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'iff M A f , THE ASSOCIATED PRESS .. ... .DISPATCHES LAST EDITION 4:00 P.M. Weather forecast: Partly Cloudy. ' mmm VOL. XV. NO. 103. ' ; ' ; ASHEVILLE, N. p., WEDNESDAY' AFTERNOON, JUNE 8, 1910. Ic PI1 COPY HI I :1V , They Were Slight, However, and the People Are Calmer, in Hope That the Worst V Is Over. NUMBER OF CASUALTIES NOT DEFINITELY KNOWN Some Reports Estimate the Dead at 50 and the Injured Several Hundred Relief ". Measures. .Wcllino, Ituly, Jun.U. King Vic tor Emanuel and Queen Helena spent today umld the desolation of Calltrl, ministering to their afflicted subjects. The town is In ruins. Following, the destructive earth shocks' yesterday, 8000 inhabitants bivouacked last night in the country districts. ;,' There, was much suffering. , '' " IvHtimutca of Loss of Life. ' Washington, June 8. Ambassador Lcishmun at Rome In a telegram to the sttue department reports that the eartflqualfe caused serious dam ace to ' property through southern Italy. The loss of life Is estimated at 20 to GO, with a large number of injured. Naples. June 8. During' last night a series of slight earth shocks were reeonled by lesmographs In southern Italy. Today people throughout the region that was severely shaken yes terday are palmer, in the, hope that the worst Is over. I . . ' , ' The number of casualties resulting from the eurthquake has not yet been definitely ascertained, some ot the re ports estimating the dead 'at SO and the injured at several hundred. It is , feared that there are many hurled In the ruins of the houses vhu;t) were thrown down tn Culltri, " timer pares -with doubtless a con siderable less of life. The govern ment has taken hold of the situation with promptitude and although the- earthquake occurred during the night it was not long before the military and civil authorities were hard at work rendering aid tp the injured, preparing places of shelter for the homeless and bending their energies t the r. -establishment of order. , Tin- king and Queen at the (Scene. Premier Luizattl received word- of the disaster at 5 o'clock In the morn lug, less than two hours after the'. oc- currence of the quake, and he at once i ommunlcated the news to the king. The latter dei Ided to leave immedl ntely fur the district. He Intended to mii alone, but Quqen Helena Insisted upon joining him. ' - 1 The king thought that this wan not necessary, as the situation at Avelllno was not to be compared with . that at Messina, Where their majesties rpent several days in- alleviating the distress of' the people. In reply to the king's protests. Queen Helena said: "As my presence Is necessary at all festivals, it must not lack where the people die and weep. . In the south Italians, suffer, therefore I must go, It is my place as a woman and mother." ' ' . A Terrible Cyclone. The king and queen were ehnerpd by the crowds at the station and they carefully Inspected the Ynedlcal and other supplies. ,. Misfortune seems to have chosen Italy as a target. While the south has been afflicted by an, earthquake lie vast region of Bardlnl, the largest bland In the Mediterranean after Sicily, was ravaged by a violent cy clone. The districts of Lanusl, Tor , toil, iibono; Ellnl and Jersua have been devasted and the crops, vine yards and cattle destroyed. It Is thought that many shepheYds have suffered the fats' of their fiocka.-JThe damage In Sardinia Is estimated at J2.U00.000. . WILL HAVE FAIR WAY.' (uvcriMir Rnwit . Anmires '. Ktate lo partmeint Arrexted lullan Bllners . . Will Be Treated' Itlglrf: Washington, June S. Strike riots among Italian laborers at Lookout coal mines, Durham, Ga.,were brought to the state department's attention by tne Italian ambassador here. Secretary Knox Immediately com municated with Governor Brown, who In his reply assured the department that the Italians under arrest would 1 given. every protection and fair treatment. Twenty-two Italians were taken In charge and turned over to tne civil authorities. ' ' Gen. Carter llaliere Gen. nib. Washington, June I. Major ' Oen erab William H. Carter today assumed the duties of acting chief of staff of me army, relieving Oeneral Tasker II. Wise, wp0 assumes command' of the department pacific. .. ' Amerkan Girl Weds VlM-nmit. ' . London. June 8. The msrrlage. of Viscount Maidstone and Mlse Mar Raretta Armatroni DrrxH, daughter of Anthony Trxel, the first of three an-rlo-Amerlcan weddings to take place In London this spring. Was celebrat ed t't nflertiiion ut Ht. Margaret's, Westminster, ' ',, , DURING Threat of Gen. Rivas Is Answered by Hines A Few Plain Words Nicaraguan Situation Becomes More berious Maariz Sends Assurances That Pittman Will Be Given Every Right. 