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.. Qm Ammwt (fcette 'ft em. TH1 ASSOCIATED PKXSX DISPATCHZS ' LIST XDITION 4:00 P.M. Weamer rorecast: Fall and Warmer. : VOL. XVI. , NO. 28. ASHEVILLE, N. C., SATURDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 11, 1911. So PZR COPT ' ' ' ' I: lilLsR iPresident CI Q OBTAIN Parents in Famine District Ex changing Little Ones for Means of Subsistence 13 Bodies Counted in 13 Miles. A SEVERE PLAGUE EPIDEMIC AT OLD MISSION STATION Some in Fuchow District Have Plenty, Some Bare Meant of Subsistence, Some a Little, Many Really Destitute. New York Herald Syndicate, No. IB 02 H. Street. N. W.. Washington, March 11. A MOS P. WILDER, United States consul general at Shanghai, continue to send Interesting mail advices ot the famine conditions in China, In those received today he said that Dr. Cochrane, an American medical missionary of the Presbyte rian church, reported that In the county where he was 'at work 8000 were In dire need and that two mil lion were starving In the whole af llicted region. Another missionary reported in an other county that 210,000 were with out food save weeas and hark. A traveller reported In one place hav ing passed 13 bodies by the roadside In 13 mile. In one village of 100 families, It was estimated that one third of the population had died of hunger and pestilence. A report from Henry T. Ford, from Fuchow, said that In 'that . country there were 18, 995 persons who have plenty; 209,937 who can exist until harvest, on what grain they now have; 166,301 who have ft little grain, tint wilt t l need of help before an other month, and 197,681 who are really destitute and In need of imme diate relief. Ha said that children are being exchanged by their parents for food. Bubonic Plague Breaks Out. Amoy, March 11. A severe epidem ic of the bubonic plague is reported at Siekhe, a village of the interior on the west side of the Lung Klang and !0 miles from Amoy. The town i the scut of a mission station of the board of foreign missions of the Reformed Church In America. Siekhe Is a townjn Fo-klen Prov ince, known also as Sleke. A mission of the Reformed church In America was established there in 1887. It Is a branch of the Amoy mission found ed In 1842. The workers at Siekhe are Miss N. "Zwemer, the Rev.. H. J. Voskull, Dr. J. H. Bnoke and Miss A. II. Meengs. There are seven out sta tions, eleven places of worship, three day schools, one boarding school, a dispensary and a hospital. The church membership at the last report was 59. BUTin WOMEN Victims Accused of Conducting Dis reputable Place in Kentucky Two Whips Worn Out Lexington. Ky., March 11. Garbed aa "white caps," a score or more of women Joined with about 100 men In administering a whipping to two wo men In Morgan county, according, to dispatches arriving today. The vie tims of the mob were Nannie and Mary Combs, slaters. The beating was most severe. Two new buggy whips were worn out on' the backs of the two women. After the whipping they were forced Into a vehicle and sent to the nearest railroad station and put on a train for their former horns In Breathitt county under or ders never to return. The Combs sis ters wtre accused of maintaining an objectionable establishment in an Iso lated sectlbn. They had been warned frequently to leave. "Harnn Skirt" Girl AInioMt Mobbed. Des Moines, Iowa, March 11 A vaudeville actress was driven from the - streets by the police this morning when she appeared In a "Harem' skirt A crowd of several hundred People followed her as she made her way through the shopping district, till Captain Krowlck of the Ts Moines police broke through ths chowd with two pollcement st his heels and rush. d the girl away and out of danger. Itev. Mr.' Little I)l. , 'hirsso, March 11. Rev. Charles Joseph Utile, president of ths Gar rett Hlbllcsl Inntltute of Northwestern University, educator, author, and lec turer, died today of heart disease. Ill-Imp Porewt IH-sd.- Sun A-'toiiin, T ii 'it i , j. i ,, , March 11. The :i -.irt,,, UliL r'nvU j'4fffPj. TH5 PRESIDENT'S PALACE IN TK? CITV WILL OPPOSE AN INVASION Mexican Minister to United State3 Says That His Country Is Able To Take Care of Situation Germany Has Become Interested In The MWar Game" Troops Are Assembling WASHINGTON. March 11. At the rate of mobilization of troops In the department ) Texas is now proceeding, according to estimates of the general staff, all ioldlers from other 'aepnrtmenU or dered to Texas should be at Hie desti nation tomorrow or Monday mornlnv. There have been some few hitches In the movements but these without ex ception, were due to delays on railway and Inability to secure curs for men and beasts aa promlpty us desired. These were matters beyond the con trol of the military authorities who assert their plans laid long in advance have been carried out to perfection. While the entire force under Major General Carter