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ASHEVILLE, N. C., WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 29, 1914
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STEP TOWARD PEACE
ARMISTICE IS ASe M MEDIATORS AS
SN 11 1 PAUSE COMES
iiiirr lonrpTrn i
vmn mnu lu
EUROPE URGED TO
EXERT INFLUENCE
ON THE PRESIDENT
No Final Statement of
Concessions Has as
Yet Been Made
Making Demonstration in
Front of Rockefeller Officers
ASK MODIFICATION
OF U. S. ATTITUDE
Huerta Permits Foreigners
To Depart But Refuses
Them Escort
Berlin, April 29. The South
American mediators have ap
proached the European pow
ers, it was learned in diplo
matic circles today, with the
request that those nations ex
ert influence on President Wil
son to have him make condi
tions which would render the
success of the negotiations pos
sible. Washington, April 29. An
armistice in the difficulties be
twecn the United States and
Mexico has leen asked of this
government and Gen. Huerta
by the South American en
voys w ohhave undertaken to
avert war through mediation.
Ambassador Da Gama, of Bra
zil, today notified Secretary
Bryan that this had been de
termined upon as the next step
in the negotiations and that
General Huerta also had been
notified.
No Bumrestion has been
made to this government" look
ing to the selection of media
tors representing any other
governments than Brazil, Ar
frentina and Chile in the setle
nient of d i Hid n ties with Gen
eral Huerta in Mexico, Secre
tary of Sttato Bryan declared
today. He refused to 6ay how
far the steps toward mediation
undertaken by the three South
American diplomats have progressed.
The envoys were not readv
to make any announcement.
However, conjecture' took a
wide range as to the various
plans they are lilcely to con
consider. Oue was that at the
outset botifc sides might be
nsked to fernporarily suspend
aggressive military action.
While this would not suspend
ordinary military or naval
preparations, yet it would hold
in abeyance any decisive for
ward movement. While the en
voys would make no comment
upon this report, it whi regard
ed as a reasonable preliminary
step and one which probably
would receive their attention.
The
one
be (
ernme ntin Mexico bu this also
the envovs advanced in their
study of the entire field.
As a result of the conferences
held by two of the enypys,
Minister Noarrand Suarez with
Secretary Bryan last night
there is' little doubt the media
tors understand pretty clearly
the tentative viewpoint of the
United States 1 But it is under
stood that neither side has as
yet submitted any written final
statemen of what they would
or would not accede to, the way
being left clear to canvass each
side and seek gradually to
bring them nearer together
rather than to devleop definite
points of disagreement.
The morning session was ex
pected to last until 1 o'clock
with an afternoon session and
a night session at 8:30 p. m.
Washington. April 29. While
scores of Americans continued their
hurried exodus from Mexico and
Brigadier General Punston's troops
wore landing to complete the occupa
tion of Vera Crua today, the represen
tative of three South American gov
ernments resumed the preliminaries
of their attempt to steer the Mexican
crisis Into the ways of peace. No In
timation of the tenor of their pro
gram has been revealed but it seemed
probable that three or four days
would Intervene before the next move.
Whether or not the exercise of the
South American envoys' good offices
wotrid progress to the point of actual
mediation was a matter of tremend
ous importnnce to be settled by later
developments but a spirit of optimism
over progrtss of the negotiations was
apparent In executive quarters.
Gather Information.
The army and navy today continued
to execute succeeding chapters in
plans to meet any eventualities but
Interest In their movements -va over
shadowed by that evinced In the work
of the representatives of the South
American republics. The three peace,
makers are gathering all possible In
formation from both Amerloan and
Mexican sources with the aim of
reaching some ml. Ml,, ground from
whloh they may project their next
mora which mlgl.'. include asking the
Huerta and the Washington govern
ments to set out terms on which they
would proceed to mediation. If that
lln were followed, It was suggested,
th diplomat speedily could develop
whether solution of the situation by
peaceful mean were possible.
Rebel Neutral. .
A report today that Cnrrant ad
Villa, the constitutionalist leader,
had agreed to remain neutral In deal
ings between Huerta ami the A M-
can government "o long a there
wu bo In mi-1 mi of their territory"
was an eneouragln development.
New that American Consul
8hmut end 110 oth-r American
who had been detained at Agus I'al-
zens of the United States had been
subjected to persecution.
Refugee Movement.
