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1 THE CITIZEN f THE WEATHER. CLOUDY. CITIZEN WANT AD3 BRINO RESULTS a L.XXX,N0.15 ASHEVrLLE, N: C; SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH 28. 1914, PRICE 5 CENTS 0: o o OniTISH GEHEHALS SIDIfie FIDL1LY GAS (Political Situation in Eng land Remains Practical , ly Unchanged. (ANOTHER CABINET . COUNCIL TODAY olonel Seely Appears to Be Real Bone of Contention in Crisis. LONDON, (March t7.The political situation tonight . Appeared un changed. Another cabinet council will be held tomorrow morning and no official declaration as to what course Held Marshal , Sir 1 John French chief of the general staff and General Sir John Spencer' E wart, ad Jutant general of the forces'will take with regard to their resignation la expected until 'ter the meeting. , Sir Edward Carson, unionist leader in Ulster, has left Craigavon for Lon don, but the report that Brigadier General Hubert Gough, of the Third cavalry brigade at Curragh camp, is coming to the capital tonight, seemed n be premature. ' He still to at Cur- igh camp. .... ...''.". The continuation of the crisis is attributed to Premier 'Aequith'S reluc tance to remove Colonel Seeley from the post of secretary , of. war. Col onel Seeley relinquishment of his portfolio doubtless would satisfy Generals French, find . Ewart, and Premier Asqulth's objection to having him do so seems -to indicate dlssen ions in the cabinet Itself, . Seeir Attacked. The weekly Nation, regarded as the organ of Chancellor David Lloyd titorge's section 'of the cabinet, to day attsck Colonel Seely with great b:tterness. "It declares 'that .. even after he left "the . unionist ranks be (ever really became liberal, It adds hat it was a great ' mistake to put him into ths war office. The .Nation suggests that a - man of harder muscle-Hike .John" Burns, jirenideat of 'the; local F, governttient board, ' or Walter . Runclman, presl tient of tbe'bQard f Agriculture to needed to cop With the armi situ tkm. The newspaper, dclree that a wave ot determination' to ' put ,'the army in H place and restore - the threatened, authority -of parliament has swept' through', tne country and adds:' v - v., "If the (government will lead, well and'. goJOd; If not, other champions will arise.'' . i ; fiirmmMf Will Vot Filiwh'. Percy Holden Ilingworth. chief liberal whip In the house of commons in a speech at Blackburn tonight, de ciared that if every . officer in ; the army resigned, the government would not flinch a hair's breadth from the task it had Jri.hand. : Field Marshal Sir John Frenoh and Adjutant General Sir John Ewart (ftmtJnned an Par Pin nr.) JUAREZ JUBILKNT OVER OF Relieved City Will Be in Hands of Villa's Men by Today.' OFFICIAL MESSAGES JUAREZ, Mexico, March 27 This city was in a turmoil of excite men: today as report after report arrived with news of the occupation-by the rebels of Lerdo and Gomes palacio and the attack on Torreon, and It was predicted that when 'General Car rsnsa, supreme chief of the revolu tion, arrives here 'tomorrow he will be showr, original dispatches that the conquest oi an three cities Is com plete. --. , News, of the Torreoa assault came exclusively in official dispatches dur ing tb day. .. -', - ; . -; General Herrera, with his awn brigade, and part of the Zaragosa brigade, all veterans, are reported to have entered Torreon from the east, four thousand strong, and to have fought their way from house to house and from street to street, until the bull ring on the northern fringe of the town had been taken, together with the part of tbi city through which the railroad passes. This In cludes the business district, or most of it ' At 1 o'clock this afternoon, the Ftelnau hotel. In the heart of the &tr tM tn tut In rebel hutifla A tK. armies were fighting for possession of the ranroaa snops. The city was reported burning tn ; eerveml places, bat as the building jar mostly of adobe there '.m no ! 