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J o "CITIZEN THE WEATHER SHOWERS CITIZEN WANT ADS BRING RESULTS OL, XXTX, NO. 229, ASHEVTTJ.n N. 0., MONDAY MORNING, JUtfE 1913, PRICE FIVE CENTS TEDS ASBEEvIIjIjB . , ; : : SHI'S GHOST WILL GALLOP OVER J fcjnlfeff StatcTs Cavalry Forces Are Ordered.lntoStato of Virginia 'UNLIKE' INVASION OF THE.EARLY SIXTIES Croat: School Has Been Ar ranged Next Month by War. Department WASHINGTON. June s-The Shea lndoah valley, where "Phil" Sheridan made hi famous ride fifty year ago, Is to hear again the eon of the bugle, the galloping of horaea, the craok of fcarblnes and the boom of cannon, Sor the war department la trying out the cavalry and haa chosen the Shen landoah as the bloodless battleground. jTor two months this cummer a full brigade of cavalry and a battery of hone ' artillery will maneuver and "fight" over the red roada, the green hills and fields near Winchester that (figured in great cavalry battles la the war between the states. The department has leased a tract of ground a mile broad and two miles jlong In the heart of the Shenandoah, eventy miles from Washington, and 'orders to the troops ham been Issued for two regiments of the brigade, those from Fort Ethan ' Allen. ' Ver mont, and Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, jmuat ride 700 dusty miles under a isummer sun before they can reach Jthe valley, and they must report July 20. The first squadron from Fort Myers, Virginia, will have only seventy En Ilea to go and the horse battery rom Fort Riley, Kansas will be aent by train. I ' Officials Win Attend. I Great interest attaches to the ma neuvers. Secretary Garrison will be & frequent spectator; Major General Leonard Wood, chief of staff, United (States army, 'will spend muoh time there and President Wilson may sum mon 4 white bouse automobile some Saturday and make the trip to the valley battleground. j '" The neeeeeltr fur t rsHialUffltatlon ! jof the cavalry was disclosed when the general staff some time age made ambitious plana for the reorganization of the army so as to prepare it for the defense of the country against attack by any great military power. This resulted in sending to Europe haatyear a board of six cavalry of Iflcers who studied the German, Rus sian, Russo-Hungarlan, French and English organizations. Four months were spent abroad by these officers land since their return they have pre pared plana for-radical changes in the joganlzatlon arrd use of cavalry of the (American army. Plans Are Considered. - These plans were carefully consid ered by-he general staff, and It was decided that before adopting them jthay should be submitted to a practi cal test Secretary , Garrison then kutihorlzad the gathering in the 6hen- SLntioafn for the trial. i Ebe tests wlH take iplace under the 'direction of Col C. H. Murray, of the TweJTtb cavalry, as Brigadier General M. J. MeCleroand, the bead of the carralry boards ts prohibited from ez lerclatng actual command by virtue of In la retirement. General MeQernand, Biowever, with Lieutenant Colonels J. T. Dlokmann'and Fred a Folt. or Jesee Mol. Carter and Capt ank Parker, all members of the whloh studied the FXirortean terns. wlH be resent durtn ia tonus and observe the results. ' Bom of the practical questions to lb worked out are: Hnr uuw a command can a -cap-tn handle sucoessfuliyT Tfcrw many saoh units can a colonel (QsiBuued on Pago Two. )' ! till OFFER IDE HIM TO JOIN FORCES ' OF' PRESIDENT HI1EBTA "General Blanco Says He Gould Have Easily Secnr- et$30O,O0OiDr Betrayal UAERT' OUT SENTENCE EAGLE PASS, Texas, June . General Lucio Blanco, who directed the succeseful rebel attack on Mata moras, Mex., last week, reported to Venustiano Carranza, "'constitution alist" leader today that he had been approached with an offsr of I30C.00O If he would betray Carrauza and Jcln the forces of President Uutrta. Blanco reported that ha had caused UDOilLE y Bruno Trevino, who presented cre dentials from Governor Gonzales of the state of Neuvo Leon, and tlmt he had been sentenced to death by a court martial. ; V It Is assumed the sentence wos car ried out, Carranza, to whom Trevino j.ppe8iedjefuelng to mparts n. I . Trevino was one of the leaders ot I tne jfonterey revolt last February, FIRST