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WW THE ASS00IAT1D PRESS DISPATCHES LAST EDITION 4:00 P. M. Weather forecast: Cloudy and Cold. VOL. XV. NO. 259. ASHEVILLE, N. C, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 7, 1910. 3c PER COPY Portraits of Late Mrs. Eddy and Brookline Home Where She Died Gffl Tl I .11 UtiSJUS Asks Questions That Delegates from Other States to Water ways Congress Are Un able to Answer. HAVE STARTED MOVEMENT TO KEEP HIM FROM TALKING Do not With to Hear What He Has to to Say But He Is Letting Out Some Startling Facts and Figures. Gazette-News Bureau, Hotel Hamilton; Washington, Deo. 7. W p ATERWAYS congress politics was lively last night and to day, it seems that the dele gate from some northern states do not want Col. S. A. Jones of Waynes vllle to speak, because he is going to say something they do not want to hear. Delegates from Illinois, North Carolina and other states met to de vise ways and means of checkmating this move to suppress the colonel. The Waynesvllle man declares that North Carolina Is receiving a ridicu lous amount for waterway Improve ments compared with the amount that the state pays toward the sup port of the federal government. He says that as much has been spent to open up certain sandbars in Massa chusetts for pleasure purposes as has been spent by the federal government In North Carolina In the past SO years. Col. Jones wants to have $5,000, 000 spent at Southpoit, making thai a freight basing point, and says dis crimination li freight rats ' costs North Carolinans 16,000,000 annual ly. I Col. Jones, who says thinks are looking up for the Transcontinental, has many of the waterways delegates lacked UP against the wall by 'asking them how much federal aid their re spective states have receive during the past decade. Pew have these facts In mind while the colonel is loaded to the gunwales with figures. W. A. H. LOGGING GO. Will AMI Laurel River Concern to Construct Ten Miles of Road to Its Boundary in Madison County. Special to The Gazette-News. Hot Springs, Pec 7. The Laurel River Logging company will build ten miles of railroad from Runnlon, Madi son county, to the company's timber boundary to the north. W. N. Gar rett, the engineer for the comprny, has gone to Jackson county to om ploy to or more hands to work on the grading of the new road. The road Is being constructed for the pur pose of getting out the white pine and yellow poplar from the 40.000 acres owned by the Laurel River Logging company. It Is stated that the esimates place the amount of timber on this t-act at 200,000,000 feat. It will require months to construct the road which will run northward from Runnlon, a station on the Southern railway five miles east of Hot Springs. The reason for tho construction of the road during the winter is to have everything In read iness for the shipment of poplar and pine early next summer. CHINESE GIRLS, BROUGHT IN FOR SLAVE TRADE, RELEASED Alleged They Were Kidnapped In Hong Kong Attempt to Sning gle Them In Fro rated. San Francisco, Dec. 7. Seven Chinese girls, who. It Is alleged, were kidnapped In Hong Kong and brought here to be sold In the slave iraoe ranging In asm from 14 to 17. - r . ... 7. ..... i.i wk.n in capturea oy me "" ." " attempt was made to smuggle mem ashore from the steamer Manchuria. Justice Beard Drops Dead. Nashville. Tenn . Dec T. Justice W. D. Beard of the State Supreme court dropped dead at Hermitage ho tel this morning. BID HAD Chief Withe's Men Nab Big Counterfeiting Gang 7. A counter Washington, Doc. two eontl nsntl has bea discovered by the counterfoil- P1 toe Mechanics Winnipeg. Da. 7. The Rat Port- uukki'il T.T i tt i rank of It tw w Vork 0c T -JustU'tf ( hriB I Lumber company mill In Ht Bon-1 Introduces Bill in Congress Providing For Repeal of Duty on Meats and Cattle. MEAT TRUST SELLS CHEAPER ABROAD THAN IT DOES HERE English Cict Meat from Trust from 8 to 15 Cents Cheaper Than Ameri cans Have to Pay. Washington, Dec. 7. The first effort of the present session of the house ofj representatives to change the Payne tariff law was by the introduction by Representative Sulzer of New York, of an act "to repeal the duty on meats and cattle." All meats and cattle Im ported for use as food