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Sit t ASheWlle azettcfttts. i,s aitisrrs-KiewB bab tbb most ffftMV ASSOCIATED riill UX Weather Forecast T,C J" FAIR AND COLDER. IfOLUMEXIX. NO. 31 ASHEVILLE, N. C, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, , MARCH 18, 1914 PRICE FIVE CENTS VECL ARE WAS DEFEATED federals Assert Rebel General Was Surprised North of Torreon and Badly Beaten. BLAIM HE STILL IS IN PRECARIOUS POSITION Strict Censorship of The Wire Lines Prevents Authentic Information of Important Mexican Battle. El Paso, Tex., March 18. Thou- sinds of persons in this section of the country whose fortunes are Involved n military and political developments In Me! today awaited authentic In Epnation of the reported battle north 'of Torreon. In the last 24 hours 15 words of a press dispatch seeped through the. censor and over the .sin gle telegraph line connecting Juarez with the war zone. It was so restricted is to he scarcely more tnan an index of what It is assumed the censor re moved Meanwhile federal agents here as- jerted that Ceneral Villa, moving con fidently in the direction of Torreon, tad suddenly come up on the enemy a kundred miles north of where he had ixpeeteii them and was defeated at Escalon on the main line of the rall- iy, and at Rosario. If the federals claims are correct, General Villa had to battle for his life ind is still in a precarious position, with an enemy in front and another threatening by a flank movement to occupy his rear. Federals assert, and there were rumors to the same effect In the rehel camp at Juarez, that the Urst f. leral detachment moved out of Porreon west of a range of mountains Ikfpnd which lies Escalon and the railro.nl. This column, proceeding in the direction of Parral, was said to save enme upon the rebel general Ur blna at Itosario and the latter was forced to retreat pending the arrival of reinforcements. Rosario Is lift miles west of Jiminez and the latter, city is directly in the rear of Escalon. The federal attack at Escalon ap parently was delayed until the western column on the other side of the moun tains had engaged Urblna, Exact in formal inn as to the fortunes of this general were eagerly though not con fidently awaited today. Federals here claim that not only was the rebel western column defeated at Rosario but that it was unable to prevent the entry of the. Huerta troops into Jim inez. if this proves true much of Villa's army has been cut off from Mr with an enemy In front and behind and mountains and the desert on either side. That feature of the story received little credence here. Readier belief iu found for thft report that the fed eral forces were defeated at Escalon, but ii wai asserted the conatitutlonal bls b) retreating a few miles to Bel lano could occupy rifle pits and trenches ( (instructed In the course of Btvli i revolutions and there make I fresh stand. The number of men engaged In the alleged battles can only be guessed at and even rumor omits to mention dead and u minded exceDt In the case of jkneral Henavides reported by Huer Iktai lo re to have been killed at Es talnn whei his column, the Znragoza brld u'e (,f 1300 men, .was said to have borne the brunt of the federal attack. It is pointed out that the revolutions f the last four years have shown con tinently that It takes more than one ikgagement to decide a Mexican bat tle. Request Passed On. Washington, March 18. Secretary Oarrmon today forwarded to Major General Arthur Murray, commanding Ihe extern department, Oovernor i Johnson s request for additional troops 0 protect the southern California Bor- fr.im Mexicans. The secretary will ai Hon entirely to General Mur- discretion. 8W ANSON AND WILSON DISCUSS GOOD ROADS Wnngton. March l. Chairman jtaimon of the subcommittee on post f oflld, ,ind j)nl,t roads and Secretary I Huurn,,,, niked with President Wilson f today , federal aid for food roads. "' -Hi, i afterward that some of the F of the president woul4 be re- wrt' (l in illation belnf prepared by to Ji.commltta. T" Virginia senator declined to say th president's position was on shsrkisford good road. bill which hs r... .. u .,i.t.. ".ouu.ooo for good roas. Traffic Conf rvnoe. "fun. March it. A subcommittee I'sntiaL the allotment of trans- n,li traffic was no'i tsd today "" ' ( o,l..,.n-. r,t ll.ill.ii nil nun. i Villi- ! companies. O.h.r lines renr- sss-n th run.,: and Ham- FllAnsrlc.n i m.L. uffl. 