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Sire As WU (feette Seroj. LAST EDITION. 4:00 P. M. Weather Forecast: Fair anil Wanner. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS . DISPATCHES 3c PER COPT VOL. XV. NO. 22. ASHEVILLE, N. O, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 5, 1910. HE SOUGHT FOR BEVERIDGE r rt Indiana ''-n Wrote President in Bena.'?' , " oririnp and Got PraijJL c,. Aldrich. "s' NOT MAKING TROUBLE FOR MR. BEVERIDGE But President Man Thinks Indiana Man Should Have Stood by Aldrich and Cannon in Tariff Matter. Indianapolis, March 5. Lucius B. Swift, who received a letter from president Taft, refused ami in to give out any part of It for publication, but discussion of the subject has brought out the fact that the letter of Mr. Swift, to which the president's was a it ply, was dictated by a desire to help Senator Beverldge and by the belief that the reiterated utterances of the president in praise of the Payne-Ald-rich tariff bill Is making It harder for the senator In his campaign for re election. These friends are conversant with a part only of President Taft's letter, but they say that Swift failed signally In his object, and Instead of welting sympathy for the insurgent in use he got praise for the men who stood pat in the house and senate. Not Making Trouble The president is said -ti have dis claimed any Intent of making trouble for Senator Beverldge, but there was ii very clear intimation in his letter that Beverldge ought to have sup ported the bill. He is said to have referred in complimentary termB to the Indiana senator, and then to have spoken of those who supported the measure In the highest terms of ap proval, and in this connection referred to Speaker Cannon and Senator Ald rieh and said It could only be through unity on party measures that the re imWlnins could hope to control the next congress. It Is denied that the president inti mated that the party might And itself In a minority In the next national house of representatives. His refer ences to party defeat were general and predicated on differences over party measures, but he did not say, It is averred, tha,t there was any dan ger of losing congress this year. Mr. Swift would be willing to give out the letter if he had the president's permission, but he will not ask it, and it the letter appears In print it must i"' at the Instance of the president himself. Ill BANKS DOING BUSINESS IK N. G. An Increase During the Year of 1 1 Total Resources of $57. 383,689. liulelgh.-JMarch 6. That ili-T are Wanks ' doing business under the supervision of the North Carolina corporation commission, having $57, 383,6811 aggregate resources, com pared with 311 banks a year ago, with 148,954,015 aggregate resources, Is a showing In the summary of condition of banks at the close of business Jan uary 31, Issued by the corporation commission. Borne notable Items present status of the banks. Aggre- Kflte capitals, 17.863,527: surplus. 1 .927.527 ; undivided profits, 1682. 339; time certificates of deposit, $, 2113,887; deposits subject to checks. 2,809,063; demand certificates of deposit, $2,8,5; savings deposits. 15.710.640. Hill Xot Volunteer to Interfere. Washington, March I. State de partment officials Intimate that It Is Improbable the United States will In tervene in Nicaragua affairs, or offer to mediate between the two contend ing factions without request from both parties. Sumatra Tobacco Co. Have Effected a Merger Pensacola, Ela.. March S. A merg er ef nit the Sumatra tobacco compa nies in Florida has been effected, ac- or, iing to Information received from Formal Demand Is Made For Increase in Wages DYNAMITE THREATS SENT CDICRESSHEN They Are Warned by Letters from Chicago to "Get Busy for the People." Washington, March 5. Several anonymouF commun ications, postmarked Chicago, touahlng upon the high cost of living, charging congress with responsibility and threat ening the lives of congress men, were' received at the capitol yesterday. "Dynamite will be your portion if you do not get busy for the people," some of the letters say. 48 Bodies Recovered It Will He a Mouth Before All Can Be Taken rrom Under Snow at Wel lington, Wa-.li. Wellington, Wash., March 5. All bodies of the victims of the Wellington disaster will not be recovered for a month, according to Superin tendent O'Neill. Great tree trunks carried down by the snow are entangled with the wreckage of cars and other equipment. This makes dif ficult the recovery or bodies. Danger of a second slide Is imminent. Thus far only 48 bodies have been recover ed. There still remain 33 bodies of passengers, railroad men, and an unascertained number of laborers, to be found. WATER LINES ARE Under Amendment to the New Bill They Are Forbidden to Have Hold ings in Competing Corporations. Washington, March 5. Water transportation lines are brought un der the inhibition against corporations