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THE ASSOCIATED PEES3 . DISPATCHES LAST EDITION. 4:00 P. U. Weather xorccaiv: Rnln; Colder. W VOL. XV. NO. 7. ASHEVILLE, N. C.V WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 16, 1910. So PER COPY IE SPEECH we A Mm sat A Ill n on MICH 3D IS DATESUGGESTED Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt Approves Plans Looking to Con-; struction of Propos ed Highway. THEPRESID"JT ATTflE CAPITAL Various Views Concerning Re marks of Taft on Occasion of Lincoln Day Banquet in New York. ORGANIZATION REPUBLICANS ARE VERY MUCH PLEASED Inturgentt, However, Say the President Cannot Make Good Hit Praise ol the Payne-Aldrich '"'"-Bill ';;:V-:V''..' Washington, Feb. ', 10. Admlnlstra republicans In congress found a good deal of comfort In President Taft's New York speech. As an opener for the congress campaign they declared it to be timely and effective. The near Insurgents also were pleased, but the real Simon pure Insurgents seemed to be considerably ruffled. They regard the alteration by President Taft of his tariff sentiments as an. unnecessary reopening of an old sore. Senator Brlstow of Kansas, who in surged probably harder than any other member of the senate, openly expressed his " dissatisfaction with tne speech. ' Senator La Follette also was far from being enthusiastic, and It Is safe to assume that Senators Cum mins of Iowa and Clapp of Minnesota also will And some grounds for com plaint As a matter of fact President Taft's New York speech seems to have widened the breach between him and; the revolting republicans of the mid dle West. 'As to the tariff." laid Senator Brls tow when asked for his opinion of the speech, "I am still standing upon the republican national platform. I state without hesitation that the new tariff liw is hot In fulfillment of the pledge "ihiHr'y"the republican -phtforrfr-f 1908, nor does It carry out promises made publicly on the atump by the republican candidate for president In that year. .' ' "I would like to have the details upon which the president bases his conclusion that (he tariff law was as n general proposition a revision down ward. He says the Importations of free raw materials have Increased. In the first three months under the new tariff law there was an Increase In the Importations of free rubber of more than 110,000,000 as compared with the Importations In the corresponding three months of the preceding year. There was on' the other hand a de crease in the importation of manufac tured rubber. The duty on manufac tured rubber was Increased from 30 to 35 per cent, ad valorem. Within ninety days after the Aldrlch-Payne bill became a law Mr. Aldrich was elected a director In the rubber trust "When any one undertakes to prove that the new tariff law Is a revision downward he should give us details and not general statements. From his standpoint the president's speech on the tariff was a good one, but the details on which he bases his conclu sions are lacking, and It Is my opinion that the president's conclusions will not stand analysis." Senator La Follette begged to be excused from making any comment on the speech at this time. He re ferred to some of the figures given by thr nresident to prove that the Payne Aldrlch tariff law was downward re vision and said he desired to analyze the figures more carefully. Senator La Follette, It will be recalled, uauued to be prepared In the bureau of sta tistics and had published as a docu ment tables showing that the Payne- Aldrich bill was not generally revision downward. At the president's request Mr. La Follette submitted the table to him while the tariff law was under consideration, but after Senator Aid rich had pointed out certain alleged faults In the exhibit of the. Senator from Wisconsin, the president rejected It. Senator La Follette may have something to say later In reply to the president's defence of the tariff law. Senators Clapp, Cummins and Dolll ver. In the light of their criticisms of the law as a violation of party pledges for tariff revision also may feel called on to reply to the president's speech becauso of the determination of the republican leaders to circulate the speech as a campaign document Insurgents in the house were much more ready to grant merit to the pres ident's