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THE GAZETTE-Nf S HAS THE HOST EXPENSE fl ASSOCIAT- , ED PRESS SERVICE) IN THE WEATHER FORECAST: f SHOWERS; COLOR. : CAROL1NA3 bLUME XIX. NO. 78 ASHEVILLE, N. C, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 12, 1914. pi " PRICE: FIVE CENTS URGES RELEASE OF BRAZILIANS uth American Minister In tercedes For Countrymen . ' J-. ' , :. .1 Arrested For Sniping By Fnnston. XBINET CONSIDERS LOBOS ISLAND MATTER lediators Relieved by Advices That Consel Silliman, Held at Saltillo, Is to Be Released. Washington. May 12.--President Ison today diaoussed with his cabl- plans for participation by , the ted States in the Mexican media- conference to begin next Monday Niagara Falls, Ontario, and prob es which have grown out of the upation of Vera,Cru by American itary forces. ust before the cabinet met a meg- e was reculved from General Fun- n declaring no attention should be id to "alarmist reports" that Mexl- forces were threatening to' attack Vera Crus waterworks. - General nston said there was no indication such a movement. '' There have been rumors," General nston's message read," "that an at- k was threatened. These have been to remarks attributed to General s. The waterworks cannot be en from us by force. If the pipe should be put it could be repaired a few hours." -' j Unions issues the president and cah- t had under consideration was h eal from the. Brazilian minister at xloo City to General Funston on fialf of five South Americans under feat -at Vera' Cms for "sniping" erican soldiers from a, tramp imer. Three Brazilians are among prisoners and the-appeal, coming m a diplomatic representative of ' or tne meaiaung nations, nu pra ted a delicate problem for decision. Secretary Bryan let it be known that Brazilian ambassador and the Ar- tlne and-Chilean ministers as medl- rs had mads formal reprcsenta- ns to the state department in behalf the accused South Americans.' Mr. an declined- to dlsolose the 'nature these representations but said that Investlsatlon was being ordered. The manning by American forces of lighthouse on Lobos Island on Lmplco 'which Huerta has protested a violation of the armistice aiso was ken- up. Fear that the detention of American Consul John R. Silliman at sal- Ho might lead to complications that ould embarrass efforts or tne meaia rs Was relieved tedaV by advices that lllman wouldjimmedlately beset free d given aafeVconduc 10 vera wu ie order for' the vice consul's release as reported to the state department the Brazilian minister ai Mexico t. , $, 1 Washington. May 1. While Huer s Mediating mission steamed north om Vera Crus today and the Am loan delegates began plans of org- lution for the Niagara Fans con- rence these three Important phases the Mexican situation stood out a- andlna- urgent attention: ' he fate of John R. SUlman, uniteo tales vice ' counsll at eaiuuo, re- rted held by Huerta soldiers. Disposition of five South Americans rested fnr anlDinr operations at era Cms. Settlement of the "occupation" or hoa Island which drew a protest om Hueru's foreign minister. Blllman's case was among the first if the develoomenta to be submitted l President Wilson when he returned i'day from New York where yester uy he paid tribute for the nation to le Americana who fell at Vera Cms. V-cretary Bryan was emphatlo In an nouncing after a conference with tne uth American envoys,, the govern "nt's determination to have BUllman leased. The Lohns Island Incident was taken p liy Secretary Daniels soon after his "turn from the memorial aer nnles. He had before him this re ort from Rear Admiral Mayo at famplco: . , Inland Not Occupied. "Toboi Uland has not been oeeu- led. The pixie and some deetroy- ras anchored there and other vessels ave coaled there from a collier. The erpers of Lobos Uland light house entered It and the Dixie is now Inalntaiplng It for the benefit of navl "tion. I understand that the destroy K have had occasional ' swimming iwmea aaliore." Oeneral belief was expressed (hat 'his explanation would amply answer Huerta protest that th United "tat y seising the Island had violated the armistice. . ' Disposition of the esses e the South Amerlrsn