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i THE GAZETTE-NEWS HAS THE , MOST EXPENSIVE ASSOCIAT ED PRESS SERVICE IN THE , ; ';. ;: ' CAROUNA3 - S! :: WEATHER FORECAST. FAIR AND WARMER Mil PRICE: FIVE CENTS ;LUME XIX. NO, 76 ASHEVILLE, N. C, SATURDAY. AFTERNOON, MAY 9, 1914 mm EARTHQUAKE .V.'.V.'V-,'.''.--;'- .-V' , ' MTOWNS RAZES ; 100 DEAD BYMIUS' MEN lundreds Injured As Catinia Vicinity Is Overwhelmed. THOUSANDS FLEE FROM DANGER ZONE ktt Etna Eruption Adds To Horror; Property Loss Is Heavy. patania, Sicily, May ; 9. rthquakeand volcanic emp n followed by iir& destroy many villages on the slopes Mount Etna last night. The aster caused the death of least 100 persons. The -nber injured will reach sev 1 hundred. Refugees declare t the loss is as great as in Messina disaster of 1908. ailroad tracks ; were :;. torn churches- razed to ;' the and," houses- shaken to -rum 1 telegraph poles overturned er U "radius of BeviSKvl fflileB jund Catania.' Terror-strick- people rushed from the vil res into Catania before day pixk today, bringing stones ruin and, disaster. fnterruption of railroads and esrraph made it impossible obtain any accurate details to the loss of life. riatnTiin. Sicilv. Mav.9. A blent earthquake7 greatly re anbline that at Messina in k)8 late last night destroyed jout a dozen villages in this rinity. No, estimate of the imber of casualties has yet Liv made, but . it is known at the damage was enormous." The great gravity of the dia- ster Groups of refugees, many with improvised letters ILL POSTPON E M General Funston Does Not Re port, However, That Parks Has Been Put to , . Death. Of Hearing on Motion to Annul The Verdict in Case of ; Leo M. Frank. Sllexpahd SPEAKS OF CIVILIAN WHO WAS EXECUTED morning. burdened made of branches of trees and bushes on which-they were carrying injured and dying relatives to the temporary surgical stations, thronged the high ways. - In, .the-neighborhood- of .Santa Venerlna the number of the injured was very great. .The authorities have commanderea all available, automobiles to assist In the work' of ' rescue. i.. iFrequent Shocks. -For several days earthquake shocks had been felt, accompanied by erup tion of Mount Etna. No particular attention nes paid to the occurrences inhabitants of the district are ac customed to. these' , agitations. ' Tbe first severe. shock was lelt at o cioca last evening but its destructive effect was not learned in Catania until this momtng-when-terror stricken fetu gees began streaming Into town.- ' . The center of the disturbance was the village ot Linera. Here the pro tinrtlAn " of " dead and Injured was very heavy; The victims 'were mostly women and children.' " , Incomplete Ilrports. Rome, May . ' -Incomplete' reports from Catania this morning indicated that the number of dead in the earth auake disaster is about 100 The total .of iniured will reach .several ' times that number. The ministers of war. and marine have sent orders to the commanders of the military and naval forces in Jthe district to give all possible assistance. An immediate concentration of sol diers was ordered and commanders were directed to take with them tents, provisions and clothing. - ., - The Italian Red Cross sent an emer gency corps to the afflicted town. Many Quake. The vicinity of Catania has prob ably suffered 'more than any other section in the world from volcanic motions and earthquakes. Catania Atlanta, May 9. Announcement was made here early today by Solicitor General Hugh M. Dorsey . that when the motion to annul the verdict which nronounced Leo M. Frank guilty of the murder of Mary Phagan was pre sented to Judge Ben H. Hill of the Suoerlor court today, he would ask for a postponement of the hearing un til some time next week. .vLack of time for preparation of the state's plea against the motion was assigned by Mr. Dorsey as his reason for request ing the delay. The solicitor general said he would probably ask that the hearing be passed until next Wednesday..,-, . '.. ' ' " : " '' ' i The motion f Frank's attorneys for annulment atleges that the constitu tional rights of the condemned factory superintendent were violated when the verdict was returned Into court during the defendant's absence. It Is through this channel that the defense plans to take the case to the Supreme court of the United States if necessary. An interesting turn In developments a-rowlng out of the celebrated case was expected today when Mr. Dorsey announced that Judge Hill probably would examine Annie Maude Carter, the negress who recently made affida vit that James Conley, a negro factory sweeper, eonfessed to her. the murder of ; the little factory girl, of which crime Frank was convicted. The Car ter woman, who the head of a national detective agency told Judge' Hill had