THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES LAST EDITION 4:00 P. M. Wea tiler Forecast: Threatening; cooler. VOL. XV. NO. 136. ASHEVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 10, 1910. 3 CENTS TIE PRESIDENT SOUTH Over Tropical St He Departs from Scenes of Recent Un pleasantness, to Inspect Work on the Canal. EIGHT PS STILL I- IS I IIP HOSE WE IRE ILL UP IN 1. IS YET DOMING CUMBING WANTS FIRST HAND FACTS OF CONDITIONS DOWN THERE Before Departing from Washington He Urged Sober Looking Cabinet to Take Optimistic View of the Future. C1IA dc fo i IIAltLESTON, Nov. 10. Presi- Jent Taft sailed this morning for Panama, to get In personal touch with conditions along the big canal. Mr. Taft visited the isthmus just before his Inauguration In 1909. Various executive and engineering problems have arisen and congress soon must frame legislation as to rates of toll, form of government, regulation of the sale of coal and disposition of the Panama railroad. President Taft sailed on the armor ed cruiser Tennessee, with the cruiser .Montana as a convoy. Both cruisers have a speed of 22 knots and will make the trip to Colon In four days. The president expects to bo on the Isthmus lour days and is due back In Charleston Noverber 22. He will stop over in Itichmond a few hours No vember IS, reaching Washington the same afternoon. The president's special squadron Is under command of Hear Admiral Staunton with the Tennessee as Hag ship. The president is accompanied by bis brother, Charles P. Taft, Sec retary Norton, a physician, two aides, and a stenographer. Trued His Cabinet to Cheer Tt. Washington, Nov. 10. It was nil Honored that President Taft had no statement ro make regarding results of the election. Yesterday there was n session of the cabinet. Most of the members of the president's official 'family were decidedly sober In their expressions. The president urged them to take an optimistic view of the future. HE MURDERS TWO MEN TB SERL THEIR HPS Boston Man Charged With Assault on Girl Kills Her Stepfather an a Police Sergeant. floston, Nov. 10. Walter B. Kail, aged 24. a state houfte employe at liberty on bail waiting trial charged with assaulting a 14 years old girl, Battier H. Kogg, shot and killed Krank A. Tlees. the child's step-father, and Police Sergeant Frederick Schlehuber, the principal witness against him. as they were waiting to lay the case be fore the district attorney. Fall attempted to end his own life but was overpowered. MECHANICIAN KILLED Albert Fuchs Meets Instant Death Two Others Injured, One Badly. Savannah, Nov. 10. The lirst fatal ity on the grand prise race course oc curred when a Sharp Arrow over turned, instantly killing Albert Fuchs. the mechanician, and badly Injuring William H. Sharp, designer of the car Injuring William H. Prlger, regular driver of the car. Sharp was at the wheel when tha car swerved and upset on Ferguson avenue, the beat atralghtaway for apeedlng on the entire course. . PRIZE AEROPLANE FLIGHT FROM HAVANA TO KEY WEST Tire Five Thousand Dollars. Offered May He Increased to $30,000. Cu ban emigres (Jiving Half Of Thin. New York. Nov. to. The prise of 15.000 recently off -red In Hanava for an aeroplane lllght between that city and Kay West probably will be In creased to SI0.000. The congress of Cuba Is expected to vote half this amount Sou lx Sick. New Haven, John Phillip m poser, la In Ho'iaa, ng from mala- thls in hi; Nov. IV. hospital hare, aufferl lb slla-htlv Imorovins The Row Over the Power of the Speaker Will Come up as a Gray Horse of Quite Another Color. CANNON AND HIS FRIENDS LIKELY TO CHANGE BASE Maintenance of Senority Rule Would Give All Great Committee Chair manships to Southern Men. WASHINGTON, Nov. 10. An other contest over the ques tlon of taking from the speaker the power to name Standing committeeman spent nothing and M. soon after the house of representa tives sasemble next month. This time It is not unlikely the movement will receive the support of Speaker Can non and his allies, . inasmuch as thr next assignment will be made liy dem ocrats. It is not known what the attitude of the democrats will be In the coming session, when an effort is made fur ther to shear the speakership of