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L. t ! she polk commr hews is vnmm ziobe polk comrry houes ' T " Y TJEinSTIIAIT AI7Y OTHER 7EBKLY UiiWUVAPEB PUBLIOHED. VOL. XIX. NO. 49. TRYON, POLK COUNTY, N. ;C, FRIDAY, APRIL 17, iSltf ESTABLISHED MAY, 1894. ; f .! . ' -: -!'-' ., ' ' . . ' -.. , . . . . ' .-. . .-,., .... .. ' - ' . . ' "' ' : Twos lElOHPOlM c , W I EpARAT'ON UtMftucu rwn n- REST OF U. S. MARINES BY HUERTA GENERAL. EXICO VERY INDEPENDENT uerta Thinks That President Wilson's Command Is Derogatory to Mexican Dignity. r .; vpra "Cruz. Gen. Gustavo Uaas, the federal commander at Vera. Cruz, speaking with reference to the arrest of an American detachment from the Dolphin at Tampico and. the de mand by the American admiral for satisfaction for the insult to the American flag, said that the Mexican government had , or dered Gen."" Mprelos. Zaragoza not to accede to Admiral Mayo's . ; demand which was 'that the American flag should be saluted within twenty-four hours, con- ' sidering that such a step would be highly derogatory to na- tional dignity, and was also un- ' called for, as absolutely no in- suit had been offered to the American flag. " : 1. Washington. Upon ' whether the bmmander of the Huerta- forces at fTampico salutes the American flag In 'apology for the arrest of American nes depends immediate develop- ents in the Mexican situation.. President Wilson declared unofficial-. ly that he expected the federal com- ander at Tampico to fire a salute to the stars and '' stripes as "demanded by Rear Admiral Mayo, and he spoke with a confidence that implied insistence It is understood-that instructions have ken sent to Charger p'Shatlghnessy, -to represent to the Huerta government the feeling of the administration here over the affront, but there has been no announcement on the subject. The presence in Washington of John Lind, President Wilson's personal rep resentative in Mexico for the last eight months, gave the Washington govern ment an adviser with special knowl edge of the. military situation at Tarn pico. Mr. Lind arrived here from Vera Cruz aboard the presidential yacht Mayflower and spent several hours with. Secretary. Bryan. s : "DAGO FRANK" CONFESSES One of "Gunmen" Executed for Rosen- - ... thai Murder Tell? Story of Crime. Albany, N. Y. Shortly before "Dago Frank" Cirofici went to the death chair in Sing Sine prison he told warden Clancy that "Gyp the Blood Horowitz, "Lefty Louie" Rosenberg and Harry Vallon, an informer, fired the shots whiCh - killed Herman Ro senthal, for which crime thejtour gun men paid their lives. "So far as I know Becker had noth to do with this case," the -gunman also declared. "It was a gamblers' urofiici averred' he was five miles away at the time the crime ifas com mitted and that "Whitey Lewis" Seid enshner, although present at the scene f the ehootng, did not fire any of l"e shots. Cirofici made no attempt, however, to deny that he was included 'to the original plot to slay Rosenthal, even admitting that two nights be.- IOfe the gambler -was slain he went lth other gangsters to look for their tended victim. - They were frightened away from Rosenthal n that occa'sion "7 nien they thought were detectives ueof9'a Judgment Upheld at Capital. Washington ; Judgment ' of 1 the urgia courts giving Wiley Georger a locomotive engineer for the Ten- uessee Coal, Iron, and Railroad com Viny, $11,500 as damaeres for the -loss of a foot, was upheld by the Supreme Investigate .Re'turns of Siegel Co. Boston. An investigation to deter- lne whether, false returns of .the Jna&cia condition of the Henry Siegel ompany Gf Boston had been made to Onioiiioner of corporations, .was be- gun hy the grand, jury. '' " , k. B6tt Memorial Unveiled. Augusta, Ga. A" party of forty-four w mbers of Temple Noyes lodge of masons and their wives, from Wash-' gton, n. u., arrived here In a special "ain from a --X- i -i 'i-r. g avauiiau, Uciviug vwiuo w annah in a special steamer 'and as- - S1fcted Butt the unveiline of the Archie Memorial bridge. The party was w 61! to the Bbnair where a reception H 7ld the visitors by the local ciati arnd'the Butt Memorial asso Jeatn Tlle unyeI1InS exercise's were Tafr ljy sPeeches by ex-President l and LeRoy W. Herron. MRS. MEDILL M'CORMICK s " ; ' mm: Mrs. Medlll