beenent to Birmingham recently, was ratiirftnri here Under orders of the i-mirt.T There was censtderable-spoeu; latton here today as to ' the ' results which mlKht follow her examination. - When; the hearing on the -motion to set'aslde the verdict agutnst Frank was called before Judge Hill, -, Mr, Dorsev requested Its postponement. and the- court ordered it passed until next Saturday. . . Immediately afterward Judge Hill ordered the issue of a rule' nt si against W.. J. Bums, the .detective, and Dan Lehon, one of his employes, calling on the mt oappear before him Tuesday, next' and show ' cause why they should not be held In contempt for having sent the Carter woman out' side the Jurisdiction of the court. Consul Silliman Is Safe, Mexi can War Minister Reports To French Legation in . Mexico City. Optimism Keynote Sounded by Railroad Officials at Meet ing of 6. W. N. C. . Association. CONFIDENT OF BETTER BUSINESS IN SOUTH Advertising Appropriation for Western North Ctrolina Has Been Increased Over Last Year's. ' i:,l nntU I itself la built on a bed of lava at tne uajnorning wnen reports tim? ,Trbm the surrounding ountry. "7 ' "'. , , . . - The village of, Linera and jonsentini were transformed tito heaps of ruins. ' V At - Zafferana every, house rns destroyed. Enormous dam W was caused at Santa Ben-rina.- ' ' , ' Hoof Ml in and walls col lpsed in the hamlets of Santa I aria,' Aminalati, Canco, liu rdia. Maneano. Santa . Te'cla -id' jiongiardo. , The village of Santa Maria orgine Catena was-razed to e ground. ' " j Fifty pfmons are known lo ' ave boon killed in the village f Linera which, was destroy d. Among the ruins of Passo t;omo, Bongiardo and Malati 0 bodies had been found this morning. , - i - f Work of Itcwuii. Prefect Mlnervlhl of Catania and all of (he oltlolals under his siiprtntend rnri were ralld togfthr before day lirmk ihls morning uml received or ilrrs to do Ihwlr utmost tu aid ths riH.-ici Inhabitants. They have besn -.Iikki working InUsiifatlgably. ' I The w.lillim In the dl(ikt ar ald )rK In the fiulcuvor to rescue thos tilll kllre bolcaili the ruins and to tvtrlrale the drad from the debris. All nrsllable numes were mobilised t'Mtny snd are ssalatlng In gntherlng Hii? hnnmlrM nd rhlldren who havs 'i ihKlr psrenis. Temporary shelter ulng provided here for lf ri'.U 'e the nlrlrken ilitrlri th wene of xblliuii - heartrending, .this foot of the volcano of Etna and most of Its streets ar paved with lava. r. bin la has a population OI lv,ouu and is ths largest city in Bicuy. n ilea to tha south of Messina on tne east coast Ever Knee Its foundation in B. C. Ili. It ha been irlsiiea rre quently by earthquakes. In 111 A. D., It was partly destroyed by , an erup tion of Mount Etna. In 110 suffer ed severely from an iMirthquake: in 1611 during an eruption or urn a great stream of lava flowed toward Catania but In the nick of tlme Its course was diverted and the town saved. In J when ths whole of tha Island of Sicily was affected by an earthquake Catania was destroyed. In the earthquake and tidal wave . uiulni and Calabria on December it lam nffinial flsiires gav tha number of deaths as 7T.2M. but It was estimated hat from 1B0.000 to 00,000 people lost their lives. Damage to public and private property .mnii.Kfl in about a billion dotlara. The United Stales took a prominent part In the relief work and with the funds placed at their disposal by the American public sailors from the United Slates fleet erected large num bers of houses. . - - DISCUSS DEFECTIVES" AT MEMPHIS MEETING Memphis, Toon.. May . "Defec ttvea" was announced as th general subject for consideration today befor the National Conference of Charities and Corrections with discussion cen irtn Mhout the reuort of a commit i.r ii,irh ii.iuiilar Johnson of Vlneland, N. J.. Is chairman, and i paper un the physical study of Juve ilia dallnuuems. orepared by Dr. Wll I lam liealy, director of the Juvenll 1'syroDalhla Institute of Chicago. Two hours nf the morning session were assigned for the presentation of reporta ot the various stale flelega Hons, - . , THE FALL OF PIUII ; . IMMINENT, 15 REPORT City OfiBcials Leaving Fed J erals Have Abandoned Light House Service. ' On Board U, 8. 