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VOL. XIV. NO. 292.
ASHEVILLE, N. C, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 15, 1910.
So PER COPY
MINT ON Forty or Fifty Million Dollars
fcette fcri
STATEHOOD BILL
LIKELHO PASS
It Is Believed This Session of Congress
Will Take in Arizona and New .
Mexico.
T
IIIUIL. IIILII lU'1
DO IT MQVE I
MiKT
Looks Like All This Anti-Third
and Fourth Term Business
Was in the Aid of the
Sucker Fishing.
WHA1S THE USE? STACKED;
SO C. G. LEE FIGURES IT
Things Will Be Doing When Mr. Duncan
Pulls the String Mr. McKee
up Against the Real
Thing.
SUulents of local political conditions
Jmve arrived, largely by a process of
olimiiiu tioii, at the well nigh unani
mous conclusion that certain move
ment have very perceptibly flattened
out during the past 48 hours. In point
of fact, a number of persons identified
with the uniformed masses, who are
oulv permitted to view from afar the
players of the real political game In
high places, have begun to wonder
whether there has been a movement
In In the direction of the marshalshlp,
ami the postofilce, that has risen to the
dignity of a contest. Such persona
hitve begun to harbof the horrendous
suspicion thnt all this so-called anti
third and fourth term enterprise, of
which a number of gentlemen were
engaged for publication purposes, is to
tie regarded as a sham battle, designed
tn muddv the waters In which the
little fleh and the suckers of the party
have their being.
Tin- Case r MuJ. JtnlliiiN.
Ilax Major Itolllns ever encountered
nm scrlmis opposition to a fourth
term appointment? A number of
Democrats, men of prominence In the
community, do not hesitate to say they
wern told, when asked to sign a peti
tion for Mr. Roland, that such paper
wub not to be used by Mr. Roland as
an applicant for the postofilce, but as
an applicant, perhaps, for "something
equally a good." : These gentlemen go
further, 'thev declare1 that the man
who fluked them to sign the Roland
papers told them that the thing was
Used, that Roland and Uolllns had
reached un accord, that the shadow
of M. Dunn McKee rested upon them,
and that it might open the way for
McKee should the metaphorical
breach widen between Mr. Itnland and
th present encumbent of the office.
It Is certain that some of the Roland
papers did not ask for tho postofflce,
especially, and now there is talk thnt
Mr. Roland may take a revenue job
and call it even.
Mr. ,r llrlng llcport,
Charles (i. Ic, the custodian of
what lins been regarded as the Roland
pnKtnRice boom, recently returned
from the scene of supposed conflict at
the national capital. When approach
ed today Mr. Lee spoke in the terms
or the fatalist. What was the use,
he would like to know, for Mr. Ilo
laml to put up a fight for the post
office, with Mr. Duncan, the national
committeeman, supporting Major Rol
lins? As Mr. Lee is fresh from the
sei ne of action, and therefore In posi
tion to speak advisedly, much slgnlrt
cance will doubtless be attached to
his words. Mr. Lee wast found in a
speculative mood. The president hart
of course told Mr. Grant he would
he permitted to name tha marshal, he
rather doubted, however, whether this
program could be carried through the
White Houso before a release signal
was given by Mr. Duncan.
At the present writing there would
seeni to be little chance for Mr. Mc-
Ke-
to black the boards. If the ru-
mor of a nolllns-Moland working
agreement la well founded, Mr. McKee
hus been engaged In a contest which
has existed only In the fancy of well
meaning, but relatively unsophisticat
ed frlende. When Tar Heele get prop
fly strung out,- with a good Federal
Job as the objective, It la realised that t
en gentlemen schooled under the
direction of the late Mathew Stanley
Quay will Inevitably be found on the
outside looking In, If one may employ
admittedly frivolous song words In
addressing a Subject bo aerlous.
WALTER LONSDALE
Man Who Served Alleged Explorer as
Secretary Civet to Press In
tertstlng Statement
fopenhaaen. Jun. IS Walter Ijins
'ale la the most recent of the former
associates of Dr. Frederick A. Cook to
admit distrust of the man whose
claim to the discovery of the north
pie naa been rejected.