srrested at Vers Om had been halted pending word 'mm, the ministers of their respec tive rnuntrle. When It became known hat Oeneral Funston propn. to try l" men before a military enurt-mar-'! tlia Hrllln mlnlater In Meil-0 t'Hy aiiW4 fur them. H ri-lnry M'utitlniK-fl un yt il) MoT SE Dead Were Members of Jeffer son's Engine Crew Sev- era! Injured. . Norfolk, May 12. Seven people were killed in an explosion in the engine room of the Old Dominion ship Jefferson near Cape Henry last night Several were Injured. The ship returned to Norfolk, left the dead and Injured and then resumed her Inter rupted trip to1 New York. - The dead are members of -the Jef ferson's engine room crew. According to the local office of the Old Dominion line the vessel" was not badly damaged bp th eexploslon, which occurred at 1(1:30 last night, as the Jefferson was passing out from this port for New York. Mutilation of the bodies of the sev en victims, due to the terrlflo froce of the explosion, made Identification slow. Of the Injured, who were taken to a local hospital, it was said several were In a serltus condition. Wdrd of the explosion reached Nor folk early' today and the tug I. J. Merrltt Immediately put out to assist the Jefferson, at first reported to be seriously damaged. The Merrltt, how ever, found the liner able to proceed under her own steam. . MEXICAN FEDERALS HAVE EVAGUATED SAN BUS Leave Seaport Between Mazat- .Jan ; and ; Manzanillo : Huerta's. Orders ? : On Board V. S. S. California, Mazat lan, ,Mex., May 11. (By wireless to San Diego, Cal., May 12.) Mexican federal troops defending San Bias, a seaport half way between Mazatlan and Manzanillo, have evacuated the town.' It is understood there were orders by Provisional President Huer ta to reinforce the tro6ps at Mexlo City.. It is believed troops at other points on the west coast will be or dered to the capital. Americans In the Yaqul valley, re- sured by the cordial attitude of Ihs constitutionalists, have decided to re main on' their ranches. , DISCUSS TREATMENT OF THE MISDEMEANANT Memphis. Tenn., May 12. DUcus- slon of a committee report on the treatment of the misdemeanant and a paper prepared by James A. Collins, former Judge of Indianapolis, Ind municipal court, descrlbelng the pa role and probation system In vogue In that city, formed today's program of the National Conference on Charities and Corrections. Amos W. Butler, as chairman, presented true report of the committee. In advance of the meeting of the conference In general session, sectional meetings wars held Children, defectives, neighborhood development and standards of living and tabor were the subjects announc ed for general discussion. ARRANGE FOR FIRST REGULAR CANAL TRD? Panama. May 12. The first ship to pas through the Panama canal under regular conditions will probably make the trip early next week. According to Governor- Qoethala, , the channel through Cucaracha will be completed about Thursday. Observations will be maintained on the slide for a short time and then a Panama railway ship with cargo will be sent through. . The channel Is being dredged at the rate of 100 feet dally and the Empire sua pension bridge will be removed im mediately. The report that the steamer Penn sylvania of the Pacific Mall line will make the passage ejf the canal la er roneous. ARKANUKMKNT MADE FOR I'UKKKAL t)P OKNKIIAL HALL Washington. May II Arrangements were msla here today for the funeral of Major General Chasles II. Itsll. U. 8. A., retired, who ld yesterday of heart disease. General llatl was a vetsran of the clvlt wsr n4 befow his retirement la 10 wns In com msrtd of the arii.l' school and staff i-nltois at Fort l-eavenwnrth. He was 7.yer old. The body will be taken for burial in Portland, Me., here tinnvrti lll was burn. ID BOILER EXPLOSION FT ER HONOR THE HERO DEAD Bodies of Men Killed at Vera Cruz Are Claimed by Their Relatives or Sent to Their Homes. PUBLIC AND PRIVATE BURIALS ARRANGED Crowds Gather at the Stricken HomesPresident Sends Wreath for Poinsett And Smith. New York, Muy 12. The great pub He tribute at an end, the relatives of three of the 17 sailors and marines killed at Vera Cruz claimed their bodies and