North Carolina Newspapers

THE ASSOCIATED press DISPATCHES LAST EDITION 4:00 P.M. Weatfcer rorecast: ; Tube. : VOL. XV, If U ASHEVILLE, N. C, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 12, 1910. 3c PER COPY. P iW. U Situation Throughout Republic, as Result of Strike, Which Is Spreading Rapidly, Re garded as jGrave. PREMIER BRIAND DECLARES STRIKE AN INSURRECTION Cava lnttnafAUlll Da Primlnoltu Dm. whj niaiiyaivif fiiii w wi iiiiiiiaiij i i v tecuted Government Seriously Concerned Over Matter of Good Supply. P' the effectiveness of the strike of 1 the em d loves of the Northern and western railroads and extension of the movement today to the East ern rond and Paris, Lyons, and Medi terranean lines, leaders of French worklngmen generally threaten a gi gantic move to paralyze activities of the whole country. The situation throughout the re public Is ' regarded as grave. Elec tricians and employes of omnibus, metropolitan and subway transporta tion lines here considering today the advisability of seizing this opportuni ty to striko for redress of long stand ing grievances. Tho railways are making a desperate effort to maintain some sort of service, but are meeting with little success. Strike leaders say not s wheel will be turning on any railway In France tomorrow morning. Employes of the Eastern railroad today voted to strike at noon; train men of the Paris, Lyons and Mediter ranean lines decided to go out this evening. Last night the strike spread to the Western railway, which is owned by the state. The strike on the Western road was voted by 8000 men employed in Paris and the suburbs. They count upon the anions to tie up the provinces. Threatened With Scarcity of Food. As Is usual In such circumstances trie cHy ot Pari la threatened with a scarcity of food supplies. Freight and mail passenger transportation Is partially " prostrated, and the vast army of working people In the north west are unable to reach their places of business. Highways leading to Paris are black With humanity. Thousands of work men trudging to city converged at the city gates, where the congestion was frightful. The government Is seri ously concerned over the matter of food supply.- Already the market Is pinched. President Falllercs returned this morning from his estate In the south and conferred with the ministers. The government la adopting measures sim ilar to those In war times. The strikers held up the express train for Havre at Bols Colombe. covered the engineer and flreman with revolvers,' and compelled them to abandon the locomotive, which was then uncoupled from the train and tipped across the track. Paving stones were heaped upon the tracks outside Saint Nasalre station. ' Denunciation by Br land. Premier Brland this afternoon Is sued a publi'o statement denouncing the strike as an Insurrection Duiit upon criminal foundations, and urged the trainmen not to follow the advice of Instigators of the strike who, he said, would be criminally prosecuted. Mure telegraph wlrea were cut today. ' Including several connecting Frencn . ... A T) ..la yoi n im wun ajuhuui. ... " Telegraph and telephone poles were torn down in some Instances. The more conservative newspapers condemn the strike as indicating a revolutionary general federation of labor trying to absorb the railroad unions, ' but the socialists press halls it as a. commendable battle to obtain needed retirees. STEELE, MILLER & CD. . Til TO BE III APRIL : r . v Mothn to Be Quash Indictment Over ruled Members of Firm Held in $150,000 Bond, Each. Aberdeen, Miss., Oct U. Judge Nlles In Federal court here today over-ruled the demurrer to quash tho Indictments against Steele, Miller ft Co., charged with fraudulent use of the malls In the issuance of bogus bills of lading, argued here yesterday. The case was continued until the next term Of Federal court the first Tuesday of April, It 11. L. C. Steele, J. H. Miller, C. H. Q Llnde and James McKnight are plac ed under a bond of $110,000 each. No More Tub Itethliir: Hcarre, Mated Too Palmer, Mass., Oet. II.