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VOLUME XIX. N. 45.
ASHEVILLE, N. C , FRIDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 3, 1914.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
TORREON'S FALL
MARK'S CLIMAX
With Capture of That City by
The Villa Rebels Are in
Virtual Control of All
North Mexico.
WAY NOW OPEN TO
KEY OF THE SOUTH
Main Federal Force Said to
Have Been Wiped Out by
Desperate Fighting
Around Torreon.
Juarez, Mex. April 8 With the
capture of Torreon by the rebels last
night constitutionalists now control
an immense wedge sharpened port
Ion of Mexico with the point resting
on Torreon, 500 miles south of here
and the top extending along the Amer
lean border from Nogales, Arts., to a
point just west of Eagle Pass, Tex. At
Pledras Negra. across from Eagle
Pass, there is a federal garrison but
it la not menacing. The states sub
jeot to rebel arms, are Chihuahua,
Honors, (except the port of Quay
mas,) .most of Coahulla, Durango and
Sitialoa.
Yesterday's victory was said to
make the capture of Saltlllo and Mon
clovia, in Coahulla,'' and Monterey, key
to the state ot Nevo Leon, assured.
The main federal force according to
Villa's report to General Carranza,
was wiped out !y death, wounds, cap
ture or flight at Oomez Palaolo and
Torreon. Mactalan, the federal port
In the state of Stnaloa, by the release
of the vetran rebel army Torreon, al
so Is in a precarious state.
Thus by his successful campaign of
the las month General Francisco Vil
li has practically assured rebel con
trol of the vsst territory of the .Norm
em states of Mexico and gained ior"'"w..ig iwurn, me nremen connn -
himself the reputation of being a fore ed the blaze to ane spuare wide and
... - .. -. as- ...... I . . . . .1.1 & ' m ,
most soldier of the country. It wan
only a little, more than a year aff6ithe water front,
thai he started out from a vlllago 1 The city voted
near hero with two companions, slxitlon yesterday,
horres, seven dollars In money and a
megre supply of beans coffe. ind sug-gaj-.
The horses at the i .me were
not paid for and Villa's tirst act upon
capturing this city three months ago
was to repay the liveryman from
whom the horses were "borrowed."
General Pablo Gomez for months
has harrassed the fedarl forces nt
Mnnclovia and Monterey nad now
now that the Torreon army la loosed,
strategists here assume that the fed
erals will evacuate these points and
attempt to retreat to Tampico, sea
port of the state of Tamaullpa.
That state Is sprinkled with rebel
troops all along the line of retreat
which makes It evldant that the fed
.ernl gorrlaons already are threatened
with capture by Immensely superior
numbers.
A railroad runs fr m Torreon to
the city of Durang'. which Is held
by rebels and the overland Journey
from that point to Masatlan lies
through a country which is agricul
turally rich and well watered. It
would be a pleasant maroh for an
army fresh from the horrors of hun
ger and thirst In the desert.
Mud With KntliwdatUJi.
, Interest here today was divided In
speculation as to Villa's future inure
ments and the effect If any the tri
umph would have In Washington.
Never in al) Its dramatlo history
since the Madsro revolution of 1M0
has Juarez gone so nerly mad with
enthusiasm as It did when a messen
ger ran through the streets last night
shrieking that Torreon had fallen.
Swayed by elation, men embraced
eurh other wherever they met. Hells
In the 400-year-old mission of Guad
lupe were set ringing louder and fast
er than ever they rung before for re
ligious purposes. Kahkt clad rebel
soldiers woke from their sleep In the
towns many barracks to cheer. Then,
stirred by a ri.imon Impulse, their
rifles were turned loose Into the air.
Finely dressed officials, high in the
f'arunza administration, .threw their
arms around soldiers In the street
and shewed their delight.
Through It all only one name was
heard above all others II was Vil
la "vn Villa."
Itaerf wtas CrastfaJlea.
hen the shooting and celebration
began doiens if Huerta sympathisers
in El yum, awoke and made a rush
for the International bridges, thinking
that by some unexpected stroke of Asheville, died at his home In Ittch
fortune federal forces were attacking mond yesterday afternoon, according
Justs. But they turned back crest- to messages received by relatives here
fallen when Informed by American The deceased waa a prominent bu1
eoldler at the bridge that the fall of nee man of Richmond and was in
Torreon waa the cause. Rebel sol-1 terested In considerable property In
dlers guarding the Mexican end of j Ashevllle. He was a brother of Mrs
structures saw the proceeding and
iwled tauntingly Insults at the "H
Hy I o'clock In tha morning
MUtaMJIt had died awsy and
reels war deserted. Pier. are
Mr ) for a formal celebration
Hpo ovr which Carania
i v,i. r. claim Victory.
ion. April The M
on. Charge Algara today gave out
this statement.
