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THE ASSOCIATED i ; PRESS v DISPATCHES LAST EDITION. 4:00 P.M. Weather ortcasf : Rain or Snow; Warmer. VOL. .v. "V. NO. 283. ASHEVILLE, N. C, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 5, 1910. So PER COPY TH&ZNSURGENTS, 1' so was1N:gton dispatches agree, TAKING NOTICE Intense Suffering in New York INN IN SUP. PROGRAM 15 IBACTiVITY It Is Planned, However, to Put Through a Subsidy Law ' Who Will Succeed . t As Result of Col ft; Snowstorm IS CALLED T Alarmed by Reports Set Afloat . Yesterday, Jhey Will Hold a Meet; ... hg. FIGHT ALREADY BEGUN IN WESTERN DISTRICTS Congressmen Will not Be Particular in Choice of Weapons in De fending Them-selves. V 6 RIG STANDING IT BY LUTHER Has not Yet Seen President About Him Attorney General in Washington. ! 'Washington, Jan. 6. It la expected that Insurgent republican members of the house will call a meeting at (in early day to give earnest consideration to the situation arising from the an nouncement that the administration would no longer countenance "Insurg ring," in congress, and would withhold patronage from the recalcitrant mem bers. Most of the radical insurgent leaders on the house side fee) that, with the elections but a few months distant. It la a lire and death struggle with them and consequently, when forced Into the fray, have no hesita tion about carrying the war to any extent. " The effort to defeat Insurgent con gressmen by starting a fight against (them In their home districts, as was reported yesterday, has already be gun In several districts In the west, and congressmen so attacked proba bly will make no choice of weapons In defending themselves. The President Stirred. Utterances such as that made by Senator Cummins at a recent dinner In Des Moines, by Senator Brlstow In previous speeches, anti-Taft articles In Senator LaFollette's magazine, and a rcent interview br Senator Clapp on the price of food stuffs are said to ive stirred the president to action, has been reported further that some f the ' .republican insurgents In the oas have "Med- te secure appotnt nt under the administration of men re or less openly out of harmony a the Taft regime. Mr. Tart's sest friends advised him that it mid be Impolitic- for him to afford icws on war to those who they v irned him, might even co-operate v h the democrats In congress against t Taft legislative program, and In t: country at large by creating anti-1,-ft sentiment In advance of the 1911 convention. It Is stated without re serve that the president has listened to such advice and has decided to follow It. .. The Lid Off. ' ; Representative Miller of the eighth Minnesota district was the man chieHy Instrumental In "blowing the lid off' of the situation. He did It by a state ment to the effect that Postmaster fleneral Hitchcock had Informed him that his (Miller's) recommendations for Dresldential postmastershlps were being held up because of his Insurgent ectlvltles In the house. He quoted the iinstmaater general In substance: V great deal of pressure Is being brought to bear upon me to withhold from the Insurgent republican con mwiwn the patronage In their dis tricts. I am very loath to do this and the matter is still under considers firm " Mr. Miller said that he told the nnatmuter reneral he Intended to carry the thing to the open floor of the house; but that Mr. Hitchcock urged him to defer any such action until the subject could be further con sidered, whereupon Mr. Miller agreed to wait full developments oerore pre r-inltatln- an onen fight. - As soon as the congressman's state ment became known the postmaster ..npr.l called him on the telephone and took him to task for not having ardnd the conversation as coi naen tlal. to which Mr. Miller replied that he had not so understood It and felt M ha had violated no connaence. Postmaster Genera! Hitchcock was silent on the whole subject nor would no nther official representing the administration discuss It Another feature of the attitude of the party leaders toward Insurgent members of the house was hinted at In disclosures yesterday. It was current lv reoorted that the "rebellious" re publican members of congress were anon to feel the hand of the national party organisation against them In their home districts. F.XOTHER FIGHT SfJOTI IS PRESENT OICniD General VitflueiGoes to Take Com mand of Government Forces. Special to The Gazette-News. Washington, Jan. 6. Congressman Grant says he has not seen the presi dent in behalf of B. J. Luther, holding a recess appointment as the Blltmore postmaster, but he expects to do so. He la standing by his man. Attorney : General Blckett came here to hear argument In the government's case ; against