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I 'V THE ASSOCIATED . . PRESS j v DISPATCHES A A LAST EDITION. 4:00 P. If. WeatBet rortcast': Cloudy; wanner.' VOL. XIV. NO. 287, ASHEVILLE,N,,C.; MONDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 10, 1910. So PER COPY J ft A AN ULTIMATUM :, vyROM CONGRESSIONAL Openly Warned, 1y Campaign Committee That They Need Look for no Help from 'Administratis. THIS DIVIDES INTEREST. ' WITH THE PINCHOT RUCUS Senate Committee Decider not Fight House's Plan to Choose In-, vestigatinrj Com-",. . mittee. HKKKKItltXICfcltltXItK' K .. - X Insurrection Stalks Afresh, at ' K Washington, Jan. 1 1 0. In- W It surrection stalked ' afresh among the republican insur- t K gents of - the ; house ' today, t when they read the' letter of H K the republican congressional H K committee declaring the house K K insurgents' were without the ' H tt pare, so far 'as concerns sup- M t pirt from the committee In X the coming congressional elec-; St tions. Half a doxen leading; H K members of the revolting fao- it at tion were seen today and they " K M were unanimously emphatic In H f disapproval of the republican .H It congressional committee's pro-. K cecdure. . ' "" " K K K H It t Washington, Jan. '10. While , the army appropriation .bill still engaged tho attention of the house when that body convened today, members mani fested a greater Interest in tho Pln-rhot-lialtlnger situation, and the state ment issued yesterday by the republi can congressional campaign commit tee, openly warning Insurgent con- (- iT"nmn 'hat, i,UuiyvB'"ilri 'vr'"'j at help from tho administration , when I they enmc up for re-election. . During the next few days the house proceedings will be of a purely rou tine character. When the army bill Is out of the way, the fortifications ap propriation bill, reported today, wljl be confMred. r-r , .'- Hi publican leader In the house In cline to the view that the senate will abide by the verdict of the house. In determining to choose It Own mem bers of the special Interior depart ment forest service Investigation com mittee. . , ,. . . I Should the senate adopt the Jones' resolution, empowering the speaker t,o name the house members, a bitter fight may be expected, when the reso lution reaches the floor of the house. The Insurgents are not visibly agitat-, e by the action of the campaign committee. . . Senate Racks Down. : l . The senate committee on , public lands today reconvened and amended Its resolution providing for the Hal-llnger-Pinchot Investigation, so as to leave to the house the method of aa , lectlng lta membership ot the com mittee. . ' The senate adopted the resolution as reported by the committee, after defeating am amendment proposed by Senator Newlands. which would per mit any official or ex-offlclal, whose conduct might be considered, to ap pear In person or by iyunsel. , Senate Heara Message, Although thef provisions of the special message of the president pro posing further railroad and anti-trust legislation were known to the mem bers of the senate, It was read today as a special compliment to the execu tive. The menage was read In the house on Friday. ; .- ; . ' , Routine Work In the House. District of Columbia' legislation oc cupied the house for an hour today, after .which the army appropriation bill was considered, . ' . Caucurf Will Be Invoked. The power of party caucus will be Invoked in the house In the effort to suppress the revolt of the Insurgenta The leaders decided today that when ever the Insurgents as a body differ from the majority, the cauous ahull determine the party course. ; . :U EKfb TEAFFIC in suvery i:;oigated Special Grand Jury Believe Thef Have Found Evidence to Show a " , V. Close Organization.' . New ''York, Jn. 10. Syndicate whits slavery Is under nre today. the grand Jury room . investigators were asked to find tndlctmeits attains the leaders In" the business. It Is believed the