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HE GAZETTE-NEWS HAS THE kOST EXPENSIVE ASSOCIAT LEATHER FORECAST j PARTLY CLOUDY; COOLER. ED PRESS SERVICE IN THE :: CAROIJNAS :: is LUME XIX. NO. 79 ASHEVILLE,' N. C, WEDNESDAY, AFTERNOON, MAY 13, 1914 ' 'W!?$!3Pi.y 'PRICE: FIVE CENTS Jl AYS HUERTA Will fight mis PICKED FOR LUST STAND haughnessy Tells President uerta Has Been Planning To Leave Capital With His Troops. rfifisl HIBHPOTENTATE Elected By Shriners to Head Imperial Council To Se . lect Meeting Place.' BRPTIST NET BEGIHSTODAY Nashville Is Thronged With Delegates to Southern Bap tist Convention and Mis - sionary Union. INTENDS TO PLACE ME Eli ON STAND Folk Is Determined in Face of Objections by Attorney General McReynolds. RUMOR OF CHANGES IN BOARD METHODS BERAL TROOPS TO RESPECT ARMISTICE trta Officer Denies Report f Intention to Move Against U. S. Troops At Vera, Cruz! Pi? Washington, May 13. That ral Huerta, preparing for isis in his dictatorship, has K been planning to leave xico City with his troops make a last stand at Pueb midway between Mexico jy and Vera Cruz, was un- stood to have been reported resident Wilson last night iNelson O'Shaughnessy, for- r charge" of the American has&y in the Mexican capi- he president, it is said, was ormed that Huerta had pick- Puebla for his' first refuge ase' rebel assailants get too se to Mexico City and. late clopraents had caused him ady to begin fortifying and In isioning that point. tlr. O'Shaugli neasy la ald to have I the president that Huerta had no rntlon of resigning, though he ro led that hia regime could not stand le desire, Mr. O'Shaughneasy be eg, to acquire aa much glory ai Mble before the Inevitable happen. Mr. O'Shaughnesay.ia said further have told the president that report the number of troopi at Huerta. Inmnnd are greatly exaggerated ana M ai a matter of fact they number I y 4000 to 6000. It Is understood 1 the former charge's belief that ther Zapata nor Villa would have great difficulty In faking Mexico rhls Information la along the lines other reports reaching the govern' nt within the last few weeks. Fur r Information from these source I ht Huerta 'has ben shipping gold road In contemplation of his uUI Me exile'. -i , Vera Cru. May II. General Fun n need fear no trouble along nis tor lines If letter sent Into the last night by General Kubio Nav- !"te, in command of the advanced ltlnn of tft Mexicans, I a true In tlon of the Mexicans' attitude, 'ieneml Navarret addressed the lor of a local paper, Ia Buoeso, r 'ding the reported movement by hi :" against Vera Cru. bag that you deny thl news, !d Osnera! NVvarrt. "sine In ac rdsnce with orders which we hare 'lvd all offenlv movement have n (topped while the armistice Wa" i Tfc Americans are Informed regard- the position of in Mexicans In vicinity of their" outpot- and " reasonably well their strength. f ek are they at present that the has felt no uneasiness. There exists here, however, a vague nohenslon of Important develop- "itat the capital. Thl I not trace o any (specific Information but !T offlcer and many other appear nvlnced that Huerta must face a ' within a few day. t appear Improbable that the re will be In a position to attack capital for many day but there I "owing feeling of unrest among the "dents and a few high army officers ' Uned at Mexico City ar 'il been manifesting sign of unwll ) mnm to continue supporting a man ('"m they regard a ajready defeated. KlorVa that lluorta Is -trength.nlng 'illy against attack coMInu to ar . and some are that ha I fortify j f certain portion and erecting wire f Huiglements. lie hs withdrawn to rspilal more mn of his army, lax ' I iroooa It Is said, even from the "rlcta between the capital and Vera Mexican outpoata. whli mostly of Vched rhararter. ar almost In hl of the Am.rlran Una hut It Is (Continued on page 11) Atlanta, Ga., May 13. Dr. Frederick R. 8mith, of Damascus temple, Ro chester, N. Y.. today was elected lm-1 perlal potentate of the Imperial ooun- cil, Nobles of the Mystic, Shrine at Its annual conclave here. Dr. Smith suc ceeds William W. Irwin, of Wheeling, W. Va. He was today elevated from his previous position of deputy im perial, potentate. Atlanta, May 13. The selection of the next place of meeting and the election of imperial outer guard were the two Important matters which were expected 'to come before the Imperial council, Order of the Mystic Shrine, at Its business meeting today. There has been keen rivalry between San Fran cisco and Seattle for the honor of en tertaining the Shriners next year, it having been agreed that the 1916 con clave would be held on . the Pacific coast. .. Events on the program : today in cluded a grand exhibition drill by all patrols at Piedmont park, a garden party given to the visiting women of the convention by Mrs. John M. 81a ton, wife of the governor