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E ASHEYI: CITIZEN. THE WEATHEE: FAIR. Hood tlio ''Poultry sud Eggs" Classified Ate JUL J. AI2A VOL. XXVII, NO. J39. AS1IEV1LLE, N. 0., THURSDAY M0RNIXO, MARCH 9, 1911. PRICE FIVE CENTS ?GRIM SPECTRE OF WAR AGITATES Did he Fall or Was he Pushed? OFFICERS OF THE it inn ii ii nuinn , .nn-Fi JL l ' ' I - IIRIIUNAL bUAtlU CALLED TO MEXICO Will be -Invited" to Take tart In "Training" Maneuvres , on Frontier AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL l Possibility of Trouble in : Anxiety as Marked The Days Which Preceded Declaration of War With Spain. TRAINS BEARING SOLDIERS ARE RUSHING IN FROM ALL SECTIONS Movement of Troops Being Directed With Ac t curacy and Precision Which Denote The Most Careful Preparation, MEXICO CITT, March Eft actually netting at rest all rumors that the United States la preparing tot intervention. In Mexico, President Taft today aent to President Dlas a tele gram In which he says tha mil itary maneuver being conducted long the frontier in Texas have no atgnflcance which ahould causa concern to Mexico. The meaaage was transmitted to the department of foreign relation by Fred Morrla Dealing, the charge d'affaires . of the Ameri can embassy. ff WASHINGTON, March 8. The of ' fleers who aet the, machinery going for tha great gathei-lng of United States troops and warships from end to end of the Mexican frontier: today draw their first long breath in thirty alx hours, and sat back in their chairs In the war and navy depart, inents to watch tha "thing work.,' Krom all directions trains are carry ing soldiers, horses,, fleiev guns and ammunition toward the places of ren 4esvoua, Official Washington still ln Ists for publication that the sola pur. f ea oi this' enddert' find tfreaVted ' display of tha military resources of . tha nation- is to engage In field ma neuvera and practice of officers and men In land and naval activities un der service conditions; In private they make little attempt to conceal the relation of the "maneuvers" to condi tions actual and potential' over the Mexican border line. Mexico Not Surprised. The conundrum over which the un informed are puzzling tonight Is the Ujuestlon of the real attitude of the , Mexican government towards this un precedented display of war resources iat Its doorstep. Not a word of an authoritative character is obtainable Jion that subject. Tt is the general be lief, however, that the Plas govern ment was not In the least taken by surprise in the matter. The cordial ity of the relations betwe I tha Taft and Dlax administrations, as ex pressed when the two presidents met on the International bridge lost year, have not been diminish by any hap penings since, so far as Is known hare ,and it is taken for granted that the unprecedented mobilization of in E Says Mexico Has the Means of Resistance and Would i Use Them All IS NOT SUSPICIOUS ELi PASO, Texas, March 8. Anto nio V. Lomell. Mexican consul at El Paso and Frederick Gonzales Oarza, general secretary of the revolutionary party, today discredited the possibil ity of American Intervention. Consul Lomeli declared auch a thing "would mean war and nothing else." Mr. Lorn el I after exhibiting a tele gram from Enrique Creel, foreign, minister of Mexico, declaring that Mexico had not aaked and would not ask for Intervention said: "Intervention by the United States would be hypocrisy for the AiTrte;rlen , i . k - , , merely sending its troops out on ma neuvers. "I think the American papers are slandering - their own government when they attributed to It such bad faith. We rely on the American gnv- ', ernment's assurance that the mohlli Jxatlon is only for practice. lJ "Intervention would mean war In Mexico, no more, no less. "We hare the means to resist, aud we, cannot accept such a thin?." Senor Garez, secretary of tha revo lutionary party and second in com . mand of the movement said: . "In view of the constant and elo quent expressions of sympathy on the part of the Americans for tha national uprising in Mexico, armed Interven tion cannot be conceivable." Mexico Discussed With The Same Ftterish troops within a few steps of the Mex ican soil never would have been ef fected without suitable Interchange between the two governments to pre clude the possibility of misunder standing. Old Washingtonlang compared to day the conditions prevailing at the war and navy departments with the turmoil and excitement which char acterised' the early days of the Spanish-American war. Thirty-six hours after the determination was reached to mobilize a whole army division in Texas, the officials were sitting trau QHjlJy at their desk watching