Refugee continued to arrive at
Vera Cruz from the Huerta capital
and special trains today were to pick
up additional foreigners between
Mexico City and the coast The trans
port Hancock was sent from Vera
Cruz to Puerto Mexico to take away
refugees arriving from the interior by
the Tehuantepeo railroad.
Reports at the navy department to
day stated that Charles F. Simmons
had been In Mexico City March 13
when he said he Intended to sail for
the United States early In April. This
was the last Information concerning
the movements of Simmons or his
associates. A radiogram from the
steamer Oregonian off Key West late
last1 night stated that she had a num
ber of refugees aboard.
Wounded Improving.
Supplemental reports from Rear
Admiral Badger today stated that
wounded marines and bluejackets on
the hospital ship Solace continued to
gain and that critical cases appeared
hopeful. Fifty-nine wounded still are
under treatment.
News of the continued constitution
alist attack on Tampico was received
at the navy department. Rear Admir
al Mayo stated, however, that there
did not seem to be any serious at
tempt to take the city. He said the
number of constitutionalists was
small and that they did not have any
artillery.
Admiral Mayo has arranged for the
120 American refugees now at Cer
vantes to' work their way down the
river to la Barra, where they will
find a haven on the United State war
The 8uperdreadnoughfWfJew York,
flagship of the new special service
squadron, took on coal at Hampton
Roads yesterday and resumed her run
for Mexican waters today. She car
ried a number of marines.
Vera Cruz, April 29. Anxiety In
Vera Crua as to friends and relatives
In the Interior has been greatly re
lieved hy the events of yesterday which
how that the Mexican authorities are
permitting Americans to come down
to the coast Today the American
colony here, which is growing steadily,
settled down to await news from Pu
erto, Mexico, of the arrival of three
train loads of refugees from Mexico
City, which the Huerta officials prom,
lsed Cpmmander Tweedle of the Brit,
lsh cruiser Essex would be dispatched
from the capital last night. The route
from the capital to Puerto, Mexico.
Is long and roundabout, and It is not
expected that the trains will reach the
coast before next Friday. Rear Ad
miral Badger will have a vessel at
Puerto, Mexico, to meet the refugees.
He probably will not send a warship
as this might arouse anti-American
feeling In a town which up to the pres
ent time has been entirely quiet. The
passenger boats available here for the
trip to Puerto, Mexico, have limited
wireless equipment consequently the
arrival of the refugee trains together
with the names of those on board may
not be learned until the steamer re
turns to Vera Cruz. If the refugee
trains are filling to capacity, as they
probably will be, It Is estimated that
S00 persons will be conveyed to Pu
erto, Mexico. It Is Impossible In Vera
Crui to determine how many Ameri
cans this would leave In the clptal.
Way Cleared.
The release by General Gustavo
Mass, the federal commander outside
of Vera Crus, of the hundred refugee
who were brought in from Soledad
yesterday by Commander Twpedle,
clears the territory between Vera Crux
and Mexico City and the direct line
of communication of all Americana
with the exception of a few scattered
families whose whereabouts are not
known.
The Soledad refugee are enthusias
tic In praise of Commander Tweedle,
whose determined stand thejr' believe
alone saved them from probable death
or at least prolonged suffering. On
being released from the penitentiary
at Soledad where they hsd ben con
fined a a protection agalnat the mob
the refugees were handed over to a
Mexican major who had no Instruc
tion a to what to do with them. A
train bound for Mexico City paaseil
but they were nof permitted to board
It.
After waiting for hour In the bias
ing sun Commander Tweedle'e train
steamed Into lcht bound for Vera
Crux Several refugee approached
the firitlh officer and told of their
plight.
"You need not worry." Commander
Tweedle answered. ' Thla train will
not luave without yon."
Commander Tweedle calmly Insisted
that he be permitted lo take the
Americana with him to Vera Crux and
In Protest Against
Strike.
THREE OTHER WOMEN
ALSO IN CUSTODY
Distinguished Socialist Says
He Was Doing No Harm
Wife Has Been
Released.
Ill STRIKE MR
Downpour of Rain Drives the
Strikers to Cover Violence
Is Suspended Through
out the Zone.
LITTLE HOPE
F jR MINERS
SlMlsfMJ8 STILL
FEDERAL TROOPS ARE
NOW IN CANON CITY
New York, April 29. Upton Sin
clair, his wife and three women were
arrested today after a demonstration
In front of the offices of John D.