- Tub bath Ing Is prohlblfHl by an order Issued by the local water company, In th piTurt to connerve the rapidly dlmln I'hinic wnter supply In the company's r . i-vutrn. An urt"ninn well la being mi.iI other emergency measurt i i -: t . . : txken. El T Tl PARALYZE TRY THREATENED TBIMNJIPLAHE Hoxsey, Was Afraid, However, Colonel Would Fall Out, He En ' Joyed It so. St. Louis, Oct. 12. Theodore Roose velt yesterday made an airship flight as the passengor of Archibald Hoxsey and ho said it was the finest sensation he had ever experienced. They trav eled two times around the aviation field at Klnloch park In three min utes and 20 seconds. He wuvod his hand at the thousands of spectators, much to the discomfort of the avia tor, who feared that tlfe colonel might lilt a connecting rod. When tho ma chine alighted easily a few feet from the starting place a mighty shout of applause went up. Hoxsey, a Wright aviator, said that Mr. Roosevelt Iriade a good passenger except that he enjoyed the trip so much that Hoxsey was afraid that the colonel would fall out or Inter fere with the engine that was roaring at his side. The colonel waved his hands at the crowd so vigorously that Hoxsey called out to him: "Keep your hands on the rails, colonel." Colonel Roosevelt, who had forgot ten to hold ' himself in, waved his hands once more, and then obeyed orders. The colonel's flight was a surprise to everybody. Although ho had been Invited to go, no one had the least Idea that he would do so, and he himself did not decide to fly until the moment before he stepped Into the machine. , The trip to the aviation field to watch' the airship flights was on the afternoon's program for the colonel's dav in St. Louis. . He went - to Kin loch In an automobile at the head of procession of motor cars half mile long. . The cars, were filled with the mem bers of the republican state and city committees and business men. The ride was a fast and dusty one and much of the way Colonel Roosevelt's face was covered with a thick coating of Missouri sotL Colonel Roosevelt's car was driven directly to the aviation Held, hox seys biplane was standing directly In front of the grand stand, coionci Roosevelt stepped out of his automo bile with Governor Hadley at his side and walked over to the biplane. He Inspected the broad planes and the engines and shook hands with the aviator. ' "I'd like to have you for a passen ger," said Hoxsey. The colonel look ed at him without a word and then he began to take off his coat. It was the first Intimation that he would make a trip in the air. Governor Hadley stepped up quick ly and sard: "Are you really going up, colonel? "Of course I am." said the colonel. without another word he took his seat at Hoxsey's direction, beside the engine. Governor Hadley admitted that ha was nervous. . This la my district and It extends up into the air and I feel a sense of responsibility while the colonel Is In my territory," he said. Colonel Roosevelt removed his slouch hat for the trip and borrowed sxay cap. which ne puueu auwu over his eyes. Hoxsey took his place hnaid 'Colonel Roosevelt, who watch ed the preparations with a smile of anticipation. After teats the motor was anowea tn run and the machine ran over the imund ouletly. Colonel Roosevelt gripped the rail uara ana inoneu tralsht ahead. The machine skidded over the flcld a few yards then lifted Its nose Into the air, rising easily. At the ena er tne secona isp, jiu- sey dipped hie planes and the mi rhine descended easily, striking the rrnnnd without a Jar a few rods from the grand stand. Tne macmne gim- erf over the grass a short distance ana Innned. Colonel Roosevelt, smiling nis most exDansive smllo, disembarked back wards. He became entangled wim ine . nf .ham wires, uui wu twii . . BY BERLIN That of Doctor of Laws on Emperior William-Various Degrees Given to Scholars of America. Perlln, Oct. II. The University of Berlin," celebrating Its hundredth an. nlvernary. today. conferred the degree of doctor of laws upon Emperor Wil liam. ' Degrees were conferred upon the following Americans: Doctor of lnw)i Associate Justice Holmes of the Supreme court; Prof. John William Burgess, desn of political science of the raculty of Columbia University. Doctor of Philosophy President TlAdley of Tale; Dovtnr of Medicine Prof. Thtodore Wllllnm Richards, profeor ot chemistry Harvard. HDDS EVELT TAKES Spanish Government Feels Deepest Anxiety I On Eve of "Ferrer Day" Tomorrow, 13th f III Aareat 3&ia . ' ; I WSs1) It: H A If I; . v KjS 3Ot. StOTCttJ. FSJZXr. MA5KI9 If the Day Passes Without Out break, the Worst, It Is Be lieved, Will Be Over. M ADR1D, Oct 12. The Spanish premier's warning to parlia ment that the agitation of the clericals and anti-clericals among the workingmen Is likely to plunge Spain into a civil war has pot served to ease tho mind of the public, which dully Is discussing the possibility that the flame Of revolution wHi overlap' the frontier and engulf this country. The reported message of ' Senor Alejandro '-Lerroujt, chief of the re publicans at Barcelona, to Provisional President Braga, or Portugal, ."Start your revolution. We will take