with quiet interest the workings of the magnificent machinery that had been so carefully built up to respond to such an emergency as the present. The secretary of war was busy wind ing up some Important matters of civil administration preparatory to leaving Washington for several day Nothing r a military nature Inter fered with his designs, f nd ha was able to proceed late In the day for Atlanta. looking Qver Plana. Maj. Qen. Wood, the chief of staff, came Into town from his Fort Myer home early la the day and was soon busied with the reports from his aides and,. from other members of the gen eral staff showing wharprogress wa$ being made In csrrylng out the plant for mobilisation of troops. These ap peared to have been laid with perfec tion, and with the exception of die patching orders to certain companies to take the place of others whose withdrawal to Texas had left some of the military poets without proper caretakers, there was little to be done. Mai. Gen. Carter, who in to command 'the army division in Texas, was look ing after some personal correspond ence and making sure that his fevor lte charger would be suitably cared for on the long railroad trip to Texas. Well Prepared. Nowhere was the superiority of the new state of affairs over those that existed In the war department before the days of the Spanish war made more manifest than in the quarter master's department. Hen. Aleshlre with his deputies was engaged In a j herculean task he was moving a j body of soldiers across tiie country more numerous than the entire force which was gathered at Tampa, Fla., ( Continued on Pago IFtp.) AUGUSTA PREPARES FOR COMING OF PRESIDENT FOR TEHTS OF REST After Making Speech in At lanta Will Join Party for Short Recreation FAVORITE PLACE AUGUSTA. Ga., March 8 Arrange ments were made hr today for the coming of President Taft Saturday for a visit of ten days. Tho president will come to Augusta from Atlanta, after his address at the Southern Commercial congress Friday night. A companion train will accompany the "I president's party and upon arrival here the presidential party will be driven In automobiles directly to the Bon Air hotel where private apart ments were secured today by 1... C. Wheeler of the secret service: depart ment. In the president's party will be Secretary Charles D. Norton, Cap tain A. W. Butt, Charlea, Wagner and Augustus Carter. Mrs. Taft and Mrs, Nerton will Join the party here Sun day, coming direct from Washing ton. In addition to the Immediate party of the president there will be ten newspapers' and press association men land U C. Wheeler, R. J. Gen-ale and James Moan, of tha secret service de- partmrnt who were here with the I president on -his former visit. Mr. Wheeler spent this afternoon ' In conference with Chief of Police (Geo. P. Elliott and left later for At j lanta, where he will make Inspec tions before the arrival In that city of tha presidential party. AMBASSADORS GAN OFFER NO REASON FORWARLfKEMQVE Mexican Minister Unable td Explain Ordering of Troops to Texas THEY DO NOT BELIEVE ACTION IS HOSTILE Health of Diaz Is Not Factor In Present Situation Says One Minister NEW YORK, March 8. The Mexl can ambassador to the United States' and the United States ambassador to Mexico and the Mexican minister of finance and the representative here of the' In'surre'cto- all professed them selves unable to offer any explana tion of the movement to the Texas border of a formidable United States army. j. AH alike were unwilling to believe-Intervention In Mexico la Im minent. , Senor De La Barra, the Mexican ambassador, waa cheery' If harried; Ambassador Wilson was guarded and reticent JoS stves'' Umsntoor, the terse and rather somber. He did not disguise hi uncertainty and anxiety or the fact that his latest reports from Mexico brought word that the people there were restless snd pnd zled. Ouetave Madero, brother to the provisional Insurgent president, was voluble and excited. Gives Interview.' Fenor re la Barra returned from Washington today and was closeted with Renor l.lmantour until late to night. At four o'clock he gsve the newspapers what he called a Just, plsln statement, a brief Interview In which he outlined the matter dis cussed up to that time. 'At S o'clock." he esld. "I am going back to Washington, but shortly after ar rived Cayetano Ttnmero, the Mexican consul general. in a great hurry, bearing with him a long dispatch In cipher snd when five o'clock rant the Mexican amba.