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9oe AslWdli ?feette 5Jew THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES LAST EDITION. ' 4:00 P.M. Weather Torecasv : Falrj warmer. VOL. XIV. NO. 30; Illwlir IS REPUBLICAN Anyway, That Is the View Taken of the Situation by Representative, Crum packer of Ind. G. 0. P. TO MAKE CAMPAIGN IN THE SOUTHERN STATES This, Because Leaders Feel That They Will Lose Ground Heavily in the Western States. i The Gazf tte-News Bureau, 4li Post Building, Washington, Jan. 25. Al the recent meeting of the repub lican congressional campaign commit tee in this city for the purpose of ef fecting organization, the statement was made by Representative Crum packcr of Indiana that North Caro lina is a better reput ienn state than Indiana. Mr. Crumpacker was eall ine attention to the troubles that con front tin' republican party, and he hail in mind particularly the fact that only two of Indiana's 13 con KrcsMn.'ii are icpublicans, wherens there are three G. O. P. members of the house from North Corollna. Mr. Crunipacker is not alone in his opin ion that the south Is a more inviting field lor the republican party in the coming campaign than the states of the west. These northern republi cans, who realize that they will sus tain big losses in all the states of the nest ,11 re going to put up a fight in t number of districts in the Bouth, , ptnic ularly In the states of North Cuolina, Tennessee, Virginia and Kentucky. And what Is more to the potot-srtluU Jafromlhe standpoint of the southern republican a lot of money will bo turned loose by the G. 0. P. congressional campaign com mittee. A man In the newspaper business who had a talk with u well known North Carolina republican came to thin writer a few days ago, and un bosomed the Information that the r reinil.liians would carry both Con xressmcn Webb's and Pou's districts In the congressional elections this fall. This Individual hud swallowed the halt thrown at him, and accepted it at face value. He was greatly sur prised when told that the republicans In the state were not certain of retaln inb more than one of the three dis tricts they now hold. "A remark made by Speaker Can non nt the meeting of the congres sional committee of his party has at tracted much attention on the part of westerners. Mr. Cannon is quoted as having said that any republican can didate for congress who "attacked the Tuft tariff bill" would be defeat ed and deservedly so. Republican congressmen think the remark a most unfortunate one. They declare that it will kindle the fires anew among the critics of the tariff bill, and will certainly have anything but a Rood effect on the Insurgent voters, many f whom have proclaimed their Inten tion df vntinir . for democrats as ngalnst regular or Cannon republi cans. Itepresentative Grant says he has 'iffers from nearly a score of attorneys to miiieur In hta defense If Stilt is brought against him by Mrs. Reed, the former Btltmore postmistress. Three of these offers are from Wash ington attorneys. It has been report' ed that Mr. Grant would have as his attorney ex-Senator Marlon Butler, with whom he has been advising. Mr. Grant declined to discuss this matter when called to his attention, tr ugh he did volunteer the statement .hat many lawyers have placed their ser vices at his dlsnoaal In the event that Mrs. Reed vets after him In the courts. During the present week the census bureau must obtain tha S8.000 enum erators to whom during the month of June will fall the burden or taking the thirteenth census of the United Rules Tt has been said that the ap Plications have been in the ratio of Ave to one . for the appointments which will be made. In some western slates and In some ot the large cities, there have been fewer applications than enumerators' lobs. As now ar ranged, each one of the enumerators will have to account for about u&o of ths Inhabitants of the United Rtates. The census supervisors are to make the selection ot enumerators between February t end 17. They will accept those applicants who are acceptable to them, which means that the appointments will be largely political. Representative Morehead la being discussed for selection as a member fthe executive committee to be choS' the executive committee to be chos' committee of his party. Tto Legislative Caucus Is Deadlocked at Jackson. Jackson, Ulse, Jan. 25 Ths legls ative caucus resumed Its balloting n'Kht In the effort to chooee a sue wwor to the lata Senator McLaurln "otn ballots Indicated that the csu eus hart I pen tlxhtly dendlocked. Former GoN-ernor Vardnman received everily.fr votes. l.itl.ly-slx r I tin to. AGAIN COMES TO BAT A Red Hot Rejoinder to the Lo gan Communication, Pub lished in Yesterday's Gazette-News. MR. LOGAN'S REFERENCE TO MRS. REED'S WEALTH Is Hardly Relevant. Mr. Carter Thinks; but lie Employs It, to intro