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jfV , LAST EDITION 2:30 P. M. Weather rwrecast: Partly eloody. VOL. XV. NO. 248. ASHEVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 24, 1910. 3c PER OOPY THI ASS0CIAT1D DISPATCHES i MEXICAN NEWS IS CONFLICTING F Generally Believed, However, That Government Has Situation well in Hand. OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT sirs mis about over Censorship, It Is Admitted, Per mits Transmission of Only Such News as Favors Government. WASHINGTON, Nov. 24. "Or dr has been re-established in H the republic excepting the district of Guerrero, in Chihua hua, Where a faction of about 200 men are not completely reduced." This Is the text of a telegram re ceived from the Mexican minister of foreign affairs. Creel, by Ambassador De La Barr. situation Probably Under Control. El Paso, Tex.. Nov. 24. While it Is admitted that with the censorship es tablished by the Mexican government only such Information as is favorable to the government la allowed to come through, it la the general belief that the situation la well under control. The most Important development of the night wu a report that disturb ances broke out in the territory of Teplc, on the wee coast. A heavy force of trope has been sent to Teplc from Mexico City. No fighting was reported from rev olutionist strongholds last night. George Sharpe, k cattle man who ar rived on the Mexico North western train attacked by revolutionists Mon day, declare that at San Aadraa, 40 mllea west of Chihuahua, the train waa met with hot rifle tire from the revolutionists, concealed behind va cant houses. At the first volley a lieutenant, and several soldiers were k triad utelsht. Three women And, a young child wete among those killed. Further casualties Were averted through the promptness of Shs en gineer, who pulled , open the,' throttle and drove the train swiftly beyond the Are of the revolutionists. The federal forces at Parral fear they will be unable to hold the town against Insurrectionists' attacks. Reinforce ments have been called for. In an effort to dislodge the insurgents It Is expected a battle will occur before the end of the day. Arms and Ammunition Seised. Cludad, Portlrlo Diaz, Mex., Nov. 24. Arms and ammunition in large quantities, shipped from St. Louis and New Tork, were seised by the govern ment forces at mining campa at San Pedro, Santa Barbara and other points, according to latest reports. It Is asserted that $76,000 worth of ri fles, cartridges and high power ex plosives were taken by Dtax'a troops, most of them being shipments from the United States. Torreon Reported to Hare Ren dap tared. Bugle Pass, Tex., Nov. 24. Em ployes of the Federal telegraph lines In Cludad Porflrlo Diaz say Torreon haii surrendered to the rebels and that the MaderolaU now Invest the city. All arms and ammunition at that DOlnt have been confiscated by them but the owners were told to call at rebel headquarters at Lordo and they would be paid for the guns. An American conductor reaching Eagle Pass from Torreon says he counted 21 bodies of Mexican soldiers, police and rurales tn Gomes Pallclo on Mon day. The revolutionists carried away their dead and wounded. A high Mexican official of Cludad Porflrlo mas says that two American soldiers were killed at Gomes Palaclo. A report declared to be unfounded was In circulation here that Francisco I. Madero had been captured by fed eral troops. Consul Luther Ellsworth places no confidence In It, saying ho wobld have received notice if Madero had been taken. General Fructuoso Garcia, com manding the Mexican troops in Clu dad Porflrlo Dlas, denies positively that President Dlas has been killed as was reported in a private wire to Denver. He say Dlas ha the sltua tlon well in hand. War ou Dangerous Hatpin. Ibrlln, Nov. 24. The president of the Berlin police ha declared war upon the dangerously protruding hat pin, issuing a proclamation warring women to ceaae ueing long pins or turn the point so they will not be a con stant menace to the public. The au thorities threaten to adopt compulsory measures utiles the women obey. Proposition from Laogford's Manager Boston, Nov. 14. Joe Woowman, Landford's manager, ha received a letter from Hugh Mcintosh, the An t; alien promoter, offering to give Jack Johnson $15,000 and zpenses for his end of a fight with Langford to take place in London coronation week. Pennsylvania Expect to Win. Philadelphia, Nov. 14. Pin foot ball weather prevailed this afternoon for the game between the University of Pennsylvania and Cornell on Frank 4ln SHU The Pennsylvanlsns expect to win. This Is