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r THI ASSOCIATED DISFATCHZS , frl 4 LAST EDITION 4:00 P. JL Weather rorecast: Fair. VOL. XV. NO. 190. ASHEVILLE, N. C..SATURDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 17, 1910. 3c PER COPY. RESIGNSEPT.26 , Confirmation of Report That Pe tition for Dissolution of Ameri can Sugar Company Has Been Prepared. ACTION TO BE INDEPENDENT OF CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS Suit Is Similar to Those Against Stand ard Oil and Tobacco Trust, but More Sweeping Than Either of Those. w ASHINGTON, Sept. 17. Con firmation of the report that u petition for dissolution of the American Sugar Kenning company lias been completed by government oflU-ials was received here toilny. It is learned that it is the present inten tion of the deportment of Justice to fill suit In New York sometime next wc k. Thin action will be entirely In dependent of the criminal proceedings which have attracted wide attention and resulted in a number convictions. A Sweeping Petition. While the suit Is said to be similar to the proceedings brought against the Standard Oil company and t.io Amer ican Toliacco companv, both pendinu In the Supreme court, the petition Is said to he more sweeping than either of these. For Borne time In official circles there hag been a tacit unrter rtanding that no more actions for dis solution of big corporations should bo pin until the disposition of the oil and tobacco cases. The change of program i.s said to have resulted from informa tion gained by the government during Us investigation of the customs frauds In New York, which supplied the at torney general with material necessary for the prosecution of the American Sugar Refining company. DEFENDS TARIFF Secretary of Agriculture Says the Tariff Is not the Cause of the Higher Coit of Living. Kenton, O., Sept. 17. Secretary of Agriculture Wilson, lnra speech here today In defense of republican poli cies, declared past experience Justified apprehension as to what would be done If the democratic party got con trol of the government This obser vation followed a glowing review of the new tarlw law. "We have good times now," he said, "the revision of the tariff has lost no roan hi Job; no panic has followed. Further reduction of tariffs gencral.y would hit the working people first. Europe has lower wages thnn the United Btatrs and would promptly take advantage of lower duties. "Food is cheap no longer. The pop ulation has increased tauter than pro duction from the soil. The govern ment's policy of giving I arms to the people has exhausted the Mipply In re gions where rainfall usually assures good crops. High prices of fresh meats and their products are causes of much concern. The multiplication 01 small shops ia a burden to consumers and no source of riches to the email shop keepers. ROUGH SEAS PREVENTED BATTLE PRACTICE WORK N BOARD U. 8. 8. KANSAS, by I I wlrelesa via Portsmouth, Va., - Sept. IT. Kough sea this morn ing prevented the battleships or me fleet from work In annual battle prac tice, if the wind calms the whule fleet will take up work and continue during the night with torpedo prac tice. - - Yesterday ' sale which caused a day of Idleness, will delay another day the departure for New York. The weather has made target practice almost lm possible. During the day. the four divisions are strung over a distance of eighty miles: at nlaht they are only ten miles apart The targets this year re at a distance of 10,060 yards, last year they were only S600 yards. May Order Gunboats Built for Verxx. New York. Sept 17. Commodore Ollvera of the Peruvian navy It here Inspecting the American navy yards. Hie visit may result In placing orders here for the conatructlon of gunboats lor Peru. TUK YVEATUElt For Ashcvtlle and vlclnty: Fair weather tonlaht and Sunday; not much chance in temperature. For North Carolina: Fair tonight OLO U GLE JEEMS na Bunday. Gen. Brun and Entire Army Great ly Pleased With Achievements in Air During "French Maneuvers. AEROPLANES. DIRIGIBLES SUPPLEMENT EACH OTHER Combined They Are Destined, It Is Believed, to Modify or Even Revo lutionize t.the Strategy of Armies. GRA RAND V1LL1ERS, FRANCE. bept. 17. General Brun, the reach minister of