duce Subject of Mr. Logan's. Frank Carter in an open letter to W. K. Logan, rejoins to Mr. Logan's reply, addressed to Mr. Carter through The Gazette-News yesterday. Air. Car ter's letter runs us follows: Mr. W. 15. Logan. Asheville, N. C. .Dear Sir: Your published reply to my letter of the 21st Inst, is chiolly notable for your refusal In answer any one of the live Inquiries pro pounded to you. You were asked to declare your au thority for the false charge that Mrs. Heed's attorney was In the pay of poli ticians who cared nothing lor her In terests, and Instead of giving the In-1 formation or recusing ic. In u straight- forward way, you attempt to muddy! the waters by ciuoting a newspaper surmise which was avowedly called ; out by the publication of your false charge. This Is no nnswer, and the employ ment oC such artilice strengthens the! sueplcion that you were your own in- , forma nt in the making of this false harge. You were asked, in substance, in the Inquiries numbered 1 and 2, if you ! were not accessory before the fuct to the fabrication of the Greenwood j story and.to-.th attempt, by fraud and deceit, to foist Greenwood upon the Washington authorities as a cred ible w itness, ami you explicitly refuse cither In affirm or to deny. For the avowed purpose of expos ing the hollow Insincerity of your at tack upon Mrs. Heed upon the alleged ground that she hud offered financial Inducements for her reappointment, ou were, by the Inquiries numbered ; and 4. asked questions which you ould not huve answered candidly without disclosing the fact thut your lalms upon the murshalshlp and Mr. .other's claims upon tho Blltmore postmastershlp were largely, If not principally, based, upon financial con siderations. These Questions you do not and dare not answer. You cunningly attempt to aliennte sympathy from Mrs. Heed by the ir relevant statement that she has prop erty of the value of some $7500. I have no knowledge as to whether this statement is true or false, but if true, It seems to me to furnish very slight ground for unfavorable action upon her application for reappointment as postmaster nt Blltmore, and none whatever for the secret warfare which has been waged against her, without mercy and without scruple. The fact that you are a man or wealth should not militate against your candldncy for the marshalshlp. unless that wealth was. In whole or In part, Improperly acquired unless, for Instance, you became possessed or tne substance of a near relative to the amount of several thousand dollnrs, and when his widow called you In court for an accounting you sought to protect yourself against such ac counting by pleading we wauuc of limitation. This allusion Is to the action of Ella u. Dearer, administratrix of your de ceased uncle, A. E. Deaver, against W. B. Logan, now and for several years pending In the Superior court of Buncombe county. I know and charge nothing as to the. merits of the controversy between you and the wldow-admlnlstratnx of your deceased uncle, but the plead ings speak for themselves. If I were as ready to harm you d- the publication of my information an lnst vou as you are to harm a Widow by the publication of your In formation against her, the public would get an interesting story as to the methods alleged to have been em ployed by your In unloading $5000 of practically worthless stock upon your uncle, whose widow Is now suing you ,as above staad. Your truly, FRANK- CARTER. Asheville, Jam 16, '10. N. Y. CENTRAL FLIER .; WHE TRACK The Accident Occurred at SL Johntville and Men, Engineer and Fireman, '. Were Killed. Little Falls. N. T., Jan. IS. The eaathound Twentieth Century Limited train en tha New York Central rail road, was derailed at 8t jchnsvllle this morning, while crossing- ver from track number J to truck number four. 1 loecr goHtiton and nremnn lln - , both of Syracuse, were killed. ' vihu. both of (Syracuse, v ASHEVILLE, N. The Recent Teneriffe Volcanic Eruption Described by Frank A Perret, Vulcanologist T " " TOP GF TREE, 3TRIEPED W TENERIFFE PWANJCf MOUNT CHMYERO AFTER ERUPTION "ton FRANK A. PKItllET, THE YI'L CANOLOGIST. WHO HAS JCST VIS ITKl) T EN EH IKK K T( I STUDY THE RECENT VOLCANIC ERUPTION, COMMUNICATES THE FOLLOWING DESCRIPTION JF THE OUTBURST. TENEHIFFE. lec. :',0, 1S09. Like all the Canaries, Azores anil M i derlas, the (sland of Teneriffe is a volcano standing on a narrow base In' the midst of a sea w hich Is very deep. Whether these islands grew to their present eWvution from the -jea bottom by volcanic action, whether raised above the sea by elevation of tho bottom or whether they are the remains of the mythical 'Cotlmut -nf Atlantis cannot be discussed hero. AVe have to do with the present and with Teneriffe, anil TeiierilTo at present Is one of the earth's most favored re gions, whatever may have been its past. Indeed, it seems almost an