Its great authority. The chances are they will seek to force the battle over to the succeeding session when they will bo in undisputed control. Homo now here believe that If the power to appoint committees Is taken uway from the democratic speaker in the sixty-second congress and handed over to the house membership all hope of harmony In democratic ranks may be abandoned. It would mean the upsetting of the seniority rule and turning down many men of long service who have been minority runk Ing members of the most powerful committees. Harmony also would t.uffer from the maintenance of the seniority rule as that rule would give to the south the chairmanships of all great committees and leave unrecog nized the new democratic membership from northern a.id western states. Under the seniority rules the commit tee on agriculture would go to Lamb of Virginia. The chairmanship of the committee on hanking and currency would go to Pujo of Louisiana; census, to Hay of Virginia; foreign affairs to Flood of Virginia; Immigration to Burnett of Alabama; Indian affnlrs to Stephens of Texas, Interstate and foreign com merce to AdamBon of Georgia, judi ciary to Clayton of Alabama, mer chant marine and fisheries to Clark of Florida, naval affairs to Padgett of Tennessee, patents to Legaru of South Carolina, pensions to Richardson of Alabama, postofflees to Moon of Ten nessee, printing to Flnley of South Carolina, public buildings to Bhep pard of Texas, public lands to Robin son of Arkansas, rivers and harbors to Sparkman of Florida, territories to Floyid of Missouri, ways and means to Inderwood of Alabama. Appropriations, under the seniority rule, would go to Fitzgerald of New York, bat it Is said thnt because of his unpopularity with Champ Clark, prospective speaker, this place prob ably would be given to Burleson of Texas. Military affairs goes to Sulser of New York. ATTEMPT Tl AMBASSADOR WILSON Rioting Incident to an Anti-American Demonstration in Capital City of Mexico. San Antonio, Tex., Nov. 10. Ad vices from Ijiredo Btale the rioters In Mexico City have attempted the life of t 'tilted Stales Ambassador Wilson. The report came from sources considered reliable. The attempt on the Ambassador's life was made early this afternoon. The attack was the culmination of an antl Amerlcan demonstration which began last night in which two Mexican stu dents and a Mexican onlooker were killed by the police In an attempt to preserve order. Hitter reeling was aroused as a result or these fatalities. On account of rigorous censorship, reports are meager. 1 ALABAMA AND FLORIDA CENSUS FIGURES GIVEN That of Alabama Has Increased 300,' 3M and Florida til, KM in the Ten Years Period. Washington, Nov. 10. The popula tion of the state of Alabama la 2, 131,0(3 aa enumeratad In the thir teenth census. This 'la an Increase of 309,316 or id. I per cent uVer 1,138,607 In 1000. The population of the tae of Flor ida la 711, IS, an Increase of 222.697 or 4 2.1 per cent over 528.54 2 In 1(00. kitted at Football. Halifax. N. C. McLellan, aged 24 result of Injuries r Nov. 10. Robert STATE AND FEDERAL CLASH IS LOOKED FOR Express Companies in New York May In voke Injunction to Prevent Seizures of Wagons by Mayor's Order. Admiral Inouye Talks Truculent Thinks America Is Resolved to In terfere In Far Kant Insist-, on Measure of Preparation. New York Herald Syndicate Cable. Yokohama. Nov. 7. The Toklo press Is angry at Jacob H. Sehlff's speech, which It calls Imperltinont and Inconsiderate In view of the time and place of its delivery. It may, according to the newspaper, cause complications. Admiral Inouye in the Toklo papers refers to the Chinese loan and the neutralisation proposal as standing examples of America's resolve to ln- terferr In the far rant, and styles the cruise of the Atlantic squadron a dem onstration against Japan. America, he goes on to say, evi dently contemplates great activity in the Pacific after the opening of the Panama canal. Japanese naval ex pansion Inevitably will be based on the American program. The Admiral Insists on the necessity of protecting Formosa and the southwest coast of Japan, which are exposed to attack from the Philippines. Foolish, German and French Bunks to