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AS53YILLE CITIZEN CITIZEN WANT ADS BRING RESULTS AS11EVILLE, N. C, TUESDAY MORNING, MARCn 24, 1914. VOL. XXX, NO. 152. PRICE 5 CENTS TEE WEATHER. . FAIR. dllli FIRE DESTROYS BLOCK OF DURHAM PROPERTY ii Jive Story Structure Owned by B. W. Duke is Com pletely Destroyed. wa?asBss BURSTING 1IATN3 DELAY FIGHTERS 6 names Starting in Plumb- ing.Shop Spread Under V a High Wind. tm:,HAT Iff. C Msrch 24. Firo which started in a plumbing shop on mrmi floor of th handsome five-story Bnodle U Duke building ,i.fnr midnlirht had resulted - In damages estimated at more than $1,009,000 at 3 o'clock this .moraine,: and fanned by a high, wind and en-, couraged by a poor water supply wa till spreading. The entire business block including the Duke building waa 1 reduced to aahea and wRh the modern buildings 'WhMi were Under for the flame? went handsome stocks of wear ing apparel, hardware, -' furniture, , groceries and confectioneries; The Wool worth Ave and ten cent iters, "Vttoh occupied the first two f toors M CxJ, Duke building: was destroyed Totally and the stock of goods , of Markham and Harris was, lost Q. E Rawla and sons were heavy losers, their stock of ladles goodsNand ahoes ;' going up in smoke. The Pritchard , Bright coimpany lost .he greater part of Its stxrck, which consisted of men's apparel... - .. 7 Started at Eleven. The fire was discovered shortly af ter 11 o'clock and it had gained great headway when the fclase was first seen The flames, swept up the eleva tor Shaft of the Duke building and 3 hat' building Was a mass of flames by the time the, member of the fire de partment arrived. .Line of hose were laU to protect the adjoining build ings and to battle agalns the flames In the Duflce block when the water main broke and for thirty minutes the firemen and the owner of the prbp eray coulA do nothing ' but see the flames eat through the block The .'ttta-w-Uas; en eWtlr after midnight For a half hour ths Arc men battled valiantly and wr gain ing . some headway when second break la the water main again made fire Arhtin impossible, t "K. , At 1:30 o'clock, ; after sweeping down the block, the flames crossed into another block and were burning briskly at an early hour. It Is prob able that Raleigh will be asked to send aid before daybreak. The hand Kome First Baptist church appears to t doomed. ; ' -."- --; . Handsoma Property. ",' The business block Which was con verted into ashes In a few hours was one of the "City's buelest. ' Beirig In 'the heart of the city, the business Vitalises uern enrtffidered admli-ablv la. rated while the buildings Whfch tlvsy eupled were modern In every de- ' (Continued on Page Sig)r DURHAM'S BIG FI M E ilCMNT ISSUE Interest in Bond Issue Cam paign Has Been at Fever . ' - ' Heat. ;l MUCH ARGUMENT DURHAM. Mardh ... J . Today's '," disastrous fire In this city came In the midst of a heated, campaign for a bond issue for the purchase of the waterworks system of fhe city. For many year past. . Durham ha been supplied with water from the Eno ; river by the Durham Water company and a short time ago a movement was started looking . to the purchase of the water supply by the city authori V ties. For the past several days the newspapers and handbills have carried ' many angumenta fgrand against the f issue and the campaign has been one of the most bitter in the history of the city, It Is said that the present contract ' of the water company to furnish w tsrOor this city will expire within the very near future, and In the event of a failure of the city residents to vote for the issue, the company doubtless will ask to be allowed to supply the Jolty agate for thirty year. . ' Many arguments have been advanc : ed during the past few weeks in favor of and against the bond Issue and in ; terest In fh subject bad reached V 18 fever beat. Just what effect the fire ill have n the bond Issue is, of urse. not known: Frienfo of the sue said tonight that the . fire will : mean the Wttng of the bonds in order : " that the water system may be plaeet In the hands of the ctty. Opponent however 'maintained that the failure of the water