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Gazette New TBI! ASSOCIATED PEES3 DISPATCHES LAST EDITION 4:00 P. M. Weather Forecast: Possibly Light Frost. motto ,f... VOL. XV. NO. 80 ASHEVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 12, 1910. 3c PER COPY U.S.S. Florida Ready to Take the Waves; Starboard View from Aft. MONSTER FIGHTING EDGE o too- n seep i fit On Subject, "the World 'Move ment" the Ex-President Hands Out Some Advice to Our Modern Civilization. PERCEIVES SOME DANGER 1 OF A MAMMOTH SMASH Everyihino Is Geared to High Now That Something Dreadful May Happen, but He Still Hopes (or the Best Berlin, May I2- Theodore Rooae ttlt, former president of the United States, delivered his lecture today on "The World Movement" at the Uni versity of lierllii. and received from that Institution honorary the degree of doetoi philosophy. Emperor Wil liam honored the occasion with his presence. It was the first time his majesty had Braced a conferment Four hundred guests who held cards of admission were seated when Em peror William acompanying, Colonel Koosevelt entered the hall. As they tppenred the university choir .chanted "Hell Dir. im Siegerkranz" (Hail to thee in eonquerer's wreath), the Prussian nutionul hymn, to the strains of "America." Col. Roosevelt spoke as follows: "The play o' lew forces Is as evi dent in the moral and spiritual world u in the world of the mind and the body. Forces for good and forces for evil are everywhere evident, each act ing with a hundred or a thousand fold the intensity with which It anted : In former ages. Over the whole earth the swing of the pendulum grows more and more rapid, and mainspring colli and spreads at a rate constantly quickening, the whole world move ment Is of constantly accelerating ve- - "In this movement (here are signs t much that bodes 111. The machin ery Is to highly geared, the tension and (train are to great, the effort and the output have alike so increased, that there it cause to dread the ruin that would come from" any great ac cident from any breakdown, and also the ruin that may come from the mere wearing out of the machine -itself. ' The only previous civilization with which our modern civilization can be in any way compared, la that period of Graeco-Roman civilization extending, say, from the Athens of Themlstoclei to the Rome of Marcus Aurellus. Many of the forces and ten dencies which were then at work are at work now. Knowledge,' luxury, and refinement, wide material con quests, territorial administration on a vast scale, an increase In the mas tery of mechanical appliances and In civilization as they marked the won derful clvllllzatlon that flourished In the Mediterranean landa twenty cen turlet g0; and they preceded the downfall of the older civilization. Yet the differences are many, and some of them are quite as striking as the sim ilarity The single fact that the old civilization was based upon slavery nows the chasm that seDaratea the two. Let me point out one further ra very significant difference In the development of the two civilizations, a difference so obvious that tt Is aston hlng that it has not been dwelt upon men of left losing the "Fighting Edge." One of the prime dangers of civ ilization has alwava tuun l. l.iul.iuu )?J C4ue the loss of the vlril fighting "nues, or the fighting edge. When men get too rnmrM.ki. -- ..... luxurious lives there is always danger ' the softness eat like an acid Into tnelr manliness nf au. .m.. v. -v. nn. because of the very conditions of , is forced to keep and devel. P certain hardy qualities which the of civilization tends to lose, whether he be eUrlr frim t..ni ""chant, or even a certain type of iI!!!er,' Now 1 wl hot assert that Zr clvl"xl oclety these ten Kit u wiiuiiy uTBrcuma; . hM bMn much more sue -lui enort to overcome them than " ' " m the early civilizations. , - reun iu us loony I ?. !. l th wav of the older . ..MuonsT The Immense" Increase " r of civilised activity today. ih. - . ' ne8rl5, coterminous with jn world's turfar- th. i i lu?!, . th muHltudlnous variety of h. V'Ve,i th 'wnense Increase in 'he velocity of the world movement en..!! Sf ,0 mean merely that the anV. 1 " th more complete th. 1 rrlWe that th wl eM.Mtlve: but ' tWa we can be a ,,hat w ,h" BO o n in end d""-e and earn our .... Thfrs Is no necessity foe In nurLr CMI hew u our destiny for th. " onlJr w nv "It and "urKe and the honesty. inclined to Be Ontlmktlc. eh