Share (By Associated Press.) London, Nov. 10. Agreement Is signed under which English. German and French banks will participate In the loan of 150.000,000, which the American syndicate will make China. to WIS A NEGRO'S BODY Lynched Person Tangled up With the Wires Found by Telephone Squad in Georiga. Macon, (la., Nov. 10. Telephone "trouble'' men, looking for wire trou ble near Montezuma. Ha., yesterday came upon tho cause In unexpected and grcwsoihe form when they found tho body of a negro dangling from a pole, tangled up with tho telphone wires. This proved to be a negro lynched the morning before, the accused mur der of Marshal Hush of Montezuma. NEVER REACHED TOP OE MOUNT M'KINLEY A Series of Photographs Is Made Public by Prof. Parker, of the Colum bia University. New York, Nov. 10. Prof. Herschel C. Parker,' of Columbia University, who recently returned from an ex ploration of Mount aloKlnley, has made publ'c a aeries of photographs taken near the Alaskan mountain, which he claims Is Indlaputable evi dence that Dr. Frederick A. Cook, the Boston traveler, never reached the top of America's highest peak. Hrcathilt Jailer Killed. .lackson, Ky., Nov. 10. Wesley Turner, Jailer of Breathitt county was shot and killed on a street near the Jail Tueaday night by "Bad Jake' Noble, a noted feudist and a promi nent figure in the HargUt and Coekrill i. mis No cause for the killing la known. Turner and Noble had been ORK, Nov. 10. There are possibilities of n clash between d federal authorities over the express drivers and the com panies. The process Of Injunction may be Invoked to prevent further seizure", such as that made of several express wagons driven by unlicensed drivers, under Mayor Gaynor's order. Resides 10,000 drivers of express and delivery wagons, about .1,000 taxi cab chauff?urs are now on strike. The express business Is virtually at a standstill. A general strike of team sters In sympathy with the men now out is Imminent. The first move to tie up an estab lished transportation line occurred this morning when fill chauffeurs of the Fifth Avenue Coach company went on strike. Two hundred and If ty driv-ers of one of the hlg coal companies also went out. A general walkout of coal drivers is threatened. Mayor Gaynor Issued two charac teristic letters last night which prom ised to bring the strike of the ex press company employes to a head tomorrow. Briefly, he forbids thi- operation of wagons by unlicensed drivers, thus eliminating the strike breakers upon which the companies have depended. Mayor Whittpenn of Jersey City already had taken this stand, and a test case is now In the Jersey City courts. More than ten thousand drivers and helpers, augmented by most of the taxicab chauffeurs In New York, are still on strike and rioting is unabated1. Millions of packages are awaiting de livery. John William . slate com missioner of labor, Is due here from Albany tomorrow and with Mayor Gaynor's action and a threat of state intervention. It is hoped that a settle ment will be reached Companies Must Observe Law. The mayors' letters made public last night are addressed to the Amer ican Express compfciv and Mayor Whifitpr'nn of Jersey City respectively. To the company ha said: "Although this strike tins been on for over two weeks, the express com panies have not up to today caused their new -Ivers to present them selves, and be vouched for and li censed as required by law before they may act. I must now require that this condition cease. The right of city protecting, by police escorts, wagons driven by unlicensed drivers in violation of law is exciting Just criticism. We have continued this protection only because we expected from day to day that on secdnd thought you would not, especially at such a time, continue such on object lesson of disrespect and disregard of the law. "Disrespect and disregard of the law by persons and corporations who should be tho first to obey the law, has been the source of most of the evils and abuses which have occurred In this county during the last 25 years You are also using unlicensed push ears and venders wagons found In tho street are taken to the corpora tion yard ami impounded. Are you not able to see how demoralizing It