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ASSOCIATFI PRESS SERVICE. c,IUEB OI" AfDIT BUREAU OF THE ASHEVILLE TIMES WEATHER REPORT FAIR TONIGHT. VOLUME XXI. NO. 32. ASHEVILLE, N. 0, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 23, 191C. PRICE 2 CENTS-u trmua Whole of Northern seeTiun V- '-- .V.'-M .:V-v ; ridEk R evdlty Villa Favoring. NMhvIUe Kavafi POWERFUL COMMANDER HAS DECLARED AGAINST CARRANZA AND THE U S. BORDER PEOPLE 1 OUTBREAK Private Advices Confirm Re port That General Herrera . With 2000 Men Has Join ed With Villa Forces. DRASTIC STEPS BEING PLANNED AT EL PASO Mexican Affairs Fraught With Far-Reaching Consequences, That May Prove Serious For This Country. Resents Publication Of Peace Movement Rumor President Wilson Authorizes Denial of Story That Ambassa dor Gerard Postponed Vacation to Await Proposal For ; Peace by Germany. ".-..; !- . Movement Started For Relief of People Made Destitute By Flames Which Swept . East Nashville. El Paso, Tex., March 23. Private advices today confirmf (cl t lie report that General Luis Ilcrera at Juarez had revolted from Carranza and had joined tlic Villa foees at Chihuahua and left little doubt that Meri Oitii a flairs' had reached a point frauiiht with far-reaching and primps serious consequences to this country. Not only was it accepted as definite that 1 errera had de oli'vcd against Carranza and tlic United States, but it was asserted with ecfual confidence that Torreon w.is also in the liands of Villa forces and that till northern Mexico was seeth ing in -open -rebellion against the tie facto government. So grave was the situation liorc that military authorities planned to take dratsic steps to relieve all Mexicans in El l'aso of any arms that they might have concealed in their homes, and to enforce what vim, practically be martial law in "Little Chihuahua," the heart of El Paso's Mexican section. Strong Recommendation. It is understood that gov eminent . officials , hero have sent to Washington a recom mendation couched in strong est terms urging the disarming nf all Mexicans this side of the bonier, takinir the right of forcible entry, and search of J necessary. . ' j The Washington authorities heretofora have opposed such fteps on the ground that it would be misinterpreted by the Mexicans as- a discrimination against them. H is now insisted by the local atuhorities that tho time has passed for "any delicacy in handling the situation. , Grave Apprehension. Washington, March 22. Oraev apprehension regarding 'the outcomo of the American expedition into Mexico in pur suit of Villa was evident for Washington, March 22. President Wilson was represented at the white house today as being resentful of the published stories ' that Ambassador Gerard had stated that Germany was about to move for peace. The publi cation of the reports was character ized as being based on inferences. The following statement was issued: "The president through Secretary Tumulty has authorized the denial of the stories that have appeared in newspapers to tjhe effect that thei purpose of Ambassador Gerard in re maining in Berlin was to await Ger many's prouosal for peace'.- "There is no Justification for this Inference being drawn." Yesterday the state department took notice of the publication by denying hhat Germany had intimated to the United States that the time was ripo tor the United States, as the greatest neutral, . to renew ita friendly offices for peace or that the United States had been informed that Ambassador Gerard had been requested to post pone his vacation pending peace nego tiatlons. Unofficial reports reaching here said that the ambassador had actually postponed his vacation, but gave no reason for it. State department offi cials declared they were resentful of the publication of the reports, because, they said, if there had been any pros pect of meditation, it would be dam aged if not destroyed by the publica tion. It is known that the American embassadors in all belligerent coun tries have constantly been reporting on confidential conferences for the in formation of the president and It is understood that the burden of their reports has been that there are now no more prospects for peace than there were six months ago. All the belligerents are understood to be ready to consider peace on their own terms. SHI SIM BUT IF HUES ,1 NASHVILLE 1 T mum. Friends of Popular Durham Lawyer Grooming Him as Candidate for Attorney Generalship. AREA OF 35 BLOCKS ENTIRELY DESTROYED Property Loss Estimated at $1,500,000; One Death Many Fine Residences Were Consumed. 