i Tim -a mmrwiH (DTtizen f
citizen a,
bring Results
r "T ' FAIR.
WMDEPARTmiTfBEPABES TO
Waking Watchfulness"
FOR SEGOriD Tni'A
OF LIEUT. BECKEPi
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6fTTT( NQ. 193. . . ASHEVILLE, K. 0., SATURDAY MORNING, HAY 9, 1911 V PRICK 5 (TENT
SEN TO
G&j.FUmON AT VERA CRUZ
Garrison Says "no Aggressive Action is Intended" But Charters llerck
r - " --rXfe) .
v x wonder V: '
After Twelve Men are C
ant Vessels to Transport More Troops Funston Has Advised the
War Department That He Needs Uore Men.
STATE DEPARTMENT REPLIES
TO PROTEST OF GEN. HUERTA
Dictator Complained That Landing of Additional
Troops at Vera Craz Was in Violation of
Armistice Mediators Continue Work
; WASHINGTON, May 8.
High tension marked the
Mexican situation today both
on the military and the dip
lomatic side.
The war department was
the chief center of activity,
and while no authoritative
statement was made beyond
Secretary" Garrison's formal
rewlv that "no orders for
any national troop move
ment have been sent," it be
' came known that the admin
istration was considering!
the question of sending ad
ditional troops to Vera Cruz,
, and probably would do so.
This step would not be in-
tended as an aggressive
measure, but as a precautioa
An evidence of the serious
ness of ' conditions was con
tained in a report iodav that
two uerman mercnani ves
sels werej about .to arrive at
Puerto, Mexico; with arms
and ammunition for Huerta.
It was realized that this, if
true, would present an inci
dent similar to the arrival of
the Ypiranga at Vera Cruz
which led to the American
occupation of that port.
Eeply to Huerta's Protest
' Huerta 's protest to the
mediators that the .United
States had broken the armis
tice by landing additional
troops at Vera Cruz, was
considered f by the cabinet
NATIOrrS TRIBUTE
TO HONORED DEAD
TO DEEHAT
E
Final Arrangements for Cer
emonles Over Dead Ma
rines and Sailors.
PRESIDENT WILSON
WILL BE PRESENT
Montana Will be Met by
Mayflower , and Dread
naught Wyoming.
and Jater Secretary, Bryan
announced the -reply of this
government stating that no
aggressive steps had been
taken by the United States
forces and that nothing had
been done to violate the sua
pension of hostilities.
. The American reply was
delivered to the mediators
late today. The mediators
themselves also took the
view that the question raised
by Huerta over the observ
ance of the armistice could
be cleared away, and that
Huerta could be convinced
that' the United States had
not violated, in spirit at
least, the armistice. ' ?
The cabinet . meeting
brought out a general discus-
ainri nf the situation. ' It Was
Wafter the
there was little doubt as to SEST BunTnigh C
- ' 1 ;.iV.M..IM,,,ii C1..,.j.,m,.u i '(. n' ii i tx , ,.; .
V ' ::T I
lected Juda Excuses
Two Jurors.
WHITMAN WILL 0PS3
case Tins uonunra
PRESIDENT W1LSOWS POLICY IN
REGARD TO MEXICO ENDORSED BY
I THE CONFEDERATE' VETERANS
Gray Clad Host, in Final Session of Reunion. Adopt Resolutions Approving Pri- hS
dnt Action-Thottsand S Veterant m Grat Aueobitaaratfir, a aa
by Gen. Bennett H. Young. '
NEW TORK, May I; Th flMt tep
in the DJttloii'i tribute to MUlon and
m&rinea who tell beforo MczKan bul
let duiinr tho American occupation
of Vera Crua, will be taken tomorrow
afternoon when the dreadnought Wy
oming leave the Brooklyn nary yard united Confederate Veteran reunion
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., May
Endorsement ot the policy of Presi
dent WUaon ta handim th Mexican
situation was one of the last .official
actions of the twenty-fourth annual
at I o'clock, and passes out to see, to
meet the funeral ship Montana Steam
ing northward with seventeen dead.
Near the Montana will be the presi
dent's ychK the Mayflower, carrying
Secretary of the Navy Daniels. The
Wyoming will escort these two vessels
to a position In the harbor near the
battery,' arriving at I o'clock Sunday
afternoon
whtah nimniuded , here tonight. A
general exodus f veteran ncY visi
tors began this afternoon and' con
tinued tonight. - . " .