LIFE BY WOMANKIND FOREQUALMGHTS Emily Davison, Militant Who At tempted to Stop - the Horse of King George in Dead in London. TJONDON, June 8. (Emily W. Da- j vison, the first martyr to the militant efforts of women to obtain the suf frage, died today at the Epsom hos pital as the result of a fracture of the skull sustained in an attempt to stop the king's toorse, Amer, during the running of the derby on Wednes day last Only, the matron of the hospital and two nurses were present at the death bed. Hiss Davison's rela tives having left the building when told that there was no hope of her regaining consciousness. A few mo ments before ber death two com rades draped the screen surrounding the cot with the fateful colors of the Women's Social and Political union. which ahe wore when she made her sensational attemipt to enterfere with the great classic of the British turt Would Shatter Field. Miss Davison bad evidently expect ed to get in the track at Tattenham corner in time to intercept and shat ter the field, but was detained a mo ment by a spectator, who tried to restrain- her. She reached the track in time to be struck by the king's horee which was running in the ruck. The woman turned a complete somersault, coming down across the legs of Jockey Jones, who had been left prone and unconscious aftft the fall of his mount She struck an her head and it was believed at first that her thick hair had saved her from mors than concussion, but a later examination showed a fracture of the base of the akulL An operation was performed, but the case was hopeless. Many Daring Feats. Miss Davison was noted for her daring feats in behalf of militancy. One of her earliest exploits was to barricade herself In a cell and she was only subdued with the a'd of a fire hose. On another occasion she cast herself down a flight of stairs In Jail and was seriously injured. Bhe was one of the most persistent In vaders of the house of commons, which she gained at one time by way of the air shaft Her last exploit be fore the fatal Epsom Incident was AGAIN ON DEFENSE IN JoiniMENT Injury to Foxhall . Keene Made Change Necessary For English Contest. TEAM NOW READY HHMPSTBUD. N. T., June I. The 1 1 . "Big Four" of American polo Whit- j ney.MUburn and the two Waterburya will once more defend the inter national trophy against the British challengers. The executive commltte of the National Polo association decided to day that the injury which put Fox hall Keene out of the international HON BIG FOUR" SEN contest made it imperative to with- charges that the workers in the Paint : to influence that state's senators or guments to senatora or senate corn draw also the team Keene was ca.p-1 Creek and Cabin Creek coal fields are reDresentatives upon any certain leg- mlttees, or In conducting publicity and tain and rely upon the veteran players originally chosen. The cup defenders will play in their' old positions. Deveraux Milburn, the ' only one of the four who had a place on the Keene team chosen last Wed-1 nesday, will rturn to his place at back. With the team today withdrawn he was to play No. 2. Harry Payne Whitney will captain the cup defenders, as originally. In tended, and the Waterburys, Lawrence and J. M. Jr., will be with htm in the line of forwards. This change was decided upon at a meeting of the polo commltte held at the Meadowbrook club at which H. U Herbert W. A. Hazard, August Bel mont, Harry Payne Whitney, R. L. Agasslx and othor pololsts were pres ent After the announcement, much satisfaction was expressed among polo followers over the return to the or iginal line-up. Experts appear to be lieve there Is an oven break as It now stands that ths English piawers are as good as the Americans and fully as well mounted, which makes the result simmer down to the factor Of luok. This afternoon there was a knock- aboit game on Phlpps field tn whtcTi the entire English team with Cap tain E. D. Miller, F. M. Beak; Lord Wodehouse, Captain Whitney and the other three players of the American team took part , There was no regu lar play, the men merely riding the ponies about the field for an hour to keep in trim and give the mounts ex erclse. Tomorrow the English and. Ameri can teams will have light field prac tice with a half hour of