enchant ed island, with, Its canaries, its canals ami Its dragon trees, and with the added charm that ono may dwell in Shortly After Trading Began in New Orleans Today Prices Fell 37 Points. New Orleans, Jan. 25. Within an hour after the opening, cotton futures In tho market lure today broke 37 points, or about $1.85 a bale. The slump was attributed to unsettled con ditions ot .the stock murket, the ag gressiveness of New York bears, the general demoralization among bulls, and tho Hood In France which, It will be feared, would curtail the consump tion of cotton in thut country. Shortly, before 11 o'clock July option sold at $14.38. Tho New York Market. New York. Jan. 25. The- cotton murket opened steady at nn advance of 14 oolnts. but quickly weakened under local bear pressure and Wall Street selling, which wus attributed to the unsettled stock market. The mar ket recovered somewhat during the middle of the morning. -TIME, IS IN POOR ROUSE Cannon Went up Against Dope Suc cessfully, but Red, Oily Booze Got the Best of Him. Detroit, Jan. 25. Hugh Cannon, who wroto "Qoo-Ooo Eyes." "Ain't Dnt a Shame." "Bill Bailey." and oth er classics of rag-time, was sent to Klohte poor house yesterday at the age of 19. He told a pathetlo story of his life In short, expressive sentences. "I quit coke easy." he said. "I hit the pips In New York for a year and stopped that. I went up against mor phlne hard and quit, but boose, red oily boose that's got me for keeps. Except for seven months on the wa ter-wagon I va been pickled met of the time." TUB WEATHER, Forecast until S p. m., Wednesday, for Asheville antf rlclnlty: fair weatrr- lf tonight ami wennusouy, w j Wednesday. ui mcr BREAK TODAY if COTTON FUTURES WROTE E C., TUESDAY AFTERNOON, twtoreAM epTeM safety and yet enjoy those little thrills of excitement incident to iif(. on n volcano. The curious old dragon trees tell of an nge-long growth, and the gloat uray lava striems on which they stand speak more eloquently still of the time gone by, yet eer and anon a little curl of whitest vapor rising from the lofty peak into the blue above tells us thut this portion of the world, though old with all the rest, is also young in that it lives while other parts arc dead. : Hut t !s a restricted lice. The form of this and niany other volcanoes of tnriiiv Hhnvea vtfu it.iilv that t a tw'i""iiK"''iie1i''i tH'ty '-wir "im- mensely greater than it is nt present. An anci. nt crater of this mountain is clnlrly to be -seen at an altitude of 7000 feet above sea level. It has a diameter of no less than seven miles, and tlie remaining walls of this gn at basin still rise in places to a height of nearly 21100 feet above the crater floor, while In other directions they have been broken down and carried Thousands of Will Fight the Floods Paris, Jan. 25. Fifty thousand sol diers were placed at the disposition of the municipal authorities this morn ing to tight the Hood whose ravages are spreading ruin and consternation throughout the city. This morning the water at Point Royal touched 2'i feet above low lido. l)amage already done is incalculable, and the indus trial life of the city is rapidly becom- Int? paralyzed. The situation resulting from the floods Is fast becoming desperate. The premier and niiiosier of the interior made this declaration last night. All conditions Indicated a further rise of several inches of the river Seine nnd Brayed "Hee-Haw" Because Name Is Maud Hollldaysburg, Pa.. Jan. 25. Comic newspaper supplements caused an as sault and battery case In the county court when Constable Roe charged Mrs. Maud Orr with drenching him THK UOVKHNOR OP ARIZONA CALLS I'l'ON PRi:silKXT T AFT Tart Ass ii res Sli.iu lie Will Do His Best fur Arlioua and New Mexico Rills. . U Washington, Jan. 26. Governor Sloan of Arizona had a talk with Pres ident Taft today regarding statehood for Artxona and New Mexico. The president assured Governor Sloan that he would use his best ef forts to see that a separate statehood bill was passed at the present session of congress. TUT KKNATK t'OMMTPTKK COXKIBKR8 KAVIM1S BANK HILLS Washington. Jan. 25. The postal savings bank I ll's were taken up today by the senate committee on Postofflces and Poitroads. Responding to the wish of President Taft, expressed re cently to Senators Penrose, Crane and Carter, the subject has been under taken with a determination to soon report the bill. Samuel It. Hick Head. Marietta, Ou., Jan. 25. Samuel R. Dick, one of the most 'widely known cotton exporters in the south, died yt'Htei day. JANUARY 25, 1910. away by subsequent outbreaks. From such a crat"r us this it Is not difficult to imagine the degree of volcnnism of its day. The activity which followed thin period was of a different orde. tin1 mati rials being let's fusible and tend ing to produce a more explosive type of eruption and thus to build the present