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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES LAST EDITION. 4:00 P.M. Weather Torecastr : Cloudy; warmer. VOL. XIV. NO. 286. MR PKJCi llliii iiiwiiwi y,' in He Is not a Megalomaniac but, Mr. Taft Says, Was Guilty of Insubor dination. DISMISSED FROM SERVICE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON Mr. Taft Said to Realize What Step He Hat Taken Meant in a Political Way. K m . it it. it it ?, K K. It It ? . 9 It , . If. 9. It. . M K It . It , It m ' it I Would Have Done It If It Coat It Illni tlic lrewUlewy. , t Washington, Jan. g. Echoes , t of the Plnchot Incident of yes- , t terdny were heard anions the it White Holme callers today. A t number of the president's via- ? Itors frankly broached the sub- t ject of the forester's dismissal tt In talks with him. ? The president Is not averse to discussing the matter along t. th some calm lines laid down it in hie letter to Plnchot, made ?, public liint night As to the political reports, H the president was reported by It several of his visitors to be t concerned but little. To one he It In reported to have said with t emphasis that even If such a It situation could be conceived as t his action of yesterday necessl- t tilling his departure from the H White House today, he would not and could not have done It otherwise. t "1 want the Investigation to It be full unil thorough," he said st to one of his callers. "If there W Is anything in all this that I do not know, 1 want It to come It out." Among some congres- It Kional visitors there was an lm- K presslon that Plnchot would It play an even more prominent W purt in the Inquiry under pres- It ent circumstances than If he It were Mill In the government t emiiloy. . ' i . It t . K t Washington, Jan, 8. Gilford Pln chot, chief forester and intimate friend of Theodore Roosevelt, was last night dismissed from the' service of the Vnited .States by President Taft for in subordination. Associate Forester Overton W. Price and Assistant Law Officer Alexander C. Shaw, Plnchot's Immediate assistant In the forestry biireuti, followed their chief out of government employ. President Indignant. Thoroughly Indignant over the ac tion of Mr. Plnchot In Inducing Sena tor Dolllver to read a letter from him In the senate. President Taft would listen to no advice that the forester's violation of executive orders be over looked pending the Inquiry soon to be undertaken by congress. Ha declared the dignity of the office he had been chosen by the people to fill was being attacked and he would be unfaithful to his trust If he submitted longer. Mr. Taft undoubtedly realises fully what th dismissal of Forester Plnchot means In a political way. He has been convinced for some time that the so- called "Insurgents" and ether critics of his administration had enlisted the services of Mr Plnchot from his office, The latter' letter, few here doubt, was written with the direct purpose of "putting it squarely up to the presl dent." , ' ' The Dolllver Letter. The president In his letter to For ester Plnchot Informing him of his dismissal, refers to Mr. Plnchot's letter to Senator Doliver of Iowa, which was read In the senate yesterday and says In part: "The plain Intimations In your let ter are. first, that I had reached wrong conclusion as to the good faith of Secretary Balllnger and the officers of the land office, although you and your subordinates had only seen the evidence of (J Is vis, the accuser, and had never seen or read ttit evidence of disclosed which were submitted to me and second, that under these circum stances, without the exploitation by Messrs. Shaw and Pries In the dally weekly and monthly press of the , Including the president and the officers of th Interior department and land . office, would . have allowed certain , fraudulent claims to be patented on coal lands In Alaska, although 'the matter had been specifically brought to the attention of the president by the Ulavls charges. ' looking for Trouble, i ' You solicited the opportunities to make such a declaration In congress for the purpose of offsetting, If pos sible, in the public mind, the pre: dent's decision In ths Ulavls case, sup ported by the opinion of'the attorney general after a full examination by both, of the evidence adduced by the accuser, and the evidence on behalf of the accused, while the Istter evidence 1 you and your subordinates had never seen. "You did this against the advice of the secretary of agriculture, wlthou notifying iuttl that you Intended to d so, and wlth.Vt conferring with me it. Ywur letter whs In effect an lm (Coutitiuwi on (ee I.) SOME WHITE SLAVE DEALERS WILL TELL TRADE'S SECRETS Members of Two Syndicates That Have Lost Money Willing To Talk to Grand Jury Rockefeller and Associates : Say They Will Work a Month, if Necessary. New York. Jan. 8. Amazed at the startling evidence gathered durmg the last year by secret agents of the government and reform organizations, who have Investigated the white slave traffic in New