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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS .DISPATCHES LAST EDITION 4:00 P. M. . Weather Forecast: , FAIR. : ' v VOL. XVI. NO. 73. f ASHEVILLE, N. C.THURSDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 4, 1911. Sc PER COPY I :1 if I I ft V : Li r s. V Dollar Diplomacy Is Explained by Assistant Secretary Wilson as the Substitution of Dollars for Bullets. COMING OF PEACE DEPENDS MUCH ON THE NEWSPAPERS The Example ' of Latin-America Arbitration Cited by One Speaker Peace as a Developer of Race. V in BALTIMORE, May 4. "Dollar Diplomacy," the newly coined phrase applied to the expan sion of American business Interests through the efforts of the state de partment of the United States, "means the substitution of dollars for "bul lets; the creation of a ' prosperity which will be preferred to predatory strife," and "a practical mode of pursuing the idea of world's peace," according to the interpretation .. of Huntington Wilson, assistant secretary of state, a presented to the Third National Peace Congress today. "Today international commerce is everywhere an Important department of diplomacy," said Mr. Wilson. "In so far as our diplomacy Is commer cially successful, we are proud of the . fact. We are not above being practical- and commercial. '.. "The president's aspiration to the Ideal of world peace was signalised in the public utterance on December 18 of "his hope that the two great English-speaking people might set a new and higher standard of international , self-control by a broader treaty of ar bitration. - .As you know, this task is now the 1 subject of ..pourparlers 'be tween .the American and British gov ernments, and It Is' not Improbable1 that diplomacy mar gradually solve the extremely difficult, problem of, finding practicable ' bases 'of negotia- - Uons. . The Everyday Work of '.Peace. . "The everyday work, of j -peace through a benevolent and candid di plomacy, as well as the definite working out of the occasional mark ed advances in international morality, must fall upon governments and upon departments of government export in the feats of international relations. "Every reasonable . man is for peace, just as every man would pre fer to go to Heaven; but to secure the one or the other requires some thing more than aspiration. The millennium will not come tor - the wishing. International peace must depend upon International self-control and sense of justice, and, the spirit of a nation being but that of a col lection of individuals, one ' comes straight back to the schoolhouse, the factory, the farm, and the newspa per. There must be self-controlled . and patrlotlo and enllghted i citizen ship If there are to be peace-loving, strong nations and governments able to remali at peace. ... "It Is almost to state a syllogism to say that next to national character the . greatest factor toward peace Is true . International understanding, and that, after diplomacy, the newspa- . pers play the most Important part In bringing about or retarding such true understanding. In the case of the United States, the true understanding of the American people and of the true Ideals and policies of their gov eminent Is horribly hampered by the fact that, in the Far East, for exam pie, end still more in Latin America, almost everything bad and nothing good of us Is reported in some section of the newspapers of moat countries." The Standpoint of Eugenics. "War from the Standpoint of Eugenics" was the topic selected by Miss Eleanor L Lord, dean of Ooucher college. Miss Lord declared that the result of warfare hasten at variance with the theory of the survival of the fittest War, she ei.H tends to the survival ol the unnttest The speaker pointed out the degen eratlon of racial stocks resulting from famous wars and spoke of the ab surdity of the contrast between the advance of the human race In science, political economy and humanitarian Ism, and the crude notions as to the most efficient economical and Just methods of adjusting International questions. The situation, today, she said. Is a supreme effort to maintain an equilibrium and to' avoid war by the maintenance of standing armies , and navies and the balancing of armaments through triple and dual alliances. Tho evil of militarism to he considered, she continued, are those of actual warfare and of stand ing armament during peace. It it comparatively eaiiy, she declared, to arouse In the public a realization of tho horrors of war, even experienced generals and rulers deprecate Its ap palling destructlvenens; but It la a verv different matter to persuade military enthusiasts and government and war officials that the solution of questions Or avoioinK war wura ll. In the esUihl'Hhmcnt of 5 large ,.