Approval of the policy of the presi
dent was continued In -the following
resolution adapted fcy the veterans
this afternoons
Resold vA4oTted.
the sending of , additional j i
forces, wholly. , for precau
tionary purposes. It - also
became known that inquiries
had been made of the, gov
ernors of states to ascertain
the condition of national
guards and how soon they
could be prepared for active
service. This also is a pre
cautionary measure. Indica
tions are that if national
guards are called on, they
would not be sent out of the
country, but would be used
the present tinseilled
condition la the commonweaun 01
Mexico appears likely to Involve some
. rw.nni . . act on on the part or me vnnea
imiitMitnti. .lt hut eomDleted for States. , ,
th. funeral Beremonies. wer .1 made "Be It resoiveo, mat mis oonven-
known : today by Captain ' Albert tlon of United Confederate veterans
Oleaves, commandant of the Brooklyn recognise the great wtofom and
navy yard, who with Brigadier aenerai aisorexion or tne' i
Robert K. Evans, commander ox me unnea oxates ana wm.
department of the east, will off Iclally . port such action as he may take, in
represent the navy and army respec
tively.; . -
The funeral procession . win ieve
the battery about o'clock with a po
lice escort at the head. In sequence
will be a battalion from the Wyoming,
one from the battleship Texas, the na
val militia, the national guard, tne
fConttnned on Pn Seven).
CONVENTION OF STATE "
FEDERATION OF CLUBS
ENDS AHMIE
Election of Officers and Oth
er Important Business
' at Final Session.
MINTS ON MOTION
TO
F
OF
SET FOR T
RECEPTION BY ELKS
Solicitor Dorsey Indicates
That He Will Ask Post
ponement of Hearing.
OTHER FEATURES
yyettevllle, VtJ May 8. Kou
tine business, including (he reading
of various reports and presentation
of other matters, the election of offl
oera a farewell ' address by Mrs.
Pennybacker and a brilliant reception
tendered by the local Elks character
laed the flnal day of the annual con
ventlon of the North Carolina Fed
eration - of Women's clubs, whloh
opened In this city Tuesday.
rurlng tfie day, Mrs. Rellly, repre
senting the Charlotte clubs, presented
Mr a Fennybaoker with a handsome
- pin as a birthday gift, yesterday be
ing the fifty-third anniversary of her
birth. Mrs. J. D. Edwards, uf W11-!
mlngton won toth ftrst and second
medals for an oftiginsj oomposltlon.
At the election of officers, Miss
Adelaide Fries was re-elected presi
dent, Miss Well, of Greensboro, was
nntned vtoe-yresideTrt, 'Mrs. 'A. C
Avery, of Morganton, was sleeted re
cording secretary, and Mm. A. D.
Cooper, of. Henderson, was elected
' treasurer. - '. r--'"i - ;"""; A:
The delegates to the biennial con
vention at Chicago m June were elect
ed as follows: Mrs. C C. Hook-, Mrs.
W. T. Brock. Mrs. -R. R. Cotton; Mrs.
x. Falrorother. Mrs. B. F, Long,
and Mrs. T. W. Ungle. The six alter
nates were Mesdmmea Rogers, Moffitt.
fiolweil, Beasley, T. B. Reynolds and
Delia Cllne. ' i '
-ChalrmeiTbr eommltteewste"thn
elected and the meeting came to an
end wttb tbe gtnglnf of the doxology,
(Corttlnoed on Page Beveiit.
every oosslbld way.'
Commander-in-Chief Bennett m.
Toung, was Instructed by the conven
tion to forward the resoUitlon r-tt
President Wilson. . i s . , r.
Among other; resolutions adopted
at the flnal session was one approv
ing ths peace Jubilee to be held to
Vicksburg, Miss., next year. The
resolution states that the Invitation
to federal Veterans fo "meet the con
federate soldiers on southern sou U
sipproved, provldeA the spirit of ths
oooeston be to accorfl equal nonor
ATLANTA, Ga., May t.-Argu
ments on the motion to annul the
verdict that sentenced Leo M. Frank
to be hanged for the murder of 14
year-old Msry Phagan are set for
hearing in the Superior court ' here
tomorrow.
Hugh M. Dorsey,' solicitor general
and chief of the state- legal forces.
Indicated tonight, however, that , h
would probably ask for postpone
ment on account of lack of time for
preparation of the prosecution's plec
The motion of the defense for an
annulment of the verdict Is based on
the absence of Frank from the
court room when it was returned.
The question involved is Whether his
attorneys had the right to agree to
his absence which was suggested by
the presiding judge because of the
feeling against the defendant
Counsel for the defendant plan to
confer -with Benjamin H. Hill, Su
perior judge, tomorrow, regarding the
certification to be mala to the state
Supreme court, where the defense has
announced it will carry the extraor
dinary motion for a new trial, which
was overruled by Judge Hill.