are to be placed on the free list. "In view of fact that the 'meat trust' is selling meat cheaper by from 8 to 16 cents a pound In London than In the United States," said Sulzer, "It seems that all meats should be on free list" GOVERNMENT PROSECUTING BATH TUB TRUST OFFICIALS Detroit, Mich., Dec. 7. The anti trust campaign of Attorney General Wlckersham shifted to Detroit this week with tho result that Indictments were returned by the federal grand Jury yesterday against IB firms and 32 individuals, alleged to have secured control of 86 per cant, of the annual output of enamel iron ware, bath tubs, sinks, lavatories, etc., In the United States. The criminal proceed ing grew out of a suit to dissolve the alleged combination, begun by the government In the Federal court at Baltimore, hearings being held in Chicago, Pittsburg, and New York within the last 40 days. The evidence adduced In the hearings of the civil suit was presented to the grand Jury here by Edwin P. Orosvenor, special assistant to the attorney general, United States District Attorney Frank H. Watson of Detroit and Joseph Darling, special agent of the depart ment of Justice. District Attorney Wins Point In I nianc Trial. Cambridge. Mass.. Dec. 7. District Attorney Hlglns, prosecutor In the trial of Hattle Le Blanc, for the mur 4tr of Clarence Glover, came Into a crowded court room today looking triumphant. He succeeded in obtain ing nermlsslon to Introduce as evi dence the girl's statements made the police after her arrest. Membership Growing. to The board of trade Is making a de termined effort to have 600 members k tn.. first of June. The member ship of the board of trade has already I r..M 143. wfilrn IB a nm iik: i " .. of TS members since juiy i. w 11 psople have cancelled their mem bership and 14 new ones have Joined. The board has taken quite an active part lastly In affairs of Interest to the city and this section. Secretary Ruckner has thrown his energy Into compllshed much goo3 for the city, compllshed much god for the city. - 1 Italian In New York. Tne sscrei riv I ii noiinnoi hank I ' Vsnai IISM, HONfE President Taft Decided at Conference With Senator Bailey to Make Such an Appointment Washington, Dec. 7. One of Presi dent Taft's appointments to the va cancies on the Supreme court of tho United States, will bo a democrat. This has bsen settled at a conference held by the president with Senator Bailey of Texas, who threatened to organize democrats and "progres sives" In the senate, to defeat tho confirmation of all republican ap pointments to the Supreme Court of the United States. The only thing likely to Interfere with the program, is Inability to find a democrat who measures up to the president's re quirements, and that Is unlikely. President Taft followed his tender of the olive branch to Senator Cum mins and Senator Borah, with a long conference today with Senator Aldrloh and Senator Crane. Practically all the legislative and political problems of the winter were put under the magnifying glass. It Is understood that these senators agreed that one appointment to the Supreme court of the United States should be a ilomo- erat. Quick decision on the part of the president to put a democrat in one of tho two Supreme court vacancies which he will have to nil after elovat Inn Justice Hughes to tho chief Jus ticeship, has cheeked a promising tun- buster against the connrmatton of his nominations. This movement, ex plained In the Herald this morning, contemplated opposition by the demo crats In tho senate with possible aid from the "progressives" to the confir mation of any of the new Justices un less the ratio of representation which has been maintained Is continued. One of the results In the decision to appoint a democrat Is the proml nsnos of Frederick W. Lehmann, of St Louis, for promotion to the highest court. Mr. Lehmann's appointment as solicitor general of the department of luitlce was announced yesterday. He Is a friend of Senator Bailey, who seems to have had much Influenco with the president In his decision to name a democrat This appointment would be welcomed by the "progres sives In the senate. . . BBjjB Railroad Watchman Fatally Shot. New York, Dec. 7. Albert Balk, an elevated railroad watchman, was