war. and the entire army are enthusiastic over the achievements of aeroplanes and dirigibles during the military maneu vers, which ended today. I he opinion is that air machines are destined not only to play an im portant part In future wars, but great ly to modify, if not revolutionize, army strategy. The concensus of opinion as to the relative merits of dirigibles and aeroplanes seems to be that each supilements the other; both, therefore, being necessary. The aeroplane, because of excessive speed, makes observations therefrom vague. i ne uirigibie is slower and oners a better target for the enemy but more accurate observations can be made therefrom; also, it is in constant wire less communication with headquar ters. During the maneuvers all dirigible balloons were theoretically 'destroyed, while most of the aeroplanes es caped. Hubert Latham, the aviator, a pri vate soldier In ranks during the maneuvers, is to bo promoted to be an officer of the Legion of Honor. ORDERED TO BE CLOSED ollowing Deaths of Two Infants, at Kentucky State Fair A Third Will Probably Die. Iouisvllle, Sept. 17. A baby Insu- bator show at the state fair has been ordered closed, following tho death of wo infants, a boy eight, a girl four weeks old, brought from the Charities honpital of Pittsburg. A. third infant, two weeks old, a girl, Is in a serious condition, and it is believed, will die. l,ater The third baby died thif afternoon. Later the county attorney ordered an investigation and the dep- utv coroner will hold a post mortem, The exhibit was conducted by a com- pany which travels from place to place. LARGE GRIDS SAIL Redmond, O'Connor, Devlin and the Sultan of Sulu Coming to tho United States. tendon. Sent. 17. The Lusltanla, the Baltic and the Laurentlc sailed loday from llritlsh porta for the Unit .a utui,. with &700 passengers. On ih Rnltlc were John E. Redmond leader of the Jrlsh nationalists, ami 1,1. ou.ulntes. T. P. O'Connor aim Joseph Devlin, who will tour Amenca In thA In forest Ol tno Irian naiiuiiui movement. On the St. Louie which also sauea today, ia the Sultan of Sulu. ....... nn,iJtva una mtnppF.n wr.w uiiuw ------ - DOWN TO vurnMin Was Formerly Twelfth CSty In Wat PawMHt by ImnHt, Miiwauaee and Newark, N. J. , W.shlnrton. Sept. 17. The popula tion of New Orleana la 139,075, an In crease of 51,71 or l.l per cent aa compared with JS7.104 In 1800. New Orleans, tweirtn in population a decade ago, drops to nirteentn posi tion, Detroit, Milwaukee and Newark, N. J having passed it. W CHILD'S BASEBALL SERIES. The Opening If of Play, It U Now Said, W 111 Not MO ueiore nun day, October 16. fhlraen Bent. 17.- uarry iirr - ,.r,.ident of the national com- . . ' - ..tin in rinnlda d m , ,h. world s baseball aeries tan . . u.!t It taaald the opening day win be Sunday. October )(. . ROM New York Herald and The Gazette - FIGHT TO ft.FIIISH -J HSHSH '"V Roosevelt Says That He Wanted to Stay Out of Politics but Was Drawn in. New York, Sept. 17. Theodore Roosevelt told thu members of the NeW York Press club last night how it is that he can breakfast, dine and sup on work and then top oil witn more work. He said he liked it. Ho liked private life and he liked public life. ' Ho enjoyed every job hu had ever had, and ho beggcr his hearers not to bo under any anxiety as to what should bo done "with thi.s ex-president" because he "would do for him self." Whereat his auditors laughed and cheered. Among the guests of the club was Sir William Purdle Treloar, a former iord mayor ot London, and thu colo- . took advantage of his presence to refer to his famous Guild Hall speech delivered lust spring in London. Alter stating that ' on the cher ished ornaments in his hou.se is the bot which contained the freedom of Liondon, Colonel Kuosevelt said: I have always forborne to exer cise my mind with the query as to whether or not l wouia nave oeen given that freedom if I had made my Guild Hall speech before it Instead of after." Alluding to tho impending state convention. Colonel Roosevelt saiu that when ho retuiin d home lie had no Intention whatever of tuking any more part In public life. Hut. he added, he had gotten into tho JNew York state tight because he cuiu not help it, and having got Into li ne would