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V..,..; , ; s- :,v '7.. 7.. . -. . . r ,. . .: 77y 7 .;: .: ' k : :?ip7 1 - 1 1 .' ; ; ; i VOLUME XIX. N07 107 ASHEVILLE, N. 0., MONDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 15, 1914 PRICE FIVE CENTS NEW"INSIDlOUS LOBBY" CHARGED President Intimates That Pow erful Interests Opposing the ; Anti-Trust Bills Cause Depression. " AGREEMENT WILL PUT THROUGH PROGRAM HE SAYS s Circular Letters Presenting the y. Views of Business Houses Now Among "White House Exhibits. PITTSBURGH STRIKE Westinghouse Companies Out line Conditions Under Which 7 They Will Employ. United States Firm for Consti- tutoinalist as President, Delegates of Huerta Are Obdurate. Washington,- June. . 18. Preetdcnt Wilson made th dire Qt, charge .today that sentiment in favor of postpone ment of the administration legislative trust program was the result of activ ities of certain interests, and Intimated It was the cause of the "psychological business depression of which, he re cently spoke." In support of the President's view the White House mad public copies of letters and telegrams circulated among business men calling for ad Journment Qaongress without com plotlng trust bills, and objecting to the Ave per . cent freight rate Increase asked by 62 eastern railroads. President Wilson made it clear to his callers that the campaign, If such it might be called, would not Influence him In his plan to put his program through the senate with all the means at his command.. He expressed the view that'' once the program is com pleted conditions will be much better than If a period of uncertainty were permitted. ... ; .; v; Among the letters given out today was n circular by the Simmons Hard ware company of St, Louis. E. 0. Simmons, head of the company.hns been selected for membership in the federal reserve board and his nomina tion was to have gone to the senate today. This morning It was announced at the White House that Mr. Simmons had declined the place. ' White House officials denied, however, that the cir cular letter had any connection with this development. Another circular letter made public was one purporting to have been sent out by the Pictorial Kevlew company of New York, signed by W. P. Hanalt, as president It was dated May 6, and enclosed draft of a letter which "em braces the views of a majority of the iiorkholders on the United States con grciis and members of the interstate commerce commission. The form letter ottached was an ppeol for postponement of trust leg. ulotion ond o five per cent .freight rite Increase for railroads. A copy of a night lettergram eon talnlng the contents of the form let ter In condensed terms was attached. The letter purported to . have been sent out by the Simmon comprny as dated June , which was after Mr. Simmons had been offered a place on the reserve board. Not since President Wilson made his charge Of "an Insidious lobby" in Washington to Influence tariff legts lation has there been a sensation of uch sort In official circles. News of what the president had said and of th giving out of the circular letters spread quickly to the capltol where II became the subject ot animated dix-umion in both houses fcf con tress. Washington. June 15. Anti-trust , !wliilatlon will be pushed through the senate at the present esuion by every Wans at the hand of President Wil ton. He mads it plain to callers to. day that he had no intention of aban. inning his original program and ha " not believe congress would ad journ before trust bills wer enacted. The president believes business conditions are Improving in some re ppcta hut that ir will be much worse lor business to worry for several mths over what the anil-trust log Watlon Is to be than to hav it passed ow. He let It be known that he real d a well defined effort waa being r,made to postpone anti-trust legisla tion. Denying that adjournment . would taken before , these bills' were sed. he said .evory means would he taken to have the measures passed at nee, , Pittsburgh, Pa., June IS. Striking employes of the Westinghouse Elec trio company today discussed the posi tion of their employers as given out In a statement this morning. The state ment, in which the three Westing. house companies here participated. held that they would hereafter employ both union and non-union men; that the pay-of skilled productive employes shall not be regulated by the pay of the Inefficient and less productive; that every worker has the sight of confer. ence with the management; that every shop shall be safe, sanitary and com fortable and that suggestions from employes for improvement In shop conditions will be welcomed. It is the opinion of thousands of strikers gathered in the streets that the com panies' position did not meet their demands. "We are too busy ; to confer with the companies oven if they wanted a conference on that published state ment," said Miss Bridget Kenney, sec retary of the Allegheny Industrial union after a committee meeting. 