- ., n 1 t ivy either y v)lU"'uUT T Have You $34.55 In Your Jeans If You Iliwn Less, Yon are Financially Below the Average, According to the treasury Report. i Washington, May 4.' If you cannot run your hand Into your pocket and haul forth a roll of $84.55, you an; flanclally. not an average man. A United States treasury statement just issued gives that amount as the per capita circulation,, basins the fig ures upon an , estimated population May 1,1011, of over 93,000,000. ' C. H. HYDE IS ALL RIGHT, ' DECLARES MAYOR GAYN0R Mayor Gaynor "Hates to See Him Sao- . HOced. Even, If Only for the - - Time Reins." - CHASL&S M.HVDR: . rM0T. oasiuiui f e , New York, May 4 In a letter ac cepting the resignation of city cham berlain Charles H. Hyde, who was In dicted in connection with the Carnegie Trust fiasco. Mayor Gaynor expresses confidence in Mr. Hyde, declaring that he has always found him ."honest and correct to a. dot" and that he "hates to see him sacrificed even for the time being." , 11LULI B. FEfK. -DIES AT THE AGE OF 73 One ol Haywood's Foremost Citizens .Succumbs to Appoplexy, on l Visit to Franklin. Correspondence of The Gazette-News. Waynesville, May 1. William Bur- der Ferguson died last night of apop lexy, in Franklin, where he had gone on a business trip.. Mrj Ferguson left Waynesville Monday morning and was In perfect health, and the ,sad news of his death cast a gloom over the entire town,' Mr Ferguson was born in Haywood' county 11 years ago, and Is survived by a wife and six children. The child ren are Homer ana w. a. r erguwn, Jr.. of the United States navy, Capt Harley Ferguson of the United Btates army, Mrs. John orr or Knoxviue, Mrs. A. A. Bhuford of Hickory, and Mrs. William Blaylock of Waynes ville. The deceased was a man of high character and fine qualities. He was of the sturdy stock that made this county what It is today. To his strength of brain he added courage and Integrity. He entered the Con federate service at the first call to arms, and fought through the war. He was a strong Methodist, being a member of the Waynesville church practically all of his life. Few men live out so great a number of useful years as did this respected and be loved man. Waynesville has lost a good cltlsen. I FRANK C. BLESIG On TRIAL FOB ERAFTIKG -Y-- -; Pittsburg Councelmanlc Graft Trial Re turned Bletiinj Accused of Accepting $150 for Vote. Pittsburg, May . Tho council manlo graft trials were resumed to day. The case of Dr. Frank C. Bless- Ing, president of the common council was the first one heard. Dr. Blessing la accused of bribery, It la charged that he accepted $15 for his vote on the bunk depository ordinance. KEAYY CHARGE CF DY,'A"1TE uir.il lis ii w A biiii.iii.il New Haven, Conn., May 4. Twenty- one sticks of dynamite, sufHdint to have sbsUen the city, were discovered today secreted in the grimier of Btonr crushing plant at East Rock. Tho cniKher was to have been pu ii operation within a few days. I 1' fjrVT I IS Chairman Underwood Anxious to Get Through With Free List, ' so Tariff on Woolens , Can Be Attacked. RESOLUTION AS TO L0RIMER I RE-INVESTIGATION IS READY Arid Senate Facet Another Lorlmer Row Senate Adopts Reiolu- lution to Adjourn at 2, ' - Instead of Noon. . W' ASHINGTON, May ' 4. The t house leaders express the hope that, the' so-called farmers' free list bill can be brought to a vote Saturday. "Many members are still pressing for time to debate the meas ure, and further, delay, la expected. Chairman Underwood Is anxious to get the free list out of the way, so the ways and means committee can proceed' with the proposed revision of schedule K of the Payne-Aldrlch tar iff bill, dealing with wool and wool ens. The senate met today - for' the first time since Monday. - , ! Senate Fares Another Lorlmer Fig lit. ; The senate faces another fight be tween the Lorlmer and antl-Lorimer class over the question of a new Inves tigation of the charges that the sena tor from Illinois was elected through bribery and corruption. Ai resolution providing for an inquiry was ready when the Senate convened at noon to day. Senator LaFollette, the author of the resolution, did not press for its Immediate consideration, as - many senators were absent, and .he . will await their return. . The house again considered the free list bill. Chairman Underwood of the ways and means committee announc ed that he hoped to bring the measure to a vote Saturday. ,- ' ';' Attacks Protection Policy. An attack on the repblican protec tion, policy marked ' the ' continuation of debate on the ree list bill In the house. Mr. Clayton of Alabama de nounced the imposition of what he de clared prohibitive duties. The repub lican party, he said., makes a tariff to restrain American markets: "To give unnatural and unequal benefits to fa vored interests, fostered by the pro tective system, and allows them to exploit American . ; consumers 1 by charging them excessive prices." He declared Governor Woodrow Wilson had given the most timely expression to the democratic policy when he said "program naa taxen tne place of principles." The program that the democrats are , putting through the house war pointed to by Clayton as proof of that assertion. . After a two, years fight the senate today adopted the Bailey resolution fixing 3 p. m. as the hour for conven ing Instead of noon. . The new rule Is effective "until otherwise ordered.1' 0REI6K MISSION PLEDGE PJIET "BY BAPTISTS Mr. Johnson Attributes the Falling Off to Contributions Made for Relief In China. ' Gasette-NeWs Bureau, Tarborough House, . i ' - Raleigh, May 4.'