Newspapers / The Asheville Times (Asheville, … / Jan. 22, 1910, edition 1 / Page 1
Part of The Asheville Times (Asheville, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
II 'J H? A A THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES LAST EDITION. 4:00 P.M. Weatlier Ttmcasv: Fair and Warmer Sunday. wmm gazette VOL. XIV. NO. 298. ASHEVILLE, N. C, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 22, 1910. IcPIROOPY THEHOTEt ML'?.?. E lie A MAYBE SO, APPOINTMENTS JO H 1 They Give a Man the Best the Market Affords Provided He Cuts Out Meat. ORGANIZED LABOR IS NOW IN THE MOVEMENT Aldermen of Ohio Town Decline to Pay $4 Meat Bill for Boarding a Quarantined ' Dog. . Washington, Jan. 22. "A H r v:icc of mollycoddle would K If probably lie produced by an- at K stinence from meat," declared H r Hr. Harvey W. Wiley, the emi- at 9 nent fMK specialist, comment- K If inn upon the proposed general W l boycott upon meat products. H r l do not .'propone to cot off H V. my nutritive' .mute to spite my K t, lmunci.Tlface." ' " ' H r "'' r t , H (lilrngo. Jan. 22. Tlio revolt aualiM the high prices or food took tangible form today, when Senator .Madnr niinmiiicod lie would move for ii legi-lalive Inquiry Into the subject. Pittsburg, Jan. 22. A new phase il ihe meat boycott enters Into the situation here, through the hotel men catering to meat abstainers. Kmployea in Pittsburgh largest In dustries today enrolled themselves as ami-incut crusaders. One hundred unci twenty-live thousand men pledged themselves to ahstuin from meat. This represent! 600,000 people. organized Labor Interested. ChiciiKo, Jan. 22. Organized labor hm joined actively in the war on high prices for meat and other commodl- llr. , r-ixrauiiU; J An. SS.i M'at to getting tun high for meinbera of the lodges el Woodmen of the World. In Louis ville member have adopted a resolu tinn to refrain from eating meat for ii n i i 1 1 i . .More Vegetable Sold, Heading, Pa.. Jan. 22. Farmers report increased sales of vegetables as a consequence of the meat boycott. Huston. Mass., Jan. 22. The war niiiiitist high prices of meat promise. to be waged with as much vigor in New Kngland as elsewhere. A "meat buyout" club ho been formed here composed of lawyers and business men. Many Protect. New York, Jan. 22. The boycott n Ii ik h food price started In Cleve land a week ago la growing rapidly. Missouri, Wisconsin, Iowa, Nebraska, Illinois and Michigan are now Includ ed in the ranks of the crusader In Hi" u est, while In the eaat Pennsylva nia. I'onnectlcut and Delaware are lift ing I heir voice In feebler protests. liio, however, 1 still the strong h"ld of the movement. The Cleve land boycott ha extended to Canton, where the Central Lebor union ha adopted a no meat resolution and petitions are being circulated with mirprbdng result; to. Columbus, where a strong boycott ha been orgunlaed; " Toledo, Akron and other cltle of Ihe state. The crusade In Ohio ha found encouragement In the publicly expressed belief of Gov. Harmon that loud trust la Hobbling excessive pront somewhere between the pro ducer and the consumer. He has culled on the legislature to hunt the irust out of the wood and exhibit It lo the people. It Is estimated that more than 1, Imn.ooo persons have In a brief week become actively Interested In the high price boycott. Dispatches from Chi cago last night said that boycott oun win be started In that city by the Chicago Federation of Labor. "The Idea of depriving ourelve of meat simply to get lower price doe not appeal to federation people," said secretary Charle Mockels, "but we propose to adopt the Idea, a a tem porary expedient In order to bring more sharply to the attention of the packer the fact that they tannot trifle with the consumer of Chicago. we hope to give the Idea uch Wrong indorsement that It will spread to all part of th country." Egg Take a Tumble. The price of egg tumbled two cent a dozen In the Cleveland retail "lore yesterday. The droo wa at- trlhuted partly to the formation of "the JO-cent egg club." Meat In Cleveland local retail tore wa not affected In price by the increase In the number of abstainers tn go.ooo. but veal wa offered to the big re taurant at 11 cent a pound instead t 14, the Drevallln nrle recently. Though the big Cleveland wholesaler ay they do not fear the trlke. the j leveland Provision company, operat ing a (laughter house and S 7 retail 'ore, has laid off one-third of It tall of wagon driver who were en gaged In delivering meat from the yrd to the shops. Baltimore to a new convert to the anti-meat eating campaign. The fight beln by the Federation . ioor apd It 101 affiliated union. An order a ni. . i 0 ,button bearing th Inscription: I....?0"1 buv mti d0 These 'Utton nr. 