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': .. '5( -A imiU THE AC30CIATZD ... PRES3 , 1 DISPATCHES; - LAST EDITION 4:00 P.M.: Weather forecast: Fair Tonight and Saturday. mm) ASHEVILLE, N. C., FRIDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 5, 1911. 3c PEE COPY mm Mm VOLXVlSf74. s - 1 N: rc STATE I m ilUTIfllllC Smallpox Guards Have Cost $100,000, an inequitable Tax . Vaccination Will Prevent, ' and Cost State Nothing. DJURYL'.AN J. A. C0N0VER HAS CONE TO ANNAPOLIS "Bedomei Dairyman for Naval Academy Preil Asioclation to Meet at Clowino Rock on 27th ' of June. Gazette-News Bureau, , ' , . Yarborough House, . , v Raleigh, May 5. : longer la the state to place guards at the doors of the houses .where ' smallpox ap pears. . The last legislature modified '. the law, placing the quarantine r eg ulations under'1 the board "bt- health and cutting oft the appropriation of some $108,000 which it annually cost '- to 'conduct the smallpox 'quarantine. Taking the position that smallpox Is controllable' by vaccination the state ' board of health In prescribing quar ' antlne 'regulations,' and the rules for Whooping Cough, , measles, scarlet fever, yellow fever, cholera, bubonic plague, leave ; off any .concerning smallpox".'.'"'' ' ' ' On the other hand. Dr. W. S. Ran kin, secretary of the board of health, ' has had a number of pink and black posters printed, with the , following statement: 'Until lately he ' state required smallpox ', to ' be quarantined. The state board of health shall now no ' , longer advocate or insist upon the ' quarantine of smallpox.. The . board takes ;thl position for three rea sons. ' ' ' ; '".V,-" "First'; Quarantine Is uncertain ..protection. Vaccination , a certain " protection . Quarantine., works" posi tive harm In many eases by giving people a false sense of security against the disease, thereby tempting them' to forego tWe certain protection ' which vaccination would give them. "Secsnd . Quarantine Is a very ex pensive protection. The cost of the quarantine of smallpox to the state In receht years has approjamaieu $100,000 annually, or enough to more than maintain the state university. "Third: Quarantine Is Inequitable. By It the taxes that all contribute '.used to protect a class. The mapority nf neonle. having been vaccinated, secure no protection from quarantine Q thuv are already nrotectea. "Vaccination is a duty a duty first to oneeself ,and second to one's community. "We are giving this warning be 'rniM the old way of attempting to henriia amnllnox by Quarantine has caused many people to rely upon the state to protect them and have not beon vaccinated. As quarantine will no longer be enforced throughout the state, those who have neglected to be vaccinated during the last nve years are hereby notified of the danger of h!r nturllarence In this matter ex- noses them to, and are urged to be . ..in.tsrf st the earliest moment "Remember that smallpox Is the r.r.ii it tt -Tiiir own negligence and that lou little deserve tii sympathy of the public If you contract the Ols- rrncofiil disease. The new health, laws empowers the ; chairman of the board of county com ' mlsaloners to appoint a quarantine officer who Shall bV paid by the coun ty to take care of those cases o ' ,,oror,tin which are nrescr'brd b: ' the health board, such as 't yellow fvfr ' cholera, typhus fever, etc. There is nothing. It Is said. In the ' new laws which prevents the county from conducting; smallpox quaran tine on "its own account In fact the - tmrdftn of smallpox extermination vuniiv shifted from the state to the Individual and the county. Con ventiuri. T. . P. ' AV All arrangements are ' perfected . tha mMtini here of the state convention of the T. P, A.whloh con The meeting was called to order at 10:30 o'clock this morning Dy rresi . dent J. J. Norman of Winston-Salem - Rev.- IIlEht C. Moore, chaplain " . ' RalolKh J tint E, opened' the conven tlon ith r-a.-er. Mayor James Johnston verod the address welcome, t i r-x poise to which was made by C. U Tcmllnson of High Point, a director of the national as sociation. ' . The election of officers and selec- tion of dfleK.ites to the national con vention whturi meets In Philadelphia June 15, will take place In the after noon session, called for 4:30 o'clock. The reports will show about 00 members In this state. . t (If. t'onovcr Leaves. . . J. tJ Conover; who for several years was dairyman for tp state and the United agricultural depart ment, li ft yesterday for "Anrapolls, where h becomes dairyman for the Vnlted fitati naval acmlemy. Mr. i'.,,,i,v..r riul mui'h to syBtemmUo the il.Vrv l.iiHtne-M of this state and hi.i , ,,u M v.. enly retrrete l by many . M miccec.!