shot and fatally wounded today by a mad man, who escaped. Rev. Joseph Edmund Smith Dead. Washington. Dec. ;. Rev. Joseph Edmund Smith, secretary of the Amer ican Society of Education, a promi nent Methodist minister, died at home hers today of heart disease; aged (1. DEMOCRAT WILLGO ON SUPREME BENCH BROOKWNE, MASS. STATE EfllSTS ABE INJESSION Eightieth Annual Convention is Held in Hendersonville -W. C. Dowd Re Elected President. Special to The Gazette-News. Hendersonville, Dec. 7. The 80th annual convention of the North Caro lina State Baptist association, In ses sion here, Is being largely attended by mlnlMterla! and lay delegates. The convention opened lest night with an introductory sermon by Rev. Dr. Hall of Fayetteville and after the sermon the convention proceeded to organize. V. C. Dowd of Charlotto was re elected prerident and N. B. Broughton and C. K. Brewer secretaries. An ad dress was aenvered by Secretary Hen derson, representing the layman's movement. The addresses of welcome at the opening of the convention were de livered by Mayor Staton and Charles French Toms on tiehalf of Henderson ville. Rev. W N. Johnson of Wake Forest responded for the association. To the ladles of Hendersonville much praise Is due for the admirable taste and convenience shown In ar rangement. The large court room was made immaculate In Its readiness for the occasion. ExqulsRa ferns and rare plants were placed most effectively about the Judge's stand and the court space. Tablets, stationery, and every need of tho convention are supplied. Along the gallery, gracefully draped, nre the nattonnl colors In buntiiiK, held here and there by flags, shields, etc. 81x rooms on the same floor have been arranged for oommlttee rooms, well supplied with chairs, stationery and other requisites. The grand Jury room IS most Important of all, namely the pottofllce. B. L. Mlddleton. Sunday school sec retary of the North Carolina Baptist state convention, announces ths prog ress of the Sunday school work of the denomination. He gives the member ship of the 1,89:! Baptist churches In the state to be :'20,ltt and the mem bership of the 1.790 Sunday schools In the state as 164.600. There was rais ed for missions the past year tl02.000 snd for benevolence Including the or phanage and ministerial aid. 1149.000. rhern was about 112,000 more rslsea tot general purposes the past year than for any previous year. The gain In the Sunday schools was 11,(00 and of church membership about 5,000. Something like 11 per cent more was raised for missions the past year than for the year previous. Woman Killed by Falling Oat of Red. Pittsburg. Dec. 7. Mrs. Augusta Gottman, aged 61, fell out of bed while sound asleep. She was picked up groaning. Whea a physician ar rived she was dead. umber Company Mill De-arov-Nl 'iy Fire. LATEST PICTUT-E OF MRS MARY BAKER 1 e. EDDY I AND EARLIEfc J( 1 GOIF COftll IIEES' RIGHT OSJHtJOB Have Driven Away The Gloom by Hard Work -Get Together Meeting is to be Held This Evening. The gloomy skies of yesterday, speaking of the golf situation, are, clearing away and those faithful men who have labored long and faithfully think they see clear sailing just ahead for the 18-hole golf course project. At the Battery Park hotel tonight Proprietor J. L. Alexander will ten der a dinner to the golf committee of the various organizations and others who have been and are active In af fairs for the Interest of the city, rep resentative men who are always alert to the opportunity of helping the city. The dinner is to begin promptly at 7:30 o'clock. It is to be a get-to gether meeting of men who have the city's Interest amd upbuilding at heart. The committee will submit their lists and it Is believed that by that time it will be shown that the golf course la a certainty. Many things which affect the city will likely be talked over. Tho gulf committee held a well at tended meeting this morning . at H. W. Plumnver's office in the Ashevllle Electric company's building, and at that hour only about $6000 was lack ing. Binco the meeting the commit tee members have been constantly "on the Job" and the reports this after noon were very cheering; the amount at 2 o'clock being reduced to about 16000. The Ash villa spirit, which