'lyohoseslon. VILLA US THE "LONG HBt" May Not Be Observed If It Works Detriment to The Shippers. Washington, March 18. The Inter state commerce commission held to day that a railroad could not "re serve to Itself the long haul If to do so works unduly to the detriment of the shippers." That principle was laid down In a decision of the case of the Paducah board of trade against the Illinois Central and other roads in which al legations of discrimination aglalnst Paducah and in favor of Cairo in freight rates on lumber were made. As to the rates the commission held: That lumber from the Mississippi valley does not meet such competi tion at Cairo as would Justify the maintenance of lower rates there than to Paducah from equl-distant producing points; That rates to Paducah from sub statlally equl-distant points in Mis sissippi and Louisiana east of the riv er should be no higher than one cent below those from the same points to Cairo; That rates to Paducah from points west of the river and south of Mem phis should be no higher than to Cairo; And that railroads should "either charge a bridge toll on traclc In both directions at every Ohio river crossing or not charge It at any crossing." OF HAS Son Born to Duke and Duchess Of Brunswick Also Brit ish Prince. Brunswick, Germany, March 18. A battery of artillery fired a royal salute In honor of the birth of a son to the Duke and Duchess of Brunswick to day while the counsellor of the British embassy In Berlin was drawing up the birth certificate of the newly born prince, who is also a prince of Great Britain and Ireland. Holiday Ordered. Berlin, March 18. Emperor Wil liam today ordered a. general school holiday In Berlin In celebration of the birth of his sixth grandson at Bruns wick this morning. The young' Duch ess of Brunswick who is the only daughter of the emperor, was reported to be doing well. The emperor will go to Brunswick tomorrow to see his latest grandson before departing for his annual trip to Corfu on March 22. 81 STORE KEEPER AND SET FIRE JO BUILDING Lives of 30 People Endangered Merchant Attacked When He Refused Money. tjwnnla. N. It.. March 18. Three in.-1. bound James Doublias with rope j In his grocery store early today and : caucus. I am sure an nomoeracn am set fire to the place, endangering the j indebted to you for the Intelligence lives of 30 people on the upper j and conscience you have put Into I peklnB , Mna, March 18. A con floors. Doublias rolled to the door and thut great task '' ventlon opened here today to amend called for help. Passcrsby pulled him j m . va the provisional constitution of the out and the fire department entln- VIOLENT STORM BREAKS , hinege republic. Sun Pao-Chl. acting gulshed the blase. DIKES IN BELGIUM premier and minister of foreign af- Doubllaa said the men aeked him, , fBri, presided. Out of the SO elected for money. When he refused they at-1 delegates H were present Bun Pso- tacked him. Brussels, Belblum, March 18. A ,.h, rfaj t0 the convention an Inaug- THE CITY OF SYDNEY STILL IS ON ROOKS Halifax. N. B.. March II The bow of the gteamer City of Sydney, aban doned yesterday after running aground 26 miles east of Halifax, was clinging to a Jsggen ""' ' bro rocks today The constant pound Ing had shattered the bottom of the steamer and In the arier pari w water was almost up to tha deeka. There was no hope of saving the res it). captain McDohald said the City of Sydney was enveloped In rog aunng th whole of her run up the coast to Vm Nw York. II was wyms w n.rk un th lightship Hsllfs. south- east of Aemhro Island. when Ihe '...tti.r Btruck th rocks, unn was 'saverai mllss out of her course. " Churchill Says, "Every Delay By Next Strongest Power To England Will Be Matched by Us." ESTIMATES INCREASED $17,700,000 OVER 1913-'14 Statement of First Lord of Ad miralty Indicates Expan sion df the Navy of Great Britain. ' London, March 18. A variant on the "naval holiday" suggestion was produced by Winston S. Churchill, first lord of the admiralty, in the house of commons esterday In intro ducing the naval estimates for 1914 '16, amounting to $257,750,000, he said: "Every delay, accidental or delib erate, by the next strongest power to England, will be matched by us." Admitting that the naval estimates, were the largest that had ever been I submitted to the house, Mr. Churchill gilded the pll by making the predlc- : tlon that In the absence of any new departure the estimates for 1915-'16 would be substantially lower than the present ones which show an Increase Of $17,700,000 over those of last year: Mr. Churchill reiterated that it was the policy of Great Britain to com- j plete eight battle squadrons by the time Germany had established five, without calculating ships on foreign j stations. He explained that the de- j velopment of th eGerman fleet had notl cipfft been so rapid as had been antl- ed owing to difficulties In mann- Ing the vessels. Great