pcHrch'ng Investl gntlon undertaken by John I. Hocke feller 1r f. . grand jurv, him jric,o,efl fnr eooiiKh to hou' thnt oi imixttl wlnte stuvc tt'ulili- , V'M., n: I (liiTA nr c!ie r l - tillilS .. ( V - ' : ;- r . ' . ! ! i " ; III tl" 1 . ... - CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE INSURGENTS CONTEST OVER IHE POStOFFICE It Is in Full Swing Now, and Will Be ' Determined Within a Few Days. ', ; DEMOCRATS HAVE EYE SINGLE TO SITUATION They Are Kic11iijj to, Get l'olitlcol Cnplfnl pm of It If the President Makes Fourth Term Appohit- . ' mpnt. " The friends of the aspirants 'for the Ashevlllo postoff lce Job, which, )t Is understood, will bo handed out by the president In 'a few days, Postmaster Rollins' term expiring Monday, Jan uary 17, will-be ln'Warihlntrton this week In the Interest of their favorite. There are three applicants for the Job. TH F. Itoland. who was chulr man of tho Buncombe county republi can executive committee in the cam paign of 1908," and who . scared the democrats within an Inch of their political HVes, elected several republi cans on the ticket, Including a. con gressman, two memliers of the hoard of county commissioners for Bun combe county, a state senator and a member of the school board, Is pos sibly the leading candidate. His friends suy that he has the endorse ment of nearly all the members of tho county and congressional execu tive committees; thnt he has 90 per rent of the business and professional men of the town. on his petition; that he Is a capable business man afld that they, believe, he wtll be appointed. Major W.-W. KolllDB. firr the past is years poatmasUr J" re, to also a very strong candidate, seeking a reap pointment for tho fourth time on his record as postmaster which. Inciden tally, has been splendid. He Is strong ly endorsed and his friends say that with the pull ho ha with Hie "powers that be" he will be re-appointed for a fourth term. The friend of MaJ, Kollins, In fact,- make about the same claims for him a do , Mr, Uoland's friends for their favorite. They say the Major has the endorsement of the professional and business men, Includ ing the banks, ahd that In' addition many strong letters have been written Irfhis Interest. The third applicant Is It. Dunn McKee, who came to Ashe vlll several years ago from the north and who, since criming here, has made many, friends. .. . - t A Iark Horse? There has been some rumor recent ly, however, to the effect that a "dark horse" would ''eomo under the wira and that this "dark horse" would be democrat.' little. If any, credence la given the rumor, however.' It n practically certain that either Major Rollins or Mr. Roland will land the Job. Muny democrats. It Is said, favor MaJ .Rollins from a political consul- eratlon In no few instances, perhaps, a person consideration. It Is figured out that If the president should turn a dear ear to me . : ouis - ami kkuui appoint MaJ. Rollins for a fourth term, everything will be smootn sail ing for tho democrata In tho approach ing campaign; that, sinco the repub licans made the fight In 1901 tor rota-, tion In office, and won In several In stances and now. after winning, they fall to secure that "rotatldh in onice, the "outs" will, become so thoroughly disgusted that it will be a hard mat ter to line them up again on that or any other plank. . ' W. E. Logan la still In Washington looking after that appointment, as marshal for . the Western . district, which he foels he will get, ..' TRIAL OF BLACK HAND - BJSD BEBISS TODAY Fourteea Sicilian! Arraigned at Toletjo Army efY.itrteiiei, and Great ' Matt of Evidence. , . Toledo, O., Jan. 10. The ease sgutnst fourteen HlcUlans, members at the Society of the anana, art al leged black hand band of Ohio, was called for trial In Federal court to day. .. - , ' With, a small array of witnesses, menacing letters and a mass of doc umentary evidence, the . government expects to prove the