North Carolina Newspapers

S ' CITIZEN ASHEY THE WEATHER FAIR CITIZEN WANT ADS BRING RESULTS "ASHEVILLE, N. 0., MON DAY MORNING, MARCH 17, 1913. VOL. XXIX, NO. 145. PRICE FIVE CENTS THE SUFFRAGETTES ABE mm inn SUHDAUETIIIC Mob of Ten Thousand Sur rounds Wcmen When They Gather In London POLICE TRIED HARD TO QUIET THE MOB Officers Are Brushed Aside by the Excited Crowd Attacking Women LONDON. March 1j The snffra- gettes who again attempted to bold a Hiinday afternoon meeting In Hyde irb war mobbed by a crowd of 10,000 persons. '.. For two houri tbs nark when denv enstratlona until recently wart bald In peace, and Oxford street nearby, were the scenes of wildest disorder The trouble betan when "Oeneral' Mri. Flora - Drummond mounted I waron and atarted to apeak to the great assemblage, which waa largely made up of youths who had araiea thtmuim -with ammunition of va- rloua deaorlptloni or with trumpets. mouth 1 organs and horns. She had .hardly uttered a word when a clod of turf struck her In the mouth. Mrs. Drunrend retained her rood nature, smiled at her tormentors and continued her speech amonf a verl- ; table tornado of abuse, oat calls, rsg time choruses and erles of "go home to your children." . For half-, an hour the crowds shouted,; sang and pelted the auffra gette commander In chief, whose clothes soon were a mass of mud. At last Mrs. Drummond's speech, of which not a word was audible curie to an end and a younger woman took , her place. She fared no better. The police called upon the chairman to close the meeting. Under escort of large force of police mounted and afoot, the women were led out of the park followed by a peering crowd . which continued to pelt them with . ' missies. -. ,: v - v Crowd Rushes Police)! i The police endeavored to pilot the v women to the tube statloa tut the -.crowd aTe4-them aside and drag ged the women up and down Ui "Istrset. In the melee one woman's eye jwas blackened and the clothes of all were torn and disheveled. The po . lice after half an hour's struggle got 'the upper hand. The attack upon the suffragettes was preconceived long before their i (Continued on rage Six) PEACE TRUSTEES ASK SflNGRESS TO REPEAL II Declare American Honor is at Stake in the Panama Canal Question. ! MATTER AT . ISSUE . WASHINGTON, March 11 Daclar ag the United States ought to be the 4nost scrupulous of all nations in the keeping of Its treaty obligations, "even to Its own hurt" the trustees of the Carnegie endowment for International peace tonight Issued an appeal to the American people to bring about as an 'act of national honor the repeal of the ct of wngreae which exempts Amer ican coast-wise vsaseis from payment of Panama canal tolls. The appeal 1s In the form of a statement and was Issued ovar the signature of the society's president, Senator Etlhu iKoot Joseph H. Choate, former enr sssador to England; Lake B. Wright, former eoretary of war; Charlemagne Tewer. former ambassador to Ger maajr; Nlelselajs Murray Sutler, pros (ldeflt of Columbia, university, and oth er members of the board of trustee. , The Issvaaoo of this statement is the latest work of the society which .was fennded in 111 by Andrew Car. 'regie when he endowed it with f 10. t,0lt. The Brochure sets for the 'history of the various trestles that ve been negotiated by this country wtta Oreat ' Britain regarding the building and' eontrel of the Panama canal It la declared, quoting from the language of the several treaties be tween the two eeuatrlea, that It was the parpoee of the American gevern snent te construct and maintain the Panama, canal for "the benefit of mankind, en equal terms to all" and that all treaties on the subject are "based en this Intention and resolve rnany time reiterated by official rep resentatives f the Amarlsaa govern meat," , Continuing the Brochure gives the, History of the negetunen of the fy, oena'vded on April 4. Ill which II la stipulated that In the event of "afffloultles arising ef a le gal nature or relating to the Interpre tation of existing treaties these dlffl- giultiee shall be rsferred te the perma nent oourt et, arbitration at The on Knew