- 1 I v W. II. "Cotton Corner9' Case Is Appealed Supreme Court to Deride .Whether : Exchange Corner Is Conspiracy . -"' In Restraint of Trade. Washington, May 6. The govern ment appeal in the so-called cotton ler'' Indictment against James' A. Patten, Eugene C. Scales, Frank B. Haynes and Wlllfam' B. Brown , was docketed in United States Supreme court today. . The government is ag grieved because Judge Noyes dis missed the" "corner counts" in the Indictments.- i. The Indictments were brought un der the Sherman anti-trust law, and the appeal, today brings a new ques tion for. the Supreme court. to decide, whether, a "corner" on the stock ex-" change , "constitutes a. conspiracy In restraint of trade or monopoly of in terstate commerce In violation of the Sherman anti-trust law. , Patten, Brown, Haynes and Scales were charged by the government with leading- the May . cotton corner of 910 in the New York exchange. ., It was rumored at the .time that these men made between $10,000,000 and 112,000,000 on deals in May, July and August. . " ' .. '; :' IE IICTI.1T5 - Lot Angelea Grand Jury Returni 21 Additional Bills on Chargei of Murder. - Los Angeles, May S. Twenty-one new indictments; according to gooa authority, were voted late' yesterday afternoon by the grand jury against the aeeused dynamite - conspirators, James B. and John J. McNamara and Ortle McManlgaL ' - Nineteen ot the indictments, R is said, are against ' the McNamaras alone and charge them with murder In connection with the blowing up of the : Los Angeles Times newspaper plant on 'October 1,. and the conse quent deaths of il men. The, other two are said to be against McManl- gal as principal and the McNamara brothers . as accomplices . in the Llewellyn Irohv works "explosion- was Christmas day, In which, no one was killed. ' ' McManlgal was the principal, wit ness heard by the grand Jury. ' He was examined lor more man two hours . Immediately afterward the grand Jury adjourned. The grand Jury heard several wit nesses besides McManigai. . Among them were employers and off leers of the Llewellyn Iron works and ' Paul Stuperlch, proprietor of a . hotel at Sausallto, Cal.. which the alleged dynamiter known as J. B .Bryce vis lted before the wrecking of the Tlme Dlant , Another witness was uougias Bur rows, partner or tiowara . Baxter in the ownership of the launch Pastime which, according to detectives, was used to transport the dynamite pur chased by the alleged conspirators. WEST IMLECTHUTED RFTER mmm He Says Ed. Purcelk Who Got 30 Yean at'Hii Accomplice, It not . Guilty. ' Gaxette-News Bureau, ' ' ' Tarborough House, v i Raleigh, May 5 Lewis West was electrocuted In the state prison today. The first shock turned on at 10:14, and-.thers were three shocks. West was pro nounced dead at 10:41. West was exceedingly nervous on entering the death chamben. He said he hoped "all good luck, and to meet all in heaven." To his spiritual advisers West gave a diagram Of the house where the shooting occurred, showing how he shot Deputy Sheriff Munford through the door, later fol lowlns him to where he had laid down by the railroad track, and send Ing othen bullets Into the body. West declared that Ed Purcell, alias met son,. who got 80 years as his aocom pllce, had nothing to do with shooting. West said he loaned Stet son a pistol later, borrowing It back from him. before the shooting.) The late Judge J. 8. Adams tried Went and his gang at a special term beginning March IS at Wilson. The crime occured on February J. West was baptized in the Episcopal faith before entering the death chamber, l'J3 WIFE WOULD NOT C3 to the faht.!; isav;;:c: Jitmiwtown, PT. Y., Policeman Siumi lilmiM-ir ItccaiiHC, II In VH'e IMd Jiiti Hharo Views for Future. Jamestown, N. T., May 5. Beoau '. r!!llir Wlieelhoiua did not i. I r 1 ' iiml's views on th.- I JCi Report of Resolutions Committee Chief Feature of Day's Pro gram of National Peace Congress Baltimore. BURTON TELLS OF NEEDS OF THE PEACE SOCIETY Increase ttt) Usefulness, Am?r!can Organization Should Have Greater MemberthfD- - and More Money. Baltimore, May 6. The chief feat ure of the pregram. today at the third national peace congress was the re port 'of the resolutions committee, scheduled to be presented, at the dote : of this afternoon's session. The resolutions, it was. expected,' would be cryatallced . of that sentiment which has Inspired these sessions, and mark the development of the peace move' ment . ' ; .' Senator Burton's Address. In accepting the piesideiicy of the American Peace society United States Senator. Burton of Ohio recalled the long history of the society and said: In View of the splendid prospects for early results In the cause for hlch the American