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ASHEVILLE, N. C, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 28, 1914
PRICE FIVE CENTS
I J SW f. 3 M xm MJ
ARE JUBILANT
flushed With Victory in Open
ing Contest Predict They
Good Majority.
OPPONENTS OF REPEAL
MAKING BITTER FIGHT
Underwood, Mann and Fitz
gerald Especially Active
Alignment Practically
Unchanged.
Washington, March 28. Fighting
ever repeal 01 me mania ions ex
emption was renewed in the house to
' jay where administration supporters,
(lushed by their victory in the opening
fcontest yesterday, predicted they
would win when a vote Is taken on
the repeal bill early next week. The
ontest in the nous today was largely
of an oratorical character, although
administration and anti-administration
supporters continued efforts to
'Strengthen their forces for the final
jtruggle.
The alignment of the contending
Moreen for the final struggle.
The alignment of the contending
' forces In the house remained practi
callv unchanged today. Representa
live Adamson, leading the fight for
(the repeal, declared the Sims bill
would pass by a large majority. He
i predicted that yesterday's vote on the
idoptlon of the special rule ror tne
consideration of the bill to repeal the
1. A .All .TAmnHnn 907 t n 1 7K
would be materially Increased In favor
of the repeal forces when the bill was
finally voted upon.
Representative Underwood, the ma
orltv leader, Representative r-itzger
alnent members leading the. nsnt
tear against the S)ms bill.
Date Resumed.
Representative Harrison
Was one Of In epos!'.- :
ers when the debate was resumed. Al-;
VI .! i.ni.'. ii'i't
though admitting his anxiety to oi-j"
low the president and comply wim , "... .....".-
h' wishes" Mr. Harrison said he j ment made during the present cam
Bould not reconcile his conscience to paHtn for this office and there W no
El n...if. view and surrender to j intimation as yet that Dr. Gill will be
Great Britain a principle of national i
i. ,.r,v
'Tree tolls will aid the farmers and
manufacturers of the Mississippi val-!
u, hip their products down the
kimMppi through the canal and to
missis i i, niiuuB, .
Padf"' C0Mt '" n I
rats tn;in hip nuw i;nu..Bv.u ....
toads," he said. "It would prniiamy
Ken up another market on the Pacific
, Coast where there are natural manu
Lfacturing advantages for the cotton
lot the farmers of Mississippi and
fother southern states."
In the Senate.
Administration supporters In the
'lenatf hive Increased their activity
on the assumptlo nthat the Sims re
Wl hill will pass the house by Tues
day nlKht or early Wednesday and
have abandoned the effort to Induce
the lnter-oceanic canals committee to
htcln consideration of the Issue before
the Sims measure reaches the senate.
I Yesterday's administration victory
Ik the house has given rise t oexp- ta-
Mt, V... ......... 1 .knn,nlnn. l.l thf H ' II -
j M"HO irf,l V.I1C I ,1 ,r ....... ...
'tit th:it the canals committee win
Bwerr.bly report the bill notwlthstsnd
fnx the Influence of Its chairman,
senator O'Gorman, leading democrat
annrini nt of thA nresldent's policy In
the s.-nate. Senator O'Gorman will
ot call the committee together until
the repeal Is disposed of In the house.
The fart that Senator O'Qorman is
Waiting the return of Senator Craw
ford, of South Dakota, gives rise to he
Hef that Mr. O'Qorman expects Sena
tor Crawford to vote against the re
Hal hill. Senator Simmons, of Noth
Carolina, who announced he would i
iipport the repeal. Is out of town ow
In to 111 health and unless he should
return before the committee acts It
night I, impossible for the adminis
tration to get a fflorable report.
However, should Se tor Walsh, of
Montana support the Vesldent a fav
orable committee report would prac
Healley he assured. There Is consld
rabl" epeculatton concerning the
onuma nenator's attitude although
voted for toll exemption originally
IM has said It would take a great
"1 to convince him he was wronic.
I '-win Recalls Restoration.
Bafore opening his argument on the
Jolli inane Senator James Hamilton
Introduced a Mil to vltallae the
olutinn he Introduced several days
J" promulgating the American policy
treating all nation alike with ro
Hft to the Panama canal.
anatnr Iewl bill erould authorize
Ul Pre! it to suspend application
"rln Election o fany tolls upon
"y afelp passing through the Panama
B' whenever In his opinion public
fetv ahalt mn rAAnlrA' nr whenev r
hall deem 11 nnextUnt end conslat-
'th the Interests of the United
or with tho best welfare of the
1 f B !
