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MM MES ASSOCIATED PRESS SERVICE. MEMBER OP ACDIT BUREAU OF " CIRCULATION WEATHER REPORT PROBABLY RAW WARMER VOLUME XXI. NO: 23. ASHEVILLE, N. C, MONDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 13, 1916. PRICE 2 CENTS-"00 xmn nza Movements ' WM Carrm Prop OFFICIAL WASHINGTON IN SUSPENSE TO HEAR TROOPS ARE OVER LINE War Department Still With out Advices as to Whether U. S. Troops Have En tered Mexico. FUNSTON MAY DELAY NOTICE OF STARTING May Not Advise War Depart , ment of Movement Until . Men Are Well on March to the South. iViiMliliiRton, March 13. The United Slates wll,popIy to General Carranza's request for a reciprocal arrangement for the crossing of troops at the Mex ican border later today, after Secretary Lansing has conferred with Prcaldcut Wilson. , There were Indications today that the Carranxa. proposal will be ac ceptcd. - . '. ."' The war department Is still without advices as to whether American troops have crossed 'the border Into Mexico. Secretary Baker hnd not heard that any troops had crossed the border and reiterated that he would make such Information public, as sooti is it reached him. lie added that tho morning dlgpatches tioMnlncd notHiilq of Importance that could lrc given out, Official Washington was livstispensc .awaiting the . official announcement that American troops hnd crossed" Into Mexico to carry 'vengeance to Villa and .his followers for the Columhua, N. M., massacre. The war department is besieged with Inquiries.. Newspaper turn gathered about the door leading to Secretary Baker's office. They were, promised thut there would be nu delay 1b giving out the news of "the move ments of the expedition; that metaages from General Funston, announcing that the expeditionary forces were on their way would be published frome . diately on their receipt. ' There was no assurance, however, that General Funston would advise the department before his men were well on the march southward. Vresidtmt Wilson arrived here early today on the naval yacht Mayflower from a week-end trip. Every Impor tant development In the situation wan sent to the Mayflower by radio, as the yacht steamed up 'the Potomac last night. A question which . 'confront the president was the-reaching of 8 de cision as to whether or not it would be wise to lay the. Mexican situation beore congress at this time. The president himself was under stood to be Inclined to do so imme diately after the cabinet meeting on Friday, when It was determined to end troops in pursuit of Villa. Soma advisers, however, felt that such ac tion might be misconstrued In Mexloo powlhly, and that the expedition. Into Mexico might be magnified into an advance guard of a movement In force to police all northern Mexico. . - While the strictest secrecy la being maintained by the war department as to the force that General Funston has . dcalgnated. to pursue Villa, Informa tion from the border points toward a force of cavalry mountain artillery. nd engineers totalling between 6009 na 6000 men. Oman Insist. Mexico City, .March 11. General Carranxa tonlTit lasued manl fuato to the nation daclarlnr that un ,dcr no 'circumstances would the Mex Iran government grant the right to ' th United Btates to violate Mexican territory by sending In an . armed force In pursuit of Villa without eon' sent and the renlloroeal orivllege be l" first obtained and admitted. Word aant to the confidential .ant of aim lean government in wannin on to make tmlmedlate representa tions to this effect ... General Carranza lays In his mani festo: - "I am mire that I Interpret in this matter the national sentiment and jhat the Mexican people will comply J" a dignified manner with their duty the sacrifices what they may. to "tain their Hunts and sovereignty. If. snfortunatelr. this drags us Into a ..r a war which the United mates n nvr Justify. We will not be re sponsible ffr the rilaaatroua oon nun.ea. Upon the hra-le of the tralt Men, -una who within and with, t,.. country have labored to pro. tn Mault, will full tha Ihaxor- Situation Of Mormons In 'Mexico Is 51 Paso Maxell 13 The position of the BOO members of the Mormon farming colony In the Casas Qrandes district, in Chihuahua, 158 mllos by train from El Paso, critical as it was in the first place, is further menaced by the presence of Villa with his band WEAVER BASEBALL TEAMJS PICKED Coach Perritt Selects 11 Men i to Represent College on , ' the Diamond. 