took them to their homes In this city. The bodies of the others will be sent to their various destina tions. The coffin containing he body of Dennis J. - Lane, accompanied by the father, John P. Lane, arrived at the Lane home In East 46th street from the navy yard last night. Mrs. Lane was overcome when told that the coffin could not be opened. A little later those in the street were allowed to enter and hundreds passed the flag-draped coffin and departed. The funeral services will be held to morrow morning in St. Agnes Catholic church. Lane was 19 years old and was a graduate of St. Francis Xavler school. John F. Schumacher's body was re moved to the home of his mother, Mrs. Isabella Mackay, In Brooklyn. When the body arrived there the crowd was so great that police reserves had to be called out - Two policemen -remained at the door all evening The funeral was held today.' The body of Albin Eric Stream was taken to the home of his father, Eric P. Stream, In Brooklyn. Stream also was only 19. Services were held In the Dean street Baptist church today.. Poinsett and Smith. Philadelphia, May 12. The bodies of George McKenzle ' Poinsett and Charles Allen Smith, Philadelphia sail ors killed at Vera Cruz, rested today within the darkened homes of their grief-stricken families. As a tribute to both men there lay on the coffin of Seaman Smith a beautiful wreath sent by the president of the United Stales. Both homes were closed to all except relatives and near friends. Later In the day private funeral services were held over both bodies. . , Tomorrow the bodies of the two young seamen will be conveyed under military escort to Independence hall, where Philadelphia's tribute will be paid. The bodies will He In state until the afternoon when a military funeral will be held. All the bluejackets and marines at the navy, yard, the national guard regiments in Philadelphia, local civic bodies, the mayor and councils will participate. P. P. DeLowry. Pittsburgh, May 12 -With the ar rival here early today of the body of Francis P. DeLowry, Pittsburgh began to do honor to Its son who died In the fighting at Vera Cruz. Tomorrow morning, which will be a public holi day by proclamation of Mayor Arm strong, a public funeral will be held In St Paul's cathedral. The body lay In state today in Soldier's Memorial hall. This evening It will be taken to the home" of the dead seaman's par ents. From mere escorted Dy military and veteran organizations, the mayor and city council the body will be taken tomorrow morning to the. cathedral where funeral services will be con ducted. ALLEN Rl AS Special to The Gasetta-News. Wake Forest - May II. A mass meeting was called In the chapel Sat urday morning for the purpose of electing managers and assistant man agers of some of the athletlo teams for the coming year. The following were elected: Allen Rlddlck, baseball man ager: D. R. Perry, assistant; K. M Yates, assistant basketball manager, the manager, C. W. Carrlck having been elected some time ago; J. W. Bruner, track manager; P. 8. Daniel, assistant NAVAL APPROPRIATION BILL NOW IN SENATE Washington, May 12 The naval ap propriation bill was reported to the senate today with an Increase of II, 112.000 over the house bill. In all an cpprnprlatlon of IH9.M0.ISI or II, 060,000 leas than the estimates for the coming year, but mlojt the same as the appropriation for th current yesr was r-nmmen1d by the senate com mittee on naval affairs. HI e: Five Banks in Each of Twelve Districts Designated to Execute Organization Certificates. MURCHISON NATIONAL FOR NORTH CAROLINA Every Effort Being Made to Expedite Organization To Be Complete By August!. Washington, May 12. Machinery for one of the final steps In the Instal lation of the new hanking system-was put In motion when the reserve bank organization boar yesterday named five banks In each of the twelve dis tricts to execute organization certifi cates for the federal reserve banks. When that shall have been completed and board of directors organized In each district, the comptroller of cur rency will issue a charter causing the banks to begin business. The committee announced that every effort was being made to expe dite