'I fear of a general conflagration ., Unofficial advice from the front : were that fa federal war onoen- tratd In UHflr last defense In the par m in city. FIRST SKIRMISH ON TOLLS REPEAL WON BY PRES. WILSON Over the Opposition of Leaders Like Speaker Clark Underwood and Kitchin, Wilson by Large Majority. WASHINGTON, Mar(h 17-Preel- dent .Wilson today wow the opening skirmish ot th greateat legislative battle of his administration when the house, ovee bitter protest from rec ognized democrat leaders and al most solid minority opposition, adopt ed a special rule, for th considers tion of the bill repeal toe th - free toll provision of th Panama canal act. , Speaker Clark, Democ ratio Leader Underwood, Republican Leader Mann and Progressive , Leader - Murdock headed those 1'nid up against tthe administration, but th house; re sponded to the president's personal appeal for prompt consideration of the repeal bill ai a means of sup porting his administration's foreign policy. Two votes demonstrated the presi dent's commanding Influence With his party In congress. On the first test, a motion to end debate and preclude amendment on the rule, carried by a vote of 207 to 170; th rule itself was adopted 200 to 172. - Underwood's Appeal Vain. Nothing to compare with the scene today ' had occurred in th 1 house sine th famous Gannon rules' fight four years ago. In vain Representa tive Underwood took the floor and urged his colleagues to Vot against the rule. The rank and file demo crats, after listening to three hours of passionate argument, sung lnito the president's column, 115 of them voting to prevent the amendment of the special rule while but 65 fol lowed th leader tn Joining with th minority in opposition. ',. " Tonight administration supporters considered the crucial point . passed, and Jubilantly predict the passage of th repeal bill Itself Tuesday or Wednesday by. a majority of more than 'on hundred. ' ' Several of th twenty hours '.-' al lowed under the rule for debate had been consumed when th house ad journed, and with the speechmaklng continuing without Interruption, Jt was thought1 th final yoe could reached 1at,"Tneay;'',',fia.! r." Th roll call Was taken In silence, the crowded, floor and galleries tens with excltsment, after an hour of de. bat." .. :, ' ' '- ' Throughout the day the chamber had been crowded end the galleries filled to overflowing. ; Following the announcement of Speaker 'Clark last HI ELECTS Delegates to Chicago Meet ing in May and Alter- nates Named. MEETING A SUCCESS NORFOLK, Va March. 27-The North Carolina Pine association to day ended its " twenty-fifth annual meeting her by electing officers and directors for the coming year. Offi cer chosen were: R. J. Oamp, Franklin. Va.; president; John ' M. Glbbs, Norfolk, Va; Nathan O'Berry. Goldsboro, N. CH and D. O, Ander son, Marlon, a C, vice president Horton Corwln, Jr, of Edenton, wh0 declined re-election a president, took th place of W. G. Underwood, of Hertford, as a director from Nonh Carolina. J. T. Deal, of Norfolk, was added as a , director from Virginia; Charles Hill.' of Charleston, 8. C; and A. Shoaf, of Savannah, Ga.; were added as directors from South Caro lina. O. J. Cherry, formerly vice president from South- Carolina,' was continued as a director from that state. C. 1 Betts, of Sumter, T. W, Boyle, of Greeleyvllle. and G. Melkle J0n. of Cheraw, retired as directors from South Carolina. " Th following were elected dele gates and alternates to the National Lumber. Manufacturers association In Chicago ta May! Delegates: C, I. Mllard. Norfolk: John M. Gibbs. Norfolk; J, L. Camp, Franklin; Nathan O'Berry, Goldsboro. N. C.; A. R. TumbuU. Norfolk; D. O. Anderson, Marion. S. C: O. J. Cnorry, Charleston, a C; Bl W. Durax Charleston, a C: Guy I. Bueli, ffuf folk. Va.5 A. T. Garran. Newbern, N. C, and W. R. Roper, Norfolk. . Alternates: g. Davidson. Cam den, f. C; Charles Hill. New York; J. T. Deal, Norfolk: A. B. Cramer, Suffolk: C. I Betts, Sumter, S. C: C. W. Forman, Elisabeth City, K. C; Georg E. Major, Hertford, N. C; Thomas P. Goodbody, Savannah, Ga. Th president was authorised to nam a committee to . be composed of Are from each stat to recommend workmen compensation legislation. "DrrC.X" 6chenkZot BUtmore. N".' C, was thanked for hi efforts Jn the Interest of Corwtry aad oonsrnmilm) generally. Carries His Point night against the rule, high feeling toad appeared and every lnfluwic available ' was brought to boar en doubtful ones. As a result, when th struggle began, both - aid