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VOLUME XIX. NO. 49
ASHEVILLE. N. C, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 8, 1914
PRICE FIVE CENTS
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INCIDENTS OF
TORREON FIGHT
ksaociated Press Correspond
ents Give Details of Fight
ing and Capture of City
By Rebels.
FEAR AND CONFIDENCE
INSPIRED BY VILLA
Wonderful Obedience to His
Orders Fortitude and Bra
very of Raw Troops
Little Vandalism.
El Paso, Tex., April 8. "Embrotd
erlng Hie salient facts of the success
ful constitutionalist .campaign against
Torreon are a multitude of incidents
hardly less Interesting," said J. R.
hardly less Interesting." Associated
Press correspondents, Vho accom
panied General Villa and who return
ed to El Paso Sunday.
"Vhat struck one chiefly during
the campaigns," they said, "was the
mixture of fear and confidence which
Villi's name inspired In his followers.
'General Villa says tie will shoot any
body who cuts the telegraph wires by
shooting from the train,' called out
an officer to soldiers on top of a
troop train who were improving their
marksmanship by shooting at the n
sulators on telegraph poles. Instantly
the careless firing ceased. Nobody
doubted that Villa meant what he
; said.
. " T-orii1. this telegram at once,' said
a newspaper correspondent to v. mil
itary operator In his field office under
a tree near the railroad track. 'I can't,
Benor,' was the regretful response.
'General Villa has just notified us
that no messages must go out until
further ordern from him and he will
shoot us If we sand this one, even
though it Is approved "by his private I
i -c rotary.' to which there- was op-
jjtdusfy no answer.
" "The camp at Verjel
.L- . V
Gomez Palaclo, was . alive with slnis-
ter rumors. A man itatted J"1 n8and the continuance of night attacks
horse to drink from one of the num
eroiis. irrigation ditches in the vicin
ity. Don't drink that water don't let
your horse drink If came a warning
cry from a number of soldiers. 'That
water 'comes from near Torreon and
It Is poisoned by the federals. Two
men and two horses drank of It this
morning and died at once.
Suffered Willi Fortitude.
"To this camp returned tthe long
line of wounded from the first day's
fight at Gomex .Palaclo. Previously
the campaign had been a sort of holi
day. But these pitiful evidences loft
no doubt that this was war. The
wounded endured their sufferings
with remarkable fortitude. In the IIU
tie improvised hospital near the rail
road "hospital train at Verjel were
probably 70 men lying on cots and not
a single groan came - from one of
them.
"Courage in the hospital was
matched on the field by a willingness
to venture everything 'for the great
prize In death battle.' Never were
raw soldiers more easily turned back
from flight Into the thick of death
and conflict During the first daylight
artillery and Infantry attack on Gom
ez Palaclo the federal fire grew so
hot that things seemed to be going
badly for the rebels. Men began (a
leave the tranches and make their
way to the rear. Two 'cannnn were at
tached to caissons that were waiting
fi'J" l0" 1
point and began also to move back
wards.
"All at once a Mexican boy rode on
horseback tUrougb the msequlte In
the direction of the Vtjarward move
ment. 'Vuelva,' ('go hack') he yelled,
putting spurs to his horse. And at the
word from a more boy the cannon
war stopped and turned, the men
faced the shot and shell from the
south once more, and nil marched
cheerfully back to the field they were
, about to abandon.
Uttie Vandalism.
"In simple luetics It must he said
there were few evidences of vandal
ism. There probably has never been
a better Matured army than that
which Villa commands. The morning
of ins entrance Into Gomex Palsoln
some soldiers rods up to a well KrVt
cottage on the ground of the soap fae
tnr r,'ie proprietor from the from
yard watched (hem anxiously. One
soldier drew In at the gallery, where
a msgtiiricent vine was brilliant with
red roses. He took one, waved It gay
ly to his companions, and all rode on,
leaving th, house owner astonished
at thl Illustration of .military moder
ation." . sjesa
The Incident In typical. In battle
and too often Out of lt the Mexican
Is ruthless. Under oedlnary circum
stances he Is epparently the most po
lite and agreeable of men.
Colorado Mux Dir.
"There . one brand of the federal
service, however, for which the rebel
has. a constant sto. k of ferocity. This
Is the volunteer branch made up ef
lowers of OrsSco In the anil-Made-
halt somewhere en route to shoot two
or three men identified aa former fol
lowers of Oroxco. It Is said that
Bachlmba. where Oroxco was defeated
by Huerta. is a favorite place for
Such summary executions. On the
other hand the regulars, the 'Pelons'
are regarded with a certain respect
and treated almost with considera
tion. 'They ar0 forced Into the service'
rebel officers explain, 'and only fight
because they have to.'
