North Carolina Newspapers

' A Vt LAST EDITION " 4:00 P. El. t; . WeklHer forecast: 5 'DESPATCHES0. USSETTLKD. VOL. XVI. NO. 129. ASHEVILLE, N. C, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 8, 1911. 5c PER COPY P. B. S. PltlCHBiltK EIGHT DUG Rebels Seize North Hayti Towns; HIS POSITIOn of cniTEP" m Situation Believed tov Be Serious IT'S DECLARED mi Retail Merchants Are Endorsing Their Secretary, E. 8. Harris of Raleigh, for Place on ; x Corporation Commission. BANKS OF NORTH CAROLINA MAKE EXCELLENT SHOWING Comparison of Statements of Condition of State, Private and Savings , v Banks June 7, 1911, and Those of June 7, 1910. . Gazette-News Bureau, The Hotel Raleigh, .' Raleigh, July 8. THE crop of would-be corporation commissioners seems to- be one , whose growth is not in tHe least affected by the drought that has been pretty' general about the state. , The fact is .that the soli of the central portion of the state, with some pro ' jectlons towards the east as well as . the west, at present Is wel Infected with the proper kind of germ to pro duce candidates. ' , The Retail Mer chants' association of North L'nrollna seem to be getting behind their sec retary, E. 1 Harris of Raleigh. -v. He ' has been endorsed by the local asso ' ..latinn na a nrooer person to succeed k M a. Brown: -hurry calls ? have been sent . to associations In ; various parts of the state In Mr. Har ris' behalf and endorsement are com ln tn. Mr. Harris, among other - qualifications. Is described as an rig f inal Kltchin man. - Another entrant is John H. Pear- son of Morganton who, along- with oxJudge Graham of Oxford, opposed "' W. T. Je of Waynesville for - the . '": nomination two years ago. ' In behalf of Mr. Pearson, ex-Judge Avery of ',. Morganton Is here. .The friends and backers of Judge Graham continue to put in -work for him but the political ly wine hardly expect him to lana. . Awlv ami lUi-rtHlvo .Candidate.'. 4' Reports that State Chalrmun A. II. Ellcr of Winston-Salem could have "' thi' position If he wanted It were ' heard on the streets but Governor Kltchin Is still out of the city and hence there could be no confirmation or denial of the rumors had. The supporters of E. L. Travis of Halifax are feeling confident that Goternor .' Kltchin will look with favor upon the Second district man. J. O. Ellington of Fayettevllle, former bank examln er, Is not a candidate for the place In that he will not apply but would ac rent If it la offered him. He was here and let his attitude In the mat ter be known to hli friends. It Is more than likely that his friends will sea the governor in hli behalf. There v is still a suggestion that H, M. Fou hM of Durham would take the tilaca. i - r - . The friends of Jacob ' A- Lung of v Graham are pushing his claims and it Is contended that he would make a nlandld man for the place. .It was learned 'that J. Allen Holt of Oak - Ridge had not applied for the place yet i - in the governor's office Is accum- niAtinr a. mans of letters and tele grama In behalf of various candidate but the lint is still not for publlea- linn nnvernor Kltchin will not ar ' rive here until !ite today and about Monday It to expected that the sltua N tlon will begin to assume some more dellntt shape. The appointment ho expected for several days yet. Condition of Banks, ti. cnriinmtlon oommlaBlon ha ' lmri a com parftitlvn: .'Statement of the condition of tM state, private and savings banks shown by the state- manta nf June SO- 1918 and June i 1811. showing the total resources of .v.. .nv. in l. I82.210.703 i: on Jim. 1. llt. as against $57,851 UH 71 on' June. 80. 1J0. The total l...n. unit rilttCOUntS Oil JUnB 7, 111 ' tir. n7 T1 10. an . Increase of 14.974,033.72 over the previous year the total overdrafts were $429,864.81! ... r ttn:i 941.11: there wan nniv llioo In United States bond held by state banks, a decrease of meat while the banks held $310,000 In aiate bond an Increase of $750 it..... nf all other stocka, bondi miiriuuiiMi was $1,465,878.65, !eTW1 of $59,852.71. The value of the bunking houses, furniture, and llxturcs was $ 1,73,995.28, an Increase ,.f mi lit 11: all other real estate ....! .' 