of Georgia, and a dinner complimentary to the newly elected Imperial potentate and members of the imperial council to night -,- .... v Today's Program Devoted to Organization of Conven tion, Welcoming Ad dresses and Reports. GOWVENTION TO BE AT WAYNESVILL E ;: Congressional i Candidates To Be Named May 29 A Vice ; ,- Chairman For The .: V. Committee. " Nashville, Tenn., May 13. All Is in readiness for the opening of the Southern Baptist convention here to day. The opening session will be call ed to order at S o'clock by Dr. E. C Dargan of Macon. The city is thronged with Baptists, men and . women, for the Woman s Missionary union Is In session here al-1 so. The convention's - program today will be devoted to organization, wel coming exercises and reports. The welcome address will be delivered by Dr. George A. Lofton of Nashville. Interest centered In the report of the efficiency committee, which it Is ru mored, may recommend changes In convention and board methods of a sweeping nature. The convention ser mon will be delivered tonight by Dr. George W. McDaniel of Richmond, Va., his subject being "Southern Baptists . at Radesh Barnea." Other feature of the five days- program are: . .Thursday morning, report on the negro theological seminary and report on the Judson centennial; Thursday evening, mass . meeting , on foreign missions; Friday evening, mas meet- Hug1 on home - missions; Saturday morning, presentation of the new Sun day school board building, costing (220,000; Sunday evening. Judson centennial services At Sunday's cele bration one of the notable speakers Will be Edward Judson, son of the great missionary. ; Washington, May 18. "it Is my present intention to put Charles S, Mellen on the witness stand and ex amine him,", said Joseph W. Folk, chief counsel of the interstate com merce commission,, Vho Is conducting the inquiry into the financial opera tions of the JNew H.ven and the BU lard company, i ' ' This statement Was made today by Mr. Folk In face of. objections raised by Attorney General McReynolds that the tsetlmony of Mellen and directors of the New Haven might render them Immune from prosecution in the event suoh proceeding;. ..were considered necessary, '-v.,-'-! i ' "It Is not a question of immunity but of whether the truth shall be sup pressed," said Mr.'' Folk. ."Mellen,' as a witness, telling the, truth, would be a thousand times more valuable to the public than, Mellen could possl bly as a defendant"'-. There was no session today of the hearing before' the' commission but Chief Counsel Folk and Attorney Gen eral McReynolds were in conference over pending proceedings. "Events are moving rapidly," eald Mr. Folk. "We cannot say at this mo ment Just what may, happen in a'few hours or a day hence." SENATOR SMITH URGES REPEAL Will Vote For Repeal of Ex emption Because of "Our ; Treaties With England And Panama. SAYS DEMOCRATS DID NOT INTEND SUBSIDY Declares That Hay-Pauncefote Treaty Is Made Part of Title to Canal Zone From Panama." it 1 JACK ROSE GRILLED STAND The resignation presented by Owen Gudger, who ha been chairman since 11 of the democratic congressional committee of the North Carolina dis trict, was not acted upon at the meet ing of the. executive committee held here last night. It being the concensus of opinion that the best time to se lect his successor wUl be at the con gressional convention,' which is to be held In Waynesvllle' May i. since, under the rule of the poitofflco de partment. Chairman Gudger cannot take an active part In politics, bow ever, John C. Mill of Butherfordtcln was named as vice chairman and will attend to the actlv duties of the of fice until the convention meets. Polk. Transylvania, Swain and Clay counties were not represented at the meeting last night, and when the question of a convention place was voted on there were four favoring Aahevllle and five voting for Wayne ville. The countle casting their bal lots for this city were Buncombe, Mc Dowell. Rutherfordton and Macon. Haywood, Henderson, Graham. Jack son and Cherokee voted to hold the convention In Wayneevllle. Th claim of th Haywood county town, princi pal among which was that ma county haa no candidate in me nein nir w areas this year, were presented by Vf, t. Lee. J Carraway, R. B. Wilson and W. L. Hardin. An invitation waa extended by C. C. Buchanan, ecre- tary of the board or traa oi nyiva, tnr tha convention to meet there. When the'vot came, however. Holmes Bryaon. th Jckon county memoer, vnt4 for Wayneavine. Th date set for the ' convention, Friday, May I. I considered a most convenient one. allowing sufficient time for all primary and county con vention ratum to be In, and being far enough removed from the atate democratic Convention a not to con flict with It 5 EW PI 0 Byrnes Declares Road Furnish ed $1000 Against Panama Canal Act. V", Long List