. Baptists are making preparations for the Southern Baptist convention which will be held in Jacksonville, beginning May 17. At Louisville last year a pledge of $1,000,000 for home and foreign missions was made of which $400,000 was to be for borne and $400,000 for foreign. Reports received by Rev. Livingston Johnson of Raleigh, secretary of the state hoard of missions, for the year just closed, show that there will be a shortage of more than $70,000 In the amount pledged for foreign missions. This is the largest deficit In the church's history, the next largest be ing It years ago whea they fell within 110.000 of their pledge. Of the amount allotted to iNortn Carolina, this state falls short and Is $4000 behind the mark of tha previous rear. This year the North Carolina Baptists raised $31, $00 for foreign missions, against $40,800 the previous year. Mr. Johnson attributes the de creese largely to the funds given the Chinese sufferers, ad estimates that the Baptists of this state gave more than $4000 for this cause, 'ine con vention at Jacksonville will probably be less attended thr.fl usual, owing to the holding of the world s Baptist al liance in Philadelphia In June. Reoorts for home missions shows this state raised $20,400 the year just closed, against $21,100 for the pre vious year. Ths home mission board, however, u -cneded in raising the $400,000 allot tin-lit. -!! "y 1'" FIVE LEGISLATORS HELD Three Ohio fctate Senators and geant-at-Arms of the Senate r Between Investigations Continue. 3 V I cJudaon Karrnon The Governor of the Buckeye State Is leading the investigation Into tho wholesale charges of bribery against members of the Ohio legislature, which have just been unearthed by Burns detectives. . . Columbus,' O., May 4. Three state senators and two representatives were included in bribery" indictments re turned last evening by the Franklin grand Jury, wb!(,- ba been engaged In - Investigating corruption ' In the assembly. ... The senators are Isaac E. Huffman of Butler county, L. R. Andrew of Lawrence county and George K. Cre tone of Montgomery '-county. The representatives are Dr. Peorge B. Nye of Pike. county and A. G. Lowry of Lawrence 'county. One indictment was returned against each, charging the solicitation of bribes. - In addition Rodney- I.. Dlegle of Erie county, sergeant-at-arma .In the senate, and alleged go-between In ne (foliations with senators, was indicted with the senators for aiding and abet ting in the bribe solicitation. AH Give . Bond. All ' of the Indicted men appeared at the court house soon after the bills wern returned and furnished bonds. The amount was. 15000 for the three senators and Representative Lowry. The bond for Nye and Diegle was $10,000. Three detectives, V. S. Harrison, A. C. Bailey and David H. Berry, who alleged they trapped the legislators In the bribery deal and who were ar rested last week at the instance of Nye. were bound over to the grand Jury Monday, but yesterday the grand Jury returned "no bills in their cases. The detectives will be the principal witnesses at the trials of the assem blymen and Diegle, which., it Is de clared, will be pushed cm rapidly as possible. It is announced that ad Jurnment of the April term of court will not be taken until the bribery trials are disposed , of. Meanwhile the grand Jury will continue its In STRIKE IS SPREADING Three Hundred More Join Today B. R. . T. and 0. R. C. Said to Have ' Endorsed Strike. Pittsburg, May' 4. The Pennsylva nia ' railroad shopmen's strike is spreading. Three hundred men In the Pittsburg, Ft. Wayne and Chicago rail road shops joined the strike today. It is understood the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen and the Order of Railway Conductors have endorsed tho strike and promised support, both moral and financial. WOMEN HAVE B17TTER BRAND OF POLITICS THAN THE MEN So Dn-laros Ex-Governor of Idaho- Woman Suffrage Hal ant Standard at tho Ballot Box. AU.ny, N. Y., May 4. "Woman suffrage raises the standard of voters at the polls," declared ex-Governor James Henry of Idaho today, address- irg the New York state legislature. "While women are not better poli ticians than men, they have a better brand of politics." Ufwlng as to Twlmony of Ix)como live I'x.lli-rs. henrlnn FOR BRIBERY Two Representatives Ser- Also Indicted as a Go- ftV HjMCSAM vestlgatlons. Detective ' Burns ques tioned grand jury witnesses present and prospective in the office of Prose cutor Turner. The presence also of Sergeant-at-Arms Diegle -led to- r portaThaf1mmulty "haoTtaen offered him for his . testimony. 