supply en two or mere occasions, will not a its te cause th people to "take the cSHitraet tor fur- tshinf this ot wttfli -water fr the Durham mm&mjf .... AMERICANS FIRE ON MEXICAN ACROSS Several Federals Reported Killed By Troop E. of the Fourteenth U. S. Cavalry." Action Is Endorsed By Officdlsat Washington. EAGLE PASS, Texas:, soldiers who attempted to pursue with rifle bullet's a defeated constitutionalist force escaping to the United States and safety met sharp resistance yesterday from United States . cavalry on border patrol at McKee's Crossiui?, above Del Rio, Texas, When three horses held by the American troop ers had been shot down the Americans returned the fire across the Rio Grande and after the exchange of shots, the Mexicans withdrew bearing wit! i them several dead and wounded. No American was hurt, How many of the Mexican soldiers were killed or wounded is not known. Official reports of the oc currence to Colonel Sibley, commanding at Fort Clarke here, caused orders for all available, cavalry of - the border patrol to proceed to Del Rio. One, troop and a niachine gun platoon left Eagle Pass today. Another engagement J between Mexi can federals and constitu tionalists is expected tomor row in the same territory. L'n';rtis 'the W'etonttohail line waa precipitated, according to of notar reports by persistent firing of the federals at the fleeing constitu tionalists who had' gained American territory, and surrendered to United States troop. Three horses held by American cavalrymen, were . . killed. For ten minutes, Captain Winterburn of troop B, Fourteenth cavalry, slg--nailed to the federals to cease firing, but reported that his signals were dis regarded and his own men- were in danger. He then ordered the Amer icana a detachment of fifteen troop era to fire, and a sharp fusillade fol lowed, lasting for about five mlnutee. Walked Into Trap. Conrtitutkmallsts defeated Sunday were a scouting party led Into a trap by the federals, who earlier In the BseHmm JUDGE SPEER IS WILLING TO RETIRE IF GIVEN ft Says That Otherwise He Will Stay on the Fed eral Bench. HIS STATEMENT MAOCN, Gaw Maroh JI-iReports that Emery apeer. United flutes Judge for the southern district of Georgia, whose official aots recently were In vestigated by a aub committee of the house Judiciary committee might re tire, have resulted in the Judge mak ing a publio statement. Mf the Judiciary oosnmittae, In accords nee with their conception of duty, after considering all. the mat ter which has been submitted?, to them withdraw the Charges against me In a manner as public as they bav been made,,! will not be unwilling to ac cept retirement .upon the same term that I might do whea I. reach th age of 70." Judge Speer says. The Judge today denied that the suggestion that he retire in any way emanated from him, and that h had never contemplated such action as a result of the house committee's in vestigation. His statement, which -"-a in the torm of a letter to lawyers who represented him In ths Investigation, was called forth, he says, by an in quiry from Representative Adamson of Georgia, concerning the retirement reporta , ; Commenting on his statement thai he "will iot be unwilling to retire under certain conditions, the )?T continues: "I state thai, however, mainly be cause I feel that my health has been to some extend impaired by my long labor as Judge. I will, however, ac cept nothing but the most unequlvosa! exoneratlpn,wXJ'r"l cc?Pt-no r-tire- ment except honorable retirement. . Unless this is offered ma and after a complete vindication, I stand on m J right aa a Judge and aa American chv sen, let to eonejuno tewhfct thty FEDERALS THE LINE day had captured Uaa Vaoas. op posits Del 'Rio, They abandoned the town but returned' to sudden.? attack, the rebel scouts. About forty-Jive oonaUtutionaliaU were cut off by 100 federala at Mc Kee's Grossing on the Rio Grand where the rebels put up a stubborn resistance until overpowered. They then began retreating across) the river to the American aide, where Captain Wlhterbura's detachment of cavalry men waa on duty to preserve neutral ity. Of the forty-seven