Uinsdale Was Cook's private aecre'
Jry. ne atatea that h received i
letter from Cook under date of V
tomber J4, mailed from a city In
aouthern Bps in. According to the let
Jar Cook waa not acquainted with the
University of Conenhsiren'a decision.
jjlnce the receipt of thla letter Un
oaie ha heard nothing from Cook,
though he addrexsed seernl telegrams
him at a point where he thought
the ei,.,r.-r cmihl h ?,. ti "!.
DISTRUSTS COOK
I Business Was Transacted on
a Tremendous Scale Today
Following Yesterday's
Developments.
EUROPEAN SPOT INTERESTS
AND LOCAL SHORTS BUYERS
Statement Is Issued by Eugene Scales,
' Bull Leader, Who Tells
Why He
Sold.
Now York. Jun. ID. The cot tun
market had u very excited opening !
today, with business on a tremendous i
sculc following the sensational devel- !
opments of yesterdayv Generally
speaking, there was a very strong
feeling around the street that yt Bter- i
day's liquidation marked tho climax I
of the record breaking movement of
the past ten days, and with Liverpool )
relatively firm, the market opened at
an advance of 32 to 68 points, with i
March contracts selling ut 14.50, and!
May 14.70, before the end' of call, or
S3. 85 and $4 per bale above the don-1
Ing prices last night, and In case of !
March $5 per bale above the low
price of yesterday afternoon. I
Tho Ftaxt I Invent.
European largo spot Interest and I
local shorts were enormous buyers at
the start, but there was also extreme
ly heavy liquidation by scattering in
terests, who had held their cotton
over yesterday's break, hut whose con
fidence had been destroyed by the col
lapse of the bull leadership. Fluctua
tions after call consequently were very
nervous and Irregular, with active
months selling from 1 to (1.50 per1
balo below the Initial high point dur
ing tho first ten minutes.
Statement from Scales.
Ixrge commission houses which
were credited in the street with hav
ing- handled most of the business of
the- big bull lcadeT, Kugene- P.--&Mia,i
whose attempted May corner and
other spectacular operations In the
cotton market culminated In his sen
sational liquidation of yesterday, is
sued a statement today us follows:
"The selling by Mr. Scales yesterday
is a sacrifice on his part for the benefit
of his friends, as he was a target of
the concentrated lire from tho hears,
and felt there was no use standing to
he shot at, and having the market
depressed on his friends, when by
selling ho could relieve tho situa
tion." It was stated that no less than
200,000 bales of long cotton were
thrown over on early advance, but it
was all absorbed by shorts and fresh
buyer on reaction to 14.4 for May,
and the market closed steady at an
advance of from 64 to 78 points from
the closing figures or last night on
active months.
.1.
In Darkest Africa He Is Wondering
Whether Jeffries Can Get Back
Into 'Form.
liuffalo, Jun. 1!. Theodore lloose-
velt'l love of a fighter nd a good
fight has not changed by his African
trip, aa a letter from htm reccivuu
by "Tony" Gavin, former "Hough
Kldcr," teatlllea, Uavin aome munuis
ago wrote htm and received the fol
lowing reply:
"Africa on Sararl: Here la a nower
for Alberta. I wish I could have sent
It, with many returns, on her birth
day. It waa good to hear from you.
That must have been a rattling tight
between Ketehel and Johnson, jonn-
son la unquestionably a nrsi-ciass
lighter. I wonder If Jim Jeffries can
got back Into form; ir he can It will be
a tremendous battle when they
m?t." ' '
WANTS IJOVKKNMENT VKKSUIX
TO KTOP AT CIIARLKSTON
Tillman Taken Vp wltli Prenlileiit
Matter Reported on Adventcly
by War learUnnt,,:
- ,j -
Washington, Jan. 15. Senator Till
man of Booth Carolina took up with
President Taft this morning the ques
tion f having the government eteam-
era between New York ahdvthe Isth
mua ot Panama stop each way at
Charleston, to discharge mall and
take on pasaengen, . .