the last contest of the BBBBBBBBBBBBBBI team. PICK MR. MANN FOR MINORITY LEADER V Progressives Plan to Shelve "Uncle Joe" in Favor of the Illinois Representative. New York Herald Syndicate, No. 1502 H. Street, N. W.. Washington, D. C, Nov. 24. i "Uncle Joe" Cannon, speaker of the house of representatives, will never I be minority leader in the new demo cratic house without a bitter tight. Many republican members elect who are arriving In Washington declare emphatically that another man Is cer tain to be chosen. The movement against Mr. Cannon is not of a haphazard growth. Some of the most influential men of the house are behind It. They have selected as telr candidate Representative James R. Mann, of Illinois, who for several years has had the reputation of being the most active and hardest working man tn the house. It has been conceded even by Mr. Cannon's friends that his chances of being speaker again, if the house had gone republican, were gone. Insur gency in the republican ranks has not been stamped out by the success of the democrats at the polls. The In surgents will be more numerous than over in the new house. Representative Mann, who has been selected by the lrrgent element for) the republican leader, Is a remarkable roan Iq many particulars, i He I playfully culled the "great objector." In fact he has for several years been regarded by many republican and democrats as the real legislative lead er of the house. A the exigencies of debate have re quired, Mr. Mann has time and again assumed the role first of republican and then of democratic floor leader. He Is always, in his seat and never let and bill, no matter how unimpor tant, or any amendment, slip by without the closest scrutiny. The democrats themselves concede that he could harass them more than any other man who will be In the new house With Mr. Mann on the floor as mi nority leader and Asher Hinds, Speak er Cannon's expert parliamentarian, by his side as a member from Maine the democrat need a champion. Chomp Clark of Missouri, as the new speaker, will have all he can do to decide the parliamentary questions presented to him by these two men, especially as there Is no expert parliamentarian to stand at his side. Another interesting phase of the question is that the man who in chos en floor leader by the republican - 111 be the acknowledged candidate for speaker should the republicans regain control. It ha been generally expect ed that Mr. Cannon would by given the complimentary vote of the repub licans for speaker, but here again trouble arises. Progressives, who were elected on an anti-Cannon platform, are seriously asking themselves wheth er they can consistently vote for "Un cle Joe" even though there is not the slightest chance of hi being elected. AN AGES COUPLE SLAIN HOME BY BURGLARS Housekeeper Heard Fatal Shots, and Huddled Under led While the House Was Ransacked. Trenton, N. J., Nov. 24. Rev. An drew L. Armstrong, 80 years old, pas tor of the Presbyterian church at Dutch Neck, 10 mile east of here, and his wife were murdered last night at their home by burglar. The aged couple were (hot. It I believed they died lntantly. The shooting waa heard by Mr. John Bear, an aged woman , housekeeper for the Armstrong. She hid under the bed In an upstair room while the burglars ransacked the house, fol lowing the murder. CONVICTED SUFFRAGETTES ALL ELECT TO 60 TO JAIL Given Their Choice of $10 to SSA Fines, or Two Week to a Month In London, Nov. 34. The suffragettes charged with assault and wilful dam age of property as a result of rioting wars found guilty in polios court today and sentenced to pay lines of SIS to til or spend a couple of weeks or month In Jail . Alt of them elected to go to jail. New York Herald and The Qasette-N RAILROADS AND TRUSTS IRE GIVEN SHARP RAPS Trans-Mississippi Commercial Con gress Demands Reforms-Urges Congress and States to Amend Laws. San Antonio, Texas, ' Nov. 24. Railroads and trust were given sharp rap yesterday afternoon Iw resolu tions introduced by Governor Stubbt of Kansas and unanimously adopted by the Trans-Mississippi Commercial congress. One et of resolutions urges the na tional congress to enact legislation providing for the valuation of rail road in detail, ascertaining the in vestment in railroad properties and separating the cost of the properties tn detail to the end that the inter state commerce commission may act promptly and intelligently and the (public be required to pay only what is reasonable on the Investment of railroads In property used in the pub lic service. This resolution concludes: "It Is the firm conviction of this convention