York city, District At torney Whitman and John D. Rocke feller, Jr., foreman of the grand Jury, are determined to continue the pres ent Inquiry until the leaders of the two syndicates if corroborative evi dence of an organized traffic can be obtained are behind prison bars. Fore more than an hour Mr. Rocke feller, Mr. Whitman And A Militant District Attorney Anoleton discussed the most effective manner of -continu ing the important Inquiry. While each declined to dlscuBs the conclu sions reached, it Is believed that, with the evidence now at hand, they are convinced of the existence of the two syndicates. Police officials In the precincts where clearing houses and "white slave" dons are said to be doing bus iness, assured Mr. Whitman of their willingness to co-operate with the grand Jury in stamping out the traf fic In girls In this city. Scores of Clearing Houses. A feature of the day's development was the verification of the reports of the secret service agents that scores of clearing houses are maintained by the New York Independent Benevo lent association and the French Pro curers' club, and that from these dent girls are sent to exclusive disreputable Hats In the uptown section, to othei cities In the United States, to Panama. Central and South America. Thest girls, It wns also learned, are for the most part recruited by cadets In mov ing picture theaters and dancing hallt In New York city. Theer is every reason to believe that all the resources of the federal government will be available to th New York county authorities In Inves tigating and breaking up the traffic. Representative OUcott came from Washington to confer with Mr. Whit man and there Is reason to believe that he brought assurances from President Taft that the federal gov ernment stands ready to give Its ac tive co-operation to the grand Jury in arriving at the facts, and In pun ishing the guilty. Those acquainted with the nanrre of the evidence given by the two wit nesses who have been called by the grand Jury believe Indictments will be returned within the next few days which will lead to the arrest of some of the most Influential leaders of the Hendertonville Man Wants to Find Out Who Made His Jersey Tongueleis. The Gazette-News Bureau, Hotel Gates, Hendersonvllle, Jan. 8. A few nights ago there was com mitted here an act of cruelty that adjective do not adequately describe. Circumstances seem' to Indicate that some Inhuman being visited the barn of W. F. Edwards, In ths night time, and cut out ths tongue of his fine Jersey cow. Cows' tongues wander around, in times when the cow is not otherwise engaged. Into all sorts of places, and It la of course possible that Mr. Edwards' bovine "happened to an accident." There was a cow once that roomed next door to a horse. Her tongue waa cut off, and the Irate owner employed a detective F. M. Jordan of Asheville to nnd out "how come." Mr. Jordan round circumstantial evidence that the cow's tongue during the night had trespass ed upon the horse's premises and the horse had Inadvertently or malicious tv bitten it off. But Mr. Edwards believes inai some enemy has ruined his valuable cow. and he offers f 100 for evidence to convict. Strenuous efforts are being made by th pitixena of ths town to get the Southern Express company to open an uptown office In Hendersonvllle. Judge H. Q. Ewart stated to a ua- sette-Newi reporter yesterday tna when the petition had been clrcumiea over town he would go before the railroad commissioners tn Raleigh and place the matter before them. The express office Is at the presnnt situated In the freight oiric at m Southern depot . TVE WKATHHRt Forecast until S p. m., Bunday, for Asheville and vicinity: Fair tonight, followed by increasing cloudiness Bundan rising Umperatur. - w - fK , -r - f - s---- REWARD OF 5100 FOR GOW'STQNGUE BY They Look Very RohusU , But Have the Hook Worm New Orleans, Jan. 8. Consternation prevails among the one hundred stu dents of Tulana college, following the examination of evrv .student for hook worm, it is now awnouni that ASHEVILLE, III )? -'M ,11 I X i: -4aw ' t 'II two syndicates. Those who for years have been en aged In the traffic are known to be thoroughly frightened by the Interest Mr. Rockefeller and Mr. Whitman re taking in the Investigation. Many lave tied the city, while others have removed from their regulnr haunts and are hiding. Dealers Will Talk. It is known that active members of ;he two syndicates, who have lost .heir money, have signified a wllllng less to appear as witnesses and tell he secrets of the operations of the wo organizations. Through these men and women government agents ind investigators representing reform irganlzatlons have already found at east 20 of the clearing houses oper ated by the syndicates. "I will do everything that Is within my power to assist," was the declara tion of Mr. Rockefeller In talking with Mr. Whitman. So Impressed IsMr. Rockefeller with the Importance1 of lb Inquiry that lte-amrrelr-WhIb man he and his colleagues on the grand Jury would