Rockefeller, Jr., . In the Standard Oil
building. They had come to protest
against the Colerado strike. A woman
who said she was a socialist, invaded
the outer offices of John D. Rockefel
ler, Jr., in the Standard Oil I uildlng
todnv and sought o Inter v'ev him
with reference to the coal miners
strike In Colorado.
Mr. Rockefeller's secretary told her
that he was busy at a conference.
Tho woman carried an American
flag into the offices and described
herself as Mrs. Belle N. Silverman.
She was Joined on the sidewalk by
Upton Sinclair, who wore a bit of
crepe on his arm In pursuance of a
L' .11- -rttntlat mass
Confidence Is Expressed That
Federal Troops Will Be
Able to Control The
Situation.
H BELIEVED DEAD
Benjamin Noble Founders Off
Duluth Not a Man
Reached Shore.
Duluth, Minn., April 29. The
steamer Benjamin Noble I lost off
Duluth and 20 men are believed dead.
Wreckage was found on Park Point
Life savers are unable to launch a boat
because of the high seas. Not a man
reached shore so far as known.
Dlan announced, at a
ioel.to tf! where
socialist mass
it was
agreed that "mourners snouia garn
er In front of the Standard Oil build
ing as a protest against the sacrifice
of lives In Colorado. Mrs. Silverman
and Sinclair were the ttrst o arrive on
the scene.
Mrs. Silverman sought tl place this
message before the younger rock
feller:
"I am an American citizen, stand
lng at your 'door, waiting for Just i
word with you. win you gram m
this request? My quesUon will be brief
mil to the noint.
Th. nrlaoners were taken to the
Old BHd notice station where Mrs-
Sinclair was released. The other worn
en, who were placed 1" cells pending
their arraignment in court, said they
were Mrs. Elizabeth Frr..man, an
English suffragette, who has once
been in Jail with Mrs Emmellne
Pankhurst: Mr. Margaret Remington
Chatrer, and Mr. Donte LJetner. All
had been arrested on the sidewalk In
front of 26 Broadway.
"I wasn't doing a thing but walk
lng up and down In the street with a
niece of crepe on my arm. said sin
clalr. "A policeman stopped me and
said that if I qld not stop walking I
would have to go along with him.
told the policeman X did not e nny
reason why I should stop walking and
he promptly placed me and my
elate sunder arrest."
Denver, April 29. Violence In the
strike zones of Colorado came to an
end shortly after midnight when
downpour of rain drove to cover
striking miners who were attacking
the Walsen mine near Walsenburg,
the only point In Colorado where ac
tual violence obtained, and today
dawned with the prospect at least of
peace between the warring industrial
factions. Federal troops from Fort D.
A. Russell, Cheyenne, Wyo., arrived
In Colorado early today and troops
from Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, were
expected to reach the stajte before
night The Boldieru from Wyoming
went to Canon City, and the troops
from Kansas probably will go to Trln-
dad.
The sltuaUon In the northern dis
trict became quiet yesterday when the
strikers ran out of ammunition and
th ir supply could not be replenished.
and upon the arrival of the state
troops, there. -tSpg
In offlctal circles here and among
the union leaders there was expres
sion of confidence that the federal
troops would control th- situation.
Governor Amnions, however, reiter
ated his determination not to with
draw any of the state troops from '.o
calltles which will not be ?mply pro
tetced by the federal soldiers.
President Wilson's proclamation
gives the strikers, "gunmen" and
others until tomorrow to return to
their various abodes peacefully and to
cease all acta of lawlessness. From
that moment all violators of law and
order must answer to the federal gov
ernment. In Trinidad today tho situation was
quiet
I TRUE BILL HEIST
PAUL MILL FOUND
Is Charged With Murder of J
H. Taylor, Lee Street
Groceryman.
BURIED
E
GKED F
T
Sixty-Seven of the Miners En
tombed by Blast at Eccles,
West, Va. Are Taken
Out Alive.
MANY OF RESCUED
BURNED SEVERELY
Explosion Followed by Flames
Governor Hatfield Is
Directing The Rescue
Work.
JAPAN
WOULD
NOT
STEAMSHIP ENROLL NOT
May Be Floated at High Tide
Crew Refuses to Leave
The Vessel.
Norfolk, Va., April tt. Th Brltlih
steamship Erroll, from New York to
Savannah, Oa., for cargo, first re
ported a the steamer Argo. which
struck on th Hatters coast near Ore
gon Inlet during a heavy fog last
night, was today still on the beach but
with favoraM weather condition her
position was not perilous. Th Erroll
struck at high (Ida last night and It
will tak a high tld to float her. One
tug was reported standing by the Er.
roll today a siting favorable epportu
nlty to haul un her. The Erroll' crew
are atlll abourd, alt having refused
offers of life saver to take them off.