1202.704.01. an Increase $11.584. SR. IVniand loans showed I i.h II 793 tr, 0.17. In Increase of $23 971 .18. 'I li, i u was a big Increase I amounts due from lmnka and bank ..r, theBB h. lntf $7,17S.8.89, an tn i nm im of II tn4.ll4.08. Cash Item mmint o 1 4 .4.7 17.30, an Uicreiuw $17,513.75. Ttiere was lens K'iIiI ml In the slate Uilft June by $78,355.7 whiu ihrra hk 1,2.20175 more si er coin. Naiional Imnk notes Jianil Jilne 7 1 were 51,562,515.30, ih reuxe of $ V'l .I"? 2 1" thB ". r i,ukI ili.iiil tlu-ro vvajl only $i r.Mizi Bhlrh la a tb-creaso of $1 :r 77(I22 uvvt tli previous year. I ,,j..,i!,.nnii Items there Is an In ., 9 '( $K8. 087.50. in ttie way nr lla Mill l" Hie ' Lnols h..ve a total ri-itol k . I l ' 1 ? nn Increase "f 1 7 1 I r. f rt will) a surplus it $7 ,i::.Si! -I ( rf'i i,..e.. of $243,871 ' l , . . . ,,.! ..r $2.1X7.2.,R.:'. an , . 1 .! , 40 83. THce a ' ' ouisiana Negro Politician Has Made an Adroit Move on Treasury t : of United States. ' '. Washington,-July 8. Royel E, Ca bell, commissioner of Internal reven ue, i wrestling with the question of pay ana allowances lor Internal rev enue officers. 1 . .1 - , : Plnckney Benton Stewart Pinch- back, former negro lieutenant govern or ot -"Louisiana, who later aspired to seat In the United States senate, is now an Internal revenue agent, at New York. On May X he i notified Commissioner Cabell he had changed his official residence from New York to Washington, following It was an $87 board bill he' asked the govern ment to pay, as the law allows three dollars per day living expenses to In ternal revenue officers away from home on official business. . Cabell de clines to say what his Action will be. FFORT TO EVANGELIZE Will be Made by Christian Endeavor Union Before Its Adjournment ' ; on Wednesday. ;, Atlantic City, July 8. Los Angeles, Cul., Is selected as the place for hold ing the 1911 International convention of the Christian Endeavor union. In dianapolis was the nearost competitor, Children were declared to be the best producers of potential energy In the world by Judge Ben II. Lindsay of Denver, speaking on the. "boy and how to handle him." '.'Children are the life blood of the state," said, the Judge;" they are better producers of energy than conl or wood; tjetter thnn steam or electricity.' . The ' audience packed the hall , to listen to Lindaey make, a plea for handling boys and girls through sympathy and under standing instead of by the club mcth; H.Mllrt "iini.r lreta nf aoeletv" .hnrni nrii,ieri tnr nut rinlnv .. . - . " . .... . ... liquor evil by H. If. Spooner, super' Intendent of the temperance depart ment of the Connecticut Christian En deavor union, at the temperance rally. Indifference of. the1 better element. especially In the east, has proved the greatest handicap the temperance cause must struggle against,' 'said Spooner. An effort will be made dur ing the remaining days of the con vention, which adjourns Wednesday, to evangelize the casual crowd on the board walk and Atlantic avenue. RIBHT'S ILIPEACHfJENT SUEGESTEDJBV GDMPEHS If We Had the Recall He Would Have Got it Before Now, Labor Leader Says. Washtng'ton. July 8. The Im peachment of - Justice Daniel Thew Wright, of the ' Supreme American Federation of Labor. Mr. Compera" complaint was against Jus tice Wright s course in the Bucks Stove and Range company contempt proceedings against the federation of' nc'lals. Gomoers told tho committee he knew the senate could not begin tm peach men t proceedings, and he did not mean for the committee to take the Initiative. "I do know that if we had tho re call in the Dlstrlrt of Columbl" added Qompers, "Wright would have been recalled before this." ., . "1 do not think the recall Is as good as Impeachment, 'generally, ' sugges ted Senator