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SUBSCRIPTION J tVlJt'Jy,; CHlELOTTB, N.'O, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 11, 1910. s '
'r'PT?TtTR -i - -Botes) arid railways Kadaf?y end Pud v.
, I Sc. e copy dally la Charlotte: Sou tun-iy.
a- I"-- ..J.-.';- -L'., -' ,V..;V".
TtlE FOFOLATIOU GAIN
I .., J SiSltiS Liu !is An ItcrCuS3
CI Ttaty-Ccs Fcr Cent
VfLUSIVE GF POSSESSIONS
ill Foreign Holdings .TIte
Iu44UU&A4
s:ars And Stripes Km Protect J
;;i2I,lsa.CC3 People
' " f . v
, - f..,. . ' .4,
; Washington, Dm. Uni
ted States and all Its possessions the)
Star and Stripes proteot 101,100,000.
ThU enormous number la tha offl
cisi; estimate of 4ae United States
burean. of tha census, announced to
day In connection with tha , popula
tion statistics for., tha country eA
enumerated In tha thirteenth decen
nial census. It Includes tha phllip-i
pines, Samoa, Guam, Hawaii,' Alaska;
and tha Panama canal zone, t
- Within Ita borders on tha North,
American' continent,' exclusive ofl
Alaska, tha tha United States has a,
population of 8L8T3.388 Inhabitants
During tha last 10 years tha States
of tha union naa an aggregate in
crease In population or 15,077,091,
which amounts to 21 per cent oven
lha 1000 flrures.
...THH OUTSIDE HOLDING.
Tha grand total includes 7,63542
in the- Philippine Islands, as enumer
ated in the census there In 1903, and
estimates for the population of ' tha
Island of Ouam, the American pos
sessions In Samoa and persons on thef
Panama canal tone. ' -
t -.Tha number of persons In the mll
ltaryrand naval services of the United,
States stationed abroad and on naval
vessel is 65,608.
The population of tha four States,
announcement of which wa with
held until tha country's total popu
latlon was announced follow:
i , Georgia 1,609,121, an increase of
112,790 or 17.7 per cent, over 2,216,
m In 1900.
. Montana 276,053, an Increase of
122.724 or M.5 per cent over 242.22 9
1900.
' Washington 1,141,900, an lncreasa
of 623.887. or 120.4 per cent over
518,108 la 1900.
WLWiaoonsln 2,333,80, an lncreasa
of 264,818 or 12.7 per cent over 2.
069,043 In 1900.
NORTH CAROLINA SIXTEENTH.
A Tha Btatea In their respective rank
according to population are:
? New -York. Pennsylvania, Ohio,
Texas, Massachusetts, Missouri, Mich
igan, Indiana, Georgia, New Jer
sey, 19 California,' 'Wisconsin; ' Kn
tucky, Iowa, North Carolina, Tena
Aessea, Alabama, Minnesota, Virginia,
Mississippi, Kansas, Oklahoma Ar
kansas, South Carolina, Maryland,
Wast Virginia, Nebraska vWash-
ington, Porto Rico," Connecticut,
Colorado, Florida, Maine, Oregon,
South , Dakota, North Dakota,.
Rhode Island. New - JlampShirey
Montana, , Utah, Vermont, District
of Columbia, New Mexico, Idaho,
Artiona, .Delaware, Hawaii,- Wy
oming, -Nevada, Alaska.
it Corrected figures issued by tha
census office this marning give tha
Ktt nt New Tor k'a noDu latlon . as
8.118.614, InoMaee 1,844,720 or 26.4)
per cent; Florida 7 5 z,e l , increase
224,077, or 42.3 per cent, and Mary
lanad 1,395,846,, Increase 107,802, or
nine per cent.' : '
- BASIS WLUST BB CHANGED.
:'TJno.uestlonaWy it will ha neces
iArv to alter tha basis of Representa-
tion in Congress. At . the present
raUo. of 194.000 people to each mem
her of tha Hous f JRepresentatives,
the House would contain about 474
members, ai against 892 at present.
It is tha Keneral belief that this1
number would be nnwledly. Evan at
the rata of 220,000 as a basis the
House would contain 418 members,
an Increase of 87, . I
AT TRIBUTE TO FULLER, ,
Loaders of American Bar Gather to
- Pay Tribnte te Late Chief Justice
' Senator Overman Among the
- v Speakers, : ' v- ' .
' ,z Waanington, Dec. r 10. Leaders ot
the American bar gathered today In
the rooms of tha Supreme Court of
the Unltedr States to pay a tribute to
the memory of the late , Melville W.
Puller. Chief Justice of tha' United
States ' '
- Mr. Olnev. former Attorney . Qen
i pral; ex-Gov. A. J. Montague of
Virginia, Senator Overman of North
r Carolina. Henry A. M. Smith of South
.Carolina and George E. Price of
Sv"est Virginia made addresses,
president Taft's Cablnet was rep
resented in .the gathering by Secre
tsry of State Knox and: Secretary 4ot
war LsioKinson.
-OOT AND MORAN WIN OUT.