oonstltutlonallata only twenty-seven reached the Texas bank. Several were killed in the water, their bodies floating down stream. ' A force of about TOO constitutional ists waa reported advancing from ths southwest to las Vacas, where the federal command Is stationed. A reb el oompanr that has been encamped opposite Langtry, Texas, Is also mov ing down the river toward Las Vans. V ACTION APPROVED. - WASHINGTON, Maroh !. (Frank approval of the action of the Amer ican troopers who returned ths Ar of Mexican federals at Del , Rio yes terday waa expressed her today in official circles. News of the Incident was received at the war department as an incident of border patrol work and created no great stir. Army re ports told of the exchange of shots and announced that twenty-nine ooa stltutionalleta had been . taken Into custoday after fifteen had been killed as they fled across the Rio Grande from the federals. There was no mention, however, of ' any federals killed or Americans wounded. According to the official reports about forty-Qvw constitutionalists at' tacked by 2(0 federals, sought refuge across the river, and. as they cams upon American soil, were mat by a detachment -of troop E, Fourteenth United States cavalry. Pursuing fed erals were pouring their firs upon ths fugitives and as Che constitutionalists reached the Texas side, aocordin to 'ths report, the ehota war deliberately directed at the Americana. The re port merely added that the are was returned, t ". ': The war department stands sq.uas ly' behind Brigadier General BUss In his determination to . inflict prompt punishment upon Mexicans of any faction who wilfully fire across the line and endanger American life and ptoperty. " Borne time ago Genera Bliss, aoter having repeatedly warned the Mexican military , commanders against Indiscriminate shooting across- the ' line, Instructed the officers la command of the American border' pa trol to return any such fire If they were satisfied that American soldiers (Continued on Page 8I ) WILL OF National Civic Federation Launches Campaign of Universal Interest. PLANS DISCUSSED NEW YORK, Maroh It The de velopment of American farmtag - Is to be undertaken by the National Civ. lo . Federation , which organised, today a department on agricultural condi tion, and rural betterment. The executive committee held a luncheon today at which noted speaker! dis cussed the farming industry. They held that co-operation and systemat. Iren organisation among farmers was necessary if the Industry In the United States is to be brought up io the ' standard obtaining in other countries.. The decision to aid th farmer was contained In a resolution adopted at the suggestion of Dr. Al bert ShaWi who declared education anl toastmaster at the luncheon, to ward eolutloa of the problem. The committee authorised it chairman. 8eth Imw. president of th. ffwlrtin and tostmaster at ths luncheon, to appoint a plan and scope commit tee. Th -speaker with Dr. fih.-w and Mr. Low are Andrew Carnegie, Lieutenant Governor Sheffield Ing alls, of Kansas, Dr. Grace Kirkland, Farmers' Educational and ro.nn.n atlve union; Ieonard O. Robinson, general manger of the Jewish AgrI' cultural and Aid sccletv: Dr. 1 w Johnson, of the Federal depart ment of agriculture and others. At tending th luncheon were men inter ested in farmlns r-srceentlns the ritv of New York, various states and th national government. THE WKATIIKR. WASHINGTON. March I J. Fore east for North Carolina, fair, Tuas- a . The Tango i4j.-"?lj I HONtST TO 600DNtii, I ( ' '1 . ' "r"" I 1 OCNT KNOW . I ffi 1 1 MUM i SHOULb Zfc PRESIDENT WILSON ANSWERS THE ARGUMENT THAT TOLLS EXEMPTION IS DEMOCRATIC PARTY DOCTRINE Declares That tty Majority Exemption -UelieveB He Will be Supported by .as Wefl as Democrats , WAflmNQTON, Marsh : J Pra idnt Wilson dolard today that, la steKIng ths repeal of ths Panama toUf exemption, , ha hot oy was asking that the nation dtf that whloh It was bound an honor to do but was go ing th way of s majority la th eemocratia party. He putnted out that when the Panama aot waa passed, a majority of th oemoorata then in tha house of tepreaentaUvwi voted against