alleged head Quarter of the band In Marlon, (., a center Of widespread black hand op eratlons. Twenty lawyers are engag ed In the defense. . . - Ycggmc-ii Crack PwtolTloe Pefe. Hpencer, Mass., Jan. 10. Five dar- Ing yernmm crncVed ,ttie Hiiencer iioioihre safrt this morning, srtor iiU'(nn rrlti two policemen, Thv ' u u- I )t 'ir t uu')ty stirr,-! Digging Underground for Wealth Isaac if ink) estein Found Death , r - f t r. f! 1.1' I- .v, 1 I vw it Ar -V-J WTO TUN HCL Was Attempting to Tunnel Un der Street and Reach Jewel ry Store Tunnel Caved. New York, Jnn 10. Truces of w( .accomplico could bo found in the tunnel which Isunc I'Mnkelstciu dug to his own iiuclolng 'nciir No. !S Iviid low street and wnry Jewellers 'and pawnbrokers are. now upending their time llstculng for the sound of sub terranean Imrlngs. Klnkelsteln, broiiKht from bis grave of sand, bus been committed to the earthagaln and his numu will Ik? a byword for years to tonic, although he lived all unknown tf fame. luapcctor McCaftorty . ttald thnt Cneralj'iut.1vUWiiusriatil.4s;X, months several other attempts like that made by the pulner who lost his. life, but that they had been thwarted long before they hud assumed nny formidable proportions by the detec tive, bureau, of which he Is chiT. it is the theory of the police, however. that Flnkelsteln was not operating with any bund, but that he was pur suing his own foolhardy .course with uerhnus the aid of one confederate. who tagged out the material ho had bored.out of the tunnel. A quantity of fresh earth waa found In the rear of the cellar of the unfinished build ing from which he began his opera tions,' Kevernl burlap sacks and a long rope are further evidence of the manner In which the sapping process was Conducted. : The widow, and tho five young cMldren will now have to make their way In tho world alone, and with tne aid of those as poor as themselves they are considering ways and means. The street has been opened to traffir, and soon the tracks were rumbling over the spot where rinKciKu.-ui nuu m exhumed. , ' . Had Isaac Flnkelsteln, Who tiled in .... . i k... u.l.L.h a tunnel oi nis own oikk"'b j ho hoped to reach a bank vault, ien a grent man. he could have had no nHore spectacular funeral thpn that htld over his .body yesterday In the miserable tenement where ho had lived. , " ' , , ', , Ten thousand person attended out of curiosity, and filed througn mo ui- tle romn.. lighted with flickering wax candles, where the body lay. Th body was recovered rrniay night, nearly 16 hours after the search began. - ' .As the body was linen irom m excavation In whk h It had been found at 'a depth of 16' feet, a scream was heard from the window In tho build ing opposite n wnicn uie nmu m... lived. 11 came xrmii ni ,-...."- who! with " her nve children, bad watched tho digging day and night. The point at which the body was found is 28 feet 'rom the opening of the tunncl ln the cellar. It lay In a oramiMd position and was covered w'th rough pine boards, the man had used a shoring to protect Mm from a cavo-ln. A fewmlndtes Before tlm body wits 'entirely uncovered tho dig gers found n. nrrew-drlvi. 15 Inches long, which hiul evidently Iveeir used to bore his way Under the earth. At 6 oVIoek. after working con stantly for IS hours, a digger of the emergency crew of the cty's building detriment, 15 feet lolow tho h-vel of Ludlow street, near Orand. struck his spade In tbe'sllmjr earth and un covered a human fot.' ' It f a the first sign of tho boijy nf Isaac Flnkelsteln, wh,o bored a tun nel from the cellar of an unfinished tenement, at iNo. IS I.ualow 'street with the object at robbing the Jewelry store of B, fclrfnsky, across tho street Much Know1 In Pittsburg, Suffering ' .. Among tltc IHmit. . ' - A Pittslimg, Pa.. Jan. 10. Beath by accidents, and suffering In the poorer section. Is ri;ptirtd today as a refiult of a ten Inch snow fall during the past 79 houra , ' ' ' 1. freaks Iterord. , A , . ,S f Ivs Anrel'i. Cel.. Jan. 10. Barney fiblfield. driving the car, the Kens rarer. y?teril;iv hroUe the world's lU-nlr Ini, k 1 1 ' I Itl.i lime fur in I. t 1 .. 