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LAST EDITION. 4:00 P. M. Weather Forecast: la If ami Warm. 3c PER COPY VOL. XV. NO. 21. ASHEVILLE, N. C, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 4, 1910. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES THE DIRECTORS OF PHILADELPHIA RAPID TRANSIT COMPANY IN SESSION TODAY They Took Under Advisement the Proposal of the Strik ers to Arbitrate Dif ferences. ORGANIZED LABOR GOING AHEAD WITH STRIKE PLANS Chief of Police Declares That Not More Than Twenty Thousand Men Are Willing to Quit Work. Philadelphia, March 4. The board of directors of the Philadelphia Rapid Transit company met this morning to consider the striking car men's offer to join In petitioning the court of common pleas for the appointment of a board of arbitration to adjust dlf lerences.. Labor men say the acquies cence of the company In the proposed arbitration will result In caHing off the general strle.k Despite these steps organised labor is going ahead with preparations for a big walK out, or dered to take place at midnight to night. Will They Quit ? Chief of Police Clay declares that If the proposed general strike goes into effect tonight, as threatened, not more than 20,000 men will quit work. This estimate Is based on reports of policemen who have canvassed many establishments. No official announcement was made as to whut action the Traction com pany will take on the latest proposi tion of the union to arbitrate their differences. For the first time In five years the citizens were excluded from the ses sions of their chosen representatives yesterday afternoon. An hour before the time of convening the select and common councils, a vast crowd had gathered on the fourth floor of the city hall but several stalwart police men kept all save the counellmen, re porters and a few privileged persons outside the Iron gate. The stike was practically Ignored by both bodies. A message from Mayor Reyburn reviewed the situation briefly and stated his policy of non interference in these words: "11 is not the city's duty nor yours nor mine to Interfere between the 1'hlladelphla Rapid Transit company and its employes. The courts of law are available for the redress of any real grievance which either may have against the other. No reason exists nor can exist. In proper cases, why they and another disputants should not sinnblt their differences lo the courts or adjust their disputes between them selves'.' No Discussion. That the -councils were In entire accord with the views of the mayor In the foregoing was made evident by the absence of any action or discussion relative to the crisis. Several petitions from business men's associations and trade organizations bearing on the strike were heard without comment. A resolution from the central labor union re. nesting arbitration was In troduced in the common council but It was referred to the law committee. In select council, Thomas MacFar land i. resented a resolution instructing Mavnr lteyburn, William HA'arpenter and ficorge E. Earle, the city's repre sentatives on the Philadelphia Transit company hoard of directors, to demand a suhmlsrlon of the company to arbi tration, and directing, In the event of their refusal to obey these Instruc tions, that they be asked to resign. Ilelwite k Forestalled. Councilman Henry J. Trainer fore stalled debate upon the resolution by Immediately moving that !t be tabled. The motion to table was carried with only a few dissenting votes. Mae I a r land twice attempted there after to gain the privilege or the floor In order to present anothei resolution but President Hasel refused to recog nize him. This resolution satiracally called upon "our peerless leader. Con tractor James P. McNIchoil, who is now sojourning In sunny Florida ,uijr der the sheltering palms. In company with certain Influential republicans, democratic members of councils and the rounders of the werktngmen's league party, to Immediately return and Issue the necessary orders to Rey burn and Clay to change their bllllger ent attitude." Director of public safety Clay wrote tbe president of the builders exchange directing that all building materials near places In course of erection be removed from the streets This Is to prevent riotous persona from securing mlsslls for use against the police and street cars. How determined la the attitude of the Rapid Transit company against any compromise measure In the pres ent controversy was set forth by Wll Ham H. Shelmerdlne. a director of the corporation. He said: "It Is evident that It would be the easy and cheap course for the com pany to compromise now. But it would also be the unwise and cow ardly thing to do, and the board to a man Is opposed to any "settlement' that doss not Insure peace for the future on a buls that embodies recog nition of the fu damental rights of the public and the company " That the city authorities Intend to with all the spee.l shown whan the Brand ry reta-nd Indictments against