the tolls axempttoa and tttat only by a coatlOoia of a minority of democrats with a cumber of repubU can did the measure become law. Thds announoewcirwae taken la admlnUtnuton , circles a th preal dent's answer to tha argument that th Baltimore (platform mad the tolls xemption democratic doctrine. Tha president is understood to believe that the majority opinion of the democrats In the house aa last expressed was a result of more deliberate considera tion .of th oueetkm than was possi ble at tha Baltimore convention la Kd Secret. president mads no secret to caller of Ihia anxiety for th repeal measur to come to a wot. Asked if lie thought influences were at work to prolong debate unnecessarily, Mr, Wilson said he didn't lonow, but it certainly appeared to him a if there had toean ftUbuetertot;; that minori ties always filibustered and disclosed themselves In filibusters. Th president la conAAeht that he will have tha majority of bis party behind him in the house when the re peal aomea to a vote.: He has been assured that at least 200 democrats will support him .and many republi cans. Senator Jamas of Kentucky has Informed th president ths vote in ths senate would he at least SI to St In favor of the repeal. little Proepaft. There seemed llttl , njvispect to night of getting ths 81ms repeal bill before the house until late in the week at the earliest. ' Debate on the rivers and Jiarbbrs appropriation bill COf.IPlETESEFTlEf.IENT Supreme Court May. Have to Adjust Differences Re garding Debt. WASHINGTON. March ' 23. Con tinued fallur of Virginia and West Virginia to agree on a complete set tlement of (he state debt cane became apparent today when counsel fo West Virginia asked permission of (the Supreme court to (11 a supplemental answered Counsel for Virginia ob jected. The court " had rectified the states that if they did not adjust their dif ferences by April IS It wouW. deter mine the remaining Usnes Itself. Vest Virginia seek- tg .have the courts pass upon its 'claim that it should share in securities aggregat ing f 20,000,060 held by Virginia at the time of the separation, and also share in Virginia's linking fund of that date, TW .would reduce West Virginia's liability from 17,181,000 to aUmit 2,00.000. THINK HE WAS MURDERED. NAPLES,, Mar. h 23. The police be lieve that Prcfessof Giuseppe Marcalll, director of' the Vesuvian obeervatory, who w aa burned to death on Mar:h 10, was murdered. A sirn of l.iifl. ehich ii tiad"Tn hIspuegsfon. is" missing. It is believed thieves broke Jnt his residence, took the money, strangled tha professor, saturated the bodf wHa atolcum. and set Ore to m ' t Sash New Style for men of tht Memben of thg, Democratic Party Favors the Is dragging alone; slowly with no prospect of Immediate conclusion. To- day tha apparent effort of mem bars to prolong dlsouseton of trivial mat tare brought constant references by champions f the toll exemption re peal to filibustering tactics.. , No attempt will be made to report a rule that would limit cabat on th repeal bill to 15 hours, until tha measure aofuUly has been called up and this probably cannot be dona un til Thursday, when, Majority Leader Underwood la ashed u led to make th opening speech, in opposition to th repeal. ';yt;.S:' ''lt'-i:X'J: : RepfsaanWlTa Murdock, progras alva leader, urged today that, If the 'house wou)d: limit tha repeal discus sion to fo ty instead of fifteen hours, aentiment in the tolls Issue would b so shifted that the vote would result "America's way instead of England's." Several suggestions of "gag rule" wer made, but Minority Leader Mann de clared that while he had heard it reported that the white house had sent Wjord to hasten the repeal, he did not believe the preaidi.t had attempt ei to interfere with house procedure, t To Biipport' President. - That all progressive party members of the house are not opposed to re peal of toll exemption was d isclose J today when HpreenteMve Charles M. Tluompspn, of Chicago, issued a state ment declaring til Intention to sup port the president, Representative Chandler, of New York, 41so a progressive members, supplemented tha racent statement of his