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VOL. XIX. NO. 44.
TEYON, POLK COUNTY, N. C, FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 1914.
ESTABLISHED HAY, 1894.
BEAD IN HOEfflP
jUMBER OF PDEPlf
. .. adit i net in r.i 1 1 n
MANY Lives
HOUSE FIRE AT ST. LOUIS,
MISSOURI. . ,
EVERAL PERSONS HURT
n.:.. nrrwered -Other , Vie.
tims Still Buried In Ruins
of Building.
St Louis. That from thirty to
destroyed the building is the belief of
officers of the club. . - -
Seven bodies have been recovered
Ud from twenty-three to twenty-nine
occupants of the structure are still un
accounted for. At sundown firemen
continued the search for bodies in the
smouldering ruins under the glare of
searchlights. - - ' ' '.
Though a committee early opened
headquarters at the Press club and
asked all who were guests of the
Missouri Athletic club to report, thir
ty to thirty-five did not register and
hourly the feeling grew that all these
were lost. m . ' .
Hope was given by Fire Chief Swin
gley that water would be primped out
of the ruins in one night and that
search for bodies might then be resumed.-
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While the, search continued seven
teen persons injured in the fire were
wider treatment at public and private
hospitals. . - " - -
There was much difficulty In identi
fying recovered bodies of the dead and
some were "identified under two or
three different names.
The blaze was the most serious as to
fatalities of any fire in' the city's his
tory. It completely wrecked the .sev-
tn-story building --occupied.- Jointly .by
the Missouri Athletic club and-by the
Boatmen's bank, caused a property
loss estimated at $466,000, and forced
the abandonment of. the intercollegi
ate track meet to have been held In
St Louis tinder the ' auspices of . the
dub. ... : ,"
The cause of the fire was a mys
tery. Reports that the blaze was ac
companied by a terrific explosion in
dicating that the fire was due to ef
forts of bank robbers to dynamite the
"Boatmen's bank were unconfirmed.; Re
ports of explosions, 'were .' denied by
the night watchman of the bank;
HEIRS TO GET FEDERAL CASH
Officers Who Left U. S. Armmy to. Be
Reimbursed.'
Washington Officers of the United
States army who resigned their com-
missins to give th eir services to the
Confederacy will b ere imbursed for
'toeir pay and allowances they sacri
flced by such action, under a bill of
fered by Senator Overman 'of North
Carolina, which passed the senate. It
now go to the house. :
, Among those who will receive back
Pay and allowances are the heirs of
Jackson, Longstreet, Pickett1 and many
c&er famous Confederate generals
5ho were in armv service when the
South seceded and when they enlist
1 under the Southern banners the
treasury refused to pay them what-
yer amounts were due them for senr
ices rendered. ' ; . ? '
More than twenty-five years ago the
preme court held that one Walker
Jad a just ciaim, but this test; case
Joes not seem to have -been made the
uls Of all th an it a rohlnh Viairo hopn
uu valid. Heira of manv Southern-
are entitled to the amount.
Exchanges Gamble In Products:
.Washington. Holding that, ex
ctlange gambline in affriciiltural nrod.
Jct8'is one of the great evils. of the
uoiry which ought to r be speedily
erected, Representative Robert L
I M AT 1
rules
committee, is planning to secure
action
1a vni I1UC VI lUVCSUKai.lU.
1 a meeting of the committee it was
acucally settled that the Democrat
-6'biauve program for this session
authorize a snecial 1oint commit
ts!"01!1116 two houses to investigate
rr.iTlfije8 of thecountry. " ' ' -
LTe" Men Exhumed Vergara. ;. J
ed , Texas-Information .', secur
einf ial but from sources .usually
two ? ed' Indicated that at least
Partv 1 Jlcans were members of the
Texa h exhumed the body of fhe
from8tIancllman'clemene Vergara;
ic0 aH cemetery at Hidalgo, Mex
side of fveturne1 il t0 the American
are 8aif border- Eight Americans
the PT! 1 have feeen the others in
that on lUn- u also repprteti
in Mexic f the Mexicans remained
cern fAW?,an1 frlends expressed con
, 101 Ws safety. J x'-
JUSTICE DANIEL T- WRIGHT
Justice Daniel Thew Wright of the
District of Columbia Supreme court.
against whom charges Involving moral
turpitude have been filed with Presl-
t . A, A ' i k . A m
oem wiison dv waae n. cooper, m
Washington banker.