Britain, there fore, had been anabled to postpone A le CU.up.ri.u.I i vr.u. , , .1 II l 1 squauroii which now vu u., tour oamesnips. ine iinieascu ex penditure, he said, was largely attri butable to the change to oil fule, to the establishment of a naval flying corps, and to the Increased pay of the bluejackets. INI FAVOR OF PRIMARY LAW State-wide Movement in In diana is Endorsed by Wil son and Bryan. Washington, March 18. Letters from President Wilson and Secretary I Bryan endorsing the movement for a p. wide orlmarv law in Indiana ihave been made public by Senator Kern. The subject will come up at the Indiana democratic convention of which Senator Kern is to be perma nent chairman. ,-Hoth letters referred recent published Interview with the senator on the subject. President Wilson wrote: "I have noticed with unusual In terest your Interview the other day about the absence of a law for State wide primaries In Indiana I was very much surprised to learn that so great and wlde-a-wake state was so far behind the procession In a 'matter of such captlal Importance, and I want to express my deep Interest In your efforts to bring about the neces sary legislation. It would hearten j democrats everywhere to see lhls done by Indiana "It is remarkable that pou should ; hv time and energy to devote to I matters of state policy, deeply Im nnrtsnt as they are. In the midst of your work us chairman of the senate vlolent storm broke down me em- jbankment along the rlvor Scheldt. near Termonria yesteroay ana greater a M a i .ton ... H... .1. ... Tks In- nart of the city was flooded. The In habitants of Termonde fled stricken Into the shelter. Communication Intorrujitcd. Paris, March 17. Wire communi cation between Paris and many of the Continental cities was almost wholly interrupted today by the strm which has raged since yesterday. GRANTS HABEAS CORPUS FOR MEXICAN REFUGEES Fort Worth, Texas, March J- Judge Kdwarrl Meek In the federal granted a district court yesterday ' ' " . . 7 . writ or nneas corpus on o, , the MOO Mexicans neia J". i oy in inui-u r,i-- ......... I Kort IMlss, Kl PSSO. NIL HOLIDAY PLAN MODIFIED WILSON OBJECT OF NEW ATTACK Senator Jones Alleges Presi- dent's Demand for Tolls Exemption Repeal Re sulted From Carden Conference. REPEAL THE PRICE OF NON-INTERFERENCE ? Result of Non-Success of Mexi can Policy, He Declares Calls Repeal An "Eco nomic Blunder." Washington, March 18. The board charge that President Wilson deter mined to ask congress to repeal the Panama tolls exemption as a conse quence to his recent conference with Sir Lionel Carden. British minister to Mexico, and that the president's action was the culmination of negotiations with Great Britain for preservation of the Monroe doctrine threatened by the Mexican situation, was made in the senate -today by Senator Jones, repub lican of Washington. He was speak ing on his pending resolution calling on the president for full information on the tolls controversy. Senator Jones intimated that a re- peal of the tolls exemption was the prlce of non-interference in Mexico by other foreign powers. Me further de clared that "it is reported as one of the conditions that Great Britain will seek reparation on its losses through confederate bonds issued during the war of the states by a plan sanction ed by this government under which, if successfully applied, the burden of reparation will fall upon the southern states." VEor that report, Senator TA.. l..t- .1 1 j4neH maInta,ned developments have , ghown there was hass "What Is the foreign policy that re ' quires such humiliating, cowardly craven action on our part?" the Sen ator demanded. "What are the deli cate matters that demand this humil iation, this price? Have we become so Inert, so weak, so supine, so servile that the Monroe doctrine must be sus talner and Invigorated by the very powers against which it was Invoked ? Are we so weak or so entangled in the meshes of our own diplomacy that the demands of England based upon the selfish Interest of the Canadian Pacific railroad company, must be granted right or wrong? Have any nations be sides England objected to the legisla tion it is proposed to repeal? These are questions that must be answered to the satisfaction of the American people." Senator Jones quoted from Presi dent Wilson's pre-election speeches In an attempt to show that the chief ex ecutive then favored the exemption. Senator Jones argued that a repeal wourt be .