11 in ' X' ' - toI hum -maJtaittiMiiilf MVJl.VIA'M P. t Washington, June! 8. -Dr.. XIadriz. hea&'of.-the de facto government of Nicaragua, will see, to it that William , I. Pittman, the American captured while aiding the Kstradu forces at Bluetieklj, get protection and every right to which he. is entitled. There will' be no: repetition 'of the' suinmary Justlce dealt by Oeheral Zelaya on the two Ahutrlcans!" tonard Groce 'and Uelloy Cannon. The Managua author ities reallxe they will be held strictly accountable for their treatment of tho American prisoner. This Is the net outcome of Secretary Knox's prompt action when it was re ported that Pittman had fallen cai tlve. The authorities at Managua have Informed the state department through the American consulate there tht a court martial has not been ordered or thought of. Following re ceipt of this message the state de partment Informed Edwin V. Pittman. of Cambridge, Mass., a relative of the American soldier of fortune, of its contents. Takes Hip Hull bj the HoriiH. UliieileldH, Nicaragua, June 8. "At the first hot lired against the Amer ican flag or an American vessel I will level the blufr." This Vus the reply made by Commander Harold K. GQOK HAS SUED FURY FOR $1010 DAMAGES Alleges That Sum Is Due lor Bear Skins and Other Polar Products, Berlin Paper Says. Berlin, June 8. According to the Lokal Anzclger, Dr. Frederick A. Cook, the arctic explorer, has Insti tuted suit In the Berlin courts aguinst Commander Robert K. Peary. The paper says Dr. Cook Seeks to recover 1 10,000 wnirn ne aneges 10 be due him for bear skins and other polar products. FLORIDA SENATE PRIMARY PROBABLY CHOSE BROWARD Taliaferro Loh( Heavily in the Cities Tlie Second Primary ' Returns, However, Are Not Complete. ' ' v " . Jacksonville. June 8. Early this morning returns from the second pri mary In the senatorial race were still incomplete. Former Governor Napo leon It. Brpwird's friends claim his election over United Btates Senator Jame p. Taliaferro, by 1500.' Taliaferro lost heavily In Jackson vllle, Tampa and Pensacola. Taliaferro's Friend Admit It. The friends of Senator Taliaferro this afternoon conceded that Gover nor Broward has won the election for senate by over 1500. With an counties heard from except parts of four strong Broward counties, the former governor's lead Is now over J060.' ' i t . Steamer Sunkt Navigation Mocked. Pittsburg, June 8. Crashing- Into the steamer Hover, the steamer Hen ry X-etiry sunk the Rover and blocked navigation on the Ohio river by pil ing 14,000 bushels of coal In the chan nel at half a mile from Neville Island today. - Fourteen men on the Rover n ircowly escaped death when the steamer turned upside down, ' 1 I P1TTMATT Hines. commanding the American gunboat Dubuque,, to a threat made by Oeneral Rivas of the Madrls force holding IJIueneldB Bluff to stop by force any vessel of whatever nation ality entering the harbor. General Rivas has practically delied the I'nited States, declaring that he will disregard the proclamation issued from Washington on May, ijl, to the effect that the United States govern ment. , will , deny , the fight of , either faction to 'selr-e Umeriean vessels . or properly without consent of and re compense to the owners. He has warned Commander Hines that he will prevent bx force, regard less of flag, any further vessels from entering the harbor. In response to this the American commander Imme diately sent to him the above message which would mean the annihilation ot the handful of Madrlz troops now re maining In this neighborhood. A critical situation has thus arisen which may Involve the United States but the American officers here are of the opinion that General Rivas will not attempt to make his threat good in an effort to collect customs duties. Thero aru constant rumors of threats against the life of Tlioinim H. Moffntt. the American consul here, and the whole situation at Hluetlelds, instead of qulcblng, has assumed u more seri ous aspect. BARKENTINE IS LOST, AIL THE CREW SAVED The Good News, Caught in Storm, so Badly Battered She Had to Be Abandoned. Beaufort', N. C., June 8. The bar- keiitiue Good .vews or t-nuuucipniu has been lost at seu. Captain Erik son and the crew of 12 men Were rescued and ure safe aboard the Brit ish steamer Metis, bound for Norfolk, which signaled this Information to Diamond Shoals lightship off Cape Hatteras at 8 o'clock this morning. The Good News left Philadelphia Slay 18 for Mobile and Ponce, P. U It Is