Senator Tillman declared the mall
line In each direction could thue be
shortened two duye. The matter was
reported on adversely sometime ago
by the war department.
' " 1 ' ..
Rl liartt Olnejr In Hotltal.
Boston, Jan. , II. Richard Olney,
who waa aecretary of atate In Cleve
land's cabinet. Is a patient at a hoe
p'tnl here, suffering from an abdomi
nal Hfrcctlon, hut his condition Is not
m riont, '". ,''
GAVIN HEARS FROM
ROOSEVELT
For Chin-chow-fu-Aigun Road
Agreement as, to Accepting American Loan Is Approved by the Throne, Construction to
Be by British Contractors Secretary Knox's Proposition Endorsed by Shang
hai Times Japan's Co-Operation May Be Secured.
SfiMERALrWAR2UIS KATSURA
Negotialioii!, at l'okln over the projected ( 'hlli-cliow-lu-Aigmi railway have leached the slag'u of agree
ment upon the road principles, winch have the approval of the throne. Those contemplate a loan by an
American s.vnd to of between 40 n nd 50 million dollar for t he line of 7 50 miles. The construction will be
by lirltlsh contractors. The route does not touch Hi Japanese, sphere, but cuts Hie, Russian line at Tsilsihur
ami goes thence to Algun on the Amur. ii
Tho Shanghai Times strongly indorses the Kno-.ranois!il na the beat mimiiiiii to nu,iniVm i'i,im,'u ii...
flV 'i3d4Kmuit MM.iuivohT'i' '-T"A ,ttjtt rrSTti4Cn..H;, ,) iiiilW limii diHctiKH-
c uie proposal sympaineiically. emphasizing the renewed evidence of America's friendship lor China The re
gent is highly lavorablo and Is keenly interested.
Holier that Japan Mill co-operate Is bused largely on.lhe Tact lliat in l05 Marquis Kalsura, then, as now,
Japan's premier, sought to induce American railway interests to undertake the opcralloii of the Mniichiirlnn
railways.
THEIR WEAPONS
AREJHEATHED
Regulars and Insurgents May Conclude
to Take a Pull at the Pipe
, of Peace.
Washington, Jan. l'i. With toma
hawks and scalping knives sheathed,
the braves of the republican party
In the houso of representatives will
soon gather for a pow wow. Then,
perhaps, their pipe of peace will he
pussed, and the big chlcls of
the regulars and Insurgents will
pledge amity, President Taft has
played a part In mollifying the oppos
ing factions, us staled yesterday, at
a visit paid him by Heprcsentatlve
Mayes of California, and their con
ference, It la believed, had .uch to
do with the restoration or p.'.ve.
The following statement was given
out by President Talt:
"It has been agreed between the
regular republican snd tlta so-called
Insurgents represented by Mr. Dwight
on the one hand and Mr. Hayes on the
other, after conference with tha pres
ident, that a caucus should be held
to pass upon, the question of the com
mittee in tho Interior department In
vestigation wlh he assurance that the
Insurgents, If they come into the cau
cus, should be treated fairly, and Unit
a committee of acknowledged Impar
tiality would be appointed. A further
agreement waa foreshadowed that the
causeusea should he held from time
to time to which all elected aa repub
licans should be Invited to take up
the various measures recommended
by the administration as performance
of party pledges, the subject of each
caucus to be anno',. need In advance."
The statement of Representative
Dwight, tlie republican whlpf the
house concerning thu reported under
standing between tho Insurgents fol
lows:
"The questions of the past have
been forgotten. The tariff m no
longer a matter for discussion. The
speakership light is ended. The ques'
Continued on page eight
A Negress Makes Merry
At Society Masked Ball
Ht. I-ouls, Jan. IS, An unidentified
negreaa made merry last night aa a
guest t the society masked ball at
the Century Boat club, Before dis
covery ahe'had danced with several
unsuspeeJng -men, and club officials
are looking for persons responsible
for her epfies ranee at the fnshlnnabl
3SkJ AAI-rCMEN6JlY iY y
Wo V MhC IT -
LINE OT THE, CHIK-CHOV-rU-AIG-UN SJl LWA.V
SUPPOSE! PAUPER
LEAVES 1100.10
Also Instructions That Doubts of Death
Should Bo Thoroughly
Removed.