BLEASE IN FIGHTING MOOD
GOVERNOR DIDN'T LIKE SPEECH
MADE BY ONE OF THE
LEGISLATORS.
He Even Pulled Off His Coat Per-
sonal Violence Prevented by v
' Cool-Headed Members.
ro oU,
representatives when Governor Blease
went into" the hall to reply to certain
statements made by W. F. Stevenson,
in a speech on the asylum probe and
to deliver , a message in person. Per
sonal encounters, which at one time
seemed likely, were prevented by the
intervention of members.
When the governor charged that N
B. Barnwell, member of the house
from Charleston, was acting in a cow
ardly manner by raising a technical
point inai me .cniei execuuve was noi
i
acting within the constitutional limits
in making his remarks,
Governor Blease told the members
that he came- prepared for a fight be
cause he could not tand the alleged
misrepresentations.
Following the tilt with Mr. Barnwell
the governor left the hall and was fol
lowed by a large number of his sup
porters. Mr. Stevenson followed him
for the purpose, it is said, of stating
that he did not -wish Governor Blease
to understand that he had apologized
for any statement made in his speech.
- 'The governor apparently thought
that Mr. Stephenson wanted to fight
and pulled off his coat
"I have been in ..some fights, but I
never take off my coat,"; said Mr. Ste
venson, . returning to the hall
General disorder reigned in the
house for several minutes while the
governor was -making his charges.
H00RE; RESIGNS POSITION
Agreed to S rve State Department
- v ' x Only One Year.
. Washington. John , Bassett Moore,
counselor of the state department and
the recognized authority on interna
tional questions, concluded his serv
ice with the government when Pres
ident Wilson accepted the resignation
Coming when international affairs
occunv the forefront of official and
Liu fannn ho HonnrtiirA of Mr.
Moore from a position second only to
MPore "rr " ...
it.-. ri Hnran nrT.ninun -. wiuh-
Although the resignation had been
i ' ik.rnvoeilant's - hands . since Feb-1
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--I CW;;wn":There
uau;uui -w -
i ' TNffa aniYia TYI CY t PI
rt:th;ouneo;rt
partment did not find his labors .en
tirely congenial and, was about to. re
aiirn; but these repoits vere piompuy
denied. , '
- J Suffraaettes Engage Jn Riot.
London. Militant suffragettes
gave further proof that their bitter-
for fihft La-
est -v;-;-mT"t hRt
bor party, iu u.,:-
ho. anoiisfid their cause, as soon as
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J. i- Ramsey Macuonaiu, a v
the Labor party "began speaking at
a labor oartv rally in . Memorial nan
suffragettes aided: by male .support-
. . x v. ,! Vim Anxtm ' iTTOT
ers, startea w uuvvi
nearly an hour a fierce struggle rsc
in the halL There were irequem ire
fights between men, white women
grabbed one another by the batr.
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TEXAS RANGERS
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MOUNTED TEXANS DISINTERRED
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CORPSE OF AMERICAN RANCH
MAN AND, TOOK IT AWAY. "
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HAD ORDER FOR THE BODY
Rangers Rode Swiftly and Met With
No Opposition During Their In
vasion of Mexico.
Lafedo, Texas. Texas rangers, who
secretly crossed into Mexico at night,
brought to the' American side the mu
tilated body of Clemente Vergara, Tex
as ranchman, and established the fact
of his execution after he was seized
by Mexican federals.
The ratigers were not opposed, ac
complishing their search without the
slightest violence, J taking the body
from a grave in Hidalgo cemetery. al
most within sight of the Texan bor
der. - J '
The seizure was divested of possi
bly grave aspects in international
complications by reason of the fact
that the rangers were practically mak
Ing use of permission granted official
ly by Mexican federal authorities sev
eral days ago for recovery of the body.
This permission had been given to
United States Consul Garrett at Nue-
vo Laredo, but he did not get the body
because of what he reported as dan
sers attending 1 search for it in the
immediate1 vicinity of Hidalgo.