that the railroads of the trans-Mississippi com, try are on pres ent rates- earning a fair return on any reasonable and fair basis of val uation. A second set calls upon the national congress to amend the Sherman anti trust law, making It mandatory and providing Imprisonment for all viola tions. Anothsr rrsolttlons In part follows: "We urge upon the congress of the United States the enactnent of a law to regulate the Issuance of stock and bonds of Interstate railroad and which carry Interstate commerce without Intrenching upon the right of states tn regulate their corporate and domestic affairs. "We urge upon the several states that they each regulate the Issuance of railroad securities. 'That In both state and national legislation the limitation placed upon such Issues and sales of such securi ties, the rights of both the state and federal government be fully preserved under the constitution.' till another est of resolutions Is worded thus: 'That We urge upon the Interstate commerce corrimlsslon that It corrects the abuses by prescribing rates to the (To If port which with due regard to cost or service and distance are rea sonable aad which are not. based on rates to and through those so-called gateway plus the rates bank over the same line aad thence to the Gulf." Brown Wins. Providence. R. 1., Nov. 24. -Drown university football season closes thin afternoon with the annual contest with the Carlisle Indians Brown Is a strong favorite, . - Providence, Nov. 24. Pinal score: Brown, 16; Carlisle, t. ews. "COME OPEN Tg GATE" FOREST FIRES ABE RABINGJLIFE LOST Thousands of Dollars Damage in Mc Dowell County Jim Flynn Burned to Death. Marion, Nov. 24. A blackened and charred body supposed to be that of Jim Flynn, a white man, was found on Mt. Ida, a mountain just outside of the city limits of Marlon Tuesday even ing by men who were lighting the for est fire which has been raging over this and adjoining mountains since Sunday night Some time during Sunday night the forest which covers the mountain caught fire mid fanned by a strong wind It soon spread over hundreds of acres of fine timber land. Monday morning Flynn and a party of other men started to fight the lire in an ei fort to prevent It from spreading to the property owned by D. A. Kanlpe. It Is supposed that a burning. tree or limb fell upon Flynn and pinned him to the earth rendering him helpless against the mud rush of ie flame which nearly entirely consumed his body. ( When Flynn did not return Monday afternoon aoarchlng parties were or ganised and a hunt for the man be gan which did not end until this even ing when the searchers came upon a mass of charred, burned and smoking flesh. It was hardly recognized ss be ing the remains of a human being. Lying with his fare toward the sky. The ground around the body showed evidence of a tierce struggle made by the man in un effort to free himself from the Hit., or tree which had penned him to the ground while the fire crept closer and -closer until It reached his body. Holes In the ground around the spot showed where the man had dug his heela In the ground In a frantic effort to tree himself and escape the dreadful death which was creeping down the mountain side. After finding the body the search ers obtained a box and Into this they put the burned mass of flesh. Burned shoes were the means of Identifica tion. Flynn leaves a wlfo and several children. He was a butcher by trade. Tuesday evening It looked as if the fir would spread to Grant's mountain and destroy thousands of acres of fine timber land. The few house on the mountain were destroyed. The loss of timber, houses, etc., will reach several thousands of dollars. Killed by Explosion of Natural Gas. Fairmont, W. Va, Nov. 24. When Clyde Fast attempted to light a Are In the kitchen rang today, accu -n dieted natural gas exploded with such force as to wreck the building and blow three members of the fsmlly Into the street Mrs. Fast waa killed under the timbers and wreckage. Other mem bers o i lie fsmlly are In critical condition. BIG SHAKE-UP IN THE ATLANTA POSTOFFICE Irregularities in Weighing Newspaper Mail Results in Discharge of Three Employee. Washington, Nov. 24. Postmaster General Hitchcock yesterday ordered the removal from the postofflce ser vice of Edward F. Blodgett, superin tendent of stations, and of James F. Norton and S. S. F. Giles, clerks, all In the Atlanta postofflce, as the result of gross Irregularities In the weighing of newspaper mall. The order followed an investlga tlon of the Atlanta postofflce matters which the postofflce department de clare - overed a setioa of years aad