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MAKE THOROUGH INQUEST
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wasnington. The, story of the
feckless and ; profligate" financial
operations ; of the New Haven Rail-
roaa, on or the moat remarkable
chapter : In ' the railroad ': history of
America and the history of "American
finance, was 'revealed in" part by the
interstate Commerce Commission to
the senate of its investigation of that
road.
; It told of millions used 'like stage
money, or corporations as pawns in
a monster, game Jwith all New Eng
land transportation as a prize, which
led the New Haven in the ten years
just passed from the height of pros
perity to the point where a dividend
has been passed, where a dissolution
suit - is threatening and where . crimi
nal. Indictments of many of -the di
rectors who figured ; in deals are a
least a possibility.
Hampered by. unwilling witnesses,
by jurned books , and by all the
mazes ;wnlch ; lawyers , invented - to
cover the trail, the commission estf-
Edwani Meyers, a wealtty hotel lonopxxlization "of New England
irausporcauon oz xxew Haven stock
holders have lost between $65,000,000'
and $9Q,000,000, but little of which
they ,m4y.. recover. In return, 'the re
port said, they ; have on their hands
properties -which pay no dividends,
which: -eat -into the... earnings of 'the
parent road and which will be. a bur
den, on Its capacity for many years
to come.
- Of the present directing head,
Chairman Howard Elliott, and Wal
ker - D.' .Hlnes, special', counsel, - the
report says, "they have co-ooerated
with. the fcbmmlssionvandrendered rit
substantial, assistance throughout this
investigation
,;. .Jhe New Haven combination, rearf
ed by Charles S. Mellen and approv
ed bv the late J Pieroont Moreaii and
Joute to United State: H-Critic l"TtrT. ri -11 u-X i i
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GARBAJAL SLATED
Polk County Hotel Directory
IDRULEEIGO
In the Land of the Sky Charming
- and Captivating SceneryLife
-3 Giving Ozone.
-t- Si. '
You will make no mistake In selecting
one of these excellent places to
sped your vacation, In The
Land of the Sky.w
HUERTA WILL RESIGN AND HIS
- SUCCESSOR WILL BE' ,
SEATED.
HOT PLEASING TO
REBELS
Crnnza Will Not. Stop Fighting Be
y cause Another Leader Takes the
Place of His, Present Enemy., '
'-sV .V; ; '
:; t;8hing'ton.---Events in Mexico are
shipiag 4hemselyes for a termination
of the civil strife that- has kept that
country in a turmoil and threatened
at' one time tQ provoke . war with the
tJnited States. General Huerta against
I whom ; the v Constitutionalists have
overthrew President Maderd 18
Vnonths .ago; has given up the struggle
f at last -. ' v.,v - : k
' A : Perched on the edgfe of Uie
SALUDA t Appalachian -plateau;- with.
t:fi: altitude of 2,250. iest, and
grade'-Uaf calls for double locomojtiy.9 fte 4001111 riOllie
service irom Melrose; a lew miles dis-
Mrs. W. C Robertson, Proprietress.
Central location. Baths. Commer
cial rate $2 per day. Weekly rate $?
to $8: - , , . :
SALUDA, N.,0.
iant, is Saluda, the second point of in
terest on the southern approach of
"The Land of the Sky." The ascent is
made amid scenes of absorbing inter
est, -dark ' and " repelling" forest,
being replaced in quick succes
sion by sunlit openings where
passing glimpses can be caught of the
flora of this most exquisite section.
Rocks rise suddenly to alarming
heights above the railroad ted, almost
within reach of the startled traveler,
to give place with just as startling ra
pidity to gorges through which' dish
some bold mountain stream on its way
to Join the silvery Pacolet River-winding
its way along the valley below.i ;
.Here and there "can be caught
glimpses of the recently constructed
and splendid automobile' road connect
ing the' South-rthrough a scenio land-,
scape of wonderful loveliness with the
older ; thoroughfares -through Flat
The Charles
. , - -
MRS. J. W. LaMOTT
Rates: ' Commercial $2 per day.
Weekly $7 to S10. Special Family
--rr y v. , ,
Rates.; No ' consumptives taken. '
. SALUDA, N. -
V.