of. Questions Hurled REBELS OPPOSE PEACE PLANS POSTPONE RURAL CREDITS MEASUR E Democratic Caucus Decides to Limit Program to Appro priations and Trust Bills. Tentative Program Consists of Provisional Government in Which Federals Would Have Hand. ENTIRE HUERTA PARTY MUST GO, REBELS SAY Washington, May 13. Senator Hoke Smith, Georgia, yesterday cham pipned repeal of the clause in the Panama canal act granting-exemption of tolls to American coastwise ves sels in the coastwise trade. He told the senate he would vote for repeal because of our treaties with Great Britain and Panama," and because in his opinion "it is right that the owners of these vessels should bear, for using the canal, a fair part of the cost to our government of building and oper ating it." Summarizing his objections to ex emption Senator Smith contended that: "The coastwise vessels will natural ly stop at ports of Cuba, Mexico, Cen tral America, Panama and perhaps elsewhere. Their cargoes will not be limited exclusively to bona fide coast wise traffic of the United States. "Traffic from foreign countries will be unloaded at ports of the United States to be Immediately re-loaded In a coastwise vessel for passage through the canal to the opposite coast of At tT4, V..; n lne united states, tnus in reality car- At Him by BeOJCOfc B CQUnvirn.; 4hwth--canal foreign ta- sel Answers '.Calmly, Washington, May 13. The New York, New Haven and Hartford rail road waa connected with lobbying against the provision of the Panama canal act prohibiting railroad-owned ship from passing through the canal. according to testimony at the In vestigation Into the New Haven af fair by the interstate commerce com mission. Timothy E. Byrnes, former vice president of the New Haven, testified that 11000 paid to Clarence W. De Knlght, a Washington lawyer, by for mer Rear Admiral F. T. Bowles, presi dent of the Fore River Hhlp-bulldlng company, for service In connection with th Panama legislation, In reality came from th New Haven treasury. Mr, Byrne waa ehown a voucher for the transaction and waa questioned by Chief Counsel. Folk lo. regard to It He ald he approved the voucher at the personal direction of Preldent Mellen and that h learned later that Admiral Bowie had asked Mr. Mellen for the money to retain counsel In the Panama canal, .legislation, th New Haven being Interested on account of It Iong Island, sound' line. CONDITIONS IN MEXICO CITY NOT ABNORMAL New York,' May !3.-f"Bald Jack" Rose, the Informer, underwent the o deal of cross examination today at the trial of Charles Becker for the mur der of Herman Rosenthal.' : Martin T. Manton, of Becker's coun sel, hurled at him a long list of ques tions intended to bring out the life tho witness had led. Rose calmly met each Implication,, denying that he had engaged In petty larcenies, that he had been associated with women of the streets, that he had been a "street er" for an opium den. . Rose said his acquaintance with Rosenthal dated back 25 years. They had been twice associated iu business. He denied that they, had quarreled when this business connection was dissolved. It Is a contention of the defense that Rosenthal waa the vlcttri of a gambler' war. The defense Introduced transcripts of yesterday' testimony and from thn first trial showing certain discrepan cies In the matter of meetings between Rose and Becker. Rose admitted O f. dlscrepencls but did not explain them. BATTLE OF FEDERALS, ZAPATISTAS REPORTED Washington,' ' May ' II. Admiral Howard, commanding th American fleet off coast of Mexico yester day MDorted battle between Mexi can federal and Zupata revolutionise) .j con,,raliln concern over the SO nine .rrom acbiiui. . ,.k Definite iniortnRiinn irotn Washington, May 13. One response to th requtct of the state department through foreign diplomatic channel for Information aa to th actual con dition In Mexico City ha been re ceived. Th meaaag stated that th situation In Mexico wa not abnormal that th people were not particularly alarmed over report that Zapallt might swoop down upon the city, and that there waa no apparrnt weaken ing on the part of tlenernl Huerta.' Diplomatic representatives nere OF Methodist General Conference Discusses Elimination of "Holy Catholic Church." Oklahoma City, May 13. Amend ment of the apostolic creed by elimi nating the phrase , "Holy ratlhello church," and itibstltutlng therefor th words "Church of God" still wa un der consideration when the general conference of the Methodist Episcopal church, Houth, wus called to order her today. Immediately after th call for mem orial and report of committee, th order of the day wa resumed with Dr. E. O. B. Mann a the first apeaker. Bishop Atkln presided during th opening exercises. llownrd said that sixteen Zapatista wr killed. , Th fighting at Maxatlan continued, th report ald. , Ordered to Colorado