speech. Said Representative Hayes of Cali fornia, leader of the republican Insur gents in the house: - "I like the president's speech. , H did not dodge or evade any issue. It was a courageous utterance and he ' who reads knows, just where the pres- Ident stands on the question that he discussed." Representative Hayes would not, however, comment on the posHlble effect of the speech In the middle .west ,vi; - Representative Gardner of Massa chusetts, another republican Insurgent said he had not read the speech care fully. "Those portions that I glanced over, however, however," he said, "struck me favorably. That la all I 'care to ay about the matter at this time.': . Continued on page three. Revenue fi nt Alexander Pead. VI ' I : !t ' A. A Ma9 ;fcts Notice in Big Window laying "Girl From Rectors',' Will Be Play ed Tonight. MAYOR WYNNE GIVES FRESH ORDERS TO POLICE Cops Will Be on Hand Tonight When Doors Are Thrown Open, and We Shall See What We 7 Shall See. The Gazette-News Bureau, Chamber of Commerce Rooms, Hollemon Building, Raleigh. Feb. 16. Manager Sherwood Upchurch of the Academy of Music has caused posted a notice In the biggest show window here that " "The Girl From Rector's" will positively be played, to night. In defiance of Mayor" Wynne's order. The mayor conferred today with City Attorney Walter Clark, Jr., who says he has the entire right to stop the performance. Mayor Wynne therefore notified Chief of Police Stell that, taking notice of the general reputation for "indecency" and "im morality" of this play, and its adver tising, he has forbidden its perform ance. He orders the chief to . put sufficient police at the theater to pre vent the performance, and to arrest any one atempting to proceed with It. The theater management has em ployed three : lawyers headed by for mer Governor Aycock, who gave the opinion that the play cannot be stop ped until after It begins. ' The mayor sticks to his position that he will not let the play be put on at all. He says all the best element of .the public is standing, by ,hlrav, ,x, , , f is Understanding Is That Government Will Proceed Against In- . dividuals. Cincinnati, Feb. 14. The' under standing Is that the government has abandoned Its program of proceed ings against the Hurley Tobacco so ciety under the Sherman ' anti-trust act It Is said that proceedings will be directed against individuals whom the Investigation shows to be amena ble to the law. v ' RAILROAD, STEAMSHIP LIEN RAISING II KICK Oppose Stock Provision of the Admin . istration's Railroad Bill. Washington, Feb. 18. The prohibi tion contained In the administration's railroad bill against promoters of new transportation lines selling- stock at less than par found strenuous oppo nents among; ths railroad and steamy shlp men, before the house commit tee on interstate and foreign com merce today. All administration hills providing for the conservation of natural re sources will be considered by a sub committee of the senate on public lands. THE KAUAI TUG NIHA IS STILL MISSING " Washington, Feb. 18. The tug re ported to have been spoken to off Montauk Point on Sunday, by the steamur Bayview, which, was thought to be ths Nina, was the naval tug Apache. The fate of the missing Nina Is as much a mystery as over. More Honor for tlie President. Washington.. Feb. . 16, President Taft today promised a committee of the Mllltnrv Order of foreign Wars to go to New Tork March IS to have the Inslgnl of the oraer conicrreo upon him. ' Rottenness ol the Salt Trout. -.Detroit. Feb. IS. Peculiar manlp tilx t ioriM In the freight rate on salt to .;. .;(. fi 11 linns ! , l" I ,. n- .lisp ""I : .. r.- rfi'i " New York Herald and The Gazette - NEW YORK FIRE LAST NIGHT Dwellings Occupied by Rev. ff. P. Winn "and I. E.Clifford Destroyed, and -4 : Others We're to Danger. Fearing that a fire originating In the kitchen of .Rev. R. P. Winn's house about 6: SO o'clock yesterday afternoon, and rapidly spreading to adjoining houses, would destroy the whole of the village of 8wannanoa, 11 miles east of here, the citizens sent an appeal to thw Asheville fire de partment to aid in extinguishing the blaze. The fire department at once got together all available extinguish ers and the one horse hose wagon, and made a run for Biltmore, where the Southern had