26 BLOCKS IN AUGUSTA LAID WASTE BY FIRE wmmw Special to The Times. Raleigh, March 23. Victor S. Bry ant's friends are grooming him for tho attorney generalship race, according to Durham reports received here to day, and it appears one of the most satisfactory rumors that Raleigh peo ple have nursed since Judge . Frank Carter started the trouble a year ago. Mr. Bryant's followers had long ago thought of sending him to congress, but Major Charles M. Stedman is there and the Major and Bryant have long been too friendly lor either to contem plate with greut pleasuro a tontcsi between themselves. It was Bryant's Greensboro speech In nomination of Major Stedman fur governor in 1904 that gave that body a complete sensa tion and a dozen or so such things took place that week. Baldy Hoyden's terrific castlgation of Hallet Ward for Ward's terrific castigation of Grover Twenty Residence Blocks Aro Swept Clean and Six Busi ness Blocks Gutted By i. Wind-Driven Flames, Democratic Historians Work ing on Newspaper Files of 1895 and 1897 For Mate rial on Butler's Conduct DAMAGE ESTIMATED AT $5,000,000 TO $7,000,000 ceipt by the war department of a dispatch from General Funston saying a report had reached him that two thousand Carranza troops at Chihuahua under General- Louis Ilerrera had revolted and. aligned them selves with the bandit chief. Geneal Funston did not dis close the source of his inform ation so far as could be learn ed no confirmation had reach ed the state department or the Mexican embassy, but develop ments were awaited with tense anxiety. If Ilerrera and his troops have joined Villa, some officials believe other Carranza commanders and troops may quickly follow the example. In such .an event the United States and the de facto govern ment of Mexico would find themselves confronted with a situation so serious that its possibilities hardly could be estimated. The troops under Ilerrera are described hero as probably the best equipped in northern Mexico. Louis Ilerrera at one time was one of Villa's most active aides, as was his brother Maclovio. Humors concerning doubtful intentions of the Arrieta broth ers, leading a force in Duran- go, also have tended to increase disquiet here. Rebellion in Carranza s army would make it necessary to rush every available' American soldier to reinforce thcadvanc ing columns. Gruvb Concern. , San Antonio, Toia. March 1 3. Re port, that General Herrera. cem mandlnr two -.housand men at Chi huahua, had aligned himself with Kranciaca Villa against ' the United Stale., u received with grave con cern by Ooneral Funston and hla stall. Officially and unofficially the opinion tiara waa that with Horrera Jolnlnt forcea with Villa th International sit uation might easily be mada com plex trial vj comiiarmun of Villa would, be regarded aa Inol- dantal. The Ion Intervale between repon or in Nashville, Tcnn., March. 23. fill. zens, civic and church organization!! of Nashville, , today were caring for Cleveland alone prevented the Bryant 5(100 persons niadc homeless by tho speech from standing out in colossal lire which swept East Nashville luto solitariness like Adam's recollection from the field commander 1 - I - a n a I H i. H al.Mlltf tlAjl V V , ji . ... . .t. l jimcrii:mn ... , r tuO first time tonight after r0-,4 th tendon bit. aituouah General Funston and his chief of staff contin ued to profess the belief that all was well with .the troops below .Casas Grandes, but the report from Chihua hua made irisignlflcent any anxiety they might have felt concerning Gen- eneral Pershing's operations. ' According to tho version reaching here, Herrera was removed Monday from command and Immediately took steps to alienate his garrison. That Carrarna has enough loyal troops In r.o.ihern Mexico to drive h.m from the city, of Chihuahua, if he aims to hold the place, was believed by military men here, but it was not thought that the holding of tho city was his plan. Military observers here see a possi ble connection with Herrera's reported action in the Interruption of wire ser vice between Casas Grandes and Jua rez Tuesday and the wire cutting yes terday between Torreon and Ojinuga, opposite Presidio, Texas. It was sug gested that those who cut the wires between Casas Grandes and Juarez might have thought they were being used by General Pershing for com municating with General Funston. If Herrera desired to, it was point ed out, he could em-Tarrass greatly the United States In Its efforts to run down Villa. Cutting of the Northwestern railway at certain points would make it Impossible for the Americans to use It for many days, even If the Carranza government decided to grant permis sion. It was also feared Herrera might go north and east along tho trail of Ojinuga and emulate Villa by attack, lng Presidio, The small American force there now probfibly will be strengthened. Such a raid would, not be so cimple aa that effected at Co lumbus, since between