1 '-- r II ir -mBWlWMm-MamMiaaji .UaUiL-L3!.'" ..JL LUlHHm ! ' S ' '"' far- , " : SV--S -: ' ' SCftHCHIKS FOR ' CTwS-rr TiiiR,u poor. rw.oW tODLOWeTRTTET JK FLEECY STAPLE BREAKS BADLY Following Bullish Census Report, Longs Rush Into the Mar- i - ket With Realizing Sales, New York, .Ian. 10. There was a ' rwiowaJ of general . excitement and .mother sensational break in cotton today. A bulli.'di Interpretation was placed on. the census figures and the market opened four to 14 points high er, with March selling ut 16. Oi iitul May tit lli.lit during the first few inlii ute. This reiirescnted an advunrn of ill to 17 points from the closing .Sat urday. These i;arna brought out a lot of long cotton carried over the re cent sensational "lump unil it appear ed that big western grain Interests lint) wall street lona were selling Iim-o iiiunt!ti' !'. Houthern bulls claimed that the census ligurps absolutely conlirmeil small gnvernnii at estimates.' Tin y Old little, however, to support the market and Much sold off to 15.41 and May to 1.1."i, or1 37 to 41 points below Saturday. There was a recov ery of 10 to 15 points but later selllim caused r; demoralising; break befor.' noon. . - : i. KVLh TKNDKACV. 'II1'4KKI IN' NHW )KM;NS M AltKKr Now Orleniii. 10. Heavy comiuLs , BURLEYPDOLS CHOP Said to Have Offered 20 Cents, and to Lay Oown $2,000,000 to , Bind Contract Lexington, K., Jan. to. Thomas W. 1jwoii of itostnn arrived today and began con'erencn with tho offi cers of the .Hurley Tobacco society, with a view of purchasing the entire pooled rrop of tho organisation, amounting to 111 million pounds. ijivmm la said to havn offered 20 t'fnts a pound and to stand ready to bind tho contract with a check for $2,000,000. Ferris ArroMcil for Criminal IJIsl. ' Jollet, His., Jan. 10. James II. Fer ris, chairman of the national commit teo of the peiiplo's Party, was arrest ed today, churned with criminal libel. The' charge- was preferred- by' Mayor Cronln and Poltca. Chief MoMasters. ' ' . . I "" " 1 - Is I ihiikI IK-eil. Cirnella,,nn., Jan. 10. Captain J. AV ImmIsoii, superintendent of the Tnl- iillnh Falls railroad, was found dead In the local hold yesterday, lie has been III several months. I'HrliaiiH iil Coiiicm lo an Foil. f.ondo!i, Jan, '14. Ths second Par liament I'f KI'S Edward's feign came to an ,id today. The ceremony of itissolutlon was brief am) formal. fieorgc- I'miiHi Ilronu cd. Chicago, Jan. lo. (leorge Vrancls Pniwn, former treasurer of the Puli- itian eominliy, 1 i 1 vestetdny Bt the i ! 'Ml;- I Clilll. i FITiJtrLi STrTu- T-xr J-f?vcT iJoLow pars tunneL h" W' Both at New York and bIoii house Felling checked marked tendency of the cotton future market to advance tho following receipt' of the census ourcau report today. The New Orleans market opened about Jl bule higher than ut the closo Friday and sold olT several points under a (leliigo nf selling orders put out by brokers. Within an hour following the open ing., the volume of selling orders be came so great that the market finally' broke $2. 50 a bale. The May option went to 1-5. S8, n break of 53 points; March dioppcd 45 points, going to 15.S4. i The heavy selling was largely of a realizing character, orders pouring In from lfiany points through tho south. Many bidders of cotton were closed out when nothing was forthcoming to keep up their margins and great ex cltemi nt prevailed around the ring. Another ISrenk. Another sharp break this afternoon carried tlm July option down to 15. BO a point. $5 a bale lower than the high Jvel of the day. There were 1 avy declines In other options. ;onstcrnu tloti prevails in muny quarters and a further slump i. feared. OF MR. ELKiNS SCHEME Latter Believes Responsibility for High Cost of Living May Be Pro perly Placed. Washington, Jan. 10. President Taft expressed to Senator Klkins to day his hearty approval ami support of thu proposed investigation of the .high cost of living, authorised by a resolution Klklns presented In the senate. Senator lOlkins said the committee of Inquiry would b" Increased .from live to seven members. He declared he hoped the Investigation would re sult In sufficient publicity to place the l.lami where It belonged, and he thought that this publicity would di rrvia h toward working nut a solution ot the problem. lXH'll M tJAIt CO. KMPIOYIIH ' AHK 8KXTi:.