thought the Good News was caught In a storm off the South Car Erikson and the crew had to abandon Brikaon and thee rew had to abandon the vessel as a derelict, and that she wetil down after swinging a leak. BOTH THE OLD FACTIONS BEATEN IN NORTH DAKOTA Independent Hopiihlleaii Claim Vic tory I Hit Itotli tlw Progressive , and Stalwart Men. Hloux City, 8. D.. June 8. Late re turns Indicate that George W. Egan independent republican candidate for governor, had won over Governor Vesey, the "progressive" candidate for renominating and 8. II. Elrod, the "stalwart" candidate. Kgan's supporters claim his elec tlon by 8000 to 8000. . . ' Gen. Bragg Very III. ' Fond dv Lac, Wis., Jtrne 8. Gen era! Edward 8. Bragg, the noted civil war soldier, Is critically 111 of genera debility, aged 84. 1 , Keluer Iiiqueat Begun. Iiuisvllle, Juno 8. Coroner Dugao today "begnn the lniicK Into 'the death of Alma Kelper. ' ' v BEER BUSINESS PT PROSPERS i i il l Ul LI Brewers, iri Annual Convention, Appear to Take Complacent View of Prohibition Movement. THEY ARE CREAT, PROMOTERS OF REAU TBUE TEMPERANCE Ku They Ar To4l by Reports of Their Officers and poiiinilllccs -A I'uling 'IVolrtriii. ! ' Washington, Juno S Predicting the time when ,. the brewer Willi be round working' with the real am practical" reformers In the I interest of ' true : temperance, Prcs-j Ident Curl J. Hostcr opened the fiftieth J convention of the United States Brew-1 era association here today. i President Hoster declared that far from apologising for being a brewer, ! he recognized In every one a logical j promoter of true temperance. He . predicted a speedy return to license j of those states : which had adopted; prohibition or local option. ! "The pendulum Is slowly but sure- ly swinging the" other way," declared j President Hoster',' 'and It Is becoming more clearly and generally recognlz- ed that the license system, which sim-j ply spells regulation, can be made to j bring ubout better' results than any thing else that has been tried. "The police . power of the state Is being carried to sucK lengths that our democratic government has assumed a character of benevolent paternal ism. The brewing Industry is simply one of the many concerns which has been Investigated, by the 1ury of pub lic opinion. On the whole the trend Is a wholesome one. 'From the sanitary standpoint the brewer leads. If. the beer pump were compared with the avernge soda foun tain it would be seen that the beer pump Is in a hygienic class by Itself. The beer business Is bound to In crease and develop year by year. The sales will undoubtedly reach 60,000, 000 barrels before our next conven tion and by the 92Q census I should not be surprised to see it at luu.uuu,- 000 barrels year, "The reaction bf-t the last year aguinst prohibition indicates that the American people have taken a second sober thought. While we hope that the worst stage of the distemper is past, we must continue our organized efforts to prevent such evils In the future and show our readiness to co operate with the real leaders of re publican government In the better ment of our business." ,, Beer and lYoldbttioii. While the prohibition . movement has ridden at high tide, the sale of beer has increased 00,000,000 and the sale of spirits has bounded upward 11,000,000 gallons. In these ninety million gallons of leer were nearly 4,000,000 gallons of pure alcohol. Kuch was the report of the board of trustees to the lulled States Brew ers' association In convention here today. The volume ot business of the year Just ended, the trustees believe will exceed 190s, wh(ch was the ban ner year for the brewing Industry in this country. ' A CoiispMt-jr. Tho pour prohibitionist IN up against a hopeless light on the natural law of ferniontation, the board of trustees believe. To quote the report: The whole vegetable world Is In n onsplrucy against the prohibitionist. The bees become intoxicated with the distillation of the honey suckle; the wasps grow'dlzzy In the drowsy clover patch and even the ants wobble In their wulk alter they have feasted upon tho over ripe fruit fallen from the tree, which has started u natural fermentation." And all the Increases In the volume of the brewing Industry have been made In the face of the fact that 41! 