would be to exempt you from the rub that applies by law to all without dis Unction?" In his letter to Mayor Wlttpenn Mayor Cay nor review! the men's de mands for an eleven hour day, pay for overtime and recognition of the union. "At my earnest roquest," he con tinues, "the men withdrew their de mund for recognition of the union, and also agreed to leave the settle ment of hours anil wages until aftr they had resumed work. I supposed, of course, that this would settle the strike, but when 1 presented it to th companies, they refused, at the In stance of the company or one man, to accept it as a basis of settlement." NO CHRISTMAS LEAVE OE FIRST CUSS CADETS This Is the Punishment of West Point ert for "Silencing" of Capt. Logan, Sept. 4. West Point, N V . Nov. 10 The en tire lirst class of West point cadets, numbering 85, has been deprived .of I'hrtstmaa leave of absence as punish ment for participation In the 'silenc ing" of Captain Rufus Longan of the eleventh Infantry, instructor of mili tary tactics, September 34. 'NT ATE-WIDE" AMENDMENT IB DEFEATED IN FLORIDA Counties That Were Expected to Be for It (Jive Heavy Majorities tin other Way. Jacksonville. Nov 10. With three fourtha of the vote of the state re ported the majority against the pro posed constitutional amendment pro hibiting the aale of intoxicating liquors In Florida la 1,034 This will probably be Increased rather than diminished aa many of the countlaa which were expeeted to give heavy majorities for the amendment are giving majorities against II NEW YORK possibllitl state and Women's Biplane Makes a Flight A flier Years of Effort .Miss Todd .of New York Sees Sim-cosh of the Work of Her Hand and Hinln New Yorlt, Nov. 10. After years of effort Miss K. Lillian Todd of this city realized her ambition when she had tire pleasure of seeing a biplane, the work of her bands and brain, fly across the Garden City aviation He'd. After having the machine built numberless times Miss Todd, about four months ago, announced that she had a biplane which she thought would fly. She then tried to gel an engine, but met with repeated defeat, MISS' .TODiX t as the engines widen she tried were not satisfactory. Finally a modified Rinek miffoi- Was declared sii'lsfac tory. A good sized crowd was on hand to witness the first attempt to liy tho bi plane. I). Maason was the uviator. He ran the machine across the ground then went Into the air for 20 feet and made a turn at the far end, returning to the -;t m tine place, where he was enthusiastically received by Miss Todd and the crowd also. The upper planes of tho biplane are shaped somewhat lilse a bird's wing when In (light, while the lower planes are level. The chassis Is about live feet high. OLD DISPENSARY BOARD Representative of Liquor House Testi fies He Paid Two Members of Commission. Chester. 8. C. Nov. 10. In Black -Kawllnson -Solomons trial conspiracy to defraud the state the for In connection with the defunct state dis pensary John I.. Early, former liquor salesman, today testified that his house Charged the state dispensary more for whiskey than other concerns Attor ney Nelson, representing the defense, inquired If the price had not leen same before the Rawllnson-Rlark-Wy-lle board went Into office. Attorney General Lyon objected to going Into the affairs of previous hoards of di rectors, but the testimony was admit ted. "Why don't you prosecute the old board?" asked Nelson. "I would If I could catch them," replied Lyon; "this thing has been a steal from Its inception on down to Its abolition by the legislature." The feature of yesterdays session of the Circuit court which Is bearing the so-called dispensary "graft" cases was the testimony of c. W. Dudley of Lexington, Ky.. and of John T. Early that he had paid rebates or "com missions" to the members of the old state dispensary board. Early, the flrat wltnoss, formerly represented Fleishman & Co. He tes tified tl-at he had paid rebates to Wylle and Black aggregating approx imately 14.000 or $5,000. Part of It, ho said, was us rebates, the remain der as a loan. Dudley, the only other - Itness ex amined, swore that he had seen Solo mons a meetlnga of the purchasing board. According to Dudley, the rate on