEASINESS
Troop Movement Is to Restore
Confidence Is the Official
Statement Various Af
fairs Mexican.
Washington, March 12. Two more
regiments of United States troops were
moving to join the Mexican border
patrol today. Two battalions of the
9th infantry at Fort Thomas, Ky., and
Fort Logan. H. Roots, Arkansas, and
the 17th infantry at Fort McPherson,
Georgia, were loading baggage trains
to proceed to Laredo and Eagle Pass
to become part of a military force In
Texas, larger by 11000 men than the
one General Shatter led into Cuba.
The border patrol is being; increased
at requests of Senator Shappard and
Representative Garner of Texas, who
explained that the Vergara Incident
had caused uneasiness. It was pointed
out that cattle were being stolen from
Texas ranches and that inasmuch as
the American banks along the line
were full of cash, confidence would be
restored in a great measure by the
presence of more troops. At the White
House and at the war department Is
was stated that such was the only
significance of the troop movement.
At the war department it was said
that the two regiments would prob
ably actually Begin to entrain Sun
day or Monday. It Is expected that the
seventeenth will make the trip from
Savannah to Galveston on one of the
army transports leaving Savannah
Tuesday.
Conditions at Taiupico.
Conditions along the east coast or
Mexico were summarized today by
Rear Admiral Fletcher In the follow
ing report to the navy department:
"Rear Admiral Mayo reports from
Tampico that federal troops In that
.vicinity are concentrated at Tampico
and Dona Cecilia. Ne news of the
constitutionalists. No alarm at Tam
pico. All quiet at Vera Cruz. Admiral
Cradock is on the Hermolne."
Cradock is a British admiral.
For Iiiimborton.
Washington, March 11. A bill to
appropriate $75,000 for a federal
building at Lumberton, N. C, has been
Introduced by Representative Godwin.
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