Pittsburg. Jan. 15. "Thrust n dag
ger through inv heart three times to
make sure 1 am dead. .Let mv hod
lin ten days. rematc It then ami
bury the anhcs. '
These written Instructions were
found with the ilead body ol Laura
White, single, aged 65 yeurs, a sup
posed pauper, discovered early today
In a room, with five locks upon the
door.
The dccnmii'iscd body was hall
eaten up by rai.
The police found hunk books anil
n will disposing of 1100,000 to loci I
charitable institutions In a trunk in
the poorly furnished homo whore Muss
Whito lived.
MERGER OF TELEGRAPH
Keenest Competition Will Continue, De
clares President of Postal
Company.
New York, Jan. 15. -Vice President
Clf.irles C. Adams of the Postal Tele
graph company today vigorously de
nied that there wus a plan on foot to
merge the various telegraph Interests,
and asserted that the keenest compe
tition would still Continue between
thu Postal and Western Union com
pan lea i
function. Handsomely dressed, wear
ing a head mask and long gluves, she
appeared on the floor during the
"apeok" dance when the lights were
low. When the time came to unmask,
she attempted to flee but some person
grabbed off her head covering. The
guests gasped, but nobody made an
effort . itetala Ik. "
1 -, .
MR-PHILAJtbER. C. KNOX, SECRETARY I
I
o v.
TIE RESOLUTION
Future Presidents Will Be Inaugurated
in March Winds and Snow as
per Custom.
H llJlillUtllll. .lull. I.'l. 'I III lion
has niled lo rixniiiinit Ibe resolution '
liloviillng fur it cliiingc III Hip date of 1
This
I In- presidential Inauguration
practically ileleals the measure.
An unexpected early ndjonrnmenl
of toe Iiouhu vcstcnluv probably haved
from del at the llenrv resolution.
Led by Representative IVrkins. 'i
New ork the opponents ol the reso
luteins showed evidences of unsus
pected strength.
I'Varhil lesl lie could not muster
nough votes In scenic the required
two-thinls majority for the adoption
of the resolution In Hie absence of
several members who were commiuc:i
to support II, Itcpreseiitallve llenrv of
HOUSE RECOMMITS
Texas, its author, was determined tolllvr the paper, for he would either
prevent a vote. At 4 o'clock, lifter he
had spoken for 40 minutes, lie asked
unanimous consent to continue Tor one
hour. Representative Slierley or Iveu
lueky ohiecleil.
Representative liulncs of West Vir
ginia then moved the previous o.ili'
tion and on a division the motion pre
vailed bv the close vote of Hi to 61.
To prevent a vote, Mr. llenrv made
the point of Po quorum, but before
the speaker could order the doors
closed and absentees brought in, Mr.
Parker saved the day with a motion
to adjourn which whs carried without
opposition.
The resolution was vigorously de
fended by Representative Henry, of
Texas; Representative Craig, of Ala
bama, ftlssions nf Mississippi and oth
ers spoke strongly against it.
THK J.VNTAKY TIPS IS Ol'Ti
.NOW liOT KVKRVHODY MM ILK
Tim Itrlghl Mltin Publication of The
Inland I "cess Talks of New
Year and Tilings.
"Tips," the little publication Issued
from The presses of the Inland Press,
and designed to produce a smile; to
attract for a moment serious attontlon
ami to tell, occasionally of the good
things In the printers' art brought
forth by Tha Inland Press, la again
out for distribution, The new issue
of Tips I the January number and as
usual la tilled with bright sayings,
timely hinta and "paragraphs" anent
the New Year.
Hearty for Cretnu Expedition.
Berlin, Jan. IS. A dispatch to the
Cologne Gasetto from Constantinople
says the. Turkish government la hold
ing IJ.000 troops In readiness to be
sent t Crete. '
I'lie (Siizette-News lliirean.