party leader la th house, declar ing hi opposition to th repeal "be cause t believ a political platform is a oovwnant with the people." , Senator 0Oorman who la fighting against the admlnistratron's repeal polioy said today that ths commute on Inter-oceanic canals would act on th repeal bill In due Mm, but relteratec. his statement that the com mittee would not meet until Senator Crawford return from South Da kota. TEDDY ROOSEVELT MAY BE LOST IN THt WILDS f 'aMssaBBaaBSBaasa Museum of Natural History Cables The Consul to Look For Hunter. ,NEV YORK. March 23. After waiting all day tn vain for further advices regarding a rwport of an ac cident to the Roosevelt exploration party in Brail, the American museum of natural history tonight cabled to the American consul at Para sskl'ig for the Informatfon. ' Th messa; said: . "Con you obtain .any Information concerning the Roosevelt party? wire Santrem. Advise by telegraph at earliest, possible moment- Expense guaranteed." Santarem la tJi town in th StatJ of Para from utrlch 'Anthony Flala on Sunday sent hla brief', message that th Roosevelt party had "lost every thing in the rapids." v Nothing to supplement Flala' dis patch was receive her during the day. Colonel Roosevelt's friends and family expressed no anxiety about his ipersotial safety but were eager to learn more about the-mishap. They did not know where to address their Inquiries. - - ; JACMSONVILIE. ria., March 23. Marin official her tonight were without information concerning an unknown steamer, reported ashore off Fowy Rockg yesterday - Many Repubhcani Denounce Resolution. In tha eenate today Senator Thorn ton, of iswialana,- a matnber, af the canals oommdtte. who baa announced that he wtU support tha praatdant tn tha ? toB 4mtrw sy, submitted a resolution said to have ben passed at a St. Patriok'a, oay gathering In New Orleans, protesting against his at titude. Senator Thornton said ha did not believe suoh a , resolution had been passed, in any ; puWlo meeting ami denounoaAH aa'vwrriloua" ; i In.speaWng of th ; delay th pres ident said it looked to him s if there had, been, a fWbustor on t:,a rive and .harbor Mil to delay th yot e tha toll Question, but smilingly ra marked that minorlUa always il buster. . Ha denied a oharg mada on Dhe floor of th senat uat h had attempted .to limit th. toll debat in, th liouaa, t . . . . in reply to quMfkma aa te (whether h thought any Improper Influence were being brought to bear agatnat the Bspeal, the president declared that h had viot sought to finC any .and did not suspect them, . The -president believe a number of republican will support him. la hi position to repeal th toll xemp tlon. ' ' ' . IillimH RAXQUET GOROA8. LONDON, March !!. Th mdlca! profession of London gav a dlnnet tonight to Brigadier .General William C. Gorgas, surgeon general of th United States army, aa a trtbuta to the splendift work done by him a chief of the sanitary deparrmtnt at Panama. ::. : Viscount Brycs,' of Deohmont for mer ambassador at Washington pre ided. Lord Bryc and Lewi Bar owurt, th ewUry of stats for th colon!, wr Instrumental In hav Ing General Gorgas investigate the conditions in ths Soutbsrn America mines, from which h has Just re turned. MUE Gill THOUGHT EOITOR HAOMORE LETTERS Important Testimony Heard at Preliminary Hearing in Murder Case. PARIS. March 23. ImporUnt tes timony ; tending to confirm lima Caillaux' assertion that she had rea son to believe that M. Calmette, thi 1st editor of ths Figaro, had In his possewlon other personal . letter of an' even more intltnat natur than the on published . waa given today at the examination before the Inves tigating magistrate, Henri Bourard. The Princess de Mesagne Estrade ro, who formerly held the posltlui of society editor of the Flafefo, tali that the time of the divorce of It Caillaux and Jim. Dupree three let ter wer destroyed by mutual agreement In the presence of notar ies, and that Mm, Dupree had re tained photograph of th letters, M Calmctt. ths continued, knew of the existence of the photographs, and of fered l,000 to a person, . whos nam was not mentioned, to arrange an interview with tha holder of th rhotoa This offer a refused. M. Calmett mad a similar offer t to Princess d Metagns F.stradero, wrTi(r-ai(fBecnnefl it." 1 " ' - When th "Thy Jo" letter appear ed In th Figaro the witness con tinued. Mm. Caillaux had reasona ble ground for supposing , that M, Calmttt had th othr twa BRITISH OFFIC GIVEN FEW HOURS TO DECIDE ACTIOfJ Can Stay With Government or Resign Commissions , at Once. BIG PERCENTAGE MA Y LEAVE AROT Conditions at Belfast Last Night Reported as Be- -ing Orderly. " i '-. ajaajjasBMaasaBB " V'"'""" - ; BELFAST. March iS.