were keyed up to a hlh pitch. New Leaden Appoar. when Representatives Underwood, Speaker Clark and Representative Flttgerald, on the minority side, the democratic majority for th time rec ognised as . ' leaders Representative Henry, . chairman on rules; Adamson, chairman of the Interstate and for eign commerce committee; Palmer, of Pennsylvania; Hard wick, of Geor gia; Shirley, of Kentucky, and other prominent .figures supporting the president' position. . Only eight republicans Joined with th majority in support of th admin istration's program, but leaders on both sides tonight conceded that many republicans who voted against the preliminary administration' plans would vot eventually for th repeal. The solid progressive . delegation of the house, .lead by Representative Murdock,- of Kansas, wa aligned against the majority. 3 President Wilson's triumph- was considered most notabVe by fh rank and, CI of aH parties because of th unusual alignment of foroe within th democratic rank a Two men who had sought with him th presidential nomination at th hands of th party on th speaker ot th house, th other th floor leader of, the domi nant party were openly and actively arrayed against htm. Speaker Clark, though he did sot take th floor to day, had Issued his eleventh, hour at tack upon the plan to HmK debate and announced that he would apeak against the repeal bill Tuesday. Representative Underwood, who ha been In the open against the president on the Issue, -pleaded urg ently against the rule, and later de livered an attack on President Wil son' policy, denouncing th repeal of th toll exemption as an economic mistak. and declaring the president to be wrong 4i his conclusion . that exemption to- in" violation"1 of - th Hay-Pauncef ots treaty, Other dm- ocratlc chieftain, among tbm Rep resentatlv Kltchln, of 'North Caro lina, broke with the president Tet In the face of this opposition from men who heretofore had but to raise (Continued on Pag ill). INVESTIGATION INTO THE OF EDITOR IS CONTINUED AT PARIS Former Wife of Minister Caillaux Knew Nothing of Any Document, CALMETTE HAD ONE PARIS, March 17, Th investiga tion Into the killing of M. Calmette, editor of Figaro, by Mme. Caillaux, wife of the former minister of finance, was continued today 'before Magistrals Henrt Bouoard. Mm. Queydan Dugue, a former wit of M. OalMaux, declared she never had directly or In directly oommunfoatadl to M. Cal mette the contents of any document concerning il. Cilllaux. Leon Balloy. editor of Lintranal geant, testified that he had been a close friend of M. Calmette and that M. Calmette, while at dinner with him. March ,42., read , to Bailby . the Fabre report and two papers know as "th green document" diplomat! correspondence, the nature of wtrlofc was advera to M. Caillaux. Th publication of this correspondence was considered Impossible because of its origin. M. Bailby said e agalt saw M. Calmette Maroh 14 and told him hs could obtain a copy of the Fabre report, but that he would not publlah it in L, Intranalgeant if Cat mette was going to publlah it in th Figaro. . M. Calmette, the witness declared, said h had promised not to print th report but that he hoped to ob tain a release from this premise before Tuesday, , Che day Axed for th Roahette debat in 'th chamber of deputies. . M. Calmette added, ac cording to M. Bailby, "I then ahaD have fired my last shot. If after that the ipwblkj is not edlfled-'aooom-panying his remark with a shrug. . Heart Bornsteln. an intimate friend of M. Calmette, also was under cross examination today. THE WEATHKR. WiASHINGTON, March 27. For, cast for North Carolina: Cloudy Sat urday and Sunday probably shower - i - ... THDV MARCHIKO. RTO..J ANEJRO, March 7,-rColonl Theodore Roosevelt and his explore, tion party ar stm proceeding down th Dinted rtvsr on their war I Knao BrastJ, ll&JrlS' "'j WADIN$. THROUGH BLOOD, VAUTURES GOMEZ PALACIO AND Four Days of ?rrifk Fighting Finds Rebel Leader in Three Mm From His Announced GoalWounded SoWers Refusetd ... ,,b. ., GOMEZ PALACIO, aHaxloo. March Z7 (Torreon, a. m.) Four daVs of fighting, Including thra desperate assaults, toy the rebels war crowned with." success today ftwhon. General Franteisco Villa moved Into th ny and