Investigation of tbe bribery charges
and allegations of coercion and per
jury that characterised the recent
hearing on the extraordinary motion
for" a he w-trlar-wiriTe aaked "by
Judge Hill of the grand jury which
meets July 14.
CLOSES CONVENTION 8Y
1
ELECTION OF OFFICERS
Miss Fannie Hicks, of Ba
leigh, is Elected to
Office.
SPEAKERS HEARD
MEMPHIS, Term., May .
Practically completing their third an
nual convention with the election .'of
officers and general meetings today,
the Southern Sociological congress re
cessed tonight to meet with the fia
tlonal "" donference on . charities nd
corrections at the opening session of
that convention.
Headed by former Governor W. H,
Mann, of Virginia, as president, all
the old officers were re-elected ex
cept the second vice president, Mrs.
J. A. Baker, of Houston, Texas, who
was succeeded by Mlas Fannie Hicks,
of Raleigh, N. C. The selection of
the next meeting place was left to
the executive committee.
The two meetings of the day were
devoted to "hindrances to negro pro
gress" and "the church and social
service." The : speakers devoting
themselves to conditions of the ne
groes were Prof. A. M. Thawyick and
Prof. a. E. Haynes, of Nashville; Dr.
J, D. Hammond of Augusta, Oa
end Mr. Florence E. Keller, of New
York. Organised society, H wae
pointed out, must recognise Its obli
gations and take op the work of lm
proving the status of the negro race
by systematic education. Wherever
the hegTO has been offered chances
for improvement 'and encouraged to
take advantage of them. It was de
clared, they have responded In a way
to rejoice every friend of human re
spectability. Other speakers today Included J.
W. Miagruder, of Baltimore; Dr. C.
A Gardner, of Louisville and Dr. C
B. Mangold of 8t Louis. Dr. Man
gold spoke on'th new profoeslon of
soda! serrtoe end the training of
XNlal wwlterne
for patriotism to Jefferson. Davis, 1
leader of the people of the south, and
Abraham Linooln,, leader of. the peo
ple of the north. vi j
The . present , departmental : com
manders, General Theodore S, Gar
nett, Norfolk, commander of ths
army of northern 'Virginias General
George P. Harrison, Opellka, Ala.,
commander of the, department of
Tennessee and General K. , M. Van
Saadt, Forth Worth, Texas, ; com
mander ; department . ef Trans-Mis-alaslppt
-wera r-elaoted ,bx. aoclama-,
tlow- ' ! - '-t-i .4 ,
1 rrvMtmnrrfMvrmwf&
night sent President Wilson a copy
of the resolutions adopted yesterday
offering 1 the eervtoee of one hundred
men from their ranks- tot. duty w
Mexico hi the event of trouble with
that cbuntry. ' . t .
Thouaands flee Parade, '
Thousands of enthusiastic citizen!
and visitors today kwdly cheered
survivors of the oonfedsrate arm)
who' participated ' In - their twenty
fourtta annual parade. While not so
Dlcturesirue as former parades, be
cause only a few attempted to march,
the' spectacle - furnished a thrilling
sight to hundreds who saw the heroes
for the first time.
Veterans, maids and oponsora, la
nearly two thousand automobiles took
nart In the parade., au or. tne
partmental offlcers of the three divi
sion were oa horseback; as well as
a detachment f Forrest's cavalry.
Mounts could not be obtained for
Will Charge That Escicr
Was Actual "Brains"
Behind Murder.
SEVf TORK, May .-fhe jury
whloh will determlue whether Charles
Becker, former police lieutenant and
head of the "strong arm Kjuad" con
ceived the plot that resulted In the
murder of Herman Rosenthal, the
gambler, was completed late today
and adjournment promptly token un
til 10:80 o'clock tomorrow mornlnt
when Dlstrlot Attorney Whitman wui
address the Jury, ; charging , th, t
Becker actually we the "braliu of
the conspiracy, .The first' wltnwi
probably will we placed uPn "
stand early in the forenoon.
After one hundred and twenty-one
talesmen had been examined, the Juv?
was completed shortly before four
o'clock. Directly after the twt'U i
Juror was selected, however, Jit-' i
his chamljiM,
before him n .'.ri I
Attorney Whttm.n and Jinrtin a,
Mantom, of Becker's council.
Two Jurors ICsi uk-J.