8 California, Mazat Ian, Mex., May I. (By wireless to San Diego, Cat., May .) The fal lof Ma satlan seems Imminent The city offi cials embarked last night on the fed eral gunboat Guerrero -and the steam er Llmsntour, both of which are ready to salt for fialtna Crus. The American brig Geneva was cap tured on the high ueaa April St by the Mexican transport Korrlgan, according to Information received here today. At the demand, however, ot Captain Magruder of the United States cruiser Kaleigh the brig was released. By order of Huerta lighthouse ser vice on the west coast of Mexico has been abandoned and the coast last night was In darkness. Washington, May 8. -General Funs ton today confirmed unofficial reports that Private Parks, supposed to be Insane, had, been, captured by Mexi can federals into whose lines he rode with two horses belonging to Lieuten ant Coldnel Elmore F. Taggart, whom he served as orderly. General Funs ton did' not reort that Parks had' been executed but rrientloned the execu tion of an unidentified American civ ilian. . ' -. The Parks incident was summarized In this staAemeqt by Secretary Garri son:- . v" - , ; - "General' Funston reported that on May 8 Private Samuel Parks, belong ing to the regimental detachment of the 28th infantry,-apparently went In sane. He, took ' two horses, the prop erty of lieutenant Colonel Taggart of the 28th infantry and rode Into the Mexican lines. It has been reported to General Funston that the horses were seen in the possession of Mex ican troops. There, Is -also a rumor that an unknown American civilian In the Mexican lines was executed two days ago. r Parks'' fate Is not known. Mexican troops were, hurt heard ot in the peighbortifjod of ,'TeJerta,. where the .tracks of the : Mexican National rtUlw&y mxne been'tyftr-trp.' T'"' Vera Cruz, Me., May, . Eve if the reported execution by General Maas' men' of Private BameuliParks, the or derly missing since Wednesday, proves true, army officers are Inclined not to regard one such Incident as apt to precipitate a clash. They believe such an act would probably, be that of a subordinate officer without authority and that Maas would be wholly Ignor ant' of the matter until the Mexico City government asked for an expla nation. . - . ' '. ' It Is assumed here, J however,, that the matter will be taken up by the authorities at . Washington. . General General Funston deems It Inadvisable to open formal communication' with General Maas. 1 . , General FunHton has asked that the brigade equipment . left at i Gal veston because of lack of room on the transports be sent forward. He is also asking thst recruits for regiments herd now assembled at recruiting de pots In the United States be shipped. The equipment Includes a majority of the regimental wagon trains and hors es for the signal corps. , '; -Army officers report that the Mexi cans while the troops take care of the cases In which soldiers, sailors or foreigners are Involved. 'a' Kllllman Reported Safe. ' Washington, , May ; (.American Vice Consul RUIlman, reported Im prisoned by the Mexican federals at Saltillo, la safe and well, according to assurances made to the French le gation In Mexico City by the Mexican war minister today. , The information was conveyed to Secretary Bryan by Ambassador Jus- serand of France. General Huerta a minister of war also informed the French charge In Mexico City that the American consulate at Saltillo was guarded by federaf forces and that neither Mr. Silliman nor other Ameri cans were under arrest CONTINUE WAR PREPARATIONS TOE RIVER FAIR ASS'NJRGANIZED Citizens of Avery, Yancey and Mitchell Counties Perfect Organization. . Transports Wanted at Galves ton to Carry Two Brigades , ; To Vera Cruz if They Are Needed. ; Optimism was the keynote sounded at the meeting yesterday of the di rectors of the Greater Western North Carolina association. This keynote wasj sounded by Passenger Traffic Mgr. S. H. Hardwlck of the Southern rail way and was followed up in an ad dress by M. V. Richards of the land and Industrial department of the Southern and others present. Mr. Hardwlck delivered a message to those present from President Fairfax Harri son of the system to the effect that the officials of the Southern are so Confident of the future of the south and of western North Carolina that the program of the road is one of ex pansion In servce. Of particular In. terest to the people of this section was the statement mat tne appro priation of the southern for adver tising western North , Carolina . this summer for tourist business has been increased over last year and that many additional trains will be operat ed. These additions will be made out side of the excellent service that has been provided heretofore during the busy season. . . The declarations of Mr. Hardwlck i-ere especially gratifying to Jhose who heard him today, since reports from many sections of the country are to the effect that business conditions are of such a nature that curtailment of railroad business Is being consistently followed out. The Southern has no idea ot any such curtailment, but on the contrary Is preparing all the time to take care or increased Dusiness. This Is flattering to the southern states as a whole but particularly to western North Carolina, MEDIATION DELEGATES OF HUERTA EN ROUTE M00RESVILLE TO GET IREDELL'S CREAMERY Ship Arrive. Special