Itoom 41!, Po.st lliilldlng,
Wa.shiiigloii, Jan. l.rj.
i Now Unit the i j 1 1 1 ll 1 1 1 1 i-c on teri l-
i toneis nl the house have reported a j
illll IH'OVIlllllg fill' the llllllllSSlOII of!
Aiizoiiij and Now Mexico to stale-1
1. I I I .: I a..., i.iti
uiMrvt, tinjiv iiem i'nri null iuul Ulii
will paHS at this session. The advo-i
cutes or Htutehood win press the ad-1
vantage of the tevorable report, and
turn tlieir atteiidon next to the sen-1
ate committee on territories. That
committee has heretofore, under Hie
chairmanship ol Hevcriilge, managed
to ilelav progress towaril statehood,
j Hut at their lust national conventions
hold the republican iuul democratic
I parties declared for stutehood to In
j grunted immediately to the, two terrl- j
I tones and President Talt being un-
diTNtood as favoring that object, i
I don lit ,-ih to iIh achlevemenl at this I of
i sesKion Is decreasing. Constitutional
Constitutional
I conventions will have to be provided
i for anil it mav he that in the form i .
I he bill passes it will not be in time to!
! enable the territories to participate!
I Mi the congressional elections ot next
autumn as states.
I The population ot the two ternto
I'Ma ih nearly hall a million each,!
cell Having more thai, four times the" "
uiv miitiliiu InutiMiil or Ihwft 1 In.
I I ' O .iwnin, ,,,,,, ,,
11 !
a state 4(i years.
Uotli Arizona anil Now Mexico arc.
I now represented in congress by re-.
I publican delegates. The republican
-I. . I.. A , In
!,,.; , , -L , I
jliMix by a plurality of 70S votes '
i. .1.1. ' - i
I can delegate In New Mexico was
! elected by a plurality of HUH in a to-
till of r.r,.SSI) votes.
Arizona lias for many years, with
rare exceptions, been electing demo
crat lo delegates to congress. New
Mexico has generally elected republi
cans. The Arizona territorial legisla
ture is now largely democratic, while
that of New Mexico is decisively re
publican. The dominant proport.v
owning population is democratic, be
ing largely composed of people from
southwestern states of democratic, nn-
iwdents. They bun- lately been por-i
I nilttcil in go republican because of i
1 llm hope i hut statehood would lie
I MiMUier achieved in that way under a!
I republican ailmiiiintralioii and through
la republican congress. There is llt-
tie doubt among well Informed oh-1
servers that as soon as the govern- i
ment or the territories by the' red
era! government is dissolved and the
Hiatus or .sovereign commonwealths is
bestowed upon them that both New
Mexico and Arizona will take their
places In tho political columns as re
liable democratic states. Arizona will
verv probably cast her tlrst electoral
vole for the democratic ticket, while
the result will he doulitful in New
Mexico, with the chances favoring the
democrats. The achievement of state
hood for New Mexico will, it is fully
I expected, result in the addition ol n
j considerable population coming rroin
j Texas and Oklahoma and other south
western democratic stutes which will
eventually settle the political com
l.lexion of the state. Ari.onii will
doubtless come
two ilemoeratii
into (lie union with
senators, while the
Insult ris to New Mexico, as in the
ease of its (irst electoral vote, looks
doubtful.
Col. rairbrotlicr.
Kditor Kaulirother of the rei ns -
,,r(, Kyervthing was a visitor lit tlio
,.i...i i. .a.,,. Hi. s the otilv man
who ever suspended his paper for a ! "1" Ohio I attended a dnmocratio
vein- in order to take a vacation, and 1 banquet, which was the greatest ban
when he got through playing came ,(,i j ,vor HaW- Democrats are wide,
back and started up more prosperous- j uwuk(1 uM ,,,,, t1(, )inc, The ,)aper
ly than before. ,,.,,. K.ilr i "f ' country have been full of "In-
"It was this way. said hditor ralr
brother "I had to take a vacation. aurgent" news trom Washington and
. ,, i ..... i i i,. unother man ' the tight here has provoked much
kj i r improve It In cither case to
I my p,ss, Nll ( just turned out the lights
and shut eft steam
"When I returned, a year after
ward, I started In with more sub
scribers and more advertising than 1
hud when I suspended."