Gallup, N. M., May II. A troop of th Hth t'nltad fltataa ravalrf on du ty al Fort Wlngat a guard for Mexi can prtaonera had been ordered to Colorado. Th tenors will leave today. Th( wlll-leav n troop at Kurt Wlngat. Taniplco, wher deaper! fighting I reported between the constitutional ist and federal. Three Burned lo Dearth. Tumi, Arls., May 11 Mis Naomi Strong and Mis Gnvlev Brown, echool teacher, ard Mia Brown's mother were burned to denth In a fir which deatroytd th today. SPEAKS IN FAVOR OF SOUND ADVERTISING Ac in coastwise vessels without paying tolls." f . Reviewing the history of the Pan ama tolls legislation and quoting from a speech accredited to former Presi dent Taft early this year, the senator said : "Mr. Taft was wrong In supposing that the idea of democratic senators and congressmen In voting to free tha coastwise trade from tolls was to rive a subsidy to our coastwise ships. Had tney Knnavn tnat ne consmerea u necessary under the treaty to fix the tolls at a rate which estimated pay ment of tolls by the coastwise vessels, thus making the freedom of the Coast wise vessels from paying tolls a clear subsidy, democrats would not have disregarded their party platform and the established principles of their party by voting for this subsidy. "Those who seek to restrict the meaning of the Hay-Pauncefote treaty by picking here a word and there a word In disregard of the en tire tenor of the treaty," he continued "merely disclose the unshakable fact that the treaty Intended . to provide for the use of the canal by the citi zens of the United States and the sub jects of Great Britain and of other nation observing the rules prescribed "so that there would be no discrimina tion against any of the citizens wlthl respect to the conditions or charges of traffic for passing their commerce through the canal." Senator Smith declared that the Hay-Pauncefote treaty Is made a part of the title to the canal zone In the treaty of conveyance from Panama and that talk of terminating It from a legal standpoint waa "absurd." Termination of th treaty, he aa- rted, "would compel u to give up the canal unless we abandoned our at titude as a law-abiding nation ana re sorted alone to battleships and brut force to keep th property." "Our right to fortify and us th canal a a national defense," he add ed, "followed ownership of the son and Great Britain, by promptly con ceding thl fact conformed to th term of th treaty." , Mr. Hmlth said that the contention that th word "all nation" fn th treaty mean "alt other nations" and do not Inrlud the United State "I baaed upon a rule of construction which might have been applicable If the United Btate at that time had owned the canal and th territory through which the canal waa built and wa simply granting a privilege to some other nation." That conten tion, he declared, however,' would have had no fore under the present treaty because It declared that th general principle, of neutralisation of th Clayton-Dulwer treaty should not be Impaired. . . Outlining th Interest which an ada and the countrlr of Houth Amer ica hail In lh toll controversy ana tor Hmlth raid: "Aa lo "Oilier DlfHi iilUe," "When the ' president In his me sage refrrd lo 'olhar (Urnvullle to be iauHd by th paaaHga of our coast wise veaael tliroush.lh canx! with do nut speak ex Washington, May 13 House demo crats in caucus tonight voted last lim it the legislative program for the re mainder of the session to" anti-trust measures and appropriation bills. Rural credits will go over until next winter. Of the 230 members who attended the caucus not more than twenty vot ed against the program. The majori ty leader, Oscar W. Underwood, out lined the administration's plans and stated the work of the session was being curtailed "in the hope or an adjournment of congress by Jully 10". President Wilson had suggested to house leaders earlier in the evening that no attempt be made to pass rural credits at this session. The caucus voted to have the house devote the next two weeks to con sideration of the anti-trust bills, the Covington interstate trade bill, and the trusa bill, the Rayburn measure for central control of railroad securl ties. The appropriation bills will then be taken up. The prohibition and woman suffrage proposed constitutional amendments were not considered by the caucus on the ground that they were not party measures. This, however, does not preclude their consideration in the house If they are reached after the program as arranged, has been dis posed of. ; ' , In presenting the administration plan, Mr. Underwood said the presl dent hadcounted On inclusion of rural credits beoause of pledges In the party platform, , trat that wun tne. banmng and currency , commission absolutely unable to agree it was impracticable to make It a fixed part- of thj pro gram tor tne present session. Lobos