4 ARE OLD "MEN. Coach Ilin Perritt of Weaver col lege has picked his' baseball team' for the season and. announces that when the opening game is played at Weav ervllle 6ri March' 18,' between the col lege ,., and the Asheville High school teams, the Wea erites will be ready.) for a season; which It Is stated, -gives promise of being the best season In the history of the school. . ; ( j: '' Of the team selected by the coach, four are - old men: Price, ,; Miller, Chambers and Aderholt repenting for diamond duty again. The new men are Cook, McCormlck, Black stock, Gill, Jenkins Gaines and Sher rill. , ' - ....... A splendid schedule Is being ar ranged, although the complete list of schools that will be played has not, been finally decided upon. ' Among those that will be taken on by the Weaver team are. Oak Ridge, David- son, . Lenoir, Catawba, Rutherford, Horner, Morsanton amateur team, Asheville fcliool, Ringhani and Ashe ville High school. , - Perritt, Mountaineer extra-ordin ary, and one of the best players the Vorth Carolina league of Profession al Baseball clubs has turned out, has been with the. Weaver team since Febrnry 10 and will continue there until April 10. At that time he will report for1 duty . with the Asheville team , of the North Carollnla league. He ,hns 'been putting the men through dally practice' and on days when the weather will not permit outdoor practice the men- work Inside, hear ing dally talks by the coach. . CASEJJP TODAY T. J. Cooper Sworn in As At torney Smith-White Case ; Settled Saturday. The case of John E. Patton against John R. 'Herren. which was called in Superior' oourt this mornlnlg, was being tried when court reoessed ror noon. The case Involves several notes which the plaintiff clalmls that he endorsed for the defendant. Thomas Jefferson Cooper, who re cently passed the state bar examina tion, was (worn In this morning he forel Judge W. K. Harding. Mr. Cooper 1 well known In Asheville and In western North Carolina. He has not announced his plana for the future. lAt Baturday afternoon the Jury in the case of 8. M. Hmlth and wife , , i. tvvu. wifo which occupied the atentlon or the court all day Saturday, returned a verdict In favor of the plaintiffs. HHetnnnnstHHHHHHStstusist PBESmiO BCRNED. Monterey, Cal.,- March II. The Honterey presidio was to tally destroyed by Are early to day about six hours after being vacated by the troops ,of the Flrat eavalry, whlrh left for the Mexican bordcrj The firemen at tempting tn extlngulnh the fire found the watr supply cut off. K,tllttltlltstl(tttltlt More Critical of 300 followers, close to the railroad over which they must travel to the American frontier. Carranza guards from Chihuahua City are expected to accompany a train loaded with refu gees, which will leave as soon as a sufficient escort can be gathered to protect it . . ..... FIRST ROUND IS PLAYED AT LINKS J. ,L. Cote Defeated- 0. F. Dreschler .5-4 Second Eight Plays This Afternoon. SPRING TOURNAMENT. The first round of the first eight In the annual spring tournament on the links of the Asheville . Country club was Dloyed this morning, the fine weather bringing out a large crowd of spectators as well as players who are not. In the tournament. In the first match J. J . Cote defeated C. F. Dreschler, 6-4. This afternoon Mrs. H. B. Potts and Dr. George D, Kirkpatrlck of the sec ond eight will play and Mr. Cote will meet the winner. Tomorrow the semi flnnls will be played and Wednesday the finals will take place. Winners In each eight will receive handsome cups as trophies; these are offered by Grove Park Inn. ". he qualifying round for the tour nantent was played Saturday after. noon. Manager Lake stated today that the club officials are much gratified at the large numbers of golf lovers pres ent Baturdsv and today. Thoro are many visitors In town who are Inter ested in th egame, In addition to the enthusiastic local players. Mr. Lake announces loaay mat eacn week a tournament will be staged on the links for the benefit of visiting and Asheville golfers. The weather promlaoe to be propitious for these events and the Indications are that they will be largely attended' and that there will be many entries. Golf was very popular at the Coun try club ground last spring and the opening events Saturday and today promise that the 191 events will also attract large crowds. HEAVY DOCKET IN THE FOUCE COURT Today's docket In Police court eon tallied 18 cases, although few were of more than passing Importance. Mat. tie Hunt, colored, received the long est sentence Imposed, four months at the county borne on charges of lar ceny. Fred Fore, Emma Atkins, Grace Thompson and Ed. Sams, each re celved 10 days on charges of an Im moral nature. Nine defendants eharg- ed with speeding ' were before the oourt and two "drunks" were up Several lines were Imposed and a few of the cases ware continued. NEW TORE STOCKS. . New York, March It. fhe Mexi can situation was again a factor ef primary Importance at the opening of today's stock market,' the latent developments across the border hav ing pronounced effect. on the shares of