it.T"lalIy' 1 fl0 not lle our u ?" wl" ' that on sot J W" hav rown "' n th. ? thtn" ht on the whole ev. tl no,a' moT tor us than Is th. or'am ' oloen glory l"Jh;, 'u,u;? wl" not fom. true un h,,!1.' h'art ana of hand, hem Z ""."""hty eeds ws mak. to d,vm tru- We cannot afford r,.M y onn of nuiililies. """,uf "n Taur Tl.ree. HE DATED IT UP, W GKERSHAM SAYS Admiti Summary of Glavit Chargei He Made Was Prepared After Date Which It Bore. Washington, May 12. Attorney Oeneral Wlckershnm has admitted that his summary of the Olavis charges, prepared for the president. on which the latter was supposed to have based his letter exonerating Secretary Balllnger and dismissing Olavis, was prepared after the date which It bore. Secretary Balllnger, testifying be fore the congressional committee to day read a letter dated May 10. from Mr. Wickersham, in which the latter states: "This summary necessary was made up afterward and properly bore the date upon which matter It contained was considered by the president." DRIVEN OUT, HE SAYS Charges of Short Weight, the Existence of a "Ring," Made by Witness, . an Ex-Grocer. Washington, May 12. Short weight In packages of fruit, control by whole sale grocers' assoclihlons over ordi nary dealers and manufacturers ana the existence of a "ring" backing wholesalers organizations are some of the things alleged before the house committee today by Hlnton a. Cla- baugh of Birmingham, Ala. Mr. Clahaugh, testifying In advo cacy of the bill to require weight la beling of canned goods, said he was driven out of business as a wholesale grocer because he refused to be dic tated to by the Southern Wholesale Grocers association. Resolution Calls Upon Church to Di vorce Itself from Graded System of Lessons. Baltimore, May 12. A sensation was created at the Southern Huptlst annual convention today by a resolu tlon calllns upon the Baptist church In the South to divorce Itself from the graded system of Sunday school les sons, promulgated by the Interdenom inational Sunday Bchool Association of the World two years ago. Following a plea tor completion of the 1100,000 endowment fund of the Southern Baptist theologica.' seminary at Louisville, Ky., 1480,000 Of which sum has been raised, approximately 126,000 was subscribed todaj . , ; Mr WIIHam Hucainn Dead. London. Mny 12. Sir William Hug- Kins, the astrnnomor, died today, aged M. . rkHnTr .... if " MORE LAY IS FAVORED BY COMMITTEE Concurrence Reported in Memorial Asking for a Lay Mem ber from Each Charge Report Goes to Calendar " Passages tit Arms Over Sunday School litatters.' Consideration of the report of the Sunday school committee, which was begun yesterday, was again taken up at today's session of the General con ference of the Methodist Eulsconnl church. South, and Occupied most of the morning session. The crowd in the Auditorium this morning was greater than at any buolness session before, showing that numbers of min isters and others interested In church work are coming Into the city dally. The molt Important committee report, perhaps, received this morning was that concurring In a memorial ask ing that the lay representation In the annual conference be Increased to in clude one lay delegate from each pas toral charge, thus securing equal lay and clerical representation. The re port went to the calendar. The pres ent basis of representation Is four olerical representatives from each pre siding elder's district - During the consideration of the re port of the Sunday school committee there were several passages at arms. as the board of education, led by Dr. J. D. Hammond and Dr. R. O. Water house, objected to the attempts of the Sunday school committee to elim inate the board of education from Its share of ten per cent of the funds de rived from Children's day collections. Dr. Chappell, chairman of the Sun day school committee, defended the report and wanted It adopted ast there is. he said, great need of more money for Sunday school work, as well as early completion of the $50,000 en dowment fund for a chair of reli gious pedagogy at Vanderbllt Univer sity. The discipline provides that ten per cent, of the Children's day fund should go to the Sunday school board and a like sum to the board.of educa tion, but the provision as finally adopted, after various amendments had been voted down, provides for 30 per cent, to go to the Sunday school board, and the rest to be retained by th r.unual conference