'However, Diegle declared he was 'Innocent of wrong doing. . ; ' - The indicted officials also asserted they were innocent ' , Those indicted yesterday will be ar raigned Friday, The two Lawrence county legislators, Andrews and Low ry, are republicans and the other four Indicted are democrats. . Lowry and Nye are physicians. The former la a son-in-law of Colonel H. A. Martin of Ironton, a manufacturer who for years has taken to politics. Sergeant- at-Arms Diegle is a former newspa per and hotel man. Huffman is an attorney and grand master of the Ohio Odd Fellows. Andrews Is an at torney at Ironton and Cretone a fruit grower. The legislation in connection1 with the Indictments returned includes the womans nine hour Mil, the Whltte more Insurance bill to admit mutual Insurance companies now barred; the gerrymander bill, designed to put off the bench Judge A. Z. Blair of Ports mouth, who was instrumental in the Adams county election probe. The bribes - which the indictments allege were solicited range from $100 to $5000. The latter. It ,1a aUeged, Nye demanded from a detective posing as a lobbyist to secure passage of the Whlttemore ' measure. Nye, 1 it Is charged, solicited bribes in connec tion with all the bills mentioned. Both the house and senate passed bill making penitentiary ' sentences mandatory In bribery case Involving public officials. ' t OTASH CONTROVERSY ANO KILL'S RESIGNJITION President Satisfies Messrs. Lever an Bralntlej the Two Are not Connected. Washington, May 4. After a talk with President Taft, Representatives Ashury F. Lever of South Carolina, and William G. Brantley of Georgia de clnred they wore oonvlnced the potnah controversy with Germany had noth ing to do with the recent resignation of David Jayne Hill as ambassador to Germany. Mr. Leer was tha author of the resolution calling upon the president to Inform congress whether the potash controversy figured In Hill's resigna tion. He said the resolution would bo dropped. PRESIDENT TO DINE TC NIGHT WIW PHILADELPHIA DCCTC:: The FniM'tlon Is to Show Appreciation of Mr. Taft's Internet la the Science of Medicine. Philadelphia, May 4. President Taft will be the gueat of honor at reception and dinner tonlht by th rhllndelpWli vMedlral club. Mny phyKli-lans t?om different purts ot the eonuuv v '-I attend to do r - -i-.i t , " I- ' II I COURT Abbatemaggio, Informer, Again Confronts and Jaws With Men He Accuses of Murder - of Cuoccolo. YOUR'EAN ASSASSIN,". . HE DECLARES TO G.SALVI Corrato Struck Cutc:ulo With a Club," Declares Abbattemaogio "Your'e ' ', a Liar," Is Corrato's ' . ' Response.'- V- ITERBO, Italy, May 4. Tho Camorrlsts' trial was resumed this morning. Again Gennaro Abbatemaggio, the Informer,, held . the center of the stage, confronting GIus seppl Salvl and Antonio Cerrato, both of whom he has denouneed as being active in murdering Gennaro Cuoccolo. Ho repeated his original accusations against Salvl, the latter denying each vehemently. They exchanged bitter nvectlvea, the war of words ending thus: .,: Abbatemaggio. "Toti are an assas sin." ; " " ' : :. - Salvl, "You are like a cow which is called an ass with horns. , Tou have a muddy conscience which you have sold to carbineers." Abbatemaggio, facing .Corrato, as serted: . . ..... "This man struck Cuoccolo with a club after he had - been stabbed by others and was half dead." . You're a Har," was the response. In this vein the' dialogue continued. . SEMTDB0.W15RTTf.CltS POSTinEEIiER.lL Wants Hitchcock "discharged" If He Does not Furnish information Asked. In WasH ngton, May ? 4. Senator Jen Davis st Arkansas today gave notice In thevfenate that he would offer a resolution asking the president to 'discharge" Postmaster General Hitchcock unless Mr. Hitchcock re plies within week to Davis resolution, adopted April 10. In that resolution Hitchcock was asked to furnish the senate with a copy of poBtolTlce department ratings and reasons tn. r store in connection with its alleged discrimination against periodicals in St. Louis and Denver. Alleging the postmaster general naa paid no attention to the . resolution. Senator Davis exclaimed, excitedly I want to know whether Mr. Hitch cock is bigger than the United States senate." REV. DR. Wm. GRAHAM'S BODY IS SENT TO LEXINGTON, VA. He Founded Washington and Lee University, and Hones Are to Rest In Crypt There. Richmond, May 4. The bones of Rev. Dr. William Graham, who died 111 year ago, exhumed from 8t, John's churchyard, were today ex pressed to Lexington, to be placed In a crypt In the chapel of Washington and Lee university, which Institution he founded. The ceremonies ot re-Interment will be elaborate. ' ' EIGHT MEN SCALDED. TWO FATALLY, ON STEAMER A Main Steam Pipe to Boiler of the State of Ohio Bursts, In Cleve