continue the task to the end. whether it was completed Wlthm the present month or should force the 23 men to sit for a month or more longer. DECISIONS TODAY After Handing Down Number of Opin ions Court Adjourned to Meet on First of Month. Special to the Giiisette-News. Raleigh, Jan. 8. The Supreme court today filed the following opin ions: Crockett vs. llray. error; Shaw vs. Telegraph Co., no error; Anders vs. uardner, reversed; wanace vs. Wllkesboro, appeal dismissed; War lick vs. Reynolds, error; Battle vs. Telegraph Co.. no error; Kleybolte vs. Timber Co., no error. The court meets again February 1. WHILE DERI.NGED HE SH0TSDN Hi SELF P. D. lones, Nashville Publisher, Com mitted Suicide After Shooting Five Years Old Boy. Nashville, Jan. I. P. D. Jones, prominent publisher, while deranged, hot and killed his five years old son, then committed suicide. He leaves a widow and two children. Jones was a native of Virginia. SHOT JtmCIXG ENTRANCE INTO HIS WIFE'S ROOM He Intended to Pun Inn Her, and Po liceman Intprferml, With : Probe, My Fatal Results. Denver, Jan. I. G red eric k Goebel was shot by a policeman and fatally wounded today, while attempting to break Into his wife's apartments to punish her for Instituting divorce pro ceedlngs against him, third of the members of the class were found to be Infected with the parasite. Practically sll the students thus st- fi'i ted are appurently robust specimens of r.inp.hvjd. SUPREME COURT N. C, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 8, 1910. isiraiis 111 A FERMENT Political World, Following the Discharge ol Mr Plnchot, Has Been Set to - Guessing. GREAT TEMPEST WITHIN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY Washington of the Opinion That a Fight V'JniWe Party Cannot Be A voided. Washington", . Jan. 8. Gilford Pln chot, chief forester of the United States yesterday,' .is a private citizen todny, apparently, unconcerned, and smiling, In great contrast to the polit ical ferment In , which Washington finds itself, : 'His summary dismissal, conveyed last night In the President's letter, In closing lines: "By your own accord, you have destroyed your use fulness as helpful subordinate of the government, and It therefore now be comes my duty to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to rnmove you from office as forester." brought nothing from Plnchot, more than the simple statement: "I would prefer' to say nothing nt this time," but political j Washington almost trembles to think I of what may be the result. PliM-hot the Pivot. Mr. Plnchot today, in the opinion of many, becomes a- pivot on which the Insurgents, in their light with the ad ministration, can turn Its guns. The possible effect of- Pinchot, personal friend of Theodore Roosevelt, and heud champion of the Roosevelt con servation policies,- being ousted from Taft's official family, is a subject of Conjecture which fills the air, along with talk about the possible effect of Plnchot's dlmis.. upon the congres sional lnveUgtv"K.'Cr'fecretai'y Ka'- llngsr and thc.r-LS!' I , 4- v In the omlnsus silence which fell on the whole situation following the first tmng after the cabinet meeting at the White House yesterday afternoon, many political forecasters see unmlB tnkable signs of a great tempest with in the republican party, with ramifica tions which soma of the most san guine fear to think about. There Is only one conclusion upon which all are unanimous. That is. there is a great fight on hand, on which the presi dent sought to avoid, and In forcing it at this time by the dismissal or Pinchot, the president's supporters maintain that Mr. Taft has considered all probable effects and consequences, and has decided to see it through. Will Not Ri-st Under Defeat. The regular republican organiza tion of the house will not rest under the defeat sustained yesterday at the hands of the combined insurgent and democratic enemies in the adoption of the Norrls amendment to the Hul-llnger-Plnchot resolutions taking from Speaker Cannon the right to appoint an Investigation committee, but will rally its forces for a finish fight when the time arrives for the house to choose the members of the Investigating body. Another Fight liOomlng I' p. Another fight between the Insur gents and the organisation In the house has been precipitated by the action of the senate committee on public lands In reporting a resolution authorising the appointment by the vice president and speaker of a Joint committee to investigate the Bal- Mnger-Plnchot controversy. At Office Early. Mr. Plnchot waa at his office early this morning, and entered upon his closing up work. To appeals for a further statement regarding his dis missal by President Taft, Mr. Plnchot merely smiled his disinclination to contribute further to the news on the subject Feeling or Alarm. Throughout the bureau of forestry there was a feeling of alarm over the probable outcome of the organisation built up by the late chler forester. All officials of this department were personally seelcted by him. Whether