Just what took place during ti
conference which laeted shout 1 j
minutes, wae not revealed, bin v" s
the dlstrlot attorney and Mr. :
ton emerged from ; the chii '
jurors selected s humbcrs five
eight. A. V. Jarleys and ,r.
Bmlth. were called in. La' i-r J.
number of survivors of this noted
troop. They, as well as otner voter-
ena attempted to march, tout reluct'
antly fell out of the formation, un
able to stand the strain 01 tne pace
set oy jnose mmow. , ewMf returned to th t. ",x
"" ;j -'.j.:'.: v 1 annvunoeo mat u iwu jmuu
Rain fell Just before lime tor tne been exouaed upon their own t.
pared to begin, Participants , and oatftin. Ko refleetmn, im id th
soeotatora were forced to rush fori was to be csM nr-n eiih'r
shelter. , The. downull lasted- only a men. The .work f e'mi
short .while. nd.prlihtunshlnt pre- men was omiln reennu d el 1
veiled aurine ine htmit dtv i" 1 oomnieiaa auinniy 1 1
dy..-.Th weather was,, extremely
warm. . , ; . ; ,ii,:Li: J
Papers . with dlepauthe from
Washtngtoft and Mexico to, regard to
th situation were being sold among
the spectators as the parade passed
through the bus lm ess section of the
city, lisarlng tbe cry of the news
boys, many c the, veterans cook it
up. 1 and waving battle ocarreA.
confederate flag, they shouted "on
to Mexico."
There were numerous ambulance 1
calls during the progress of the pa
rade, but 41 oases were reported by
nosnHal authorities to he, due to
xhAustfon. !i .
General Bennett H. Toung, oom-mandr-ln-chlef,
led, the , parade. !
Fourteen brass band wsr scattered
through the line of march, There
were nearly; 1.000 gaily decorated
automobile in th pageant.
Th commander-in-chief was fol
lowed bv the Tran-MleiiTM ?
i
1 f
Continued on Peg Movm.)
nnii
F
T
Senate Advances Meeting
Hour From Noon to Elev
en O'Clock.
BILL OF EXCEPTIONS IB
HIT THfCi FILED
Supreme Court of United
States -Will Determine
Thaw's Legal Status. ,
WASHINGTON, May -J?lns for
n early adjournment of congress,
took more definite shape today when
tbe senate advanced It meeting hour
from noon to 11 o'clock and house
leader Issued the formal call for a
democratic caucus Tuesday night. A
'legislative program" will be laid out
at the caucus which will Include ad
journment as a leading feature, Lead-
era now believe the nope 01 aajoura-
ment July 10 may be reallxed. The
houee caucus Tuesday will Consider
resolution announcing It to bs the
sense of the party that the antl trust
interstate trade commission, railway
capitalization bills, rural credits
measures amd the appropriation bill
should be passed and the house then
adjourned.
The senate changed Ha meeting
hour today to hasten passage of th
agricultural appropriation bill.
There was one cloud on ths ad
journment horlson today when talk
was renew eA of an attempt to reach
a vote at the present oeasioa on ths
orooosed constitutional amendment
for nation-wide prohibition.
ROBERTS. REYNOLDS HIS
FILED EXPENSE ME
uptown liftt'l to 1 , ! r
,.,'0 mr-nliim v-' ) !a ti
y of the report! wove t
W, Bourke Cockran of vm
Becker, adjudged guilty cf cnn
of court for a remark atttnijut"! 1
him, H had been quoted in t
newspapers a saying "this Is n-t
trial; If Is an aswminatlon." t v
oral , affidavit from ; newspaper r
who owore they lieard C"HrB n t
this are In the hands of the d .
attorney. It we intimated at
Whitman offlc toolght, howm.
iConflniMWi on PtJ"""'!
tod 'mm'
o other F..:
rairaEOEiit.
WiU Testify ITextWel:::
day Before Interstat3
; Commerce Con. .
Ta T.afe TVian rtt rir fffltl. I mm mtmn tfnitiT-
didates but Includes Items
Not Filed by Others.
CONCORD, N. H., May I. iA bill
of exoeptkMi filed by counsel for
New York state In the matter of Fed
oral Judge Edgar Aklrloh's decision
granting th petition of Harry K.
Thaw Dor a writ of habeas corpus
was received and allowed today by
Judge Aldrlch. Counsel filed a bond
covering th cost of th transfer of
the case to the Supreme court of the
United States which will determine
Thaw's legal statu.