000.000 Inhabitants Of the United SUt are said to live In dry territory In these gains the brewers see signs of hopo that the prohibition movement has touched Us highest spot and is now on the wane. One cannot study the drunk ques tlon without being puxzled by its par. adoxes." says the report "It Is an un questioned fact that the people of the United States are steadily becoming more temperate and yet the consump tion of alcohol Increases Just as steou iw as the arowth of temperance, rsot onlv Is the volume of the sale of alco hollc beverages becoming larger but the ner caulta consumption Is In creasing. What does this mean 7 Does it not Indicate that while such beverages are coming into more common use the people are learning to use them more Intelligently! The old Ide that total abstinence Is the only road to safety la being replaced by the new idea ot moderation both 'lit eating and In drinking, by that or self control. VlgilaniT CoflUiattee Reports. The vigilance committee of the United States Brewers association, In .annual convention here, believes .that the vear - lust ended marked the height and the beginning of the re cession of the wave of prohibition and so reported today, In Alabama's repudiation of a pro- hibltlon amendment to the state's con stitution the brewers see great hope of the license principle being applied in territories now totally drr and the committee views with satisfaction the districts which hive swung out of the dry column. A resume of conditions through the states, presented to the convention by the committee, rharges N ;e(Tcet that (Continued on yage 4 S ome Central Figures In Republican Strife ufrWlbr . fSV senator. sumator: h J1 REPRSBKTATtVE EDITORS PROPOSE il MONUMENTTQNYE REPRBSEWTATTVTt CHARLE9 E TOVYUSEND IS Members of American Medical Associ ation Favor Abolition of Of fice of Coroner. St. I nils, June X. Interest among the delegates to I lie American Medi cal association this morning was cen tered In the proposition presented urging the abolishment of the ohVe of coroner. A resolution was offered to favor I he passage of Htate laws giving the medical functions of the coroners ornets into the Hands or hiedical examiner, anil the Judicial functions into the hands of the prose cuting uttorney. IOWA PRIMARY RETURNS- ARE NOT YET COMPLETED 4 Indication,! Arc That Carroll (Rep.) ami I'orler (Iem.) Have Itecii Nominated For Governor. Des Moines, June 8. While the re turns from yesterday's primaries are still incomplete, the nomination or Carroll (rep.) and Porter (dem.) for governor seems certain. Eight progressives and three stand patters were nominated for congress. To Fly from llerlin to Vnna. Berlin, June 8. Count Zeppelin's voyage to Vienna on lioard the Zep pelin V. for a special visit to Emperor Francis Joseph Is fixed to begin to morrow night. lie win return y way of ltreslau, I'bemnltr. and Nurem- hitrg, the total distance being about 1500 miles. MED GAL EXAMINER ow PROPOSED ' President Refuses to Remove Washington, Juno 8. The . , 1 it 1 I i. . . ...I 4 liresiueiu nas naiiy rcmswi.tu accede to the demand from Seattle, Washington, citizens, Louisiana Member Would ' Suppress Raton Rouge, La., June S Repre- senutlve Derouen has given notice of . bill In the lower house for the 'Absolute suppression' of brldg whist." "I am Introducing this meas ure," declared Derouen, "for the the Movement for Fitting Memorial Launch ed at the Press Convention Today. WrightHt ille Heacb. June 8. One of the features of the opening session of tho annual convention of the North Carolina Press association, which con vened ut the Hotel Tarrymoore this morning, was the launching of a movement to erect a substantial mem orial to tho lute "Bill" Nye, the hu morist, whoae death occurred at his home In this state In 1K96. and whose unmarked grave, In Henderson county. Is the mfecu for many tourists. The movement, which was Introduced In the course of an essay on Journalistic problems by R. W. Vincent of the Charlotte Ohs(rvcr, was eloquently secoinled b .Tunics II. Caine, of the Asheville Citizen In an cnthunlusthr epeech. Mr. Vincent' Adilves. In proposing the memorial project Mr. Vincent said in part: "I'll yonder In the mountain fast nesses of Henderson. In a lone grave unmarked save by a rough stone boul der. uninHcribeil. which by his wish Is 1 he only monument he desired, lies all that in mortal of nu adopted win whose memory this stale has neglect ed to honor one we are proud to claim as of our craft the lamented - Hill' Nvp. II wus his misfortune not to have been born In North Carolina- Maine Halms that distinction but the best yearH of his life were spent at beautiful Ruck Shoals and Hie best work of his career done there. It was lu the Carolina foothills that he guv un the unequal struggle, and It I there thnt he is buried. "We cannot more ornately mark his hist resting place if we respect his wishes, but we can erect, In Hender Konvllle, or