McCormlck. dajughter of the late Mark Hanna. and one of tha leaders of the equal .suffrage cause. asserts that by 1916 women will hold the balance of power In' the electoral college. " r .. ... ES STATEMENT COMMITTEE OVERWHELMS DIS GRUNTLED CITIES WITH AVA LANCHE OF FIGURES. Atlanta Was the Favorite of the Ma jority of the Banks Asking for Membership. V t Washington. Replying for. the first time to the criticism Vented upon them by the disappointed cities of New Or leans, Washington and Baltimore; the f . , , .... federal reserve bank organization com mittee gave out-a formal statement. v - - - .. Quoting from the official records In the comptroller's office the committee showed that the ' Atlanta member banks which were mainly national banks, had more capital and surplus, more loans and discounts and more individual depositors than either Dal las or New Orleans. - Particular attention was given to the committee's reasons for choosing At lanta, Ga., and Dallas, Texas, in pref erence to New Orleans; for selecting Jlichmond, Va., instead of Baltimore and for naming Kansas City instead of. Denver, Colo., Omana or Lincoln, Neb. The committee called attention to the fact that since thirty-seven cities, were applicants and only twelve named, twenty-five had to be disappointed. "- ARREST AMERICAN MARINES Apology Demanded. for Insult to Amer ican Flag at Tampico," Mexico. Mexico Citv. A launch from the United States gunboat Dolphin, carry lng the paymaster and a small detach ment of "marines, put in at Iturbide bridge at Tampico. The Americans were after a supply of gasoline. They wcrft in uniform, but unarmed. The launch flew the American flag. Colonel Hinojosa, commanding a de tachment of Mexican federals, placed the paymaster and his men under ar rest. They were paraded through the streets and held for a time under de tention. . . ; , . '' . , Admiral Mavo made a vigorous rep resentation to the authorities and trie men were released. Gen. Ignaclo Zar agoza expressed to Admiral Mayo his regret. President Huerta, in an official statement- to American. Charge. O'Shaugh- nessy apologized for the unusual zeal of the Mexican commander at Tampico.; " ; TREfJY EFFECTS TOLL, FIGrff Colombia Granted Free Use of Panama Canal for Warships. Washington. Free use of the Pana ma canal by Colombian warships, troop ships .and navy supply, vessels is pro posed in the;new.treatyD.eiween ..vujs TTnited States: and Colombia signed, at Bogota to seal the breach between the two countries over the separation of Panama.:. SecretaryBryan announc ed with the explanation that th$ clause in the convention was identical with. one in the Colombian treaty negotiat ed by Secretary Root in lauy, wun ine approval of Great Britain and ratified u ho TTnited States senate though never accepted by Colombia.- ; Florida Citrsu. Crop Reported Injured 'wio Hail and wind storms accompanied" by as harp drop in tern Mature v did i many thousand; -dollars' vetable and" citrus, fruit crops in ceJitral1 Florida. ' . Orange CTh9 arid melon and tomato fields IWa' mnt severely. Southern Flor-I penlnsjcitrus fare pn,d experienced.oniy a vuu. . ;r in th state was confined to the north. western section, where crops were not sufficiently matured vo u. mm BOARD ISSU BRYAN EXPLAINS .' - ' .. I ' . ....... :.' -STi. III SECRETARY O F STATE B RYCn D E- FENDS THE REPEAL OF THE , EXEMPTION CLAUSE. DEFENDS THE PRESIDENT n Lengthy Statement Mr. Bryan De- ' fends the Policy1 Pursued by President in Toils Fight. Washington. Secretary Bryan ,lh a statement' lengthily reviews xthe Pan ama tolls questions, and in the .course of the statement declares that the1 re peal of the tolls exemption in the Panama canal act "cannot be con strued to be a construction of tiie Hay- Pauncefote treaty," 'b'ut is "simply, a refusal oh the part of the on the part or the united States to raise that question in that way." : ,v, ; -v : Mr. Bryan discusses various features of the subject the limiting of debate n the house of representatives, tlie Baltimore platform and the effect: of repeal on the treaty. - Claiming that the opponents of the repeal had seized upon the- charge that, the .president was "surrendering to Englahd,"r Mr .Bryan declared that the opposition. -to the repeal had at tempted to appeal to ."prejudice rather