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1 sstL ft til xt. r THE ASSOCIATED LAST EDITION. 4:00 P. M. PRESS DISPATCHES Weather Forecast: Fair; moderate lonipcrntiire VOL. XV 24. ASHEVILLE, N. C, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 8, 1910. 3c PER COPY BUblN SUFFERS, Nicaranua Inxurreatitm. Ts F.nJoJ' CARUSO. THE SINGER, AS RESULT OF Slv .E IN PHILADELPHIA, g HAVING RECEIVED BLACKHAND LETTERS, AS NEVER BEFORE Provisional Uenerals m Flight CAREFULLYGUARDED VHP AAHPHIIIP II 1H7PI I V WWWIK V- - t m --w w -w. - f w -w -w -w "w- -w -s i As Result the United Business Men's Association is Mak ing Effort to End Turmoil. DIVERGENT CLAIMS AS TO STRENGTH OF MOVEMENT Labor Leaders Insist, However, That 122,000 Men Are Out, While Police Put Number at 20,000. Philadelphia. March S. All Phila delphia hopes that the clty-wlde movement, begun yesterday by the United Huslncss Men s Association, to bring to a quick end the great labor ton diet that nas kept the "City of Brotherly love" in turmoil the past two weeks, will be successful. Busi ness lias suffered to an extent not known In years. There were no important develop ments in the strike situation tills af ternoon. No violence was reported. Only a normal number of policemen lire patrolling the streets. It Is re in. rled union men in some branches are not enthusiastic over the sympa-j tlietle walk-out. in view of the appar- ent gains the Transit company Is making over the strikers. Although three clays have passe 1 , Since the general strike order became j effective, it Is yet impossible to accur- j iiteh estimate the strength of the I movement. Divergent claims continue from both sides. Union men say 12r. 000 are cm strike, but the police au- I thorities. after a thorough canvass, I state again that only 20.000 are on I strike. The walkout covers a hundred ; and forty sepia re miles of territory, , am1 it is difficult to get a close estl- mate of the number of Idle workers. While many mills and other Indus- j trial establishments are badly crip- jll. or closed down because of the trolley strike, the Rapid Transit com pany Is meeting with Increased suc cess in operating its cars. Many cars are running without police protection, strike Is Condemned. The master builders met late yes terdiv and adopted resolutions con demning the sympathetic strike and discussed tentatively action against seine of the bodies of men who joined the general strike movement. Four thousand men and women yesterday attended the mass meeting of the strikers In Labor Lyceum, at Sixth and Brown streets, Pratt, Mahnn, Mur phy, Tracey and others of the strike leaders addressed the crowds. The citv administration was bitterly de-1 tiounced for its attitude In the present crisis and the speakers were espcclallv vehement in criticism of the emplov- ment of negro policemen. One of them declared: "Our rulers have put n club Into the black man's hand with which to club out the white man's brains." Wish All lo Quit. Resolutions calling upon every man, j woman and child In Philadelphia to j quit work were adopted with cheers. As the crowds were leaving the hall there was a grave outbreak of dis order. Several cars were stoned on Sixth street In front of the strikers' meet ing place. The police, of whom there were at least fifty within the radius of a scpiare, charged the crowd which was, however, so dense thnt it dis persed slowly. The bluecoats swung 'lair eluhs, felling several persons to the ground, three of whom were so badly beaten that they were taken to hospital. When the policemen fired their revolvers several times in the air. the people scattered In all directions. Six arrests were made. The board of directors of the I'nlted lliiiiiness Men's association appointed a committee of seven to call u conven tion of the banking, commercial and trade bodies, business associations and religious and fraternal organizations to take all Just and honorable means to effect a settlement of the street car strike in the proposed convention each organisation will be represented by three delegates. LIVERPOOL HAS AN EYE ON PATTEN Chicago Man's Arrival There Today Caused a Stir In Wheat and Cotton Circles. Liverpool, March 8. The arrival bere today of James A. Patten, the t'hlcago grain operator, caused OH "Iderable excitement In cotton circles, despite his declalmer of an Intention 10 deal in wheat or cotton, and his ex planation that he was In England only for a short holiday. Cables from America heralding Patten's visit hint ed of the possibility of