Eddie Boot : Wins For Bthnself and
Tmm-Mate by a "Plucky Sprint at
! Jisst They Will Divide $1,600
Other winners. ....-
- New York; Deo. 10. Eddle Root of
the Root-Moran team finished first to'
night in the final mile dash that de
elded the elx-dav bicycle race at Mad
Ison Square Garden. His time for
t the mile was 8 minutes, 56 1-5 sea
Wl Is, and ; his distance for the six
. ' jrs 3,6 4 S miles. 8 laps. . .
V Jackie Clarke of the Rutt-Clarke
Vim nnlsbed Seoond , by half a
wheel, Joe Fojrter of the HHl-Fogler
Team third and Patrick Hehlr of he
Ooulett-Hehir team fourth. By their
victory Root and uoran divide. 31,800,
ma prize for first place. , .
Negro Makes Mnrderous Assanl ti on
,4 t ' uis Employer. ... ; v .
Special te The Observer. ' '
. Henderson, ', Dec. ,- 10. At 4:30
' 'clock this . afternoon. Mr. , James
Basket.' ? manager of the jPoy threes
coal and wood yard, having oil UMiien
.reprimand Will Daniel, cplored, for
npgiwwcfauty, received severe abuse,
(i In n iiTlliisiiil In leave the ,i yard
Daniel Jumped Jul, J lilsuraiton. ' drew
Ms gun ana fired en Mr, Basket twice,
The first, hall : entered . the left arm,
the second the left aide about, The re
t!nn of the heart " -
Officers are in full' pursuit of the
rtgro,uThe wounded man wa taken
the office of Dr, It, II. Bas; so far
I is holding is own; The father of
f n young man was killed by J. B
a'fon- neVeral years ag andj died
! , t t :a f tha sane shyslclan.
EVIDENCE FAVORS DEFNDANT.
Testimony of tfitncsiies in Le Blanc
Trial Tada to Snow That the Ac
cused Girt is Not Guilty of Murder
-.ot C. ,'F., Glover.
Cambridge,' Mass. Dec 10.- For
the first time 'Since Rattle LeBIanc
was placed on trial 12 days ago for!
the murder of Clarence F. Glover,
evidence that, a woman seen on the
night of the crime ' in tha Immediate
vicinity of the laundry In Waltham,
where the shooting is said to have
curred, was introduced today. Two
witnesses testified that they saw a
woman- hurrying out of an alley-way
behind Glover's laundry , on that
night One of them, Isaac Walker,;
a car starter,: said that tha - woman's
face was flushed; and her manner
nervous, sl4V-'-- 4 . : . -".I a .
It was . a woman, , not ; a chfld"
said Walker ' when tha It-year-old
defendant was led before him and
he . was asked . if It, was ' this - girl
whom had (been seen, "it could not
have been Hattl LsBlanc."
' Charles E.' Benner, sexton ; of a
church in Waltham, the other wit
ness, who said he saw the strange
woman coming, from the alley, also
declared that If, was hot Hattla La
Blana . :,.,,'-, jr-.
Ha said that the woman he saw was
about 8 feet S Inches tall, and weighed
albout 130 pounds.,- v -A
Hattia LeBlano admitted In her
examination by police -f- officers Im
mediately after' her arrest that she
was In the laundry with Glover the
night of the murder and this admis
sion has been placed 1 in . evidence
at this trial Until today no witness
had placed any ether woman in the
vicinity of the building on that night.
; Lillian M.. Glover, the widow, who
has been the principal target of tha
attacks of the defense, took the
stand again and denied that she ev
er, had threatened to kill her hus
band or had bought a revolver.
The defense rested at noon. It Is
expected that by Wednesday noon the
fate Of the little Cape Breton girl
will be in the hands ot the jury.
UNITED STATES STANDS "
SECOND IN NAYAL STRENGTH
Country doses Another Year In Sec
ond Place .Among World's' Naval
Powers Germany Will Probably
Be in This Place Next Tear Witttl
United States Third.
Washington, Deo. 10, The United
States closes another year in second
place among the world's naval pow
ers. The great navy-building race
between Germany and Great Britain
has not yet brought tha former coun
try up to the United States in the
number, of battleships afloat, but In
ships projected and in the total num
ber of war vessels of all kinds Ger
many will crowd the United States to
-.i-.... ( . ,- . . ...... '.
inoB9 lacis are an own in ine new
navy year book, prepared by Pitman
Pulsifer,; clerk to the Senate commit
tee on naval affairs.
The compilations of Mr.- Pulsifer
Pulsifer. the United States is aheadJ
or Germany, in battleships complet
ed, both in number and displacement,
theOpited States leads Germany. In
cluding battleships completed, under
construction and provided -for the
number of each country Is Identical,
wnue tne unitea states exceeds uer
many In total, battleship tonnage.
The compilation of Mr. puisuer
show the world-powers to rank as
follows, as to completed ships:
Great Britain. United States. Ger
many, France, Japan, Russia, Italy.
In the "dreadnought" type, under
which is placed armored cruisers as
well as the newer battleships, the
fleroe race between England and Ger
many la roost clearly shown. - - At
present the floating navies of the
three leading powers contain dread.
nought type vessels as follows: Eng
land 11. witn displacement or zus
100 tons: United States 4, displace
ment 72,000; Germany 4, oispiace
ment 72.000.y -
The year noon snows xnai , wnen
vessels now being- constructed and
those for which funds have been pro
vided are completed the dreadnought
strength of the three countries will
be: ;::v
England 2 7 with displacement of
658.900; tons; Germany it, oispiace
ment 357,000; United States 10, die
placement 221,650 tons.