estatdlshod ; his headquarters . on that sid ot the town looting toward Torraon and : within tlvr mUe of that roil ,of th Campaign. r ' ' Th final and dlddin assault was delivered yesterday. ,' It was preced ed by a fcombardment, after which the Infantry and cavalrj dashed into the street. ' 1 . . !V Rifles, machetes, pistol and hand Tndes werojjaeJEij a buadrad dif ferent encounters. " Low Not Khown.v , General Villa - doe ntft know" his Own loss except that it 'wa' heavy. Th wounded suffered terribly from thirst, and many died for tack of wa ter and surgical attention; Th dead of both sides were piled In te streets or huddled undea abod nouses or corrals, wrecked by rebel shells. Vet erans say no more furious battle was ver fought tn Mexico.-' - - - ' General Villa, did not stop to mourn his losses, but began praparatlons. to move on Torreon.- He expeot to co operate with 00 men under General Herrera, who la amter orders to attack th town from th east. , , . J,H Newspapar . correspondents . were permitted to enter the city with Villa, Everywhere rebel soldier were rescu ing th Injured and taking; them to th illroad...--..."--''" . Th day was dot and the air reeked with the small of stole blood. Those with flesh wound disdained to desert and many a wounded soldier was seen among the stretcher bearer. 1 Federal Reinforced.-' Villas' first assault in force took prlac four days ago. ;Ther was com paratively a small number of federals in the city, and premature reports of victory were sent out. Soon, how ever, th federals received reinforce ments, and in the desperate fighting Which followed th rebels had rather the worst of It and General Villa with drew. Th next day, -? Wednesday, General Angeles, artillery commander, shelled tfvs city all day and part of th night. Villa had learned that th federal commander, General Velasco, was concentrating In fore n the town Benj. F. Keith Succumbs to Attack of Heart Failure ' at Palm Beach. PALM BHACH. Fla., March 17 Suddesiy trioka with heart failure, Benjamin F. Keith, gtloneer vaude ville producer In th United fttatea, dropped dead tn his room tn a local hotel lata last night. M 'was II years old. but apparently ha been In th best of health.. Only yesterday ha wss wheel-chair ' riding with friend. Th theatrical magnet' sudden death oame afte a conference over business affairs with his son Paul The, latter stepped out of th room for a few moment. When he re turned 4ie found his father dead. The body waa ent to Boston tonight for burial, Mr. Keith wss born in Hlllsboro Bridge, N. H and until be wa It yeare old lived on the farm. Then he saw a performance of Van Am burgh's circus and he be--ame fol lower of the shows as a laborer." He venturecY into .the show. business for himself several years latwr and fol lowed It antn il ii when tie eonoeiv d th idea Of continuous tterftr. rumo theater of vaadsvflH Wihon-That"s Air S READY TO MOVE V:vHK--r'-.. ..... ... 11 . 1 11 1 "' i Leave tiebel Army, J and he ihlmaolf was In the treniohei lnaprlng hi men, and the rebel lead er under cover of th bombardment concentrated vwry avaUabi man for a fresh ssnaH.'y . , .v ; ? -This was delivered Wednesday night but was not decisive, although th rebels held th stxxi roundhouse and a few other natural defenses In the outskirts of th city. t , Last night the third and final as sault iraa delivered. , ; General , villa, sTlmy with dust and sweat, a red bandana handkerchief about his neck, rod up and down th' lines, swearing and cheering, cursing ..ana cainngj on, tn sainta, , At clm.he apparently was calm and again in a fury. Through It all, he urged hi men forward, and all seemed to real It that the attack was th crucial one. The whole plctur was a eon fused blur of blood and fir.' Men in their dying agonies pleaded for water r orled out quavering vivas or deler. taut prayer to "our lady of Guada luie." ' , ' ' , ... ' ' .. Wounded Salute On the way into the city from El Vrlel early today and particularly tn the streets of the town Itself, Gen. eral Villa was constantly called on to return th salutes of th wounded. - Some ot them were limping, not to th rear, but to th front to catoa up with their comrades. Bom al ready ' placed on hospital trains, escaped