his having de signs on the Liverpool market. The local dealers are watching his movements .closely. Mill a shooting 'Em. MslUt, Sudan. March 8. Col. Theo dore Roosevelt spoit t-i day shooting long the banks of the Itahn I Qhasal, a tributary of the White Nile Tbr IxgaUon Stoned. llogotao, Columbia. March I The American legation was atoned during street riot Isst evening Members of "It legation art safa. LITTLE PESTS; I GREAT TOLL1 Insects Eat a Tenth of Country's! Agricultural Products and rungi uonsume an Equal Amount. ENTOMOLOGIST SANDERSON MAKES THESE ESTIMATES He Presents Figures to House Com mittee on Agriculture, in Hear ing on Representative Lowden's Bill. Washington, March 8. tenth of the agricultural -That ui products tin- country are lot because ..I tin ravages of inserts and another one tenth from fungous diseases, was the startling estiamte glv committee on interstate n the house commerce to- day by E. V. Sanderson of the New Hampshire agricultural experiment station, and president of the national association of entomologist.-:. The committee was granting a hearing on the Lowden bill to pre vent the manufacture, sale or trans portation of misbranded Paris greens, lead arsenates and other Insecticides and fungicides. The bill Is designed to protect the interests of fruit growers. Among other speakers were J. . Hale, a fruit grower of Georgia and Connecticut, and K. W. Worshem, state entomolo gist of Georgia. loiter a hearing will be given to chemical and entomolog ical experts of the agricultural de partments. RIGHTS OF INDIVIDUALS STANDARD OIL DEFENSE Brief in Opposition to Government's Suit tor Disolution Is Filed. i Washington. Marc h x lard oil company today ! I'nlted States Supreme -The St. incl ined in the nut its brief -rnment's at vlolutlng the in opposition to the gov tempt to dissolve it, as Sherman anti-trust law. ' This comes as a prelude to oral ar j gument of the case Monday. The I keynote of the defense is the so called preservation of the rights of I Individual citizens of the United States. NATHAN GARTMELL BUSY WITH HISM TEAM Baseball Prospects Good at Chapel Hill A Son at Mr. and Mrs. Winston's. Correspondence of The Gazette-News. Chapel Hill. March I. Nathan 1-arlmell la busy with the University track team. About 50 men responded to his call and the prospects are bright for a line team. Cartmell says that hard work and carerul training with the material he has will develop n strong team. Dr. Uiwson Is hard at work with the baseball team and expects to be ready to take the scalp of many vic tims when the season opens. A tire at Central Hotel recently caused a great deal of excitement on the campus, and the loss of the trunk and some other belongings of H. 11. Htroup of Humoinoe. me origin oi Hid lire Is unknown. Voluntary contributions of the stu dents huvc raised 1600.00 for the support of Mr. E. E. Harnett, the present secretary of the Y. M. C. A. In Brazil next year. Mr. Barnctt la a man of strong character and has done, good work here. Dr. ' Pat" Winston Is all smiles since the advent of a boy at his house. Ceremonies Postponed. Washington, March 8. Ceremonies of eulogy of the late United Htates Senator Mcljturln of Mississippi, scheduled for next Sunday In the House, have been postponed until Sun day, April 1. Famous Chemist Is Head. Philadelphia, March I. Harry W. Wayne. Ph. D. the world-famed chemist, died today at Elklns Pnrk. aged St. GfiK ckamorkq Confirmation of Chamorros I Crushing Defeat Desertions Hourly Thinning Insur gent Ranks. SOURCE OF MADRIZ- HELP THE MYSTERY OF THE DAY Where Did He Get Money Enough Put His Army at a High Point of Effi ciency. to San Juan Del Sur. Nicuragui S. Telegrams received trot fields cotillrm the reports of . March i Ulue- reneral f'haniorro's crushing defeat at Tlsmu unci Tipitapa on February 22, Commander Shipley has advised Hear Admiral Kimball that the I0n- trada headouarters now admits that General Cliamorro's forocy were prac tically wiped out and that the broken remnants of bis nrmv have Joined the depleted forces of Generals Menu and , i Zcl 'don and are fleeing toward l!l 1 1 -fields. Till.