"TtSS6? 7 tne: struggle of the .ock Hendersonvllle and AsheviUe; w w J
eminent; and cut off from financial o--. t, - , 1Y1C1I UOC Hill
Rafael Zubaron Is the . new head of
the Carranza junta in Washington. ,. ;
'Taxogh realizes -then mot fllhd wlta. promise of beauty,
amply fulfilled, when f the traveler
reaches his destination on the sum
mit. . -;; ", . :',.V..;
The accomplisnment of '. tne ascent
brings not only, fulfillment of promise
u JLs VAJasuiuiionaust army, augmentea
in; Henry B. Harris, widowof -the
atrical magnate who went , down
a 'the,' Titanic, denies the , widely
ited report that she is engaged to
1 Edward Meyers, .;
rietor in' Chicago.
MEXICO'S SECOND
CITY IS CAPTURED
I the threshold of the' Mexican capital.
Fearful that an invading army may.
commit excesses which would end an e-
L :. . ' : " -i.uiui&a uui umy. xuiuiiiueni 01 promise
jrjne lires; or an innocent population. f yearnings after the beautiful but
uiuueairoy. property, persons mnuen- wih it nnmoe- , anaA n.f fmm
tiai witu the jhah who has dictated
affairs in-Mexico City at owa whim
have ; p ersuaded him td abandon . his
t
GUADALAJARA FALLS BEFORE
hopeless position. ,
"''ComprehenslTe messages to Wash-
ingCbn diplomats from Vlegations and
consulates in Mexico City thus de
scribe '"'the'' situation.::-' ' V
Withiha few days. General Huerta
IS expected to resign in favor of his.
the; depression brought on by, the
heated spell in - the- iowlandi The
rarifled air,; from - the 'fiurrtunding"
"heights plays in constant currents la-
nen with a wealth ;" of r life-giving
ozone, and the incense of flowers, and
there never occurs a' night 'during the
hottest season of any year whein: warm
covering can be dispentUL.Trhe.-
scenery is t-eplete with neiHPailin
' A quiet and delightful family hoteL
Modern.., Rates upon application.
' - SALUDA, N." 0. -
Poplar Glenn
j. L. RENTZ Proprietor.
V SALUDA,, N,. C. - ; - " .
Large outside rooms. (.Hot and cold:
)aths. Delightful breeze; Mountain
I
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SEIQE OF
- MEN UNDER OBREG0N.
WAS AN IMPORTANT VICTORY
NOR QUERIDO MOHENO, A
ROMINENT MEXICAN v IN-,
DICTS PROGRESSIVES; -
J3 INVASION IS K CRIME
Rebels Are Exuberant Over Success
of Arms and See Visions of Oc
cupation' of Capital City. 4.
' Saltlllo.v Mex. General; Carranza.
was officially advised of the fall of
Guadalajara ";beXore, the Constitution;
.. r. : . ' " iw --.. j-ll 1
cently r chief : justice of the ' Supreme
Court of Mexico. Difllcultles: between
the United States and the Huerta Gov
ernment were composed at . Niagara
Falls Huerta would leave the internal
problem to be settled by, his successor.
Carbajal' L it is , expected, .would
bring the gap from the Huerta regime
to a .new provisional administration
controlled , by the. 'Constitutionalists
He . has, not been active in politics
and i anxious for. peace. ; -
HORACE H. LURTON, DEAD.
' . --'T-I UtUUU MWVACiOUCl . HID UiXLliaiaSlULi. 1 1 ...... r- . 7- . V .', s l '
( rrcsiaeni wiison'srfMcy j nds.tO; be clearly In Violation of te ausis iorces. ine news was receivea Justice or Supreme court unexpecxea
and Shakes Fist atjFajJ, ; l3h'ernian Anti-trust act and 'a mo- with-the utmost elation at Constitii- lyirccumbs to Heart Failure..
m Cruz. Mptiw
iS6t)blvf in bractical control of vthe
truz, Mexico. yueriqp - , MO- trahSnortation of: five atatea
iormer Mexican , Minister--- of
perce and Labor, before depart-
on board the EsDaene."' virulent-1
pcised the policy ; of - the United
ptoward3 Mexico. As .he- sat in
ward, saloon of the . ... French
Senor Moheno looked throueh
pole toward the. American flag
f a vera Cruz and' shook nis
ja raze .