and returned to their com mands. Others, regaining conscious ness as they were being, born away In litters, cursed their' would-b res cuers and Joined the scattered pro-j cession following In the. train of the general, . "Viva Villa!" "Viva . Madero!" "viva el constitution!" they cried, ; The remarkable endurano of these peons and their mad obsession to re turn to the front greatly impressed the Americans tn th train of General Villa. : There wer men with deep gashes across their cheeks, men with great masses of flesh torn from their backs or sides, In uniforms literally soaked with Mood; with arms and leg torn and lacerated and blood matted hair pasted over their eyes. Th wounded In th outskirts of TRUST LEGISLATION Regulation of Holding Com panies Only Point Not Yet Agreed Upon. WASHINGTON, March 17, Trut legislation was considered again today by th senate committee on Interstate commerce and it was announced later that regulation of hoMliig eompanle Was th only feature upon which agreement had not ten reached. Sen ators Robinson of Arkansas, and Cummins of Iowa, were named as sub committee to draft a section of th proposed antl-trut bin relating t this phase of big business. Practical agreement has been reached on the form of the single anti-trust measure in the senate and on the main pro vision of sections to create an Inter state trade commission' and to pro hibit interlocking directorates of com peting concerns. It is not likely, ad ministration senators said today that the completed bill will be ready for submission. toth ntfor,two weeks, but th plan Is to have th bill ready for eonslderation soon after Hie Panama repeal bill Is disposed of tn &h senate. VILLA ON TORREON , Possession of Important Post ' ,A " th city wer th first to recelw as- sistanc,. but th small hospital corps,, although working heroloaJly, was totally, laadaquat, . Th daad wno nil ariy in th assaults, or had been slain by fdra! sheila, were nuned first. ; , . At every water ear station there wr group C wounded. In plain lht of the dying th bodies ef the dead (wr . dragged I Into shallow trsnohea, ,I( wilt b necessary t la- dnsrat many of th feodlM P4 in th streets, a decomposition sets in rapidly her;4ni'.4J!;; business' w ghngt require y vry avaUable man. ? Gnral. VUla Sj nnxjoug, that th dead man shall h disposed of Immediately to avoid oastiUne. In th coura of th battl 'Char wer .instances of detachments, all of who officers had been lost, funning wildly about calling for new officers to i lead them, or. Joining other com mands, - , . . ... , ' Other detachment, in the xoiU ment of th fight failed to hear, or deliberately disregarded orders to fall back,, or seek : shelter, They dashed unheeding Into, barbed wire enttngiemenu or the nems trnohs and war mowsd down in heaps by federal rapid fir guns. An unusual Incident of yesterday' Dattie was the meeting of two arm ored trains at Long Branch. They exchanged shot , Ilk two warships but with HCtl damage, and th fed eral train retired around a ourve. uomes paiaelo is a railroad town, and is a network of tracks, General Villa today said that has hat was off to General Vslaeeo for his defense of the town. The conduct of the federals was a credit to them as soldiers. General Villa said that General Velasco had proved himself a man of resource a well as of courage. . Three of Velasso'g generals, ft reported, gave their lives in defense of th town General Pens, Reyna, and Anaya, Jt was . reported also that General Ocaranaa wa seriously (Con tinned nB pg sap. lira OF SB IN Wm IN DOUBT Senator Clarke and Judge Wa F. Kirby Each Claim to Hare Won. WTTCb ROCK. Ark., March JT Whether United states Senator James P. Clarke, was renominated' In the democratle primary eleotlon of Wed nesday or was defeated by Wm. F. niroy, associate Justte of th stat Suprem court,. probably wW not be aennitsly determined until an official count of the ballots is made next Monday. " .