provided a special train. About the time the apparatus was loaded on the train, however, a message was received stating that the fire was under control. The fire is supposed to have originated from the explosion of an oil stove. In addition to totally : destroying Rev. Mr. Winn's house, considerable of his household effects were lost, as the fire was well under way when he discovered It The cltliens of the town rapidly gathered around the burning structure and did all they could to save the property, but hav ing only a bucket brigade they were practically helpless in saving this, ai well as J. E. Clifford's dwelling, ad Joining the parsonage. But It was In extinguishing other houses which caught from the heat that the cltl sens did such effective work that the town of Swannanoa is left on the map today. The house of J. L. White was somewhat damaged, while the store of J. A. Wilson Co. caught, as well as the dwelling of H. R. Harrison and H. R. Harrison & Co.'s store, but by prompt application ,of water by a large force of men working with buckets the blase was gotten under control. The house occupied by Rev. Mr. Winn was owned by A. M. Alexander, and was a two story, eight room dwelling valued, at about 13000 with $2000 insurance, while the furniture of Mr. Winn was partly Insured. The house occupied by Mr. Clifford a telegraph operator, was owned by Q. N. Alexander, and was valued at about flOOO, with no Insurance, while Mr. Clifford also carried no Insurance on his household goods. The damage to Mr. White's residence will not amount to more than 1100. Rev. R. P. Winn is the father of Prof. J. A. Winn, head master of Winn's school at Biltmore, Mr. Winn is a Presbyterian preacher and has resided at Swannanoa for some while and has chargs of several churches in that section. Prof. Winn left this this afternoon for Swannanoa and will return tomorrow. . REPUBLICANS DETERMINED TO EXTEND INVESTIGATION Albany, N. Y.. Feb. 16. Senator Conger's assertion that the republican state committee got a contribution from a bridge company's legislative "protection fund," has only strength ened ttui trwtnatlon of the repub lican leaders to extend the bribery In vestigation. ' , . ' " Fant In Derailed. Miildletown, N. Y.. Feb. 16. While running at 30 miles an hour a Cbl ,M- limitrfl tntln. wNt bound, it News. STATE POLITICS: A Hot Wave in Texas Yesterday Follow . ed by Snow ni2clan4- Rough . I Time Generally. Louisville, Ky.. Feb. 16. A re markable drop In temperature is re corded at 'Abilene, Texas, where the temperature records 24 above zero to day, after 82 was registered yester day. Snow and sleet Is general, and It Is eight above at Amarlllo, Texas. Heaviest Snowfall of Year. Indianapolis, Feb. 16. The heaviest snowfall of the year in central In diana centered over Indianapolis to day. SAYS SHE WAS FORGED TO LIFE OF STREETS Story Told by Girl Said to Be of Pro minent Venezuela Family Is Investigated. . New York, Feb. 18. Careful Inves tigation Is under way today of the charges made by a young girl known as Elsie Wright, who It is said, Is the daughter of a Venesuelan diplomat, that in coming to this country she was forced into the white slave trade. The girl says she came here to be come an opera singer,. and a man she met compelled her to go Into the streets, at the point of a revolver. SENATOR ELiS' NIECE TRIES HERSELF Shot Through, but May Live Says ' She Is Homeless, Friendless and Tired. ' Kansas City. Feb. II Miss Agnes Elklns, a niece of United States Sena tor Stephen B. Elklns of West Vir ginia, shot herself today In her room at a local hotel. The bullet passed through the body below the heart. Miaa Elklns has a chance for life. A note was found on her dressing table, and read: "I am tired of life and have no home or friends.". No 'Tidings or Lima's Shipwrecked. VnlnnroUn Feb. II No news has been received of the eight persons lert clinging to me wreca oi in British steamer Lima in the Strait of Magellan last Saturday. Governor Fort's Font "Some" Better. New York. Feb. 16. Governor J. Franklin Fort of Nw Jersey, who Is threatened with blood poisoning, the result of a sortitch on the foot, shows Improvement today. I'niHiinkry Iiv Tribute, v r ! - r""miHv YESTERDAYWAS 82 NOW REGISTERS 24 CONFUSION IN HEAVY ICE CROP IS BEING STORED Not in Thirty