Borah. - PUGILIST IS IN HOSPITAL; . OPPONENT UNDER ARREST Now York, July 8. "Kid" Bollo, a local welterwelRht, Is In hospital suf fering from a posallile fractured skull, - hemorrhages, and othor In juries received In a ten-rpunil pout n the Brighton Beach Athletic club. His 1 opponent, "FlKhtlng Jack Lundy, has been arrested. V ARREST IS CHDERLD of I'roiiiiiUT of Mn-koin Really i; -pin llwaiiM Tlwy llavo Not Takcu Out Mute IJcwuto. (jSette-NeAvs Bureau, The Motel Kalelfch. ittt. Ju'v Insurance Commlnxloner Young i,. ,!ir.i-ted the arrt of th Aahe- vllle uromntera of the North Muxko Uuliv and Investment company I,. ...nn. ii h.is not tiik-n out IWenne In til's Ft .1 1 to sell (' k. l. t.-.i-i Passengers of Wrecked Steamer Say Some Were Drowned, ' v but Officials Say' Four Sailors Lost Lives ' BATTLE WITH BREAKERS A NERVE RACKING STRAIN Many Women Still Hysterical Captain Declines Petition of Passengers to be Set Ashore Before A Gale Struck, J ' QANTA BARBARA, CAL., July 8 ---Despite assertions from . com ' pany officials and ship's officers, passengers of the wrecked steamer Santa Kosa, arriving , today , after a thrilling battle with breakers that smashed the stranded ship, declare more persons than four sailors ; lost their lives. One hundred a"nd ninety- two passengers are accounted for, jays the -survivors. There were 800 in the steamer. It Is said the mlas ing ones went to death when ' the surf-battered life-rafts went to pieces. Few of the ' shipwrecked ' voyagers have recovered from the nerve rack ing strain of tlve battle - with - the breakers ; in the dark night. Many of the rescued women are stilt hys terical. .. ' v- ' . ,' Captain Farla, who was making his first trip as commander of the vessel, declined,, the passengers say, to listen to pleas of passengers who 'desired to le put ashore before tho gale arose.. The Santa Rosa, belonged to the Pa'clllc Coast line, and was stranded before dawn . yesterday ' near JPotI Arguelta. : - . . "In llfe-rttfts 10 passengers left the ship, rplungcd Into.' the roaring surf and soon wre floundering In the broiling waters, -At 9:30 o'clot-k last night the Santa Rosa was. almost sub merged and frantic efforts' were mak ing to save: the rest of the .200 paa- MtifAni fein ftf lnmirrt " -t B 'lll S people arownco were Second Officer E. Hewson and three wibmiifi; . PROSECUTION imS POINT llll THE LVNAMARA CASE Jutfge Sustains Objection to Plea of no Jurisdiction Interposed by . f DefendenL . Los Angeles, July t.tt prelimin ary victory was won yesterday by the proseuutlon In the case of John J. McNamara, seiretary-treasurer of the International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers, accused of murder In connection with the Los Angeles Time, dynamiting. Judge Walter Bordwell sustained the ob jection to the plea of. no Jurisdiction introduced In behalf of the alleged dynamlto conspirator. . Judge Kordwell said that the Los Angeles court) ban' Jurisdiction over the Impending trial ot McNamara on It ehtagea of murder. As to the al legations that extradition had been accomplished by Irregularities or what the defense termed fraud. Judge Bordwell said It was not his province to enter into the question of how a prisoner was Wrought Into the Juris diction of his court but to try him after he arrived there. It wna agreed that the same ruling should upply to all the pleas of rio Jurisdiction. Replying to 'he question of the prosecution If he desired to have John J '.McNamara plead to charges against him, the d Tense answered by filing motions to quash the Indict ments, the motions being the same as those filed in the case of his brother, James B. McNamara, so far as the murder charges, were con cerned. The prosecution then moved ihat all affldaAlta filed with the mo tions to quash be- stricken from the records. EXCITED WHEN LEARNS , WIFE WILL SEEK DIVCHCE It. i. ( i.ll Kay Ktlirl Itarrjiimrn ll Not Told I Bin Mio Woo lil Ap ply for Scfiratlon. New York, July $ "It Is all news to me," said Uussell Griawold .Colt when told of a report that his wife, Ethel Harrvtnoro, tho actress, wna planning to sue him tor divorce. Mrs, Cult Is how In Los Angeles. lxs- puLrhes from there carried thp re uort "I don't know anything abon this." contlmiod Colt xi-lt.illy. "tflip. lurnn't notllled inn of anything lik elhia. AH this stuff aliout ou having rot." a row In New Orleans la a I 'Ire. Ill Steamer's Hold. New V i.rk Julv I'll i morning In the . diMi-ov!"