has pulled through many propositions that at first looked practically unat tainable, la at work: there Is an earn estness about those who have the matter in hand that shows they mean business, and with such a spirit as that the word "failure" is not pon- sldered. The announcement by Philip 8. Henry yesterday that he would add $500 to the $1000 which ho has al ready subscribed came as a very cheering bit of newa Mr. Henry Is always found at the front In any movement of public Interest Notwithstanding the prospect was gloomy yesterday those of undaunted courage kept working ahead and now Ashevllle is about to realise Its cher ished dream an 18-hole golf course: a fine Christmas gift It will be for the city. Aged Writer Burn oil to Death. Poughkeepslo, N. Y., Dec. 7. Mrs. L H. Jenkins, a writer, aged 72, was burned to death and her daughter, Eva. aged 40, narrowly escaped the same fate in a boarding house fire today. Union President Shot and Killed. San Francisco Dec. 7. Domino Navarro, president of the Sealers union, was shot and killed today by Augustine Arevllle, a union member, as a result of a quarrel. Eighteen Days to DECEMBER 7. Shop Rush. Early and Avoid ths stt-t!s;lta:--wst(tttes Capital of Cherokee County Has Grown by Leaps and Bounds During the Past Few Years. HAS BECOME THE WHOLESALE CENTER OF WESTERN SECTION Murphy a Modern City Hotel Facil ities Schools and Churches Its Advantages. Special by Staff Correspondence. Murphy, Dec. 7. Situated in Cher okee county at the very tip end of the state and being the pivot of a cir cle whose diameter taken at 12-4 miles .....1.1 ....... U . 1. U.M.IIU "Ul'l I ' ' in. u liUJ UUCB Ul AWlDVllir, KuoxvHIe and 'Atlanta, tl trfe town of Murphy the town with a future. Who has not heard of the expres slon, "From Murphy to MarrteoT" But who is acquainted with the rapid strides that Cherokee's capital Is mak ing and has made during the past year? Murphy is fortunate in nav ing two outlets, being touched by both the Southern and L. N. rail roads. It has ten passenger trains ar riving and departing dally. Its mer chants say the town has fine freight rates and Is especially fortunate In having nn optional route by which to receive and forward goods. Wholesaling Center, Murphy is quite a wholesaling cen ter and has several large wholesale houses; It draw from nine counties, located In Tennessee and Georgia as well as North Carolina. It is inter esting to note that about $100,000 an nually In eggs and produce are ship ped out. It Is one of the largest egg and chicken shipping points In North Carolina, if not the largest It takes first rank In this section in the ship ment of cow peas, some 60 cars per season being marketed largely In New Orleans for planting as fertilizer for sugar eane plantations. Murphy ships some 500 cars of tan bark and quantities of lumber each year. The development of the marble deposits at Regal, three miles from here, will mean much to this section; the plant new being Installed is to run day and night Considerable gold mining has been done in the county while Its Iron ore deposits, said to be good, are yet undeveloped. Murphy is only about 26 miles from the im mense Ducktown copper deposits The Tennessee-Carolina Power com pany is planning to begin work on two Immense power dams about ten miles below Murphy on the Hlawas sle river early in the spring. The company la already getting options and rights of way, and purchasing lands which will be damaged by the backed water from the dams. It Is planned io put In two dams, five miles apart: the dams to bo 160 feet high The company. It is said, expects to spend $5,000,000 In this development When this power becomes available tho people of Murphy confidently ex- pact Interurban railway development linking Copper Hill. Ducktown. Mur phy, Andrews, Hsyesvllle, Young Har ris, and other points. An Abundance of Cheap Power. I The development of the water power will furnish an abundance of cheap power for manufacturing plants and Murphy confidently ex pects at no distant date to become a great manufacturing center. The people confidently believe that being near the cotton belt, yet possessing a wonderfully Invigorating climate, that cotton mill men will ftnd It a profit able place for