resulted In the loss of many thousand of dollars to the department The department announced In connection with this order a general Investlga tlon of methods ot weighing second clans mall throughout the country la now being conducted by inspectors with the Idea of detecting and bring ing to an end such Irregularities as those disclosed In Atlanta. Heoauso of Inefficiency In the dis charge of hi duties the euperlnten dent of railway mall service at At lanta, L. M. Terrell, who failed to take the precautionary measures re quired by the postal regulations to prevent the Irregularities, was trans ferred by the postmaster general's or ders from bis place of responsibility to a place In the service. Supt. G. W. Pepper of the railway mall division, having headquarters at Cleveland, has been assigned to At lanta tn supercede Supt Terrell. Clyde M. Reed, superintendent of the division of railway adjustments la the postofflce, department, was sent to Clevoland to take the place of Supt Pepper. Mr. Reed's position has been filled by the promotion of C. H. Mo Bride, formerly assistant superinten dent of the division of railway adjust ments. The evidence obtained In the Investigation at Atlanta has been sub milled by the postmaster general to the department of justice and that de partment will determine the question of prosecution. SAVES SIXTEEN FAMILIES FROM IMMINENT DEATH New tork. Nov. 24. At the risk of being blown to pieces. Policeman Pay rushed into a tenement house today, extinguishing the fuse of a bomb In time to save slxtsen families from tm mtnent death. The bomb, with sput tering fuse, wsi discovered by the Jan itor, tvtw callec the policeman. For AshevUl and vicinity: cloudy weather tonight and with moderate temperature Partly Friday NAVAL MUTINY AT RIO JANEIRO Crews of Two Warships Demand Increased Pay and Abolition of Corporal Punishment DREXEL REACHED EIM Went up Until the Ink in the Needle of His Barograph Ran Out 9.970 Feet Was Registered. PLAYED AROUND IN SKIES IS MINUTES TRYING TO GO UP Machine Descended No KwlfUy That the Daring Aviator Was Nauseated Did Not Suffer from Cold. Philadelphia, Nov. 24. J A"""1-! jtrong Drexel broke all aeroplane alti tude records yesterday when he climb ed above this city until his DIerlot monoplane wo unable to make fur ther progress in Ihe rarlfled atmos phere. The ink In the needle of his barograph ran out at 9,970 feet, which waa accepted as a new world's record last night by Clifford B. Harmon, chairman of the national council As sociated Aero Clubs of America, and King Duffy, secretary of that body. The Instrument is the same one which Johnstone carried when he made the former record of 9,714 feet at Bel mont park on October 31. It was brought to this city under seal by Mr. Duffy In order that the record mode would be official. Mr. Drexel left the aviation field at Point Breeze in the ex-'.-me southern part of this city at 3:21. He landed at oreland about 30 miles north of the spot where he had started, at 4:46. In his climb he had traveled at least 30 tntlesr to the northward, for when he started to descend, after trying for fifteen minute to force the machine higher, he glided down for a distance which he estimated at about six miles. So swiftly did the monoplane descend that the aviator was nauseated. How ever, he reached an Open field and brought hla machine to the ground without Injury. Mr. Deexel announced last night that he would fly the machine back to the aviation field today. He was great ly disappointed when he found that the barograph had failed to record an even ten thousand feet. "The air was so light It was Impossible to make the machine ascend another foot," he said. 'The engine would not carry It any further, and I waa up at the ex treme altitude for more than fifteen minutes. Jumping the machine In an effort to secure a greater height. Mr. Drexel said that while It was very cold, ne did not nutter line ne had done when he made his previous record of 6760 feet at Lanark, Scot land, and 8370 feet at Belmont park, because he was more warmly clad. Tn s than Ave minutes after Drexel began his flight the monoplane was only a spook In the heavy sky. Drexel made circle after circle ur.tl! It almost made one dizzy to watch the fast disappearing craft. When tne monoplane finally disappeared from view on northern horizon, the curios ity of the crowd was at fever pitch and for more than an hour the one topic was if he landed safely. Word was Anally received that he had land ed at Oroland safely, tweuty miles to the north, and a mighty shout went up from tho anxious crowd and later. when it waa announced