Presidio and OJinaga Is the Hlo Grande tnatead of an Imaginary line. Herrera'a reported defection caused surprise to those who know his former relations with Carranza. Alter hla son, Machlovlo Herrera,' one of Car ranza'! most dashing array officers, ws killed, he, although an old man, offered hla service. One Kcnchcd Cnsas Grandes. San Antonio, Tex., March 23. One of the aviators missing from the squadron whic h left the border to Join General Pershing's base at Casas Grandca, descended somewhere eouth nf Casas Grandes, It was learned at Gen. Funston'i headquarter yester day. ' The name of the aviator was. not given. Earlier reports had Indicated that both of the missing aviators came down somewhere along the line of communication established by General Pershing between the border and Ca sas Grandes, where he has hlaadvanc. ed base. I -ate report explained that one of the men reached Casus Grandes and waa aent'aouth over tha country In which the three detarhmcnte of cav alry are operating. No details rela tive to his disappearance were receiv ed here. IlcllrVA Villa Has Escaped. General Pershing' failure to report an encounter with Villa forces and tho absence of newa from Mexican sources relative to the outcome of tha flghtlng betweeo tha Carransa troop and the Villa bandit in the vicinity of Naml qulpa caused army o fleer at Kort dam Houston to believe that VUla ha-1 seabed. yesterday, destroying BOO residences and causing the death of one man and a property loss, estimated at $1,500, ooo. - " The one fatality was that of a negro. Many other person were Injured, but one seriously, ..The Maze marled from a -lighted hall of yarn thrown lntx-u grai-e-y vacant lot by a small boy. . A planing mi'-l was lirst 'destroyed. The Haines next raced Into nn exten sive negro settlement, where, funned by n high wind, they quickly consum ed every liouso in yio quarter. The fire then broke out Into two distinct blazes, one going cast on Seventh street and the other down Fifth nvcniic. An area of 35 blocks was swept clean. Many costly residences several churches and one charitable Institu tion were burned. The wind which aided the fire was one of the fiercest felt In Nashville in a long time, at 1 o'clock yesterday it was blowing at a rate of fifty-two miles an hour and during the entiro day continued at between forty and fifty miles. It twisted through the streets, picking up large gravel and hurling It like hall. A witness said that he saw a boy light the end of a small ball of yarn and throw it Into the dry grass on a vacant lot at First and Oldham stroets. Others saw the grass in flames and In a moment more a pile of shavings at a moment more a pile of shavings at .i nearby planing mill were ablaze. The mill was soon in flames and the wind borne embers set fire to a large group of frame houses, occupied by negroes. In the meanUmo all the engines of the Nashville fire department had beon fighting desperately, but the wind toy ed with the firemen. Streams of water were lifted aside, and the conflagration stirred Into a tremendous furnace. The drive of the wind, the falling of walls and the screaming of frantl ! women and children made a tcrrltlc din. The heat from the burning buildings wa terrific. Ono of the fire engine j caught fire and was quickly consumed. Bucket brigades in several sections poured water on the roofs and aide of the residences and on the burning embers which were being hurled among them. Resident In all sections of the city were ordered to put out tire In stove and furnaces,- for fear that another fire might start while tho engine were engaged In East Nash ville, i Telegraphic appeal for help were sent to a number of southern cities but no engine could get hore In time to ii dp fight tha fire. of his fall, Before the Bryant boom a sugges- Spccial to The Times. Ilaleigh, March 23, -Historians arc working on newspaper files of 1 s '.) 7 and ISUj getting ready for early use all the material that Senator Marloln Butler's conduct can provide. The year that appears to-be richest in Butler issues was 1897 when that gentleman was lighting Three Thousand People Left Homeless Firemen Power less Until Heavy Wind Had Subsided. Augusta, Gti., March 23. Twenty blocks in the residential section of Senator Augusta today presented tho appcar- Pritchard and working for the election ance ot a wind-swept prairie and the bare .walls of sir business blocks bear silent testimony of Augusta's most sc- of a populist to succeed the late Senator Zebulon Baird Vance. Senator Butler abused tho republican party of that date as he does the democrats ot j rious disaster of recent years, today and prophesied that In 1900 a tlon in one of the local papers that populist would be elected president of Judge