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Jf THE GAZETTE-NEWS HAS THE MOST EXPENSIVE;-" ASSOCIAT ED PRESS SERVICE IN THE :: :: CAROLJNAS :: :: WEATHER FORECASTi ' FAIR WEATHER. 1 for (VOLUME XIX. NO. 69 ASHEVILLE, N. C., FRIDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 1, 1914 V PRICE: FIVE CENTS PIRATES ATTACKED STEAMER SIBERIA? Big Ship In Coast of Formosa Wireless Says. MRS. F.B. HARRISON AMONG PASSENGERS Japan Sends a Warship to Scene of Disaster; S. O. S. Calls Cease. TokkC May 1. A dispatch from Tai-Pe-Fu j reports that tlio steamer Siberia is ashore in a perilous position off the southeast coast of the island of Formosa. She carries 71'paloon passengers, among them Mrs. Francis Burton Harrison, wife of the governor-general of the Philippines. ' ; v The Siberia, Captain Zeeder, belongs to - the ' Pacific Mail Steamship line and plies be tween Sari Francisco, Honolu lu, Yokohama and Hong Kong. She left San Francisco on Ap ril 7, and on April 20 put out from Nagasaki for Manila by way of Hong Kong.; The Si beria 'is of 5655 tons burden and was built at Newport News, Va. Sh , is supplied with wire loss. ' - ' : A dispatch received here to night from theapital of For mosa conveyed the alarming intimation that Chinese pirates may have had something to do with the reported diseaster to the liner Siberia. . 1 No details of the accident to Hie steamer off the : cost of Formosa had been received here up to 10 o'clock tonight. DlKtreea Signal According 10 advices hare the ves sel t six inll from th mainland. A wireless station on '.''the. . Japaneae- ' coast picked up distress signals sent mi from tha Siberia by wireless to 'he American ulaamshlp Minnesota which was on the way to Nugasukl. The Hibeiia also was In communica tion with ttje IfrlUnn .qrusier . MJno-. tauer. ' . ; tluorK W.'Guthrle, tho American imibasMdor to Japan, as soon aa he heard of the condition of the Siberia, requested tha Japanese foreign of fice to send a warship to her aid. -He was Informed that the government, having already learned of the accident hHd sent' the Kanto, Maru from For mosa. Tho Kanto Maru got under way early toduy. Mrs. Harrison came to Japan from Manila for a short visit She embarked on the Hlherla at Yokohama. i I The Japanese navy department" has i received and made pubhVClhe follow- intt dispatch: ; .''.; , "The governor-general, of Formosa funics that a Japanese cruiser-, on her ' to tha Okinawa Islands off the Island of Klunhlu, reports that the Puclilo Mall steamer Siberia met dls Hstcr this morning In logltude 121.10 tout, latitude 2140 north. She sent repested signals , of distress which flnslly became Indistinct No details of the disaster are known. The Kanto Maru has been ordered to the scene.' , digitals Crane Washington. May I. Tha stats de partment here was Informed today from Tansul. Formosa, of the Paclflo Mall line steamer Siberia's distress. : Consul Williamson sent this report "Formosa government Informed 81 berla signalled repeatedly for aid from latitude 22.40, longitude U1.10. Ceas ed this morning.. Vessels sent from Karenko will take sli hours to reach scene nesr Kasho island, six miles 'off Tslto. Fesr Siberia foundered.1. . .' Passenger list. San Francisco, May l.Ths follow Ins passenger boarded the Hlberla here for ttra Orient: I For Manila:. W. B. Beard, George Kgan. MIhd Kleanor Ollllsey. Ar I " ."Tlnir Hallbeia. Mid Amelia P. Klein. Howard lng, Mis- Janss G. Palmer. Distress of Lieutenant V. C. Re.ces, O. C. Whlta ker, Mrs. O. C. Whltaker, For Hong Kong: J. Donald Dama rest; Bruce D. Ellis, Mrs. Bruce D. Ellis, Danforth B. Ferguson, J. St. C. Hunt, Mrs. J. St. C. Hunt, John Hunt, Miss Lulah Hunt, Mrs. Grace C. Law- ton, Francis H, Love, W. D. Whltte mqre, Dr. Wong Him, Miss Catherine A. ' Wong Him. For Honolulu: Mrs. P. L. Cherry, Miss Ellam, Miss Adeliza Morton Mur phy, Miss Frances D. Murphy, Mrs. L. B. Pierce, Henry Russell, Mrs. Henry Russell. The following passengers boarded the Siberia at cither '.points: Yoko hama: J. W. TJorris; Kobe: Mrs. H. G. Guttrldge, Miss Harriett' Guttrldge, O. H. Guttrldge, Mrs. D. H. Greene baum, Miss Katie Dukes, Mrs. M. Bre mer. Nagasaki Mr. .afta" Mrs. W. H. Richardson; Yokohama: Mrs. Francis B. Harrison. All Seem to Be Making Way To Coast Towns Without Molestation. ' .. ' ! " Washington, May 1. Among 'ref ugees reported by Consul Canada to the state department as having arriv ed safely at Vera Crux, Mexico, are a colony from