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ma azzzzuxsd DISPATCHES - last rsmcu . 4:00 P. Z2. Weather Forecast : Unsettled. V VOL. XV; NO.-178. ASHEVILLE, N. C, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 3, 1910. 3c PER COPY. HIS FIRST PUBLIC UTTEUE n I1T TIFT ADMiniSTRATIQU Roosevelt Endorses the Presi dents' , Suggestion for Tariff Commission at Sioux City. HE COMPLIMENTS MR. TAR UPON TARIFF NEGOTIATIONS He Say the Progress of the Canal and the World Tour of the Fleet Have Made Deep Impression V Abroad. t Sioux City, la., Se)t. S. Col onel Roosevelt, In the prosonce tf Senator Dolilver and Repre sentative Hubbard, of Iowa, to day made his first public , ut terance regarding the Tart ad ministration. He endorsed the president's suggestions lor a tariff commission and compli mented him upon his negotln tlong with foreign cnun'rl-.-i to bring about tariff agreement O IOUX CITY, Sept 3. It wa made "v .known that the commendation of " the president by Col. Roosevelt was purposely given within "Insur gents'" territory and that both Dol liver and Hubbard knew In advance that Mr. Roosevelt was to say what he said about Taft, and approved Jt "I was particularly pleased with what the president said in his last let ter on the subject of a tariff commis sion. I am glad the country seems now to have definitely awakened to the Idea that the tariff commission of fers the only solution of the problem which Is both rational and Insure the absence of jobbery. The president from the beginning advocated this commission. I call your attention to the rapt that the amendment proposing to provide for socb. a commissi on was Introduced by your own senator Iter present. - Senator Dolilver," said Col, KoosHVelt. . t : , -. j lie Praises Dol liver. . "It was a characteristic act of ser vice to the people on the senator's part and I wish to say that throughout my term as president on every impor tant question it was my 'privilege to stand shoulder to shoulder with Dol. liver. What I hav-i said of 'Senator Dolilver I can also say of your con gressmen, Mr. Hubbard and Mr. Mar tin or South Dakota. It was only by a bitter fight that friends of the com mission Idea In congress got through the proposition. :,. , . , An Excellent Beginning. ' ' ' "It Is not yet in satisfactory shape, the commission Itself should be en larged and Its powers greatly enlarged and defined, but its establishment makes an excellent beglnlng In the right direction. "There is another feature of the tariff law which Is admirable, the maximum and . minimum .'. provision. The value of provision lis depended largely upon the excellent work, done by the administration In negotiations with foreign powers for Us applica tion. ...... "In addition it was of very real Im portance to provide as the present tar iff does for proper treatment of the Philippines.". Barnes Is "Delicious," Mayor Smith Introduced the colonel. He was given great demonstration. Roosevelt read with Interest the state ment Issued by William Barnes. Jr., criticising htm for his western speech es which Barnes said "have startled thoughtful men and impressed them with the danger which lies in his po , Iltlcal ascendency." "I think, there Is something perfect ly delicious," said the colonel. "The Idea of Barnes flying to the defense of the Supreme court and righteousness, . Omaha, Sept J. Theodore Roose, velt resumed his tour through the west, leaving at S o'clock for Sioux Falls. He had breakfast at the Oma ha club. He -was made a member of the Knights of Ak Bar Ben, the Oma ha boosters, last night and attended a smoker at their home. Two In! tlates dressed to resemble Cannon and taFollette were placed on trial before the court of Ak Bar Ben. The senior counsel defended them by depicting "Cannon" as a man who "stood pat on the burning deck whence' pretty near all but hint had fled," and "M Pollette' as the "friend of corpora lions because when they were sorely burdened with the task of counting their money he fixed things so they wouldn't have so much money to count." The Jury were unanimous for ac qulttal but the "court" said it was his painful duty to sentence them. He banished "Cannon" to Kansas and "LaFollette" to Rhode Island. After Roosevelt was declared a full-fledged knight he made a soeech telling of meeting In the Africa Jungle six mil llonslres who were all progressives. Senator Dolilver had left his dres suit at home and had to appear In burrowed one too small for him. He had to exnlaln why It did not fit. He said he was having great fun at din nrs and entertainments arranged In honor of another man. Mr. Rnneevelt said In part: "In traveling In Europe last spring one thing whli h especially -Ock n WB the f.iet tluU the two feats Which niuilit the (leepevt I'lipreswlon