there will be A further shake-up is a question calling forth a great deal of concern within tn bureau. All Over Mow. George P. McCabs, solicitor of the agricultural department, called on Mr. Plnchot today, and presented to him the letter from Secretary Wilson, which designated McCabe as acting forester. Albert F. Potter, assistant forester, who was previously designat ed by the secretary, is In ths west, not able to return for several days. Mr. Plnchot gave McCabe a hearty welcome, and said hs waa ready to at one turn over the bureau to him. Mr. Plnchot bad farewell to all the employes, and later left the building, Shot Himself by Accident. Savannah, Jan S. Major A. D. Harden, of the Brut regiment, Nation al Ouard of Georgia, died last night. as a result of an accidental self-ln fllcted pistol bullet wound. Tho London Market t t. a A.4.rl...n aaenr I ties opened fractionally higher today on the stock schang. being unaf- fected by President Taft'i message. SETTLEMENT WORK INTERESTS GREAT GUN MAKER'S DA UGHTER Baron and Baroness von Wilmowski, After Tour of States, Return to Germany Baron Thinks All mans Should See Our Wonders. v 7 ttON AND BAEONEJJ VON New York. Jan. S. llaron Thllo von Wilmowski of Berlin, and the baron ess, who was Miss Barbara Krupp, second daughter of the gunmaker, le here on board the Kaiser H'llhelm II., of the North German Lloyd line, after a tour of the United States. They hud been here three months, and visited the principal cities of the United States and some In Canada, irolng as far West as San Francisco and Vancouver. "We have had a delightful time." said the Baron just before departing. "We have seen many of the wonders of the United States, nnd I certainly hope every German who can will come "here and see the country also. , JILL BE SILL j ,s . tu tt--',vj.';Ai.aA.si.'jt,,-u.r.i Expert of Department of Agriculture Makes Interesting Statement Be fore House Committee. Washington, Jan. 8. Tho cotton crop of the year 1909 will be the smallest since 1899, according to the statement of W. D. Hunter of Dallas, Texas, expert of the department of ag riculture. "It Is due," he said, addressing the house committee on agriculture, "to the weevil in I.oulsiunii portions of Arkansas and Mississippi, nnd the ex treme dry weather In Texas, where conditions Interfered with propaga tion of parasites." The boll weevil, he declared un doubtedly would cause n remarkable re-dlstrlbutlnn of the production of cotton, first in the large areas. What were large centers of production for merly, were going to fall down, and there would lie a redistribution of small plantations. He declared the soil and other conditions In certain narts of ulmost every plantation In the south will permit the planter to continue to raise cotton profitably, de spite the boll weevil. TO BIG DAMAGE SUIT Will Ask for $50,000 for Alienation of Her Waiter Husband's Affections. Philadelphia. Jan. 18. Mrs. Ferdi nand Cohen, wife of the hotel waiter who disappeared about the time Miss Roberta Ue Janon was reported mis sing, has announced the Intention ot brlsina suit for (GO, 000 against hod- ert Bulat, the grandfather of the girl. for the alleged alienation of her hua band's affections. T1IK LEADING NEWSPAPERS WILL TOMORROW DISAFfKOVK Toklo. Jan. S. Leading newspapers tomorrow will disapprove of ths ac- ceptano by Japan of Secretary Knox's proposition for the neutralisation of the Manchurlan railway Th con census of opinion her Is that the nlan Is Impracticable because japan would not receive a benefit propor tionate with th sacrlflc entailed. THE COTTON CROP Will Make an Attempt To Bull Cotton Market New Orleans, Jan. 8. It was an nounced today on the New Orleans cotton exchange that Frank B. Hayne. i..w rfuorl one of the biggest fac- - tors In the couon luiure mnmi-i. nu left for New York with . T. Rrown th bull leader. It Is understood that a campaign for twenty-nt cotton United Ger- VILMCTw5KI C O "What Interested us 'most was the settlement work in tho large cities. My wife takes a Joy in that kind of work, and gave up whatever time she could to visiting settlements in New York, Chicugo, flan Francisco and other cities. The work here Is won derful, and at times the results ob- tuined nmazlng. It Is remarkable how they ran get the different classes to gether with such good results." The baroness is the sister of the young woman who, as head of the great Krupp gun making concern occupies a unique position in modern civilization that of a girl building engines of war for a world that professedly finds its highest ideals In peace. A BOY KILLED SAFE BLOWERS Tallahassee Youth, Left to Guard the Postoffice, Did His Work Well, and Two Are Dead. Tallahassee, Fla., Jan. 8. In a struggle early todny with, two safe blowers, Paul Sauls, IT years old, who was left to watch the postoffice build ing, shot and killed them both In the basement of the building. The boy was only slightly Injured. The cracks men, both of whom are white, have not been identified. EX-MINISTER FOl'Xl) tU'ILTY