LI
Well Known Florida Man Will Be Ap
pointed Police Judge of District
of Columbia.
Washington, Jan. 15.- Arthur B. II.
Miclilletoti, a native of Pensacola,
Florida, and descendant of an old and
distinguished aouthern family, will be
appointed police Judge for the District
of Columbia, according to announce
ment made at the White House. His
name will bo sent to the senate Mon
day for confirmation, Mlddloton " is
thirty-eight years nf age, son of the
late ftear Admiral Mlddloton, former
governor of South Carolina. Mlddleton
la a gradual of Harvard. He has
practiced law here for several years.
THG WEATHER)
Forecast until S p. m., Sunday, for
Ashevllle and vicinity: Fair weather,
with little change in temperature, to-
night enrt Sunday.
IS I. liOLETON
ALSO A DEMOCRAT?
A 50RTOFDEFI
tie Says if Anybody Is Looking
for a Suit in the Courts
He Can Get
It.
IN MARCH SERVED NOTICE
ON MRS. REED, HE SAYS
Has not as Yel Seen the President'
About Biltmore Office, but Will
Do S0j"at the Proper
Time."
The Uazette-Newa Bureau,
iiiium 4ti Post Building,
Washington, Jan. 15.
Representative John 11. Grant said
the lllltmorc postofflce case to-'
day:
1 notified Mrs. Heed that I would
ask lor her removal on the charge of
bribery It she did not get out. This
was In March, alter a delegation rep
resenting her had tried to go over my
head to Senator Overman and other
lornied her that if she would got out.
not desiring a row with a woman, I
would grant her request, provided slit
lived up to her agreement. Follow
ing this conversation she remained in
ofri,'c ' months after her commis.
sloti expired."
Cranl said he had not been to see
the president or the postmaster gen
eral with rclercnce to Mrs. Reed's
charges, "but." he added, "I will go
at the proper tinio with the goods."
"I am not trying this caso through
the democratic press of the state,"
continued the congressman, "but be
lore the departments, and If they
want a suit in the courts they can
get it."
The Minority Leader of Houss Returns
to Capital and Spreads Broad
cast Cheering Predictions,
Washington, Jan. IS Champ Clark,
minority leader of the house, returned
to the eupitol today after a ten days'
speech -making tour in Missouri and
the middle west. Mr. Clark spread
cheering predictions of sweeping dem
ocratic victory in the congressional
elections this lull, and a democratic
house of representatives, Clark said ho
found a thriving spirit of democracy
in Ohio and Missouri, and other places
where he vlaited.
! "In Missouri the party is unanimous
, ,,n, e more, and wc are going to wipe
1 ll)(J republicans off the map there,"
Btijl thu ,,,a(or
comment. Dissatisfaction with Re
publican rule was never so widespread
as now, and the next house of repre
i sentatlvrs will he democratic as sure
I as anything in the world."
LLH-GEORGE TALKS
OF SINKING VESSELS
Defiant Words Hurled at the Germans,
in Winding up His.
Campaign,
Uuiilon, Jan. 1 6. David IJoyd-
Grorge, In closing the parliamentary
campaign with a speech at Grimsby
this afternoon, referred to the Invin
cibility of the Mrltlslt navy and de
clared: ' '
"If a German fleet In a moment of
madness ever attacked Great Ilrltaln,
It would bo at the bottom of the Ger
man ocean in a very few hours."
HAS TH II KK IJVfN'G WIVKS
AND IS ONLY 39 YKAKS OLD
lOpiavlv. ArrcHted In Tcrrr llniile fur
Illganty, Confenw and
Give Kami's.
Terra Haute, Ind., Jan. IS. llarrv
Epperly, arrested here yesterday, ad
mits that he has three wives, Carrie
Kennedy Eppcrly, Emma Decker Ep
perly'and .liessie Dunbar Kppnrly.
Epperlr Is 85 years old. The po
lice hsv taken him to Anderson to
answer charge,
ARE WIDE Al
1
CLARK