PASSES BD .IN' RECORD TJIMJE.
House of Representatives Rushes
Rivers and Harbors BUI Through In
a Hurry pent Money at Rate of
$7,000,000 An uour. f
Washlnston, f Deo. 10. In record
time and spending money at the rate
of 37.000,000 an hour, the House of
Representatives today in about three
hours passed the rivers and harbors
bills,': making appropriations smount
lna to 821.894,861 for river; and har
bor work during the fiscal year end-
lnsr June 20. 1912.0 vote was taken.
the bill being passed b&Ainanlmous
consent: and with the' exception of a
slight typographical. terror In the
printed bill, not a word i .u changed
from the form In which Jt was pre
sented to the House by the rh-erjand
harbors ::einmHtes!w-
Several 1 amendments were .offered
bv members anxious to tret more mon
ey for improvements or rivers In their
localities, nut ' in acn case ' tne ex
planations of Committee Chairman
Alexander were sufficient to keep the
amendments from passing. ' - '
In . addition to tha amount carried
In todays bill, the sundry civil bill
win include-37.362,077 for river ana
harbor improvement In 1912, bring
lng the total up to 829,282,955. -
Soils Oat Alive to Get Lock BoueV?
. Fined for cruelty tOVAnunais.
Special to The Observer.
SDartanburg, & C. -, Dee. ' 10..
Thomas Hunter boiled - a i thomas
rat alive in order to get the good
lucky bone "from the. anatomy of
tha anlmal with which to "conjure"
his friends. 'The cat was placed In a
pot of water and covered up., A fire
was built underneath and the cat
'Mierallv boiled to death.
. Hflnter was fined 320' fof'cruelty
to anlmalar,a50i!t .; y
. ; , Nock Case Contlnue7r.'"t
Norfolk, va, Dec. ,io xna case
of Milton R. Nock, . brought . back
from: Detroit Mich., upon the charge
of making fawe entries wnue an em
ploye of the First tXatlonal bank of
Newport New, wa today continued
by United States Commlsrtoner Bte
phenson untU January 10, for further
evidence. The defendant . was re
balled la $5,000. . -
TlIEEEFEi
iDANTSOEtlUB
DaCaf Ming Hangs; Fcfere
COUBT CON'GBESS' POVfEB
CacbflDter&st Centers On EessttGI
Cass Row !a Feileral Court
t 8f : '
. 'vb -vj.,.-.-. ,vfS-iX. 4,.,,.
Speblal teVTW C4earvar 'fcT
i-l QnmtZX;fji9rtik the
ruling of Judge Boyd as to defend
ant's demurrer to the government's
evidence, which wtuibe announced
Monday morning, hangs the feature
of the so-called white slave case and
perhaps the liberty or Imprisonment
pf tha defendants, Joseph-W.! Napier
and E, Charles Quaster. All of to
day's session was consumed by argu
ment of counsel upon the demurrer
offered yesterday afternoon and the
discussion of the constitutionality of
the white slave traffic act passed by
Congress last spring, and under which
defendants are Indicted. ,
- When court met this morning As
sistant District Attorney Coble began
his speech replying to the argument
of Judge Bynum yesterday afternoon,
District Attorney Holton followed
Judge Coble and made an able argu
ment of nearly two hours, unis ar
ternoon Judge Bynum and Mr,
Robert, Hutchison, of counsel for de
fendants, replied to the government's
counsel. At 4 o'clock Judge soya
adjourned court and said he would
take counsel's briefs and announce
his decision next weak.- The Jurymen
were permitted to go to their homes
for Sunday.
Defendants, contentions may be
Summed up aa being! First, that
Congress and no power under the
Interstate commerce clause of the
constitution to nass the act, and
it
is therefore void, and second, that
even though the act is valid Con
gress never flntended that It should
annlv to cases of tha kind the evi
dence discloses this to be, xne argu
ment was pitched upon a Wgh plane
and the contentions of both sides
were presented In a most able and
scholarly way. v
DEFEOANTSHUMBLBi MEN.
The circumstances surrounding this
case show that If the defendants
violated the law at all they were hot
doine--"-lt on the large '-'scale that is
jcarrledOfl ,by-Borne lnother, parts
of the; tlnltedtaies." They
humble men, engaged -In the - show
busihess. NApier is originally
South Carolina farmer, while Quaster
Is a resident of Baltimore. Napier
did. tell a, Danville policeman that he
had a show and "recruiting station'
at Conev Island.
It will he remembered tnat . tne
two'? defendants were arrested " in
Charlotte nearly two months ago
during ,the Charlotte fair. Charges
of usint- the mails ' for fraudulent
purposes were aiso , orouanv aaainst
the defendants, and they must also
stand trial for this. After the arrest
the two defendants were given i
hearing .before a United States com
mtssioner In Charlotte, and tha pre
sentments were made., and true bills
found upon indictments at the Char
lotte term of court
One witness, Grace Scott of Dan
ville. testified to Napier's endeavor
lng to get her to go with his shows,
and he made her good offers, or as
sured her she could make "good
money." Letters that passed between
them were. Introduced and read at
the trial'. ;.. ' V:'':;
This case has attracted much in
terest (because It is the first, of the
kind to be brought In the . South
under the new law forbidding the
so-called white slave-trafflo and one
of the very first in the United States.