acquiring interests in capital stock, or the purchase or lease of competing corporations, under an amendment to the administration bill, agreed to by the house interstate commerce com mittee today. Cummins Amendment. The Cummins amendment to the postal savings bank lIHv eonllnlng "To times of war," the investment of postal bank funds in government securities, was defeated in the senate by a vote of 18 ayes, to 40 noes. REPORTED COIL MERGER IS Eighty-Four Mines' Output, According to Report, Is to Be Controlled by One Concern. Cincinnati,, March b. Purtial cou lirmatlon of the reported merger of coal mines in the New River district of West Virginia, by which 84 mines, with an output of 8,000,000 tons will be controlled by a single agency at Washington, D. C, was obtained to day. , The Guggenheim Interest Is said to be backing the deal. Hi: s GBNKtlAUps" RECOGNIZED AH 1HSOOVEUEK OF THE I'OMC Ix-adlng Scientific Six idle- of Ten (.mernnicnls Accord to lYnry This Honor. Washington, March 5. Formal rec ognition of Robert K Peary as the dis coverer of the north pole has lieen given by leading scientific societies of 10 governments, according to ndvteea reaching the National Geographic so ciety. These embrace geographic societies at Washington, London. Paris, Home, Merlin. Antwerp. Ilrussels, Vienna. Dresden and OSMVSn Qulncy, the heart of the Sumatra to bacco Industry. Tne American mi matra Tobacco company formed a capital stock of seven millions to take over the absorbed pl&nts. UNDER INHIBITION An Acre of Tills is the corn that Balls grew. His prize county. On llic acre Held pictured above there lory of North Carolina farming. GENERAL SYMPATHETIC STRIKE IN FULL SWING IN PHILADELPHIA ILLE T Express Co. Will not Be Required to Open Uptown Office Postal Will Open Monday. Gazetti-News Bureau, Hotel Gates. Hendersonvllle, March i, The corporation commission has de cided In favor of the Southern Ex press company in reference to the de mand of the town for an up-town ex press office. The news was received in a message to the Hustler from Ral eigh. The commissioners, however, decided thut the Southern Railroad must Improve the surroundings at the depot. It is now reported that the grounds will be cemented In the near future. This will be a great Improve ment end convenience for the travel ing public. The home of W. If. Phillips was totally destroyed by tire yesterday morning about ;! o'clock, Mr. Phillips was In Ashevllle at the time. Tie a'tso or me lire nas not yci Deen ut - termlned but it Is thought by :,ome to have been incendiary. The building was owned by George Tjeverett. The Postal Telegraph company will open Its o. ee Monday morning t r buslners. D. J. Hill, the district fore man, has been In the town several weeks arranging the handsome ipiar- tera In the Hustler building. Miss Alma King of Winston-Salem, who .a to be managing operator, is in the town getting ready to take charge of her duties Monday. Lewis Hy dor. an insane man of this county, who escaped before from the State hospital twice. Is now In the county Jail after a lively chase given hint several days ago by the officers, before being captured. The authori ties here will usk the court to allow llyder to be placed In the criminal department of the State hospital, sj that he may be kept securely. STRODE BILL DEFEATED BY TOIEJf 26 TB 13 Dep.fi Knell of Virginia State Wide Movement for the Present, It Is Uaid. Richmond, Mrch 5. By a vote of IS to II, the Virginia senate yesterday defeated the Strode bill providing for a popular vote on the question of state-wide prohibition. It was understood to be the death knell of the state-wide prohibition movement so far as la concerned the present session of the general assem bly. THE WEATHER. HENDERSON ROUSE DES ROYED Corn That Yielded 226 2-3 acre yield lias Interested w ere about 1 1). (ino stalks, Mayor Issues Order Against P mates of Sf umber on Strike Run from 20,000 to 75,0085Kegro Policemen Sent to Protect Em- '" ployw Cause of First Disorder of the Day Only White Protectors Wanted. PHIbADKId'HIA,. March 5 The general sympathetic strike, the supreme effort of orgunlzed labor to win the light of the trolley men for recognition of their union, is now in full swing. When the end will come is problematical. The great majority of men in occu pations uffei ted by the general strike order had already stopped work when the order went into effect at midnight last night. Aside from i he tie-up of business the authorities tear the thronging of thousands of idle persons on the streets and eon sequent disorder. The great tin -ting of organized la bor called for this afternoon has been prohibited b Hie mayor's proclama tion. The bin strike has made thou sands apprehensive- of trouble, and they are not risking personal injury by riding on ihe cars. The Rapid Transit company has nearly 1000 cars in operation today, .but the ears ure not