PROGRESSIVES
TO
GALL CONVENTION
Plans Made to Form County
Organization at Meeting
Held Today.
Abauot fifty members of the nrn-
gresslve party met at the county court
i.uuae toaay at noon and after select
ing W. P. Fortune as chnlrmnn nnri
8. W. Radford as secretary, upon mo
tion 01 uoi. v. s. Lusk authorlzer
tary, upon motion ofo.mthomtvitmm
Chairman Fortune to appoint a com
mittee of five to confer with him for
the purpose of calling a county con
vention at an early date, at which time
the county organization will be per
fecte. The committee appointed is com
posed of Col. V. S. Lusk. J. N. Mor
gan, J. B. Sumner of Fletcher, R. L.
Luther of Upper Hominy and N. A.
Penland of Swannanoa. Immediately
after the meeting adjourned the com
mittee met with the chairman to ap
point chairman In eah township In
the county and to instruct these
chaiermen to hold township primaries
for tho purpose of appointing dele
gates to the convention.
DR. BILL OF WEAf EHVILLE
Well Known Physician of
County Enters Race Be
fore Democratic Primary
Dr. J. N. Gill of eWaverville, one
of the best known physicians or the
county, announces through the col-
umns of The Gazette-News this aft
democrat, j crnoon that he is a candidate for the
Ollice Ul iuiuiiit in rjumuuiue wiam-
ty and submits himself to the action
i ""'"i
opposed
cut by
'the office is held at pres
ent by Dr. E. It. Morris.
Dr. Olll is a Buncombe county man
coming from a family that has always
n known for lt consistent supper
o democracy. Neither he nor any of
h s family, however. ha ever asked
for or held any public office It, the
. .
county. His ability as a physician,
and therefore for holding the office
which he now seeks, has never been
questioned. He has a wide circle of
friends and acquaintances in the
county who will doubtless welcome
his entry in the race for coroner.
AGAINST DISPLAY OF
CLOTHES AT EASTER
Washington, March 28. Tteslgned
to check the alleged growing tendency
of the American people to make the
Raster season the occasion for display
ing fashionable clothes, a movement
has neon launched here to form the
"Roclety for th Prevention of Eastern
Desecration." II." members would
nladEe themselves not to wear new ar-
tides of clothing beginning with Palm
Sunday until after Easter.
In prosposlng the new society the
District of Columbia Christian En-
deavor union declares that the real
meaning of Easter Is often lost sight
of because of the popular craze for
new and fashionable clothing and pre
dicts that the movement will vastly
Increase the calm devotional spirit of
that season.
SUFFRAGETTS WOULD
MEET IN HYDE PARK
Indon. March 18. Militant suffra
gettes today claimed the right to
have demonstrations In Hyde Park,
basing their claim on the official per
mission give nto Ulster eympathl.ers
to hold metlngs there on April 4.
The Women's Social and Political
tT.i retried the commissioner of
worki: -There can be no objection to
the suffragettes holding a meeting In
Hyde Park alnce tne aavocm. -policy
of violence and bloodshed In
Ulster have been granted permission
to do so. Thli militant society has
therefore announced WJjJf
make a demonetratlon 'm,u""?0tuh,
iy with that of the supporters of the
Ulster Orangemen."
Veteran Wo.
- m.M a. A VIhlIaTh
N.w Tort. " "I
v Abraham Lincoln for who attended the Baptl.t HMmarr
mended by Abraham i.m . i . (lon )n Hendersonvllle this
checking the retreat o of Ull Run" I week Is now the guest of her brother
r.Tr.htoT.y rMr.Profe.Mr Jacob C. P.tlon. on Hay-
died er toaay. wood street
old. 1
SPRING FLOODS
DEISM I
In Some Sections People Are
Forced to Flee For Lives,
Since The Heavy Snows
Began to Melt.
PROPERTY DAMAGE
ALREADY IS HEAVY
Hudson River Rising Rapidly
Miles of Territory Flood
edFloods in Other
Sections. v
New York, March 28. Spring floods
have set in through the valleys of the
state. Much property damage has
been reported. Warm weather of the
past few days has melted much of tho
heavy snow which fell earlier in the
month and this, with a steady rain
throughout the night has swollen all
the streams, many of which are out of
their banks flooding the lowlands.
At Troy the Hudson river has as
sumed flood proportions and with the
water rising rapidly merchants along
the river front are removing goods to
safer plaeeB. Amsterdam reported
part of the bridge which spans the
Mohawk river carried away by high
water and ice, cutting off the southern
section of the city from the main part
of the town.