"Through the whole campaign Vil
la, has been direct and simple in his
methods. Torreon was taken by main
Strength .and tenacity. 'When will
Torreon fall? a newspaper corres
pondent asked Villa at headquarters
the day after the failure of a night
assault from which success had been
expected. 'I don't know,' he said
simply. 'All I know is that the town
Is going to be taken before we quit.'
Bloody Angles.
"The sieges of Gomez Palaclo and
Torreon had their 'bloody angles.'
Shattered remnants of almost annihi
lated companies reeled back from 'La
Pilar,' the fortified hill protecting
Gomez Palaclo, and similar catastro
phes punctuated with evidence of
high courage, marked the taking of
Santa Rosa and Calabazaa hills, form
ing the western wall of Torreon. The
rebels gained the positions but they
paid the price. At other points along
the line the dead scattered over the
open plain attested that there, too,
the federal fire had been concentrated
and deadly.
Night Fighting.
"The taking of Torreon has con:
Ulrmed Villa In his belief in night
fighting his principal contribution
to date to the science of Mexican war
fare. It is true that aV night there
may be confusion and the troops may
fire on their own side as is said to
have occurred once during the siege.
On the other hand, he holds, night
attacks gave the assailants protection
they would not have otherwise, keeps
the garrison In constant suspense and
have a greater moral effect on Jhe
enemy.
"The three naltio! features of the
campaign against Torreon. features
which will no doubt be carried Into
the campaign against Other cities to
the east and south, were the compar
ative efficiency of the sanitary ar-
Pa,1Bcmanls eld 0 unequalled In
the history of Mexican warfare; the
remarkable speed With which the
wrecked railways in front of the ad
vancing enemy were mad passable
giving the combatants weird and sin
ister aspect when the struggle by day
will always lack."
H EXCITEMENT IS
EXPECTEOJT NORFOLK
Following Arrest Yesterday of
Alleged Bookmakers at
Jamestown Track.
Ibrfolk. April 8. Militiamen were
h. , ,
eld in readiness today to suppress
book-making at the Jamestown track
should Attorney General Pollard call
upon the governor for additional add
In his campaign against betting that
was started yesterday afternoon when
fifteen men were arrested at the '
track. Their trial was to take place
this afternoon.
The defendants were today on ball, j
having been released from Jail at 1
a. m.i under bonds of tr.Oo each. It Is 1
Penalised. When'l w !
be taken for jury trial. . , .
Bob Levy, msnager of the James
town Jockey club, was today en route
to New York to discuss with the
jockey club officials there the ques-
Hon of continuing the Norfolk meet.
It was said that the continuance of
the meet will be dependent upon de
cision by the Jockey club and local
condemns as they may appear. The
races sre scheduled to, proceed regu
larly this afternoon with all gats re
ceipts going to the horns owners;
track officials offering free service;
no recognition of passes and nothing
deflnlti announced as to tying otn
odds.
AGED COUPLE CARRY
OUT SUICIDE PACT
New York, April lDssnondent
because they believed they we're a
burden to their grandchildren, Jacob
Thsis, Tl years old, and his wits, Tl,
commltteed suicide today by hanging
themselves In the horns of their
grandson, Oenrge, on First avenue.
The husband helped his wife ad
Just the noose around her neck Then
he assisted her to the window sill
upon which the rope was fastened
When arte hsd stepped off ' to her
desth hs hanged himself beside her.
Paris, April I Mm Vita
ier In St. I -Biare Jail, was t
i an Insane ssylum. bavins
WILSON'S MAN
BADLY BEATEN
In New Jersey Drukker Wins
Over O'Byrne Who Had
Endorsement of the
President.
IS NOT REPUDIATION,
DEMOCRATS 'DECLARE
Chairman Woods of Republi
can Congressional Commit
tee Says People Have Re
buked Administration.
Paterson, N. J., April 8. Practically
complete returns from the election In
the seventh New Jersey congressional
district show that Dow H. Drukker,
republican, has beaten James J.
O'Byrne, democrat, by a plurality of
more than 5000 votes.
Drukker received 10,820 votes, and
O'Byrne 5240, while Demarest, social
ist, la a close third with 5053.
AVhitehead, progressive, received
only 611 votes, a big falling off from
the progressive vote of 1912, when
Roosevelt carried the district by 891
votes.
O'Byrne had the personal endorse
ment of President Wilson, and in his
campaign the democratic candidate
appealed to the voters to support him
and thus approve of the president's
policies.