-a great economic blunder," that it would "benefit the Canadian Pacific railroad, Canadian Interests and the transcontinental railroad lines and no others, and injure more or less every other interest In this country." He contended that the exemption contravened no treaty obligations either In letter or In spirit and there fore no question of national honor was involved. CONVENTION TO AMEND Pres. Yuan Ski Kai Sketches The 111 Effects of Provis ional Constitution. ,,rtrl D. president Yuan Bhl Ka) K6tchn(t the III effeots of the vlBonR, ronlftitiillon on both in " . ... . . ternal and foreign relations owing to Panic;,,. ...,,,,. ,, ,,.. ...v.rnm.nt nd country seeking1. ' " .... I resxncuoni. o i..v ...u The president sdded that he felt as sured the convention would result In rectifications of the constitution so as to bring about peace and prosper ity for China SEVEN INJURED WHEN OAR JUMPS TRACK Woburn. Mass., March IS. Beven persons were badly injured when an electric car containing 0 passengers .17 . .. . . 7 u. --- T " " ',,,.,ZJa tmtl i"ri. tho1 r - . J sirvoi mm ui tiumumui" ui. BOARD ! OEFtPfi! - v- TRADE BILL Chairman of Co' aittee That Framed U. S, Trade Com mission Measure An swers Criticisms. INSISTS COMMISSION IS GIVEN AMPLE POWER Says Independent Initiative Is Preserved in Every Part Of Bill Except One Section. Washington. March 18. The bill creating the interstate trade commis sion gives to the commission ample powers of independent initiative, ac cording to Representative Covington i ; of Maryland, chairman of the sub- concession. j committee that framed the measure The exchange purposes in its new I Some senators have criticised the bill I contract to bind the Western Union ion the ground that it did not Wfl'- riot to Fell its quotations to any ln loiently preserve the initiative rights J dividual, firm or corporation until the of the proposed new body. exchange has approved the appllca- Mr. Covington states that an anal-jtion. The telegraph company has ex- ysis of the bill will show the oont.yry. i pressed its willingness to comply with He said: "The Independent initiative this stipulation, which in the ludfr of the commission Is preserved i n , mont of the exchange officials, every part of the liill except the single I would effectually stop stock quota section in which the commission is ' tion operations of an Illicit character made the Investigating agent Of the an(5 speedily drive existing offenders president, the attorney general or i on of business. The old quotation ! either house of congress to report t them the facts found as fo alleged violations of the anti-trust laws. There is nowhere in the bill any restriction cm the independent powers which may ue consticuumiany exercised ny ine commission to make investigations of any sort and to make public the facts disclosed in its discretion. In fact, this discretion is simply to safeguard the public by withholding Information ! which discloses such violations as will i warrant prosecution tnrnugn inrte- partniont oi justice and wiicm me. publicity might prejudice the govern ment's case." Mr. Covington made it clear that the section of the bill provider for! punishment of persons un'awt'ully j making public information of the I commission is not intended in an manner to curb the power of newspa pers to disclose in any way they please Information coming into their posses sion. "That section," he said. ' is sim ply to punish officials or employes of the commission who may. without au thority, betray Information which hap pens to be a proper trade secret or tii-j disclosure of which would Impede the government in 'trust prosecutions." The bill is the first of the so-ca'l":l administration anti-trust and com merce regulation measures to go to the house. W.H, SWIFT SPEAKS AT LI What Should Be Done With Children -at Home, Is Considered. New Orlenns. La,, March 18. What should bo done with children at home was discussed at the concluding ses sions today of the Child Labor confer ence here. Speakers emphasized the necessity of educational work among parents to teach them the kind of work best suited to their children. Wiley H. Swift, of Greensboro, N. C. said that "soulherners are not Indif ferent to the rights of childhood but we hnve allowed ourselves to be de luded because our manufacturers have said things were all right and we have respect for the opinions of men of Inffuence and wealth " 100 STRIKING PUPILS ESCAPE PUNISHMENT Savannah. Oa.. March II, The 100 striking pupils of the Savannah high school who refused to attend cIiissch i yesterday nnd participated In the St. Patrick's day parnde. escaped threat ened severe punishment by persuading the principal to debate Ihe mstter ,.. ,. Th.,. hA ,,, a clsss room and the principal went there to penalise them when they won him to their cause. They adopted a resolution stating that they were lured from school by the band playing "The Wearing of the Green." No Additional Motile Pound st tjotils, March 11. No additional bodies were found today In Ihe rultia of HI. Noils Heed company's building which was crushed yesterday by a full ,.!