the Alvararto Construc tion company, of Pittsburgh, located at. Maclni HCo. state of Oaxaca, who completed (heir journey from Alvara- do In a fishing schooner., Eugene Knlgge, of Yorktown, Texas, was a member of the party. The following arrived from Oaxaca by way of Mexico City: Dr. H. A. Monday. and wife of Terrell, Texas, and William Fernandes and wife, of Brownsville, Texas. They reported that i Tother Americans were on a' train bound to Puerto. Mexico. They bearded ths train In Mexico City they said, without molestation and com pleted tho Journey without Interfer ence. According to their accounts all Americans left .Oaxaca after the gov ernor had advised that they leave. Tha governor furnished them with special train and military escort as far a Mexico City. . Consul Canada furthe reported that a number of Americans are mak ing safe progress out of ths country. Tha ann of Ralph Smith of Jackson villa. Fla.. he said. : has arrived at Vera Crux and la said to have left for the United States. , ' Consul General Bucklln, at Guate mala, was today Instructed by the state department to furnish food, transportation across tha country and ship passage to New Orleans for 10 American refugees now on their way to Ban Jose, Guatemala, from Sallna Crua, on the Mexican Paclflo coast. Consul Canada advises that Buster Wilson, who was taken off Charge O'Shaughnessy-s train at Lavllla and aent back, Is imported safe In Mexico City. The consular district of Durango has been canvassed by Consul Hamm for Americans and he reported thero ar fifty In Durango, fourteen In Tor reon and sixteen others scattered. Nlnety-on Americana, comprising the entire Mormon colony ' at Bavlspo have arrived safely at Douglas. Arts., Consul Blmplch at Nogales reported.. Six Uvea Lost, Rochester, N. T., April . DIs paches from Oswego, N. T., today re port the Ions of six lives In the wreck ing of three schooners and ons tug in a storm on Lake Ontario REFUGEES SAFELY LEAVING MEXICO PEOPLE III L Enjoying Increased Freedom ' Many Would Like Contin uation of The Present ; Conditions. SOME IN FAVOR OF , ENTIRE OCCUPATION Partial Occupation of Mexico Also Suggeseed Exodus Of Refugees From In terior Continues. Vera Cruz, May 1. With the occu pation of Vera Crux by American sol dlers under Brigadier General Funston an accomplished fact, and the return to their vessels in the harbor of the sailors and marines who took the port from the Mexicans, questions of the future today are beginning to engage the attention of American refugees and Mexican business men. The fu ture policy of the Washington admin Istratlon is being debated with much interest. Americans and Mexicans alike lack anything In the nature of a definite statement on this subject and they all are trying to Interpret, from the of events since the seizure, whetw the American occupation of Vera Crux 'Is to be 'permarient If dnce convinced that the American flag is to float over this city until tranquility Is restored throughout the republic. It Is virtually eertttia ihat .the .Mexicans f "-Vera Crux will give their hearty support to the American civil government : s Today they admit frankly that they are enjoying greater freedom from ap prehension, more personal liberty and a larger measure of prosperity owing to the influx of American money than they have known In many years. Many even assert that they would cheerfully subscribe to any oollcv of the United States which would Insure, them a con tinuation of the present conditions and the extension of these conditions to the rest of the republic. . r , - . Some PpsHlmlMtic. ' Some careful observers among the Mexicans, however, take a pessimistic view and do not believe that anything short of complete American occu pa tlon of Mexico would bring about the desired results. They point out that many factions are striving for power in various sections of the republic. The entire state of Morelos is con trolled by the', followers of Zapatal, while the state of Guerrero Is under thelurlsdlction of the Flgiieroa broth ers; furthermore, northern . Mexico, much of the western coast and Isolated point-t elsewhere, such aa Tampico, are controlled or hemmed In by the sup porters of Carranxa and Villa. In the capital provisional President Huerta Is In the saddle but strong factions favor nig Carranza, Felix Dial or some other aspirant to the presidency are Intrlgu ing against Huerta and each other. Zapata and the Figueroa brothers having been running