will number almost 20,000 men, it is said the full strength of his actual division A'lll he only 10,000. This excludes const artillery troops and many other detached com mands which still are within the de partment of Texas but are not tech nically a part of the division ordered to be mublllsed. This division at the full war strength should consist of nine regiments of Infantry, composed of three brigades of three regiments each. Mexico Will Itewnt Invasion. Mexico will resent Invasion by Unit ed States or any other country for the purpose of protecting the lives and property of their citizens resident in Mexico. In a statement yesterday Senor De IjS Harra, Mexican ambassador to the United States, declared that Mexico believes herself fully competent to protect all interests In the country not only her own but those of foreigners. The statement made by Ambassa dor De La Hurra was In part aa fol lows: , ' The conditions In Mexico are nor mal with the exception of a small portion of the state of Chihuahua, where a little body of seditious men are carrying on a guerrilla warfare that I hope to be finished In the near future. The Mexican government Is fully strong enough to protect property and lives of Its own countrymen and those of foreign countries and to maintain peace. The constitution of Mexico forbids the government officials, whoever they may be, to permit foreign troops entering Mexican territory without the consent of the senate. "My government, patriotic and strong, has never and never will en tertain such an Idea or thought with respect to' the United Slates because the relations between the two coun tries are very sincers and frnnk and the policies of the two governments stand for friendship and of respect of Justice." Germany Watching "War Game." Cologne, March 11.' The Cologne Gaxette, prints an Inspired despatch from Berlin regarding the American government's concentration of troops along the Mexican frontier and war ships In ths gulf of . Mexico and the Pacific ocean. "No news has reached Berlin," the desDatch says, "indicating that ths persons or property of German clt lien sre endangered In Mexico; hence ths German government has had no occasion to discuss what measures for their protection srs necessary. "If trouble breaks out In the Mexi can ports snd It Is seen' that Mexican authorities are unable to protect Oer man cltlsens, Germany would exercise a clear right which has ever been un reservedly recognised by the United States to send warships thither. But this would be far different from mixing In the Internal affairs of Vex. Ico. " "Even If the present troubles In Mexico lead to a complete revolution and even If the United States Is in vlted to annex that rmintry, or tinder Its annexation without the consent of Mexican authorities. Germany cer tainly would not be Dun Quixote and whip out the rspler. "How the American states sgreo or disagree Is their own affair. No dan ger threaten the Monroe Doctrine from our quarter. It makes tin lifT r- ih h to us whi ther It Sleeps lu tb r chif.vca or In Inken out and du"l'-l." I i.e i.i i! -: " 'en ! the -in- His Wife, the Vice-President and President's PaJace!jY Qf tsr amahmw ?P MEXICO Gazette was ailed forth as swer to insinuations ot the press that Germany was waiting for an opportunity to Interfere in Mexico. Troops (io Into (amp. Galveston, Texas, March 11. One third of the brigade of trooMS to lie concentrated here on the grallnd and the remaining two thirds en route on the army transports from Newport News, the army's invasion of Galves ton In the "war game" may be said to he. well under way. Brigadier General A. L. Mills came yesterday from Atlanta, ac.corupa.niel by his two uids and took up tempor ary' headquarters In the building at Fort Crockett. He announced how ever, that he Intended to go Into camp with tbo soldiers as soon as his tenU arrived. Colonel George T. Hartlett of Atlanta has been desig nated as chief of staff to General Mills and Captain C. O. Sherill ot Mobile has been appointed chief en gineer. Eleven companies of coast artil lery arrived during the day complet ing the first provisional regiment, which Is to be commanded by Colon el C. J. Bailey, assistant to the chief of artillery at Washington, Colonel Ilalley reached Galveston yesterday. The companies arrived arc: 75th, ?9th. and 107th. from Fort Morgan, Ala. 72nd, 74th and 127 from Fort Scre ven, Ga. 15th. and ZSth from Fort Barran cas, Flu. 78th, 144th and 154 from Charles ton, 8. C. The two other regiments of coast artillery to be mobilized here as In fantry, have been recruited from northern ports. The 24 companies should reach Galveston within Ave days. The scout cruiser Salem, which ar rived off Galveston bar Thursday night after a fast run from Pehsacola re mained at anchor outside, the harbor all day. A report became curent In Gal veston this afternoon that the Salem was to go