Large crowds have attended the trial
hard work by department;
,;;';', : of justice. ;. ..
The case also shows the thorough
ness with which the Department of
Justice and the secret service does
its work. ' No expense waa spared to
present, all of the obtainable Infor
mation to the court and Jury. Wit
nesses were brought from a number
of other States, and three times
as many witnesses ' as were put on
the stand were here in case, they
were needed. : Inspector Hazen and
Inspector Bulla sat at the district at
torney's side throughout the trial to
give any am possioie. . - t -
. THE WHITE SLAVE LAW.
iWhat Is known as the' white' slave
traffic act is among the most recent
laws placed upon the statute books
of the united States. - It was . en
acted at the last session of .Congress
and became a law about the first
of March of this year.;; The bill In
Congress". was entitled "A . bill to
regulate and presevent the transporta
tion ; in Interstate and foreign com
merce or women and girls for m
moral jjurposes." ; Not only does the
bill ' make dnlawful the transporta
Hon of women and girls from. one
State . to another within the United
States, but It aUo makes It criminal
to carry on such trade with foreign
nations by. bringing women Into" this
country or in carrying them to other
counties for immoral purposes. .
Section 8 of the act makes it' un
lawful ' for any - person to transport
or cause to be transported, or aid or
assist in obtaining transportation for.
nr in transporting in Interstate or
foreign commerce, or any territory
or In thet District -of Columbia, any
woman; or. girl for the purpose of
prostitution or debauchery, or for any
other immoral purpose; or with .the
intent1 daurpose to induce, entice.
or compel euofcewanjor girl to be
come a prostitute ortoTtesherself
up to debauchery,! or to engn,
any other Immoral practice. It goes
farther and makes u unlawful- for
one to procure a ticket or other evi
dence of the right to transportAtion
for. such - woman or girl under , uch
circumstances, or with such intention.
One violating this section .shall ! be
guilty of a telony BAd.-msy ht '.fined
not exceeding 35,000, or entwccd to
imprisonment not, exceeding 5 years
(Continued on Pegs Eleven),
f .
FIGXRES ON COTTON MILLS, J
Ckmunissloner Shlpman Makes Inter
esting Report of Cotton and Knit
ting Mill Conditions In the State, .
, . Observer Bureau, V
T-P 'f Express Building,
t t t
l '..Raleigh, pec,,10.;
That" there are; 32S;otton, woolen
and silk mills In North Carolina with
lOO'of them showing aggregate cap-
lul
and c running
8.
848,022 spindles, 66,516 looms, 550
braiders, 7,T6 2 . cards end. employing
135.356 horsepower Is the " showing
made . In the arinual 'report of com
missioner of Labor knd mstlng, M.
L, Shipment just complted. ' -,
Number of s employes 62.440. sup
porting' 138,610 ..people dependent on
them. Reports from the great ma
jority of the - mills show improve
ment in tha proficiency of operatievs.
Also imBravemnt In the "' financial
condition of the operatives. ' One per
cent ef the reports from mills indl
cats that State . labor, laws are not
being compiled' with.' Wages paid
range; from xz.&i hign average to
56 iceiitSf low average.. The average
day for work is. 10 hours and 45
minutes. Eighty, of the mills are
eauipped with electric power. "
As to knitung muis 77 are report
ed with the aggregate capital of 67
of them amounting, to 33,619 JOO.
spindles operated 109,680: knitting
machines 8.206V - sewing machines
699. Horsepowefv is usea py oz oi
them, amounting to s.zie. sixteen
are electrically equipped for power,
Em cloves 7.199 'with 15.713 People
dependent on' the mills for livelihood.
Average wages. 32.25 high ana &o
low average. Reports from seven
mills claim no Improvement In pro
flclency .of operatives.
Aged Playwright Passes.
Hot Springs. Ark.. Dec. 10.Henry
Guy Carleton. the playwright died
here today of paralysis, aged 64 years.
IMPORTANT TIMBER DEAL
CONSUMMATED IN YANCEY
' ';
R. B. Johnson Estate Sells to Caro
lina. Rnnuw tVintniiT Tlmtwr
V mirhtn on E.2000 Acres of Loud In
North Carolina Will Cut Only
" Certain Kinds of Wood.
Special to The Observer.
Ashevllle, Dec. 10. The R. 'B.
Johnston estate has sold to the Caro
lina "Spruce Company of Johnson
City. Tenn.. the timber rights on 5.300
,JUKtolS Perhaps
ever been closed in this section. The
purchasers get all ot the spruce tim
ber' oh the lands, and are allowed to
out only the hardwood and poplar
tiees that are xver 10 Inches In
diameter. The ? company" Is ; given
twelve years to get the Umber oft
the lands, and What Is uncut at the
end of. that time reverts to the estate,
which " retains the title , to the land.