the organization so that It might be completed by August 1. Each member bank in a district will name electors, and select candidates for di rectors, of each class will be elected for each bank ofid the federal reserve board will appoint three additional. The committee's statement last night said: . ... "By the end of the month It Is hop ed ' that the committee will receive nominations for class' A and class B directors and the names of the district reserve electors elected by the , sub scribing banks so TlWt the-, vote may be taken early In Jntr 'Forms for use In reporting election of district reserve electors and the nominating of candidates will be mail ed to the several banks as soon as the organization certificate have been re ceived and filed. Every effort is being made by the committee to expedite this election so that the board of di rectors of each federal reserve bank may be organized In ample time to elect officers, select employes and banking quarters and to place the banks in actual operation by August ' Districts 5 and . Banks to execute the organization certificates in Districts 6 and 6 are as follows: District No. 5 Federal Reserve bank of Richmond: Maryland. Merchants - Mechanics National bank, Baltimore; North Car olina Murchlson National bank, Wil mington; South Carolina. Palmetto National bank, Columbia; Virginia, First National bank, Roanoke; West Virginia, Citizens National tianK, Charleston. District No. 6 Federal Reserve bank of Atlanta; Alabama, First Na tional bank. Montgomery; Florida, First National bank, .Tampa; Louis iana, Hibernian National bank, New Orleans; Mississippi, First National, bank, Jackson; Tennessee, First Na tional bank. Chattanooga. . SUFFRAGETTE RUINS ANOTHER PORTRAIT London, May 12, A suffragette armed with a hatchet today seriously damaged a valuable portrait of the Duke of Wellington in the Itoyai academy. " The woman was standing looking at the painting when she suddenly drew the hatchet from her muti ana slashed the canvas three times. At the police station she said her name was Mary Ansell. The painting was by the late Sir Hubert von Herkomer and was con sidered one of his finest works. SATS NEW HAVEN, "CASE FOR CRIMINAL COURTS" Washington, May. 12. Indications today was that the Inquiry of th In terstate commerce commission ' into financial operation of the New Haven railroad and the Blllard company soon would run Its course. "This la a case for the criminal courts," suggested on official of th commission, "not for civil proceed ing. It appears doubtful whether in a proceeding of thla kind th real facta can be developed." ALL nKOORIW BEATEN IJf . BRITISH AMATEUR LOCTEST Sandwich. Eng., May 12. Th en tries for ,the British amateur golf championship, had beaten all records this morning with a total of 221. The lists do not close until tonight Nine American players are entered. Including Franrla Oulmet. open, golf champion of the United States, and Jerome I. Travers. amateur golf champion ot th United States, FEDERAL MEMBER BANKS THE MINERS L Last of Special Trains Arrive Carrying-Nobles to Par ticipate in Spectacu lar Events. BUSINESS OF ATLANTA ALMOST SUSPENDED Chief Parade Takes Place To- night Procession This v Morning-r-50 Bands Make Music. Atlanta, May 12. With the arrival! early today of the last special trains from the west, nobles of the mystio shrine from every state had reached Atlanta in time to participate la the spectacular events Incident to the im perial council's formal opening. Long before the hour scheduled for the morning parade to start the streets were filled with a multitude Of cheering people. ! Practically every business establishment was closed, Mayor Woodward having declared to day a civic holiday In honor of the shrhiers. In all congested streets through which the parade was expect ed to move the police labored dili gently In an effort to keep back the throngs. While the chief parade will not' take place until tonight, temples and pa trols were In line early for the morn ing procession. More than 50 bands, scattered along the line of march, fill ed the air with music which was an swered by cheers from thousands of people who lined five miles