care of ours," la widely" printed in the rad ical ' press as Indicating republican plans for ah uprising). The government feels the deepest anxiety at the approach of tomorrow, October 13, which Is popularly known as "Ferrer Day," as It Is the first an niversary of the shooting of Francis co Ferrer, who was put to death last year after having been found guilty by a 'court martial of having foment ed the attempted revolution in Bar celona. The government fears that manifestations marking this anniver sary will develop rioting. All requests for permission to hold Ferrer meetings of protest are refus ed. If tomorrow passes without an outbreak the government believes the worst will be over, as It counts on the absolute loyalty of the army, which In its entirety is hold In readiness to stamp out the first spark of rebellion. OBSTACLE PUTON TRACrv TO WRECK FAST Tl Discovered Just Before Train Was Due A Similar Attempt Was Made . Two Months Ago. Lexington, Ky, Oct 12. Obstruc tions placed on the tracks of the Cin cinnati. New Orleans and Texas Pa cific, with the evident Intention of wrecking the limited passenger train from Cincinnati to New Orleans, were discovered last night, 13 miles south of here, just before the train was due. An attempt was made two months ago to wreck the same train at the some spot DONNED BURIAL CLOTHES HUNG CREPE, INHALED GAS Well Known St. Augustine Man Made AU Hurla! Arrangements lie fore Killing Himself. Bt Augustine, Fla., Oct U. After tying crepe or, tho front door, donning burial clothes, with a note to an un dertaken, directing the disposition of his body, Otles Phelps, a well known business man, committed suicide to day by Inhaling gas. Despondency over his wife's death la believed to have caused the act Tlie Children and the Theater. Washington, Oct 12. Today's ses sion of the International Humane oonferencewaa devoted exclusively to discussion of child protection. The partioular subjects are moving pic ture shows and their Influence on the child, and children and the theaters. Recommend Mjwe for-Coast Defense. Washington, ' Oct 2. Brigadier General Arthur Murray, chief of const artillery, U, 8. A., In his annual re port advocates Increased detail of ar Hilary, troops to man, th coast de fi'.ises,if this governmnt u Mr tt--s E5 TO GO TO ENGLAND He and Mother Acteptliivitatlon to Visit, and Will Probably Finally Reside There. Evesham, England, Oct. 12. King Munucl of Portugal and the Queen Mother Amelia have accepted the in vitation of the Duke of Orleans to be come his guests at Wood Norton. The house In whirh Amelia spent her childhood stands on the duke's es tate, a short distance from Wood Nor ton, In Worcestershire. It Is believed this eventually will become the home of the royal Portuguese exiles. TRAXQI IMTY IS HKSTOHI.I) IX CAPITAL OK IHHITUJAL Washington, Oct 12. The Swiss government Is ready to enter Into communication with the new Portu gese government, according to ad vices to the state department from American Minister SwenBon nt Kerne. Minister Gage at Lisbon cables that tranquility has been restored in the capital city. Plans of Portugese Royal Family. auise, sister of the' queen mother of Portugal, has arrived here. It Is said the Duke of operto and the queen dowager will take up their residence In the cetlu of Mnncalleri, near Turin. COLUMBV8 DAY CELEBRATED. President Taft Receives Parade of 0,(K)0 In Mowtoii Celebration In Other Cities. New York, Oct 12. All exchanges are closed todas' Columbus day. Detroit Oct. 12. Italian residents here celebrated Columbus day by un veiling a statue of the navigator. Boston, Oct. 12. Columbus day wa observed today in Massachusetts for the first time. The celebration centered here, where a parade of 0.- (100 was reviewed by President Taft, Governor Drapef, Mayor Fltxgerald and Archbishop O'Donnell. Chicago, Oct 12. Banks, the board of trade, and courts aro closed here. An Immense crowd viewed a pageant Illustrating the landing of Columbus. Vallnlares Agrees to Go to Capital. Washington. Oct. 12. General Jose Marie Valladarcs, governor at Ama- pala, Honduras, who is said to have made threats against foo-rgnere. has sgreed to the request1 of President Davila that he retire and come to the ennital. according to a dispatch to the state department from the Amer lean minister at Tegucigalpa. Corpse Found on Sidewalk. Hoboken, N. J.. Oct. 12. A well dressed man registered at a hotel here about 1 o'clock this morning ss Mar tin Egger of Philadelphia. An hour later his corpse was found on the sidewalk below his room. THE WEATHER. For Ashevllle and Vicinity