to The Qasette-Newa. Btatesvllle, May . The ireaeii county co-operative creamery will be located at Mooresvllle. The commit tees appointed at meetings held In Mooresvllle and Btatesvllle for tha purpose of deciding on which of the two towns should get the creamery held a meeting In Btatesvllle and the Btatesvllle committee accepted tha proposition of the Mooresvllle com mittee. The Htaesvllle committee pro posed that this section of the county would finance the creamery If the Mooresvllle section would agree to support It It lovaud at Btatesvllle. and the Mooresvllle committee n.ade a similar proposition to the Huteevllle oommlttM. The Mooreevllla prupla had already subscribed 14,000 of stock and 11,600 mold will not be subscrib ed, ths capital of the creamery com pany to be 16.(00. Arrangements for the establishment , of the rreamery IN BECKER CASE IS IHKEN Two Jurors Ask to Be Excused ' ' ' ; ' J Address of Whitman Is Delayed. New Tork, May With eleven Ju rors In the box the trial of Charles 8 Becker, for the muredr of Herman Rosenthal was halted today until Monday morning. Twelve were In the box last evening but two wer ex cuse, dtoday. Jess (1. Veils, m silk merchant, was accepted as a Juror but the panel was. exhausted before) the twelfth was agreed upon. A now panel will be n hand Monday. New York, May . The Jury select ed for the second trial of Charles which is to receive a very large share of this expansion. ' . i Mr. Hardwlck declarea mat dubi ness conditions In the south and this particular section are better than ev er before and that the officials of the Southern are enthusiastic over the outlook for the approaching season. They believe that the great success of last season will prove to be only a forerunner' of the approaching season. In testimony of this belief a new through train has been arranged be tween Ashevllle and St. Louis, to be gin operations May 24; arrangements have been made to have the Carolina .Special make connections through to Chicago, instead of to Cincinnati; ano ther through train Ms contemplated between Ashevllle and New York; and two additional trains are to be put on for local service. One of these will be between Ashevllle and Sylva and the other between Hendersonvllle and TjaUo ToxawaV. Mr. Richards delivered an equaiiy .nth,,iaaH. inlk. expressing nis nnnfldence In western isortn Caro lina a. exeat tourist resort and as one of the greatest possibilities In ag riculture and other lines or com merce. Others present spoke of In creased business In the section and bright prospects for continued Increase. Following a report submittea oy Col. Banford H. Cohen, manager of the association, on tns worn mai na been accomplished since the last meet ing on February 23, covering the cam paign for tourists in southern resorts, the publication and distribution of a large amount of literature and the rk in the interest of the military and civil training camps that will be conducted In the section this year, the directors present voted an appropria tion f 1100 with which col, uonen Is to lauch the summer campaign of advertising. This win be begun aooui May 20 and will Include the posting of Important points in Louisiana, Missis sippi. Arkansas, Texas, and various points In Ohio and Indiana. Col. Co hen stated that the association now has between $400 and 1600 worth of posters on hand and that very few others will have to bo printed. The summer booklet will come from the press some time next week and will be given a wide distribution. At ah enthusiastic meeting which was attended by citizens from Avery, Yancey and Mitchell counties, the Toe River Fair association was recently formed and put on a permanent basis of organization .according to Informa tion received In the city last night. The meeting was held at Spruceptne In Mitchell county and officers were elected, a board ot directors and com. mlttees appointed. . E. F. Watson of Burnsvllle, Yancey county, was elected president of the association; J. M. Peterson of Spruce- pine, secretary; and L. A. Berry of Sprucepine, treasurer. The vlce-pres idents from each of the counties par ticipating in the fair were elected as follows: Avery county, J. M. Phillips and W. B. Hudges; Yancey county, John M. Young and W. B. Wray; Mitchell county, H. P. Laurence and R. H. Bradshaw. The board of directors of the fair association, consists of the following men: Joseph M. Carpenter, Ralph Young, C. B. Voncanan and R. M". Burleson, Avery county; John Han num, S. G. Byrd, W. D. Peterson and to. B, Banks, Yancey county; T. A. English, Ed. D. Bowdltch, J. H. Phil lips and Hiram Tipton, Mitchell coun ty. The committee on constitution and by-laws will consist of President Watson, chairman; J. H. Phillips and W. B. Banks; committee on location of permanent