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' THHGAZEITe'neWSHASTHE !' "jtffl d A- '" ' '' 4 ''A ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' I ED PRESS BERVICB na rnn I ."WEATHER rOEECAST COOLER TONIGHT, VQLUMJS XUL - NO. 119 ' , . : : : ' ' . . , . . J 1 SERBS PLANNED DUKE'S Relieved Assassination of Arch Duke Ferdinand and Con sort Resulted From Bel s grade Plot SFFEOT OF DEATH OF l.PRINCE MOMENTONS Arch-Duke ' Charles Becomes Heir to . Anstro-Hungary Throne Impossible to Predict Results. X Sarayeo, June 29. A bomb It thrown by. a- youth standing on It . the corner of the main street of It jit the Bosnian capital was the elg 9. nul this morning for, a serious l anti-Servian outbreak which, the ,! troops found considerable dlf- Acuity InquWling. , , Martial law was proclaimed to 5 day in this city in consequence , of the assassination here yes k tcrday of the Arch Duke Fran- . cis Ferdinand and the Duchess K of Hamburg. ' 4 1 KltltllltltilttlttltKlt I Vienna, . June 29. From all parts If the dual empire and from foreign countries come messages expressing sympathy for the emperor because of the assassination of Arch Duke Fer kllnand, next fh line for the throne. and his consort, the Duchess of Ham fcurg. The newspapers attribute Itiany good - graces to the murdered couple and reflect sympathy from all. 1 Vienna, June 19. The assasslna ion of. Archduke Francis Ferdinand It Sorayevo .yesterday- Is ; bound have a momentous political effeot on the dual monarchy - of Austria-Hun f&ry. Archduke Charles, who now be fames heir-presumptive Is compere lively : unknown. - Emperor Francis Joseph has not many years to reign lud in the nature of things the em ire must in a comparatively short ime be governed by an Inexperienced rice instead of a ruler with 20 years lose acquaintances with state affairs nd second only in Influence to the mperor himself. 'Archduke Francis Ferdinand, son becoming heir to the throne, formally renounced all title to the throne on behalf of .hln child ren. This was necessary because Aus trian laws debar the offspring , of morganatic marriages from becoming rulers of the country. ' The;death of Francis Ferdinand ill throw all burdens of government 'Ion the aged emperor and at the aomtnt It Is next to impossible to predict what political results will fol (nr. , The late archduke had a tremend jouily strong personality and wielded Nwmous Influence In every depart ment of the political military . and r.ivy affairs. He possessed a -temper 'ament of fiery enongy and sympa jthles. He was bitterly . opposed to Hungary and all separatist move- niMiu. He waa In favor of the resto ptlon of temporal power of the pope which made him unpopular with i'tsly, endangered Italian alliance, and ' believed to have looked to an al Jic with southern slav races to rounteract Hungarian Influence. i'lTiHher this was tnie or not he er ilnly ws anxious to -Increase Aus tin holdings In the Balkans and wked in this direction, which x ilalns Servian antagonism - toward 1m. , ' 4 , tittle Is known of Orand Duke Wl Francis Joseph's political lean but It Is supposed with ths dis appearance of such a strong person my Austria may soon enter upon a "d of greater quietude than she ould have 'experienced under Arch- ' Francis Ferdinand. There Is additional evidence that ''t assassination of Archduke Frer wdlnand and the Duchess of Hohen Tf was one of the most carefully anned crimes ever carried out 'ftlnat royal personages. Indications W that it was engineered. by per ""o Posing more as mature persons " as youthful iMurfnt It rener "r Is thought In Austria and Hun T that the plotters had their head- triers In Relgrede, the Servian 'PliU. The Fevrlan hatred of Aus ' who Mad always been friendly the latter's enemies helped In in ,rn the minds of the student and help them sacrifice their lives In h belief that they will go down In flry ss patriot , . Terdays crime seems likely to a contrary effect to that desired authors. Even before the bodies 'he royal Connie have been Inter. ' Austrian authorities are Viontem ''ng certain rules axalnst Berhs. rules arrt likely further to em 'f Matlons between ths two Hj-tes as well as tohae between ''r,a and Russia the protector of 'he Herbs. "hduke Ferdinand, heir 0 the rta-Munrria tlron end his 'Miatlo wlfa, ths Duchees rf Tto "rg. were afolniit1 yenterflaV ' drtvlns thronnh the a'reolS Of! Cont!r.uM r3 11) 1 MURDER? 