of snow that covered the wreckage fair, warm weather tonight and .sat- congress tndnv asked leave to amend Senators Smoot Fletcher and Ho r ent I (Continued on paste Si at Wellington I fax unconflrnsed. jarday, helr defease to the allegation of the I i an be - insiders l ' ' nM, MOREHEflD S BILL E I jH TO DRAIN SWAMPS K li rflS Object Is to Secure Federal Aid in the Reclaiming Rich Southern Swamp Lands. The Guzetta-News Btireuu, 46 Post liuilding, Washington, March 4. The favorable consideration by congress ef a bill providing a bond issue of $30,000,000 for the reclama tion of arid lands in the west has served to draw attention to the neg lect of the enormously rich and unde veloped swamp lands in the eastern, southern, and southwestern sections of (he country. It has been shown that these swamp lands can be re claimed at one -fifth the cost required to irrigate arid lands. Not only Is this true but drained lands are far more productive and valuable. Mem bers of congress have been discussing the question of federal aid In the drainage of these swamp lands, and many of them take the position that It Is only right and equitable for the federul government to aid In their re clamation similarly as it has done and j is noing :o uif reclamation oi uie ami lands of the west. With the object of securing from the federal government Its help in draining swamp lands of the son Representative Morehead of North Carolina has introduced a bill appro-! printing the receipts from the sale j and disposal of public lands In Ala-j bama, Arkansas, Florida, Mississippi, I Missouri. Wisconsin and other states, which are to be set aside as a "drain- age fund." and are to be used under the direction of the secretary of the ! Interior In the work of drainage of j swamp and overflowed lands. Mr. Morehead believes that It Is as much the duty of '.he federal government to aid In the reclamation of swamp lands as it Is to appropriate money for the reclamation of the irrigable lands In the west. Some of Its Provisions. Under the terms of the bill Intro duced by Mr. Morehead It will be pos sible to apply the "drainage fund'' for the drainage of swamp lands in states like North Carolina and Virginia where the un-rcclaimed lands are pri vately owned. In this connection Mr. Morehead's bill provides, "That where there are lands in North Carolina, Virginia, and any other state not own ed or held by the United States which are swamp or overflowed lands, and It shall be made to appear to the secre tary of the Interior that reclamation works by drainage can be advantage ously constructed and maintained by local authority under the laws of such states and thut the drain age of such lands Is feasible and conducive to public health and the general welfare, the secretary of the Interior, in his discretion, is hereby authorized, under such rules and regu lation as he made prescribe, to loan out of the drainage fund to such 1 states or to any municipality of such state, corporation, or drainage district authorised by the laws thereof to con struct and maintain such improve ments that funds necessary to con struct the s.i me, in order that such lands may be drained and reclaimed, such loan shall be upon the bond of such state or municipality, corpora tion, or drainage district thereof. Is sued under the laws of such state, se- cured by a first -and paramount lien upon the land benefited by the im- provemenis, snau run noi exeeeuuiK ten years, the same to be due In In stallments, lief ore granting such a loan the secretary of the Interior shall require that the land proposed to be reclaimed shall be subdivided Into lota of an area not to exceed a quarter section and held for sale for a p.e-1 New York'.' March 4 I he Inter scribed period to actual settlers, at a , locutory decree of divorce of Mrs. price to be fixed by him and upon such j Alva Willing Astor. from John Jacob terms and conditions as he may pre-! Astor. was made tlnul today. Info scribe to the end that such reclaimed j matlon concerning the alimony sej land may eventually be occupied by tlement. Hnd disposition of the Astor actual settlers end home builders, j children, was not obtainable. Mrs. When any loan u lder this act Is re- Astor Is now In Europe. paid the ..mount all be put Into the drainage :und an.t may be again Vl:it ll. .008 INVOLVED loaned the same as the original num." This bill would enable the southern states. If it should become a law, to drain their wonderfully rich swamp land In the same manner as the west has reclaimed Its arid lands.. n HELEN DRVMsfOMO IS DYING IX A IIOHPITAb I MEW YORK t As "Countess of IHchcster" She) Was KecHved In Homes of the Host Known mk leu Folks. New York. March 4. rlelen Drum - mond, whose friends claim she Is Bvi. Fox-Htrsngwap'S, whom New York society was ready to welcome two years ago as the "Countess of 111 chester," Is dying In Bellevue hospital from the effects of poison taken after her arest on u charge of giving worth less checks. As "countess" the woman was re- eelved In the homes of the best known society people. I lll BJEPORT is ! OT t'ONMHMED Not crtaJii Tim Persons Have Been round AMe In Wreckage at Wellington. ii, ..... ........ - , i , . . . . i Flood Scene, Valley of Mohawk 8r54- " l 'J JSSasBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBsi l I FLOOD SUFFERERS 'J'lZ?22 .PS. (fC , .ails I SARATOGA oC J : FACE STARVATION Dynamite Fails to Move the Ice Gorges That Caused Inundation at Herkimer. utu.Mi x y Miirt.h 4. Starvation , now menace's the ftood-slrept village of Herkimer. Dynamite blasts have failed to move the huge Ice gorges am, the slrk.K(.n town it in u S()rry ... .... I11"1' There is llUI' of the water receding tuid the people are seeking shelter In adjoining towns. The key to the situation seems to be In the lee pack, which is choking the pussnge of Western Canadian creek, under the bridges of the .New York Central Railroad and the UtlMi and Mohawk Valley railway. Hun dreds of pounds of dynamite were ex ploded there, but the jam Is still in tact. Until this Is broken the village will continue to sufTer. The Jam has forced the creek out of Its channel and It hnB spread over the entire vil lage. Spokane. March 4. After causing damage of one and a hulf million dol lars In eastern and central Washing ton, the floods are beginning to sub side. Keller Is 11ti. ipaii il j Cleveland. March 4. The weather I bureau anticipates relief from floods j In those sections of Ohio where the 1 rivers rose out of their banks anil j inundated surrounding territory, j Klood water at Zanesville, Youngs ! town and Chilllcothe is rapidly re- 1 I ! - 111 DIVORCE DEGREE IS MADE FINAL gut Information Concerning Alimony, in the Astor Suit, Was Not 0b i tainable Today. I TMMMWmimm WWa IWWUi American Telephone. Company Buy Hat Storks Sold to the Maekey companion. Boston, March 4. The purchase by the American Telephone company of I S2.000 Bhsres of Its stock recently sold I to the Mackey companies was an- nounccd today by -President Vail, who said the stock was secured at a price . representing a rash overturn of be- tween eleven and twelve million dol- liars. OESHF. KMi Hl'Nti OVKR COAST But II Partly Disappeared This Fore noon and Sleamers Are- Once More on Move. 1 Norfolk. March 4. A dense fog, that enveloped the Virginia, Carolina. Msryland coast the past three days. lifted partly this morning, and num f "in steamers thut were compelled to lie at anchor outside the Vlrglni i Capes passed in with a general re sumption of transportation by water on the coast. L i I ? -J .. . - J j7 " W, M THE WEATHER, I ,.., ,v. . . MAJ GOVERNOR K1TGHIN ACTS FAVORABLY . Grants Commtitafluii to Life Imprison-j ment for John Atkinson. Under Sentence to Be Electrocuted. Special to The lazette-Ni vs. Raleigh. March i4. Governor KiU h in grants ( timmiitatlon to life Im prisonment for John Atkinson, under sentence to be electrocuted March 18. This action was taken because the murder, in Johnston county, was committed when the prisoner was un der great excitement at having learn ed that the deceased had Invaded the chastity of his home. Kvery lawyer who heard the trial, judge, jury and solicitor recommended a pardon. HOLD LONE ARGUMENTS Cross Examination of Deposed Govern ment Forester Is Proceeding but Slowly. Washington examination i deposed gOVI March 4. The cross i tiitTord Plnchot, the t Mnent forester, pro i u'fore the congri sslon ci eded slowlj al Investigating lorney Vctrces Hulling r, and Involved Into I inclining of ommlttec today. At- ounsci fur Secretary Mr. Plnchot became ng arguments over the me of the lawyer's questions. They argued almost con tinuously about the Inference to be drawn from ilm umontary evidence. The lawyer .hew from Mr. Plnchot the fact that his only first-hand knowl edge of any act reflecting upon Secre tary Balllprer ,n connciiiun with the ( iinnlnghsin case was based on the letteo sent b HalUnger to President Toft November 16. Balmy at Capital, to Show What March 4 Can Be Washington March 4. lleautlful. balmy weather, with no trace of Ice or snow mockingly greeted Washlng i on i.i on tedav on the first anniversary oi President T.iffg Inauguration, and presented a striking example of what March 4 weal lor could be when there Those House Members Have Begun to Duck Washington March 4. Tacitly ad - he court. STRIKE ORDER IS RELD IN ABEYANCE And in Meanwhile Board of Mediation Is Endeavoring to Prevent Further Trouble on B. & 0. . Baltimore, Md., March 4. Willi a strike order held In abeyance until tomorrow, interest in the controversy over wages and service conditions be tween the Baltimore Ohio railroad and its conductors and trainmen, cen tered toduy in the efforts of the board of mediation, under the Krdman act, to bring about a settlement of the dlf- f erences by peaceful means. L ARE COMMENDED Dr. Gulick. of the Russell Sage Found ation, Says They Are Doing Superior Work in Phynicial Training. Indianapolis, March 4. 