(U) Fort Fit l'D Men Convicted of I'mlcrwelghlng Given Olio Year's Iniprlwni- incut Kach. . ' New Yrki Jan. 10. Four former empluyes of the American (tugar Re fining company, convicted nf under weighing frauds, were sentenced to one ' year's Imprisonment each . by Judge Martin hera today. - The men sentenced are Charles Ke hoe, Edward A. Boyle, Patrick J. lieu nossey and John M. Coyle. W Mi Bute Wide Laws, , , .' 'e liquor question will be the foremost question before the state legislature, convening tomorrow. 'a'io prohlhttlonlsiu will renew the batlle for a stnte-wlde law. i is It Shows 9,646,285 Bales Counting Pound as Half, from Growth of 1909, to Jan. 1. I HIS COMPARED WITH 12,463,298 LAST YEAR Round Bales Included This Year 144,- 847 Compared With 230, 572 Last Year. Washington, Jan. 10. The census report shows 9,646,285 bales, count ing round as half bales, from the growth of 1IMJ9, to January 1, 1910, compared with 12.,4fi3.JflS for the crop of 190X, The proportion of the last three crops ginned to January 1, is S13.3 per cent fur the crop of 1908. Hound bales, included this year 144, H47 compared with 230.572 last year. Kea Island 89.499 this season. 86,528 last year. Details and Comparisons. The proportion for the last three crops ginned to January 1 Is 95. 3 per cent for the crop of 1908; 90 for 1907. and 90.4 for 1906. The number of round bales included this year Is 144, S47. compared with 230,372 last year and 179,694 for the soeson 1907-8. Sea. Inland this year aggregated 89.499, last year 80,528 and 73,425 for 1907-8. The number of bales of cot ton, counting round as hulf bales, and excluding llnters, for. the crop of 1909 to January 1, in the following stales and compared with the report . in 1909 follows: Florida, 60.135: 66.85S. (leorgia, 1,818,994: 1,980,783. ' ' North Carolina, 606,190; 647,505. Bouth Carolina, 1,099,718; 1,176,220. mm IDE PUBLIC SJ4Thlstrltiin ton for 1910 by states follows: Flori iws- Flori- da, 27,482 bales; Ueorgia 49,886 bales; South Carolina, 12,131. IF SB! K Prosecutor Mott' Has not Definetely Fixed Time for Arraigning Three 1 Aged Sisters. Newark, NT. J., Jan. 10. While rrosecutor Mott has not definitely fixed the time for thu( trial of the three Wardlaw sisters, Mrs. Mary Snead. Mrs. 'Caroline Wardlaw and Miss Virginia Wurdlaw, for the alleg. ed killing of Orey Rnead, the East Orange bathtub victim. It -.vas said that the three; old women would probably be brought to trial at the spring term of court. ' FIENDS TIED FIREMAN ' ID RAILROAD TRACKS He Was Struck by Train and Hurt-As- sailants Plotted to Wreck Train. Macon, Ga., Jan 10. Four negroes, plotting tho wreck of a ' passenger train yesterday, tied Daniel J. Mat thews, a fireman, to tho tracks of the main lien of the Central of Georgia railroad. Matthewa was struck by a east bound train. His condition Is critical. ' MOST ACTIVE EXPONENT OF- So Says Former Secretary of Interior Garfield of Gilford Pinchot, Oeposed Forester. . Cleveland, O., Jan. 10. -Olfford Pin chot, the deposed government fores ter, yesterday was lauded In an ad dress by Former Secretary of the In terior Garfield, as the "most active exponent of the Roosevelt policies." Decline KvangtliMlc Offer. Norfolk, Jan. 19 Rev W. H. T. Squires of the Knox Presbyterian church today announced declination of a call to be evangelist for the