-Renorta re. s oelved by tha effl"'a of the provi sional government would soem to In- '' otoaia tnat at leust seventy per cent, ' of tha officer of the infantry biUUl- ion of regular now quartoreJ in Ulster would refuse to serve In campaign against th province. Major General Sir C F. N. MJ .' Ready, of the ai'Jutant general's auit k of th war office, arrived today st Blfat He cam for th purpose of 1 making a tour of th barrack and tj xplain th situation in such a way ' , i to prevent the realsiuiibin of th offlora He waa inilormed that nearly all th officers Of the NnrfnlK rJl- meat, quartered at Holywood borrachu. lour muea irom Belfast, had ex iireesed their readiness to resli rather than aocept order to take pari ' in an anti-Ulster campaign. Th of ncere t the Norfolk regiment we- paraded Cunday and Informed they would ha allowed a few hour to con.' aider whether they would remain foyal They were then croas-txamln-ad Mparately. - .. s, It la said that among the re mahiing loyal ar officer who sym. ' paihles ar with Ulster, but who can. nut afford to saorlfto tholr pay, Th aama applies to many other fflcen f tha varfous regiments cow in -Ulster. , . t ,. i Will Answer Today. ': ' ' The Dorset tomorrow will glv General Mao Heady their fleotolon at Hoiywood. It Is understoo4 that ih lercantaga of refusal to serve among . the Dorset , .1, ven .'.higher than among th Norfolk, Mot of the bat talion In til provlni-n hn,,l r . i fit sympathy au- c..,vei (ut . Ulster. Th "provialonal government off). eioJs are anthusiastlq over what they consider a crushing defeat , for the imperial government but continue their actlv. preparation for war at the behest of Sir Edward Carson, who declares that he will continue to take eueh action' until assured that th danger 4tas passed.' --' -Tha volunteer and' regular hav th appearanc of armle on armlatlca, Tha Norfolks and the vaMhi... , n oamp at Xlnnegar near Holywood. fr. quentry exxmangs jocular mettage by signal. ui ;t,nn;iM'i ,s. -i,,;,i. Carson Determined. ; r EdwanA Carson is still at Craia von, which i surrounded by entilea He received today a number of bat. tallon commander of his army, and sent long dtspatohes to bis lieutenants . In London. H says he will not leave Belfast until the crUla lu over. Volunteers patrolled tha street to day, having ftrwt received explicit In- . fOwHnwed on Pg Fifth!.) Tl COMMITS SUICIDE; WAS Former Columbia Professor; .Shoots Himslf at a Booming House. ' WRITER OF NOTE STAMFORD, Conn March' 21,- ' Harry Thurston Peck, a former pro feasor at Columbia university com mlttd uicld at a rooming , housa br today by shooting htnwtlt - , HIS t'AltlCMl. . NEW YOliK, March 2J.Harry" Tburstoi Peok wss a writer of not '. . and for 2s years was professor of an- eient languages st Columbia uulver-- slty. H left the Institution mor ,' than three years a;o because of no- ' ' tcrlety incident to a breach of promlj suit for $10,000 brought against rtlita ', by Esther Quins, a , atenographer. Shortly after th fillig of the suit Dr. Peck filed a voluntary petition In v: bankruptcy.. He guv his assets as 12(0. In March. 1112, MUs Qu Inn's suit was dismissed aa insufficient JLater sh filed another action," how bend . irg. .' .- , t' v ., Dr, Frk dropped out of light aft r hi retirement from Columbia, aid ', did not come before the publia eyt until April of last year, when h b came critically ill at Ithaca, X. Y, suffering with -eerveeit breakdown.-' Dr. Peck wa bom in Stamford, in U5I, and waa educated In this covm try and abroad. He was an authority en latin and classic, and th au thor of sumerou b' .