The Shenango and the Susquehanna,
rivers are overflowing into the low
lands about Binghampton. At Syra
cuse, Onondaga creek is flooding miles
of territory. Ithaca and Schenectady
also report flood condition beyond
usual spring freshet marks.
I
river i
Ice is
At Schenectady tho Mnhaw
has flooded the lower sterets.
jammed against the bridge connecting
Schenectady and Scotia and it may go ,
out before night. There is also a j
heavy ice pack against the Erie canaT
aqueduct four miles east of the city" j
The Redford bridge has already been
carried away. The river is rising rap
idly. Traicl In Boats.
Buffalo, N. Y., March 2T. Towns
In western New York are threatened j
with a repitition of the disastrous
flood of a year ago when homes were
washed away and damage estimated
at several hundred thousand dollars
was done.
In the lowlands of the Tonawan-
das people are going to and fromg Commissioner of Police of
their homes In boaats. At Batavla the j
municipal sewage disposal plant is
eight feet under water. N
A , C.nll,n Ihn I ' I i , -i , i i i, M' rtvAt f
ten feet above the normal and has
flooded the highways west of the city.
At Olean the Alleghany river has
overflowed its banks and the south
ern and eastern parts of the city are
under water.
Lowlands Impassable.
fWMiester, N. Y.. March 28. Flood
conditions prevailed In the Genosee
river valley today. The lowlands are
already Impassable although the
crest of the flood will not reach
Rochester for 48 hours. During the
past year this city has constructed re
taining walls anrd a repetition of lut
year's damage Is .believed to be Im
probable. Albany, N. Y March 28 The
Hudson river la rising rapidly here.
Dwellers along the river front are
moving to places of safety.
City Imperilled.
Blnghamton. N. Y.. March 28. A
steady downpour of rain all night
Increased the gravity of the flood sit
nation here. Early this morning the
Chenango river broke over Its banks.
flooding a residential section of the
Cliy. in. - ""
nolnt at daylight which imperlltea j
the entire central section of tEe city. I
, . T " (hlMj rinv
A heavy raln(t,;.,oPkdcddy-
Columbus
Great Miami and Whitewater rivers
raging, the Scioto climbing a foot an
hour and the Muskingum and Licking
rivers out of their banks along the
lowlands, anxiety was felt during last
night of a recurrence of the disas
trous flood of March 26-28, 191S. A
cessation of rainfall followed by cold
er weather early today has checked
the rise of all the streams mentioned.
Damage so far reported has been
confined to the southwestern section
of the state, where bridges have been
washed out.
Railroad Lines In Trouble.
Pltsburgh, Pa., March 28. Flood
stages were reported from the upper
Alleehanv river today because of
melting snows and last night's heavy
rain. At Warren, Pa., It was rising
rapidly and much damage had been
done. Trolley and railroad lines were
reported In troubles and a number of
factories had shut down. The focal
weather bureau declared that this
water would likely be taken care of
In the stream farther south and only
20 feet was predicted for Pittsburgh,
two feet under the flood stage.
Ura H. M. Rhyn of Morg.nton
COL. SEELY MAY
LEAVE CABINET
Generally Thought He Will
Resign if Ewart and French
Do Not Recall Their
Resignations.
RUSSELL CONFIRMS
UNREST IN ARMY
Says That Lord Roberts Had
List of 900 Officers Ready
To Send in Their
Papers.
London, March 28 No solution had
been found up to a late hour today of
the situation caused by reslgnments of
leld Marshal Sir John French and Ad
jutant General Sir John Ewart from
their positions at the head of the Brit
ish army. The cabinet however, re
mained hopeful that its difficulties
would be overcome before it aKaln
meets the house of commons on Mon-
day.
Should the chief of the general staff
and the adjutant general persist in
their attitude it is generally thought
that Colonel John Seely, secretary of
state for war, will leave the cabinet.
In case the government should be
able to placate the field marshal and
the adjutant general the transfer of
Colonel Seely to some other field of
activity probably will satisfy the lib
eral and labor malcontents.
Meantime the opposition of the
army to employment In the coercion of
Ulster is vouched for by no less an
authority than Sir Edward Richard
Russell, a staunch supporter of the
government, who In a signed article In
th. T.lvernool Pofit snv todav:
..It (s a positive fact that when he
visited the war offiVe early this week
F1,id Marshall Iord Roberts had in
jrja.fo;:kat a list tf nearly aOQ fflr.ens
of the army who are ready to send in
their papers.'
GEMMA OFFICIAL GOES
L
Frankfort-on-Main Has
Been Suspended.