Vergara was shot twice through the
head and once through the neck his
skull was 'crushed as by a blow from
a rifle butt, and the charred fingers
of the left hand indicated that' he had
been tortured before being put to
death. " ' '
Identification was made the dead
man's son and by numerous friends.
many of whom were in the party of
which .made the grim Journey to the
Hidalgo cemetery during, the early
uiuruig uuurs. iub uuuj won uui, ou
badly decomposed, despite its three
week's burial, and in addition to rec
ognizing the features, young Vergara
took a bit of cloth from the trousers
which enclosed the body and matched
It to the coat which his father had on
the day he crossed the Rio Grande.
The body was brought into the Unit
ed States at a point 45 miles norths
west of Laredo, opposite Hidalgo and
r oo y tho vcrcarn ranrn ATtiftripan
.a km ' . a .
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Consul Garrett of Nuevo Laredo, dep
uty sheriffs and other authorities were
waiting to receive it, and, pending the
arrival of an undertaker from Laredo,
an armed force stood guard over the
body. . .
NATIONAL HONOR INVOLVED
PresidentWishes to Develop Foreign
Policy of United States
Washington. Development of the
American foreign policy as an influ
ence for commercial expansion and
the cause of universal peace is a vita
concern of the Washington adminis
tration in -its efforts to have repealed
the Panama tolls exemption clause.
Aside from President Wilson's '; asser
tion that national honor is involved in
upholding aStreaty obligation, there
are circumstances surrounding a set
tlement of the controversy which are
expected by administration officials to
have a broad effect on the united
States' diplomatic relations with the
entire world."
Behind the protest of Great Britain
It has become known authoritatively,
stands the united -support of European
nations whose formal objections have
been held in abeyance to await the,
outcome, of England's negotiations
with the United States. - Underlying
tthe settlement of the tolls dispute is
an amoiuous program oi Amenwui
diplomacy, which i contemplates an
early adjustment of relations vriththe
natlnna of thft clohft so that the Pan-
vv o-- -. t- :
diplomatic good feeling
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Austrian Women Demand Ballot.
Vienna, Austria.-Hundreds of worn-
aoa mooHnin fnvnr of woman
1 4 l.e JL.i t a i
At all resolutions were adopted declar
ing it wasT the general demand of Aus
trian woman for the vote in parliamen
tary and local elections. .-, . .
Militant Women Fight Police.
London. Militant suffragettes ; here
fought the police on their favorite bat
tlefield, Trafalgar Square, and in 5 a
D ou rain. The; arrest of Sylvia
v . - ,
Pankhurst for the sixth time under
the ''cat-and-mouse, law precipitatedi
the conflict. Seven other women and
three men were. arrested. One of those
taken into custody was Miss Zelie Em
orsnn of Jackson. Mich Miss Emer-
6on has been arrested several times
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for participation suffragette demon
strations,"and may be! expelled by the
government, ' t
INVADE MEXICO
MRS. J. J. BROWN
Mrs. "J." J. Brown, prominent In so
ciety In both Denver and Newport, is
preparing to make an active canvass
this; year for a seat In the Colorado
state senate,' to succeed Mrs, Helen
Ring Robinson. " Mrs. Brown is one'
of the survivors of the Titanic dis
aster. ' . " . .
THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
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PRESIDENT TELLS LEGISLATORS
EXE MPTIO N CLAU S E VI O- ;
1 LATES TREATY.
Wilion Indicates That Failure to Re
peal May Cause Trouble About
Other Matters.
Washington. President Wilson went
to congress and pleaded for repeal of
the provision of the Panama canal act
which exempts American coastwise
shipping from tolls. ,
President Wilson's address, in part,
follows:- - . V ;
"Gentlemen of the congress: I have
come to.you upon an errand which can
that you.'will not' measure' its impOTt
ance hy .the number of sentences in
which I state iL' No communication I
have addressed to the congress carried
with it graver or more far-reaching im
plications to the interest of the coun
try, and I come now to speak upon a
matter with regard to which I am
charged in" a peculiar degree by the
Constitution itself with personal re
sponsibility. ; v ,
- rl have come, to ask for the repeal
pt that provision of the Panama canal
vessels engaged in the coastwise trade
of the United States from payment : of
tolls and to : urge upon you tha jus
tice, the wisdom and the large pol
icy of such a repeal iwth the utmost
earnestness of which I am capable
"In my ' own " judgment, very fully
considered and maturely formed, that
exemption constituted a' mistaken eco
nomic policy from every point of view,
and is, moreover, -in plata - contraven
tion of the treaty with Great Britain
concerning the canal, ' concluded on
November 18, 191.