. So Car a Is known here, Thaw will
remain n Concord In custody , of
Sheriff Hoi man Drew, of Coos coun
ty, pending the Supreme court's de
cision. '
. The ease was removed from the
Coked state Dlstrlot court when
Judge Aldrlch signed an. order dl
missing Thaw from custody under ths
prevWue ptroeealng. Under tne ap
peal of fh New Tork legal repre
sentatives. Thaw wt returned to the
custody of Sheriff Drew,
CAKRANZA AT TOBJlEOIT.
(By Georgv H. Manning.)
WASHINGTON, D. C, May l.Hy
far the largest amount yet certified
at expenses for a primary campaign
this year In North Caroltn wts
certified today When Bobert R. Key
nolds of Ashevllle, Who 1 contesting
the seat held by Qongreseman Oud
ger of the Tenth district, lm a awor
statement declared h has .. spent
11,770.20. Most of his Itemised bill
Included amount paid for Insertion
of advertisements In newspaper an
be ha apparently advertised In every
newspaper In the Tenth district. Rey
nolds also included stamp, station
ery and clerk hire, Item which had
not been mentioned by th other can-1 Tuesday.
WASHINGTON, May IWllllam
Rockefeller, Oeorg F. Baker and
Oeorg , MoCuUough " Miller of New
Tork all director of th New Haven
railroad have been called to testify
next Wednesday before th Interstate
commerce-commission In It Invest!,
gatlon of the New Haven road. For
mer President Mellon will be called
later to tell of transactions betwees
the railroad and the Blllard com
pany. '
It Is probabla that Timothy E.
Byrne one time assistant to f armor
President Mellen will teetlfy on Mon
day, i F. D. Robblns, chief counsel of
the New Haven, wh has been prom
inently Identified la 1 the testimony
with the affair of the Blllard com
pany. Is expected to take the stand
dldalea The thro other Tenth dl
triot candidates today also oerMfled
expense as follow:
i. O. Harrison 1,S0; Walter
Moor $211.00; James H. Merrimoa
llt.lt.
There is TORRBON. Mexico. May I. Gen-
little likelihood that the amendment erj Venuetlano Carranxa arrived her
will be taken up In the" Tuesday today with his staff and established a
caucus. It passage require a two temporary capital. General . Manual
third vote and leader expect tbe 1 Chao, governor of the state of Chi-
The gathering together of loon n1
of ever minor transaction and the
piecing together of testimony charac
terized the Mew Haven hearing today
before the interstate commerce com
mission. Two of three fact regarded as
having an important bearing opnn
th matter vnder Inquiry, were de-
WA8HINOTON, , May I. Cecretary veloped through the testimony yee-
terday of John 1 Bliiara. promoter
of the Blllard company. They were
that the Blllard company dealt 'brotii.
ly In other securities besides tnoee or
CHARGES ROTTED.
fight to be close. , ' . ,
No matter what the house doe at
this session with the prohibition
resolution, th senate ha It bands
so full of other subject that ft Is
not believed it will be taken np there
for the present ' 1 . i :
Representative Bulkier, chairman
huahua, was one of the party.
General Villa met General Carransa
to his resldenc . here. Villa and Commander Haft and the shipyard
Chao spent a part of the day together
at constitutional lot army headquarter
and later dined together. Carranta'e
fatur movement will depend on the
Daniel announced ' tonight ' hat
full Investigation bad resulted In com
plete refutation of charge that diffi
culties between Lieutenant Command-1
er Chailes P. Huff and J. P. Keiseck. the Now Haven and Its subsidiary
er, an employee of the Newport News, that th Blllard company practically
Shipbuilding company were connect
ed with th official relation between
BLAZE AT BIRMINGHAM.
of the house banking and currency ' ucce attending the eontituUonal-
lutv committee, which ha charge of lt army.
th proptwed rural credit bill con
ferred with President Wilson today.
M Bulkier" said fcr""w-'optlmltic
abort th bill' nactment at (hi
THE WEATHER.
'WJU!miNOTOjr,Mr' t.-oroemst
for North Carolina: Fair Saturday
an 0unay. rising temporetai, r
BIRMINGHAM, Ala, May l.One
man Is dead, two other are In - a
dying condition ana several are un-'auy ttio y.
accounted for, following; a fir late to-' f any, the f
day which completely destroyed ?hl v 1 ' i
gmeral effleee -of - the T!" ' 1 '
Railway Light and Power t
The 4adt H. n. r
wa John If Blllard hlmeeir: tnat
for reason of hi own John L. I
latd burned hi personal book atsl
paper which contained records ci
Wan" transaction and that while r.i
made a profit of approxltnatpiy 1.7 H
000 on the eul in B"c "
elock. wh!"h r------
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