! ho! t of tl CS , Ai U III I H . WW V WW v 111 .. t ' ;l"l ' ' uur f-ff . in - i i - r - - r f. sj-v.. " i I .t, ,-. - . swi - 'wvn aai . tea r,tMdM,nnuh ir i C A RIB BE AM Towns in Hayti Wmejre TUJRB01.3SKCB PRE.VAU.ia , FOLLOW HEAT WAVE Great Damage to Crops Reported in Various Sections Torrential , ; Rains last Night. 10 York. Jaj, JTuly 'Report sfjrpm the rural aistrictsi indicate mat iasx night's storm -wasithe most deMructlve in many years. Rain Tell In torrents, accompanied by' a Violent electrical display Damnge raused by floods to the crops is eatlmuied at $30,000. Two . tetlM' CaiiMHl .by Storm, Wheeling." W. Va July 8. Two deaths,'- the wrecking of five motor boats on the Ohio river and a narrow escape 'from cTestnictlon ,of tho Pitts. burg-Olnclnnatl packet Queen City caused by a severe storm that broke over this city yesterday. '. The terrific wind was accompanied by almost a cloudburst. ; The Queen City was torn from her moorines nnd blown ashore, where she crashed Into otrd destroyed five gasoline launches. The big Meamboat was not damaged. On the Ohio t We of tho river, near Bridgeport. Iod Young, a mill work er. was feeding his pigs when a small run overflowed almost In an Instant and carried Young amd his pigs In a violent torrent down the hills to Bridgeport,- where they were lodged under a stone culvert , Young was dead when his body was found but the pigs were alive. - . 1 , i ; Dorothy Maxwell, aged . wnue bathing was blown out In midstream and drowned before help could reach her. " ' Bnmago tn KxUnt of gtMI.OOO. Columbus. Ga., July 8. The violent wind and hail storm which nwept Lee county, Ala., on July 4. csused dam ages estimated at $150,000, according to the report of Capt. Ham IT. 8. A., who was sent from Fort McPherson by the federal government to make an Investigation. More, than S00 per sons suffered by the storm and prac tically every vestige of growing crops was destroyed. In Georgia the dam age Is estimated at only $15,000. The investigation was made at the request of Congressman Clayton, of Alabama, and Adamson, of Georgia. mm case ECO T Daniel Moody Kay Know His Tate Today "Tigers" to be Sentenced. .', Tlis trial of Psnlel Moody, the ne- icro charged with burglary In the first ileareo. will be concluded in Huporlor .onrt tlil afiornoon. It Is alleged Hint Mooilv entered the homo of Mr. iiml Mrt it. L Own lie v on Chestnut slref it while In the house wns lie Idled and chased away. The police were Tiotlil.il and afi- r making Inves timtlon arrexled Moody lio Worked !'ur Ml MuHlin on M iirlunin avenue. With the conclusion of the Moody 1 ti .t Juclire Webb ... ) i 1 1 I, t. i tu e the f. nilants con . k Ini'liullng ., J. Mi-lealf ! en I 0 T IS President 1 Axrroivrs JrNiocrar . S .lt.. MMfMELA0E cVESSAUNES cams u" Bbsuasnt ON RsJRATSB , aian art rnt bespatches from Cape Haytien.take the Held against the robels who state that General Antonie Simon and I his ministers, with. 3000 troops, have part of the Republic, wnere tne SJtu arrlved. at Fort Liberie, prepared , to) atlon Is believed, to be serious. LIGHTNING KILLS GUARD Third Guard Leaves Convicts "On Honor" and Goes for Miles for Medical Aid. Elklns, July $. Twenty-five long term convicts, employed on railroad construction work four miles north of here, afUT giving their word of honor that they would not attempt to escape, kept faith' with Guard Lewis, who rode the distance to obtain medical assistance for two fellow guards who were struck by