concerns operating In that coun try, and seriously unsettling the gen eral list. Mexican Petroleum lost more than three points and Amerioen Smelting and Grenne-Caoanea about two polnlts eacji, with heavlneaa In South ern Pacltlo. , . The specialities, Including the met al shares and Htudebaker and Ameri can Bugar, lost from one, to points, the only Biarked exception being Baldwin Locomotive and Cru- clble ltl, which roue one to two points. United states Steel and otnnr'l allies. rnprwenutlve Ivauaa yielded variable fraotlolua. IIFIIITBI STILL T T A pronounced pause has come 'in the German offensive operations against Verdum so far as the Infantry arms are concerned, according to the official bulletin from Paris. Sunday passed - without an infantry advance and the crown prince's 'troops did not leave their trenches for attack last night ..' ' v.1'-'- There has been no cessation, how ever, of the artlllerv nlnv the hom bardment, continuing 'on much of the frcnt, was particularly severe in the Woevre district, where .the French guns have been seeking out the hostile positions, indicating that possibly some movement by the Germans to the east of southeast of the French right flank Is anticipated. ' Except for artillery action the fight Ing In the Verdun region virtually has ceased for the moment. To the north, and east of the fortress - there has been no infantry engagement since Saturday afternoon, when the Ger mans succeeded in entering a small French trench to the north of Elx. On both sides of the Aieuse from the northwest of Verdun, along the entire front' around to the southeast of the fortress, the artillery of both sides has continued the tremendous shelling that .has been in progress for days. '.V ' . ' ,' .. ' The Germans claim to have cap tured In the fighting around Verdun thus far 26,472 unwounded French of ficers and men, and one hundred and eighty-nine guns and two hundred and thirty-two machine guns. To the south of the Somme river in the Argonna forest and in the Ban Do Sapt sector of the Vosges the French guns have heavily bombarded German entrenchments.. . . i ' ' - ' ' TheftuBsianrt-have captured trwnrhes from the Germans In the Dniester re- gion of East Gallcla and have made further progress against the Turks in Persia by taking the town of Klrlnd. The Russians admit the sinklna: of a Russian torpedo boat destroyer by a WESTERN submarine of the central powers in tho advised him was not a violation. op Black sea off the Bulgarian Dort of ponents of a pardo or a cbmmuta. Varna. Part of the crew of the de stroyer was rescued. - - ' Italians Busy. ' Despite the unfavorable weather conditions In the mountains the Ital ians are continuing their, operations against the Austro-Hungarians.- They also are Intensely bombarding the Isonxo front. The town of Gorlsia 'has had to .sustain another hail of Italian shells. ,:. PETITIONERS WANT STABLE TORN DOWN A petition signed by It business men was presented to the city eom mlssioiters at the meeting Saturday afternoon, In which they asked that V building at the corner of West College and Penland streets be declared un safe and torn down. . A livery stable is conducted there now and the petl - tioners ask that the commissioners re fuse a license for the stable to do further business,' stating ' that the building Is frame and is a fire-trap. No action was taken by the board, tho, matter being referred to the building Inspector for a report. Several routine matters were transaoted by the board. Aberdeen! to Visit H. A.'C. Amherst. Mass., March It.-Lord and Lady Aberdeen of Ireland are to visit tht Massachusetts' Agricultural college tomorrow, and both will speak at a publlo' meeting to be ar ranged for the occasion. Lkdy Aber deen has been prominent in work In her native country Inl behalf of farm women, while her husband has been a leader In various agricultural move ments In Ireland. ' ,- . - BttltKtBtltStt!ttt K K CALL OX BANKS. l Washington, March It. The st comptroller of cSirrency today H Issued a call to all . national H banks requiring; them to report t to blm their condition at the H close of business ' on Tuesday, March 7. ... . '. , , I One Year Ago Today In the War. 9. t . it t March It, 111'S Fighting on t H large scale reported In the (Sir- W It pathlans; British- officially an- H st nounred loss of auxiliary crtilner st H liayano with 10 Uvea; Paris re- Mutate ticket. They appear to have o t ported 10 by the Iteltrtane south doubt whatever of winning the na si f Dlxmudt along the Yaer; bom- ttonal election going so far as to de al bardment of the DardenHlea l rill re that no democrat of Intels at forts continued by the fleet of the t eonce In th country believes Wilson t X H K 1 1 l H l l t Hl I till (('( a renublloaa daily are DISBARMENT OF lilER