'insisted that hA was In a nrtsl-
to Produce proofs that there ex-
Secret Dlatfnrm' tho
PT6 Oartv in V. TTV Pl.t
ctl Colonel Theodore Roosevelt
puizant and in whiclm he con
booking to the diariinllnn nf
'tad the acaulR'tinn iiltfTTiotolir
J Lnited States of all the terri-
peen the Rio Grande . - and
said that Frannleri -irai-
wjs Minister of Foreign Rela--Mnw
anza'8 Cabinet, has let-
Ttllcll t0 him nro .
111 ? Rations, and declar-
- to be able to produce
r ui only were the leaders of
kM hTl1!! Party PWge to this
r' "8 added " ... . .
uul DOiitir.ia.nn nr
and Democratic
' PREPARE TO INVADE HAITI.
tionalists , .headquarters .where it was
i regarded' as preliminary I to the occu
pation 01 Mexico -vty, ltseii.
General . Alvaro . Obregon," Constltu
Atlantic City, N. J. Associate Jusr
tice Horace Harmon Lurton "of the
United States supreme court died sud
denly, at a hotel here from heart fail-
11 '
'60 t -
r uaa
Ms.; uut vvnson nimself
tn iLi. ....
Mence 7 iniquitous cor
to.-.;: c!luenced by his atti
Secretary Bryan Prevails on Navy
, Department ,..to ; MoWiize Blue
". " jackets. "
vvasnmgton. -seven Hundred ma
rines were ordered assembled at
Guantanamo, Cuba, to be held in
readiness for service in revolution-
torn Haiti and San Domingo.
The- Navy 'Department acted at the
request of Secretary Bryan, who
asked that the fleet be prepared to
deal with any emergency that might
arise on the turbulent island. The
marines will be gathered from those
now on duty in Mexican waters, and
from the marine barracks in Phila
delphia and Norfolk.
At Guantanamo .the force will be
only-a day's sail from the North
coast of Haiti and San Domingo, and
their proximity is expected to impress
upon the I revolutionary ; leaders , the
determination of the American Gov
ernment to terminate their activities
brf forcible means unless they listen
to ! the warnings already given. Hie
situation in San Domingo has come
to be regarded as almost hopeless of
a cure from within, while . in Haiti,
are little better.
tiohalist commander , in his dispatch I ure superinduced by cardiac asthma.
to General Carranza, reported that He was ' 70 years old. "
the -Federals had been completely The justice, who came here July!
routed and that he was in control of was. in his usual health before retir
the entire city including the Federal ing the -night before and nad taken
Palace. Five thousand Federals had
been taken prisoners, according to
Obregon's report and the retreat to
ward - Mexico City of those " who es
caped had been cut off by troops of
the commander of General Blanco,
his : customary evening outing on the
boardwalk, v Shortly after midnight he
complained- of feeling ill ' and al
though his physician, Doctor Ruff in,
who" arrived from Washington; was
summoned immediately, - Justice Lur-
detoured from Ameca to destroy the ton died at 5 -o'clock. His wife and
Federal lines of communication J son, Horace H. Lurton, Jr., of Nash-- Tryon, one of the most delightful all-
. a . I , a LJ,' W '. I A. 1 A ' t
mucn ammunition, arms ana supplies vine, renn., were at tne Deasiae. mrs.
points of delightful interest, in quest
ot which to utilize the rapidly stored
energies" evolted from existence in
this bower of joy and health.
saiuaa is an up-to-aate and pro
gressive town, with possibilities that
are apparent at a glance to one who
cares to look. It Is makm f rapid
strides, . and keeping , pace" " with.
the startling development ' apparent
throughout this entire beautiful :and
favored section, but to the thousands
who . visit Its hospitable hotels : and
boarding houses with unfailing con
stancy, year after year, its' quaint, ah
quiet allurements grow with each re
turning season.