'That the normal schools ure making u much better provision for developing und conserving the physical soundness of their students than the high schools, was one of the conclusions In the re port on the status of Instruction In hygiene In American educutlonul In stitutions, .made by Dr. Luther H. Gulick of the Russell Sage foundation, before the Amnrlcun Hchool Hygiene association today. . The ProMsal llcjcclcd. Pekln. March 4. The Russian gov ernment. In a lormal note to the Chin ese tioard, rejected Chlnu's proposal for the construction of the Algun and Chlnchow railroads. vjsM were no Inaugural ceremonies and parade to mar. The Capitol city presented a very different aspect today from that of a year agd, when a hlknard crippled railway traffic and interferred with the ceremonies attendant upon the inauguration of the new president. 1 Valley Paper company. The company coinmmec mueu io eon- stoer Its Did for government printing, NORMA SCHOOLS THEGAMPAIGN HWUHEIWY Democratic Aspirants for the Congressional Nomination Have All Moved In to the Open. ! HON WILLIAM J. COCKE ANNOUNCES CANDIDACY His Open Letter Suggests Optimism, Mr. Cocke Declaring He Will Carry the District If Nominated. The congressional campaign in Hie Tenth district Is now on in full swing. Tin; republicans last week met here and fixed a date lor the holding of their convention to renominate Rep resentative Grant; the sub-committee from the democratic state executive committee will meet in Raleigh next week to make report on the matter referred to it concerning the method of nominating democrats for offlet throughout the state and then th democrats will get busy with their convention and primary dates. In the meantime the democrats in this dsitrict are warming up to the situa- ! tion and the contest for the demo j cratlc congressional nomination Is on I in earnest. The most interesting de i velopment in the congressional fight I today is the formal announcement b i lion. William J. Cocke of this city of his candidacy for the nomination. Mr. Cocke's name In this connection has been very frequently and favor ably mentioned during the past sev eral weeks by the press of the district, and his friends have frequently been j heard to assert that he will be th I nominee of the par1. In his formal announcement today Mr. Cocke says that If nominated he will carry the district; that if some other Is nominated "I shall labor for his election with earnestness and loy alty." He says that thi democratic Slogan will be "Down with Aldrich Ism, Cunnonism and Granljsm." His announcement follows: "To the Democratic Voters of the Tenth Congressional District: "If you nominate me for congress I will carry this congressional dis trict lor fhe democracy; if you nom inate some one else I shall labor for his election with earnestness and loy alty. There are so many loyal and deserving democrats in every county In the district who are more able i i than 1 am to conduct the approach ing campaign, and more aide than I am to represent all our people in the halls of congress, that I hesitate to make this formal announcement of my candidacy. "I am mindful too thut alrcudy in Hi running aru Hon. Sol. Gallert of lliitlierford, Hon. Frank R. Hewitt of liuncombe, Hon. Walter E. Moore of Jackson, and Hon. James M. Gudger. Jr., of Buncombe. Every one of these men arc stalwart democrats and worthy gentlemen. Their friendship I have nau the honor for years to en- Joy. But I would be less than human If I were unresponsive to the flutter- intJ suggestion which is coming te me dally through word und letter and dis trict press. " 'Down with Aldrichism, Cunnon ism und Gruutlsm' will be the dem i, cratlc slogan In thu approaching campaign. The party in power, vio lating Its written promises to the people, has legalised a public rob bery that has amazed the world among other things this Is Aldrich ism. Time and again a sovereign peo ple, through their representatives in congress, have undertaken to register Uieir determined will, but It has been brushed aside by 'The "Speaker of the House' with a tyranny that would put to shame the despotism of a Russian csar among other things this Is Cunnonism. i ne uisinouiion oi omces m me neglect of his district's material good, the utter luck of a conception of the high possibilities of a congressman for his people's welfare, the shume- ful filing of secret charges against a defenceless widow with an orphan child to support this, among other things, Is Grantism. "This condition of affairs is repul- slve to that high sense of patriotism and Justice which has ever dlstlh - gulshed the people of the mountain region. The mind of the district must and shall be convinced of an awful folly and of the righteousness of democracy's claims to ascendency and power. The tenth district must and shall line Itself up once again In the great cause of the people, and It must and shall be redeemed from the country-wide Ill-repute into which well nigh Indecent republican politi cal wiles and arts have placed It. "To accomplish this great service, democracy must be united. Whom you select aa your standard hearer is of small moment compared to the great patriotic services before you. My party's welfare and success hea always been to me a higher ambi tion than my own personal advance rent. ' "I ask for harmony then In the friendly rivalry Into whlcn, by tag letter. 