"But I .have not come to you to urge
my personal 4 views. I have come to
state to you a fact and a 'situation.
Whatever, may be our own difference
of opinion concerning this much de
bated measure, its meaning is not de
bated outside the United States. Every
where else the language of the treaty
is giyen .but one interpretation, and
that interpretation precludes, the . ex-,
eruption I . am asking you to repeal.
We consented to the treaty; its lan
guage we accepted, if we. did not orig
inate iti and we are too big, too pow
erful, . too self-respecting a nation to
interpret with too strained or refined
a reading the words of our ' own prom
ises just because we -have power
enough to give us leaver to i read them
as we please. -.- The large thihg tb; do
is the only thing we can afford to do,
a voluntarily withdrawal from a posi
tion everywhere questioned and mis
understood. We ought to reverse our
action without ; raising the question
whether" we were right or wrong, and
so once more deserve our reputation
for generosity and the redemption of
every obligation .without quibble
- "i ask this of you in support of the
foreign policy of the administration.
I shall notknow how to deal with
other matters of even greater delicacy
and nearer consequence if you do not
grant it ' to me in ungrudging meas
ure.'
World's Tourists Welcomed. '
New - York. . The' world-girdling
American baseball players came home
in a, snowstorm. V While iharbor craft
tooted and envoys from the Federal
League figuratively waved enticing
contracts. the Giant-White Sox 'com
bination drew into quarantine. The
Federal-. League representatives were
unable to obtain passes to. board the
Lusitania to greet the.-travelers down
the bay. - Organized 4baseball was more
fortunate - in having obtained revenue
cutter passes in advance - and a dele
gation was able to board the ship.
tobaSompaSy
ATTORNEY GENERAL WILL BRING
CHARGES UNDER THE SHER
MAN ANTI-TRUST ACT
IS RESTRAINING THE TRADE?
Independent Dealers Say the . Com
' pany is Wo'rse Than the American
" Company Was, Claim Elimination
Only Will Restore Trade.
Washington. Attorney General Mc
Reynolds decided to prepare suit
against the. Metropolitan , Tobacco
Company of New York, - under the
Sherman anti-trust act. The decision
was based on evidence of alleged re
straints of trade, laid before Mr. Mc
Reynolds by H. Sno wden : Marshall,
United States District1 Attorney at
New York and his assistant, C: : A.
Thompson, who has investigated the
case. -
The chief complaint . against the
Metropolitan Company is ! alleged dis
criminations : against " independent
dealers. The Metrbpolftan acts as dis
tributing agent for producing compa
nies that made up the old ' tobacco
"trust" ." and producing companies
would be - parties to the action. The
question of criminal prosecution of of
'ficials of the companies was not set
tled. -
Independent dealers have charged
that the Metropolitan Company's hold
on the business of Greater New York,
Long "Island and Jersey City is so
powerful that they are in worse condi
tion than before the dissolution of the
old American Tobacco Company.
; According to Mr. Marshall's report,
investigation has shown .. thatV the
.Metropolitan sells ; to independent joK
ber at-the ame,rates Jtells. to.re.
mueis, so mat joooers nanaie Metro
politan goods at no profit at all.
Officials of the disintegrated com
panies of the old American Tobacco
Cocpany, which use the Metropolitan
Company as distributing agents, have
talked with department officials about
a severance of their relations, and as
a result the understanding here is
that a conspiracy in restraint of trade
will riot .be charged in the government
suit, though action would be based on
the allegation that there is restraint
of trade. : . " ' : -or
The fact that there have been ne
gotiations between officials of the to
bacco companies and department rep
resentatives Was pointed out as a rea
son for believing the entire matter
might be settled out of court Inde
pendent dealers, however, have charg
ed that nothing but the elimination of
the Metropolitan would restore com
petition to the Greater New York
field. .: -r. .-v. ;-
Attorney General ' llcReynolds ' has
been particularly interested in 'the
Metropolitan case because he was at
torney for the Government in the suit
against the old tobacco "trust"
; He was greatly interested in evi
dence produced and unless the Metro
politan is willing to conform . to the
department's view of the Sherman act,
proceedings will be pressed. "
Vergara Mystery Cleared.