Frankfort-on-the - Main, Germany,
March 28. Commissioner Schmidt,
head of the police department for the
suppression of vice, was suspended to
day on charges of blackmailing.
Investigations of charges that the
"morals police" had been secrely re
ceiving money for the protection of
disorderly reports have been In prog
ress In several cities for months.
Schmidt was Implicated In the scandal
by the testimony of a woman who re
vealed an extensive system of black
mail by the police.
JUDICIAL REFORM BILL
REPORTED TO HOUSE
Washington, March 28. The Clay
ton bill designed to provide for a com
plete reorganization of the entire
pleading, proceedure and practice In
the inferor federal courts, bearing the
..,, pih.,,, mi,n former
-
President Taft Attorney General Mo
Reynolds. 35 state governors, the Na-
tlon-l CMC federation and large com-
intTCJU.1 i irnii II l.'M i l"ii!-. nun mun iev -
orably reported to the houe by Repre-
sontatlvc Webb of North Carolina.
MUNITIONS OF WAR
FOR PRES. HUERTA
Liverpool, March 28. John Wesley
DeKay of New York, former presi
dent of the Mexican National Rank
ing company, sailed for New York to
day after successfully negotiating in
Europe on behalf of provisional Pres
dent Huerta for 24 Creusot guns and
10,000,000 rounds of ammunition.
"Both guns and powder are to be dis
patched to Mexico within a week
from France," said Mr. DeKay.
WOMAN JUMPS FROM
STEAMER; IS DROWNED
Norfolk. Va.. March 2 8. Mrs. O.
Tarklnson, 18 Tenth street. New York, I
Jumped overboard from the steame,
Madison at sea early today and was '
drowned. The woman was on her!
way to Norfolk with her husbsnd, !
three children and her mother to visit
relatives. No one witnessed the act,
which occurred betwtren 2 and t a. m.
todajrvnorth of Tape Charles. Ill
health and despondency Is Assigned
as the cause.
I S. ACTS FOR
STANDARD OIL
Formal Protest Made Against
Certain Provision of Ger
man Petroleum Mo
nopoly Bill.
ASKS COMPENSATION
FOR U. S. INVESTORS
Believed in German Financial
Circles That the Bill Is
Already Dead in Pres
ent Form.
Berlin, March 28. Formal action
was begun by the United States gov
ernment against the petroleum mon
opoly bill recently Introduced In tho
German imperial parliament. The first
step taker! was a written memoran
dum presented by .Tames W, Gerard,
United States ambassador, to Gottlieb
von Jagow, the German foreign min
ister. That expressed the confident
expectation of the United States that
certain Injustices toward American in
vestors contained in the monopoly bill
In Its present form will disappear be
fore enactment. The United States, it
points out, has no wish ither to inter
vene against Germany's establishment
of an oil monopoly nor to interfere
with any price arrangement bgtweon
the Standard Oil company and tho
German government should such he
under consideration. It expects, how
ever, that American citizens who have
invested capital In German enter
prises for instance, the Standard Oil
company's German subsidiary concern
will be fully and fairly compensated
for all Investments cancelled by the
measure.
The German foreign minister did
not reply today ot the American mem
orandum and he may be relieved from
doing bo by the death of tho bill.
The parliamentary correspondent of
the "Neue Gesellchaftliohe Korre
sponderfz" voices the opinion widely
held among members ot the imperial
parliament and in financial circles that
the monopoly bill in its present form
Is dead or has at least been shelved
for a long time. He adds: "Tho so
cialist members made it a condition
of their assent that they should re
ceive political concessions in regard to
i the organization of employes. Tho
clerical party Is strongly opposed to
the bill and so are the anti-monopolistic
elements among the radicals and
liberals."
Fresh diplomatic action concerning
the peroleum question is expected in
the case of the Pure Oil company of
Hamburg which was refused permis
sion to compete for government con
tracts. There is also the case of the
discriminatory railroad rates granted
in favor of German controlled oil Im
ported from Gnllcla.
BRHHDEIS OPPOSES FREE
SERVICE BY RAILROADS
Says in Some Cases They Ab
sorbe More Than Freight
Receipts.
Washington, March 28. Louis D.
Brandels, counsel for the Interstate
commerce commission .in opposition
to the proposed 5 per cent increase In
rallrod freight re tee. today submitted
to a statement (.'.lowing that free ser
vices rendered shippers by railroads
In classltlcstlon territory result In seri
ous depletion of the revenues of the
roads.