Democratic leaders, -nevertheless,
today refused to accet the Oesult as a
repudiation of the administration.
They asserted that the reapportion
ment of 1J12, which divorced Passaic
from Bergen and Sussex counties and
made it a district by itself, left a nor
mal republican plurality. They called
the election of the late Congressman
Robert G. Bremner, a democrat. In
this new district a personal success
and-accounted for Drukker's victory
on the same ground.
Wood's statement.
Washington, April fj. Representa
tive Woods of Iowa, chairman of" the
national republican congressional com
mittee, issued this sttatement:
"For the second time in 14 years a
republican has been elected to succeed
a democrat In congress from the sev
enth district of New Jersey. .By his let
ter endorsing the democratic candi
date" the president asked the people
of the New Jersey district to 'pass
judgment upon the present adminis
tration.' The people have done so In
no uncertain terms, rebuking the un
American policy of the democratic
party by a vote of 2 to 1. The small
vote cast for the bull moose candidate
1 evidences again that the republicans
I are united and presages the election of
a republican congress next Novem
ber." ,
I Secretary Tumulty said he expected
such a result as the district was nor
mally republican. When Mr. Wilson
ran for governor, Mr. Tumulty said,
i he lost Passaic county which extends
inn iiir rv i m Kiuuiiu tin hit tiiunn-
f .., H(.trl, orw, ,.
In the last election likewise lost the
county to the republicans. White
I House officials said they did not re
' gard the tolls question as having had
; anything to do with the result.
PREMIER ASQU1TH AGAIN
MEMBER OF COMMONS
Returned Unopposed Following
I
Resignation of Seat Few
Weeks Ago.
London, April . Premier Asqulth
again became a member of the House
of. Minimum today when he was re
turned unopposed by his old constitu
ency of Rsst Fife, Scotland.
Premier 'Asqulth resigned his seat
In the houss of commons an March
to. attsr he had taken over the war
secretaryship from Colons! John Sesly.
Acsordlng to 'the Hrltlsh custom a
member of parliament on accepting
"an office of profit under the crown"
Is compelled to give up his seat to seek
the approval of his eonatltutehts for
his acceptance of ufllce.
Resignation of Colonel Seely. sec
retary for war, was brought about by
the army crisis In the Ulster situation.
KILLED MAKING LAST
NOVITIATE FLIGHT
London, April 1. Bergaant Iean
an srmy aviator, was killed today
while mailing Ma final mivNlate fight
before receiving bU i,lMt'e certificate,
SUFFRAGETTE
!
T
Pandemonium Reigns in Police
Court When Mrs. Drum
mond Hears Her
Sentence.
THROWS MISSLE AT
MAGISTRATE'S HEAD
Even Scores Sister Militant
For Not Taking Steps
To Sffect Her
Rescue.
London,
reigned in
April 8. Pandemonium
police court today when
"General" Mrs. Flora Drummondj
militant suffragette, was lned $10
with the alternative of going to pris
on for two months for creating a dis
turbance at. the unionist rally Satur
day. Mrs. Drummonrl was so violent that
three polteemen had to remove her
hat pins before- the magistrate found
opportunity during a pause in the
uproar to pronounce sentence The
I'general" vehemently declared that
she would never pay the fine. She
was forcibly removed to a cell.
All the tlmjSt.Mrs. Drmnmond was
In court she Kept up a fierce struggle
with the pollca;nd shrieked deuncla
tlons on everyone present. Even a
sister militant suffragette who was In
pourt was the victim of a verbal at
tack because she did nul storm the
prisoner's enclosure and rescue the
"general."
Seizing a policeman's metal whistle
Mrs. Drummond tiling It at the mag
istrate's head 'ut he dodged It.
Taking advantace of the diversion
Mrs. DrummAd. then sprang from
the encloaurgrto'f was seized before
seta gortar mwaf and was carried
back shouting and struggling.
When Mrs. Drumrnond had heqpme
calmer she was released, as either
she or someone else had paid her fine.
WARNINGS OF FROSTS
IN SOUTHERN STATES
Frosts Tonight and Freezing
Temperatures in Carolinas
Thursday Night.
Washington. April 8. Warnings of
April frosts over the gulf and South
Atlantic states in the next 48 hours
were contained I na special weather
bulletin today.