The weather condition on the coast
today were foggy and th wind was
blowing eight mile an hour from th
uuthwesL The sea was light.
ACT Fl HUERTA
Declined to Carry On Diplo
matic Affairs With The
United States.
Eccles, W. Va., April 29.
Eight bodies have been recov
ered from Bhaft No. 6 of the
New River Collieries company,
which with shaft No 5 was
wrecked by an explosiion yes
terday. Sixty seven men were
taken out alive. There are no
more men in No. 6. One hun
dred and seventy eight are
buried in No. 5 and officers of
the company expressed the
opinion this morning that none
would escape.
Efforts at Rescue
A rescce party was droppea
down shaft No. 5 Boon after 8
o'clock and got within 129
feet of the bottom. There the
progress of the cage was
stopped by broken and twist
ed timbers and a heavy fall
was sent there. About the time his
term there was up the local authori- clearing away the debns and
ties brought him back to Greensboro, w fV.nnrrV.t- tho hnllnm
Special to The Gazette-News.
Greensboro, April 29. A true bill
was brought in by the grand jury late
yesterday In Guilford Superior court
against Paul Conwell, the negro
charged with, the murder of J. . Tay
lor the grocery merchant who was
found dead last year In his store 6h
the corner of Lexington avenue and
West Lee street. The time of the trial
has not been set.
The Taylor murder proved to be
one of the most mysterious ever
known In the county, and officers
searched for many weeks without find
ing any satisfactory evidence or
clues pointing to anyone. It was
thought that a burglar who had en
tered the store was surprised by Mr.
Taylor after which the two struggled
with the result that Mr. Taylor was
killed.
Conwell was arrested by the local
authorities a few days after the mur
der on a minor charge. It was learn
ed that the Alamance county authori
ties wanted him on the roads and he
thought pointed to him as the guilty
party.
Reynolds at Forest City.
Washington, April It. The Japan
ese government it has developed, was
asked and declined to act for the Hu
erta administration through Its dlplo.
matin representative In Washington
and It consult In the United State,
prior to Mexico application to 8paln
to perform thla miulen, which was
accepted.
ITEMS OF INTEREST
FROM CAPITAL CITY
of tl
likHv to
th city
ConMiii right Postponed.
Washington. April It. The eontro.
versy befcr. n.ngraa regarding the
proposed prohibitive lax to top the
pra Mc of Issuing gift coupon with
cigarettes, cigar and tobacco, along
with gifts anil tobaoco attachments. It
was announced today, ha been pt.
I h th- house wg and mean.
committee until next DJetnbr ,
Special to The Gazette. News.
Forest City, April 2. Bob Rey
nold, candidate for congress from the
tenth district spoke here Monday
night This 1 Mr. Reynold' first ap
pearance In Forest City and the second
apeeoh In the county. The (peaking
wa held in the open air on the square,
from the veranda of hotel Mabree.
could be reached this after
noon. No gas was detected on this
level and mining experts ex
pressed the belief the mine was
not then on die.
Governor H. D. Hatfield of West
Virginia Is In charge of the relief
work, while Earl Henry, chief of th
state department of mines, and H C
Bavlea, general manager of the col.
(Continued on page 11)
Special to The Oaxette-New.
Raleigh, April 2. After rvlng
more than a year of a two year n
tenca for abandoning his wife, who Is
IS year younger than he la, John A.
Smith, t'nlon county, has received a
pardon from Governor Craig, having
compiled wtth condition exacted
The were that he deed to hi wife
40 acre of land and turn ever to her
11200 in money and good securities,
which hav bean raised by Smith with
the assistance of hi brothers
The battery of the ReJclgh team of
th Carolina baseball league was re
inforced today with the addition of
Jo Grave, .an Indian lefthanded
pitcher; and G lng, right handed
pitcher, both from th Philadelphia
National
Governor Craig will remain In th
Western part of th state until May
10, making hei.dquarur lnAhvtll
and going out to van. .us points to do
liver school closing and other ad-
dre
Mrs. Elisabeth Bolton and Mrs.
Fred Kent have as their guest thslr
rousln. Mrs W. . Msllou or Provl.
denr.. R. t
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