The special free services under con
sideration by the commission were
free storage, free warehousing, free
loading and unloading of cars, free
lighterage, free elevation ot grain
and various other free terminal ser
vices. Mr. Brandels asserted that the cost
to the railroads of these free services
was so great as to absorb from 25 to
60 per cent of the freight rates re
ceipts and in certain instances more
than the entire receipts were absorbed,
resulting In a substantial cash loss
to the road.
POOLING AMENDMENT
MAY BE REJECTED
Washington, March 2 8.-'-Assurances
that the pooling amendment In the
cotton futures bill which paseed the
senate yesterdny would be rejected In
tho house or In conference were given
to senators today Who were Insisting
upon rc-conslderatlon of the bill.
The fmrndmenl lcgnllr.es pooling
of Cotton and stipulations not tto aell
on an exchange dealing in futures.
ORREON MAY
YIELD TODAY
BUSINESS
IS
N. Y. Central Official Sees No
Prospect of Taking Back
25,000 Men.
New York, March 28. DlsmlJBsl
of 25,000 men by the New York Cen
tral railroad since December 1, said
A. T. Hardin, vice president of that
road today, Is only a barometer of the
company's business. "The reduction
of forces was not arbitrary," he add
ed. "It came about gradually as traf
fic, mainly freight, declined; and
while I don't want to be a pessimist.
I cannot see any immediate prospect
that business will pick up and these
men come back to work."
Mr. Hardin said this condition ef
fected most c the eastern railroads.
Of the 25,000 men dismissed by the
New York Central about 15.000 were
laid off on lines east of Buffalo and
10,000 west of there. Although the re
duction affected all branches1 of the
service the employes of the construc
tion, the operating and the mainten
ance of way departments suffered
most.
"Compared with 1 91 n," said Mr
Hardin, "the business of this year on
the New York Central suffered a. re
duction of from S to 10 per cent. The
reduction of the working force has
been on the same ratio."
CAMBRIDGE EIGHT
WINS OVER OXFORD
London, March 28. Cambridge uni
versity's crew today won easily from
Oxford in the annual eight-ored race
from Putney to Mortlako on the
Thames.
The distance, 4 H miles wan cover
ed In the fast time of 20 minutes 35
seconds. Cambridge ''rowed the line
4 Si lengths in the lead.
The Cambridge crew had beon the
favorite throughout the training sea
son and justified predictions that
would win by making the race
procession from start to finish.
BRYAN WILL SPEAK
AT RALEIGH APRIL 8
Washington, March 28. Secretary
Bryan will be the principal speaker in
Raleigh. N. C, April 8 at a democratic
mass meeting in advocacy of state
primaries.
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MITO N C I .NTS EXTRA IK M.XT MY MAIL
Latest Reports Indicate Rebels
Have Gained Important
Strategic Positions in .
That City.
VILLA LEAVES GOMEZ
PALACIO FOR FRONT
Unconfirmed Rumor Says That'
Rebels Have Captured One
Of the Strongest Fed
eral Defenses.
Juarez, March 88. With expecta
tions that Torreon would yield to the j
rebel attack today, officers In Juarei
awaited news from the battle field.
The last reports yesterday were that
General Monclovio Herrera had out
his way from the eastern side of Tor
reon through the business quarter to
the bull ring on the north; that Gen
eral Villa had set out with more
troops from Gomez Palaclo to join
him and take command and that tha '
federals were, making a final stand In
the defen es on the west side.
An unconfirmed rumor at midnight .
stated tho rebels had taken the hill
known as Cerro de la Cruz, an Im
portant defense, but verification was .
lacking today.
Iatest advices from both Villa and
newspaper correspondents indicated
the rebels had carried their assault
Into tho heart of Torreon and that
the federals were hard pressed. Gen
eral Herrera's 4.000 men were report
ed to have entered the town from the
east and the counter march of Gen
eral Villa from the north was ex
pected to throw the federals Into ut
ter rout.
No military official ln .tusrez today
doubts that the battle which Villa has
waged against Torreon and the out
lying towns has been the most des
perate of any engagement, of thus or
any other Mexican revolutionary
movemrnt. General Villa went to the
front with 12,000 seasoned men well
equipped for a. vigorous, smashing as
sault. News dispatches indicate that,
the federals fought fiercely and that
the loss In dead and wounded on both
sides was enormous. I.ack of hspltal
facilities, lhe heat of the desert and
the four days of practically constant
fighting were believed to have resulted
in a. large casualty list.
Everywhere in Juares Villa's prais
es were being sung today. Confidence
is expressed that he will push his tri
umphant way with his rebel army to
the doors of the national palace in
Mexico City.
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