Twe) v' " MAGNITUDE OF THE MEXICAN TROUBLE IS BEING COVERED UP j -. , " i Public Anxious for Peace Has Now Become Pessimistic Over the Sit uationWar News of the Day from Mexico City. ", MJDXICO CITT. March II. There la a wide variance between official totd unofficial reports received In the capita regarding the magnitude of Mexico's latest revolution. Information from sources hereto, fore reliable makes- it - appear that Cnrrenae's revolt is far mora formid able than - the government ' reports would Indicate. ' According to the government the rebel governor of Coahuila holds no towns, commands sot more than 400 men and Is chiefly occupied In run-' nlng . away from the government troops. - Private Advices Received. Private advices say he holds Lam pasas and Bustamente, in the state f Nuevo Leon and Ciudad Porforlo Dies, in the state of Coahuila and Chat he has at least 4,000 men, many of whom are state troops under h command. Furthermore it Is report ad oa the same authority that Carr an sa practically is in control of the Mexican International railway and lai'w,lch no-ed in the downfall of .Ma pertaing portions of it and has so damaged the national railway between Monterey and Laredo that to repair it will ..require considerable time even when the management la given an op portunity to do so. Tanks Are Destroyed. -The oil and water tanks and stations have been destroyed. In addition to destroying the bridges, miles of tracks' Coahuila, to oppose rebel bands in nave literally been removed, the reb-,that state. The soldiers fired upon Is using a crane and a locomotive byi their , commander and i00 of them whloh long sections are torn away at! have Joined the forces of Carransa, onetime a trick learned from Oroscojth rebel governor of Coahuila. When he destroyed the tracks between1 Francisco Narenjo, ax-governor of Chihuahua and Juarez, i Morelos and a former colonel In Pres- Tb pubilo and press of Mexico Cltyj anxious for peace, have been optlmln tie but are now beginning to receive with doubts the reports of dwindling J revolutionary movements, especially in the north. Accurate Information is difficult to obtain and there Is reason to believe that even the government has been badly Informed in many 'cases. ' . PascuaJ Oroico, Ji appears to-be as optimistic as the government ana professes to believe that Flllpe Cas tro the emissary he sent to Inez Sal- tzar win be able to ebtaln his alleg iance to President Huerta. GONZALES ARRIVES. NSW YORK, - March 11. Oeneral' FEDERAL PLUMS ARE TO FALL SLOWLY FBOM THE JQDOROWlSDI) TREE Chairman . . McCombs and , Democratic Leaders Hold Conference. , THEIR DECISION. WASHINGTON. Maroh II. Con ferences between national chairman WllUam F. McCombs and demo cratic leasers today brought out the fact that the administration In tends to proceed slowly and carefully in filling federal offices throughout the country. It Is expected however, that when the extra session ef con gress begins on April 7 there will be a long list ef appointments ready for confirmation. , When the extra session opens Postmaster General Burleson also ex perts te have ready his plan for deal ing with the situation' oreated when all fourth class Ipostmasters wsre put into the classified service. Mr. Burleson dees net believe that the executive order through which the postmasters were placed on the civil service list should be revoked but he Insists that those who were paced on the civil service list without examination bo required to eubmlt to the merit test. While the Question of federal ap pointments Is absorbing the attention ef President Wilson It became appar ent today that besides the members ef the cabinet who are sifting the mass ef applicants. National Chair man McCombs and Secretary Tumul ty are working in close harmony with fliesafeers of congress. It became known also that no par ticular policy will be followed in all the states with reference te organiza tion, antl-ersaalsaiion and Independ ent dameoratlo faetlens. "Each state nreeeote its own problem," said Mr. McCombs today. While the democratic organisations have been onanimoasly behind Wil son campaign