OF ABDl'CTIXU VOI'Sfl GIRL She Whh 1A Yearn Old. and a Mem ber of Ills Church In Wil liamsburg, Kaiix. Ottowa, Kans., Jan. 8. Rev. Wll- llem 8. Tuckey, an ex-minister of Williamsburg, charged with abduct ing Lorena Sutherland, a 18 years old member of his congregation, was found guilty by a Jury today. Stuckey waa found guilty on both charges of abducting girl for Immoral purposes, and abducting her for "white slave" purpose The penalty is one to five years on each count. Lorena Sutherland was not omy a member of Stuckey's congregation. hut also worked on his newspaper. IT WILL COST I S EACH $5 TO DIG THAT DITCIL LANGLEY Kentucky CoiigrexMiiaii Has Heeti There uml Puts the Cost at S5.0(M),(M)0, New York. Jan. 8. I believe It will cost (5.000,000 to complete the Pan ama canal, and that will amount to $5.00 a head for every man, woman and child In the United States," said Representative John W. Langley of Kentucky, returning today from the Isthmus. WILL SUE FOR DISSOLl'TIOX OP BVRLEY TOBACCO HOCIETY Government Wilt Bring Action, Alleg ing Violation of Sherman Antl-Trnst Act. Chicago, Jan. S. United States se cret service men who hav been In vestigating th Burley Tobacco so ciety said today that a suit for the dissolution of ths society on the ground that It operates In violation ot the Sherman law will be begun In the United States district court in a few days. will be waged In New Orleans, New York and Liverpool. llrown upon hi return to New Or leans before Christmas aald he was confident cotton would go to 10 cents a pound. He expects to be on the New York exchange with Hayne Mon day morning. So PER COPY Mil FIMEEP Cardinal Ranked High Among Officials of Church in Rome, and Was Loved by Churchmen. FELT AN INTEREST IN THE UNITED STATES He Was Best Known Here as the First Apostolic Delegate from Vatican to This Country. SATOLL Rome. Jan. 8. Francisco Dl Paola Satolll, bishop of Frascatl, arch priect of the Lateran Arch Basilica, and prefect of the Congregation of , Studies, died at 4 o'clock this morning following an Illness that began last June with an attack of nephritis and atrophy of the right lung, and waa complicated recently with blood pois oning. . Cardinal Satolll was an Italian by birth, born at Marsclano, July 11, ' 1839. His family Is of noble and an- ' clent lineage. He was created cardi nal in 1895. Beloved In America. Second only to Pope Plus X. him- j' self, among high officials of the ' Catholic church. In Rome, waa Car-, dinal Satolll loved by his fell low . churchmen in the United States. A title not conferred upon him by the church, but one which Is said to have . pleased him much, was that of the American cardinal, bestowed upon , him because of his Interest In and love for the United States. Better than any other member of the sacred college he understood the spirit of this country and valued to the full extent the Importance the United States would exercise In the political and re- ' Dlgious development of the world. , '.' Cardinal Satolll waa best known In the United States as -- first apos tolic delegate from the Vatican to this , ' mission in uciuuvr, lot's. i,arainai Satolll was presented to President Harrison and the cabinet, and became Impressed with the possibilities for advancement of his church In the United States. . , Two years after his appointment as delegate, Satolll was elevated to the college of cardinals, and was Invest ed with the brevetta by Cardinal Gib bons In Baltimore cathedral. It was . a most Imposing ceremony. In 18M he was relieved of his duties here and called back to Rome by the pope. 10 CORN PRIZE FUND Voluntary Expressions of Approval and Assurances of Willingness to Aid. The corn contest grows space. To day voluntary expressions of approval of the movement were received, to gether with expressions ot a willing ness to aid. The subscription of llrown, Northup & Co. Is $10, Instead of $5, as erro neously stated yesterday. Alderman R. L. Fltxpatrlck, who halls from th hog and hominy section of Tennessee, la much Interested In the proposed contest, and today added $& to the prise money. J. 8. Coleman had added $10 to the list, while Judge J. 8. Adams adds $5. LOOKS LIKE WMM , MRY GET THE TOER His Nearest Opponent In Democratic Caucus Has 24 to His 68 Votes. Jackson. Mb,, Jan. $. Little change waa shown today In th stand ing of candidates seeking nomination before th democratic caucus as sen ator from Mississippi to succeed th late Senator McLaurln. On th open ing former Governor Vardeman gain- ed two as compared with last night's vote. He had $ vote and his near est opponent. Alexander, ha It. Eighty-four vote ar necessary for a choic.. i j Tlie South Carolina to Go In Commis sion March 1. J Washington, Jan. 8. Th battlsshlp South Carolina will be placed In com mission at Philadelphia March 1, ac cording to present plan of th navy department Dickinson la Havana. Havana, Jan. 8. Secretary of War Dickinson and party arrived hr to day by rail from Kantlsgo,
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