board. A memorial regarding the adminis tration of the Lord's supper onuc every three months Instead of once a month met with non-concurrence In the committee on revlsata. An effort to substitute the words "Church of Ood" Instead of "Holy Catholic Church" in the creed met with an unfavorable report from the same committee and It Is said the confer ence wlt sustain this. By reslng vote It adopted the report of the com mittee on temperance, endorsing the Miller-Curtis bill pending In congress, prohibiting shipments of liquor Into prohibition territory. The elgthth days' ' session of the general conference Was opened with devotional exercises led by John R. Pepper, a lay delegate of Memphis. The song, "Como, Thou Fount of Every Blessing" was sung. The Scripture reading was from Lamenta tions. This was followed by prayer. The other son was, "Nearer, My Qod, to Thee." The reading of the min utes was taken up and the minutes were approved. Bishop Wilson took' the chair and presided at today's session. To Annotate) Disciplines. A favorable report was made upon the memorial from the Baltimore conference, asking that a special com mittee of three be appointed to anno- tate the Discipline before another volume Is published. The commlUee on Epworth leagues reported unfavorably upon a memo rial from the ilolstun conference auk- REPRESENTATION lug for some basis of union of the young people's work of the Epworth league, Woman's Foreign Mission so ciety and Home Mission society. The committee on fraternal corres pondence asked that Friday at 11 a. m. be set us the time for hearing the fraternal representative of the Japan Methodist church. Another report made today, Just after the call for reports wni completed, the time for recelying the fraternal greeting of the delegate .of the African Methodist Episcopal Zlon church. The commit tee also tot Frldaj'. May 20, at 8 p m., as the time for receiving the fra ternal address of the Methodist Epis copal church. Colored Delegate's Address. Rev. G. C. Clement D. D., the fra ternal delegate of the African Metho dist Episcopal church was introduced and read his address. He congratulated the church upon Its mission work and the success that had met its efforts. He congratulated the church upon Its attitude toward his race. In tracing the history of the A. M. E. church, he said it was organized In New York city in 1796, with three preachers, but owing to the few negroes in the north and east Its growth was slow until 1864. The church now has 26 annual confer ences, with 2500 traveling preachers and over 500,000 members, with 323, 000 Sunday school scholars. Livingstone college, at Salisbury, In charge of Ihe church, has about 300 students and property valued at $260. 000, with many other smaller colleges, having a sum total of 1S00 students. He stated the church was carrying on missionary work In Africa, made possible by funds raised by the churches and missionary societies. "If there had been no negro Meth odist church, It Is sate to say there would have been no negro bishops, educators and religious leaders," he said. He declared the way to reach the ne- itro children la through negro preach ers and teachers. He objected to the theory that money should be given only to those schools which were more prosperous. The real Improvement In the negro race can come only after christianize Hon, he declared. The negro of the sunny southland It best fitted for the work of evangelization of Africa. The redemption of Africa at the hands of the negro race of America, he de clared, is the tribute ,, which he be lieved Christ would n ulre. He declared that his church stood for the union of all the negro Meth odist churches. His church stood squarely with the Methodist rhurches In the fight against whiskey and "blind tigers." Regarding the "race question" he cited the Golden rule as the rule to guide both races. He also wstnted the white MethodlU ministers - and the negro Methodist- ministers to get closer together In their Work. He appealed to the white people who own negro tenement houses to construct better houses for the negro. He at tributed the large death ate of the negro race In the cities to unsanitary tenements. There wts loud applause as he took hi seat ,i Ishos- BHendrlx in responding as sured him that no fraternal messen gers were more thoughtfully listened to than those who eoma from the ne gro rwres. "It It .a I moat a m(rac!! Co.itlnurd on I'age