Peace society has labored so long and, so honorably. Is desirable that steps be taken to Increase Its usefulness.' It has a de cided advantage in that it 'is the one organization which- Is not local or special In its object The removal of the headquarters to .Washington brings prominently to notice the fact that its anhere of action is national. You are doubtless familiar with the fact that the society has branches In Chicago,' Los .Angeles and Baltimore, as well as In. other cities of the coun try, and that It has committees for work with -churches, -WiUv -congress, slid in .'educational institutions, as weir1 as committees pn men's and wo men') organizations.. ., : Mir' Members Wanted. . ''It is to be desired that the present membership of about 4000 should be Increased. . Even those 'most busily bsorbed' in commercial or v profes sional pursuits have a certain Interest humanitarian, or political move. ments. There Is a large . recruiting field In these directions for an .In crease in the membership of the so. ciety which,' will greatly aid to Its usefulness. . The organisations of workingmen have taken an Interest Financial Support Heeded. -"Mors generous financial support Is sought and It Is hoped will be ob tained. Even If these should be lack ing, I trust the individual initiative and energy of the members of the society will not be diminished. There is A desire among tgfe people for In formation upon the subjects of arbi tration and peace. There Is only a partial comprehension of the progress made along these lines In the last ten or 1J years. This Information should be of two classes,, that which Is of a more' technical or thorough nature and that which is adapted to reach the popular thought It must, of course, be taken Into account that the ordinary avenues for published Infor mation, through the press and mag azines. In the first Instance, are most efficient to reach the people. The association -of the members of this society with other societies, par ticularly those which are of a special nature. such as the Interparllament ary union, the International Law as sociation, should not be negiectea The International School for Peace, founded by the generosity of Mr. Olhn. affords means . of oo-operatlon with that organization which should not be overlooked. . In conclusion it Should be noted that no time, In all the more than 80 years In which the society has exist ed, il quite so auspicious as tne pres ent Hopes long deferred may soon be realised under the . favorable cir- curnataixjee of today. It Is especially desirable thht the officers and mem bers of the society with renewed vigor and teal should give their time to the great work for whloh the society was founded." . , . ' STATE IKS'JHANCE SCHEME " IS RECEIVED WITH FAVOR Lloyd-George's Compulsory Insurance Against unemployment, ica ness and Invalidity. London. May 5. The long prom ised scheme of state Insurance against unemployment, sickness ana invanu itv. Introduced la the house ot com mons, yesterday by. David Lloyd Qeorge, chancellor of the exchequer, was received with an extraordinary ffiiirsm of RDnrobatlon by all Parties In parliament. . Th nian nrnooacs tnat every worn er whose earnings fall below the In come tax level', 160, be compulsorily Insured BKalnitt sickness, the worker hlmxeif contributing one-half and the imliince to be paid Jointly by em lover and state. r ;.-orir estimated that the ex- - .,. orr.., aonl.l lw S '15,01 I '. I r to 1 C", i OF PEACE PUll T7i Arrival And McMamgal m Los Angeles A 1EAV1TS STATION- IT 3si.rsscjTJ row ANXIETY OVER CONDITIONS AS REPORTED FROM MEXICO , State Depaft?nent Plainty..Worried4-fieport of Murder of Tw - Mexico City - Becoming 'Alarmed,' Fearing' jfteign of Anar.chy if Peace Negotiations; '.' Fail Expected Attack on the Capitol Has Not Taken Place. WASHINGTON, . May 6-State department officials plainly . are worried - by - disquieting advices -received from American Am bassador WUaon, despite the fact that he said the Mexican war department had sent urgent telegraphic Instruc tions to the commanding officer at Acapulco to afford all possible aid to Americans. The matter was taken up by Wilson as a result of a report that two sons of Judge Melvln Good man had been murdered by alleged revolutionist bandits at" their father's hacienda, Beuna Sucesco, near Aca pulco. The neighborhood of the re ported crime, 'It Is said. Is over-run by bandits who owe no allegiance to any responsible organisation. Wilson wired also that Americans In Mexico City are becoming alarmed. Their unrest la due in some measure to apprehension of a failure of the peace negotiations and the. conse quent prevalence of anarchy. That the withdrawal of American