lightning during a severe electrical storm. Guard C. It. McGrady was killed instantly by a bolt which hit the camp and guard Walter Simmons was probably fatallv injured. Lewis, the third and last guard In charge of the prlsone-a, was unhurt, and the convicts urged him to go to get aid, promising they would not take advantage of the tragedy. Lewis rode the four miles on the back of a mule and returned with a physician, finding h!a prisoner Intact. McGrady leaves a wife and two chil dren. Simmons Is not expected to re cover. ' . ' - COT WIS FOUOllG OF OSE THEIO 1.1 Venezuelan Government Has Positive Advice of This, and That He v - Is in the Country. x Wllemstad, Curacao, July 8. The Venesuolan government has positive news thst Clpriano Castro, Vnniuo la's exiled president, effected a land Ing On the western part of Venezuela and today has a following .of 1000 men. Theer are rumors that Gumerslndo Mendes. president of ths state of Ziilla, Venezuela, has been killed by a, bomb. Fol Monument to Gen. i:an. ? Atlanta, July Hteps to rals I fund for a monument to the lato Cen eral Clement A. i:van bava been ink en here by Camp Longstreet, I nlted Confederate veterans. Six llilililieil ll..rs-l Wot! f the II. nt snomzo o . Qmwinthi ; Bmica If It- " a It Nl have seised the cities iu the northern fudge Pritchard Orders the $948,487.- 17, Proceeds from Sale, Applied to Principal and Interest An order In the case of S. Morgan Smith company vs. Rockingham Pow er company and Knickerbocker Trur. company, and Knickerbocker Trust company, cross) complainant, vs. Rock- Ingham Power company, William H. Brown and W. A. Leland, respondents, the Utter as receivers) of the Rock ingham Power company and S. Mor gan Bmltb company, was'today signed by Judge Prl.tchard In United States Circuit court' This order continued the sale of the property of the defend ants and the master's reports of their accounts. The court also decreed that the $948,487.17, proceeds from the sale, be applied to the payment In part of the principal and Interest of $Z, 200,000, thd principal amount of bonds that were secured by the power company by mortgage. The proceeds , of the sale were Insufficient to pay tho entire . principal and inter est aird there still remains due from the defendant company to the cross- complainant $1,807,807, and the court orders that the Knickerbocker Trust company recover this amount fron the Hocklngham Power company. All questions not heretofore disposed of were reserved and any other person having amy claim may apply to the court. MAN HOOKS A BIS FISH; HE AND A WOMAN DROWN Kxcltiiiient of the Strike Cansed Boat to Overturn In Deep Water Onc ol Party Ijwuix-d. Htlca, N. Y., July 8. W. E. Ledger- wood and Miss Phalleck were drownec today In Illg Tupper lake. L-dger wood, his wife and Mle Khnlleck wore trolling opposite Page's Bluff when big fish Was) hooked, resulting in much excitement. , The boat overturned, throwing th occupants Into deep water. Apartment Ilonso Klre In Boston. Boston, July 8. Four women todny were removed unconscious from th burning Ilemenway Terrace apart ment house, when the structure was ablaze. The building was destroyed. It Is believed all the occupnnts nere rescued. .New Aviation Alllliule Ke okI. iiirin I I llo,,. I SALE ROCKINGHAM POWER CO. CONFIRMED BY TOUFIT Senator Simmons Says He Op poses the Canada Pact Be cause it Discriminates Against Farmer. " , HIS GOOD ROADS SPEECH IS ATTRACTING ATTENTION Good Roads Journals Asking for Copies Introduces Bill for Public Build- . . ding, Chapel Hill. .- '' f: Gazette-News Bureau, ; ' t . WjTitt Building, '; Washington, July 8.