"An official despatch signed, by the
secretary of foreign affiaris, Senor
Lopez Portlllo y Rojas, has Just been
received at the embassy giving an
accuont of the crushing defeat of the
rebel forces under Villa at Torreon.
General Maas. who left Satillo several
days ago with large reinforcements,
has arrived at Torreon. General de
Moure's collumn has reached San Pe
dro de las Colonals, where a decisive
defeat was administered to the rebel
forces sent out to oppose his advance.
The government has also succeeded
In raising a loan of over 50,000,000
pesos which will materially assist in
Its tireless efforts towards pacifica
tion." ST. KM TAKING
STOCK OF FIRE LOSSES
Believed They Will Reach
$750,000 Hotels Are
To Be Rebuilt.
St. Augustine, Fty., April 3 Insur
ance adjusters today are hard at work
estimating the loss in yesterday's
Are which they believe will be 1750,
000 as slated, with about one-third
covered by Insurance. The militia
which had been on guard since early
yesterday afM dismissed this morning
as there was no looting and no at
tempt at It.
Miss Alice M. Smith or Amherst
Ttfova Scotia, who was sp seriously
injured, will recover, the surgeons
announce today. The owners of the
five hotels destroyed are preparing to
rebuild. Instead of the frame struc
tures, modern concrete houses will
be erected.
The work of cleaning up the rtlln ticked up no men dead and dying af
Is going ahead, rapidly. The only thlmri.fV the Newfoundland sank. The total
insi saveu ine cny irom truer neetrue
int.. mi .lie met imu ine Winn wan
tne tire nurnecl out when It-reached
"wet" In the elec-
OF
THE MONROE DOCTRINE
John Barrett Says It Is Time
to Substitute "Pan Amer
ican Policy."
Philadelphia, April 3 International
relations and obligations of the Unlteu
States Is the general topic under dis
cussion at the meeting of the Ameri
can Academy of Political and Social
Science which began here today.
John Barrett, director general of
the Pan American union, presided at
the opening session. He declared the
time had come for a "Pan American
policy" as a substitute for the Monroe
doctrine.
"By that." he said, "I mean a policy
belonging to each and all on the same
basis of attitude and action."
Leopold Graham. New Tork, pre
senting the lutln view of the Monroe
doctrine. sHld that the doubts and sus
picions of the I Attn republics as to the
ultimate alms of the United States are
accentuated by the "extension of the
Monroe doctrine to ends never con
templated by its aut.-.or."
' IS DEAD IN RICHMOND
Prominent Business Man, Well
Known in Asheville, Died
Yesterday Afterioon.
Thomas Mi Rutherford, a man well
known to a large circle of riends la
Richard Pearson and Mrs. ANoe Con-
lly, both of whom have gone to
ohmond to attend Ihe funeral. Ar
ngemenls for the services have not
i bean announced, although R la
sated that Interment will be made
IN
5
PEN SEA
Reports are Received That
Sealing Steamer Newfound
land Was Lost off Coast .
Of Cape Race.
RESCUE SHIPS HAVE
PICKED UP 50 BODIES
Greater Part of Crew of 170
Men Perished Word is
Received From Steamer
Southern Cross.
Curling, N. F., April 3 Reports re
ceived here today state that the seal
ing steamer Newfoundland was lost
off Cape Race and the greater part
of her crew of 170 men perished. But
word haa been received of the sealer
Southern Cross, reported In trouble
in the same vicinity Tuesday.
Rescue ships have picked up 60
bodies of the crew of the Newfound
land. Disaster Confirmed.
New York, April 2. Bowring & Co.
agents here for the lted Cross line.
owners of several steamers, including
the Florlzel, now on sealing expedi
tions off Newfoundland, said they had
received a message today announcing
that the scaling steamer Newfound
land and the greater part of her Drew
had been lost off Cape Race. The
Florlzel is believed to be engaged in
the rescue work.
A private message received here
from St. Johns, N. F., says:
"The sealer Newfoundland was
caught in a blizzard while sealing and
qver 100 of her crew were frozen to
(Jeath. The Red Cross steamer Florlzel
n,m 0f f0 n the Newfoundland lal.
l,,,,ri 170
i; The sealfng eel nailed for the ice
neM on March 10.
' . ...
"The Southern Cross
is the ship
which Shackelton used in his antarc
tic expidltion."