Presby terian synod ut' Miisourt. ', CARTER SEES UT The Asheville Man Asks the At torney General to Reinstate Mrs. Reed as Poslmas ter at Biltmore. DISTRICT ATTORNEY H0LT0N IS NOW IN WASHINGTON He Says He Has a Good Chance of Re appointment on His Record Mr. Duncan Also 1 There. Special to The Gazette-News. Washington, Jan. 10. If one should filng a brick down Pennsylvania ave nue today he would have to be very adept indeed If he should miss hitting u Tar Heel. They are moving hither and thither among the departments, and In the halls at the capttol, where men who have a hand In patronage matters are wont to use. A number of them are interested In the Ashe ville postoff ice contest, but It can hardly be said that the Biltmore post office affafrr is second In point of In terest, for to many It Is first. Con gressman Grant and his friends have taken a rank hold, because, in a meaa- . ure at least, the congressman's politi cal future Is at stake. Mr. Grant has been criticised for the ways and means adopted In getting rid of Mrs. Reed, and his friends realize that the one blow which he could not survive, would be to fail, after resorting to such methods, in which the filing of secret' affidavits pluyed a conspicuous part . , One thing has brought on another In this affidavit enterprise, until there is no certainty when the thing will end.' It !S said today that the Grant forces played their trump when they filed affidavits from W. E. Logan, candidate - for marshal, and' Mr. K ' Greenwood, Twin 'uesignea to suppori tho original affidavit of Mr. "Grant, that Mrs. Reed sought to hold on to the office through bribery. The Lo gan affidavit, it Is said, was filed with the department several days ago. and . came as a very great surprise to the supporters of Mrs. Reed, who declare that Mr. logan has been heard to sny that Mrs. Reed never tried to bribe him. A counter affidavit, It is now said, will be made by tha friends of Mrs. Reed, and this will be filed along with certain court records when the friends of Mrs. Reed are given an op portunity to meet the Greenwood af fidavit. National Committeeman Pimcen Is . hfn. anil hss an engncement at the Whit? House. TTc- will discuss the patronage program in the state with Mr. Taft. . District Attorney Holton is the lat est arrival. He says he believes he stands a good chance for reappoint ment on his record, notwithstanding the report that the President has promised Adams his Job. - Muse. Harshaw is said to be certain to succeed Coble as assistant attorney in the west. " . ; Krank Carter, of - Asheville, saw . Postmaster General Hitchcock today, and asked for the reinstatement of Mrs. Reed as postmaster at Biltmore. k He wants to see Mr. Taft before leav ing, and will place all the facts before him. 1 The three republican congressmen from the stnto who saw Mr. Taft In behalf of Mr. Settle have not much i hope of getting an appointment for the Ashevlllo lawyer at this time. Not a Word of Commendation of Plan to Neutralize Manchurian Railway. Tokio. Jan. 0. No doubt may ba entertained concerning the Japanese attitude toward the American plan to neutralise tha Manchurian railroads. Secretary Knox'a proposition has not called forth a word of favor from any source in Japan. Diplomats here havn declined to expross opinions. They certainly do not support the proptct. To the foreign commercial element the whole thing appear Im practlcable. . ,. MI RDF.IW WIFK AXI CimTRF.X AMI KhAKIIKM UIH OWN TIIKOAT lCMKiiidetit Winter, Trx., Man Also Attacks Ntcve He Was Sick. , Wlnlers, Tex., Jan, 10. Frank . Krmblor, with a hatchet, killed his wife, two children, fatally Injured his niece, then alashed his own throat with a yesterday. The cause, was despondency, due to 111 health. THE WEATHER: Forecasts until I p. m. Tuesday, for Asheville and vicinity: Trlr weather tonight and Tuesday; warm er Tuesday.
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