Washington. Comprehensive' re-.
porfe ' from Major General Bliss apd
American Consul Garrett at Laredo
cleared, up the mystery ? which had
surrounded the delivery on American
soil of the body of the American
ranchman, Clemente Vergara.
The reports satisfied officials that
no act has been committed by Na
tional or-state' agents in violation of
Mexican x sovereignty, and ' that, 4f
there were any offense in the removal
Of the body from Mexico, it was com
mitted b,y individuals,' so the matter
could riot be 'made an International
question. ' ,
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Finish Stock Exchange Hearings.,
Washington. Hearings on the pend
ing Stock .Exchange .regulation bill
were concluded by the Senate Bank
ing and' Currency - Committee with
Samuel Untermeyer, who drew the
measure at the conclusion of the re
cent, "money trust"- investigation
hearings, as' the lone witness.
' Fatal Fight on Train. .
Welch, W. VaV-rR. L. . Taylor, a
deputy, .sheriff of Lex, McDowell
county, is dead, A. D. Beavers, a 'for
mer United States Deputy . Marshal
of Bartley, is in the Welch Hospital,
in a dying condition with' a ; pictol
woriiid in the abdomen, 1X W. Beavers,
a deputy sheriff and brother of A. D.
Beavers; was shot through ' the leg
and T. Ky Hickey, ' a non-combatait
was shot through the thigh," in a pistol
battle on a crowded Norfolk &"West-
ern passenger train about 7 o'clock.
between Laeger and Berwlnd 'v,- ;
DUSIHESS LOCALS
ahcutus sAUiTAnion
Tryon, Polk County, North Carolina
FOR PULMONARY TROUBLES -Booklet
mailed free upon request.
John P. Lochhari & Go.
CONTRACTORS and BUILDERS -'.New
Work or Repairs.1
Phone No. 74. Trybn, N. C.
John G Monroe.
PAINTING, PAPER HANGING,
DECORATING A SPECIALTY.,
- Estimates by Request. ,
Tryon-
North Carolina
Finger Lumber Co.
' - Dealers In
Building Mai
Everything necessary to build a home
Phone. 1.
Landrum, S. C.
Swann's Livery
At Fisher's ,Barn.
, TRYON, NORTH CAROLINA
Saddle and Driving Horses.,.-.-Hacks
meet all trains. Baggage , and
Express looked-after with Special Care
Phones Stable, 106; Residence, 36 B
Dr. J. E. UAVJTI10RUE
; dentist
1 of Asheville, North Carolina .
will be at his office over Orr's Store,'
"Tryoti,11 'Frldiy and 'Saturday . of each '-
J. R. RICH GOUPAbV
21 N. Main St Pnone 364
ASHEVILLE. N. G. : ;
Plumbing Healing Tinning
We have the oldest plumbing and
heating house in the State, and are
prepared to give prompt, satisfactory
service. Call on us when in need of ,
anything in our line. We give free es
timates on new or old work.
"The Famous Ford
9$
. Now that good road building is go
ing on all over the county, every up
to-date farmer and . business .' man
needs an automobile.
The Ford car can go anywhere that
any other car can go and a good many
places that the other cars cannot go.
They cost about half as much to keep
as a horse and buggy. They get you
.around about three times as fast, and
do not get tired or too .hot to travel.
They cost less to buy, cost less o
keep and cost' less to run than anj
other good car on the' market - '
600.00 for Touring Car.
$550.00 for the Roadster .
DR. E. M. SALLEY 1
Saluda, t.'C'
' Agent for Poljk County.:
FOR SALE
INE HILL COTTAGES
A phnim hotAl nrnnartv vlfh niAln
cbnveniences: t
Ten acres, of land, splendid vleir .
No better location for a tourist hos--ielry.in
this vicinity. . . . .
Dr: .Salley's Property. .
One of the very few nice homes with
choice location that can be bought in
the "heart of Tryon. A quiet retired
situation, and yet in 5 minutes' walk
of the postofflce. Very reasonable
terms . can be had on both of these
properties;. Apply to
DR. E M. SALLEY, Saluda, N. C.
RUSTIC TABLES
ROCKERS and SETTEES
Hand-made In Jin mountains. Strong,
durable and cheap.' Price from $2.00
each, up. Serviceable souveniers from
the "Land oi the Sky.w
Midwoocl Rustic , Worts
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