the to bacco trust. This started a - re port that the state authorities are to move against the trust, but this is without confirmation. Mr. Blckett could not be located at any of the hotels last night. , The president has assured congress men that he favors the raising of the battleship Maine In Havana har bor. A North Carolinian is among the 80 dead supposed to be burled with the Maine. UK BILL "REVOLUTIONARY" So Say House Democrats of Committee in Report on White Slave Measure. Washington, Jan. t. Charging Rep resentntlve Mann's , white slave bill with t elng -drastic " and f vblutlon- ary, three democratic members or the house committee on interstate and foreign commerce.' headed by Repre sentative Richardson of Alabama, havo died a minority import on that meas- re. Representatives Adamson and Bartlett of Georgia signed the report with Mr. Richardson. The minority takes .no exception to the provisions of the bill relative to the transportation of alien women and girls in foreign commerce, and their admission to our ports; but the chief objection to the bill is "that under the exclusive authority that congress has under the commerce clause of the con stitution, incidentally or otherwise, congress cannot, in the exercise of police . power, punish citisens of the states for violating a federal statute made under the pretense of regulating morals and suppressing evils, which In the strictest and most literal sense. Is an affair -which belongs to tho states." . t( nf V V. . ' SiJ v -. I 'lv T -bz.gi sn rowa at the N.wnciaa. . tr. ") i J f. - ; JT , t t , CI. ? C N. Pinctiot-Ballinger Row Starts in Earnest Today With Intro duction of Joint Resolution. INTERIOR DEPARTMENT IS TO BE OVERHAULED A Committee of 1 2 to Be Appointed, Six by Cannon and Six by I ' Aldrich, Resolution Provides. f7ia.T COMTOB.T Itl THE Storm Conditions,; with Low Temperatures All Over the Country. Washington, Jun. 5. The liullca tloiw, ax-cortlliiK to the weather bu reau, aro that there will Ik- general precipitation eart of the f MlnsK-ilppI river, during Uic next SO hours, in the form of anow In IM .north ami rain hi the Houth. Another storm Is developing over the western portion of the Gulf of Mexico. A sharp fall of ti'iiiperumre Is re ported from the southern puilns sfites and the extreme southwetit. t'niisimlly low temppratiuea Sre reported, on the Atlantic seaboard north of Goorglm.. New York, Jnn. 5. Jew York, af; tcr one of the coldest nights of the winter, in confronted with a show- ttorm today. The sufferings of the right. Induced by a mlnimuni temper ature of nine degree itlove and a bit ing wind, Were Intense In the poorer quarters. The municipal lodging house alone entertuined nearly 500b ptrtons. The sudden cold wave froze the slush oil the streets solid, fringed the harbor with Ice and blocked the Hudson off, Harlem In spots. Ferry boats were delayed In both the Hud son and East rivers last night by Ice floes and many commuters missed their regular trains. ' ONE MESSAGE TO COME I f Ml u President Will Then Transmit to Con gress the Report of Attorney Gen eral on Glavis Charges. . Washington, Jan. B. Announce ment was made at the White House today, that Presiaenl Taft's combin ed special message on the Interstate commeroa and antl-truat laws, would not go to congress until Friday. It was stated that the president desired that further time be given for dls trlbutlon of the message, which will be sent out In printed form this after noon. The message transmitting the attor ney general's report on the Glavis charges against Secretary Balllnger, will be sent to congress tomorrow, in I stead of Friday. - s . . Cold In Nebraska. Omaha, Neb., Jan. 5. At 7 o'clock this morning the mercury registered ten degrees below sero, the lowest of tContinued on page ") IS WTHOUT 'AOSCPICAX BE-EAJ.lJrE. -AX JTiaHT r FAR IN THE DESERT There Are About 150 on Board, and They Are Likely to Be There a Week Track Washed Away on Either Side Plenty of -Food on Train Wagons Will Be Sent. IT AUTHORITY IN LI By Order of Judge Pritchard Woolley and Whitaker Were Discharged This Afternoon. Salt Lake City. I tah, Jan. 6. Train No. 4 on Sun Peilrn, Bait Lake & U? Angeles railroad ,due here from Los Angeles Junuary 1. Is marooned In the desert live miles from Callente, Nev:, the track on both sides having been torn out by the flood of Inst week. Train is carrying in the neigh horhood of 160 passengers. Plenty of provis ions are on hand nnd there Is no dan ger of the passenK'TS and rrew suffer- CUSTOMS COURT APPOINTED TODftY The President Today Sent to the Senate a Number of Nominations. ing froc lack of food. Cross ties are being torn from the tracks and used as fuel .with which to make