1 launch mvxelf. To vour onrtv wisdom and your sense of party Jug lice t commit mv claims, and vour verdict will be final with me mi, I sw y effort I shall seek le have It G0Ti WITHOUT FIGHT It Does Not Appear That Any- thing Will Be Put in Way of Messrs. Luther and Logan. GRANT MAKES STATEMENT CONCERNING MRS. REED Reiterates His Charges The Senate Is Not Likely to Take Notice of Jeff Davis' Ad missions. Qatette-Newa Bureau, 4(i Post Building, Washington, March 4. It was learned today that Thomas .Settle is here, in the Newborn post offico tight, as attorney for Basnlght, the antl-organlzation candidate. It does not appear that there will be any fight against the confirmation of Luther and Logan. Indications are that the senate will not take notlee of .Senator Jeff Davis' statement to the effect that he would get a big lee should an Arkunsus bill which he ad vocated pass congress. THTs Is prac tically the same offense with whfen Representative Spencer Blackburn of North Carolina was charged. District Attorney A. E. Bolton Is hero. He has given up the fight for re-a ppolntment. Mr. firnnt's Statement. Congressman John G. Grant gives out the following statement In regard to the Blltmore postoffi.ee matter ami other things of interest to the tenth district: "B. J. Luther's name as postmaster at BUt more, W. W. Rollins' name as pent. master at Asheville and W. K. Logan's name as marshal of the west ern Judicial district of North Carolina have all been sent to the senate. 1 am confident they will all he eonbrm ed. "A few of in v political opponents hove tried to give me trouble annul these matters and especially anViiri the Plltmore iostotfiee matter. In order to make political capital. With a few exceptions the democratic newspaper of the state have taken the matter up. and I have been accused of' things which, with a very little Inquiry, my denouncers might have found to be absolutely untrue. I ItAve riot been trying my ease In the newspapers. I preferred to say nothing until I had '. indicated. The fact Unit the president has Appointed Mr. Lulhct after thorough Investigation had at the Instance of my political opponents (to which, however, I In no way ob jected). and that be has also appoint ed MaJ. Rollins and Mr. Uigun who were endorsed by me, is the best vin dication that could be asked for. "Tn regard to tho removal of Mrs. Reed, neither she nor her friends have any ground for complaint. I did not' want to hurt her, and I did all I could to keep from hurting her. Hhe wan surely Ill-advised, for she knwW full well that I could make good tie ' charges that 1 preferred against her. 11 hlls l"Pn stated thut. even though ! lh'' charges were true. I was guill of improper conduct In not giving he notice of the charges before I pre ferred them; but this Is simply untrue, because, because I did notif her fully that I would prefer the charges if sh made It nit-esscry for me to do an. t tub1 her that 1 would let iter stay In for three months after her term ex ti od if she would then get out, ami sh agreed to do so but after that she came to Washington, trying to go oyer mv head in direct violation of bet promise. Fulling In her efforts sh cume to my office In Washington and asked me to let her stay three months longer, making six months In all, and promised that she would then get out. which 1 agreed to let her do provided , ,,, (iul gei ou( wlhoul row. , I told her frankly that 1 was not going to endorse anyone, man or woman, who bad ucted as she had done, and that I would prefer the charges , ; she forced me to do It. "it has also been made to uppagt ; that the charges were trumped up t suddenly, as a last resort, in order to save my political reputation with my j friends at home. This also is utterly j false. As u matter of fact I discussed . the matti r with a number of leading I republicans In Asheville, Henderson ; vllle, Greensboro. Winston and other j parts of the state, und In Washington, month berore tho charges were pr fcrred, telling them the facta and tell ing them that I would surely prefer the charges if Mrs. Heed forced rue to do so 1 had contemplated doing so tor a long time, though I hoped up to the last that he would have the good sense not to force It. Had she been a man Instead of a wo- an I would hgve preferred tho charges at once. "During the early part of the light thut baa been made against me on ac count of Mrs. Reed much was galgV' about her ability aa postmaster and the entire satisf to the patrons o was givlt . as thoui t,agBlrW' -nea.
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