goal shooting. THE WEATItUt, WASHNOTOS, June I, Forecast Xo Xorib Oaeeaa fceHpate-Mo-4 day! Tuesday unsettled, moderate te ptuk nonneast vinos. GIVEN Epsom Race Is the assault of a Baptist clergyman In the belief that he was Chancellor Uoyd-George. The Inquest will be held Tuesday. The funeral will take place in Lon and members of the Women's Political and Social union will take a prominent part Would Kindle Flame. Speaking with great emotion at the Hyde park meeting this afternoon. Mrs, Deepard said she hoped that the case of Miss Davison would kindle a flame in the pulse of men whloh would end the present awful situa tion. Miss McGowan, another suffragette leader said Miss Davison had given her life to call attention to the wrongs of women. She knew Miss DavJson had always held the view that a woman's life woulii have to be sacrificed before the wojmen of the country would get Justice, In striking contrast to the meetings of the Con stitutional society in Hyde park this afternoon, which met with only mild heckling, attempts of the W. P. 8. U. speakers to address the crowd re sulted in considerable disorder and a number of fights between the male bodyguards of the women and spec tators. At one point the women were rush ed off their feet and the ipollce had to escort them from the park. Several arrests were made. Mrs. Pankhurst's Views. The Daily Sketch has received a message from Christobel Pankhurst who is now in Paris in which she said: "Miss Davison died for woman's freedom. She did this to call atten tion to their wrongs artd win for them the vote. The goveritment's refusal to grant the vote drove her to. make her protest The argument haa not convinced Mr. Asqulth of. the serious. ness of bis position, but perhai the woman's death will. "Miss. Davison's memory will live In women's hearts and history tor all time. There 'will be public funeral In honor of this soldier who haa fallen In the war for freedom." 1TE COMMITTEE IS PREPARING FOR A BIG II I Will Go Into Fields of West Virginia to Personally Inspect. MANY COMPLICATIONS WASHINGTON une Confronted by complicated situation, constant-, iy growing more invoiveo, tne senate sub-committee named to investigate j -lobbyist," legislative agent or other j manufacturing enterprises. West Virginia coal strike conditions, I persons who comes to Washington to I The lobby Investigation will be re wlll leave for Charleston tomorrow i nfluenC legislation, to at once iden- sumed early tomorrow, with the ques night. Examination of witnesses will tfy himself and the Interests he rep- tloriing of the remaining senatora begin there Tuesday with the appear- i recent. Tuesday or W'edneedHy the nrobe will ance of scores of miners, rounded upj Tno condemnation, and possible De carried to the field of the so by the agents of the United Mine prohibition of the present system of called "lobby" tariff, and men who Workers, to testify in relation to ; ..mQnf.,P.j -.ntlmenf in o .tate 1 have been engaged In presenting ar- t kePt in a state of virtual peonage. Senator Borah, of Idaho, who has nad especial charge of this branch of the Investigation, will hear the first "'tne8- TPaul J- Paulson, of the United Mine worners, nas oeen in west Virginia ior a woe csuscuni me witnesses and it la expected he will be on hand with about 100 men to give their ex periences in the West Virginia coal mines. They will be followed by wltnesaea testifying as to alleged in terference with the postal service by mine guards, , violations of the immi gration laws, the shipment of arms and ammunition Into the strike ter ritory and the "arrest, trial arid con viction of citizens In violation of the constitution or Laws." KILLED IS RAILROAD WRJ3CK. OKLAHOMA CITY. Okla.. June . Mrs. George W. Lewis, of Kansas CHy, Mo., was killed and forty-eight persons were injureo., only one ee- rtously, when southbound passenger train Xo. 9, ot the Missouri, Kansas and Texas railroad, ran into a borse and was derailed near MoAleater to day. Of the Injured, . Henry Walker, negro train porter, la Che most se riously hurt Injurlee of the ethers constat principally bruises and cuts. of OUTSIDER WINS RACE. PARIS, June i. -The Prix de Diane, the French Oaks, which was run at Chantilly course today, was won by an