land Harbor. Cleveland, May 4. Eight mem were scalded, two probably fatally, when one of the main steam pipes to the boilers of the steamer State ot Ohio exploded today. The Ohio, a passenger boat, was being overhauled end repaired Cleveland harbor. Practically all the crew were aboard. Steamer Driven Aehore In Squall. Hoqulm, Wash., May 4. The steam er Claromont bound from ten Francis co for Hoqulm, was driven ashore yes terday In Wallapa harbor during a squall. Details are lacking. The plight of the crew and passengers Is un known. The steamer Saginaw has been sent to the Claremonfs aid. Civil Service InvcMi,jnUn IlKl!i!luii WashlngtoC.V Way 4 i live Godwin of North C pom of ttia cotno h. , , L All T0.BE PUIITED Estimates Are That Cotton Acre age in North Carolina Will Be Increased 8 and Corn 5 per Cent. This Year. NO PLEA HAS BEEN MADE FOR CONDEMNED MAN, WESf The Capital City Is Awakening Much Building and Industrial Expansion in Prospect In - Raleigh. .'' . .V" :. Gazette-News Bureau, , Yarborough House, Raleigh, May 4. GOVERNOR . KITCHIN , will ar rive in Asheville on train No. 21 tonight, enroute to Waynes ville, where he speaks-tomorrow. Commissioner of Agriculture W. A. Graham has made public the depart ment's crop estimate for the present year. The result Is the compilation of figures gathered by the fertilizer in spectors of the A apartment, stationed . in each congressional dtotrlct . An In crease In the acreage planted In cot ton of about 8 per cent, la made; of corn t per cent; and a decrease in the tobacco acreage of about S per cent There Is; reported & large In crease in the amount of fertilizer used on corn lands. A slight increase in the acreage of what is reported, while ue general condition of the crops Is reported about the same as last year. in this connection it la noteworthy observe that last year the crops were considered quite late, but when , harvests came the yield wa the larg est In the history of the state. With favorable weather, conditions ' this . year's crop should exceed that of last , year, especially on corn and cotton ' yields. The inspectors report consid erable damage to fruits from frosts In all sections. The apple crop of .the extreme-west,' however. U .believed to be good. ' . Woodmen's Convention. With 7 delegates present repre senting many of the ceuntlee of this state, the first state convention of the Modern Woodmen ef the World, con vened here yesterday. After an ad dress of welcome by Mayor Wynne and an address of fraternal insurance by Insurance Commissioner Young, the convention was organized. Gov ernor Kitchln was hilled to address the body but executive work commanded his attention, while Attorney General Blrkett had to leave for WUUamston to make an address. R. L. Stevenson of Winston-Salem was chosen to the position of Stato consul for the ensuing three years and Harry Page of Lincolnton was chosen state clerk for a like -period. These are the two chief officers. . A com mittee on permanent organization was also chosen. Delegates were chosen at the afternoon session for the na tional convention which meets at Buf falo In June. Five prisoners who were convicted at the Newbern term of the United States district court last week were taken to Atlanta to serve their term. All of the prisoners were convicted of mooushlnlng." ; Grade Crossing Case. In the Supreme court waa reargued the case of Ooldsboro against the At lantic Coast line railway. This caso Is an important one and was argued some while ago and upon motion of the court, waa re-opened for argument a there seemed considerable alvislon, of opinion. The case Involves a grado crossing matter and the decision of the court may be of far-reaching im port as to the power of cities to com pel railroads to provide under-passes across streets in cities. In Superior court the suit tt Georgn M. Harden and Col. W. H. Osborn of Greensboro against the Southern rail way and the C O. railway la on trial. It Is an notion for damage al leged to have been done by the de fendant companies In the shipment of a car of horses from the west to Ral elah. No Appeal for Went. With his day of execution at ha ml. no one has so far Interposed a plea for the commutation of the death sen tence of Lewis West, the Wilson oV- perado. West took no-appeal to t' -i Supreme court and so far his frl.-r i i have not petitioned the governor f r commutation. West's crime, It v-i 1 recalled, was one of the nioit i. - clous in the history of that nun -having shot Deputy Sherin Mim wounded the chief of police of and done other deeperate act, tried before, the late Judge J Adams of Buncombe st a ("! of Wilson court No 1oui-t t of this trial was one of the f I : fudge Adams' .sudden death afterwards. Insurance Commit n. -r T had Uwued extrnctn i f t' I laws paaed tiy t! e 1 i I has made a con-1 ' laws neclli; hf . . mry he h-1 ! 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