carrying many passengers. The nqmbci of men on strike can not be asccriattssA Labor leaders suv this will he known definitely to morrow or .Monday. Labor lead' is assert that by tonight thousands n employ, will lay down theli i Is and that Monday will find the . m practically tied up. The tie-up now appears less com plete than sai line labor leaders pre dicted. Work' is In unorganized in dustries in Philadelphia, far outnum ber union nuii The strike is confin ed largely to the textile Industrj and 1'iiilding. trades. The claim is made that 20, dun ' the textile Industry alone bne valued out. I 'nun -'0,000 to 73,000. Director id I'llbHo Safety "la Bays not more than L'0,000 walked out. The only claim tin strike leaders make is that T&.OOU u r kers are out. City officials say such meal plants as the liable, rn's, (.amp's. .Mid vale Weal Works. frill's Car Works, nnd other large industrial establishments are not crlpph'd. i . To Pi-cm ot Reel Suffering. These plants however, are open shop com 'in The committer ot ten Probably Fifty Killed By Another Snowslide Avalanche Descends on Body of Workmen Clearing Snow from Tracks of Canadian to Death in the Vancouver, snow slide this I. In a morulas i bete en Rog- ers Pass station elr, on the ky-nmun-aii the Courtesy or Southern Kleld. lite pimple of an entire continent. J. I . Halts' farm is at Garner, in Wake ami they produced 22 2-3 bushels. That Is the greatest yield in the Ids- roposed Mass Meeting Esti in charge of the strike has taken ac tion calculated to prevent real suf- lerlng to the general public. In strike benefits the men will re ceive from national and local organ izations about $7 a week. First Serious Disorder. The first serious disorder of the day occurred when half a dozen negro po licemen was sent to the traction pow er house to protect employes. The power house employes resented the presence of the negro officers, and made a concerted atUick upon them with monkey wrenches. The police retired In laid order. Em ployee telephoned police headquarters that only white policemen would l welcomed as protectors. National guard officials are keeping closely in touch, ready to respond to any call In the event of further dis order. I.ahor Is Encouraged. Bncouraged by messages of sympa thy a:"'' rs of assistance from la bur organizations In all parts of tin country, the union workers of many trades ceased work last night and in augurated what promises to lie one of the greatest sympathetic strikes ever witnessed in the history of or ganized labor. The committee of ten say at least 7E.000 organized workers as well as many unorganized sympa thizers of the street car men have al ready ceased work. Promptly at midnight union orches tras playing in the leading hotels and cafes picked up their Instruments and started lor their homes. Uniotl cab drivers and chauffeurs also abandoned their posts and the hotel and railroad cub and automobile service was badly crlpph'd. The committee of ten remained in session at their headituarters all last night receiving reports from the vari ous local unions. Rioting which began In the north eastern districts Is thought to be a forerunner of more serious trouble to morrow when thousands of Idle men (Continued on page 6) Pacific, Carrying Them Canyon Below. a rotary engine, when the larger slide came down, carrying them to their death In the canyon below. At lirst it was believed all the 100 men were killed, but later It was Bushels SHOOTING AFFAIR AT SCOTLAND NECK State Senator Travis. A. P. Kitchin and C. W. Dunn, Are Shot Down by E. E. Powell. Scotland Neck, N. C March a Conditions have quieted down today, after the high excitement following the shooting yesterday, on the main thoroughfare, of State Senator Travis, Assemblyman Kitchin, brot ' :t of 8ov. Kitchin. and Chief of Police Dunn, by E. E. Powell, a merchant. The in jured men are resting well. While It cannot be stated they will recover, the indications arc that their wounds will not result fatally. The escape of each irom death was remarkable, as they were shot at close range. Congress man Kitchin. also brother of the as semblyman, arrived today from Wash ington, and is at his brother's bedside. It is declared there existed no cause for the shooting. State Senator E. 1,. Travis and Rep n ft ntatlve A P. Kitchin, brother of Governor W. W. Kitchin and Con gressman Claude Kitchin of the Sec ond North Carolina district, and Dep uty Sheriff C. W. Dunn, all ot Halifax county, were shot down on the main street of the town yesterday afternoon by E. E. Powell, a wealthy and promi nent citizen. Details of the shooting arc meager According to the best Information obtainable Powell met Ids throe vit tlms walking along the street to- tiotlior. He approached tfenutor Trav is and asked him his reason for not replying to letter he bad writtun him. Representative Kitchin. think ing that Powell was out of