than to reason." r "What has Great Britain- done," he asked, "to justify vthe accusation that she is trying to dictate to this coun try? She has simply called attention to the terms of the treaty, and asked for arbitration of the question of con struction, in case this government de fers from the British' government in the constniction to be placed upon the language. The very men who , are insistent- upon construing v the treaty to Dermlt free tolls delayed for months the -atification " 6f; the tfeatrWith Great'Britain because of. thelriopposii tion to any arpiirauon oi me suDjeci. In -other words they construed the treaty 'to permit : discrimination, and then objected to allowing any - interna tional court to express an opinion on the subject. If, as a matter of f adt, Uie treaty grants the fights whlch- Great Britain claims, is It a 'surrender to G reat Britain', for our nation to re peal a law that raised that question? The repeal of th6 law cannot be con strued to be a construction " of the treaty. It Is simply a refusal on the part of the United States to rais that question In that way. In the contro versy over the Welland canal, Canada withdrew a discrimination which she had made in favor of Canadian ships, 'in order that no cause for friction with the United States authorities in regard to the matter should vexist-. t; Why canot the United States with draw a discrimination for the ' same reason? When the treaty Involved4was before the senate for ratification an attempt was made to so amend it as to permit a discrimination in favor of coastwise vessels, but it was - voted down by a-decided majority. Withthls record to support them, is it strange that foreign nations question our Tight to make an exception in favor of American vessels?" GOVERNMENT FORCES WIN San' Domingo 'Rebels Are Defeated' by ' : Gdvernmerit Forces. Satno Donilugo. Rebel forces thdtT'am aborough believer -iii local self- have occupied the citadel at Santiago have surrendered to - the government. Another rebel forceMinder GenviMauri cio Jimlnez, . military chief of the ln fiutrection, which, occupied ,a . forti,gf $ position at Las yegas, also : ;Jnas. s.ur-, rendered to federals under Tancredo Savlnon, who has been appointed gov ernor there: President Bordasi heading 1,500 meni Is on his .way to Santiago, having - taken the field ; against the in surrectionists a, week , ago. The gov ernment Is Vlrtuallyiiv control of the republic and peace ' prevails, except in the northeast portion. ; Red -Cross ta 'Pre vent Floocrs: ...Washington Flans are being per- fecte.her,e forbeghining; work o thr; immense reciamajtjon .prpjecjt. unina fostered by the merican ftatlbnaf Re'd Cros sto relieve suffering-from flood and famine in' the "Huai and "YelloV river districts of China." Monument to Union Veterans.-' ; Americus, Ga Information 'received here, was that eNewjiYork delegation of veterans and . prominent citizens coming to Anaerson vine nauonai cem etery April 30 for dedicatory ceremo nies of the New York., state monument will come -directly, .to.-Americus, going later to Andersonyllle. c Fve;. hundred New Jojkers . wilf,wnstejte.';par ty, and "they ,wijl be entertained while in Americus with aerogram" arranged while in' Americus with a program ar- raneed by the Americus chamber of commerces ' COMMANDER; EVANS 5 .-...v.v. .-... Commander E. R. G. R. Evans, who was the last man to see Explorer Scott alive, recently arrived In this country! Evans, suffered terrible agonies In the polar regions and declares that noth ing could Induce him to go back to the South pole. , ESTOPAY EXPENSES INCREASED CU STO MS HAVE PRO - DUCEdI MORE ' REVENUE : .' Z - Ji ' THAN EXPECTED. I. ' . . '..v' - " Statementjby . Treasury Departrient y Showing Operation of the New J --'.VV-s;'"; Tariff Law. ". Washington.--Figures wera-j made during' the fiscal . year .which endson June" 30,', 19,14 almost , certainly will meet l and! probably ? will-1 exceed, the estimates made -when' congress passed the' -new . tariff law. , .V: '.