to Tumplco, Mexico, to do ilockude duty In furtherance of Pres ident Taft's plan to stop Illlbusterlng. There was no confirmation of this re port however. Camp Crockett, ' has begun to tuke on the appourance of a real army camp, with brown tents springing up all over the government reservation. The soldiers who have arrived ex press themselves us delighted with the camp site although all of them seem eager to move If there Is any prospect of a "scrap." No ConresMions Granted Japs. Mexico City, March 11. That Mex ico has granted to Japan no conces sion for ths maintenance of naval station and no privileges on the Te- huantepec railway, are statements which Enrique C. Creel, minister of foreign affairs this afternoon author, lted Francesco De La Harra, Mexican ambassador at Washington, to make. The increasing rumor In the United States that Mexico had entered Into an agreement with Japan that the lat ter was to be permitted to use certain ports along the coast of Lower Cali fornia and to be granted special priv ileges for ths transportation of sup plies over ths Isthmian railway, caused Mr. De .La Barra to send to the foreign office today a request that he be permitted to make a definite statement regarding the charges. Will Iiiimmiiihu Rcfrlmrnt With Anll- Typhoid Genu. ' ' San Francisco, March 11. Ths en tire provisional regiment of the coast of ths coast artillery, composed of 1201 men and 47 officers, encamped here In readiness to go to the Msx lorn frontier, will bs Innoculated with anti-typhoid serum according to or ders from Washington, Killed by Slunk. Kenosha, Wis., March 11. Will P, Robinson, oslstant cashier of the I'irtt Rational bank, died as a result of shock produced by explosion ot a lewder plant ot Pleasant Prulrlr " I aV ... ie rx, ""saw SENORA III I h Wtf S. x - 1' -1 . lAxJ'' i - m l mm J. BRYAN I f ' II nrnnnrn nnnnurT I .1- . ' 1 t CSCOit-'tirH X cwicr xKAO UW. , ,i ERIGK CASE: BftlLEfyflTED He Is-Subpoenaed to Tell What He Knows About the Lost Holsllaw Deposit Slip. Springfield, Ills., March it. State Attorney Burke today obtained a sub poena ducas treum for United States Senator Joseph W. Bailey of Texas, summoning him as a witness in the case against State Senator Uroderick f Chicago, who is charged by for mer State Senator Holtslnw with pay ing him 82500 for Holstlow's vote for William Lorimer for the United States senate. Holtslaw produced a deposit slip for the amount on the State bank of Chicago, In which bank he said lie deposited the money. The deposit slip was taken to Wash-. Ington by the sub-committee Investi gating Ijorlmer'a election and the last knowledge of tlio whereabouts of the slip was when Senator Bailey held it in his hand during his speech in the senate in defense of Lorimer and de nounced It as a forgery. Senator Bailey's explanation was that while he was addressing the senate some one took the slip from his hand and he cannot remember who It was. The Broderlck case Is set for trial Mon day, March 20. 8E0DGED UPPER BERTH - T Railway Officials in Chicago Say That Lower Berths Are Still In as , Great Demand. Chicago, March 11. Although re duced Pullman berth rates have been In effect since February 1, passenger traffic officials on lines entering Chi cago declare there has not been sn appreciable increase In demand for upper berths, price for which was lessened to 80 per cent, of lower berths. It was -believed at first by a number of railroad officials that the cut In Pullman tolls would be eagerly taken advantage of by the traveling public. Reports received by Pullman officers In the passenger departments of various railroads, however, are to ths effect that lower berths, with comparatively few ex ceptions, are in as great demand. Terms of Recent Onlcr Extended, Washington, March 11. The Inter state commerce commission has ex tended from April 1 to April 15 thr terms of the rereuit order In the case of Arlington Heights Fruit exchange and other shippers of ( c'trus fruits from California point to eastern des tinations. By ths terms of the order shippers, In order to svall themselves of reduction on orungV from $30 a car to IT. CO a car, made by the com nil wlon, must pnlee It. By reason of lb" illltlc-1'lt V of obtaining Ice and ke ping II in Southern California, th mil ..'hii Hun uf pre- log mpilrrment ir iiniiTr rinriirii inr a vnmiL riiitMtn m Strike on the Q. & C. Now in Effect No Violence Thus Far Has Been Reported. Chattanooga, Tcnn., March 11. Seventy-live liremtn on the Queen and Crescent railway, who have been running out ot Chattanooga, quit their Jobs lust nlnht when an order was received from the Cincinnati headquarters of the brotherhood. Thirty negro fireman frr.ui the Ala bama Great Southern were brought here and placed on the engines for trains north. All trains are being operated on schedule time, but there is not a white fireman on the Oakdale division of the road. Up