-, is taken to Indic ate that the re volt is over Reneral Chamorro lost soft men at Tlsma and Tipitapa. and esc -iped himself by the merest chance, Desertions ure thinning the ranks of General Mena's forces hourly. Whole companies arc said to he dropping out and Joining the enemy as the dis heartened and crushed Insurgents flee through h" mountains. The provisional government now makes no secrel of the fact that its cause is loat. Except for the desper ate hope that the United States inav vet Interfere, (ietii ral Kstrada and his lieutenants have nothing now hi sus tain (hem, They have put forth n plan for the establishment of ,c new republic ulong the Atlantic const, but is the scheme rests on the proposal that the United States protect the borders of the new republic from In- vaslon h President Madrlx's troops there Is small enthusiasm. Where Did He Get Ihc Money? 1 Washington, March 8. What offi cials of the state department and Con tral Americ an diplomats would partlc- ularly like to know at this stage oft the Nlcaraguun trouble is where Dr Madrlz suddenly got the money to put his military organisation at Its high I t of efficiency. Less than two months ago lr. Madrlz was trying by every means to borrow, lie sounded the United States. Mexico, Central and South American countries, basing Ills chief hopi Mexico. Hut the United States government made It clear that It frowned on any financial assistance Mexico might wish to give. Consequently Mexico made no udvance at that 'time, despite the fac that Dr. Madrlz was Mexico's choice for president of Nicaragua, and Mexican financiers had Interest In see-1 lug that he remained in power. The financial problem seemed the chief bugubco of Dr. Madrizs admin istration until tha Insurgents were al most ut the gates of Managua. Then came a Hood of funds, officials and soldiers were well paid, money was advanced here and there and a suffi cient supply of ammunition procured lo continue the light for weeks If nec essary. It Is certain that Dr. Madrlz did not get any money from Salvador or Guatemala, because these are un friendly nations and have made a point cf keeping out of the fray. Dr. Madrlx might have relied on Costa Hlca or Honduras for money If either of these nations had had It. Hut Costa Itica Is in default of the Interest on her public debt, and Hondurus Is practically bankrupt and owes mon ths!', a hundred million dollars gold. Dr, Madrix must have borrowed a large mum to have equipped Ills army as he did. General l.ai.i who came 'from Honduras with five hundred men and helied the forces of Dr. Madrlx. must have been well supplied to equip his expedition. Money (lowed In freelj from some source. The question Is. Krom what source did It come? Prisoners Liberated. Managua, Nlcarugun, March 8. President Madri today liberated sev eral political prisoners. All Insurgent prisoners will be reelased soon. This move on the part of the government Is expected to conciliate the Drannds conservatives. - j iHA-RPSHOOTEHS COHRCSPONt-CNl PAJeAPIRrUWM.W.KIMW,L TAKENTO QSEWEGO Tne Body of FOWier Senator Piatt Is Laid to Rest ae Wood Will Claim Piatt Estate. New York. March S. The liocli o former Senator Thomas c. Platl was taken today lo Oswego, his birthplace, for interment. Word runic from the west today that .Mae C. Wood, indict ed for forgery In connection with suits against the former senator, to whom she declared she was wedded, pur posed laying claim to Piatt's estate as his widow. HIS CROP IN GRIDS LESS THAN LAST MARCH Quantity of Wheat and Corn on Hand Little Better Than Ten Years Average. Washington. .March x. Tin- quan- tlty of the l'JOit w heat crop in fanners' , hands .M..rch 1 was about i'S.'t per j cent., equivalent o 178.344, bush els, compared with 21. ( per cent. I ( 143.692.000 bushels) of the IH'i cro Ion hand Mar li 1, 1U. and '-':: i per cent. 1 1 i .uu inisneisi, ne ' average for the past ten years, accord- lug to the crop reporting board of the department of agriculture, j The quantity of -orn is estimated at I '17. per cent., equivalent to I.0S0.S65,- iiiiii bushels compared with :1s . per cent. ( 1.047, 7U.1. 000 busbelsi last year and :iff.l per cent, equivalent to :16:I. anil IIS.L' per cent . (Mi.3SS.000 bush els i the past ten years' average; that of oats us u'i.l per cent, equivalent to .lii'M.'iH.OOU buslols, compared lo 34.6 per cent. ( i'x.s 17,000 bushels i last year and IIH.l per cent. ( :i 1 0.76:1,000 bushels), the past ten years average. Market ItcllectM Itcport. Chicago, March 8. Wheal prices advanced 2 1-N to I 7-8 cents today on the Hurry created by the govern- ment report on showed consider amount of whec compared with Krom the low sold up to 113, from 103 3-8 to iarm reaerves, which ildo shortage In the I still on the farms eneral expectations, point of 110 1-8 May while Julv advanced IN ua. Hearing of ruumcnl postponed. Washington. March 8. Justice Wright of the District Supreme' court