'Picketing continued today. nun is ufs n in CHI STAGE OF MEDIATION HUERTA'S EMISSARSIE WILL SEE PRESIDENT The Discussion of Successor to Huerta Expeoted to Con sume Much" Time at The Conference. CHURCHES FIR ED BY TROOP TALIAN STRIKERS More Than 50 Are Partially or Wholly Destroyed in Vari ' ous Towns. . Mussulman' Insurgents Driven ........ , , .,'.,.T11:.Hj!.V.VWl"l Back From Albanian Capi tal After Long Fight. .. Durrazo, Albania, June II. Gov ernment troops ' under the personal leadership of Prince William today rtpuiveU a strong attack on tho Al banian capital by Mussulman Insur gents. The Insurgents early gained an advantageous position, but when Colonel Thompson, the Dutch com mander of the gendarmerie Was killed Prince William placed himself at the head of tho defenders and succeeded In silencing the rifle an artillery fro of the attacking force after threo hours fighting., - ' .. S WON'T SERVE I THE RESERVE BID I Washington, June 15. Facing the crucial stage of mediation negotiations at Niagara .Falls, . President Wilson and Secretary Bryan, upon resuming communication' today -with the Ameri can delegates, were, chlfly concerned over the selection of a provisional president acceptable to all factions hi Mexico. The United States holds firm ly to its stand that a constitutionalist must be named to succeed Huerta while the Mexican delegates are argu ing for a neutral candidate. Cabinet officers here, nevertheless, stated that negotiations are going on satisfacto rily, .Emissaries here of Huerta-expect- to- see President Wilson today. Thoy were said to be exerting every effort to save Huerta from humiliation; -One such plan, it was suggested, provided that a man not identified with the con stitutionalists movement be named to head the provisional government Leaders of the Carranza agency hers .have declared that no such man would e accepted by them. Poubt was ex pressed whether any plan of conces sions could be made to "save Huerta's face.";- Discussion. .of names, for tho provisional presidency was expected to occupy the entire time of the media tions and tho American and Huerta delegates during the next few days. Secretary Bryan conferred at length with President Wilson over the Mexi can . situation today and Immediately afterward dispatched a long telegram to the American delegates at tho Nia gara conference which, i was under stood, confirmed the character and personnel of the proposed provisional government and the attitude of the Mexican delegates who object to a provisional executive with constitu tionalist leanings. Mr. Bryan would not discuss the nature of his confer ence with the president, and would only say that the mediation was "pro gressing sntlsfacorlly." The opinion prevailed here that the United States would not recede In Its desire to have named as head of the provisional government a man acceptable to the revolutionary fac tion. Bearing on that conclusion was the attitude of the administration to wards Charles A. Towns, represent ing the Interests of the Huerta re gime and who has declared that the mediation delegates at Niagara Falls positively would not accept a pro. nounced constitutionalist for presl dent. Mr. Towns planned to seek a conference with President Wilson to. day, but It waa stated at the White House that the president had no en- Rome, June 15, Fifteen churches were burned, St less seriously wrecked and many. looted during the riots ac oompanylng tho general strike in Italy, according to announcements made to day. Business generally was resumed today at Fori!, Casslnl, Rlmanl, .Fon sea and Parma. In other districts the authorities were gradually restoring order. . J T . . . . . Bologna, -June 15. Rioters today set Are td tho cathedral, the Church of Peace and, th$ Church, of the Holy cross in me aonigama on tne Aairatic, after-sprinkling-the-doors with pen-o leum. Cavalry arrived In time to ore vent destruction of the cathedral, but the Interiors of the other churches were devastated and only the walls re main standing of the Church of tho Holy Cross.- A detachment of 200 sharpshooters arrived on a torpedo boat today to assist in presrvlng order, A- search. -of-100. yards of railroad track on the line between Modena and Montau was torn up . - strikers today! urnr Iri'-iimT i lonrii UUIil LHDDLN MORE ACTIVE i ntnt TO OPEN ifiji Cavalrymen Arrive on , Spec ial Train This Morning And Proceed to the . Camp Site. Pillar of Fire From Californ ia's Volcano Visible For 100 Miles Down Sac ramento Valley. MANY WITNESS THE MARCH THROUGH CITY Plan's Announced at Washing ton For Three Summer Camps Provided For This Summer. ' Trook K of the Fifth United States SCIENTIST PREDICTS - A BIG DISTURBANCE Anxiety Over Men Who Have Approached Mountain - to View Eruption One Badly Injured. . C P CLOSED. Examiners Take Charge of i Bank of Calumet as Result ... of Connection With . '. Lorimer's Bank LORIMER SAID TO BE ON VERGE OF COLLAPSE' Red Bluff, Cal., June 15. Mount THAW'S BAIL PLEA cavalry, comprising about 90 men and Lassen, the world's newest active vol full army equipment, arrived