2 STATES SUFFER ijrosse, Wis., June The mira violent storm of last week Sat- raay devested large sections of Wis. ms!n and Minnesota. Though less ee ere than tornado of "Wednesday the torm did more damage reneraiw Water ran from two to four feet deep n me streeu of La Crosse. Rallwavs experienced severe washouts. At Free- ourg, Minn, the streets were under four feet of water. Around New Al bion and Lansing, Iowa, the rivers overflowed their banks and nelgh JJ fl'd for miles were deeply - ... u mua. wot only are crops destroyed, hut t. . rlously damanred llo-V, J. i 7 nun Deing cast upon it At Vlroqua the big Lavold tobacco .awiui r was DIOWn fliwn Uom, v.. .11.1 . " -- .vvt.j uuuu- ings went down and ntnnv t,iu. by lightning, or drowned and roads uup mssiDie. ' . The steamer Sidney, with 1,000 ex .!!!lon.,Bt8 tioeLT& "was out on the Mississippi when the storm broke. Captain Streckfus-made a dash for Port and succeeded in landing his passengers only with great difficulty. The river was a sea of whitecaps. over, La Crosse basements were flooded with large loss to stock, of roods. Streets and sidewalks are piled high with mud. FINAL STEPS TODAY '5 COLLEGE Meeting in Durham Loclang to Raising tomainder of The :'. Necessary .Money. ; ; Special to The Oasette-New "v i Durham, June 29. -The final stena looking to the raising of the remaind er of the pledge money necessary for Trinity college to let the contract tnr the erection of the woman's co-ordi nate college building will be taken at meeting of the Commercial club tnis morning. The meeting has been called bv the cnairman or tne committee In charge of solicitations and of President Southgate, who la also president of the board of trustees of the colleae. vunimercmi ciud WUI submit a report of the work that has already Deen aonee, and will) also present tne position of the trustees of the colleee relative to tne woman's college. The trustees have left the whole matter in the hands ,pf the erecutlve committee of the board, with Instruc tions that as soon as the college was Informed that the city of 1 Durham through Its commercial organizations or through the local alumnae associa tion had secured pledges amounting to $26,000 to go ahead with the erec tion of . the necessary buildings for the woman's college. REI BP SALEMS BORNEO AREA BEGINS Contractors Plan to Give Work To Homeless As Far as Is Possible. Salem, Mass., June It. Actual work n rebuilding ths area burned over last Thursday was begun today when car penters and architects arrived to look over the ground and make plans for new structures General approval has been expressed by manufacturers and real estate, owners plan to give em ployment, so far as possible In ths re construction work, to those who lost their homes and working places In ths conflagration. Chilly weather and mist continued today and In, the early morning a heavy thunderstorm, drenched tin camps where the homeless ars shel tered. - The camp sites, however, are well dralnsd and little water entered the tents. RUN CONTINUES ON NORTH AVENUE BANK Chicago, June It. Three hundred persona mostly foreigners were in line when the North Avenue state bank pened today and the run, begun Sat- rday, was resumed. Publicity attend- g the failure of the Lorlmar-Mun- day banks, Is held reanonalble. I'realdent Reynolds of the Continen tal and Commercial Trust and Havlnra nle antd tha North Avenue wits safe nd. ilvint and would le given all - I FROM 3RD STORM 1116 a - . THER DELAY Rebel Leader Must Consult the Generals Before He Can Reply to Proposal of The Mediators. . DENIED AMERICANS . BACKED REVOLUTION Rebel Representatives Assert There Were No Relations Between Them and oil Magnet, Pierce. Washington, June 39. Desntte Unued expressions of hope that Mexi, can mediation will not fall consider able apprehension was shown tndov In official quarters. Much slgniflcancs was