Fair weather tonight and Thursday, For North Carolina Fair tonight nnd Ttiur.lnyj not much change In temperature. MANUEL RIGID RENEW FIGHT IN COURTS Alleges He. Has ' New .Evidence, from Autopsies on Bodies of Persons Who Died of Chloroform. New York, Oct. 12. Albert T. Pat rick, the lawyer, now under life Im prisonment for the murder of Wil liam Marsh Rice, a Texas millionaire, Is going to renew the fight for free dom which he has waged continuous ly through tho courts for several years. Patrick has retained a new lawyer, and will apply to the Court of Appeals for a new trial on new ex Idenco, discovered, H wus asserted, as the result of autopsies performed on bodies of persons who had died from the effects of chloroform. JOHN A. OIK ACCEPTS He Plants Himself Squarely upon Plat- form Adopted by Rochester State Convention. Tomson, N. Y Oct. 12. Planting , himself squarely upon the platform adopted by Rochester staid conven tion and pledging hi support to the principles enunciated therein, John A. Dix today formally accepted the nomination as a candidate of the democratic party for the office of gov ernor of New York. Herbert P. Blssell of Buffalo, the convention's presiding offfoer, official ly notified Dlx and the other candi dates on the state ticket of their nom ination. EDUCATION OF THE NEGRO HAS KTEAIHLY PROGRESSED Durham, Oct 12. The work of ed ucation of . the negro has progressed so steadily In the past ten years that only 48 per cent of the lace In the United States at present are Illiterate, according to Mrs. Emma Erklne Ha hn, of New York, who today address ed the Students National Religious Training schooV here at the opening of the fall term. ' Sentenced to Ho Hanged November SS, Louisville, Miss., Oct. 12. Swinton Permenter, lost night found guilty of murder In the first degree for killing Miss Janle Sharpe, near here, several months igo, was brought Into court today and sentenced to be hanr November IS. Greek Cabinet Resign. Athens, Oct 12. The Greek cabi net resigned today. The resignations are flue to complications with Turkey and to tr.Urnal dissensions. Dickinson and Party Leave for Pari. St. Petersburg, Oct. 1J. flecreta of War IMcklr.mn and party left here today for Paris, INQUIRY RESUMED NTONtl RATES Proposed Advances on Eastern Trunk Lines Are1 Again Under Investigation. Washington, Oct 12. Investigation by the Interstate commerce commis sion into the proposed freight rate ad vardvs in eastern trunk line territory was resumed today after an adjourn ment of the hearing from New York. In a general way the proposed in creases affect nearly all articles handled at either class or commodity rates; but do not apply to the great volume of freight, as exceptions are made of coal and coke, iron and steel articles, Iron ore and some other large commodities. Recently the proposed Increases were postponed until November, 1, and It appears probable there will be fur ther postponement. Conspiracy on the part of the rail roads to deprive western grain ahlp pers of tho advantage of cheap water transportation and tf drive the grain transportation business from the great lakes Is charged in a petition filed with the Interstate commerce commission by the Chicago board of trade. TRUE BILLS RETURNED FOR CHIPPEN ANQ WOMAN The Former as Principal, Latter as Ac cessory Alter Fact of Murder of Crippen's Wife. London, Oct 12. The grand Jury found true bills against Dr. Hawley H. Crlppen and Ethel Clara Le Neve, charging the former as principal, and the latter accessory afttr the fact, with the murder of the doctor's wife, known on the stago as Belle Elmore. Their trials probably will start Tues day. PROMINENT MEN ARE HVRT IN AN AITOMOB1LE ACCIDENT Were Returning to Mnskegon, Mich, from a Fifth rYy, When Machine Han Against a Pole, Muskegon, Mich., Oct 11. Four prominent business men were hurt, one probably fatally, when an automo bile driven by Milton Klordan, man ager of a local department store, run ning at 40 miles an hour, early today crashed Into a telephone pole. The men were returning from fish fry In Lake Michigan park. , Western Rate Advance Again poned. ;-, . Post- Chicago, Oct. 12 At a meeting In the offices of the western trunk line the committee decided to postpone again the proposed advance In frelxht rates on certain commodities In went ern territory, this time unill I'eliniiit v I. REPORT OH AND FARM LABOR Wholesome Advance in Agriculture in. All Sections of the State Is Indicated. " : ' r. : TWO CONDITIONAL PARDONS ARE GRANTED BY THE GOVERNOR Town Clerks Are Called I poii to Rev port Status of Their Fire Fight- , lug