their mllla Murphy already has a furniture factory and a big woodworking plant. It la a town of about SS00 people; has a new gravity Una water system (Continued on page 4.) Society Girls Attend a Pasadena, Oal., Dec. 7. Japanese-1 the leading society girls of American relations In Southern Call-1 have declined to mm tie with com i art severely strained, beceeer I aneee oeOMta. IS VINDICATED Majority of Congressional Com mittee Investigation Reports He is a Competent and Honorable Man. ACCUSERS INSPIRED BY A DEEP FEELING ANIMOSITY Charges Against Ballinger From Two Sources Blavis and Pinchot Committee Reports Several Recommendations. w ASHINQTON, Dec. 7 Vindi cating Secretary Ballinger upon all charges and condemn ing his accusers as having been In spired by a deep feeling of animosity, built i-pon supposed differences in pol icy respecting conservation, a major ity of the congressional committee to day submitted Its report to congress. After stating that the evidence pre sented related- In main to charges of various kinds against Ballinger and that these came chiefly from two sources L. R. Glavia and Gilford Pinchot the majority announced Its following conclusion: "The evidence has wholly failed to make out its case. Neither any fact proved nor all facts put together ex hibit Ballinger as being anything but a competent and honorable gentleman, honestly and faithfully performing the duties of his high office with an eys single to the public interest." The report is signed by Senators Nelson, Flint, Southerland and Root and Representatives McCall, Olmsted and Denby, all republicans. A few months ago, the democratic members. Senators Fletcher and Purcell and Representatives James and Graham together with Representative Madison, progressive republican, put out a re port condemning the conduct of Bal linger. Findings of the Committee. The report makes the following spe cific1 findings: That the ehargie and insinuations against Ballinger In re gard to the Cunningham coal land en tries In Alaska are not Justifiable and his conduct Is not Justly censurable; that he was Justified in revoking the Indian co-operative agreement; that restorations of water power sites were made In good faith and that no Injury appears to have been done the govern ment and the cause of conservation; that he was Justified in abandoning the use of the water users co-operative certificates In connection with the re clamation of arid land and that he Is not the enemy of nor hostile to a reas onable and Judicial policy of conser vation, and that no ground- whatever has been shown Justifying the opin ion that he Is not a faithful and effi cient public officer. Concerning the future of the Alas kan coal lands, the report makes defi nite recommendation In favor of the leasing system. Olavls Is blamed for failure to make examination of Alas kan coal land claims. Blanket with drawals of public lands by Former Secretary Garfield were declared made In a "haphazard" manner from the land office state maps and restor ations and re withdrawals by Secretary Ballinger were endorsed. .ON STEUBEN STATUE HT President Taft, Members of and German Societies Repre sentatives Present. Washington, Dec. ST. President Taft, Secretary Dickinson, Count ran Bernstorf, the German ambassador, and representatives of German socie ties In different parts of the United State, united this afternoon to pay tribute to the memory of Baron -on Steuben, at the unveiling of the statue to the Revolutionary hero In Lafay ette square, opposite the White House, this afternoon. Miss Helen Trft, the president's daughter, unveiled the statue. ' he procession of 10,000 men passed In review following tho ears monies. Murderer of Policeman Captured. Bristol, Tenn., Doe. T. News was received last night that John Green, wanted at Johnson City, Ten . tor the murder last Sunday of Policeman Walter McPekk, whom ha stabbed to death, apparently without provocation had been captured In Savannah, O. Havana, Dec. T. The Havana bass ball nlns defeated ths Philadelphia American league team yesterday by a eoore or I to 0. Only nve le were played, rain stopping ths test, at the e..d of th fifth Inning. Refuse to Japanese Ball
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