attached the fact that the mediation confer Plans to take a rtoM.i unless Carranza renorta tha. k ,'. ready to mediate. Carrama's latest renlv Mors asking for time to consult his generals was expected to reach the mediators by tomorrow morning ..rU.'8uCaberera' ono of Carransa's agents here, said he believed the gen eral would yield to th WfatiaM r V. - United States and the invitation of 7v arter ns ha(1 consulted with his chiefs. The meeting would oe a formal conference with the Hu erta delegates and representatives of the .United States" said Mr. Cabrera, to carry out the nuronui f .k. tocol. I think we will hm Word from General Carranxa within a few days." . Continued reports of the wtdoni.. of the breach between Carrania and villa, however, have served to dis turb official calm. . Alfredo CaronaL after a mrtfr.n. V Breceda" here, aent message to t arrane asking what procedure should be taken. fr r.M. , .. ... t. wll( WJIU come irom Mexico as Carransa's friend with a view to serving as a representative, said he would remain In Washington Washington, June 2. Carranza's request for more time to consult hla military chiefs over the proposal for a conference with Huerta's delegates 'Kara r ails, served todav as an other can for delny in the efforts to restore order In Mexico. It was be lieved the mediators would be ahu n J reply to the revolutionary leaders' re quest witnin the next day or two. Mediators were informed by Carranza that the. acceptance of any suggestion for a new provisional government which would be discussed at tha pro posed conference might cause some change In the plan of Guadeloupe, th revolutionary declaration of principles. To do that, Carranza stated, would re quire the consent of his military chiefs. He was said to have given assurances of the council of generals would be hastened. Some of the revolutionary reDresen. tatlves here said Carranza had com to look with fnvor toward the confer ence, but others were not certain of tne outcome. The latter asserted that whatever course was taken alone- the lines of diplomacy, the military cam paign would not be halted. A perplex ing element was Injected Into ths situ ation here today by the apparent disa greement among Carranza's Washing ton agents over recent Internal dis putes that threatened to upset rela tions between the two constitutionalist lenders. Reports from ths border quo. ted Carranza as having declared that the constitutionalist part has nothing to fear except the Judases In Its own ranka" The reports recalled the re cent statement attacking Oeneral An geles, which was authorized by Alfre do Breceda, Carranza's personal aide, now in Washington. There waa some disagreement among members of the junta over the question or giving out that statement Publication of alleged correspond ence between Carranza and Sherburne Q. Hoptlns, k Washlnvton lawyer, re lating to plans for conserving Nutlopal Railways properties, stirred the consti tutionalist leaders. Communications between Mr. Hopkins and H.- Clay Pierce, oil magnate and one of the owners of National Railway stock, were Included. Statements published In this connection Intimated the revo lution was backed by American finan cial Interests. Hopkins denied that, and Rafael Zubaran and Luis Cabrera asserted the constitutionalists had re ceived no financial aid from Americans and particularly denied relationship with Pierce. There were Intimations today that the controversy might be aired in con- gressi Mrs, W. TP. Maher has returned to Aahevllls from Bamberg, B. G, wnere she went to be at the bedside of her sister, Mrs. Ruth Bamberg. Vrs. amberg died at I o'clock Friday morning and was buried late that evening In Reatland cemetery. I, 10. It. Ruaaell has returned from the meeting ef the .American Medical association, which was held In Atlantic City, ASUJGVILLE, N. C, MONDAY AFTERWftftw TTT'Krx mi a ' BY uAHHAHZA ... ... ; i REP. HUMPHREY Democratic Congressman De- . clares There Is Conspiracy ,; To Disturb Congress by v Calamity Howling. SAYS CLAFLIN FAILURE NOT 4 DUE. TO TARIFF Denies There Is Any Panic- Refers to Activity in Coal Mines and Mills of 1 Pennsylvaniia. Gazette-News Bureau, 'i Wyatt Building ; I Washington, June 29 etirred by, attacks' on the adminis tration by republican members of the house. Representative Heflin, of Ala bama, Saturday turned his oratorical guns on the minority and particularly Representative Humphrey, of Wash ington, whom he soundly denounced, He styled the Washington man as the' "chairman of the committee on dis tress." : ' ... 