The price paid for the timber per
acre is a little more than 321 Ten
years ago ; the land, Including the
timer, It is said, could hardly
have een sold - for. more than
35 per acre.; Even recenUy some
lg boundaries that have been
ti k- n' ?5S ,
ST. tad. whw t?m
w !ni?,n nnuf Jt
bered with spruce, poplar, chestnut,
and hardwoods.-
This ' boundary id-
joins the Murchison boundary and
these two are regarded as pernaps
vf"-?- tImJ?
to be : found In this section. The
Johnstone only Bold the timber on
Cat Tall creek; the estate still has
another , smaller, boundary near P?n
saoola which Is not included In this
sala The passing of the timber tm
the Johnston and Murchison bound
aries into the hands of lumberman
means that a new industrial era Is
In prospect for Yancey county.
The'county recently Voter a 3100,
000 bond issue to aid the Black
Mountain Railroad Company to con
struct a line from Boonford to Burns
villa and thence to Cane river. The
construction workvia now In Progress;
and it Is expected, to have the road
constructed to Burnavllle within six
months. The Carolina Spruce Com
pany and Mr. Carr, the purchaser ot
the Murchison boundary, it is under
stood, are going to co-operate In the4!
construction or a lumber roaa from
Burnsvllle to : this timber boundary, !
a ; distance of about twelve miles. The
construction of this toad Is necessary
to get out the timber from these two
boundaries, 1 , .
LENOIR PHYSICIAN IS
4INJURED1N A RUNAWAY
Dr. W; F, tvey Either Being Thrown
or Jumped From Buggy is Dragged
Some Distance By Frightened
Horse No Bonce Broken and Re
ovcry Is Expected. 1
Special to The Observer.',
Lenoir, Dec. ; :, 10. Today about
noon Dr. W.rt p.- Ivey's horse ran
away and the doctor was - either
thrown .from, his r buggy or Jumped
out and in some manner was caught
and dragged' a short distance. ins
neck and chin struck a rock just be
low where the spine Joins the skull.
He walked down the road about 10O
yards and fell In front of the house
of Mr. A R. Chester, With the as
sistance ef his wife Mr, Chester car
ried the' wounded" man into the house
and summoned a physician as quickly
as possible.
The runaway horse attracted - Mr.
Chester's attention and he had Just
started out to see what was the mat
ter as the doctor came staggering up
to the house. The doctor had gone
out in the - country about three and
a half miles to look after some cord
wood, he was having cut and on his
return toward, town his horse s, be
came fribhtened It-is supposed, at
dry twigs In racking; beneath fthe
wheels of th buggy.. -v - x-?
At- this hour Dr. ,Ivey Is reported
as "being some ; better and while : he
is seriously Injured there is hope for
his recovery,,:-w..;;c;afc;:,:w v;
After a careful ; examination S by
local physicians it is said there are
noTToneaJjroken but it is thought hi
skull I crackedrkMrr, Tvey went to
see him and he recognised, her when
she arrived. His circulatlonls-much
improved nd other symptoms ; are
more -favorahle than' reported abdut
8 olclbck. , When the news of the ac
cldent reached town several parties
la automobllcs.leift lmmc.Hntclv . to
ascertain the cjttent of , his injuries!
There " la universal , regret ex pressed
by the people of the town nnd it 1s
hoped the doctor will recovi-,
GHIDIR0N CLUB DITtES
i E25 Its Amml Ean
llU,l
POLITICS TBE DOMINANT NOTE
' - if li.?','ii'i.:!.'1",..4,'';i' 3:-
Kational Celebrities to fEacli i Parti
'CrlHet! Be-nirp WttsCl Eep
jresentatlTes 01 The Press -
Washington, , Deo, ; 10. Politics,
pas - present and luture, was we
dominant : note at the annual fail
dinner of the Gridiron Club tonight
President Taft waa there With mem
bers of his Cabinet Vice President
RhArman. Senators nd Representa
tives in Congress latent presiaenwu
possibilities; newly-elected Governors
of States, and men or marg in various
positions and of all shades of political
belief, . and amabasaadors and minis
ters Bleniootentianr of foreign coun
tries," who were numbered among the
club's guests, heard witn wonaer
good-natured grilling administered by
the newsnaner men to their victims.
With tableaux and comedy sketch
ana tonlcal song. In clever speech and
moving picture, the Incidents of the
last campaign were recalled and grim
forecast of the future,
And right wittily and with many
a scintillating thrust of v oratory did
the - obiects of this attention retort
upon their tormeantors. Forgotten
for the moment were .party differen
ces; victor and vanquished joined
hand, and glove in repelling the at
tack ef their critics v i :
Clearing the way for the incoming
Democracy, i "Uncle Joe" Cannon was
swept aside and in a skit embodying
a parody upon the Mikado he was
sentenced to decapitation. It was
left to him to select his executioner,
Viotor Murdock. he declared was noo
hasty." -while he feared Senator!
LaFolletta would talk him to death,
: CANNON GRILLED.
The man he selected as of strong
arm and Sure, an old friend, was
"Ko Ko" Longworth. Just in the
nick of tune President Taft in the
person of the Mikado, stayed the
nanJ rr,L"atr.