that a new world's altitude record probably had been made, the cheering waa renewed with more vigor. THREE STRIKE LEADERS TAMPA FOUND GUILTY City Wu Unusually Excited When Jury's Verdict Became Known Caen Hard Fought Tampa, Fla,, Nov. 24. Jose de la Camps. Brltt Rosseiv and J. F. Ban turn, leading members of the Joint ad visory board of the cigar workers of Tampa, were yesterday found guilty of "oonsrlrlag to prevent cigar work ers from returning to work," and of Intimidating cigar workers In don atio of law aad order." Sentence was not passed ss a motion was Im mediately made for a new trial. The case ha been one of the most bitterly fought that has been tried In Tampa In years. The array of coun sel on each slds waa Imposing, many practitioners who have long since given up criminal practice, assisting In the prosecution at the call of the citizen' committee. As a result of the finding of the Jury last night the city waa unusually excited. The verdict relieves much peat up feeling among leading busi ness men who have seen the Indus trial structure erected through years of ceaseless effort crumbling und lb devastating Influence ef the strike, whloh ha continued 14 weeks. SEVERAL OFFICERS DEAD; FIRING STILL IN PROGRESS Some Shells Fired into City Rigorous Censorship Pre vails, and the Details Are Meager. LONDON, Nov. 24. -Private cable dispatches from Rio Do Janerio say the captain of the Brazilian battleship Minas Geraes was killed dnring naval disturbances. Earlier dis patches conveyed the newB that the crews of several warships had mutinied. A vigorous cen sorship prevails. Rio Janeiro, Nov. 24. The crews of two Brazilian' battle ships today mutinied, demand ing increased pay and the abo lition of corporal punishment in the navy. Several officers were killed in the fighting. Some shells were, fired into the city from the battleships. London, Nov. 24. -A cable gram from Rio Janeiro says fir ing is in progress between war ships in the harbor. GOOD ROADS BODY American Association for Highway Im provement Organized to Harmonize State Wide Movement. New York Herald Syndicate. No. 1G02 H Street, N. W.. Washington, D. C, Nov. 24. Harmony among states In the de velopment of a great national system of highways la the aim of the Ameri can Association for Highways lm provenv at formed at a meeting of men of national reputation. The as sociation responds to the movement for better roads, to take the roads problem out of politics, to install ex pert supervision and to broaden the purely local aspect of good roads Into the development of a country?.!- system. Membership In the new organization is baaed upon acceptance ot the appli cation forwarded to Its secretary and the payment of 3100 due by sustain ing members and 36 by regular mem bers. Annual meetings arc, to be held. There is a board of directors with wide powers. James s. Harlan, member of the In terstate commerce commission, waa temporary chairman of the meeting, which was held at the Cosmos club. W. W. Finley, president of the South ern Rail r way; U. F. Yoakum, Alfred Noble and Lafayette Young are the member of the executive committee. Logan W. Page, director of the bureau of public roada, was elected president and headquarters will be established In Washington. Other officers and the board ol di rectors are: Vice president, W. C. Brown; treasurer, Lee McClunc- sec retary, J. R. Penny-packer, jr.; organ iser. W. D. Brown; board of directors. Lout Hill (chairman), James McCrss, W. W. Finley, B. P. Yoakum, L. W. Page, Dr. E. J. Jamas, S. D. Chapin, Bryan. Lathrop, John Goodell, Mel ville E. Stone, Walter Page, Alfred Noble, Leonard Tufts, Lafayette Young. W. C. Brown, Joseph W. Jones, John A. Stewart, Lee McCtung, James Harlan, Robert P. Hooper, George C. Dlehl. A. G. Spalding, C. S. Bar rett, Clarsnce Wilson, J. E. Penny- packer, jr. The object of the association as shown by Its constitution is "to har monize and correlate all efforts ft .ha Improvement of the public roads to the end that adequate and sufficient systems of road construction, adminis tration and maintenance may be adopted In all the state" Charged with S1K.000 Fraud. London. Nov. 34 a W. Pinch, London agent of Phelpt , Dodge tk Co. of New York, waa today remanded to Jail, charged with having ddCrasslad his employer on 3135,000 received la payment of a consignment of copper. Pinch surrendered to the Uwrsoel police yesterday. FKe Kitted by Cizstastnav, San Barnadibo, Cat, Nov. 14. le borers are dead, the result premature .oeioh of dynatj Sant Fe rock cut, east of Bars! FORMED F0RU1I
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