steam for heating the cars. As soon as wagons can reach the lulled train, a matter of three or four days, the passengers will be tak en to Barclay, where a train will be waiting to bring them to Halt Lake, Every one of the train is reported well and fairly comfortable. KING DID NOT GIVE DR. COOK THE DOONEBOU DECORATION Judge Pritchard In United States Circuit court today handed down an order in re R. J. Woolley and Craton Whitaker, in which It "Is ordered by this court that the Imprisonment 'of said R. J. Woolley and Craton Whita ker under the writ of habeas corpus issued out of the United States Cir cuit court for the western district of North Carolina Is without authority of luw. and that the said R. J. Wool ley and Craton Whitaker are entitled to be discharged from custody " The ordor taxes the costs or tn action against A. R. Ogburn, representative of Frank B. Hayne of New Orleans. upon whose affidavit, the arrest ana foLONKL GORDON 8WOHN IV IS OPPOSED TO AN INCOME TAX Governor Hughes of New York Today Said Some Interesting Things in Message to Legislature. Denial la Made for Him By Dr. Mau rice P. Kgan, V. a Minister to Denmark. Washington. Jan. . B.Ur. Maurice F. Egan, United States minister to Denmark, today emphatically denied .that the king of Denmark had be stowed ' upon Dr. F. A. Cook the Doonebog decoration, which Is a re cognition generally given to exploerrs and scientists, making Important dis coveries. ' Managua, Nicaragua, Jan. S. Gen eral Vasques has left here to ass'ime command of the government forces at AeoraDS. where an engagement win, inauraent army, now moving -..twr mnv take place soon. Members of the local Red Cross branch have gone to llluefielrts. where remain many of the prisoners i.isen i .. i:u..ri t-xtruita in the battle of THE WEATHER: Washington. Jan. 5. President Taft today sent to the senate the nom inations of members of the new court of customs appeals, authorized under the Payne tariff law. .To be presiding Judge, Alfred C. Cqxe, now United States circuit JudKt for the secont circuit. To lie awioclute Judges: Wll ,11am II. Hunt, now United Htutes Judge for the tllMtrlct of Montana; James F. Smith, governor general of the Philippine Inlands; O. M. Ilar ber, of Vermont, lawyer; Murlon DeVrles, now chairman of the board of general appraxlrs, at New York. Forecases until. S p. m.' Thursday, for Ashevllle snd vicinity. Rain or snow tonight and Thursday; warmer tonight i Negro I KUctrocuted. J , f Dannemora, U. Y., Jan. I. lsnk Jackson, a mgro, was electrocuted today st Clinton prison for the mur vl.r of bis wife at Handy Hills, N. 1.. In 1S03. ball proceedings and the IS000 dam m ault was instituted. The order states that the action was taken with out prejudice of the plaintiff te prose cute the original action In which the order of arrest was made. The defendants. Woolley and Whit aker were discharged from custody of the marshal and left this anernoon for HendersonvlHe. In making this order, Judge Pritch ard held to the opinion that the court was w'thout Jurisdiction In such pro ceedings, and further thst the order of arrest as contemplated by the North Carolina statutes die not lie. Thus ends another chapter In the sensational proceedings growing out of tho attempt of Mr. ilayne to o mlrf Dnaseaalon of the "Iteaumont" property near Flat Rock, which he haa bouaht and paid for. It la un derstood that the original suit will be fought out on Its merits In the United States court. AS UNITED STATES SENATOR Senator Money Eworts Hl Odlcague Vp to the Vice Prenhhut for Ills Toga. Alhuny, N. V.. Jan. 6. Governor Hughes, in his annual message to the legislature today, makes various rec ommendations on questions of wide spread interest. In a supplementary message, he dwells at length upon the proposed constitutional amend ment conferring upon the federal government the power o lay and col lect an Income tax "From whatever source deserved," without apportion ment among the states, according to population, nnd In conclusion recom mends thuj this amendment be not ratified. Cannon ? DEMOCRATS HAVE SCHEME TO AID MERCHANT MARINE They Would Allow a Tariff Reduction of 10 or 15 Per Cent on Goods Shipped in American Bottoms, Washington, Jan. 6. Investigation of the Ballinger-Plnchot controversy is ordered by a Joint resolution today introduced in the senate by Mr. Jones, and In the house by Mr. Humphrey, both of Washington. As heretofore announced the provision is for the broadest kind of public inquiry, the resolution being of the character re quiring the signature of the president which gives to It all the force of gen- ral law. A committee of 12 is to be appoint- to conduct the investigation, six f whom shall be designated