"Abnormal1 high pressure and low
temperatures prevail over the great
interior basin of the country, the line
of freeilng temperature extending to
the Oklahoma-'I'exaa line," states the
bulletin. "These conditions will move
eastward and southeastward over the
gulf and Atlantic states during the
next 14 to 48 hours and frosts may be
expected Wednesday night to tne guir
coast with temperatures near or below
freezing In the interior and frosta on
Thursday night over northern Flor
ida. "In Georgia and the Carolinas freei
lng temperatures are likely on Thurs
day night, while to the northward they
will be from 10 to 10 degrees lower.'
Over the great central valleys and tho
west low temperatures will continue
for another day or two."
EXPELLED SPANIARDS
HIVE COME TO JUAREZ
Six Hundred and Twelve Men,
Women and Children
Exiled from Torreon.
Juarex. April Ms hundred and
twelve men, women and children of
the Bpanli'h cob ipelled from Tor
reon by Oenemi villa arrived today.
Huddled In i ,i-nger ears they
waited for dawn and the arrival uf
American Consular Agent Carothera.
"Mr. ("arothei" came up a day
ahead of us to ee what he eould
do with Oenerai ' arrartaa," said Joa-
quln rirnnndei. an egUe. "Ws sre
under unit
f the American
d not to leave the
" passe
mother Interview
sea last night, suf
general's ettltuds
'rime and w
cars until
minrda rehi.,lne,l
CROWS HEN
WOMEN VOTES
ME
Victory Embraces 11 Large
Cities in Illinois; 16 Coun
ties Added to 30 Already
Dry Territory.
70 PER CENT WOMEN
FAVORED PROHIBITION
Results of Local Option and
Other Elections Held in
The Various States
And Cities.
Chicago, April f. Women who
voted for the first time in Illinois
township elections demonstrated their
power yesterday by closing more than
1000 saloons outside of Chicago, add
ing 16 counties 'to the 30 already dry
and prohibiting the sale of Intoxicants
in approximately 200 of the 300 town
ships where local option was an Issue.
Their victory embraced 11 of the
larger cities' of the state which until
the votes were counted last night con
stituted wet territory. They were';
Bloomington, Oalesburg, Elgin, Deca
tur, Canton, Freeport. Belvidere, Mon
mouth, Kewanee. Lockport and East
Galena, Rockford, Mattoon and Gal
va were kept in the dry column by
women's votes.
No city or township which was dry
before the election was lost by the
anti-saloon forces. However, Spring
field, the capital; Quincy. Rock Island,
Aurora, Alton, Moline, Dixon and West
Galena remained wet.
Detailed figures from 57 townships
placed the woman's vote at 40,681 dry
and 18.181 wet. Approximately 70
per cent of the women voters favored
prohibition.
Where accurate figures were avail
able the men's vote was shown to be
about one-eighth greater than the
women's and to have been divided Into
about 60 per cent vet and 40 per cent
dry-
Springfield, the state capital, voted
wet after an unusually spirited cam
paign. A majority of the women
voted for saloons.
Although 73 per cent of the Chicago
women registered voted yesterday,
none of the nine women candidates
for city council was successful, receiv
ing only a scattered vote. Alderman
John (Hathrouse) Coughlln. who for
a score of years has represented the
first ward, won by nearly 4000 votes
over Miss Marlon Drake, a court sten
ographer. He received more, female
votes than Miss Irake.
The new council will be democratic,
as i-It has been for the last several
years.
Votes of the women helped defeat
a proposition for a comprehensive sub
way system to cost $130,000,000.
Non-Partisan Wine.
Milwaukee, Wis., April 8. Unoffi
cial returns today did not change the
estimate of last night that gave Mayor
Herhard Dading, non-partisan candi
date for re-election, a majority of 6000
over Emll Seldel, social-democrats.
City Attorney Daniel W. Hoan, social
democrat, was re-electer according to
latest returns over William H. Timlin,
Jr. t
The new board of aldermen proba
bly will consist of ! non-partisans
; .ind n)n(, j,,,! democrats. There now
are 11 social democrats on the ml
The vote of non rocialists was not as
heavy as two years ago. The socialists
polled almost as many votes as In the
last election. .
Reduction of Badlng'a plurality of
12.000 two years ago is regarded by
the socialists as a victory.
Throughout the state Interest In the
lection i-entered In tho license ques
tion, the larger Cities voting "wet."
Out of 67 places 37 went "wet" and
70 "dry." Madison. Janesville and
Belolt remained wet.
Jo-t Heated.
Kansas City, Mn., April 1. Almost
complete returns today showed a ma
jority for Henry I Jost, democrat, re
elected mayor In yesterday's election
UnoHtrtal ilgure give Jost a plurality
of tilt over C. A. Burton, non-partisan
candidate, who ran on a platform
favoring commission government. The
republican ticket polled fewer than
'.'000 votes and the progressive
scarcely 1000 while the socialist ticket
wus fifth.