- - - , Thef statement prepared-by Assist ahtMalburnin; ch charge of ;ast zsj& - Itwas sUhrated that-the"-refcelpL! from customs for the fiscal year 1914, which included three months under the tariff act of 1909. and nine months un der the present , tariff act, approved TJctober 3, 1913, would amount to $270, 000,00, resulting In a.los spf $49,000,000 from the customs receipts of the pre vious years. , . "The "total: customs collections for the nine-months-just ended amounted to $225,500,000. showing a loss for the nine months' period of $24,750,000 com pared with the collections for the same period during the fiscal year ended June .30, 1913. As this loss Is only one-half of the estimated loss for the whole year, It is probable that the re ceipts for .the fiscal year ending June 30, 1914, "will exceed the estimate. ,WILS0N FOR LOCAL OPTION President Ddesn't Believe Prohibition Should Be Part of Politics. Washington. President Wilson is for local option On the liquor question and does not believe prohibition should bemade a part of a party pro gram. Since the.. order of Secretary Daniels" was issued prohibiting the use of liquor by officers -in the navy. persons in a position to obtain the president's views have learned-that he will stand by his . letter written In May, 1911V while governor of New jersevi' to the Rev. Thomas B. Shan non o.f, Newark,. N J;, says:' "I am in favor-of local option. government, and believe, that every sell-gbverning. community, which con stitufes a. social .unit should have the right toc6ntrbl the-matter of the regu lation : Or .the ; withholding of licenses- But the questions involved are social and "moral and are not susceptible of being made parts of a "party program, Secretary Daniels "told friends the purpose of his order. was in.no way 4q give a political aspect to the sub- ject ot proniDiuon op io , comuui m national administration, ' but only to promote efficiency in the navy. The president looks on the order as a de nartmental matter. Secretary Daniels hiving arted on his own - initiative. Wo triart Sentenced to .Hang. .Penacot4;,Fla.r-For the first , tlmt in'thebtetdry 6f Florida,; a white wom an, "Sia" Hopkins of.alhoun county, hast Been ' found ' guilt? bf 1 murder in the' first degree ahd sentenced ta hang, Empress .Eugenie's Maid Dead." Tampa; Fla! Miss Philippine Pan eer. who was alady in waiting to ex Empress Eugenie when Napoleon III ruled .France, die at the home' of G Rtavus Ward" here. She was 89 years bid ahd had been InY th Whrd familv more -than forty years. Fol lowing the overthrow of . the empire, Miss'Pahger cm?" to America and be. came rmaid' to.-ir." Ward's mother' at Nashvllie.' I'enrir She was German, arid letters in her , possession - show that she was related to families of the nobility of that country. 4 1 REV public j In a tres'ur;dparfm;state: ment' showing.' - that' ' customsrvenue INSIST THAT APOLOGY BE IDE U. S. PREPARED TO BACK AD. MIRAL MAYO WITH THE EN TIRE NAVY. VESSELS ARE IN MOTION Negotiations N6t Broken Off and Offi cials Hope Salute Will - be Fired Without Having to Use Fores With : HuertaV ' Washington. President Wilson or dered virtually the entire : Atlantic fleet to Mexican waters to force a public salute to the Stars and Stripes from the Huerta Government as' an apology for the arrest ; of American marines at Tampico. ' ' No ultimatum has been Issued, that is. no specified time has been set within which the Huerta Government must comply but tho naval demon stration has been ordered as a con crete ; evidence of the - fjced determi nation of the. United States to back up Rear Admiral Mayo's demand for a salute.. General. Huerta had not made. satisfactory response to that de mand.':; ":-:. ' -J. .; . . . ' -v- .: ' "j uture , developments depend on Huerta himself,", was the way a high Administration official -close to the President summarized the situation.' : ;The decision -to' send the fleet was reached .after' the President and Sec retary Bryan v had conferred for an hour with John Lind. personal retires tentative of the .President in Mexico, and after a? two-hour Cabinet meeting during whichv dispatches from Charge O'Shaughnessy revealed that the Huerta Government disputed the right . of .American' marines to' be ashore at Tamnfco. and 'cohtended. that Its re cent' public stateerifT'tif apology -Vas'- ampler" ' Immediately after the Cabinet meet ing adjourned Secretary Daniels Issu ed his orders to the '. Atlantic fleet, and wireless messages flashed . up and down the : Atlantic Coast to put the fleet under steam for Tampico. . It Will be the largest fighting force the American , Government has as sembled for possible action since the Spanish-American War. Forty-six war ships and 21,000 men will comprise the force off Tampico. 