naval vessels sent to visit Mexican coast cities was a mistake is now privately admitted in official circlea They were originally sent southward on the usual practice cruises, and if it should become necessary to again despatch them to Mexican waters there could be no concealment of the real 'purpose of their ' movements. Reference by the state department to 'intolerable conditions" ' existing In Acapulco is taken tn some quarters as a sign of the intention or the gov. ernment to dispatch cruisers to that port and to iUazatlan as well. There are a number of warships at San Diego, but the distance from that port to Acapulco and Maxatlan Is about 1000 miles and the . voyage would consume four or five days. y WORLD'S OPIUM CONFERENCE IS POSTPONED FOR ONE YEAR Germany, Japan and Portugal Not Prepared with Data- Which Britain Wishes Presented. ' Washington, May S. The interna tional opium conference, scheduled to meet atithe Hague July I, has been postponed for one year. Germany, Japan and Portugal are not prepared with data which Great Britain desired should be presented befors the opening conference. . TWELFTH WHECX VICTIM MIhs Carrie Rutherford of Utlca In jured at Martin's Creek Saturday, Dies in Eastern Nonpllal. . Easton, Pa., May 6. Mlas carrin - Rutnerrora oi uuca. one oi inn ncnooi teacnere injurciu in me tin's creek wreck Saturday, died to day In the Easton hospital. She Is tlitf twftfii. person to die as result of the wreck. : Iily Dcaics (Vlvlxu Couloi 111 In IH, . O. of James McNamara KM ;1 1 sccns 3vr Jlos 33T-STJJICT- X TOEDEHICKS car xo6 A.3rS"iLE: The state department may await the outcome of - peace negotiations at Taurcz' before ordering ships south. Threw Shells Into Rebel Linos; Ter rible Execution. Douglas, Ariz., May 5.: The gun boats Tamplco and Zaragosa In Ma- zatlan harbor, It Is reported, threw shells into the rebel lines, doing ter rible execution. i Washington, May S. Increasing anxiety, approaching alarm. Is felt by administration officials for he safety of Americans in Merlco, especially In the vicinity of Acapulco, on the west coast Conditions descrlbAd as intol erable are reported to the state de partment by Ambassador Wilton. It Is probable that naval forces soon will bo ordered to Acapulco. ' , . , Attack on Capitol Fails to Materialise. Mexico City, May 6 A Sunday calm marked the anniversary of the battle of Pueblo, heralded as the date set for an attack on the capltol by the revolutionists and forced resignation of President Dias. Up to noon there naa Deen m indications oi uufOTaer.., v . T . M '' vuiiuiuivuuu f row rigucni. ! Mexico City, May S. Contradicting the Information of the war office yes terday Ambroslo Flguero, representing the rebels In Guerreo and Moreles, says no agreement for peace had been made between him and War Minister Coslo. The conferences thus far, he states, were merely those of courtesy. Diajf Must Make Public Promise, El Paso, Tex., May B. The peace commissioners of the Mexican revolu tlonlsts formally presented yesterday afternoon to Judge Carbajal, the fed. era! envoy, a statement signed by ONLY ONE DRUNK PER TERM TO BE ALLOWED OFFICIALS If Bill Passed by House Becomes Law Ho Time Limit for the One ' Jamboree Is Fixed.' Little Rock, Ark,,. May 5. The house today passed a bill providing for the removal from office of any Dublio official becoming Intoxicated more than once during his term. No limit Is placed on the length'of time consumed in the - first spree, which will go unpunished. THREE BADGER GAME FLAYERS SENTENCED TO PENITENTIARY Two Men Given Four Years and Wo man Two Years on Cliarge of , Blackmailing. Washington, May 8. Florence B. Knott, formerly of Detroit James B, Knott of . Orangeburg, 8. C, her hus band, and Albert A. Armstrong of Watertown, S. D., are convicted of conspiracy to blackmail a local mer hant by the "badger game" and sentenced to the penitentiary, Mrs Knott f-T wo y. m anil tli t'.vo n..-i. y- - .'I i J HlDZY-nS HIS PACE TO B1K& TAKEN-. a f: Amfnfl.fflTtg - in Francisco I. Moderp, Jr., appealing to President Dias to make public the as surances given privately that he in tended to resign. After offering his own resignation as president of the provisional government of the Republic Senor Madero suggested that both President Dias and Vice President Corru resign and that 6enor de . la Barra, the minister of foreign rela tions, Become president until a gen eral; election eould be made. - The statement informs President Dias that there Is no other way out of the pres ent difficulty and that a word from him will bring peace In a few days. A Blaze of Revolution, if Peace Plans Fall. New York, May 6. Should the ne gotiations for pea,ce between Mexico and the