of streets, Orders were Issued to the police to stop all vehicular traffic prior to the shriner's demonstration. The'-first mfetlng of the Imperial 3buncn -was' scheduled, for 10- o'clock. Patrols and bands were Instructed to escort Imperial Potentate William W. Irwin, of Wheeling, W. Va., from his hotel to the place of meeting. Some of the social events connected with the conclave today Included a lunch eon for the Imperial council officers and a tour of the city for visiting wo men, conducted by Mrs. John M. Sla ton. wife of the governor of Georgia, with luncheon at a country club. IS BED ROOM OF WOMAN Mrs. Darwin Hinckley and Daughter of Kingston, N. Y., Seriously Hurt. Kingston, N. Y., May 12. A bomb thrown mysteriously Into a bed room occupied by Mrs.. Darwin Hinckley and her two daughters early today exploded and seriously injured two of them. One of the daughters, Violet Winchell. escaped unhurt but the other, Rena Hinckley, was badly hurt, and Mrs. Hinckley received injuries which may result In blindness. Other tenants In the house were thrown from their beds by the explo sion and received minor injuries. ROUTINE MATTERS IN GENERAL CONFERENCE Oklahoma City. May 12. Today' sessions of th general conference of the Methodist Episcopal church. South, promised to be purely or routine character. Among the committees expected to bring In their report ar those eon slderlng a change In the creed by substituting "church of God" for the "holy Cathollo churcn a now ob tains, and th question of laity right for women. A number of additional memorial were presented at th opening m ion. - . BUILDING DESTROYED BY STORM; ONE BEAD , ,, , . , Pittsburgh, May 11. George John son was killed and five other person seriously injured when a tenement at New Kensington, Pa., collapsed In storm shortly after midnight Fifty persons lived In th old building. The storm waa th most vei of th season and did damag amounting to many thousand of dollar. ' In th oil field scores of rig wer .blown down. Spanish Statesman Dad Madrid, May 12 Euganto Mon-tero-Rloa, on of th beat known Spanish statesmen and th man who drafted th treaty which brfught th Snanlsh-Aemlrcan war to ' do in till, died today aged 12. OPEN W. S0APIRO ON wtfNESS STAND CHAIRMAN WILL BE NAMED FDR TENTH Owen Gudger's Successor To Be Selected at Meeting Tonight. There will be a meeting tonight at the law offices of Wells, Swain & Campbell of the democratic congres sional executive - committee of the Tenth North Carolina district One of the most important matters to be considered at this meeting is the se lection of a chairman to succeed Owen Gudger, who has resigned after serving since 1910. Mr. Gudger ten dered his resignation because of his appointment as postmaster of Ashe- vllle, the rules of the department not allowing of his active Interest in poli tics while holding a Federal posi tion. . A number of men are spoken of as possibilities to succeed him but there is no indication as to who will be selected. The committee tonight will likewise name a date and place for holding the congressional convention this year. Ashevllle will doubtless be selected as the place, while the date Is expected to be somewhere between primary date an dthat for the state convention at Raleigh. A good attendance is ex pected at the meeting, as all the mat ters to be taken up are of an import ant nature. TO BE LET AT T T West Asheyille Aldermen; Will Consider Bids For Water And Sewer Systems. Bids for the construction of the water and sewer systems for the town of .West Ashevllle will close this after noon at 6 o'clock and Charles E Weddell, who did the surveying and mapping of the town for the board of aldermen, stated at noon today that he had received a'.ready about 20 re quests for blanks for bids and it is expected that several more will come In this afternoon. . These bids will be opened by the aldermen at the regular session which will be held tonight, . at which time a contract, will be awarded for the con strutclon of the systems. Of the large number ot firms who have slgnfied their Intentions of making bids on th work, practically all are out of town firms, only three local firms bidding. If the