IS UP Appeal of Fayetteville Attor ney Convicted of Violating Prohibition Law to Be Ar gued in Supreme Court. REPUBLICANS PLAN TO START DAILY IN RALEIGH Claim They Will Be Able to Put Out Paper Next Spring ; Other News From 'V State Capital. ; - Raleigh, ' March 13. The disbar ment of James H. Johnson, attorney of ' Fayetteville, who stands convicted of having violated the state prohi bition law, will be argued next week in the Supreme court. The state appeals in this case. Mr. Johnson won in the Superior court when he moved for dismissal of the action against him on the ground that the court had no jurisdiction. The solicitor . had proceeded against him and a former solicitor, N. A. Sinclair had held that 'under . the private acts of a former legislature, Johnson was within his rights In sell ing wine. In the Superior court he was convicted of retailing. . ' The case came to the , Supreme court and Justice Walker wrote an i opinion sustaining the lower court. 'Since that time repeated appearances before Governor Craig for postpone ment;,of the1 beginning of the sentence have -resulted in the attorneys , re spite.- Governor Craig leans to. the ,vlew that Johnson should pot serve 1 a sentence for one violation of a statute which a former solicitor naa Hon answer that Johnson was a fla- grant violator, confessor to it In many Instances, but this was not be fore Governor uraig. The charges of the state . in the disbarment case are that the defend ant has been' a frequent violator and that the Superior court Is the place for his disbarment This will be much the moat Interesting case that will be heard by t heSupreme court next week. It wll settle a point of law that now appears to have been over looked. Moore county visitors who regret so heartily the rtirement of Con gressman Robert N.' Page, bring to Raleigh the news that Henry' Page, his brother, is not ready to retire from public life and will return' to Raleigh at the sprlnlg session of the general assembly. , , Mr. Page is represented as earnest ly seeking to . get two measures through the general assembly. Tie wants to change the policy of elect- i'ng scnooiboards and county super Intendenta and he, wants ts stop this hiring of convicts to railroad adven turers for stock In' enterprises that he does not believe can ever be com pleted. The Moore county man stir red Tap a small sized trouble In the lower house on bath Issues last year and .though the republicans helped to defeat his convict measures, tiny were . able to fight with him upon the school policy and have promlsod to use his , arguments against his party. Governor Craig has held up the extradition of John Webb Taylor, of Lawrence county. Ohio, who Is want ed In that state for abandonment of his chili' Governor Craig stopped the officers from taking Taylor back with them and he Is held. In Fayetteville. The attorneys for Taylor want to present the case fully to the governor. It lal said that the extradition was sought by Taylor's divorced wife and phnaes of . the charges must be Investigated before the young man, said to be pf good character, Is allowed to return, . Col. J. P, Kerr, private secretary to Governor' Craig, la dally Improv Ing after a serious Illness of several weeks and will be able to leave his room If he does not suffer the nc ond relapse this week. Colonel Kerr Is now able to receive guests and Is greatly Improved In spirits. Republican leaders here the past week made excursions over the city, looked over the bualneas hou spread their respects over their psnspecta this fall and announced that next spring they wilt start their long promlaed dally. . " Tbat la. If they win In the eleotlon this fall. They do not specify which poll thay make a condition to ' the dally paper. It la stinpected, thounh, that ther rest their hopes upon the I can be re-elected. Their ra(mns for the atabllahmeit fbese: Thay do not like the way democratic pa pers handled their last convention andt are by no v . i ' pleased to think what won)' fJ ..en to them tf they carried tv, 3 .e this fall and relied upon -' o .tile press to cop- tribute tb' of their party ac- Hons. i The. cleans have been talkin abo' tpcr thret years, but have hi' little party, ihat starting oim dut. g that period would have been suicide. They do 'not- indicate who among them will be willing to lose a half million dollars in the enterprise But the biggest talking 'is being done by tht biggest purses Of course, if the republicans lose the state they may - conclude , that the pleasure v.f running a newspaper a few weeks and' then dying by torture has been over rated. - Tuesday the Police court will hear the cases against the four men who are under arrest on charges of pickr ing pockets in Raleigh. Durham has had a look at them and Asheville