location, W. W. Bailey, L. A. Berry, D. H. S. Tappan, H. F, Laurence, John V, Cox, J. E. Burleson and Mr. Henry. The committee on education will consist of the superin tendents of the county schools of each county, together" with the president of each college in the counties and the principal of each high school In the counties. -" ', , ; While a great many of the details of the association were worked out at this meeting, it could not be defi nitely decided as to what date the fair would be held, nor where the location would be, although It Is highly prob able that the location will be at Sprucepine, as this point Is more cen tral to the three counties comprising the fair association than any other place that would be at all suitable. The fair will be permanent and will be held each year, according to the information received. It is expected that the association will at once be incorporated and headquarters opened where the business can be carried on of arranging for the first fair, which will be held this year. Officials Not Concerned Over Reported Landing of Huer ta Munitions by Ger man Vessels. WARSHIP TO MEET FUNERAL VESSEL New York. May 9 The battleship Wyoming ieu uib iwu.,.. -w Tamnlcn nil ril-trlnt to meet the armored cruiser Montana-, - - bearing the bodies of the United States marines and blujacketa killed at Vera Crus. The Wyoming will re main at anchor off the Ambrose chan nel lightship. Just outside New Tork harbor, until the arrival tomorrow of will be the presidential yacht May flower carrying Secretary of' the Nevy Daniels. , Mrs. Ellen C. has purchased park. MoCanley Of Detroit resident in Grove Washington,' Slay 9. AssistantSec retary of the Navy Roosevelt an nounced today that the state depart ment had satisfactorily settled issues which had arisen over the reported consignment of arms to General Hu erta aboard the German vessels Kron prlnzessln Cerelie and Bavaria to be delivered at Puerto Mexico. Washington, May 9. With the de parture of Huerta's mediation mission from Mexico City today the South American envoys and government offi cials here took renewed confidence that there would be no hitch In the Niagara Falls negotiations. Huerta's representatives will proceed to the Canadian border city by way of Vera : Cruz and Key West. ' It was believed that if the names of the United States representatives at the meeting were not given out today the announcement would come as soon as President Wilson returned from memorial services to the American victims of the occupation of Vera Cruz at the Brooklyn navy yard next Mon day. There was no abatement today of execution of the program of prepared ness in the war and navy departments. Secretary Garrison explained that he was trying to gather transports at Gal veston that could be used to send the , fourth and sixth brigades to Vera Cruz "in case it is thought wise In view of a precautionary attitude to have them' there." He asserted no aggressive move was contemplated and that there was no change in the situation "so far as hostilities are concerned." Send Reply to Huerta. The South American envoys -transmitted to Huerta today the reply of the American government to his pro test that the United States had broken the truce by landing additional troops at Vera Cruz. The three mediators took the view that Huerta could be convinced that the United States had not violated the armistice, in spirit at ' least. .... Internal Situation. . Developments In the Huerta-Carran-za strife also attracted much attention today. Constitutionalists expressed confidence that their troops would drive the federals out of Tamplco In the next three or four day's. That de velopment. It was hoped In some quar ters, would relieve tension over t' menace to foreign property In the Reports that San Luis Potosl had been taken by rebels were not credited by Carranza's Jua rez agents. They expressed belief their forces were not yet ready for a decisive attack, on that southern gate way ta Hnerta'a ranllal Praise Mexican Officers. Refugees arriving at Vera Cruz stated all was quiet in Mexico City and that Huerta had asserted he would see his capital In ashes before he would quit. The refugees praised Mex . (Continued on Page 11). Owing to the decided change In Uie weather, the May festival which was to hnv been held un the campus ot th Ashevllle HclTool for Ulrls this af ternoon, by the student body, hue been noatuoned until next Tuesday after Becker, for the murder of Herman noon, when the program a arranged Rosenthal, was broken up again this will be carried out. Elaborate pre mornlng, delaying the opening ad- iparatlona have been under way at the i-. r nietrict Attorney Whitman, iachool for several days for the fesil- Jurors Edward E. 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