to this time there has been no Indication of vio lence. The strike on the Q. & V. has caus ed considerable del.i; of the Carolina special from Cincinnati to Charleston From Cliuir.n.iil to oalulule this tra ' is handled on the Queen and Crescent system. The railway company does not expect any serious trouble, how ever, lu handling their trains. It is possible the mediation under the F.ril inun act will he resorted to within a very short while. MAY SKTTLE BY MEDIATION. Martin A. Knapp Wires Firemen ami Officials of C. N. O. T. P. Ball way ProMislng a Conference. Cincinnati, March 11. Modlntlon as provided for In the F.rdmnn law may bring about a settlement between the firemen and the Cincinnati, New Orleans ft Texas Pacific railway. Martin A. Knapp, presiding Judge of the Commerce court, and one of the members under the Erdman act, has wired both the railroad officials and the officials conducting the strike for a conference on the question nt dispute. Roosevelt on His Kiec(ii-Makiug Tour Jackson. Miss., March 11. Theo dore Roosevelt began the third day of his long speaking tour on his arrival here this morning. Colonel Roose velt closed yesterday's program at Bessemer, 12 miles south of Birmlngr ham, with a train-end talk at mid night Governor Noel of Mississippi. who trsveled from Birmingham to Jackson with Colonel Roosevelt, was host to the former president at break fast, after which Colonel Roosevelt at the state house grounds addressed an open air meeting. Texas and New Mexico Commission. Boundary Washington, March It. President Tuft today appointed ex-Senator Cockrell, democrat, of Missouri, as a commissioner on the part of th United States to retrace and definitely determine the boundary line between Texas snd New Mexico as provided In a resolution passed by the last con gress, ' Accident on Canal Work.' Colon, Msrch 11. There was a bis slide of earth at the north end of the Gulun lock of the Panama canal yes terday, The mass burled the stearn shovel and caught a gang of workman, killing two Hpsnlsh and and Italian. Says That Direct Election of Senators Will Be Accomplished at , - Extra Session. , New York. March 11. "I am not a prophet, but I think 1 can safely prophesy that before the approaching extra session of congress adjourns two-thirds of the senate will vote for a constitutional amendment permit ting the direct election of senators by the people," so declared William Jennings Bryan, at the Twllght club banquet last night. "1 have been through this fight for 20 years, and I know what has been going on in the United States. It has taken 18 years to get the people worked up to the Idea of electing senators by popular vote. The majority In the lust senute was recorded in favor at the last ses sion, but it takes a two-thirds vote. If you will look up the names of the men who voted against It you will see how many of them are going out of the senate." TIFT MAY PLAY GAME OF GOLF President Arrives in Augusta and Is Guest at Hotel With the "Oil King." Augusta, (la.. March 11. President Talt reached Augusta early today for a brief period of rest before returning to Washington on the eve of the re. assembling of congress in extra ses. slon April 4. Mrs. Taft and Miss Helen Tuft Join the president I morrow. Mr. Tuft will play golf every morning and afternoon. A private telephone line hus been sot up direct from his room to the White House. John U. Rockefeller Is a fellow guest with the president at the hotel. There Is much speculation as to whether s golf match can be arranged between them. Immense rYrtlllcr Factory to Erected In Spartanburg. Be Spartanburg, S. C March 11. Ths International Agricultural corporation, a tremendous fertiliser concern, has purchased a tract or land In this city and will commence the building of an extensive factory within the next few days. This concern owns and operates factories over the entire south snd Is a wealthy corporation. The head quarters is In Atlanta. Four hun dred skilled laborers will bs employed and they, together with their families, will make this city their home. U will mean much not only to ths In ditstrlat life of Spartanburg but to the entlrs section as well. St. Joseph's Church at Eastoii, Bunted. Pa., Easton. Ps.. March 11 BL J J aeuh's Roman Catholic church, magnificent brick building, was total Iv destroyed by nre today as a result of crossed electric wires. Loss $200,000. Seventeen live Were Lost In Aw Isnehe. . . Carson, Nev., March 11. I-ate dl pntchs from Mono County, California tote that a tnta of 70 people were killed by avalanches during the recen FRONI THE CAPITAL Change of Inspection Officers Ins pec- tion Oates Wonderful New Engine Invented by a Tar Heel. SUPT. REYNOLDS REPORTS 170 BOYS IN CORN CONTEST And 1 .".