steeper com; upon the old crater Hour. In its turn the crater of this newer rune has become lilled and overtopped by the sharply pointed and beautifully symmetrical conelet which forms the celebrated peuk of Teneriffe. piercing the clouds to u height of 12,1112 foet above the sea nviil "WMtfly "IttfWVrir' &t "Kt Plfo ' deH Teide" or "Cheydc," the summit of hell. In onler to understand the present mode of action of this volcano It will be well to compare it lor a moment with some other well known types. At Stioinboll another island volcano of much smaller dimensions the eruptions take place entirely from the central conduit of the volcano, Soldiers the cold rain, w hich still continues, is causing intense suffering among those who have been rendered homeless with little prospect of relief. M. Millerand, minister of public works, after a tour of inspection, said that if the rise continued nothing could prevent a deplorable disaster and the Hooding of the most populous quarters in Paris. PaIs is threatened with an Imme diate anil complete tie-up. The stop page of transports has raised the prices of food, which is becoming scarce. The authorities assert that drinking water is assured, but there is no water tor the Industrial survieos, whlcti are practically suspended. at Her with scalding water. The constable was taken to the hospital and Mrs. orr went to Jail. Her only defense wus that Constable Hoe brayed "Hee Uaw" to insult her, just because her name was Maud. THK JAMKKTOWX XOT LOST AT hlv. AS WAS BKI.IKVK.B The Steamer's Kafw Arrival at Buenos Ayrea Is H'MH-ted by a Cablegram. Washington, Jan. 25. Cable ad vices Just received from Buenos Ayres that the steamer Jamestown, believed to have been wrecked at sea during a storm subsequent to sailing from Newport News two months ago, reach ed the South American port safely. I NIOXIST8 ;OT IS KEATS OP TIIOSK I)ETIKI YESTKHDAY Five Went for Hie LlliernlK, Three to Nationalists nnd One) to the Ibrltcs, London. Jan. 26. Twenty-nve re sults announced todny. complete the returns of yesterday's balloting for members of Darlloment. Of seats do elded llsc unionists take 18, liberals 5, nationalists 2, and laborltea 1. To Conserve Timber. New Orleans, Jan. 2$. Conserva tion of timber lands and the complete utilisation of material are problems confronting the annual meeting of the Yellow Pine Manufacturers associa lion wtilch began today. and when lava is ejected it flows over the crater edge down a steep slope into the sea. The gnat eruptions of Vesuvius, on tho contrary, are usually about equally divided between the centra crater and some side opening which often Conns far down on the banks of the mountain, the lava flow ing from the side vents and the ex plosive effects occurring at the central crater. in the case of Etna we have a near er approach to the Teneriffe volcano in that both the lava flows and the explosive effects of an eruption occur as a rule on the mountain side, while the central crater, although partlci- pirtrng-in thb'eruptioa,.phtjrs a minor part . Finally, at Teneriffe we find a volcano with its central conduit closed and all the eruptive effects occurring ecentrii ally ipon the mountain side. In view of what has been said It will not surprise the reader to learn that the spot where tile recent erup tion occurred Is nearly seven miles from the summit id' the mountain and 70110 feet below It. IT ISJLL FALSE Roasts Macon of Arkansas Who Yes terday Attacked the Immigration Commission. Washington. Jan. 2.1. IVnounelng as "infamously, maliciously, wantonlv false" statements made in the house yeslorduy bv Itepresf ntatlve Macon of ArUansas, Representative Bennett of New York, member of the immigration commission, today ihfendtd the com mission against Mncon's attacks. Ben nett was absent during the discussion, which resulted In striking out the $l !."i.0no deficiency .appropriation for completing the work of the commis sion. "Whoever told the gentleman from Arkansas." Bennett said, "that the commission had not begun to make report until Senator Iitimer forced them to do so, told a wicked, cruel, malicious, deliberate He." Bennett named James A. Patten. secretary of the Immigration Restrlc Hon league, as the probable author of Macon's Information. "I am not go ing to accept everything the gentle man from New York has said to this house, as gospel,'' retorted Macon; "It is a nietlnn of veracity and one of these gentlemen hns as much of cre- lence on the part of this house as the other, until one of them shows himself to be a liar and the other bhows him self to be a saint; and the gentleman from New York is not a saint." Appropriation Is Stricken Out. By cutting deficiency appropriation of $125,000 for the National immigration 000 for the National Immigration commission, the house yesterday lent its support to several members, led by