abroad were the cruise of the battle fleet around the world, and the digging of the Panama Canal. These were the two feats to be credited to the Amer ican people during the past decade, which had moat profoundly and fa vorably affected foreign judgment of America during that time. Such Judg ment depends not in the least upon what people say they can do, but on what they actually do; upon their willingness to meet responsibilities, and the success of their efforts to meet them. "Now, there is no use of a nation claiming to be a great -nation unless It is prepared to play a great part. A nation Buch as ours cannot possibly play a great part In international af- tairs, cannot expect to be treated as a weight In either the Atlantic or the Pacific, or to have Its voice as to the Monroe Doctrine, or the management of the Panama Canal, heeded, unless It has a strong and thoroughly effl cient navy. ' Within the last decade the American navy has been about trebled in 'Strength, and much more than trebled In efficiency, due to its extraordinary progress In marksman ship and maneuvering. So far from this Increase In naval strength re pre sentlng on our part either a menace of aggression to- weaker nations or a menace of war to stronger nations It has told most powerfully for peace. Everywhere In Europe the cruise of the battle fleet around the world was accepted, not only as an extraordl nary feat, reflecting the highest honor upon our navy; but as one of the movements which tended markedly to promote- peaceful stability In Interna tional relations. -. Ho nation regarded the cruise as fraught with any men ace of hostility to Itself; and yet every nation accepted it as a proof that we were not only desirous ourselves to keep the peace, but able to prevent the i peace being broken at our ex pense. No cruise in any way approach Ing It has ever been made by any fleet of any other power; and the beat na val opinion abroad had been that no such feat was possible,, that Is, that no such erulse as that we actually made cuuld be undertaken by a fleet of such size without Innumerable breakdowns and accidents. " The success of the cruise, performed as It was without a single accident, Immeasurably raised the prestige, not only of our fleet, but of ottr Nation; and was a distinct help I'd the cause of International, peace. "As regards the Panama Canal, really think that outside nations have a Juster idea than our own people of the magnitude and success of the work. I wish our people realized what is being done on the Isthmus. If a man of intelligence who had never left this country asked me whether I would advise him to make a short trip to Europe, or a trip to the Pana ma CanaL I would, without hesitation. advise him to go to the Panama Ca nal. Ha would there see in operation the completing of one of the great feats of modern times. Colonel Goe thals and the men working under him are rendering a service to this coun try which can only be paralleled in our past history by some of the ser vices rendered in certain wars." DID NOT KILL HIMSELF; WAS MERELY ON A TEAR Overbj Arranged All Details for Funer al, but Remembers Nothing About It 1 Oaxette-News Bureau, . Chamber of Commerce Rooms, , Hollemon Building,' Raleigh, Sept S. It develops that T. D. Overby, the vounr man who yesterday went to a local -iindertalRnK establishment and purchased a coffin of certain dlmen inns, did not commit suicide. It Is learned that the young man was on tear" and, that while he made all arrangements for his own or some other's funeral, the program was not pulled off. ' It seems that after purchasing the coffin Overby disappeared, it was feared that he had destroyed himself and sesrch was made for him. He mam found hv a brother during the afternoon and identified by the under taker as the man who appeared earl ler during the day and purchased the coffin. Overby had no recollection or makln the "deal" with the unaer- taker when confronted about the mat- r. Ha had simsly been on a "round and was a bit "addled." - WILLIAMSBURG KNITTING MILL COMPANY BANKRUPT High rrWe of Cotton Asuigtml mn tle CauBC Liabilities nx.aei), mn Assets Given as 113, MS. Norfolk. 