Years Have the Chicago People Mad Sucfc. Opportunities . for Storing Ice, , Chicago, Feb. 16. The heaviest Ice crop of the last thirty years Is being harvested. Within ten days two and a half million tons of ice wlll.be stored In the ice supply houses. IGEORGEJ. NEVILLE Member of New York Cotton Exchange a Witness Before the House Committee Today. Washington, Feb. 16. The antl-op-tlon hearing was resumed today before the house committor ot agriculture. George W. Neville, of the New York cotton exchange, who is opposing the pending bill for the abolishment of the future transactions, was the first witness. He was closely questioned, by Representative Burllsun of Texas, who is conducting the examinations In the Interest of the cotton produc ers. Neville testified 'that the Liverpool cotton market was controlled by Eng lish spinners; that sometimes mem bers of the New York exchange oper ated largely on the Liverpool ex change and sometimes not. Neville said he was not In accord entirely with the present method of fixing the differences in prices on the New York exchange, his Idea being that a fixed difference system should be bused on the spinning value of goods above and below middling as compared with middling. MR. TILLMAN TAKEN ILL ON STEPSOF CAPITOL Recurrence, It Is Said, of His Old Trouble Attack not Serious, Doctor Thinks. Washington, Feb. 16. Senator B. R. Tillman of South Carolina was taken suddenly 111 on the steps of the capltol today and had to be carried Into his room by two capltol em ployes. Later he was removed to his home, where he Is now under the oare of a physician. The attack it said to have beeu due to a recurrence of ths senator's old trouble, hardening of the arteries. Dr. Plckford said that he did not regard the attack as serious. Later !n the day at Senator Till man's horns It was said ths senator was feeling much better. . i' i, Pardon Sosght for Youtsy. Cincinnati, Feb. 16. A petition Is being circulated for the pardon of Henry Youtsy. now serving a life sen tpiw In th Kontmky penitentiary, , r,, . i v t.i the murder of YVIIIInm THE RANKS MEETING IS HELD Tl Committeemen from Methodist Confer ences Discuss Matter of Establish ing Chataugua-Training School. At a meeting of committeemen from the four Methodist conferences, in cluding 'the North Carolina, the Western North Carolina, Holston and South Carolina, and having in charge the matter of establishing a Metho dist Chautauqua and training school In this section, was held In .Central Methodist church last evening for a discussion of plans and making of re ports on the movement. Among the out of town committeemen present were Dr. Hamwell of Nashville, Tenn., and C. T. Wooten of Trinity. Several reports were made and discussed and while it was definitely decided that the Chautauqua and training school be established the location of the Chautauqua was not determined. J. B. Lotspelch and J. J. Reagan of Wea verville were added to the committee on land and option, while Cipt. W. T. Weaver. Rev. Dr. G. H. Detwiler, J. A. Nichols and W. R. Whltaon were added to the organization committee. It was decided tna tthe various com mittees should be continued and be prepared to make additional reports at any meeting that may be called In future by the general chairman. At the conclusion of the meeting those In the meeting and In charge of the matter declined to make public any definite action taken in securing grounds and establishing a Chautau qua although the press was given the report that "we feel reasonably sure of the establishment of the assembly while the exact location depends on conditions that may develop." It Is believed here, however, that the Chautauqua and training school under the auspices of ths four con ferences referred to will be ultimate ly located at Weaverville where Is now located Weaverville college . which Is under charge of the Western North Carolina confrence. CHAMBERLAIN IS THE HOl'SE, Appears for First Time Since He Was Stricken with ParalyslM, Sev- . era! Years Ago. . London. Feb. 16. Joseph Cham berlain, the noted tariff reformer, ap peared In the house of commons to day for the first time since ho was stricken with paralysis, several years ago. , REFORM TICKET 18 DEFEATED! THE REPUBLICANS WIN Philadelphia, Feb. 16. The entire reform ticket