things In the country, control without regard to any claims of a central power. Such states are virtually Independent principali ties within the borders of tho district ed republic 1 Complete Occupation. , This statement of general conditions Is made by Mexicans td support the Idea that complete American occupa tion is the only thing that will bring lasting peace. ; There also Is an element of Mexican and American refugees now in Vera Crux who express doubt that the medl atlon undertaken by Argentina, Braxll and Chile or that similar negotiations will bring about a stable coalition of tha warring faction in the republic or result In tha re-establlshment of order. They are of the' opinion that personal jealousies would prevent the selection of any leader to represent them all and they unhesitatingly de clare that In their opinion, ambition and not patriotism actuates a great majority of the Mexican factlonlsta. It Is apparent that local opinion of tha future Is most confllotlng. Partial Occupation. Another Idea presented today by thoughtful Mexicans la that the only solution of the problem lies In a partial occupation of Mexico by tha United State and ths establishment ' under American protection of a? government similar to that formed In Nicaragua which later would be succeeded by duly elected Mexican officials, the United States sppsrvlsion ths elections and vouching for their fairness. The Ida. Is receiving considerable endorse ment from a group of Mexican ofll etaln who have remained In the city,. t;ity in Districts, -,- Gen. Funston has followed In gen eral the scheme for garrisoning adopt (Continued on page 11) STRIKtHS MAY GIVE UP IMS Presence of Federal Troops in Colorado Strike Zone Has . Put an End to The :'' Outbreaks., . I,. NO VIOLENT ACT FOR TWENTY'FOUR HOURS Interest Centers in the Coming Special Legislative Session And Possible Surrender Of Anns. Denver, May 1. Action of tho com ing special session of tha Colorado leg islature in regard to tha coal miners' Strike, the disposition of the federal troops In the southern strike xone, the decision of the strikers at Trinidad rel ative to the surrender of arms and possibility of further federal interven tion In the labor controversy were the absorbing feature.s of the strike situa tion today. T No acta of violence; had been reported from the strike regions for more than 24 hours. The coming of the federal soldiers put an end to outbreaks at Fremont, Las Animas and Huerfano counties and the mbbil- lzatlon of state troops and home guards In Boulder and Weld counties in the northern xone had a quieting In fluence there. , In Trinidad today a vote was to be taken by the strikers as to whether they would surrender their arms to he federal forces under Major Hol- brook. The action tanen mere, it is thought, will be followed in detail by the strikers In Huerfano and Fremont counties. . Major Hotbrook had publicly stated that the federal troops had no Inten tion of disarming the mine guards so long aa they remain on company prop erty and confined their - activities to protecting Ahe oippans. property , uovfemor Arturtons, ha -aakea that the . legislature at Its special session authorize a bond Issue to finance the past and future maintenance of the state militia and enact law td make arbitration of labor, disputes compul sory, to provide means of enforcing the decisions of arbitration boards. and to prohibit the distribution of ammunition and liquor in troubled zones during the times of civil strife. A fight Is expected to be made on the question of the bond Issue, and the ar bitration acts. ' v f SEEMS CERTAIN 172 MINERS ARE DEAD Work of Locating Bodies Goes 1 On 13 Have Been Tak . en From Shaft. Bccles, W.- Va., May 1. Rescue crew had assembled II bodies at the foot of the ahaft In mine No. t of the New River Coal company when they resumed their work today of explora tion In the hop of locating ail of the 172 men who it now seem oertaln lost their live in the explosion last Tues day afternoon.' ' " ;'..;. Pump were kept going during the night and by dawn the mine sVa com paratively Ire of water. But the fore of the explosion was so great that masse of earth and rock were dislodged and the galleries chocked. It may be several days before the dead ar rcovred. ; ' SPANISH VETERANS MAY If Volunteers Are Needed , in Mexico They Will Have a Chance to Volunteer. Provisional ' Division ' Commander John A. Guffy, who is in command of the Spanish-American