ltere;cano, spluttered through the early this morning at 7:15 o'clock on a spe- : hours today. What may come from cial-train from Fort Myer, Va., ac-I her two new cones, which came Into companled by Frank L. Jenkins, dis- existence last night, or the third, trict passenger agent of the Southern ! which steadily has been growing railway at Washington, who was in larger since May 30, Is a matter ot charge of the train. This troop Is to j much anxious conjecture. A burst of arrange, the camp on Sunset mount-j smoke rising 2000 feet yesterday aln, on the Johnson property owned morning, was followed last night by by C. E. Waddell near Grove Park I a pillar of fire visible- for 100 miles inn, for the United States military down the Sacramento valley. W. H. training camp for young military stu- Stormes, former state mineralogist, to- Another State Bank Endures i A Run and Private Insti- tion Asks For a V ' . . Receiver. Request That He Be Taken to , . Pittsburgh Refused at . 7 Washington. - Washington,1 June 16. Harry K Thaw today Va refused -ball pend- lng.vconslderatlow-, by ... tho . Supreme court -ot hhr-wttradftion. "flglvt abataw belnl taken to New York. The court likewlcse declined to grant the auxiliary .request of Thaw to bo taken to Pittsburgh in the cus today of Sheriff Dew of Coos coun ty, New Hampshire, in whose charge he was placed by Judge ' Anderson when the state of New York was re fused authority to extricate Thaw. Washington, Juns 15. E. C. Sim mons, of Bt Louis has declined a po sition on the federal reserve board. Charlea Hamlin of Boston, now as sistant secretary of the treasury, is expected to ba designated In hla place i gagement with him and In all P rob- when the nominations for tho entire board go to the senate. It was aa.ld officially that President Wilson would probably aend In the nominations of ten persons late today without designating a' governor and would choose that officer later. Thomas B. Jones, a Chicago lawyer, and Charlea Hamlin, assistant secre tary of the treasury, have been sug gested for the place. dents that will open early In July. Capt. Preston Brown of the Seven teenth Infantry, who will be the of- j fleer In charge of the school, arrived last night. The officers of the troop, who accompanied the men here to day are: Capt. Clarence M. Day of the Flfh' cavalry, Second Lieut. Allen M. Burdctte of the Seventeenth In fantry, Dr. Clemens McMillan of the medical corps. Second Lieut. Henry M.. James of the Fifth cavalry. The troop arrived on a special train that carried all equipment, including mounts for the men and about la day declared Indications pointed ro a repetition by Lassen of the perform ance of Krakutoa, on the island of Java. "Krakatoa In 1883, after a few min or disturbances similar to Lassen, burst into explosion which destroyed the mountains for several sriuare miles. It is a mistake to put the dis turbance In the class of geysers. Gey sers do not eject rocks, scoria, cinders, and ashes as docs this volcano. I hardly think the activities of the mountains here will produce lava. It is likely to maintain a feeble,and com army-mules,- and -immediately -upon ! parntiveiy harmless activity. TAasen their arrival the equipment was un loaded and. the men rode through the city In double file to the site of the camp. A large number of people on Pack square witnessed the line of march as the regular army men rode through the city and there was a rip Is 200 miles from the ocean which is too far Inland to become a source of much danger." Joseph E. Wright and J. H. Reagan of Redding, who early today reached a point within three quarters of a mile from the main crater, said they were IS IIUUUKI1 mr tlljf tiiiu w no. e. ill -.ilium mc iiittiu o..u .., I pie of applause from the spectators.' enveloped by sulphuric fumes and Accompanying the cavalrymen io-t saved tnemseives oy iyinn on mnir day were detachments from the slg-, faces and digging into the grov.p 1. Lance Graham, a lumberman ana sev en companies, were almost overcjme on the .mountainside hy the noxious TO rial and medical corps. Other small detachments will follow later from both of these corDft. and before the opening of the camp, probably during j vapors. They threw themselves nti the present week, the Coast Artillery gnow banks while hot ashes and rocks hand, stationed at Fort Moultrie, near fell arhong them. One rock out off Lorimer and Mundy also Agree ' To Withdraw From Chi cago Institution. Chicago, Juno 15. One million dollars has been promised for deposit in the La Salle Street Trust and Sav Graham's arm and tore open his breast. Anxletv is felt concerning W. .1. Rushing. United States forest super visor, who has been active In viewing Charleston, will arrive In the city. The work of preparing the camp will bfi carried to completion as rap Idly as possible. It will really be a Rtnnll citv. with all modern conven iences, such as running water and ! the disturbances, electric lights, and will be sanitary In j . SrsuS win -T:$50 JEWELS TAKEN watched closely by