Diaz administration fair "the country will be In a blaze of revolu tion" from one ' end , to the other. soon as the hews gets out" This was the message received here from Mex ico by the board of foreign missions of the Methodist Episcopal church in a letter written April !8 by the Rev, ohn W.. Butler. Confirming the gravity of the situa tion In the capital there followed a telegram from Dr. Butler, reading: Excitement exists; outlook serious. Circumstances have changed for the worse. Insurrection prevailing throughout the field. Thinks Intervention Inevitable. Washington, May 5. Invasion of Mexico within the Immediate future was predicted tn the house by Rep resentative Forht of Pennsylvania. He said an army officer Just returned from the border told him Intervention was Inevitable. Mr. Focht did not name the officer. , . ONE KILLED, TWO FATALLY INJURED, ONE MAN MISSING The DlMMtrous Result of a Joy Ride of Two Men and Two Women, In ' an Automobile. Newburgh, N. C, May 8. -One Woman was killed, a man and woman were fatally injured and a fourth per son is missing, as the result ot a dis astrous Joy ride. Four miles outside the city the car ran Into a ditch. Mr. Anna Tomer was crushed beneath the car. NO INDICATION OF AN END TO LEGISLATIVE KUSCLI President and Party Return to WatuV ington. Washington, May 8 President Taft, Secretary HUles and Major Ar chle Butt the military aid, arrived this morning from Philadelphia, where they were guests last nUht of the Medical club of riillad-U t.ia, Thfy were a! riven directly to tn li.ttj Houho, TO FORGE VOTE IIEEflll! Chairman Underwood Says the House Must Act That Day on the Farmers' Free List . Tariff Bill. REPUBLICANS OF SENATE SEEKING A COMMON GROUND Trying to Adjust Thetr Differences Over the Selection of Senator Frye'i Successor as President - Pro Tempore. ASHINQTON, May 6. Surface appearances today indicated' that congress was slumbering the senate not ' being In session, and the house continuing consideration of the free list bill. , Various committees of the senate were arranging their work for quick disposition at the proper time and regular and progres sive republicans were seeking some common ground on which to adjust differences over the selection of a president pro tempore of senate to succeed Senator Frye, who a recently resigned that position. Full steam ahead has been nut on the free list bill In the house. Many orators desirous of airing their views on this legislation are seeking to get their speeches into the Record be fore Monday, when. Chairman Under- wood, has announced, a vote on' meas ure win be forced. : - TOP II Biles' by Philadelphia Doctors M Proii dent Whit Hai Dona Most for Medical Science. Philadelphia. May 8. President Taft was the guest of honor at a re ception given here last night by the Medical club ' of Philadelphia, The president was hailed as the chief ex ecutive who had done the most for the advancement of medical science, and his two recommendations that national department of , health be created by congress was dwelt upon approvingly by W. L Rodman, who presided. The president praised the doctors of the United States army and doctors In general for the effi ciency they have displayed in con quering disease in Cuba, in the Phil ippines and in the Panama canal zone. He found Justification for the war with Spain in the stamping out of yellow fever in Cuba that threaten ed death "to our southern cities." President Taft referred to the effi ciency of the army medical corps and pointed out that in the camp at San Antonio . where 18,000 . troops are quartered, only one case of typhoid fever had appeared. He compared this to the dreadful scourge in Cuba during the Spanish-American war. where, he said, 10 per cent, became Infected within eight weeks from the date of mobilization. The president said that much money had been ex pended and many lives sacrificed In the Spanish-American war, but that they are as nothing compared to the benefits to humanity , which have ac crued from the discoveries made dur ing that period.. On his way over from Washington, the president talk ed reciprocity with Chairman Penrose of the senate finance committee. GiEiS OF THE FFJXE SHOOT D.GH OTHER CLr.l Town Martha! HInkla'i Wrath It Iroi j td by Conttut!a John Tax KaUnrj an Arrest. Pennington Gap, Va., May 6 Constabla John Hax came down fro St. Charles county yeaterday to I Town Marshal George Ilinkla ! order. In Pennington while a ' was in town. Hax arrested an unknown some trivial offense o t st-.tt.-,i him to the look-up, ) t 'o c that being toun it... 1 ' " the arrenlng loo prisoner Rot h- end l.'.nkie ' t 1 t In1-' ti-i l I 1 0)
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