since the Baltimore convention it la an open secret that erne ef the organisation men are Knot In tifgn favor at the white hones. Mr. Mocomba bad netting te an. soanne as te the request ef the yeee Hent . tat3t eooms aabassaW es V V Fenando Oontales, for several years ene of the principal aides of ex-Pres ident Porforlo' Die who went to Eu rope In 1911,, In the same ship with the exiled president of Mexico, arrived here today on the steamer Kalserln Augusta Victoria, on his way to Mex ico City. ' , ' Oeneral Gonzales denied that he waa the bearer of dispatches from Porforlo Was to the new Mextoan government but said he would visit President Hu arte. . ' . ....... . "'"I assure you," Oeneral Oontales said, 'that my trip to Mexico has no political significance. ' I am simply returning to attend to some private business. . I am not bringing any mes sages from former President Dial. "Although I have been with him constantly for the last two years I must confess that I do not know his views on the present situation. I left him a few days before the revolt, dero, broke out." . ... WONT OBEY ORDERS. MONTEREY, Mexico, March II. Some 400 federal troops In the army of Oeneral Chech Campos refused to obey orders yesterday when command ed to go from Gomes Palacio on the eastern border of Durango, to Parras dM Jtaoero s army, was oiacnargea yesterday charged Incompetence for falling to control the movement of the Carranttstaa. , BATTLE TAKES PLACE. MONTEREY, Mexico, March II. Oeneral . Trucy Aubert on his march to Lampaaos wa opposed by the rebels at Vlllaldama, tl miles north of, Monterey. . A aUlo enswed- and the Carranslstas fled. : , Oeneral Trevlno hu received In structions to exercise the most rigor ous meastjres In his campaign against the Maderistas. tie has refused, bow ever, to follow such Instructions And has resigned as governor of the state of Nuevo Leon. TRUSTING ILL Department of Justice is Planning to Make New ' Inquiries. MANY ON LIST. WAflHlNQTJJN, March II. 'Trust" investigations begun during the Taft administration are being continued with unabated energy by Attorney Oeneral McReynolds. New Inquiries are expected aa soon as ths forces of the department of Justice can reach thsm. v' By direction of the attorney gen eral, the Standard Oil Inquiry will be preeeed to conclusion as rapidly as possible to determine whether the decree of dissolution has been vlo lated. Grand Juries probably will be called upon In some Instances to de velop the real situation. In sections of the country where special agents of the department of Justice are un able to ascertain . the facts, grand Juries, It Is understood will be sum moned to probe to the bottom. 1 It has not yet been decided wheth er proceedings will take tha nature of Indictments or a petition et eon tempt of court If It is finally con cluded that the decree has been vlo. lated. The inquiry, nation-wide In scope, is declared to present many difficulties -requiring much time to solve. If It Is found that there la an absent competition through a com munity of Interest, it would bo futils, It is pointed out, to prosecute only ecrperatlons because corporations can not bo Imprisoned. Ths government, under such circumstances, It Is added, must find the Individuals responsible for any possible misdeeds of corpora tion Other Important trust Investigations which are being continued Include those ef the American Can company, tha Amerloan Smelting and Refining oempany and the United Fruit com pany. The new administration also faces ths question whether te dismiss or continue the so-called coffee trust suit revolving about ths Braslllan valorisation plan. In the dlplematlo negotiations for the settlement of the case. Brasil has promised detailed In formation about the sale of the 120, III bags of coffee stored, In New Tork under the plan. Secretary ofil Bta.te Bryan and Attorney Genera' UtTUmnliM ha-vs-ast- net.lakan-us 'the qnesUen, ' MS . ail m r w r m v i r - mm .,. a-.r MANY IMPORTANT QUESTIONS NOW KNOCKING FOR ADMISSION AT DOORS OF THE EXTRA SESSION Congressional Circles Keeping Eyes Turned Towards the Whiu House for Develop mints at that Important Point Panama Canal, Woman Suffrage, the Philippines -'(.'