'being dlstrlbm-d to the la . - r"vim Aiiurauay lor continued on pagv five. Estimates of Number of Victims of Wreck on Canadian Paci fic! Vary Between These Numbers. FOUR COACHES PLUNGED INTO THE FROZEN RIVER Others of Train Burned, and Some of the Wounded Were Slowly Roasted to Death. North I'.ny, out, Jan. 22. Ksli mntcs of the number of persons killed when a Canadian Pacific pHMxenger train plunged down an embankment Into the lee covered Spanish river, yesterday, vary from 20 to all. The cars are still buried in the river and the number of dead nuiy nut be known for several days. Some were drowned, others were crushed to death In grinding limbers. Must terrible of nil. the maimed and Injured caught in the wreckage of one of the cars, were burned to death. Proluihly Due to Defective Kail. The wrecked train was known as No. 7 enroute from .Montreal to Sault Salute Marie and Milwaukee. An of llclal statement given out here savs I that the disaster probably was due to a broken rail. The engine, baggage, express, mall and one second class car remained on the rails, while one second class, one first class, a dining car and a sleeper went down the embankment The first class ear and diner went Into the river. The sleeper and second class car stopped on the embankment, the second class car catching tire. The wreck occurred about .17 miles west of Sudbury where the tracks cut nto the side of a steep hill which skirted. by the river. The forward part of the train passed over the break, whatever It was. The dav coach, which was the fourth from the end of the train, was the first to leave the rails. The train was running at the rate of about 4(1 miles an hour nnd he momentum carried the car down the hill in n terrific plunge. About 25 passengers were In this car and It Is practically certain that none escaped. Two minutes after the first crash only the roof of the day conch showed above the floating ice In the river. The second class car, the next In the train, smashed against the end of the ulvert, and was crushed like an egg shell. Some of the passengers were killed outright, but others caught in the wreckage, which almost Immedl- Btately broke into flames, were roasted to death before they could be rescued. The staunch construction of the din ing car saved Its occupants. It fol lowed the day coach to the very brink of the river, but everyone on board escaped without serious Injury. The sleeper turned over on Its side and on the embankment. Some of the members of the train crew were In the sleeper at the time and they escaped with slight Injuries. N APPROACH EACH OTHER All Pretense of Conciliating Political Factions Has Been Abandoned. Managua, Nicaragua. Jan. 22. All pretense of the conciliation of the various political faction has been abandoned lnce the rejuvenescence of the conservative party, recognised a opposition to President Madrlz. Force Rent to A-oyiita. Run Juan del Bur, Nicaragua, Jan. 2E. The government ha despatched 500 men with artillery to Acoyapa. Revolutionary column have arrived at La Llbertad, 27 mile from Acoyapa. A FINE EXHIBITION IS FORMALLY OPENED Iloat Khow of Painting Kvcr Made by Phlladclplda Academy of Art. Philadelphia. Jan. 12. The bet ex hibition of painting ever made by the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art wa formally opened today. It I the one. hundred and fifth annual how and beside the large exhibition of canvases there are many notable piece of stntuary. The exhibition 1 confined to origi nal work of American artist in oil nnlntln and culpture. Among the award of prlxe to be distributed among the succesful exhibitor are the Academy gold medal of honor, the Temple trust fund medal, the Walter Lipplncott prise oi ov ir in painting hv an American artist, the Mary Smith prlxe of 1100, the Jennie Resman gold medal for the nest lana k-hiio and the Carol H. Tteck gold m. dul for Ihe best portrait in oil. SWEATSHOP The New York Herald and The liizcUc-New s. , PRESIDENT DANGED WITH IS. HOE Chief Executive Last Night Attended the Ball of the Southern Relief Society. Washington, Jan. 22. President Tafl can scarcely be called a "danc ing man," but stories of the time when he was fond of the pastime, and was no mean performer, were given color last night at the annual ball of ihe Southern Relief society. The president arrived at 11 o'clock and Immediately became the center of at traction. He entered fully Into the spirit of the occasion, and selected u