Four. CUT OFF BY EXPLOSION in mm DEPTHS Of 136 Men Four Are Rescued Grave Fear for the Safety of the Others, on Account of Fumes, Manchester, England, May 12. An explosion In the Wellington coal mine at White Haven during lust night cut otT the exit from 136 miners working below the surface. Rescu ing parties succeeded In saving four men working at the bottom of the shaft, but were prevented by gas from penetrating to the point where the body of the men are Imprisoned. The gravest anxiety exists over the safety of the entombed men. The spot where the 85 hewers and 50-odd lay representatives from each pre Ing at the time of the explosion Is three miles from the shaft exit. Dan gerous fumes All the workings. Pennsylvania Train No. 307 Jumps the Track Near Alliance, 0., and Three Coaches Roll into Ditch. Cleveland, May 12. Pennsylvania passenger train No. J07, leaving Pitta burg at 5:30 this morn'ng and due In Cleveland at 11 o'clock, has Jumped the track 15 miles south or Alliance, some of the coaches rolling down a 20-foot embankment. Many are reported injured. The baggage car and two coaches are In the ditch; A special train is rushing to the scene. DE CASE'S FINAL CHAPTER A Grand Jury Ignores Indictment Against Ferdinand Cohen, the Hotel Waiter. Philadelphia, May 12. -The lost echo of a sensational escapade was heard this afternoon when the grand Jury ignored an indictment charging Ferdinand Cohen, a hotel waiter with kidnapping Roberta DeJanon, the 11 years old heiress. It Is understood the grand Jury's action was agreeable to counsel for Robert Bulst the millionaire grand father of tne girl. Foatmaater at Durham. Washington, May 12. Jesse A, Ollles was to day nominated by the president to be postmaster at Dur ham. - " . STEAMER TRAGEDY MISSISSIPPI City of Sattillo Strikes a Rock and Goes Down Thirteen Lives Are Probably Lost. St. Louis, May 12. Two women passengers were drowned and 11 per sons are missing and are believed to have lost their lives in the Mississip pi river, when the steamer City of Sultillo struck a rock, foundering in reach of shore, at Glen Park, 24 miles south of st Louis, last night The dead are: MISS ANNA RHEA and MRS. ISAAC RHEA, both of Nashville. Captain Crane after checking up the passenger list, said it was almost certain those missing are dead. The boat carried 27 passengers, mostly women and children, and a creW of 30. When the vessel struck the rock, sinking In 20 feet of water, the great est confusion prevailed. At the time of the accident the steamer was en route to Waterloo, Ala-. . PAYNE IN DEFENSE OF HIS TARIFF DILL He Declares Campaign Pledge to Re vise Tariff Downward Is Fulfilled. Washington, May, 12. Sereno E. Payne, author of the tariff law which bears his name, entered into a vigor ous defense of that measure In the house today, declaring the republican party's pledge to revise the tariff townward had been fulfilled. About 1 1.635,000 is involved in the claim of William Cramp ft Sons, the shipbuilding company, against the government for construction of the battleship Indiana, an adverse report on which has been made by the house committee on claims. - The senate today passed the omni bus lighthouse bill making provision for aids to. navigation on practically every coast of the United States, It carries Items aggregating about $2,- 500,000. I THE WEATHER, For Asheville and vicinity: Clear ing weather late this afternoon, fol lowed by fair and colder tonight, with possibly light frost: Friday, fair.. For North Carolina: Fair In west, showers In east portion this afternoon or tonight; cooler, light frost to night in extreme west portion; Friday fair; colder near the coast. Moderate northwest winds. Shipper's forecast: Shipments north and northwest should be protected against temperatures nt-ttr is degree. The PreeidMit Accepts. Washington, May II.