Island Incident Not Set tledAmerican Mediation Delegates Outline Their Plans. FALL DP TIPIGO EXPECTED TODAY General Impression Is That the Rebels Will Take City, Mayo Reports. Washington, May 13. Heavy firing at Tamplco was resumed at midnight and the constitutionalist say tl.ey ex pect to capture the city today, accord ing to a dispatch received at the navy department from Admiral Mayo. He reported that "the general Impression seems to be that the expectations n the constitutionalists will be realized Wreath For Kuiiimerlln. Dawson, Ga., May 1 3. Stonecaatle chapter. Daughters of the American Revolution of Dawson, has sent a flo ral offering of red and white roses and magnollats, tied with the national color and renting on a United States (lag, to be placed on the casket of Randolph Summerlin, the Georgia boy killed at Vera Cruz, whose body was expected to reach Wlllacoochee today, Washington, May 13. As a stumbl ing blocks in the path of mediation appeared to be gradually disappearing today suggestions of the mediators' , tntative plans unofficially were revealed. A report that the South American envoys tentatively were considering plan for' possible establishment of a form of government Including two adminlstratiors to be named by the federals, .two by the constitutionalists and a fifth by the emdiators, drew, from Carranza's agents the declra tlon that any such proposal would not be acceptable to their chief. They were emphatic in their dedications that the constitutionalists would agree to nothing short of the elmlnatlon of Huerta and of his entire party. Rob erto Pesquelra, Carranza's confiden tial representative, asserted: "We have beaten Huerta at every turn and why should we yield our advantage when we have the reforms for which wo strive almost within our grasp ? This has been a fight of 100 years for re form and we will not be content to have those years of fighting wasted.'.' The Lobos Island "occupation" In cident JitUl . attracted consldemble-ai-... tention today. Rear Admiral Badger' .. declratlon " that "no occupation In a military sense has: occurred" assured administration officials but there was a disposition in some quarters to be lieve that the incident had not been closed. ' - The Amercan delegates to the Nia gara Falls conference Associate. Jus tice Lamar of the Supreme court, and former Solicitor General Lehman conferred today to arrange details for their work. The consu'ted President Wilson and Secretary Bryan about th personnel of their party which prob ably will Include several member of the staff from the .state' department Additional report of the Tamplco battle were received today from Rear Admiral Badger. He stated that the rebels with their , reinforcement of men and artillery were fighting fierce ly In an attempt to bring the eige to an end. They appeared to be meet-, ing with stubborn resistance. On the west coast the rebels were reported to be drawing their net closer about Mazatlan and they declared tha fall of the city was imminent. The state department today re ceived reports from Vera Crus that ' Mexican authorities still refuse to de liver mall from Mexico City and now 85 sack are lying scattered along th tracks from Tejeria to Paso del Ma cho. The department confirmed the ar rival at Vera Cruz of the Bishop of Mexico and the Bishop of Ssltlllo with their suites. They will ' leave for Europe. .Audience to Oil Men. It wa announced that President Wilson later today would give audl (Contlnutd on pag 11.) , FREE COUPON m IDEAL AR.T PATTERN OUTFIT TO-DAY MAGAZINE lESHTATION IY Gazette-News Wednes. May 13 . Lawrence, Ka.. May 13. "Pound advertising do not lead to th de struction of the saving liiHtliu t of the Ainerlrnn people or to Hi rarkleaa spending of their moury. It Iwuda to InteltlKeiit and latlonal spandlng." This statement wa made by Irvtn 8. Cobb, msgaxlne wrltur, at today's out charge, while I -ilun of th Nations! NewKpnper Iriilhrdr. I may well conceive that ha conference at th I nlveralty of Kan- had In view our goneral telatlon with 4US. Mr nswar to lh question "Js Advertising trrlor purpose In connection with th ! Deatroylng the Thrift of the Nation 7" government of Great Britain." ! Addresees were mad by Richard II. The senator irauad thai lh United 1 Hotel Imperial j W aldo, dvrllaln manager of New Hlat'S r'nll" would surrender nothing j lork' magaslihj, and uthi. ' ( (Continued on rag 11). I all our neighbor In America and not Cobb's paper was prepared In what many have atiggeaied. some til-1 SIX Or THE ABOVE COUPONS ENTITLE EVERY READER TO THESE TWO GREAT GIFTS GIFT Ne. 1 IDEAL ART. PATTERN OUTFIT C tailing m Newaal jBkrtoT ratlarna of akaalataty tha artasl Maa warfa, at eanla aae. raula eMail valM, waald ooat an Haa laa. of Capita I ta tmtwntitrf Stitcea f Mate. 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