see it through. Continuing, he said: 1 trust we shall he aide to nnisn It up this year. Hut If not, then 1 am In for It right along after, and I am In for It on elementary principle I .1 I r hn ..,,1 i no two V" i w I su. nr ml In thu Nm ond pitH'v, ma.. -'" - cri ... ";-"- :"., , ulace, that the people are entitled to govern themselves. ' "More than once i nave oeon muv , , ,v, ,iond nf the noor man. V. h" ,,, the f alwavs said 'Now hold up. friend of the honest man and I am I with you.' The friend, 1 hope, of the honest man, rich or poor, tno toe oi the crook, poor crook and rich crook alike EGYPTIAN NATIONALISTS ORGANIZERS MAKE PROTEST Charge. Tlwt Itrfnwrt to Allow Con- grew to Meet In l-nrie as at uio ItequrHt oi urmi nriiHiu. Tarls, Bcpt. lT.r-The organlaert of the Egyptian nntional congrese protest a sal nut the action of the KTencn gov ernment In refusing to permit a mw t- i ing or tne w .. - that the refusal was at the request oi - IOrent Britain The government's attlude Is eald .ill. a. . A tli antt. IWtlh rO nt palm being preached by the Mussul- "" ' Aiger.n ana morocco. . COLONEL IS I News. THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS To Build War Vessels For the Chinese Empire SAN FUANC1SCO, Sept. 17. Tho Call .this morning sjiys that Charles M. Schwab, former president of the United States SI eel corporation, will meet Prince Tsai Hsun, uncle of the emperor of China, here next week to c!oe a deal for building a fleet of war vessels PLANS ENERGETIC FIGHT District Attorney Whitman Will Endeav or to Stop the Evil in New York City. New York, Sept 17. District At torney Whitman today declared It his purpose to fisht energetically gambling in this city. Ho announced the Inten tion of organizing a "gambling bu reau" to deal with the evil. The "bureau," he said, "will not tie a scji iid organized for the purpose of conducting raids on suspected places, bill a bureau of five or six competent deputies to sift evidence and prepare canes that convictions may be ob tained us well as Indictments. I don't believe In going ahead with I tl -sullicliiit evidence," LUMBER FREIGHT RATES IS Principally on Yellow Pine, from All Points on Vicksburg, Shrove port A Pacific. . Washington, Sept.' 11. A general advance on lumber - freight rates, by the Vicksburg, Bhreveport & Pacific Railway company, participated In by 180 other Interstate carriers. Is sus pended today by the Interstate com merce commission. The tariff suspend ed provides advancea principally on yellow pine lumber from all points on the line of the Vicksburg. Bhreveport ft Pacific company to all points In the United States, The commission sus pends the operation of tariffs until January C, ltll, to have opportunity to Investigate them"' and determine whether or not they are reasonable. Di( Egyptian Cotton Crop Expctcd. Washington, Sept. 17. -It la esti mated that Egypt's cotton crop this year will exceed 100,000,009 pounds. according to Consul Birch at Alexan drla, prohnbly the largest crop Egypt ever had. ; i' for Cliina! In support the Call quotes John A. McGregor, president of tho Union Iron works, say ing he is informed that plans drawn by the Iiethlehem Steel company, through Schwab, have been favorably considered by the Chinese government. T IS RATHER II MYSTERY Navy Department Issues Statement in Reply to Criticism of Press on the Report. Washington, Sept. 17. In view of press comment on the striking findings of the naval court which investigated the recent oil explosion and tire on the North Dakota, to the effect that the accident was due to faulty design and installation, the navy department gives out a statement in which it says the installation of oil burners was after a design used a long time with success In other navies and the detailed plans approved by the navy department. Owing to the nature of the accident and the rapidity with which terrific heat was evolved, says the statement, evidence as to the cause of the acci dent Is not very clear. THAT NORTON LETTER And Copies of It Have Been Received by Heads of All the Departments in Washington. Washington. Sept. 17. Copies ol the letter written by President Taft'fc secretary, Charles p. Norton, to an unnamed Iowa politician, have been sent