the Interested citi zens of Ashevllle. I Is expected that students from all parts of the country who will take advantage of this training camp will hca-ln arrlvlnir here next week and a FROM BUTLER'S HOME New York, June 15. Announce ment toduy of a $230 reward and "no mirations asked" for return of i i -t. vim.., iin,., .niur.. monhar la ovnocteil. The ramn tpwelrv valued at 150,000 disclosed r . r vi nr.uM.m mnA viKaiu lniat a iltilo nvfr one month and that the home of Dr. Nicholas Mur- presldent of the bank, which was, if successful will be made permanent, ray Butler, premueni university, nan Washington, June J 5. Plans for the month. TOLLS REPEAL BILL . SISKED BY PRESIDENT Washington, Jone 11 Prudent ,tao today signed tho Panama eansl wmptlon repeal bill aa amended ! 1.Tb, no ceremony at tho slgn ; ' ' Assistant Secretary Forester wis I h W,y with tho President, 1 ''nd the bill with a quill p.n, 4 rTj. ,lr",, International i.y. m rd by PrM.nt - in kill aa t-snama copyrtshl Th. Pn la th prrr'r ef rt-t.i-rt ''Wood Johm.n cf ; if York. Federals Want Eddie Collins. Chicago, III., Juno It. Eddie Col lins, second baseman of the Philadel phia American, has been offered the largest salary ever offered a ball player If ha will Join tho Brooklyn Federal league team, .according to a story printed hero today. Collins, It la said, did not name tho amount, except that It was not teas than 12M00 a year. Ho also said he would not leavo Philadelphia until tho expiration of his present contract, which expires next October. . Charleston to Play Columbia. Charleston, Juno It. Tho Charles ton baseball "crlpplaa," who defeated Savannah two out of threo before ;rowda totalling probably seven thou sand persons, meet Columbia today In tho srts concluding tho first half of tho South Atlantic league season. Tho Sea Oulls are In good khapo. It la conceded, however, that Savannah la tho probable leador.for tho first half. rttotograpbera Convent, Atlanta, Oa, Juno It. Tho Pho toij?r Asaoc-latton of America opened Its thirty-fourth annual con ventlon here today with several hun dred dwlsgatno In attendance. Routine business waa tan order of the day. Tho eonvtitliin will tnd through Frlilsr. This Is the flrnt tlm the xxiatlnn h held Us annual mtlnf lo a southern ti'y. ability no engagement would ho made. The presence In Washington of Pedro del Villas, caused speculation and It waa believed that friends of Felix Doax, represented by Villus and the Carranxlstua had patched up their differences and were prepared to exert their strongest Influence up on the medlatora 11 Villas Is suld to have with him other repreoentatlvea Constitutionalist representatives In Washington had received no reply to day to the otter of Carranxa to send representatives to Niagara Falla Mediators JtoNumc Work. Niagara Falls, Onl, June It. The American delegates, mediators and Mexican delegates reoumod confer ences todiy on tho personnel and form of tho provisional government ot Mexico. The American delegates have not yet obtained front the constitutional ists a full list of men who would be acceptable to them, eo Interest cen tered chiefly on tho second plank of the peace plan. It to considered like ly' that a provisional president and four cabinet officers will be provided Instead of a commission. - Tho Huerta delegate received charges of bad faith against the American government, of bad faith for espousing at this Juncture a con stitutionalist for provisional president but no reply was made from th American side. Th American Informed th me diator In th first conference eevoral week ego of their Intention to favor tho appointment of a constitutionalist In ordT o paolfy tho big revolution ary army, but It la suggested the me diator may have withheld thla Infor mation from th Mexlnaa delegatee In order that the conference might make progress toward the point where all other dlfflcultlee but per sonnel were emlcahly adjusted, Amelere ItsbeM. hd of the Mxl can dnlwrxt-o. authorised the state- (Centlauea oa r I) closed Friday byethe state bank ex aminer, will sever. their .connection with the institution, according to a 'student military camp to be held at statement by Mundy. A million dol-1 Burlington, Vermont; Luddington, j Urs, he said, would bo sufficient to Michigan; and Ashevllle, have Just re-open the bank. The namee of the I been completed ! . Captain R. O. Van men 'who would subscribe were not given out. Antliraiitc Itoeordh Broken Daniel Hark en, state bank examin er for the United State, said- exami nation of the bank' books would proceed, when told of tho promised deposit. TREASURY AGENTS SEEK INCOME TAX DODGERS Washington, Jun It. Treasury agents are ready to take tho trail of Income tax dodgers. "A man is a fool to attempt to avoid th Income tax,", said Commis sioner Osborne today. lie Is sure to bo found out sooner or later." Tho time for payment .of this tax doe not expire until July 1, but It Is knowrs that the treasury department already has the Information necessary to prosecute person who made false