'I want to say to the arentlemen nf this house," said Mr. Heflin, "and to the country that there Is a conspiracy on to disturb this democratic congress ana mis aemocratic president in the fight to free the people of the coun try from the dangers that threaten the life of the republic. There is no kind of doubt about that. "Some gentlemen on the republican side have referued to the Claflln fail ure in New ork, and they aatribute It to the democratic tariff. Mr. Claflln himself makes a statement in which he attributes it to other causes. He does not mention- the tariff himself. and the Wall Street Journaln a paper unfriendly to the administration and always on the sMt of the money-power, says that it wan ease of expansion of a man-doing business on top' big a scale, of changing the conduct of his business, of going out of the wholesale into tne retail business and therefore arousing the men who were once his customers. . "Yet, gentlemen bring that failure In here now and throw It into the face of the man in the White House who Is fighting as no man before him ever hac for the mosses of the people1 of this country, and who throuah the aid of a democratic congress working on tnrougn the heat of the summer and carrying out his program la free- mg tne masses from th chains that the republican party has forged to their limbs In the 18 years of repub lican administration. "Did I say you had a conspiracy? Here is a letter from the Shapleigh Hardware company, of St Louis, They say that other letter that was sent out was a farce, that it did not state the truth, and this map speaks of prosper ity in that line. Did you gentlemen know that the coal mines of Penn sylvania are doing more business, pro ducing more coal per day than ever before In their history? Did you know that the mills of Pennsylvania are running 24 hours a day, when they can secure labor, and they are hard pressed to do that, and yet yod talk about man being thrown out of employment D4d you know that the farmers In Missouri, who obtained $420 for a pair of mules during repub lican administration are selling them todsy for in 2 6 per pair? These are soms of the things that are happening touay. nentlemen, cease your calamity howl. This program is going through. and then the period of rest and recu peration and readjustment will come." Representative Raney of Illinois al so paid his respects to the republican calamity howlers. SEN. WEST, GEORGIA, INJURED BY FALL Washington, June S Bona tor West of Georgia slipped and fell heavily at his apartments at a downtown hotel here today and was painfully Injured. The senator struck on one of his hips and while a first examination dis closed no broken bones, there were fears of a dislocation. Burgeons who have the senator under observation, think they will be able to diagnose ths Injury later. Morris May Go to Hwordvn. Washington. June it. Ira Nelson Morris of Chicago, probsbly will bs appointed Minister to Sweden, lis Is being supported for the post by Hen- ator I ewls, and Is on the administra tion's Hat for a diplomatic place. The Stockholm place Is now vacant Mo More Reports, Washington, June II. No further reports on ths sensational statements on tha AlbanUl situation by the Unit ed Plate minister lo ft- had been rrcelred today, nor had his resigna tion, reported to be on Its way, been received. . IN SCORES -on ': inn xoi4 WESIGHDUSE STBIKERSM V Disorder Breaks - Out Among 12,000 Idle Employes-jW - Pickets Prevent Ent- gt ranee to Plant. Sf SHERIFF UNABLE TO QUELL DISTURBANCE State Officials Asked to Send HelpNo Serious Injuries From Fighting as Yet Are Reported. Pittsburgh, Pa., June 29. Disorder broke out among the 12,000 Westing house employes in East Pittsburgh today, who have been on