: . "There is more ozone in the atmos
phere in and around Saluda than at
other points in the range of the Blue
Ridge Mountains owing to the condi
tions created by the currents of air
from the higher altitudes in passing
into the Tryon Valley below Saluda.'
From Engineers' reports to U. S.
Geological Dep'U ' 4 .:'
- . . ".-
Tucked away among the
TRYON foothills of the Southern
Appalachians 4,350 tfeet
above sea level, on a gently undulat
ing plateau of exceptional beauty and
fertility, is the charming village , of
The Esseola
MR3. J. K. CAMPBELL.
Fine view. Lithia Water. Conven
iently located. Rates: $8.50 to $10
per week. '
.SALUDA, N. C.
Not
a single
Want Work For Sufferers.
Washington. In response to n ap-
kon , 1 hundred million peals male on behalf or tnousanas or
au.f. ne United States can men and women tnrown out oi worn.
. ouswer as to why I ' ine urv oaicm iu"oi',i
vb are
wiiann tflUeranhed textile and boot
iu vera " ' .-'-,'
a and shoe manufacturers of. New Eng
t y resIient Wilson' ha land. New York! Pennsylvania, New
"icilrr .v --"w I . ... m n.i
V of mZ - greatest in the Jersey, Delaware, Virginia ami mrjr-
fc -r"cta nations a k land askine whetner tney can give
umn.i . ux- i
01 Senor Mohentfs employment to any of these people
JW :ore Rerve..
lir-V.
is ,7 uase Dy the gov
North' n-..:
s nit
was captured. Horace Van Deventer, a daughter and
The Federals were reported scatter- her . husband arrived from Knoxville,
ed in all directions and ereat nun-1 Tnn.. arid' other members of the
ishment inflicted on them in retreat I family came at once.
but no figures of losses on either
side were available: Tenn for interment, the funeral par
The line of combat, it is stated, ex- ty leaving here at 2 o'clock. It was
tended over flyety-flve miles with Gen- at that city that Justice Lurton began
eral Blanco in command of Obregon's the practice - of law and lived for 20
advance guard. - General Obregon years. Funeral services were" held
personally led the main attack. . there. Chief Justice White and sev
For several days the Constitution- eral associate justices of the supreme
allsts hammered the' Guadalajara gar- court as well as many friends from
rison, which came out from its de- different parts of the country were
fenses in i the effort to scatter the - be- present.
slftcors. Aftr adisAstroiia :nnnfll.t I " '' "
in which the Federals lost ten troop V ' Kicks on McAdoo.
trains and mbre than ; six ;; hundred I Washington. Representative Good,
prisoners they retreatd, leaving ah Republican, 'of - Iowa, made an attack
unobstructed .road to the second larg in the house on the use of govern
ment revenue cutters as "pleasure
crafts by Secretary McAdoo. Repre-
year-ronnd" resorts, in America,
The plateau is pierced by the gorge'
of the Pacolet River, the waters . of .
Which, turbulent at times as they turn
ble down the mountains in their tortuf
The body was taken to Clarksville, rous course to the valley, shimmer fti.
House
MRS. H. H. FUDGE, Proprietress.
Rates; $8 per week and upward.
Beautiful grounds. Tennis courts.
SALUDA, N. C.
Iona Lodge
fMR8. S. S. OEHLER, Proprietress.
' ' . V ." t' . v- r.- -is. .. ,' .V -
v -Located 'in Saluda, near Pine v Monn.
ttaU v.Ffrieater and scenery. Modern
houieS Utes : ; $7 and up. Special
rates ' to families. -
est city of Mexico.
V First Bale of Cotton. ,."'
Houston, Texas. The first -bale of
1914 cotton marketed in .; the. United
States, weighing 392 poundsJ' sold on
the' cotton exchange here for. $500, or
$1.27 1-2 per-pound. It classed as
strict low middling spotted. It came
from Lyford, Texas.
sentative Good declared that the reve
nue :v cutter Onondaga made regular
! week-end trips "lout of Boston to ac
commodate "parties of Democrats J
He quoted an article from a newspa
per saying Mr. and Mrs. McAdoo had
made a cruise to Matapoiset, Mass., in.
the Onondaga: - ' J
Foreclosure is Desired.