8ept 4. With the high price of cotton assigned as the cause Oi Its embarrassment the Williams burg Knitting Mill company.has be come a voluntary bankrupt in the federal court here. The liabilities are placed at 81,6S with assets sched led at 1113. HIS. I H. N. Phillips and J. B. C. Spencer nre named as receivers and will con tlnue the operation of the mills. Eena. Mena, Tomorrow People He Tried to Incite to Uprising Uproseand Gave Him into Custody of Officers. Manila, Sept. 3. The uprising in Nueva Viscaya, led by Simeon Mandac former governor Ilocoa Norte, came to an ' Inglorious end when Mandac fell Into the hands of the constabulary, having been seized and surrounded by the people of . province among whom he had sought to stir up trouble. A few of Mandao's right hand men were also arrested and his other followers dispersed. It is estimated that the band of out laws originally numbered D00 but they dwindled to 200 and had few arms. Mandac will now have a chance to serve the 14 years Impris onment term that has been hanging over him since conviction for killing a prisoner while he was governor, un less he receives a more severe punish ment for his recent escapade. Bodies Found Dangling from Trestle.ih Grey Dawn of MorningShot Deputy Sheriff. ' Oracevllle, Fla., 8ept. 3. Dangling from a trestle just, outilde the town yesterday were found - (he bodies of Ed. Christian, 'a negro charged with shooting Deputy Sheriff Allen Burns, and Hattle Bowman, a'negress who had been arrested on the charge of being' Implicated in the crime. The negresa wert taken from the local jail Thursday night by a mob which had little trouble In . overpowering - the guards. Several days ago a warrant was sworn out for Christian, charging him with the theft of a watch from a local physician. When Oftloer Burns, ac companied by the physician, went to Christian's home to make the arrest. his call for Christian to come out was greeted from the window by a volley of shots, one bullet striking Hums in the breast and another In the arm, His condition Is considered critical. As soon as the physician spread the news, posses were organised to cap ture Christian, but he had escaped The Bowman woman, however, was placed In Jail suspected of having a hand In the shooting of the officer. Late yesterday Christian was brought back here from Dothan, Ala., where he was captured. He and the Bow man woman were led from the jail with ropes around their necks, but no effort was made to ascertain what the mob did with, them. The coronet's verdict was that the negroen met death "at the hands of unknown par ties." ' " , The Members of the Crew Safe. Boston, ,8epU "l. Sixteen members of the crew of the British steamer, West-Point, have been rescued at sea by the steamer Devonian, diro here from Liverpool Monday. Tha West point, which was bound rom Glas gow for Charleston caught fire at sea and afterwards foundered. The newt was received here by wireless. irieLomousiriD j ll t OF MANDAC'S WAR ff; Mina, Mo; Today It's So; the Royal Family Say"No I ' T URIN, Sept. 3. It Is asserted on Ity that the marriage or tlm Duca degll Abruzai anu hubs iv.nt.i erine Elklne will take nlace In the beginning of next. year. Senator Elkln and his family. It Is vicior rjmmawrnyurana- ijuern-rewna month. Afterward the Duca degll Ab announcement of the betrothal will be GIHL OF MYSTERY D!ESBYP0IS0N Clara Kenter, Who Took Half Pint of Turpentine and 250 Grains of Bichloride of Mercury. Pittsburg, Sept. S. Clara Kenter, principal In one of the most mysteri ous cases the police and medical men of Pittsburg were even called upon to solve, died In the Ohio Valley general hospital today from, the effects of drinking hnlf a pint of turpentine In which was dissolved 2 50 grains of bichloride of mercury. The poisonous draft was taken Sunday br the girl. who told the hospital attendants he was "tired of life." , Clara Kenter lert her home near Shousotown two years ago. This was the last seen of her by relatives for weeks. One morning long after search had ceased she was found in a bed in her home, unconscious. For days ihe lay In a stupor. Finally she wai awakened when a friend suggested making a suddea and sharp noise at her bedside. Her Identity was not established at the hospital until late yesterday. TWO CHINAMEN KILLED IN II 'FRISCO TONE IR Murders Were Committed Last Night, When Streets Were Full of Tourists. San Francisco, , Sept. S. Another tong war broke out In Chinatown last night. While the streets were filled with tourist' Yee Mee, a Hop Sing tong malt nas shot from the darkness of Boss Alley. He was the principal owner of the Sierra club, gambling In stitution, recently raided, and now the center of a grand Jury Inquiry Into charges that the police are receiving money for protecting Chinese gam blers. His assailants escaped. Twenty minutes tales Haw Jeung, a member of Seoy Sing tong was shot down In his restaurant, and Ah Foon, a Hop Sing tong man, Is now In pris on, believed to be the one who at tacked him. - . . : TIIK WEATHER.1, '', ' For Aahevllle and vicinity: Unset tied weather with showers tonight or Sunday. . ... . . . ... For North Carolina: Partly cloud), probably showers tunlght or Sunday. what Is regarded as excellent author- declared, will be received by lying at rcaooonici '- wm fwcf'.! ruzzl will go to New York, and formal made. , TIE PRESIDENT