- t.li U in Poultry Clubs Pros pers l or 1500 to 1800 Ours of Kastcrn Carolina Htraxvlx-rrictt. Gazette-News Bureau, Chamber of Coinnier.ce llooms, Hollemnn Rullding. Raleigh, March 11. Warden T. P. Sales of the suite's prison has gone to Ixuisvllle, Ky.l with a requisition on the governor of Kentucky from Governor Kitchin for Thomas B. Whitson, who escaped from the North Carolina prison In 18S5 alter serving less than two years of a so years sentence for murder In Mitchell county. He was first' sen tenced to be hanged and this was commuted to Su years by Governor Russell. There came an Inquiry to Warden Sales on Monday of last week asking about the fugitive. The de scription was sent with the result that " he has been arrested. In reply to a telegram from Warden Sales as to the necessity of bringing requisition pat pers the advice came to bring the re quisition as a precaution. Change of Iusectloii Oflleers. The United States war deparjment ' , has notified Adjutant General Irfin- ster that Ueut. Welts of the United States army, who has Just completed he Inspection of the companies of he North Carolina national guard In he territory east of Raleigh, Is or- : ered to Texas for the mobilization on he .Mexican frontier and that Capt. 'orput Is ordered to complete the In- pections of the companies In this state. Lieut. WellB Inspected the company at Burlington last night and Capt. Corput will nil the other ap pointments, which close March 27 at Wuynesvllle. The dates In their order are; Islington., ilarnh AU-.BeUbiyllle.--. March 11: Thomasvllle. March ' 13; WInstnn-Salem, March 14: Mt. Airy, March Hi; High Point, March 1; oncord, March 17; Wadesboro, March 18: Shelby, March 20; Gasto- nla, March 21; Statesvllle, March 22: Hickory. March 23; Ashevllle. March 24 and 2D; Waynesvllle, March 27. Hcnionstraling New Engine. Out at the power house of the A. and At. college there Is a marvelous little engine being demonstrated for the first time, the invention of a well known North Carolinian,' Lafayette Holt of Burlington. It is compact and powerful to a degree. It has only live moving parts and Is scarcely one- Ifth of the size of the average engine of corresponding power. It is known as the Holt Rotary engine. There Is one lubricator for the entire machine. no dead centers. It is dust proof and ' runs with one pound of steam above normal atmosphere. It is capable of compound or direct drive and Is pro nounced at the college especially adapted for rural work, Including saw mills, road rollers, traction engines. and general barnyard utility. It gives good service setting at any angle and seema to operate with far lesa stesm consumption than engines generally put to this service. James R. Hoff man, who is making the demonstra tion In co-operation with the college students. Is sharing with the Inventor congratulations on the success of ths demonstration. Mr. Po Rctnrus. Clarence H. Poe, editor of the Pro- gresslve Farmer. Is Just back from his tour of the world during which he traveled more than 40,000 miles by steamer, railroad, rlckshow, donkey, elephant, sedan chair and other means of transportation. It Is a nota ble fact that during his trip he saw onlv one human face he had ever seen before. This was Miss Sarah Chesh- . Ire, daughter of Bishop Cheshire of the diocese of North Carolina, whom he saw in Mm hung, Chins, where she Is In the missionary service. Mr. Poe declares that his trip has brought him to realise more than ever the tremen dous privileges of being an American. A sad feature of his home-coming is the death of his mother who passed away this week at the old Poe horns In Chatham county. She was ti years old, daughter of the late A. H. Sis mukes. a Chatham planter and was a near kinswoman of the w.f jf Oen. W. A. Pender. The lost rormal function In connee- . tion with the 111 general assembly was a banquet In Gfersch cafe partici pated In by the clerks of ths senate and house who served with wonderful efficiency through the most strenuous periods of the legislative rush. There was a sumptuous spresd and there was a good fellowship and expression of highest satisfaction at the outcome of the legislative session. Among thoso assembled at the festive board were Principal Clerk Otis Self of the Sen ate and T. G. Cabb of the house. Sen ate Assistants R. B. Boyd, Bteadmatt Thompson and Charles H. Wade, and House Asslstanta Alex. Lassiter. Chas. T. Bell, W, H. N Smith, Thomas Moore, W. N. Page, V. R. Marrows aid R. I Harrows and R. U Huffman. KUnwuerric snul Vcgctslrtca., , It is learned that the prospect are for 1500 or UOO car loads of straw berries to be shipped from the Fust em Carollns trucking belt during the approach! season which Is expected to nputt innnt April IS. The Carolina berry growers renlUe something like a million and a hulf dollars eaeh ,... u from their shipments wMch n chiefly from poplin, Sampson. W .'i , Mullen, ColunihHH. l!"5e-:.oi. IV.. I, . (CnlilpMX 1 on ! I ) li h!.. til;' Important. ntuim. f
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