strike for some time, pickets surrounding all en trances of the factories, preventing any one from entering. Office-men and even superintendents were pre vented from crossing the bridge. Twenty armed guards of the factories, a foroe of armed deputy sheriffs, re inforced by police and special officers couia not quell the disturbance. The sheriff asked state officials for help and the report spread that the Greens boro troop of the state constabulary was enroute. Fighting started without serious injury being reported. : : : : IBT IS T County Commissioners Decide Convicts May Be Whipped . - Method Prescribed. Special to Ths Gazette-News. . Kington, June 29. The board of oounty commissioners of Beaufort county has decided that convicts on the county roods may be whipped, and going one better than other coun ties which have similarly ruled, pre scribes the method. A resolution by the board says that in all cases of mutiny, insubordination, failure to work without cause and disobedience, the superintendent, but he only, may only, may Inflict corporal punish ment "The superintendent shall keep In his possession a lash 18 inches long attached to a stick IS Inches long and not more than two Inches in diameter, and said laBh may bs split three times half way from the end," the resolu tion states. No convict may be whip ped more than once during two con secutive days, shall not receive more than 26 lashes at one whipping, and the superintendent Is instructed to avoid beating him on the neck and head. IE OF SUB-COMMtTEE TO Senator Nelson Objects to Him As Member of Federal Reserve Board. Washington. June . The fight over the confirmation of Thomas D. Jones, of Chicago, as a membisr of tun icunrai reserve ooara, reached a stage today where It became known two members of the sub-committee of the ssnats banking committee had agreed to report to the full commit tee and one member had refused to sign a fawrable 'report. The two senators favorable to Mr. Jones, was Pomerens and Bhamth, democrats. Senator Nelson, republican, opposed him. . , SITUATION IN SAN DOMINGO "MUDDLED" Washington, Juns JI.-r-"Very mud dled" wss the characterisation ap piled to the Ha Dominican situation today by Prealdont Wilson. Ho said it was difficult to know just what to do In ths Dominican republic be cause of the many interests In .the situation. lie received word of he flrlna bv an Amer1ca.n mnhnai in 'top a bombardment by the federal troops but did nut dlsclaae what he expects to do finally. Mine Output. New Tork. June II. The palu of the mine output of gold, silver, lead and sine In the eastern ore states last year was 111,781(117, compared with 111.470,710 last year. " rxtAUJU JTXVJ& CENTS CAMPAIGN a . VILLA ALL PASSENGERS OF VESSEL SAVED 1010 , Transferred From The Grounded California to Oas- V sandra Without Mishap. "wv,nU.iir. june 29 The lOlftf passengers oj, theAnehoyninerCaif- rornia. .which wept aground lai-.aieht on ToV island were transferred to day wftWit loss of life to the Donald son linerJcassandra and a small liner. The crewVof the British torpedo boat destroyersVssisted ln the work. The California tner is in a precarious po sition an th rocky coast but U is said she will Ve floated as soon as ths fine weather Ws In. Her crew re mained on board although the wateri nas penetratedvthree of her holds. The passengers, of the California whose destination was Ireland, was landed here this siornlng. London, June 2 a wireless mes sage to the Malin ijead Btation early today from the- Anchor liner Cali fornia, which is ashore on Torv la- land, confirmed earlier reports that no Iocs o fuse resulted from the acci dent. ; . The vessel struck at 9:20 o'clock last night ln a dense fog. In response to her distress calls the steamer Cas sandra and three torpedo boat de stroyers rushed" to her aid. The Cas sandra and the dostroyers, the mes sage stated, experienced Borne difficul ty in locating the California, owing to the fog and treacherous nature Of the coast. The destroyer Lvnx was the first to arrive and by the aid of. a searchlight from the Lynx the Cas sandra was able to approach the Cali fornia. The 1010 passengers on