ST. Before Conservation Congress Will Define Accurately and Finally His Position. Beverly, Sept. 3. President Taft left this afternoon on a S,000 mile Journey to deliver an address before the National Conservation congress at Hi. FhuI, Monday morning. No steps are scheduled either going or return ing, and Mr. Taft will be back In Beverly lute Wednesday. He has pre pared the St. Paul speech with great care. The president win aenne ac curately and finally his position on conservation. He will visit the state fair at St Paul Monday afternoon, and leave for Beverly that evening. FIRST DEGREE MURDER The Charge Was Administering Strych nine to Frank Howl, In Whiskey, May 13 Last Lovlngton, Va., Sept t. A verdict of murder In the first degree brought In by the Jury In case of John Moore, charged with administering strychnine to Frank Howl in a drink of whisVey. Mrs. Roxle Howl, ' the widow of the dead man, was Indicted jointly with Moore and will be tried In October. The court deferred sen tence In Moore's case, pending the woman's trial. Howl died under mysterious clr cumstancea at his home May IS last, Mrs. Howl and her-children testified that Moore came to their home that evening, called Howl outside and gave him a drink or wmsacy. noon atter wards Howl died In agony. Another witness testified hearing Moore say "the old man Is dead and I guess I tako the old woman." Moore denied being at the . Howl home before the latter's death. He testified he had heard the woman threaten to kill her husband. - Kerens Colket. 4 Iudcn. Sept, S. Miss Gladys Ker eus ot St." Iritis, Jnngeat daughter of Richard C. KrnaV American am bassador at Vienna, and Oeorge Ham ilton Coulket or Philadelphia were married ill the Church of St. John the Evangelist in b'ussev. tM mornlnr. OFF FOR PAUL Sues Labor Federation And Bucks Stove Co. ST. LOUIS, Sept. 3. C. W. Post of Battle Creek, Mich,, has riled suit In the United States Circuit court for the Eastern district of Mis souri against the American Federation of Iabor and Buck's Stove and Range company of St, Louis, no.t only to re strain the officers of the former to make the St. Louis institution a closed shop hut, setting up a claim for Jam ages of $7!i0,000 under the Sherman act. The case is a suit In equity and In cluded among the defendants are Sam Planned Train Robbery, Stopped Wrong Engine N' OBILE, Ala.. Sept. 3. Five dis guised train robbers who had planned to hold up and rob the New York and New Orleans limited train on the Louisville & Nashville, nd escaped In a boat on Bayou Sara, twelve miles north of here early this morning, after they held up by mis take a light engine making way north ward. The engine had just come to a stop. HYSTERIA HAS RUN Republican State Chairman of New York Fears for His Party Roose t velt the Cause. New York, 8ept. 3. Wm. Barnes, r., republican- state committeeman and leader of Albany, Issued a state ment last night In which he declares that: "Hysteria has run riot throughout this oountry and that the question to be decided at the coming republican slate convention a Saratoga Is wheth. er the republican party will fight the disease or succumb In the Interests of politicians seeking office or tem porary acclaim." The character of the recent ad dress of Theodore Roosevelt In the west Mr. Barnes says: Has startled all thoughtful men and impressed them with the fright ful danger which lies In political as cendancy." When he talked with Colonel Boose elt after the meeting that selected Vice President Sherman as temporary chairman of the convention over the colonel and learned his attitude to ward "public matters," Mr. Barnes says he told the former president that he could never have voted for him, Mr. Barnes' statement In part says: At the coming convention It will be determined whether the republican party of this state officially, through Its chosen representatives In conven tlon Intends to bow its head to the political agitation of the hour which is the-caise of the-palsy overhanging the business world today, or will stand firmly and In unmistakable terms by its rock-robbed principles, which have when It was In power, given confidence to the business world and encouraged enterprise. The recent attack upon the Su preme court of the United States by keen wltted and aspiring cltisen could not have been made without purpose well thought out. It was an appeal to passion. If this appeal against judicial decision Is popular and Is not rebuked, there Is no reason whatsoever. If a direct primary law should be enacted In this state, that candidates for Judicial offices, com pelled to run the gauntlet of a district or state wide primary, would not in order to appeal to the temporary sen tlments of the moment declare In ad vance their attitude upon matters