case goods was $1 a case. This money the witness aald was paid to Wylle on all case gooda except those returned. The defence attacked Dudley's testimony on cross-examination, but did not shake It, apparently. Card of I hank- Mr. and Mra. Paul B. Crowell de alre to thank their may friends for their kindly assistance during their recent bereavement Aviator CriUcall) Injured Mouscron, Belgium, Nov. 10 Aviator Peters, at-roplanwt, fell today while making a night and wa critically In- ksLanvPsi sHI Returns, Official and Semi Official, Now Indicate That His Ma jority Is 1202. REPUBLICANS BADLY FOOLED; THOUGHT THEY HAD IT SAFE Late In Afternoon of Flection Day They Believed It Was Only Oues (Ion of Grant's Majority. Whllo the official returns from all the 13 counties In the Tenth congres sional district had not been reclovcd here up to a late hour this afternoon return oftlclal and semi-official had been received, however, sufficiently to indicate that Hon. J. M. Gudger, the succcBsiul democratic candidate, had carried the district by a larger ma jority than his most sanguine friends had hoped lor. It Is evident that Mr. Gudger has made large gains in ev ery county In the district; that he simply swept tho western section of the state for the democrats and that he is elected to tho next congress of tho United States by a majority be tween 1000 and 1200. in (act. Chair man Owen Gudger, who managed Mr. Gudger's campaign so efficiently and with such shrewdness, pitting his ability against that of T. F. iloland, a recognized master in- political manipulation, places Mr. Gudger's majority at not less than 1200. Evi dently .Mr. Gudger's prediction will come true, since later returns tend to Increase rather than to diminish Mr. Qudger's majority. Chairman Owen Gudger went into the tight eomparavltevly u young man In the game of politics. He learned rapidly, however, and to his untiring efforts and his knowledge of the dls trlct combined with the loyal support that he received from democratic can dldates and organizations In Bun combe county and other counties In the district, la largely due the splen did victory that J. M. Gudger, jr., won at the polls Tuesday. Naturally Mr. Grants record In congress and the general unrest manifest among the people contributed to the democratic success, but It required organization and tho proper handling of the situa tion to win the victory that was won Tuesday. Chairman Owen Gudger was the right man at the right place and he evidenced that he, too, could play the game of politics, and what is more to the point, play a winning game, tie won ana ne aeserves ine plaudits of the democrats of the Tenth district. When- All Is Gloom In tho republican household all has been gloom since the returns began coming in on election night. They thought that they had the situation well in hand up to the closing ot the polls; in fact, late in the afternoon of election day they believed that it was onlv a question of majority for Mr. Grant. They could not see how it waB possible for Mr. Gudger to d( feat Mr. Grant. They would listen to no such argument. That they were fooled and badly so Is evidenced by the returns that almost hourly give Mr. Gudger greater majorities in the several counties than his moat staunch supporters and friends had hoped for. They Coneedo It 'The latest returns up to this after noon Indicate that Mr. Gudger has swept the district, that ho has car rled every county with the exception of three, and that he has been elected to tho sixty-second congress by a ma Jority of 12 OS. The official and semi official vote from the counties In the district received at democratic head quarters here show that the majority for Mr. Gudger will not bo less than 1200. At republican headquarters the statoment was made that Mr. Oram had been crushlngly defeated; that they had few If any authentic returns but that they conceded Mr. Grant's defeat by a large majority. Tho dem ocrallc figures follow: Gudger. Grant Buncombe 700 Cherokee 250 Clay SO Henderson 601 Haywood 803 McDowell 25 Macon 50 Jackson SO Graham Polk 75 Tranaylvanla 30 Rutherford 415 Swain .in 175 Total JS5S 1056 Gudger's majority. ... 