bar postponed until next Friday bear ing further argument In the man damus prooeedlngi brought to compel the Joint printing committee ol con gress to re-open bids for paper for public printing " - V WMBKatitaHAHHI I FOR BURIAL TODAY AGAINS Gompers Declines to Aid Prohibition Movement Chicago, March 8. Samuel Qom pers, president of the American Fed eration of Labor, haa declined an in vitation to speak for the local option THE DECISION IS T The Virginia-Carolina Chemical Wins in Case Filed With Com Co. merce Commission. Washington. March St. In a series of ccu-cs lil' ;hl I",',, re Ihc Inter state c 'oninoree commission by the Virginia-' '.'loliou Chemical company, against the Chicago, Itock Island and Pncifle railways, the St. Louis Iron .Mountain and Southern and St. Uolls and San Kraiu isco railroad, the coin misslion held th.tt rates of .he defend ant lines on fertilizer from .Memphis. Teiiu., to vari'dis points III other states went unreasonable- The commission nrdnrecl ctrtalii reasonable rates es tablished The o; mission proper r so Were r for the paralion etcinod b the c nil - determination of to i lie complainant. NOT CONSTITUTIONAL So Says Resolution Sisson Offers It Is Added That They Were Never Really Adopted. Washington, Mar fourteenth and mi. to the constitution States are null and h 8. Thai the t-nth amendments ol the United cad is the declur- atlon of a resolution introduced In the house by Representative Sisson of M Ississlppl. The resolution directs the attorney general of the United Stales to an li mit the questions to the Supreme court Were Never Adopted. Sisson i resolution recites that the Journals of the senate and house of the Thirty-ninth, fortieth and forty first congresses sho thai the two amendments, relating to the enfran chisement of the negro, were not adopted in the two houses by a two thirds vote, unci further, that three- loiirthe " the several states did not ratify them as required by the con stitution. EXPLOSION OF IOWIF.n BBMTtTN is TWO DEATHS The Explosion (MiiitciI hi Plant American Maize Products Com IMiny, an Indiana Concern. of Chicago, Mat e h 8. An explosion of dry powdaf in the plant of the Amer ican Maize Products compuny at Itoby. Intl.. probably killed two men. and Injured 28 others. The explosion in the wrecked building broke win dows In bouses live miles away. cause, explaining that the experience of most cities has shown prohibition to be a failure. He asserted that be was not In sympathy with the move ment. RAILROADS NOMINATIONS ARE REPORTED Judiciary Committee of the Sen ate Has Acted Favorably upon Logan Dockery Nominations. MAJOR ROLLIN S NOMINATION WAS CONFIRMED YESTERDAY President Thinks Better of Clifford. Shaw Whom He Has Designated a as Certain Kind of Traitor. Onzette-Ncws 1 lureu 11 Post Building. Washington, March senate yesterday afternoon e the nomination of Major W s as postmaster at Aahcville senate judiciary committee lirniei Itollii Tin W, has favorably reported the nominations of' W. Iv Loguu and Claudius Dockery as I nited States marshals for the western and eastern districts of North Caro lina, respectively, and they will be conliriued probably loduy. No oppo sition lias yet reached here to the j continuation of I:. J Luther's nomiiia- i tiou us postmaster at lllltmore, Clifford Shu. the Tar Heel who was deposed us law officer of the- for estry bureau with Giffoid Plllchol. will probably go on the witness stand j Thursday us a witness in the Bullln- 1 ger-Plnchot controversy. It la said that President Tuft has thought better of his action, and will instate Mr , Shaw prac tic ing attorne y in the interior department MAKING SETTLEMENT St. Paul Mining Company Making Set dement With Claimants on Basis of $1,800 in Each Case. Chicago. Marih 8. Willi laims of widows and other I I the Cherry mine disaster, nrtj j latives settled I iy payments ranging between eight and twelve hundred I'aol Mining compad to negotiations in oi tional cases to sett! Illns' widows at the dollars, the SI has entered In e hundred addl- with the vie -rate- of eighteen hundred dollars in each case. THE INITIATIVE IN DES MOINES II Is Invoked Malic by the People of street Car System. in Ihc lies Moines. March 8. For the first lime under the Dos Moines plan of commission government the initiative was invoked, and us a result a propo sition for the- municipal ownership of the- street ear system will be submit ted to voters at the city election. March 28. C.H OF MEN IS DYXAMITKl). llAllillOAO BRIDGE BURNED Conductor MoblH'd and