returns. The penalty for, making a fraudulent return Is 'Imprisonment for not more than a year or a fine not exceeding $100, or both, and the cost of prosecution. Bomb In Italian Conealato. New Tork, Jon It. A bomb, said by polio to be - highly destructive, waa found today In the building oc cupied by the Italian consulate and the Italia saving bank. A watch man discovered It near th elevator on the ground floor. Recently an at tempt waa made to sot th building on fire, SUFFRAGISTS AGAIN . . WOUUTSFE WILSON Lauroi temple No. I. rythlan Sis ters, will meet tomorrow afl"rnonn at I n'clnrk In the lodge rooms ovrr jEmlih's drug store. Washington, 'June It. Another auffrsglst march on the White House Is helng planned aa th result of th endorsement of woman suffrage by the Federation of Woien's cluhe at Chicago. President Wilson win . be rl(id to receive a deputation of euf frnse rlnh women bended by Mr. jUnrvey W. Wiley, June 10. Washington, June 15 thle fund I Horn of the general staff of the army records of anthracite and tho war department has. ordered i were broken Inst year, when the out- reoraanlxatlon of cavalry and Infantry nut was 81.ltil.810 long ton accord- to proceed to these campa The camps jlng to figures published today. This will be held from July 8 to August 7. ! exceeded tho previous output oy near- More than 150 colleges, universities ;y 1,000,000 tons. and higher academies will be repre sented, by some 1000 students. A num ber of specially Instructed otllcers have been detailed by the war department to give students attending the camps a comprehenarve course In military practices, including tarjnt practices. Medals will be given for excellence In the latter. The war department endorsed this by the Issuahce today of the following statement: "Tho establishment of the student camps has marked the adoption of the policy Intended to-promote a closer understanding between the army and the civilian population of the country and to give the college student an In sight Into our - military history and methods past and present, which will be of value to him. Student at West Point will be treated with respect due future officer, but at all times acad emy discipline will he maintained. Students and cadet of Colleges or high school between the age of eeventeen and thirty year old are eligible for the training course. Troops detailed for the Ashevllle school are Troop K, Eighth cavalry, Fort Myer, Va., commanded by Captain Ready, and the Flret Artillery corps band from Charleston (8. C.) harbor. a Chicago, June 15. A fifth state bank was closed Saturday by state bank examiner In connection with tho disclosure of conditions In connection with the La Salle street Saving and Trust company. This, the Bank Of ; Calumet, according to the examiner,' completes the chain of what wa known as the Lorimer Mundy bank in Chicago. In addition another stat -bank was forced to endure a run and . a private bank went Into the hand of a receiver. William Lorimer, president of tho La Salle street bank Is said to be near ' a physical collapse from the strain of the developments of the last 24 hours. Examiners worked Satur day on the books on the La Salle , street bank, and the three other sub sidiary banks which were examined , yesterday. Approximately $4,000,000 in deposits are tied up in the institu tions. Deposits in the Bank of Calumet are $144,924.93, according to its latest report. Its Capital stock Is $200,000 and Its surplus $10,000. . An echo of the closing of the La Salle street bank waa heard in the Federal court . when a receiver was appointed Saturday for South Wert Savings bank, owned by Louis J. . Krejcl. The private banker had $4,000 deposited .In the La Salle street hank and when he heard tha was closed he suspended business. Krejcl declar ed he had sufficient means to meet all demands. The International Trust and Sav ings bank, a" state institution on tho north side met a run, with finance supplied by down town banks. More than $22,000 of the funds of the International concern, were - de . posited In the La Salle street bank. ' hut Its other securities were said to be ample. Chicago, June 13. State bank ex aminers began Saturday estimating value of securities held by the LaSalle Street Trust and Savings bank and tho three small neighborhood banks, olos- ed Saturday, possibly temporarily a a suspension of the La Salle Street bank. , ; The fifth neighbohood bank, tho Calumet State hank, waa ordered clos ed because a large portion . of It resources were tied up in the LaSalle street hank. -Like the other smell banks the Calumet bank may be reop-. ened soon in a solvent oondltlon. ; Closing of the banks has had no affect on other Chicago financial In stitutions, according to clearing house, officials. The I .a Hallo street bank never was admitted to membership In - All previous the Chicago clearing house assocla- coal mining j tion. Its suspension will affect only the few small hanks. It had about $4,-. 000,000 In deposits. 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