war veteran camp In this Plate, ha Just rarelved a reply to the message, he sent to Commander-in-Chief John Lewis Smith of Washington several day ago, In which he offered the aer services of the 1000 veterans of this state In cas iney -are needed In ths present tro'ibl In Mexico. Commander Bmith flat that he has presented the offer to ths secretary o fwar and that ar rantements wll lbs made whereby a pivt pt the veterans can g o Mexico, In case volunteer ar called for. MR S mm ii nrr nur Mi btruui Unable to Leave Mexico City On Account of Interrupted Railroad Facilities ARRIVED JUST AFTER LAST TRAIN DEPARTED British and Brazilian .Officials Railroad. iCommpunica Asked to Try to Have Rail road Communication Restored. Washington, May 1. Consul Cana da at Vera Crus reported to tha state department today that there still are 1,(00 Americans In Mexico City un able to get out because of interrupted railroad facilities. These are for the most part new arrival In the Mexican capital from the surrounding country. They arrived Just after the depar ture of the' last train for Vera Cruz. Consul--Canada ha asked the Brazil ian minister and Admiral Craddock, the British commander,' to exercise their efforts "to restore railroad com munication with the capital. OF Six Discovered at Bottom of Shaft Federal Bureau In Charge. ' Eccle. W. Va,.- April 0. Fifty miners working under, direction of the federal bureau of mines,' whose chief. J. A. Holmes, is on the ground,-to. day 'sought out the bodies of . 178 miners entombed last Tuesday in mine N.; 8 of the New River Collerles com. oany. Six bodies were found' at the bottom of the shaft. Other located will not be brought out until tonight ReDorts from the mine were that many bodies had been found, but so far there was no inflicatlon that any of the miners naa escaped me ex plosion and its deadly after damp. It Is estimated that two day must elapse before the mine , Is explored and ths dead recovered. . . ASHEVILLE MEN ARE NAMED AS DELEGATES Snecial to The Gazette-New. Raleigh. May 1. Governor Ctalg h.. nnmmlulftn1 A t AH tA the Southern Sociological congress, Mem phis, Tenn., May 8 to 10, and me na tional' congress of Charities and Cor rection, Memphis, May 8 to 16. miss p-nni E. s. Heck. Mia Daisy Den- son, Dr. W, S. Rankin and Clarence Poe, of Raleigh, are commissioned to attend both.. Other to the congress of Charities and Correction are: uoi. R, Bingham, Asheville; Dr. Robert 8. Carroll, Asheville; Cary J. Hunter, Raleigh; W. A. Blair. Winston-Sa-lemj R. L. Brown, Oxford; Dr, John MoCairtDbell. Morganton, Dr. W.. W. Faiion, Ooldsboro. Other delegate to Southern Sociol ogical congress are'.'J. E. Blade, Newbern; M. L. Klaler, Thomasvllle; a . W. McAllister. Greensboro: W. L. Poteat, Wake-Forest; E. K. Graham, Chapel Hill; w; H. Bwirt, ureen boro; Gilbert T. Stephenson, Winston Salem: M.S. Wlllard,. Wilmington; Juda George W. Connor, Wilson; Dr. Charle Dallgny.' Troy. i MISS REAGAN GETS WEAVERVJXLE OFFICE Mis Kate Reagan has been ap pointed postmistress of Waavervlll and1 A. Z. Wright I appointed as postmaster at Candler, according to a message received from Washington today. " In competitive examination with fiv men. Including her brother, J. Roy Reagan, Mis Reagan reoelved the highest grade, II. Hon.: J . . M. Oudger, Jr., ha re ceived a message that the atar rout ha bean extended from Leicester to Alto by D. Shook farm. The rout now goes up. Newfound road three mile to Mr. )' residence. Tha ex tension become effective today. .' Onlae to Vers) Crna, Washington, April 10. The cruiser Waahlngton waa ordered l to - laav Lynn Haven road for Vera Cru to )' . ... ..... : ID BODIES ENTOMBED MINERS WV i A THE SITUATION IF TAMPIGD IS GRAVE . I - ' . ...., . , '"; Danger From Overflowing Oil Wells Attempt to Make Neutral Zone. Washington, May 1. Oravlty of tha situation at Tampico growing; out of the fast accumulation of oil from the flowing wells in the Interior which constitute a great menace to the town Itself, vast financial loss as a result of tha overflowing of the tanks and fin ally, the' Interference -with neutral commerce by the constitutionalists as exhibited in the firing upon the Ward line steamor Antllla- at the port, promp'ted Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, the British ambassador, to confer today with Assistant Secretary Osborne at the state department In a further ef fort to create a neutral, zone in the oil field vicinity. T, STEPS TO SAVE RYAN'S LIFE Rported That Red Cross Of ficial Will Be Executed As a Spy. 