-wartor did not leave. Nor at , nor nt 7. nd at Senor Ltmsntoiir sent down word (Continued on Pane Fonr) NOT BE PARTICIPATED IN Jury in Famous Case Finds That She Was Not Legit imate Daughter JUDGE SO ORDERED LOS ANGELES. Cal., March . The Jury In the case of Beatrice Anita Turnbull, 17 years old. seeking a one-sixth share of the $11,000,000 estate of E. J. (Lucky) Baldwin to day, under instructions from the court, reached a verdict adverse to the Boston rlslmant. Judge Rives.. In hi t charge to the Jury said: "I have concluded that under the testimony In this esse thee has been failure to establish s marriage and therefore It becomes my duty as Judge of this court so to Instruct you and direct you to find a verdict ac cordingly." The Jury then retired anU a few minutes later brought in the follow ing verdicts . "We, the Jury, find that there nev er was a marriage either valid or null In law or any marriage what ever between the mother of said Be atrice Anita Baldwin, otherwise known as Beatrice Anita Turnbull, and tha said E. J. Balwin. deceased; that Be atrice Anita Baldwin, otherwise Be atrice Anita Turnbull, Is not a legiti mate daughter or a legitimate etuio? uf E. i. Balwin, deceased," SOUTHERN, COMMERCIAL CONGRESS WILL TELL WORLD OF SOUTlfs .WEALTH Thousand Attracted to Meeting m Atlanta Where Some of Most DJstinguishedMen of Nation Are to Spea1c.j"For a Greater Nation Througha Greater South is Slogan of Great Conference. ATLANTA, da., afar.: I, If fore casts made hero today .coma' true tha next great movement of settler will not be toward' the .west or north west, which heretofore have been the Mecca, of persons seeking new homes, but to tha e)4 Mouth. This sentiment ws expressed at the first session of tha Southern Com mercial congress" three day meet ing. Thta organisation, 'formed a lit tle more than three year ago .stand sponsor for that expected tide of Im migration by advertising the advan tages of the country- south of the Mason and Dixon Una and correcting false impressions ' prospective Invest ors, may have formed ... , : Today'e sosston t. ws 1 devoted to speech-mail tng -. byv wen known mcij of tha' country and .Individual "dele gates from the , various .-southern states, , Em' pointed , to the increas ed prosperity in atora and the multi tude of natural advantage which have hardly btjgun to be utilized. John M.i Parker, nr . New Orleans, president of the congress In a gener al statement explained the alma of the congress and. Its conventions. Speeches by Governor Joa. M. Brown, of Georgia General Julian . Carr of North Carolina, and United Btatos Senator D: U, Fletcher of Florlla, were followed by p series of ad dresses on the general ' topic "Ex ternal View of the South" by men of national' prominence In tha busi ness and professional world. These speakers Included Jas. Wilson, secre tary of agriculture; Geo. W. 1'erlclns, formerly with J. P. Morgan & com pany; Arthur Knvanagh. cashier of the National City bank of New York city. ' "Symposium of South" The night session was given over to a "symposium of the South, " a del egate from each state present rnak-, Ing a short talk on' tha opportunl ties President Has Both Cases Under Consideration and Will Act Soon WASHINGTON. March . Presi dent Taft leaves for the South to morrow, He takes with him for final consideration the appeal for pardon which has been made by John H. Walsh and t'harl-Hi W. Morse. The president will study these 'cases In the quiet of his short vacation and before he returns to Washington both men probably viu know wntmer they are to he free or to stay In fed eral penitentiaries. Attorney General Wlckersham after several weeks of Investigation of both cases Will turn over all the papers to the .president tomorrow with his rec ommendation. Attorney 'Wlckersham's recommen dations are confidential to the presi dent, but it Is understood the at titude pf the deportment of Justice Is In favor of granting clemency. FAIR WASHINGTON, Mar. : p. Forecast; North - Carolina, fair In ; Interior Thursday; ' clearing I on tha cossti warmer; Friday, generally fair,' mod erate winds becoming south. 1 da' M in hie particular section and what has been done toward a, business awakening. These Speakers and their states Included ... Albert P. Rush .Mobile, Ala.1 Col. 8, W Fordyca. Hot springs. Ark.! F. P. Conroy, Jacksonville. Kla. 1, .8. ravia, Albany, Ja.; Logan C. Mur ray, JLoulsvllle, Ky-i 'J3., Howell Oris- wold, jr., Baltimore; R W. Griffith, Vlcksburg, Miss.: Cvrus P. W'al. bridge, IW, LcAila; J. JJlwooijf Cox, High Point, N, CI Prof, Clias, N. Gould, Norman, Okla-s B,, W, nob. vrtson, Columbia - ,8. C.J Loland Huina, Nashville, Tenn,; '. Oliver a. Beans, Wheeling, W. Va.i and W. H. Haundera, EMstrlct of Columbia.. ( -, , li B. Kprelts Tonljfht. 