Georgo W. Connor, who is sit- the United Slates. ting here as trial magistrate this week, might allow himself to contem plate the attorney generalship, gavo momentary hope to the many who do not appear to feel satisfied with the situation. Judge Connor Is believed by a few friends in Raleigh to be perfectly will ing to make the race under any sort of assuring conditions. The Judge trusts them farther than ho does these smashers of idols, these unmaskers of tolemn faces; these annihilators of pretense; these destroyers of Incipient booms; these purveyors of saccharine slugs; these diviners of hell's next eruption, these men on the spot known as the "Press." To them he has de clared that he has no thought of such a race, The Durham lawyer stands at tho very top as a lawyer. He has always Tho Just what the democratic histori ans propose doing they do not say, but they have found an abundance of utterance from Senator Butler, some of which is not creditable to the fusion legislature. Typewriters have ! miles was ravaged by been clicking and memories or oia inhabitants have been requisitioned for mean things that the careful tongue and pen of Senator Butler made current in those days. It is pre sumed that Mr. Butler will be tne beneficiary of all this and that his party connections and official record will receive proper "noration.',' This has begun early and its prepa ration now negatives the thought that HI Is to be used lnl the hand, book of 1916. It must be admitted that the files of the papers contain some vastly interesting reading mat ter, and that Senator Butler thinks been among what is known as tha j no better of Senator Prltchard ntne progresslve democrats. In Durham teen vears after as the defeat ot where commercial Interests are so 'judge Prltchard's boys for delegates great he has always been on the out side, notwithstanding which fact he is one of tho richest lawyers in the state and is yet young. Mr. Bryant was i,tat aenator in the to Chicago shows. Standing by the Governor. The burden of the messages receiv- flre which raged for over nine hours lust night, causing a loss estimated at from $5,000,000 to $7,000,000, was brought to a halt early today, after It had crossed GreenvtiUuct. An area nf about ono and a quarter sunaro tho flanies ' which were driven by a heavy gale. . Augusta Firemen Powerless. Augusta's lirenicn were powerless to control the Arc and apparatus waa sent from Columbus, Charleston, At lanta, Macon, Savannah and other cities to assist the local fire depart ment. The wind subsided Just after 1 o'clock this morning and it waa not until then that the firemen wcro ablo to gain In the fight, iiie liro wag started In the Dyer building at the corner of Eighth street and Broad street. The flames spread rapidly to "Cotton Row" hi the rear, whlpiied around the Empire 1913 general assembly v did not i was gentle and sympathetic. "'l.lr K.. 11.11.... .....1 K. ..wno lu-..,la. ed after Governor Craig commuted "J -... T,l T.n wr..n n.l Snm P. Christv. destroyed block after block, except I the Sixth on ltroad street. seek a return. It was his taste of public life. Ho has been an Incredi bly hard worker and having settled the problem of income yenrs ago it U Starling vs. Selinn, Cotton Mills, Johnston county, new trial; Cory vs. Booker, Pitt, affirmed; Hhff vs. Nor folk Southern Railway company. Cra ven, affirmed; West vs. Redmond, Pt, no error; Shaw vs. ICxpress com pany, Duplin, no error; Galncy vs. Godwin, Sampson, no error; Lawrence vs. Telegraph company, 1-enolr, no error; Kolilnson vs. Paughtry, Hlmp son, affirmed; Johnson vs. Robinson, Sampson, affirmed; Mann vs. Allen, Franklin, reversed; pr.ror and com With verv few excentions the rov- The flames cut a path two or three ernor was creditled with having M-k wide for eight blocks on Broad "nerve.'' Nearly ull tho people talked street down to the cast boundary of to since the commutation have the' city. ' The flames leaped across declared by Durham people that ha!thou8ht lt tool moro nerve to com- Broad street to houihsldo at tjnert would enter politics and that the at-I mute than to put it on former Judges street mid cut their way through to tomcy generalship would bo greatly 'and Juries. Traveling men about the Green street, to his liking. state declare that lt will make.Gov. j 3,000 Homeless. The Supreme court has handed I ernor Craigl more popular thouga Estimates today placed the number down opinions In the following cases; j temporarily lti will cause criticism.