! "The Newfoundland was owned by
the Steamship Newfoundland Sealing
i company, Ltd., of which A. Harvey
I 74 co., of St. Johns, are the agents.
iMPDRTftNT RULING BY
CORPORATION COMMISSION
No Authority for Changing
Valuation of Lands That
Are Cut Over.
Special to The Gazette-News.
Raleigh, April 2. The corporation
commission has made a ruling that
theer Is no legislative or other author
ity for changing the tax valuation of
timber lands on account of the cutting
of timber between the prescribed
times for the quadrenlal valuation of
real estate and, therefore, that the ac
tion of the Washington county com
missioners In restoring the 1911 valua
tion to lands of the Roper Lumber
company, was the lawful course lo
pursue. The Roper company Insisted
that since large quantities of timber
had been cut from ihe lands there
should be reduction In lax assessment.
And tlmberland owners all over the
state have been watching Ihe fate of
the case with particular interest.
There Is an order by the commission
to the effect that the Southern rallwey
must install a sidetrack for the W. N.
Cooper lumber plant near Topton, on
the Murphy division of the Southern
Railway.
The Thomas Mercantile company of
Mlcaville, Yancey county, capital MS,
000 authorised and subscribed by C. j.
Harris and others, has bsen chartered.
FROSTS PREDICTED
IN NORTH CAROLINA
Washington, April I. April frosts
tonight In Virginia ths Interior of
North Carolina and the northern parts
of Georgia and South Carolina were
predicted today by the weather bu
reau. Severe weather conditions for
this season prevail in many sections
Rains aad snows persist over ths
northern districts east of the Missis
sippi and below aero readings were
icenrded north of Lake Hupcrlor.
INne of Injortea.
Atlanta. Oa., April I. James Grant,
a bantamweight boxer whe had been
unconacloua since hie collapse Tuesday
night at (fed and of a 14-round bout
here, died at a local hospital early to-
John Bggera, of New York, who was
gwsrded a decision over Grant In the
bout Tueeday night. Is at liberty oa
bond ami probably will he arraigned
DWFM
SIX MOUTHS OLD
Indications Are Reductions
Will Be No More Than
Was Estimated.
Washington, April 3. The Under-wood-Simmons
tariff act went Into ef
fect six months ago today and pres
ent Indications are that it will not re
duce customs revenue any more than
was estimated In congress at the time
of passage.
According to the treasury's March
statement customs revenues amount
ed , to abo , 2.000,000, which is
about . .,1)0,0410 less than the Payne
Aldrlch law produced in March 1913.
That was a marked decrease over
February, when revenues fell more
than 110,000,000 compared to the
same month of 1913.
The average decrease In customs
revenue for the six months the Underwood-Simmons
act bus been in
operation Is placed at ahout $4,000,
000. but officials were confident today
that would be reduced in the coming
six months. The annual reduction was
estimated about $45,000,000 a year.
Despite reports of an unexpected
failure of Income tax returns to prom
ise the revenue nceessnry to offset
the difference In customs, officials
were Inclined today to lielirve that
the government would find lis origi
nal expectations realized.
SEVERAL APPOINTMENTS
MADE IN TENTH DISTRICT
Pnstm alters rfprnmrrinnrieri
rosunaswrs iiecommenaea
and Named Other Appoint
ments Announced.
Oijeftc-tNews Bureau,
Wyatt Bulldrng, "
Washington. April 3.
The following postofflce recommen
dations were made for the state yes
terday: Representative' Page's district: Ern
est P. Walker, Farmington; John W.
Bogan, ,'ec Dee.
Representative Gudger's district:
Garrett H. Blankenshlp, Alexander;
William A. Cannon, Lynn; William
Cannon, Saluda.
Representative Stedman's district:
Karl Holt. Oak Ridge O. M. Bundy,
Jamestown: Mrs.. Annie Neeley, Pleas
ant Garden: A. T. Daniels, Hurle
Mills; R. R. King, Danbury; Sarah
Styers, Germantown E. W. Mann, Al
tamhaw; Robert Riley, Efland; Allen
Ellis. Cedar Grove, and J. H. Rich
ardson, Benaja.
The following appointments were
announced at the postofflce depart
ment yesterday: At Azalea. Samuel
T. Lewis; eBaver Creek, Rufus A.
Hamilton; Bellwood, Thad C. Ford:
Clifton, Charles R. Latham: Eimwood.
E. L Long; Farm School, Mrs. Alma
K. Joslyn; Horse Shoe, Louisa E. Bird:
McAdenvllle. James II. Wagstaff; Mln-
neapolle, Robert Z.