. - ; - WASHIN4T0N, . March XI. Con gressional circles are keeping a -cloee watch on the white bouse for any (.indication of a change of sentiment toward the Meideratlon of other sub jects than the tariff at the special session that Js to convent early next month.,. -t ' . if';j.. ,, .-.''....,',.',., It has beoome Increasingly evident with each day of the last week that currency reform. Philippine independ ence, Panama canal tolls, woman suf frage and ortvuC" leading tt are to be forced upon the attention of the country, , before 'the tariff session la weU begun and that It will be dif ficult to withstand" the. pressure to have them taken tip' for action before adjournment. - ' , . While, the other members of both houses of congress are urging an early, adjournment of the approaching ses sion there are scores of new mem bers im the house and senate who are willing and eager to "stay all sum mer" If necessary to secure legislative action upon subjects in which they are Interested. ,. President Geta Appeals. President Wilson has had numerous appeals made to htm to Include other things than the tariff In his program for the session. The impression pre vails among democrats at the capital that congress will be given an oppor tunity to take up currency- legislation and some other matters, after the success of tariff revision has been made sure. The Panama canal tell Issue cannot T 111 LITTLE GEORGIA TOWN Illinois Man v And Then On Self. Kills Fiance Turns Pistol MACON, Oa., March U. -After vainly sndeavorlng U effect a recon ciliation with his fiancee. W. F. Ulse. of Blyvester, Oa.. today shot and kil'- ed Miss Cllnnls Hall, of Oordon, Oa., anil then committed suicide. The tragedy took nlare In a local board lng house and was witnessed by oral nersene '.tvtng In the house. Mine, a traveling salesman. Is said te have beoome angered at Miss Hall last Thursday st which tlms he snatched his sniagement ring from her finger and threw It into the street. Today Mtse called the young wom an from the dining oom and at tempted to effect a reconciliation. As ths girl turnea to leave him Mlse drew a revolver and shot her four times. As witnesses of ths shooting r.ed for safsty, Mlse reloaded the pistol and sent two bullets threugn his body and one Into his shoulder. He fell acsess the prostrate body or the young woman. Miss Hall came te Geergls two years ago from gprtngfield. U X. 4. 4 - DR. PHI ED MA. V3I RETURNS. 4 NEW TOKK. March II. Dr. Fried eric k Franr Frledmann re- turned here today from Canada 4 and made preparations for ad- 4 4 ministering his tuberculosis ac- cine to twelve patients Ifr Belle- 4' ue hoeplta tomorrow. 4 4 Dr. Pried mann this afternoon Visiter Bellevue. Later he visit- 4 ed Mount Blnal hospital, where 4 be . examined the patien'.r ht 4 " treated a week ago. Concern- 4 4 lng their condition be would say 4 nothing, ' 4 St. Patricks Day. First signs of green In the spring. and Other Important Issues be evaded In the opinion of demoorata of both houses who have been advo cates of the repeal of the free toll provision In the law which' wUi be come operative as eoon as the canal la opened next fall. . President Wil son's attitude on the subject hu hot been made known; but many promin ent democrats assert he would wel come repeal ef the free tell provis ion beore it goes into .effect. Rep resentative Sims will re-lntroditoe bis resolution te accomplish this end, soon after the new. congress convenes., . ' v- PrwgreM oa Tariff, The tariff revisionists of the house are making headway. In committee satisfactory to tha democrtalo leaders and will be ready when the extra ses sion oonvenes. Tbs demoorata have virtually finished with- the ' fourteen schedules of the Payne-Aldrlch law and 'Will take up administrative fea tures of the tariff schedule tomorrow. ' With that part of the work dis posed of there will be a final smooth ing out of the whole plan, a careful analysis of the effect on federal reve- nues, that would follow each change; tenatlvely agreed upon and then a full consideration of the Inoome tax plan with a view to making up any needed amount of revenue. ' Many Minor Changes. , Democratic tariff measures of the last congress have been followed In the main though many relatively min or changes have been made. There has been some additions to the free list EE DE IN Crest of Stage Has Been , Beached at Augusta and Macon.