Representative Macon of Arkansas, who denounced tha commission and Its work and threatened It with Im mediate extinction. Unless friends ot the commission succeed In having the item restor ed to the urgent rieflclenct bill In the senate It will be compelled to sus pend for lack of funds. The commis sion asked for the $125,000 approprla tlon which -It needed to wind up Its work. gennto Dillingham of Vermont, Is chairman of the commission, the other members being Senator Iodge, Repre sentatives Howell, New Jersey, Ben nett, New York; and Burnett. Ala bama; Prof. J. W. Jenks of Cornell university and William R. Wheeler of San Francisco. When the paragraph making the appropriation for the commission' was reached during the consideration of the Urgent deficiency bill, Mr. Macon (Continued on pare 5) ' MR. BENNETT SAYS ScPIRCOPY FOOD PRODUCTS DROP IN PRIGE Milk, Eggs and Butter Led the the Procession This Morn ing in Downward Movement. CATTLE PRICES TOOK A TUMBLE IN PITTSBURG Another Drop Was Also Recorded Yes terday in Cleveland, Where the Noise Started From. mm Chicago, Jan. 2r. The agitators asulost the high cost of living gained I the llrst victory in the battle against prevailing food prices, wlicn reduc tions of from 3 to 5 points were an nounced In the wholesale prices of eggs anil butter, potatoes, xrk prod ucts, and dresses bocf cuts. Annapolis, Jan. 25. A Joint resolu tion was Introduced In the legislature today asking congress to Inquire Into the increased cost of food, with a view to the prosecution of the trusts, if found resioi sible for existing con ditions. New York, Jan. 25. Milk, eggs and butter led the procession of receding prices of food products today. The nation-wide agitation brought about the drop, meat on declining folow ing greatly reduced consumption. Cattle lrlce Down. Pittsburg, Jan. 25. Cattle prices took a big tumble at the Union stock yards here us a direct result of the boycott on consumption ot that com modity, which goes into effect tomor ow for 30 days. For one month 125, 000 men representing 600,000 persons In the Pitsburg district will abstain from eating meat in the hope that the high prices will be cut by butch ers. The drop In the price "of cattle' was from 40 to 60 cents a hundred. The price of hogs also took a drop, but there was no reduction in the price of dressed beef. One by one all the hotels of the city are falling Into line with menus devoid of meat until hard ly one can he found but is serving a frull-nut-vegetable diet. Same at Cleveland. Cleveland, Jan. 25. The beginning of the second week ot Cleveland's boycott of meat was marked by a future drop In the wholesale fresh meat murket. Hogs were quoted at the Union stock yards at 20 and 25 cents lower on the hundred pounds and cattle dropped ten nnd fifteen cents. This is in addition to the de crease in cattle prices of Friday. Too High for Hetty. New Y'ork, Jan. 25. Mrs. Hetty Green, who hns many millions of dol lars, declared thut at the present prices meat is too dear for her and she cut it out of her luncheon order. Mrs. Green entered a modest up town restaurant and scanned the bill of fare. Steak she found nt fifty cents a portion and roast lamb and roast beef at thirty-five cents. Mrs. Green took halibut which was fifteen cents a portion. In response to a lighter demand the price of beef in Hrooklyn wholesale districts declined twenty cents yester day and pork loins slumped sympa thetically. As an off-set there were signs that the western supply will be shut off to hold up the price, al though representatives of the pack ers deny this. Two young women who made a house to house canvass for the Na tional Progressive Woman Suffage union, obtained nearly 1,000 pledges to abstain from meat for sixty days. Mrs. Sophie Loeblnger, head of the union, hoped to enlist 103 women's Continued on page flva. PRESIDENT TftFT Hearing of Crumbling Prices in New York He Outlines Attitude To- ward Corporations. Washington, Jan. 25. President Tuft today made public tha follow ing statement upon hta reported cru sade against corporatlona: "No statement was Issued from the attorney general's office, or White House, Indicating that the purpose of the administration with reference to prosecutions under the anti-trust law Is other than as set forth In the message of the president January 7, last Sensational statements, aa If there were to be a new departure, and Indiscriminate prosecution of Import ant industries, have no foundation. The purpose of the administration Ui exactly fis already stated In tha presi dent's messnks." Thla lUUimnt waa Issued after the president talked with James J. Hill, the railway magnate, and ha had re ceived Information that price wwra crumbling In New York, under Various reported printed yesterday and this morning. IKES STATEMENT
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