Burleson; Klk
Park, Willie N
Carroll; Kalrview.
Plnkney
O. Merrill; Alston. William
; Harmony Miss Margaret J.
A. Gantt
Nicholson: Haw River. William 1
Williamson: Hollls, Grady Withrow:
Hot Sprlnga, Thomas C. Frtsbey; Iron
Station, Bailie M. Hait.ru. Maiden.
Josephine A. Tavlod: Milton, William
T. Bryant; Blowing Aock, Thomas 11.
Coffey; Caesar, Andrew C. Bracken:
Catawba. Robert F. Carpenter: Cllff
slde, Charles H. Hay nee: Democrat.
John I'- McKlnney; Dubson, Itlchurd
C. Freeman.
INVEST1GRTING CHARGES
ICMNSTJE DR. PHICE
Misconduct More Serious Than
' ' Kissing ' 1 Accusation
Against N. Y. Pastor.
New Tork, April 1. InKrest In the
New York conference of tle Meth-jd-Ist
Episcopal church centered today at ;
the Metropolitan temple where wers
opened formal hearings of charges of
misconduct agalnm Dr. Jacob E.
Price, pastor of the Washington
Heights Methodist church of this olty.
Ths complaint embodies charges
brought by nine wftmen, all of whom
appeared today before a committee
acting as a Jury. The oomplalnt spe
cifies cbarffjes of n.iarnndiirt more se
rious than the "kissing
ready made public.
chsrgn al-
Dr. Pries la it veers old and has
been In church work for 17 yearn,
Rryaa Cancels KBVsesajeaL
Washington, April j. -Hecr
Bryan, suffering from a hard red
day cancelled his engagement to i
In Ihe rnnsresHin.n. i i smnaisn at
mm 1 ,
LIND'S RETuriN?
Prospective Departure of Pres
ident's Envoy From Mex
ico Revives Interest in
Mexican Affairs.
MANY BELIEVE HE
WILL NOT GO BACK
Administration Officials De
clare Lind's Movements
Indicate No Present
Change in Policy.
Washington, April 3. Announce
ment of the prospective departure
from Cruz of John L,ind, President
Wilson's personal representative, re
vived Interest today in the future
trend of the Washington government's
Mexican policy.
For several weeks officials here have
pointed to the battle of Torreon as
likely to furnish an index of the fu
ture, hut the result as well as its
effects on the military or diplomatic
situation ns respects the strength of
the two factions is still a matter of
some uncertainty.
While the president has said Mr.
Ijind would return to Vera Cruz after
he had obtained a rest, many observ
ers think be never will go hack as
there has been a disposition for many
weeks on Ihe part of the Washington
government to refrain from rilptomalh
Hrtlvity whilf, lne contending miutarj
forcex struggled for supremacy in
Mexico. That this position will he
continued Indefinitely is probable un
less injury to foreigners or Komn other
unlooked for emergency causes em
barrassment. In the attention (hat has been con
centrated on the battle al Torreon. the
Benton and Vergara oaseN have been
practically lost .sight of. but there is
every indication that with the battle
over and when another readjustment
of military forces ensues further in
formation will be sought from both
constitutionalist and federal chiefs as
to tne course iney imenu iu puione mi
satisfaction of injuries Inflicted by
their subordinates.
Administration officials are'emphat
1c in their declarations that Mr. Lind's
movements at present mean no change
in the American policy. Charge
O'Shaughnessy will continue at Mcxl
co City to conduct any routine uusi- hag heen urKed to become a candl
ness that may arise. Reference by , date he will not seek the nomination,'
Huerta in his message to congress
Wednesday to the action of the United
States in connection with tha proposed
reassembling of The Hague conference
did not imply. In the view of officials
here, any recognition of Huerta.
Huerta said In his message "the United
States has been so goqd as to invite
me, through His Kxcellency, President
Wilson, to organize In common accord
the preparatory work for the
proachlng peace conference at
ap
The Hague."
..-inUn.tlnn of the Nlntetlle.lt is
I .1 . ,h, , ,.. wnat
ed to De a pure,s technical ob-
, (ftc)e (0 thp erution of original
plans for the reassembling of the eon-
ferrnce, Secretary Bryan sent a note
to American diplomatic officers In
i every country which was u party to
! the original Hague conference, sug
1 gestlng that their government deslg
nate the administrative council of the
permanent court of arbitration at The
Hague lut members of a special rom
mlttee to arrange the program for the
third meeting.
Thl note was printed and a eopy
In ihe ordinary and routine way deliv
ered to the Mexican foreign office.