1 Celonel t-fhoedora JUomvell'l e pec ted to' arrive tomorrow morning and will delKtcr tha principal ad dress at the night session tomorrow on tha subject "The South'e Obliga tion in Htatesmanshlp , and Business Endeavor," Other speakers of prom Inenca qn tomorrow's program are Bernaj-d .V, Baker .president of the National Conservation association; Jno. Barrett, director general of the Pa-Amrleah unioni Chas. J. Bher rlll, minister to Argentine and no. Temple aravea,; of Naw Tork. President Parker Mfx-aks. Tha 'opening address on the '.pro gram of th : Southern Commercial congress waa made by. it president John M. Parker of New Orleans, who congratulated the delegates upon, the progress made already through or ganization by the commercial secre taries throughout, the South of "young men looking forward, with hope," He deprecated what he term ed a decline of the nation Into Idle ness, luxury, extravagance and , a'lld excesses. Prerldent Parker said In part: .. 'Until fifty years ago a meeting 'of ROOSEVELT DECLARES THJTmTTIi.il! Former Oracle of the World Suddenly Finds Power of Speech Leaving Him WASHINGTON, March , Colonel Roosevelt, enroute from New York to Atlanta had a short stay In Washing ton today while1' tha train changed crews. He refused to discuss the movement of troops to the Mexican border, or to express an opinion on the resignation of Secretary Ballln ger; ','1 am not discussing anything now" he replied to questions, The colonel, however, expressed re gret that the specimens of animals i which he brought from African had not been mounted, "Those specimens j which ere now lying in the National ! Musuni," said the colonel addressing i newspaper men, "were brought here ! for the American people. They should be mounted and put on exhi bition Immediately snd congress should be prevailed upon to make an appropriation for that purpose." Secretary of War Department and Surgeon General'Weyman of the pub lic health and marine hospital ser vice hoarder! tba lraln.They are also going to Atlanta to attend the South ern commercial congress, TOXY SMITH KEXKAHKD, NEW YORK", March l.Presldcnt Ebbets of the Brooklyn Club an nouncea that Tony Bmtth, who played shortstop for the Buperbaa last year, has been released to the Mobile club of the Southern assoclatnn, prob abl will captain that team this season, this, character would have been be yond tha conception of the wildest dreamer and th greatness of the United Htatea Is tj pitied whan the great mn of tha nation now assist in making tha world gppraulata tha vaatness of southern posaiblittis t ,, ,.'The: patriotism of, th m who coma from the North and Kaat and West at their own expense to preach to the whole world on southern ad vantages ghowa; tht perfect. unity f tha greatest patlou nn tha globe, , I'ln 177t wa were tha most patriotic people on tba globa and had m mill ionalrea ... i .. "T&dy, pndtlnn , are , reva.aod, and wa have--thousands f million airts and faw whoTs) willing to laorinca their personal benoflta for ilia general good, . , : , , "Dollar blindness threatens to be come a national curse withering many desirable traits of character and warp ing others. "Gold. Is rapidly tjacoming the God of the nation rind, by many, wealth Is held above character," v . President Parker said tha time waa ripe when the treat thinkers of the t'nlted eiHtes ahuuld work out soma equitable, basis of taxation by which vast fortunes "may not be transmit ted to soma future generation, when tha fool or the knave, may uao It to the misery of humanity" and a. large part at least, should ba uaed for pub lie purposes for .. tha . benefit at tha people from whom it waa taken, "The natural laws of supplynd de mand," he continued . "should gov ern our, agricultural products and produeer and consumer allkw, should be protected from 'the speculator, "We have no royalty in. (his ooun try nd should tolerate no clasa dl- (Cnntlnuct on Page) Wx) EORT SIM HOUSTON NOV Quarters Prepared for the Encampment of 20,000 U. S. Soldiers Entrained BAN ANTONIO, Tex.. Mar. I. Fort Sam Houston will be ready to ,care for the 20,000 United States soldiers who have been ordered to this army post when they urli. Quarters are ready tonight for one brigade of Infantry, outlines have been made for the camps of two more brigades and by Thursday night the entire camp wtli be in readiness. No troops are expected until Thursday afternoon when the 17th Infantry from Fort McPheraonVOa., will detrain and march over tha ireif. of government Hill to 'their quarters In the eight hundred acre tract which the government owns on the outskirts of this city. Company I)., eign&l. corps, from Jfort Omaha, Neb., is expected to come Saturday an4 from that, time forward