which would come before them for Judicial review. Instead of men of long legal experience and ' judicial training, there would be candidates for the bench from lawyers who would not hesitate to make that kind of ap peal to the people which would be disgrace fo their profession." BULL DOG BITES MAN Ren Vottej Attacked By Harold M ears' Dog. The Animal Not Thought to Be Rabid. A bull dog belonging to . Harold Mears, son or Frank Mears, this after Soon Invaded South Main street and ferociously bit Ben Posey of Hi Pearson drive, who was passing along the street. The dog Is rather vicious but It Is not thought that he la affect ed with rabies. Capt. Lomlnac of the police force caught the dog and tied him. Should Mr. Mears object ta the kilt ing of the canine, the dog's peculiar characteristics may be a subject for Judge Cocke to decide upon Monday. Should Mr. Mears not refuse, and It Is believed he will not, the dog will he killed and his head examined as a precautionary measure. The dog was recently given to Harold Mears by J, M. Campbell. ' . Philadelphia Has l.Stt.OOS. Washington. Aug.. S. The poputa lion of Philadelphia Is l.r.tTOOj. an Increase of 155, Stl or 1.7 per cent. as compared vHh 1,213.(9? In 1900. RIOT SAYS BARNES uel Gompers, president: John Mitchell, vice president; Frank Morrison secre- Jjr tary and the other officers of the Ked---T eration and 50 others prominently -Identified with union' labor. The In junction feature of the suit will be . taken up early next week. The ':om plalnant Is a stockholder in the stove -company and claims that his interests would suffer by reason of the proposed agreement as It would prevent recov ery for damages done by the boycott on the company during the life of the e late President Van Cleave. , 3 preparatory to crossing the bridge which spans the bayou. But-for the mlBtake the thieves probably would have a rich haul. The hold-up was well planned. : ' : The rubber first captured the two bridgemen, chained - them securely, . took possession or. the magazine rifles and then awaited the coming of vesti bule. OFTHE AGREEMENT M ' '-J ' London Paper Thus Characterizes Mr. ..... .... . .ii t Roosevelt's -Reference to the -Panama Canal. London. Sept. S, Colonel. Roose- velt's demand that the Unltfed States fortify the Panama' canal as set forth in his Omaha speech Is characterized by the West Minster Oasette as a: df-. rect rejection of the terms of the American and British agreement ot 1901, under which neutralisation of the canal was guaranteed." The pa- per-f admtta- -t- to- e reasonable that the United States should assume' some military control over tftVnew water way, but suggests that the United States could secure any desired alter ation of the agreement "through di plomatic methods, and not by repudi ation of Its agreements.". DR. HOLMES IS DIRECTOR OF NEW BUREAU OF MINES Former State Geologist of North Caro lina Wins Appointment from President Taft. - ' Beverly, Mass., Sept 1. President Tart last night announced the ap pointment of Joseph Austin Holmes, of the geological aurvey, as director of the new bureau of mines at Wash ington. Dr. Holmes had been selected . for the place some time ago but his appointment was held up. It is un derstood here, on the ground that Secretary Balllnger, under whose de partment the new bureau is- placed. was opposed to him. Mr. Holmes is the Intimate personal friend or Clif ford Pinchot, James R. Garfield and F. N. Newell, director of the recla mation service, all three of whom sharply criticised Mr. Balllnger o the witness stand ot the Balllngef Pinchot Inquiry, The indorsement ef Dr. Holmes for tha place was almost unanimous. It cam from the mine operators and the miners' organisa tions alike. The purpose of the new bureau Is to Investigate and report upon safety appliances to prevent the awful waste of life and property. " The bureau will also make an In vestigation looking to the Improve- , ment of methods of mining. Dr. Holmes is a native of , South Carolina. For ten years ha was pro feasor or geology and natural history at the University of South Carolina and from 181 to 11(4 was state geol ogist of North Carolina. MET A HORRIBLE DEATH, P , Efim III LDSEKIS : i ... it . Young Charles Adams Was Crushed by a Rolling Leg, in Graham County, Ltst Week. ! The Andrews Sun says that Charley Adams, a young white man, met a horrible death on Mountain Creek, Oraham county, last week by being crushed by a rolling log. . It seems that young Adams was working with a logging gang in flint section and was engaged In unloading s log wagon when one of the loxs rolled off and crushed him iifeli-jw. He was a welt liked, young man mil had about a week before Joined t church. He wm a son of Mr. , I Mrs, Robert Vurni DIRECT REJECT OT!