? toeing chained I to hi. seat dur
The catchy chorus of the Mikado's
song ran:
"My smile i still serene." .
"As plainly may be seen."
"No matter how they may jump the
v ctrack and batter the eld machine."
"For I em quite content" n .
To do the-work that's meant."-.
"For aAWg American president"
"Amerloan President?' :
A furious cracking f whips and
clankinr of chains, and roars of
Goddap' and stamping of hoofs slg'
.hMDiT .wmitnua
trnyn nntifl. t unrtraved the
redemption of Champ Clark's famous
anti-election pledge to ride down
Pennsylvania' avenue' behind a team
- mUma unMir.
nrt Mr. rlark
was clothed In farmer's costume with
big whip, overalls, wide felt hat and
Mory .shirt He wag rtdlng a two
wheeled cart, cracking his whip and
shouting; 1 at his mules, ohlrstened
"Bob" and ''Fritz." Dragging behind
in heavy chains were Cannon, Dalzell
and Payne. Ae every other step the
ex-Speaker yelled defiantly "dictator!"
"Czar." , -
CLARK AS NEW SPEAKER. '
Ollle James introduced Clark as
the new Speaker, and the latter
phomptly sentenced his prisoners to
various punishments, such as the as
signment of Cannon to the chairman
ship of the committee on "disposition
of useless paper (where the Aldricn
payne-Smoot tariff was consigned)
while Payne and Dalzell were to be
trampled by Ollle James. - Clark un
dertook to define his policies but had
only gotten to the point where he de
olared for free trade when the party,
broke up in a row. : '
' Few of. the guests at first could
recognize the dainty little lady "Miss
Democracy" In the brawny, big mus
cled, large walsted and bass .voiced
female In evening dress who occupied
in solitary state the place of honor on
the Democratlo Band Wagon, whloh
drew 'up on the stage. Hanging on
were various candidates for the presl
dential office, but the lady while coy.
was alio firm In her attitude and pre
sented a face of flint to her suitors.
She announced that she was no sim
pering old,; Waid, but was militant:
that she was taking this Joy ride for
the first time In sixteen years and had
chartered it for quite a spell too.
When the President; sought to expel
her she defied him, saying that he
talked "like T. R. before election
day." . ' - . '
ANTICS WITH BAND WAGON.
-.At the critical moment Govetrnor
Judson Harmon came to the rescue
and climbed Into the band wagon,
When his right was challenged he de
clared that he was the logical candl
date, the friend of the masses, and
the classes were friends of hi. But
Miss ; Democracy - decided . that : he
would have to wait for two years to
see what he could do with a Demo'
cratlc Legislature,; so Harmon climb
ed down. '
Dlx was the next aspirant for favor.
claiming his seat by virtue of a ticket
bearing an - "O. K." by Charles F.
Murphy, and because of his versatill
ty, but Miss Democracy Insisted that
the trouble with the Democratlo par
ty for the past twenty-five years was
that it had been "too damned versa
tile," and Dlx was thrown off. -'
" Judge Baldwin made an effort to
climb into a seat oil the ground that
he" was a great legal light .but Miss
Democracy asked: "what has law
got to do with ' the Deniocratlo par
ty? Republicans made all the-laws
We are going to make now ones,' and
uCL?t Baldwin.
J Yo
i, h!a m"1"- downed late this
'JS-t'ffiiafternwB.whne trying to cross the
Miss Democracy would promtus, was
to look him ever after he hadone
out to save iooRaT" - '
. Woodrow, Wilson had his turn on
the strength of being the "National
Voice' but Democracy Sail that
what was wanted whs a "National
Silence," while as to his clnlm. of Vir
ginia birth, she ald, ;"You shook
your jnotl.cr at"aa'arly r-rv-'Oet
offfV - '
Her demand fof some, othrr quali
fication tlm whiskers, sent ::crn. to
the right abouUand when Folk en
deavored to board the vehicle with an
endorsement from Bryan.' ha was bit
over the head with a stuffed club.
Bryan himself was not even' allowed
to set foot on the wagon step, and as
the various candidates were quarrel
ing among themaelvea Wall : Street
personified by a portly gentleman in
silk bat and wearing much-jewelry,
settled the matter by dragging - off
Miss Democracy with the declaration
that tl am the person who will decide
who'll ride on that wagon." s J ; -
The - Republican elements among
the guests, while enjoying the tribu
lations ofjthe Democratic candidates,
had their mirth tempered from time
to time as the hall was darkened for
few momenta while a projecting
lantern threw unotr the screen bulle
tins showing how the tidal wave of
Democracy s sweeping over the
one-time Republican strongholds. ;
. OFFERS , OF COMPROMISE.; '
New ; Torlc Importers, Who" Have
Been - Charged .With Defrauding
Treasury,' Enter Pleas For. Mercy
With Secretary MacVeagh.