by Vice President Sherman ana six by Speak- Cannoru Unquestionably Senator Nelson, chairman of the senate com mittee on public lands, will head the st of senators and this doubtless. will result In his selection as chair man of the Joint committee. The scope of the Investigation Is outlined as follows: A Clean Sweep. "The committee la hereby empow ered and directed to make a thorough and complete investigation -of the ad ministration and conduct of the in terior department. Its several bureaus, officers and employes, and of the bu beau of forestry In the agricultural department, its officers and employes, touching or relating to the reclama- lon, conservation, management and disposal of the public lands of the United States, or any lands held in trust by the United States for any purpose. Including all the natural re sources of such lands, and said com mltte is authorized and empowered to make any further investigation touching said department. Its bureaus, officers or employes, and of said bu reati of forestry, its officers or em pkjyes as It may deem desirable. To Have uourt rowers. The authority to sit during sessions of congress and in recesses, to re oulre the attendance of witnesses and the production of papers, usual to concessional Inquiries, Is granted by the resolution. It Is provided runner that any person refusing to obey the process of the committee or to answer any question propounded, shall be deemed guilty of contempt, and Juris diction is conferred noon the fourt or Appeals of the District of Columbia to try and determine any such charg es of contempt. Employment of assistance, legal or otherwise," Is specifically authoris- ed. This provision Is for the purpose of enabling the committee to procure the services of able attorneys to take of the probing,- so far as the direct ing of questions is concerned, it is the intention of President Taft to have the committee name some com petent attorney to conduct the case, and it is possible that both of the principals to the controversy may be represented by counsel. It was agreed by all persons who have given close attention to the Ballinger-Plnchot squabble that the In vestigation should be open to the public and this is ordered by the reso lution. One of the big rooms in the new senate office building will be used for this purpose. In presenting the resolution Sena tor Jones said: 'The various departments and bu reaus of the government are organ lxed to do Its business In the Interests of the people. Every official Is but the servant and agent of the people to act for them under and within the (Continued on page 7) THE MISSISSIPPI AMD IDAHO START FOR HAMPTON ROADS Washington, Jan. I. The oath of office was today administered In the senate to Colonel James Gordon, who was appointed hy Oovernor Noel as the successor of Senator McLaurin of Mississippi. ' Senator Money accompanied his colleague- to the desk of the vice president, Mr. Sherman, who admin istered the oath of office. , Will Join Ship Gathering fur Winter (YiiInc Michigan Will Kail January IS. NEGRO CENSUS TAKES THE PI.AtiUE IV fa'AV)lTIL: ADVICES rOXElHM KETORTS Sugar Clors ' Ip. New York, Jun. I. All rrades of relhmi-d sugar advanced t- touts a hundred pounds today. It la Krgnnlcd s a Mens. tn Health on the IkiIhiiImh Canal Konc. Washington. Jan. 6. Reports to the war department confirm sdvlces that the pliigne rxlxts in (luayaqull, Ecua dor. TliU In regarded as a menace to health on the canal none. Philadelphia, Jan. I. The battle ships Mississippi and Idaho left trie Philadelphia navy yard today for Hampton Koada. to Join the warships gathering there for a winter Cruise. The new battleship Michigan, which was placed In commission yesterday, will leave here about January tS for Hampton Iloads. TWELVE HOTS, SIXTY MEN, OE EISHIXO ELEET MISSINQ Assurances Given Representatives Bartlett and Hardwick by the . President N'ova Scotia Marine and Mnherlcs Do IMiitnmit Awked to Send Steam ers In Search. Halifax, N. B Jan. S Twelve boats and II men of the Canso finning fleet have been miming since yesterday's gain, and the department of marine and fisheries has been asked to dls patch steamers In search of them. Washington, Jan. S. The appoint- ment of negro census enumerators In ths south was (discussed with the president by Representatives Bartlett and Hardwick of Georgia. Tne presi dent assured his callers that so far as he controlled the situation no ne gro census enumerator would attempt to take the census of the white people In the south. He explained It to be the belief of census officials that negries would be more effective In securing data re garding negroes in the south than white people, particularly In districts