'Washington, May il. The state de partment today exerted every means to secure information as to the report that Dr. Edward Ryan, an American Red Cross official, was being held In Mexico City sentenced to be executed. Secretary of State Bryan just before a conference -With President Wilson sent urgent telegrams to Consul Canada at Vera Cruz and the military authori ties there asking for immediate re ports on the Ryan incident. The sec retary already had requested the Span ish ambassador, representing the Hu erta government here, to. look out for Dr. Ryan's safety. No official reports of the detention of Dr. Ryan had been received up to 10:30 o'clock today. To Celebrate Manila Victory. Washington, May 1. The sixteenth anniversary of the battle of Manila bay will be celebrated at a dinner to night given by Admiral George Dewey to the member of the Society of Manila bay. The society is cofposed of those who participated, in the battle. AK1 The Last Day! The Last Coupon! The Last Chance! COUPON Save it for; TBI1 A A tn&etlc r Friday, Colonel Coethol Mryt: DANAl las' B aw This is the last day of .the1 phenomenally' sucfeessful" distribution of "The Panama Canal" in Asheville, This coupon with jifty cents is good for a copy of the book at this office. If sent by mail the order should include fifteen cents for postage. The Gazette-News undertook to distribute this book not for profit but to perform an educational service to the community. It is a book that ought to be in the hands of every American. It is a book that tells the tale of the greatest' American tri umph: ' This paper has done what it. could." It has giv- n its space to the cause and it' has given fair warning to persons that the . Bale would end today. To every .person who has intended to get this book and has not done so and there are hundreds of them this - last chance' is offered Do IT TODAY ! TOMORROW ! WILL BE TOO LATE ! y - , ONLY ONE COUPON REQUIRED , 5 ulJ. A AT 7: A Mediators Expect Reply Today To Proposal For Armistice Sent To The Rebel Leader. HIS TAMPICO ORDER ANSWER, SAY FRIENDS Rebels Attack Ward Liner Flying Cuban Flag to Pre- vent the Landing of " Munitions. Washington, May 1. The Spanish ambassador, Mr. Rlano, representative of the Huerta government In the United States, visited the Argentine legation at 11 o'ejock todjfy and held a conference with the Argentine min ister, Mr, Naon. The ambassador Is said to have delivered a message to the mediators from the Huerta au thorities. No statement was made as to its contents. Washington, May 1. With the dec laration of a truce between , Huerta and the United States government In terest centered today In whether Car ranza, the rebel chief, would resolva himself into the keystone of a diplo matic arch, designed -to bridge the whole problem of the pacification of Mexico and its International compli cations. ' . ' Huerta, it was announced, had ac capiaiProposals of the South Amerl caAJnrS' that hostilities cease be- . twak'hife forces and those of the United States. Secretary Bryan had. ' informed the mediator . that . tha American government "took. It for granted there would be no hostilities during, the mediation proceedings." With that situation : In hand, .the mediators today looked for a ' reply to the armistice proposal sent to Car- .. ranza. Constitutionalists In . El . Paso asserted their chief's answer plainly was forecast, in orders fprjv sopcen-,., trated rebel attack on Tampico.. Tha envoys nevertheless have not .aban doned the idea of settling the entire Mexican problem. . . 'v"c" Huerta's attitude on the question of an ' armistice between his governrent and the northern rebels also was a factor to be considered. However, it was generally believed that-upon, tha stand Carranza took on the truce proposition would hinge the question of whether the envoys would, be able to go Into the broad field of "all par ties at interest in the problem of the pacification of Mexico and the ad justment of the differences between Mexico and the United States." That was the proposal in their offer . of "good offices" to the rebel chief. With quiet but definite progress tha envoy resumed their sessions today after a late night-meeting and Sec- (Continued on Page 11). ' 5 a Copy oP: J. Hukin iwmmb ii 33 May 1, 1914 Aecurat and DependableT CAN A I . a m mm a mm
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