- C ENATOR SIMMONS Introduced a bill In the senate appropriating $100,000 for a oublic bulldlnir for Chapel Hill. . Mr. Simmons' speech on good' roads and his bill appropriating a million dollars for federal aid to good roads ,. is attracting wide . attention " In all. pans oi ine country. ;ine senator re ceived a letter today from Better Roads, the official organ of the good roads movement In Ohio, asking for his. speech in full and a picture of himself, which will be used In tho next iwuij vi ine payer, a iikq re fluent was received from the R. F. D. News, a paper published in Wash ington, Foels Kncouragcd. . senator nimmons was very mucn pleased with the reception accorded him in Winston-Salem and feels en couraged over the senatorial prospects. ' When asked about , his position on reciprocity he gave out a statement lu which he said that he was opposed to the Canadian agreement because It was a plaln'discrlmination against tho farmers of hie state. As to the chargs that he was against the pact because it would put lumber on the free list, the senior senator denies that this Is) his reason for opposing Presddent Taft's bill. ." "I have no Interest - in lumber, the senior senator said. "The , lumber Is the. largest single ttrtiuatry of th state Mid, of ctmrao, 1 am In terested In its prosperity, but I am un der no different or greater obligation' to It than I am to any otiier industry of the state." "I have heretofore been and am now oppoBer to putting lumber on the free list unless there Is a general reduction in duties or unless the machinery used in Its manufacture, whljh greatly adila to tho cost of its production. Is also put upon the free list. What All ITotnlHcd Lumber People.' ."The democratic state executive committee In the campaign of 1808, in a circular promised the , lumber , people of the state that notwithstand ing our national platform declaration In favor of free lumber that no demo cratic senator or representative from, North Carolina would vote to put it on the free list unless the machinery used In its production was also put on the free list or the duties greatly re- ' duced. ' . I did not during the campaign nor did any other democratic representa tive or candidate repudiate the com mittee's authority to make this pledge for us. , On the contrary some of our congressional candidates read this cir cular to the people in their campaign and promised to abide' by Its pledges. They lived up to this promise and party pledge and so did I. Mr. Bryan, when he wae In congress, followed ex actly the same course with reference to the 10 per cent, tax on state banks. He refused to be bound by the na tional platform declaration with refer t.UT to It because he said he had pledge) himself ,to his people to tho contrary i ' , . The duty on. luinU,! tkit I. to gether with all the democratic con gressmen from the state except one, voted for amounts to 1 per cent, ad valorem. I was advised through the treasury department that this duty Is producing the largest amount of reve nue producing duty as I contended It was una would prove to be. . That Woolen B1IL 'The democratic house of represen tatives' has Just passed the woolen bill with the upanlruoua vote of that body. It will receive the unanimous support of the democrats in the senate.' This hill h nooses a duty of 43 per cent, upon woolen goods. Upon what prin ciple can a highly revenue producing duty of 7 per cent, on lumber, th material out of which the houses the people live lit are made, be said to be a protective duty, while a 42 per cent, duty on the material out of whli h clothes the people wear are mmln Is only n revenue producing duly? Why fhould I be denounced as a protection ist when t vote for t smull but liiii revenue producing duty on the li-mliui,' product of my slato anil appl-noicd a a good tariff for revenue (l.'iiiorr;il when I voto for a six time liUhi r duty on an article hut little prodm c.l In my stale and which Is no b.-H.-r revenue projuccr? . VJt Is true tliia rei-lprocily iiri-.-ment dlw.runipHt. luj'milv e i ' -' the luniborirkj us II ilo. s Hie I. inn. . It diacrlm'nati-s man by reilncio tutnlier hopoite from ('hiumU li $1 pi-r tho,,. ,i, uunitisi tin' r the 1 1 to t V i' I. t Lot loo II V It lo ,r . ot 1 1 I I Now r.r r S I oik, .liliV 1 In I - . ... f, ... Urn