partner for a waltz. Mrs. Penrce Home, niece of General A. P. II 111 of Virginia, danced with the president. RAILWAY CO. OFFICIALS STILL TALKING COLF Direct Mr. Wood to Go to Charlotte and See What He Can Learn . There. That not only are the citizens of Asheville becoming; interested In the project of obtaining an 18-hole golf course, but also that the officials of the .Southern railway Intend to do all in their power to further the work I true. Today District Passenger Agent James 11. Wood received from Gen eral Passenger Agent 11. F. Cary a letter In which Mr. Cary state that the people of Charlotte, he learned by ix recent visit there, were getting mon ey for mtalntulntng a country club; the erection of a club house, estab lishment of golf link, etc., and that a total of from $30,000 to S40.000 wa planned to bo spent. "It aeern to me," ny Mr. Cary In hi letter, "It would be well for you to spend one day In Charlotte and get as much Information a you can about thl project ad then talk It amnnr, the people who are Interested in a similar movement at Asheville, In order that they will, in thl way, see what 1 being done at Charlotte which, of coursa, a we pointed out at the Asheville meeting, I o lmpor tant for Asheville to do." Mr. Wood expect to go to Char lotte ome time next week and look Into the golf situation there thorough ly. Thl will doubtless b of comid erabla benefit to Asheville. PEEBLES HAS ESCAPED FROM INSANE ASYLUM He I tlie Man Cnmnilltcd at Nor folk, After Murder of HI Wife. Norfolk, Va., Jan. 22. Eugene Peebles, the former Augusta, Savan nah and Aiken man, who murdered hi wife In Norfolk last May, and was sent to th eastern state hospital, at Williamsburg, V., after a Norfolk Jury adjudged him Insane, escaped from the asylum last night. VnlonlNt Gain. Iindon, Jan. it. Unionist place 33 seat to thrlr credit, out of tt enn- tests, for memlier of parliament The1 unionists gain I If. THE LAMBS IS While Out Hunting Was Accidentally Shot and May Lose Sight of One Eye. Natchez, Miss., Jan. 22. Tom Tai; gart, the demoi ratie national commit teeman from Indiana was accidentally shot, while hunting In Jefferson e.iunlv yesterday, lie may lose the sight of one eye. He hurried on a special train to Indianapolis. Forty-two bird shot struck Mr. Taggart In I lie face, right shoulder and chest. Harry Horton, his seer - tary, fired when a covey of birds was flushed, the charge striking his com panion, who was In the heavy under brush. SEMI-ANNUAL DIVIDEND 4 PER CENT., Asheville Branch of Wachovia Company Chooses Officers and Directors. At ville n recent meeting of th Ashe branch of the Wachovia Loan T. S. presi- & Trust coniiaiiy, held here, Morrison wus re-elected vice dent and chairman; W. II. William son, cashier, ami I'. K. Allen manager of tlve Insurance department. One other member wa added to the board of managers, making 12, Dr. Justin Wohlfarth being the addition. The board of manager 1 composed of the following well known 'usiness and professional men of the city: T. a. Morrison. W T. Weaver, S. l.lpin sky, W. H. North up, Col. R. Illnghnm, Gen. T. F. Davidson. Fred Kent, J. M. Westall, T. W. Kaoul, Judge J. " Prltchard, Col. D. M. Hodges. Dr. Justin Wohlfarth. A semi-annual dividend of four per cent, wa autlmrixed, putting the bank on an eight per cent, dividend basis with a substantial addition to the surplus fund. The deposits of the local Institution how a considerable Increase over last year. COMMANDER PEARY DOWN FOR A SPEECH Will Ho One or Principal Talker at Society of (ieneare llan quct Tonight. New Tork, Jan. 12. The annual dinner of the society of the Oenesee nre a)way notable affair, but tho o clety' twelfth annual function at the Wuldorf-Astorla tonight promise to eclipse all of It predecessor. Com mander Robert K. Peary ha been cured a one of the principal peak era. Other who will contribute to the Droitram are Mr. Clarence II. Mnckny, Bourke Cockran ami Arthur llrlsbane. f Democrat Cliooan Graham. Washington, Jan. ii. Represent tlve Jinn M. Graham of Illinois wa lo, nlnht chosen In olac of Repre sentative I.lovd of Missouri a the ec- ond democratic representative on the Joint congressional committee to In- veetlsnte Ih Interior department and (be forestry Mjlce. TOM TAGGART BADLY INJURED GO ON STRIKE RHBnTi AS TO IVATERWAYS! Commission Will Report Monday Split, It Is Said, on Question of Rates. Washington, Jan. 22. Recommen dations as to a general federal policy toward tile improvement of rivers, harbors and canals will lie made to ongress by the I'nited States Nation al Waterways 'commission in a report