humor. placed his hand gently on his should- r and uttered words Intended to placate him. Without further words Powell drew a pistol and shot Kitchin down and In quick succession fired on Travis and Dunn, both victims falling to the ground. Powell then walked to his store and securing a shotgun barrl caded himself, resisting arrest. No effort was made to arrest him and he surrendered to an officer and was tak en to the county tail at Hallfair The bullet which struck Kitchin ut close ratipr entered Ihe face helnw th eye and was later tnken out below the ear hy surgeons. The ball which laid Travis low knocked out several teeth and nnlit Mr Innrnr IIiiiih hit below the left shoulder blsde, tne bullet ranging upward. The nature of the letter nvnr n hi. i, the tragedy centers cannot be learned, as Powell refuses to talk Hoth TVuvIs and Kir. inn are among the moat prominent citizens of the slate and Powell is a wealthy property ewner. The shooting has astonished eastern North Carolina. Mr. Taft Accept. Washington. Mar rait has accepted at dress the Preebyterla h --President Invitation to ad- n General Aesenv ttay St. bly In Atlantlo ( TRANSYLVANIA IN FRONT RANK Brevard Business Men Have Subscribed Over $250 for Prizes in the County Corn Contest. MERCHANTS' ASS0CATI0N HEADS LIST, WITH $130 Sum Raised in a Few Days, and Much More May Be Added Be fore Canvass Closes. Uuzette-News Bureau, The Franklin. Brevard, March 6. Transylvania has suddenly leaped into the front runk among the coun ties In the corn growing movement. This county may soon take lirst placa in the amount of money offered for prizes. The Gaxctte-Ncwa has a large cir culation here. The Sylvan Valley News has called attention from time to time, to the importance of tho demonstration work, but there had been no sign of popular interest in all these weeks since The Gazette-News published the preliminary announce ments as to corn contests. But the I e a I'll wuu working. This became manifest a few days ago, i.nd within the past week business men of Brevard have created a subscription fund of $257. 5D to be offered for prizes. The canvass is not yet coin pleted, and no one knows what tho outcome will be. Indications are that a fund larger than thut ut present raised In any other western county will be subscribed. The magnificent, subscription of 130 came from (ins organization the Retail Merchants' association. The News says in Its lasnc or ye- torduy: "On Saturday March 12 there will a mass meeting of TranBylvanluj mers at Brevard court house. 'This meeting is called in the Inter est of the corn growing contest, and all matters relating thereto will be discussed, judges selected and rules adopted to govern contestants. It is hoped that all sections of the county will be represented, and that farmers all over the county will enter and strive for the prizes. Nobody In this county knows how much corn can bet grown on an acre of mountain land and they will never know unless tho land Is properly measured, properly tilled and properly fertilized. "We Inileve that every man who enters the contest will get big pay In Increased yield, for every hour of time and every dollar's worth of fer tilizer he puts on the acre, and tin lessons he will learn will be worth all it costs him. In order to make this effort a sue- there should be as ticny entries as possible. Every farmer should have an opportunity to watch an acre that is entered for a prize either his own acre or a neighbor's, as keepinif In touch with the growing crops wilt teach many valuable lessons. "Farmers, come out to the inasH meeting. Take an Interest In thlsj contest, as It Is for your benefit that It Is Inaugurated. You are the onesj that will profit by the contest, and you must make the rules to govern each contestant. Tou are the . . . I v ones that can win the prizes and un less you strive for them the contest will be of little value to any one." In one corner of Transylvania coun ty there is a state experimental i n nr. Some of the farmers have studied tho workings of this farm and have gain ed better knowledge In the cultivation of corn. Other farmers are reading closely the agricultural articles and are resolving to do some experimental work. Brevard merchants realize that tho advance of the farmer means thej prosperity of the community. PIMCHOT HAS CDICLUDED RECITAL jnESTIll, It Is Expected Secretary Ballinger Will Take the Stand This Af ternoon. Washington. March S. O I'inchot concluded hie teatlmon fore the congressional eomraltt Inquiry today, by stating anew he had practically no pel knowledge of matters of which h testified. The cross and re-direct em Hons of Mr. Pmrhot were brnui a close only after committee tiers had repeatedly cautioned sel on both sides against dl methods. The entire morning session found that many consumed by .Ions" do II Is expec ther-1 roads
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