Apparatus, Etc. Gazette-News Bureau, v . Chamber of Commerce Rooms, '! ' Hollemon Building, , Raleigh, Oct. 12. . , Two pardons, both conditional, are granted by Governor Kltchln. Lee Caldwell of Warren county Is pardon ed from a six years' sentence in the penitentiary, after two years'' service. The crime was manslaughter.'' Howi ever, the victim had a few days before the killing attacked and beaten the prisoner's mother, apparently without cause. Furthermore, Caldwell warn ed the deceased when he met him ' that he intended to beat him or get beaten. The deceased struck Caldwell 1 with a hote that Caldwell wrenched away from him and struck him with It. The deceased then drew his knife, cut Caldwell in three places. As he ran away from the deceased he fell Into a ditch. It was after he was . down and deceased was coming In on, him that Caldwell used his revolver with deadly effect The governor says n his statement of reasons for the - pardon that Caldwell lived six years in Manchester, Va., where he was re garded as honest, Industrious, tem perate and polite He has been .c model prisoner. . The second pardon is for Robert ' Shoffner, a Guilford county negro, charged with criminal intimacy with girl under fourteen years old. He had been charged with criminal out rage, but submitted 'to . the lesser charge by consent at the trial, taking . sentence of 2$ years of which he has served a number. The governor . says that Indications are that many believed the man to be innocent Hit pardon has been pressed by Influen tial friends through sympathy sod without any fees,' the trial judge and solicitor taking the view along with others that the fellow has had suffi cient punishment for whatever degree . ot guilt he might have had. In the af fair. A summary of the chapter ' of the department of Labor and Printing de- ' voted to. farms and farm labor Is Just " issued by Commissioner of Labor and Printing M. L. Shipman and contains many features of special interest, the report being made up from special reports procured by the department from every locality In the state. The . commissioner says the reports show ' wholesome advance In farming tn - all sections of the state, with 'special progress in the practice of seed selec tion, preparation of soil, in drainage of swamp lands, measures to prevent erosion, with assurances that progress along these lines will continue. The commission commends the work he finds that the. North Caroli na Geological survey Is doing along ' the line of drainage undertakings and declares that with constantly increas ing values It behooves the farmera to see to It that there are no gullies and washouts on their properties. ' . What Crops Cost. ; "" " The reports Indicate slight differ-. ence in wages or in cost of producing the various crops In different sections of the state. It Is ascertained that (7 counties produce cotton at a cost of $33.27 per bale; that 21 counties pro duce wheat at a cost of 72 cents per bushel; 97 grow corn at 62 cents per bushel; (5 grow oats st 26 cents per bushel; S3 grow tobacco at on aver age cost of 27.50 per hundred pounds. Wages and Laborers. Increase In farm hand wages la re ported In 33 counties, a decrease In one county and no change in the others. The highest average wages paid men for farm work Is t2S.ll and the lowest 216.28, this being an In crease of 1 per month and 41 cents per month respectively. The high est average for women is found to be $16.62 and lowest average $10.11.' an Increase of (2 cents per month over the averages for lost year's reports. Children are reportod to have aver age wages of $8.76, an Increase of "S'l cents per month over last year.. As to the financial condition of the work ing people the reports from seventeen counties show them good, (3 fair, 21 poor and one bad, with '' no report from another. Ninety-two counties report Improvement In this respect. - The reports from tt counties show change toward greater diversity of. crops and 98 report Improvement In methods ot cultivation. Every county reports Increase in the cost of living. Increases In the value of lands Is re ported from 93 counties and the fer tility of lands maintained In 93. with general tendency toward smaller farms. Labor la reported scarce In s counties and negro labor unreliable In 96 counties and reliable In two. "Reports show road lmprovem.it strongly favored through taxation In li'.nety-two counties and not favor d In six counties. ' i'klenieii' Rcnclll I'liml. The clerks of the vnrlons t North Carolina thi.t cm - t t . i Ipate In the pirn. a . r t ' Menellt Vim, I i v- '