1202 FOUR WOMEN LEGISLATORS ARE ELECTED IN COLORADO Three of the lady lawmakers Chosen Tuesday Are of INwocratle Faith. One Republican. lenver. Nov. 10. Four women will alt In the eighteenth general assembly of Colorado, as a result of Tuesday elections. They are Alma Lafferty Louise U. Jones and Louise M. Ker win, democrats, and Agnes Riddle, re publican. For AaheVllle and vlolntty: Threat enlng weather and cooler tonight and Tlday. For North Carolina: ''neettled weather and cooler tonight and Frl day; cooler Friday and In wast portion Q. GANNON The Landslide Speaks for Itself, Is the Eloquent Comment of the Speaker of the National House. RESULTS LITTLE CHANGED BY THE LATER RETURNS Democrats Retain a Good, Comfortable House Majority, and Senate Ap parently Will Be Close. DENVER, fur com tion of ENVER, Nov. 10. Figures so mpiled point to the elec- practically tho entire democratic state ticket and three dem ocratic candidates for re-election to congress. The re-election of Govern- John F. Shafroth (democrat) is onccded by the republicans. The emocrats claim a majority of 18,000 for Shafroth. The next general as sembly will be overwhelmingly demo cratic. Danville, Ills.. Nov. 10. 'The land slide speaks for itself. I have noth- ng to add to my statements concerti ng my attitude, made Tuesday ight," commented "I'ncle Joe" Can non. "Concerning the causes and effects am not prepared to say anything. As yet we arc all up In the air as to xact conditions throughout the coun try." Will lime Little Time In Taking the Pie. 'hlcago, Nov. 1 0. Approximately 000 positions in Cook county now held by republicans will be handed over to democrats as a result of Tuesdny's elections. "We will lose no more time than is necessary In turn- ng out the republicans," said Chair- mm McCarthy of the democratic county committee. Another for the Republicans, Grcenbay, Wis., Nov. 10. Latest re- trns Indicate that Kuestermann, (re publican) is elected in the Ninth con gressional district of Wisconsin, over Konop (democrat). Ftislonlsts Carry Tennessee House. Nashville, Nov. 10. According to returns received by the Banner from 90 of 96 counties fusion democrats and republicans have 49 members of the lower house of the legislature against 41 for the regular democrata The regular democrats appear to have the senate by a email majority. Carroll's Lead IiK-reascd. Des Moines, la., Nov. 10. Complete returns from 93 of 99 counties In Iowa give B. F. Carroll, (republican) for governor a lead over Claude R. Porter (democrat) of 16,424. Twenty-Fourth Pennylvania. rittsburg, Nov. 10. Unofficial re turns from the 24th congressional dls- rlct give Matthews (republican) a plurality of 1095 over Wilson (demo crat). Democratic Governors. A summary of the contests for gov ernorships shows the following demo cratic governors elected with the ap proximate pluralities: New York. Dix, 66,000. New Jersey, Wllaon. 30,000. Colorado, Shafroth, 18,000. Connecticut, Baldwin. 3500. Massachusetts, Foss. 33,000. Ohio, Harmon. 60,000. Oklahoma, Cruce. . Oregon, Weat, Wyoming, Cnrey, . Alabama, O'Neal, 50,000. South Carolina, Blease, 60,000. Texas, Colqult, . North Dakota, Burke. 3000. Republican (. memoes. The republican governors elected with approximate pluralities: Pennsylvania, Tenner, 20.000. New Hampshire, Bass, 7000. Rhode Island. Pothler. 900. Iowa, Carroll, 16.424. Kf nsaa, stubha, 5000. Michigan. Oshorn, 40.000. Minnesota, Kberhart, 60,000. Nebraska, Aldrich, 5000. South Dakota, Vesaey, 12,000. Wisconsin, McOovern, . California, Johnson. 25,000. Nevada, Oddle, . Tennessee, Hooper (fusion). 12,000. The governorships In two states are not yet reported as being beyond doubt, namely, Colorado and Idaho. CQtigrraiSn I Gains. Congressional galna war maac by the republlcana and democrata In '.ho following states and districts. States and Districts: Dem. Rep. Connecticut 2nd 1 Illinois. Ith, 7th. Hth. IStb.. 4 Indiana, Sth 1 Iowa. Snd, 4th S Iowa. Sth t Kentucky, nth 1 Maine, 2nd, 3d I Maryland. 24, Sth S Massacl. asetta. Id 1 Massachusetts, 14th . 1 Michigan, 1st Sth I Missouri. 13th, 14th. ltth. lth 4 Missouri. 11th Nevada, at large New Jersey, 2d, Sth, 7th, Sth 4 New York. 1st, id. 4th, Sth, 12th. ISth, 17th, Slst, 21th. 27th. SSd, SSth 12 Nee V Nort -J.