- President Taft has accepted an Invitation to attend the annual convention of the Atlantic Deeper Waterways associa tion at Providence, R. I., September 2. IN THE OCEAN The Florida, Biggest of American Dreadnaughts, Glides Down the Ways Lightly as a Lifeboat. r" HER CHRISTENING PARTY UNUSUALLY SUCCESSFUL The Most Successful Launching Ever Held in Brooklyn Yard The Ves sel Is Now About 60 per Cent. Completed. New York, May 12. Flying the white starred "emblem of the United States navy at her stem, the stars and stripes at her stern, and a string of gay Hlgnul pt-nnitnts along the 620 feet of her deck line, the battleship Florida, the biggest of American 'Dreadnaughts," was successfully I unoied ut the tirooklyn navy yard today in the presence of the vice president of the United States, secre tary of the navy, naval attaches of all the powers, and a crowd or 60,000 enthusiasts whom lowering skies and intermittent rains failed to keep a wa y. The battleship glided down the ways to the strains of "The Star Spangled Uanner," while the crowds cheered and hundreds of river craft tooted a noisy welcome, her lesser sinters, the Rhode Island, Nebraska. Connecticut, Yankton and Hancock dipped their colors and tired a salute of 21 guns us the monster lighting machine reached the water. Preceding the arrival of the dis tinguished guests, the army of work men had wedged up the big battle ship and removed the sldeshores and cribbing amidships. As soon as the tide wus favorable the word was given to remove the 120 keel blocks, and Naval Constructor Baxter took up his station at the stern of the Florida on the starboard aide. The christening party, headed by Miss Elizabeth Fleming daughter of the former governor of Florida, and sponsor for he giant battleship and comprising Governor Gilchrist and Senators Taliaferro and Fletcher of Florida, took up their position In the special platform near the nose of the big hip, and Miss Fleming and her 11 ' girl attendants, six representing Flor ida and live the navy, moved up ex pectantly to the rail. Miss Fleming seized the be-ribbon- ed bottle and awaited the crucial mo ment. There was an omnlous creuk- ng and sliding and the permanent ways drew apart and Miss Fleming sent the champagne bottle crashing against the ship's side. ' The Florida hesitated a moment. then slowly and ponderously gilded down the ways with the voice of Miss Fleming clearly and proudly calling out, "Go, brave ship; I christen thee Florida." The launching was the most successful held In the New York navy yard. The gigantic battleship slid down the ways with the lightness of it lifeboat. Later on when the Arkansas and Wyoming, now under con struction, are afloat they will ex ceed the Florida In size by three thousand tons, a difference sufficient to make a pretty good little liner in Itself. The Florida herself Is by no means finished, for as she went off the ways today she was only about 60 per cent, advanced towards com pletion, which means that she was not much more than a vast empty hull and still awaits all of the thou sand boilers and main and secondary engines and armor and equipment that go to make up the ship ready for commission. Probably there Is not a battleship afloat that could tackle the Florida on even terms. When the commander's flag flies from the ungraceful but for midable skeleton masts which will be placed upon her, that Is, provided the naval designers do not change their minds, as to the utility of this novel, feature of marine architecture within the next IS months, by which time the Florida should be in commission. Rul It in Government Yard. , The ship Is the first of any real Im portance to be constructed in a gov ernment navy yard for a number of . years and naturally her performance will be watched with keen interest by the private shipbuilders, who are now building her sister-ship, the Utah, In Camden, N. J. As a matter of fact the North Dakota, built by the Fore River Ship Building company, and the Delaware, constructed at Newport News, with the Florida and Utah, will make what la described as a unit In naval parlance, meaning that these vessels are practically of the same type and may be expected to operate together In naval warfare. . The North Dakota and the Delaware are nearly 2000 tons smaller than the other two vessels, though the armament Is prac tically the same and the smaller ves sels Indeed are rated at about a quar ter of a knot faster. . Her Size. The Florida is 621 feet sis Inches long, nearly as long as a city block: her beam Is 88 feet SH inches; she draws 28 feet of water add dis places 21,826 tons In light order, while when fully loaded, with her supplies and ammunition' she will measure up to 28,038 tons. Her esti mated speed Is 20 knots per Lour, which would have been regarded a few yenn; ngo ns the topnotih for swift uiiflrrnoreil cruiser. Pile will (CoiituiU' i oi. l . 2) ''..: ! V- i , " i- -. fif s .;-.' V V 1 f r ' m y -. . ' ft i ii'iJ -' i 2
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