- ..:: Tonight with about 100 IsolaUd voting precincts, accredited with ap proximately 4,000 of the estimated 110,000 votee cast In the election Un reported, Senator Clark had a lead of 4(1 vote over Judge Kirby. ot the 111,050 votes accounted for Sen ator Clarke had l,:l and his op ponent 17,704. ' . - Both candidates claim victory. Senator Clarke declares he has won by at least 4,000 majority. At the headquarters of Judge Kirby, claim Is made to th nomination by a major ity of from' 4,000 li1.M:"" Jloetlaa nnmnilMl nn. tn maImhi. ty wintist tt Monday t can vass tht returns. flllJGOFFB IS Mi DELAYED, HEW TDIAL ASKEO Extraordinary Motion For & New Trial Will be Filed ; April 16. NEW EVIDENCE 13 BASI3 OF IIOTIOir Death of Frank, Cot for April 17, Will Auto - w fciatically Ctayed ; ATLANTA. Ga., March t7. Effortff t6 obtain new trial for U M, Frank, uniTr sjentenee of death for th mur der her of Mary Phagan, 14 years oM, today resulted In notice being served on Solicitor General Hugh M, Dorsey, who conducted the prosecu tion, that an extraordinary, motion for a new hearing would be died on April It, , Discovery of new evidence, which the defense claims tends to show the Innocence of the oonvU'ted factory superintendent, and repudiation of testimony given at th trial of the accused, are mat' th basis of the new trial motion. Pending flnal de' olslon the motion, which, it la an. nounsed, wiB (be filed In the Superior eourt, th hanging of Frank, set for April 17, will be automat icaliy stay :. .:--' tl i an AUIA'-'"---':-"; to ftorl t r- taWltth an allM for' Frank te n.u.; in four afruisvits in eluded In the jiioi: m, Ti.e witni'stp Claim they saw Irank at Alubama and Whitehall etrcnts m the after noon of Afpril i, 11S between 1 and i: io o'clock. it !was testmed - by James Conley, negro -factory sweeper and the chief witness asralnst Frank that lie was aiding frank In carrying;1 the body of th murfored girl from ell company's, plant to th lxuwmMit at this time. . Conley was ronvi i of being an accessory after the : ; and sentenced to one year's impi!, , The hewly d!oovi-i vim- -t Who mad aftlJavit to '-eir;f 1 ii t on th street, are r--mu.M A, l . '-, MN.Winnw (if t! ! tctrj ' ' telUiig at tw, tiy i ; . Green; a Mr, jeffe ami in 1 Harris tiUer. The latter now live In Chattanooga, Tsnn, . All four wit. neseessald they were acquainted WIttf the. convicted man. ... ., Mary Itich, a negro, woman whi conducts a (boarding house near the (CWtned nn Tsr Fotir mm km Gils . FGR lECCIIlTG 0F EIC! E f.,!.Lb llisunderstood Anendacr. Which Lesaliics Pooling Operations. . FIGHT AOAIN TODAY WASHINGTON, Maroh 17. Afte th senate today had passed a bill te) regulate cotton futures trading, Sen atop, Kenyon, wtwy with others, ha 4 misunderstood an amendment to 1 galls pooling, operations moved for j reconsideration and tvd th way fos reopenisg the fight on the measure to morrow, Th amendment would an nnl th Supreme court decision in the) .Patten oaae that .pooling, with ait agreement not to sell on an exchange, violates th Sherman law. Th bill, a passed, would provide) . that no person connected with an ex change hall send through the mail matter promoting enforcement of ft future delivery contract, unless the ex change requires all such transaction) to comply with certain condition, among them that contracts must pro vide for delivery within department of agriculture. , stand. - The pooling amendment,! introduced by , Senator Hoke Smith, of Georgia, was advoceU d by him to prevent such proseciw tlon s that of Patten and associates maicten ny tn federal government on, charges of pooling cotton in 1110, with, the purpose of withholding It from -the market until they had , reaped profit of some f 10,000,000. , Senatof SnriUt declared these men should ha.v been regarded es benefactors, not as) orbnlnals. . The passage of the bill ends a flshl led by Senator Smith, of South Caro Una, for logislatlon against practice on oHton exchanges denounced as In ators Smith of Georgia, and Ransdelt of Louisiana, also Introduced bills. Th three senators today reached am agreement on a compromise measure and it passed without roll call. Among th condition th meamir would require exchanges to Impose on future transactions, la one prori.i lng that if the cotton sold Is of ti-- middling or fcasle grade, and the d livery is of other gratlee, then t'- commercial differences In wM t. tween th 'grade ' ' -' grade sold must I . . the New Yrk In forr a f tie r
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