GREET PREMIER ASQUITH
WITH GREAT OVATION
!,ondon. April 3. Premier Asquilh
received a great ovation when he de
parted from London today lor his con
stituency of t . -t Kite, Scotland. He
is to deliver a speech to hl constitu
ents there tomorrow In spite of the
decision of the unionists not to oppose
his election. At every train stop the
premier received addresses from lib
eral associations expressing Ihe wish
that "the electors of Bast life will
send you hack to psrllament with re
doubled authority to maintain tradi
tions of the army, authority of the
crown and power of the people."
SUFFRAGETTES TRY
TO BLOW UP CHURCH
llllS"W. I
April 1. Three
by suffragette
i.omhe were
totll
sge.
er, did only alight
Dnwagrr Kmjnrsa W
ELIGIBLE BANKS
BEING NOTIFIED
SENATE RESUMES
D1ELMST
Strong Opposition to Presi
dents' Friend as U. S.
Commissioner.
Woshlngrton. April 3 The fight on
Wlnthrop M. Daniels, of New Jersey,
President WllBon's npminee for tno
interstate commerce commission, con
tinued today in executive session of
the senate and caused a series of
White House conferences. Senator
Hughes hurried back from New Jer
sey to lead the fight for Daniels.
Senators who visited the president
found his standing firm for Mr. Dan
iels. When the executive session re
cessed last night those opposing xne
nomination claimed enough xotes to
beat it, and among the proposals art
vnaeed was -one that the president
withdraw the nomination. Senators
who conferred with Mr. Wilson today
found no indication of such a course.
Washington, April 3. Big legisla
live issues temporarily were shelved;
by tint senate today to resume the
contest over confirmation of Wln
throp M". Daniels, of New Jersey, in
timate friend of President Wilson,
nominated for interstate commorco
enmm t.ssioner.
Senators Cummins, DaFollette and
others who arc fighting the confirms
Hon have made il clear there Is noth -
Ing personal In their attack but they
believe Mr. Daniels' decisions as a
member of the Now Jersey public
utilities commission show he held un
sound economic views, particularly ns
they might affect future physical
valuation of railroads. Friends of Mr.
Daniels, including Chairman New-
lands and Senator Pomerene of the j sixth w ithin three months and one
intarstatp commerce committee, who sixth within six months thereafter,
conferred with President Wilson, were and the remainder of the subscription
prepared to argue with their col- or any part of ft, shal" be subject to
Ichrio-s today that what Mr. Dsnlels call when deemed necessary,
had done In construing a state law ith the completion of necessary Mr
should not be held as influencing hlsimallties and the appointment of the
views or opinions in a federal office
where, they contend, the statues and
economic situation are different.
The president wants Mr. Daniels
.conf lrme(1
Pritchard Not a .Candidate.
Attorney George M.. Pritchard of
Marshall desires to announce that he i
is not a candidate for nomination as '
solicitor. He states that although he I
, and Wihes to thank his many Trlends
throughout the district for their
! gen(,r(n,s offers of support. It.
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Federal Reserve Organization
Committee Designates Re
serve Cities and Outlines
Districts.
NORTH CAROLINA IN
RICHMOND DISTRICT
Country Divided Into 12 Re
serve Sections Banks are
Given 30 Days to
Subscribe.
Washington, April 3 Formal notUi
flcation of the decision of the federal
reserve organization committee de.;
slgnatlng cities In which reserve
banks are to be established under tha :
new currency system and fixing tha
geographical limits of the districts, '
was forwarded today to each nation
al bank and eligible institution. In
closed were blank forms of resolu
lions adopted by directors of tha
banks authorizing a subscription to
the capital stocks of the federal re;
servo banks in their respective die
tricts.
According to the act creating tha
new banking system every national
banking association shall be required,
within 30 days after notice from the
1 organization committee to subscrtho
to teh capital stock of Its reserve (
bank "In the sum equal to fi per cent'
of the paid up capital stock and sur- I
plus of eaeh bank."
The law , Stipulates that one-sixth I
of the subscription shall he payable'
on call of the. organization committee
or of the federsl reserve board; one-
members of the federal reserve board
the task of organizing the new system
will , practically have been concluded
and the system put upon an operating
basis.
Keen disappointment was apparent
today among members of congress
representing cities whose applications
for reserve banks were denied. The
federal reserve board will have pow
er to revise the list of, cities but offi
cials here do not think sucsh action
will be considered.
The Districts.
District No. 1, Boston reserve
bank will have capital of (9,931,740,
j with 446 national banks as members
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