outsider, M; Caill&ults Mola, at tl to 2, finishing four lengths In ths lead. With Ctimte de Saint Phalle's Cour gugreme at I to 1 second. Herman B, lMiryea's Irish Lad Ally, Banshee, at t to t, was third, The Prix de llame--4s-8-tew-tnil--tialf -furiewg event for -ye(ar-old flUtonv' It aj alued at S9 tblf 'TAaff s 'J ' I f SENATORIAL LOBBY PROBE CA USES TARIFF AND OTHER QUESTIONS TO BE CROWDED FROM THE LIMELIGHT Grilling WHI Continue Through the Week and Some Developments Really Interest ing May Be Brought to Light by the Sub-Committee in Charge, Gossip from Washington on the Tariff and Other Questions. WASHINGTON. June $. Neither ; President Wilson nor the democratlo managers Of ' the two branches of j congress could estimate tonight what effect the senate's remarkable "lobby investigation" ' Is to have upon the progress of the tariff bill, the ourren- cy reform plan, or other business of oongresa ' In the six days of grilling to which It has subjected senators themselves, the Investigating-committee has se cured tntometioa iMaffpeV 'P channels Of investigation that are likely to have an important influence t upon uie wnoie pours oi isgisiauon In the future. President Wilson's charges that an unusually large "lob by" was engaged In trying to Influence changes In the tariff, formed the bas is for the Inquiry now under way; but It has run far outside the scope ot the tariff, and has brought the sen- ate committee up to the edge "f what la expeoted to be one of the most searching inquiries ever conducted In to the question of "legislative Influ ences." Tariff Hindered. Progress on the tariff bill has not been hindered during the week of lobby Investigation but It Is believed tonight before the reconstructed Un derwood bill finally gets Into the sen ate the lobby Investigation will have become a direct issue In the fight' None of the alleged "lobbyists" has been questioned as yet but facts brought out by senators on the "wit ness stand and the course the com- future makes It clear that congress wm D- unfe1 t0 consider. x g-igtratlon law. reaulrlns every lslatlva matter. Influenre Kngar and Wool. The chief influence of the lobby In- changes, will be examined. From this qulry upon the present tariff revision ' "'age the committee will go to the In nrobably will corns In connection with 1 vestigatlon of lobbying activities of all sugar and wool fights, are around wmcn wm wage much of the forth - tariff Aohnt In Mia utut. Well-organized and extensive cam - puisiui lutvv uwu Biiw-ii iv emit vit both aides of the sugar tariff question; SPANIARD KILLS ACTRESS Double Sunday Tragedy Oc curs in Cottage at Tampa, Florida. TAMPA, Ha June I Andres Bru no, a Spaniard, shot and killed Elean or Jackson, a vaudeville performer of New Tork, and then blew out his own brains here today. The 'bodies were found by the four year old child f the woman in a cottage next doer te where the child had been left over night The woman, who has been working In local theatres for about three vears was about twenty-one years of age. Bruno, who la chef at a Spanish res taurant, left three notes, one In Eng lish and two In Spanish. In these he stated that he was going to kl) (he woman becauoe she Insisted on stay ing out 1'ito at night aftee finishing her wwrk. The couple are said to bass lived together- at JTewrorfi-Va'g pt the wouw. la ifW iyt bV been ejfjod, - . ' Whew!!! and syatematlo activity by the wool 1 protective forces has been testified t by many senators. President Wilson's friends In the senate are gathering material as the hearings progresses, to support hta free sugar stand by an effort to show that Louisiana, Hawaiian and Porto Rlenn wnt imwtrm. and American Beet Sugar manufacturers have ex- hausted all nnasibie means to arouse publla sentiment against free sugar, Fully as vigorous a fight wilt be made on the other aide to prove from the testimony of the lobby hearings, that cane augar refiners, particularly the Federal Refining company, have been the bone and alnew of the free augar camnalm. and would be the chief, beneficiaries If President Wilson's recommendations fur free sugar In 1916 are carried out Kenatorshave talked freely of their 0WnftrBhlp of properties or commodl- ties that might be somewhat affected As revised