- " T .ATLANTA, March II .-Cme lees of lifs waa reported today by the flood waters In Georgia which have Inun dated the lowlands along the Savan nah and the Ocmutgee rivers. Will iam Wilson, night watchmen for the interstate chemical company, was drowned when "a break 'ln the levee ef the Ocmutgee caused the flooding of almost ths entlrs fertiliser fac tory district of Macon. Wilson's body was found with the arm crooked about the top wire, of a submerged fence, The arest of the flood stsge was reached at Macon and Augusta about II o'clock today. Tonight the waters have receded greatly. Railroad traf fic has boon seriously Impeded and many families have" been driven from their homes. At Augusta the Savannah river reached a stags of II. 1, parts ef the eity were flooded to a depth of sev eral feet: Warnings had been Issued, however, to property owners in the low sections and the damage. It Is thought. Will be small. if-r POPE SOW WELI 4 4 4 4 ROME, Mrch 11. The condl- 4 4 tlon of the pope Is such that his 4 4 physicians have permitted him 4 4 to renurre practically the ordi- 4 nary course of life. His holiness 4 4 will not give any further sudi- 4 4 ences, however, until the Wed- 4 nesday after Easter. t f t ! ft f f OF CONGRESS Showing up. Of the present law. Tha fight against free lemons has been compromised with an agreement for a substantial cut In duty,' There have been num- erous reductions agreed Upon in the big schedules. , Chairman ..Underwood and has as sociates who have been working on the revision plan since January ex peot the house to pass the commit tee's division bills without much op- position. , The more radical, revision forces of the senate have developed Additional strength and It Is claimed now that the house bills will be passed qulckly by the senate and that in some cases the house rates may be cut even lowsr, flPrcrTM QUIET fSUNDAY. WAOfllNGTON, Much ll Presl dsnt WUson again escaped the stares of the curious and worshipped Incon spicuously today at. the, First Pres byterian church. , , With a dosen or mors Presbyterian churches located within easy reach of the white house the president has kept WMhlnftn Mk ...m, . day M to the one he would selsot There 1s a friendly rivalry among those who would have the president worship at a particular church all the time. But It was? apparent tod that the president will not make a final selec tion, If at all, until he has attended all of the Presbyterian churchee. - w (Onn tinged on Page Two) KNOCK ATCOSFEREf.CE Resolutions are Adopted at the Jacksonville Sunday Meeting. JACKSONVILLE, Flft., March II. A lesolutlon which declares that the employment of child tabor has brought reproach upon American In dustry, while only a small percentage of factories recruit their working forces from Juvenile toilers, waa en thusiastically adopted here this af ternoon at a maes meeting held under the auspices ef the National Child Labor eonferenoe, in session here. The resolution urgently requests the National Manufacturers' association to aid in the abolition of child labor, snd asks the co-operation of every American social service and welfare work organisation . ' The resolution states that tha Na tlonal Child Labor committee "de- plored the fact that thousands of American shlldren, many yet unborn, will never secure the protection of child labor laws unless there Is a greater awakening of interest through out the nation In ths causa of child labor reform." . Frederick R. Hudson, ef the Flor ida state senate, representing Gov ernor Park M. Trammel!, presided st the meeting today. Pr. A. J. Mc Kelway, of Washington, D. C, South ern secretary of the National Child Labor committee; Jerome Jenea, edi tor of the Jeufnal of Labor, Atlanta, Oa., Mrs. Florence Kelly, secretary