( , V,. i. ,,.... I VII...., in ' r,..., plun Th bod!, of Ihree men were found end It i,rso. were hurt by the falling walls. EXCITEMENT IN PARIS IS TENSE BUCKET SHOPS ARE Authenticated Reports Cause Considerable Agitation in Stock Exchange. New York. March 18. Authenti cated reports that so-called bucket shops had resumed operations in northern New York and some of the New England states caused consider able agitation today in stock ex change circles, particularly in view of the fact that a new contract is soon to be signed between the exchange and the Western Union Telegraph company for distribution of stock quotations. ine western union nas naa tue sole right of the sale of quotations to outsiders for many years, paying the exchange $100,000 annually for the contract between the stock exchange and Western Union expired over five years nco. since which time It has , been c onducted on a day-to-day basis, I GLYNN'S PLAN SO FAR NOT VERY SUCCESSFUL Fonda. N. Y.. March 18 Fifty of the seventy unemployed who came herjf yesterday a the first installment In Governor (ilvnn's campaign to place the city's workless people on up st a I farms were lodged today In village engine house. Only 20 of the "0 arrivals accepted offers of employ ment with farmers, although the I wages ottered were tnose generally I paid to farm hands here. The fifty of the idle are dependent Ion townspeople for shelter and food. The neighborhood farmers do not ap pear enthusiastic over their new help as the men are Ignorant of farm work. The many friends of Mrs Plncus Wltoover of Weaverville. formerly Miss Mae Morgan, will regret to know that she Is seriously 111 at the Meri wether hospital. AC1 OPERATING It is good enough for Goeth als it is good enough for you. COUPON 2 Save it for THE PANAMA cana Ay Frederic Gazette-News Colonel GoeiHals says: I X by f rod eric j. nassin HOW TO GET THIS BOOK On account of the education value and patriotic appeal of this book. The Oaztte-Newn has arranged with Mr. Haskin to distribute a limited edition among Its readers for the mere cost of production and handling. 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The Ostette-News will ch-rfully refund the price uf the book to any purchase! oho Is not satisfied with It Present Six Coupons of Consecutive Dates ' I irriiKX CENT EXTRA IF NEST BY MAIL .1 ; Armed Detachments Patrol the Streets to Quell Disturb ances Caused by Edi ton's Assassination CROWDS REASSEMBLE AS SOON AS DISPERSED Madame Caillaux Referred to As Husband's Instrument In Th Killing of M. Calmette. Paris, March 18. Armed detach ments of republican guards appear ing at stragetlc points of Paris today added to the tense excitement among i political factions bv the assassination of Gaston Calmette. editor of th Figaro. At every point where there was likelihood of trouble the police were supported by soldiers. The of fices of the Figaro, the chamber of deputies; the residence of M. Caillaux and the St. Lazare prison, where Madame Caillaux has occupied a cell since she killed the editor to clear her husband's name all wer i magnets which attracted the populace. At each point strong bodies of police and soldiers were on duty prepared to act sharply in quelling disturbances. In the southern part of Paris, in the Latin quarter and In the working c lass districts where it Is only neces sary for a turbulent individual to I shriek death to CmHImmx." or "assas. sin," for him to be joined by dozens j of oihcr3i ,hp police kept ZPaOUS watch. Several times they eleareo awa.y noisy groups who, however, re assembled as soon as the police bad paused Madame Caillaux saems today to liao- become H popular heroine amid all turmoil Among the crowds of excited, gesticulating people lor ' hRarn' constantly. She is talk- the'ed of as the victim of her love for M. Caillaux. and as his Instrument In committing the crime which has rob- -bed the press of a prominent writer and the French cabinet of Its leading spirit The crowds have adopted as their own assertion of Deputy Delahaye In the chamber last night that "cabinet ministers nowadays send their wives to kill those obstructing their pattt." Excitement among the populace Is worked upon by the many sensation al newspapers among the 139 dally publications of Paris. These exagger ate, Invent and hint at things, and the paper venders yell the In.ttnua (Continued on Page Nine). a Copy of J. Haskin 9 Wednes. Mar. 18 "Accurate and Dependable"