7 VICTORS FOR THE REBELS Desperate Battle Fought 40 Miles From Torreon Results in Defeat C Federals.. Juarez, Mexico A nine' days' bat tie, possibly more desperate than that at Gomez Palacio and Torreon, has resulted in a victory to the, rebels un der General ' Francisco Villa, accord ing to an official report made public here. t -: -- The combined rebel ferce came upon the reunited Federals, said In the last days of the battle to have numbered 15,000 at San Pedro de " las Colinias, State of Soahulia, 40 miles east of Torreon. Killed and wounded on both sides, it is said, . will - number In ; the neigh borhood of 3,000. !V New Trial for Jack Johnson. Chicago. Jack Johnson, the negro pugilist, was granted a new trial yq the United States appellate court on one count of the indictment charging violations of the Mann act, of which he stood . convicted: Johnson, who was under sentence of one year in the penitentiary and. to pay $1,000 fine was held to have - been, proved guilty only of transporting Belle Schreiber, a whte .'woman, from Pittsburg to Chicago, for improper purposes. The other count was held -not proven. . Underwiod and'Hobson Greetings. f Washington. Repersentative Un derwood and Hobson, senatorial can didates in ; one of the bitterest cam paigns fought in Alabama, met and hook hands ,in the v house. "How are you, Underwood, .". said Mr. Hobson and the majority leader returned his hand clasp' with a "fine, Captain HobSon." - Ships Sail to Tampico. 1 Norfolk, VaEarlyn .the morning lve battleships of v the Atlntlc fleet sailed from Hampton Heads for Tam pico, Mexico, ' They! were 'the. bat tleships Arkansas, temporary flagship Df tfie Atlantic fleet; the New Jersey, New; Hampshire and Vermont and the dispatch boat Dolphin; The New -Hampshire was at the Navy Yard and mailed at the break of day. The Ar kansas, New Jersey and Vermont were at the ' Southern drill , grounds when they " received orders to, prepare to sail for Mexico- ' . ' , LOCALS ARCUTUS . S AUITAniULl Tryoni Polk County? North CaroHn FOR PULMONARY TROUBLE8 Booklet mailed free upon request. John P. Lockhart & Go. CONTRACTORS and BUILDERS v ' New Work or Repairs Phone No. 74. Tryon, N. C John G. Monroe PAINTING,. PAPER HANGING DECORATING A SPECIALTY. Estimates by Request. Tryon North Carolina Finger Lumber Co. ' 'x-'j - ' Dealers , In : ;. Building Material Everything necessary to build a homt Phone 1. Landrum S. C. Swann's liviery At Fisher's Bam. j TRYON, NORTH CAROLINA . Saddle and Driving Horses. . ; Hacks meet all trains. Baggage and Express looked after with Special Car Phone Stable, 106; ' Residence, 360 "'' " ' ''"" "" ' ' '"4- Dr. J. E. IIAVTllORilE DENTIST v : of Asheviile, North Carolina f will be at his office over Orr's Storer ' Tryoiii -JFriday . and " Saturday of each week. - ;. J. R. RICH GO UP AHY 21 N. Main St. Phone 864 ASHEVILLE. N. G. ' Plumbing (loafing 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. U The Famous Ford 99 Now that good road building Is go lng on all over the county, every up-to-date farmer and business man needs-, an automobile, i 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 to keep, and cost less to run than an; other good car on the market t 600.00 for Touring Car. v , .$550.00 for the Roadster DR. E. M. SALLE Y; .. T . Saluda, N. C. Agent for Polk 'County. FOR SALE irINE HILL COTTAGES ' A choice hotel property with modem conveniences. - i Ten acres; of land, splendid vleir No better location "for a tourist hos telry in this vicinity. Dr. .Sal ley's Property. One of the very few nice, homes with cholcelocation that can be bought In ' the heart of Tryon. A quiet retired situation, and yet In 5 minutes' walk of the postof f Ice. ' Very ,V reasonable terms can be shad on both of these, properties. Apply to ' , ; v . , ; DR. E. M. -S ALLEY, Saluda, N. C. RUSTIC TABLES , ROCKERS" and SETTEES Hand-made In Cio mountains. .: Stropg, durable and cheap. "Price from $2.00 each, up. Serviceable souveniers from the "Land of the Sky." . , - ' MidwoorJ Rustic Works Sta them la News office, Trycr., N. CL w ,