Asheville. or. if you will. In the shadow of the capltol at Ral eigh, a suitable and substantial mem orial to show to the world that we knew our duty and have performed It. Who among us has not delighted hU soui with the Hoomernng stories or dropped a tear over the pathos of 'The Push that Came Too Late?' The Continued on page 4) Negro Troops transmitted through Senator Jones, for the removal of the Twentv-lifth infantry, colored, because a soldier is accused of assaulting a white woman. Bridge Playing benefit of the children of my state who rarely ', have the Opportu nity to know their bridge-playing mothers. It Is also for the Benefit of husbands, who hardly have s. speaking acquaintance with their brldge-playlng wives. FIFTY BANKERS ANSWER GALL ' : i : ' American Tobacco Company, by Taking $1,000,000,111 Bonds, Has Probably Averted an Extra Session. -ivm STATE BANKERS PROBABLY WILL TAKE THE REMAINDER These Gentlemen Are Expected to Take Remainder of the Re'unding Bonds This Afternoon Before Con ference Ends. Special to The Gazette-News. Raleigh, June 8. There ure fiTty or more leading bankers from Char lotte, Wilmington, Asheville, Greens boro, and other points of the state here today In response to the call of Governor Kitchin for the purpose of devising means of aiding the state In disposing of the balance of the bond issue. The American Tobacco com pany subscribed for. one million in bonds this morning. With certuin other bids expected from outsiders and what the state bankers will do this afternoon, Treasurer Lacy Is very hopeful that the entire Jssue will be . subscribed for by Friday, and the call for the extra session revoked.. The bankers meet at 1 o'clock. anJ will doubtles take action before night. The reception of a bid for $1,- 000,000 of North Carolina's 40- year four per cent. refunding bonds received from the American Tobacco company saves the state from the necessity of assembling the the legislature in extra session. This is the view that is taken here in off!-, (la I business circles, there being no doubt that the conference of the bankors of the state with the gover- nor and council of state along with the other outside bids that will be In band for the final sale Friday will eusily tnko up all remaining bonds of. the $3,430,000 issue that has given. mo much trouble. The American To gucco company's bid leaves only $1, 111,000 to be taken care of by the conference of bankers and through other bids that are coming In to be opened Friday. Stale Treasurer R. 15. Lacy gave out a statement in which Indications were that the state bonds offered for sale would be taken on June 10 and that ho did not expect ait extra ses sion of the legislature. If the legis lature meets he says it will only au thorize him to borrow money to meet the bonds not sold and that thorn will bo no Increase in the rate from four to fivf per cent." The people generally now arc subscribing lu tho issue. WHEAT, DATS, BARLEY . iCREAUONDITIONS Over a Million More Acres in Spring Wheat Than Last Year Condition Is Fair. Washington, June 8 The govern ment crop report shows the area sown to spring wheat about 1.742,0(0 acres or 1.349,000 acres (7.S per cent) more than sown last year; the condi tion of the crop June 1, 92.8. com pared with 93. 8 June 1. 1909, and 93.1 June 1, the ten years average. The area sown to oats Is 34,380,000 acres, or 1,178,000 acres more thuit last year. The condition of the crop June 1, was 91.0. The area sown t barley Is 7.057,000 acres, or 46,000 acres more than last year. The con dition Is 89.8. . Dr. Few Trinity's President. Durham, Juno 8. Trustees of Trin. Ity college have elected Dean W. P. Few of the chair of English, president of Trinity college to succeed Dr. J. C. Kaigo, recently made bishop. Dr. Kew, who has been at Trinity for 12 vmra, is a native of South Carolina. Dr. W. I. Cranford, who holds tns chair of philosophy, wss chosen dean of the college to succeed Dr. Few. 8. I!.. Underwood of the class of 05, for some time superintendent of schools at Hertford, was elected head master of Trinity high school, to suc ceed Headmaster North, who recr.(Iy resigned. , ' THE WEATHER. Forecast until 8 p. m. Thursday for Asheville and vicinity: Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday, with moderate temperature. For North Carolina: Partly liouuy tonight and Thursday. Favorable Report on Ouni. Washington. June 8. The senate foreign relations committee has de elded to report favorably the nomina tion of W. D. Crum of Charleston s minister to UbeC.a. Taft's appoint ment of Crum was announced at the White House yeaterdsv.