Is due an Interview with the fellows. McNeells and Brown, the two who have been sent to Asheville, appear to be the worst wanted. Theiri alleg. ed pal asre making the worst of ; confinement in the city Jail and play cards for diversion,"; ASHEVILLE MILITIA MAY BE MOBILIZED -' r T Rumored Today That Orders Had Been Received The Companies Are Ready. Following President Wilson's order sending 6,000 United States - army regulars into Mexico In pursuit of Villa, rumors became .current In Asheville this morning that the local militia organizations had been ordered to hold themselves In readiness to go to the border for possible service in Mexico. The officers, however, stats that no' such order have been re ceived. . ; ' - ' An officer of troop B, '' Asliovillo's cavalry unit, stated that the troopers could be mobilized within 24 hours to a strength of 108 men. It is expected that, if General Funston's expedition meets strong resistance by possible reinforcements to Villa from the na tive population,' militia companies In the several states will be mobilized. In a Ralolgh dispatch to The Times today Adjutant General Lawrence W. Young says that North Carolina could assemble more than 8000 militiamen if the word is given. In case the mobilization orders should be flashed Into thin city, besides 108 men in troop B, Infantry compa nies F and K would each contribute about 65 men and officers each. The Asheville Held hospital corps, number ing 20 men, would be able with their equipment to care for more than 100 wounded. If company K should stick to the records made in peace they would In war become famous as sharpshooters. CHILE AND BRAZIL MAKE INQUIRIES Washington, March 1J. The am bassadors from Chile and Brazil have called on ' Secretary Lansing and Inquired about the action of the United States in Mexico. They were Informed fully and mado no com ment.. There was no indication of a disposition to do more than gather Information. New Universities Dictionary coupon . IYesnxd far tb , . Asheville Times, March 13. Three Coopona Scnre the Dictionary . . How to Get It Forth Afar Atomhaf CM a 3C:;??98c m secure tlus NEW authentic Dictionary, botixi in real flexible leather, iHiutjated with' full page ' io 4 fcoloc and duotooe 1300 page. 25 DICTIONARIES IN ONE All Dictionaries published previ ous to this year arc cut c f dzlz MUCH ACTIVITY AH T Evidences of Energetic Prep arations For Expedition -Into Mexico All Along the Southern Border. EL PASO IS TO BE ONE STARTING PLACE Drag For VttW Sympathizers' Results in Capture of Four . Generals, Physician and ' ' an American. El Paso, Tex., March 13. Daylight today revealed the beginning of the i expeditionary force which the United States is gathering on the frontier west of here for the pursuit of Villa and his band of outlaws. . Six moun-: tain guns were unloaded during the night and were ready at ColunibuH, the scene of tho Villa raid and tho first armed camp to develop evidence that It has been selected as one of tho starting points for the pursuing col umns. Fifty-seven car loads and bat tery mules and transport animals also arrived during tlje night, giving evi dence that more guns were coming. There were 1100 men in the Colum bus camp this morning. Along the 200 miles of border west of here troops train are reported to have passed va rious points during the night as tho result' of orders received Friday from the war department. What points, ex cept Columbus, miglUr bs-4tved ms-start--ing places had not developed this morning, but .there, was conslderably activity .along the1 Arizona 1 frontier near Kogalcs and also in the vicinity of the small Mexican settlement of San Bernardino. In this region sev eral troops of cavalry were reported to he ready for action. ' ' The columns entering Mexico from the Arizona border points will havo a fairly direct route to the mountain passes In Sonera through which au parently it was expected that Villa might escape from Chihuahua into which he retreated. -. . ,', From Nogales come reports that a few cannon have been 'discovered In the MfXicun hills facing the American frontier, but elsewhere along the Una where American troops are gathering ' no signs of disquieting action on the ' Mexican side Is reported. Aiding the military other branches of the government service were activo during the. night on the ramifications of Villa's trail. The drag for Villa sympathizers in El Paso has resulted in the arrest of four generals, one general's secretary, a physician and an American. The uneasiness which prevailed at Doming, N. M., alter 'the Columbus raid occurred, hag been ri lleved by tho arrival of two companies of United States Infantry from Fort Bliss. NEW YORK COTTON. ' New York, ' March 13. 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