to lie submitted .Monday. The important Miicstion upon which' the commission split, it is understood, was whether there should be federal control over rates on railroads com peting with transportation lines on inland waterways. Members of the commission found that the tendency of railroads to re duce rates on routes which parallel water lines is prevalent in the Slates. fulled FIFTEEN T KILLED BY EXPLOSION Premature Explosion Probably Caused by Man Falling With Lighted Torch. Fishkill Landing, N. Y., Jan. 22. Kill i men. tliri f them Ameri cans, were killed late yesterday af ternoon by a premature explosion of nitro-glyecrine in a tunnel which Is in form part of the great aqueduct which will carry water from the Ash- ikan dam to the Catskills to New York city. Five were tcrlhly mutilated, but were so near the mouth of the tunnel that they were rescued alive. The other 15 were found beneath a mass of rock and debris literally hammered by the force of the explosion Into a liieedlng mass of heads, limbs and torsos. It Is believed that the ex plosion was caused by one of the workmen, who, currying a torch, trlped and fell, Igniting a fuse and setting off a series of charges of nitro glycerine. ' GREAT APPREHENSION IS FELT IN PARIS Flood of Koine Threaten to .Wuine lroMrtloiiH of Catas trophe. Paris, Jan. 22. The flood of the Seine threaten to assume the propor tion of a catastrophe. The-foundations of many buildings and the Eiffel tower have been Indurated. Several structure are In danger of collaps ing. Railroad, telegraph and telephone communication ha been Interrupted throughout eastern France by the Hoods. Bridge have been wept away and canal traffic abandoned. nANnOt.PlI-M ACOX COIXKC.K GKT8 ENDOWMENT FCXO Richmond. Jan. 22 Randolph-Ma con college, at Asheland, a Methodist Institution, today received a gift of $10,000. from Andrew Carnegie for a permanent endowment fund. The college riWsed 120,000 In order to tob tuln th Curnegle gift. i LAST IN THE SOUTH It Was 22 in Atlanta and Decidedly Chilly at Other Southern Points. The drop in temperature yesterday afternoon anil last night was sharp and those early risers today when they went forth found a stinging wind witli spitting snow and the weather generally disagreeably cold. letter ill the day there was fair promise of moderating temperature but toward afternoon and, notwithstanding the weather bureau's prediction of fair and warmer tomorrow, the skies be came clouded and snow at intervals filled the air. The bureau' official report of 15 degrees above zero as the minimum temperature today was a lilt high as compared with other thermometers scattered about town, in ' instance the showing being 12 above. ' Asheville was not the only place In i the south last night where low tem peratures were recorded. In Atlanta ; if was 22; Charlotte. 24; Memphis, 2ti: ! Meridian. 211; Nashville, 20; Savannah, 2S; Montgomery. 2S. and Raleigh, 28. ! The coldest place in the country was j St. Paul with zero weather, i Relative to general conditions dur- lug the past 2 4 hours the weather liu- reau today makes report ns follows: I "A storm of considerable Intensity i is now central over the lower lake : region and rain nnd snow has contin I ned over Atlantic States and the Great 1 Lakes. Excessive amounts of preclp ' itatlon are reported (In Inches and i hundredths) as follows: Hatteras. j N. C 1.18; liuffalo, N. V., 1.04. "Temperatures have rapidly decreas j ed with clearing weather, following the passage of the disturbance to the I eastward and present conditions 1 indicate fair weather In this vicinity ; tonight, with freezing temperature. , followed by fair nnd somewhat warm j ern Sundnv. "R. T. MNDI.KY. "Observer. NELSON AND M'CALL CHOSEN AS CHAIRMEN ! Of Senate and IIoiimo Committee of lUillliwr-Plncliot Invex llgallou. Washington, Jan. 22. Senator Nel son of Minnesota, and Representative McCall of Massachusetts, were elected chairman and vice chairman, respec tively, of the Joint congressional com mittee, charged with the Investigation of the Balllnger-Plnchot controversy. Fit ANCE'S AND GREAT BRITAIN NOTES TO HE OF MMILAIt TONE Will Join RusHla and Japan in De clining Knox Manchurlan Rail way rroponal. Paris, Jan. 22. France and Oreat Britain have decided to conform their nnswer to Secretary Knox'j Manchu rlan proposition to those of Rnssla and Japan. The two latter countries declined the proposal submitted by Mr. Knox for neutralisation of the Manchurlan railway, Suit to Enjoin Merger Chicago, Jan. 22. Clarence. K. Ven ner of New .York brought suit today to enjoin the proposed merger of sev ers 1 Southslda street railway. . 