largely populated by fiesroes. Hie president's ssasuronces were satlsfae tory to hia lout iiei n callers. Special to The Gazette-News. Washington, Dee. 8. That this will ho a do-nothing congress Is the gen eral belief here. Already republican leaders are talking of adjournment In May, which means that little will be accomplished outside the passage of the, regular appropriation bills. Ship subsidy will, of course, be urged for what the party In power desires as legislation at this session more than any one thing. . " Although the republican party won the presidency and the congressional election with promises of legislation on a number of important lines. Its achievement to date is a revision of the tariff upward rather than down ward and in such a manner as to cause party dlssentions of a fierce character. The responsible leaders have no Idea of carrying out any of the promises made in the last cam paign. In order to prevent the pos sibility of legislation of a progressive kind they have agreed on a policy of inaction. Anti-trust, railway, tariff -and other progressive legislation Is to be passed up to the next congress. Mr. Cannon will satisfy some of the clamor In the house by passing tegls-, lallnn D.lirnnatait. kr tha In.M.Ii.iil- and the democrats, ut he will do so with the assurance that Mr. Aldrich will pigeonhole It in the senate. In like fashion the senate will probably uush xneaauiea fJ i merit, wnicn wiir And a place In the committee archives of the house. The republicans will . . I . I . W iL il legislative record, which thev will as- sert is one of great progress. They will demand a continuation In power so as to enact into taws tne legisla tion that is to be Juggled between the ; two houses this winter with no other ooject man tnai oi aecetving mo public. . " Cannon's Day Over? The republicans are satisfied that they can work the trick, and are even now making plans for the control of the house which Is to be elected this ran. BpeaKer cannon s aay is over, although he will continue to wield the gavel In the lower branch of con gress until the expiration of the pres- ' ?nt congress In March, 1111. Uncle, Joe Is putting up a game finish, and ' declines to admit that he Is down and out, but he Is not even figured In the speakership fight b ythe republican leaders, who have planned the do- . nothing policy as the most expeditious method of capturing the next house.. If the republicans should be success ful In the coming campaign the speak er would be selected from the follow ing four party leaders In the house James a. lawney oi Minnesota, wai ter I. Smith of Iowa, Sereno A. Payne; of New York and M. E. Olmstead of Pennsylvania. As a matter of fact. , Tuwney and Smith, who are regulars. , are being vigorously opposed by the Insurgents for a renomlnatlon, and the speakership boom is being urged by their friends In their respective districts for the purpose of furthering their political fortunes. Ship Subsidy Program. Representative Dwlght of New York, the republican whip of the ' house, after a visit to the White House, declared that the ship subsidy bill would be passed very quickly af- ' ter the assemblage of congress. That this Is the program there la no doubt. The question of granting this subsidy will develop the biggest legislative fight of the session. Democrats In the house, where the contest will bo waged, are assured of strong support on the part of a number of republi can insurgents. The question Is wilt a sufficient number rally to the sup port of Minority Leader Clark to pre vent action by the republican lead-' era ? A Democratic Plan. There are a number of democrats who favor the substitution of a counter Dill tor me eeiaDiisnmem ana encouragement of the merchant ma rine,' which the advocates of ship subsidy declare to be their only pur pose. These democrats would pledge the party to a 10 oi IS per cent re duction of the tariff oft all articles and products shipped In American vessels. Such legislation would not only result In a tariff reduction, but would so favor American shipping as to result In the establishment of American wa ter transportation lines to alt parts of the globe. As a prominent democrat In the hous said yesterday: "The bill which la to be pressed for passage by the republican majority Is nothing more than a proposition to hand over (11,000,000 from the treasury of the United States to the shipping trust, which Is controlled by Rockefeller and Morgan money. This bill speci fies the lines which are to be favored, and makes certain ths appropriation of the subsidy W?.tHll'lii "'" if you irave a tarln sdvsnir.i-e to i I p Continued on i.nn c - !
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