Injured. Pistol Shots I c banned The Men Non Union Workmen. Corinth. N. V March 8. A carload of 100 hiimlri'd non-union men. who re coining here to take the place of strikers in the International Paper company mill, was dynamited en route, pistol shots were exchanged Conductor Hartholomew of the train was mobbed and Injured and a railroad bridge was burned. Tin: KKl.K.IOt S F,11 CATION Al, ASSOCIATION IN SESSION Nushville. March 8. The Hevenlh ge neral i con cation of the rellgbms educational association assembled to day with delegates front every part of the country. Aged Omaha Woman Head. Omaha, Manh Svnclna. aged one died last night. . Mra. Marx hundred and one, TIIE WEATHER. Forecast until 8 p. m., Wednesday, for Ashevllle und vicinity: Continued fnlr weather tonight and Wednesday, with moilerate temperature. Iii' Fields I-ss Kxtciialve. Oetrolt, March 8. Reports to th weather bureau Indicate lss extensive ice new around the lakes than last year. Having Received Many Threat ening Letters He Remained Barred Today in His Apartments. THE LETTERS DEMAND OF THE SINGER $15,000 Two Arrests Were Made Last Week but the Blackhand Messages Con tinue to Arrive, It Is Said. Nuw York. March 8. More earcful I ly guarded than was President Taft on his recent visit here, Enrich Ca ruso, the tenor, who recently received j black hand letters demanding $1G, 000, remained barred in his opart ! ments today. The singer is said to have- received additional letters, threatening his life. i Two men were arrested last week on the charge of sending black hand j letters to Caruso, but the letters con tinue to come, and he is much dis- lurbed. The fear Is that friends of ! Hie men arrested may attempt to do him sonic bodily harm. 11 So Senator Bankhead of Alabama Re fers to Hydro-Electric Power Development. Washington. March 8. "The devel opment of water power is infant in dustry and needs protection,'' declar ed United Sliiteu Senator I lank head I c,r Aliclu.mii in .i soc cc b do1lvvr..il in i .i. senate todav. Urging the promulgation of a defi nite policy for power development, Senator llankhcud suggested the es I lalillslimenl of a govcrnmcnl bureau as a paramount requirement in con motion with n law for the control of hydro-electric power e nterprises. Sen ator Itunkhead contended that con gress hud no colli red of the WUtOTS of mivlgablo rivers, exce pt for purposes of Interstate and foreign commerce; that Hie. state controls and Ik e ntitled lo the- unrestricted use of waters for all other purposes. Committee Tackles Hig .lob. The senate committee today began its Investigation Into the causes of the higher eost ecf the necessities of life. Senator Simmons of North Carolina was tha only one of the' democratic members present this morning, and took an active part in the cross-examination of witnesses. A committee represent the Karmers' Kdue-ational Co-operative union appeared before the bouse Im migration committee, voicing opposi- 1 lion Into this country. I hc postal savings bank bill, which passed the senate Saturday, reached j the huso today, and was referred to ' the committee on postollie c.s and posl- 1 roads. Posioffioc llill nwaea Hoiim-. Th postofflce bill, earning appro priations aggregating two hundred and forty-one- million dollars, or six million, three- hundred thousand more than that of the current year, passed the house' today. DR. HYDE WAS ARRAIGNED TODAY Charged with .Murder and lo Commit .Murder In Hwope Family, Nile lllpls the Kansas City. March 8. Or. B. C. Hyde, charged with murder and at tempts to commit murder as the re sult of the deaths and illness in the Bwope family, as arraigasa in tin- rlmiml out today on eleven indict ments. Ur. Hyde was released from the county jail today, after furnishing bond In the' sum of $100,000. P. C. KNOX. JR.. Is WEDDED. Sou of Si-e i'clnr of stule llus Married I . oi ion id Since Ulerk of Providence. R. I. Darlington. VI.. March 8. The mar riage of Philander C. Knox, son of the secretary of state, t.. Miss May Holer, a department store clerk of Provi dence, was confirmed today, by the filing of the marrlac? certlflacte. H Train Near Santa Crusu. los Angeles, March 8. James J. Jeffries will train for his nght with fuck Johnson at u resort In the moun tains near Santa Crusu. when a camp will l.e established April 1. m t Hogs Still Souring, as CssaaL t kt St Chicago. March 8. Live R st hogs advanced again todav. St tt several car loads selling at R St 110 20 per hundred-walght. 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