3. Plerpont Urvnn and other capitalists are defendar.ta, and the charge I made that it I the purpose of J. Plerpont l Morgan & Co. to "unload" Ihe took tin the Investing public. NIGHT H1GII FIRE J. Will Jones of Falrview Is but One of Many Whose Hopes Have Been Oft Deferred. ONE NORTHERN MEMBER i TOOK DESPERATE COURSE For Southerners Are not the Only Pat- j ronage Sufferers Week in Which i Things Were to Happen i Nearly Over. J. Hill Jones, who aspires to serve the people of Fail view in the capacity of postmaster, is back from Washing ton. Like many another North Caro lina uilgrim Mr. Junes returns from the national capital empty handed. Friends hasten to add, however, that hope springs eternal In the Jones breast, and the Fairview man ha bade local men of his party, who must consider the cost of a trip to Wash ington, to be of good cheer. Mr. Jones says he Is satisfied and, moreover, that Mr. Grant is satisfied that it will come out all right In the wash, If there is any dirty linen to be laundered. He says that Mr. Grant has had a talk with Postmaster General Hitchcock, and that that official Is going to stand by the congressman In the matter of the Riltmore piistotflce. Northern Members Have Their Trou- blcs. Another republican, privy to the cheering intelligence brought back bv Mr. Jones, is authority for the state ment that it is not North Carolinians alone who are suffering untold men tal anguish from the failure of long overdue commissions to arrive. MiirlVinpn mnnirinrs mfAM f ia a utwi-. ity, arc having troubles of their own of a similar nature. Even the re- doubtable Hiownlow of Tennessee, said this gentleman, has not been able to "gi t a thing done." and this was said with a tone of voice that made It comparatively easy to Imagine what Mr. Hrownlow's sufferings muct be. one northern member, so situated. Is said to have gone straight to the pres ident ami told him boldly that the time for action had arrived, that the patronage program for his district had long since been arranged, and how was a congressman to carry so frail a thing as a slate around always with out danger of Its being broken? Such a life, the president could easily see, was not worth the living. The story is that tile president saw the point, and provided the needed relief. This meinliir was a regular, and had u. right to remind Mr. Taft of his re marks upon the subject of reciproc ity. lloM Deferred. From an advised source the Infor mation comes that a movement was inaugurated by certain North Caroli nians in Washington a few days ago to bring together Chairman Adam and National Committeeman Duncan, with the hope that such a truce would facilitate certain North Carolina ap pointments. The Idea seemed a good one, but Chairman Adams did not ar rive In Washington when expected. Wednesday morning all North Car olina republicans in Washington rose with a feeling of dead certainly that the president would transmit certain appointments to the senate at noon. As the fateful hour drew near gen tlemen fairly held their breath. When linally the hour struck It wa with a sinking of the heart that the list, con taining no familiar names, was pe rused. However, hope was soon re vived when it wus explained that the matter of making the appointment was a clerical detail to which tho President was unable to give atten tion that day. They knew the ap pointments would be made Thursday. That day was the same, only more o, and subsequent days have been i-ttually barren. Favor lVovlnioti for Two naughts. Dread- Washington, Jan. 23. President Taft today announced that he favored provision for two battleship of Im proved Dreadnaught type In the naval appropriation bill. Mr. Taft declared the policy adopted by hi predecessor of keeping the American navy well quipped could not be abandoned, and that It would be false economy to pro vide less than two batleshlp thl yenr. Killed by Fall from Window. New Tork, Jan. 22. A man regis tered a Jorgen E. Muhlenstock of Bethlehem, Pa., fell from a window on the seventh floor of the Hotel Bel mont today and wa killed.- Muhlen stock wn subject to vertigo attack, fn hi effort to get fresh air, h wa itrlcken and fell, i . 1 Settlement Reached,' . New York. Jan. 22. A settlement ha been reached regarding the Han-kow-Szerhuen rallday loan of $30, 000.000 It I reported. England, France, Germany and th United State each share one quartnr Interest,
The Asheville Times (Asheville, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Jan. 22, 1910, edition 1
1
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75