until the 20,000 come to the army, post will be a scene of unusual activity. Meanwhile Lieutenant B. D. Foulols and aviator Parmalee , who Jolted the ' government's biplane considera bly when they fell with the machine Into the bed of tha Bio Grande river near Eagle Pesa last Saturday have reached San Antonio. , Tha biplane will be i'epa4red within three days and will be ready to" take- patt in- tha maneuvers MORE AHTILLEY MOl KS. MOBILLB, Ala., Mrh T.Three hundred and fifty artillery, coming the seventy-fifth,, nlnety-nintn h t. -,. one hundred and seventeenth compa nies of coast artillery, will leave here for . the Mexican border . tomorrow morning by special train consisting of eighteen car EIGHT THOUSAND OF ThE STATES' MILITIA Acceptance. However. Is Op tional. But It Is Believed Many will Answer : WASHINGTON, March . Tha milt Ufa offlcera of nil tha atates of tha union will be Invited, to participate In tha operations, of the army at Ban Antonla, Texas,, This announcement was ptfida by the war department to night and was coupled with ths atats ment that tha invitation will. ua ex tended with a view of giving the offl cera of tha national, guard practical field, training In the itnsiTe maneu vera which officials declare la tha pur pose of tba military . domonstatlon. There are about 1,000 of these oftl- cr. , ,( ?; ,7'' ' '' ''' ' , Aa it la purely an invttatton and lt acceptance la optional with the men It cannot be foretold how many will avail thme)vea of tha opportunity to take part in tha present military o ttvliy..i Thi ftnnouiwiemant In, regard. to the militia officers gavs rise to fur. ther speculation In Washington In oonnectlon with tha, movement of troopa. The known dearth of' off I cars In the army and tha fact that tha war department has been knook lug at tha doors of congress for addi tional oltkera gave BMund fnr tha conjecture that the real purpose of the Invitation to the officers of that mllltla was to use them to command regulr troops. . - ' : nvtn uuicers. Ths need of the army for mora offlcara for command ' positions lent ronslderable rolor to the advent uf tha mllttla Into the ptiwdltig altua tlon, The war departinant, towever,, gava smphathj denial the fun tton tbat tha 4illltla offlceis would; ba used to fill vacancies In command, and reiterated ths statement that tha assembling of tha national guard offi cers would merely ba for tha purpose of Instruction. , Three aeroplanes of standard types,. It waa . made - known tonight will ba . purchased by the war department and' rushed to- the front for service with . tha troop, This la carrying out tha Idea of the director of the present campaign. It Is said, to equip the army which is being mobilised along tha southern frontier as modern organisation. These machines will ba eyulppeil with wireless telegraph In ; strumenu which will operate with tha Cavalry in reconnolssance. fi It ts da oiarea at ina war uepanment mat the present situation wlU preacnt a splendid opportunity for a fair trial of the flying machine for purposes of war. . a. 4 mmxmm- 13 AOOUGED AT TRIAL OF EiBL-WOllBOrJiESS ' eA v . , J t e Shot Her Young Victim to Prevent His Leaving Her Is Trend of Hearing UNDtJELY INT11IATE ; WHITBVIIX.E, N, C, Marcn I. Kvldence Introduced by the State in tha trial of Mrs. Rosa Hayes, charged . with tha murder of Robert Floyd the young medical student, today tended to strengthen t the theory : of the prosecution that tha defendant was on terms oi uncus innsiwr wiia her victim, and farther developed ths , Idee, that Mrs. Hayes killed Floyd be causa she - was jealous of him : and feared that he was drifting away from her, A former clerk for Mayes, whs hjw,J.rf 'lit, h 'fHlllV::whA: t h husband of tha defendant kept atora at torn 8, C: lestlflea that Hayes openly charged his wife with intimacy with Kloyd and that the charge was . not resented by the Id yea old bride. of . the defendant, swore that Mra. Hayes told her that unleaa Hayes stopped quarreling with her about tha attenuona oi nan inn mam -wouia . leave home, change her nam, become a trained nurse and than Floyd would coma' to her. Other witnesses testi fied that for- ft week prior to tha trag- -edy Mrs.. Hayes enraged In target practice with-tha Colt automatlo re volver with which she committed tha erime .and the totter written by tha husband to Floyd inviting . him 'to coma to Mount Tabor, and treat tha mote of Mrs, Hayes facs was exhibit- ad. Tha progeas of the trial waa In terfered with eertoualy today by the Illness of Jurors- One suffer,.. a rhni and tha other retired with i. i i i- c of acute indigestion.
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