tha California commenced disembarking at daybreak being taken aboard the Cassandra. The officers of the crew ot the-Calf ornia wefe assisted by men from .the destroyers In the work of transferring the 'passengers. The message fctflted that the- wlreT loss worked xtelenrjy fcnd mmvlhe moment of the ' impact the California was In constant touch with the Cassan Jra, Malin Head station and the de stroyers. T E City is Destroyed Hospital, School and Other Houses Collapsed. Batavia, Java,' June 29. Immense damage was caused by a cloud burst yesterday at Benkolene, Sumatra. The city was destroyed and the hospital, the school and a number of other houses collapsed. News from the southern district of Sumatra stated that a number of Eu ropeans were injured by the recent earthquake winch also caused great property damage. The passenger steamer Vsn Cloon, of the Dutch Royal Mail line, went ashore on the Island of Celebes as a result of the heavy seas following the shock. FREE COUPON J2 IDEAL ART. PATTERNOOTFIT to- dayTsa MAGAZINE rmeNTATto azette-News, Monday June 2 SIX OF THE ABOVE COUPONS TO THESE TWO GIFT No. 1 IDEAL ART. PATTERN OUTFIT 1 1 MU aaeh. raralar Mil Maak ml Caotrfa Lcama la tatbnUarf fUhAlsg by Km De ferae, the soSm! Fwa aaswt. MwU tmbmi&m Hoap wak ant m ami otmwdm. GIFT Nat TODAY'S MA&AZXN& TOR IVtft TEAR Tfcs Oraftt Hmw W !! - Maa 1 W ye awa amh v n wot ha a h4aW m iwraai, awitotf atraot ta Mat kmlsUwMtlxlMiWuMMla Wutmm S mt IbM P.I.1WI uJ ta Cms Ha. I. e4 writ nam and adttraaa to N. ti MiM rit ear iwntk lur aa wwiiaeaipraM ir-tant dm dm mmi a mm Ch-jKlhlhr- Ontat aa4 ef aUm la ra urn awatfe m a fmm Ik Mura mm mt Oot ml Town SmmW wfll aiM ( Cmtolhrtra mmmm TODAY'S MACA2D4K ta Om Taw HAUt STKCtTmU Urn. C7TY mm TOWM STO PEDA '1 His Relatics WttfrCairanzaJ Result '4 Abandoning MaxA Toward Capital Of Mexico. CAB&ANZA WILL NOT LLOW HIM MUNITIONS Filla's Return to North Is Re- garded as Ominona by Both I - Factions Bringing ' His Army. i :, -y EI Paso, Tex., June. 29. Lack of ammunition has blocked " General Villa's march toward Mexico City. Villa, fresh from his victory last week at Zacatecas has returned to Torreon, bringing his entire army with him. ine .relations of the northern tone commander with General Carranza ln the opinion of agents here unque, , tlonably caused abandonment 1 of th campaign. The much discussed Car-; ranza-Villa estrangement has reached a breaking point, they asserted, in that the constitutionalist commander-in-chief has refused to allow Villa to Import cartridges for his men ' and shells for his artillery through the port of Tampico. Tampico Is now the only entryway for munitions which the revolutionists may use, as the border still is closed to them by the United States. At Zacatecas Villa shot away prac tically all the cargo the Antilla land ed at Tampico, according to reports nere. carranda men, however, de clare Villa did not get the Antilla ammunition, which they say - Is atill ln Mnnterey.i - - - v , ; . ? 1 ., ' Villa's return north Is regarded here as ominous .by, both factions LUKES EATIOiJ Assumes Share in Inquiry Into Affairs of Closed La Salle Street Bank. Chicago, June 29. The city "coun cil today assumed a share of the in quiry Into the conduct of the closed La Salle Street Trust and Savings bank, which already Is under Investi gation by state and federal authori ties. The council appointed a commit tee to find out to whom was paid the "split" from Interest on the , city funds carried by the suspended bank. The sum Involved Is Bald to be I7,752. The bank paid three per cent Interest on city deposits. The city was paid 2 'A per cent and some unidentified ' officials said to have received the re- mainlng 14 per cent. . Ten of Crew Missing. ; t Portland, Me., June 29. Ten of the crew of the Gloucester fishing schoon er Rex which has Just arrived here, are missing. The captain said they were caught out In their dories In a dense fog off the grand banks June 10. by ENTTTTi EVERY READER GREAT GIFTS vatua, wwid mat I M Ml. A. id tm.mdm - wMch y lednr1 Manama H.,n t' r aa tha btoi ttmm fWa f' la i ',
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