St. jlouis, mo. foreclosure AOr a
mortgage of $68,666,000 on the St.
Must Be Complete Victory,
M of i,T,urcna8e by the gov- Chihuahua, Mex. Jenerai rancis-
lU Nw '0'0 acres of fna co Villa, in commenting on me pro
a Was aTlnrnr. posed retirement of uenerai; nuerta T , anigan Francisco Railroad was
commu0i al Forest Reserva- and the creation of ar provision! pres- asked in the United States district
k . - wan m ri - . . - l
rs t.v Ae acauUiHnn idencv at Mexico City, sam sucn a rnnrt here bv the Guaranty -Trust
tn Bunpnlv acts eleven of course would, hot be acceptable either Company 0f New York. The - Frisco
1 Pfti,-.. Yflnnv J -mm. I in niuiAral PorTOnTO Or himself. nO I I. t.s h.nif, fanalirara Thta.
f an a tota1' area of Matter who the provisional president
t4 1.17S a: tue otaer with an might be. Nothing but an eniry un-
tbe tracts Macn county. Uer arms of the Constitutionalist
Previou r federal res- forces would bring Jtne . revoiuuou w
petition asks that the mortgage be
declared' a valid lien against the
property- which It covers, which in-
Carbajal Was Suggested.
New York: That the name of Fran
cisco Carbajal, Huerta's'new minister
of foreign affairs; was proposed at the
Niagara Falls ' mediation conference
of provisional president of Mexico was
confirmed here by Emiliano Rabasa
and Augustih' Rodriguez, the Huerta
delegates. They declared Carbajal's
name was , first submitted to the con
ference by J the American7 delegates
and accepted ,by the 'Mexican ! delegar
a..., . . ' ..,.1 laV nnHiisloJl. I" . rm.. - : OH as uaiw a man wuo Bwouiaeu-
timoer. , I cause must; ue cuiuywi " . u,mm i cent ooaas . issueu m j.vi. . .. .v-
the - brilliant sunlight like a giant rope
of silver.
This lovely hamlet, which looks
for all the world as if it were a bit ef
English landscape transferred to the
heart of heroic American mountains';
forms the lower gateway to the "Land,
of the Sky" and the "Sapphire Coun
try." .It is the first station in North
Carolina on the Spartanburg Division
of. the Southern Railway, twenty-eight
miles northwest from - Spartanburg,
S. C, and fory-two miles southeast'
from Asheville, N, C, the .route of
which 1 follows : almost " without devia
tion from Charleston, S. C; to Ashe
ville, N. C, the historic Wilderness
Trail over which the pioneer of " early
days trekked from the sea to the val
ley of the Ohio. - - -' "
.Times, not alone, but methods, have
changed since those days of the early
pioneers. Now a -score of wonderful
railroad trains speed every; day along
the old Wilderness Trail, bearing eag
er and busy passengers- and the pro
ducts of rich mines and fertile. lands.
Through that great gorge of the Paco
let River, in Tryon Township, the en-
terprising citizens of -Polk County
have constructed an automobile boul
evard of great scenic beauty, connect
ing the great Southeast with Hender
sonvllle, Asheville, and the ' upper
mountain section. . :
The Tryon plateau . Is situated
within a great topographical norse
shoe, formed by the mountains which
nearly urround it " The opening of
the shoe is toward the Southeast f
The Pines
MRS. M. E. LEONARO, Proprietress.
Hot and cold bath.' Central loca
tion. Rates:, $7 and up. Special
rates-by the month and to families.
SALUDA, .N. C.
The Leland Home
A delightful private boarding place
in a modern home. Large yard. Hot
and cold water bath. Rates from $7
to $10 per week.
SALUDA, N. C.
Fairview House
MRS. H. B. LOCKE,
SALUDA, N. C.
' Modern conveniences. Fine loca
iivu vrsvva , iauic axaxu vr nvci $ i m?m
postoffice and library. No tubercu
lar patients received. ' Terms: $S to
$10 per week. Special rates to uartrea.