by tne senate min-comnut-by tariff changea. In the majority i teea and likely to have the approval of cases, Ijow er, they have Insisted j of the finance committee majority, that such ownership has never In- the freo Jlst will contain, among other ftuenced their votes, and that they are articles the following; , not concerned personally In any Items of the present tariff law. Sot Aga'ust Senator. , , From the attitude ot members of the senate committee, It is believed no recommendation will be made against senators voting upon sched ules of the tariff that might affect their Interests. Such a prohibition would affect many members, on one or more Items. Senators by the doz en have testified to ownership of farms and newspapers, and In lesser numbers, to Interests In timber, coal, paper-making, oil, cattle, wool and i "DacKiire campaigns, in tne dirrer- e"t state In behalf of any tariff, 1 kna. and upon all legislation. ! Opposition to the renewal of arbl- Intlnn irutu arith rirQ Britain Land other countries haa become so u;uio in ma efinAie uiai ins ir tt ' treaties recently sent In by President CAUSES DEATH OF FOUR Train Bolls Down Embank ment Demolishing House Trainmen Also Killed. ROANOKE, Vs., June I. Mrs, J. Owens and her daughter are reported to have been scalded te death, the engineer and fireman ef a Norfolk and WeMern fseigbt train killed, and the Owens heme demolished early today when the train was wrecked neat Cleveland, Vs. Vambera of the train crew ace ro; ported to have been Injured. Twq engines were dotting the train and both left the track an(j plunged down a steep embankment. crashing Into the Owens house and overturning. It Is said that the wtack. was caused by the breaking of a track on the tender of h leading engine Eleven freight cars are re2orte,dtoJ Asm Mea'decgiioq sw) TOoa Wilson apparently face Indefinite de lay. and possible defeat Another ef- fort will be mads early this week to seourt endorsement of the treaties Work naif Finished. The extra session was two months old last week, and In that time the revision of hte tariff had been at least nan eompieiea. xne unaerwooa wil whloh passed tht house as a strictly administration measure, baa been In th senate more than month and now la nearly ready for the Senate democratlo caucus. This oauoua prob ably will be held next week, thla week being taken up by the final meetings ot me rinanoa euo-comnunees ana ino meeting or the fun committee to on revised schedules. as tney win go to tne aeniocratw caucus, the tariff rates will be the loweat In history and the free list will b the longest ever known, longer than the list as It passed the house. Meats, flour, livestock, wheat,. prob ably oats and oatmeal, barley, rye, lumber, wool, boots and shoes, breads and, biscuits, raw wool, sugar to be free in three years,, buckwheat and buckwheat flour, cocoa, coffee, tea, mm mean, fish, bananas, Jute, hides, India rubber, indigo, cotton seed oil, castor oil, cod liver oil, potatoes, veg etables, Ivory, sewing maoblnea type writers, print paper, steel rails, p'g iron, furro manganese used In man ufacture of steel, photograph films, and many chemicals used in manufac turing. f Decrease in Lh'ng Ost Free Hating of theae articles, which on er Into the dally life of the aver age American, it la calculated by the ctmocratic makers wiH materially drcreaee the ro of living. Ma,y other Important articles will be given lower rates than the Underwood bill gave them. The fight over the tariff revision, i however. t lust hpiHnnln h Aitrtm- 1 - "- wis us. v uejiiiuvi emtal sjrejr irVD WOOl and sugar being yet to be disposed of In the senate caucus. The prospect now is tnat President Wilson's rec ommendatlons will stand. On the floor of the senate, however. thA r. ) publicans and anti-free sugar and '., wool democrat twa or ira f them - ) (Oontinned on Pago Two) PROFESSIONAL YEGSMAN Postoffice at Eernersville is Blown Early Sunday Horning No Arrests. OltEHNIKBOrtO, Jtfne The post- eflVe safe at Kemersville, a small town eighteen miles from here, was blown even this morning, presumably atxut t oclook, and fl.Mt in sumps and f0 n money taken, 9s theft was discovered this morn jag ft :10 o'clock when, the post mastsf sntered the office, Poktufilce Unspeotss