Antls Elated.
si Paul. Minn.. April I. Antl-ss
loon advocates were elated today over
victories In most of the Minnesota
cities of the fourth class which held
local option elections yesterday. Rt
Peter', where saloons have operated for
more than no years, was swept Into
l he dry column.
i i (option.
Omshs. Neb., April I. lineal op
tion elf cl Ions In Nebraska, according
to reports received today resulted In
; 17 rhanges from wet to drv snd nine I
changes from dry to' wet In 140 towns!
reporting. No large cities were In--
; ynlved. Hfteen towns voted In favor
; f Sunday baseball and five against IL
1
There will tee a meeting of h J
Indies of the Maraheee nt 1:1 o'clock
tomorrow afternoon. All members
are rmuHiro 10 allend matters of
1 Importance are to be considered
WILL CONSIDER
PARK SCHEME
25
THE GAIL ZONE
Amount Paid Colombia by
Treaty Recently Signed
In Bogota.
Washington. April 8. Twenty-five
million dollars is the amount the
United States agrees to pay to Colom
bia for the partition of Panama and
the acquisition of the canal zone In
the treaty signed in Bogota by Amer
ican Minister Thompson and the Co
lombia by the Atrato river route and
no coaling privileges on San Andreas
and Provldencia islandtf off the Colom
bia coast, it was added, were contained
in the treaty.
While the Colombian minister, Senor
Betancourt, received a cable from his
foreign office informing him of the
signing of the agreement the state de
partment was still awaiting word j
from Mr. Thompson.
The boundary between Colombia
and Panama is to follow the line laid
down in an earlier treaty which was
signed but never approved by the Co
lombia! congress. One important de
mand which the South American re
public, had been insisting on, the free
passage of her merchant vessels
through the canal, was given up be
cause of President Wilson's attitude
In favor of repeal of the tolls exemp
tion. That had been a stumbling block
In the way .' final agreement.
The Colombian congress will be
called in special session to pass on the
treaty before It is submitted to the
United States senate.
Acceptance of the latest treaty will
end 10 years of negotiation and fric
tion between the United States and
Colombia and relieve strained dlplo
matie relations which have
been
MILLIONS
watched with the keenest interest by prove a great attraction ro tne resi-Uatln-American
republics. dents of the section, as well as to
It is assumed here'the Colombian ' thousands of automobile tourists mm-
foreign office would not approve a
treaty which the congress of the coun
try would be unlikely to ratify.
How far the administration here has
gone toward sounding the senate on its
proposals is not known.
EX GOV. GLENN BEGINS
HIS FEDERAL DUTIES
Washington, April 8. Former Gov
ernor Glenn of North Carolina took
up his duties as a member of the In
ternational Joint commission when It
resumed sessions here today. White
head Kluttx, a North Carolinian, be
gan work as the commission's secretary.
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Meeting to Be Held to Devise
Plans For Permanent Fair
Grounds, Speedway,
Lake, Etc.
BEAVERDAM MEADOWS
IS THE SITE PROPOSED
Board of Trade, Merchants'
Association and Fair As
sociation Have Joined
Forces.
An Important step in Asheville's
future development will be considered
at a meeting to be held in the board
of trade rooms tomorrow night at S
o'clock by committees representing
the board of trade, the Ashevllle Mer
chants' association and the Western
North Carolina Fair association. This
meeting will be for the purpose of
finally deciding on the purchase of.
about 30 acres of land, known as tho
Beaverdam meadows, for the purpose
of establishing a permanent fair
ground, an automobile speedway, a
lake, and an amusement park. All In
terested in the project are invited to
meet with the committees at this
time.
A) committee of the Fair association
has had the purchase of this property
under consideration for some time
now, since It was felt that permanent
grounds should be secured as soon as
possible In order to develop the fair
Into a really representative exposition
for the products of the entire section.
The Fair association has likewise con
sidered all along the construction of
an automobile speedway in connec-
I "on with these grounds, as it would
Ing here annually.
Only recently the directors of tho
board of trade passed resolutions en
dorsing any movement to establish a
lake In the vicinity of. Ashevllle, as it
Is the sense of the board that such an
attraction would prove of incalculable
value to the city as a pleasure resort.
The merchants of the city are directly
Interested In any such development
and therefore the three bodies have
combined forces to push this proposed
development together. The meeting
called for tomorrow 'night has result
ed from this unity of purpose.
The construction of a modern fair
ground within close reach of Ashe
vllle would mesn the opening of an
avenue for many outdoor amusements
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