Washington, Deo. 10. Offers ; of
compromise and prayers for mercy
were brought to Secretary of the
Treasury MacVeagh today by , Col
lector Loeb- from New ' York- Im
porters who have been charged with
defrauding the Treasury by under
valuations ot their Imports. It Is
known that the Treasury Depart
ment fortified by the revelations of
tne last few weeks is in position, m
one particular case, to jcompel the
restoration of nearly 81,000,000 with
out waiving the governments right
to criminal prosecution. -
The force of customs Inspectors on
the Canadian border bas been tripled
to meet the Increase of ocean travel
through Montreal and other Canadian
ports. Customs offloiala estimate that
twenty Americans return ' by the
Canadian gateway where one did be
fore the customs activity ) in New
York began.
CAR REACHES ASHEVILLE
AFTER SUCCESSFUL TRIP
Second Day of Tour Over Salisbury'
A the ville Highway Is One Without
Mishap and Citizens Along Route
Are Enthusiastic Trio , Finished
With Perfect Score Mountains No
Barrier.
Ashevllle, Dec. 10. Having forced
Its way to the pinnacle of steeps no
motor car was ever meant to climb,
often ploughing persistently along
roads of adhesive mud and shooting
like a motor boat through wheel-deep
streams, whose swollen waters each
time threatened a disastrous short cir
cuit, Mr? J. H. Ham's Maxwell auto
mobile flashed into the streets of
Ashevllle at 5 o'clock this afternoon,
A distinctly successful tour ended a
short while afterwards at the ,,; en
trance of the Batterv Park hotel. ,
Net ij p, t single; untoward lnclent
marred the achieving of the 183 miles
traversed Jslnce the departure of the
Sallsbury-Ashevule highway party
from the former city Friday morning.
No? attempt was put forth to make
speed record, yet the actual run
ning time was slightly In excess of
twelve hours. Operated under unfa
vorable circumstances,' owing to re
cent rains, the car emerged from the
mountain fastnesses with a perfect
score, -thanks to the expert chauffer
ship of Mr. Ham. Fourteen stated
score, thanks to the expert chauffeur-
delivered. -.' ; r -','..-
Today's junket from Morganton to
Ashevllle was another triumphal trip
for the great highway which is to
fling wide the gates of the whole
western country, working a social and
Industrial metamorphosis with all the
witchery of an Aladdin's lamp. No
discordant notes range la the general
symphony of enthusiasm This may
not, of course, mean certain victory.
since but a small percent of the Pop
uiation has been directly interviewed,
but President R.'; O., Alexander, who
has 1 done valiant service ; on M
stump, or rather ; in the tonneau, Is
entirely confidant His clearness and
enthusiasm have been contagious and
wherever he could find ' a germ of
opposition he has gone at the ml
oro-organlsm with hammer and tongs,
though In the best of spirits. s
At Glen Alpine, Bridgewater, Ne
bo, Marlon, Old , Fort , and , Black
Mountain scores or residents' sur
rounded the car and voted with up
raised hands tor the road. Morgan
ton disappeared behind the hazy
sweep of outlying ranges soon after
the departure at s O'ciocic, Marion
was reached at 11 o'clock and the
largest assemblage of the trip, pre
sided over by Col. W. T. Morgan, wu
in front of the McDowell county court
house. Leaving Old Fort At 8 o'clock
the party essayed the harder portion
of the route, fording six times the
headwaters of the Catawba.,- Black
Mountain leaped into vision at 4: J9
o'clock. After a hearty greeting and
numerous speeches a short time suf
ficed to annhliihate the 18 -miles of
macadam connecting that place with
Ashevllle, where the unscathed car
attracted much, attention. A. dozen
miles from the city it was met by
several Ashevllle Automobiles, which
bore the party escort ;
steward' at Naval Academy Win Be
Asked to Resign. .
Washington Dec: 10. As a result
of the contamination of sugar;- used
at - the Naval Academy at An
napolis, which recently; made several
midshipmen 111, the steward of . the
academy will be asked by the Secre
tary of the Navy to resign. It is said
that an assistant cook probably will
be (forced . to severe his connection
with the academy, but the action in
his case will be taken bv Superinten
dent Bowyer of Annapolis.
. The superintendent of the academy
recommended that the s steward of
dismissed, but the Department de
cided to permit him to resign. ,
:'"'"':;ta-i ' " . " -'.'w';:-';;!
Vcgro Drowns tn Northeast River
Near Wilmington., .
Special to The Observer. , , , '
Wilmington. Deo. 10. Willie Wll
kins, colored, an employe of the Coke
Northeast river, near Wilmington, In
a small boat The boat sprung a
teafci.. Efforts were made to says the
man, hut to ao-avair. . , f - , - v
Assistant Attorney Concral ' of .Yir.
. gh)ia DcitJ. , ' ".-
Rlchmohd, Va, Dc.' JO. William
E. Bibb,, .-ass;! ' t rtorncy. general
of Virginia aipd tv.i y from i the ef
fectd of a fall i stairs . which
occurred In hla 1 i tt week ago.
A REVOLT III EML
- v i V " . 1
S3 12I2B CM:jCcrpj J:::i
Aa Unncccssll U;rK:
V
TBEU ISLAND EO.O)
liter 1 Seme Artillery Lc
" K ItelffleTlan'sU V
Rio-' Janeiro, Deo, 10. A ' .serious
revolt occurred among the soldiers of
the marine corps Quartered in "the
fortress on Cobra island last night .