lto()jln, of this place,' was notJeled and went to the scene, but It is said aecured scanty clue, Some people in the town beard a rumbling noise s bout J pclocfc; (his meniUMI and it la presumed that this was the explosion that blew the safe. The. 5o8tefncs jMip&clof jiwof fa uUilD MASS MEETING AT THEIR GOUGE Y. W. C. A. Workers Are Still Arriving At Black Mount aln Every Hour 4 BISHOP STRANGE Olf .' SUNDAY'S PROGRAM ; I . i II , JS,,-fc.4 Every State In South Is Rep resented at' the Second. Annual Conference ; ' rf BLACK MOUNT AN, June I (Spe cial,) A great Inter-denominational .,, meeting participated In by a thousand , visitors and local ohuroh people w one of the many features today of the second annual southern eonferenct of the Toung women's Christian associ ation la session here, , , The meeting was held In the big auditorium and It was taxed to its capacity to accommodate the crowds. 5'ght denominations were represented In the congregation. Plans were dls ' cussed for furthering the work of the Y, W, C. A.,throughout the land,, es pecially In the south. The music was one of the big and interesting f eaturea This morning and again -tonight Bishop Btrange of Wilmington breach. ed to the visiting women. Large eon gregetlons attended both services and listened with Interest to the discour ses by the eminent North Carolina 3l vine, - -r: -'. '.- -. u .AiJ .. Visitors SUU Arriving. Tomorrow th regular program will be taken up. The conference will con tinue for ten days. Every train la bringing In crowds of young women from art section of the south. Al ready, every stale south of the Poto mac and Ohio rivers and east of the Mississippi la represented. ' Something like (0 delegates have already regis tered and the names of all have not y been secured. .t,,.f,V 4 Every female college in the state ot, North Carolina haa a delegation pres ent. In fact, this Is the ;c wltM practically all of Ihe institution f women throughout the souths .,' ,: i'ruaram For Monday." ' The complete program for Honda la as follows: ' I:1S to 1:00 a, m. tudy hour. l -1 Meeting ot executive council. - 1:00 to 10:00 a. m Bible' etsdy class. J "; ' 19:80 to 10:11 a. m .Intermission. 10:16 to U:l a. m. Mission and comnfuntty study clss m' ' 11:11 to 11:10 a. m intermission. U:0 a. m., to 11:10 p. m.Techni- cat council ! ' ,v ''!! Joint council of board members ana employed officers.1 1 .-,. The financial management el an as sociation, Miss Geary. ' " The alvantages of ths Joint tinance campaign, Mrs. Joseph McLester Birmingham, ; "-."V ; Dlscuaslon. ' ' ' ! Council for city association worn bars. The organisation ot club work. Miss McElroy. " ' r ' Council for presidents of student as' eociatlona. ' Council for cabinet members of stu dent aeaoclatlona, 1?:10 to liOO p. m. Meeting leaders ot the conference. - . Jf;00 to t-M p. m. Quiet hour. . 7:5 p. m. 'Platform meeting.' Missionary address T. B. Ray (Continued on Pago Two.) ERIENT- INSISTS UPON SPEEDY TRIAL j FOR K PIKERS Officials Will Go to West Virginia Immediately to i ;: Answer Federal Charge - CONSPIRACY ALLEGED' CHARLESTON, John P. White, president of the Inter national organisation of the United Mine Workers of America; Vlce-Pres Went Frank J. Hayes and seventeen officials and subordinate . officers ot District No. IT, the local miners un lon, Indicted by the federal grand Jury last night charged with viola tlon of the Hherman anti-trust law, will be summoned to appear before Judge Benjamin F. Keller early next week. The government, It te eald, will ask that the trial proceod al once, ' ' ' The Indictments end allegation that there Is a conspiracy In restraint nf trade and commence between ths United Mine Workers of America ant coal operators ef ! Western Pennsyfc vanla, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois Sgalnst the' West Virginia coal ep eratora, have caused a profound sen sation, While the name of the wit neascs, who appeared before the fed erai grand Jirr in the case have :.r teen mule, public, It 11 anai, !.! eoal operators of Paint and Cabin creeks, where labor troubles' have een abqndant and former. .ff!e!a! . of the luinerg oituu. ui, a.iJ 1 gatbetlpji taforn-r ''rtTneT't,,. i fC tke lr:
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