from Beverly to the executive heads of all departments here, ac companied by a note saying the letter was written by authority or tne pres ident. The letter laid Mr. Taft would make no distinction in federal patron aire between "regular" and "Insur gent" republicans. Will Cut Down Number Passes. of Annual Chicago, Bept. 17. Railroads in the Western Passenger association, com prising lines relween here and the Rockies, adopt a recommendation that after the end of this year no compn mentary annuaj passes will be given officers and agents of otherrallroad below the rank of assistant general passenger agent, . J ; WILL FIGHT FOR Cavalieri Denies That She Has Sought to Compromise This Matter With Lhanler Family. New York. Sept. 17. Counsel for Mine. Cavalciri, the singer, said to day that his client will Hght for her rights. She is coming to this coun try to see that the prenuptial agree ment, whereby Chanler has turned over to her what is said to be his en tiro fortune, is carried out. She de nied she had asked for, or accepted, a compromise from the Chanler family. The pre-nuptlal agreement between Robert W. Chanler and the prima don na of 1'aris, was filed yesterday in the office of the register ot New York county. Cavalierl's full name is given as Natalina Cavalieri, spinster, an Italian subject, resident in Paris. After defining the purpose of tho agreement as designed to remove all doubts that mlht exist owing to the different nationalities of the princi pals as to the law governing their nutual property riphts, the document proceeds to state that, "In considera tion of the sum of one dollar paid, and of said Intended marriage" Chan ler shall assign to his wife all his real estate, all his interest in the es tate ol I he late Mrs. Iaura Delano, subject to a mortgage of about $ 1 40.- 0(l, "for her solo and separate use absolutely." Kor the same considera tion of one dollar and the Intended marriage, the bridegroom "doth fur ther covenant" to pay his wife $20,- 0(H) a year in four quarterly Install merits, "all payments free from In come or other taxes," and "for the purpose of securing the payment of the said yearly sum" Cavnlelri Is constituted his true and lawful attor ney, irrevocable, to collect the rents tnd profits. Should the Income from tho real esfcite prove insufficient at any time to pay the $20,000 yearly agreed on, h second power of attorney Is con ferred to govern tho Income payable from the fund held In trust for him by the New York Life and Insurance Trust company, Should this additional Income still orove Insufficient, a third power of tttorney is conferred to govern the In come from the fund held In trust by he Union Trust company, With the exception of these details tho agreement specifies that the prop erty of each of the principals "shall remain the separate property, and un der the sole control of each of them and. furthermore, that their status and capacity generally shall be gov. erned by the laws of the state of New York, If Mrs. Chanler cared to attempt to compel her husband to carry out the terms of his pre-nuptlal contract, the filing of the original here by her law yers would be her first step In any effort to Interpose her rights betweeo him and his creditors, who, It Is sup nosed, will contest the agreement. The document not only confers the weening powers enumerated above, hut It lists parcel by parcel all the real estate taken under Its control, The agreement Is dated May St and signed and witnessed In the pres ence of Hanson C. Coxe. deputy con- (Continued on page I) t . ,il ti.'. :t i ,1 Secretary of the Interior Will Put Matter of His Retirement up to Cabinet at Its First Meeting. " - 'ZHfl BALLINGER CONVINCED POSITION IS UNTENABLE Disappointed Over Failure of Investigat ing Committee to Protect Him from Adverse Report of Minority. Washington, Sept. 17.' Whether Richard A. Ballinger's resignation as , secretary of the interior will follow upon the meeting of the cabinet Sep- llf tember 26 to attend which he is now ; en route from Setattle; or whether he f ; ' will retain his position indefinitely at least until after the delivery to congress of the reports of the com- -.; mittee which Investigated his steward- 1 ship of the public