They, captured their officers and sent
them to the mainland. Th ; scout
ship Rio Grande do Sul Joined in the '
rising, but the mutunous sailors were
finally subdued b-ytheir offloera and
a portion of the local garrison yat
At f:so o'clock in the morning the
guns ef the land batteries were train-",
ed on the Island, "which ' lies in the ,
bay of Rio Janeiro only a short dls-
tanee rrom the city and opposite the ,
marine arsenal, a heavy fire was di--vected
against the rebels, and this
continued without cessation for. five
hOUrS. .',:.-,. V;-l -;".V
SHOWED, WHTTB FLAG. "
Then a white flag appeared and It
was believed that the rebels were
ready to surrender, hut they asked :
only . for an armistice, , probably for
the puspose of removing the dead and
injured, , .
. The bombardment f the ' Island
ceased for half an hour being renews
ed at 11 o'clock. Two land batteries
and two loyal warships took part In
the bombardment and - the artillery
continued with great vigor until half
past 8 o'clock this afternoon. A num
ber of people were killed along the
shore and in adjoining streets. - ;
1 A FIGHT ON BHD?. 5 s
The fight against the scout ship
Rio Grande do Sul lasted three hours
and among the killed was one Officer. ,
The government notified the lead-
ers of the rising that the Island would ' '
oe taken ty assault if they did not
surrender. In the i meantime Presl-..
dent FonBeca sent a message on the
situation to the Senate, together with
his views. While this was' blng dis
cussed by the Senate, the i chamber
assembled ' for the purpose of con
sideling the situation and to r await
the action of the Senate. The num
bar of casualties on the Cobra laland
is said to be large,, but notwithstand
ing the serious oonditlona which have '
arisen the residents ot the city re- -
main calm, In the belief that the gov.
eramenvfwiu speenuy . put. down the ,
mutiny. It is expected that the Con
gress will declare a state of siege 'f "
the loyal Artillery does not succeed in
silencing the guns of the mutineers
by tomorrow.', . . '
SURRENDERS AT LAST. "vu '
After a severe artillery engagement
which - lasted throughout the eovire .
day, the mutinous naval batalllot on
Cobra Island. surrendered at it
o'clock tonight The rebels were a
most annihilated by the fire froux the
land batteries and two Bnuclilan war.
ships, losing more than .330 filled una
wounasa. . . .ryt-K:-: ft
The seditious movement' Jt Is be
lieved, has now been eompictely
throttled, but the Senate, dasptts tne
opposition ot Ruy Barbqsa, the form
er presiaeni oi mat poay, votea ru
declare a state of siege for thirty
days. . , '
! Trouble In Honduras, " v ! '
-Puerto Cortex. : Honduras, via New
Orleans,, Dec 10 New breastworks
have been constructed here and!
maxim guns mounted at a point com
manding the harbor. Foreign Inter
ests fear that a three-cornered revo
lution la about to break; and thaQ
foreigners ; will suffer. pollcarpo
Bonllla is believed to be in Mexico
preparing an expedition to atUcte
iPuerto Cortes and Celba, and an at
tack by forces under former Presi
dent Manuel Bonllla In a revolution
ary movement entirely distinct front .
that of Pollcarpo BomUaT Is also fear- -
An alarming feature of the situa
tion is that many of the Federal
a favorable opportunity. The com-
mandant announced that soldiers re
fusing to obey orders wilt , be shot
Troops are being rushed here from
San Pedro, Sula - and other, nearby
points.- - S . ' '
The government hag placed an ab
solute embargo on cables. The
steamship lines wireless apparatus
afford the only means of communlca-
tion, the use of which the? govern
ment cannot prohibit '
, Conflicting reports have 'reached
here from the Interior' about riots
and clashes between rival : political
factions. , Manuelito Antonio Bonilia,
a relative ot Pollcarpo Bonllla, es
caped by sailing for Mobile before
the government order arrived from
Tegucigalpa. - , - v w .
- Sentiment on the Caribbean coast
Is In favor of Manuel Bonllla, who 1 1
in New Orleans. He ls not relat - I
to either i -Manuelito or policarr
Bonilia.
. Bank Cashier ( Cbnunlta Sulci V.
Petersburg. Vs., Deo. 10. Lyi In
a ipool of his own blood on the :
of the bank's vault add with a I
In fcts brain, 8, H.'. Cruikshank, t -38.
cashier of the First Natl, I
bank at Emporia Va., 40 miles sontn
of Petersburg,; was found deal t' i
afternoon. The discovery" i v
by Miss Everett assistant
and Miss Kunes, book-keepr , v
Mr. Crulkshank's unusual
after the lunch hour was r.o;
Is believed Mr. Cruiks:i;ir- i s
shot while all the others f r t f
were at lunch. Ilia r
said to be straight and i -assigned
for the deed.
Cottrl Appoints r 1 t 1
Creenvllle l'W noiit t.
Speotal to The Observer.
-Anderson, K C, 1
chambers , tojv..u Jv 1 I
pointed L A. llls
celver ot Tha Cre-i
Company, r-uV.Jfhers rf '.. "
villa Lve l iv "
pointment v..i n.a
f the stocTh'-rs s" ' .
II.. -t ' '
company Li' fc I.
pre..Mtt "will co' "
tornicrly.