- iof residences' destroyed at bctweon J ne uuimore t-aw aim, uicorporai-MiOO and 700, Including some or tne ed, was chartered Willi. ?5,000 of its finest old homes In AuguBta. No es capital paid in. tlmate can be placed In the value cf The stockholders are II . O . Ethe-itne contents of the houses. The own. rofT, Benjamin Starbuck and J. li.ers saved practically nothing. Rector of Biltmore. I To(Jay more than 3Uoo people r The Auto Repair company of Win-1 nomi!leBt), Many tpent the nlgh .tnn-Salem $25,000 authorized cap -; walkl th t wh 0(her. , t lnl and $3,100 paid in by H. W. , h f h , .Mnsion, it. swum., anti i. n. Swaim, will do a general automobile and repair business. T1.A lllrrVt T . . 1 1 1 CI, Ana t! n n 1,1' tit . . ....... ..w.. ,, , ,! ,,. corporated, is a $50,000 corporation ........-....,... OWNBY AND OTHERS SUE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Superior court waa engaged this morning In th trial of a civil action entitled O. O. Ownby and others, against th board of county commis sioner. The plaintiff are represent- d' by Attorney KoM, and the derenu anta by their counsel, Walter HaynoM. This case Is In th Superior court on appeal from a Jury report on the assessment of damage through which a new county road ha been opennd In th West Ashevlll wctlon. The trial Mill nrobably consume most of, If not th entire day. ' LeskKvllle, N. C, March . The principal buslnes trcet of Ppruy. this county, wa destroyed by fir and th fi.mva wer anreadlnr early In the afternoon, according to a report re eelved here. No detail wer (.rail able. Leading citizens early today begnn jto lay relief plnns. The city council was railed tj meet at 10 o'clock to pany vs. Drug storo. Wake, no error; 0d was chartered today by D. R. nn1 tt general muss meeting waa cull Leo vs. Thornton, Wako, reversed; King v. McCrocken, Columbus, peti tion dismissed; Bramham vs, City of Durham, affirmed; Blue Ridge Inter urban Railway company vs. Hcndcr sunvllle Light and Power company, I i.nderson, petitioned to rehear al lowed, no error In ruling of the Su perior court. WAIt NEWS. Itoper, i . C. Bouldin and J. II. Wesnt. The Med wood Realty company of Ppencer was incorporated with $fc", flOO of its capital paid In by lt. C. Jones of Bpenrer, N. B. McCanloss, Salisbury, and Walter M.. Paul of Charlotte, DEFENDANT APPEALS FROM COURT SENTENCE The Krer.ch are still clinging' to tt part of the little hill of Haucourt, ed to meet at noon. .Many Narrow Ksropra. There were many narrow escapes, hut no ono was seriously Injured. Several firemen were sent to hospi tals suffering from burns and bruise. Ottlclals of tho lire department today begun an investigation of the cnuse of iho fire, but as yet no explanation as to Its origin hs been offered. Tho 12-Htory building occupied by tho Augusta Chronicle was practically d-,lroyed. The Hvruld building wa the j also burned. Cotton faclnrle today estimated southwest of M'llancourt on which colored, with a deadly weapon, and At thla morhlng'g session of police court Kannle Deventhrop, col ored, was found guilty of an Hssault- tj,a( tne n,-e destroyed about $3,000, on Hattle Blair and Cora McDowell. , n00 worth 0 Cotton stored In ware- houses on the river front. 1'reuk nf Iho Fire Tho 00 block on Broad street proved to be the mlraclo block of the the German gained a foothold last was sentenced to the county nome for evening In an attack on the French elKht months. Bhe guv notice of air front between Avocourt wod and appeal and was placed under a $300 Mulancourt. northwest of Verdun. noun, ine nexi nmuw puuinnintm . Tne flumeg imped over the Paris announced today that th was meted out to vmiii I'.mnnd. c-jblo(.1 ,, not ft building wa dam Gorman Infantry attack In this .ector ; orcd. who wn fined $1 and the costs , nml ocinck whw WH, were not resumed .during the night """"' Arthur Bller colo t mRU and that even the fire of th. heavy.wlth a knife. Anion the other cnse. t,n.ulihed ftfter (llht dnmRlla artillery nna aiminisnca in vioiwice. ""r" " " " ' Th bombardment on tho east bank " and one drunk. of the Mouse continue with undttnln. ' Ishcd Intonslty. The persistence with I ,ehrimliO Klalo Hioot which th Oermsns are pounding the' Grand Island, Neb., March $.. Trench nosltlon near Vnux and Dam- Tho annual trap-shooting tournament limp In thl region Indicate that they nf the N'ebrnska Plate Sportsmen nr probably preparing for a new at- ntsociatlon opens on the ground or me empt to break through th ector;rnnd Island Gun clv,b today, with a where their lines hav been pushed i number of crack shot from different neareat to th heart of th stronghold. 1 part of th state. , atd been done. Quick work on the rt of th firs ien stopped a threatened blsse In the sourthen section of the city at ;30 thl morning. Several mall house and a store were destroyed. The Chronicle established of floe In a job printing plant and wa issued. Tho Herald will b Issued thl after noon. , i
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