contract In awarded tonight for the work it Is expected that It will be started during the next few dayi and completed In time for the peo pie of the town to use the system dur ing the coming winter. Several matters of a routine nature will be considered by the aldermen, although it Is expected that the mat ter of opening the bids and awarding the contraet will take up nearly all of the time of the meeting. Mr. Judge Landls of Chicago Is visiting her "Sister, Mrs. James H, Eckels, at Beaumont lodge. FREE COO PON I DEAL A VCt PAT.T.E RrTOOTFf T TO-DAY to rmtmtmon by Gazette-News SIX OP TUB ABOVE COUPONS ENTITLE EVERY READER TO THESE TWO GREAT GIFTS CUT N. I IDfcAL ART, PATTERN OUTFIT CawtsJafag m Mots laamMiff PaSUras f saantaMr the Mm! Mav wMea. t l eaaat . aasaJw ntatt nraa, wvnat anat sh tha taLat. Beak U 0-aa Uaaaaa Bfanfciary Utln by aba. Oarage. the anaad rraanh eaaart v ' CUT No. 1 TODAY'S MAGAZINE-TOR ONE TEAR Th Otaat Haw Wflaaaal stasaaaM sfrla M aark saak In nUaUMant p - Wum'i laarnal. Had oleaat W I koma be- 0a poMiaam a thrWfulM . Bw S af Hull r. Wa. L aad sam aaa wtArma U Ma. 0 --'--t raa aarft Manta aaa Uim Mil ! ef nwtafccftaaaOw r an nat T Oat affuara Haaitara arOI add UmdlQOATM MAGAJ9U4K IvOm Y ZMifffi SI i tlx I. CtTY m JU WW Driver of Death Car Tells of Taking Gunmen to Place Of Herman Rosenthal Murder. HEARD GUNMEN SAY "BECKER FIXED POLICE" s Confused on Cross Exami nation and Unable to Reconcile Tale With Former Story. New York, May 12. "Bald Jack" Rose, star witness of the first trial of Charles Becker of the murder of Her man Rosenthal, appeared in that role again today. He calmly told of the part he played In the events leading up to the gambler's death. Substan tially it was the same story that he told at the first trial. He recited how Becker and Rosen thal had entered Into partnership In a gambling establishment; how they quarreled; how exposure for Becker was Imminent and how Rosenthal's death was plotted. New York, May 12. Willie Shapiro, driver of the gunmen's car, testified today in the trial of Charles Becker for the murder of Herman Rosenthal. He told of receiving a call at his stand in front of the Cafe boulevard late at night on July IS. . He then went to Tom Sharky's saloon, he said, where he picked up "Jack" Rose, Harry Val- lon and Sam Schepps. At Brldgle Webber's poker rooms the occupants of the car got out," he said. "Fifteen minutes later Dago Frank, Gyp the Blood, Whitey Lewis and Lefty Louie came out and I- was ordered to go to the Metropole hotel. , i At the Metropole, Dago Frank or dered me to turn the car around so it would face toward Sixth avenue. The four men got out and went to the other side of the street In 15 minutes I heard a shot. I looked toward the Metropole and saw a man fall. I started my machine and had gone about 60 feet when the four men caught up with me and Jumped on. I heard Whitey say: . 'Make tne chauffeur turn around and wait . The cops are all fixed. Everything is all right. Becker has fixed them.' . "After the murder I took the lour men to 126th street where they left me." - ; '. ' Under a fire of croB-examinatlon the witness , got badly confused and was unable fully to reconcile hi tes timony of today with that of the pre vious trial. - Jack Rose then took the stand. 1 He told how he first met Becker in 1911. The prosecution of Charle Becker, for the murder of Herman Rosenthal, was begun In earnest yetaerday, when five witnesses were placed - on - th stand after District Attorney WhlU man had stated what he expected to prove. The district attorney. In hi preliminary address, told how Rosen thal was killed, named the gunmen who did It, and accused Becker of being the "brains" behind the murder conspiracy. The afternoon session opened with John J. Brady, a policeman, on the stand. He and the next witnesses were used to prove the crime. Police Lieutenant Edward B, Fryf said that after hearing the shots hr ran into Forty third street. There h saw Patrolman William J. File, now a sergeant standing on the running (Continued on page 11.) 1 MAGAZINE Tuesday May 12 raft M yae tM Today' Maa-aat ar aa aa Maaa Baiow, Th Mft m ct Cast Rm I aWi iVtstafff IBfJ. MIMI