went down to defeat yesterday, the republican organisation sweeping the city, taking all the mu nicipal offices contested for. Mors Graft Evidence Found 10 Ohio. Columbus, O., Feb. 16. Chairman Rltter and Expert Examiner Frank Brown announco that they have found more evidences of probable graft In the state printing department. THE WEATHER, Forecast until S p. m. Thursday for Asheville snl vicinity: Rain tonight Thursday rain or snow and cold. "Wnsclor o" FnihiKoy in Parti Dcd. Pnrls, I-Vh 1 TAL CHURCH BUNCOMBE COMMITTEE TO DO ALL WORK NECESSARY. It Is Hoped to Have the Asheville-Green-ville Road Completed by 0c-t . tober, and Then , , t-t .... . ....... . Celebrated. Relative to the proposed good roads meeting to be held in Hendor sonville some time soon, a movement Inaugurated at the last meeting of the Asheville and Buncombe County Oood ltoads association, to boost the Char- -lotte-Asheville and Asheville-Green-ville proposed highways, Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt has written President E. C. Chambers endorsing the plan. Dr. Pratt suggests that the meeting be held about March 30, or the first week in April, preferably the former date. It Is planned to have at Hen- ' dersonville representatives from Ruth erford, Henderson and Buncombe counties In North Carolina, and Greenville, Laurens, Lexington and Richland counties. South Carolina. It is the purpose of those interested In the movement to push the con struction as rapidly as possible so as to get the road completed by October. Buncombe Is already committed to do all the work necessary in this countv to make possible the construction of these two highway The advantages of a fine road from Charlotte and from Greenville to Asheville, via Ilendersonville cannot be over-estimated. ,, With the establishment of the New Tork to Atlanta automobile highway;: the connection with this highway, fit Charlotte and Greenville is very desirable, as It' will greatly In crease the number of autoinoblllsts who 'will visit this section during the ' summer season. ' , The suggestion has been made that If the road is completed by October a large coaching and automobile tour from Columbia to Asheville to. cele brate the opening of the highway, and to show the people that such a trip could be made quickly in automobiles. The people of Asheville stand ready to co-operate all possible In the move ment both to complete the road and to aid In the automobile tour. What Is accomplished, depends upon the steps taken by the other counties. POSTAL SAVINGS BANK BILL TOJET DOUBLE Unless Root Amendment Is Withdrawn Notes of the Day's Doings In Congress. Washington, Feb. 18. Unless Sen ator Root can be Induced to with- . draw his amendment to postal sav ings bank bill requiring Investment of postal deposits in United States bonds the measure probably will ba defeated In the senate. ' Trying to Do Something for Peary.' Promotion of Civil Engineer Rob ert E. Peary to the grade of rear ad miral In the corps of civil engineers, of the navy and presentation of a vote of thanks to him by congress are pro vided for In a joint resolution Intro-' duced In the house today by Repre sentative J. Hampton Moore of Penn sylvania. ' Inquiry Is Halted. There was no morning session of the Balllnger-Plnchot committee of Inquiry today, adjournment having been taken yesterday until this after noon. The house committee on military affairs today acted favorably on the Sillier bill, making Major General E. Sickles, retired, a lieutenant-general. KILLED WIFE AND SELF. Anot lcr One of Thone Man-Woman Double Tragedies In New York City. New York, Feb. 16. After break ing In the door of the house where his wife was living apart from him, Oeorge .W. Taylor followed her as she ran screaming and shot and fatal ly wounded her, then shot himself and fell dead, , DANISH STEAMER WRECKED! SIXTEEN MEN POSSIBLY LOST Thirteen of Crew, In One Boat, Saved, but Nothing Has Keen Heard of Other Boat. Chrlstlansand, Feb. 16. The Dan ish steamer Cambodia was wrecked near' Orlmstad. . Thirteen 'X the crew were saved. . -,- '' - It Is feareil , Small boat containing . 10 oiners was josu . Mr. Fairbanks In Berlin. Pi-tiln. Vfh. It!. 1-iirmcr V t't.-f.-l.-ut 1 ...lr I. I.. I V ... I'.-!-.
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