domain, depends now upon the attitude of his cabinet assistants. Mr. Uallinger is coming to Wash ington, his friends here insist, wholly unconscious of any act on his part, either of commission or of omlaslon for which he should be condemned. and has determined to force his chief and his official colleagues to be in ef fect his judges. If they concur In the view at present attributed to Mr. Taft that the accused secretary shall be sustained as an Innocent and perse cuted man, he will retain his position; . if they fail so to back him up, he will resign forthwith. That this In sub stance is Mr. Ballinger's present posi tion was learned here last night upon authority hardly to be questioned. Will He Retire "Under Fire?" At the lirst meeting of the cabinet after the summer recess, Secretary of War Dickinsiui, the democratic mem ber, wilt norrhave returned from the Philippines, and therefore be saved from the embarrassment of partlclpa- ' tion In what is regard'-largely a 4 tM-nbleat ot -remihllCSr imllc.. Ta - meeting Is expected to tasttRfSj -days 9, and thu president expects to clear up number of important matters; but it will surprise nobody here if the Hal linger case occupies a large part of the time. Rumors have been constant and de- , cldedly definite here during the past few days to the effect that Mr. Bal linger's resignation would be one of the first developments of the cabinet meeting; but his friends, including his assistants in the Interior department. have refused to believe that he would retire "under fire," and have pointed to his of-repeated declaration to the contrary, and to the recent statement attributed to him that he wou'd re ign, only at the specific request of the president, Some of these, how ever, admitted themselves and the secretary to be alive to the fact that the turmoil and uncertainty Into which the protracted controversy has plunged the department, must be abat- soon unless this important branch f the public service is to become hopelessly demoralized. Committee Will Sustain Hun.' Nobody here doubts that a majority , all but one of the republican metn- rs of the so-called Ballinger-Pln- bot investigating committee will sus- ain Secretary Ballinger in their re port to congress. The views ol tnai , majority to that effect are well known. But Secretary Ballinger and his parti sans here were greatly aisapointea that the absence of Senators Root and Flint from the Minneapolis meeting left the pro-Ballinger portion of the committee In the minority, and per mitted the democrats and the Insur gent republican member to put forth eports condemning him whlcn, ror many weeks, will siana oeioro in country as the only findings of the. investigating committee; whereas ne had relied upon tho majority for a vindication. Position Untenable. It Is this failure of the committee ' to take final action which. It Is said, has determined Secretary Ballinger's course. It was said here yesterday by a close friend of the secretary that had the majority of tho committee been ready to report at the Minneap olis meeting he would then have ten dered hlu resignation to the president and urged Its acceptance upon the ground that the dissensions to which ' ho has been a party were detrimental to the public interest When the com mittee failed at Minneapolis to take ' action as a whole, and when there was no quorum at the subsequent meeting In Chicago, It became appar ent that no decision could be looked for practically for several months. This situation Is said to nave con vinced Mr. Ballinger that his position. In spite of the oontlnued support of the president, has become untenable. Unable, as he sees It, to resign as either vindicated or condemned by the committee, he has deolded. It Is said, to demand of his superior and his cabinet associates either vindica tion or condemnation. Superior Arrentedl Wlille Entering Ills Monastery. Lisbon, Bept 17. According to to day's papers. Mgr. Baldomero, supe rior of the Aldea Bonte friars, was ar rested as he was entering a Spanish monastery, which was recently closed by Imperial decree, Its occupants ex pelled and threatened with arrest If they returned to this country. V. ' ! ; i .
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