of the National Consumers' league, of New Tork and others. , TUB WEATHKR. WASHINGTON, March tl. Fore cast! for North Carolina: fair Monday and Tuesdsy, rising temperature Tuos day and in . extreme westsrn portion M eBdit-j4eraie west wtede fee gomlng variable. UNCLE JOE criiioi he Ends Forty Year Service foi . Country In Washing ton circles ILLINOIS POLITICIAN IS WELL CARED FOR Ex-Congressman Has Some Bank Stock to Tide Him Over WASHINGTON, March II. Joseph Ourney Cannon, private cltlten "went home" today after nearly forty years of pubtlo srvlee, . j Unattended, the arstwhlle -ciar off the houe, plolced up hla gripsack andj. atarted tor Danville, "Vermilion coun ty, Illinois. , "Unole Joe' and twg ' big coda boxes left together, The boxes con tained the private letters and docu ments of a long series of years In the roldat of Washington's political tur- moll. It took weeks te sort them out' frsap the accumulation ef the former speaker! letter files. ' ' ; "WsU, rm through," sighed "Uncle , Joe" as he straightened up after closing the last box, shook the duM from his hands and , rumpled his s:anty gray hair. . , "I've had a devil of a Job getting rid ef stuff. I must have had thou-; sands of newspaper dippings and cartoons, bssldes my. letters and pa pers. .They were all worth keeping when I gathered them and I had a pretty hard time weeding them out.' Most of them were clever but fares' Uy of a complimentary nature," and I 'Uncle Joe's' keen gray eyes twinkled' remlnlaoently, ...- i - ' "What are you going to do back . hornet" he waa asked. , ;, He rubbed his head reflectively, hoisted himself to the edge of the table, wrapping his long )"Ki abnut , the back of a chair and nau j . "Well, my ttuslneaa Is In pretty rood shape. I've got a little bank' ibtock and that Is pretty well ortan- Used. My farm land Is well handled. I guess Til Just look around a little bit. When I was young I wanted toi travel but I was too busy earning a living. Now I don't cars much about' it. The folks are planning a grand trip 'around the world, China, India' Japan, the Philippines and all the rest of it " 'Uncle Joe' stroked his ' beard a' moment. and then , leaning forward confidentially remarked; ' ! "But, I'm- not going. I. may uke a little run through Mississippi and Arkansas, where I want to look over) JOrmtlnned on Page KrQ j mm m m BTIEW1KEOLO, 'IN BOSK SECTi:, Property Valued at $350,bco Was Taken by the Gang Sunday, ' EAST SIDE JOBS. NEW YORK, March 11. An eastl side burglary, perpetrated by clever) cracksmen some time today, netted! Ue thieves the largest haul obtained! In New Tork city in many years.) Martin Simons and Bone, pawnbrok-l or In Hester street, were the victims! and ths property stolen Includes IHI.-I 000 worth of Jewelry, diamond and . ether precious stones and lll,0lt worth of negotiable seourltlea. j The thieves gained across te the( pawnbrokers' richly stored vauita by; means et a tunnel from an abetting! building on a neighboring street. Theyj made a clean get-away with their! valuable loot : ' . The police are of the opinion that 1 ' cracksmen were employed on the! "d that the tunneling required: All of last night and ths greater part, of Sunday morning. It Is their be-1 that the actual robbery took plane! this afternoon, while hundreds of per-i eons were passing along ths streets Ini front of the pawnshop. - None of thef tenants In either the building from; Which the tunnel atarted or that in' which the pawnshop Is located heard t any unusual noise. ' A Janltress peering through the win-1 dow of the shop late this afternoon noticed the litter near the vauita andf tare the alarm. The police found that ; the tunnel was begun In the cellar of -a house- In fcidildge street, directly f atijeinlng Simon's store. There, lead- lng up Into the pawnbrokers' shop, is' a flight of stairs. They are wire 1 for a burglar alarm, however, i thej thelves avoided them and sa r the overhead flooring at a i"t t-1 ly In front of ths treasure vauiu mi vault -which stands twelve f-t I', and la built lute t ? v -M v - e bj5 chopptns awa the, ia ,-, DEPARTS FOR I HAPPYAVITH D 1